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~nitPring
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Vol. 16, No.1

January 1997

Scanning Techniques That Work

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By Andy Barber
Andy Barbe r is a sca nne r convert. He' s
also a dis patcher. W he n he kep t seeing frequency lists he knew were wrong appearing
in hobby pu blications. he abandon ed them
all. T he tec hniques he used to compile his
ow n frequency li sts are ones you too can

usc. You'Il learn a lot along the way. and

will end up with techniques an d lists yo u can rely o n.

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Nicaragua's Radio Misku'

ByJohn Freeman

"Fl ea-powered" thou gh it may be. this tiny sho rt-

Miskito indian tribe of

Cova S(rJl)'

wave station belonging to the

MT at 15: Interview
with the Editors

Nicaragua has nothing to do an y insect pest. Rad io

Miskut is a voice fora proud peop le who se name derives
fro m their sa le of "rearm s (" mus kets") in the 1600s.
Gringo John Freeman pay s them a visit and disco vers
why the station has been rar ely heard in past years.

By Gayle Van Horn

Radio has seen a lot of changes
over the past fifteen years, andso
has the monitoring hobby. Bob
Grove. Larry Miller. and Rachel
Baughnhave eachstoodaboutfive
years at the helm of what is today
the hobby' s leading magazine.

Theirretrospective intothe beginnings of the magazine. and their

views of where it is going, are
insightful into the course of rad io
listen ing itself.

Hope 10 Hostages

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By Henrik Klemetz
Indi vidu als who have been detained as hostages are
o ften far from home. Rad io-especially shortwave radio-can so meti mes playa critica l ro le in pro viding
comfort to the hostages and even becom e a tool in
negotiation for their release . Here are five stories from

recent abduct ions in the po lit ical ca uldron of Co lombia .

John Bailey' so riginalcoverdesign features some of the more

significant dates in AlT s colorful

hislory. The story starts on page 8.

1996 Index of Articles

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Save this list for ea sy referenc e to the past year's features and depart ment
topics. or see our web site for a more comp rehensive listing.

Reviews:

DEPARTMENTS

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As promised . Bob Parn ass

winds up our co mparison o f
the ICO M R8500 and the AOR
AR -5000 with an in-depth
look at the ICOM (p. 94) .
Magn c gives the Sharper
Image Pocket Portable VA I00

a sporting chance-but is
disappo inted (p. 92) . Bob
G rove lake s a quick look at a
medium-wave cla ssic: the
RadioP lus+ Q-St ick ante nna
(p , 90) . John Ca talano con duct s a brief over view of "The
Best or the Be st" in total
monit oring envi ronm ent
softwa re (p. 84 ).

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PeS Front Line

Cellular and the criminals
Scan ning ReJXlrt
Rooting far Rotors
Utility World
The Gov Rediscovers HF?
Globol Forum
Just anather ma.nth an SW .
QSLReport
English Long SW Guide
Propogation Conditions
Beginner's Comer
Finding Time
Below 500 kHz
Resources farNatural Radia
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Stations within Stotians
Outer Limits
It's Eurapirate Season
On the Hom Bonds
Making Resolutians
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Easy Recard-Keeping - /I
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The Best af the Best
Special Events/Club Circuit
What' s New
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Mogne Tests
Sharper Image VA 100
Scanning Equipment
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Prehistoric Radio
Digital Digest
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\Ve we re pleased at the number o f respo nses recei ved o n the red esign of Jacq ue s
d'Avlgnon' s pro pagation pred ictions. Read ers overwhelmingly cho se thc tab le fo rma t
o ver the: con so lida ted c irc uit graph. It was
educational to di sco ver ho w ma ny folks do
usc such too ls in the ir listening. Jim Gallagher.
N7S YE, testifie s to thei r val ue fro m his location in the mou nta ins of W yo m ing:
" I have used th e table fo r several day s and
fo und it to be fa st and accurate. My first time
hi ts have mo re tha n do ubl ed . I usc the table in
co njunc tion wi th the Shortwave Gu ide page s.
using the BBC broad cast s as a basel ine . a nd
tryi ng other areas to che ck . I a lso usc the
informatio n to determine which bands arc th e
most prob abl e to sca n for the appro priate
are as and tim c s. /t ll'orh .' I also corre late the
tab ular informa tion and actua l reception with
the: co nditio ns wo rked o ut fro m the W W V
SF , K. and A reports."
Tr y these tech niq ues fo r yo urself; th ey ' ve
been used by lllany long-t ime DXc rs. and the
han ds-on ed uc at io n yo u' ll ga in o n pro pa ga tio n is so me thing yo u' ll never forget.

More Light on Laser Weapons

The Au g ust ' 96 iss ue of th c " Ask Bob"
co lumn co mme nted o n why laser weapons
a ren' t use d in \va r fa re . Da ve Ro gers.
W A5 EA H. Plano . Tex a s. wro te 10 say. " Yo u
need to read Def ense Wt'd ly. Aviation Week
or any numb er of de fe nse related period ica ls.
We ha ve had active laser weapons in usc for
several yea rs no w: '
To which Bo b Grove replied . "T han ks. we
do readA\'iatioll lVt'ck. but I was unaware that

MONITORING TIMES

January 1997

we had ever tacti cal ly de ploy ed a laser wea pon

in an actua l baul e situation . I know that research and de velo pm en t has be e n going on,
but it was my im press ion that a pract ical
weapo n was not ye t field-ready : '
T ho mas A . Frank . K A2 C DK . of
Mid dleto wn . Rhode Island,clubor utcd: "What
make s yo u th ink la ser weapons are n' t used ?
OK, they ha ven ' I (~tJici(llly reache d IOC (initial operational ca pability ) yet. hut they arc
qui te real, and ver y effec tive at what they arc
des ig ned to do. Th e 1:2 Aug. 1996 issue o r
A viation Week and Span ' '{t'c/l/w lngy has a
photogrup h of a Russian Katushka rocket
being destroyed in flight by a ground-based
lase r. Past issues have shown Sidew inde r- and
Sparrow air-to-a ir missiles be ing des troyed
in flight with an airborne lase r. as well as a
Ti tan II main fuel tan k sec tion o n a test stand
a lso be ing de stro yed .
"T hey wo rk we ll e no ugh tha t a syste m
known as A BL (airborne laser ) will be in
se rvice by 1999 (hopefully ], pro tecting o ur
troo ps against sho rt ra nge ballistic missile
attack (Scud type ). T he goa l is 10 nail th e
missile while it is he ing boo sted. so the deb ris
land s o n the shoo ter instead o f the targe t
(about ume').
" You list four points :
" I - Smoke: All laser ran ge li nde rs and
planned wea po ns o perat e in the m id - to far -IR
reg io n of the optica l spectrum. whic h make s
(he m mo re or less im m une 10 the effec t of
smo ke and other a irbo rne parti cul ates.
"2 - Power supplies : A ll of the lasers
present ly conte mp lated for usc as weapons
arc che mical lasers-the one .. that have been
most widely disc usse d usc a hydroge n or
deu teriu m-fl uo rine rea ction . or mo re rece ntly
an oxyge n-iod ine reactio n (A W&ST 19 Aug .
1996 ).
"3 - Line of sight : T his is not a limitatio n.
give n the intended use. Sure, a mo rtur o r orhc r
art iller y round ca n go ove r a hill- In ll a speed
o f light wea po n for di rect attack has some
reall y o bvious adv ant age s, like no need 10
ca lcul ate lead (t he bea m is the re be fo re the
target moves). and yo u canthen trac k with the
laser itse lf.
"4 - Reflector as a d efense: Sorry. my
friend. hut this wo n' [ help. A suffic ient ly
effect ive refle ctor 10 protect a tar get (lik e a
missile ) from de stru ct ion by a high energy
lase r wi ll not survive: JUSI a trace of du st o r
dirt and it' s a ll o ve r. Th e fron t surface mirrors
used in these lase rs are fragile. de lica te. a nd
require a virtua l c le an roo m to maintain the m.
And they still so me times melt fro m wha t little

energy they do abso rb. This is the most d ifficu lt part of maki ng these dev ice s into rea l
wenp olls; you arc correct in your belief that
your average g runt isn' t goi ng to he using one
of these th ings. but under the right co nditio ns
they arc ava ilable a nd wo uld be put into use if
the Pre side nt ca lled for them (a nd they will be
o pe rational soon eno ug h l,
.
"S o. j 'Oll sec . th e days of the death ray are
upon us. Fo rtun ately ('! ), the se things are not
for anti-p erson ne l usc. La ser s a rc too expensive , com plex, and fu nda men tal ly inefficie nt
(in the cos t-effective se nse ) 10 was te on peo ple
pe r sc. T hey a rc for de stroyin g missiles and
o ther deli care flying things th at are intended
to kill peo ple. Th erefore. la..cr s are pri ma rily
defen sive in nature and. to my m ind . hig hly
desirable . It' s abo ut time the Departme nt of
Defen se put so me effo rt into defense! "
li e add s. " By the way. in the sa me issue yo u
co mme nt o n the ' basketballs' o n high tensio n
line s. Th ey ac tua lly make o ne w ith a seco ndary trunsfonn cr windi ng in it 10 lap off a little
bit of po wer from the HV line to run a stro be
lig ht for prot ection at night. No direct e lectric al co nnectio n. Nifty. huh?"

Diversity Monitoring
"S ince I started read ing MT years 'Igo. I
reali zed Bob W'I S on to so mething: ' say s Paul
Halv orsen , N2 LU G . "Th e maga zine is well writte n. bala nced . a nd intere st ing across the
e ntire spectrum {pun intended ). Many times I
sec art icles in wh ich I have no interes t. That ' s
ti ne . More often than not. you do kee p my
inte res t thro ugho ut the mag azine. That brings
me 10 my po int.
"Y o u prosper where o ther s fa il by giving
the e ntire ho bby in form at ion o n a wide variety
of topics e very mo nth. T hat ' s the key...eve ry
mo nth, You ha ve quit e com pe tent writers th at
ap proac h the topic s they co ver with an eye
toward the real wo rld (i.c. cost. process. lime ,
etc I.
" Dive rsificati on. as Bob says . is e vide nt ,..
Novi ce o r e xpe rt in e lec tro nics . beginner o r
master in the hobbies. yo u have so mething for
eve ryon e.
"B ob . if you keep the ba lance yo u have
no w. be twee n busine ss an d edi to rial sty le,
yo ur business will be aro und fo r a long. lo ng
time and w ill co ntinue to se rve di ve rse and
loyal cons umcrs."

Letters arc ed ited by Rach el Baughn for brevity and clar ity. Sc ndto lt.O . Bo x 98. Brasstow n.
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Ham Spectrum Taken

As predi cted in this co lumn. Co ngress has
ordered the reall ocat ion of the IJ -cm amat eur
radio band . The dec ision. which came as
so mething of a surp rise to the ham co mm unit y, was contain ed in the 2.000 page o mni bus budget re soluti on . HR 427ft

Th e wh ole th ing. was rough fro m the: be ginning. ~ 1 () SI co mm unica tion s attorneys who
have the ir office s ncar th e current do w ntown
location o pposed the mov e. So did m any FCC
staffers.

Cordless Monitoring

Hams have. in the past. been able to muster

many demands heard. but u steady decline in
the number of active ham s co mbined with a

public weariness at the heavy-handed ARRL

has we a kene d its effect iven ess.
Acc ording to WSYI Report. Brad w yatt.
the Am eri can Radi o Rel ay Leag ue ' s Paci fic
Di vision Direc tor. " repe atedl y sub mitte d
written and ve rbal state ments ... workjing]

with the key Congressional members to avoid

The FCC isMoving. Pass the Hat.

The FC C is moving. T he FCC is not m oving. Th e FCC is mo ving.
Right no w. th e FCC can be fo und in office
bu ildings at M Stree t and a ll e ver the Washingto n. DC. area . In 1988. it to ld Co ng res s
th at it nee ded a mo re con solid ated loc ati on .
Finall y. a fter unco unt able del ays. the Com mi ssion sc hed uled its mov e for 1997"
Th e mo ve is no w off
La wmakers have refused 10 give the FCC
so me $30 million is claims it needs to ac tuall y
m ake the mov e.

MON ITORING TIMES

January 1997

Uncle Sa m is go ing to set yo ur clock s. (He

alrea d y cl ean s yo ur clock ev ery yea r at ta x
time. )
Acc o rd ing to rep ort s. W\V VB is ge tting a
po we r boo st. It turn s out that the Navy had
se ve ra l tran smi tters sitt ing in a wareho use .
unu sed . S ur plus from the Co ld Wa r. the y
were snatched up by the Natiunal lnxtitut e
Sta ndards station in Ft. Collins. Colorado.
Soon. they' ll be in place , pumpin g o ut a
sig nal so me four tim es stronger th an the on e
it ba s tod ay.
T his wo uld be of litt le interest o utside of
the ho bby radi o co mmunit y if it we re not fo r
:J ne w ge nerati on of cl ocks and ap plian ce s
soon to make their way o nto the mar ke t.
Us ing miniatu re rece ive rs. they will he able
10 receive the stro nger \ VW V B sig nals an d
auto maticall y keep yo ur c locks acc ura te. rc se t them 10 adj ust for dayli ght sa vings or
sta nda rd time . e ven to add a leap second here
a nd ther e a s the gove rn me li t fee ls prude nt.
C loc ks and wri st watc he s whic h aut omuticully adjust to gov ern me nt time arc nothing new in Europe and Asia. but ha ve been a
no velt y in the U.S .

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a large and vocal constituency to make their

this outcome... but to no avai l."

Th e new law reall ocates 2305 to 2320 and
2345 102360 MHz. takin g aw ay a lotal of 30
MH z fro m th e 2.3 GH z regio n. Th e rarel y
used ham freq ue nc ies ha ve bee n tra nsfe rred
fro m the amateur service to commercial wire less services . HR 42 78 requ ires that co mpe titive bidding fo r the freq ue ncie s sho uld begin
no hiler than Ap ri l 15. 1997. less tha n four
mont hs away .
The Natio nal Telecom munic ation s and
Information Adm inistrat ion origi na lly idcn tified 23001 0 23 10 and 2390 to 2400 M Hz for
rea llocation back in May of IYY..L A recen t
a ttem pt to tak e o ver am ate ur 2 meier freq uen c ie s fo r Low Earth Orbiting Sate llites has
bee n tem po ra rily put on ho ld .
T hree days after the: Pre siden t sig ned HR
4278 into law. taki ng uwuy the IJ -c m radi o
spec tru m fro m hams. Bi ll C linto n celebrated
Amateu r Rad io w eek by se nd ing the following g reetings : .. .thank ]s to ] o ur nati ous
ama teu r radi o o pe rato rs for their commit..
mcnt to exce llence and thei r will ing ne ss III
work fortbe well- beiu g of'othcr s. Best w ishes
for a wo nderful week ."

Rock Around the Clock

Cordl e ss tel eph o ne eav e sd rop ping as a

we apo n in the ga me of 100'e gO I 'I boost when
the follow ing letter appeared in thc No ve mher 1996 ed ition of Glamou r magaz ine:
"A no ther high -tech trap for those who
c heat : I wa s out sid e pullin g up wee ds in the
garde n wit h the baby mon itor nearby when it
picked up o ur cord les s pho ne freq ue ncy. I
hear d my husband lea ving swee t nothings o n
his girl frie nd ' s answering machine." T he le ttcr is signe d, G. \V., St. Paul. Mi nne sot a.

MIC-KEY M-O-U-S-E
Mickey v lo usc get s j os tled by rud e tee nagcrs. Din )' old me n grab ut Sno w White ' s
breasts. T iny todd ler s ya nk o ff Plut o ' s tai l.
Acco rdi ng 10 Rich Bake r. Disneyl a nd's d irector o f creative cos tum ing . there ' s a wa r
going on at the theme park an d his ac to rs an d
their e xpensive cos tu mes arc ge tting the wor st
o f it.
Desp ite the fact that hand lers w ith walk ietal kie s arc nearby. the bulky headpieces give
the actors a very lim ited vie w o f the cro wd
aro und the m. T huts why I he co mpa ny is
inst.llling ne w vidcocume rns in the cos tu mes .
Th e new cam eras are as sma ll as a hall
point pe n and ca n he hidde n in a lmo st a ny
decoration. Th e perform er inside (he costume
wears s (X"~'i;' 1 1 g las ses that sho w the camera "s
view in o ne co rne r o f the len s.
A Disney spo kes man decl ined 10 give o ut
the f req uenc), for the video trunvminers and
Bill W arrell says that there m e no plans to
instal l the cam eras in the co st um es o f a ll 150
c haracter s. Pre sum abl y, Snow W hite will be
the first 10 ge l the de vic e.

Tower Dive
It was all ove r in a split seco nd. As cre ws
were ins tal ling a new an te nna o n a Ced ar
Hill. Texas. tran sm ission towe r. a g ust o f
w ind caug h t th e gin used to hoist mat e rial to
the: tower. The dev ice fe ll. bre aki ng a g uy
wi re and ca using the tower 10 fal l.
Th e 1.540 foot high tow er fell to the
g ro und. killin g thre e wo rkers. snapping power
line s and caus ing a tran sformer to e xplode.
Acc ord ing to w itne sse s, the men were hurled
from the 1.300 foo l level. " straight do wn into
a snarl of (angl ed steel c ables a nd shredded
met al bea ms."
Firefigh te rs from suburban Dalla s rushed
to the sce ne. ba tt ling blazes in a rattles nakeinfested cedar brak e ca used by the ex plos io n
o tt he trunsforrne r. Mean whil e. a power surge
ca used as the co lla psing lo we r c ut across

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nearb y hig h-te ns io n w ires set off bu rulur
a larms all o ver th e c ity. Fl oodi ng police ';'ith
fals e alarm s at the he ig ht o f the e merge ncy,
T he ante nna was shared by fo ur T V station s as we ll as sev eral FM rad io station. A ll

"Don 't push m e,

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more In m 'c (m el

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squelch you ! "

were temporarily Kn ocked off the air.

Th e Cedar Hill to wer is j ust u nder a hu nd red fee t tall e r than the Empire SI.IlC Bui ld -

ing.

NY News Feud
T ime Warne r ow ns the cable sys te m that
serves New York City. T im e Warn er also
ow ns the C able Ne ws Ne twork and has refused to ca rr y the co mpeting ne ws c ha nne ls.
Fo x a nd Bloom berg .
W he n Time W a rncr wo uld n ' t budg e .

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they fo und large a moun ts of ca xh and am munition . mor e than 40 auto ma tic weapo ns. sc vera! milit ary-style gas canisters. three grenad es. "nu merou s m ag azin es" and a scanner.

Mayor Rudolf Giuliani did n't like that and

o rdered New Yo rk Cit y' s publ ic access cha nnel s to air Fox and Bloom be rg. T he arrangement d idn 't last lo ng . A fede ra l j udg e nixed
the idea. Loc al gove rn me nts can' t co ntrol
pro gram min g. said the j udge .

Getting Around the Censors

T he YO A wa nts to g et pe ople wa tchin g
rad io programs. T ak ing a c ue fro m CS pan.
YOA T V plan s to simulcas t a nu mber o f
foreig n lang uage radi o se rvice broadcasts o n
sa te llite TV. in the hope s o f wide ning the
Vo ice ' s es timat ed 120 m illio n listen ers.
Acco rd ing 10 the VOA ' s Ism ail Dah iy ut.
thc re arc over a m illio n sa te llite di shes in Iran
and ha lf a m illio n in C hina. de spite the fact
thai ow nership is punishable by larg e fi nes
and eve n priso n time . Still. it"s hop ed thai
o nce a d ish is in place . even the most aut ho rita rian reg ime won 't be able to sto p the free
no w o f info rmatio n.
At prese nt . VOA T V bro adc asts five hou rs
of programm ing in Arabic . Engli sh . Farsi.
Mandari n and Rus si an. VOA-T V is sepa rate
from the US IA ' s \Vo rld Net.

Fresh Start
Ho ward S tem has d o ne it again . Thi s time
Stem got station \V V G O F~I o f Richmon d.
Vi rgi nia. in tro uble wit h the FC C .
Acco rd ing 10 re po rts. S ter n was ta lking
abou t having sex with his wife: later he des... ribcd fem a le se xua l org ans. T he FCC
tho ug ht that be had gon e 100 far and slapped
the station wilha $ IO.OOOfinc. La ter. W VGO
d ro pped the sho w.
T he inte resting part is that. whi le Ste rn's
sho w origin ates o n Infinity B roadcast ing' s
WXR K-FM and is broadcast o n so me 35
statio ns across the US. o nly WV G O FM was
tined . FCC en force me nt o ffi cia l C huck Kell ey
says that he is " unsure if the re are plans to ask
lnfinit ylt s o wned] statio n if the y carried the
same co m ment s as W VG O ."
In any case. says a no ther FC C spo kes man.
the li nes wo uld be co nsidered first o ffe nses
and \v'o uld be sma ll. T he thinki ng is beC:.lUSC
Infini ty paid the FC C $ 1.7 m illio n to settle a
decade-long: stro ng o f indece ncy com plai nts
last year. the slate was wiped clea n and the
fi nes start fro m scratch.

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The Evolution of
Monitoring Times

An interview with the editors

By Gayle Van Horn

l iS mont h WI: celebrate the fift ee nth

ann iversary o f Monitoring Times.
Th e Janu ary/F ebruary 1982 issue
was an eight- page tabloid pri nted O il new s
pulp. mailed to a few hun dred hob byi sts.
Now. fifte en years later. Air has emerged as
the leading so urce of monit oring information. read by lens ofthousandsofactive listening hobb yists around the wo rld.
Recently . I had the ple asure of j oining two
former edito rs. Bob G rove and Larry Miller.
and ou r prese nt man agi ng editor. Rac hel
Bau gh n. to refl ect o u thc past and the ir prcdi clions for the future .

MT: Bob, let's stort at the beginning. How

long have you been interested in radio?
Hob: "I' ve alway s loved shiny meta l gadge ts
like vacuu m tubes a nd things that glo w in the
durk . By the tim e I was about eight yea rs old.
I found (in a n aba ndo ned shed) my fir st rad io.
and actua lly go t it wor king. W he n I was nine
or ten I had accum ulated quite :'1 bit o f electronic j unk . I got my amateur lice nse w he n I
wa s thirteen . Fortu natel y. I me t a loc al radio
ham who took me under his win g and taugh t
me about radi o . l' vc bee n a n acti ve ham since
1951 and fo und myse lfl isten ing far mo re tha n
ha mming."

MT: How and when did Grove Enterprises

begin'
ltoh: " Up until 1978 whe n we mo ved to
Brasstown . No rt h Caro lina. I was a sc hool
reacher and was a lso writi ng articl es and hooks
OIl radio for a va riety of publ isher s. My last
two years of teach ing he re in Nort h Carolina
we re a peri od of tran sitio n. with ideas of being
an e ntre preneur in business fo r myself. Abou t
th is time . my publi sher s were fo rwarding
letter... to me . and I beg un to see a patt e rn fo r
manufac tu red goo ds that we re not on the
market-c-one of which was the Scan ner Beam.
T hat wa s our firs! produc t ant! re mai ns toda y
our longest running prod uct: '

Editor Rach el Baugltn and form er editors

Larry ,\ /i ller and Bob Grove refl ect O il th e
past and speculat e 0 11 th e f uture oj th e
magazine ami lite listenin g hobby as.. a whole.

MT: Rachel, how did you get storted with

Grove Enterprises?
Rachel: "When I first came to work in Jul y
1982. I an swered the te lep hone. handled the
order desk. and balnuce d the ledger sheets. If
we fil led up one ledger shee t we wer e doin g
wel l. Three ledge r shee ts was a ve ry good

day:

MT: Bob, how did Monitoring Times begin?

MONITORING
TIMES

zinc, and the rest is history.'

MT: Whot Iype of reoder feedbock did you

receive after the premier issue of the new
MT?

Hob: "1found out there were no commercial

pu bli cat ion s dealing w ith rad io. \ Vc bud Popu-

Jar Elect ronics and others. as well as so me

clubs. but there \V ' IS no ded icated profe ssional
effort 10 put o ut a magazine o n listen ing to the
radio spectru m. so we we re first to do that in
January 1982. Our first issue was actually an
expa ns ion of the Grove cata log. whic h e sse n-

l.erry: " It was absolutely great. We go t ma il

co nstantly. almos t excl usively sa yi ng it was
the gre ates t th ing they 'd e ve r see n. It was an
ex c ite me nt tha t was aro und in the ho bby tha t
was unpara lle led: it was a ve ry ex citing time
to be in volved in the hobby:'

tia lly has a lways bee n a bu ye rs in for mati ona l

g uide. T his was o ur first attem pt .11 ge tting

away from a pure product magazine . and

MT: Why did you to go to the mogozine

formo t in Jonuory 1988, versus the fomilior
newspaper fobloid formot?

getting into a n informational maga zine :'

MT: How mony first issues o f MT did you

send out?
Hob: " It was 30n or 400 free issues as I recall.
That issue is coveted by owners and is a
co llec tor' s item ."

MT: Where did you find those first recipients

of Mf2
Ho b : "The se were peopl e who had bo ught
products from us. By that point. we had o ur
Sig na l Enhancer and wen: worki ng on our
preamp, so we had a num her of small product s
a va ilable: '

MT: By the secondissue of MT, you reported

response from reoders hod been overwhelming. Did you find it necessorythen to begin 0
subscription fee for MT?
Bob: " Yes, the first issue wa s a big hit a nd
hund red s or people were corning back say ing,
plea se. I wa nt this o n a regul ar basis. \ Vithin
a fe w mont hs, l' opulur Communications ca rne
o ut w ith their magazine. \Vith such a huge
rcsponse , we decided to <It le ast try to mak e it
bre a k eve n. to pay for the printing : '

MT: In the eorlydoys were you MTs sole

writer, editor, and publisher?
Bob: {Iaugh l rY cs. I was . After a few issue s,
people beg an to contac t me abo ut their pa rtic ular e xpe rtis e. They we re moti vated like I
wa s to ge t the info rmatio n o ut the re. At th is
point. we wen: still ju st break ing e ven . I no
lon ger had a n income ami neithe r d id Judy.
Sh e and I were \vor king full-time at this so we
co uld contin ue to live. As M Tbegan to sho w
a profi t we im mediate ly hegan to share th ose
profi ts with o ur writers ;'101.1 we' ve bee n doing
that e ve r since:'

MT: Rochel, how did you move up to MT's

loyout deporlment?

R EMEMlJ ER WlJEN..,M T was a

tabloid newspap er (and Bob Grove had
jet bla ck hair)? Th is first issue is 1l 0 W a
coveted collector 's item ,
Rac he l: "Orig ina lly, the loca l ne wspap er
type d , laid o ut, and printed Monitoring Times.
Wh e n Bob a nd Judy made the deci sion to
hrin g the produc tion of M onitoring Times inhouse , so that we co uld kee p the erro rs under
some what bc uc rco ntrol. I im med iate ly begged
ifthere wa s a ny cha nce I co uld be assig ned to
that.'

MT: In July 1986, MT merged with lorry

Miller's Internotionol Rodio (formerly
Shortwove Guide) mogozine. loo king bock,
do you think this was a ma;orturning point
for MT's fu ture?
Ho b : " Ye s, it surely was. Wh en we did that,
we rea lize d that we were no w a conte nde r in

the market a nd o ur success was bei ng ho nored

by o ther publication s. We we lcom ed ev ery
0 11l: of those subscribers of 111terncuional Radio, and fulfill ed
their subsc riptions w ith Mon itoring Times" (wh ic h now ineluded severalcolumns from l R,
incl udin g the sho rtw ave guide
section).

Bo b : "T he newspap er tablo id sty le always

gav e the imp ressio n of a groce ry c hec k-o ut
line. No t o nly that. it' s a lot easier to o pe n a
maga zine than a newspa pe r or ev en a tabl oid,
It wa s a qu esti o n of hand ling co nve nien ce.
q ua lity of the paper, readab ility o f th e articl es
and re sol ution o f the photography. A ll of tha t
wou ld be enhanced by going to the magazine
form at.'

La rry: " It was ac tually one of incremental

steps to make a slightly better looki ng pu b licm ion. perhaps, a nd eye ing to ward s the future
and newsstand sa les.'

MT: Rochel, how did you get youriob os

managing editor of Moniforing Times?
Rac hel: " Larry Mi ller hall been the editor fo r
the five ye ars be fore and recom me nded that I
take o ve r whe n he de cide d to step down. At
the o nse t, it was pretty scary to ta ke respon sibility fo r determining the co nten t in terms of
picki ng and planning fe ature artic les, but I
soon rea lized he had subtly been train ing me
to do it. Beca use Larry Mi ller did not livc in

MT: lorry, con you tell our

reoders how you ond Bob
decided on the merge ?
La rry: "B o b a nd I had talked
fo r yea rs ca sua lly , as we bo th
o wned magazin es. he cov e rin g
utilit ies and me wit h sho rtwave .
Th e ma in ide a was to mer ge md
becom e full spectrum. I got a
job o ut o r it. Bob go t a maga-

WHERE IT BEGAN", was ill th e garag e (fa r right) of

Bob an d JIll!)' Grove 's house ill Brasstown. The
busin ess later moved into a newly constructed
building behind th eir house (left) , which also WClS
qu ick ly oil/grown ,
January J997

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to see the magazine

before it we nt to the
printer and bo re an
ultimate respo nsi bi lity for the maguzinc even before I became editor."

MT: looking hack, what do you think is

the most significant achievement that
Monitoring Times has accomplished in
the past 15 years ?
Bob : " First is the timel iness of the material.
No on e gets out there faster wi th the informatio n than we do . When we started, there wa s a
fo ur 10 six month lag bel ween us and our
nearest co m merc ial com pe titor. Ano ther is
accuracy of report ing . \Ve ha ve al way s prided
o urselves o n integ rity and accuracy. A third
thin g is th at we have a lmost a lways been the
first to break headline new s. We were first to
loc a te spy num ber stations a nd the Aurora
aircraft. we've had a large number of fir sts.
and the o the r magazines either ign ored it
ent ire ly or came o n later pre tending they
kne w that all a long ."

MT: Do you recall a feature that slands aut

as having an impact on the radio hobby?
Hob : (laugh ) " Ye ah. the re were two. The
Shroud ofTurin and The L'Ht Signal 0" Earth.
Althou gh the art icle s were well written. we
had egg o n o ur face bec au se it was not what
the peop le wanted to read: '

Larr-y: "A bsolutely. Thr U l .U Signal 0 11

Earth I co m miss io ned. I still think it was a
good sto ry. but perhaps il wasn't the righ t
place or time. You c an blam e Bob for The
Shroud of Turin. He sa id becau se they d id
radio ca rbon datu measurem ent s of the shro ud
it wo uld be appropriate fo r us." (laug h)

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terr ible and 1 alm ost lost my mind: '

MT: Do you think that MTremainson the

cuffing edge lor information and technology?
Larry: ..) thin k it doc s. Rachel ha s ;.I rea l
to ugh job as thin gs are rea lly changing . I see
those changes in the magazin e wi th new uddilio ns. and wi th a bit of sad ness when so me
th ings are let go or arc cut hack . bur the se are
c hang ing times."

MT: Are you planning any new changes to

MT?

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MT: What do you think has been one 01

MT's most significant features?
Rachel: " Larry M iller and Larry Van Hom

love to pointout the issue in which we sn apped

all our plans and pulled together the G ulf War
coverage. Th ey both bud co mme nts from
rcudcrs us to ho w on earth did we pu ll that o ut
so fast."

MT: What do you think has been the

magazine's most significant contribution to
the radio hobby?
Rachel: "There arc several. MT is uniq ue
beca use it has so many aspect s of the radio
listening ho bb y all in one place. Its a weakne ss inasmuch as yOll can't go into eno ug h
depth in o ne pa rtic ular arcu to satisfy some
readers. but on the o ther hand. it' s co nsta ntly
tantal izing rea der s with so me o ther aspe ct
the y haven't tr ied ye t. I sec the two stron ge st
are as as be ing the English Shortwave Guide
in the cent er and th e utilit y section. which has
so lved a num ber o f mysterie s:'

MT: Lorry, tellus ahaut the beginning 01 the

English Shortwave Guide.
La rry: " In the early days. I use to manuall y
re type the e ntire sec tio n ea ch mo nth. I m ig ht
add . thill I used 10 check e ve ry sing le freque ncy fo r cvc ry ho ur. By the time I co mpic led tha t. it was lime to start typ ing agai n. II

Rac he l: "O ne of the things we have do ne in

rece nt mon ths ha... bee n to inaug urate a new
co lum n o n pes (Personal Communications
System s ). W e also wa nt 10 e xplore way s in
whic h the mo nitoring hobby "::'1Il keep up wi th
new techn ology. for ex amp le. repo rting o n
equipment or software programs that call follo w trunking or monit or digital communicalio ns: '

MT: This past October, we wrapped up our

seventh and final Grove Communications
Expo. Do you see a void in the hobby with
the lack 01 the convention?
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The last maj or change ill .' f T s f ormat came with

the January / 988 issue, published as a standardsized magazine. As these covers demon strate. JU T
has probed more than a f ew volatile regions and
issues Oil the 'World stage-s-sometimes losing
subscribers over an unpopular editorial stanc e,
or f or merely reporting O il an explosive topic.

Bob : "No, I rc..rlly do n't.

I regret it was no t mor e
successful. Th e co nvenlion s were a success , in
that we di d eve ryth ing
right and peopl e kept coming back. But. we co uld n' t
afford to co ntinue to lose
a nyw here fro m six 10 ten
tho usand dollars e very yea r.
Se ve nty- five percent a tten ded ye a r a fter yea r. but it just wasn't
g ro wing, so it see med 10 ha ve out lived its
use fuln ess,"
Rachel : "Selfishly . the most wond erful part
fo r me was to mee t most of our writing staff
face to face . Interact ing with o ur re ade rs also
gave a ll of us a sho t o f enthu sia sm and ideas
that helped car ry us thro ug h the year. I think
there is still ..11\ inte rest with in the hobby in
o pportunitie s for teaching a nd sha ring information - pe rhaps o n a sma lle r scale-c-and I"d
like to promo te such eve nts."

MT: For yeors, it has been rumored that

Monitoring Times was in a constant bottle for
readers withPopularCommunications, How
do you see your relationship over the years?
Huh: "Our re lat ion sh ip has al wa ys been ve ry
a m icable, Tom my Knietcl and J. altho ug h we
have nev er met . have rem ain ed vc ry good
Friends ove r thc years. I was di sa ppo inted to
sec him retire hut unde rstood why he d id. I
still rem ain in a\l..-e at his girth of in form atio n
so urce s and always enjoyed his writing style."

MT: The radio hobby in recent yeors has

gone through so me difficult times and many
changes. With the demise of severalradio
clubs, and morepredicted, where do you see
the fu ture 01the hobby'
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MONITORING TIMES

January 1997

. md Satellite Times arc regain ing

subsc riptions o nce aga in. so that's
en cou raging . Th e ho bby may be
mak ing a recovery:'
Larry: "1 think it' s going to ce ntralize
for awhil e. I think what happe ns is. wh en
thin gs arc going rea lly good. there are lot s
of people in il who ge t involved doin g
c lubs. pub lication s. and small bu sin e sse s. A :>.
the hobby cyc les do wn it be co mes very d iffi c ult to co nt inue the clu bs and sm..iller m aga zine s. But. I still think th ings wi ll centralize
fo r the maj or publicat ion s."

MT: Looking back, do you think that MThas

remained a viable medium, or a re you
exploring otherareas such a s perhaps
pUffing the magazine online?

Rachel: "U nfortunately. I

think sim ple econo mics has something to do
with decl ining club membership and subsc riptio ns to maga zine s. as it docs with pu rch as ing equi pme nt. I sec the hobby bec o min g
more m argin al- Befor e . whe n times were
to ug h, fo lks still didn 't g jvc lip the ir rad ios , It
may al so ha ve to do w ith more co mpetition
fo r their attention by other ' fun stuff.' such as
co m puters and the Intern et."

Boh: " I see the future o f the hobby merging .

as the sho rtwave liste ne rs. ham s. an d sca nncr
listen er s dill. Most oft hose listeners nov.' have
both sca nners and sho rtwave rad ios . I mig ht
add. th at the e ntire listening hubby has also
waned some what beca use of the upco m ing
co mpute r and Intern et age, We in tur n. lost
som e ofour subscribers. hut Monitoring Times

Hoh : " Fir st of all. a pri nted magazin e IS

always far more convenient than an elec tronic
mag azin e. If we put one-hundred perce nt of
.\I T o nline . we wo uld still have a substantia l
number o f printed subscri ptio ns and man y of
those wo uld he from peopl e wh o a re online as
well. I think the printed mediu m is a solid one
that' s go ing to be with us fo r so me time . I' m
no t look ing at a downturn fo r eith e r M T or ST.
I' m q uite satisfied that their con tinued gro wth
sho ws that ther e ' s a con stantl y incr easin g
need for both magazines: '

MT: What do you think the hobby needs at

this point to re;uvenote the enthusiasm?
Hoh: " Rig ht no w it' s flat and the liste ning
ho bby in general is flat. Peo ple arc feeling le ft
behind as cve ryo nc is goi ng to the Intern et.
Wh ile I wo uld 1101 pred ict the de m ise of the
ho bb y. I wou ld predict weare go ing to see . for
years. Inte rnet ..md com pute rs o ut-d o short-

wave and scanner listen ing . I do n't thin k we

w ill see any mo re nosedives in sc anne r or

shortwave liste nin g as lon g as the manufactu rer s co ntinue to prov ide pro du cts: '

MT: What changes are you planning in the

future, to keep MTon the cutting edge?
Rachel: " Be sides the PCS col um n alread y
men tio ned, we are n' t plann ing any maj or
changes . j ust shifts ill fo cu s, For example ,
mods an d tip s on older eq uipm ent will shift
more into Rich Arland ' s ' K. I.S . Radio ' co lumn , whi le Bill Ch ee k co ntinues to mo ve us
into the wo rld of microc hip s a nd computeraide d radio listenin g. As always, o ur faithful
rea ders who se nd in news clipping s and the
free- lance feature writers who share the ir
know ledge and ex perti se a rc to thank for
mu ch of our newsworthine ss."

MT: Where do you see the radio-listening

hobby in the future? Do you predictitwill
change because of the Internet or satellite
delivered programming?
Boh: " 1 think it' s quite possib le th at publ ication s will c hange as we have , to incorporate
both sou rces of programmi ng , so if yo u pick
up a co py of M T or ST, yo u' re go ing 10 see
refere nce s to the se alternative so urc es of progra m m ing, \Vc m igh t even see mo re powerful
rad io recei ver s bein g made that are ca pable of
tuning more tha n shortwave program ming: '

MT: You now have a second magazine,

Satellite Times-why the field of satellites,
and whatdo you see as Sf's future?
Bob: "Sat ellite Times rig ht no w. is satis fyi ng

a ve ry spec ialniche. that is the per son who is

se rio us ly interested in investigating other
so urces of infor mation and e ntertain men t from
those birds, I ex pect Satellite Time s to playa
m ajor role in disbursing inform ati on on perso nal comm unicatio n se rvices. "

MT: Where do you see the radio hobby in

15yeors?
Bob: "In fifteen years I sec it still e xisting as
a viable inde pe nde nt form of intellectual rccrc ation. but I see the radio ho bbyist ex pe rimenting ma rc with co m puters, the Internet.
satel lites. perso nal co mm unication devi ces ,
and two-way radios that 'Ire license-free. Ham
radio will stil l be with U !" and though C W will
lon g ha ve been go ne, there will he a lot of
dig ital co mm unicatio ns. However. I predict
th at probably no t in the lifcti mc o f human kin d
that there will e ver be a replacement for the
human vo ice! "
Rachel: " 1 thin k it wi ll be a lor d ifferent
Where tod ays no sta lg ia is tube radio,
tomorro w ' s nostalgia wi ll be Bcarcut a nd
Unide n scanne rs and ana log sho rtwa ve rece ive rs, \Ve ' II co ver it. or co urse. but if we' re
goi ng to stay c urre nt wi th com m unications
the m agazine is goi ng to have to co ver wh atever new tec hnology co mes ..lo ng: '

MT: What do you see in the fu ture for MT, as

itapproaches the 2 1st century?
Bob: .., sec it co ntinuing to hav e a role of
do m ina nt leadership as it has right no w . A1 Tis
still a must-read in a number of military and
gov ern me nt faci litie s, us \,,'c1 1us, in com me rce .
O verseas we are con sidered a refe re nce for a
variety o f age ncies . Any time we publi sh an

artic le we kno w we will be aut horitative a nd

accura te, the age nc ies re ferred to arc o ften
im med iately 0 11 the tel ephone in orde r to ge t
addi tio nal information . Wc have this position
of en or mo us respect in professi on al circl es
an d we respect that. A ltho ugh we will gro w
we will ne ver comprise our integ rity:'
Rachel: " As in PCS. the di stin ctions between
mediu ms of co m municatio n- wire less or fibe r o pt ic , video or aud io, dig ita l or a na log,
e ncry pted or in the clear-will become incrcasingly b lurr ed. Someday MT's departmen t division s 111<1y beco me irre le vant and we
may ha ve to red e fine the way in which we
co ver the who le wo rld of co mm unicat ions. At
this po int, its d ifficult to predic t:'

MT: How about a prediction For Monitoring

Times next 15 years? Where do you see
yourself?
Bob ;"! expect to start taking a littl e bit of time
off beca use I work a long week . I th ink in the
ne xt fifteen ye ms I'm go ing to be satisfied
with the fact th at the e ntire Grove Enterprise s
o pe rat ion is being run sa tisfac tori ly by pe op le
who m I trust a nd I wi ll he able to spend less
time here, but alw ays w ith an inter est in what
go ing o n. We' tl be differe nt as the entire
ind ust ry cha nges . but our powe r has a lways
been the ability to chan ge with the ind ustry,
a nd tha t's wh y we ' re still here. I wi ll always
he vitally inte rested in the success of Grove
Ent erp rises and tha t we arc satisfy ing the
needs of our clie nts, but I will pro bably be
laking a sma lle r role in the day to day o per ation ."
Rachel: We ll. I hope to be with Monitorin g
Times unt il I' m re ady to re tire :
whe ther as managing ed itor remains
to be seen. F'or no w, (laug h) what
yo u se e is what yo u get. I'm still
enjoy ing it very mu ch."

The spacious lI e H' headquarters building fo r GnH'C is located several miles from the origina l
offic e, One look at the ant ennas 0 11 the roof suggests that Bob lias been busy here,

La rry: (laug hj "l think a Co lumbia Jo urn ali sm Award o r Pulitzer

Pri ze is in linc fo r se ve ral writers
a nd editors. Monitoring Times ha s
ada pted since day on e and (he
merger wa s a sign of that adaptation , Bob an d J ud y G rove a re re markab le pe op le who bui lt Grove
Enterpri ses from the gro und up ,
a nd their integrit y to the ir custo me rs is wha t has establish ed them as
(he best in the hob by. And , as a
result, thin gs will alwa ys do we ll as
lon g as yo u have that Grove philoso phy and keep it."

January 1997

MONITORING TIMES

13

Scanning lee
(That Really Work)

HoI\' can you graduate jrom scanning

the local humdrum to scanning high
drama ? Here are some tips on gaining
the easy familiarity with the scanning
bands that advanced listeners enjoy.
You 'I! soonfind yourself immersed in
information youferretted out fo r yourself, just like the experts.

By Andy Barber

earching for frequencies is a big part o f the exci tement afforded by the scanning hobby.
Perso nall y. I wou ld bai l o ut of the Cardi ac Care Unit an d run three mi les in the snow
for the cha nce of a ne w lind. In my format ive scanning years I reli ed completely on
Police Call for freque nc ies. Ine vitabl y. I was sucked into the vor tex: of sca nning and bec ame
a true add ict.
Whe n I sta rted notic ing errors in localli sLs and Police Cl/ I/ . 1elec ted to uba ndont hem a ll a nd
create my own using the follow ing meth od s. Th e process is relatively s imp lc...and it does not
require lots o f e xpe nsive equipment.

Equip ment
O ne of se veral ite ms you ab so lutely must hav e for a frequency hun t is a program ma ble
scanner. A n "Ob-ury-guwd " mo di tied Pro ~20 06 killer radio tethe red to a co mme rci al grade
antenna on top of a 300 foot to wer isn' [ necessar y. A sma lle r unit wil l do for local stuff. You 'll
need a tape recorder with vo ice activated switch (VOX )ci.lpubilities . and pen c ils a nd paper . Buy
a current iss ue of Police Call, an d acq uire maps of the urea . too . Police Call an d VOX recorders
arc avail abl e at Rad io Shack a nd adve rtised in ,' lIT.
Optional equip ment for your qu est is a co mpute r. used for tilin g and printing lists, You can
get on e tha t will work fin e for less than you imagine. I bou ght an oldvboa t a nchor" 286 PC with
14

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January 1997

a sma ll hard d rive a nd moni tor for on ly 575 .

Ano the r ha ndy opti o n is acces s to a n Federa l
Co mm unica tions Com m iss io n (FC C ) Field
Office or the FCC files 0 11 di sk or C D-RO M .
(OK...so :1 $75 computer ha s no C D-Ro m
dri ve , bu t y()Umay ha ve a friend wit h the righ t
eq uipme nt. and so me libra ries have co mputc rs for publ ic use .)
In additio n, beg, borro w. or buy a po rtable
freque ncy co unte r a nd yo u' ll be armed to the
teeth fo r the adventu re.

departmenta l coordinatio n , so lis ten l o ng

e no ug h to di scover to
who m it truly be longs.
Map s allow yo u
to pinpoint locatio ns
yo u hear o n the scanner.
Mo nito rin g a fire at an
intersect io n yo u determine to be in the m iddl e

Getting Started

lo Jonesvilie FD. If you

of Jonesville probably
means yo u are listeni ng

Now that yo ur ho rse is sa ddled, start by

hid ing yo ur o ld list s someplace yo u wo n' t be
near very o fte n, such as hy yo ur too ls o n yo ur
workbench . (Serious frequ en cy hu nting wo n' t
a llo w time fo r yo u 10 wo rk o n the ho use
unyway .) Ne xt, type a list of the public safety
freq ue ncie s... Plt-policc. PP fire , PM-e mergency med ical service (E:vlS ). PS-spc(;'i al
e mergen cy, Ph -cit y crew s, PH-hig hway mainte nan ce , PO-fo restry co nse rvation...<Is sho wn
in the back o f Pulice Call, ( Public sa fety is the
mo st popu lar, hut th is met hod work s on ot he r
se rvices, too.I O n the list, cross off frequencies of which yo u arc 100 perce nt. absol utely
sure ...no t those yo u've been told o r suspect
a re correc t. Don 't co nside r Polin ' Call o r
other lists go spel. either . Th e integri ty of your
list depends o n each entry be ing co nfirmed ...no
guesses:
Enter as man y uncon firmed frequ enc ies as
yo ur sca nner will acc ept. hit " scan," and prepare to make notes o n yo ur list. Le t the recor de r run whi le sc anni ng so yo u can play
hack an ythin g you miss, bUI do n't lise the
VO X yet. A VOX sys te m ca n miss the first
few syllables o ra transmission , and Murphy s
Law di ctate s that they will he the o nes necessa l)' to mak e positive iden tific ati on .

still have so me do ub t,
try to ge t a ca ll sig n o r
wa it to hea r "J o nesv ille

The author at one of the dispatch positions at the Lenexa,

Kamas, Police Dept.
You r notes mu st have as muc h informat io n
as po ssi ble. such as the ca ll sign, agen cy. lise.
the cha nnel number, locatio ns. radi o num hers. and ge neral co ntext of the con versa tio n.
Ca ll signs arc o ne of the most hel pful hits of
information you ca n gel. Listen for the ca ll
signs (Morse cod e or voic e) und cross reference th em with Police Call to de te rm ine the
licen see. If yo u ca n' t co py Morse co de. play
the tap e back, and listen to the first c haract er
ove r a nd o ve r until yo u ge t the dots a nd
dashes. M ake sma ll dot s and dashes 0 11 p'lpcr
if yo u need to. and muu...h them up to a copy of
the coli c yo u go t from your ham radio frien ds .
Repeat th e proce ss for the ne xt c ha rac ter unt il
you ha ve them ;111.
As yo u make cross re feren ce s to Poliet'
Call 's listings. don't fa ll prey to tha i large
hairy mon ster ca lled " assumptio n" hy ass uming that all freq ue ncies arc used us the listings
show. A PL listing mig ht be a PD freq uency
in reali ty. Dispatc.h ce nte rs may have access
to freq uen c ie s of o ther se rvic es for inte r-

Fire to Engine 451: '

When the user (s) are

identified, c ross th e freq ue ncy off your list,
lock it ou t of the scanner (or rep lace it with
a no the r o ne) , and pun ch "scan" aga in.

Using th e VOX
Soo ner or later you wil l need to get so me
slee p, go to wo rk, or spe nd so me q ualit y tim e
with the fam ily. Unlike many of yo u, my w ife
is ha ppy that I ha ve a hobb y, ev e n tho ugh it
me ans I mu st aba ndo n her for hou rs while I
camp ou t in the rad io room . Oh . she tr ies to
hide he r en thusiasm by sto mping aro und a nd
g nashi ng her teet h, but she can ' t foo l me .
Anyw ay, whe n you mu st lea ve yo ur mon itoring po st, sto p the scanne r o n a frequency that
is no t very ac tive . (T he VO X does not get
impat ie nt liste nin g to a n inac tive channe l.)
M ark the freq ue ncy o n a cass ette. tum o n th e
VO X and let it coo k. If yo u fail to mark th e
ca ssett e yo u m ay for get what freque ncy you
reco rded, and yo ur efforts wo uld be in va in.
Play it hack whe n yo u return to the shack.
Th e prio rity featu re o n sca nners lets you
track tv.. . o frequ e ncie s at o nce . Ente r two un know n freq uencies-c-o ne being the prio rity
c hanne l- and sto p the sc anne r o n the no npr iority channe l. Acti vate the pri ori ty functio n and use the VOX . Any thing reco rde d
wi th the perio dic inte rruption wo uld be the
non -pri ori ty ch anne l, and no interruptions
woul d indica te th e pri orit y c hanne l.

Other Met hods

One corner of our radio shop bench .

D irect co ntact with age nc ie s is oft en ov erloo ked : it' s no t illegal to c all the agency and
ask them for th eir freq uencies. Law enforcement age nc ies gene ra lly don ' t mind that people
have sca nne rs, but un like firelEMS , the nature o f the bu siness requires a ce rta in amount
of sec recy to be effec tive. Th ere for e, so me
de pa rtments hesitate to give o ut info rm ation

Janua ry 1997

MON ITORING TIMES

IS

bou nda ries , and in-

quire what the radio

nu mb e rs mean.
One more possibility is the R ide Along pnlgram so me
po lice de pa rtm ent s
offe r. If yo u rid e
al o ng , fo IIO\\" th c
ru les outlined in thc
p a ra graph s about
tou rs, a nd don't try
10 spe a k "co p-esc."
I' ve se en many office rs, utt er d ro ppi ng
off a ride r, e ngaged
in muc h ey eba ll roIlOur equipment room, filled with dup lexers, voting equipment,
ing m ixed with di smonitors. test equipme nt, etc !
par ag in g remarks
th at might jeopardi ze th at ofte n illusory se nse
about the gu y who " ta lked like he wa s a cas t
of secre cy. To mi nim ize these effects I will
me mbe r of NYPf) Blue."
ma ke som e suggestio ns.
w atc h what c hanne ls he uses for wh at
Don 't say . " Yeah man, what are your Irepurpose s. Note what frequ en c ie s are in his
que ncies?" Instead try. " He llo. My nam e is scan ner. or ask if you can see what' s Pre so-and-so. I don 't have an emergen cy...l c an
g ra nunc d. Qui z him about things mentioned
hol d: ' Continue with. "I' m a radio ho bbyist
in the sect ion abo ut tours. Take notes... you
interested in Freq ue ncies yo u me. Ca ll yo u
can' t re me mber it all .
he lp me?"
Be fore you ride w ith an officer. be fore Re member . many di spatch er s do n' t knovv
warned that yo u m ig ht beco me involved in
the diffe rence between a megah ertz and an icc
so me typ e of c rime in progress, It may so und
c ube tray undcouldn ' t te ll yo u the frequencies
exciti ng, but it "."an he terrifying. If that hap if they wa nted to. Do Hot usc jargon . lin go. or
pen s. your c hi ldre n will wonde r why you
codes . Disp atchers a nd co ps hate when cit iret urn ed ho rne with yo ur hair stic king o ut like
ze ns do that . Be po lite, and ask for infor m athai o f a fright ened por cu pine and why you r
tion . do n't de mand it. If yo u ge t into a ve rbal
eyes re fuse to h link . T e ll them it wa s
sho ving m atc h with a di spatch er . you wi ll
no th ing...so meo ne just sho t at the po lice ca r
lose .
whi le yo u wen: in it.
A not her op tion is a tour of the agency ,
Mak e appointme nts for a group tou r a hea d of
Frequency Counters
tim e . S how up o n tim e. a nd dre ss appropr iMany arti cle s ha ve been pub lished o n techately . If yo u a rrive wearin g T -sbirt s and sho rts
nic
a
l meth od s fo r us ing freq ue ncy co unters,
they ma y te ll yo u to co me bac k d ressed
differe ntl y...o r g ive you the abbreviated sho rt
tou r. Bring a lo ng so me o f your quiet sc ho o l
age child ren . Kids perfect ing the a rt o f whirring will prob ably ge t the yo u the short to ur.
On the othe r han d. so me d ispat che rs enjoy
younger lo ur members be st and go int o g reat
detail ex plaini ng thin gs to them .
Bring a lisl of q ue st ion s, and pad a nd
pe ncil. Do n' t to uch an ythi ng whi le inside .
Do ing so co uld a lso re sult in...yes...the short
to ur.
Make not e or any call sig ns o n the co nsole.
and sca n the FCC licen se tha t sho uld he di spla yed there. Inqui re whethe r they can co mJ7" tou ch screen radio control/monitor
m unicate with othe r agencies. and if so. what
screen which displays eight tran sm it/
frequen cy or channe l it is. Ask if they use
receive modules and 20 monitor
re pealers o r-simp lex sy ste ms, if they sc ramble
an yt hin g. a nd what they mo nito r in di spatc h. modules, No more buttons! (Mouse)
Requ est to sec or ge t a map w ith d istric t trackball also us ed to control[unctions.)

.'"

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January '997

so 1 \\10 11 " go int o that. Her e arc a few trick s to

m inim ize the number o fti mes yo u arc sto pped
by a uthoritie s who are c ur io us wh y you are
carrying a su sp ici ou s loo ki ng box.
W hen I can. I take my so n with me . Peop le
watch ing my so n and me wa nde ri ng a ro und
thei r propert y ar e less a pt to sic the lo ca ls on
me than ifl wa s a lone. If yo ur child holds and
rea ds it tor yo u, they'Hmost likely ign ore yo u.
thinking you r re mote control car ha s driven
off into the sunse t.
A hom e-brew flexible ant enna made fro m
good q uali ty stra nded w ire and a BNC connector wor ks OK . and d oesn 't dr aw attention
like the te lescopi ng ante nna . I have ask ed
sec urity officers, and construc tio n a nd ut ility
crews to key up thei r radio so I ca n "check
o ut" my new toy . Most ha ve do ne so, ami d
so me snicke ring, allowing me to acq uire a
ne wl y confirmed frequency.

I FCC Files
Regardles s of your so urce for the FCC
file s. you still will be req uired to sort o ut the
info rm atio n after you retrie ve it. l ' ve di sc overe d a fe w ways of wring ing a little more
information from them than yo u m ig ht think.
FCC lil e s may show the ad dress or pho ne
nu mbe r at the co ntro l point (d ispatch ce nter),
During one trip 10 the FCC Field Office. I
fou nd a freq ue ncy issued to the state sho wing
an address and room nu mber at the capi tol .
but there was no clu e to the ac tua l agency
using it. I ca lled the ca pito l. as ked the re c e p ~
tio ni st what agency was in room suc h and '
such, and wa s pro mptl y in formed of the user.
In an o ther instance I sim ply called the
listed phon e number and waited to see who
an swered. If the files inclu de the antenna
site's location . go the re and see if uny sig ns
indi cate to whom it belon gs. Wit h the ti les.
yo u can cross refere nce the di ffere nt fie lds to
di scover mo re. and you ca n confirm info rmatio n you have collected from othe r so urces.
also .

I Organizing th e Info
Periodi call y yo u w ill wa nt [ 0 organize
yo ur work . (T his is whe n a co mputer is hand y. )
First.create three lists made up of in format ion
from yo ur o rig inal list plus the da ta yo u fo und
duri ng your scarch . So rtonc of them by agency.
on e by freq ue ncy, and o ne by call sign. T hese
won 't be the fini shed prod uct. T hey w ill be
re search copies to be used in the never -endin g
process of frequency hunting . Leave a space
or two between each entry. You might wa nt to
re -do yo ur unconfirmed list at th is po int. too.
It w ill be mu c h smalle r and ea sier to de al wi th .

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So fa r you have dea lt wi th raw dat a o nly .
T he next sectio n de scribe s how to make se nse
o ut o f the organized info rmation , A ba sic
kno wledge o f radi o sys te ms w ill hel p,

Radio Systems
A single!n'l/'H'lIcy simplex ch an nel is like
a Citi zen ' s Han d radio. Mobiles and bas es
tran smit and rece ive o n a si ngle frequency.
(Lis ten to that freque ncy to hear both side s. )
Twofreqnrncv simplex syste ms incorporate a
tra nsm it freq uen cy for mo biles, wh ich the
base rece ive s.ind a second trunsm it freq uency
fort he base. which the mobi les rece ive . ( Lis te n to both frequ en cies to hear bot h sldc s. ) In
a repeate r svstcm the mobile s a nd base tra nsm it o n on e fre q ue ncy that is recei ved by the
repeater. The repeater reb roadcasts those transmi ssio ns o n a di ffcrent freq uency wi th mo re
power. The ba se s and mobile s receive the
rep eater frequen cy . (Liste n to the repeater
o ut put to hea r both vides.} There arc mor e
vari ation s. bu tmost will fall into nile of these
three maj or cate gorie s.
UHF (450-,Ul) MHz) sys tem s arc ubout as
sim ple as a gon g solo. Repeat er o utputs urc S
M l Iz belo w the inp ut s...pe riod . For UHF T
band (..n O-512 Mil l ) the o utpu ts arc J tvfH I
lo we r. O utp uts for xon MH z sys h:ms a rc 45
MHz below the inputs. Unfo rtunatel y, V HF
HI (150-174 !\lHI.) pairs can be most any
co mbin atio n offreq ue ncics. Frequ encies with
th e sa me call sign arc most likel y pai red .
A mobile a nd dispatcher heard {1Il the same
freq ue ncy with eq ua l stre ngt h pro ba bly indlcutes a repeat er. If yo u hear stro ng ba se s, hu t
the mob iles have va rying sig na l stre ngth on
the sa me freq uen cy. suspect a single frequ en cy simplex syste m. If you hear mo bi le s
on one and the ba se o n the ot he r. it is a tw o
frequency sim plex syste m. Mob iles arc not as
pow erful us a ba st.', and thu s, harder to hear in
.1 simplex sys tem.
If yo u d iscover more th an two VHF HI
freq ue nc ies with the same ca ll sign. the nex t
par agraph m ight point you in the rig ht directio n.
So me sys tems have mobi le licen se s o n the
base/repeateroutput Freq uen cy. Th is is for ca r
to car tra ffic, o fte n ca lled "tal k-aro und ." In a
repeater sys te m. ta lk-aro und bypasses (he rl.'
pcatcr to be come a nne frequen cy simplex
system. It pe rfo rm s likewi se in a two Ireljuency simplex syste m. Th e number of mobi les for talk -arou nd is usuall y the sam e as the
num ber of mobiles listed for the input frequ en cy, so listen 10 a pa ir th at sha re sa me
number of mobiles. What do yo u do if you
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MONITORING TIME5

Janvary 1997

di scover two pai rs wi th the same ca ll sign a nd

the same number of mo hi le licen se s'! Li sten to
them all. two at a time until you get the co rrec t
co mb ina tion . Hey-no t everything ha s a
sim ple answe r.
A frequency listed with no appare nt mate
co uld be a ca r to ca r frequency o r a sing le
frequ en c y simplex sys tem. If yo u suspec t it is
a sing le freq ue ncy si m plex sys tem , loo k cithcr for a sing le licen se sho wing ba se s and
mobiles, or two licen se s...one fo r the ba se s
a nd one fo r the mobi les.
If c ha nnel numbers are menti on ed, like
cha nne l four. assume that there are at least
channels o ne, two, and three, a lso . Listen to
a ll freq ue ncies licensed to that age ncy , a nd
keep tilling in the bla nks until yo u ha ve a ll
fou r channel s co nfinn ed . Oft e n in a rep eater
o r t wo freq ue ncy simplex sys te m yo u w ill
find that c hanne l " I" is the rep eater or ba se.
and cha nnc l t' Z" is tal k-aro und . You wi ll ha ve
difficulty hearing mobi les o n tal k a round un le ss they arc fairly close.
You r sea rc h mu st i ncl u de a ll the
freq ue ncies ...even those: yo u assume arc th e
trash tru ck s or wa te r mete r read ers. Some of
the best finds arc th ose that appea r un interesting o n the surface. I do n't reall y ca re ho w
those uni ntere sting frequ encie s are used as
mu ch ' IS I ca re to kno w how they a rc lI ot used .
In o the r words, if I' m sure it is a meter read e r
then I'm eq ua lly sure it' s not a secret detecti ve
freq uency .
A prime e xample is a PO frequency listed
in Police Call as licensed to a sma ll suburb in
my area . After letting the VOX do its thing I

heard pho ne cull s fro m citizens to the PD.

Thoug h d ispa tc hed by anot her "gene)'. it has
its own pho ne number for workday ho urs. If
someo ne ca lls th at number w he n the office is
closed, it is auto matica lly pat ched 10 the Police car over that frequ ency. Ho w ma ny of you
can say yo u he'll'the phon e ca lls to your poli ce
dep artmen t in a com plet ely legal fa shi o n? ...
an d on a fo re stry conse rva tion freq uency, at
that !

The Finished Product

You wi ll probably wa nt two lists. o ne
sorted by freq ue ncy , and the seco nd by age ncy .
Yo u sho uld hav e at least fo ur co lumns ...
freq uency. agency/ use, inp ut. an d ca ll sign. In
bo th lists, I put repeater chan ne ls in bold type,
simplex chan ne ls in normal ty pe , and trunked
sys te ms in italics as a way to kee p them
stra ight. An asterisk was inserted by input
frequenci e s for e as y recognition .
In the list so rted by freque ncy. eve ry freq uency needs to he included. even if it is an
input. I elected no t to incl ude inp uts fo r UHF
and 800 M Hz, since they are co nsta nt. For the
list by age ncy , each frequency docs no t need
to be sho wn as a sepa rate e ntry. but eac h
chan nel (w hich is m ade up o f one or two
frequ encies ) mu st be listed . See the examples .
Add co lumn s for PL ton es, c ha nne l num bers, and any thing else yo u may want. Manu facture an uuraciive cover and staple it together. As yo u update your list. da te or de stroy the old o nes . Last of all. make sure you
se nd a copy of the list to the Scanning Report
in MT.

Sa mple List by Frequency

frequency

tnJlJlI

158.n 5

Jonesville PO disp

159.030

KAB123

158.n 5

Jonesville PO talkaround

NONE

KA4567

159.030

Jonesville POdisp
Jonesville POcar/car

to 158.775
NONE

KAB123

158.745
154.250

Jonesville fO disp

154.070

KBC321

854.9875

Jones County convention al repeater

856-860.0375

JonesviJle City

811-815.0375

KA8321

AuwY

frequency

tnJlJlI

caJLSjgn

Jonesville POdisp

158.n5

159.030

KAB123

Jonesville PO talkaround

158.775

NONE

KA4567

Jonesville FD disp

154.250

154.070

KBC321

Jonesville PO car/car

158.745

NONE

Jones County cnvntionl rplr

854.9875

Jonesville City

856860.0375

caJLSjgn

KAB456
WBC123

Sam ple List by Agency

KAB456
WBC123

811815.0375

KA8321

Selected I<ansas and Missouri Frequencies

FRANK! IN COUNTy

JOHNSONCOUNTY KANSASLAW
ENFORCEMENT FREOUENCIES

FRCO OISP
FR CO CO

EOGERTONCITYIPO

155.085

FAI RWAV CITYiPO

156.240

GARDNER CITYiPO CH8

154.055

KHP BONNER 70WER

KHPOLATHE 70WER
KHP

868.6750
866.6875
JOTRUNKEO

JOCOSl ONE
JOCONlONE
JOCOINVES7IGATIONS
JOCOTACCH4
JOCOCOUNTYWIDE

LEAWOOD PO CH1
LEAWOOD PO CHI
LEAWOODPO TAC
[[AlVOOO TRUNKEO (11Ifu")

453 .950
453 .625
158.850
856-857.2375

JOCOCOURTSERVICES
COM. COLLEGE
JOCO CIVIL DEFENSE
JOCO TRUNKEO

158.m
159.168
158.130
159.585
159.030
159.21 B
159.1 BO
453 .m
153 .995

LENEXA PO OISP
LENEXA PO INFO
LENEXA PO CARiCAR

460.325
468.450
460.050

MERRIAMCITY/PO

JOCO JAIL

MISSION CITYiPD

159.000

O~

856860.9875

PARK TRUNKEO

PRAIRIEVilLAGE TRUNKEO

858-1160.2375

M.E.R.S:
OLATliE POF1,2DISP
OLATHEPOF3.4IN FO
OLATHEPOF6TAC

.453.825
453.900
453.750

ROELAND PRK CITYiPO

ROELAND PRK CITYiPO

155.760
155.925
156.240

INTERCITY

460.100
453.450

MUTUAL AID
MUTUALAIQ

868.0125
868.5125

JOHNSONCOUNTY ARE& EMSFREOUENCIES

LENEXA CITY FIRE

LEAWooo CITY FIRE
MERRIAM CITY FIRE
OVERLAND PARKCITY FIRE
OVERLA/IO PARKCITY FIRE
OVERLAND PARKCITY FIRE

154.325
154.355
460.575
460.600
460.6375

154.145

MEO 1(JOCO)
ME02 (JOCO)
MEO 3 (JOCO)
MEO 4 (JOCO)
ME05 (MAST)
MEO 6(MAST)
ME07(MAST)
MEO B(MAST) OISP F2
MEO 9(MAST)OISP F1
MEO 10CAU IN(JOCO)

155.055

WELLSVILLE PO

154.725

WVCO OISP
WVCOCH2
WVCOCH 3
WV CO CO

155.520
155430
154.950
155.895

MISSOURI LAWENfORCEMENT FREDUENCIES

BELTON

453.600

BLUE SPRINGSPO
BLUESPRINGS PO

155.B65

CASSCD SO

155.685

CLAVCOMOPO
CLAYCOMOPO

155.115
155.595

CLAV CD SO

155.700

CMSUCAMPUS PO

155.130

GLAOSTONE PO
GLADSTONE PO

B53.8375
B54.6875

GRANDVIEW PO

155550

INOEPENOENCE PO
INDEPENDENCEPO
INOEPENOENCE PO

453.300
453.850
453.675

HARRISONVilLE PO

155.070

JACKSON CO SO
JACKSONCO SO
JACKSONCOOETS
JACKSONCO JAIL

155.790
155.970
156.150
154 755

JOHNSO/l CO MO

WARRENSBURG

KCMO Nl ONE (Old)

KCMOMETRO lOtIE(old)
KCMO CENTER (old)
KCMO Sl ONE(old)
KCMO CITY WIDE(old)
KCMO TAC(old)
KCMO ElONE(old)
KCMOOETS(old)
KCMOOETS (old)
KCMOOETS(old)

154.71 0
154140
154.860
154 890
155.640
155650
156 090
460.300
460.525
460.550

LAfAYETTE CO so

155.490

lEES SUMMIT PO
LEESSUMMITCITYiPO
LEESSUMMIT PO CiC

159.030
155940

LIBERTY PO

154800

MHP STATEWIOE
MHPMETRO OISP
MHP METRO CARS
MHP RURAL CARS
MHPSIMPLEX

42.020
42060
42.220
42.380
42.320
42.120

MOSO NET
MOMUTUAL AIO
MO POINTiPClNT

155.370
155.475
155.730

MHPRURAl OISP

NKCPO
NKC PO

460.125
460425

PARKVILLE PO
PARKVILLEPO

155.250
155.625

PLATTE CO

(PARKVILLE)

RIVERSIDEPO

155.565

856-860.1375

WARRENSBURGPO
WARRENSBURGPO

155,415

158.820

WESlIVOOO CITYiPO

154.250
154.205
154 .785
154415
154295
154.285

B54.9B75
855.2125
856-860.7625
856-860.9375
153.no
154.175

159.105

460.175
460.075

JOCOOISPCH1
CH 2
JOCO
JOCO TACCH3
JOCOTAC CH4
JOCOTACCH 5
JOCO MUTUAL AID CH 6

\VYANOQITECOUNTY
KCK PO BACKUP
KCK PO OATA
KCK TRUt' KEO
KCKTRU/IKEO
KCKfO(NOW800)
KCK KAnE (EMS) (/lOW 800)

OTTAWAPO

856-1160.9625

SHAWNEE PO
SHAWNEE PO
(SIMULCAST)

154.755
155.835

468.0001463.000
468.025/463.025
468.0501463 050
466.0751463.075
468.100/463.100

468.125/463.125
468.1501463.150
483.175
462_950
462.975

155.670

156.030

' MetropolitanEmergency RadioSystem

KANSAS LAW ENFORCEMENT.FIR[,1'MSFREOUENCIES

RAYTOWN TRUNKEO
POINT TO POINT
STATE \VIDEOISP
STATEIVlOE CARS

39460
39.580
39.700

KHP (not used much anymore)

KHP (not used much anymore)

44.94145.18

KHP

44.98I44.B2
JO TRUNKEO

KHPBONNER
KHP OLATHE

KHPLAWRENCE
KHPPAOLA
KHPHURON

MIAMI COUNTY
MIAMI CO SO .
MIAMI COfO
MIAMICO CO

155.610
154.310
39.640

PAOLA PD
PAOLA FD
PAOLAFD

154.980
155.940
154 .340

OSAWATOMIE PO
OSAWATOMIE PO

155.700
39640

OSAWATOMIE ST HOSP
OSAWATOMIEST HOSP

155.310
39.500

LOUISBURGfO

467.975/462.975

ST PENLANSING
ST PEN LANSING

155055

MISSOURI AR[,1'MS FREOUENCIES

BELTON FO

154.400

153845

SEEPO

CASSCO FO
CASS CO FD
CASS CO FO

GlADSTONEFO
GRANOVIEW FO

154.430

INOEPENOENCE FD

154,310

JACKSON CO FD
JACKSON CO fO

154.220

JOHNSON CO FD

15-= ,190

154.370
KCMOFOOISP
KCMO FO FIREGROU/IO
KCMO fOCARiCAR
KCMO FO

154.130(Oldl
154010 (~d)
see KC800 Mhz

NKCFD

154.235

PRAIRIETOWNSHIP

460.575

RIVERSIDE FO

154.1 90

LEES SUMMITFO
lEESSUMMITFO
LEESSUMMIT FO
lEESSUMMITfO

453.900
453.525
453.575

154.160

AMBULANCES

851.5625
852.5625
853.5625
154.385
155.820

LVPO
LVPO
LVfO
LV FD

453.200
453 350
460.250
46.440

ODESSA FD

154.41 5

RAYTOWNFD

154.370

FTlVMPS

164.500

SMITHVIllE FO

154.1 90

VA HOSP PO

166.200

l fIMNWOBTH COIJtm

LVCOOISP
LVCOTAC
LVCO(OTHERCITIES)
LVCOfO
LVCOCO

856-860.5625

868.6750
868.6875
866.8625
86B.8375
866.7125

154,355

154.400

154445 (old)

460.350

155.310
155.130

KCMO PO/fDiClTY SERVICES G.E. SYSTEM.

Inservice as 01071596

DOUGlASCOUNTY

DG CO OISP
OG CO OISP
OG COCO
OG CO CO

39220
867.3375

OGCO SKYWARN

155.160

155,805

LAWRENCE PO
LAWRENCE FD

158.790
154400

155.760

856.2125 TO 860.2125
856.2675 TO 860.2675
856.4325 TO 860.4325
856.4625TO 860.4625
8567375TO 860.7375

Bold .. ConvenliQnal Bepeater

ltalcs - Trunked System

Normal - Simplex System

Nicaragua 's

Radio Miskut
By John C. Freeman

I
Evaristo Jle rcado. Program Director, with the li C K'S .

n Octo be r 199.." G lenn Hnuscrs "Global Forum" co lum n in Monitoring

a brief reference to Radi o Misk ut. "N icame ua'x onlv shortwave
station:' He wrote that the station \I,'3S off the a ir due to " problems w ith two
t\lS R 62 14 mod ules:' and that the faci lity had a I kW lIT Ma c Kay transmitter
on 5770 k ll z. RighI away, I co uld sec whe re this gringo was go ing on his next
vacation.
C hristmas of 1995 was an ideal time to be hea d ing so uth to wa rmer places,
and Nicaragua was warm. indeed! O n my arriva l in Ma nag ua. I e nco untered
rio ting uni versit y stude nts protesti ng bud ge t c uts. and several peopl e were
killed, Undeterred , and with no signa l from Radio Miskur in Puerto Ca bezas
audib le on my Sony SW7600G, I fell a trip to Puert o Cabeza s (a nd bac k) was
esse ntial.
Till/ t o.'; had

I The Misllito Reception Committee

When I arrived at the Puerto Cabezas a irstrip. Ad an Art ola, station ma nager,
was there and , wi th typical co urtesy. he led the way 10 a tiny "restaurant"
featuring delicious snook fish co oked in coc onut milk with bana na topping .
After was hing this down with uc oncoc tion made from loc a l tropica l fruits. I wa s
escorted down a narrow dirt road to .1 plywood build ing sp raw ling be neath ;'1
massive mango tree at the edge of an ope n air mark et. Be fore we entered the

II

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20

MONITORING TIMES

January 1997

f)J Oscar Lopez at the board duri ng tran smissions 1030 to 2230 UTe.

studios of the only Nicaraguan SW station. Me.

Anoia found me a shady

place to sit and explained

some Nicaraguan history.
bot h recen t and past.
Th e Mi skito pe ople
a re one of the la rgest

tion I once work ed for in

Mi ssi s sipp i ! A nother
p lac e: sa me 0 1' pro blems .

Public Service
Radio

Rad io Misku t Today

T oday. this sa me equipment is still the
basis of the peacetime broad casti ng sta tion on
5770 kH z. Th e progra mm ing inc.. ludes the
usu al ne ws. co untry mu sic. an d such. but a lso
is ge ared towar d informa tional pro grams for
farm ers. hom em ake rs. a nd childre n. An ex e mplary concern with anti-drug a nd other
public health issues was e vide nt on the program schedule.
Since the Moravi an Churc h is wide ly atte nded by Miskito peo ple. broa dcasts of ch urch
se rvices arc featu red. With Indi an peopl e
spre ad out a long the coasts of Honduras a nd
Nicarag ua over hu ndreds of roadless mi les.
shortw ave broadcast ing by Rad io M iskut is a
valuab le resource. according to church represcruativev whom I me t in Puerto Cabezas.
Fine. So why couldn 't I hear Radi o Miskur
from Managua? The truth is that the I kW
linear amp is kaput . Rad io Mi sk ut has to
resort to runni ng thei r excit er on AM bare foot
into their dipo le antenna on 57 70 . A quick
revie w of the manu a ls co nvince d me that
the re might be thirty waus goi ng to the a ntenn a on a good da y .
Ca sh is very sca rce in ea ste rn Nicaragua
for ne w tra nsm itters. Neve rthe les s. the low
power docs at least a llow the population ce nte r of Puerto Cabezas to hear the sta tion. T he
sta ff has pro udl y treasured rece ption reports
from the U.S .. Japa n. a nd Euro pe dat ing from
ea rl ie r days when the a mpli fier was still working. At that time. 500 wan s of RF power was
go ing into the half wave dipole forty fe et off
the grou nd the re on the coast o f northeastern
N icaragua.

Mr. Artola c xplained

th at Ra d io M is k ut
evolve d fro m a prev ious ly cl andestine stat ion
eastern Nicaragua for at
s ta rt e d d urin g the
least the last thousa nd
Sa ndi n ist a
gove rn years with two o the r
men t' s wa r against the
groups of Indians. the
M iskito peop le in eastSumo and Rama peoples.
e rn Nica rag ua in the
Despite co mmo n What 's behind this door?
1980 ' s. J ust like so many
gringo assump tions that "Som ethi ng to do with relieffrom
othe r gro ups of ind igthe Mi skit o tr ibe w as oppression."
e no us peop le s wo rldnamed for the local insect
pest, it is claimed that the Indians were pur- wide. the Miskiros did not take kind ly to
veyors of firearms (muskets) to pirates and havin g thei r villages burn ed and the ir peop le
other adventurers during the 160()" s, leading taken to c..once ntration ca mps.
Th e M iskit os fe ll forced to becom e part of
to the term " misk ito" in honor of the ir weapthe N icara guan re vo lution . which a lso feaon s trade. Ta les abound tha t adroil use o f
tu red the Conrras. O live r No rth. and othe rs.
weapons has alwa ys bee n an esse ntial pa rt of
Because Miskito Indi ans. I was told. do not
Miskito cultu re.
want the ir lives disrupte d or thei r reso urces
My host advised that I wou ld learn more
exp loited by Sa nd inistas or anyone e lse. durabou t the per ils w hich the Miskitc peop le
ing thc tim e of ope n warfare hu ndred s of
ha ve had to combat.
Miskit o fig hters a nswered the call to a rms .
wit h the m we nt a solid slate S\V rad io se t
Inside the Radio Shack
dona ted by " friends in the U.S:' Th e gear
A s we e nte red the statio n bui ld ing. about
co nsis ted of an lIT MacK ay ~'1 S R SOO() transten yo ung men we re silting around chatting
ceive r with an MSR 1020 linear am plifier
inside :'1 large roo m. Th ere were separate
feed ing a wire anten na throu gh an M SR a utorooms for the OJ. the man age r. a nd the tra nsma tic antenna co upler.
mitt er. Th e struct ure was co nstruc ted of plyAllth is gea r was ca rrie d by Miskito troops
wood sheets and almos t devoi d o f windo ws.
in transit cases throu gh disease and insect
T he man age r' s office had the on ly air condi infested swa mps. jungles. a nd mou nta ins in Hope for the Fut ure
tion er.
the wa r zone. Arto la sa id the transmissions
Th e M iskitos live in one of the last un Amazingly. the studio mo nito r was bla ring
we re for both mili tary tac tical purposes and
spu
iled tro pica l par ad ises. Th ey have a kee n
out real dow n horne Han k Wil liam s, a nd the
for psyc hologic al support of the be leaguered
se nse of the need to prev e nt o utside ex plo itaOJ. despi te his humble surro undings . wo uld
Coasta l Indian peo ple.
tion of the loc a l resou rces. This them e ce rnot loo k out of place at anv o f
tai nly resonates with the thinking of
do zens of U.S. AM statio ns. Oscar
many other fo lks wo rld wide .
Lop ez. the OJ, put in anot he r tape
There is a great emphasis on educa and ex plained that A meri can CO UIl tion. T he schoo l do nated by the U.S.
try m usic comprises the local Top
Age ncy for International Dev e lopme nt
40 day in and day OUl.
to
the c ity of Puert o Cabezas is J local
Syl via Babb, the secre tary . was
treasu re. Several of the Rudie Misk ut
ty ping out ne ws copy on an a ncie nt
staff are atte nd ing co llege. Th e area
ma nual ty pe wr it e r in th e ha ll.
abounds in bot h na tura l bea uty a nd
Elestc rio T homas. fina ncial officer.
nat ural resource s. Ce rta inly. spec iale xplained how strapped for cas h
izcd to urism and non-e xploitative rethe station has bee n. an d how cuec r
source development would bewe lcome.
he is to se ll advertis ing to enable
My pe rso na l predict io n is that donathe statio n to continue operat ing.
:-;( "'(
tions of usabl c eq uipm en t w ill soo n get
As I sat hac k and a bsorbed this. I Manager Ada ll Artola demonstrates kaput amp lifier to
Rad io Miskut back on with powe r. a nd
experience d a stro ng case of t/(111 the author. Note operational 10K' power transm itter with
mayb
e ev e n on the MW ban d as we ll.
l'It . Thi s place is e xac tly like a stu- added cooling fa ll!
T his time. the Indians are go ing to w in!

groups of indigenous In-

dian s rema ining in the

Am ericas. Th ey sha red

[....~~~....,

January 1997

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By Henrik Klemetz

hort waveradio is a mcans o fco rnmuni cating. usual ly o vergreat dislances. Even w hen that co mmu nica tio n is of the one-way type. it may be
in strument al in bring ing co mfort and ho pe to
its listeners. Several of the fo reign hostages
take n captive by Co lombian guer rillas have
spec ial reason to uppreciate international sho rtwave se rvices . For so me of them . sho rt wav e
clearly hel ped the m e ndu re their o rdeal.

. -,,

--

a Story #1
On December I..t. 1994, two Swedish cngi neers. wo rkin g wi th a hyd ropo wer project in
No rthe rn Co lombia. were abducted by the
Co lomb ian reb e l organ iza tion Fucrzas AnnaLia s Revoluci onar ius de Colom bia (FA RC, or

Colo mb ian Re volut io nary A rmc d Forces ).

Released five mo nths later. the two Swede s.
Da nny Ap plegate and T o mm y Tyrvln g. sa id
that the short wa ve broadcasts from Radi o
Sweden pla yed a sig nificant role in keeping
them psychologically fit at all times.
In Janu ary 1995 . the ir e m plo ye rs. the
Skunsku con str uction com pany. managed to
se nd the m some provisio ns throug h the a uspice s of the lntcrnutional Red Cross. "They
se nt us clothe s. two bo ttles of whisky. a no vel
about a Swed ish underco ve r agent . a sho rtwave rad io.a nd leiters from our wives." Dann y
A pp legate remembered.
Every mo rning. at 6 a.m.. the two S wede s
checked the ir o utdoor rece iving antenna in

.,.""-

Graffiti 011 a Bogota wall demanding

liberty [or th e kidnaped Swedish
engineers
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kmucry 1997

Armed police gua rds: who and where is

the enemy?
orde r to pic k up the midday ne wsreel fro m the
Swedis h home service . re layed Oil short wa ve.
Th e Swedi sh governme nt spared no eftons in trying to get their two nationals relea sed . In February. ab out t\I,'O months after
the kid na pin g. a re prese nta tive o rFA RC was
invited to Swede n fo r ta lks with ind ustria l
repr esentat ives of that co untry .
At the sa me time. in Colo mbia. the Intern ation a l Red C ross. 011 its sho rtwave frequ en cy
o f 699-1- kHz USB. neg oti ated the log istics of
rele ase wi th th e Col o mb ian g ue rrillas. The
two parties were using the cover nam e s
"Freddy" and "Luis:' respectivel y. At one
poi nt. e ve n the Swedi sh Ambassad o r. Svcn
Julin . parti c ipated in the on-air talks.
"Luis. Luis . Th is is the Swedish Ambussaour. I have bee n listeni ng to yo ur talks. and I
am 1001Jc in agree ment wit h th e Red C ross . I
agrc e w ith everything sa id so fa r. I ha ve been
ta lking 10 the (Col om bian ] Defen ce Depa rtmcnt and I assure you that it ' s impossib le 10
have the tro ops withdraw n frnm the two ar cas
you sugges t. So please find a no the r alte rna rivc. Ovcr."
W ith the help of profession al negotiators.
suc h as [hose of the Londo n-bused Control
Risks Group . the two e ngineers were e ve nrually freed . T he Sw ed ish firm says it paid no
ra nso m. but Co lombia n intelli gence so urce s
bel ie ve thai th c guerrillas recei ved so me 6

their world news in Eng lish . But he

never hea rd any mention of his
spec ific ca se from any international
broadcaster.
L o ca l netw ork s. s uc h a s
Caracol.did, however. men tion the
Hargrove kid naping. T his bot he red
th e g ue rrillas. so his liste ning was
subseq ue ntly be ing cu t dow n to
nil.
No ne t he less.
Hargrove did not wa nt
his case to be forgot te n
by the med ia. " Keep my
name on the radio. so it
will becmbarrassing for
FARe if I d isappear."
Ha rgrove wrote on the
75th day of his captivity.
In a letter to the International Red Cross
in Geneva. he reque sted
that a rep rese ntative be
sent 10 visit him. an d
t ha t he br ing a long
" ma il. vita mins. med icines. a shor twave rad io. and book s."
O n the 2 1Znd day in captivity. Hargro ve
sighs . "Lord. what a d iffe re nce a radio wo uld
mak e ill Illy life. Especial ly a sho rtwave radi o.
But e ven wit h a regular radio. I co uld listen to
new s in Spa nish:'
Havin g spent SOIll C time in Vietnam as a
rice e xpert during the vietna m War, Harg rove
say s that his captivity was ac tua lly " worse
than an yth ing he had been through in Vietnam :' Ho wever. in a n inter view for Agricullure Today. on the Voice of America. the
Ameri can ag ric ultura l speci alist said he did
not hold any resentment toward s the people of
Co lombia,
"Those who held me were c rim ina ls," he
said -and that was not the cas e wi th the
majo rity o r Colo mb ians he had go tten to
kno w .

million dollars, part of which

may have been ins ura nce money.

Story #2

W hile Rad io Sweden fre quently report ed o n the fate of

th eir nationals. thi s W '1S not the
ca se of Rad io Den mark d uring
the time the Dani sh firm F. L.
Sm id th saw two ofth cir ern ployees kid naped by the Eje rcito de
Liberacion Naciona l (E LN , o r
Natio nal Liberation Anny) guer- Miss ionary wives and children visit
riJlas. O n February 5. 1996. the Colombia, ill Feb. 1996./r011l1efl 10right ,
Da nish e ngineer Ulrik Sc hu ltz Con nie, Lee, Patricia, and Dora Tenenof];
was captured when tra vel ing in a Tania Rich with daughter Tam ra; Nancy
c ar from Medell in to the Rio Mankins with Tania's daught er J essica. A t
Claroceme ru factory. Along wi th right, Dora Tenen of], / 2, with a picture of
him was his Bri tish wo rking her dad Rich .
mate. Philip Ha lde n: a German
portedly made him self a 60 -foot
subc o ntractor. Karl Heinz Dre sser : and a
ant enna by unraveling a Scotch pot
Colom bian. Diego Bl andon .
cleaning pad made of w ire .
T he Gennan ci tize n reg ained freedom af
A fellow mi ss ionary wit h the
rcr a m onth ' s ca ptivity, whe rea s the three
Shell Me ra miss ion in Ec uador said
ot he rs had 10 en d ure more than se ven mo nths
that Rising was not able to listen
in the j ungle. A special ICHIn scnt o ut by the
co nsta ntly. as there wa s a limited a mo unt of
Da nish firm soon man aged to ge l in touch
batterie s. " hUl whenever he tune d in it was at
w ith th e guerrillas. send ing th e hostage s
times when he needed encouragement the
c lothes , med ic ine. a nd a co up le of shortwave
most."
radios.
The re arc at least three more Americans
ln March . Ra dio De nmark broadcast a held as ho stages by the Colo mbi an g ue rrillas .
se cret message for the Dane-probably the
Th e Ne w T ribe s missionaries. Da vid Mankin.
only covert me ssage tohavc been air cd on that
Mark Rich . and Rich ard T encnoff. were ubstation since Wo rld \ Var II. \ Vith thc Bee tles'
ductcd fro m thei r ju ngle mi ssion statio n o n
tun c "Help" as a clu e. the me ssage went.
the Panaman ian border o n January J I. 1993.
" To rben Skippc r and Auntie fro m Valby send
Th ree yea rs later. in Febru ary 1996. their
their wannest greetin gs to frie nds a nd family wives and child ren visited Col ombi a to stir up
in So uth America. ho ping to scc you soon
publ ic op inion about the ir case. On Novcmagai n:'
ber 2. 1996. me ssages of lo ve a nd ho pe for
An avid Bcatles" fan . Sc hultz sa id afterthei r retu rn to freedom we re air ed on HCJ B
wards th at it still took him a co uple of da ys to
World Radi o.
realize that th is myster ious messagc was ac tua lly mcant fo r him ! "A unt ie fro m Valby" was
Story #5
the nicknam e of the fi nn hc was wor king for.
American agric ultura l writer T ho mas R.
Pe r DX Partyline , a week ly DX progra m
Harg ro ve was rel eased on ..".,
o n Ec uadorian mi ssion ary sta tio n HCJ B, the
. , ~ :t
~ . ~,t: ~ > _
Augus t 22. 1995. a fte r be ing
Briti sh citizen who wa s held ca ptive with the
.:;he ld as a ho stag e by the Co Dane sem the statio n an e-mail me ssage sho rtly
lo mbian FARe gue rril las for
.tt
afte r his re lease. saying. " My hours of listen 333 days. A stirri ng account
ing 10 HCJ B on sho rt wave radio helped man:
of his orde al has been pubth an I e ve r can ex plain . You at HCJB gave me
lished by Ballantine Books
hope and stre ngth to bring me through: '
und er th e title. Long March 10
Freedom. In his book. the
Stories # 3 and #4
s ho rt w av e broadc a st issuc
Another kidnap vic tim who liste ned in to
co me s alive once agai n.
HCJ B wa s the American . Raym o nd Rising.
At the out set of his kidnapwho was released from captivity in Ju ne 1996.
ing. hc was ofte n givcn a
a fter bein g held hostag e hy the Co lomb ian
chance to tunc in to the Voice For hostages ill a fo reign country, a sho rtwave radio
FARC g ue rrillas for over two yea rs. A trai ned
o f Amer ica or the BBC for call be a lifelin e to one's home country,
radi o tech nici an . the W ycl iffe mission ary re-

January 1997

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ANTENNA TOPICS
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL
AU G
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OCT
NOV
OEC

1996 Index ofArticles

On the Road with REACT
Scanning Ga lveston Island
Scanning the MegaMall
Scanning the Pres Campaigns
Seat of Your Pants DFing
Shuttle Mission Monitoring

FEATURES:
Broadcast:
AWR Siory - 25 Years
BC Bedfellows (WRUL & SW-4A)
Fre e Radio Berkeley
Gabon SW Broadca st Profile
Guide to Inti BCers on the Net
Keeping the OSL Fires Burnin g
South Pacific Be History
Voice of Dromo (IOtvW)
WGTG Ame rica 's Newest SW
Will the Sun Set on RCI?

Oct
Aug
May
Jan
Nov
.. Feb
Dec
Jun
JuJ
Mar

Human Interest:
Barry Goldwater Reflects on Rad io
Jul
Bug Hunt. Expo Style
Oct
Grove Commun ications Expo '96
Dec
Havana Moon remembrance
Mar
Next Parish. America
Dec
The Inventor of Radio .~ . Stub blefjeld?
Oct
The Subtle Art of Elmering
. Jan
Miscellaneous:
1995 Index
BBC Monitoring Service
Bicycling with a rad io
.
Coordinating RF at the Olympics
OX Ca mps
.
FMITV OX 101
Natl Assoc of BCers 96 convention
National Weather Service
New Olympic Technology
Tune in Operation Joint Endeavor
The Wullenweber Antenna
WIreless Weather Info Network
Scanning:
Eyes & Ears on Baby
Fast Food Smorgasbord
General Mobile Hadio Service
Guide to Frugal Scanntng
Guide to Inauguration '97
Hot Listening in "Hot-lanta'
LAFi re Dept Op Center

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Feb
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Sep
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Nov
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Apr
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January 1997

BEGINNER'S CORNER

Jul
Aug
Nov
May
Jul
Sep

Technology andTechnical:
Absolute Lightning Protection
Jut
Anyone for a Fox Hunt?
Oct
BusBar Grounding
.. Jul
Cable TV Signal l eakage
Jan
Compact, Efficient Antennas
Apr
800 MHz Virtual Downconvener
Feb
Nov
Get in the Mediumwave l oop
ICOMs R8S00 vs. AORs AR -5000
Nov
Apr
Improved VHF/UH F TV & FM Recep
MagICWand Portable Antenna
Apr
Operation Skyhook (putting up dipole) Apr
Survive a Computer Virus
_
Sep
Vertical Antennas for SW
Apr
Oct
Who's Playing Hellwith HAARP?
Utiliti es:
Anch ors Aweigh for Great OX

May

JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL.
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

Internet Resources for domestic OX

The world above1600 kHz
Anatomy 01 an AM Antenna
The Telecom Act & OX
TV OX Sea son
TV's Most Exotre OX: Expanded band
update
JUl
A Station of My Own
AUG
OX Tips & Tricks: KTRK on Expan ded
Band
SEP ......Getting on the Air (experimental):
............. Slaying on the Air (new FCC regs)
OCT
TV by the Numbers (digital TV)
NOV
wners in a Name? (callsign origins)
DEC
Clear(?) Channels (t nstory. allocations):
Expanded band news

Roots: BUilding crystaI receivers

Used Receivers
How 10 Read Hauser. etc.
Amateur Radio Reading
Stea lth Monitoring
Going Down (LFoXing)
lnspired by Mildew (old books)
tne S100 HamStation
Radio ain't Television (no TV GUid e)
Uncle Skip Reth inks his Antenn as
Beyon d the Fringe (pirates. etc.)
The Art of Code

BELOW 500 kHz

JAN
FEB
MAR
AP R
MAy
JUN
JUL.
AUG
SEP
OCT

l ogging techniques
European lcnuwave
Lowfer Update
News & l oggings
ling Your Catch
Surtmq for l ongwaves (Web sites)
Top End Tour
Is it sound or radio?: Longwave
European Beacon Book: NAVTEX Cutback
. Lor qwave Intrigue (beacon PYO: negative
keying )
NOV ..... Portable antenna pick-ups : Cuban NDBs;
WWVBincrease ; 73 kHz
DEC ...... Whistlers, Sferics. & Tweeks. on my!

AMERICAN BANDSCAN
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN

Gain & Directivity with a Sloper Dipole

Classic Antenna Books: old antenna theory YS.
today's
.....Same antenna. otncrent results effects of
Earth
Size, Gain. and Practical Results
TheHydrochloric Acid Antenna
KiteSupported Antennas
The Lege ndary Dipole
EME: Ultimate Weak Signal Wo rk
Antenna Tune rs: Help or Hindrance?
HFGroundplane Antenna
Conformal antennas: Experimental Antenna
Topics
MIcrowaves; antenna modeling

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BOB'S TIP OF THE MONTH

JAN
FEB

MAR
AP R
MAy
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DE C

PRO 2042 vs. 2035: is there a difference?

BC230XLT vs. BC220XLT: non-slip coil
windings: stop PR043 beep: what are tropical
bands?
Wide FreqCoverage on Regency 4020?
Cell restoration on PR02035, 2042: Button
Beartracker Beep
Invisible Antennas
More on Current Flow
Th ose Triangular Towers
Solar Batteries
Sony 2010 Battery hints
WI reless phone jack system new monitoring
larget
Oto Xplorer cellular restoration
Hand-held radio stand

CLOSING COMMENTS
JAN
FEB

Equipment: Room for more?

Scam That Wouldn't Die (Spect rum
Antenna)
MAR
A Theo ry of Tech nological Evolution
APR
The Telecom Act- More protection than we
need?
MAy .....War of theWeb: Round Two (by David
lindsay)
JUN . .... State of theeconomy
JUL". .:..Rad io Listeners: Are we really a threat?
AUG
Random Reflections
SEP
What the Heck is PCS?
OCT
The Pend ulum Swings
NOV ..Reporting What You Overhea rd - Is it ever
legal?
DEC ......Greetings from MT staff

COMPUTERS & RADIO

JAN
FEB
MAR
APR

SatellitePro (Ze phyr Services)

lowe Airmaster 2.0 AGARS decoder
Market Watching: Scan Star Upd ate
AEA ACARS; ScanCat hardware
UniVersatile Interface
..CAT squelch adapters (Yaesu, ICOM,
universal)
K&LMessage Tracker
Pre dictions/ CD RO Ms (HamCall and ESC)
AEA's Pakratt for Windows 2.0, Log
Windows
W,NRAD iO: 0.5 to 1300 MHz
WiNRAO iO: WIn'win?
News bytes; Universal Radio ACT' ACARS
Surfing for Monitoring Web Sites

MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

LEDVoltmeter
Tone Detector-Decoder
Directional Scanner Beam
ProbeScope from Radio Shack
Freq Recordkeeping (APFTools)

FEDERAL FILE

JAN ..... Dept of Ag riculture ; Mineral Mgt Service;

winter resolutions; Army police
FEB
FEMA telecommunications; Federal
security, qov't or private?security freqs
MAR .. ..Guarding Royal Visitors ; Lati n Ame rican
military treqs: GUlfport Navy Seabee Center;
US Forest Service-Ca lif; obsc ure Dept of
Justicefreqs; Ye llowstone Park
APR
Alaska, HAARP; Army Corps of Engineers;
Wright-Patte rson AFB; NY area & McG uire
AFB
MAy ..... Mountain or Molehill? (un id rptr): Wash DC
Monitoring
JUN .... . Gov Surveillance Freqs - To publ ish or not
to publish?
JUL ...... Houston's Mission Control Center;
Manchester, KY , federal prison; Postal
Inspectiontrees: Disaster Prepa redness
unused freqs?
AUG ...... Towers off Key West ; Privacy soapbox;
websites
SEP ..Coast Guard to the Rescue
OCT . .... Fede ral trees at the Olympics; Feds on
INMARSAT: Bureau of Prisons; Cactus: Gulf
towers aga in
NOV .....Telling who's whowithouta program; Nat'!
Forest trees : low power trees
DEC ......Modern Technology Catches Up(K&L
Message Tracker); Fed Protection Agencies;
Rad io Traltic at OKC

DEMAW'S WORKBENCH
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

Build a Multipurpose Broadband Amp

Learnin g to Work with Diodes
Easy Circu it Boards
Minimize Man-Made cRN
Build a Noise Squelcber
How to Tune Random -Length Antennas
Revitalizing Older Receivers
One Feed LIne -Three Ante nnas
Choosing the Right Capacitor
Simple Receiver for the Beginner
Wo rking with Toroids
Be a Mini-MF or LFBroadcaster

K.I.S, RADIO
MAR
JUN
SEP
DEC

Buying equipment (recycled)

CB - The Ultimate Frugal Radio
.Mobile Installations
. Packet for the Penny-Pinch er

MAGNE TESTS
(Reprints of Magne Tests reviews are not available.)
JAN .. ... Lab measurements and features
FEB .. ..Sony ICFSW1 000T

MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL .
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DE C

Grundig Traveller II
AOR AR7030
Drake RBA
Radio Shack DX394
.Sony ICFSW40
Drake SW-1
Sangean ATS 909
BayGen Free -Play
Drake's LittleSecret: the"SWBA"
Sangean ATS 303 Portable

NET NEWS
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN

Sites that combine technologies

How to get on the Internet
Old-timeradio on thenet
No News is NotGood News
Beating our own Drum (Grove site)
Audio on theInternet

ON THE HAM BANDS

JAN
Using old commercial gear
FEB
Surplus Saga Continues; Ham calc
MAR
A Computer in the Ham Shack
APR .. Info Sources for the New Ham
MAy .....Better OSD's: Games: Vibroplex Bug; boat
mount
JUN ......Amplitude Modulation; Phonetic Alphabet
JUL ..Going Mobile
AUG
BuildingORP
SEP
Low Band l owdown; Vib roplex key lDed
OCT
Plotting the MUF (Bandaid): asos
NOV
Heath HW9 drift fix and offsetadjustment
DEC
Apartment Dweller's Joystick

OUTER LIMITS
JAN ...... Quebec Clan; new Black Book editor
FEB
. Pirate Radio book; Fundacion home page;
KIW I still heard; FCCdownsizing
MAR ..... '94,'95 Pirate Activity;Weiner's New Ship;
Ham Band Pirate; Pirate Book
APR .... ..La Voz del Cid, La Voz Popu lar; Local FM
Pirates
MAy ..... Cuban Clans, Web sites, Texas pirate , local
pirates , PiPaJFRW merger
JUN
Micro Pirates Widespread; Rad io Alpha
jamming RHC; Cumbre book project;
Pirate awards; when to hear pirates

DIGITAL DIGEST
JAN
APR
JUL

Internet for utilities

High Seas Hi-Jinx (SITDR )
Digital Comms onAir and Sea (OACARS,
Russian RTTY, USCG System Coord Net)
OCT ...... Review: Hoka Code -3 Gold

EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL

Upgrading Computers - Part 3

Upgrading Computers - Part 4
PRO-26 S Meters and NFM Discriminator
Ways fa Design Circuits' Part ,
Ways to Design Circuits - Part 2
Ways to Design Circuits - Part 3
Ways to Design Circuits - Concl

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JUL

AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV

DEC

Govts Close Community Radio Stations:

Clandestine Web sites: Pirate Radio
Directory: K-2000 popular pirate winner
NA Pirates Heard in Eur & Asia:
BougainvilleVerie: Europirate web sites
NigerianRDI changessked: Costa Rican
station arrests: Tasmanianpirate
R. Patria Libre returns: RDemocrat Inti:
Greek MW pirates: RFS mail trouble : KAOS
official OSL
New Name lor Nigerian Clan: Bougainvi11e
pirate? Wellsville maildrop replaced; FRN
Grapevine returns: Europirate reception
Need more pirate sources?: RKudirat
timechange; R Patria Libre skec: RMarti

pes FRONT LINE

OCT

Emerging PCS Technologies: FCC

auctions: narrow & broadband: Sprint
Spectrum
NOV
Cellular history. frequency divisions.
duplex; PCS nosubstitutefor trunked
radios
DEC......Cellular Signalling; modern-dayscams

PLANE TALK
JAN ...Volmet weather; City/Airport IDs; ae ro
software update
FEB
Commercial Ground Stations; Domestic
VHFVoice Services
MAR Fre quently Asked Questions
APR
The Bay Area TAAC ON
MAy
50 Yrs before the Co ncorde (Lockheed
Constellation); moreVol mets
JUN
Readers' Corner - City codes; Sea-Tac
trees: "lifeguard" flights; Daka r Ae radio
Oceanic Air Traffic Control new system
JUL
AUG
Airport GroundControl
SELCAL Directory: Cincinnati and
SEP
Louisville freqs: Terminology
OCT
Radio Navigation: Radio Beacons
NOV
Omni-Directional VHF/UHFNAVAIDS
NAVAlOS: distance measuring eq uipment
DEC

RADIO REFLECTIONS
FEB
MAy
AUG
NOV

World's Oldest non-US Station: Silicon

Val ley - hi-tech roots
The Baron of Homespun - Powell Crosley
SWUngin the Early 40s
Real Radios Glowin the Dark (Antique
Radio Store)

SATELLITE TV

JAN . ....Stealth TVRO: Hiding your dish: global

updates: MMDS notes
Making Connections: updates on Telstar
FEB
402R, Alphastar, OB S race, HDTV
MAR .....NewSatellites; HDTV update; AMSAT
update; SCPC answers
APR
FM in Your Backyard - Audio Subcarriers
MAy
TVROMeets the Internet (Skylink): DSS
break?; SCPCanswe rs
JUN ...... Satellite Broadcasting GUide 96: FCC
supports dish owners: newchannels and
Anik problems
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January 1997

JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

lnqenius' Xchange Revisited

Repainng TVR OGear
Wo rld Viewing (the International Channel)
Universal's SCPC-200 Satellite Audio
Receive r
SBCA Show: Futurewateh
Baylin Pubs: "Miniature Satellite Dishes."
"HomeSatellite TV Installation &
Troubleshooting Manual"

SCANNER EQUIPMENT
JAN ......Plectronand Motorola Alert crystal
scan ners
FEB
Hadio Shack PR O-2042
MAR
Fixing Older Bearcat Scanners
APR
BC220XLTlBC230XLT
MAY
IFCompendium
JUN
Mods & Tips tor BC9000XLT (keyboard
trick . ad d jack for CTCSS reader, expand
800 MHz coverage. auto-store strategy)
JUL .......Max Systems discone I Beartracker BCT10
AUG ...... Control Tape Recorder wlyour Scanner
(BMI Nltelogger II)
SEP ......Electra Co rporation Livest: Ca rrieractivated lamp. backlight disable switch for
PRO-2022: base band audio tap for PRO2042; hottransformer may be OK; Yaes u
FT50Rdual-band walkie-talkie
Radio Shack PRO -2046 Mobile Scanner
OCT
NOV
Build a mobile mount for your radi o
DEC
AO R's ARSOOOAII -m -One Receiver

SCANNING REPORT
JAN ......Antenna farms; Curtis ESN phone reader;
beeper monitoring; antenna safety; IF
explanation (Kay)
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Personal Communications Services

-~

Dan Veeneman
dun@decode.cum

Keeping Up with the Cloneses

ithany newtechnologycome

those who would misuse it.

and ce llular telephones have
been no e xcept ion . If the Ce llular
T e le phone Ind u stry Associa tio n
(CTIA) is to be bel ie ved . more tha n
565 0 millio n was lost to ce llular telephone fraud in 1995. up from $482
mi llio n in 1994 . T his represents al mos t four perce nt of total ind ustry

Moh ilc

revenues . The CT IA also clai ms

wo rldw ide fraud losse s cou ld exceed
S I billio n for 1996 . Although there is
some con tro versy abou t how large
Scann er
ac tua l dollar losses are , there is no
doubt thai fraud is wid espread and
growing.
T here arc fou r com mo n types of ce llu lar fra ud curre ntly be ing
perpe trated. From least to most tech nica lly sop his tic ated. they arc:
phone theft. subsc ription fra ud . tumbling frau d. and cloning.
Th eft is sim ply the stea ling of a ce llula r telep hon e and usin g it
until the los s is reported . Baltimore. Maryland. police say tha t ce llular
pho ne thefts have rise n as high as 22 a day . Most phones appear to be
stolen by drug abuse rs to mise qu ick ca sh. but man y re ach the han ds
of more so phisticated crimin als.
Subsc riptio n fraud is the sig ning up fo r ce llular service using false
or stolen identific ation. wi th no intention of paying the bill. Ne w
subscribers are typicall y give n a one- to thr ee-m onth grace period
before shutting o fft he accou nt. by whic h time the cr imina lcould have
made thou sa nds o f dollars worth of ca lls. Sub scr iption fraud is no t
limited to tra dition al ana log ce llular . Even Spri nt Spectru m. a ne w
d igi tal PCS service cove red in the Oc tober 1995 co lumn. is working
to comba t a rising tide of false app lications for serv ice.
For the next two types of fra ud it is im port ant to understand how
call s are placed and au tho rized in an ana log ce llu lar sy stem . For a
mo re comple te re view. sec this column in the December 1996 issue
of Monito ring Times.

Mf N. along with other info rrnation . is transmitted from the phon e

on a re verse co nt rol cha n ne l
(RECC) to the mobile te lephone
[la s e
sw itching office (MTS O ) via the
S t.at ion cl oses I base station. T he MT SO
looks up the ESN a nd MIN in a
subsc riber dat abase to co nfirm that
the phone is allowed 10 place a
call.
Whcn a ce llular te le phone is
op erating o utside o f its home syste m. it is said to be " roaming:'
juol
\Vhe n a roa ming pho ne places a
D e code r
Com p ut e r
call. the ESN IM IN pairi s sti ll sent.
but since the local sys tem docs not
ha ve a rec ord fo r the subsc riber. it has 10 make a rem ote valida tion
requ est back to the home sys te m. Th is request docs not usuall y
co mple te in time ly mann er . so mosl sys tem s let thc firs t ca ll go
throu gh while wa iting fo ra va lida tion response . If the ESN /M IN pair
turn s out to be invalid. it is placed in a " negat ive" list and the sy ste m
wil l block future ca lls from that phone .

I Tumbling
Tumb ling fraud takes advantage of a weakness in this ca ll va lidation process by using a d iffe rem ESN/ M IN pair o n ea ch call. Specially
modifi ed phon es "t umble." shifting to a ne w ESN/M IN pair after eac h
c all. T hese pa irs arc typic all y not va lid in any sys tem. hut made up in
such a way as 10 appea r like a legitimate roa me r. Occ urences of
tumb ling in maj or c itie s has fa llen dramatically with the introd uction
of fast da tabases a nd rec iproc al va lida tio n ag ree me nts be twee n ce llular operators.
Cellular One has he lped create a North A meri can Cellular Net work (NACN) which provides a standa rd set of roa ming capabil ities ,
includ ing rap id ca ll validation. for c usto me rs in se ve ral thousand
c ities .

I Call Authorization

I Cloning

Eac h ce llu lar teleph one has an elec tro nic se rial nu mb er (ESN)
hard wired into the pho ne by the manufac turer. This numbe r is
supposed to uni que ly a nd pe rman en tly iden tify eac h and e ve ry
ce llular phone e ver made. and under FCC regul ation s is ne ver to be
changed. A lso . whe n a cellu lar telep hone is put into service it is
assig ned a mobi le ident ificat ion num ber (M IN ) by the ce llular
serv ice pro vider. Thi s is thc te n-digit area code and tele phone number
o f the phone.
Eac h ce llular te lep hone also has a " ho me" syste m. which is the
loc a larea se rved by their provider . When a ca ll is place d. the ESN and

Cu rre ntly the most lucr ative form of fraud for ce llular "b a nd its' is
cl onin g . Using 800 MH /. F ~l signa l inte rception eq uip ment. ESNI
M IN pairs are "s nurfe d" as they are tra nsm itted from the pho ne to (he
base station. Si nce ce llular phones also identify themselve s when
turned o n a nd re-e stabli sh ing contact . band its arc know n to frequen t
airport s. mall park ing lot s. and bridge overpasses . or anywhere a large
numbe r o f ce llular phones may he in u...c.
In a ty pic al sciUp. a n 800 M bl z-capable scanner is tuned 10 one of
the re verse contro l cha nne ls. wa iting to cap ture a mob ile dat a tra nsmission . Wh e n a ce ll phone transmi ts its ESN a nd M IN, the inte r-

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cepted data stream is passed from the receiver to hardware that

extracts the di git al ones and zeros that comprise the mobi le message.
These bits are then assembled by software thai reprod uces the ESN
and MIN.
Certain test equipm ent may abo be used to capture ESN/M IN
pairs. Severa l companies manufacture devices intended for usc by
service personnel to test and tune phones sent in for repair. These
devices arc often portable and have the ability to read transmission s
from nearby phones.
ESN/MIN pairs have also been gathered by computer crackers
illicitly entering ce llular syste m databases. In at least one case.
however. information from the database was lea ked by an employee
of the company. and many security analysts ca ution that the largest
risks come from the inside. Some less so phisticated crooks have
collected carbon copies and rece ipts from trash dump sters in back of
businesses that sell cellular phones. Th is Sp0l1. ca lled "dumpster
diving:' has proven to be surprisingly effect ive due to the careless
disposal of documen ts by employees.

Reprogramming Phones
Regardless of the manner in which they were acquired. a cellular
bandit uses the acti ve ESN/l-.UN pair to reprogram a second ce llular
teleph one. which becomes a "clone" of the original. Most modem
phones allow the MIN to be changed from the keypad. oflen after
entering a special access code. These codes were intended 10 be
released only to authorized service facilities. but <Ire relatively easy to
deter mine from public sources. including tech nical manuals from the
manufacturer.
Reprogra mming the ESN is a more difficult challenge. but not
insurmountable. Early phones had the ESN programmed into industry-standard read o nly memory (RO:'\'l ) chips that \..'ere easily replaced. So me later phones stored the ESN in non-volatile memory that
could be changed using special cables or connectors . Some phones
had the firm ware that co ntrols the phone also un industry-standard
ROMs. which could be replaced by enterpri sing individuals. Since a
ce llular telephone is essentially a radio controlled by a microprocessor. these persons would modi fy the portion s of the phone' s software
that accessed the ESN. patching it to use the pilfered number instead
of the one installed at the factory.

Fighting Fraud
Cellular service providers are field ing a number of preventative
measures to combat cloning in analog systems.
In many ce llular market s today users must enter a personal
identifi cat ion number (PIN) prior to placing a call. Similar to an
automatic teller machine (ATM) PIN. the four-digit code is entered
after dialing the destination number and pressing send . Since this
number is sent via DTMF tones (the same touch-tones a landli ne
phone uses) over a reverse voice channel. it will not be intercepted by
a cloner listening to the reverse control channels. Bell Atlantic Nynex
Mobile claimed an 80'7c: reduction in fraud after implementing PINs.
and Ameritech Ce llular Services repo rted a 967(' drop. This method is
vulnerable. however. to a cloner using two scanners and a DTMF
decoder. It has also proven to be annoying to many legitimate users.
A common way of detecting cloned phones is the use of customer
profiling. A record is kept of the typica lca lling patterns from a cellular
phone. and if any ca lls are made that stand out from this patte rn. the
customer is contacted to confirm that the calls were authorized. For

example. if a customer typically makes two loca l calls per day. and
suddenly four international calls appear in the span of two hours. a
profiling system will notice the discrepancy and alert security perso nnel.
Some ce llular operators offer the simple method of setting limits
on dialing capabilities according to customer needs. If a customer will
always use the phone within the home system. roamin g can be
disabled. If the customer will rarely make international ca lls. the
account may be set to demand a PIN prior to placing those calls. but
allow all local calls to go through without a PIN.
A more complex. and somewhat succe ssful. method has been
introduced in a number of major markets ca lled radio frequency (RF)
fingerprinting. A "signature" is created and stored for each authorized cellular telephone. consisting of characteristic parameters that
uniquely identi fy the transmitter. The theory is that even between
identical cell phones. indiv idual components and tuning variations
create enough differences in the transmitted signal that a base station
receiver can distinguish one from another. Thus. when a cloned cell
phone sends an ESN/M IN pair. the cell system will notice that the
transmitted signaldoesn't match the signature stored in the subscriber
database. and deny the call. This system is not perfect. and trials are
co ntinuing to determine the effects of cellular telephone aging and
transmission distortion on validation acc uracy.
Since the fall of 1995 most new cell phones have been manufactured with the capability of authentication. In this process the ce ll
phone and the base station exchange a "secret handshake" derived
from a mathematical algorithm and a 20 digit number. A legal phone
identifies itscll'by transmitt ing the answe r to the algorithm. The keys
to this process are stored in the telephone and in the cellular system
database. and are never transmitted. so are not vulnerab le to interception. Thi s process is also transparent to the user. and requires no
additional dialing steps.
Tex as Instruments. among others. is working on a voice identification system that allows only previously-recorded users to place
calls. At the time of purchase. or soon after. the user records a name
or key phra se. which is stored in the ce llular system database. Then
each time the user wants to place a ca ll. they must speak their name
or key phrase and match the stored version to be validated,
This past summer AT&T Wireless Services spent several hundred thousand dollars on an advertising campaign in New York City.
o ne of the major centers for fraud in the United States. Subways.
buses. and billboards warned would-be criminals that cellular carriers and law enforcement agencies ca n track them down. It is not clear
hoc.. effective the campaign has been .

Digital Systems
Digital systems provide a greater degree of security against
cloning for two main reason s. First, equip ment is not currently
availa ble to the general public that will decode the more com plex
signal formats sent by digital cellular telephones. Undoubtedly this
situation will change in the future. but for now such equi pment is
difficu lt to obtain . Seco nd is that the air interface will beencrypted by
method s that will bevery difficult for individuals to decode. Government agencies are maneuve ring politically to have encryption strong
enough to res ist individual decry pting efforts. but weak enough to
break using government resources. More on that in a later co lumn.
As usual. send co mme nts. qu estion s. and c ritic is ms to
dllll@decode.com. Until next month. happy monitoring!

January 1997

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The World Above 30 MHz

RichardBarnett
xanMasler@aalcom, (ampuserve at 102354,3643

Rooting for Rotors

the freque ncy you wi sh 10 sniff. the sma lle r the clement s ofth e beam,
Widcband mod el s. suc h as the Grove Sca nner Beam or Log Periodic
model s from Cr eate and o the r manufacture rs. offer ga in across Illan y
bands. Na rro w ba nd beams, suc h as those from Ante nna Specialists
and o the r makers of profe ssio nal tw o- way ante nna s. can have spec ificatio ns that show them as narro w- banded as three or five megah e rtz
(a llho ug h this figure is typica lly related to tran smi t ba ndw id th rath er
than receive. whic h will be bro ader) .
These speci alized beams will ge ne ra lly offer the g reate st ga in. as
much as 10 to 12d B of ga in over a discone. Add a prea mp at the
ante nna (no t down beh ind yo ur scanner). and-as lon g as yo u' re not
in a high RF area suc h as a ci ty o r ncar a o ne- or two-way tran sm ission
towe r of a ny typ e- you'll suc k in si gnals you nev e r before d reamed
of hea ring.
So whe re doc s th e ro to r co me into play? As the (Wille implies. yo u
po int a beam at the sig na l you w ish 10 hear. While some times signa ls
wi ll bounce off ed ifice s of variou s types. a nd the refore yo u don' t
alwa ys kno w where to <l im . gen era lly speaking you' ll want to point
yo ur beam in the direct ion of the sig nal.
the r tha n good antenn as and coa x. there is pe rhaps no more
You will often sec be am ante nnas in yo ur neighborhood that do
important devi ce for advanced sc an ner base install atio ns [han
not
usc a ro tor, bu t a rc fixed in plac e . A towin g garage wo uld be an
a q ua lity rotor. A good ro tor- which w ill run a ny where fro m
e xa mple o f thi s type o f rad io user. T he se yagis are po inted at a
5 250 10S I non o r more. dep e nd ing o n the we ight and win d loadin g of
repeat er atop a tower and the to wing outfi t. for exam ple. will use a
the antennas you wish 10 su ppon and rotate-s-generally requires a
tower.
mobile radio o n the input side of a repe ater to co nverse w ith its truc ks
in the field. Th e last thin g the o wner of Ihe to wing firm wants to do
An tenna to wer s. de pending o n the nur nbcr o f' scct ion s ( i.e.. he ight )
is swive l th at be am . He need s it a imed at the repeate r.
yo u ca n erect . will ad d a no the r 5250 to SIOOO whe n you add in a
Fo r scanner users. ho wever , rot atin g a bea m is ess entia l 10 highco ncrete foot ing. side ann brackets to han g a dis co ne off the to we r.
end mo nito ring. An inexpe nsive . q ua lity roto r, suc h as the Yacsu Gco nnec tors. elec trical tape. CIC
450XL. will allow yo u to mount two o rt hree be ams o n a ten -foot mast
Th e bott om line is Ihal mo unting a ro to r is not an inexp en siv e
with a n o m nid irec tio na l a ntenna at the top (this is ho w your sc anner
proposition . part ic ularl y if yo u have to hire so meone. suc h as an
edit or co nfigured hi s setu p). Most rad io
ex perienced two-w ay sho p owne r. to erect
the entire to wer . With a litt le legwork.
sup pliers. includi ng Grove Enterprise s.
will c arry a ch o ice o f roto rs. T he rotor
tho ugh . yo u ge ne ra lly c an lind ham s or
sca nner huffs in your area who w ill assist
will co me wit h an az im uth indicator and.
yo u in exc hange for ho t do gs and beer
from yo ur listening post. yo u' II he ab le
Co nly to he imbibe d after the to we r an d
to a im the bea m(s ) in the exa ct direction
ro to r arc up and tested ").
of whic he ver sign a l yo u' re see king. lts
Wh at arc the be nefit s of a ro to r'? If yo u
j ust terrific to wa tch that ind ica tor bo x as
a rc o nly intere sted in using o mnid irccyo u sw ing yo ur beam a nd hear a di stant
tio na l anten nas. suc h as a disco ne. ther e
statio n ge t stro nger as yo u hom e in o n the
arc non e . If. ho wever. yo u wish to enter
right az im uth !
A fo llo w-up note to th is sto ry: I had my
the wo rld of true high-le ve l sca nn ing.
th en yo u're in fo ra treat. \ Vhat yo u mo unt
ro tor up for less tha n a year when I turned
the rotor co ntro l uni t on o ne day and
wi th a ro tor. of co urse . a rc beam ante nnas. Bea ms. or yag is. which o ffer ga in
wa tched as the azimuth ind icator swung
wi ldly to the le ft and to thc right . It then
o ve r o mnid ire ctio nal ant en nas. prov ide
the ability to sniff o ut d ist ant signa ls.
began doing co mp lete 360 ' s. as thou gh it
were co-starri ng in the Exor cist.
Beam s loo k like a VHF TV a nte nna.
Horri fied. I ran outsid e and look ed up.
hut wi th the cleme nts poxition cd ve rt i- Th e Grove ROT-} Heavy Duty Rotor.
ca lly . rathe r than hor izo ntall y. T he highe r
but saw a co mplete ly mot ion less an-

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tennu . what was this? Was the control bo x shot or was it the rotor
itself? If it was the rotor. it wo uld mea n takin g down all the antennas.
preamp s. and co ax and sending the rotor in for repair. What a
nightm are !
I hoped thai the problem was in the contro ller. whose azimuth
ind icator ann eve ntually stopped moving altogeth er. I sent the inside
co ntro ller in for serv ice. Wh en told that there \,.'.as nothin g \...'rong wi th
the unit. we grudg ingly prep ared to take dov..'n the antennas. There
was one final item to chec k. though. A loo k at where the wiring
harness connec ted 10 the rotor on the tower showe d thai one of the
wires had broke n. possibly caused by the temperature fluctuati ons of
the winter and spring.
Wh at a break fo rme ! A little so lder and we were bac k in business.
without ever taking dow n an y ante nnas. It has been stated man y times
befor e, but never o ften enough: Winterize your co nnections before
the onslaught of S Il O W ami ice. You wo n't be sorry.

Trunking Debunking
In the August issue of Monitoring Times. we printed an anonymou s letter from a reader in Huntsville. Alabam a. The lcu cr det ailed
significa nt prob lems with the Motorola trunkcd radio system that
Huntsville had installed for its various city agencies. \Ve called the
Hunt sville Police look ing for so meone who co uld rebut the claims of
the leiter writer.The police were very cordial and rebutted so me o f the
claims, but corr ob orated most others.
In prepa ring the story for MT, we made it clear that. ob viously, as
wit h any new radio system, bugs o ftentimes need to be wor ked out:
however. on the whole. it is thi s writer ' s understanding that user s of
publi c safely trunked system s were ge nerally satisfied with their
co mmunica tions.
As an ex ample of this, durin g the recent Gro ve Expo it was
obvious fro m casua l mon itori ng that the Motorola trunking wo rks
extremely well in the Atlanta area. Not only docs the city of Atlanta
usc Motorola for its trunk ed sys tem. which was installed prior to the
Olympics, but the entire region. includin g Cobb . DeKalb . and G winnetl
co unties. all operate the ir own Motorola trunked networks with
apparently excellent results.
A few weeks uftcr thc article in MTappea red . 1received an e-mai l
from David Bucke lew, Manager of Te lecommun ica tion s. who was
involved in the installation and operation o f the Hunt svill e sys tem.
Altho ugh he apprecia ted that a cull was placed 10 the H untsville
Police for verific ation of the anonymous letter . he felt the letter was
rife with untruth s. He stated that. unfortunately. the officer I spoke
wi th was reall y not qua lifie d 1O spe ak on the subject, and that officer
evidently also disputes my rep resent ation of so me o f his comme nts.
Here. then. is his respon se. take n po int by point. 10 the ano nymo us
letter :

Item 1: "The system is a Mot orola Type 2 system ".... "If currently
uses (lUIS licensed] 4/ fre quencies. " (only 36 were listed ill the
article}.
Res po nse: The ci ty 's 800 MH z radio system is a Motorola Sm artne t
syste m capable of Type I. Type II. and Type iii prot ocol s. It also
meet s APCO 16 standa rds and is further designed for migration
into the pend ing standards of APCO 25.

Ite ms 2 a nd 3: "The Huntsville Police Department, Fire Departme1l1, and tile city's An imal Contro l Depa rtment are cu rrentlv 011
the ,"yslem. 11/('plans are 10include all of the city departments 011
the system aft er the system becomes a little II/ore stable. "

Response: All city departmen Is were brought on line l-t Septembe r.

1995. which consisted of appro ximately 870 radios. As o f tod ay.
the total is 1.376 which includ es rad ios. sirens, and li re station
alert ing sys tems .
Ite m 4: "O nly IW O t tHl'('r sites are used. with one on the nonli end of
tlu: clty und one em the south end, ..
Response : Th ere are 'o nly' two towers in the Huntsville system by
design . They arc geographica lly located east and west of eac h
other wi thin the city on mountain tops in order to max imize
cov erag e.
Ite m 5 : "No digita l communications han' been heurd em allY of the
chann els except, of cou rse, II/(' control channel. The COn/TO/
channel changes 011 a weeklv basis. usually 011 Sunday night. ..
Respo nse : The city ' s systcm is analog rather than digital: therefore,
' no digita l communications' would OlCUr. I assume . though. the
ano nymou s writer was referring to data transm issions when using
the word d igital. The ci ty does currently have approximately 100
rad ios using data transm issions. Thesc are used to alert all fire
stations. to open and close doors. tum lights on and off.
Also. all emergency sirens in the cityare ope rated by the local
Emergency Management Authorit y by data co mmu nication. Additionall y. the police departm ent has several radi os that are
e ncrypted for security purp oses communicating data. The city is
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using 800 !\'1H z. Th e co ntro l c han nel for the cit y' ~ syste m changes
eve ry 2 4~ h o u rs and not on a ,v'ed d y basis.

Item 6: " TIl(' problems \I'jIIl the JyS ft'lIl !UH'C been unbc l ievab!e. Tilt'
.'1.\'.'1((' 11/ c ra shes.
res ultin g in a co m ple te IOJ.'i of
co nununicatinns . ".... ,.Pi slice unitsfreq ncntlv UJltI. unfonunutriv.
unintcntinnuilv- .\:'1 10 talk witlt thrf irr dispatcher. ..... "Th r rangt'
oJ/lw radio." is scvcrclv limited. ".; "The 11IU1ual aid prog ram hus

also suffered because the deputies.

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tlu: airport

po lice, local uni versity police . FlU, Secret SeIT;C(', and thelike. all
used to mo nitor II PI)'.\' radio /J'(!!lic in order to hi' able 10 oj Ter
Clssi.HOIICl>. NOH ', all of this coordinat ion has to he handled by
1'/101/(' , . . . "The switrh 10 trunk ing \l'lIS Iow lly UllIl l ' Ct' s.w r y .
Response: Th e sys te m went o nline I..J Se ptember. 1995. and has
ne ve r crushed or been down si nce that time .
I kno w o f no such insta nce where a police uni t ta lked with a fire
di spatcher. Ho we ver. pa rticula r units in so me de partm en ts have
the ability to interface d irectl y with public safety dispatc her s and
individu a l un its if req uired. In addi tion all radios within the city
de partm ent s ha ve com mo n ci tyw ide tal kgroup s.
T he o ld syste m provided for ap proximate ly KOCJc coverage of
the c ity. whe reas the new 800 MH z sys te m provi des for approximately 95 l} cove rage of thc cit y. Yes. we still have so me da rk
spo ts. Howe ver. they arc much fewe r and the c ity is loo ki ng at
way s to cle ar the mo re sig nificant are as.
Com munications by othe r age nc ies throu gh the Nort h A labama Nc r is an availab le funct ion under the co ntro l of the dispatch ers via "c ros s pa tc h" in the di sp atc her co nsole s, Th e cit y has
authorize d o the r agenc ies access to the system a nd have assig ned
ta lkgroups for the m to co mmunicate. Addi tiona lly . local ne ws
media groups have bee n assigned radio iden tifica tio ns for moni to ring purposes o nly by the Huntsville Police Departmen t.
Th e sw itch to an 8CKJ M H7. trun ked simulcas t radio sys tem was
nece ssary by the c ity for sev era l reaso ns . First. th e poli ce
dep art me nt' s old VHF sys te m had th ree channe ls-c-o ne for No rth
Huntsville , on e for So uth Hu ntsvill e. a nd o ne fo r Reco rds-e-L and)
was ins talle d whe n the c ity had less tha n 100 police o ffice rs. Th e
c ity no w has appro xim atel y ..toO swo rn pol ice offi ce rs.
Secon d, the cit y applied to (t he) FC C for Pet ition o f Freq uend es. T he o nly freque ncy the FCC wo uld issue wa s 800 l\1Hz {this
can he verified by ca lli ng the FCC ).
T hird . in c ase s of e me rge nc ies , e.g.. the to rnadoe s that hit the
city in 1989, vario us c ity depa rtm ents and other ag enc ies were
unable 10 co m municate wi th eac h othe r usi ng exi sting radi o
sys tems creating a major probl e m. Wit h the new sys te m the city
no w ha s esta blishe d e me rge ncy rulkgrou ps to accompl ish any
req uirement.

Item 8: "There is

I/ O simulcasting going OIl in HIlIII,\T ilh'. ..... "Sinn'

th e po lice officer,\' It'l' n' having 0 hard time with the IIC II' system
and co uld /U)/ talk to each other. theycame upwitli the sol ution. ..CR
radios.... "
Response: T he c ity' s SOOM Hz rad io sys tem is simulcas ting fro m its
two sites, In order to ac hieve the design coverag e of 95(j(, whic h
we have. the sys te m mu st s imulcast.
(Edito r's "oIl': We believe th e anony mo us letter writer \HI S

W e' re more than happy to publish a rebutt al o n a subject abou t

w hich we w rite. T he c ity of Huntsville, Motorola. and Mr. Buc kel ew
in part ic ular, arc to be co m me nded for tak ing the ti me to prese nt their
case.

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don ate a radio or two. So me of these fo lks expressed interest in
coordinating the prog ra m in the ir ow n state, Whi le the respo nse wa s
less than we had ho ped , the re were so me very g ratifying sto ries .
A crime watch prog ra m in the New Yo rk area calle d a nd as ked to
he put o n a list fo r do nated sca nne rs. Th is pa rtic ular prog ra m ha s a n
excellent rapport wi th the police , we we re to ld , an d their use of
scanners wa s a terrific. lo w-cost way forthe m to stay tuned-in to c rime
in their area ,
O ne gentle ma n from Oh io call ed to say th at. after re ading the
artic le. he bro ught o ne of his olde r sca nners to his nephew who had
bee n stric ke n with leukem ia. Th e yo ung bo y co uld n' t have been mo re
exci ted over the gift. His uncle wa s more tha n w illing to co ordinate
sim ilar effo rts in his state.
W hi le it is a cl iche, it is this type of story that makes the effort
worthwhil e. Thi s edi to r ca lled a couple of Boston hospital s which
were rece pti ve to the idea o f giving scan ners to hospital ized kids . we
hop e to try thi s program soon. o n a ve ry sm a ll sca le, in g reater Boston .
Perhaps when trunking sca nners hit the m arke t. a nd olde r scanners
beco me o bsolete , there wi ll be m ore units av a ila ble for donation .
O ver the next co uple of mo nths we 'll ge t bac k to more read e r
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18004 23 133 1

their X()O MH::. comm unications (I\'er their old[rcquencies. }

Wc know of no po lice off icers ha ving problems co mmu nicating w ith each other. Ad ditional talkgroups we re pro vided to police

P.O. Box 360 ,

W a go ntown, PA
19376

ref erring

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for this \'Cry re aso n. In fac t, wit h th e old sys te m there wa s no

means Io r offl ccr s to co mm unic ate with each othe r wi th o nly thr ee
frequenci es for e veryone to share . C B radi os 'hav e bee n in police
curs fo r the la..t 20 years.
As of today. the Co unt)' Healt h Departmen t. C ity Ho using
Authorit y, and th e Hun tsville Utilities a re lIsin g the c ity'" sys te m.
Oth er munici palities and age nc ies have co ntacted the cit)' abou t
comi ng o n thc sys te m.
T he c ity of Huntsvill e has an e xce llent simulcas t trunking
system thai has met or exceede d o ur e xpectatio ns,
Since re ly,
David Buc ke lew, Man ag er .
Teleco m munication s

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January 1997

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The HF Communications Spectrum

Larry Van Ham, N5FPW
steJitol@grove.nel

The Government Rediscovers HF?

or <I numbe r o f years now . numerou s

".1".

' L. .. Ullin 1Do.1IMo",."

agencies within the United Stales fed-

e ral gov e rnmen t have been mov ing

up in freq ue ncy aw ay fro nt the high frequ en c y ( H F) ha nd s. Most gove rnme nt
age ncies routi nely usc the very high fre-

Lar ry Van Hor n' s

Uli lity World Home
Page

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quency/ultra high frequency (VHF/UHF)

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lites. So ex pec t the unexpected when you

visit th e UW hOlllC pages. In fact , the most
popu la r page to dale has been the milit ary
UHF sate llite ba nd plan s a nd back g roun d
info rmat io n.
T he Ute World ho me page is a perso nal home page and it does not represent
AIT or Grove Ente rpri ses. I wou ld like to
thank ou r Gro veNet suppo rt team. especiall y Jo hn Dielbec k (o ur internet syste m
ad m inistrato r). for allowing my pages to
go up on the we b a nd fo r all the help they
have given me .
So . ri ght now go point tha t we b
browser to URL address:

ranges fur the ir day-to-day co m munica__

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tion s traffic. As th is upw ard m igration
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continued. dependence on HF cased. and
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govern me nt sho rtwave freq uen cie s got
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quiete r and qui eter.
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10 years hav e be en pretty du ll o n govern""" __ _ ._n.......
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I' m not sure what has ca use d the upturn in
http:/ / \\'wW . g rove . n ct/ -I a r ry /
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activity. May be it is elec tion yea r po litics. 1 1 ,. ;., ,,~." I, .\l . oloI
uteworld.html
or it co uld he a re new ed intere st in HF
T he UW homc page is simply j ust Illy
co mm unic ations. W hat eve r the rea so n. I
sma ll cont ribution to the nearl y 500,000
ha ve see n mo re activity the last six mo nths
othe r wo rld wide we b page s avai lable to
the folks \v ho surf the inte rne t. Enj oy!
o n governme nt HF channels tha n I have in
the last 10 sum me rs.
In fac t. two of my past favorite age ncies to mo nito r. the DEA an d
Bayonne Global is back an the air!
U .S. C ustoms Service. have both had higher than nonnal traffic level s.
Bayonne G lobal was off for so me tim e while its personnel were
with a lot more of the communications in the cle ar than Ican remember
dep loyed to support vario us milita ry missio ns. including a n Bvwcck
in rece nt mem ory .
exercise in Savannah . Georgia. according to the station ch ief. Joe
My reco m mendation to ute listene rs is to j ump on thc band wagon
Cirone. "\V e then had to do annua l an te nna mainte nance and tha t was
right llO U before they changc their mind s (as o ur governm ent is very
recent ly completed: ' C iro ne sa id.
pro ne to do). Use the freq ue ncies in T able On e to mo nitor the listed
Ciro ne says the ir next deploy me nt is sched uled for somet ime this
gov e rnme nt agen cies. The tab le includes over 250 frequencies fo r 4 3
month and his crew will be go ne fo r th ree weeks . Yo u can norm all y
go vernme nt age ncie s ami co mpa nies that support variou s govern me nt
hear Bayon ne G lob al ....'orking military aircra ft tra ffic on th e Gl obal
pro g rams.
HF System (G HFS ) during wee kdays on a variety ofG HFS pr im ary
So start the new year off right and make tha t Ne w Yea r' s re soluti o n
and di screte freq uen cies.
to kee p track of what o ur ha rd ea rne d tax mon ey has pa id for by
Bayonn e is a lead er in the Department of Defe nse (DO D) A uto mo nitorin g the listed HF freq uencies. And whi le yo u arc at it. why
mat ed HF Ev mail/fax sys tem whic h is in terco nnected to the LA N/
don 't yo u mak e anoth er Ne w Year resolu tio n to rep o rt yo ur logs and
WAN a nd the Intern et. You mig ht ev en want to watch the pages o f MT
intercepts to the Utility lVorld co lumn in 1997"1
in the nea r fut ure fo r detail s abo ut th is ra dio syste m a t Bayonne.
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Ute World Now Online

New Aero Home Page

I ha ve fina lly done it. After six mo nths of talki ng abou t it. I have
finally put Ute World onlinc on the world w ide web. During the middle
o f Nove mber. I finally designed and put up the page s put 0 11 the Gro ve
Ente rprises se rve r.
What will you find on the U n' home- pages'! WWW link s. spec ia l
reports. frequency and ca llsign lists. late breaking ne ws, a nd m uch .
mu ch mo re. We eve n ha ve a whole se rie s of spec ia l re sea rch pape rs
pre par ed by " Dr. EAM " himsel f- Jeff Havcrtah on Eme rge ncy Ac tion Messages. of course.
But the U W page s arc eve n more th an HF. I also ha ve a huge
int ere st in U.S. go vern me nt VH F/ UH F acitivi ty and of co urs e. sate l-

34

MONITORING TIMES

January 1997

If yo u arc interested in HF aero nautical listening. c heck out a new

ho me page o n the internet put up by Steve Bott om in Cairns.
Quee nsla nd. Aust ra lia.
Steve 's site has freq uency and call sign info rm atio n on the Roy al
Australian Ai r Force. plu s civilian aero freq uencies for the South
Paci fic and So utheast Asia regions.
Yo u ca n fi nd Sir Steve's Down under Hidea way at URL:
htlp:/I",ww.ozcmai l.com.auJ-sirstcYe
T hat' s it fo r this mo nth . I ho pe e veryone had an enj oyab le hol iday
se aso n. No w it is time to sec what yo u ha ve been hearin g in the Utility
WorM.

TABLE 1: United States Federal Government HF Hot list

AT&T.

...6603.1 7460.1 > 14360.020095.0

Bellcore

5099.1 7552.1 11451.0 18063.0 (Bell CommunicationsResearch)

CiviiAir Palrol

4466.04469.0 4506.0' 4582.04585.0' 4601 .0 4602.0' 4604.0' 4627.0' 4630.0 7635.0 7682.0 14902.0

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

7657.0 11076.0 14686.0' 18171 .0
Defenselog istics Agency lOLA)
5063.5 11576.5' 17458.5 24740.0
DefenseMappingAgency(OMAI ...................................... 7726.5 7812.5 13550.0 17520.0
Department 01 Energy (DOE) .................
.
6803.0 7428.0 18416.0
Department of Interior (001)
3253.0 4863.0(l) 5380.0 5287.5 6766.0 7880.0
Department of Justice(DOJ)
.
7672.0 10401.5 14541.0 18220.0
Director of Military Support (OOMS)
.
13722.0 14350.0 14402.0 20906.0
Enviromental Protection Agency(EPA)
3360.0 4990.0 6821.0'
Federal AviationAdministration(FAA)
6870.0 7475.0 7611.0(L) 8125.0 11288.0 11637.0 13312.0 13457.0 15851.0 19410.0 24550.0(L)
Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) ................................ 5058.5 7903.5 14493.5
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) .................... 4481.5 7788.5 10653.5 14969.5
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) .............5211.0 10493.0
Other agencies towatch ontheseFfMAchannels include thefollowing stateEOCoffices:Alabama, Florida. lfIinois, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Nevada. New York. SouthCarolinaand the
American Red Cross.
FederalHighway Administration(FHWA)
..
5255,0 7419.0 9197.0 10891.0
Immigr2tion and Naturalization (INS)
5912.5(l ) 9435.0(L) 14585.0(l) 24838.5
MaritImeAdministralion (MARAD)...........
.
5255.07419.59197.0 10891 .0
MITRE Corp
4952.0 12165.0' 20873.0
USMCMounlain WarfareTraining Center (MWTC)
5031.5 10179.5

NASA
NationalGuard(NG) ......

33650 6962.5 14455.0'

. 3277.0(l)4001.5 40350 4240.0 4244.5 4250.0 4296.0 4441.5 4520.0 4555.0 4560.0 4607.0 4606.5>4610.04653.04760.0>
4765.0(l ) 46600 4667.0>4927.5 4960.0' 5045.0(l r 5062.05067.05203.5>5205.0 5215.55432.5 5621.5 60100 6766.0
6910.56992.0 7361 .0Il) 6036.5 6047.0' 8056.06057.56156.56161.56 160.01108622 .09357.0 13722.0' 14350.5 14450.0
14653.0 20906.0
5236.0 10586.51 14396.5 18932.0

National CoordinatingCenter for Telecom (NCC)

National Communications System (NCS)

.... 2302.4 461 9.4 6766.4 6768.4 9051.0 9054.0 9065.4 9067.0 9070.0 11428.0 11 449.4 13801,4 13805.4 13809.4 13854.0

15614.4 16936.0 16946.0 25344.0 25347.0

National Technical and Inlormation Administration(NTlA)
Office of Emergency Transportation (DEl)
U.S. Air Force MARS
.
U.S. Air Force Reserve

9973.0 13423.0 18178.5

6870.0 761' .0{L) 9076.0 11029.5 13434.0 13457.0 15851.0(L) 17422.5
3311.0 4590.0 7540.0 13927.0 13993.0' 14408.0 14533.2(L) 14606.0 14832.0 15807.0 19937.0 20807.0
4341.0 8495.0 11 816.0

U.s Army..........
U.S. Army MARS

9990.0 10165.0 10615.0 14930.0

33465Il) 6997.5(l) 13997.5 14403.5 14465.0 14466.5

.
.

U.S. Army Corp 01Engineers (USACOE)

U.S. Army (WAR46)

6785.0 11693.5 12070.0 16382.0

4018.5(L) 4024.5{l ) 5761 .5(L) 7309.5 ' (1111th Signal Battancn)

2ndU.S. Army (GA)

2ndIl.S. Army (SC)

U.S. Army Material Command(USAMC)

U.SCoast Guard
U.S. Customs Service
U.S. Department 01 Agriculture (USDA)

.
.

U.S Navy

6046.5 10797.5 16316.5 17476.5>

6046.5' 10797.5
5087.0
4048.5
8912.0
5901.0

10233.5 14653.0 16077.0

7528.5 11434.5 15473.5
11494.0
9270.0' 11494.0 14955.0

10710.0 13655.0'

U.S. Navy/MarineCorps MARS

USTRANSCOM.

4000.0 4041.0 4042.5 4402.5 4513.5 7363.5 7365.5 7381 .0 7382.5 7386.0 7498.5 7684 .0 12222.0 14383.5

4035.0(l ) 4520.0 5300.0 5300.5 9120.0 9120.5" 10493.011626.5> 12057.0 20994.0

Veterans Administration (VA) :......

.
5038.5 12076.0 23355.5
44th Med Brigade.
.
6997.5(L) 13997.5 14488.5 14665.0
Notes:
1. indicates a primary freq uency. (L) indictaes LSB, and # indicates an automatic link establishment (ALE)chan nel. Unless otherwiseindicated above, allmodes are USB and frequencies
in kilohertz (kHz).
2. Eventhough theyarelistedas members01thegovernment HFSHARES system- HousingandHuman Services (HHS) andtheGeneral Services Administration(GSA) HFfrequencieshave
not been found. Current wisdom indicates that these two agenciesmay not becurrently authorized HF cperationsarequencies.

TABLE 2: Federal Government Hot list By Frequency listing

2302.4
32530
3217.0
3311 0
3348 5

3360 0

3385,0
40000
4001 5
4018,5
4024 5
40350
4()4 1,0
4().12,5
4G48 5
4240 0
42401 5
4250 0
4296 0
-l3-l1 0
4402 5
44415
.14660
4469 0
-1481 0
.4506 0
4513 5
4520 0
4555 0
4580 0
45820
4$85 0
4590 0
4601 0
4602,0
4604 0
.1607,0
4608 5
4610,0
4619 4

'l : S

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N:il l l
USAf MARS'
USA MARSi l)
EPA
NASA
UStl MARS
N3(l }
WAR46l LI
WAR461l)
'l ,l I USTRANSCOM(l)
USNMARS
USNMARS
USCG

'I:;
N3
N3
NG
AFRES
USN MARS
113
C'"
CAP'
f CC
CAP'
USN MARS
N:;/USTRAtl SCDM
NG
NG
c,~p

CAP'
USAFMARS
CAP '
CAP'
CAP'
PIG
IJG'
NG
Nes

4627 0
4653.0
4780.0
4785.0
4863 0
4867.0
4927.5
4952.0
4960.0
4990 0
5031,5
50385
5045.0
5058.5
5062.0
50635
5087.0
5099.1
5203.5
5205.0
5211 .0
5215 5
5236.0
5255.0
5287 5
53000
5300.5
5380.0
5432.5
5761.5
5821 5
59010
5912.5
6010.0
6766.0
6766 -1
6; 68.4
67850
6803.0
6803.1

CAP'
NG
NG'
NG(l)

oonu

NG'
NG
MITRE
PIG '
EPA
MWTC'
VA
'lG(l)
far
IlG
OLA
NGfUSAMC

aenccre

PIG
IlG
FEMA/State EOCiARS
PIG
NCC
f HWA/MARAO
DO'
USU,ANSCOM
USTRANSCOM
001
NG
WAR46(l )
PIG
USDA
INS(l )
PIG

DOlJlJG
IlCS
NCS
USACOE
DOE'
AT&T

6821.0
6870.0
59105
59825
5992,0
5997.5
7309,5
7361,0
7363 5
7365 5
7381 0
7382 5
7386,0
74190
74195
1428 0
74750
7480,1
7498,5
75285
75-l00
7552 1
76110
76350
16570
76720
76820
7684,0
7726,5
7788,5
7812 5
18800
79035
aD385
8041 0
9048 5
00560
aD575
8125,0
81585

EPA '
f AA/o n
PIG
NASA
PIG
USAMARSi44 ME D(l l
WAR4 6'
NGft )
USNMARS
USNMARS
USNMARS
USNMARS
USNMARS
f HWA
MARAO
ODE
f AA
AT& T'
USNMARS
USCG
USAf MARS

BellcOfe
FAA(Lj'IOET
CAP'
DE A

DOJ'

CAP
USNMARS'
DMA
fCC
DMA
DO'
f ar
NG
NG'
2nd USA
PIG
PIG
fAA
NG

81615
81800
84950
66220
89120

90$10
90540
90654
9067.0
90700
90760
9120.0
91205
9197.0
92100
93570
9435.0
99;3.0
9990.0
101 65,0
10179 5
10233 5
1().101 5
l ().193,O

NG
NG(ll
AfRES
NG
USCS
NCS
NCS
NCS
PlCS
PlCS
DEl
USTRAtlSCOM
USTRANSCOM'
fHWAIMARAQ
USDA'
PIG
IrlSll l
NTlA'
USA
USA
MWTC
USAMC
DOJ

FEMAlSlale

EOCIARSI
USTRANSCO'l
10586 5 PlCC
106535 fCC
10710,0 USN
10797,5 2nd USA
10815.0 USA
10891 0 f HWA,.'MARAO
110295 DEl
11076 0 DEA
11288 0 FAA
11428.0 ucs
1143-15 USCG
11449 4 'l CS
11451,0 seucore
11494.0 USCSIUSDA

11576 5 DLA'
116285 USTRAtlSCOM'
11631 0 fAA
11 693 5 U$ACOE
11816 0 Af RE 5
12057.0 USTRANSCOM
12070.0 USACOE
12076 OVA
12165.0 MITRE'
122220 USNMARS
1331 20 fAA
1'3 835 USNMARS
134230N TIA
13434 0 OET'
13-157,0 f AA/OET
135500 0MA
13655.0 USN
13722.000MSING '
13801.4 NCS
13805.4 NCS
138094 t~ C S
1385-l0 NCS
13927.0USAf MARS
13933.0USAF MARS'
13997.5 USAMARSl44 MEO
143500 DOMS
143505 NG
14396.5 flCC'
14402.0 00MS
14403.5 USA MARS
14408.0 USAfMARS
I .U50 0NG
14455.0 'l ASA'
14.165.0USA MARS
14488.5 USA MARS/44 MEO
144935 f BI
14533.2USAFMARSILI
145-4 1000J
14585.0 INS(LI
14606.0 USAfMARS

Jonvory 1997

14653.0 NGiUSAMC
14665.0 44 MD
146860 DEA
148320 USAF MARS
14902.0 CAP
149300U 5A
14955.0 USDA
14969.5 FCC
15473.5 USCG
15614.4 NGS
15807.0 USAF MARS
1$851.0 f AAlOETILI
16077.0 USAI.lC
163185 2ndUSA
16382.0USACOE
17422.5 OfT
17..158.5 DLA
17478.5 2ndUSA'
17520,OOM A
18063 0 aeaccre
18171.00EA
181785 NTIA
18220 0 DOJ
1841 6.0 DOE
18932.0 NCC
189380 NCS
18946 0 tlCS
19-410.0 fAA
19937.0 USAF MARS
200950AT&T
208070USAF MARS
208730 MITRE
20906 0 DOMS:NG
20994 0 USTRANSCOM
23355 5 VA
24550,0 fAA(l)
24740.0 0LA
24838.5 IllS
25344 0 NCS
25347 0 NC5

MONITORING TIMES

35

Utility Loggings
Larry Van Ham
Abbrcv ta no ns used in thi s column
AM
Amplitude Modulation
AMC
Air Mobility Command
AMTORA Amateur microprocessor
teleprintingover radiosystem , mode A
AN DVT
Advanced Narrowband
Digital Voice Terminal
AR
Aerial Refu eling
CW
Continuous Wave(Morse
code)
EAM
Emergency Action Message
LSB
LowerSideband
MAP
Magrheb Arabe Presse
NAVAREA NaVigationArea

RnY
SAM
SANA
Selcal
SITDR

Rad ioteletype
Special Air Mission
Syrian Arab NewsAgency
Selective Calling
Simplexteleprintingover
radio system
SITOR-A Simplexteleprintingover
radio system. modeA
Unid
Unidentified
U.S.
United States
USB
UpperSideband
USCG
U.S. Coast Guard
USN
U.S. Navy
VIP
Very important person

5238.0
5284.0
542 5.0
5437 0
5530.0

5658.0
5696.0

All trunsmi.....ion are US B tupper sideband ) unless otherwise ind icated.

Al l frequen cie ..are in kl fl. (kilohe rtz) and all times arc UTe (Co ordinated
Time Universal)

57004

ANOVT secureccmmumcatrcnsmonitoredhereat 211 9. (l arry FowlerNY) This is J USCG law enforcement channel-Larry.
Twofishermancomplainingabout beingboardedandaccused of being
two miles inside the boundary at 2323. Lots of XXX rated language
used. (Fowler-NY) Now there is a real bigsurprise, he, he-Larry!
Halifax Military working several unids re: submerged boat (sounded
like). Very weak, mostly unreadable at 0445. (Jeff Jones-San Francisco. CAl
Unid station, female with long series of letters phonetically at 0240.
Possi ble Mossad. (I akashi Yamaguchi-Nagasaki. Japan)
Unid slation 2EL repeating "V BPX6 de2EL" at 1100 in handsent CWo
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
Sailing ship Sagamoortalking to a navy shipabout being adrift in the
Pacific at 0449. (Bob Madorm-KS)
Unid station. fem ale with long se ries of letters phonetically at 21 10.
Possible Mossad. (Yamaquchi-Japan] SYN2reported here-Larry.
UOPC- Volga (Russ ian sea-river cargo vessel) working UB03Petrozavodsk Radio in CW at 1803. (Robin Hood-UK)
UHTD-Omskiy 143callingUJE -Nizhny Novgorod Rad io in CW at 1723.
(Hood -UK)
Unid station,femalewith long seriesof lettersphoneticallyat 2036with
interferencefromunid CW station2RC8. PossibleMossad.(YamaguchiJapan) PC02 reported here-Larry.
Unid station, female with long se ries 01letters phonetically at 2148.
Possible Massad. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Nightwatch with Andrews checking here for possible new data frequency at 0312. (Jones-CA)
V-Single letterHF CW channel marker at 1001. (Yamaquctn-Japan)
Zero-7 receivingtraffic fromBlacksheep. Blacksneepis too weak here
to make out. but I did catch 07 say "repeat after deployed ." From
Blacksheep's cadence, it sounds like he could be passing coord stuff
a11608. (Jones-CA)
Unid station, female with long series 01letters phonet ically at 2136.
Po ssib le Mossad. (Yamaquchi-Ja pan) Cf02reported here-Larry.
s-uma and a-Novemberworking each other for radio checks at 0449.
(Jones-CAl
Unid station. female with long series of letters phonetically at 2114.
Possible Massad. (Yamaguchi-Japan) ULX2reported here-Larry.
USCGGroupWoodhole, MA, passed this frequency on to an aircraft to
use with a USCG cutte r lor com munications. (Roger ParmenterHyan nis. MA)
Unid station. female with long series of letters phonetically at 2040.
Possible Mossad. (Yamaguchi-Japan)

5820.0

2106.5
2175.5

3047.0
3150.0
3450.0
4146.0
4165.0
4194.0
4199.5
4270.0
4360.0
4442.0
4575.0
4580.0

4665.0
4751.0
48800
491 0.5

5091.0

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6270.0
6380.0

671 94

6745.0
6761.0
6785.0
691 5.0
7453.5
754 7.0
7605.0
7688.5
7909.0
791 8.0
7955.8
7982.0
8000 0
801 0.0
80140
8056.0
8078.5

Unid station, female with long series of letters phonetically at 21 20.

weak. Possible Mossad. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Unid CW station 7NKW repeating -V CXT8 de 7NKW" at 1455.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
USN BravoCharlienetwork (day)/BravoWhisket net(night) first noted
at 1542. (Larry Fowler-NY)
Unid station. female with long series of letters phonetically at 2035.
Possible Mossad. (Yarn aquchi-Japan)
llnid station, female with long series of letters phon etically at 211 0.
Possible Massad. (Yamaquch i-Japan) A Nancy Susan Adam station
has been reported here-Larry.
Emirates 418 working Add is Ababa Air Radio with position report enroute 10 Dubai at 1830. (Hood-UK)
CAM SLANT Chesapeake working CG 21 29 at 2314. CG 21 29 informs
CAMSLANT that he wasunable to contact groupMiami secure due to
"Changein frequency designators." Said was unable to copy on 3E11
or 3E12. Contacted Miami and passed a secure freque ncy 01 10608.1
MHz. (Fowler-NY) CG fans and Rick Baker at WUN take notethat the
Echo designators we have now could and probably have changed
Larry.
Habitat working'laoqo-a-Novern ber. Movingtovoicechanne l WY01.lt
seems these two arealso working UHF comms at this time, so maybe
WYOl is a UHF freQ? Even with a lot 01 ORN here and weak levels ,
Habitat and T4Narereadable at 2205. (Jones-CA).
Unid station. female with long se ries of letters phonetica lly at 1414.
PossibleMossad. (Yamaquchi-Japan)
Unid station, female with long series of letters phonetically at 2036.
PossibleMossad . (Yamaguchi-Japan)
UCW4-St Petersburg Radi o with trafficto UAOZ-Ladoga 103(ex UNIC)
and UBEX-Sibirskiy2128 (ex EMGF) then listen ing 4198/6286.5 in CW
a11718.UCW4-St Petersburg Rad ioworking UCFW- Vofgo-Balt 103(ex
ERBJ) in CW at 1801 . (Hood-UK)
Magic Carpet Sierra working Habitat and othersin what seems to be
MCS's primary thing. which is a data-communications support role.
They've been up on this frequency most of the day here in California.
Good-readable at 2217. Perhaps MCS cou ld stand for something like:
Mission Com munications Support.(?). (Jones-CA)
Unid station , ternale with long se ries of letters phonetically at 2055.
Possible Mossad. (Yamaguchi-Japan) CI02reportedhere-Larry.
Ready 27 coordinating AR limeswith 259at 2130. These Ready calls
were AMC flights lrom I crrejon. Spain. (FOWler-NY)
UnidCWstation 6PXJ repeafing"VABYZde6PXJ" at0950.(YamaguchiJapan)
Lockheed "Flight 6150" calling 5927 at 170B. No joy. (Jones-CA)
C-Single letter CW HFcha nnel marker al 1145. [Yamaouchi-Japan)
Englishfema le 3/2-digit numberstation at 1330, also noted on 10529.
(Yam aguchi-Japan )
Unid station,female repeatingCharlieOscar Ech o,then intolong series
of letters phonetica lly at 1450. PossibleMossad. (Yarnaq uchl-Japan)
Alpha-10elta briefly working 5-A. 2-C. and 4-Afor signal checks then
gone a12318. (Jones-CA)
ANOVT secure communications noted here at 2350. Is this a USCG
secure channel? (Fowler-NY) You bet-Larry.
Unid station, ternaie with long series 01letters phonetically at 0240.
Possible Massad. [Yamaquctn-Japan} FYH reported here-Larry.
AAR 7PF working unid station. having trouble receiving. Told other
stationtogivehimandcall usingAMTO RAandasetcal of RG PF at 201 0
in LSB. (Fowler-NY)
Unid station, female with long series of letters phonetically at 1415.
PossibleMassad. (Yamaguchi-Japa n)
Abnormal 20 with test count at 01 53. (Fowler-NY)
Unid stationcalling VictorEcho Xray forarad io checkat 21 45.(FowlerNY)
English female 3/2-digit number station in AM at 1115. (YamaguchiJapan)
Scrambled analog communications at 0355. (Jones-CA)
The "Rear" calling anystationthis net lor aradio check. Nojoy at 2208.
(Jones-CAl

8306.0

8312.0
8346.0

8528.5
8540.0
8722.0
8782.0

8861.0
8904.0
8912.0
8942.0
9016.0

9019.0
9093.0
9130.0

9143.0
9251 .0
92580
9283.0
9292.0
10001.0

10046.0
10072.0
10090.0
10091.0
10204.0
10213.0
10529.0

10536.0
10830.0
10994.0

BBYG worki ng BTBD. passing messagetratuctromBI NG at1932. Said

conditions perfect for attack against scurvey dog. BIBO responds
with: Weather-Clear, Wind from the NE at 10. EquipmenH OO%. an d
Morale-highand willing . (FowlerNY) Interesting. either USN ship or.
even better. Marine Corps onNavy amphibgetting ready fora landing
exercise-Larry.
8RUR workingBZIV and BTBD passing traffic al 1535. Same bunch
on 8306.0. (Fowler-NY)
UTNRChupa with crew messagestoUB03PetrozavodskRad ioinCW
at 1542. UYCX- Volgo-Ball 219 (Russian sea-rivercargo vessel work
ing UB03-Petrozavodsk Radio in CW at 1749. (Hood-UK )
EBA-Spanish Navy. Madrid.Spain. withCO and warningsfor NAVAREA
3 in 75 baud Rny at 0959. (Hood-UK)
USU -Mariupol Radiowith currency exchange ratesin50 baud Rn y at
0710. (Hoo d-UK)
CU l-Lisbon Radio with traffic list al 0930. (Hood-UK)
Beij ing voi mer sen ding aviation weather in very distorted USB with
distinct heavy interference from Taipei Rad ioat 1025. Nol heard on
usual 8849. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
knabarovsk Volmet at 0815 and Irkutsk Volmet at 0825 withaviation
weather reports in Russian. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
UnidCW station sending s-iener groups at0010. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Unid station conducting test countsat 2213. (Fowler-NY)
Singapo re , Manila, and Hong Kong air radio working various aircraft
at OB35. (Yamaguchi -Japan)
Stripeworking Nightwatch01at 1839. Stripe askedNW01if theycould
contact themIhis wayin Ihe future? NWO l said no,Iry 896B (GHFS):
that it was a good frequency for them since they had to monitor it all
day anyway. Stripe then asked if NW01 was monitoring the Vincent
CINC net. NWOl saidtheywe remonitoring thatpresently. Then Stripe
asked if NW01 would co ntact them on that one rig ht now and they
repli ed as soon as the ir radio ope rato r was freed up. (Fowler-NY)
Interesting exchange, Larry. Vincent isa code word fora scrambling
system and CINC, of course, isCommander inChief-Larry.
Unid station with test count transmissionat 1938. (Fowler-NY )
Unid CW station tran smitting 5-digit groups at 1045. (YamaguchiJapan)
Unid station, female repeating "Echo Zul u lndia." the n into a long
seriesoflettersphoneticallyat 0240. Possible Mossad. (Ya maguchiJapan)
Cowboy working Strider for Kl -43 datalratlic at 0105. (Jones-CA)
English female 5-digit lincolnshire Poachernumber stationat 21 25.
(Yamaguchi-Japan )
NNNORRC wor1<ing NNNOCMO wilh morale phone patches at 0226.
Switched 10 7684 kHzat 0247. (Fowler-NY)
EAM with RYlP3A preamble initiated by 41 0 at 0022. (FOWler-NY)
ANDVT commun ications at verystrong levelsat0300, (Jones-CA)
Unid CW station ARl repeating "DEARl" at 0115with heavy interterence from time station BPM on mainland China. Any comments?
(Yamaguc hi-Japan) Nothing that I knowof thatislegaH arry.
4XZ-lsraeli Naval Radi o, Haifa,with VCWmarkerat 1225. (Yanag uchiJapan)
Caledonian 269 working Speedbird l ond on at 121 6. (Hood-UK)
Khabarovsk Volmel. Ru ssia. with aviation weath er reports at 0538.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
Unid stalion AMOl repealing "V HKYJ de AMDl OSY 20" at 0605 in
hand sent CW. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Kiwibirdworking Badblood at2204.Alsoheard on11244 at same time
working Tipic 14/18. (Fowler-NY)
CNM29-MAP Press Agency, Rabat. Morocco, with news inFrench in
50 baud srrv at 1719. (Hood-UK)
English female 312-digit numbe r station in AM at 1323. Extremely
powerful signal in dead band cond itions. Also noted on 7547.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
CFH-CANFORCE Meteowithaviation weatherin 75baud RnY at1723.
(Hood-UK)
Unid CW station 4XMl repealing "V BFR4 de 4XMl " at 0926.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
EAM preamble RYlP 3A initiatedby K9W at 1832. Thisfrequency had
EAM broadcasts throu ghout the day and into the night from va rious
letter-number-letter callsigns. (FowJer-NY) This is a USN Pacific
region network frequency with NPM the net manager-Larry.

SANANewsAgency, Damascus, Syria, with schedule for Englishand

French as1000 to 1100. 140010 1500and 1BOO-1900 daily. 50 baud
arrv at 1048. (Hood -UK)
11175.0 Mudbug 01 calling Nighlwatch 01. no joy at 1605. ThenMudbug 01
changescallsign toHurlburt Field and calls forany station. AJbrook
answers. (Duke Rumley-Mayodan . NC)
11244.0 Navy01 cal ling Goldpost, no response. Bott 51 and Zamia99 witha
groupmessag e forGoldpostat 1900.la mia 99and Turbo 55passing
message grou p to Kiwibird at 2100. Also heard Navy 02 calling
Kiwibi rd , no resp onse. (Fowle rNY)
11 267.0 EAM broadcast by T91at 1830. (FOWler-NY)
11387.0 Singapore Volmet at 0920. Sydney Volmet at 0930 and Bangkok
Volmet at0940 with avi ati on weather reports. (Yamaguchi-Japan )
11565 .0 Unid station, female with long series of letters phonetica lly at 1443.
Possible Mossad. (Yarnaqu chl-Jaoan )
11647.0 Scrambled voice monitore donthis freq uency at 1944 (not ANDVT).
(FOWler-NY) Theonfy thing I showhere is aMysticStarallocation with
a Ft. Allen, PR, site-Larry.
12070.0 Tollroad warking Nightwatch 01 on Zulu 211 at 1954. (FOWler-NY)
12506.0 UJFOProfessorMultanovskiy (research/passenger charter vessel)
withcrew messages toStPetersburg in50baud RnY at0644.Vessel
en-route Argentina and Antarctica. (Hood-UK)
12565.5 UWCC-Sergey Lazosending crew messages toUUI-Odessa Radioin
50 baud arrv at 0701. (Hood-UK)
12627.5 USU-Mariupol Radio withmessage to US BT-Komsomolets Armenii
forKmBorodavkein50baudRTTY at1539. USU-MariupoJRadiowith
message to UHLE-SemyonLapshenkovUkrainian refrigerator ca rgo
vessel with crew messages to URl -Sevastopol Rad io in 50 baud
srrv. (Vessel is ex UPGS). (Hood-UK)
12797.0 UDK2-Murman sk Fisheries Radi o with traffic to UHLE-Semyon
lapshenkov (MB-0014) in 50 baud arrv a 1545. (Hood-UK)
12950.0 Unid station. fe male with lon g se ries ofletters phonetically at 1356.
Possi ble Massad. (Yamaguchi-Japan) SYN2 reportedhere-larry.
13533.0 Unid station, female with long series of letters phon eti callyat 1446.
Possible Massad . (Yamagu chi-Japan)
14270.0 Unid CW station transm itting 5-digit groups at 0945. (YamaguchiJapan)
14469.0 Englishfemale5-di git li ncolnshire Poachernumberstationat 1120.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
14698.0 EAM with FlMC04 preamble inilialedby H2X at 2045. EAMs continued into the night on this one. (FOWler-NY)
14863.0 Andrews calling SAM 26000. No joy at 2145. (Jones-CA)
15016.0 Badblood passing avoice message: "For Skymaster ACAP369 fou r
groupmessageJEJ AB 2 XII CDS" to lEZ at 2127. (Fowler-NY)
15046.0 Tollroad wo rking Nightwatch 01 on Zulu 230 at 1953. (Fowler-NY)
15084.0 Continuous EAM traffic by trigraph callsigns at 1932 and into the
night. (Fowler-NY)
15095.4 Habilat working unid at 1630. (Jones-CA)
16117.0 Foxtrot-9-lndia withthree (thaI I'mawareof) EAMs. I missed allbut
the last charactersof thefirst one. Thesecond on ewasa48character
(I Ihink 48: it was close 10 unreadabie)EAM toFLG3FC. The third EAM
was 20 characters lor FlMCQ4. All heard beginn ing at about 2252.
(Jones-CAl
16471.0 UYOQ Vofzhskiy 37(Ru ssi an sea-rivercargovessel)workingHelsinki
Rad io for phone patch at 0926. (Hood-UK)
17410.0 Unid station, female with long seriesof letters phoneticallyat0942.
Possible Mossad. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
17499.0 English female 5-digil li ncolnshire Poacher number station very
weak at 10000. (Yamaqutbi-Japan!
17904.0 Honolulu air radio working New Zealand 81 at 0455. (YamaguchiJapan)
lB634.0 USN Foxtrotnet workinga foreign accented Juliet operator and Xray
working blue fo rces. Missiles launched and Vigilant Watch mentioned. (Fowler-NY)
19002.0 SAM201 workingAndrewson F-943 withsignal checksandpatches.
Also heard on: 18393.0. 15011.0. 13440.0. and 11 214.0 around
1931. (Jones-CAl
22527.0 USU-Mari upol Radio with identification and frequencies as 6355/
8540/12697/17141 .6/22527 in CW al 0900. (Hood -UK)
22595.7 SVB7-Athens Radio,Greece,with CO CW marker at071 O. (YamaqucrnJapan)
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Shortwave Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser, P.O.Box16B4MT, Enid, OK73702
-m,i/: <gh'""t@h'fmJJd.rom>;lox: (405}233-2948, A1T:Houser

Just Another Month on Shortwave...

But wh at a mont h. with unexpected developments! We lose
Antarctica. at least for a wh ile. hu t Dniester an d Red Cross Broa dcas ting see m gone for good. No more English from Abu Dh abi . bUI
Jord an give s us 1110rc. Voice of Nigeria make s a co mebac k. so Radio
Kudi mt has so me co m petition. A VOA trans mitt er bums up. and at
least one country bro ad castin g Radio Free Asi a buck s our w hen
press ured by C hi na. Rad io Aust ralia and Ratlio Camida Internation al
still face uncertain future s. but SSC ti res up its new rela y in
T hailan d . Fla nde rs seems to have fo und an obv ious so lution to its
poor co ve rage. Some sta tio ns manage to cl ash w ith themsel ves-

Austria and WRNO . O r clash with eac h o ther due to poor pla nningAu stria and SSe.
Th ere ' s never a du ll moment w ith claude -ti nes co ncern ing Colo mbia. Gcnnany. Kurd istan . W hen is Rad io Ca iro not a shortwave
station '! Tom Me ij cr turns up on a new medi um. Unusua l QSLs or
offers o f QS Ls for a pr ice e merge fro m C hile , Ec uador, G eorgia. Ital y.
Mosco w becomes a Christia n broadca ster; sex cr imes charged at a US
gospe l sho rtwave s tatio n. A nd DX turn s into terrib le real ity o n HCJB.

AmI IIOW, the details...

COLOMBIA Voz de laResistencia.clandestinereactivated daily 21 55-222012230v on

6231.1. whe reas 6250. R. Patria Libre has been off. EI Espectador newspaper
said the FARC station, Aesistencia, had an E-mail address in Costa Rica:
<elbarcino@lanela.apc.org:. (Henrik Klemetz, Dateline Bogota)
COSTARICA REEhastakenupresidence on9630.destroyingtheband .1- 2030kHl
on all equipment here. I don't know how the CR engineers getawaywith ... the
crud thrown off onthe sid ebands (Tom Sundstrom, NJ)
AFPIinaug urated new 10kWAMtran smitteron 15050,the nreplaced anten na
witll 3element deltaquad: 10 kWalso used at nlgllt in USB on6205 //7385 AM
(gh) Global Community Forum/Far Right Radio Reviewcall-in has been live UT
Fri 0200, buttried UT Sun 0400 andmay switch permanently to thattime. Also
JCI ,l,U 111AIlAM II OA [JCA\ TlM G CO .P'UIA IIIIM O N I I NI
isconsidering Internet-castingfor RFPI (gh) Mlcro-PowerBroadcastingis offthe
schedule, as produceris away writing a book (RFPI)
CUBA When RHC's9820 was super-strongat 061 3it was accompanied by parasites
on 9720. 9920. Eu service at 2100 on 13715AM and 13725usbaccompanied
I N TOUCH W I T H THE W O R L D
by strong mixing product 13705-lsb (gh) On Rebe/de-DX Arnie Cora said this
AUSTRALIA Bob MansfIeld. business executive inquiring intoABC's future. asked
would moveto 31mb, but stillhadnot done sobymid-Nov. Rebelde-OXai rs UT
ForeignAffairs Deptto take over RA. but that wasturned down since it would
Sats arou nd 0530 on 5025. 1- 10 minutes (gh)
have made RA a govt mouthpiece like VOA (Tony Wright, Sydney Morning
CZECHREPUBL IC R. Pragueresumedmorningbroadcasttous likelasl winter. 1400
Heraldvia thelateBrian Anderson, AustralianOX News) RA's Media Reportairs
on13580 (JoeHanlon, PA, World of Radio) Greatto hear Praguemid-morning
again like 25yea rsago (Ivan Grishin. Ont.)
o nl~' twice, Sat 2030and Sun 0430 (RA website)
AUSTRIA ORFs new 73 25 to NAm 00000300 propagates Vlell. butlaced conllict
ECUADOR R.EI Bu en Pastor.4815.needs USS10tosendaOSLand pennant. Reports
we lcomed to Correo Central, Saraguro, Loja (Takayuki Inoue Nozaki, Electronic
with BBC still using it at0230-0300only from Ascensionwhen Austriais also
OXPress)
in English. Ea rlie r En glish at 0030 kept getting mixed up with Austria's own
Spanish broadcast (gh)
La VOl del Upano reactivated on 4870at 00150200 and on 5040 at 2300
BELGIUM (non)Atidbit emerging from Grove Expo is that RVI is negotiating With
2334 on a Fri. -2306 Thu (Brian Alexander.PAl
R. Nederland torrelays via Bonaire, Madagascar.says FransVossen(JeffWhite.
On HCJB.atleast two OX Parrylineshaveconcluded with heart-rendingfamily
Radio-Enlace) That would finally end nvt serious reception problems-gh
messages to three missionaries kidnapped andmissing since 1994in Colombia
SENTECHhas started relaying RVI from South Alrica (SENTAlKj Butnot to be
or Panama (gh and Anker Petersen, OSWCI OX WindolV) See MTfeature, this
found inactual schedule. yet?-gh
issue-e: Preliminary HCJB sked on page 56 last month was changed at last
CANADA Nothing new to reportasof early Nov re RCI fund ing: nobody in the govt
minute sothat thereis no break at 0400-0500on9745. and0500 programs air
an hour earlier, including DXPL Sun 0409. Europe remains ar 0700-0900 on
has had anything tosay onthesubject for months. We hope it doesn't eeuo the
5860. NAm/Carib 11 001600 on 12005 and 1511 5. not 12025 (gh)
point it did last winter, wheneverybody received layoff notices. and we had 10
undertake big lobbyingpush-butit might happen again(BillWestenhaver, PO,
EG YPT [non) Radio Cairo is the name of a
Continent ofMedia) Former presid ent 01CBC Pie rreJuneau hasappealed to the
highlyrecommended exoticrestaurant in Afnca" India" CnITibw!. SriLankan
Liberal govt to provide long-term, stable funding for RC I. He 's also the former
Sydney. Australia (Maarten van Delft
DSWCI SWNews)
' Rosu.nal A: Ctf..
head of CRn C and deputy minister of communications (RCI via BBCM)
ETHIOPIA[non] V. of Oromo Liberationsked CDJ Spca..a ~~Clp'~ G>cm.o
Hotsneets giving CBC/RCI program previews, especially for weeke nd shows
,."
like Sunday Morning may be accessed at http://www.radio.cbc.ca/radio/
is MonlWed/Sat 1600-1 700 on 9870.
serviceslhotsheets/Weekend_holsheel.html (gh)
Address P.O.Box510610. 0-1 3366 Berlin.Germa ny (viaBrunoPecolatto, Pirate
CHILE R. Esperanza. 6089 can be OSLed viame for S2 and some postcardsto: Mr.
News via TheFour Winds) via Russia?
Saul Vergara Valenzuela. OSL-Edllor. P.O.
GEORGIA Foreign service in English: 0630 on
Box 52248. Correa Central t , Santiago. The
11 805: 0830. 0930 and 1730 on 11910:
All tim es UTe; All f reque ncies kHz; before IIr ::;
station itself can notafford 10 reply 10 reports
1630 on 6180: 1930 in 11760 (Vladimir
sign 0 11, after IIr ;:: sign tJff; /I = para llel
(Vergara) Not clear Wh.1t his connectionvmn
Gukasov,
Georgia.via MIOXB via
programming; + = continuing but not m onitored; 1 x
the station is. maybe proxy. but saXs he is
Panlviel'/)
f
req
::::
2nd
harm
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Z96
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Summer
season;
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96
;;
registered listener CE3-016-gh
R. Abkhazia. 9494.77. QSLed With long
Wim er season..[non} = Broadcast to or for th e listed
CHINA Xinhua newsagency announced II would
friendly letter in English, postca rds. giving
country . but no / necessarily originating there.
stopSWtra nsmi ssionof press in EnglishJan
sked as0430 and1530,external serviceTue
1. replace by sate llite (BBCM)
andSat 11301300.1 7001830. confirmed

ALBANIA R.Tirana Englishto Eu171517300n 7155. 6185.goodonboth.allnews.

And 19302000 on7270 and new6270. stronger on49m (Tom Sundstrom. NJ.
World 01 Radio) To NAm still 01450200on 71 60. 0230-0300 on 6140. 7160
(HFCC)
ALGERIA RAI new English time 16001700 on 15205.16. 1f17745 weak under
Po nugal. beston15160.56(BrianAlexan der. PAl 17745 is blocked by Portugal
only on wee kend s (gh) Followed by Spar ush at 17001800 (JayNovello. NC)
ANTARCTICA LRA36. 15476. madeitsfinal broadcast ot the year Nov 8 un1ll 20S2
without sayi ngwhen it wou ld resume (RUben Guillerm o Marge net. Argentina
via Gustavo Fernando Du ran , World of Radio)

RADIO AUSTRALIA

RADIO CAIRO
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9495 is inAbkhaz capital Sukhum. power as5 kW. also mentioned 9508(Jerry
Berg. MA. Fine Tuning)
GERMANY Trans World Radio via Julien: 1630-1700 dailyin Romanian on 5895.
1830-1 900 Turkish (exc Sun Kurdish) on 7155(TWR via Pan lviev~ German
Foreign Office at first banned thebroadcast of Democratic Voice of Burma via
Jurich. then lifted theban. Norway has been carrying it (Catholic News Agency
via BC-OX)
AWR viaJulich update10 last month: 5900 from 0500. not0400. Add 9835
at 2000-2200 In French to Alrica. See also ITALY (Adrian Peterson, AWR)
R. Bremen closure of SW 6190 is not necessarily permanent, not for
techn ical reasons. Listen ers are invited to send thei r opinion (Frank Helmbold.
Bre men. BC-OX)
GUAM AWR Wavescan now via KS OA: Sun 1030 7455. 1230 13720. 1630 7400.
2330 15610 (Adrian Peterson. AWRI
GUIANA FRENCH RFO Cayenne. 5055. spectacular signal but net from Faro del
Ca ribe5054.6,2225 FrenchandAnglo popandtechno , Frenchraggaandzouk,
RFO iingles. break tor neIVS2300-2308. still at 2415 IVith Saturday evening
dance party (Jay Novello. NC)
GUYANA GBCirregularon3290. but when on is very well received in S Floridaat
0900-1000. 2300-0100 (80bWllkner. OSWCI OX Windo,'~ and 5950 at08000900+. English. Christian. and Hindimusic. strong carrierbut slight distortion
and lowmodulation. butthen missing for at least a week(Brian Alexander. PAl
HUNGARY R. Budapest W-96 in English: Eu 2000-2030 3975. 5970. 9840: 220022303975.5 970.9835: NAm 0200-0230 5905. 9840: 0330-04006195. 9840
(AB website via Buschel)
INDONESIA VOl contemplates freq change lor external servicecurrently on 9525
due to complaints from Europe; Englishhoursat 0100. 0800. 2000. On Rad io
Day. Sept 11 . three listeners from Scotland. Germany, and Japan were guests
of RRI, visiting Jakartaand Bali, winners ofa quiz. Asimilar quiz is planned for
1997 (Bob Padula. Electronic OX Press)
IRELAND United Ch ristian Broadcasters. 6202.79 from before 1900. peaking at
2045. still there at 2330. new 2 kW transmilter? (JerryBerg. MA. OSWCI OX
Window) Muchstrongerthanold6198.95. varies6202.5-6203.2: hasnicefulldata OSLono r.p. (Martin Hbe, BC-OX) It's a pirate (Cumbre OX)
{non] After a good start the first week, West Coast Radio Irelan d usually
ruined on5910 by ute bleedover from low side; try the 1800Thu broadcast to
Africainstead on 11665.
ISRAEL koi rsraers High Tech Scene heard Wed at 2025 on 9365. 9435. 7465.
15640 (Edwm Soutnwetl. World OXClUb Contacn by Ben Dalten, who used to
do OXCorner (gh)
ITALY R. lntemazicnale. 7500, 3 weeks after an E-mail report to the station at
<word@cdc.ib . I received E-mail from rommast Paolo: a .pcx Paintbrush file
with agraphic showingfront 01 a OSLostationname. MQSL 1996 ~ . M 75 00~ . pix
of antiqueradio. nodetails. Is this thenew world order ofaSLing? (Jerry Berg.
MA. Cumbre OX)
RAIonnew 6010 in English 0050-0109 /19675 . 11 8oo(BrianAlexander. PAl
JORDAN R.Jordan EnglIShto NAm expanded 10 1200-1 730 onnew 11690: hour.ly
news. nice mix of EZL. classical music. (Joe Buch. DE. CumbreOX)
KAZAKHSTAN [non) R. Kazakhstan English at 1030 on new 9620. 11840 via Kiev
re lay (Wintried So rae. BC-OX)
KENYA VOK, 4935asearlyas 1830withlight music. 2000 Englishnews,meditation
and sloff withanlhem 2107 (RogerChambers. NYOXCamp ) Previously heard
on4885 instead of 4935 to 2107" (Art Dellbert, MD. Cumbre OX)
KURD/STAN R. of Islam, V.of theIslamic Movement in Iraqi Kurdistan, heardearly
Nov 1700-1 800 on 4136. 4400. 6305: had not been heard since Jan (BBC
Monitoring )
MALA WI MBCsent sked showing new 9625IVith 50 kW at OBI 5-1510. preceded
and touowec by 33BO(Panlview) But 3380 missing lately in usual 1800-2000
window (Chris Hambly. Australia. W.O.R.)
MALI Surprise newoccupant of BBC's vacated 15070 is CRIrelay in the 1600 hour.
adistorted spurfrom 15130/lspuron other side15190; nosignof Iceland(gh)
MEXICO R. Ecucacion,6185. plans power increase from5 to20kW. hoursincrease
from12 to 16 per day, and to add Russian (Jaime Baguena, RN. visiting station
tor Radio-Enlace)
MOLDOVA (non] A.Moldova Inn . via Galbeni. Romania. includes25-min English
on 7500 M-Fat0330and 0430Am. 2200 and 2300 Eu (BBCM) All thestaffat
R. Dniestr Inn isoutof work (R. Rossii KlubOXvia Nikola'l Pastrkevich . BC-OX)
MONGOLIA R. Ulaanbaatarnew EnglISh sked to Mar31: 1330 to AulSAs on 12085:
1530 Aul SEu and 1930 Eu both on9745. 12085 (Alexander Ageenkov. Russia.
rec.radio.shortwave)
NETHERLANDS [non] TomMeijer. former Happy Stationhost cannowbeheard on
a Hasbro Interactive CD-ROM game Othello narrating on-disk history of the
game. Just asmuchfunasElvissightings! (Joe Ekaitis. rec.radio.shortwavevia
George Thurman)
NEWFOUNDLAND esc Rad io inGooseBayprograms1kW6160withlocalmorning

show. then CBeprogra mming. We getaboutthree reportsayear butwould like

more. Is anybody listening? (Don Lockhart. <dlockhar@nlneL nf. ca:..
tec.aaiasnonve ve; Labrador program we ll heard here in Delaware 12301300. but may skipoverNlld. (Joe Buch, Cumbre OX) Siteis St. John's. quite
a distancefrom Goose Bay-gh
NEW ZEALAND Due to interference. RNZI changed its first two frequencies of the
dayto 6070 at 1650. 9810at 1753 (RNZI)
NICARAGUA R. Miskut on 5770 2310-2335 " In Spanish. suppressed carrier US 8.
veryweak. Lastyear they were onvery lateXmas eve until0336 and NewYears
Eve to 0733 (Brian Alexander. PAl One night in Nov they we re on past 01 00
(Roger Chambers, NY) See MTtestute. this issue' ea.
NIGER La Voix du Sahel on 5021.37 ex-5020 and stronger than before. new
transmitter?At 1930-1935 (Don Ph illips. UK. DSWCI OX Wmdow)
NIGERIA Voice of Nigeria.external armof R. Nigeria, was back on air Nov. 11after
more than 13 months absence cause d by transmitter problem s. Had been off
since Sept. 1995. Began tests to NAf. EAt. SAl. Eu. Of the live tra nsmitters
boughtfrom Switzerland earlyin 1996.onlythreesofar installed andtested.The
one servingWAf has yet to beinstalled. VONexpected to resumefull iransmission the lollowing week (AFP via David Alpert) No frequencies gIVen. but I
checked former 15120 andthere were African music-only tests in the 16002000 period for several days. never any announcements. Check other former
VON treouencies 11770. 9690. andto WA17255-gh
FRCN started broadcasting from Abuja Nov. 5 (R. Nigeria via BBCM) New
capital. replaces Lagos-gh
NORWA Y NRK cancelledall butoneof the Sunday morningEnglish beams to NAm
when pr.opagation isbest-e-iust 1600 on11840(gh)Clash witnWEWN atOl00.
0200 on 7520. so maybe moved to 7440. and also tested 6090 (Joe Hanlon.
George Thurman)
PAKISTAN R.Pakistan. 11 570.3. 1400-1410Englishnews(Roger Chambers.NYOX
Camp)
PERU R. Ayabaca in Ayabaca, Plura Dept., on 7143 at 2200 with comurucado. wantadfor a missingmule. rather weak. announces ''7150 para el Peruy el rnu ndo"
(Henrik Klern etz, Dateline Bogota via DSWC I OX Windo\>j R. La Val del
Marai16n. Caiarnarca seems to useonetransmitter inthe morning 1130. 1225
1305 on 5636 9. and another in the eve ning. 0125-0209 on 5604.9 (Ped r.o F.
Anunatequi, Lima. ChasQui OX)
POLAND PRW EnglishW96: 1300-1355 on 11815. 9985. 7270. 7145. 6095: 1B301855 on 7285. 7270. 6095. 6000: 2030-2125 on 7285. 6095. 6035 (Wojtek
Zaremba. Poland) Notednew9985 butalfwecouldhean tasKHBN-gh. 9525still
onat 1300 but heavy interterence(Jay Novello. NC)
PORTUGAL R. Portugal's Eng lISh to NAm has been at0130. 0230. 0330 and now
is at 0430-0500 UT rue-sat on 6150. 9570 (gh)
R. genascenea seems to switch on SW9680 only for sports events. heard
Sunday after 1600 with football (Matthias Gatzke. Germany via Kai Ludwig.
EDXPj Also ona Wed 1810 (Jay Novello. NC)
ROMANIA RRI quile good at 2100 10 Eu on 7195. but NAm service virtually
inaudible-at 0200. 6155 buried by RCI . and nolhing heard at 0400 (Tom
Sundstrom. NJ. W.O.R)

RUSSIA VORWS winter programsked shows The Christian MessagefromMoscow.

RussianOrthodoxstories andmusic. in NAm service Sun 0431and2331. You
Write to Moscow. mainly E-mail to d eUers@vor.rll>. Wed 0046, 0346, Thu
2346. Sun0346 (via Bob Thomas. CT)VOR'sbest. often only audibletreq here
after 0200 is 5930, which is from Petropaclovsk-Kamchatsky (gh. OK)

OX Listening Digest
More broadcasting information by country compiled
by Glenn Hauser

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Programming . opin ion , equipment , satell it e mon ito r ing .
Samples 52.50 each (outsi de Nort h Amer.ica US S3 or 6 IRes)
10 issue subscript ions 526 in USA. or both for $49
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VOR's most exotic remaining tongue is Nepali, 14451500 on9875. 7350,71 55
(via BBCM)
SLOVAKIA AWR WaveSCiln sked: Sun 0400 on9450. 0530 on5905. 2130 on6055
(Adrian Peterson. AWR)
SOMALIA R. Mogadishu. V. of theSomali People. 6854. English news segment at
1957201 6 surrounded by Somali (R ich D'Angelo, PA. Fine Tuning)
SOUTH AFRICA R. Oranje stopped SWan Oct. 27. asthenew owners' flcence does
nOI include SW (Kathy 0110. SENTECH)
SPA IN Contraryto published sked, REE's English to Europeon Sat is curtailed due
10 Spanish sports broadcasts-just 2235-2256 on 6125. including Distance
Unknown at 2244. but African service is almost an hour, 22352330 (DUnk)
SRILANKA Sl BCinHindiat 00250430on11895ex11800/11880.also1500-1700
on 11895 only, seems the NHK Ekata transmitter. En glish to Indiaon 9730 ex9720at 0030-0430. 1230-1600 (AI ok cas Gupta. India. EOX!') Domestic. not
external services shifted 30minsearlier due totimezonechangetoUT+6(Victor
Goonetilteke,UAOXviaBC-DX) 11 895steadyand enjoyablewithsubcontinental
music at 1515(Jay Novello. NC. W. O.R.)
VOA relay here will be ve ry important for Asian coverage, but was set back
Nov 5 when a 500 kW Marconi transmitter was destroyed by ure. cause
unknown. The other three probably undamaged.and tower structural problems
being corrected. Target date is still Sept 1997 (Kim Elliott. VOA CW)
SWITZERLAND Red Cross Broadcasting Service note says they stopped their
~~_~~asts atthe end otOct (MichielSChaaY'

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TAHITI RFO. , S167.4inFrenchtalk..mentionsol

Papeete. 1600 news. fairsignal (JoeKarthaus.
Ont.. Cumbre OX)
TAIWAN (nonI VOFC via WYFR made same
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chang e as last winter for English to Eu at
..._ _ ............
22002300 on5810and 9985 (gh)
THA ILANO BBCAsiaRelayStationVias tormallyopenedOct.30at 0700by HRHThe
Dukeof Edinburgh,atNakhonSawan,250 km Nof Bangkok.Willtransm it in 14
language s from Caspian to Pacific, Cost 30 megapounds, look two years 10
build, houses 4 x 250 kW, fed by satellite from UK. Will start with English,
Cantonese. Mandarin. Seven antenna arrays already ope rational. Fully automatic station needs only two British staff. with ope ration and maintenance
carried out by Thai personnel trained on-site (BBCWS via BBCM)
R. Thailand WS inEnglISh viaVOA Udorn. W96 as amended: 0000 Af 9680.
0030 Am 11 905. 0300 Am 11 890. 0530Eu 1511 5. 1230 AulAs9810. 1400AuJ
As 9530. 19002000Eu 7295. 20302045Eu 11805(BBCMand OanFerguson)
9810is mostreliablehere, thofluttery-gh
TURKEY VOT at0400 toNAm on7340clashedwilhVOA Botswana.soTurkeymoved
to 7300 (Bob Thomas. CT)
UKRAINERUI OX program gavecorrect times forEnglishand fulltreqlistasinHFCC:
22OJ) on5905.5940.6010.6020.6080. 711 5.7160.7205.7380;!lJ..Illl on5905.
5915. 5940.6010. 6020. 6080. 7150. 71 60. 7180. 7205.7290; IMQQ on 5915.
6020. 7150. 7180. Many of these are inaudible and/or conflict With other
stations, but wecan count on7150 and maybe 7180(gh)
UNITEOARABEMIRATES UAERadiO.Abu Dhabi 096sked nolonger snows English
at 2200-2400. no longer onthe air atthaI time, just Arabic at othertimes (Bob
Padula, Electronic OXPress)
USA R. Free As ia, 11615 testing as "Channel On e, RFA program channel" with
continuous loop tape between 1300 and 1400 on some dates in Nov (S heldon
Harvey, PO: Alok Das Gupta. India: gh) Presumably for new Tibetan service to
have started at beginning of Dec. That frequency also used later in day by
Armenia. which alsorelays RFA Chinese at other times-gh. Tibetan to be halfhour news showrepeated threelimes daily, andChinese will beexpandedto 51/2 hours daily in first quarter 1997 (Richard Richter. RFA. Reuters via Boston
Globe via Malcolm Kaufman) RFA 1500-1600 on new 11 880 via megawatt
Tajikistan. instead of7495, possibly switchingerror(Klaus l jeberwinh Be-OX)
Kazakhstan relays missing since Nov 1: 1500 on 5865, 2300 on 5855: also
Tajikistan at 1500 on 7495 (Wollgang snscnei. BCOX)
One host government pulled the plug on RFA under pressure from Beijing.
They didn't want to defy the Chinese (Richard Richter. RFA. Reuter via David
Alpert) People fromtheChineseEmbassy inWashingtonvisited RFAwantingto
know relay sites, butnoone wouldtellthem(BenBarber. Washington nmesvia
ChelCopeland)
A federal arbitrator ruled that R. Marti management didnotdirectly retaliate
agai nst fourresearchanalysts,whohadcharged that their jobs were eliminated
becau se oftheir political views. ButJudgeJoseph A. Sickles did fault managers
of U.S. governmentbroad casts to Cubafor permilling aclimateof harassment
toex ist against the analysts--including "viciouson-airattacks" against themand for falli ng to take actron against suspected troublemakers {Christopher
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January 1997

Marquis. Miami Herafd via Aaron Pilchickj

VOAEuropemustbe privatized as it willlose government fund ing atthe end
of 1996. Broadcasting and Cable reported that a new private company. VOA
Global would acquireit and is negotiating withClear Channel Communications
andABC RadioNetwork (VOA Communications WorldviaBBCM) VOADirector
GeoffreyCowan becomes Deanofthe Annenberg School of Commu nicationsat
USCin Jan (ColumbiaJournalism Reviel'i)
New mailingadd ress ofVOA Greenvilleis3919VOA SiteBRoad.Grimesland.
NC27837. Gordon Thompson was kind enough to drop carrier immediately on
11 935 for meto hear Romaniaon 11940 at 1300, soI se ntthemsome cookies
(Gigi Lytle,TX, Continent of Media)VOAcancelled morningSpanishbroadcast,
then resumedit afew weekslater. 12001230on15265. 13675. 12025. 11890.
7370 (Tracy Wood .VA) SomeEnglishservices were cu t to findthemoney (VOA
CW via Wood) Communications World tested restored 0030 Sun to Ams via
Delano 9455, hope to continue (Kim Elliott)
AmericanGold.rockhilsfrom the50stothe70s.airsMonsat2200on13710.
12080.11975. 7415. 6035 (VOA Guidevra foreigncorrespondent)
Duetoanunannouncednumbers stationpoppingupon5850.WSHBmoved
2000 and 2100 broadcasts to 5835 (C. Ed Evans. WSHB ) NeVI host of MRl's
Letterboxis Jay Jostyn. Stopped read ingletters from MRl listeners in US (Jim
Moats. OH. W.OB.)
lloyd Gerald Pond. 51 , who worked nights as a technician at KlBN (7510
kHz). was charged with two counts of forcible sodomy. Policesaid he coerced
a 14-year-old girl into posing for lewd photographs in her underwear and
performing oral sex ina warehouse at KTBN . If convicted, Pond faces upto life
in prison. He was also the narrator of Times andSeasons. a weekly Mormon
program often decrying theevils of child andsexualabuse. syndicated nationally. 1t was immediately pulled from Sail l ake City outlets (Associated Press)
WRMI,9955,as of midNov: Viva MiamiM-F2300-2325. rest last 30minsTue-Sat 011 5. Sal/Sun2100. Sat 2200. Sun 0030. Also1st and 5th Sat 2130;
Sun tollolVlng zno, 4th. 5th Sats 0000. VM in Spanish I ue-Fri 0230: Con
FrecuenciaSat 0230. Sun 1200. AW R Wa vesca" MF2230. 2345. Sun 1345.
are repeats. New edilions Sat 2330. Sun 1300. Mon 0200 (Jell White. WRMI)
Relays off shortwave of Kof lsrae! Spanish news recorded at 2050 areat 0315
Tu e-Sat. 0400 Sun/Men (White via Doni Rosenzweig, rec.radio.sflortwave)
On WWCR. Ham Radio and Moreresumed live airtime Sun 2306-2400 on
5070: see hltp:/Iwww.goodn et. com/- Ienwink/hrm.htm (len Winkler.
rec.radio.info) Net Connection expanded to an hour at 0400 Man on 5070.
Inventor/Entrepreneur Houris new, Sun0200on5070. Thu 0900 on3210.New
time forPresidentialAddressis Sat 2030 on15685.replacingSun 0000on321 5
(Adam l ock. WWC R) Whateve r happened to the Antichriston WWCR? I can't
find it. Was one of WWCR's better shows; at least it made sense (Richard F.
McCarthy, Al) Whateveryou think of it. only twoepisodes wereproduced and
it gottobe veryrepetitive, soremoved from sked, butmayappear atunpredictable times reaching unsuspecting new audiences. Bro. Stair usage 01 2390
expandedforwinterto1300.WiplOg outmorningbroadcasts.100, ofHuayacocotla
and/or At,llan (gh)
WORLD OFRAO/O on WWCRasof early Oec: Thu2130 on9475. Sat 1230
on7435. 1800 (temporary) 12160. Sun 1000 on3210. Mon 0030 on 5070. Tue
1330 on 15685. Wed 1230 on 15685. See our website for latest update.
WRND monitored at 2236 on 7356.2, wandering around afternoons. What
gives? (Oon Steelman. TX. W.OB.) WRN O is using a 10 kW backup military
transmitter (Brother Stair) One evening at 0403 heard both Brother Stair and
MondayNiglit Football on7395.What's goingon?(JimMoats, OH) WWl audio
wascrosstalking intoWR NDtransmitter for hoursatatime; oneaflernoonIalso
heard twodifferent Limbaugh hours mixing!-gh
Two mediumwaveharmonics heard thesame morning : on3120= 2 x 1560,
KDDA, Dumas ARat 1216; on 2920 =2 x 1460, WXA Q. Mount Pleasant TNat
1214 (gh. OK)
UZBEKIS TAN R. Tashkentnow has English to Europeat 20302100. 2130-2200 on
7105, announcing wrong frequencies. and also offering commercial time
(Andreas Erbe.Germany viaKai l udwig. EDXp)Also verystrong on9540.4850
(Woltgang Buschel. BCOX)
ZAiRE Dueto fighting in eastern Zaire. three Voix uu Zaire transmitters have been
refurbishedandarebackontheair-1 00kW1rom Kinshasa (15244.5]. 5-1 0kW
serving Bandundu and other areas (probably 7100 in Kinshasa. not yet reported).anda2 kWfor Kinshasa (Voixdu Zaire via BBCM) TheBurundianproHutu clandestine R. Democracy, reportedly from uvira. Zaire. not heard since
end of OCI on7040due 10 conflict in the area . Voix duZaTre was still heard on
15244.5around 0500 1900 (BBCM)
Until tile Next, Best of OXand 73de Glenn!
hll p:/1h udson.idt.netl- khechl1 9/radie/snortwave/ghauser

0008 UTC on 4854.4

PERU: La Voz de la Selva . Spanish. Station 10 ' per radio la Voz de la Selva"
into regional music. Cc -cbannet interference noted. (Pedro Arrunategui.
Lima, Peru/ The Four Winds ).
0013 UTC o n 5767
PERU: Radio Estetar. Spanish. Station identification to regional ads and
music. (Arrunalegui. Peru/ The Four Winds)
0020 UTC on 9690
THAILAND: Radio Thailand . Story on Conference of So uth Asia. Stat ion
noted on 7210 at 1910 with national headlines . (Jerry Witham, Keaau, HI)
0049 UTC on 4814.9
BRAZIL: Radio Oitusora Londrina. Pc rtuquese. Regional programming to
station 10. Brazil's Radio Bandeirantes heard in Portugue se on 9645 at
2201. Local information. items on Sao Paulo, ads. jingles and 10 at
2245.(Arrunalegui , Peru/The Four Winds)
0110 UTC on 9737.2
PARAGUAY: Radio Nacional. Spanish. Newscasttcptcs to 10. Local time
check 10Spanish vocals. (Tom Banks. Dallas. TX)
0200 UTC on 3290
GUYANA: Voice of Guyana. Phone-in talk show to eastern standard time
check. Recitations to 0300 10 and local weather report and forecast. (Alden
C. Wires. Jr.. East Point, GA)
0254 UTC on 3270.06
NAMIBIA: NBC. Afrikaans. Lively African music. possible 1/3 289 .9 5 , which is
generally too wea k (0 confirm. (AI Quaglieri. Albany, NY/T he Four WindS)
0315 UTC on 4820
BOTSWANA: Radio Botswana. Religious sermon in unknown dialect. American gospel music amid severe QRM and signal fade by 0435. (Silvi, OH)
0335 UTC o n 9550
UKRAINE: Radio Ukraine International. Music prog ram of Ukrainian composers of classical and popular music. Station JD to program/frequency schedule.
(Daniel Hill. Anchorage, AK via Keaau. HI)
0405 UTC on 6479.8
PERU: Radio Altura. Spanish. Andean music hosted' by enthusiastic OJ.
Station IDs to 0435 . CW interference. (Witham , HI)
0408 UTC o n 6009.96
MEXICO: Radio Mil. Spanish. Romantic Spanish ballads to occasional ad
segments and taped station lOs. (Quaglieri. NY/ The Four Winds)
0435 UTC o n 7130
YUGOSLAVIA: Radio Yugoslavia. Regional news on Bulgaria and BosniaHercegovina to musical Radio Yugoslavia 10 break . (Witham. HI)
0440 UTC 15200
UZBEKISTAN: (Tent) Uzbek Radio. Presumed Uzbek. Regional pop music
with commen ts from female announcer. Inlerval signal to presumed 10 formal
at 0500, followed by news. Typica l mid-eastern style music at 0510 . Weak on
parallel 15165. (WItham. HI)
0558 UTC on 4918.9
ECUADOR: Radio Quito. Spanish. Modern Spanish music 10 10 and station
promo. OJ chatter to US pops. noted signal best in LSB. (Mark Veldhuis.
Netherlands via email)
0605 UTC on 5100
LIBERIA: Radio Liberia International. Morning prayer and lively regional
music. ID at 06 10 as. -Radio Liberia. the Voice of Peace- into rhythmic
religious melody. Fax interference. (Hill. HI) Statio n noted 5100 at 1905 in
French and English. (Serra . Italy/ The Four Winds)
0614 UTC on 4914.4
PERU: Radio Cora del Peru. Spanish. Regional music. announc ements and
IDs. Signal weake r by 07 10. SINP0= 24444. (Veldhuis. Netherlands)
0632 UTC on 5076.7
COLOMBIA: Caracol. Station IDs to commercials. Spanish pop vocals. news.
and jingles. (Christian Kammter. Moers. Germany via email)
0706 UTC on 5810
USA: KAIJ. Taped programming segment of Dr. Gene Scali's Sunday sermon
from Los Angeles . (Edward H. Schwartz. Chicago. IL)
07 15 UTC on 5860
VATICAN STATE: Vatican Radio. Lecture in English on Satan's influence on
Adam. (Schwartz, IL) (Robert HilUon, Charleston. SC)
0745 UTC on 7510
USA: KTBN. Religious programming during fund-raising session from Anaheim Convention Center. (Schwartz . IL)
0756 UTe on 9575
MOROCCO: Radio Medi 1. Arabicl French. Pop music 10 announcements and
10 . Commercial with Arabic jingle and song. News summary alternating with
music breaks. French ID at 0825, pop song, French ads. news including
commentary about Israel/Palestine situation. (Serra. Italy. The Four Winds)
0935 UTC on 9580
AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. Coun try Wide feature on communal life. (Bob

Fraser. Cohasset. MA)

1006 UTC 00'21669.97
SAUDI ARABIA: BSKSA . Arabicll ndonesian. Vocals to Arabic talk at 1019 .
Military march music to world news. Station 10 to Islamic religious text.
(Serra. Italy. The Four Winds)
1030 UTe on 6195
ANTIGUA: BBCWS relay. Composer of the Month series featUring Anton
Bruckner . Noted on 9515 at 1445. (Fraser, MA)
1325 UTC on 15340
NORWAY: Radio Norway International. Nordic Repo rt on security in the
Nordic nations. (Fraser, MA)
1412 UTC on 11402
ICELAND: Rikisutvarpid. Presumed news in Icelandic 111 3860 to 1438.
Monitored 19452006 on 11402. 111 3860 barely audible . (Silva. OH)
1531 UTC on 3223
INDIA: Air India Radio. English news to 10 . Several AIR outlets heard on
3345, 3365. 4760. 4800. 4920. 4950. AIR-Aizawl noted on 5050. 1540-1546
with English news and AIR 10 . (Veldhuis , Netherlands)
1620 UTC o n 5060
CHINA: Xinjiang People's BC Station. Presumed Mongolian. Nice selection
of Mongolian folk music to 1630, brief announcement and 10. Sentimental
dance music running beyond the hour to signal tade-cut . (Hill, HI)
1620 UTC o n 5985
TANZANIA: Radio Tanzania. Presumed Swahili. Music and announcements
to clea r 10 at 1630. continuing format to 1700. Voice of Tanzania heard in
Swahili on 11734 at 1715. Mentions of Tanzania and Zanzibar during news
with speech excerpts. Lengthy report 10 ID and native drums signal a11800.
(Witham, HI)
1645 UTC on 15240
SOUTH AFRICA: Channel Africa. Wednesday's Health Forum program with
update on disease control in Gabon and Sudan. Afro pops to 1655. (Larry
Michalski. West Seneca, NY) Noted 9530. 1610-1625 with news and afro
pops. (Banks. TX)
1646 UTC on 4769.9
NIGERIA : Radio Nigeria. Reggae music to English announcement and 10.
Time signal tone to time check and newscast. SINPO=34444. (Veldhuis ,
Netherlands)
1705 UTC on 11690
JORDAN: Radio Jordan. News update on the Middle-East to weather
forecast. Easy-listening instrumentals by Zamfir to 1730. (Michalska. NY)
1726 UTe on 15475
GABON: Afrique Numero Un. French OJ format lor chat and pop music.
(Silvia. OH)
1755 UTC on 9548
BANGLADE SH: Radio Bangladesh. Story on history of the Islamic religion.
into regional music. (Witham. HI) Bengali service noted on 95 48/17185 .
(Serra. Italy/ The Four Winds)
1900 UTe on 11655
NETHERLANDS: Radio Netherlands. Sounds fnteresting show including a
lour of the Dutch Tax Museum in Rotterdam. (Fraser. MA)
1935 UTC o n 11720
BULGA RIA: Rado Bulgaria. Midweek Mailbag heard on //9700, both frequencies very good . (Fraser. MA)
2020 UTC on 11605
ISRAEL: Kol Israel. Report that digital cellular phones may upset heart
pacemakers. (Fraser, MA)
2030 UTC on 7115
CYPRUS: BBCWS relay. English teaching prog ram featuring skits on the
lileboa t rescue and a seaside hotel's mysterious guest. (Fraser. MA)
2024 UTe on 7195
ROMANIA: Radio Romania International. French and English service noted
with IDs and features over amateur radio traffic. (Lee Silvi. Menlor, OH via
email)
2240 UTC on 7345
CZECH REP.: Radio Prague. Feature on first Czech racmq car built in 1900.
(Fraser. MA)
2330 UTC o n 9900
EGYPT: Radio Cairo. Sign-on IDs. to readings from the Koran. (Fraser, MA)
2345 UTC on 4815
BURKINA FASO: Radio Burkina. French. Very good signal for regional
program to 00 11. (Silvi, OH)

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miniature "B lack Cats" squadron emblem. It would appear this unit is desce nded
from PBY "Catalina" night palmi "Black Cal" squadron of WW 2. QSL address:
USNR VP-9 1. Patrol Wing Pacific. Moffen Federal Airfield. CA 94035. (Rick
Albright. Merced , CNWorid Utilitv N eil'S via e-mail)

P2-CBA. h622 kHLUSB. Pilatu!> Brinen-Norman BN1A-21Is/andt'Tcnroul e to

Aiome-Madm g, P:'\G. Full data prepared QSL card verified. plus color photo of
aircraft anJ regional aero chan enclosed. Received in J6days for an English utility
report. QSLaJdre!o.\ : Island Airways Ply Ltd .. Chief Pilot. P.O. Box 7.t7. M adang.
Papua New Guinea. (Steve McDonald-VE7SL. Mayne Island. BC Canada/WorM
Urility N ,'II .l via e-mail)
C-GMOC. 5680 kllz USB. Bccchcraf Super King Air 200 at 119\V/66N Grea r
Bcar Lake curoutc Yellowknitc. Full data prepared QSL card verified. plus color
photo of aircraft. Received in 15 day!'> for an English utility report. QSL address:
Ptarmigan Airways Ltd. Box ilK}. Ye llowkni fe. NWT X IA 2N I Canada.
(McDonald. CAN)

NETHERl.ANDS ANTILLES
PJC-Curncaoradio. 869~ kl lz. Full datil "Crest" QSL card with station stamp. signed
by R. Sprock. Received in 23 days for an English utility report und one U.S. dollar.
Station address: Postbus 103. willem smd. Curacao. Netherlands Antilles.(While. MS)
SAO TOME
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{Ste.....art. MO)
SHIP T RAFnc
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address: Sea-land Service. Inc" P.O. Box 7 1306. San Juan. Puerto Rico 00936 1306.
(Hank Holbrook. Dunkirk. MDl
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(Holbrook. MOl
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addre ss: c/o The Projec t Manager. Remote Area Broadcastin g. ABC GPO Box
999-1. Sydney :'\SW Australia. (Eric M. walton. v ancouver. BC Canada,

Atlantic F.ri I!C6H H4. 156.8 MHz USB (Cargo v essel). Full data prepared QSL card
verifie d. Received for an English utility report and mintstamps. QSL address: Barber

Ship Mgt" 307 Tcboupitoulas St. Ncw Orleans. LA 70130. (Holbrook. :\IDI

SI1<GAPORE
GERMA~Y

RTFJRadi\1Telcfis Eireann, l5600 klb: . Full data RTE scenery card unsigned. for
special broadcast via Deutsche Tclcc onvIulich. Received in 44 days for an English
report and one dollar.Station address: Donnybrook. Dublin-l. Republic of Ireland.
(Rand)' Stc wart. Springfield. MO l
DA!'\-:'\orddeich Radio. M-tS3 kH7.. Full data Utlandshorn Receiving Station. Nu
data QSL card unsigned. Received in 12 days for an English utilily report and two
IRCs. Srauonudd ress: Poslfach 1190. 29S0Nonlen t.Germany. tnarren R. White.
Hattiesburg. :-.tS)
M EXICO
Radio ~ lcxicu Inh:mational. 9705 kllz. Spanish fn-qltime QSL "ard unsigned.
Stalion pnJ~ra lI1/frequ~lIey schedule anJ pcn.onal lener from Juan :\lort. Rcc-ei\'\.'<!
in 3-l da)'!'> for an English rcpun and one U.S. dollar. Station address: Apartadu
PoslaI21-JOO. Mexico DF0402 1.:-"lcx iw. (Robert Swanson. Gibsons. BCCanadal
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Radio Singapore International. 6015 kll z. No data form letter signed by Sakuntala
Gupta-Head of Programming and unsigned QSL card. Received in 56 days for an
English report. Station address: P.O. Box 5300. Farrer Road, 53(X)Singapore9 12899.
(Walton. CAN)
soUTH KORJo:'\
KBSlRadio Korea International. 11715 kHz. Fulldata Yearof [l terature card. Station
stickers, RKI Newsieuer, and a three cassette Korean language course. Receivedin 131
days for an English follow-up report and one U.S. dollar. Station address: 18 Yoidodong. Youngdungpo-gu. Seoul 150-790 South Korea. Bmndon M . Artman. West
ChCloter. PA)
Yl GOSL\ VIA
Radio Yugoslavia. 11870 kHz. Fulldata " XVII Ccnt QSL card unsigned. Frequency
schl'du1e and station Slicker encloscd. Received in 75 days for an English report and
three IRCs. lllis .......s my lirst respon~ after sending five reports over seven ye'lrs.
Station address: P.O. Box 200. Hilandarska 2. 11000 Reograd. Yugoslavia. (While.
MS)
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How TO USE THE SHORTWAVE GUIDE.

1:

Convert your time to UTe.

Eastern and Pac ific T im es are already co nve rted to Coordinated

Universal T ime (UTe) at the top of ea ch pag e. T he rule is : co nve rt
your local l ime to 24 hour for mat; add (during Sta nda rd T im e) 5.6,7,
or 8 hours for Eastern, Cen tra l. Mountain or Pacific T imes. respectivel y.
Note that all dal es, as well as l imes. are in UTe ; for examp le, 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).

2:

Choo se a prog ram or statio n yo u want to hear.

Some selected program s appear on the lower half of the page for
prime listen ing hours-space doe s not permit 24 -hour listings.
Occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X 0000." This
informa tio n indicates that the program is a rerun, and refers to a previous
summary of the program 's content. Th e fetter stands for a day of the week,
as indicated belo w. and the four dig its represen t a time in UTe .

S: Sunday
M: Monday

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

station nam e. Irregular broadcasts are indicat ed "tent" and programming

which includes langu ages besides English are coded "vl" (various lan-

guages).

4:

Choose the m ost promising fr equen ci es fo r the ti m e,

loca ti on and cond ition s .
Not all statio ns can be heard and none aUthe time on all lrequencies. To help you find the mos t prom ising frequ ency, we've included info rmation on the targe t area of each broadcast. Frequen cies beamed toward
your area will generally be easier to hear than those bea med elsew here,
even though the latter will often still be audible. Every frequ ency is followed by one of these target codes :
as :
au:
pa:

am : The Americas
na: North America
ca : Central America
sa : South Ame rica
eu: Europe
af: Africa
me : Middle East

Asia
Austra lia
Pacific
various
do mest ic broadca st
omnid irectional

va:
do:
om :

3:

Find the freque nci es fo r th e program o r station yo u

want to hear.
Look at the page which corre sponds to the time you will be listening.
Comprehensive freq uency inform ation for English broadcasts can be found
at the top half of the page . All frequen cies are in kHz.
The frequency listing uses the same day code s as the progra m listings; if a broad cas t is not daily, those day codes will appea r before the

Consult the prop ag ation charts. To further help you find the right
frequency, we 've iocluded charts at the back of this secti on which take
into account cond itions affecting the aUdibility of shortwave broadcasts .
Simply pick out the reg ion in which you live and find the cha rt for the
region in wh ich the station you want to hea r is loca ted .The chart indicates
the optimum frequencies lor a given time in UTe.

HOT NEWS
NIGERIA
By the time: yo u rea d thi s
Rad io Nigeria m ay be: back at
its regular sc hed u le on
shortwave aft er a long ab sence:
due 10 out -or-comm ission
equi pment. Li sten 0 11 11 770/

969017255115120 f or th em
and for lest ing on 15120
aft e rnoon s in the U.S.

HONG KONG
Be prepa red for an
o ns la ught of fea ture p rograms
and Il C\I/S report s dealing with
the return o f this Brit ish
Co lony 10 C h ine se rul e thi s
s um mer. Ra dio Netherlands
prov ides o ne suc h prog ra m in
its documen tary series durin g
the last we ek or Janua ry (sec
se lec ted pro g rams ).

WAVESCAN
Jeff White of WRM I in
Miami ad vi se s that A\VR's
Wa \"l' .\"C illJ pro g ram is expect ed
to be expa nde d 10 a 30- min lile
format. possib ly as early as

PROGRAMMINGTIPS BY J IM FRIMMEl
thi s mo nth. and is expected to
be ho sted by Dr. Adria n
Pet er sen of Adventist World
Radio in Ind ianapol is.

COMMUNICATIONS WORLD
Kim E ll iot t. ho st of th i s
popu lar S\VL progra m on
YOA . suc ceede d in gett ing a
temp or ary retur n of th e
pro gram o n Dec I st and 8th at

0030 UTC Sun on 9455 kHz.

The transmission wa s from
Delan o, CA, and beamed to
Canada . If VOA can ob tain
so ft sponsorship sim ilar to the

kind on PBS and NPR.

broadca stin g may co nt inu e in
th is new time slot and you
cou ld slill he: hearing it as yo u
read th is. Recep tion in the
U.S. shou ld be exce llent .

NONSTOP HIP Hop

YOA is broadcast ing
a lmost a full hour o f rap music
beginning at 1110 Wcdncsdays 10. Asia . Docs the U.S.
rea lly need to broadcast 50
mi n ute s of rap music '? How

about .1 repeal broadca st of

Communications a'tJrld at

1130') It' s heard well in Nort h

Am erica o n 5985 and 9760
kH z and would be d oin g a
favor to listen er s in Asia as

well.

o f February. Contestan ts are

requ ired to answe r s ix
qu est ion s thai we re broadca st
in Sept embe r and No vember,
Ru nners-up rec eive a variety
o f C hi nes e hand icrafts and
silk scarfs.

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listening to 10 internet radi o
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Lights!

the da shboard radio butto ns to

change statio ns. Drop in on
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the MOflitorillMTimes
Shortwave Guide. Please
send us you r "best
catches' on the worldwide
shortwave bands - QSL s.
that is - and we will try
10 usc them in future
issue s of MT Your QS Ls
will he returned.

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FREQUENCIES
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Australia, Vl 8T Tenl elk
Bulgaria, Radio
Cambcdl3 Nail Voice 01
Canada. CBC N QuebecS'o'C
Canada. CfeX Montreal
Canada. CFR X Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNXHalifax
Canada. CKl N StJohn's
Canada. CKlUVancouver
Canada, R Canada Int!
Canada,R Canada Inti
China. China RadiOInll
Costa Rica. Mv WorldR
CzechRep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
EO:;pl. RadiOCairo
Ghana Ghana aroaoc Corp
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USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WRMIIRMIami In:1
USA. WRNO NewOr1eans LA
USA. I/N HA Greenbush ME
USA. VNl'CR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
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SmmDPROGRAMS.
Sundays
0000

UK. BBC lo ndoo (amlas pacl: Newsdeslt Worldnews and

oscateresfromoverseas and UKcorrespondents.
0000 UK, aac l ondon(south as): Worldtl e.....s. Broadcast onthe
hour 01 S.10, or 15minutes in length.
0005 UK. BBC l ondon (soulh as): Spotlight. Focusonthe theater.
0010 UK, BBC l ondon (soulh as): Country Style, WallyWhyton
playsa selection 01 the best in country music.
0025 UK, BBC l ondon (south as):Words of Faith. People 01all
faiths snare nowmer scripture givts authority and meaning
to tneruves.
0030 UK. BBClondon (am): l etter fromAmenca. Alistair Cooke
sharesfusinimitable VIeW 01 contemporary Americal1 li1e.
0030 UK. BaCl ondon (aspacf$OUthas): Folk Routes. Ian
Anderson enencs the range01 folk musicto inclooe country_
cajun and blues.
0045 UK. aBC london lamias paclsouth as): Bntaln Today. News
aboutanum

Mondavs

UK. ~ BC l ondon (am): Chimes of Big Ben(1).Hear the

famous bellsatthistimeonthefirstMonday 01each month
0000 UK, BBCl ondon lam): Newsdesk. See 5 0000.
0000 UK. BBClon don(as paCI: Chimes of BIQ Ben (1).See M
0000

0000.
0000 UK. BBCLondon(as pac): Newsdesk. see5 0000.
0000 UK. aBC l ondon(south ilS): Wand News. See S0000_
0005 UK. BBClondon(SOlIIh as): From Our Own CorrespOndenl.
See S0330.
0025 UK. BBCl ondon (south as): Words 01Faltn. See 5 0025.
0030 UK. BBCl ondon (am):Development '97. See S0615.
0030 UK. BBC l ondon (aspac/south as): On tneMove. See 5
0445
0045 UK, BBC london(amlas pac/soutn as): BnlainToday. See S
0045

Tuesdavs

0000
0000
0005
0025
0030
0030
0045

44

UK.BBCl ondon (amlas pac): Newscl esk, See S 0000.

UK, BBClondon(south as): World News, See5 0000.
UK, BBC t oeocn (soulh as): NewIdeas. See5 2330.
UK. BBCl ondon (south asl: Words 01 Faltll. See5 0025
UK. BBC l ondon (am): Global Concerns, See S 1615.
UK. BBClondon (aspac/south as): Record News. See S
0445
UK, BBC london(alll/as pac/sou th as): Bntain Today. See 5
0045

MONITORING TIMES

January ' 997

Wednesdays
0000
0000
0005
0010
0025
0030
0030
0040
0045

UK, BBC l ondon (amlas pac): Neo'lSdesk. See 5 0000.

UK. BBCl ondon(south as): World rlews. See 5 0000.
UK.BBCl ondon(south as): PopShort See T 1525.
UK, BaCl ondon(souttl as): Varia~le Feature. seeS 1130.
UK.aBCl ondon (scuinas): Words of Eanh SeeS0025
UK. aBCl ondon (am): Folk Routes, See S0030
UK, BaC l ondon (asoac ecuin as): vanabie Feature. see S
1130
UK. aac l ondon (as pacl50uUI asr SCIenceView.A live
minutescienceprogram.
UK, aac l ondonlamias pac/south as): Bntain Today. See 5
0045

~tu~~.
~r~london ranvas pK): '.ewsdesk. See S 0000.
UK. 3BClondon(south as): Wand News. see S 0000

0000
0005
0010

UK. 3BClondon(SOulh as): Goino5010. SeeS 2310

UK.aBClondon(south as): Seven Days. Rounl1up cure
week's news, plussports highlights. finance and theweather.
0025 UK, BBC london(scumas): Words of Faith. See S0025
0030 UK. aBCl ondon (am): Seven Days. See A 0010.
0030 UK. SBCl ondon(as pac/south as): From theWeeklies.
gevew01the Britishweekly press
0045 UK. SBC lon don(amlas paclsoolhas): Bntain Today. See S
0045

Thursdays
0000 UK.BaCl ondoo(amlaspac): Newsd esk. See S0000
0000 UK. BBC l ondon(soulhas): World News. SeeS0000
0005 UK. BBCl ondon [scumas): Take FIVe. See M 2310.
0010 UK, BBCt cnecn(souin as): Va na ~te Feature,See 5 1130.
0025 UK, BBCLandon (south as): Words or Fanh. See S0025.
0030 UK, BBCl ondon (am): From Our011Il Correspondent. See
S 0330.
0030 UK, aBCl ondon (aspac/southasj: Jazz rlow andThen
See5 1230.
0045 UK. aBClondon(amlaspaclsouth as): Bntain Today SeeS
0045.
0054 Radio Nethertands: Documentary. HOflll Kong Goes Home
(30th). See F2354.
0054 RadiONelherlands: Documentary The BirthlOg Room (2nd).
SeeW 1254
0054 RadiO Netherlamls: Documentary. The Thirsty Earlh (3
parler) (9th.161t1.23rd). seeA 2354

Fridays

0000
0000
0005

UK, BBC london(amlas pac): Newsllesk. See S0000.

UK, BBCLondon(soutll as): World News. See S0000.
UK. BBClo ndon (south as): The lriSlder's Guide, A look
behlnd the scenes 10 tllll19 the insille slOry about Bush
House
0015 UK, BBC l ondon (soulh as): Wr il~ On. See 5 0350
0030 UK. aBCl ondon (amlas paetsoulh as): Gooel Books. See5
1145.
0045 UK, BBClondon (am'aspaclSoulh as): Bntain Today. See 5
0045.

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1541Sas
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OHlO-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000127
01000200
0100-0150
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0100-0200
0100-0128

acsnata. VLSK Katherine

Austral a. VL8T Tent elk

canada. cae NQuebec Svc

Canada, CFCXMontreat
Canada. Cf RX Toronto

Canada. CFVP Calgary

Canada. CHNX Halila~
Canada, CKZN SI John's

Canada,CKlU Vancouver
Costa Aica.RF Peace Inll
Cuba, Radio Havana
Czech Rep. Radi o Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Germany.
Welle

nemscre

s naea. Ghana BroadeCorp

OllXHJ110

moonese. VOice01
nan VOIRI
Italy, RAI Inll

0100-02::lO

Japan. RJapan NHKWool!

0100-02:xJ
010002JO srntwn
0100-01 25
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200vl
0100-0200
01000200
01000130
01000200
01000200

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Ma1aysca, Radio
~jethe rlandS . RadiO
Netherlands, RadiO
NewZealand. R NZInll
PapuaNewGUinea. NBC
Philippines. FEBClR fnn
susse.voce01Russia WS
Slovakia, ASlovakia Inll
Spam. f; Exterior Espana
Sri lanka. Sri lankaBC

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Ukraine. RUkraineInti

OUXI-0200

UniiedKlIlgllom, BBC WS

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USA. KlBN Salt lk CityUT
USA. KWH R Naalehu HI
USA, Monncr Radio lntl
USA Voice of America

0100-0200 1whfa

USA. Voice of America

01000200
01000200
0100-0200
OH)o-0200
0100-0200 mtv..hf
0100-0130 s
01{lO0200
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0100-0200
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0100-0130 mr.',hla
011501301
0130-0155
01300150
01300200sM
01300200
01300200
01300156
01400200
01450200
01500200

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA,WG TG McCaysVille GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMliR Mlamllnll
USA. WRMIIR Miami Inll
USA. WRNONe-.'1 Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nasllvilte TN
USA.WYFR OkeecnobeeFl
Uzbekistan. R t ashkent
Vietnam. VOICe 01
Yugoslavia. Radio
ereece. VOice 01
Belgium. R VlaanderenInt
Greece. VOiCe of
nana. VO Mediterranean
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
vemam. Voiceof
Vatican State. vatican R
Al ba ~ia , R Tirana Inti
Germany. Deutsche Welle

1528Das
581Qam
7510am
17510au
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711 5as
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SELECTED PROGRAMS. .
Sundays

0155

0000.

0100
OHIO

Japan. NHKlRadlO: News. See S OHIO.

UK. BBC l ondon (amlas paclsouth as): Newsdesk. See S

~1 11

Japan, rlHKlRadio: Asaan Top news. The moslimponant

stones1rom otherAsiarl medaa organilatiOns are
summariledin a new1O-minule format.
Japan. NHKlRadio: Profile. An in-deplh interview wi'lha
Japanese personality
UK, BBC l ond:m (am): Outlook. See M 1405.
UK, BBC t endon (as pac): Developmenl '97. SeeS 0615.
UK, BBC Ieneon (aspac/soutll as): Asian News. SeeS0130.
UK, BBC tonuon (as paClsouth as): Sports Roundup. See S
013S.
UK, BBCLondon (soulh as): Development '97.See S 0615.
Japan. NHKlRadio: Tokyo Pop-In. See S0155.
Japan, NHKlRadio: News. See S 0100
UK.BBCl ondon (am): WOlds ot Faith, See S0025.

Japan. NHK/Radlo: uews. World news nom NHK

International.
0100 UK, BBC london(anvas paclsouth as): Ne-.vsdesk. See S
0100

Japan. rIHK/Radlo: AsIa Wefk!y, A magazine01 news Irom

etter Asianbroadcasters. entertainment update and musiC
Japan. rlHKiRadio: Astan NewsSummary. ThISten-minute
wrap-up 01 regionalevents is heard asa seqmenl of the
prooram Asia Weekly
0121 Japan. NHKiRadio: Business Report, A surm13!'f of
reglonalllllallClal nev.s heard as part01 ee program Asia
Weekly.
0125 Japan. NHKlRadio: Entertaining In Asia_A segmenl 01
"Asian geport" whichlocuses on an aspect 01
entertainment In ttle region.
Ot30 UK. BBC tendon (amI: Variabt. Comedy/OulZ Feature.
These programs are caner conesand otherlight
entertainment in a tormat heard in Americadecades ago.
0130 UK. BBCl ondon (as aacscom as): Asian News. News
bulletins with Ihelatest reports nomacrossthe continent
and the region,
0135 UK. BBC tonuon (as aacsoom as}: Sports Roun dup.The
latest sports news.
r
0145 UK. BBCl ondon (as oacscutn as): tetter hom America
SeeS0030
0146 Japan. NHKlRadio: Asia Kaleidoscope.lile inJapan and the
region
0155 Japan. NHKlRadlo: Tokyo Pop-In. A samplecnre Japanese
muse scene.

Tuesdays

0110

0000.

011 1

Mondays

01l1O Japan. rlHKtRalIlo: News. See S 01l1O

0100 UK, BBC l ondon(aIMs paclsouth as):Nevrsdesk. See S

0000.

Japan. tlHKiRadio: Let's l earn Japanese. see S0510.

Japan, rlHKlRadio: MelbaRoundup. SeeS0525.
UK. BBC london(am): seeing Stars ( 1). SeeS0430.
UK. BBC loncon (am): Sllort Story, See S OUO,
UK. BBC london (aspaCl50ulh as): Asian News. seeS
) 130.
0135 UK.BBClondon (ascac scumas): Sports Roundup_ seeS
0135.
0145 UK,BBC l ondon (am,: Onthe Move. See S 0445.
0145 UK.BBC lon don(as caczsoum as): The Farmlllg World.
Aep0!15 on newdevelopments Iromaround the world.
0150 Japan. rlHK,lRadio: Vj~wpoi nl. See S0525.
0110
0125
0130
0130
0130

Japan. NHKlRadio: Tokyo Pop-In. See S0155.

0121
Cl 30
0130
0130
0135
0145
0151
01S5
0155

Wednesdays

0100 Japan. NHKlRadio: News, See S0100.

0100 UK.BBC london (amlas paClsoulh as): Newsoese. See S
0000.
011 1 Japan. NHKlRadio: Asian Top News. See T 011 1.
0121 Japan, NHKlRadio: Enjoy Japanese. l earnand practicethe
Japanese language.
0130 UK. BBClondon(am): Outlook. See M 1405.
0130 UK BBClondon (as paC/southas): Asian Nt'o'{$. See S0130.
0135 UK. BBC l ondon (as paclsouth as): Sports Roundup. See S
0135.
01 45 UK.BBC lon don (as pacJsoutll as): Health Matters. SeeM

0545
0151 Japan. NHKlRadio: Tokyo Pop-In. See S01S5.
0155 Japan. NHKlRadio: News Summary. See S 1155.
0155 UK. 8BClondon(am): Wordsof Falltl. SeeS0025.

Thursdays

0100 Japan. NHKlRadio: News. See S 0100.

0100 UK. BBC l ondon(amlaspac!sotrttl as): Newsdesk, See S

0000.
011 1
0121

Japan. NHKlRadio: Asian Top News. See T0111,

Japan. NHKlRadio: Townand Around. Takea hallhour guided
tour etme Citiesand townsof Japan.
0130 UK. BBC torreon (am): Outlook. See M 1405.
0130 UK. BBCl ondon(as paClsoulh as): AsianNews. SeeS 0130

0135

UK. BBCLondon (as paClsouthas): SportsRoundup. SeeS

0135.
0145 UK, BBC London (asp.al'J50uth as): From Our Own
Conespondenl. SeeS 0330.
0151 Japan. NHKlRadio: TokyoPop-In. See S0155.
0155 Ja;)an. NHKlRadio: NewsSumma!'f. SeeS 1155.
0155 UK., BBC London (am): Words 01Faith. See S0025.

Fridays

0100 Japan. NHKlRadiO: rjews. See S0100.

0100 UK, BBC London (am/aspaclsouthas): Newscesk.See S

0000.
0111 Japan. NHKlRadio: Asian Top News. See T0111.
0121 Japan, NHKlRadio: EnjoyJapanese. See W 0121.
0130 UK, BBCLondon(am):Outlook. See M 1405.
0130 UK, BBC London(aspaC/south as): Asian Nt'o'{$, See S
0130.
0135 UK,BBCl ondon (as paC/south as):SportsRoundup. See S
0135.
0145 UK, BBCLondon (as paC/soulh as): Thel earningWorld.
SeeS 1130,
01Sl Japan, NHKlRa dio: Tokyo Pop-In. SecS01S5
01S5 Japan. NHKlRadio: News Summary. See S 1155.
0155 UK,BBCl ondon (am):Words01 Failh. See S0025.

Saturdays

0100
0100

Japan, NHKlRadio: News. See S 0100.

UK, BBCLondon (am/as paC/south as): Newsdesk. see S

0115
0125

Japan, NHKlRadio: Aslan Top News. See T0111.

Japan. NHKlRadio: Musicand Book Beal.What people in
Japan arelistening to andreading.
UK. BBC London (am): Outlook. SeeM 1405
UK. BBCLondon(aspaclsouthas): Asiall News. See S
0130.
UK. 8BC Lendcn (as pac'south as): Sports Roundup. SeeS
0135.
UK. BBCLondon(aspaCiSouthas): G10DaI cceems. See S
1615.
Radio Neltlerlands: Documentary. Hong KGr19 Goes Home
(Fe~ 1st). See F2354
RadiO Netherlands: Documenta!'f. The Birthing Room (4th).
SeeW 1254
Ra dioNetherlands:Documentary. Ttle Thirsty Earth (3parter) (1II h,18th.25ttl). James McOonald lOOkS at the
demands being placedonworldwaterresources.
Japan. NHKlRadio: Tokyo Pop-In. See S0155
UK. BBC london (am): WOlds of Faith, Sec S0025.

0000.

0130
0130
0135
0145
0154
0154
0154
0155
0155

January 1997

MONITORING TIMES

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0200 UTe

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. .

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0200(30)() twhta

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0200 ro~

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9660pa

13605pa
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020003J0 vi

Australia. Vl8KKathenne

0200-0300 vl

Australia. VlBT Ten, Crk

Canada cae NQuebec Sve
Canada CFCXMontreal

0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300
02000300
0200-0300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000250

Canada. CFRX 10roOlO

Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Ha l i l a~
Canada, CKm St John'S
Canada, CKZU vancouver
Canada. RCanadaInti
CostaRica,RF Peace tntl
Cuba , Ramo Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. RadiOCairo
Gerlll;lny. Deutsche Welle

02000230
02000:mOvl
02000300
02000300srntwh
0200-0230s.'vl
02000:>00
02000225
0200-0300
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0200-0300 ~I
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02000300

Hungary. aaco Budapest

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
l ebanon.VOICe 01 Hope
Malays:a. gaurc
Mar.a va Mediterranean
Netherlands. RathO
Netherlands. RadiO
NewZealand. R IlZ Inti
Nor....ay. Radio Norway Inti
Papua 'sew Gl.llnea, fl BC
Philippines. FEBC:R Inti
Romania,R Romania InU

02000300

Russia Voiceof RUSSia WS

02000300 mtwma
02000300

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Slovakia, All~ World Radio

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.
12080pa

1536503
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21455am
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0200-0300
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Sri LAnka. Sn lanka Be
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0200-0300

UOIIedKlllQdom. BBCWS

0200-0300
0200-0300
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02000300
02000300
02000300

USA. KA1J Dallas TX

SalDam

US A. KlBN Sall l kCityUT

7510am
9975am
17510au
5850na
71153S
1525Das
5825eu
50B5am
5745am
749On3
9955am
7355am

USA. KVOH LosAngeles CA

USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. MOnitor Radio nur
USA.Voice of America

0215-0225
023000300
0230-0259
0230.()245

USA. WEWN gnmrnpham Al

USA.WGTG M c Cays~ ill e GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA.WJCR UptonKY
USA. WRMIJfIMiami Inti
USA. WRNONew Orleans LA
USA. "INHAGreenbush ME
USA.w\VCR Na sh~llIe TN
USA.WYFROkeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice 01
Yugoslavia, Radio
Nepal. gar nc
Albania. RTIrana Inti
Austria. R Austria Inli
Pakistan. aadc

02300300 vi
02300300
02300256
02450300

Pt nlippmes. RPllJprnas
Sweden. R31110
Vietnam. Voice 01
India. AllIndia Radio

02450300
02500300
02500300

USA.WYFROkeechobeeFl
Vatican Stale. Va tican R
Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2

02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300 mt,'ihl
02000300
0200-0300mtwnt
0200-0300
0200-0000
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177403S
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11705as
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5935am

7160na
9495sa
117603s

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15485as

151 20me

15270me

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7110do

7535am
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731 5am

3215.3m
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6195113
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11725am

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SmaEO PROGRAMS .
Sundays

0236

0200 Tawn n, V of Free China: FrequencyAnnouncementS/Antl1em.

Openingmree minutes01eacn transmission.
0200 UK. BBC tcnecn (allam/as pactsouth as): N~wsday
Coverageof trIe breaking stores and a backgroundbneling
on the main news issues 01theday.
0203 Taiwan. V of FreeCh l~: News. Twefve minutesof world
news
0215 rarean. V ol Free cnoa The Adwnturesot Taiwan. A yoong
couple'sescapades III rewan
0230 UK, BBC london (af;am): People and PolItICS. Background 10
the Bntishpoliticalscene.
0230 UK. BBC london(as paC/soulhasl: In Praise01GOd. Weekly
progrnmme01worship andmentatcn
0235 Taiwan. Vof Free China: MailbagTime Letters Irom listeners
and music requests.
0247 Taiwan. Vol Free China: Letsle arnChinese. Chinese
lessons Wllh commentaryand translation,n EngliSh.

Wednesdays

0200
0200

0203
0215
0230
0230
0251
0200
0200

0200

0203
0215

Taiwan,V at Free China: FrequencyAnn ouncements/Anthem.

See S0200
UK, BBC london(allamlas pacscutn as): Nel'lSday. See S

0200
0203
0215
0230
0230
0249

Taiwan. V ol FreeChrna News. See S 0203.

Taiwan. Vol FreeChma: Jade Bells and BambOO PipeS
cneese lolk and templemusiC.
UK,BBC l ondon (aVam): AAythmg Gats. See S0530.
UK.BBCl ondon (asPJClsou1tl asl : Vanafjle Feature. See S
1130
Tar-'Ian. V 01 Free China: le t'slearnChinese. SeeS0247.

0200
0200

Taiwan, Vol Free China: FrequencyAnnouncemenlS/Anthem.

See S0200.
UK, BBC l ondon (al'am/as pac/soulh as): Newsday See S

0200
0203
0215
0230
0230

46

Taiwan. Vof Free China News. See S OZOJ.

Taiwan. Vol Free China Kaleidoscope. Spotllghl on ute in
Taiwan.
UK,BBCl ondon (aI/am): Omnibus. See M 1130
UK.BBCl ondon (aspaC/soulh as): DIS-CO\Iery. In-depth look
at scennuc research.

MONITORING TIM ES

0230
0232
0252
0254
0254

Tuesdays

January 1997

Taiwan. V 01Free China: Frequ~ncy An nou ncem~ntsl

Anthem. See S 0200.
UK, BBCl ondon (allam/as PJclsoulh as): Newsday. seeS
0200
rawan V 01Free Chlfl3: Ne-.V$. See S 0203.
tewan V 01Free China: Music Box. Some of me popular
music 01Taiwan.
UK. BBC l ondon (allam): Composer ol lheMonth. See M
0430.
UK.BBCl ondon (aspac/south as): Me rid ~ n See 5 0630
Taiwan. Vol Free China:Lers t eam Chinese. See S0247.

Thursdays

Mondays

0200

Taiwan. Vof Free China: Main Roods and Byways. Hop a

tour busto aTaiwan anrecten.

0254

Taiwan, V of Free China: Frequency AnnouncemenlS/

Anthem. See S0200
UK. BBCl ondon (allam/as paC/soulh as): Newsday, See S
0200.
Taiwan, V 01 Free China: News.See S0203
Taiwan. V of Free China: sersoecw es.t ssues laCingthe
livesandconversationsof Taiwanese people.
UK. BBC l ondon(aVam/aspaC/s:Mh as): Assignment A
weeklyexamination 01atopical rssue
Taiwan, V OfFree China: Journey inlo Chinese Cunure.
Conwrsalion about a par1iCular cu!1ural activityIIITail'tan
TaIwan, V cl Free China: ters l earn cmrese. Set S0247.
RadIO Netherlands: Documentaf'1. HOflQ KOfI9 Goes Home
(JOlh). See F2354
RadiO Netherlands: Documentary. The Blnhing Room
(2ndl. see Yo' 1254
RalliONetherlands: Documentaf). The ThIrstyEartn (3PJrler) t9th.16th.23rdl. See A 2354

on aconlroverslallopic.
0230 UK. BBC l ondon(allam/as PJC!SOulh as): 3O-Mlnut~ Drama
VariabledramaIlrograms
0232 TaIWan. Vot FreeChina: f,ew Record Time. Tile Latest
releases 01the popular m!lsic of TaIwan.
0247 Taiwan. V ol Free China: Let's l earnChinese. seeS0247.

Saturdays
0200

TalYl'an, V ol Free Chil'\3.: FreQuencyAnnooncemenlSiAnthem.

Sees 0200.
0200

UK. BBC london(aflam/asJ)aclsou!h asl: Newsday. See S

0200.
Taiwan. Vat Free China: News See S0203
Taiwan, V01Free China: Reflections The best 01Chinese
literature
UK. BBC l ondon (ai/am):Science inActIOn. See S0530.
UK. BBC london(aspaC/soulh as): People and Politics. See
S0230.
Taiwan. V01 Free China:t ers Learn Chinese See S0247.

0203
0215
0230
0230
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Fridays
0200
0200

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UK. BBCl ondon(al/amias pac seum as): Newsday. See S

0200
0203
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Taiwan. V01FreeChina:News, see S 0203

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Australia Radio

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OJOO-Q.lOO
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0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0350
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03000400

Australia. VlBKxatnenne
Australia. Vl6T tent Crl
Canada. cae rj Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
canada. Cf RXToronto
Canada. CFVPCalgary
Canada. CHNXHalifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada,RCanada tnll
China , China Ra dio Inll
Costa Rlca.Farodel Carib
Costa Rlca.RFPeace Inti
croana.crcanao Radio
Cuba, Ra(lto Havana
Czech Rep, game Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cail o
Germany, DeutscheWetle
Guatemala. Radio Cultural
Japan. RJapan NHKWorld

03000400vi
03000400
03000400sl>,tl
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0300-0400
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Kenya. Kenya aroacc Corp

l ebanon. Voice 01 Hope
Malta, va MediterraneAn
Netherlands. RadIO
Nf'U lea and. R Nl lntt
Papua N! \'I Gumea. P;BC
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OJOOQ..1CO mrwnta Russla,Volte of RussiaWS

0300-03~5
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030004CO
Sri lanka, Sri LankaBC
030004eO
Taiwan , '10 Free China
030003:;0

Thailand, Radio

SELECTED PROGRAMS.

9660P3
13755p3
15510.15
17880pa
5025do

0305

0330
0330
0330
0335
0350

0330
0330
0330
0330
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98' 0..

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21455am

9745am
9475na
6045na
3300do
5960na
17810as
48B5do
9ggOva
1555Qas
9860as
15115pa
9675<10
5930na
7175na
5920na
3220al
9730as
5950na
15345as
9655na

17750pa

17795p3

1~ 15as

0300-0315m lwht
0300-0400
0300-0330

Uganda. Radio
Ukraine, RUkraineInti
umteo Kingdom. BBCWS

0300-0400

umtee Kingdom. BBCVIS

9755am
9710na

OJOO-Q.loo
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400
0300,0400

U<.BBCl ondon (.11): Afncan News. News bulelll1S wntnne

Latest reportslromacross thecoonnem.
U<.BBClo ndon(am): MusiC Review. N~ and VlevlSlrom
lte ...."Ork! of muse.
UK. BBC London (aspaclsouth as): FromOUI Own
Correspondent. BBC correspondents comment onthe
background to me news
UK, BBCLondon (eu): Music Review, See S0330.
UK, BBCLondon (al): Postmark Africa. Exper:answersto
anyquestionunder thesun.
UK.BBClondon (aspac/south as): Write On. Airyourviews
aboutWorld service; wnIe10 PO Box 76. Bush House.
Strand, londonWC7B 4PH.
UK. BBClondon (all streams]: World News. see5 OO.
UK. BBC london (ami: World eus eessBriel. See S 1205.
UK. BBC l ondon (all slreams): Sports Roundup, See S
0135
UK, BBe l ondon (.11): Network Africa Breakrasrsnowof
news, sport, persunalites, music. and listener's comments.
UK, BBCt cnocn (am/eu): Variable Feature, see5 1130.
UK, BBC l ondon (aspac): Oftthe Shell. Daily readings from
the best01worldliterature
IX BBC london lsouth as): QfI ttle Shell. SeeM 0330.
lK. BBC London lasp.arJsouttl as): VariableFuture. See 5
1130.
L.K. ~BC London (all streams): WortdNews. See S OO.
tiK, SBC London(am): World BUSiness Report. See M 1205.

3340do
5915n.1

9830..

608513

9535na

9650na

1179'3na

11840as

15230na

4935j o

615Odo

175703u
116553s

0300-0330 smten
03OO-Q400
03OO.Q400
0300-0400
0300-C400
O300-t4 oo
0300[400
03001)400
03000345
03000310
03000400 mtwhta
0300-0400 vi
0310-0340
0315-0330 s
0330-0357
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7345na

SalOam

USA. KTBr/ Satllk CityUT

7510am
9975am
175103u
5850na
6035a!
7340al
4750al
5825eu
5085am
5760am

USA, KVOH LosAngeles CA

USA. KWHRNaalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio 11'111
USA, Voice America

0'

6150na
9580na

710503

5955a1
96BOna

I 1745as

1189003

11905na

11B25as

033().{)400 vi
0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0353
03300400
0335-0355 vi
0340-0350
0345-0400 meg
0345-0400 as
0356-0400

USA. Voice 0' America

USA, WEWN BirminghamAL
USA. WGTG McCaysvilleGAo
USA. WHRI NoblesvilleIN
USA.WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRNONewOrleans LA
USA. 'NWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR meecnooee FL
USA. 'NYFR Okeechobee Fl
Vatican State. VaticanR
Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Vatican State, Vatican R
Greece,VOICe 01
Czech Rep, RadiOPrague
Hungary, RadiOBudapest
Pfllllp::unes, R Pilipinas
SIOva<I3. aovWorld RadIO
Swecen RadiO
UAE. ~dio Dubai
umtec Kingd om. BBC WS
India, All IndiaRadio
Greece, Voice of
Burundi, Barno Nationale
Uganda, Radio
zambia. ChristianVoice

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UK, BBCLondon (all streams): SportsRoundup. See S

0135.
0330 UK, BBCl ondon(.11): Nelwork A'rita.See M 0330,
0330 UK, BBC London(am/eu): Meridian. See S0630
0330 UK.BBC l ondon(aspac/south as): Oft theShell, see M

0315

0330.

0345

UK,BBCl ondoo (as p.aclsouth as): CountlY Slyle. seeS

0010.

Wednesdays
0300
0305
0315
0330
0330
0330
0345

UK,BBC london(all streams): World News. Set! S OO.

UK, BBC l ondon (am): World aus oess Report. See M 1205.
UK,BBC l ondon(all streams): Sports Roundup. See S
0135.
UK, BBCLondon(a'): Network Africa. SeeM 0330.
UK, BBCLondon (am/eul: Mendian On Screen. SeeT 1401UK, BBC l ondon (aspac/south as): 011 Ihe Shell. See M
0330.
UK,BBC london(aspac/southas): 'I.'ariable Fut ure. See S
1130.

Thursdays
0300 UK,BBCLondon(an streams): World News. See S OO.
0305 UK, BBC l ondon (am): WorldBusiness Report. See M 1205.
0315 UK, BBC l ondon(all streams): Sports Roundup. See S
0135.
0330 UK, BBC London (al): Network Alrica, See M 0330,
0330 UK, BBC London (am/eu): Meridian. See S0630.
0330 UK, BBCLondon (aspac/southas): au the Shell. See M
0330.
0345 UK, BBC London las paClSouth as): kl lk Routes, See S

0030.

Fridays
0300
0305
0315

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7395am
2390am
6065na
9355eu
6095na
6165do
3396do
736Oa1
6125na
73503s
6195na
137703s
9465al
71 1503
13675na
9610al
71lOdo
6125na
6140do
334Odo
333031

UK, BBC l ondon(allSlreams): World News. seeS oo.

UK,BSCto nconlam):Work! Business Report seeM 1205.
UK.BBCl ondonlall streams): SportsRoundup, See S
0135.

. .

7150n3

597053
1536001.5
325531
6175-,01.

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

11695na

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UK, BBCLondon(all streams): World News. See S0000.

UK, BBC l ondon (all streams): Sports Roundup. See S
0135.
U<.BBC london laml: World Business Review. Alookback
attheplevious week's eesness and a preview oj UpCOming

Tuesdavs
0300
0305

13605p.1

61353'

718011.1
7235va

7325sa

619031
96053,

5975va
619Seu
9895va

600501.1
9410na

7535al
6080al
7415al

7105al
9575al

7290al
9885al

395Seu

9600<1
15310as

7385am
716Seu

Mondays
0300
0305
0315

12080P3
15365p3

49 1010

events.
0330

15240p3
17715as

9625do
6005do
607Odo
603"'0
613Odo
616000
6160do
6155am
9690na
5055<10
6205am
5895eu

Sundays
0300
0305

1164035

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7425na

3215am
9505na

507D.am

12095a1

7315am

59J5am

7305na

7448na

9420na

984003
15330na

177303s

15395eu
11730a'
11830do
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0330

UK, BBCLondon(al): Network Alrica See M0330.

UK,BBC London (am):Focus on Faith. AlisonHilliard talks 10
churchleadersabouttheir hopes lor inetuture.
UK. BBCl ondon (aspac/soulh as): OfttheShell, See M

0330
0345

UK,BBC london (eu): Focuson Faith. See F0330

UK, BBC toncon(aspac/soutll as): On the Move. See S0445.

0330
0330

0330.

Saturdays
0300

UK, BBC l ondon(allam/aspacJsouthas): Wofld N~, see5

oo

0305 UK,BSC London (am): World Business Report. see M 1205.

0315 UK. BSC London (all streams): Sports Roundup. See S0135.
0330 UK. BBCl ondon(al): African News. See S0330,
0330 UK, BBCLondon (arn/eu]: Meridian. See S0630
0330 UK. BBClondon (as pac/south as): TheVintage Chart Show.
SeeW 1215
0330 UK. BBC l ondon (eu): World News. See S OO .
0331 UK,BBC London [af]: African Quiz 11). A monthly lest ollhe
listener's knowlecloe 01 Alnca.
0331 UK,BBC london(at): This Week and Afnca. A roundup of me
week's poliliCal developments across thecontinent.

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0400-0500 vi
0400-0500
0400-0500
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04000500

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Australia. Radio
AustralIa.VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tenl Crk
Canada. CBeN Quebec Svc

Canada. CFCXMontreal

9660"

152~Opa

11880P3
15365pa

1775035

17795pa

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15415as
178BOpa

13605as
1551 035

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Canada. eFVP Calgary

04000500
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Canada.CHNX Ha hla~
Canada. CKZN 51 John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Inti
cnma China RadiOInl!
Costa Rica.RF Peace Inll
Cuba Radio Havana
Ecuador, HCJ8
Germany, Deutscne Welle

0400-0500 twhla
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0400,0458
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Kenya, KenyaBroadc GOIP
lebanon, Voice 01 Hope
Malta. Mediterranean
M e ~ lco . RadiO Me_ito Inti
tlCl'lZealand. R tlZ inn
nor tn Korea. R Pyongyang
tlorway. RadiO Norway inn
Papua new GUlllea, tJBC
Romania. R gomama IntJ

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Russia.Volce 01 Russia WS

04000500 mll'lhla
04000455
04000430
0400-0430
04000430
04000430

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va

-l910d0
9625do
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0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
04000500

613Odo
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6205am
6000na
9745am
6015011
956531
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4BBSdo

,,-

155503s
9705na
15115pa
t5 180Js
7520na
9675do
5990na

04000500
04000500
9505me
9730na
7385am
6180na
21455am
6065a!

9645me

493Sdo

615Odo

9820na

9830na

7225al

7265af

1157Dau

5930na.
95BOna
5920na
5955al
11600af
9730as
6135na
5050al

040,J0500
040J0500
040()0500
04000500
04000500 smrwnt
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0445
1J.l000430

04000500
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17765as

6155na

9510na

9570na

6150na

717503

7345na

1 1~ Ona

SAfrica, Channel Africa

Slovakia, Aov World Radio
SriLanka, Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland. Swiss R Inll
Tanzania. Radio

Turkey. VOICe of
Uganda. RadIO

73"""

ukrame. R UkraineIfill

5026do
591503

United Kingdom. BBCWS

3255al

S025do

GOl Qda
6030do

Canada.CFRX Toron to

0400 0500
04000415
0400-0500
0400-0500

95B5a!

9885na

9905na

0400-0410
0400-0500 vt
0U50440 vi
0415-0500 m
04250500
04300500
04300455 mt ....hl
04300500
04300500 1whla
04300500
04300500
04300500
04300500
04590500

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KlBNSalt lk City UT

USA. KVOHlos Angeles CA
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA.. Monitor Radio Inll
USA. Voiceot Ameuca
USA.. WEWN gurmnqhamAL
USA., WGTG McCaysvilleGA
USA.. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
US,A.. WMLKBethel PA
US,A.. WRND NewOrleans LA
USA. WWCR NashVille TN
USA. WYFR neeecncoee Fl
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
vie'nam. VOice 01
zanba.cnnsuanVOice
Zar-ttna. mBC RadiO2
Zimbabwe. ZImbabwe BC
Ita~J, RAI Inll
US~. VJRMliR Miami Inti
Nigeria. FRCNiRadlo
Au~l ralla . Delense Forces R
Mo'dova, R Moldova Inti
Nemeranos. Radio
Portugal. R Porlugallntl
Swaziland , Trans WorldR
Switzerland, Swiss R Inll
UnitedKingdom, BBC WS
USA, Voice 01 America
New Zealand, RNl lntl

9685eu

7l5Ona
3955eu

6175va
941Daf
119553S
58Hlam
7510am
9975am
17780as
7535eu
6035at
74t 5at
5825eu
5085am
576Dam
7490na
9465eu
73953m
2390am
998531

6180eu

6<J65m

9505na
15010na

12020na
333Oa1
6165do
3396do
5975eu
9955am
3326do
135253s
752Qeu
5995na
6150am
3200al
9905na
7150eu
7170va
11905pa

9590am
12095.al

17705eu

95sana
597531

60050'

6195eu
96OOa'
1528035

716(b1
11760va

7145af
9775af
7425na

7340al

5070Jm

5935am

98~Oa!

60BOa!
9575a!
6B90na
7315am

3215am

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4n Odo

4990'10

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9570am
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6100al

15420al

SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays

0400 UK. BBC t oncen (ail streams): Newsdl!Sk See S oo

0430 UK. BBC London(at): African News. S~ S0330.
0430 UK. BBCLondon (am): From Our Own Correspondent See S

0330.

0430
0445
0455

Wednesdays

UK. BBC London (as pacleu!south as): sren Story.Filteellminute dramas wrut en by liSteners from around tile world
0430 UK. BBC London (as paetsoulll as): Sei!'n~ Stars (1). A
discussion 01asuo ncmcer obsevatens and special events
lor the near future
0435 UK. BBCLondon(al): The AftHouse. No inlormalion
available.
0445 UK.BBCLondon(as paCt'soulh as): Record News. Focuson
the most in1erestmg new releases at cusscar retordlngs
0445 UK. BBC London (eu): On lhe "l ove. A w~ kly programabout
traveland transport \'lith Malcolm Billings
0450 UK,BBC London (am): WriteOn. See S0350.

0430
0445
0445
0445

Mondavs

0445

0430

0400
0430
0430
0430
0430

0430

UK, aBCLondon (all streams): Newsdesk. See S0000.

UK, BBC London(at): Network Africa. See M 0330
UK. BBC London (am): Development '97. SeeS 0615.
UK, BBCLondon (aspac): Composer cute Month. In depth
looksat classical composersand Iheir music. A umerent
composer is reaturedeach month.
UK. BBC l ondon(eu): EuropeToday. All thelatest news.
analysiSandcomment.
UK. BBC londonlell): Offthe Shell (A1ternativel. See M

0330
0430 UK. SBC london (seutl! as):ComPOSer 01 theMonth. See M
0430.
0445 UK. BBC lOlldontan): Country Style. See S0010.
0445 UK.BBC londoo (ell): Country Style (Alternative). See S
0010.
0400
0430
0430
0430
0430
0-430

48

UK. BBClondon (all streams): Newsdesk See S OO.

UK. BBCLondon(al): Network AfriCa. See M 0330.
UK, BBC London(am): TheWorld Today, SeeM 1615.
UK, BBC London (as pacl : MullilrackHil-lJsl.See M 1615.
UK, BBC London (eu): EuropeToday, See M 0430.
UK, BBC London (eu): Oll theShelt(Alternative). See M
0330.

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0430
0430
0430

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UK. BBCLondon (all streams): ~wsdesk . See S oo

UK. BBCLondon (al): NetworkAfrica. SeeM 0330.
UK, BBCLonoon (am): Tile wonr Today. See M 1615.
UK. BBC London (aspac): Variable Feature. See S 1130.
UK. eBC london(eu): Europe Today.
M 0430
UK.BBCLondon (eu): 011 me Shell (Alternative). see Pol

see

0330
UK. BBCLondon(south as): VariableFeature. See S 1130.
UK, BBCLondon(am): Oftthe S~ell . See Pol 0330.
UK.BBCLondon (as pac): Variablef eature, See S 1130.
UK, BBC London (eu): The FarmingWorld (Alternalive).See
1.1 0145.
UK, BBC London(south as): vanabre Feature. SeeS 1130.

Thursdavs

0400
0430
0430
0430
0430
0430
0430
0445
0445
0454

0454

Tuesdays

UK. BBClondon (south as): MuttJlrack HlH ist See M 1615

UK.BBCLondon (eu): Health M~ners (Alternative). SeeM
0545
UK, BBC London (am): Ofltlle S~ell. See M0330.

0454

UK, BaC London (au streams): Nswsdesk. See S0000.

UK. BBCLondon (al): Network AI/ita. See M 0330.
UK.BBCLondon (am): The World Today. SeeM 1615.
UK.BBC London (as pac): Mullilrack x-Press. See W 1615.
UK. BBC London (eur Europe TOOa1 see M 0430
UK.BBC l ondon (eul: Off theShell (AIter03lrve). See Pol
0330
UK, SBC t endon (south as): Multitrack XPress. SEe W 1615
UK. BBC London lam): Offthe seen.see M 0330.
UK, SBC London leu): FromOur ONn Correspondent
(AIlema!lve). S~ S 0330.
RadIONeth!r1ands: Documentary HongKOOIl Goes Home
(30th). SeeF2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary The Birthing Room (2ndl.
See W 12504
RadIO Netherlands: Documentary The ThlrslyEarth {3parter) (9Ih.16th.23rd). see A2354

Fridays
0400
0430
0430

UK, BBC London (allstreams): Nel'lsdesk. See S OO.

UK, SBC London (al): Network Alrlca See M 0330.
UK, BBC London (am): The World Today. See M 1615.

0430 UK. BBC london (as pac): Focus on Fall" . S~ F0330.

0430 UK, BBCl ondon(eu): Europe Today See M0430.
0430 UK. SBC london (eu): 011 theShell(AIternallV!).

see

M0330
0430 UK, BBCLondon(south as): Focus QrI Faith. See F
0330.
UK, BBClondon (am): OIIltle Shell. SeeM 0330
UK, BBCl ondon(eu): Folk Routes(Alternative). SeeS
0030

0445
0445

Saturdays
UK.BBCl ondon (allstreams): NewSdesk. see S OO.
UK, BBCLondon(al):Alrican News. See S0330.
UK, BBC London(am): The World Today. Set M 1615.
UK.BBC London (as paeteulsouthas):Jall Now and
Then. See S 1230.
0430 UK, BBC London (eu): Newsdesk, See S0000.
0431 UK. BBC London(al): etncan Quiz (1). See A0331.
0431 UK, BBC London(al): This Week and Alrica. See A
0331.
0445 UK.BBCLondon (am): 011 theShelf. See M 0330.
0445 UK. BBC London (aspaC/eu/south as): Seven Days.
See AOO10
Q.l00
0430
0430
0430

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OSDO-06CQ as

Allstlallo1. aamc

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Auslralla. Vl8Kxamenne
Australia. Vl8TTent e,k

0500-0600 vi

0500-0600
050G-06CO
0501Hl6CO
0500-06(0
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
05000600
0500-0600
0500--6OO
0500-6OO

05IXH1600
0500-0550
0500-0515

OSO<Hl600

0500 UTe

1m

Auslraha.OelenseFon:es R
BUlgana. RadiO

Canada. CFCXMOOlreal
Canada. CFRX t oronto
Ganada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNXHalifax
Canada. CKl Uvaoceuver
China. China RadiOInll
Costa RICJ.. Adv w cno R
Costa RIC3,RFPeace um
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HGJB
Germany. Deutsche wene
tsraet Kollsrael
Japan. RJapanW-lK World

0500-0600 vi
0500-0600

Kenya. K~nya Broadc Corp

l ebanon VOIce01Hope
0500--0510 mtwnt
Malawl. MBC
0500-053) rn-a-a MeXICO, RadiOMeXICOInll
Nelherlands. Radio
05000525
050l}-06m
New Zealand. R NZ lntl
0500-0505
Nigeria, fRCNiRadio
0500-0504
Pakistan. RadIO
0500060)vi
PapuaNew aonea. NBC
05QO.06())
aussa.vcc e 01 RU SSiaWS
0500-060'3 nuwnta RUSSlaVOlce 01RUSSia WS
0500-0555
Setnca.Channel Atnca
05000600
Slovakia. Aov World RalJio
0500-0556
Spain, R Exterior Espana
05000600
swazuanc. Trans World R

.
9660pa
15240pa
17880pa
116-\Oas
5025do
491Odo
13525as
7375na
6005<10
607Dclo
603Odo
613000
616Odo
9560na
5030ta
620Sam
9a20na
9445eu
61201\3
7.l65na
6110na
178103s
4885do

9_.

338Odo
970Sna
5995'13
11905pa
3326do
9645as
9675do
5930na
5920na
5955al
7215eu
6055na
3200al

11880pa
15365pa

12080pa
17715pa

13605;15
17795pa

9-l85n3

. . .

OSOI).(JS15
OSOCHI600

OSOlHl6OO

OSOtHJ600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
051XHl600
61SO-..a
7385lm
9630'13
9745am
614513
9.13513
1174)as

9725ca

4935110

615Odo

6150na

21455am
6185na
175.l5a1
11910as

96SOna
1192000'1

499Odo

7175na

7330na

11900al

4775af

6070al

6100al

.. . .

..

9500at
3J.'Odo

Uoar.da. Radio

United Kingdom. BBCWS

USA, KArJ Dallas TX

USA. KlBN Salilk CIty ur
USA. KWH Los AngelesCA
USA K\"'HRNaalehu HI
USA. Monitor RadiOInt!
USA. VOIce 01America

USA,WEWNBirmingham Al
USA. WGTG McCaysvilleGA
0500--6OO
USA. WHRI NoblesvilleIN
USA. WJCR ucton KY
OSO<k16OO
O500..lJ600 mtwhla USA. WMl K Bethel PA
USA,WRNONew OrleansLA
0500-0600
USA. Y/WCR Nashville TN
0500-0600
USA. WYFR OkeechObee FL
0500-0600
vancao State. VaticanR
0500-0528
05O(}0600
zamna. Christian Vorce
05000510
Zambia.ZNBCRadIO1
zanea. ZNBCRadiO2
05000510
05000530 vi
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
0525-0600
Ghana, Ghana aroaoc Corp
Auslria, R Auslria Inll
05300559

0500-0600
0500-0600

6165na
4770do

. .

05300600

Romania. R RomaniaInll

05300600
05300600
05300600
05300600vt
0555,0600

Pussa.vorce 01 Russia WS
Slovakia, AdvWorld Radio
Thailand, Radio
Zimbabwe , Zimbabwe BC
Malaysia. Voice 01

3255011
6175'0'3
"DOaI
11955015
15575va

395Seu

5975'0'3

6005011

619Seu

l160a!
9740as
15360va

9410va

"4("'.

15280as
176-10a1

11760va
15420a1

1788531

581(}am

751Qam

9975am
9930as
7535eu
597031
729531
12085eu
5S25eu
5085am
5760am
7490na
9465eu
7395am
2390am
5985na
5S82eu
333031
722000
6165<l0
3396<10
3366do
6015na
17870me
119.\00'11
17745al
5905na
11600eu
9655eu
5975do
6175as

60350'11

9'''''''

6080.1
977531

7170va
11S25me

15205me

' ' '0".

742503

73153m

32103m
9985eu

5935am

9660.1

5070am
116950'11
116250'11

4915do
6155eu

13i30eu

t5H Ome

15250at
177900'11

15365al

15370as

11905eu

15115eu

9750as

15295au

SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays

0500 Japan, NHKlRadio: News. See S 0100.

OSOO UK, BBCl ondon (all streams): f~ewsday. See S0200.
0510 Japan, tl HKlRadio: ters teamJapanese, Acoursein the
Japaneselanguage
0525 Japan. NHKlRadiO M ~dl3 Roundup. Reception reports. DXf
mellia news, andequement reviews
0525 Japan, NHKlRallio: VteVipOlnt. Opinions01a uiest
personahty.
0530 UK. BBCl ondon (al): Africa n News See S 0330.
0530 UK, BBCl ondon (am): Science inscuon The latest in
science and technolOgy
0530 UK, BBCl ondon (as pac): AnythlngGoes. Avariety01 music
andmuch morewrlh Bob Holness
0530 UK, BBC london (eu): Weekend. European magazine
prooram co-producedby European beaoeasrers.
0530 UK. BBC l ondon (south as): Anything Goes See S0530.
0535 UK. BBC london (all: Postmark A!nca , See S0335.
0550 Japan, tlHK:Radio: ViewpOint seeS0525
OS55 Japan, tlHK/Radio: Tolo.yo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Mondays

Tuesdays

0500
0500
051 5

Japan, NHKlRadio: News. See S0100.

UK, BBC lo ndon(allstreams): Newsday. See S0200.
Japan, NHK:Radio: Radio Japan Magazine Hour.See M
0515
0516 Japan, NHK.'Radio: news Commentary. An editorial opir iOn
on thecurrent news.
0523 Japan, NHK,'Radio: Japan Diary. See M 0525.
0530 Japan, NHKr'Radio: Close Up. See M 0530.
0530 UK. SBC l oooon(al): Network Alfica. See M0330
0530 UK, BBC l ondon (amlaspac!SOUlh aSI: Omnibus SeeP.l
1130.
0530 UK. BBC l ondon(eu): Eurape Today See P.l 0430.
0530 UK. BBC l ondon(eu): Variable Feanrre (Ahemative). See S
1130.
0540 Japan, NHKiRadio: JacaneseCulture Today. Comparing
modem-day Japanwrttlthecustoms of Old
054' UK. BBCl ondon (eu): The l earningWorld (Ahema!Ne).
seeS 1130.
OS55 Japan, NHIVRadlO: TokyoPop-ln. See S 0155.

~d~;:dN~~'~ Now>

0500 UK. BBCl ondon (aU streJms): Newsday SeeS0200.

S" S 0100.
0500 UK. BBC l ondon (aUstreams): ~je-NSday. seeS0200.

0515

0515

0500

Japan, NHKlRadiO: tl ews See S0100

Japan. NHK/RallIO: Radio Japan Ma ~ne Hour. The

Neekdayrnagallne programof tenure reports and the
popular vocal mcse 01 Japan.
051 6 Japan. NHKlRadlO: Sports Spothght. Focus onacurrent
sportingevent in the reg1on_
052' Japan, tlHKi'RadlQ: Japan Diary. l ile IIIJapa1 asseen
:hrough the eyes 01aloreign resident in Japan.
0530 Japan, NHK!RadlO: cese UP. FealunngaJapaneseperson 01
note.
0530 UK, BBC l ondon fal): Neh'lOrk Alrica See M 0330
0530 UK. BBClondon (amI: Thel earning WOfld. see S 1130
0530 UK.B8C l ondon (aspac): The Ed Stewart S10W. Ed plays
themusic01internahonallyknow vocalists
0530 UK, BBClondon(eu): Composer 01the Month (Anemallve)
See M 0430
0530 UK.BBCl ondon (eu): EuropeToday. See M 0430
0530 UK BBCl ondon (south as): The Ed StewartShow. See M
0530
054' UK eBCl ondon(am). HeJllh Mailers. Keeps track of new
developments in theworld 01medical science. as well as
ways of keeping lit
0555 Japan, NHK/Radio: totyc Pop'In. See S0155.

Japan, NHK!Radilr RadiO Japan f.bo3zine Hour. SeeM

OS15
0516

Japan, UHKi'RadiO: News Commentary. See T 0516

Japan, NHKlRadiO: Japan Diary. seeM 0525.
Japan, r~HK/RadlO: CloseUp. See M 0530.
0530 UK. 8BClo ndon(af): NetworkAfriCa. See rot 0330.
0530 UK.BBC l ondon(am): Outlook. See M 1405.
0530 UK. SBCl ondon(aspaC/SOUlh as): Varl3bleComedylOUlz
feature. See S0130
0530 UK. BBC london(eu): Omnibus (Alternatrve). See M 11 30
0540 Japan. NHKlRadio: Asian Report. Current events in the
AsiaPacific region.
0555 Japan, NHKlRadJO: TokyOPop-In. See S 0155.
0555 UK, BBC Lorden (am): vocet cx. See T2310.

OS23
OS30

Thursdays

0500
0500
0515

0516
0523

Japan, NHKiRadi o: News. SeeS 0100

UK, BBC l ondon tallstreams): Newsday. See S0200
Japan, NHKlRadio. RadiOJapan Magazine Hour, See M
0515
Japan. NHKlRadio: News Commentary. See T0516
Japan,NHKlRadio: Japan Diary. See M 0525.

0530
0530
0530

OS30
0530

Japan, NHKlRadio: Close Up. See M 0530.

UK, BBCl ondon(0'11): NetworkAfrica, See M 0330.
UK. BBClondon (am): Oul1ook. SeeM 1405.
UK, BBClondon(aspaClsoU!h as): Variable Feature. See
S t 130.
UK, BBC l ondon (eul: Assignment (Alternative). SeeH

0230.
0540
0555

OS55

Japan, NHKlRadlo: Crosscurrents. RadioJapan's mailbag

program.
Japan, NHKlRadlo: TokyoPop-In. See S0155
UK. BBCl oodon (am): SCIenceView. See W0040

Fridays

0500 Japan, NHKlRadlO: News. SeeS0100.

0500 UK, BBC l ondon (all streams): Newsday. SeeS0200.
0515 Japan, NHKtRadiO: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. SeeM
0515.
OS16 Japan. tlHlVRadlO: Japan Diary. See M 0525.
OS16 Japan, NHKfRadlO: N ~ Commentary. seeT 0516
OS23 Japan, NHKlRadlO: Close Up. See M 0530.
OS23 Japan, NHKilladio: Japan Diary. See M 0525.
0530 Japan, NHKJRadiO: Close Up. seeM 0530.
OS30 UK.8BC lo ndon(alias ~Clsouth as): NetworkAlnc3.
See M 0330.
0530 UK.BBClOfldon (am): Outlook. SeeM 1405.
0530 UK.BBC l ondon(eu): Record rlews (Alternative). See S
{)4-15.
0540 Japan, NHKfRadio: Business Focus. A segment 01 the
P.lagazllle HourwhICh spotlights an aspect 01 businessin
Japan.
0555 Japan, NHKlRadlO: Tokyo Pop-In. seeS 0155.
OS55 UK.BBCl ondon lam): GoingSolo. See S2310.
0'55 UK.BBC london(eu): The Insider's Guide (Alternative)
See F0005

Saturdays
0500

0'00

0510
0530
0530
0530
0530
0531
0545
0555

Japan, NHKlR adlo: News. See S0100

UK. BBCl ondon (all stleamsl : Newsday. See S0200.
Japan, NHK/Radio: This Week, Aweekly variety show
UK BBC london(al): AfricanNews. See S 0330
UK. BBC london (am): Oullook. SeeM 1405.
UK. BBCl ondon (as cacscumas): Music Review. See S
0330.
UK. BBCl ondon [eu): Sciencein scuon See S0530
UK. BBC l ondon (al): Talkaboul Africa, See W 1615
UK, BBCl ondon(am): Spotlight. See S 0005.
Japan, NHKlR adio: News Summary. See S 1155.

January 1997

MONITORING TIMES

49

SHORTUUfVE
GU~OE
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0600 UTe
FREQUENCIES
060<Hl700

.. .

Australia, Radio

96601>'

0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi

Australia. Vl8K xameene

0600-0633
0600-0700 vI

Austra lia_ Det enseForc~s

136050,
15530as
502500
H1Odo

Ailstrah3. Vl 8T Tent Crk

0600-0700
06000630 mtwm

R
Canada .CSC r~ Quebec Svc
canada. CFCX Montleal
Canada.CFRXToronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHN XHalifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCanadalull

0600-0700
0600-07CO
0600-07CO
06000650

Costa Rica,RF PeaceInti

Cuba. Radm Havana
Ecuador.HCJB
Germany, DeutscheWelle

0600-0700

06000700
0600-0700
06000700

06QO-0615
0600-0700vl
06ClO-07CQ vl
06ClO-07CO vl
0600-07(0
0600-07(0
06Q(H)7(.()

0600-0630
060<Hl700
060CKl630 s
0600-0700 vi
06000700

06000700 1111whla
06000700
060006 10
06000630
06000700
06000630 vi

0'

aussa.voce o! RussiaWS
S Affica Trans World R
Sierra leone. SlBS
Slovaka. Adv World Bamo
Slovakia,Adv World aecm
Solomon Islands, slac

13!)25as
9625do
6OO5do
607Odo
603Odo
613Odo
616000
6050eu
11905me
6205am
9820na
9745am

7225011

Ghana. GhanaBrcacc Corp

Italy. lARS
Kenya. Kenya aroacc Corp
KiribatI. aeno
lebanon. VOICe Hope
1,\] lal sla. VOICe 01
rje~'( Zealand. R r~z InU
Nlgena. FRCN/Radlo
Nof1h Korea. RPyongyang
NOfway. RadIONor\'I3Y mtt
Papua New sumea. NBC
aussa.vcce 01 RUSSia \'I S

SELECTED PROGRAMS.

178203s
3366do
3985va
4885do
9825do
'l'J'J<M
617535
11905pa
332&10
1518Qas
5965eu
9675do
59051l<!
7175na
15460015
5920na
11730011
3316do
13715af
5905am
5020do

986Opo

1524Qpa
17715as

0630
0630
0630
0630
0630
0631

6150cu
7385am
9830na
21455am
9565a1
2t705me
49151.10
4935do

0630

499()do

592(;na
7330na
15470au

5930na
12025pa
17570pa

50

UK.aBCLondon (011): Development '97, A.1d and

development issues
UK. BBC London(aspaClSOIJlh as): Letter tram Amenta. See
S0030.
UK. BBC London (al): AlrlCan Nev.'S. See S0330.
UK. BBClondon (arm:Play 01 theWer k, A dillerent radio
drama program each week.
UK, BBC l ondon(as paC) : Meridian. One ctme topical
proglams weekly abouttheworld otme arts.
UK, BBClondon {eu): Jau tor lheAsking. Record requests
wnh Malcolm laylock.
UK, BBClondon (south as): Meridian. SeeS0630
UK, BBC lo ndon (af): African Perspective. A considered view
or hie and issues laCinl! me Alricanccnunent

UK. BBCl ondon (am/eu): Newsoay. SeeS0200.

UK, BBCl ondon (011): Sports Roundup. See S0135
UK BBC london (aspaclsoulh asl: The learningWorld See
UK. BBC l ondon (011): Network Atnca. See M 0330.
UK BBC l ondon (am): composer cure Month. See M 0430
UK, BBC l ondon (aspaetsoulh as\:Jan lor theAsking. See
S 0630.
UK. BBC t eaeco (eu): Europe TOllay See M 0430

UK, BBCl ondon (am/eu)' Ne\Vsday. SeeS0200.

UK, aBC l ondon(al): ssorts Roundup See S0135
UK, B8Clondon (aspaclsouth as): The World Tooay. See M
1615.
UK, BBClondon(all : Network Alflca See M 0330.
UK. BBCl ondon (am): Omnibus, See M 11 30
UK. BBClondon (as pac/solith as): Meridian. SeeS 0630.

MONITORING TIMES

32lXlat

9760af

13790011

06000700
060(J.!J700
06000700
06000700

06{)().-)700
0600-:)700
060(){l700
06000700smtwnt
0600-1)700
06001)700
0600-!J700
06OCH)620
06000645 Wm-f
0600-{J630

9590me
6150na
12035as
21790au

0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0605 mt'l."ll la
06OCH1630
0600-0700vi
06150630
06300655
06300657
06300700
06310640
0645-0700

USA.KAlJ Dallas TX
USA,KlBN Salllk CityUT
USA.KVOH l os Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Barno Inti
USA. Voice 01 America

6010,11

11860a l

3955eu
6195eu
96001
11955as
15360va
17790,15

5975va
7145;>a
95-lQaI
15420,11

13635al
6005"
llGGat
9740,15
15280,15
15575va

5995va
7285011
11950eu

6035eu
9760me
15205me

6080eu
11805va
15600eu

5070am
9985at

5935am

S8l 0am
7510am
9975am
9930as
7535eu
5970eu
7170va
11825me
5085am
5760am
74901101
9465eu
7355.1m
239Qam
5985.1!
5880eu
15215me
5925.1s
978Odo
333Oa1
722Odo
6165do
5975do
5840eu
6015na
11805eu
11625at
71 05eu
15250pa
17805as

USA.WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI NoblesvIlle IN
USA. WJCRuotcn KY
USA. WMlK aemer PA
USA. WRNONew Orleans LA
USA. WV/CRNashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee Fl
vatcan Stale. vancen R
VaticanStale. vaticanR
VlClIilm. Voice 01
Yemen. Yemeni RepRadiO
Zambia,Christian VOIce
ZammaZNBC RadiO 1
Zambia. W BC aamc 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
SWitzerland, SwissR Inll
Aus\lia. R Austrra1l1tl
Georgia. Radio
Vatican Stale. vaucan R
Romania. R Rurnama Inti
Romania. RRomania Inti

6100al

4775,11
96SQaf

98Ssa!

95"""

12095a5

6175eu

941 Qeu
1176Qeu

15310a5
17640al

7315am

3210am
7355eu
7250eu

11)0'0.,

6165eu

13765al
9325eu
15370pa

15570al
11775ell
I 7720pa

17790as

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

0600 UK, ~BC london (alias pacJsouUI as): World News. SeeS
0000

0630
0630
0630

SWallland. TransWorld R

Switzerland. Swiss R Inll

Ullllej Kingdom. BBC WS

9545<10

Tuesdavs

lI6DO
0615
0615

060l)-(J700

0600-{J630

15415as

61SOdo

4i/Odo
152JOas
718031

S 1130.

0630

11765a!

152953u

Mondays

0630
0630

9740011

975(ias

0600 UK, aBCl ondon (aliaspac/south as): World News. See S

0000
0600
0615
0615

120"'"

06000700
06000700

0600 UK. BBC toeocn teras pac/south as): W01d News. SeeS
0000.
0600 UK. BBCLancon lam'eu): tlt....'Sday. See S 0200.

0615

t l880pa
15365pa
17880pa

06000700

Sundays
0615

.. 1~:~~::
:~~
,

January 1997

0630
0630
0645

UK, BBCl ondon(eu): EuropeToday, See M0430.

UK, BBCl ondon(eu): Variable reaurre (Alternative). See S
1130.
UK, BBCl ondon (eu): Developmtnt '97 (Ahel'Jl3lM!). SeeS
0615.

Wednesdays

0600 UK, BBCl ondon(atlaspacJsouln as ): World News. See S

0000.
0600 UK, BBCl ondon (am/eu): Newsday. See S0200.
0615
0615
0630
0630
0630
0630
0630
0645

UK. BaCl ondon (011): Sports Buundup. See S0135.

UK. BBC lo ndon (as pac/soUlh as): The World TOllay. See
M 1615.
UK. BBClondon (011): Network Africa. See M 0330.
UK, BBC london (am): Global Concerns. See S 1615.
UK, BBC lo ndon (as pac/south as): Meridian On Screen.
SeeT 1401.
UK, BBCl ondon (eu): Europe Tcday, See M 0430.
UK, BBClo ndon(eu): Mega m i ~ (Alternative). SeeT 1615.
UK, BBC lo ndon (am): Jazz Now andThen. SeeS 123J.

~U~~~~~ondon
(af/as pac/sout, asl: World News. SeeS
0000.
0600 UK BBC l ondon (arnleu): tl ewsday.See S0200.
UK, SBCl ondon (a!): SpoltS RO Jndup. SeeS 0135.

0615
0615

0630
0630
0630

0630
0630
0630

UK. BBC l ondon (as pac/south as): TheWor1d TOllay-. See

M 1615.
UK. BBC l ondon {all: NelWtltll.AIfiCa. See M0330.
UK, BBC london (am): Assignment, SeeH 0230.
UK, SBCl ondon (as pac): VallallieFeature. SeeS 11U
UK, BBClondon (eu): Europe Today. See M0430
UK. aBC l ondon (eu): SpoltS International (Ar.ematrve).
live commentaries andinlerviews, reateresand
discussioos.
UK BBC london (south as): Vanable f eature See S 1130

0615

D630
0630
0630
0630
0630
0645

UK. BBC l ondon (aspac/south as): TheWorld Teday. See M

1615
UK. BaCl ondon (al): Net'M:lrk Alnca. See M0330.
UK.ESClondon (am): Var.able Feature. SeeS 1130.
UK. EaC london (asp.aclsouth as): Variable Cocr.edy/QUIl
feature. SeeS0130
UK. SBC london(eu): EurcpeToday. SeeM 0430.
UK. BBClondon (eu): TheEdstewart Show. See M0530.
UK. BBC l ondon {amI: VariableFeature.
S 1130.

see

Saturdays
0600 UK, BaCl ondon (arIaspaC/south as): World News. SeeS
0000
0600 UK, BBC l ondon (am/eu): Nel'lsday. See S 0200,
0615
0630
0630
0630

0630
0630
0631
0631
0645

UK, BBClondon (alIaspac/sou th as): TheWorld Today, See M

1615
UK, BBCl ondon (011): AlricanNews. See S0330.
UK, BBClondon (am): Peopleand Politics. See S 0230.
UK, BBC l ondon (as pac). Meridian. See S 0630.
UK. BBCl ondon (eu): Fourth Estate. John Eidinowandhis
teamreview the European press.
UK. BBCl ondon (south ast Meridian. See S0630.
UK. BBCl ondon (011):Alncan Quiz(1). See A 0331.
UK BBCLondon (011): This WeekandAlrica. seeA0331.
UK. BBClondon(eu): Glotal Concerns. See S 1615

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Fridays
0600

UK, BBC l ondon (aliasoac 'soum as): World News. See S

OGoO
0615

UK, BBCLondon (am): Newsday. See 5 0200.

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USA.WEWN Birrmngham Al
USA.WGTG McCaysvdleGA
USA. WHAI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. YNHAareenousn ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA,WYFR meecnooee Fl
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China.China Radio InU
CzechRep. Radio Pragu e
Finland. YlEl R Finland
Iran. VOIRI
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Sundays
1100
1100
1110
1130
1130
1130
1145
1155

Japan, NHKJRadio: News. See S0100.

UK, BBCl ondon (all streams): Newsdesk. see S0000.
Japan. NHKiRadio: Hello trom Tokyo. The weekendmagazine
program.
UK. BBCl ondon (aliaspac): Play 01theWeek. SeeS 0630.
UK, BBCl ondon (amleu): VariableFeature. Special features
andnewseries.
UK, BBCl ondon (south as): The l earningWorld. Newsand
V1~ WS about worl!tNlde ecucencn.
UK, BBClondon (southas): GoodBooks. Recommendalion
01a book to read.
Japan. NHKJRadio: N!WS Summary. A tee-meutenews
wrap-up

Mondays

1100

Japan . NHKlRadirr Radi:)Japan NewsRound. Tllirty minutes

of world, rtl;liOnal, and Japanese ~.

1100
1105

UK. BBClondon (an streams): Newsdesk.See S OO.

UK,BBCLondon (am): Caribbean Report(Alternative).
Weekday coytJigeof currentallairs in tile caribbean reQiOn
wi'll emcnee on political and economic anal)"SiS.
Ja;l3n, NHKlRadio: Close Up. SeeM 0530.
Ja.;l3n, NHKlRadio: RadiO Japan Ma l)azine Hour. SeeM 0515.
UK,BBCl ondon (af): Meridian. See 5 0630.
UK.BBClo ndon (am/as pac): Vanable Com~JOuiz Feature
see S 0130
UK.BBC l ondon (eu): O:nnibuS. tacn week a t1all-hotJr
programmeonpractical'" anylopic under thesun
UK, BBC l ondon (south as): Variable Feature, SeeS 1130.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Sports. A roundup01regiorlat sports

1130
1130
1130
1130
1130
1130
1145

news
1145
1155

UK, BBC l ondon (soutll as): BBCEngliSh. See 5 1530.

Japan. NHKlRadkl: NewsSummary. See S 1155

Tuesdays
1100

Japan, NHKlRadio: Radio Japan News Round. See M 1100.

1100 UK,BBCl ondon (all streams): Newsdesk. See S OO.
1105 UK,BBCl ondon (am): Caribbean Report (A1tematrve). SeeM
11 05.
1130 Japan, NHKlRadio: Close Up. SeeM 0530.
1130 Japan, NHKJRadio: RadioJapan Magazine Hour. See M 0515.
1130 UK, BBCLondon (aliaspadeu): Meridian. See S0630
1130 UK, BBCl ondon (am): Jazz Nowand Then. SeeS 1230,
1130 UK,BBCLondon (south as): BBC English. See S 1530.
1145 Japan. NHKlRadio: Japanese CultureToday. SeeT 0540.

11 45
1155

see

UK, BBCl ondon (amI: Variable Feature.

s 1130.
Japan, NHKlRadio: News Summary, See S 1155.

Wednesdays
1100
11 00
11 05
11 30
11 30
1130
1130
1141
1155

Japan, NHKiRadio: Radio JapanNewsRound. See M 1100

UK, BBCl ondon (all streams): NeYoSdesk. See S OO.
UK, BBCl ondon (am): CaribbeanReport (Alternative). See
M 1105.
Japan, NHKlRadiO: Close Up. See M0530.
Japan, NHK!RadlO: RadIO Japan Ma~azine Hour. See M
0515.
UK.BBC london (aflam/as paCleu): VariableFeature. See S
1130.
UK, B8Cl OnGOn (south as): BBCEnglish. SeeS 1530.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Asian RepOrt see W0540.
Japan, NHKlRadio: News Summary. see S 1155.

Thursdays

11 00 .lipan, NHKlRadio: Radio Japan N!WS Round. see M 1100.

11 00 UK, B8Clondon (anstreams): Newsdesk. see S OO.
11 0S UK,BBClondon (am): Caribbean Report (Ahemative). See
M 1105.
1130 Japan. NHKlRa ditl: Close Up. see M0530.
11 30 Japan, NHKlRadio: Radio Japan M393line Hour.
M
0515.
1130 UK, BBC toncon (aUeu): Meridian {)'l SCreen. SeeT 1401 .
11 30 UK,BBCLondon (am): FromOur Ovm Correspondent. See5
0330.
11 30 UK.BBC london(as pac): Meridian. See S 0630.
11 30 UK.BBC tenecn(south as): VariableFeature. SeeS 1130_
1145 Japan. NHKIR.1dio: Crosscurrents. SeeH0540.
1145 UK.BBC london (am): The l earningWand. See S 1130.
11 45 UK, BBC l ondon (south as): BBCEnglish. See 5 1530.
11 55 Japan, NHKIR.1dio: News Summary. SeeS 1155.

see

Fridays
1100
11 00
1105
1130
11 30
1130
1130
1130

Japan. NHKlRadlo: Radio JapanNe....'S Round. SeeM 1100.

UK, BBCl ondon (all streams): Newsdesk. See 5 0000
UK.B8Cl ondon (am):cant eean Report (Allernative).See
M 1105
Japan. NHKlfladio: Close Up. See M0530.
Japan. NHKJRadio: Radio Japan Mallazine Hour. See M
0515.
UK, BBC t oneen (alleu): Meridian. SeeS0630.
UK, BBCl ondon (am): Focus onFailll. See F0330.
UK, BBClondon (as pac): Music Review. See S 0330.

1130
1145
1154
1154
1154
1155

UK. BBCl ondon (south as): BBC English. See S 1530.

Japan, NHKlRadio: Business Focus. See F0540.
RadioNetherlands: Documentary. Hong Kong Goes Home
(31 st). SeilF2354.
RadioNetherlands: Documentary. The Birthing Room (3rd).
see \II 1254.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The Thirsty Earth(3-parter)
(I Oth,17th,24th). See A 2354.
Japan, NHKlRadiO: 'l ewsSummary. SeeS 1155.

Saturdays
1100
1100
1110
1130
1130
1130
1155

Japan, NHKlRadio: News. See S0100.

UK.eBCl ondon (all strums): Newsdesk. See S OO.
Japan,NHKlRadiO: ThiSWtek. SeeA OS l O.
UK, eBCl ondon (af): Focus on Faith. See F0330.
UK, BBCl ondon (am): Peopleand Politics. See S0230
UK.I!BClo ndon (aspacleulsouth as): Meridian. SeeS 0630.
Japan. NHK/Raclio: NewsSummary.
S 1155.

see

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Australia. Vl 8T Ten! Cr1l
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Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada CNP Calgary
Canada CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZNSI John's
Canada, CKZUVancouver
Canada. RCanada lntl
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costaRica. Adv WOIld R
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IraQ. RadiOIraq mn
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M\:a.nmal, Voice 01
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New Zealand. A NZ Inti
aussa.voce 01 Russia WS

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USA, KTB r~ Safl lk CIty UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Badm Inti
USA, Voice 01America

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1200-1300
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1200 1300
12001300
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USA.WEWN Birmingham Al
USA, WGTG McCaYSVilleGA
USA.WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA.Wl/HAGreenbush ME
USA. VoJINCR Nasnerne HI
USA, VNFROkeechobeef l
USA. WYFR c xeecr obee f l
uzteustan. R Tashkent

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NewZealand. RNZInti
Egypt. RadiOcairo
Australia. RadiO
Bangladesh.Bangla Betar
Finland. Yl E/R Finland
inca. All IndiaRa diO
inacnes e. RRI Sarong
Monaco. Trans World nanc
Monaco. Trans World RadiO
Soctn Korea, R Korea Inti
Sri l anka, Sri Lanka BC
Sweden, garnc
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1200

W(BBC l ondon(attaspac): Play01the Week (Irom 1130).

1200

UK. BBCl ondon(amleu'soultt as): World News. See S

1205

UK. BBC l ondon (anVeuisouth as): Wor1d BusinessBriel.

Focus on tile marketweek.
UK. BBCl ondon (am): In Praise01God. See S0230.
UK, BBC l ondon (eu): Britain Today. See S0045.
UK. BBC l ondon (southas): A Jolly Good Sliow. Dave Let!
Travispresents yourrecordrequests anddedicationsin his
ownuniqueway.
UK. BBC l ondon (al): Jau NowandThen. Sarah Ward
presents a mixture01jazz lor allages.
UK, BBC london (as pac): Andy Kersllaw'sWot1d 01 Music.
Recolllings of diverse music from around ine worto
UK. BBC l ondon (eu): Anything Goes. See S 0530.
UK, BBClo ndon(af/am): sports Roundup. See S0135.

1215

See S 0630.
oo

1215
1215
1215
1230
1230
1230
1245

~:n~~r~
London (allstreams): World News. See S 0000.
1205 UK.BBC l ondon (ailstreams): World Business Report.
1205
1210
1215
1215
1230
1230
1230
1230

Latest newsIrom the markets in meFar EastEurope and

theUSA
UK. BBCLondon(am): car ebean Busmess Program
IAlternatMlJ. Economic analysis in the region.
UK. BBC l ondon (am): caribbeanRepOrt (Ahernalive). See
Ml105
UK,BBC l ondon (alias padeulsouth as): Bntain Today. See

S 004'

UK. aBC l ondon(am):Variable feature. seeS 1130.

UK.BBC london (al): Global COflcern5. see S 1615.
UK, BBC london lam): Varl3bleFeature. See S 1130.
UK,BBCl ondon (as pac ): Off thesnen. Set! M 0330.
UK, BBCl ondon (etJ/SOultt as): Ant1tKershaw's World 01
MusiC. See S 1230.
1245 UK, BBC l ondon (allam/aspat): Sports Roundup. Set! S
0135

~~es~l~
l ondon (all streams): World News, Set! S OO.
1205 UK, BBC l ondon (all streams): WOlld Business Report. See
1205
1210

S4

M 1205
UK, BBCl ondon (am): centceaoBusiness Program
(AlternalIVe). See M 1205.
UK, BBCl ondon (am) : Caribbean Report (Alternative). See

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January 1997

1215
1230
1230
1230
1230
1245

Jot 11 05.
1215
UK,BBC london (atlas pad eulsoulh asl : Bntain TOO2)'_See S
0045.
1215
UK. BBC l ondon (am): JohnPeel. See M 1330.
1230
UK. BBClondon (301): folk Routes. See S0030.
1230
UK, BBC london(aspac): Otl theShell. seeu 0330
UK. BBClondon(eu): VariableComedylOUIZFeature. See S
1230
1230
0130
UK. BBClo ndon(south as): MultitrackHlI-li$t SeefA 1615. 1245
UK, BBClondon(allam/aspac]. Sports Roundup. See S
0135.

Wednesdays
1200
1205

1205
1210
1215
1215
1230
1230
1230
1230
1245
1254
1254
1254

UK. BBC london (allstreams]: World News. See S OOQO.

UK, BBC lo ndon (all streams): World Business RepOrt. See
M 1205.
UK, BBC London(am): Caribbean Business Program
(Alternative), See M 1205.
UK. BBC London(am): caribbean Report (Alternative). SeeM
11 05
UK, BBC London (ar/as pad eulsouth as): Bntain Today. See S
0045.
UK, BBC l ondon (am): The Vintage ChartShow, Each week a
classic I op 20Irom ite past willi Paul Burne" .
UK. BBClondon(al): VariableFeature. See S 1130.
UK. BBC l ondon(as pac): OHtheShell. See M 0330.
UK. BBC london (eu): CompOser 01 the Monltt. See fA0430.
UK. BBC london (south as): Mfl;Iamix. See T 1615
UK. BBCl ondon (attamlas pacl: SpOrts Roundup. See S
0135
Rad~ Netherlands: Documentary. Hong KOO\l GoesHome
(29th). See f 2354.
RadIO Netherlands: Documentary. The BirthingRoom(1st).
MIChele Ernstrng examines the jOyIul eseererce 01bringing
children et c this worldastold by Dutch midwives.
Radio Neltterlands: OocIJmentary. TheThl15ty Earth (3
paller) (Blh.1Slh.22nd). See A 2354

~~U~~~l:1ondon
(all streams): Worlel News. SeeS OO.
1205 UK. BBC london (all slreams): Worlel BusinessReport. See
1205
1210

M 1205.
UK, BBC London (am): Caribbean Business Program
(AMernatr/e).See M 1205
UK, BBC l ondon (am): caretean Report (AlternatlVel. See M
1105.

UK. BBCl ondon (attaspadeulsoulh as): Britain Today. seeS

0045.
UK.BBC l ondon(am): Assignment. S~ H 0230.
UK,BBC l ondon (at): f romOur Own Correspondent. Set! S
0330.
UK, SBC l ondon (as pac): Off theShell. See M 0330
UK. BBC l ondon(eu): Assignment. See H0230.
UK. BBC l ondon(south as): Muflilrackx-rress. See W 1615
UK. BBC l ondon (allam/as pac): SportsRoundup. See S
0135.

Fridavs
1200
1205

1205
1210
1215

LI'k, BBG l ondon (all stream s): World News. See S OO ,

UK. BBC l ondon(all streams): World Business Report. See M

1205.
UK BBCl ondon (am): Caribbean Business Program
(A!ternalive). SeeM 1205.
UK. BBCl ondon (am): Caribbean Report (Alternative). See M
1105.
UK. BBCl ondon (alias padeufsoulh as): BntainToday. See S

0045.
1215
1230
1230
1230
1230
1235
1245

UK. BBC l ondon (am): New Ideas, See S2330

UK, BBC l ondon (all : Thef arming WOlld. See M 0145.
UK, BBC l ondon (aspacl: Offthe Shell. See M 0330.
UK, BBC l ondon(eu): Science in Action. seeS0530.
UK, BBC l ondon (soulh as): focus on Faith. See F0330.
UK, BBC l ondon (am): The Insider's Guide. See F0005.
UK, BBC london (allam/as pac): Sports Roundup. SeeS
0135

Saturdays
1200
1205

UK, B ~C l ondon (allstreams): WorldNews. seeS OO.

UK, BBC l ondon(allslrearns): WorldBusiness aeoen. See M

1215
1215
1215
1215
1230
1230

UK, BBC l ondon(301): Bntam Today, See S0045.

UK, BBC l ondon (am): AJolly GoodShOw. See S 1215.
UK. BBC l ondon (aspat): SCience in ActIOn. seeS 0530.
UK. BS{; t ondcn(eulsoulll as/): Bntain Today,See S0045.
UK,BBC london(301): seenDays. See A0010.
UK, BBC l ondon(eu): VariableCOmedyJOuiZFeature. See S
0130.
UK, BBC london (souttl as): Mullilrack Alternative. See f
1330,
UK, BBC l ondon (al): Tile Insider's Guide. Seef 0005.
UK, BBC london (aspac]: tetter from Amenca. See S 0030.
UK, BBC London (a!): BookChoice. See S 1525

1205

1230
1245
1245
1255

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1300-1~OO vi
1300-1~OO vi
1300 1320
1300 1400 vi
1300 1400

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13001400
13001355

Norway, Radio Norway InU

Philippines, FEBClRInti
Poland. Polish R Warsaw

1300' 1400
13001400

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Bussa.voice of RussiaWS

1300-1400
1300,1 400mtwhl
1300,1330

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Sri lanka, Sri lanka BC
Swil1erland, Swiss R Inti

1300-1 ~00

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13O(}-14oo
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Chlfla, cnna RadIO lnn
Costa Rlca.RFPeaceInti
Ecuador, HCJB
EQYPI. RadIO tano
EQ1 GUinea, R East Alrica
EQt eueea. RadiO Alnca
Iraq, RadiO Iraq InU
lIaly, lRRS
Japan, RJapan NHKWo,ld
Japan, R Japan NHKWorld
JO'dan. RadiO
MalaySIa. Radio
MalaYSia. RrM Kuchmg
MalaYSla.RTM KotaKinabalu
New Zealand. R NZlnfl
Norlh Korea, R Pyongyang

1300-1400
13OQ- UOO

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Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australra, Vl8T rent Crk
Brazil.Radio Bras
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11800113

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12005am
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11895as
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7295do
7160110
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6105pa
9345as
15430as
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11995as
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11815eu
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17860as
6015as
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1300-1400
1300-1400

1300-1400
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USA. KNlS Anchor Poml AK
US A. KlBN salt lk err)' UT
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USA. Monitor Badm Iflll
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13301400
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1330,1400
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1330,1400
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1330-1400
1330-1400

USA, WEWN BlmllflQham At

USA. WGTG McCaYSVIlle GA
USA. WHRI NoblesVIlle IN
USA, WJCRUptonKY
USA. WRMllR Msam, Inll
USA. YNJCRNashVIlle TN
USA, WYFROkeechobee Fl
USA, WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Zambia. ChristianVoice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Bhutan. Bhutan BC servee
Austria. R Austll.a inn
Canada, R Canada Inll
Finland. YlEIR Flflland
Guam, AWRiKSOA
India. All India Radio
Mongolia, R UlanBator
Netherlands, Radio
Sweden, Radio
Turkey, Voice01
UAE Radio Oubai
USA, WRM ltR Miami InU
Uzbekistan. R Ta shkent
Vietnam. Voice01

13301400
13451400

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Vatican State. Vatican R

1300-1 400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400

214551m

1300-1 ~OOs

9640eu

117401s

9910as

15605au

152301s

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7270eu

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15725am

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13675eu
9955am
5975as
5940eu
12020eu
11835eu
9500as

13730na
9535as
15400na
13750as
13700as
13740pa
9630as
15395eu

15585as
15240pa
17G30eu

21605me

7285as
7270eu
15010eu

9715as
7400eu

9840eu

11625as

SELECTEDPROGRAMS . . .
Sundays
UK. BBC lon don(all streams): Newshour. Acomprehensive
look at themajortopiCs 01the day. plus up-to-the-minute
international afld Bntish news.
1300 USA,KNl S Anchor Point AK: MuslClNe\VS!Commentary.
1330 Beloium, RVlaamlerenInti: fl ews. A wofldnews summary.
1330 Sweden. RadiO: In Touch with StoCl.hOlm lbiweekly). A
mailbag program WIlh on-th~a ir link-ups.
1330 Sweden, Radio: Soun~s Nordic (biweekly). The very latest
and best in Swedishrock and popmuse. interviewswith tre
stars, andwhat's happening on theyouth scene.
1335 Belgium, RVlaanderen InU: Radio World. jj pdates to
internationalbroadcasting SChedules.
1345 Belgium. RVIaanll erenInti: PO80Jl26. l isleneretters are
rea" aM answered in Ihis mailboxprogram.
1345 vatcanStale, VaticanRadIO: With Hearl andMind. Howthis
wefk's liturgical 'eadrnvs apply to our Mlryllay lives.

1330

1300

Mondays
1300 , UI( BBC l ondon (all : Vanable Feature(Alternative). See S
1130.
1300 UK.BBClondon laRslfeams): NeWShOur. see S 1300.
1300 USA, KPllS Andlo' Poinl AX: MusiClllews.otommentary.
1315 UK, BBC lon don lal): BBC Eflglish (AhernalNe). see S 1530
1330 Swed en. Radio: 5JXIy Degrees North. Reports, mtewewsand
analysis lrom Stockholm and other Nordic capitals.
1330 UK, BBC london (al): John Peel (Alternative). Tracks Irom
newlyreleased albumsand siogles fromthecontemporary
musiCscene.
1345 vatcanStale, vateanRadio: TotheEnds 01theEarth. A25episode senes 01bIble-based ,adlo eremas.
1348 Sweden, RadiO sccnseen Aweekly review 01 all the news
in sportshosted Ily Keith Foster.

Tuesdays
1300
1300
1300
1330

UK, BBClondon (al): BBCEnglish(Alternative). See S 1530.

UK BBC london (allstreams): Newshour.seeS 1300.
USA KNlS Anch or Point AK: Music/News/Commentary.
Sweden, Radio: SiXly Degrees Norlh. See M 1330.

1345

1346

UK, BBC l ondon (al): Mulli1rackHit-list (Alternative). See M

1615,
VaticanState, Valican Radio: A Room with a View 01the
Vatican. Thelook at lheactivities01 theCatholic Churcll ,n
Rome.
Sweden. RadIO: MtclsaSC3n (113).Satellile news85%:
medium wave and shOrtwave flews15%.

Wednesdays
1300

UK, BBC london (al): BBCEnglish (Allernative). See S 1530.

UK, BBC london (all streams): Newshour. SeeS 1300.
1300 USA. KNlS Anchor Poifll AX: MusicmewslCommentary.
1330 sweeen Rac:iO: SiKty Degrees 110m.see M 1330.
1330 UK,BBCl ondon (al): P.leoall'lIx (Alternative). set T 1615.
1345 Vatiean State. vaucan RadiO: TheRome Report A behindthe
scenes review 01issues cunenttyconfrontingthechurchand
the world.
1346 swecen RadiO: MoneyMatten;. AlSimon presents news
abOul the S....edish economy, business, coosumer anarrs.
andSweden'sEUmem~rship.
1354 RadIO flelherlands: Documentary. Hong Kono Goes Home
(29tl\). see f 2354.
1354 RadiOflettlerlands: Documentary. The BiMing Room (1st).
seew 1254
1354 RadiONethertands: Documentary. The Thirsty Earth 13parle,) (8th,15th.22nd). See A 2354,

1346

Fridays
1300
1300
1300
1330
t330

1300

Thursdays

UK,BBC Iceoon (al): Vanable Feature(Anernative). seeS

1130.
1300 UK, BBCl orKI on (all S1reams): Newshour. See S 1300.
1300 USA. KtllS Anchor Point AK: MusiCfNewstCommentary.
1315 UK, BBCl oMon (al): BBCEngliSh (Alternative). see S 1530.
1330 Sweden, Radio: SiKty necreee NoM . SeeM 1330.
1330 UK BBC l ondon (al): Mutlltracl(X-Press(Allernativt ). See
W 1615.
1343 Sweden, Radio: GreenScan. Environmentalconcerns and
solutions.
1345 Valican State. Valican RadiO: ThePope andthe People.
Recentpublic stalemenls by thePopeandresponsesIrom
1300

theman on thestreet.
Sweden, Radio: Horil on (415). SCience andtechnolClgy in
Sweden.

1335
1345

UK.BBC l ondon (at): BBCEnglISh (Alternative). see S 1530.

UK.BBCl ondon (anstrums): News/lou'.
S 1300.
USA, KNlS Ancho' Point AK: MusiCINewsICommentary.
Sweden. Radio: SiXly Oell' eilSNoM . See M 1330.
UK. BBClondon (af): Mul1it'ack AJ1erna~.latest
developments ontheBritish music scene.
sweuen Radio: A Review ol lhe flewswei! k. The fllaIOl' stories
01meweek. both from Sweden and their Nordic neighbors.
vatcan State, Vatican RadIO: Then and flow. Alook backat an
event in history.

see

Saturdays
1300
1300
1330
1345

UK, BBClondon(anstreams): Newshour. See S 1300.

USA, KNlS Anchor Point AI<: MusicJNeW'$l1;Qrnmentary.
Sweden. Radio: Spectrum (I). Sarah Roxstrom WIlh the latest
on swecsn music. drama. arl. andfilm.
vatcan State, VaticanRadiO: Bythe W~. Putting a catholic
perspectiv! on issues in the news.

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for a }iilt 1Il1lga::.illl'.
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Australia. VlSA Ahee Spg

14oo 15OOvI
Australia. VlBK Kaltleflne
1400-1500 vi
Auslralia. VlSTTent elk
1400-1500mWhfa seumm R VlaandNen tnt
1400-1500 vi
Canada.
Nc oeeeeSvc

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1400 1500
14001500
14001500
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1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500
14001430
1400-1500
1400-1500as
1400 1500
1400-1500
1400-1430 vi
14001500

Canada. CFCX Montreal

Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX H ali !a~
Canada. CKZNSt John's
Canada,CKlU vancouver
Canada, RCanada Inti
China. China Radio Inl!
Costa R:caRFPeace rnn
Czech Rep, RadiOPl ague
Ecuador, HCJB
EQt GUll1ea, R East Alnca
France. Radio fr ance Inll
India, All India Radio
Italy.IRRS
Japan. RJapan NHKWorld

14001430 as
14001500
1400 1500

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Mala,'slo'l. RadiO
MalaySia.RTM Kuchlng
Malaysia.RTM KolaKmabalu
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZInti
Norv:ay. Radio NDrway Inll
Pakistan, RadiO
Palau, KHBNNolce01 Hope
Philippines. FEBC/R inn
aussa.voce 01Russia WS

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Turkey.Voice 01

1400-1500
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21455am

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71 65me

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USA. KAJJ Dallas TX

USA. lUES Mesquite NM

1.1(1).1500

USA. KlBN Sall lk City ut

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USA.VOice 01America

1400-1500

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USA.WEWN Birmingham Al
USA,WGTGMcCaysville GA
USA, WH RI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMIIRMiami mu
USA.WRMI/RMiami INti
USA.WRNO New OrleansLA
USA. \WHA Greenbush ME
USA. WlNCR NashvilleTN
USA. WYfR OkeechObee f L
ValicanState. Vatican R
Zambia. ChrisllanVOICe
Zambia. ZNBC RadIO 2
crca-a. croanan RadiO
Nepal. RadiO
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
canada. RCanada Inti
China, ChinaRadiOInll
India, All India Radio
Indonesia. RRI lf Pandang
Italy,lRRS
Portugal. R Portugal Inti
Romania, R Romania Inti
Sweden Rarnc
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Greece, Voice 01
Myanmar, Voice01
Seychell es, FEBA Radio

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86600,
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SELECTED PROGRAMS . . .
Sundays

Wednesdays

1400

1400 UK.BBC tendon (al): New5 Summary. See S 1400.

1400 UK. BBClondon(amlas paCleU:soulh as): WorldNe....s. See S

1401

UK.BBC London uu streams): News Summary, Oneminute

news update.
UK. BBC london lall streams): VanatlleFeature,SeeS 1130

1400
1400

UK,SBC l ondOlllaf): Ne....s Summary. SetS 1400_

UK. SBC London(amlas paCleufSOulh as):WorldNf'..'tS. See S

oo.

1401
1405

1430
1430
1430
1430
1430
1430
1445
1445
1445
t445

UK, BBClondon lall: Omnibus, See M 1130.

UK, BBC london lamias pacJeUlsouth as): Outlook. An up-lathe-minute mi~ 01ccnversaten. coniroversy and color l rom
around ire world
UK,BBC london(af): Dfl lhe Shell, See M0330.
UK,BBC l oncon(at): VariableFeature(Alternative). See S
1130
UK,BBC l ondon {am): Omnibus. See M 1130
UK,BBC tcncon {as pac): Health Mailers. See M 0545.
UK,BBC l ondon(eu):John Peef. See M 1330.
UK, BBC london(south as): Record News, See S 0445.
UK. BBC london(al): BBC English(AlternatIVe). SeeS 1530.
UK, BBC l ondon tatl: Tile Farming World. See M 0145.
UK. BBClondonlaspacj: The l earning World. See S 1130.
UK, BBClo ndon(south as): Development '97. See S 0615.

Tuesdays
1400
1400

Thursdavs
1400
1400

1401
1405
1415
1430
1430

UK. BBC london(all NewsSummar" See S 1400.

UK. BBC l ondon (amlas paCleu"south as): World flews. See S

1430

oo.

1430
1430
1430
1445
1445

1401

UK. aBC t cnaon (all : Mendlo'ln Onsceen The latest cnemanc

oflermgs arediscussed.
1405 UK. BBC london lamias pac.rel.l'soutnasl: OutlOOk. SeeM
1405.
1430 UK, BBCl ondon (all: BBC EOQllSh (AilernatiYe). See S 1530.
1430 UK.BBCl ondon (all: Offthesreu.see M0330.
1430 UK, BBC l ondon (am): Health Mailers See M 0545.
1430 UK.BBCl ondon (as pacl: DIscovery See T0230
1430 UK. BBC london feu): M ullltrac~ Hi!-lisl See M 1615.
1430 UK, BBClondon tecumas): Varlo'lble Feature. seeS 1130
1445 UK, BBClondon (afr The Learrnnq WOIld See S1130.
1445 UK, BBClo ndon (am): Jau Nowand Then,See S 1230.
1445 UK, BBC lo ndon tsnuthas): aeann Mat1CIS See M 0545

56

oo.

UK. BBClondoo(af): DiSCOvery. See T0230.

UK. BBCLondon (amlaspatleu:soutn as): Outlook. see M
1405.
1430 UK, BBCl ondon(al): BBC EngliSh (Alternative). SeeS 1530.
1430 UK, BBC l oodon(al): Oil the Shell. See M 0330
1430 UK. BBC London(am): Country Slyii'. See S0010.
1430 UK. BBCLondon (as pac): Omn bus, seeM 1130.
1430 UK. BBCLondon(eu): M eg ami~ . See T 1615.
1430 UK. BBCLondon (south as): Variable Feature, see S 11 30.
1445 UK. BBC l ondon (allam/south as): Good BookS. SeeS 1145
1401
1405

Mondays

MONITORI NG TIMES

January 1997

UK, BSC lon don(al): News Summary, See S 1400.

UK, BBC London (am/as paoeuscutn as): World News. See S
0000.
UK, BBC London (al): Health Mail ers, See M 0545.
UK, BBC l ondon(amlas pacreu'southas): Outlook.See M
1405.
UK, BBCl ondon (al): aeecrc News, SeeS G445.
UK, BBCLondon (af): Ofl1heShell. SIlO M 0330.
UK, BBC l oodon (af): Variable Fealure (Alternative). SeeS
1130.
UK. BBCl oodon (am): ~twork UK. ISsuesandevents
affecting the lM!s 01people througnoul ltle UK.
UK, BBClondon(as pac): AsS'llnment. SeeH0230.
UK.BBC london (eu): MuttltraCk x-r ress. seew 1615.
UK, BBClondon (south as): Sportslnlelllalional_ SeeH0630.
UK, BBClondon(af): BBCEngl;sI! IAiternalM!). See S 1530
UK,BBCl ondon (af): Counlry Slyle, See S0010.

Fridays
1400
1400

UK, BBC london (at): News Summary. SeeS 1400

UK, BBC l ondon (am/as paCieuisoulh as): World flews. seeS

1401
1405
1405
1430
1430

UK. BBC london (at}: SCiencein Action. SeeS0530.

UK, B8C l ondon(amlas paC/south as): Outlook.See M 1405.
UK, BBCl ondon (south as): Outlook. See M 1405.
UK, BBC l ondon (at}: BBC EngliSh (Alternative).See S 1530
UK,BBC l ondon(al): all the Shelt. see M 0330.

oo.

1430
1430
1430
1430

UK.BBCl ondon(am): SCiencein Aclion. See S0530.

UK, BBC London (as pac]: Focus onFailh. See f 0330.
UK, BBC London (eu): MultitraCk Anemative. See F1330
UK,BBCl ondon (southas): The Insider's Guide. See F

1440
1445
1445
1454

UK. BBCl ondon (southas): Voicebo~. See T2310.

UK.BBCl ondon (al):Onthe Move. SeeS G445.
UK. BBC l ondon (south as): Global Concems. See S 1615.
Radio Nelherlands: Documentary. Hong Kong Goes Home
(31st). See F2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. rne BirthinO Room (3rdl.
See W 1254.
RadiO Neltlerlands: Documentary. TheThirstyEarth(3parter) (101h.17Ih,24tll). SeeA 2354.

0005.

1454
1454

Saturdays
1400
1405

UK, B~ C l ondon(all streams):World News. See S 0000

UK, BBC l ondon (all streams): Spmtswarfd.Theweekly
sportsmagazine.

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1500-1600
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1500-1600
Canada. CKZN St John's
1500-1600
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1500-1600
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1500-1 600
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5mmo PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500

UK, BBCLondon (allam/as pac/eu): World News. See S

1515
1515

0000
1501 ' UK, BBCLondon (Soulh as): Play otthe Week. See S0630.
1505 UK, BBCLondon (OIl): TheArt House. See S !>435.
t505 UK, BBCLondon(am): From Our Own Correspondent See
S0330
1505 UK. BBC Lancon (aspac/eu): Sports Roundup. See S0135
1515 UK, BBCLondon(asoac): Concert Hall, Classical music

concerts
1515
1525
1530
1530
1530

UK. BBC London (eu): Development "97. SeeS0615

UK, BBCLondon (am) Bookoec e. Opemng a newly
publishedbook.
UK. BBC Lcmdon (OIl): 3BC EngliSh Forlearners 01English
UK, BBCLondon (am) Vanable Feature, SeeS 1130
UK, BBCtonncn (eu): FromOur Own Correspondent. See S

0330.
1550

1500
1505
1505
151 5
1515
1515
1530
1530
1545

UK, BBC London (OIl): JohnPeel(AlternatIVe). See M 1330.

UK, aBCLondon (allarnieUisouth as): World tlrr....s. See S
0000.
UK, BBCLondon (aspac); Easl AsIa Today. See S2310
UK, BBCLondon(OIl): Focus on Alnca.Up-to-the-minute
reports on lheday's events Iromall overtheconnnera
UK. BBC London(amfeuh;oulhas): Sports Roundup. SeeS
0135.
UK. BBCLondon (am); The Greenll! kl Collection. ThiS
Classical musiC progra'Tl replacesRay on Recold
UK, BBC t cnocn (eu): TheLe.1rnino World. See S 1130
UK, BBC t onccn tSDulfl as): Concert Hall. seeS 151 5
UK. BBCLondon (al): Outlook. SeeM 1-105
UK,BBCLondon(eu): Omnibus, See M 1130.
UK, BBCLondon (as pac): 0" the Shell. See M 0330.

Tuesdays
t 500
1500

UK, BBCLondon (al): Multllrack HltLis! (AlternatIVe). See

M 1615
UK, BBC t onuonlal/af'l!el1lsou th as): World tle....'S See S

0000
t 500
1505
1505

1530
1530
1530
1545

Wednesdays
1500 UK. BBC t ceecn (al): Megamll (Alternative).SeeT 161 5.
1500 UK, BBC t cneon (allam/eu/soulh as): World News. See S
0000.
1500 UK. BBC LonlIon (as pac): East Asia TOda'I See S2310
1505 UK, BBCLondon taf): Focus onAlnca, See M 1505
1505 UK. BBC l ondon unvewsoutnasl: Sports Roundup. seeS

0135

UK, BBC LOI'IClon(eu): Variable reature. See S 1130

Mondays
1500
1500

1525

UK, BBC London (aspac): Eas! Asia Tod ay. See S 2310.
UK, BBCLondon (al ): Focus onAlrica, See M 1505
UK, BBC London (am/eu/scuih as):Spans Baundup. SeeS
0135

UK. BBCL6ndOrl (am/eu): Variable Feature. See S 1130.

UK, BBCLondon(south as);TheGreenfield couecucn See
M 1515
UK. BBCLondon (am): Pop Short, Alive-minute popular
muse program.
UK.BBCLondOrl (al): Outlook SeeM 1405.
UK, BBC t crecn (am): DisCOVf:ry. SeeT0230.
UK, BBC t cre cn leu):Variable Feature. SeeS 1130
UK, BBC London las pac): 0" 1M Shell. See M 0330

1515
1515
1515

UK,BBCLondon (amI: Var13blefeanse. See S 1130

UK, BBCLondon(eu): Concert Hall. SeeS 151 5
UK. BBCLondon (south asl: From Our Own CorrespOnl1e'll.

1530
1530
1530

UK, BBC london (al): OutlOOk. ~ M 1~C5

UK, BBC tonecn (am): Til! Ed Ste-...art Show See M 0530
UK. BBC London (south as]. Mendl3JlOn screen. See T
1401.
UK. BBC London (asp.1c): 0" the She" . SeeM 0330.
RadiONetherlands: Documentary. Hong KongGoesHome
(29th). See F2354
RadiOrlethertarlds: Documeotary. The Blrthlf19 Room(lsl).
SeeW 1254.
RadiONethertamls: Documentary. TheThirsty t ann (3
parler) (Blh,15th.22ndl . SeeA 2354

1545
1554
1554
1554

see S0330

1515
1530
1530
1530
1545
1545

UK. BBC t onoon(south as). AsSignment SeeH 0230.

UK. BBC t oocon (al): Outlook, SeeM 1405.
UK, BBCLondon(am): Megamix. See T 1615
UK, BBCLondon(eul: Network UK. SeeH 14] il
UK, BBC t endon (as pacj: 0" theSnell, See M 0330
UK, BBCtonoon (soulll asl: The Learning World. See S

1130

Fridays
1500

UK, BBCt onccn (all: MultItrack Alternative(MernatNe)

SeeF 1330.
UK, BBCLeodon (allamleufsoulh as): World News, See S
0000.
1500 UK, BBC London (aspac): East Mid Today, SeeS 2310.
1505 UK, BBCLondon (all: Focus on AfriCa. See M 1505.
150::i UK. BBC London (am:eu.'soulflas): Sports Rcundup. see
S0135.
1515 UK, BBC t onocn (am): Concert Hall. SeeS 1515
1515 UK, BBCl ondon (eu/soUlh as): VanableFeature. seeS
1500

1130
1530
1530

UI( BBCt enccn (al): OUllook. See M 1405

UK, BBC London (eu) Music RtVlew. See S0J30
1~::i
UK. BBC t onoon (aspact: on tile Shell. SeeM 0330_
1545 UK. BBC London (SOUlh as)' Seeing Stars (1) See S
1>130
1545 UK. BBC London (SOulh as): Short Story. seeS0430_

Saturdays
1500
1505

UK. SBC London lall streams): World News. See S0000

UK BBC London(all streams): Sportsworld. See A 1405.

,-

Thursdavs
1500
1500
1500
1505
1505
1515
1515

UK. BBC t oncon (al): Mulltlrack x-eress (AlternJlive), See

W 1615
UK, BBC Lancon ( allamle lll~outh as): World news. See S
0000
UK, BBC Lancon (aspac]: East Asia Today.See S2310
UK, BBCLOndon (al): Focus on Africa. See M 1505.
UK, B8C London (amlculsouth as): Sports Roundup. See S
0135.
UK, BIlC London (am):The FarmingWorld. See M Ot45.
UK. B8C tonoon(eu): Jan Now and Then. See S 1230.

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1600-1700
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1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1630
1600-1700

Canada. CFR Xtoronto

Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hahtax
Canada.CKZN St John's
canada. CKZU Vanc ouver
Canada. R Canada Inll
China. coma garnc Int!
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Elhiopia. RadiO
t rance. Radio France lmr

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1600-1 700

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1600-1 700
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USA.KlBN Sal! l k City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
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USA. Voice 01America

1600-1700
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USA.WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI t~oblesVllle IN
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays

1600 UK.BBC t oncon (all streams]: World News. SeeS OO.

1615

UK.BBCl ondon (aI'am):Vanable CorntdyJQuiZ Feature.

See S 0130.
1615 UK. BBC tonocn (aspacI: In Praee 01God. See S0230.
1615 UK, BBC l ondon (eu): GlobalConcerns. Updateon
environmerllal issues.
1615 UK, BBCl ondon (SOtJth as): lett erIromAmerica. See S
0030.
1630 UK. BBC l ondon (eu): 8BCEnglish, ~e S 1530.
1630 UK. BBCl ondon {southas): VariableFeature. See S 1130
1645 UK. BBC Lunden (al): VariableFeature. Sell S 1130.
1645 UK, BBCl ondon (am/eu): Britain Today. seeS 0045.
1645 UK, BBC london (aspac): Seeing StMS (1). See S 0430.
1645 UK, BBC london(aspac): ShortSiory, SeeS 0430.
1645 UK, BBC London[south as):Variable Feature.See S 1130.

Mondays
1600
1615
1615
1615

UK, BBCl ondon(all streams): WorldNe.... s. SeeS OO.

UK, BBCl ondon (al): Fast Track. The latest Al rican sports
news and acncn.
UK. BBCl ondon (am): Meridian. See S0630.
UK.BBClondon(aspac): Multrtrack Hit-l ist. TheUKTop

1615
1630
1645

S 0015

Wednesdays
1600
1615

1615
1615
1615
1615
1630
1645
1645

UK. BBC london(eu): BBC EngliSh. Set S 1530.

UK.BBC l ondon(al): TheWorld Today. See rJt 1615.
UK. BBC l ondon(amlas parJeu): Britain Today. SeeS 00-15.
UK. BBC london (south as): TheWorld Today. SeeM 1615.

~~tu~,~l~london
(all streams): WorldNews. See S OO.
1615 UK. BBC london (all st-earns): Sportsworld. SeeA 1405.

tatest sounds on theAl ro muSiC scene.

UK.BBCl ondon (eu): tre World Today. Examines

thoroughly a10pical aspect 01theinternalt:lfIal scene.
1615 UK. BBC l ondon (souttlas): Omnibus. See M 1130.
1630 UK. BBCl ondon(eu): BBC English. SeeS 1530.
1645 UK. BBC l ondon (al): The World Today. See M 1615.
1645 UK,BBCl ondon (amlas parJeuisouth as): Britain Today.
S 0045.

1615

1615

see

Tuesdays

1600 UK. aBCl ondon (all streams): World News. See S oo

1615 UK. BBC l ondon(al): MoneyFocus. Alrican busoess

macazme
1615 UK, BBClondon(am): MeridianOnScreen. See T 1401.
161 5 UK. BBCl ondon (as pac snuth as): Megamix. Ayouth
magazine sedes which covers newtrends, entertainment.
sport and other issues.

MONITORING TIMES

UK. BBCt endon (all streams): World News. See S OO.

UK. BBC Lencon(al): ranseout Alrlca. Telephone
conversations with BBCcorrespondents on Iale-breaking
Alrican events.
UK. BBC l ondon(am): Meridian. See S 0630.
UK, BBC l ondon(as pac): Multitrack x-sress. New pop
records. interviews, news and competitions.
UK, BaC l ondon [ eu): TheWorldToday. SeeM 1615.
UK. BBCl ondon {south as): Discovery. See T 0230.
UK, BBCl ondon (eu): BBCEnglish. See S 1530.
UK, BBCl ondon (al): TheWorld Today. See M 1615.
UK, BBC l ondon[am/as pac/eUfsouthas): Britain Today. See
S0045.

1630
1645
1645
1645

~~U~~~rlondon
(all streams): World News. seeS OO.
1615 UK. BBClondon (al}: JiveZone,Get in the groove withall me

2Q.

58

see

UK.BBCl ondon(eUfal): TheWorld Today.

M 1615.
UK. BBC l ondon(eu): BBC EnOliSh. See S 1530.
UK. BBClo ndon(amfas parJeuisomh as): Bnlain Toda'f. See

January ' 997

UK. BBCl ondon (amlaspac): SpottsInternatiOnal. SeeH

0630.
1615 UK.BBC l ondon (eu): The WorldToday. SellM 1615
1615 UK. BBC Ionocn (south as): Nelworlt UK. See H 1430.
1630 UK. BBC lo odon (eu): World susoess Report See M1205.
1645 UK, BBClondon (al): The World Today. See M 1615.
1645 UK, BBC l ondon (amfaspacleUfsoLith as): Britain Today. See
S 0045.

Fridays

1600 UK. BBC t cnucn (all streams): World News, See S OO.
1615 UK. BBC l ondon (al): AlricanPerspective. See S 0631.
1615 UK, BBCt cnecn (am): Mefidian See S 0630.
1615 UK.BBCl ondon (as pac): Multitrack Alternalive. See F1330.
1615 UK, BBC lo ndon (eu): TheWorld Today, See M 1615.
1615 UK, BBC london {south as): Science in Action. SeeS 0530.

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1700-1800

1800 UTC

Australia. Radio

17001800,1
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17001800
17001800
17001800
17001800
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17001800
17001800
1700-1800as
1700-1800
1700-1727
1700-1800
1700-1800
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Australia, VlB AAlice Spg

Australia. VlBKKa therine
Australia,VLBT TentCrk
Canada,
NQuebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada.CFRX t oronto
Canada.CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNXHalifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada,CKZU Van couver
China,China Rad io Inti
Cos ta Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica.RFPeace Inti
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
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FREQUENCIES
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UK. BBCLondon (aflamtas paceu]: World News. SeeS 0000.

UK, BBC London (a'.lamteuj: Going Solo. Mark Lowther
presents demonstrates howmusical instruments are
sometimes fea tured alone.
2310 UK, BBC lo ndon (aspac): East Asia Today. NeVIS, analysis,
press reviews and repOI1Sfrom BBC correspondents.
2315 UK, BBC l ondon (am/eu): The LearningWorld. See S 1130.
2330 UK. BBCLondon (am): In Prarse of God. SeeS 0230.
2330 UK.BBC l ondon (as pac]: NewIdeas. Window on the world
of technology, mnovaucn and new products.
2350 UK. BBC London (as pac): Wrife On. See S0350

Mondays
UK,BBC London (aflam/as pac/eu j: Wond News. See S 0000.
UK, BBC London (affam/euj: Take Five. A short series ct
human mterest stones
UK,BBC London (as pac): East Asia Today. See S 2310.
UK, BBC lo ndon(am/eu) : Record News. See S0445.
UK, BBC London (am): Multilrack Hit-list. See M 1615
UK, BBC london(as pacj: The World Today. See M 1615,
UK, BBC l ondon (as pacj: Variable Feature. See S 1130.

Tuesdavs
UK. BBC l ondon (at/2m/as pac/eu): WorldNews. See S 0000.
UK, BBC l ondon (at/am): vccebcx. Experts and ordinary
peopletake a light-hearted lookat the EngliSh language.
2310 UK, BBC London (aspac): East Asia Today. See S2310.
231 0 UK. BBC London (eu):vcicebcx. See T 2310.
2315 UK. BBCLondon (am/eu): Variable Feature. See S 1130.
2330 UK, BBC London (am): Meoamix.See T 1615.
2330 UK.BBC London (as pac): The wonu Today, See M 1615.
2345 UK, BIlC london(aspac]: Development '97. See S0615.
2300
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0000.
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UK. BBC london (am/eu}: Variable Feature. See S 11 3().
UK. BBClondon(am): The Ed Stewart Show. See M 0530
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UK, BBCLondon (as pac): The FarmingWorld, See M 0145.

Fridays
2300
2310
231 5

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0000.
UK. BBClondon(af/am/as pac/eu): Spotlight. See S0005.
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0005
2325 UK, BBCl ondon (am):Book ChOice_ See S 1525
2325 UK, BBCl ondon (asoac): GoingSolo.See S231 0
2330 UK, BBC london(am):Mullltrack Alternative. See F 1330.
2330 UK, BBC l ondon (aspac): The World Today. See M 1615
2345 UK, BBC London (aspac): Seeing Stars (1). See S 0430.
2345 UK, B8C London (as pac): Snort Story. See S ono
2354 RadiO rletherlands: Documentary. HongKong Goes Home
(31st). Marijkevan oerMeer is onlocation e~am in ing the
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rule
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2354 Radio Netherlands: Documentary The Birthing Room (3rd)
See W1254
2354 Radio aemeranos: Documentary,The Thirsty Earth (3paner) (I Olh.17th,24thl , SeeA 2354

Saturdays
2300
2300
2310
2330
2330

UK, BIlC l ondon (allam/eu) Playof meWeek (tmrn2230j.

See S0630.
UK, BBCl ondon (aspac): World News. See S0000
UK, BBCl ondon (aspac): FromOur (hvnccrrespcncent
SeeS 0330
UK. BBCLondon (am): Anything Goes. See S0530.
UK, BBC london(aspac): VariableFeature. See S 1130.

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Readers' Choice
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By Jacques d 'Avignon
Wel l, here you have it ! T he new forma t
for the propagat ion forecasts has now bee n
set. Thank y O Il to everyo ne that answered
the survey. \Ve found out that there really
are users of the forecasts "out there: ' and
we received enough input to determine the
form at that w ill fill the most needs. Thi s
mont h we w ill disc uss the c ha nges and
explain wh y they we re made.
As we have o nly one page per month
available for this service. the majority of
the answers to the survey indicated that we
should lI SC a tab ula r format. Thi s permi ts
us to "scru nch" o nto o ne page 30 circuits
compared to the 24 that we had before.
More importantly, residents otthc US Midwes t now have their own sets of forecasts
and do not have to ex trapolate between the
Eas t and West Coast graphs .
Please note that the forecasts now run
fro m mid-month to mid-m ont h, as shown
by the dates above the table. T his cha nge
has bee n prompted by rep ort s that th e
magazines are q uite oft en del ayed in the
mail. T he re will be some co mpla ints that
yo u w ill ha ve to ha ve two maga z ine s
o pened on yo ur desk for two wee ks of the
mo nth. DOIl ' t wo rry. when the new issue
co mes o ut. go ahead and lise it: the discrepanc ies bet wee n the two sets of forecasts will he minimal.
At the req uest of the maj or ity. we are
now using the O\VF (Optimum Working
Frequ ency ). instead of the MUF (Maximum Usable Freq uenc y) that was shown
o n the grap hs as the high est curve . At the
OWF. plus o r min us. the chances are 90 %
of rec eiving a sig nal if the sig na l is there !
As it is safe to assume recipro ci ty most
of the time. the circuits are now labell ed
"To/F ro m." \Ve know that these forecasts
have been used. with succ ess. hy oversea s
listeners to listen to North Am erica broadcas ts.
In the Octobe r 1996 issue of Ml. I have
ex plained the rea son why the O\VF can be
"0" at certain tim es. \Vc have highlighte d

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wide area hounded by Sr i Lanka. Cen tra l
China. Viet nam . and Singapor e . The " Far
Eas t" region co mprises the broadcasters in
the Western Pac ific. Japan, and the Philip pmes.
Good DX, and " heads up"-the suns pot
num bers are go ing up.

January 1997

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63

BEGINNER.S CORNER
SKIP AREY, N2EI

UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TOMONITORING

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Finding Time

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or us. perhaps newcomers

esp eci al ly. wi sh for mo re time ( 0 play

rad io . Rad io mo nitoring is on e of th e
fe w hobbies that c an be pra cti ced in so me
form at an y tim e o f the day or n ig ht. Bu t st ill.
we han ' to sa nd wic h our mo nitoring in betwee n the res t of o ur live s-c-wo rk. sc hoo l,
fa m ily oh liga tion s. (e ven o the r hob bies ). U nle ss yo u' ve fo und tluu luc ky lo ttery ticke t o r
yo ur rich Aun t Hephzibah le ft yo u her for tu ne. it is unl ikel y you ca n lead a life to tall y
devoted [u tile rad io hob by.
As y O li read throu gh the var io us dub pub lications you Illay marvel at the logging...
listed hy so me fo lks who app ear 10 han :
figured n UL ho w to ge t throug h life \,... itho ut
slee p. Ru nn in g u p tho se log gi ng tota ls do es
no t require an y ma g ic rea lly . It ca n e ven be
do ne by some body who has a life.. T he rea l
key is figu ring ou t ho w to get the bcxt m ilcagc
out o f yo ur rad io mo nitoring opport unit ies a"
they presen t themse lves whi le yo u go ab o ut
the business o fg etting th ro ugh the day' s tas ks.
First yo u need to la ke a look at yo ur life
wit h an eye fo r those time s th.u yo u can
de vo te an c ar o r tw o 10 rad io monitorin g. T he
standard image of a ho bb yist Icnd-, to he
so meo ne who sits d own to have a few ho urs'
fun in the e ven ing aft er work is don e and the
kids have go ne to bed . BUI we all know th e
"s tandard" world is an ill usio n. To usc myse lf
a... an ex am ple. those arc the hou r" I si r do wn
10 do my writing abou t rad io. W hile I ma y
have <I rece ive r or two playing in the bac kg ro und as I pull these co lum ns together. I
have 10 find ot her times of the da y 10 gel my
se rious listen ing in .
Man y fol ks live in a wider wor ld of ta sks
and distrac tion s. For ex am ple. wh at if you
work secon d shift 'Z 'Thoxe "t radit io na l" hobby
hours wo uld n' t work I<Jryo u. Sou brie fgl ance
at ho w yo ur dail y tasks and ac tivities pl ay ou t
is import ant for yo u to begi n to ge t the most
ou t of the rad io hobb y.

Work aroun d th e "biggies"

Life is norma lly blo cked around maj o r
o bligatio ns such a s work or sc hoo l. Alo ng
with the se arc a sho rt "tring of more -or- less
reg ular time oc cupie rs, such as meal s and
slee p. T he il comes that gro up of mov able but
necessary act ivit ies. suc h as sho pping an d

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qual ity lime with the fam ily. Yeah . I know th is is a

sim pl ifica tio n. hut I place
it before yo u to give you a ll
ide a of the kind of things
yo u need to loo k at to fin d
time [0 pla y rad io.
No w, those bi g tasks
can' t usu ally be mo ved . I
do n't think yo ur bo... s is
go ing to givc yo u a few
hours off in the middle of
the wo rk sc hed ule each da y
[ 0 try un d ca tch Rad io
Frcedoni a . So these arc the
thi ngs you ju st have to
wor k aro und .

Flex a litt le and plan

ahead
Meal s an d slee p call be
somewhat adjustable. e spcc iully i f yo u arc sing le.
But. if yo u arc part o f a family. any adj ustmcnt s yo u mak e in thi s area wi ll o bv iously
req ui re negot iatio n. Fa mi ly me al limes lend
In be sac ros anct ill man y ho useholds. A clas sic pro blem I encounter o n a reg ular basis is
en co untering great pira te rad io ac tivity e very
Su nday eve ni ng j ust as we sit dow n to supper.
A stro ng dcvirc to ke ep heart h a nd hom e o n an
e ven kcc t mc.ms I ha ve to acce pt whalevc r my
ta pe recorde r hears during suc h meal s.
Slee p call usually be adju sted a bit. An
ho ur here o r there ca n be stolen. w a king an
ho ur or two ea rlier fro m time to time to ca tch
the hand op ening toward Asi a is fa irly co mmo n practice among amat eur radi o o pera tors .
S hor twave listen er s ca ll find the sa me succ c -,s
w ith this techniq ue . Med ium wa ve listen ers
ca n track the sig n-e ns of statio ns as they co me
o n the air or as [hey ra ise power at each
statio n 's loca l sunr ise .
Med ium wa ve liste ne rs can also take adva ntage ofa rad io practice ca lled Pre -Sunrise
Autho rity. T he key w ith sunrise listenin g is
find ing sta tions that ta ke adv antage o f the
FC C 's pol icy o f g ra nting pre-sunr ise o peration at lo we r po wers unt il they can switc h to
full powe r at the tim e ap po inted by the FCC.
Loca l sunr ise is determi ned. for bureaucratic
purpos es. o n the 15th of each mont h. Re -

gio na l and clea r c hanne l frequ e nc ies arc the

places to wa tch for sla tio n sig n-o n sig nal s.
Th ere a rc a few pra ctica l tips 10 early
morni ng moni toring: Ha w yo ur liste ning po st
a ll sci up and ready the nigh t be fore . Get up
e arly enoug h to "wa ke up.' Ta ke a sho we r o r
gel a co uple of c ups of co ffee into yo ur syste m
:-'0 that yo u a re ale rt 10 what yo u mi ght hear. If
yo u have a tape recor der ha ve it running
throu g ho ut the se ssion. because thin gs wi ll
happen qui ck ly and yo u wo n' t want to m iss
a nything .
On the o ther end of the day. occ asionally
... Iaying lip an ho ur late r can g ive you many
g reat moni tor ing o ppo rtunities . Thi s is espe c ia lly tru e in the med ium and short wave bands
whe re skywave pro pagat io n is substantia lly
im pro ved whe n yo u and the stat io ns yo u are
seeki ng share darkness. Rather than find ing
yo urse lf ra iling asleep at yo ur de sk at wor k.
plan yo ur e xtended hue nigh t liste nin g sesvions on tho se eve ning s whe n the ne xt day is
an o ff day or ho liday. T he il yo u ca n sleep in
the next mo rn ing .
Now let ' s d isc uss those movab le act ivities. suc h as sho pping. Th e obvio us solu tion
wo uld be to do just ther-e-m o ve them away
from tho se tim es whe n yo u might best e njo y
the rad io mo nitorin g hobby . In o rder 10 reap

the best rewards from such life-changing steps,

a bit of homework is necessary o n your part ,
Use a resource suchas Passp ort to wortdband
Radio or the World Radio TV Hand/m oh o get
to know "wh ais on when:' What' s the point
of snea king out o f the PTA mccring an hour
carly on a Tuesday if Rad io Frccdonia only
broadcasts on w edn esdays? Gettin g to know
your way around the bands will help you plan
your fora ys into successful radio mo nitoring ,
Another subject you will need to wrestle
with is propagatio n. Even if you clear your
calendar to hear a pa rticul ar station at a particular time. things arc only like ly to work out
if atmospheric conditions favor the path between you and the stat ion. This means you
will want to study Jacq ues dAv ignons
" PropagationConditions" column closcly each
mont h. No sense in canceling o ut on that visit
to Aunt Hephzibah if conditio ns aren ' t in your
favor . You reall y wa nt to stay on her good side
so you' ll have more free lime in the future.
right'!

Time for scanning, too

Armed with a notion of when you can fle x
the time in your life, a good station schedule
and a quick study of propaga tion should get
you filling up that log hook in no time. But
what about folks who co ncentrate on scann ing the VH F/UHF frequ enci es '! Are they
Icft out o ft he picture? Aftcr all, most frequencics within scanning range can be heard all the
time.
Well. there arc a few thing s thai sca nnists
should plan their life around. For ex ample. I
would assume that it is probably safe to say
that your local police frequenc ies might be a
bit more active on a Sa turday night than on a
Wednesday afternoon . See the point? You
will need to figure out when to listen to get the
most enjoy ment from local scanning traffic.
A neat feature o f some modern scanners is
their abil ity to be co nnected to a computer.
Systems such as this can utilize any one of
sever al software pac kages that allow the
scan nist 10 con duct frequency activity studies. Often you can come up with a gra phic
represe ntation of when certain frequencies
arc most and least active. T his C;;1I1 serve to
direct you to the frequencie s you should frequent when you arc free to enjoy monitoring
in the co urse of your otherw ise busy schedule,
That notion of getting up an hour or so
early can also apply to VHF/ UHF scannists.
Early mornings, espec ially in the summer
month s, can prod uce some unique long dislance signal reception . As the coo l air of the
eve ning is warmed hy the sun, d ucting can
occur thai allows signals from great distances

to sometimes come in over local signals.

Change your base of operations

The above notions are a great way to begin
to increase your monitoring opportunities in
the hectic wo rld we all live in, but there is
more. Modern radio receivers benefit fro m
small size, light we ight, and a high degree of
portability. Th is means that even more consideration ca n be given to linding lime to
moni tor, Okay, let' s say the spouse has requested attentio n hi: givenover to a few chores
on a Saturday morning. What' s to stop you
from strapping a portable sca nner o n your belt
while you perform the expected tasks'! Similarly, a small portable shortwa ve recei ver can
also be carried along as you work aro und the
house,
If yOll beco me hooked on more than on
aspect o f the rad io monitori ng hobb y, you
may even want to save your pen nics and look
into purchasing one o f the new port able DC to
Daylight receivers that are on the market.
These give you a lot o f bandw idth in a small
enough package that you ca n take it alon g
wherever yo u go and enjoy med ium wave.
shortwave, and VI IF/UHF monitoring all with
one box .
Port able equipment, regardless if it is single
purpo se or DC to Day light , might j ust give
you a w.IYto get aro und that traditional barrier
of wo rk. Most job s have opportunities for
break s and meals. You can alway s pack your
recei ver with your lunch and do a bit o f
listen ing at such times. Who knows? You
may even turn a co worke r or two on to the
greatest hob by in the wurld. Again, you will
need to co nsult freq uency and propa gation
resources to see wha t's best to mon itor duri ng
you r lunch break , but the rewards will be
worth it.
If you co mmute ro und from work and have
trave l tim e to devote to the radio hobby, I only
have one thing to say to you : Why aren' t you

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Kevin

Tuning into Radios Sub-Basement

ast month we explored some of the

fantastic sounds of nature that ca n be
heard bel ow I() kHz inclu din g Wh is-

tlers. Sfcrics. Twccks and the Dawn Chorus.

To kick off 1997. let' s loo k inti> ava ilable
resources for "gelling on the air" and learn ing
more abo ut thi s intrigu ing band.

Information Please...
Na tura l Radi o is still a fa irly well ke pt

secret.

b UI

things arc improving. For some

lime . nil' Lowdown, journa l o f the Lo ngwa vc

C lub of A merica (LWCA) has had regu lar

coverage of natural radio topics. In fact. back

issues of the Lowdown could fonu the basis of
a natural radio anthology . You can reach the
LWeA <It ~5 Wildflower Road. Levittown . PA
19057. orchcck out thei r web site listed bel ow .
Fo r nitt y gritty co nstruction info rma tion
(ELF throu gh M F) it' s tough 10 bea t KL' 1l
Co rnel l' s Lo ll' and Medium F requ C'l ICY Radio
Sc rapbook ; no w in its 1Gth edi tion. Fo r o rdering info rmatio n w rite the author at 225 Baltimore Ave.. Point Pleasant Beach. NJ 08742 .
Th e Internet is another excellent source o f
information . Almo st week ly there see m 10 be
ne w sites related to VLF natural radio . Listed
belo w arc three of my favorites. T hL'SC contain
link s to man )' other radio-related sites:

schematic. Thi s wo uld be a very log ical way to

ge t started and is ed ucat ional. too.
If bui ldin g is not your bag. or yo u j us t want
to get started with minimal fuss. there arc at
lea st two firm s manu fact urin g read y-to- use
natural radio receivers. O ne is LF Eng inee ring
Co .. 17 Jeffry Road. East Haven . CT 0651 2.
Ask for their free catalog . It co nta ins a wea lth
of information on VLF rec eivi ng product s and
a well writt en tutorial o n natura l radi o.
A nothe r compa ny mak ing nat ural rad io re ce ivers is S. P. McGr ee vy Produ ctio ns. 45 Elda
Drive. San Rafael. C A 949 03-372 3. In add itio n
to a se lection o f handh eld recei vers. S.P.M.
Productions also ca rrie s a cassette recordin g o f
natur al radio so unds .
If you 'd like a mo re extensi ve sampling o f

Na tural VlF Rad io Homepa ge:

http:// www.netcom.com/ - spmcgrvy/ index.html
Na tural Rod io Sound Files:
http:// wwwpw.physics.uiowa .ed u/ mcgreevy/
longw ave Club of America IlW CA):
http:/ / users.aol.com/ lwca news/ index.html

banccs. and more.

Two pop ular units f or Natural Radio
monitoring . Th e S.I'. McGreel'Y
Produ ction s handh eld un it (Left) , and tile
Lo w Frequ ency Engineering un it with treetapping probes ami belt loop at right. See
tile tex t for address in/o rmation.

Gelling on the Air

Fortunate ly. there arc man y receivin g o p
tio ns avai lable to the natural rad io enthu siast. If
yo u' re a homebrewer. the re is a complete schc ma tic o f :'1 whist ler receiver avai lab le on the
Na tura l VLF Rad in Hom cpagc me ntion ed
above . This set can be built co mpletely with
off-the-she lf part s from Radi o Shad .
Stephen McG reevy. who main tains the VLF
Natural Radi o hom epage . has g ranted pennission for free di sse mination o f h is ho rncpagc' s
informatio n for non-c ommerc ial lise . Therefore. if you don 't have acce ss to the Web. send
me an SASE and I will ma il yOU:'1 co py of the

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Si nce 1990 thi s NASA spon soretl progrmn has

brought the mag ic of VLF radio 10 high school
classroo ms and experimen ters all uver thc co untry. It started o ut as an ex periment to mo nitor
sc hed uled tran sm ission s fro m a shuttle- based
VLF trunxmittcr. b ut the prog ram ' s focus ha,
expanded to incl ude stud ies of man made and
natu ral ly occurri ng VLF signals such as whis tiers. tweeks, and chorus .
To sec how you can get invo lved. surf to
the ir hom epage at: hu p:!!\vww.gsfc.nasa.go v!
ed ucation/ ins pire/ inspire .html or write the IN
S PIRE pro gra m at the foll owing add ress: Bill
Pine. C haffey High Schoo l. 1245 N. Euclid
Avenue. O ntario. C A 9 1762 .
If yo u hap pen to be ncar the Wash ington .
DC area. an INSI)IRE workshop is be ing held
on Sa turday. February 8 at Gallaude t Un iversity. Th ere is no cost to attend. but you must
reg iste r promptly. as time is growing sho rt. To
sign up. se nd your name. address. telepho ne
and Email address (if ava ilab le) to Bill Taylo r.
IN S PIRE Wor kshop. 5 I 8 Sixt h SI.. SE. W ashington . DC 2000.l
Th ere you have it. a b rief introduction to
so me of the tool s and reference s ava ilable for
explor ing nature ' s rad io spec tru m. I' d like to
hear fro m yo u abo ut yo ur interest in natura l
rad io. Wo uld yOll like to sec mor e co verage of
thi s topic '? l f thcrc is e noug h interest. w e could
explore top ics s uch as whistler history. lightning: detec tio n. Sud de n Ion ospheric Dis tur-

natural radio so und s. :'1 new C D se t has bee n

rele ased with Stephen P. Mcflrec vy ' x reco rd ings entitled Eiectric-Enigmu. It includes two
booklets-c-one ex pla ining the so und tracks and
another that pro vides a ge neral introdu ction to
natura l radio . Thi s set is avai lable from Th ese
Records. 112 Brook Drive. London S E I I 4T Q.
. UK. You can chec k out thei r we b site at: http:!

!www.ihl11pcug.en.ukl- ird ial!\lf.htm.

Get INSPIREd
INSPIRE is sho rt for " Interac tive NASA
Space Physics Ionosphere Rad io Experime nts."

As I mentioned last month. He/on' SUO kt t:

wi ll never lose its focu s o n the traditio nal
as pect s o f lon g wa ve moni toring. but :.IS the
ba nd changes its make up. it pro vides us with an
exc iting o pportunity to ex plore new terr ito ries
and see how rad io fits into o ur wo rld. I ho pe (0
hear from yo u soo n.

End Notes
Did :'Ioyo ne copy the Octo ber 23rd tran sm ission o fSAQ (G rimc ron. Swede n) o n 17.2 kllz?
T his statio n wa s to make a h istoric C W transmissi o n on th is date using an o ld t ime
Alexu ndc rso n Alte rnator. Unfo rtunately . I was
[rav e ling d uring this time and was unabl e to
mo nitor. but I' ll bet so meo ne o ut there caught
this rare sig nal. For more informa tion on SAQ.
c he c k Ih eir web si te at : hUp :!!

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The Stations within the Stations

many sig na ls docs your favorit e

station bro adca st '! II sounds like a
dumb que stion. doesn' t it? Of course,
o ne statio n can onl y broadcast one signal at a
time . But wail a minute! Wha t about stereo? If
you 're heari ng d ifferent aud io fro m the left and
righ t speakers. they must be tran smitting at
least 1\\'0 signals.
Wou ld you believe you r favorite FM station
may ac tual ly be broad ca st ing as many as six
d ifferent signals at the S'lI11C time .

another narrowband subca rric r. Th is o ne is a

rel atively new development called the rad io
broadcast d ata service or RBDS . As the nam e
imp lies , it allows the f'M sta tion 10 tran smit
digital dat a alo ng with the aud io. Here in the
US A. RBOS serves prim aril y to help ide ntify
thc station: it will also take an imp ort ant role in
the new EAS e merge ncy broadcast sys tem.
Finall y, abo ve th e RBDS . is a no the r
s ubcnrricr. Thi s onc is ce ntered at 67 kHz and

Or iginally, the SAP was intended to provid e a way for TV statio ns to broadc ast in two
langu age s at on ce . For examp le, Japanese station s currying a new>; rep ort o f a speec h by an
Am eri can leader will o ften carry the speech
itself- in Engli sh --on the S AP. Here in the
US A, a number o f other uses have been devel o ped. Many pu bli c broad ca st se rvice ( PBS)
stations use SAP fo r so mething ca lled descrip tive vide o serv ices. or DVS . A narrator de scribes the action in a play or
;'1 11on the same frequency'! So how FIGURE 1
o ther cultura l event. T his allo ws
the blind , and tho se unable to
do they do it'! T he answer is
watch the ac tion for some other
subca rriers.
reason, to enjo y the progra m.
Many of you are already familPilot
iar wi th the concept of a carrier.
Other stations rebroadcast the loSi nce aud io signals cannot he e ffica l NOAA weat her radio. O ne
station in Loui svil le uses SA P to
ciently transm itted through the a ir
as-is. we usc those aud io signa ls 10
transmit p romoti o ns for its newscas ts to rad io stalions throughout
mod ify, o r " modulate ." a rad io
67KHz
15
38
57
signal: that radi o signal can he
ce ntral Kentucky.
e fficiently transmitted . Let ' s imagAbove the SA P. yo u' ll not ice
ine that. instead o f tra ns mitting This diagram shows the locations of the various FM subcarriers
o ne more subcurricr, titled " Pro."
Ihat " mo d ula ted" ra dio s ig na l within the transmitted FM signal.
Th is sta nds fo r " Professio na l
through the ai r, we used it to moduC hannel. " and this subc arrier is
is commonly known as sub.. idiury carr ier serintended for internal usc hy the T V statio n.
lute anot her . higher -freq uency. radio sig nal.
vice (SCS), forme rly know n us SCA o r s ubsid Yes. this is po ssi ble , und it' s wha t we call a
Mo st TV .. 'VOI1 't receive this one . The vast
iary carrier authority . T he SCS subc arrier is
subc arricr. A nd ju st as it's possi ble for severa l
majority of statio ns that lise thi s subcarrier use
us uall y used to broadcast backgro und music to
d ifferent mo d ula ted radio sig nal s to share the
it to c ue reporters in the fie ld, althoug h a few
retail stores. Public radio statio ns oft en use
radio spectrum. it' s possible for seve ra l di ffera lso usc it to return telemetry data o n the
their SCSs to transmit rend ing services for the
operation of thei r tran sm itter .
en t s ubca rricrs to share the sa me main rad io
blind . And , a few FM broadcasters usc SCS to
sig na l.
Unfortunately. AM broadcasters are "out of
the loop" w hen it com es to s ubca rrie rs. You
Tak e a look at figu re I. Thi s shows mo st of c ue live rem otes . to tran smi t data on stoc k or
agricu ltur al price s, o r for paging. It isn "t shown
the po ssible subcarricrs o n an FM broadcas t
don 't ge t so mething for no th ing: add ing one or
on the c hart. but a seco nd SCS suhcarrier is also
sig nal. Th e sig nal at the left. labeled "L+R: '
more subc arr icrs to a FM o r TV sig nal makes
av ailable. centered at 9 2 kHz. It' s used for the
occ upies the area from 0 to 15 kHz on the main
that signal wide r. The FM and TV channel s are
rM signal. Thi s is. in fact. the reg ular mono same purpo ses as the o ne at 6 7 kHz .
wide enough to all ow thi s. BUI at AM . stations
Televi sio n ha s its own set o f subcarriers.
arc jam med right against each oth er. A nyt hing
aud io we listen to every da Y-.1 50/50 mix of
(see figure 2) Th e L+R , L-R . and pilot signals
the len and right channel s. Nex t. at 19 kHz we
that would mak e a station's signal wider would
arc there . just as they are for FM. I d idn "t forget
find the " pilo t." This is an unm odulated "d ead
to draw the line for the pilo t-s-the pilot frecarrier:' used as a reference signa l fo r the other
quency is 15.75 kl-lz. so close to the top of the
subcnrricr circuits. Above this is the " L-R"
AM CALL CHANGES
mono aud io that you can' t see the d ifference
signal. stretching from 23 to 53 kH z and ce nThe AM stationsbelow have been granted call changes:
(and so clo se that sophis ticated ti llers are retered at JX kll z, Th e L-R signal is a mix of the
qui red at the TV tra nsmi tter to avoid interferleft channel audio, and th e inverte d right chanOld call
Newcall
l ocallon
WYfXl040
WJNAl040
enccl.
BoyntonBeach, fl
nel audio (just as if yo u'd swapped the leads to
WIRA-1400
WYFX1400
Fort Pierce. fl
In TV . as in FM ,thc L-R sig n,,1is carried at
yo ur right spea ker). T his sig nal is co mb ined
WACCB30
WXTO-B30
Hialeah. Fl
twic
e
the
pi
lot
freq
ue
ncy
in
this
case,
3
1.5
wi th the reg ular mono L+R signa l in a spec ial
WGNE590
WOIZ590
Panama City.Fl
kHI.. T here is no RBDS for TV -it's much
c ircuit cal led a " ma trix." T he ou tput of thi s
WMIY-BBO
WlVMBBO
Fairview. NC
WJlK1310
WAOB1310
Asbury Park. NJ
faste r. and more effi cient, 10 tran smit data as
ma trix is the orig inal left and right c hannel
KKOO1400
KSHp1400
l as Vegas, NV
part o r the picture . Wh ere you sec the SCS for
aud io. Xow. yo u know ho w stere o FM work s !
WOSY l 0BO
WPGRl0BO
Pittsbu rgh , PA
F~'1 . in TVy ou see some thing culled the second
But a.. the diag ram sho ws. there ' s more .
WVKVIOBO
WOKUl0BO
Hurricane, WV
audio program or SA P.
Above the I.-R signal ut 57 k llz. we find
new-1000
WAIUl 000
Hackettstown, NJ
OW

F ~'I

FM Radio Subcarriers
RBDS

68

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FIGURE 2

15.75

TV Sound Subcarr iers

31.5

62.94

102.27KHz

TV subcarriers are similar to, but slightly different fro m, those used/or P.\I.
a lso cause inte rference to its ne ighb or s. There
is one minor exception. A vcry few A ~ 1 statio ns have add ed a subcarric r at a very low
audio freq uency- abo ut ~ O Hz-c-uscd by electrical utilities to tum off unnecessary heavy

loads like water heaters during: periods of peak

demand.

I ECPA note
Now tha t l' ve tem pted you with news about
the signals within the signals. it"s time for the
rca litychec k... Of course . it' s perfe ctly lcgul to
listen to the pilot. L+ R. L- R. md SA P signals -c-they' rc broadca st for the lise of the general public. SC S and Pro. however. are co nsidered " protec ted communications" und er the

Elect ro nic Co mm unicutio us Privac y Ac t

(EC PA ). Yo u aren ' t allowed to eave sd rop on
these signa ls witho ut the perm ission of the
statio n tran sm itting them . Of'cou rsc . the ECPA
doesn't apply out side the United Stat es. O ur
overseas reade rs will lin d equipmen t for monirori ng SCS and Pro ad verti sed in Stock E rchange in the back of this magaz ine from time
to time . Ram sey Elec tron ics (the ir kits arc
ava ilable by spec ial o rd er at Rad io Shack or see
their ad in Mn also sell s an SCS decoder.

I Bits and Pieces

Severa l people ha ve asked to see cull-le tter
chan ges in th is co lumn. I ha ven 't had access to
that info rmation in the past. (If you've see n

ca ll-letter ch ang es in ot her publications. it's

because they had access to co mmercial broadcas t-ru les services. at fees on the order of
S I.OOOlyear!) That information i, now avail ah le o n lhe FCC s Internet site, and I'll print it
here as lon g as there ' s intere st. Please keep in
mind that callletters can cha nge very qui ckly:
by the time the po stal service de livers yo ur
copy o f MT. this information Illay already be
o bso lete.
As long as I' m mentioning the FCC and the
Internet, le t me rem ind those
yo u who are
conn ec ted to the 'N et to check out thei r pages at
h ttp :// www.fe e.go\..It. s a great place to lea rn
so mething about the way our domest ic stations
arc reg ulated-and there ' s a lot of data of
specific interes t to D'Xcrx. too .
Another page y Oll might want to check o ut is
hltp:/Imem bers.aol.eo mljcIT56 0. Jeff Mil ler ' s
page s contain a wealt h of information for those
interested in the history of broadcasting in the
United Sta tes. Yo u'll also lind a bit of shortwave inform ation there .
w hile yo u' re on the 'Net. dro p me a line at
72777.J I43@com p use rvc .com. O r, via the
good old U.S . Posta l Se rv ice , at Box 98,
Brassto wn NC 2S902-0098, Good DX !

or

I
DX TeST BULLETIN
I
These special broa dcasts provide a unique opportunityto hear a nd identify the following stations. If yau hear these broad casts, please report to the
ad dress provided.

Wed Jan 1 KsTN-1420 (217 1 Ralph Avenue. Stockton, CA 95206) will test al 5.000 wefts nand;recl;anaI 3:00 ' 8:00 am EST (08001300 UK).
Voice 10 's, Morse code, and disco music. During the test, listenerscon call the KSTN request line a t (209) 948-1420 and wish friends and acquaintances a Hoppy New Yecr. No collect cells, please. Send reports to: Mr, Paul Shinn - ChieFEngineer.
Sat Jan 4 - KXNo-1140 (Box 14805, las Vegas, NY 89118) will test 3:00 - 3:30 am EST (0800-0830 UTC). Tesl tones, voice ID's, Marse cede. and
a nnouncements. During the lest, KXNO will switchbetween 10,000 watts nondirectiona l and 2500 watts directional. Send reports to: Mr. Tracy
Teaga rden (W2ATRK) - Chiel Eng;neer.
Sun Jan 5, 12, 19, & 26 1997 - WWCN-770 (P.O. Box 9600, Estero, Fl 33928) will ies' ot 1,000 wefts directicncl 3:00 4:00 am EST(0800-0900
UTC ). Morse code 10' 5, test tones, & big bond music. Note: This test will be repeated every Sunday morning a t the some lime during the month of Jon,
Send reports to: Mr. "Joey C N- Progra m Director.
Man Jan 6 - CFGO-1 200 (1575 Carling Avenue, Onawa, ON Kl Z 7M3, Canada ) will test a' 50,000 wan, directioncl 3:00 - 4:00 am EST (08000900 UTe) . Morse code 10' 5, voice 10'5, a nd Top 40/ CHRmusic. Send reports 10 : Mr. More Germain - Chief Engineer.
Sal Jan 11 - KEZM-1310 (1 01 West Napoleon Sfreet, Sulphur, LA 70663) willies' 0150 wefts directioncl 1:00 - 1:30 am EST(0600-0630 UTe).
Morse code 10' s and test tones. Send reports to: Mr. Bruce L Merchant.
Sot Jon 11 KPQ-S60 {P.O . Box 159, Wena tchee, WA 98807; e-mail: kpq@kpq.com}will lest a t 5.ooowa tts nondirectionaI 3:00 - 4:00 am EST

(0800 -0900 UTC). Morse code 10 '5, voice 10'5, and test tones. Send reports to: Mr, Michael H. Gilbert IWB7EUEI , Chief Engineer. IArronged by J.D.
Stephens far the IRCACPC).

Man Jan 13, 1996 - WAKK-1140 (P_O. Box 1649, McCamb, M5 39648) will canducta rescheduled DXtest a' 1,000 wefts nondirecfioncl l :30 - 2:00
am EST (0630-0700 UTC). March music, test tones, voice 10'5, a nd Morse code 10's. Send reports to: Mr. Richard Wa tts - Chief Engineer,
Man Jan 13, 1996 - WAPF-980 (P.O. Box 1649, McCamb, Ms 39648) will canduct a repeal DXtest at 5,000 watts ncndirectioncl 2:00 - 2:30 am
EST10700-0730 UTC). March music, polkas, test tones, voice 10'5, and Morse code 10'5. Send reports to: Mr. Richa rd Watts - Chief Engineer.
These tests were a rranged by J.D. Stephens for the Internationa l Radio Club of America Courtesy Progra m Committee. {Send 32cent sla mp, or USS1 or
1 IRC il oversees, la P.O. Box 1831, Perris, CA 92572-1831 lar sample IRCA bulleti n.

Jan uary 1997

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69

O UTER LIMITS
THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED

George Zeller
George.Zeller@acclink.com

Its Europirate Season

Wolfi ~h , Toronto, Ontario)

Ala n Mosyga Project- 6955 a t 2015 . Although
they slole their name from veteran OXer Alan
DX er s inte rested in c landes tine and pirate
Ma ~yga , most of their shews ar e Alan Pa rsons
radio will wa nt to check nut the Free Radi o
Project rock music. Addr: Providence. (Howard E.
Press intern et site o n the Wo rld \ Vide W eb .
lyon, O z; Chris Lobdell. Stoneham, MA; Barry
Forme rly known as th e Rad io Resister s BulWilliams, Enterprise, AL; Wol fi~h ; Crawford;
letin. thi s site is jammed with informa tion
Axelrad; s ilvi; Frad ge)
Back to Back Ra dio- 6953 ot 2300. Hora ld
abo ut rad io and politics . Th e URL is h tt p ://
www.passage.net/- rnb ra unst to acce ss the points out tha t this new one spices its varied
music with "le ts of screaming and moaning."
mat eri a l. Check it out !
Addr: Belfcst. (Rich a nd Talea Jurrens, Katy, TX;
Fradge; Wolfish)
Big Johnson Radio- 6955 at 0245. Th i ~ rocker
What We Are Hearing
was not widely heard this month, but their signa l
Your pira te leggi ngs arc always we lcom e
got into Texos. Addr: Providence. [Jurrens]
Bullfrog Ra dio- 6950 a t 0000. Although this one
via PO Bo x 98, Bra ssto wn , NC 2890 2, o r via
ploys rock and roll, recent shows have included
the E-m ai l address at thc top of the co lumn. A
discussions of Wa co a nd Ruby Ridge. Addr:
hug e bu mpcr cro p of DX e rs rep orted 5 2 sho rtBelfast. (Randy Ruger, North Hollywood, CA;
wave pirates th is mo nth ! A ll frequ en cie s arc
Silvi: Jurrens: Wolfi~h ; Axelrod)
in kl-lz. with times in UT e.
Cell Block 13- 6952 at 0500 . The Ward en says
thai he hcs repaired his tro nsmitte r, so his recent
No rth Ame rican pirate statio ns listed here
inactivity is over. A recent show discussed a
lise the follo win g add resses: PO Bo x I. Bel fast.
prisoner who read about the station in this
NY 14711: PO Bo x 109. Blue Rid gc Sumrnu.
column! Addr: Stoneham. [Bosil Shelley, Blythe,
NAPRS Pulls the Plug
PA 1721 4 : PO Box 284 13. Pro viden ce. RI
CA; Mike Ryan , Bueno Park, CA; Jurrens)
Free Hope Experience- 6958 at 1930 . Major
02908: PO Bo x 146, Sto neham, MA 0 21 XO:
Dick Pistck of NA PRS has annou nced hi s
Spook announced that new QSl cords have been
PO
Bo
x
605
.
Hun
tsvill
e
,
Alaba
m
a
35804
:
PO
reti remen t before. but thi s time his fare well
printed, and tha t he's anxious to send them to
Bo x 1073. Sierra Madre . C A 9 1025: PO Bo x
listeners. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (pal Murphy,
sho w ncar Hall o wee n indi cated that he means
29 3. Mer lin, O nta rio NOP IWO; Po stfuc h
Chesopeoke, VA; Silvi; Will iams; Frodge)
it thi s time. Th e Nor t h Am e r ica n Pi rate
Friday Radio- 6955 ot 2230. Don'tlook for this
220342. D-42 37 3 W uppcrtal. Ge rmany ; ami
Re la y Sen ice has bee n the leading re lay
rocker on Monday, Tuescloy, Wednesday, or
10
Base
l,
Sw
itze
rland.
For
PO
Bo
x
5
10,40
tra nsmitter fo r doze ns of Eurn pirate signals
Thcrsdcy. Addr: Providence a nd Merlin. (Jerry
321t
sta
mps
in
return
po
sta
ge.
e
ncl
ose
th
ree
on this side o f the At lan tic. He also reg ularly
Cocnwoo h, Merlin, O nta rio; Wolfish; Siivi:
the e nvelope to USA add resse s. 5 2 US or two
Frad ge)
relayed dom estic pirates and produced so me
Internat
io
nal
Re
ply
Co
upon
s
go
to
foreign
He
Ma n Ra dio- 6957 at 0445. He Ma n '~ sexism
of his own pro grammi ng. Piste k becam e a
pa rodies in upper sideband, the "Ma n l i e ~t of All
maildrc ps.
major for ce in pirate radi o broadcasting, so he
Modes," ha ve sort of a cult following. Addr: Blue
ce rtainly will be missed.
Ridge Summit. (Jurrens; Williams; Axelrod)
6YCAT, Voice of the Cat- 13900 ot 1715. Mast
Jerry Rigged Ra dio- 6955 at 2300 . Recent
of the music on this stofion has a cot theme. Their
brccdccsts have included rock and roll from
Zaire Conflict
call motch es their on-a ir cla im of a Jama ica QTH.
Pirote Radio Central. Addr: Providence.
Add r: Belfast. [Cho rles Crawford, Henderson. KY;
(Crawford; Wolfish; Fradge; Axelrad )
C lande stine DXcrs who want to listen in to
lee Silvi, Mentor, O H; Harold Frodge, Midland,
KHJ- 6958 at 2045 . West Ccost OXers were
the c ivil wa r in Za ire ha ve so me target s to
MI; Shawn Axelrod, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Neil
treated to a recreation of this los Angeles
shout for. Radio Democracy. the
commercial stotion's format from three
Burundi clande stine. broadca sts its pro decades ago , including cds for
Hutu pro gram ming 0 11 704 0 k Hz at
No~je!>~e Ra;e .
Studebokers, "The CommonSense Cor."
Add, : None. IShelleyl
04 30 UTe. Il BCMS spec ulates tha t
[),,,, 6-,o-86 .
KCHZ- 6955 at 0200 . Basil hea rd the
the ir tra nsmitter is in Uv ira, Za ire .
Ti me: 00 ~'2 - cc c.o u.t c. .
Yukon Jack show with this new ca ll 10 ,
Wh ile not a clandes tine. BReMS
but Rich and Iolec heard him on the
"NPO, STRcNj 5CS,w..
repo rts that Vn ix du Zaire in Kinsha sa
Voice of the Abnormal. Addr: Sierra
Madre. (Shelley; Jurrens; Lobdell; Ryan )
has reactivated its sho rtwav e tran smit""""'Y' '921 l<H z.
KMCR 6955 at 02 30. T hi ~ stction is
Remcoo:
ter on 15244.5 kHz. They arc schedusuclly heard best on the West Coost, so
1'1M,! T1t~
uled in French at 05 00 and IX3 0 UTe.
Haro ld had an excellent OX log. Addr:
Meanwhile. Radio Kud irat Nigeri a ,
\ol\c"'- Reran.! 'b., 5'<
Blue Ridge Summit. (F rodge; Rya n)
Volcc of Democ ra cy continues its antiKOLD- 6958 at 0 145. Aldo Batista's
\.e,~ <V'''--Y.~ .
format is big ba nd music of the 1 940' ~.
Nige rian broadca sts at 1900 UTe 011
Keep /jllfJning 10 our broodco ,lings on
Add" Staneham.ISh elley; Ryan;
ShortWave and Medjvm Wave"
62 05 kHz, with oc cas io nal co verage of
p.o. &u< 134, 3780 SC VoortI><i,,,,,, n..NetI>erlands
wtllloms: Silvi}
Zaire eve nts.
J esse Rose snared Europirate Radio Korak.
KORN- 6955 a t 0 100 . This new one uses

inter pro paga tion is dcfi nitely hcre ,

so 39 mete r pi rate recept io n within
a fe w hund red mil e s of a transmi tter d ro ps off cons ide rably an ho ur or two afte r
the M in goe s do wn. Fortu nate ly, lon ger skip
still e xists, so this is the time to try for d istan t
pirates. Espec ia lly fo r those ill eas tern No rth
A m e rica . th is is th e se as o n fo r DXi ng
Europ ira tes. S unse t Oil Saturda y and sunrise
o n S unday arc the best tim es to try. usually
bet ween 62 00-6 300 kHz and 3XX0-4000 kH z.
A few enterp rising Europiratcs use frequ en cie s in the No rth Americ an pirate band abov e
69 00 kHz.
As we sec thi s mo nth . Jesse Rose ofH a mpton. Virgi nia , proves that yo u can he ar a nd
ve rify Euro s o n o ur side of the Atla nt ic. His
Rad io Ko rak ve rie for a pop mu sic tran sm issio n o n 39 27 kHz from Holl and is a g rea t
catch!

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Good Web Site

o slogan of lower of Power from the Hea rtland,"

but littleis known about it. Addr; None. (Jurrens)
My,tery Radia- 13900 01 1600 . The Shadow',
programs of obscure new age music ore always
distinctive. From time to time they run low power
tests. Addr: Stoneham. (Shelley, Crawford;
Axelrod; Williams; Wolfish; Lobdell; Silvi:
Jurrens; direct from the sta lio n)
NAPRS 6955 at 0000. Dick Piatek's farewell
show was heard by numerous Dxers. Addr:
Belfa st. (Ronier Brondt, Germanr; W illiam T.
Ha ssig. MI. Prospect, IL; Michae Prindle, New
Suffolk, NY; Robert Ross, London, Ontario;
Axelrod; Williams; Jurrens; Murphy; Rose; Silvi:
Frodge; lyon; Wolfi,h)

Radio Airplane- 6955 at 0530. It's been a while

since we heard from Ca pta in Eddy, who transmits
his rock music from a Piper Cub aircraft in flight.
Addr: Belfast. (Ryan; Jurrens)
Radio Ana nymous- 6955 a t 034 5. Afte r odd
music, this new one instructed listeners 10
remember that they didn't hear the broadcast.
Addr: None. (Mu,!,hy)
Radio Azteca- 6955 at 2300 . Bram Stoker's OX
parody showsare well produced a nd just plain
funny. Stationslikethis keep people interestedin
pira te radio broadcasting. Addr: Belfast. (Ross
Comea u, Andover, MA; Hassig; Silvi: Frodge;
Williams; Jurrens; Wolfish; Murphy)
Redic BLAN DX- 6950 01 0200. The oriqincl DX
pa rody is back. This one is based on the BLANDX
parody bulletin by Don Moore, featuring Rolph
Jensen with many funny bits. Addr: Blue Ridge
Summit. (Frodge; Wolti,h)
Radio Eurogeek- 1109 2 at 1800 . This station
probably had the biggest pira te audience of
1996. Itcleverly aired its broodca st just before
the once a year special broadcast from Radio St.
Helena, which was tuned in by scores of DXers.
Progra mming included a Medi a N etwork parody
with a kidnapp ing of Radio Netherlands'
Jonathon Marks. Addr: Providence. (Brian
Carling, Gaithersburg, MD; Rich D'Angelo,
Wyomissing, PA; Cathy Zylka, North
Tonawanda , NY; Lobdell; lyon; Ross; Williams;
Shelley; Axelrod; Crawford; Frodge; Comeau;
Silvi; Jurrens, Murphy; Wal",h )
Rad io Free Speech- 6955 at 0530. B;II O . R;ght,'
hifi AMsignal can be heard at just about a ll
hours of the day and night, a lthough like a ll
pirates, his operations ore unpredictable. Addr:
Belfast. (Henry Poh, EastNorthport, NY; Rose;
Shelley; Wolfish; Hassig; Lyon; Murphy; Comea u;
Silvi; Wolfish; Frodge; Prindle; Coatsworth;
Jurrens; Williams; Axelrod)
Radio Fusion Radio- 13900 at 1630 . Normally
they play rap music from the "College of
Knowledge," bul one show continuously played
the Mocorena song over a nd over. Addr:
Providence. (Jim la ughlon, Youngstown, NY;
Crawford; Silvi; Frodge; Axelrod; Wolfish;
Jurre ns}

Radio Hallowe'en- 6956 at 1900 . Mrs

intelligent readers can guess which holiday
causes this one 10 rec ctivc te! Addr: Belfast.
(Coatsworth; Frodge; Axelrod; Wolfish; Jurrens)
Radio KAOS- 6955 at 0145 . Joe Mama is one of
the most regula r occupants of the pirate bands.
His productions mix rock music, comedy, and
novelty songs. Addr: Belfast. (Ruger; Silvi;
Frodge; Prindle; Rya n; Coatsworth; Wolfish;
Axelrod; Jurrens; Williams)
Radio Nine- 695 5 a t 0000 . This pirate gives a
new meaning to "numbers stations." Ina recent

show, they played songs a bout numbers. Ray

heard a real numbers station at 0320 on 8 160
kHz. Addr: Providence. (Ray Carmen, Akron,
OH; Prindle; Frodge; Lyon; Silvi; Hassig; Jurrens;
Wolfi,h)
Radio Spcrks- 6955 01 2315 . Thi , slick Swiss
Europira te still appears occosionally via North
American pirate relays. Addr: Basel. (Brondt;
Axelrod; Crawford; Wolfi,h)
Radio Three- 6955 a t 0030. Sol Amoniac has
added children's music to his oldies format. The
news is that he at lost has verifieda t least a few
loggings printed in The ACE. Addr: None. (Rose;
Siivi: lyon; Wolfish; Axelrod; Williams Prindle)
Radio Titanic International- 6957 a t 1930 .
Although rarely hea rd direct from Europe, this is
probobly the most frequently relayed Europirote
in North America. Addr: Wuppertal. (Lyon;
Wolfish)
RFM- 6955 012030. H. V. (a, in Yictor] Short',
ca lm a nnouncements a nd pa rody ods a re chasers
for his mellowmusic selections. Addr: Belfast.
[Silvi: Murphy; Wolh,h; Frodge)
Tellus Rad io- 6955 at 0015. Ra dio Tellus
appears to hove reversed the order of the words
in its identifica tion. Their rock music shows
continue, now with an announced maildrap.
Addr: Providence. (Jurrens; Shelley; Rose;
Comeau; Silvi: Frodge.; Murphy; Wolfish;
Axelrod; Prindle: lo bdell)
The Fox- 6956 at 2330. The operator of the Fox
Broadcasting Network sometimes takes to the air
with rock music shows. Addr: Blue Ridge Summi t
and Merlin. (Wolfish; Frodge; Silvi: Jurrens)
The Great Southland- 6955 at 0030. This
Australian pirate has a relay relationship with
North America n tra nsmitters, so we occasionally
hea r its rock a nd pop music broadcasts. Addr:
Merlin. (Wolfish; Hassig; Frodge; Jurrens)
unidentiFied- 3893 at 0215. Some pirotes
occasiona lly transmit music in the 80 meter
omateur band . This interference is frowned on by
most pirates, but you can hear some strange
things in this frequency ra nge. Addr: None. (Keith
Stein, woodbndqe. VA; FrOdge)
Up Aga ;n,' the Wall Redic- 6955 ot 2000 .
Owsley is a mong those pirates who has moved
his opera tions to the afternoon for the winter. He
often plugs the Free Radio Network internet web
site. Addr: Providence. (Jurrens; Prindle; Silvi:
Frodge; Woll;,h)
Up Your Redic Shortwove- 6955 at 2230 .
Woody B. Serious programs some novelty a nd
comedy music, but his shows are domina ted by
pro' leftist political comedy. Addr: Blue Ridge
Summit. (lcbdell: Hossig; Shelley; Frodge;
Murphy; Jurrens; Williams; Prindle; Cco tswcrth]
Voice of Anarchy- 695 0 at 00 15. After five years
of ina ctivity, leo na rd longwire blew the dust off
his transmitter, and is back with us. This time his
show featured polka music from Europe, the USA,
a nd Mexico. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Ruger;
Silvi: Jurrens; Wolfish; direct from the station)
Voiceof Bizzar o World- 6955 ot 00 15. The
station that does everything bcckwcrds is now
sending out QSl's,
as we see in our
illustra tion this
month. Addr: None,
verifies logs in The
ACE. (Frodge;
Wolfish; Hassig;
Jurrens; direct from
the station)

Voice of the Runaway Maharishi 6955 at 0 145 .

The Maharishi mixes rock music, novelty music,
and comedy with his philosophical comments.
Addr: Providence. {Ruger; Jurrens; Hassig; s ilvi;
Frodge}
Vox America- 6956 at 1900 . Theyhove returned
with "Ree l Voice of America" rock music
progra mming. Unlike the Voice of America, this
pirate is apparently not struggling with budget
cuts. Addr: None. ISilvi; Murphy; Frodge;
Wolfish)
WAMP- 695 5 at 0045 . This parody station
tweaks both WWVand the Ala n Masyga Project
with time signa ls giving "coordinated Ala n
Masyga time." Addr: Merlin. (Frodge)
WARR- 6955 at 0200 . The han tic pa ce ot this
rock and drug pirate' s transmission seems to hove
calmed down lately. They a ren't on several times
a day a nymore. Addr: Belfast rumored but not
confirmed. (Williams; Prindle; Hassig; Ruger;
Comeau; Silvi: Frodge)
WBNY- 6953 at 2245. This cla ndestine parody is
the voice of the RodentFreedom Fighters. It
usuolly surfaces at Easter to encourage revolt
among robbits, but it's extended its operations to
other times of the year. Addr: Wash ington
maildrop defunct. (Frodge; Jurrens; Wolfish)
We love WUS- 6955 at 04 15. A new parody
pirate has emerged, using WLWUS ca llletters for
a show of phony interval signals from slotions in
countriesthat don't exist. Addr: Providence.
(Shelley; Frodge; Silvi: Jurrens; Willia ms;
Axelrod; Wolfi,h)
WUS- 6955 at 00 15. The real WUS, still
featuring real interval signals used by international shortwave broadcasters, remains one of the
most active North America n pirates. Addr: Blue
Ridge Summit. (Brandt; Axelrod; Shelley; Rose;
Hossig; Coatsworth; Prindle; Cra wford; Wolfish;
Silvi; Frodge; Jurrens)
WPN- 6952 0 1 03 15. TheWorld Parody
Network held a contest commemorating their first
ann iversary of pirate broadcasting, with sta tion
coffee mugs as prizes. Addr: Huntsville . (Shelley;
Jurrens; Ryan; Williams)
WPRS- 6955 at 1400 . Many pirates, including
WillieB. Quiet's rock and comedy sta tion, a re
using daylight hours more than usual for their
shows because of winter propagotion conditions.
Addr: Providence. (Rose; Jurrens; Frodge; Ross;
Williams)
WREC- 13900 01 1600 . P. J. Sparx hos joined a
parade of pirates who are using this 13 MHz
frequency during daylight winter hours with low
sunspots. Here' s another freguency. to store in
your receiver's memory. Addr: Belfast. (Crawford;
Silvi: Williams; Coatsworth; Frodge; Lyon;
Jurrens; Murphy; Wolfish)
WRMC 6955 at 2300 . At Radio Operation Mind
Crime, the rock music is mixed with long politica l
talks that a re very crificcl of the system. Addr:
Providence. (Ruger; Prindle; Frodge; Williams;
Hassig; Silvi; Jurrens; Wolfish)
WSM- 6955 at 02 45. TheGrand Ole Op ry
Network sounds like Nashville's mediumwove
giant about thirty years ago , featuring ancient
country music a rtists from long ago. Addr:
Huntsville. (Joel Gosse, St. Paul. MN; Frodge;
Axelrod; Silvi: Hassig; Willioms; Jurrens; Wolfish)
x-Hles Radio- 6955 a t 1945. Thi s new stcfion
mixed features from the 1V show with songs from
the CD, "'Music In the Key of x.. . Addr: Providence. (Wolfi,h; Frodge; lyon)

January 1997

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71

ON THE HAM BANDS

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N3/K

Making Resolutions

f you hav e' bee n reading 011 71,e Ham

Bands for any length of time you arc
aware of one the me that kee ps pop ping
up : try smnething lit'\\' . I strongly bel ieve th at
every amateu r sho uld set it goal and work
I O\..-a rds it - not on ly (0 sat isfy him se lf, but to
j us tify the ex tre me ly va luab le port ion of the
rad io spec trum we inhab it. An d. what be tter
lime 10 do tha i than the New Y car"!
Why not try 10handle so me publi c se rv ice
events thi s yea r. Of upg rade to it higher class
o f I iccuse ?
Beller ye t. build a piece of gear. cxpcrimen! with m ic ro-wa ves, AT V. o r sate llites .
Spe nd so me time leachin g others ham rudio .

If you do nOI have a computer. gel one and

learn 10 lise it.
If you arc stuck in the rut of rag. chewing
w ith the gang on 75 or 1 mctc rs, get o ut of it!
Man y of us do not kno w why or how o ur
gea r work s. so take an e lec tron k s co urse.
Most of us w ill not mak e large changes or
adv ances in the hobby, but e very time we look
into a nc w fie ld we bro aden o ur o utlook , a nd
that' s the main th ing this hobby is suppos ed to
be abou t. As am ateurs we sho uld be in the
forefro nt of tech nology . Th ai' s not alwa ys
ea sy to do, g ive n the speed at which knowled ge is adv anci ng, but it' s fun tryin g.

Test Gear
Eve ntua lly mo st of us find a need fo r test
equipment . but buying test gea r i" an easy way
to go broke, T he fo llowing outli ne of "what
works and why " should he lp you decide what
w ill help the mo st in you r situat ion .

T he

VTV~ I

\ Vhcne vc r I am asked what test gear I usc

the most. I a nswer: the VTVM {vac uum tube
voltmeter), Min e is an old Hea thkit tha t I built
abou t 25 yea rs "go. T he re ason I usc it more
than any thi ng el se in the shop is because I ca n
read volts in DC or AC u .c. RMS) and peak to
pea k, re sistan ce. a nd RF. T he VT VM ha s a n
ex tremel y high inp ut impedance so it will not
load a c ircuit a nd can be used 10 measure ve ry
low level stages. In add ition it is very Pe rtable. T rue, it mu st be plugged into an AC
outle t, hut that ' s usuall y not a problem . Wh ile
no t as ver sati le as an osc illosco pe. the VTV M

77

MON ITORING TIMES

January 1997

ca n pe rform ma ny oscopc fu nc tion s an d is

easier to use .
An unusual fea tu re o f my YTY l\l is that it
is ana log . Havin g an ana log meter is extre me ly useful when adj usting c ircuits th at
must be set to a peak: it is very ca sy to watc h
the need le 0 11 the VTVM sw ing up to the pea k
and the n sta n to fa ll off. No dig ital met er no
ma tter ho w expensive w ill he as acc ura te
when pe ak ing a circuit than the VT V~1.
In addi tion, whe n wo rking wi th RF th e
VT VM can tell yo u wh en you ha ve ma ximum
o utput from low leve l stages. In o rder to see
RF yo u mu st lise :'1Il RF probe. but most
VT VM 'sconle with an Rf pro be. a nd they a rc
easy to make.
I do no t think any VTVM ' s a rc being made
toda y. FET mete rs arc re plac ing them . a nd as
lon g as th e PET mete r is ana log it will do a
dece nt j o b, Ho we ve r. two sum mers ago . I
pu rchased three YT YM ' s in wo rking order
for 5 do llars ut a ham fest . Peop le see m to thin k
yo u must ha ve dig ital te st gea r to do the j ob
and arc almost giving ilwa y their VTVi\h.
Wh en using ana log meters yo u mu st use a
bit more car e than is required with a modem
di gita l meter . For examp le , you mu st be sure
yotl arc o n the correc t sca le a nd a rc se t up to
read the desired inp ut. and yo u mu st interpret
the xc alc on the mete r' s face pro pe rly. Howeve r, a fe w minut es of rea ding know n voltages a nd resistances will make yo u an expert.

VO Ms

used in )'c i.l rs go ne by to measure freq uency.

In addition to being acc urate , they are far
ea sier to usc than the frequency me ters of
yeste ryear. Wh ile not a required in strument in
the ham shack. a co unter is hand y, especially
if yo u intend to do so me servici ng orbui lding .
Oscil losc o pe
T he ocilloscopc. or oscope. ca n be extrcm e ly usefu l. Ho we ver , the avera ge ham
will not need thi s expens ive instru me nt often.
Prior to purchas ing one it wo uld be a good
idea to become famil iar with the instrument
either by thorou gh reading o r a good cou rse at
yo ur 10c.1I el ect ron ics school .
DOIlt jump o n :'1 bargain scope, bec ause
the re aren 't any ! If yo u find a chea p scope at
the local bamlc st. remember th at an incxpe nsiv e sco pe usu all y winds up bein g a pa per
we ight.
Th e re arc ( \ 1,'0 basic types o f sco pes : AC
co upled a nd DC coupled. Th e least ex pe nsive
Sl.:ope is A C co upl ed . and its uses are e xtre me ly limi ted. T he DC co upled sco pe is the
o nly valid c ho ice for a test instrum ent.
Scop es co me w ith a w ide var iety of featur es. Yo u arc loo king fo r DC coupled, du al
trace (i.e . two inputs), and rated at 20 MH z o r
bett er. A usable basic un it o f this type will run
up wards of S200 o r more .

Odds n' Ends

An S\\'R bridge is a n esse ntial part of

Freq uen cy Counte rs

ev ery ham shack . Agai n, purchase a good uni t

and le arn to usc it prope rly. Be sure wh ate ver
yo u purchase will ope rate over the freq ue ncy
ra nge yo u no rm all y lI SC .
Th e S\VR ana lyzer is a supe r piece o f test
gea r for the ham wh o like s to play wit h anrennas. I havc u simp le ana log uni t that docs j us t
fi ne. but if yo u ca n afford a mo re ex pe ns ive
d ig ita l unit. go fo r it.
A fie ld strength meter or FS~'1 is handy to
ha ve for c hec king prese nce o f RF e nergy o r
co m pari ng an te nna s. Th ey arc simplc units
that can be built w ith a diode a nd lo w current
meter. Every ARRL Handbook has plans fo r
o ne.
Th is is far from being the who le sto ry o n
te st eq uip me nt. but it' s a start.

T he re arc many frequency co unte rs on the

market today. Eve n the leaste xpensive co unter
is head and sho ulde rs ab o ve :'IIlY o f the de vice s

N31K

A volt- oh m-m illi meter , as its na me implies, will read voltage, resistance , and curre nt. VOl\r s arc available in bo th ana log and
dig ital models. A YOM is a hand y device to
do a quick che ck on vo ltage or resistance. Th e
ma in drawback of thc YO M is its lo we r inpu t
imp ed an ce- it will load down a lo w pow er
stage . preven ting acc urat e readings.
I have both ana log and digital mode ls in my
sho p and. for ge ne ra l chec king, find the digi tal to be the handi e st. Inmost ca ses. the VOM
will be the o nly piece o f test geari n a ham s hack,
as fe w o f us wa nt to get in to serv ic ing an
ex pens ive piece of h'lI11 ge ar.

Happy New Yc ar to o ne and a ll. 73 de Ike ,

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DEMAW'S WORKBENCH
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS

Dou Demow, W I FB

A Simple 455-I<Hz BFO for Your Receiver

ome sho rtwave rece ive rs lack a BFO

(hea t frequ en cy osci llat or ). Witho ut a
HFO we cannot cop y C\V or SSB signals. w hic h so und like mu s h w itho ut it Some
imported portable short- wav e radi os arc designed for on ly A.\:I a nd FM signa ls. Al so.
older rad io s that usc Luh cs ma y . not ha ve
BFO, .
It is a simplc and inexpen sive procedure to
co nstruc t a BFO for the lowe r int erm ediat e
frequ en cies (i Fs) o f man y recei vers . Th is
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provides circuit information for a two stage
BFO circ uit that ca n be connected to the
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ity 455k Hz c rysta l ca n cost 520 or mor e if it

its range.
D I is a volta ge-var iabl e-cap acitan ce diode (VVC) .1Th ese de vice s arc 1.1 1'<;0 known as
tuni ng diodes or varactors. As the positive
vo ltage applied to the D I cathode is varied by
adj ustm ent of R I. the in tern al ca pac itance of
DI c hanges to shift the BFa frequency. RI
permi ts USB , LSB . and CW rece ption. Th e
BFa c reates an audibl e tone (bea t note ) during CW rec ept ion. For SSB it supplies the
missing carrie r fo r the transm itted signal. Th e
c arrier is inclu ded in an AM signa l. and thus
no BFO is req uired.
Q I fun ction s as a Co lpitts osci llator. Ca A Practical BFO
pac itors C4 and C5 form a feedback divider
that allows so me of the output signal (emit Plea se refer to figur e 2. LI is the primary
Beating the High Cost of Crystals
ter) to he fed bac k to the tra nsistor input
win di ng of an imp ort ed 45 5- kHz transistor
(b ase). T his ca uses Q I to osc illate at the
BFOs arc designed to provide reception
rad io IF transfor mer. I The secondary windchos en frequency . L l and the related capacifor the upper and lower side bands of an SS B ing is not used . nor is the tap on the primary
tor s determin e the resonant frequen cy .
signal. SSB is used by most radio am ateurs
w inding . Use the two outer pins on the side
Freque ncy stability (min ima l drift ) is vita l
for phon e co mm unica tions. But. so me COI11
that has three pins. Resona nce is provided by
for CW and SS B recepti on. If the BFO drift s
mercial bro adca sters als o usc SS B. Th er e are
the effective capacita nce prese nted by C I.
it becomes necessary to continuous ly re many com me rcial and amatcurCW signa ls to
C2 C3. C4. C5. and D I.
adju st R I to keep the received signa l soundmo nitor. A BFO is ess e ntial for tha t mo de.
Tu ning is acc om plished by me ans of D I
ing right. Th er efore, the types of capac itors
als o.
and R I. With the c irc uit values ind ica ted in
used for C I throu gh C6 must he tempe ratureNormally . t w o quartz cry stals are sw itched
figure I there is a freq uency change of 4 kH z
stable. For usc at 455 kH z we may e xpec t
in an oscill ator to pro vide upper (U S B) and (453 t0457 kHz ) when R1is adjusted throu gh
good perform ance from pol ystyre ne. NPO
lower (LSB) sideban d recera mic. or silver-mic a cace ption. CW may be co pied
BFO
pacitors.
by se lect ing either the US B
0 2 is a 9 . I-vo ll Ze ne r di ~
FIGURE 1
or LSB modes . T ypicall y.
45 6 .3
ode . It regulates the QI and
US
B
the cry sta l frequenc ies arc
D I ope rating voltage to aid
approx imat el y 1 .1 kH z
VI
frequ en cy stability: Voltage
above a nd bel ow the cen ter
changes c ause the BFa frcfreque ncy of the IF. Thus. if
gue ncy to shift.
lSB
0 .01
the IF in a rece iver happens
10 0
Q2 is used as a buffer and
to be 45 5 kl-lz, c rys ta ls for
453 .7
~RF
a
mplifi
er. It help s to isolat e
456.3 a nd 453.7 kH z are
,------v OUT Q I from load cha nges that
used in the Bf O. From an
may occ ur in the rece ive r.
1--J..., MPF I 0 2
eng ineer ing poi nt o r view.
Suc h im pedance changes can
the BF O should be set for a t 5 0
RFC
1000
" pull" an osci llator and ca use
trequcncy on the IF response
l OOK
freq uen c y shifts . Q 2 a lso
10
.H
c urve that is 20 dB down
boo st s the output fro m Q I to
from the peak response (ce na lev e l that is suitab le for
te r frequ enc y ) nf the IF sys10 0
inje cti ng a low- impedance
tem or If filter . S ince we are
AM type of diode detector.
not inte rest ed in this aspect
low
cos t
820
A
of BFO s. we will mo ve 0 11
microh cnry RF choke is e mto the practical aspects of
ployed at L2 to pro vide a
our dis cussion.
suitable
induct ance for the
.. 12V
Crystals othe r than suramplifier tu ned c ircuit. C8
plus co mpute r types arc ex- Exa mple of a crysta i-co ntrn iled UFO for en', USB, and L SIJ reception. Y J
and C9 form a capac itive ditrem el y expens ive. A qual- and Y2 determine the lJFOfrequellcy. 511 selects the desi red sideba nd mode.
is supplie d by a commerc ial manufacturer.
A lthoug h a crys ta l pro vides exce llent stability (minimal freque nc y c hange with te mpe rature variations). we ca n bu ild a coi l and
capac itor BFa that is stable e noug h for gcn erul use by ham s and SWLs. A 50 -ce nt RF
ch oke, o r a one dollar 455 -kHz IF tran sform er will re place the two crysta ls under
disc ussion. Figure 1 illustrates how a crys ta lco ntro lled BFa might be wired. Th e figure 2
circ uit utili zes a coi l a nd some capacitors to
replac e the crys tals.

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Janvmy 1997

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S chematic diagram of a pra ctical tunable BFO thai p ermits reception oIew, upp er sideband, and lower sideband. Cl , C2 and C6, ar e NPO
disc ceramic types. S ilver-mic a capacitors lIlay be used if ultimate stability is 1101 a conc ern. C4 and C5 are polystyrene or silver-mica units.
C8 and C9 and silver-mica or quality disc ceramic capacitors. C 7 is a 60-pF mica, ceramic or plastic trimmer. DI is a luning diode that ha s
a nominal 56-pF value (type MV21 12, M V/644, or IN5453A). A 15-pF air-variable capacitor may he substituted for the DJ tuning circuit.
D'l is a 9. / -rolt, 400-mW or J- Watt Zene r diode. Ll is th e primary winding (high est dc resistance) of a 455kHz IF tran sformer (M ouse r no .
421F203, black core). Remove th e tiny [ixed- vatue capacitor in th e outer base of th e unit. The secondary winding is not used. L2 is a Mouser
no . 434-06-821 K 820-microhe llr)' RF choke. A tran sistor radio IF trail sform er (do 1I0tremov e base capacitor) may be substitute d for Cr,
C8, C9, and L2. BFO output can th en be tak en from th e transformer secondary winding through a 0.01 J1F blocking capacitor. R I is a 25k
ohm lin ear-taper carbon contro l. Fix ed-mille resistors are 1/4-ll'att carbon.

vidcr tha t resonates the Q2 output c ircuit at

455 kHz whi le providin g a low impedan ce
output point from which to ex tract the Bf O
signal. Tr immer C7 is adj usted for maximum
po\vcr omput (resonance).

Minia ture RG- 174 50-oh m coax is suitable.

Shielded cable will prevent unwan ted radiation o f the BFO cnergy into other parts of the
rece iver circuit.

Adjustment and Operation

Construc tion Notes
The BFO can be assembled on low-cost
perforated board. You may prefer the more
professional ap proach if you arc skilled at
laying out and etching PC boards. My unit is
built on perf board . Almost any type ofpointto-point "ug ly" wiring is okay if you keep the
leads short and dire ct. This practice aids stability.
T he completed circuit should be enclosed
in a shield box to pre vent stray radiatio nof the
BFO energy. For example, the second harmo nic of 455 kHz co uld appear as an
unmodulated carrier at 9 10 kHz on your receiver. A box can he made inex pens ively
from sections o f single- or do uble-sided PC
board.
R I should be a quality potentiometer that
can sustain frequent adjustment without becoming W OOl and noi sy. I prefe r the marc
costly 2-watt industri al contro ls of the AllenBradl ey variety.
Co nnec tio n between the BFO and your
receiver should he madc with shielded cable.

A frequ ency counter is help ful for ge lling

the BFO on 455 kHz. If youdo not have access
to a counter, tunc your receive r to 9 10 kHz
and co nnect a short length of hoo k-up wire to
the output of the BFO. Place the wire ncar the
antenna lead-in to your rece iver. Adj ust L I
for maxi mum Scmcrer respon se by tweaking
its slug. R t should be set at mid range for this
ste p. Nex t, adjus t C7 for a ma ximum S-m eter
read ing. If you have no S meter, make these
adju stment s by ear. Tunc for ma ximum quieting of the receiver background noise.
[f you do not have a 12-volt power supply
you may use a 9-\'01t transistor radio battery to
power the BFO. Total current drain is on the
orde r of to mA. Eliminate 02 if you use a
battery.
BFO outp ut energy should be co nnecte d to
the anode the receiver det ector diode (side
towa rd the last IF transformer ) through a 100pF capuc itor. H you r receiver uses a transistor
instead of a diode in the detector circuit, route
the BFO signal 10 the base of the transistor.
The Af\-l detecto r alway s follows the last IF

or

tran sform er in a radio.

During reception you must adju st R 1 to
obtai n an intelligible signal. First tunc in the
SSB or CW signal for max imum S-mcter (or
audible ) response. Then adjust RI for the
desired CW-signal pitch, or set it to obtain the
mos t nat ural sounding SSB voice characteristics.
The frequency stab ility of the tunab le BFO
is excellent. My test model dri fted approx imately 50 Hz during a l-minute warmup. For
the next hour the frequen cy varied only plus
and minus approx imately 5 Hz. My tests were
conducte d at a room temperature of 70 degrees F. My frequency count er was allowed to
warm up for one ho ur before the drift tes ts
were started.

Notes
I - Most of the BFO parts are available from
Mou ser Electron ics. 240 1 HWY 287 N ..
Mansliel d. TX 76063- 482 7. Phone : 1-(800 )
346-6873 for catalog or to order .
2 - VVC diodes and other parts for the BFO
are available from Hosfelt Electron ics, 2700
Sunset Blvd., Steubenville. OH 43952-1158.
Phone: 1 (800) 524-6464 fo r catalog or to
order .

January 1997

MONITORING TIMES

75

~LANE TALK
MAKING SENSE OF CIVIUAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Jean Boker, KIN9DD

Instrument Landing Systems

abo ard. e ve ryo ne ! Hap py

New Year to all. Today we' ll talk

C Ic O Ill C

ab out instrum ent land ing syste ms

(ILS ). T he p urpo se o f an ILS is to pro vide an

approach ruth of exact alignment and tkSCC I11

o f a ll a ircra ft o n its fina l a pproach to a ru n way.
A preci sion land ing. appro ach is a standard
ins trum ent ap p roach proced ure in wh ic h an

electroni c glide slope is provi ded. uti lizing

ILS or precision approac h rada r (PAR). A
nnnprccison approach is a sta nd ard instru rnent approach procedure in which no electronic glide slope is provi ded . Th at wou ld
include V HF o nm i ra ng e (VO Rl . tact ical air
na vigation nond irectional beacon (T ACAN
ND R). locali ze r (LOC ). airport surve illance
radar (A SRI . loca lizcr dircc.: lional aid (L DA) .
or simplifie d direct ional facility (SD F) appreac hes .
Precision appro ac hes ha ve lower mini mum s and can he used und er lower visibility
cond itions tha n non prcci sion approaches.
Minimums con sist of wea ther condition
requi rem en ts w h ich must he met before an
ai rc raft ca n land . T he minimum s will vary
with the type of ap proach proc edure available. The two te nus used 10 describe ILS
minimum s are decision height and runwny
visual range .
Decision H eight: A sped lied he ight at
whi ch a missed a pproach mu st he init iated by
a pilot if the required visual refere nce to
co ntinue the approach 10 land has not been
es tablished: or . the height <II whic h a decisio n
mu st be made du ring an ILS or PAR instrument approach ro eirhcr conrinue the approach
or to exec ute a missed approac h.

Runway Visua l Range (UVU): An inxtrumcnta lly derived val ue. ba sed on standard
ca librations. that rep resent s the hori zontal
d istance a pilot wi ll see down the run vvay
fro m the ap proac h e nd .
The lowest autho rized ILS minim ums in
the United States. with all required ground
and <airborne syste ms com ponents operative.
arc:
ILS Ca tegory I: Deci sion height not less
than 200 feet and runway visu al range of not
less than 1800 feet.
ILS Ca tegory II: An ILS approach which
provides for ap proa ch loa height above to uch down of not less than 100 feet and with RVR
of not less than 1200 feet.
ILS Ca teg ory IlI A: An ILS a pproac h wh ich
provides for approach wi thout a decision
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MONITORING TIMES

January 1997

frequ encies .
Th e localizer transmit ter operates on one
of the: 40 ILS c hannels wit hin the VHF freque ncy range of lOR. I 0 MH z to 111 .95 MH z.
on the odd tenths. Glide slope frequencies
utilize the UHF band fro m 329.3 to .334 .0
MH z, Each local izer frequency is pair ed w ith
ag lideslo pc frcquency.e.g.. localize r ut lOd.S
MHz aod glide slope a1 335.0 MH z.
Actu ally. the te rm glide slope is a misnome r. as the airc raft is ce rtai nly IIOf gliding.
Power is req uired 10 maintain the aircraft on
the correc t descent path with gear and (laps
lowe red . The glide slope tran smi ue r provid es
the pilot wit h vertica l guida nce. Sho uld the
glide slope fail. the system re verts to a non precision localizer <approach .
go
G lide slopc transmi tte rs nrc located bez- tw een 750 and 1.250 feet from the <approa ch
i end o f the runvvay and of fset 250 10 650 feel
fro m thc runway ce nte rline . Signals arc rad iatcd prim arily in the direction o f the localizer
fron t co urse . 10 provide vertica l guidance
height minim um and wit h RVR o f not less
along a correct de sce nt angle, It is norm ally
Iha n 71XJ feet .
usa ble 10 the dista nce of 10 nautica l miles:
IL S Cate gory III B: An ItS ap proach prohowe ver. at some localion s. the glide slope
cedu re which provides for approac h with a
has been certified for .111 ex te nded serv ice
deci sion hei ght minimu m and with RVR of vo lume wh ich exceeds that dista nce.
not less than 150 feet.
A locali zer ide ntifies in Mor se code wit h a
It S Categ o ry IIIC: An ItS approach pro three-lone r identi fie r preceded by the letter I
ccd ure which provides fo r approac h w ithout a
t vdit di t"} tra nsmitted on the localizer fredecision height minimum a nd without RVR q uency. c.g.. I + DIA. \Ve' II have more 0 0 ILS
minimum.
in the February issue.
T he approach course of the localizer is
called the front co urse . Th e cou rse line alon g
Readers Corner
the ex te nded ce nte rline of a run way. in the
G uido Mad in Oh io ask s wh at is the differ oppo site d irect ion of the front co urse , is cal led
ence bet ween pr imary and sec ondary radar in
the bac k co urse.
rega rd to aircraft transpo nders. Well , Guid o.
The hack course is normally not a preciprimary (simple) radar-detects ec hoes fro m an
sion app roach. as there is normall y no glide
aircraft. but secondary radar C~IU ScS the translope avai lable for the back cou rse . altho ugh
spo nde r to " burst into life" and Ira nsm it its
so me locations ha ve a com ple te ILS syste m
da ta back 10 the cont roller' s scree n inclu ding
installed on each e nd of a runway . For exide ntifica tio n. Flig ht le ve l. di rect ion . etc.
ample. on the approach e nd of <a run way
Emi l Begovic in Illinois te lls us tha i a ne w
numbered ()..l. on o ne e nd; on the ot he r end
statio
n in the C hicago area-R70 kHz on the
would be the appro ac h end of runway 22.
A M dial-s-comes from O ' Hare: International
Whe n such is the case . the ILS syste ms arc not
A irpo rt. It gives the status of park ing lots.
in service simultaneously. If the loca lizer
c urb pickups (there is 110 Mopping ill the red
fails. ~1I1 ILS approac h is nOI authorized.
Aboard an aircraft . the ILS loc al ize r fre- ':Ol/(' !) . FAA secu rity restriction s. a nd other
import ant informa tio n for travelers. Emil requc ncy is selected by the VHf' radio na vigaport s tha t it is a very low-powe red stat ion and
lion sele c tor. whic h automat ically tunes in the
aud ible in the Chicago <area only.
paired glide slope freq uency . Th e VHF selecT hat' s it for today . Un til Feb ruary . 73 a nd
tor is the same thai is used for the VO R, and
out.
ca rries the full ran ge of VO R/ILS localizer

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A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

Sniffing Out the US Marshals

n November. in respo nse 10 an observation by a South Florida contributor. we

di scussed the abse nce of reported traffic
on any of the United Slate s Marshalr s radio
frequ encie s. Th e vehicle s used by the
Marshal' s Service now are spo rting two 8001
900 MHz ante nnas o n them. usuall y the
through-the -glass type mo unts .
I was wonderi ng if this was significant to
only South Florid a. I have bee n recei ving emai l from other parts o f the co untry attes ting
to the same observation- no radio traffic on
the 163 .2000 MH z mai n channel-noeon any
of the othe rs.
On the ev e ning news rece ntly. they showed
the latest Ce ntra l Intell igen ce Age ncy employee arrested for spying arriving at the
A lexandr ia. Virgi nia. Fede ral Co urthouse.
A lthough the CIA has its own Offic e of Scc urity, the y do not do the ac tua l arres ting a nd
tra nsporta tio n of the prison er s. since the CIA
has no a rres t or subpoe na power w-ithin the
Un ited Slates.
I always try to make it a hab it of taping the
evening. ne ws. j ust in ease there is something
I wa nt to sa ve or go back over. Thi s was one
of those nights. I kept replayi ng the arrival
scenes o f the U.S. Marsha l' s vehicle. G uess
what'! No 160 MH z antennas we re visible.
Cou ld they ha ve been usin g a d isg uise an tenna on the ve hicl e ? Perh ap s. bu t the veh icle
was one o f tho se that only a police age ncy
wo uld buy-you know the look- plus it had
red and blue strobe ligh ts permanently affi xed
on the rear deck . Why spe nd the mo ney to
ou tfit a ro lling billboard wit h a co vert anten na? I have the feeling tha t the only 163
M Hz radi os the ve hic le had in it we re
handhcIds-if it had any at all.
The two 800/ 900 MH z antennas are simi lar to wha t is being seen down here in South
Florida. One anten na is mos t likely for the
ce llu lar phone. Federa l agenc ies arc rapidly
go ing to cell ular pho nes. Mu lde r ca nnot ope rate on the XFil es witho ut his. Yo u rarely sec
eithe r Mu lder or Scu lly with co nve ntio na l
two-way rad ios.
T he other ante nna is proba bly for a loc al.
or region a l. Speci alized Mobil e Rad io Sy stern. or SM R. T hese S MR systems operate on
the SOO/9(X) MHz band and have wide range
cove rage . You w ill have see n them if your
pol ice de part me nt or loc al gove rnme nt has
gone to a " trunked" sys te m. Th e large SMR

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sys tems ope rate 20 ch ann e ls. It is most likel y

that Motoro la radio s a rc used. for sev eral
reasons. Tw o of the main reas on s are tha t
Moto rola ow ns most of the SMR market. and
the seco nd is that Mot orola has the nece ssary
digital enc ryptio n requ ired by the Nat iona l
Security Agen cy fo r the transmission of clas sified or ve ry high level sensitive traffic .
To he lp settle this. one of our contributors
w ill have to say defin itely YES or NO as to
whet he r the above spec ulation is on the corrce t path. or so meone co uld tak e a trip down
to the loca l United States Court Hou se a nd get
a look for hi msel f. Perha ps on e of ou r con tributo rs who is in the news medi a will pro vide us with the answer. since they often have
a reason for being the re in the fir st place. Our
rea de rs wa nt to know...

"Interesting" Communications

or

Bac k in 1995 the President

South Korea, Kim You ng. paid a visit to Chicago . As
the President made his visit to the M id America n Club and then on to the She ridan Hote l.
the protect ion was pro vided for him by the
United Sta tes Se cret Se rvice . T he main c hannel of 165.375 M Hz wa s used . Wh at was
noticeable W::l S the numbcr of So uth Korea n
securi ty age nts tal kin g into their ow n rad ios.
Th e ir tran sm issions did not match up wit h any
of the 165 MHz tra nsmi ssion s. so it wa s time
to go searc hing. T he So uth Korea n Secu rity
Service was found to he o perating on4 14.85oo
MHz.
w hat' s so interesting about this. you as k?
Thi s is oneof the ma in ch an ne ls used throu ghou t the United Sta tes by the Se cr et Servi ce
Communicati on s Personnel. Could thi s be a
fluke an d the Korean s happe ned to bri ng their
own radios already on this freq ue ncy a long on
the trip'! I do n' t think so- but we will nev er
be sure.
For tho se of yo u in the Los An geles area .
the fre que ncie s used by the Sec ret Service
Com m unic atio ns Perso nnel offer some espec ially inte resting co m municat io ns. Th e re
pcatcr on the a bove c ha nnel uf4 1t8500 MH z
in Los Angeles has teleph one patc h capability
and o ffe rs m:.my hours of " inte resting co mmu nications."

Southeastern National Parks

With winter upon us. yo ur thoughts may be

t
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turni ng to those o f wa rmer temperatu res and
warmer places to visit. Bei ng dow n in the
So uthe ast. I trav el up through Flori da. Geor gia . Te nne ssee . and North Caroli na visiting
rel at ives a nd friends. The nationa l park s are a
grea t source of wonder and enterta inme nt for
those on the road . Here a re some of the Nation a I Parks and Monuments that I ha ve visited and their radio cha nne ls.

GEORG IA
Chattahooc hee Ri ver Natiollal Recreation
Area
166.3000(0 )

166.9000(1)

Chic kamauga and Chattano oga National

,\ Iilitary Park
168.3250(0 )

167.D750(1 )

Kenn esaw Mou ntain National Battlefie ld

Park
171.7750(0 )
166.3000(5)

172.4750(1)
1669000(5)

Fort Pulaski
164.8000(0 )

164.1000(1)

Ucmulgee
171.7750(5)

Cumb erland Island

171.7250(0 )
411.8250(0 )

171.5250(1)
409.7500(1)

And ersonville National Cemetery

408.4750 IS)

TENNESSEE
A ndrew Jackson National Historic Site

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Big So uth Fork National Rive r and

Recreation .4 rea
163.0750(0)

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166.7500(1)168.3750(5)
Channel l
Channel 2

168.2000(5)

Channel 3 (National
Forestry Service)

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Great Smoky Mountains Natio nal Park

167.1500(0)/1663 500(1)
167.1500(5)

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Blue Ridge Parkway

The radio numb ersare:
400's-little River District
600's---Cades CoveArea

loo k at the following tra ffic interce pts for

Kentucky. sc m in by a read e r wh o wishe s to
re ma in anonymou s.

Th e pri mary site is loc ated at the radio

tower at C lingma n' s Do me-w hich is probably th e high est site in the Smoky Mo unt a ins.
T her e is a UHF vot ing sys te m which vo tes
and repeats down to the U.S. Park Se rvi ce
located in Gatlinburg at the base of the mounta in. Th e frequ ency of 4 15. 1250 MH z re peat s
all tra ffic .
Othe r UHF lin k freq uencies incl ude :
408.475
408.525
412.125 MHz

408 625

Kentucky Mon itoring

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408.775

Obed Wild ami Scenic River

Sharesradios with Big South Fork National River

Shiloh Nat iona l Milita ry Park

164.4000(5)

164.4250(5)

Stones Ri ver
172.7750(5)

Ft. Donelso n
167.1500(0)

166.3500(1 )

NORTH CAROLINA

Blue Ridge Parkway

166,3500(1 )- shares with
Great Smoky Mountains

167.1500(0)
167.1750(0)

166.3750(1)-main

channel
166.3000(5)
166.9750(5)
411.7000(0)

166.9000(5)
171.6750(5)
417.9250(1)

Carl Sam/burg Nationa l Ho me

171.6750(5)

Wright Brothers Sit e

164.2000(51 164.7250(5)

169.6500(5)

Fl. Raleigh
164.2000(5; 164.7250(5)

169.6500(5)

Cape Hatt eras

Same asCarl Sandburg and Wright Brothers Sites

Kee p in mind when visiting the se site s that

the United States Fish and \Vildlife officers
a lso o pe rate w ithin these regio ns . T he ir opera tio ns are gen erally co nfine d to the low
ha nd.... as any mo nitor who ha ... ma de th eir
way th ro ug h a suns po t cyc le can te ll yo u.
Th e freq ue ncie s ge nerally use d arc :
3425

34.41

34.81

34 83

34.85/ 34 43 MHz.

Wh e n the skip is in . the se lo w band c hannels w ill he hea rd allo ver the United States o ften to the poi nt th at co m munica tions a re
imp ossible ami ce ll phon es a nd ot he r mod es
of comm unicat io ns ere used .
Fish and W ildlife a lso o pe rate hand hel ds
on 16S.25{)()and I6 X.4000 M I-I I.. Underco ve r

co vert o perations w ill be he ard Oil 40H.675

(Out) and 4 10.625(1 11 ).
Wh y ha ve I tak en this time to go into the
worki ngs ofNational Parks? We ll fo lks. more
than Smok ey the Bear lives there. T he na tio nal park s arc the j um ping off poi nt s fo r
so me of the major ma rij ua na o pe ratio ns in the
United States. If yo u get caug ht g ro wing
ma rij ua na o n yo ur own pro pert y. you will
for fe it yo ur property to the gove rn ment upo n
convic tion . The refore . m i.ll1Ygrowe rs use nation allands. W hat is the governme nt going to
do-e-se ize its o wn lan d?
T he National Park Se rvice in the Smo ky
Mou ntain s (the Park with which I'm mo st
famili ar) uses the main c hannel of 167.150
M Hz fur ncarlv a ll o f its ope ration s in the
Park . You wi ll hear all kinds of truffic on th at
frequ enc y. fro m aut o acciden ts to whe n a
black bear has bee n sighte d o r ev e n kille d .
The Na tio nal Par k Se rvice a lso recentl y
pur cha sed so me very sophisticated speec h
encry ption eq uipme nt. I huvc a feeli ng it is no r
for the morning hea r rep o rts. One al so has to
reme mb er tha t there a re numerous se nsors
scattered through out the Nation al Parks. T hese
include vibnu ion -c-suc h <.IS so meo ne or so methi ng walking 0 11 the ground- to therm al or
ultrason ic. Not all se nsor s arc lend-based .
\Vho kno ws ho w man y may be up in th e tree s
loo king do wn? To go e ve n high er . ho w man y
" spy" sate llite pho to s of the Nationa l Parks
are bei ng taken da ily and then passed (0 "uppro priute autho rities " ?
Whil e w e arc up in the mount ains. le" s

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166.3250 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVAI Rptr
output - l and between the l akes
172.7500 Above rptr input
163.025 Army Corps of Engineers
164.225
MartinMarietta Plant-Paducah. Ky.
164.250 Same
Same
164.325
164.375 Same
164.750 Same
164.625 Military Police-Ft. Knox
165.0875 Same
163.0000 Corps of Eng ineers- louisville
163.0250 Same
163.4125 Same
1634 375 Same
163.5125 Same
165.2875 ATF
165.2375 Customs
1655000 FAA-Security
163 9375
167.5625
170.8750
142.5000
163.4875

FBI
FBI
Bureau 01Prisons
Naval Ordinance
Security Police-Standilord Field

T hat' s it fo r this month. He re ' s loo king

forwa rd to another ycar. 73 s - Jo hn. WA 4 VPY

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give II frJI ,efund ondhoIJ customen hauT/1ns from JJupping 'Jpenses if 0
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SATELLITE TV
ADVENlURES IN THE CLARKE BELT

'-

Ken Reitz, KS4ZR

(-bands Future: The 4DTV Gambit

ust s u mm e r at the s utc ll i tc

fractio n oft he cost. Why make co nsumind ustry' s tra de sho w. the Gc ners bu y new rcc civcrs w hen all th ey
e ra ! In st rum en t Corpo rat io n
may want is the D ig ici ph er'!
Dea ler s I tal ked to sa id that the
(G.!.) unvei led ih vision of the future
for th e world o f Ccban d sute flitc televiaddi tion o f di g ita l rece ptio n capability
sio n. O rig.ina lly d ubbed "T riple Pla y"
will no t be the one thin g that swings a C .
bec ause of its abi lity to recei ve analog .
ha nd sale . Some. still stinging fro m
Genera l Ins trum ent 's .JIJ1V satellite receiver brin gs
veil encrypt ed . an d d ig ita l satell ite sigpre viou s rel ati o ns w ith Gf . say thcy "H
th e world of digit al television to Csban d viewers .
wai t until G.!. licen se s the un it 10 anna ls. the ne w na me is H)TV. Thi s is
Munv flew inno vations may nutke this th e receiver of
bec ause so meo ne fo ruot that it 'list) rcot he r man ufa cture r. T hey w ill not se ll a
satellite T V .... ./iItUT'. (Courtesy Gene ral lnstnnn ent
ccives digit all y e nc ry pted signa ls . Any product wi th the G .!. la be l.
Corp. )
wa y, regardless oft he na me , trade sho w
attend ees we re treated to a Iin ' demons tration feeds. back hauls , in-the-cl ear ch annels, and
II Pol ishing the G.I, Imag e
low cos t a lu carle su bsc riptio n pla ns . Now.
ofwhat turned out to be the onl ycnc ofits kind
G cn er ul ln suum cru knows tha t dea ler rcthey said. C-band wo uld he better than ever
4DT V rece iver.
lationship
repa irs are in order and hav e maul'
becaus e . tha nks to th e generos ity o f Gj .,
U nless you've bee n co nfi ned [ 0 an iso lavie
wers
wo
uld
be
ab
le
to
have
acc
ess
to
(hose
tion chamber for the last two years. you're
c hann e ls go ing dig ital in addi tio n to a ll the
awa re that the sma ll d is h digital revolution
o the r possibi litie s.
has taken the si zxle out o ft radit ional sate lli te
I f the more tha n 3.0( )O sa tel lite dea ler s who
TV sales . In add itio n. the FC C re in for ced its
atte nded thi s ... umm cr" v s ho w we re mor e than
stand ag ai nst mu nicipal /Oiling ha ns O il sma ll
a lill ie skeptic al. uo o ne shou ld he surp rised.
di s h ant enna s. Till.' res ult o f al l the pro mo t io n
Some of the older dea ler s sti ll ho ld a g rudge
for d irect b roadcast sutcllitc ( D BS ) is that it
aga in st G .I . for imped ing: the ir fo rtu nes ten
has bee n made an o verni g ht success. A nd.
yea rs ag o w ith the intro duc tio n of sc ra m bling
prompt ed by e as y mon ey in stalls. lucrat ive
to the fledg ling ind ustry. Newe rdealers recall
subscr iption pa ckage commissions. and rewith sus picion a time j ust a few years ago
sid uals. many dealers were more tha n ea ger
when an alleg ed sho rtage o f veil RS mod steer c us to me rs a way fro m C -ba nd an ti pu sh
the new DB S sys te ms.
ule s cau sed pr ice s to rise instead o r fall. A nd
curr e nt de al ers q uestio n why VC lI RS mod M ean whi le. pro gram mers were swi tch ing
ules rema in as ex pe ns ive as they arc . To thi s.
from ana log to d ig ita l feed s (usi ng eq uip me nt
add the g ro wing resen tm en t that G.!. fui lcd tu
produ ced by G .!. ) leavin g C-hand viewers
an tici pat e the D RS craze and wa ited two
w ith an uncert a in fee li ng abo ut the futur e .
years to make di g ital rece ption a po ssibility.
Was the s wit ch to d ig ita l inevitable? Woul d
AI the show de al er s wen: to ld that 4 DT V
th e nearly 2 m illion C- ba nd v iew ers be left ill
woul d he ava ilabl e by December. A nd the n.
the dark ? Is this a VC II clej/I \'II? Co uld the
like a desertmi rage that di sappears as yo u get
S ho p A t Hom e channe l he far beh ind?
ne ar it. G .I. mo ved the roll -o ut dat e to Ma rch
o f th is ye ar. There is spe culation in the indu sII G.I.,To The Rescue?
try that prod uctio n co uld ac tu a lly he much
Tra ve ling o n the un steady leg s o f a du hi;\iHSAT-N;\ Vice t'residentfor
far ther away.
o us stee d. why . it's Ge nera l Instru me nt and
Eng inee ring, Dick Jansson. WD-IF"lll
th ey ' ve bro ugh t a new box: it's 4 DT V! Ye s.
(rig ht), ami A M." A T-DL '.\" Konrad Mueller,
II Wha t Price 4 DTV?
DG 7FDQ (lef t), perform filial inspection of
unde r a hastil y drafted. bet ter-lute -than -ne ver
PIIClSl: 3D 's .J()() Newto n ki ck motor ill
Eve n wh en it docs fina lly hit the market. a
po licy. G. !. ha s indeed co me to the resc ue o f
Konrad's well -equipped machin e shop ill
retai l pr ice aro und the $ 1.100 mark with veil
an entire ind ustry th ey' ve pre viou sly care d
Germany prior to ship men t to Orlan do f or
RS mod ule o n bo ard wi ll take it in e xact ly the
for wi th be nign neg lect. A t the show. G .!.
integration into the satellite. Th e m otor is
o ppo site d irectio n tha t D BS and . ind eed. C per sonne l. incl ud ing V. P. M a uric e N iemc n
th e sam e design that succ essfully po wered
ha
nd
pri
ces
have
been
go
ing.
M
an
y
dealers
became unlike ly
both :\ 0 -10 and AO -13 to their filial orbit...,
sha ke their hea d s in d isb el ief that thcy'! l be
c heer leade rs for
Ph ase 3D will huve a hi}.:hl)' elliptical
able to pus h "Lid ) an expe nd vc receive r. Ot he r
C -ba nd. to uting
"molniya " sty /(' orbit allowi ng lon g co ntacts
dea ler s wo nde r w hy stand -a lone Digici p hcr
the wide pro gram
from aCTOSS co nt ine nts . (Co urtesy Keith
boxes can 't be ad ded to exi st ing rece ivers at a
vu ri c ty.
wil d
Haker. K/J/S /')

4Drr

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rev iews. CIC.

4DTV will have
ma ny of the func tio ns famil iar to all
C-h and viewers such
as pay-per -view . pro gra m timer inte rface
w ith yo ur VCR. stereo aud io subc arricr
tu n in g a nd mo re .
Soft ware down loa ds
will also he possible
fo r information retrieval regard ing sat~~~,;;v" .,..,.",,.= - ~-::::::;;~~~~ii e lli tes , c hu n ne ts .
Some flight electronic modules fo r the Phase 3f) undergoing jillal
subcarricrs and o ther
bench testing at the AMSA l '.IJL laboratory in Marburg, German}'.
o p tio ns . In s ho rt
prior to shipment to Orlando. Florida. f or integration into the
4DT V wi ll lake Csatellite. (Courtesy Keith Baku KH1."' F)
band viewing 10 a
new height. An d. for
efforts in that direction . In pre ss releases
those who JUC wi lling to pay for it. -lDTV will
fo llow ing the summe r show G .I. a nno unced <I
pro vide excellent e nter tainment va lue.
plan to offer a mu ch needed credit financing
program which , vo uld a llow co nsumers to
No, May be, and Yes
becom e pre -appro ved throu gh one pho ne cull
Now let' s look at what -lDTV wo n't do . It
fro m autho rize d dea lers if they purc hase the
will no t rece ive DSS. DISH. Alp haStar. or
4 DT V. T hey a lso hop e to help dealers by
reducing the price of the Ve il RS modul e und a ny of the ot he r c urre nt DB S e ntitie s. W hich
lau nc hin g a promot io nal ca mpa ign exto llin g
co me s as no sur prise becaus e non e of th ose
the virt ues of C-han d ove r DBS.
se rvices arc com pa tible w ith e ac h ot her, ciG. I. is co unting O il the emhu siust ic sales
thcr. II will no t necessarily rece ive ad dit io nal
Ccbund se rvices wh ich go di gita l. Th at' s hee ffo rts o f new dea lers un to uched by pre vio us
cause G.1. is not the o nly digital sig na l eq uipbad feelings and inte re sted in pro moting the
value of Cvba nd reception : the international
ment mak er. Sc ientific-A tlanta . fo r e xam ple .
programming , news feed... spo rts buckhauls.
manufactures digital equipme nt and their ~ i g
scpe rece ptio n. ad ult prog ram ming . distance nals . cha nne l :!-l on G5 for insta nc e. ar e not
compatib le w ith G .l. ~ . (A s far as I know. Slearning po tential. a nd a see m ingly end less
pa rade of new c han nels .
A ha s no intention o f mak ing a cons umer
rccci ve r. )
..JDTV wil l recei ve o nl y t ho se G .!.
4DTV On Paper
Digicipher II en crypted channels which want
Since the re ixn't a prod uction llnc-Hrl'V to
a ge nera l C- band audien ce. Th ose Digic ipher
exami ne. let's look at the rccc ivc r on paper. In
II enc ry pted signals inten ded so lely for a
a se nse, hs actua lly a hyb rid bet we e n C-band
pr ivate or cable-o nly audience will no t be
rece ive rs and the new DB S rece ive rs, Wi th
avai lab le to the Ccband viewers, Thi s is true
the ability 10 receive analog NT SC sig na ls.
e ven no w with VeIl RS in which a uurnber of
Ve i l encrypted sig na ls. digita l unencry pted.
such sc ra mbled chan ne ls arc una vailable to
and d igital enc rypted (v ia G.1. Digi cipher II
the C-ba nd ma rket. It w ill. ho we ve r. gi ve
sys tem) sig nals. -lDTV will do it all. It bas fu ll
viewers access 10 previou sly unavai lable chanco m patibi lity with e xisting C- and K u-band
ne ls suc h as the PBS cha nne ls on the Ku -band
e lectronics. Dolby di gital aud io. high speed
side o f T clstar ..JOI .
da ta po ns fo r inte rfaci ng with you r co mpu te r.
a nd future High Defi nition T V (HDT V) Bottom Line
whe n, and if. it becomes a reali ty.
T he receive r w ill feat ure ~1T1 o n-screen inThere ' s no do ubt that ..JDT V has a place in
satel lite televi sion's future : Even thou gh it is
tera ctive program g uide sim ilar to DSS using
expensive. high-tech gear. it has a lot of po a gra phic al user imcrfm.. c (GU II. Color coded
tenr ial , In a way. it can be view ed as an
ico ns allow the viewe r to surf the cha nne ls by
ex pens ive cur: T hose who can affor d the luxutheme an d hav e info rmati o n dis played re ries o ffere d w ill be q uite pleased with the ir
ga rding progr a m conte nt, actors . thumb na il

investme nt. Th ose who arc seeking more ceonomicn l en tertainment will have to be sa tisfied with DBS . Automobi le buye rs have been
making the same choices for a lon g time . and .
there have bee n Cadi lla c dealers fo r nearl y
100 yea rs.

Grov e Expo Notes

II was a pleasure to meet the man y MT

read ers in attendance ut thi s ycurs Gro ve
Exp o. It was a time to re new acq uaintances
a nti make new ones. A mon g the feat ured
spea ker s wa s A ~1 S ATs Keit h Bake r KB I SF
whose pho tos and updates o n the prog ress of
Phase J D have bee n presen ted here since its
ince ption . Keit h provide d the two photo s in
this month' s column sho w ing 3D s co ntinued
progres s. Launch da te is tentatively scheduled for Apri l ofth is yea r when Pha se 3D will
be th e o nly pay load for the Ariannc 5 launch
"chide.
Thi s is the fi rst suc h launc h since the
maiden launc h of an Aria nne 5 rocket ended
in fai lure just 35 seconds into the mission .
Followi ng an ex ha ustive investigatio n new
pro cedu re s wer e im plem ented . and the European S pace Agency (ESA) is co nfide nt that
the flig ht will be a succe ss. T he laun c h will be
the bigge st au die nce ever for a n ama teur rad io
satelli te as press fro m aro und the wor ld will
he wa tching .
Mor t: than a few ham s will be ho ldin g thei r
breath . too . Thi s launch w ill take w ith it the
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Bill Cheek

lWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIFY!

Intemet: bcheek@cts.com

Frequency Record-Keeping Made Easy-II

ited quant itie s. Nev ert he less. I'll conast mo nth I introd uced Mr. Re id
FIG-1: PRINTED FREQUENCY LIST
cede that spreadsheets ca n manage maybe
Drummond ' s potent APFroois
e
e
"~Id I
e ve n a few thousand freque ncies about
utility prog ra m th ai brings orde r
Ct'f1I'EN1S
IDENTIT Y
CHAN "<0
DL' uo
L, Blue Angeh, GI'OIIId SiWQrt
as we ll as database man ager s. On the
161, 12UiiJ, NFH , D,
R~ordl
to c haotic te xt ti les with freq uency inR~Ofdl
Blue Ar>gel I: C.-.or! Al r~how
162: 123 .410 : Nm :
othe r hand . the best spreadshee ts cho ke
form ation . Al' Ff'oo ls has the smarts to
(Etc)
Ch
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te
M
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el1B
nCe
Blue Angeh :
163' 141. ')6(1 : NFl1 : 0:
164: 142.00J ' NFl1 '
Bl ue ""geh : M,mten ance AHa
a nd gag on more tha n 5- 10.000 freq ue nloo k for freq uency nu m be rs a nd adj aBlue Angell ' M B ' nten ~e Delt ,
1~ : 142 ~ : NFl1 : D:
cies whe rea s so me da taba se man agers
1(16 : 142625 : NFl1 : D: L: Blue Al19"h: l1a, nt en ...ce
ce nt desc ripti ve te xt a nd then organize
Bl ue Angeh: M" nten.n::e ChillTlel
167: 143 600 :NFl1:
can handle upwards of 2-hillio n records !
it into any of sev eral different form ats
HiS: 143 OOJ: NUl : D: L: Bl ue ",*h : M,mten .n::ll Sr !">'O
169' 241 4)) . An
BI...e "'se1s : ,o, u to ,o"r ChillTlel
0:
Eve n the sim ples t database ma nage rs are
be tte r suited for use in ;'1 computer .
",,: ~ 1UI: ..." D'
Blue h>ge1s : ,o" r to A, r (h illTlel
good fo r 32.000 records.
Blue Angels ' De-onstr at Ion
es pec ially database managers.
171: 251600 :"'" : D:
Blue Angels : F1 ,~t l,ne COMOI'l
In: ~ 350: All : D:
Sup pose yo u gel an e-mai l from a
: Bl...e Angels : AIr to Au ChillTlel
173: :'63 500 :.. " : 0'
Bl...e Angels : Con I le ld & Fornt Ion
275
350
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174;
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I Which Software Is Best?
fellow hobb yist on the opp osite coast
175, m 100:..." : eBlue Angell : eo- 2 T, l l b iJel
where he discusses fami ly. wea ther.
0:
176: m l50 : ..." :
Blue Angelt : C_ 3 Sol o s
I' ve said it be fore an d I'll sa y it
m: Xl7700: "'" : 0:
Blue ~l'l9ll h ' Cor- 2 Forn t'Qf1 u H bad
j o b. school. .... and "ch. by the way. he re
Blue Angeh : AI r to Au (h illTlel
17B: .345 .!llXl: Al1 : 0 :
again: M ic rosoft W indo ws 95 (ope ratSol os
aue Angeh :
arc so me inte resting freq uenc ies for
179: 360 4Xl : "'" : 0 :
Blue Angel,: " ,r to A,r ChlJlTlel
ing sys te m) and the Microsoft WORKS
1OJ' 384 0 : ""': 0:
you .....: APITooi s intelligent ly ex 181: 391 !llXl ..." D'
B11II' .lngo!ll : Au to A,r ChillTle'
windows integrated software arc great
for
Bl ue Angeh ' AIr to Au Charr.e
192: m!iUl: "'" : D:
tracts those freq uencies from the text:
Blue Angeh: A, r Shooo Corltrol
183: )52 600:"'" : D:
cho ices for hob byists a nd pro fession al
t1l1 ,t , ry
"ll r~ ltbyd,y f, ELT s
ma kes an intelligent g uess at descri p184: 243 000: Al1 : D:
alike. W O RK S is a co mbinatio n word
. - - - - Car~ 111 tl--'I!l9 ~clumlilJ B~ thcIl:>lo!l!, of Fiqurcl 2
tio ns or ID. a nd o utp uts a tab le into a
pro ce ssor. spre ad sheet. and data base
sepa rate file, read y for ex po rt into yo ur
man age r with eno ug h powe r to run a small
will q uick ly grow beyo nd any sim ple penci l
da tabase or spreadshee t manager.
business. In fact, many SI11'-1 11 businesses arc
To find the shareware ($5) AP Froois fi le. a nd pap e r ma nagem ent sys tem. Let a persona l
o pe rated ex clusively from the MS WORK S
versi on 3.0 I. look for: A.' FJO I. Z II' 256532
co m puter give you more time to play radi o
software. Priced at we ll unde r S IOO. and dis11113/199607:53. APF:l0 I.Z IP is avai lable
and red uce the ad m inistra tive work !
co unted to as lo w as S49 . WO RKS fo r W infro m my BR S and ITP site. the fil e library on
Commas are n' t a lwa ys necessary (0 e ndo ws is hard to bea t,
the Co mpuse rve H am Ne t forum (G O
able co mputers to share data. but progmmIf yo u are an ad van ced ho bbyist o r a hard
mers everywhere more or less agreed o n a
HAM NET ). and pro bab ly a nu m be r of ot her
wo rkin g tec hno log ist. a be tter c hoic e for shop
Int ernet and FrP si tes.
sta ndard method o f letting a compute r know
and shac k might be M icrosoft Office (Pro feswhere a column of information begi ns and
sional I. the late st vers ion o f which is to be
ends. Th e low ly comma is o nc suc h standard.
I Comma Delimited Tex t Files
released thi s mon th as O ffice 97. T he pro fessio nal version offers Microso ft WOR D (arg uO ne fo rm at th at APFfoo!S ge nerates is a
I A Computer Need s Software
" comma deli m ited" ASC II text. w c"ll go into
a bly the best word proce ssor ). EXCEL (inarguably the be st of the spreadshee ts). PO\VERA computer isn't inte llige nt. tho ugh . It
more de ta il th is mo nth because co mma-delim ited ASC II (usk 'ecj is a universa l data
does o nly what it's to ld a nd o nly as well as it' s
POl i:"JT (ha nds -down. the be st presentation
fo rmat that' s co mpatible w ith all so rts of
manager). and ACC ESS (arguably the best
told , Yo u do the te lling. hut there are a few
dat aba se manage r).
co m pute rs and softwa re.
things to kno w before a co m pute r C ~lJ1 m anage
T he standard ve rsio n of Mi crosoft O ffic e is
Why co mmas'! Fig- I sho ws a typica l typeyo ur freq uen cy records more e fficie ntly than
the same as abov e ex ce pt that the ACCESS
yo u can. Fortunate ly. the right kind of so ftwr itten or pri nted freq uency ta ble. It' s plai nly
database man ager is not incl uded in the pac kunder stand able a nd use ful. as is . If yo u arc
wa re m inim ize s wh at y O ll need to kno w . It' s
co ncerned with o nly ;'1 few frequencies. say
age. Yo u might have litt le o r no usc for the
basica lly a nuute r of le arni ng ho w to use new
less than .tOO o r so. then printed tables arc
Po wer-Po int pro gra m. but ACC ESS an d EXtools.
lt' s rel ati ve ly painless if yo u usc a database
ade q uate for most needs. Eve n inde x c ards arc
CE L arc uneq uall ed fo r hand ling a ll kinds of
co mp lex and vo lu m i no u s in fo r m a tio n.
fine by which to ma nage .1 few freq uencies.
manager o r a spreads heet program for freBut w hat abo ut 5(X) to 2SJX)() or more '? Eve n
Mi croso ft Office Professio na l is my choice fo r
q uency m anageme nt. I men tio n sp read shee ts.
a production package
but get this: I still use
we ll ordered. printed tab les arc ine fficient an d
not becau se I like them. but because some of
expensive if mo re than a tew page s.
my associates arguably prefer them over da ta M icroso ft WaR KS fo r W indo ws. an d if I had
to. I co uld use it exclu sive ly and still swim
Yo u ca n efficiently ma nage a handful of
base manage rs.
In so me ways. the re is lin k' differen ce
wi th the sharks!
freque ncies in you - head o r o n pape r scraps. A
co mputer ca n manage thou san ds ....even mil between spreadshee ts and data base ma nag lion s. in a heart beat. T he freedom from d rudg- c rx. Both o rganize . sort. an d ar range data
I Compatibility Basics
ery and the acce ss to vo lume s of info rmatio n
be tte r than hu man s. Spreadshee ts are more
Sp readshee ts a nd dat abase managers an:
at Ihc to uc h of a key are priceless. If yo u've
for m ath ca lculatio ns in lim ited qu an titie s.
all so mewhat alike. differing mo stly in finer
been into rad io for a wh ile. or if yo u're new .
though. while databa se managers a rc more for
po ints tha t have no bea ring o n frequ e ncy databut avidly interested. yo ur frequency tiles
plain or ruvv informatio n in virtua lly unli m-

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161. 121 0) , NFl!.D,L, atce Angels ,Groond Support
162. 123400,NFll, , .Bl ue Angels .Common Ai rsho..
163.141.56o. NFH, D. ,Blue Angel s. tratntenance Char'l re
164,I 42 000.NFH . . .Bl ue Angels .Halntenance Alfa
165,142 025. NFll,D..Blce Angels .tterntena rc e Delta
166.142.625, NR1 ,a, L .atwe Angels. Mai nt enance
167,143 600, NFH .. .Blue ,6,nge 1sttavneneoce Chamel
168.143 000,NFI1 .0 ,L .Bl ue Angel s .ttamtene nce Br avo
169,241 400.N1 ,D. .Rlue Angels. Air to Air Channel
160.250 BOO, AM,a, . Bl ue Angel s.Ai r t o Air Channel
171,251.600,AM .a . .Blue Angels .OefllQr1s t rat ton
172.26J .350,AH,D. ,Bl ue Angel sFl ight Li ne common
173.263.500.N1,o, .B'lue Angel s.Al r to Air Ch<ll'1 nel
174,275.3SO ,AI1 ,O. .Blue Angels.COIQl 1 Lead & FOnl at lon
175. 302.100,AM ,D, .Blu e Angels,Comlll 2 TaHbad
176,302.150 ,AM,O. .Blue Angel s.Comm 3 Sol os
177,307.70o .AH.O, .Blue Angel s. Com 2 For aat rcn ta l
178.345.!Ul .AM. O. .Blue Angel s.Al r t o Air Channel
179,360 .400,AI1 ,O, .Bl ue Angel s.Comm: Solos
180,3 84.400, AH.O, .Bl ue Anse ls. Ai r to Al r Chi3l1l1el
18l. 391 900.AH.O . .Blue Angel s.Ai r to Alr Chamel
182 .395 900,AI1 ,O, .Bl ue Angels.Ai r t o Air Channel
183 ,362.600.,1,11.0 . .Bl ue Angel s.Ai r Show Cont rol
194 ,243.000,AM.O,.M11i t ary. Ellerg!NaydayI . ELT' s

turn ; (basically a line of infonnation.)

4 . One: or mor e record s w ith a ny
number of fields constitutes a
database. data set, or dat a ti le.
Figures I. 2, and 3 arc identi cal
fo r all prac tica l purp oses, but Figure 1 is design ed for easy read ing
while Figur e 2 is for easy input,
processing, and output by computers. Fig ure 3 is the visible output of
a database ma nager, and therefore
offers the best of both Fig s I and 2.

nar format with commas and eliminate superfluous spaces. On e way is to type a co mma
immediately afte r the c hannel nu mber. T his
can be automated after doin g a few, say five,
and then mark-copy- paste that five into the
co lumn bene ath for ten. The n mark-copypaste the ten into the ne xt ten empty spaces
beneath for twenty, etc. until a whole column
o f co mmas has been created to separate the
C HAN column from the FREQ co lumn.
Now mark- copy-paste that entire column
o f co mmas into the nex t co lumn ju st to the
right of the FREQ co lumn; and aga in for the
MO DE and the rest of the
co lumns. Th e last step dele tes supe rll uo us space s .
First Searc h for strings of
three spaces and Rep lace
with no thi ng! Th en Search
for strings oft wo spaces and
te
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tex t is probably the old est
and most universal. and certainly the simples t. I stro ngly reco mme nd you
develop the hab it of using it when pos ting
Creating Comma-delimited Files
frequency lists to the public foru ms and in eA comma-del imited ASC II file is eas ily
ma il. It' s like an orche stra playing to the same
c rea ted with a text ed itor. Th e MS-DO S resishee t of music.
dent edito r, EDIT.E XE is adequate , but be tter
Please let me know if you be nefi ted from
ones a re ava ilable at no mi nal cos t, incl udi ng
this min iser ies and if you 'd like more artic les
the shareware QEDIT and BO XER ed itor s.
on data processing and manage me nt.
WORDPAD in Windows 95 will do fo r many
needs. Bet ter wo rd pro cessors like MS WORD
and Corel Word l'e rfec t are superior, pro vided
you sav e the co mma-delimited file back into
a pla in text (" .TXT) format after you' re done
ed iting .
Creating a comma-d elim ited file from a
Paging System Monitor
text file like Figur e I is easy. First, import or
POCSAG 512, 1200, & 2400 baud
GOLAY . 600 baud
load the raw file into your editor. Ne xt, and
Auto Ba",d Rate Detection
most imp ortant ly, do a SEARC H for all e xist Allows option to morula r all messages 011 chal1ne '
Runs in DO S and W indow s (3.1 or higher)
ing commas and REPLACE them wi th se mi Minimum System Requirements
33 MHz Ja6 10r Windows
colons. We don 't want any commas in the file
20 MHz lor oas
R8-232 16550 Serial Port
(yet)! Now manua lly edit the title line so that
Run up to 4 Mes sage Track er units on a single computer
Each unit purcha sed separately

it appears like the fi rst line in Fig -Z. (Many

K & L Te chnolog y
da tabase s a nd spreads hee ts can reco gnize the
P.O. Box 460838
Ga rlan d, TX 75046-0838
fir st line o r u comma-deli mited file as head er
Phon
e/Fax: 972-4 14-7198
titles or field names and spare you the effort of
E-mail: KLTsupport @ao l.com
typin g !).
Now for the fun part : Repla ce the colu m-

FIG2: COMMA-DELIMITED FREQUENCY LIST

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base manage men t. Any datab ase man ager

or spreads heet will do lin e, dependi ng on
the volume of yo ur data . A primary fact or
in your cho ice is the ability to import and
ex port data in a var iety of file formats
starting with the aforem e ntioned commadelim ited ASC II format . You ' ll also want
built-in co nverters for the fo llowing. forma ts: tab de lim ited ASC I! ; dBasellI ,
d Basel V. Exce l. Fo x Pro . 1-2-3. and
frankly, the more the merrier, but these are
mi nimums.
A prima ry value is to be ab le 1O import
frequency da ta from whateve r source you
happen to lin d it. If you 're c ruising the
Intern et and stumb le on a huge FoxPro data base for your region , you' I! wh ine a nd snivel
if you ca n' t acce ss that data . If your dat abase
manager o r sprea ds hee t has built-in import
con verters, then yo u're " in like Flint."

Comma-delimiter Rules
I . A sing le co mma separates each field of a
data file . Extraneou s (uninte ntional) commas are interpre ted as fie ld separators. too !
Two adjace nt commas (..) mea n that the
field between them is bla nk.
2. A data fiel d (co lu mn) is defined as the
information at the righ t of a comma, and
before the nex t co mma. If there is no nex t
comma before the record te rm inates with a
carriage return <CR>, then tha t fie ld is the
last in the record . A field (co lumn or cell in
a datasheet) is an eleme nt of a tabl e that
co nta ins a specific item of information.
such as frequency .
3. A da ta record (row) is defin ed as a co llec tion of information about so mething (frequ ency) , rega rdless of number of co mmas,
which termi nate s in a <CR> carr iage re-

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COMPUTERS & RADIO

John Catalano, PhD
Lcatafano@conknet.com

RADIORELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

The Best of the Best: One Persons Opinion

s I was prep arin g my I.llk for Grove

Commun ications Expo ' 96 this past
fall , I real ized ho w far \\.'C have
co me since the Co mp uters & Radio colum n
was inaug urated live ye ars ago . Back then we
had to di g deep to lind any radio related
so ftware. Then tim es c ha nged, and grad uall y. it see med as if a ne w rad io co ntrolle r.

leve l we see tod ay. Th at program . Scu rr Sta r.

no w ha s many different ve rsio ns. The latest
co nsumer vers ion. ScanS tar Plus for \Vindows. ve rsion 5.84. use s a module called the
Mo nitor ing A ssistan t whic h mak es co ntro l
of j ust abo ut an y mo nito ring parame ter ju st
:J poin t-an d-cl ick away . A split scre e n tacti ca l dis play is whe re the acti on happen s.
database. or propagation predictor program
The co nfig ure module (sec figure 3) is
was be ing introd uced ev ery week . Now. the
used to set up which rece iver is to be used and
pe nd ulum ha s sw ung back , a nd it see ms few
its associated scanning param eter s. Fo r those
new radio programs arc being released or
wh o wa nt to match their computer to their
survive the early days following re lease.
recei ver for ma xim um performance. this
Arc any of the orig ina l co mme rc ia l proscreen is it. But if you j ust wa nt to " load and
sio n 6.0 Go ld. has al so added a gra phi cal
gra ms le ft? Hav e share wa re programs ke pt
go: ' pre-l oaded defau lt va lues ca n also be
spectrum di splay. ea sy impor ting of data from
pace '! Is the Tot al Mon itori ng Environme nt
used .
many d ifferent so urces. and the capability for
(re me mber that phr ase) a reality yet ? Th e
lise with various sq ue lch detecti on adapters .
Sc anS tar. by Signa l Inte llige nce. prov ide s
an swer s ma y surprise yo u.
How ha s Scancat's use r inter face c hange d a n ex cellent Windows monitorin g en vironfrom ve rsion 1.0 to 6.0 ? G ood q uesti o n: very
me nt. Since ve rsion 5.8 4 doc s not hav e an
Huh: to not at all. lt' s prett y amaz ing, butmost integra l dig ital deco der o utput sc ree n, it scc ms
Total monitoring what?
of the xnme sc reens and comm and s ha ve bee n 10 ha ve been designe d w ith (he V H f~U H F
T\\lO names. which yo u ma y rem e mb er
mainta ined (see figure I ). The ad ditio na l feu- mo nito r in m ind. Ho we ve r. it does suppo rt
fro III the e arly da ys. arc still around and doi ng
lure s since version 1.0 ha ve bee n added wi th- control o r Drake ' s R-S and Japan Rad io revcry nice ly. than k you. Both have success ceivcrs. Of cou rse, the
fully strive n 10 perform <til the
standard Wi ndo wsTenn iINTERNET ADDRESS _
PROGRAM NAME
I
VOICE TEl#
. WI~JD O S. ~I C E
functions requ ired for effective
nal Sc ree n co uld be used
short wave or VHF/ UH F coms~ANc~L :..!..-~~ s ~ _--,!:!JD ; S~ l(D 'sc aocat ccm
(3 1~j63 6. 1 ~to di splay decode r o utput.
I
, _ .
_
_
.. _ _ -J.
put er-based mon ito ring. T he se
SCAN!'!t-\N-GErfpRO ' - ~Wa N : _ ' 6 9 : _ mln dsprmg CO~J~ l ofl ylk ~ z9 1 hlm l
(170) 421.(]348
but this is not exactly a
inc!udc: control ofall radio fu ncsim ple keystroke o pera-(4lE) 926 5631
sc ensrar com
tion s from the co mpu te r contion.Sca nStaris also ava ilso le. storage and recall o f sta- FIGURE 2
ab le in Pro fe ssion al ed itio n/irucrcc pt detai ls. di spl ay o f
nul cha nging the initi al prog ram meth od ol - tio ns. C heck the ir ho me page for det ail s.
active freq ue nc ies in a graphic al " spec tru m"
ogy. On ce learn ed. iI' s learned for a ll verBoth Sc a ncut and Sca nStill'are ava ilab le in
for mat. and the di spla y of the alphanumeri c
sio ns. T wo addi tional sc reen have bee n added . a nu mber of ve rs io ns . So che ck their Internet
o utput or a di gita l decoder suc h as AEA ' s
but Sca ncut still rem a ins o ne of the eas iest to sites. listed in figure 2. for fu rther details.
PK2E
usc. yet po wer ful. monitoring program s. A
Both also provid e do wnloadab le dem o pro These are a ll the operat ions necessary fo r
Windo ws ver sio n o f Scancut ha s rece ntly grams.
se rious mo nitoring. and wh at we d ubbed the
been rel eased .
" tola l mon itoring en vironm en t" many ye ars
ago . Today thi s e nv ironmen t Is u rea lity in the
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best-o f-th e -best mo nitoring: program s which
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w ith the pro gram. Short wa ve broadcasts ca n
he acce ssed by co untry and time -of- day via
the SWL Managerby click ing on the fl ag ico n
ut the top rig ht of the main screen. See figure
5 for the SWL ma nage r sc ree n.
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monit or , a ham band receiver . or a n aeron autical HF band scanner. And that' s j ust for
starte rs. The til e folder syste m is vc ry easy to
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choice. AEA ' s PakR at for Wi ndows and a

PK-232 wor k vcry nicely with ScanManager

to provide a Total Monitoring Environment.
Check wit h Scan jvlanagcrs Inte rnet site to
sec if your radio is supported. ScanMa nager
has signific antly increased its price from its
S19.99 introdu ctio n. But it has expanded its
ca pabilities and now incl udes SW L Manager.

The POSll_'I" Loop is our most economical air-core loop

an tenna . &'Ct'llen t for boosting low level ~gnals
T un es SID-1700 kl lz, The loop ind uctively cou ples to
Ihe recei ver's internal ferrite rod antenna by placi ng il
alongside the rad io. The Pos ter Loop featur es photos
of ai r-core loop antenn as from the early days o f rad io
to the p resent . Captur e area: 9 I( 12 inches .

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o ne share wa re program whic h prov ide s the
listener a total e nvironment. If an yo ne knows
o f a progra m that has this flexibili ty and
capability plea se let me known by E-mail so
we can c heck it out.
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num ber of good monitoring program s out
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ACARS stands for Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System.

Thi s VHF teletype mode is used to transmit data and messa ges between ca mmer- .
cia! aircraft and airport ground stations.
These transmissions at 131 .55 MHz ., ca n
be heard on any scanner with the VHF
aircraft band. With the proper decoder and
this book you can intercept and understand
this interesting traffic. If you enjoy VHF
aeronautical listening you will want to learn
about this fascinating developme nt.

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Phone: 800 431-3939
FAX: 6 14 866-2339
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Jan 4
Jan 4-5

Morristown. TN
Cape Coral, FL

Jan 5

L ivermore. CA

Jan 5

South Bend. IN

Jan 11

Glendale. AZ

Jan 11

Loveland, CO

Jan 11
Jan 11

San Anlonio. TX
Marathon. NY

Lakeway ARC I Perry Hensley, KS4QK, 423-828-4848

Fort Myers ARC / Jackie Kampfert, KQ4MZ, PO Box 6 1183, Ft.
Myers, FL 33906, 941-542-6675
Uver more ARK I Noel Anklam, KC6QZK, 474 Humboldt Way,
Uvermore. CA 94550. 5 10-447 3857
Michiana Valley Hamfest Assn. / 8o b Denniston, KA9WNR, 2 1970
Kern Rd., South Bend , IN 466 14, 219291-0252
ThunderBird ARC & ARCA I Mark Fellhauer, KC7BXS, 602-931

.204

Jan 11
San Antonio, TX
Jan 11-12 Sarasota, FL
Jan 12

Waukesha. WI

Jan 18

Crystal River, FL

Jan 18

Hammond. LA

Jan 18

Flint. MI

Jan 18

51.Joseph, MO

Jan 18

Middletown, OH

Jan 19

Yonkers, NY

Jan 19

Broadway,OH

Jan 19

Richmond, VA

Jan 24-25 Kearney, NE

Jan 25

51.Charles, MO

Jan 25
Jan 25

Albuquerque, NM
Gallatin , TN

Jan 26

Villa Park. IL

Jan 26

Odenton, MD

Jan 26

Dover, OH

Feb 1

Amarillo, TX

Feb 1-2

Miami, FL

Feb 1-2

Ja ckson, MS

Feb 2

tf verrrcre. CA

Feb 8

LaCygne, KS

Feb 8

Blaine, MN

Feb 8

North Chartes ton, SC

Feb 9

Mansfie ld, OH

Feb 9

Latrobe, PA

Feb 14-16 Ortando, FL

Feb 15

Obertin. PA

Feb 15

Smithville. TX

Feb 16

Brighton, CO

No Color ado RC I General info 970-351-7327. Location: Larimer Co

Fairgrounds. 700 Railroad Ave. 9am3pm. Talk-in 145.115 (-offset.
100 Hz) or 146.85 .
San Antonio RC I ric Smith. KC5BGK, 2 10-684-25 13
Skyline ARC / Barbara Mudge. KB2TIK. 3364 Rt. 221 W, Marathon ,
NY 13803. 607849-6751
San Antonio RC I Eric Smith. KC5BGK, 2 10-684-2513
Sarasota ARA I Fred Auerbach. WA3 SSZ. 2786 Heather Place,
Sarasota. FL 34235. 941-3657679
West Allis RAC I Phil Gural, W9NAW . PO 80 )( 1072. Milwaukee , WI
53201. 414-425-3649
Sky High ARC / Chad Johnson. W3IKO. 5050 North Amarillo Dr.,
Beverly Hills. FL 34465-2829. 352746 1299
SE Louisiana ARC I Jack Stang, N5XVJ. 47081 Scott Dr.,
Hammond. LA 7040 1. 504-542 7605
AR. Youth . SW Acad RC / Keith Alten, N8QN A, 1212 Crawford St.,
Flint. M14850 7, 81Q.232-5170
MO Valley. Green Hills. Ray-Clay ARCs I John Winkler. WBOVRA,
Rte 1, 80 )( 53A. Gower, M0 64454 , 816-424-6484. Location:
Ramada Inn at 129 (e)(it47) and Frederick Ave., 9am-4pm . Talk-in
on 146.85 and 444.925. Adm $3.
SW Ohio Digital Sympos I Hank Greeb, N8XX, 6580 Dry Ridge Rd.,
Cincinnati, OH 4525217 50, 513 385-8363
Metro 70cm Network l Otto Supliski, WB2 SlQ, 53 Hayward SI.,
Yonkers, NY 10704. 914-969-1053
Union County ARC / Gene Moore, N8Y RF. 24461 Claibcume Rd.,
Marysville, OH 43040. 5 13-2465943
Richmond Am Teleco m Soc I Craig Spain, KE4CIT, PO Box 932.
Chester, VA 2383 1, 804 -5269838
Midway ARC I Jerry Ramsey, WOPXD, PO Box 1231, Kearney, NE
68848 ,308-237-7539
St. l ouis Repealer I James E. Welb y, WBOZJW. 6059 Sutherland ,
SI. l ouis. MO 63 109, 3 14-3532000
Albuquerque Winler Tailgate / Tom Ellis. WD5JMA . 505-291-8122
Tennes see Valley AR Net I Bill Ferrell, N4SSB. 1253 Woodvale Dr.,
Gallatin. TN 37066, 6 15-230-7923
Wheaton Community RA / WCRA , PO Box OSL, w heaten. IL
60189. 63()'545-995O
Maryland Mob/leers ARC / Jim Botluk, KD3SI, 10 Tiburon Ct.,
Annapolis . MD 2 1403. 4 10-28Q.9815
Tusco ARC / Howard Blind, KD8KF, 6288 Echo Lake Rd. NE, New
Philadelphia. OH 44663. 330-364 5258
PotterlR andall AREs/RACES I Ben Pollard. WS5R, PO Box 5378.
Amarillo. TX, 79 117 80&38 188 10
SE Div Conv / Evelyn Gauzens. W4WYR , 2780 NW 3rd SI.. Miami,
FL 33 125. 305-642-4139, Fa)(: 3Os.64 2 1648
Missi ssippi State I Travis Cliett. AB5ZE, 117 Beechtree Lane.
Florence. MS 39073. 60 1-939-9236
Livermore ARK I Noel Anklam, KC6QZK . 474 Humboldt Way.
Livermore, CA 94550 . 5 1044738 57
Mine Creek ARC I Bill VanKirk. M OCP, PO 80)( 83. Mound City, KS
66056.913-795-2080
Robbinsdale ARC / Susan Baker, NOJND. 5300 Three Points Blvd.,
Mound , MN 55364-1124, 61253 7 1722
Charleston ARS Jenny Myers. WA4NG V. 2630 Dellwoocl Ave.
North Charleston. SC. 29405-68 14, 803--747-2324
InterCity ARC. Mansfield Emergency Rplr. 1 Pat Ackerman, N8YOB,
63 North Illinois Ave., Mansfield, OH 44905, 419-589-7133
Chestnu t Ridge ARC / Bill Demosky, KJA FS, 1740 Raymond Ave.
l atrobe. PA 15650-3039. 412 539-1552
No Fla Section I Orlando ARC. John l enkerd, W4DNU. 1046 Turn er
Rd. Winter Park. Fl 32789, 407-6452026
Harrisburg RAC I Tom Hale, WU3X. PO 80 )(4 18. Halifax, PA
17032, 717232-6087
Bastrop County ARC I Charlie Claibo rne, N5JWP, RR 1. Box 32A,
Smithville. TX 78957 , 51236036 70
Aurora Rptr Assoc I Janice Ctreto ptrerson KA7TYU. 4376 S.
Argonne Way, Aurora. CO 800 15, (303) 403-1883 or
cknauer@skywa m.org (Chris Knauer KB9CCR). l ocation: Adams
Co Fairgrounds, 9755 Henderson Road, 8:30am-2pm.

Sen d anounce ments of events or club informat ionto: Editor, Monitoring Times, P.O. Box 98,
Brasstown , NC28902-0098. Fax 704-837-2216; e-mail mteditor@g rove.net. See Mr s hornepaqe on
www,grove.nel for compl ete listings.
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North American Club Listings W-C

World OX Club: Arthur Ward, 17 Motspur Drive ,
Northampton, England NN2 6l Y (in USARichard
D'Angelo, 22 16 Burkey Drive. Wyomissing. PA
19610 ). Wo rldwide. All band s with emphasis on SW.
Cont ac t. $22 overseas airmail. Meets every 6 weeks
in Reading. UK.
Worldwide TV/FM DXer s Asso c iatio n (WTF DA):
P.O. Box 17333. Asheville. NC 28816
<www.users.sccoast.netfdaustinlwtf da.html>
Worldwide membership: TV OX. FM BC, VHF utilities.
VHF-UHF Dig esr. Annual convention. $24 annual in
U.S. $2 for sample.
Wo rldwi de Ute New s: Ric k Baker,
ae411@yfn.ysu.edulorinlo - worldwide membership;
non-broadcas t under 30 MHz. Free electronic
newsletter WUNNEWS, join by sending e-mail to
majo rdomo @grove.netwith followi ng in e-mail
message: "subscribe wen." Through World Wide Web :
http://www .leonardo.net/berrilwun. For paper version:
18/yr to Tim Braun. PO Box 16533. Washington.
D.C. 2004 1-6533. Sample 1.50.
All Ohio Scann er Club: Dave Marshall. 20 Philip
Drive. New Carlisle. OH 45344-9108. U.S. northeast
01the Mississippi: VHFIUHFIHF utilities. Net Mon
9:30pm 146.940. America n ScannB rgra m . $18 U.S.
$21 CanlM e)(. $28 WIN. $3 sample. Annual summer
meeting.
America n SW Li stener' s Club : Stewart Mackenzie.
WDX6AA, 16182 Ballad Lane, Huntington Beach. CA
92649, (7 14) 846-1685; wdx6a a@aol.com. western
US, Pacific, Asia. SWBC, utilities, longwave ,
clandestine.S WL.$24 US, $25 Can/Mex. $2 sample
($3 ww ). Meets1st Sats l Oam address above.
As sociati on of Clan desUne Enthusi asts (A .C.E.):
Kirk Baxter , P.O. Box 1120 1, Shawnee Mission, KS
66207. US. Europe and Middle East : Pirate and
clandestine. The A.CE $20 US. US$21 Can/Mex,
US$27ww.
Assoc Iati on of Manit ob a DX'ers (AMAN DX):
Shawn Axelrod. 30 Becontree Bay. Winnipeg ,
Manitoba. R2N 2X9 Canada, (204) 253-8644.
Manitoba; LW. MW, SW. and VHF/UHF . Meets
monthly. $2.
Bay Area Scann er Enthu siast s: Bruce Ames .
PAO. 105 Serra Way #363, Milpitas. CA 95035 .
(408)267-3244. Western U.S.; 25+ MHz. List ening
Post (bi-monthly). Meets 2nd Mons. 7:30 Milpitas
Police Admin Bldg. $25 US. $2 sample, or SASE for
info.
Bayonne Emergenc y Rad io Network (BERN): Ray
Barorv'Bob Frasca . P.O. 80 )( 1203. Bayonne. NJ
07002-6203. 1-800-286-28 76. Metro NJ. NY; FireJ
disaster. pub safety.
Bost on A rea DXers : Paul Graveline. 9 Stirling St.,
Andover , MA Ot 8 1().1408. (508)47Q.197 1. 50 mile
raous Boston; 330 MHz. Meets 3rd Fris 7:30pm. The
Lexinqton Club . Rte 4/225 114 mi W of Rle 128.
Canadian Inrr OX Club: Sheldon Harvey, 79 Kipps
St.. Greenfield Perk., Quebec. Canada J4V 3Bl .
(5 14) 462 1459 . tax (5 14) 67 13 775. Cana da
nationwide/membe rship open to all; General
cove rage. The Messenger. $28 Can, $25 US. $U$30
or SCan38 ww. $2 sample. Meets 2nd Tues 7pm
Montreal; several annual events.
Capitol Hill Monitors: Alan Henney, 69 12 Prince
Georges Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20912-5414. (301)
270-253 1/5774 tax. DC, MD, No.VA, So.DE. Scanner
bands. Frequency Forum BBS 703-2079622 (8-N-1)
Capitol Hill Monitor. $ 10. Meets irregularly.
Central Florida Li st ener s Gr ou p:Mike Twyford
KE40RR, 207 Hill SI. Casselberry, FL 32707-3424 ;
(407)695- 6529, e-mail <mikiefl @concentric.nel.
Central Florida: All bands. Net on 146.820 MHz Sun 8
pm. Conf#10 on Laser BBS (407)64700 31 or
Bullwinkle's Corner BBS (407) 896 5772.
Cent ral India na Sho rtw ave Club: Steve Hammer ,
2517 E. DePauw Road. Indianapolis. IN 46227-4404 .
Central Indiana; SW broadc asting. pirates , and the
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Books and equipment

for announcement or review should be sent to
"What's New?" clo Monitoring Times,
P.O. Box 98, 7540 Hwy 64 West, Brasstown, NC 28902
Press releases may be faxed to 704-837-2216
or e-mailedtomteditor@grove.net.
Hard as it is to believe. there' s
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th e ba tt e ry
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the )8500 ca n log signal level.

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Cybcr Scan Con tro l Gr oup Di -

version: <cunning for frequency

hopping. systems.
Act ivity Lo g Fun cti on : au to mat ica lly cul culatc and reco rds
total spec trum usage time .
Trun kiug System Activity Log:
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loaded .
(Opt iona l) Mult i-Re cei ver Frequc ncy Hand-O ff A llows '.:0 11tro t of up to 125 I C O ~1 rece ivers!
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C utting Edgc Enterpri ses has
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. the size and filament power

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mar ke ted to the hu nt ing

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January 1997

By Bob Grove

Th is co mpact ferrite rod ante nna. sturd ily ho used in a ru gge d

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Sharper Image VA 100 Pocket Portable

ith any prod uct. you can alway s

find something first-rate if you' re
wi lling to pay big bucks. But a fool

and his mon ey arc soo n parted. so the tric k lie s

in finding val ue-i-t hat elusive intersection of
wha t yo u' re ge tt ing l 'l ' r SII S what yo u' re paying.

For years. we have been trying to dig our

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even these good buys cost around S I()() to

$200 .

I Inexpensive and widely available

So it was with rea l interest that we ca me
ac ross a new 545 radio from the Sharper
Image. a Ca lifo rn ia mai l-order firm that has
stores wor ld wide . T he wa y its cat alog describes this rudio-c-thc " powerful" VA 100yo u can " hear late-breakin g ne ws di rect from
world capita ls. A nd weathe r an the hi king trai l
or in yo ur bo at:'
So me years ha ck, this fi nn o ffered wha t it
ca lled the "T uncmastcr." It was desi gned to
loo k like a 1930s an dec oradi o. but inside was
a solid-state receiver th at co vered the AM .
FM , and shortwa ve han ds. Th ing is. it looked
gre at. hut its perfo rmance was j ust awful!
It look awhi le, b UI they fina lly disconti nued tha t model and sta rted se lling reg ular
brands of sho rtwa ve po rtab les, like Grund ig.
Th ese are good radios. but the profit margi ns
a ren't like ly to be <IS grea t as they wo uld be o n
ho use-branded mode ls.
Ergo , whil e we still li nd G rund ig Yacht
Boy 400 in the Shar pe r Image catalog. the re ' s
no w also th e V A 100 house-brand o ffering ,
Ours VA IOO turn ed o ut to be 557. 19 by the
lim e it was de livered. hut that ' s still a lot less
than S I00 for <I decent d igita l port ab le.

I Nice size, good AMlFM coverage

The Sharper Im age VA l 00 is pocket-sized.
likc a large pack of ci garett es. So it' s rea lly
ha nd y fo r taking a long o n tr ips . It' s also nicely
designed, a nd comes with stereo carpicc es.
It cove rs AM a ll the way fro m abo ut 5 2017 10 kHz. so it rece ive s all the mcdiu mwa ve
freq uencie s that arc used throughout the wo rld .
FM co ve rage is fro Ill 8 7 - lm~ ~H1z-m o nau
ral through the spea ker, but stereo through
ca rpiccc s.

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January 1997

I Weather to hear?
In the Sharpe r Image catalog descripti on .

it refers to the VAI OO for hearing wea the r,

whic h is interesting. AsMTuti lity buffs know ,
in the United St ate s, there is a coas t-to-c oast
network of offici al 24 ho ur NO AA weath er
rad io statio ns arou nd 162 MH z. Th ese give
lots o f derails abo ut regio na l weathe r. an d
also specia l a lerts when dangero us wea lher is
approa chi ng. So when a radi o is cited in (his
count ry spec ific a lly for its reception of
weat her , fo lks ca n't be blamed if they assum e
it is supposed to rece ive NOA A weather
stat io ns.
BUI it turn s out thi s isn't so w ith the V A I DO.
Presuma bly. Sharper Image me ans that yo u
ca n hea r weather from ordin ary AM and PM
radio sta tio ns " weathe r report s. (Ex ce pt in the
FM hand. the VA 1()() only dcrnodulntes AMmode signals. so it can ' t he used fo r sho rtwa ve ut ility wea the r sc rviccs .}Th e V A IOOas
advert ised is. to sa y thc least, a mbiguous.

I Misses 22 meters and other bands

B UI , o f co urse, the real reason you ge t a
rad io like this is for listen ing to sho rtwav e
bn uulca sts-c-wo rld hand radio . And , in fac t. it
doc s Im\'C sho rtwave coverage. but only of
the 49 . 4 1. 3 1. 25. 19 and 16 me ter ha nds. It
sai ls righ t ove r the 22 meter ba nd as if it didn' t
e ve n exi st!
That 22 meter hand wus first la id out 17

ye ars ag o at thc 1979 Wor ld Adm inistrative

Rad io Conference, and it is fu lly lega l and in
o peratio n. It' s ..Ill importan t ba nd any timebut e speci all y no w, w hen we' re in the tro ugh
of the ll -ycar sunspo t cyc le.
Du ring the peak of that cyc le, yo u c all hea r
da ytime stat io ns o n the rea lly high hands. like
13 and even I I meters. as well as the handsju st
belo w, like 16 and 19 mete rs. But by the lo w
point in the cyc le, recep tio n d ro ps by a band or
two. So d uri ng the daytime , most statio ns arc
he ard with in the 25, 22, 19 and 16 mete r
band s. Indeed, d uring sunspot maximumwh ich is not a ll that man y yea rs away- 22
me ters te nds 10 be an exc el lent eve ning hand.
O fco urse. the VA I OO a lsu m isse s the tro pica l ba nds. plus the 13, II and 75 meter inte rnation al sho rtwave broadcast ing hands. W ithin
the hands it inclu des, the freq ue ncy covera ge
is ge ne ra lly ade q uate. a lthou g h the lo we st
e nds of 49 and 3 1 meters arc cu t sho rt.

I The little antenna that can't

Th e first thi ng yo u do whe n yo u tum o n a
radi o like this is to pu ll up the tel esco pic
ant enn a. Unfortunately. Oil the VAI OO that
an tenna. like a knee in a cast. do e sn ' t eve n
swiv el. mu ch less rotate .
Wi th sho rtwa ve. a telesco pic antenna wo rks
best if it' s more or less ve rtical. T his mea ns
that for best rece ptio n yo u have to leave the
VA 100 se t upri g ht on it-, lip sy lillie bottom.
wa iting for th e least di sturba nce 10se nd it, and
the an tenna. cras hi ng do wn. Yo u can ' t j ust lay
the rad io, like a turtle. o n its back , as yo u can
most other sho rtwa ve po rtable s. o r e lse the
ante nna w ill lie n at o n the table. and rece ptio n
is likely to suffe r.
Th is is carryi ng cos t-c utting In ridic ulo us
ex tremes . We ' ve co me across lorvo fp ortab lcs
costing less th.1I1 this o ne, an d near ly all ha ve
ante nnas that swive l. Som e C\"C 1l rota te.
Sw itch on th e V A I 00. 1I1d whateve r hopes
yo u may have harbored abo ut th is radio are
immedi atel y da shed. To begin with , the itsy
speake r soun ds tin ny an d is tiring to liste n 10
fo r extended pe riod s of lime . Yo u' ll notice
that peo ple who have these tiny rad ios for the
first lime w ill te ll you ho w . no, Ihal' s real ly
good, c risp au dio . and the y like it. " It rea lly
wor ks we ll for some thing so little: ' thcy"H
assure yo u. But co me back a fcw months late r.
a nd what arc they do ing wi th the radio?
Point is, on ce the no ve lty w ears off. th at

kind o f tin ny so und is j ust too mu ch for most

peo ple . But fo r occasional usc on tra vel s, it ' s
acce ptab le.
W hen you tUIl Cthe VA I00 on shortwave,
some maj or sta tio ns. out in the c lea r. come in
nice ly. But most come in mixed with howl s
wort hy of Lon Chancy at full moon . plus
modulation splash from adj acent c ha nncls not to mention dih-da h and other im age inte rferen ce from uti lity stations ope rating 900
kH z higher. W ea k-signa l se nsitivity is less
than sterling. as we ll.
However , the tunin g arrangeme nt. which
incl udes a slide -rule una log band xprea d. is
qu ite stable. T her e ' s no ap pa rent dr ift, or at
least there wasn't on ou r radio .
If 590 or S IOO is too mu ch to spend on a
shortwave po rta ble. cspec ially if you' re afra id
it will be sto le n. then the best bet is to ge t a
cheap analog com pac t portable manufa ctur ed
in C hina. Th ese sell under a wide var iety of
e ver -chan ging names all o ver the worldusua lly for the equiva le nt of S IO to S50. But
$25 to $40 is typical in the United States , and
that ' s about what they' re wo rth. Most of these
don ' t tun c the 22 meter band. eit her, hut a few
do. If yo u ca n find one that does and which
so unds good to yo ur curs. yo u' ve do ne prett y

we ll for what amounts to small change.

Because many compact ana log port abl es
ha ve dece nt-sized speake rs and are really
che ap, they 're muc h better values than tinn ysound ing poc ke t radios like Sha rper Image ' s
VA I00 . Of course. if you ca n step up a notch,
there arc a fe w e xce ptiona l di git al co mpact
portables fro m Sony . Grundig, and Radio
Shac k in the $90- I30 price ran ge. Th ese absolutel y run circles aro und any cheap ana log
portab le.
Wh ile the Sharper Image VA I00 suffices
for occ asion a l use on trips, it' s ha rd to imagine a nybod y- least of a ll somebody who
thinks enoug h of shortwa ve to subscribe to
MT- wil l find its performan ce to be anything
sho rt of disappointin g, eve n as a thro waway.
If you ' re a Sharper Im age fan . forego this
" bargain," and spring for the $ 199.95 Grund ig
Yacht Boy 400 they also se ll. Yes. it' s four
times as mu ch. but it is to the VA I00 \vhat a
Honda C ivic is to a go-c art.
This equipment review is performed independently hy
Lawrence Magill' und his colleag ues in acco rdance
with the policies and {,/"Oeedlln'.\ of tutemotionat
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EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

The ICOM R8S00 Receiver

he RX500 is (CO M ' s late st wide covc rage. high end rece iver . Priced abo ut
S2000. it is in the sa me class as the
AOR AR 5000 rece iver we tested last month .
Bob Grove pro vided ;.111 RS5()() o verview and
comparison with the A R5000 in November
M T.
T he R85(X) tunes 100 kill. 10 2000 MH z.
somewha t less coverage tha n the 10 kHI. to
2600 ~'1 Hz range of the AR5000. We tested
R85 00 se rial nu mbe r n H)7S. the Europea n
ver sion wh ich includes ce llular phone band
co verage and can not he mar keted in the US A.

Memory Organization
Initiall y. the R8500"s IlXlO ch a nnels arc
pa rtit ion ed into 20 banks of -to channels each.
a 100 channel skip hank (used 10 sto re Irequ cncie s 10 ignore during se arc hes) and a 100
c hanne l auto hank for automatic storage of
frequ en cies fou nd act ive du ring an auto searc h
op erat ion . Use rs can incre ase or decrease the
num ber o f c ha nne ls in ea ch han k by reall ocating c hanne ls to and from a free poo l. We
d isco ve red that the size of the skip a nd auto
hanks c an be adj usted. too-a bo nus not men tioned in the instructio n m anu al.
Eac h mem or y channel ha.. assoc iated skip
(lockout) and selec t flags. use d d uring scan ning operations. An eig ht c haracte r text labe l
may be progra mmed for eac h mcm o ry ch annel . and a five c harac ter lab e l for ea ch bank.
Th e EEPRO~1 me mory make s battery backup
unn ece ssary .

T he R8500 boasts seve ra l ways to scan .

T he co nventiona l memory sca n allows one or
a ll ba nks to be scan ned. A selec t scan sca ns
mem o ry cha nne ls with the select fl ag se t. A
skip fea ture igno res channe ls fl agged wit h the
skip designati on . All of the sc ans ignore blank
mem or y c ha nnels without wa ... ting ti me .
The 1986 vintage R7000 lac ks a rescan
de lay. Both the R85lJlJ and 1992 R7HXIA
provide a globa l rescun delay. hut it ca nnot be
di sa bled . ma king it vc ry difficu lt to SC;,lIl
trunkcd radio systems. One can halt the sca n
or-search. p<l use for an adjustable pe riod on a n
ac tive freq uen cy. o r wa it a m inim um of 3
seco nds after [he transmi ssio n e nds to resume. T he A R5000 ' s rcsc un de lay is se lec tabl e 0 11 ;'1 per -c hannel basi:->- a more use ful
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RX500 co nstructio n is impressi ve. A rugged. cas t alu m inum chass is is used 10 hold a nd
shie ld the va rio us ci rcui t boa rds . T here are
addit io na l sh ie lded co mpun mc nts o n th e
board... too. Good groundi ng and shieldi ng
arc req uired to pre vent a rece iver from "h earing" its own ci rcu itry . result ing in bird ie s.
O ur R8500rem ains coo i while its ex ternal
13 VDe A D-55A power supply runs warm.
Th e large padd ed tun ing kno b an d rub ber keys
ex ude qua lity and are easy to o pera te . tho ug h
so me fun ct ions are se lec ted hy succe ssive key
presses. Th e ye llow backlit LCD d isplay has
e xcelle nt co ntras t. ma ki ng it much ea sier to
read thun the AR501l0 di sp lay .
T rip le con ve rsion c ircuitry is used in the

i rupl e mcntati o n.
The R8500. like Ihe R7 HX)A. sup ports 10
pa irs o f se arch limit s. Ste p size an d mod e cu n
he associated with each limi t pair. Severa l
step inc rements from 10 Hz through I l\-IHz
are provided as sta nda rd and one prog ram mab le step of 0 .5199.5 kl l z. The ste p si zes
were fi xed in the ea rlier R7 1OOA. which wo uld
coerce the frequ e ncy 10 the nea rest integral
multiple o f the step size. makin g it impossibl e
to search inter...tit ia l channe ls in 25 kHz ste ps
tc .g.. 460 .0 125. 460.03 75. ... M HI.).
Both the RX500 and A R5000 arc more
fl e xible and per mit sea rching odd frequ enc ie s
in 25 kl l z steps. T he setup
procedu re for do ing this in the
less
AR500() is so me what co mplisensitive
1.0
c ated und invo lve s prog ram I
I
I
I
ming un "o ff..ct number." T he
0.9
R8500 NFM
trick to do ing it in the RX500 is
SENSITIVITY
0.8
12 ea SINAD. 3 KHZ
to program a custom offset o f
DEVIAnON.
Rcvr
BW"12
kHz.
0.7
25 kHz. cvc n tho ug b the R85CXJ
S erial #01075
already h .l~ a 25 kHz step sc0.6
-J
lcction built in. T he usc of .1
custo m offset ove rride s the Ire- ~ 0.5
A
q ucncy round-off. an d that' s
0.4
good .
Jo
0.3
I"
Aut o store search stores I no
~
0.2
or mor e uniqu e. active lrcqucncics in me mor y. T he R8500
0.1
waits on ac tive freque nci es
0.0
unti l the tra ns m iss ion sto ps
o 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
more
before stor ing the frequency
sensitive
in memo ry . so you can hea r
FR EQUEN CY (MHZ)
the action .
T he AR5(XX). R7000. R7100. a nd R85lJO
RR500. with a first IF of ~ 8 . 8 . 778 .7. o r 266.7
search bett er tha n [hey scan bcca u..c of noi sy
~ IH l . de pendi ng o n ba nd . T he second an d
electromech anical relays which 'Ire act ivat ed third II's are 10.7 and 0.455 MH z. A wid eb and
whe n tuning across hand bou ndaries (Table downconvenc r a llow s receptio n above 102 5
I ). You wi ll be se renaded by .111 annoy ing
~ I HI. .
A 10.7 Ml lz IF OUIP UI is incl uded fo r
TABLE 1. fREOUENCY BOUNDARIES " N MHZl
co nnec tion to accessories like a panadaptor.
AT WHICH INTERNAL RELAYS AREACTIVATED
but its 10 MH z wid e band width is trimmed to
j ust a fe w kHI. when tuning be low 30 l\1Hz.
R7100
512 1025 1512
R8500
500 1025 1200
Anot he rjack pro vid es e ithe r AGe sig nal o utAR5000 40
400
1000 1600
put or baseba nd audio.

...

Scanning and Searching

94

clic kety-c luc k of re lays whe n sca nning a mixturc o fV I-IF-h igh ba nd and X60 MH I. frcqucncic s. for instance.

January 1997

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passband tu ning . con tinuo usly variab le ba ndw idt h a nd IF notch filte r.

Jess
sensiti e

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tone. 30%

modUlation , Revr BW;S .SkHz.

Serial #1)1075

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R8500AM

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more
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100

150

200

250

300

FREQUENCY (MHZ)

Wh ile connec ted to a sig na l generator. o ur

AR5(X)() provi des mo re uniform sens itivity
in the 1H)O-2000 MHz range than our R8500
(see graphs ). hut we no tice mo re birdie s
using the AR5000 . A lso. there is a d istracti ng
:WO ms noise burst aft er eac h Nl-M trans mis sio n 0 11 ou r AR5000. \ "CTS liS a 50 ms no ise

burst Oil the R ~ S ()() .

Bob Gro ve tested a differe nt R ~ 500 in the
vic inity of a stro ng Hvl broadca st station
wh ich prod uc ed a whop pi ng 59+40 dB Smeter reading . Bo b wa s ab le to recei ve the

second harmon ic on his R8500. The strongest FM broadca st station in o ur rural-be>

co ming -sub ur ban area registers o nly S9+ 10
d B. Its seco nd harmonic fa lls o n an active
tele vision frequency. a nd we hear a heremdyne underneath the TV sig na l.
\ Ve used a sig na l ge ne rato r and made
measurements on seven fund am ent a l Irequcucicsbetween 60 nnd 200 M Hz to test our
R8S0fr s abi lity 10 reject Znd harmoni cs in
the 120--100 ~IH z ran ge . \ Vc repeated the
sa me measuremen ts using an R71 00A. and
the two recei ver s measured a lmost idc nti-

ca lly.
The R71(~I A and R ~ S { Xlcmpl oy four similar bandpa ss filters in the fro nt e nd to span the
30- 1025 MH z regio n (compared with seve n
filte rs in the rob ust Rad io Shack PRO-20(6 ).
On e of the fillers COWl'S the 90-2S0 ~'JH z
range. so a co mme rcia l FM broadca st an d its
se co nd harm o nic wo ul d rail with in the
bandpa .... of the sa me filler. No rmally. this
sho uld n' t be a pro ble m unl ess yo u live vc ry
close 10 a stro ng station. wi th a few cxcc plion s, our R7 1OOA. R8S00 . and ARSOOOdo n ' I
suffe r from intc rmod .
T he R8S00 offers IF shift and an aud io
peak filter. usefu l for shor tw ave mo nito ring .
Ne ither the RXSOO no r A R5000 ha ve a synchro no us detect or . favored by shortwa ve
broadc ast fans. Th e Japan Rad io NRD-5350
is be tte r suiled for sho rtwa ve utility listen ing

1-

Wrap-up
Our ARS(XXI and RXSOO perform

profi cient ly und we re co mm e nd

th em bo th. A S:!OOOrccci\"ersho uld
inc lude a ) OkHz bandw idth sell ing
a nd de fcatah lc rescun de lay. sele c table o n a pe r c ha nnel ba sis. These
cap a bili ties <Ire prese nt in th e
AR SOOO but m issin g from the
RXSOO. T he AR5 (XlO is mor e fle x350
soc
ible and inclu des seve ra l valu able
fea tures. like indepe ndent mode a nd
IF a nd AF ba nd width settings. repca rcr off sc i me mo rie s, bui lt- in
DTMF d isp lay. a nd ca n be fi tted wit h an
o ptional CTCSS decoder. T he RX500 is much
ea sier to lise than th e A R5000 and ha s adjustable channel hank size .
(COM R71 (lOA ow ner s migh t wo nde r if
they should trade " up" to an R8500. T he
hefti e r R850() offe rs sim ilar performance,
with the add ition or sho rtwave coverage.
sma lle r and mo re fle xib le channe l han ks.
nun-c step sizes , a lpha label s, and a 0825
RS2 J 2 co mputer interfa ce.

TABLE 2. R8500
MEASUREMENTS
Measurements, R850D SI N 010 75
MDS (Minimum Discerni ble Signcl],
CW mode, 2.2 kHz bondwidth, fast AGe :
-132 dBm1.05 uV)
measured at appro x. 10, 20, an d 30
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lar arc continually producing wide-band

radi o W . IVCS that pro pagate wo rldwi de .
Yo u receive the se signa ls as bo therso me
SIal ic no ise on the LF. [''IF. and on HF
bands .
II
' . ,,\ V ', I
Weak-signal operators who do 1I10 0n ;
'bo unce wo rk arc on ly too wel l acquainted
with the radio signals whic h ou r own sun Connecting II [ee dline to a tree antenna. Nail sma ll, thort, thin nails into the tree abo ut e ~' (1)' two or
tran smits. Th ese noisy signals can totally thr ee feet, up to 10 or /5 feet high . Connect th e clip to the various " ails until best results are
mas k o ver moon-bounce signals when achieved. The balun is a 4:1 ratio or high er, high side to the tree.
the sun and moon are bot h in the sa me
a ny Rl- signals lately'? I have. And the trees taching a lea d-i n wire to the trunk of the tree."
direct ion from moon-bo uncer' s ante nna. RaAno ther o ld-time radio e xpert na med
wh ich I asked told me that they receive lots o f
dio wave s known as "c osmic noise" a rc co nsignals- and I haven ' t go ne off my rocke r! Morccroft felt that recepti on cam e from the
tinu ally bombarding our a ntennas wi th radi o
They receive lightn ing-ge nerate d sign als just lead -in wire. rather than the tree itself. In my
signals ge nera ted by nat ural reactions occ uras thcy have since time immemori al, and they own tests I ca n' t agree w ith Morccroft. bering in galactic space. As a mailer of fact. the
also receive the signals which ma n put s onto cause my lead-in was shielded. grounded coa x.
diSl-'O\ cry that the source of thi s parti cular
the auachrnent connectors to the tree were
thc airwaves tod ay.
radio no ise lay o utside ou r so lar sys te m
How did I ask the trees'! It' s simple . l j ust sho rt. and the ant enna perfo rmed much more
mar ked the beg innin g o f rad io as trono my . In
co nnected a fcedline to a tree. and co nnec ted like a long a ntenna tha n a sho rt srub.
radio astronom y. natura lly occ urring radio
In more recent times there ha ve also been
the line to my receive r. I recelvcd u multit ude
signals fromspace are stud ied in an atte mpt to
of signals acro ss the LF . MF. and (-I F hands. If re port s o f tree antennas, Cohen. in the Apri l
learn more about the cos mos.
I had tried other bands I wo uld ha ve, no dou bt. 1996 issuc o f 73 Maga:.ill'. reports using a
OK. so the re were radi o sig nals be fore we
recei ved signals on those ba nds. too. As a tree an tenn a 0 11 VHF and UHF with " mediowe re arou nd to knovv about it, but what a bout
ma tte r of fac t. a ta ll, live tree makes a dece nt ere -to-g ood results," but no acce ptable res ults
the recept io n o f those waves? Who received
for lower hand s. Perhap s his use of trees o nly
LF-M f'-H F antenna.
those signals'! No person received them . but
20 fee t tall limited their performance on lower
thcv were rece ived bv evcrv natu rally-occu rbanos.

Tree-Antennas
Throughout
Radio's
ring cond uctor to ~hil.:h "thcy pro pagated .
Abo in 73 (M ay 1990 ). J A6 HW a nd
History
And . once trees e volved. the y pro vided natuJA6AUI rep ort us ing a 12 foot high tree for
ral. grounded-vertical Marco ni ante nnas to
Old time rad io e xpert Squ ires repo rted bo th tra nsmitting and receiving on the to
receive these wave s.
using trees as receiving aerials fotdistances of mete r band with good results. T hei r article
\Vell. but where was the receiv er for those
50 kilometers. His method was to hamme r <I also says that ham s used live -tree ante nna s in
a ntennas? The resis tance o rt he tree ' s " bod y"
nai l into the tree a few yard s above the ground. [he 19]Os. as did the U. S. Forces in Vietnam.
was the "receiver." Th is resistan ce dissipated
a nd conn ccr thc recei ver' s a ntenna input co n- In Mon itoring Times. April 1989. Dr. Kosta
mud) o f the received e nergy as heat rather
nectors to the nail and to a gro und .
report... that trees " frequent ly wor k bet ter than
than <IS sound. like the loudspeake r doe s in
T exanna Loo mis. daug hter of wire less co m- conve ntio nal a nte nnas" for televis ion recepour HF rec eive rs.
munication pio neer Mahlon Loo mis. says in tion. lnt he Se ptember 1990 issue of MonitorOf'coursc. natural transmission and rece pher Radio Th eorv and Op eratiliX that ..It has ing Times yo urs truly reports goo d results
tio n still eocs on toda v. Have you asked the
bee n fo und that a tree can be used for a with .1 1;;i1 1 map le tree on LF through HF.
trees Ilea; your home"i f they have received
rece iving an tenna . prefe rab ly an oak. by at -

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",

 Tapping into Natural Radio

Figu re I ~how~ ~ugg c ...tions o n utilizing a
a n ante nna. Fur HF. l sug gc"'t using the
talle ... ! tree a vai la ble. Per hap s sho rter trees
wo uld be bcuer fo r VHF U HF as in the 1990
(fCC' 'l~

73 article discu ssed abo ve-c-or per haps not.

As w ith an y out side antenna it is w ise to utili ze
some for m of lig htn ing prot ection.

.i\>' RADIO RIDDLES

the \\' <.1\' 1.'. o r thc sphe rica l sha pe o f th e

wave fro nt. But thi s si m plified pictu re doe s
cover the ba sic idea o f radio waves in sp;'Ke.

This Mon th:

Le t' s say th at. instead of freezing the
waves. we had the ad va nced eye s and br ai ns

of so me speci alized a ndroid so that we co uld

ac tuall y watch radio waves zip along o n th ei r
I X6.000 mi le s pC I' hour lli g ht from (he tra nsmitti ng a ntenna to our receiv ing antenna?
Ho w wo uld those rascals loo k then ?
Yo u' l! lind an answer fo r this mo nth ' s
riddle . and mu c h more, in ncxt mo nth ' s issue
o f Monitoring Times. 'T il the n Peace . DX,

and 73.

~I

Last month:
I said. "Let ' s say that we co uld stain so me
radio waves , fro zen at on e mom ent in tim e .
with some kin d of d ye so that we could ac tu ally sec the m . or co urs e we can't do thi s.
except in o ur imagi nation . But ifw e d id. ho w
wo uld the waves app e ar (0 uv?"
For the area occ upied hy the waves ut any
one instant in lime we would be trying to
visualize the varia tions in the sig nal's ele ctr ical-field stre ng th. and tilt: re versa ls in fiel d
orientation (showing when the RF cu rrent
c hanges direction of flow twice eac h cyc le) .
T hi s wou ldn 't loo k like a wavy line. or a sine
wave gra ph as is re present ed in mos t te xts on
radi o .
One way 10 imagine seei ng the frozen
wa ve s is to env isio n that the space which the
radio wa ve... ti ll will show ;'1 darke r shade of
gray wh ere their fie ld streng th is more inten se .
a nd a lighter shade wh ere their field stre ng th
is weaker.
simplichy. Jcts co nsider o nly
dire ct- wave propaga tion with no re fle ct ion s
or other im pediment s to the wave ' s travel
between the transmitting antenna a nd receiving a nten na.
In th e sp:.H:c bet we en the two a nten nas we
would sec band s or d iffer ing shades of gray
o rien ted nt right ang les to the wave ' s d irec tion
of trave l. Th ere wo uld he da rker hands , less
dark ba nds j ust next. e ven le ss d ar k hand s ne xt
till a relativel y lig ht shade o f gray was reached .
The n so me wh at d arke r bands.then e ven dark er
baud s. and o n to prod uce a so rt of ze bra -s kin
look . Th e darkest ban ds wo uld be a 11<.I If waveleng th apart as would the lig hte st ones.
If we ad ded a g ree n tin ge to o ur gray to
indi cate o ne orientat ion of the electrical fie ld.
and a red tinge for the ficl ds ot her orientati o n
then . ...tarring at the middle of a d arker band
the re wo uld he greeni sh gray for a half wa ve len g th alo ng the directio n o f wa ve trave l. a
reddi sh gray for the next half w avelength. and
so n il .
O f co urse this pi cture is au o vc r-s implificatio n. Fo r instance . \\1.' haven ' t ta lked abo ut
thc wcvcs ma gneti c field . the po lnriztuio n o f

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standing radio waves
until I read Clem
Small's COIIlIllIl this
1II01lth. Now, I don't
know what the heck
they are!"

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DIGITAL DIGEST
Bob Evons

BAUDOT AND BEYOND

revans@astro l.magic.ca

GMDSS-

Global Maritime Distress and Safety System

ince the inve ntion of rad io ur the end of

the 19 th century, shi ps OIl sea have relied o n Mo rse codc -c-invc nrcd by
Samuel Morse and first used in IS4..J.-fo f
d istress and safe ty telecom munication s.
T he need for ship and coas t radio statio ns
to have an d usc rad iote leg ra ph eq uipme nt.
and to listen to a CO ll l 11l0 1l rad io freq uency for
Mor se enco ded dist rc, ca lls. \\'.I S recogni zed
afte r the sink ing o f the liner Titanic in the
No rth Atlantic in IYI2. T he U.S. Cong ress
e nacted legi skui on sno n after. req uiring U.S .
ships to usc ;\..terse co de radi otelegraph equipment to r- d istre ss ca lk The Interna tional Tc lccom muni cation ... Un ion (lTU ). nowa United
Na tio ns agency . fo llowed suit fo r ships of all
nation s.
Morse encoded dis tress ca lling h a ~ sa ved
thou sa nds of lives since its incepti on a lmost a
century ago, hut its usc req uire s skilled rad io
opera tors s pe nd ing many ho ur s listening {O
the radio di st ress freq uen cy. Its range on the
me di um frequency (\ 1F ) di ..trc..s hand (500
kH z ) is lim ited, md the amount of tra ffic
Mo rse si gna ls c an ca rry is a lso limited.
O ver fifteen yea r.. ago thl: Intern ation al
Maritime Orga nizat io n (l MO ). a United N<Itions agen cy s pecializing in sa fely of shipping
and pr even tin g ships fro m po llu ting the seas .
began loo ki ng at wa ys ofi mpro vin g marit ime
di stress and sa fely cormnuni c.uions. In 1979.
a gro up of ex pe rts dra fted the Inte rn atio nal
Co n ventio n 0 11 Maritime Search and Rescu e,
which called for deve lopment of a gl oba l
search and resc ue plan. This group also pa ssed
a re solution cal ling for de ve lop ment by IM O
of a Gl ob al Mariti me Distress and Safety
S ystem (G M DSS ) to provi de the co mmu nication support needed to imp leme nt the search
and rescue pla n.
T his new sys te m. which the wo rld's maritime natio ns. includ ing the United St ates, arc
implementing . is based upo n acombinat io n of
sa te llite and terre stri al rad io se rvices. a nd ha s
ch anged interna tional di stress co m munication ... from being primarily ship- to-s hi p ba sed
to ship-to-s hore ( Resc ue Coordina tion Ccn tcr) base d. It spe lled the end o f Mor se code
co mmun ica tions for .111 bu t a few users. s uch
as a ma teu r radi o.
T he GMDSS pr o vide s fo r a di stre ss sys te m
whic h au to matica lly se nds the aler t und pro -

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vide ... loc atio n info rmatio n. in ... itu ation s where
a rad io o pe rator mig ht nut have tim e to se nd
a n SO S or 7\-1A YDA Y cal l. and , for the first
time. it requ ire s ..hip s to recei ve broa d ca sts of
maritime safe ty information which co uld prevent a d istress fro m happ ening in th e first
place .
Th e GMD SS cons ists o f several sys te ms,
so me o f whi ch arc new. b ut llla llY o f which
hav e been in o perat ion for man y yea rs. Th e
sys te m will be ab le to reli ably pe rfo rm the
follow ing fu ncti o ns: a lerting: (incl ud ing po sition determination of the unit in di stress),
searc h and rescu e coord ination, loc ating Chu ming j.rnaritimc safety information b road en...ts.
general co mm unicatio ns. and bridge- to-br idge
com mun ication s. Sp eci fic rad io car riage requircmcms de pe nd u pon the ship' s a rea o f
o pe ratio n. rat her than its ton nage .
T he sy stem ulvo provide s red unda nt mean s
ofdistrcss a le rting, a nd e me rgen cy so urces o f
po we r. T he Gi\'IDSS consists o f many sc parate system ... whi ch arc be ing implemented in
:'1 coord inated a nd ag reed -u po n mann er.
COSPAS.SARSAT
COS PAS -SA RSAT is an internatio nal. satcll hc -b ascd searc h and rescue ...ystc m , c stabfish ed hy Can ad a, Fran ce , the United S tales,
and Russia. T llCSC fourco untrics j oi ntly he lped
deve lo p a 406 M l- lzsatel lite e me rge ncy pos itio n-indicating radiobcucon ( EP IR B ),:'1Il clemen t of the GM DSS de sign ed to operate with
C OS PAS-SA RS AT sy ste m . Th c:-.e auto matica lly-a ct ivatcd EPIRB s, no w required o n
SO lAS ship" co m merc ial fish ing vessels,
and other ships, arc d esigned to tran smi t 10 a
re sc ue coord ination ce nter the vesse l idcnt ific at ion and exac t location fro m anywhere in
the wo rld.
NAVTEX
NAVTEX is an int ern ation al. a uto mated
system for instantly d istribu ti ng maritim e
navi gati on al wa rnings, we ather forecasts and
warnings, searc h a nd res c ue no tice s, and sim ilar informati on to ships. A small, le w- cost.
and ..e lf-contain ed " sm art " prim ing radio receive r ins tal led in the pilo t hou se c hec ks ea ch
inco mi ng message to see if it has been reccivcd during an earl ier tran sm ission . o r if it

is o f a ca tego ry o f no interest to the sh ip ' 50

rnastcr. Ifit is a new and wa nted message . it is
p rimed o n a ro ll of addin g-m achine size pape r: if not . the me ssage is ignored.
A ne w ship coming into the area wi ll receive ma ny pr e vio usly-broadca st me ssage s
for the lir st tim e : ships already in the area
whic h already rece ived the message wo n' t
rece ive it aga in. No per so n needs to he pre se nt
d uri ng a bro ad cast to rece ive thi s vital informat ion .

. INMARSAT
Satell ite sy stems operated by the Intern atio na l M ob ile Sa tellit e Orga niz a tio n
( IN M A RS AT) arc ano ther important clement
o f theG M DSS . No t only will the INMA RSAT A telex and tele phone ter m inal he reco g niz ed
hy the G M DSS , but two new systems have
been included as we ll.
The first is INM AR S AT' s SafetyNET service, a sate llite- bas ed worldwi de marit ime
sa fety informat ion b ro ad cast se rvice o f hig h
seas weat he r warn ings, NA VA REA navigatio nal wa rni ng s, radionavigaticn wa rni ngs,
ice reports a nd warni ng s ge ne rated by the
USCG -co nd ucted Intern ation al lee Patrol, and
ot her sim ilar info rmation no t pro vid ed by
NA VTE X. Safe tyNET wo rks sim ilarly to
NA VTEX in areas outs ide NA VTEX coverage .
Th e seco nd sy stem is INM ARS AT -C , a
lo w-cost tel e x a nd data telecom munication
...ervi ce now o pe ratio nal throu g h U.S . and
other co ast earth statio ns . Bo th eq uipment
costs and a nte nna size arc mu ch less than fo r
INM A RS AT-A .
Inmarsat also o ffers :'111 EPIRB sys tem sim ilar to that o ffe red by C O S PAS-S A RS AT.
INi\1ARS AT -C sho uld have an integ ra l satelIite na vigat ion recei ver, or be exte rna lly connected to a sate llite na vigatio n receiver. That
co n nec tio n will e ns ure accu rate location information is sen t to a rescu e co or d inatio n
ce nter if a di str ess ale rt is tr an smitted .

High Frequency
As a re sult of the G ~ I DS S , the Coast G uard
has beg un to impro ve high fre q uency ( HF)
shi p-s hore radio safety se rv ices from co mm unicat ion statio ns to the mar itim e co mmu nity ,

as well as broadcasts of high seas maritime

safety information over HF telex.
Search and Rescue Radar
Transponders (SARTs)

The GMDSS installation on ships incl ude

one or more search and rescue radar trunspou ders, devices which areused to locate survival
craft or distressed vessels by creating a series
of dots on a rescuing ship's.' ern radardisplay.
Digital Selective Calling

Digital selective calling (DSC) is an integral part ofthe GMDSS and is used for transminingdistressalerts fromships and fortransmitting the assoc iated acknowledgmentsfrom
coast stations.
DSC is basically acalling system. Eachcall
consists of a packet of digitized info of one of
four priorities: distress, safe ty, routine, or urgency. Messages can be rou tedto 'all stations'
or to selected stations by using their selcal
code. Distress messages arc automatically
broadcast to 'all stations:
Terrestrially there arc a number of channels
allocated. one on MF (2 187.5 kHz). five in the
mar itime HF band s (420 7.5, 6312 . 84 14.5.
12577 . 16804 .5 kHz) and one 00 VHF (cha nne170 156 .525 MH z). A l l these channels arc

simplex,
DSC is funher used for establishing shipshore communication. t\ number of paired
(duplex) channels are allocated to permit ;'1
suitably equippedshipor shore sta tion [0 al ert
the other that it wishes to establish communication. The call will give the type of desired
communication and the proposed frequencies
for that communication. These ar c on l\IF/HF.
For VIIF, channel Xi is again used insimplex.
The inform ati o n that can be passed by a
DSC call includes:
The caller's maritime mobile service identity
or MMSI (a number th at uniquely ide ntifi e s
the caller. similar to a phone num ber ).
The MMS I of the unitbeing calle d. This can
be a spec ific unit or a group of units (for
exam ple, all Coast Guard units).
The catlcrs location. This can be derived
directly froman interface to a GPS, Loran. or
satellite navigation receiver. or it can be entered manual ly.
The requested work ing freque ncy and mode.
This is the frequency and mode of emi ssio ns
that will be used to tran sact business. DSC is
only used for call set-up. Once the call is
established, the two panics change In a working frequency and mode 10 continue the call.
The priority of call (distress. urgent. safety.
orroutine). DSC <.:;.111 be used foranythin g from

distress calls to setting up a routine phone

patch through a commercial coast station.
For distress calls. the DSC call can even
indi cate the typeof emergency (fire, taking on
wa ter . etc).
DSC calls arc selective because, unlike tradi tional voice radio calls. DSC ca lls can be
addressed to a certain user or sci of users.
MMSI Code Formation

The formation of the MMS I codes for

shore stat ions and vessels follow two diffe rem protocols.
The MMSIconsists of nine numerical digits providing each station with a unique identity. Usc ismadeofa th ree d igit s tring (MJDmaritime identification digits) to indicate naticnality.

The location within the nine digit string differs betwee n coast and ship station.
Ship station: Mlfrxxxxxx
Coast Station: OOr..-IJ Dxxxx
MMSI Selected Examples
MMSI
2 11 218
219
224
227228
230
232233234
244 245 246
338
339
345
352 353 354 355 356
358
366 367368

Country
Germany
Denmark
Spain
France
Finland
Great Britain
Netherlands
Hawaii
Jamaica
Mexico
Po nc mo

Puerto Rico
United Slates

Ship / Shore OSC Frequency Poiring

Coosl Frequencies
1621.51rptd Notwcyl , 1624.51rp ,d Denmark/
Faeroes), 2 177.0, 2177 .5, 42 19.5, 4220.0,
4220 .5, 6331.0 , 6331.5 ,6332.0,8436.5,
8437.0,8437.5, 12657.0 Irptd used by W LO),
12657.5,1 2658.0, 16903.0, 16903.5,
16904 .0, 19703.5, 19704 .0, 19704.5,
22444 .0, 22444 .5, 22445 .0, 26121. 0,
26121 .5,26 122.0kHz

Vessel Frequencies
2 156 .5,21 59 .5, 2 189.5, 420 8.0, 4208 .5,
4209 .0,6312.5,6313.0,6313.5,84 15.0,
8415 .5, 8416 .0, 12577 .5, 12578.0, 12578.5,
16805 .0, 16805.5 , 16806.0, 18898.5,
18899 .0, 18899 .5, 22374.5,22375.0,
22375 .5,25208 .5,25209 .0, 25209 .5 kHz
Distress and Safety Communications
MF/ HF/VHF/ UHF Freqs for GMDSS

ON: For ,he time being 500 kHz ICW)

DSC: 2 187.5, 4207 .5, 63 12.0, 84 14.5,
12577.0, 16804.5 kHz and 156.525 MHz
NBDP: 2147 .5, 4 177.5, 6268 , 8376 .5, 12520,
16695 kHz
NBNP/ MSI: 490, 518,4209.5,4210, 6314 ,
8416 .5, 12579 , 16806 .5, 19680 .5, 22376,
26 100.5 kHz
Voice: 2 182,3023, 4125 ,5680,62 15,829 1,
12290, 16420 kHz, 121.5, 123.5, 156.3,
156.650, 156.8, 1530-1544, 1626.5' 1645.5
MHz
EPIRB: 21.5, 243 , 406 4 06.1, 1544,1545,
1645.51646.5 MHz
Radar Transponders: 9.2-9.5 GHz

Examples of GMDSS traffic

FORMA T SPECIFIER: SElCALL individual
CALLED PARTY ADDRESS: 352 - 403000
CATEGORY: SHIP'S BUSINESS
SELF IDENTIFICATION: 354 334000
TELECOMMA N D: J3E
telephone
TELECOMMAND: PAYPHONE PUBLIC CALL
OFFICE
RECEIVE FREQUENCY INFORMATION:
12345.0 kHz
TRAN SMITFREQ UENCY INFORMATION:
12345 .0 kHz
RQ
CHECK SUM OK
DATE 2508 -1996 TIME 19:59:12

SELCALL individual
FORMAT SPECIFIER:
CAllED PARTY ADDRESS: 367 6000
CATEGORY: ROUTINE
SELF IDENTIFICATION: 367 TElECOMMAND: J3E
telephone
SHIPS POSITION COO RDINATES: NW LATITUDE
27 deg 49 min NORTH; LO NGITUDE 97 deg
25 min W EST
RQ
CHECK SUM OK
DATE 2 108- 1996 TIME 23:43:44

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ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

FCC Postscript Files Redux

In o ur November 1996 co lumn a reader
asked whethe r FC C documents in Po stsc ript co uld be dow nload ed (0 a prim er
other than a laser. We answered th at it
probably could be down loaded to any readable print er. MT reader Allan Dunn suggests a caveat, ho we ver.
Wh ile in MS DO S you can copy a text
file (0 PRN or LPT I . if yo ur reader dow n-

on non -poli ce frequ encies ove rload ing yo ur

scanner. Th e ci rcuitry a llows the strong signal
freque ncie s 10 mi x in the rad io. produ cin g
spur io us frequenc ies which then pop up on

unexpected-and usuall y undesirable- parts

of the spectru m wh ere they interfere with leg itima te received signa ls.
So me ways to redu ce intcrm od include directi onal antennas . poo rer antennas . atte nuutors, exter nal filter s. bet ter radio s. and changing locati on s.

loads and copies a *.ps file to a non-Postscript printer, there will he a lot of garbag e
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Th ese co me fro m spec ia l format commands.
Allan co ntinues by say ing that ther e is
some pub lic dom ain so ftware that will strip
the unused characters fro m the text files. but
the format wi ll not be correct

My scanner commonly "hongs

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distorted pager and data signals,
even though I'm scanning police
frequencies. What causes this?
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Q.

A. T his is cla ssic ul in te r mo d ul a ti o n

(vintermod" ) produced by strong pager sig nals

Bob's Tip of
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Q . I am

planning a railroad trip;

whot kinds of signals should I
expect to pick up inside the metal
car? (Michael Herman, NY, NY)
A. Th e high er the

freq uency (the shorter (he

wa ve length) , the beli ef tha t signals will penet rate the small window ape rture to be recei ved . Don' t plan on good sho rtwave reception . but yo u should do we ll with a scanner.
espec ially if you ca n locate the ante nna at the
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Custo ms . and
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U.S . any sca nner o r co nverte r which allow s
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Q. Ifyou were listening to maritime

transmissions on April 15, 1912,
what frequency would you have
tuned in to hear the Titanic's
"CQD?" (Jack Bessler, Lafayette, IN)

A. Good question!

At that time spark signals

were ex treme ly broa dband. and the transmi ttcrs were tuned for maxim um signal rather than
specific freq uency (or wavelength . as was then
the measuremen t) . In all likel ihood, tuning be tween 100 and 300 kHz wo uld have netted yo u
the QSL- if they could hav e se nt one ! Any o f
our archivists out there have a bette r answe r?

Remote Monitoring for Your

Scanner or Shortwave Radio
William Mewes suggests an eminently simple way to be anywhere in
your home-or around it- and yet hear
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S imply place the baby mon itor next

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Salem, OR)

Q.

to the spea ker of your primary radio(s),

then carry the portable rec eiver with
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freque ncy .
Now you can enjoy base station clarity on your favorite signals while moving throu ghout your propert y !Nea t idea,
Will iam .

Where are the antennas on

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ha ve no equal in tho se respec ts . Ma ny ofo ur writers hav e
ea rne d their internatio nal rep utations as the best in the
business. and MT has co ntributed to their ascend ing
reputations.
Although we rece ive many fine compl ime nts from
our reade rs (and they arc muc h appreciated). some of the
mos t flattering endorse ments are unspo ken. MT is required reading in many federa l and milit ary agenc ies: top
representatives of major com mun icatio ns co mpa nies tell
us they read about their new prod ucts in MT first: fore ign
govern ments count on JIT's co nten ts to learn more about
worldwide co mmunications systems and techno logie s.
Eve n some of our compe titors appear to foll ow our lead
as we change di rections.
One of the harde st tas ks faci ng us. howe ve r. has bee n
the on-goi ng effort to keep AfT edit orially se parate fro m
the merchandising of Grove Enterp rises products. Even
though i\IT and our sister publication. Satellite Times. arc
wholl y owned by Grove. we have always felt that it is our
respons ibility to be objective and halanced in our co ve rage of co mpetitive product s. It isn 't always eas y: in fact.
it' s rare/y eas)'. But we do try. and that' s \..'hat make sAIT
differe nt. and what has made it the most respected. allfrequ e ncy. listeners' maga zine in history.
And now we face a new real ity. a shift in globa l
co mmunications via low frequency analog to high frequcnc y dig ital-and the Internet. Shortw ave broadca stc rs have already hit the satellites. Law enforce men t
scramb ling a nd sca nner-e vasive Irunkin g arc ser iously
limi ting ma ny scanning enthusiasts. Monit orin g of 1110 bile and cordless telephone s is illega l. a nd unauthoriz ed

decod ing of scra mbled co mmunica tions is forbidden .

Perhaps that is as it should be. but privacy legis lation has
made an enormous impact on the listening indu stry.
New technologie s arc automatica lly unmoni torable:
emergi ng Pe rsonal Communicati on s Ser vices (PCS) are
inherently digital. so even their voice mode s arc inaccessible to monitoring. Is it possible for progressive scanner
man ufactu rer s 10 make d igual decoders for thc listene r?
Perh aps, but first it must be estab lished that the d igitization is for spectrum effi ciency and not security. because
the Electron ic Co mmunicatio ns Privacy Act (EC PA ) of
1986 outlaws privacy-com promising decod ers.
But th is do cs not mean that all is lost for the spec trum
mo nitori ng e nthus iast. Many modes will re main in the
clear for the foreseeable future, It is still an ad vanta ge for
intern ational broadcaster s. as well as clandcstincs and
pirates. to del iver their messages as econo mica lly as
possible to target liste ners. via conventiona l shortwave
circ uits. in eas ily-receivable, full -carrie r. AM mode.
The majority of law e nforce me nt. medical e mergen cy.
and fi rcflghting agenci es accept, and some even invite,
pub lic monitoring. Ma ny non-law-en forcem ent government age ncies communicate in cle ar voice. Nea rly all
businesses. news age ncies.t ra nsportatio n. powe r cornpanics. telephone repair crews. boat s. aircraft . sporting
events. and other VHF/ UHF user s arc relatively unconcerned about casual interception . Ham radio. C B. Gi\.1RS.
49 MHz radio s. and e ve n the new Famil y Radio Service
(FRS). w ill remain acce ssible to casual moni toring.
On shortwave singl e sideband. utilities listeners will
co ntinue 10 hear ship-to-shore . air-to-gro und. illeg al fishing flee ts. military man euvers . NASA Spa ce Shuttle
support, spy-number stations. embassy te xt messages.
Intern ational Red Cro ss emergency relief team s. federal
gove rnment agenci es. Coast Gu ard resc ue ef fort s. Hurri ca ne Hunter aircraft. av iation weather broad casts. standard time signals. and much more .
As the ups wing of the solar cyc le continues. more and
more worldwide cove rage ca n he e xpected: previously
vacant bands in the 15-J() MHz range arc alread y beco ming more active.
The spectrum is not dead yet: in fact. it' s ve ry hea lthy.

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with asoouffrequency recorder, ~ transmits unknown.
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chances are you would never be able to capture the signal in
time. Problem Solved. With the Scout just tum it on and frequencies from IOMHz-l.4GH z are captured in less than ten milliseconds, and record up to 400 frequenc ies in memory. Recorded
frequenc ies are not duplicated , as the Scout will kecp track of the
number of hits per freq uency.

Why Do I Need A Scout?

An intelligent question that every scan ner owner should
ask themselves. At the Races, a Sporti ng Event,
Air Show, Ham Fest, Crime Scene, Etc. The Scout
will capture unknown signals off the air so you can
manually program them into your scanner. Or, use the
Reaction Tuneoo function. The Scout automatically
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R7000/7 100/9000 to the frequency it captures in less than ten millis econds.

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