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Vol. 16, No. 7

CONTENTS

July 1997

AChange is in the Air ......................................... 14

By Laura Quarantiello
A lthough mil itary aviati o n re mains a li ve ly in te res t among m o nito rs,
budge t cuts and base closings are ma kin g a ve ry real impact in w hat's to be
heard in a given area. The author sho uld know : she Ii ved in the shadow of the
Top G un fi g hter school , w hich pu lled o ut last year.
As a hobby ist. don' t despair: a variety of new targets have re placed the
o ld and made 111onito1ing fun again . Meanwhi le, aro und the cou ntry-even
Brasstown - mon itors are enjoying mi litary com ms they ' ve never heard
be fore .

Monitoring Private & Commercial Aviation ............... 20

By Bill Mauldin
T he re is a lot to learn in o rder to unde rstand everything heard on the aero bands, but
eve n a nov ice can d iscern whe n a communication is o ut of th e o rd inary. Excitement, d rama,
and humo r a re a ll to be fo un d when li stening
to the aviati o n bands. and these po inte rs by a
commercial pilo t will help yo u ge t started.

Cover Story

Phantom in the Desert

By Larry Van Horn
Area 51 - ls this e lusive airbase
a figment of the public s over-active
imagination? Very far from it! The
areas of Nellis Air Force Base dedicated to Special Projects are home
to some of the world 's most highly
guarded military secrets.
The area is al so a Mecca for military communications enthusiasts. A
year and a half of research have
gone into thi s repm1 on the agencies
and frequencies being used in this
high desert area northwest of Las
Vegas. Much as the military may
protest that it is just a phantom, and
contrary to a recent magazine story
regarding its projected closure, Area
51 is very real and very active. But
let the story starting on page 8 convince you : we don 't advise you try
to go there.

~~Junk-Drawer'' Antenna ....................................... 24

By Ed Muro
A ft e r spending big bucks on better an te nnas fo r hi s handheld scanner. the
most e fficie nt so lution turned o ut to be a homebrew des ign by He nry Brow n,
built from parts and pieces around the ho use .

Racing Freqs: a la CARTe ....................................... 26

By Mike Bryson
If you want to blow the lid o ff
racin g, go to a " topless" race - These
" Indy cars" are speed demons, and they
THE OFFICIAL SITE OF TliE PPG CART WORLD SERIES
s ure aren ' t stock! Here are the scheclule, drivers and teams, and freq uenc ies to wat ch for C hampio nship A ut o
Racing T eams (CART).

Reviews:

DEPARTMENTS

The big news thi s

month i~ the arrival
of the BC235XLT
TrunkTrackcr
scanner. Bob
Parnass found that.
despite its simi lar
appearance. it
incorporates a
number of improvements over the non-trunking 13C230XLT.
The trunk-following functions worked as
adverti sed. and images and intermod
were virtually non -ex istent. Sec page 94
for the full review. including measured
sensitiv ity on VHF/U HF and VHF air
band.
lcom's IC-R8500 genera l coverage
receiver is tough. loaded with goodies.
well-designed. and pleasant to listen to.
says Magne. on page 92. It may we ll
tempt the '" I want it all in one box
enthusiast who is convincl.!d that four
figure s isn' t too much to pay for a radio ...

Letters ................................................ 4
Communications ................................. 6
PCS Front Line .................................... 28
The Race is On
Scanning Report ................................ 30
More New Portable Scanners
Utility World ..................................... 34
Monitoring HF Aero Bonds
Global Forum .................................... 38
HOB Must Move Antennas Out
QSL Report ........................................ 42
English Lang SW Guide ...................... 43
Propogation Conditions ...................... 63
Near Vertical Incidence Skywave
Beginner's Corner ..................... ......... 64
Nontraditional sources for radios
Below 500 kHz ................................. 66
Who Lurks in the Basement?
American Bandscan .......................... 68
Digital News
Outer Limits .................................. ..... 70
Another Superpowered Pirate
On the Ham Bands .......... ................... 72
Looking Forward
DeMaw's Workbench ........................ 74
Build a Handy Battery Tester

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Plane Talk ........................................ 76

Tools for a Great Aero Summer
Federal File ........................................ 78
Summertime Skip and Fed Trunking
Satellite TV ........................................ 80
Galaxy 4: One Versatile Satellite
Experimenters Workshop ................... 82
Computer Utilities fOr Radio
Computers & Radio ........................... 84
Fresh Freqs and CAT Magic
Digital Digest .................................... 86
Digital Resources Roundup
What's New ..................................... 88
Magne Tests ..................................... 92
/com /C-R8500
Scanning Equipment .......................... 94
BC235XLT TrunkTracker
Antenna Topics ................................. 96
Where's Ground in a Groundplane?
Special Events/Club Circuit ................ 98
Ask Bob .......................................... 100
Painless Trunk Tracking
Stock Exchange ............................... l 02
Closing Comments ........................... l 04
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Frequency Monitors ... David Datko, Loyd Von Horn
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Beginner's Corner ... T.J. Arey, WB2GHA
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Propagation ... Jacques d' Avignon
DeMaw's Workbench .. Doug DeMaw, Wl FB
Digital Digest ... Bob Evom
Federal File ... John Fulford, WA4VPY
SW Broadcasting .. Glenn Houser
On the Hom Bands ... Ike Kerschner, N31K
Mogne Tests ... Lawrence Mogne

Communications .... Lorry Miller

What's New? .... Lorry Miller
Scanning Equipment .... Bob Parness, AJ9S
Satellite TV .... Ken Reitz, KS4ZR
Antenna Topics .... W. Clem Small, KR6A
American Bandscon .... Doug Smith, W9WI
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Mistakes in antenna article

Th.:rc has been a lot of inte rest. as \~c:ll as
a lot of head-scratching. concerning the mul tiresonant antenna arti cle by Peter Barke r.
whi ch appcared in the May issue_There wen.'
some typllgraphical errors and some other
nu111crica l Ji,crcpancies. bu t " hat is most
intriguing i' whether the theory itself ha'
me ri l.
Since the author li\e, in Mexico. it's not a
quick con,ultation tn determine the original
concept and his experie nce wit h the an tenna.
But. we abo thought the matte r m ight turn out
to bc a good !caching tool in ante nn a theury if
we turned the qucstiuns over to C lem Small.
Shoul d hc ac.:ccpt thi s assignment. we'll hope
to sec 'omc answers in "' Anten na Topics"
within the ncx t fcw months.
M.:anwh ilc. take th<.: dcsign with a grain of

salt - although you can t hurt anythi ng cxpcri111cnting with the bas ic prem ise. To get
you 'tarted. here arc the most criti cal typos:
p. 20. ml. I - fo rmula 'hould read 234/284 8.)(1 fce t: Tahk 2. distance from feed po int
fo r Stub B shou ld he 18'10 " .
In Tab lc I. num bers for meter bands and
our in te rpretat ion in megahertz (which we
pro\' ided for the benefi t of those readers not
acc ustomed to thc approximation of meter
band~) arc not exact equivalents: however.
there appears to be a real problem with stubs
C and D. /\II the measurements for D arc
basically correct. hut for ~tub C instead. The
number' for ' tub D (9.) M HL ) work out to be
2.+ ft. 7 in. (7.+9 c.:m) king . solder point 49 ft.
2 in . ( 1-llJlJ cm) frn m the feed point.
Thc questions that remain unanswered include_ for startcrs: wi ll th is antenna work as
an unba lanced long wire without a ground or
counterpo ise at the feed po in t'7 will it work as
<t resonan t anten na with the st ubs bundled
tllgcthcr') how would it work if the stu bs we re
to be spread li ke a log period ic antenna?
We ' II look to Clem Smal l !'or his "take" on
these <tnd other quest ion': you arc we lcome to
send him your input as well. c/o the MT
addn.:,s. Th i' antenna obviously caught our
reader' imagi nation (ours. too). and we apologi1.<.: if the theory turn' ou t to be flawed. But
the stnry i,n t o,cr yet'

Be Good to Your Tree

rrank Carson passes along this hint if you
cons idcr fo llow ing Clem Small ' s suggestion
in his January 1997 co lumn of using a tree as
an antc rrna.
"Wh<.:n you use a tree as an an tenna be
nic.:cr to the tree - use galvanized screws
instead of na ils. They cause less damage to
the tree. and when you take them out. the tree
can heal up a Int quicker. If you use a long
enough 'c rew . you' ll al'o get more surface
area o f the 'crew into contact wi th the tree
than a na il of the same size . We hang up
fcedcr' at my house on trees and my wife
(w ho, a natu ra list ) passed th is on to me ...

Vacation Monitoring
Last summcr Paul Currie. KE41TH. of"
Chu luota. Florida. tnok a vacation to Maine
wit h his wife. two teenage daughte rs. and
"the all -important Sony IC F-2001."
"Whi le Dn our trip I not iced that the car
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Play Owl Darts at the Tavern

New Generation Samaritan

Oregon State L ni ,cr,it) biologists had

captured and collared a young northern spotted owl 11 ith a radio tran-,mi ttcr. Shortl y after
they rc leas..:d th..: ..: ndangcred bird. they lost
track of ih ' ignal. Deeply concerned that the
little lkdgl ing might have been captured or
ki ll..:d. a ma,si,e man- (or rather) m1/-hunt
was launched.
Concern mounted a ~ the signal remained
e lusive. The 'earch was wid..: ned into neighboring Washington ' tat..:. Four months after
the littl e owl was rcleas..:d. biologists once
agai n began picking up the signal. Alarmed
becau se the sig nal was coming from the
Oa'i' Ta 1ern in Skamoka\\'a. federal law
enforcement agen t' "..:re ' ummoned.
Probably imagining the little nonhern spotted 011 I chained to the bar. forced to perform
c heap trick, for guffawing loggers. a raid
wa,organi zcd. When the group arri l'ed at the
Oa, is. ho wever. no owl was 10 he fo und. The
radio ' ignal di sappeared again - until one or
the own..: rs turned on their e lectronic game,.
The ..owl.. turned out to be coming from an
electronic dart board using the same frequency as the rad io co ll ar. The mi ssing north ern spotted owl remain' on the run.

Whe n 12 year old Sean Redden saw the

:-.ob and .. pain.. messages flashing onto the
ser..:c n ofhi~ c ompute r. he wasn t sure whether
it wa' real or part of a game. Redden was in an
Internet .. chat room" called Glen Shadows
Ta ve rn. where visitors play m;ike-belicve.
whe n a new character entered the room and
'aid . .. Hc ll u. hel p me ...
Eve ryone e lse ignored the c haracter but
Sha\\'11. The young man typed. "What' s the
matter''.. The woman responded that she was
an a'thmat ic college student in Finland who
had ,tavcd late in the computer lab. gotten
!oded in and was hav ing trouble breathing.
She said she was getting worse by the minute
and gave detail s including her name and ad dr..:ss.
.. It wa' too real to be a joke: Sean told the
/) a/las M ornin g Nell's. He summoned his
nwther who called police. Shcritrs dispatchers enl isted a telephone operator who made
the connecti on to Finland. Finnish operators
then contacted local police. Eventually. an
amhu lance crew was sent to the sc hool.
Meanwhil e. the Finnish student was sayin" that it was getti nl! worse. The last mes,a~e wa' that sl~c cm~ld hear the paramedi cs
in ~the hall\\'ay. That' s how it ended. until
rec..:ntl). "hen a fa x arri ved at the local police
'tation from In terpol.
.. Mi" Laitinen. a 20 year old business
, tude nt. got the medical attentio n she badl y
needed a~1d is now doing well ...
Scan s glad everything worked out for the
bes t. "To be honest. I'm kind of embarrassed.
Not that I helped her but that all of this
Ipubl ici ty I happe ned ... Remember when storic:-. like that we re co mmon. but the mode was
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telephone , n,icc ha' now made its fi rst call.
Tokelau. a tiny i,Jand nation of three coral
at oll-, locatl'd 1.700 mil e, off the coa't of
cw Zealand. 'pe nt 52.8 mi ll ion for the
privil ege of being able to reach out and touch
' omeonc. Prior to the i11'tallati o11 of phone
lines. the island, 1.500 residents had to
communicate th ro ugh a noisy shortwave radio link nr wai t for the mail ship. which
arri ved unce every fiv..: weeks.
The fir' t phone call was from Presidelll
Aliki Faipulc Falime Tcao to cw Zealand
Prime Mi ni , t..: r Jim Roige r. Faipule Fali ma
Teao thanked Bolger for anteing up S I million of the mom:y for the phone,.

Leo Mcye r:-.on. WOGFQ. of Omaha. Nebraska. "a' 'chedul ed a s the Day to n
I lamV..:ntion .. Amateur of the Year: A ham
for 69 year,. WOGFQ fo unded \Vorld Radi o
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1 ran,111i tt cr~ and rece i ver~. including the Globe
Scout and the Globe King:
J\ t 8(1. Meye rso n. who sti ll plays tenni s on
w..:c k c nd ~ . made the trip to Dayto n to accept
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Logger to Lager?

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July 1997

Beacon Dud
Four climber~ were ' trandcd at the 9.500
foot level of Mt. Hood. Wi th a bli zzard closing in around th em. a woman and three com-

panio ns took refuge in a snow cave, then

acti vated their emergency locator beacon.
Forty hours later. no rescue team arri ved although all four survived.
on~ci als say that they were monitoring
the emergency unit ' s frequency. But when
the emerge ncy locator beacon was tested, it
was fou nd to be audible for a di stance of only
20 feet. Scott Russell, president of the Mountain Signal Memorial Fund says that every
conceivable safeguard he been built into the
cigare tte-pack sized units. The locators cost
about $400 each and are built to withstand
30.000 G-force. (Russell says that two bighorn ,hccp bulling heads only generate 20,000
G-forcc.)
Additionally. the units are so waterproof
that to change a battery. the manufacturer has
10 use a bandsaw to open the case. "We're
going to do a complete investigation to get to
the bott om of it.'' said Russell. "Somehow,
so mething did n' t come out right.''

Congressional Freebie
Broadc asters' "Go ahead,
political contribu- Congressman, pick a
tions - more than card, any card... "
59.5 mil lion over
the last decade and their power to
' ha pc the news.
he lp th e m influe nce policy-makers. according to a
group that monitors
campaign fund raising.
Common Cause asserted that the big contri butio ns - political acti on com mittee contribu ti ons - tocongress ional candidates and
soft money to the republican and democratic
parties from ABC. CBS , NBC. Fox , and their
corporate pare nts and the National Association of Broadcasters. made it easier for the
law' to be changed in the broadcasters fa,or.
Recent legislative changes have made it
po,:-.ible for companies to own more TV and
radio stat io ns. Congress also decided to give
broadtasters new digital TV licenses worth
an estimated $70 billion doll ars at a time
when other frequencies arc auctioned off for
millions of doll ars.
The report says that broadcasters are part icularl y effective lobbyists because they have
the .. powe r to report and shape the news" and
..control how. and if. members of congress
appear on television.''

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Scanner Listener Saves a Lile
A cross-country phone call heard on a
scanner apparently put an end to a murderfor-hi re plot. Two men , one from the Seattle
area and the other in Maryland, were on the
phone work ing out detail s on how Todd
Rogers could "take care of or kill" Aaron Lee
Lord's friend, Andre Anthony. Lord promised Rogers $20,000 for making the hit.
A neig hbor of Rogers overheard the whole
conversation - accidentall y, no doubt - on
his scanner and alerted pol ice. Using the
information provided by the scanner li stener,
police fo llowed Roge rs to the a irport where
he met Lord and Anthony and arrested the
two plotters. Rogers to ld detecti ves that he
had lived with Anthony for 12 years and
wanted him killed because he had sto len
$50,000 from him that he had sto len from an
A TM mach ine.
W hen detectives played the tapes for Lord,
he said, " lfthat 's what you guys say I d id, then
I guess I'm guil ty."

Cordless Phone Saves a Lile

After all of the anti-scanning propaganda
coming out of Congress recentl y. it 's not
surpri sing that a lot of rad io hobbyists have a
bad taste in the ir mouths about cordl ess and
cellu lar phones. That's not to say that the
radio-phones are use less. He r's an example .
In Norton Shore, M ic higan. Cec ilia
Wolcott got trapped inside he r tannin g bed .
The bed was " lit up and it was getting plenty
warm," said Cec ilia. A switch malfuncti oned.
preventing her from rai sing the lid.
Thinking that she mig ht "burn to a c risp if
she didn ' t get so me help,"' she rea lized that
she had broug ht her cordless pho ne into the
tanning bed wi th her. She dialed 9 1I and
before long, police and fire fi g hters arrived .
The bed had to be cut apart to free Wolcott.

'You ean"t jerk people around: he ye ll ed .

'There's 10 million lire in play. I' m calling
the police."'
No one seems to know what is go ing o n.
Ital y is in the midst of an ongoing TY ga me
show controversy. Venier is himself al ready
unde r indi c tment for a ll egedly ex to rtin g
money from sponso rs .

Turned Oii
'Okay, Smartie, what
the heck do we do now?"

TY-Turn off Wee k is growing. Slowl y. but

it is growing. According to Henry Labalmc.
executi ve director of TY-Free America. 3
million people c laimed to have met the c hal le nge of a TV-free week in 1996. Fig ures for
1997 arc no t yet in.
Not everyone is so enthu siastic abo ut turn ing off the tube . 1 couldn't li ve without TY
for a week."" says Lynda Ho ll and. a princ ipal
for New Haven Con necticut Commu nity
Schools . .. [I] could never te ll the kids to d o it .".
The networks are no t taking TY Turno ff
Week sittirni down . Sche duled for the same
wee k were programs where Elle n DeGencres
pronounces herself gay. Tori Spelling s character Donna Martin loses her virgin ity. and
the Dukes of Hazzard arc broug ht back for a
spec ial reuni o n show.
Be lieve it o r no t. it is esti mated conservatively that the average adu lt spe nds four hours
a day in front of a TV set.

Jacobs Honored
George Jacobs. a n engineer for the Vo ice
of Ame ri ca and Radio Free Europe, has been
honored by the Natio nal Assoc iation of Broadcasters . Onl y o ne radio eng ineer is recognized each year for notable contributions in
the fie ld.
Jacobs was in stru mental in the developllll!lll and launch of the worldwide technical
broad casti ng system fo r t he Vo ice o f America
and the moderni zation of Radio Free Europe
and Radio Free Libert y . Jacobs al so establis hed seve ral FCC-licensed shortwave statio ns in the US and converted ex-Soviet jamming stations to commerc ial broadcasting
fac ili ties.
'" I hope that thi s isn't an award for me
pe rsona lly." Jacobs said. " It shou ld be an
award recogn iz ing the value o f shortwave
broadcasting.
G eorge has also bee n a loyal supporte r of
the hobby press. providing inform ation fo r
th is writer while al The Shortwa1e Guide and
Monitoring Times. Thanks George. The award
1rns for you. personally.

Credits
" Communications" is edited by Larry l\lillcr.
who in turn 1hankscditors Rachel Baughn and Larry Van
Horn. Thank- also go 10 fohn Baiky in the art department.
All of l" Ol\C our grcal c~I thanks to ihc fol lowing
mcmhcr, of the communicat ions monitoring team
who look for. clip nut. and mail in items of inlerest about
radio: Richard Johnson. White Deer. PA: Mr. and Mrs.
Kevin John Klein. Ki mberly. WI: Maryanne Kehoe.
Atlanta. GA: Bill McConnell. Clover. SC: Brian Oakley.
Fort Worth. TX: Harry Shute. Edmonton, AB: Richard
Sklar. Seattle. Wi\ : Larry Van Horn. Brasstown. NC.
and Phil Yasson. There is a possibi lity that I lost the
names of a few contributors due to a computer glitch;
please accept my apologies. Than ks also In National
Srn1111i11g. Radio World. Satl'ilite Times. W5YI Report.

Italian TV
The g lam o rou s Italian TY hos t was
stunned. When Mara Ve nie r asked the name
of pop singer Franco C a lifano's latest album.
the excited cal ler responded wi th Juli et
Menyel. That answer was correc t. not for the
q uestion that Venier asked but for rhe q11es1ion originu/ly scheduled b111 canceled <ii rhe
lasr minute: w hat is the name o f actor
Alessando Gass man s mothe r"1
"How is it poss ible you an swered the question we were going to ask?" Ven ie r cried into
the te lephone on li ve te levis io n. "W ho told
you'!"' But the line went dead . S till the llam boyant Ve nier kept rag ing into the rece iver.

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By Larry Van Horn, Assistant Editor Monitoring Times

he de~erts have always held a certain primal appeal for man y people. But there is one American desert that holds a special
high-tech fascination for many aviation and radi o buffs. Maybe it is the strange lights that appear to dance in the night
skie. over the desert floor or rumors of captured fl ying saucers. Maybe it is the strange looking aircraft that cannot be seen
on radar. or the rumbling from aircraft engines that cause earthquake sensors to trigger false seismic alarms. Or, maybe
it is just the Cold War ~ ec recy that draws our attention to this place.
But the Cold War is over - at least this is what the American public has been told by our government and the media.
And (if you belic\'e a recent story in PotJ/i/(lr M eclwnics) . we could be seeing the end of an air force base that is so secret,
it doe~ 1ft exist. It is perhaps the most secret mil itary installation in American history.

MO NITORING TIMES

July 1997

This base i~ ne~t led between steep

mountains in the evada high dese11.
lt is located inside th..: recesses of
the off-limits Department of Energy (DOE) Nevada T..:st Site. 90
miles du..: north of La~ Vegas. This
phantom ai r force base consists of
an airfie ld (among the largest in the
United States), dozens or aircraft
hangars. miscellaneo us s upport
buildings. severa l satcllit..: dish gardens. a control tower. and a hand ful
of U.S. Ai r Force 737 aircraft that
fl y in and ou t of its airspace daily.
Because its mission is so secret.
its ex istence is not reflected in any
federal government budg..:t allocations. It doe nt appear on any U.S.
Geological Survey maps. Check a
Las Vegas sectional aeronautical
cha11 and you won't find this a irfield on it. In fact. the base doesn"t
even have an olfo.:ial nam..:.
But the base that doesnt offi ciall y exist is there. and radio hobbyists know thi s phantom in the
Nevada desert as Groom Lake or
Area 5 I of /11depe11de11ce Day fam!.

I A Step Back in History

In April 1955. Lockheed test pilot. Tony
LeVier, was sent by his boss, Kelly Johnson.
head of the Lockheed "Sku nk Works"' (the
unofficia l name for Lockhcecl"s s pec ial
projects division), to search for a remote si te
to test the new U-2 reconnaissance spy plane.
He found a deserted spot in the central Nevada
dese11 right next door to the Nevada Nuclear
Test Site.
r gave it a ten plus. Just dandy. A dry lake
bed about three and a half miles around . I had
some sixteen-pound cast-iron shot put balls
with me and dropped th..:m out to see if the
surface was deep sa nd. Damned if it wasn "t as
hard as a tabletop," said LeVi..:r.

U2R Spy Reco1111ai.rn11ce aircraft

(Lockheed Skunk Wurk.~)

U.S. Geologic Survey photo of

Groom Lake in 1968. The base
that doesn 't exist. (Courtesy of
the Federation of A merican
Scientists). Below is a close-up
of the bottom center portion of
the photo.

Sev..:ral day~ later. LeVier lk w Johnson

and CIA special a~sista nt Richard Bissell. to
the site. Bissel l remarked, '"This wi ll do nicely."
He even li ked Le Vier's proposed name fort he
site... Paradi~e Ranch.
Jo hnson decid..:d to place a runway at the
south end o r the dry lakeb..:d known to the
locals as Groom Lake. Work then began on
thi scovi..: rt facil ity under the direction of Ke ll y
and th..: Lockh..:ed Sku nk Works.
Fronting for the C IA under a phony C&J
Engin..:..:ring logo. Kell y hired a construction
comp;111y to pu t in water we ll~. two hangars.
an airstri p, and a mess hall in the middle of the
desert in bl istering 130-degree summer heat.
In his book. Sk1111k Works. Ric h Ben writes:
At one point. the guy Ke ll y used as hi s
co111rac tor put out a s ubcont racting bid.
One subcontract or wam..:d him: Look out
for thi s C&J outfit. We looked them up in
Dun & Brad~treet. and they don1 even
have a cr..:d it rating. This ba~e was built
foron ly $800.000. T II bet th is i ~ one of the
b..:'t deab the govern ment wi ll ever get.
Ke ll y r..:mark..:d to several of us. And he
was ri ght.
On Augu st 4. 1955. thc fi rst tl ight of a U2 spy reconnaissance plane was made al Groom
Lake. Of cou rs..:. thi..: rest is history. But the U2 wa'n t the last senet aircraft lo spr..:ad ih

wings on the dry lake bed of Area 5 1. In the 42

years si nce that fi rst llight Groom Lak..: has
been the fi rst horn..: of many top secret ai rcraft
first and it is still in use today.

B The Big Picture

Groom Lake is onl y a portion of one of the
hottest areas in the world for military aircraft
monitoring-the sprawling three million acre
Nell is Air Force Range.
Located in orth Las Vegas. Nevada. the
primary mission of Ne llis Air Force Base is
the training of military aircrews in reali stic air
com bar exercise . . The vast. Con necticut-sized
ell is Range Compk:x. north and we~t of Las
Vega~. i ~ atlached to the base. These ranges
co;tain at least two . ecret bases. the aforementioned Area 51 and the Tonopah T e~t
Range. both u ed fo r testing of advanced
1ech;10logie,. T he DOE Nevada Test Site (frequenc ies in Table I and 2)-home to the U.S.
government'. nuc lear wea pon~ l e~t ing - is
;lso a larg..: part of the Nell is Range Complex.
For the military monitor. this is Mecca.
Nowhere else in the world will o ne lind a
July 1997

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TABLE 1: Department of Energy-Nevada HF Networks

ill11Ji.;
EACT
ERS

Emergency Action Coordination Team

Emergency Radio System

ERG
Emergency Radio Centers .
(All frequencies are in kilohertz and mode 1s USBJ

Nellis Area II (Lake Mead Base)

Nellis Air Force Base Area II (once known

as the Lake Mead base). is a separate facil ity
Numerous Ionospheric Sounders
about a mi le northeast of the main Nell is base.
ERC/EACT/EACT Aircraft
Aircraft Operational Control Net
Area II is a munitions storage facility fo r both
conventional and non-conven1ional munitions
Emergency Radio System (ERS)
NV310
(reportedly 200 nuclear weapons and air
launched cru ise missiles).
Pacific Area Emergency Net
NV315
Area 11 is dominated by a high-security
Aircraft Air to Ground
SN048
triple-fence compound encompassing several
Emergency Evacuation Comm Net
SN297
dozen earthen bu nkers. This fe nce is well-lit
DOE HE ca11sigos
at night and can easil y by seen from Interstate
DOE
Headquarters
Washington,
DC
KAL 24
KAL 23
ak Ridge Y-12 Plant, TN
Estes Park (Rocky Flats Plant), CO
KGO 45
KBW 49
Nevada Test Site, NV
15 and passengerjets on approach to McCarran
KOi 20
Hickam AFB. HI
KLJ 87
Los Alamos National Laboratory. NM
Airport at Las Vegas.
International
Kauai Test Facility, HI
KOi 23
KOi 22
Tonopah Test Range. NV
Lemont (Argonne National Laboratory). IL
KSJ 87
KOi 24
Johnson Atoll
In addition to the munitions storage, Area
KYS 6
Nevada Test Site, NV
II contai ns the Nell is Federal Prison Camp. a
minimum security prison occupying old air
larger collect ion of mil itary aircraft, military trol radars to simulate a realistic array of force dorms. The following frequencies are
activity, and military rad io frequencies. In enemy signals.
being used at thi s federal prison: 170.650.
The following military air ("'m ilair.. ) fremost places around the country, monitors
170.875, 170.925. and 409.250 MHz, callsign
claim that the 225-400 MH z is like a waste- que ncies have been reported from this range: KVL 331.
land on their scanners, but not on the Nellis 253.2. 253.6, 280.0. 284.0, 343.2 MHz.
It is also the home for the 820th Red Horse
Tolicha Peak Electronic Combat Range Engineering squadron depot. Look for thei r
ran ges. Hundreds of frequencies have been
cataloged and man y more await discovery. A (TPECR) - The TPECR co ntains long- and commun ications on 149.1 75 and 149.500
large sampli ng of those frequencies can found short-range strategic threat and assoc iated MHz. HF equipped listeners might want to
point defense systems, along with acquisition watch 11589.0 kHz (USB) fo r Red Horse
in our exclusive list in Table 3.
and
ground control intercept (GC I) radars.
What fo llows are the descriptions of a few
activ ity.
The
TPECR
simulates ene my defense deep
of the more interesting faci lities on the Nelli s
interdiction and offense cou nter air targets.
Range.
Department of Energy
Located on Pahute Mesa about three mi les
DOE is a large government player in the
northeast ofTolicha Peak. it is a smal lerrange
Tonopah Test Range
Las Vegas area. Over the years. several DOE
than the TECR and is less capable.
The Tonopah Test Range (TfR) is a 625
The following mi lair frequencies have been civil ian~contractors have been associated with
square mile area located at the very north end reported from this range: 2:-l:'i.2. 280.0. and Arca 51. One of the largest players. EG&G,
of the Nellis Complex, about 32 mi les south- 284.0 MHz.
was the prime contractor for the DOE/Nevada
east of Tonopah. Nevada. First opened in
EC South - This is a limited EC range Test Site. EG&G also has played a large role
1957. it has been a major test facil ity fo r DOE that contains a few electronic threat simula- in Arca 51 operations.
funded weapons programs by Sandia Labora- tors representing both missiles and AAA sysAdd itional companies associated wi th NTS
tories of New Mexico. This fac ility is heavily tems. The EC South range is not tied into the operations incl uded Radio Systems of Neinstrumented with camera and radar tracking integrated air defense systems of the TECR/ vada (RSN) and Reynolds Electric Company
devices that record data from non-explosive TPECR.
(RECCO). A1.:cording to an anonymous source
aspects of nuclear weapons testi ng such as
these compani es no longer have thei r
artillery shell testing. bomb drops.
contracts (except a special segment
cruise missiles, rocket tests, and paraof EG&G). Those operations have
chu te testing.
now been taken over by Bechtel of
Tn 1984, TTR also beca me host to
Nevada. It is reported that EG&G is
the first F- 11 7 stealth fighter squadstill in vo lved in "special projects''
ron. prior to its bci ng moved to
(Area 51 al most by defini tion).
Holloman AFB in New Mex ico.
The status of the radio systems that
There arc three electronic combat
EG&G used to support their operaranges located on this north range
tions on the NTS is unclear at this
that provide user-selectable. low-towriti ng. We hope to have a clearer
high electronic threat environments.
picture in the months ahead.
These ranges are:
The most visi ble presence of the
Tonopah Electro nic C ombat
EG&G company continues to be at
Range (TEC R) - The TECR is the
the McCarran International Airport.
main. manned threat si mulator range.
EG&G prov ides support at the
It has generated mock e lectronic
., Escondido fac ility forthe dail y Janet
threats that include surface-to-ai r
lli!ahts that ferry personnel to Arca
(SA M) missile sites wi th nlllnerous
5
1~ Prior to lhe Air Force taking
F-117A Nighthawk aircrt~/t (U.S. A ir Force photo)
anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) fire conNetOesiq.
NV301
NV302
NV306

10

Freguencies (kHz}
Various Frequencies
2286.0. 6981 .0, 7839.0, 9114.0,
2621.0. 3422.0. 6535.0. 8912.0, 10045.0, 13312.0. 17901.0,
21931.0.
0 7 280
2625.5, 3335.0. 4480.5. 4603.0. 4946.5, 5378.0, 693 .5, 4 ..
74640. 7690.5, 8054.5, 10554.0, 10870.0. 11125.0, 11556.5,
12020.5, 13802.0, 14400.5. 15454.5, 16065.0. 18416.0, 20404.0.
23532.0, 25431.0
4479.0. 8053.0, 91 14.0, 11125.0, 13802.0, 16065.0, 18416.0,
20404 0, 25431.0
4600.0, 4919.0, 8964.0,
8053.0

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control of the Boein g 737s that rl y north to

Groom Lake. a civi lian co mpany. Key Airlines. had the duty to transpo11 groom Lake
personne l. Look for Escondi do faci lity radio
activi ty on 16-L250 (Security) and 16-U50
(Maintenance s upport). Air to ground co mmunicat ions ca n be heard on 11 8.7 MHz
(callsign Go ld Coast)
Janet fl ights fl y north from McCarran to
Groom Lake and enter R-4808N (Groom Lake
a irspace): they contact Dreamland Contro l
(Arca 51 approach cont rol) on civilian VHF
aeronautical frequenc ies. o ,erthc years. these

TABLE 2: Department of Energy-Nevada VHF/UHF Networks

Legend:
DOD

E~.1S

NTS
Net D!lJjg_
NV001
W002

rJ'.'003
WQOJ

'i\1005
','J006
IJV007

N'.'008
NV009

IN01

IJ'/0 1 2
NV013
NVOq

r;vo5
r,yo15

\\.10 7
4

'.i'/C18
~N02'

W025
W026
W028
N\1029

'N030
W032
N\.1034
Nl/037

NVO.JO
NV041
NVO.J2
NV044
NV047
':VO.J9
IJV050
'NOSi
t!V053
NV054

NV055
N\1057

lii'067
IW069
~:V073
NV07~

M:076
r. vo7a

W079
IW080
NV095

NV095A
NV100
l'N10'.
~JV206

'N307
r.: 1/400
IJV40~

14'!-102

NV.J10

Depanmem of Delense
E'Tlergency M~dical Service
l\e,vada Test Site

DOE
8epa1tmem ol Energy
NESi
Nuclear Emergency Scarc11 r eams
tAIJ frequencies a1e in MHz and mode 1s 11arrowoanct FM
unless oll1er;1.se 1nd1ca1ed)

Usage
DOE!DOD Operations
_ocal Lari Enforcement MuiuJI Ad
NTS FirelEMS Rad1allon Safety Net
NTS Test Operations
1.0S Alamcs Laos Operations
EG&G Ai1as Facility Tech<l:cal Net
DOE. Los Aiarr.os uperat1ons
NTS Sandia Operations
MTS Los Alamos Operations
DOE revada Command and Con1rol
Public Safety l<et
NTS Operaliors Net
rJevada DOE Common User Net (Dragon Ops)
NTS Operations
DOE Equipment Operauons
NTS Field Operations
DOE Secunfy EmergenCJ Net
NTS Operat.or.s
NTS Operations
R~ynold s Electric Power Line Mamt
NTS Operations
NTS Operations
NTS Securily IJet
NTS Operations
DOE Pager System
NTS Operations
Re;nolds Eleclnc simplex foeld ops
NTS Operations
NTS Operations
DOE/NTS Control Link
EG&G Technical Ops (currently inactive)
EG&G Communications Net
EG&G Security Escondido Facility
EG&G Maintenance Escondido Facility
EG&G Technical Ops (cu1rently inactive)
NTS Emergency Command Post
NTS Operations Net
1'TS Securitf Force
NTS Secuntv Net
DOE Managers Net
EG&G Technical Operations Net
V/ackenhut Secu11ty
DOE Radiation Safety Net
DOE/DOD Ope-at1ons Net
EG& G Techr.ical Operations
DOE Secun~; tlet
NTS Operations Net
NTS Operations Net
DOE Las Vegas1NTS r1 unk111g System

frequencies ikHz)

Pahute Mesa Area Operations Ne1

DOE NEST Teams
DOE Me!eJr Burst NetworK
Air to Gr;;und Comms at Mccarren Intl (AM)
Desert Rock Airstrip Control Tov1er (Al.1)
Desert Roe~ Airstrip Approach Co1;rcJ !AM1
Desert Rock A1rstr1p NTS (AM)

EG&G Cc11pany (las Vegas)

DOE NTS Medical/EMS h equenc1es:

173 68751164.175
154 770
t 61 925 i 6.JA75
170 750 t&l 375
1735125164 100
1/j 7125 164.775
407.050'416 300
I 73.6125116-1.275
t73.8 125
168475 '164 400
363301.J1 310
t70.025
167 8751164.025
407 350/4 t 6 250
J039504 15150
167 975
t67 825
171 9751166 200
168.350
36 050/41 .030
41 9 350
406.425
166.225
119175
164 9625. 173 025 .11 0 800
408175'4t 6200
162 475
~10 050
~11 150
406.625/414./75
148.350/150 450
170 350. 171 2375
164 250
164 750
148 470!150.555
163.325
169.575
414 /25/409 200. 409.500
170 375/165 3125
409 550/416.100
J09 325/4 19 150. 409. 125
41 0000/419 650
4091751416000
409.1751417.600
JQ9 40014 I 7 700
.:09.300/416 100
172 725
173 175
406 55041 5.350. 406.750/41 4.750. 407 550/41 6.750.
40'/ 9501417.150, 408.750/41 7.550
171 0001173.6625
164 275 167 850, 168.450 t71.200. t7t 950. 173.000
40470
118 700
118.700
122.800
12' 500, 122.750. 126.150. 25~.800. 261 100. 315 too
153.050. 464 500. 464.550, 469 500. 469 550
462.950. 462.975. 463 000. 463.025. 463 075, 463.100.
463 125, 463 t 50. 463 175

frcqucnc ic-. ha vc changed (so111ct i mes ycarl y ).

When the aircraft come wi thin fi ve miles of
Groom Lake. control is handed l>ff to the
Groom Lake tower (again on a VHF civilian
frequency ).
Janct fligh ts also fl y up to the Tonopah
range and it is reported that some tlighrs
originate from Edwards AF B (home o f
AFFTC-t\i r Force Flight Tc,t Center).

Area 51
The Air Force Fligh t Tcst Cc ntcr(AFFTC)
is headquartered al Ed\\'ards AFB. California.
There is amp le e\idencc to indicate thar
AFFTC operate!> the secre t base at Groom
Lake. T hi-. a''umption i' dra\\'ll because
AFFT C appear' on many docu ments regarding ba-.c 'cnirity and land u,c . AFFTC is also
the log ilal ma,tc r. because Arca 51 was
fou nded for the testi ng of secret aircra ft and
Edwards i' rc,pon, ihle for that funct ion. Also.
Dct :I. AFIT C. i' the organi1.atio11 responsible
for 'ccurity at Groom Lake.
In addit ion 10 AFFTC mil itary personnel.
Groom Lake i' home lo numcrou' civilian
aerospace personnel that arc there to su pport
the testing program. An cyew itnc's of Groom
La ke operation' ha' revealed who occu pies
the va riou ' sections or sites on the base. He re
is that cxc lu, ive list:
S2

Northrup/Grumman

S3
S4

Unknown
Lockheed

S6

Unknown

S7
S9

Teledyne Ryan Aero

82 bomber. Tacit Blue.

A 12 follow-on
No air vehicles spotted
Al 1. U2. SR71 F-1 17
(Have Blue), Darkstar
(Tier 3 UAV)
Several variants of C 135
aircraft sitting around
Seems to be in a
caretaker status
Tier 2+ and Tier 3+ UAVs

Since t hc~c arc civi lian companic,, scanner cnthu,iasls might want to check VHF/
UHF it inerant frequencies for acti vi ty from
the base. Be sure the foll owing frequenc ies
arc loaded into your scanncr: 151.505. 151.625.
154.570. 15..t .(100. 158.400. 45 1.800. 456.800.
July 1997

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11

anyone wanting to take a trip to Groom Lake

should be aware that no one is allowed on o r
nearthis closed faci lil y. There arc sign s posted
indicatin g that dead ly force is autho rized (and
they mean serious business). The security
force you will run into arc known as the
"cammodudes (so named by G lenn Campbell
al the Area 5 1 Research C enter). This sec urit y
And Then There are the Rumors
patrol is pan or the A FFfC. DET 3 SP un it.
One rumor about Groom Lake that many
and they donl mess around . You will find
citizens take seriously is that area S-4 is w here
the m on 141.550 a nd 142.500 MHz.
the remains of the Roswe ll flying saucer were
According to a copyrighted story in the June
taken and where the US government is reverse
1997 issue of Popular Meclwnics magazine.
e ng inee ring a fl ying saucer. This is all su pthe cammo dudes are gone and with them the
posed to be in an area located south of the base
beginning of the end of Area 5 1. According to
at a secret mountain facility near Papoose
the story written by Jim Wilson. ScienccffechLake.
nology editor. Area 5 1 is shulling d own and
There has never been an y credible ev ide nce
moving to the Dugway Proving Grounds in
to support thi s conc lu sio n and, based on the
Utah. However, as o f this writing, Janet flights
information above, the author seriously doubts
continue into Groom Lake and we do not sec
any of these c laims. This is a Dee p Blac k base
any let-up in activity. The PM story is highly
that supports advanced techno logy aircraft.
suspect in its conte nt and conclusions.
but that is all.
If you arc planning a trip lo the Groom
Lake vicinity. I highly recom me nd you purI Tal<ing a trip to Dreamland?
chase a copy of Glenn Campbell ' s A rea 51
Arca 51 is a c:losed governme nt racilit y : Viei rers Guide. Thi s is the best and most

464.500, 464.550. 469.500. 469 .550 MHz.

You should also have the U .S government
itinerants (27.575. 27 .585 , 163. 100, 168.350.
408.400. 4 18.050, 418.075. 4 18.575 ) and a ircraft emergency ( 121 .500/243 .0) frequenc ies
loaded.

in formative work on the Groom Lake/Nelli s

area and a req uirement fo r those wanti ng to
make the pi lg rimage . You can fi nd more info rmat ion abou t the Vit'we1"s Guide a nd
Groom Lake o n the In ternet by visi ti ng
Campbe ll" s Internet s ite (the best on the Web)
at: http://www.ufomind.com o r write G len n
Campbel l. P.O. Box 448, Rachel , Nevada
89001.
An artic le of this magnilllde could not have
been writ ten without the help of numerous
ind ivid uals and hundreds o f ho urs o f monito ring and research. I wou ld like to specifically
thank fou r indi vidua ls w ho really he lped behi nd the scenes: Captain Xenon, my friend in
the south. G lenn Campbell. and Bruce Ames.
Tdedicate this article to the person who got me
started o n th is project seve ral years ago:
mygood friend. Ed Fly nn.
There are man) rumors, speculations. and
w il d theories about Groom Lake that have
c ircu lated over the years (we can now acid the
base closing to the li st of odd ities). But there
is one rumor you can put to rest fo r certain:
Groom Lake does exist and it isn' t j ust a
" Phantom in the Desert."

TABLE 3: Nellis AFB Complex/Range Frequencies

All frequencies are in MHz unless otherwise noted. Frequencies with numbers in brackets are aircraft radio preset channel numbers.

M$. Airfield/Range Ooerations !AM model

A 10 Ground Altack Coordination:
ACC Command Post:
ACC Command Post (Nationwide):
ACM! Pod Shop:
Aerial Refueling Operations:
ALCE (AMC) Command Post
Approach Control:
Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS):
Caliente MOA Range Conlrol:
Clearance Delivery:
Contingency:
Control Tower:
Coyote Range Control:
Dreamland MOA Control (R4808)
Departure Conlrol:
Edwards AFB Test Range:
Elgin North/South (Boneyard Control):
Ground Control:
Helicopter Control:
Inbound Air Emergency/
Single Frequency Approach (SFA):
lnterplane Communications:
Las Vegas Terminal Control Area:
Lockheed Test Frequencies (Nationwide):
Los Angeles ARTCC:
Melro:
Nellis Range Control:
Pilot to Dispatcher (PTO):
Precision Approach Radar (PAR):
Range 14 Operations:
Range 61 Operations:
Range 62 Operations:
Range 63 Operations
Range 64 Operations:
Range 65 Operations
Range 71 Operations:
Range 74 Operatmns:
Range 75 Operations:
Range 76 Operations:
RBS EW Training (Utah Test Range)
Red Flag Exercise Operations:

Red Flag Squadron Cominon:

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Alpha 321.100 [1 OJ. Bravo 385.500, Charlie 326.200. Della 392.200

225.350
YF-22 Raptor aircraft (U.S. Air
133.950/295 0
275.200. 314.600. 345.400, 382.600
Force photo)
377.100 [17!. 352.050 [18]
344.600
119 350/343.000 [71, 124.4501392 1, 126.650/253.400 [8]. Bat Ops 297.500, 124.450/392.100, 238.1 50, 238.700, 268.600, 271.600, 272.100. 272.200,
m:~~~ 276.400. 278.400. 283.000. 287.500. 287.600. 289.200. 295200. 304.800. 323.700. 343 300. 348.900. 349.500. 359.900. 389 ooo. 392.900
384.900. 397.200
357.500
320.100
280.000, 292.200
268.000, 361.600
260.100, 319.700. 351.200
288.800
344.800
228.000
363900
354.300
283.700
GCI 225.450, ACMI 238.800, GCI 259.400. 266 600. Snake Ops (GCIJ 268.200. 270.025. Barnyard (GCI) 294 900. 288.000. 290.800 293.500 343.200
343200, 397.000
.
.
'
Frisbee Ops 228.200. 229.250. 233.450. 238.650, 253700, 255.700. 260.250, 266.000. 276.050. 276.850. 291.850. 292.450. 308000, 309.500
316.200. 318.400. 320 800, 325.500. 326.400, 327.200. 338.400. 347.400, 349.200

Red Flag Ops 234 900 [11

Red Flag/Green Flag:

12

32.45, 32.65, 34.15, 40.15, 41.45, 41.95, 142.300

Raymond 22 320.000. 381 .100, 381.300
311.0
288.600
255.750. 291.900 (AR625L), 295.400 (AR641), 3030. 305.500. 319.500 (secondary all routes), 344.700
257.350, 259.950
124.950/279.7 [6]. 323.900
270.100
Jeddi GCI 289.300 \13]. 286.500
120.900/289.400 12
305.450, 343.200
132.550/324.300 [4]
379.400. 379.500
118.55, 119.550. 120 050 120.350 122.800. 126.1 501255.800. 261.100
135.100/352.800 [5]
389.025
357.100 1161
121.800/275.800 [3]
134.850

July 1997

Red Flag Tonopah Ran9e (Wildfire 3)

Search and Rescue f raming {SAR):
Squadron Common
Supervisor of Flying {SOF) 414 CTS-MIG Ops:
Supervisor of Flying (SOF) 57 FW-Bullseye Control:
TACCS Training:
USAF Thunderbirds Flight Oemonstrauon Teams:
VHF Air to Air
VHF Search and Rescue (SAR)
414 CTS Command Post (MIG Ops).
Othe1 kncwn ac11ve freqs.

46.65. 46.75, 46.85

252.800. 259.000, 392.i75
225.500. 257.100. 264.600. 305.650, 315.800
139.925, 139.975.
303.200 [9]. 304.900
319.300
141.850, 322.950
138.025. 138 100, 138.200, 138.250. 138.275, 138.375. 138.425, 138.750. 138.875. 139.050. 139100, 139.500, 139.700, 139.725. 139.750, 139.800,
139850, 139.875, 139.900. 140.375. 140.400, 140.425. 141.000. 141.150. 141.550. 141.625. 141.675, t41.900, 142.175, 142.525, 143.750, 143.825.
143.925. 148.450. 149.525
138.300
252.100
127.650. 228.500, 228.750. 233.400, 236.500, 238.300, 240.150. 251.200, 252.200. 253.600, 258.250. 275.850. 308.600. 314.300, 325.900, 333.550,
~~:~ 335.800. 335.900, 337.400. 337.500, Rambo 341.500. 349.700, 360.000. Cobra Ops 361.500. 364.000. 364.050, 375.800. 379.550, 385.800,

!ft/.li_~tJWies !Narrowband EM model

ACMI Mam1enance:
Airlift Con1rol:
Base Paging.
Base Police:
Base Taxi1Transporta1ion 01spatch:
Civil Engmee1s:
Comba1 Arms School:
Commanders Net
Conlingency:
Disaster ContigencyExplosive 01d1nance Disposal (EOD) Teams:
Fire/Crash:
Flighlhne Operations:
Flightline Operations {Red Flag):
Groom Lake Ground Intrusion Sensors:
Groom Lake Securi1Y Patrols:
Groom Lake Video Surveillance Cameras:
Hazma1Conligency/Operations:
Law Enfo1cemen1 (Security):
Maintenance:
Medical Net
Miscellaneous Tes1 Range:
Munilions:
Nellis Range Control.
POL Dispatch:
Ramp Con110VBase Ops.
Range 62:
Range 71 :
Red Flag Maintenance:
Red Flag/Green Flag Ma111tenance:
Red Horse CE:
Security:
Security Nellis Area 2 (Weapons Storage):
Special Commumcat1ons:
Supply Depot
Tes1 Flan9e Safety:
Umdentihed commumcauons
USAF MARS:
USAF Thu1de1birds:

McCorran lntetnalional Airfield Ooeralions ~

ATtS:
Clea1ance Delivery.
Control Tcwer
Ground Con11ol:
Janet Flighls Air-Ground (Escondido facility)
Las Vegas Approach:
Las Vegas Departu1e:
Las Vegas Class B Airspace:
Las Vegas Radio:
Unicom:
llmIJ~!ill (/:ITS) (AM..fn.QJ!g)

148.400/150.350. 148.450/150.325
413.300. 413.350
150.200/138.325
Fl 163.4875. F2 163.5875
150.300
173.4125/163.4625. 163.5125/165.0875
413.050
148 325/149.000, Ops-1 173.150/165.0125, Ops-2 173.5375/165.1125
138.050, 163.5625
149.450
149.750
Tac-1173.5875, Tac-2 173.8375
138.225/140.300, 139.825. 140.675, 141.575, 148.075, 148.175, 148.450, 148.700, 149.200, 149.325, 149.550, 150.125, 164.050, 173.8625
409.025. Fox 2 411.850. 413.275, 415.625
496.250, 496.275. 486.300
141.550 {Unconlirmed), 142.200
210.010
141.725
407.500
163.5375/173.4625
173.5625/168.000
141.775/143.475
149.475 (Flighlline), 165.1875. 413.400
Fox-1 150.225. Fox-2 148.100/150.275, Fox-3 148.2251149.150, Fox 4 148.500/150.175, 148.250/150.100, 409.025, 412.850, 413.375, 413.500,
413.550
Ne1A148 300. Net B 150.050
148.525
412.950
413.450
142.750
413.225
149.175, 149.500
139.600, 141.925. 143.875, 162.6125. 163.5375, 166.5625, 170.175/173.7375, 170.500. 170.600. 173.6375
164.500, 163.375/165.0625 "Pickup Conlrol"
142 175
142.125
407.575
138300. 138.400. 138.900. 138.950, 148.050/149.225. 148.475, 149.250, 149.875. 407.550/413.125. 408.400/418.050, 418.075, 418.575
143.775/142.275, 143.450/142.150
Maintenance 413.025. 413.100
Departure 125.600. Arrival 132.400
t t8.0001379.950
119.900/257.8
121.1. 121.9. 319.950
Gold Coast 118.700
120.450 127.150. 379.150
Soulh 12591380.050, North 133.9501353.700
353.700. 379.150. 380.050
122.4 {Reno FSS)
122.950

Control Tower:

118.700 (shared wilh TIR/McCarran)

Indian Springs AAF

Control Towei:
Fire/Crash
Flight Support:
Flighlline Operations
Ground Control:
Ground Delense Forces:
Helicop1e1 Conlrol:
Pilot to Dispatcher (PTO)
Range Control (R-4806).
Security:
Superv1so1 of Flying {SOE):
Unknol'ln usage

118.300/358.3001121{AM)
173.075/173.9875 (FM)
165.0375 {FM)
165.1375. 409.025. 415.625 {FM)
118.3001275.800 {AM)
138.350/148.550 {FM)
122.900 \AM~
372.200 AM
138.150/ 41. 00 {FM)
173.4375 (FM)
142.250 (AM)
173.9375 {FM)

IMwP.lWJJl/198

B-2 Stealth bomber (U.S. Air Force

Test Range Operations.

124.750. 126.9501338.700 (AM)

photo)
126.600, 127.250 (AM)
409.975 (FM)
F3 148.200/150.600, 149.425. 173.100/165.0625 (FM)
118.700, 377.800 1151. 239.900. 254.750. 255.950. 256.775, DOE 257.000. 262000, 264.7. 264.750. 266.300, 286.700, 287.300, 297.750. 376.100,
383.300, DOE 384.000. DOE 384.800, 389.100, 399.800 (AM)
407.300/41 2.900. 407.650/413.250. 407.975/413.575, 400.800/414.400 {FM)

Watertowr Strip
Air to Ground Operations:

297.650 {AM)

Approach Control:
Cont1ol Tower
Fire Net:
Flightline Operations
Range Conlrol.

July 1997

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A Change is in the...

Homet traffic at NA SD Miramar is increasing due to its

upcoming change to a Marine Corps Air Station.

The Departnient ofDefense's BRAC Recommendations are closirzg

and relocatirzg military bases all across the country, and charzgirzg
the airwave terrain for military aviation monitors.
By Laura Ouarantiello

the world o r governme nt. its always

bout money. forge t ' tars and bars. jets
nd tanks - what reall y mailers to the
people on the HiII arc d o IIa rs and ee nts . In
1990. this simple faet o r mmkrn bure aucracy
was made pai nfull y clear to us a ll when the
United S tutes Departme nt of Defense rubberstamped a sweep ing proposal fo r c ha nge a ffee ting US milita ry bases within the coumry.
T hey ea lled it the Defense Base Cl osure and
Real ig nment Act ( BRAC). but man y Amc rieans ea llcd it unth inkable . Forthe fi rst time in
memory. the US go\'crnment was planning
the ultima te down,i1.ing mon:. a who lesa le
s lash and burn job on mi litary in,tallations.
T he rea,on i, really \'Cry 'implc and soi'
the math : the Cold \Var i~ o,er and dekrn.e
bud get' arc ' h rink ing. Pu t two and two toget her and you eome u p with the easy a n, wer:
if we clo,e. rea li gn a nd conso lidate some of
o ur mi litary ba~c'i. \\ 'C satisfy the e xperts w ho
say we do n t need 'o muc h mi litary mi ght

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MONITORING TIMES

July 1997

anymon.:. and the penc il -pus hers who say we

need to reduce the budget. To the govcrnmen t,
tha t s a w in-win s ituatio n.
The BRAC process began in 199 1. fo llowing Presidential appo intme nt and Se nate ap-

One thing about militm}' monitoring

will never change; getting up close and
personal is still discouraged. This
sharp f ence separates th e runways
from th e public highway.

prova l o f a n e ig ht membe r comm ittee. The

Com mi ttee heard the recom me ndations for
c losure and rea lign me nt transm itted to them
fro m the Secre tary of Defense and made fi nal
reco mme nd ations that we re handed to the
Pres ide nt. T he fina l round of closure and
rea lig nme nt reeommendations were signed.
scaled. de livered. a nd finalized by Presidentia l approva l in 1995.
Dozens of bases have been approved for
closure. some have a lready bo lted the ir gates
and transferred thei r personnel. T ho usa nds
of p..:ople . both m ilitary a nd c ivilia n - no t to
mention states and e ntire e ities - have been
affected th roug h loss of jobs and reve nue . No
state has been spared from the sharp go ve rnment comm ission ax: there are losses fro m
Alaba m a s Fort M cC le ll a n . to T ex a s '
Be rgstrom A FB. to W iscons in s N RC
S heboygan. For the military mo nitor, espeeia ll y mi litary av iation fan s . BR AC means
cha nge .

In co ntra st, some

states are bearin g the
As soon as the BRAC Commiss ion began negative side of all thi s
recommending specific installations for clo- down sizing. In Cal ifo rsure or realignment, scanner listeners nation- nia. the slate hardest hit
wide staned to get a bad case of the jitters. by the 1995 recommenWhich bases would close? What would hap- dalion s. prime listening
pen to the squadrons based there? We aren' t targe t s li ke C astle.
talking solely about small Reserve bases or
ortun. and George Air
remote outposts (though smaller install ation Force Bases are already
are on the hit lists, too). we're talk ing about long gone and the 1995
larger installations like Cal ifo rnia 's Long BRAC order~ have slated
Beac h Naval Shipyard. March Air Force Base. other to p ta rge ts like
and MCAS El Toro; Massac husctts NAS MCAS El Toro. NAS
South Weymouth; Michigan's Selfridge Army A lam e da. a nd NAS
Garrison; and Mississippi' s NAS Meridian. Moffet t Fie ld for closure.
The impact is undeniable and far-reaching for Force shifts arc already
The military traffic in San Diego i.rn 'tall j ets.
listeners.
in progress and the reSince 1990, sixty major bases and I04 sul ts are apparenl o n the airwaves.
Cam p Pcndlcton ror a little fron 1-row action.
minor fac ilities ac ross the country from a ll
T he govcrn111e nt" s BRAC Com mittee has
What does all thi s mean to the
branches of the military have bee n closed. The mililary air listener? How do all !he c losures. 1hreatened to change all of that.
1995 rou nd of recommendations have resulted reali gnments. losses. and gains affect actual
In 1993. the Commi ttee seleclecl Marine
in the listing of many more fac ilities fo r clo- rad io commun icati ons?
Corps /\ ir Stati on El Toro for closure. with
sure or realignment. Every facilit y closure has
re location of all aircraft along with thei r dedirepercussions. resulting in the disestablishment I Bogies and Bandits
cated pcrsonnc l. equipment. and support to
or transfer of squadrons. detachments. units.
ot her naval air stati ons. Th i~ move resulted in
/\s a long-time California milair ran. l" vc another cdict in 1995: NAS Miramar would
and tenant commands. Many personnel and
resources are reali gned (the militarys politi- felt the effecb of BRAC for several year ~. but bern111c a Marinc Corps Air Station. All of
call y-correct word fo r shifting assets) to other not unti Ithe 95 recommendations ca111e down Mi rama1.. s squadrons and related activ ities
from on high did I really sc nsc a change in lhc wou ld hc cjectcd. tak ing up rcsidence at other
install ations.
The actual changes wrought by BRAC arc ai r. My location in the San Diego County area naval air stations. pri111arily AS Oceana.
being implemented on a two-to-six yea r ~c ak. nf Southern California is a literal ninana for Virg inia: 1\S orth b land. Califo rnia: and
a relatively slow arc of relocati ons and out- a mi lair 111onitor. I have acc e~s to the co111111u- NAS htllon. Ne,ada. Thcse pronou ncemell!s
right c losu res. In some areas the moves arc nitati ons of several large Na,y and Marine shook 111any arca mi lair listeners.
complete. while in others the changes arc Corps bases and their ac res of n:strictcd areas.
Miramar was the Na,y" s wcsl coast master
more gradual and the fu ll impact has yet to be as we ll as one of the large~t military a\' iation jct ai r ,lation. the ho111e or Pac ific Fleet F-14
felt. Some bases arc already ghost towns. playgrounds. Whiskey 19 1. a warning area squadrons. the Top Gu n Fighter Weapons
others are or will be takin g on new personnel. whi ch stretches from Sant a Catalin a Island School. and Top Dome E-2C School. Traffic
forcing an increase in activity. Some l i s t ener~ down past Mex ii:o.
rrom the base was high speed and high freMilitary air communications ha vc nc\'cr quency: any time or the day was a good time
have lost as a result of all thi s shuflling. but
been strangers 10 111y scanner and 1 ve long to llHHlitor communications.
many have rea li zed a gai n.
Because so many of the BRAC closures arc enjoyed afternoons in front of the speaker. as
Motorists on 1-15 pass right under the final
aimed at Air Force Bases and Naval Ai r Sta- well as day !rips to NAS Miramar and MC/\S
approaches to Miramar's two runways
tions, military aviation liste ners are
and jct traffic was com mo n and virtuexperiencing more than the ir fair share
ally non-stop. More than one dri ver
of airwave fluctuations.
has ducked at lhe sight of a massive
"' In our rural neighborhood."" says
$30 mill ion doll ar jct passi ng over
MT editor Rachel Baughn. we ve
their car roof. landing gear dang li ng.
heard more military ai rcraft commu What would happen to all this when
nications in the past fou r months than
the Marines moved in? We worried
we have in the previous ten years: In
about the changes fo r three years.
Virginia. listeners arc overjoyed at
Then. in 1995. 1hc comm ission s
the growth in communications that
91 relommen<lation to close MCAS
have resulted from the tran sfer of all
Tustin and rc locale its hel icopter asF-14 Tomcat squadrons from the West
scb to lhe Mari ne Corps Air Ground
Coast. Many listeners are experie ncCombat Center at Twentynine Palms.
ing military air ("m ilair"') communiCalifornia. was changed: now MCAS
cati ons on a large scale for the firs!
Tu ~t i n he licopter assels woul d be distime. surprised at the surge of voices Coast Guard 6501, an HH-65A Dolphin, returning
tributed among other naval air station s
on previously quiet frequencies.
th rough11u t the country . primarily
from a rescue mission.

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MCAS New Rivcr. North Carol ina: MCB

11;"' ai i <MCA F Kaneohe Ba) ): MCJ\S Camp
Pendkton. Californ ia: and :\AS Miramar.
Californ ia. A ne\\ day was 1.Ja\\'n in g for
Miramar monitors. Maybe b tenin g was n't
doomed after a ll.
J\s the F- 1.f squad rons began to c lose up
' hop and !ly off to thei r new ba\e'. radio
communication' ex pericnccd a <lc lin ite do\\'nturn. Tht! airwa ' e' wc rc ' u<l<lenly quie tcr. thc
" Beaver" Fleet Arca Contro l and Surveillance
Fac ilit y discrete frequenc ies were all hut dead.
The.: fa miliar "Top Gun." "Gun lig htcr."
" Band it.'. and " Bui k t" call s i gn ~ o r Mi ramarha-.cd F-14 squadron' wc re gone. In the lull of
the tran , ition. military listenin g had lahen a
bl ow.
But. then. in 199(>. thi ng' began to change.
T hcre were new call signs on thc air. some that
I had heard before. but infreq uen tl y: ' ome
new. The tactical di ,cretes came alive with
dogfi ghting again . Many of MCAS F. I Toros
Fl A- 18 Hornet "luadron' arrived at Miramar.
ready for permane nt res ide nce.
In August. the last F- 14 squadron de parted
Mira111ar fo r NASOceu na. Virgi ni a. I! was the
end o r an age. but the beginning of ;:i new
hi.. tory.
I Everthing Old Is New Again

NAS \1iramar is officially sc heduled to

transition to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
o n Octobe r I. 1997. Seven.ti Marine Corps F/
A- IX ' quadron' arc already onboard AS
Mira mar wi th the remai nder of the El Toro F/
A- IX' and helicopter squadrons due 10 arrive
prior to the scheduled closure of tlwt base in
1999. The Marine Corps has aggre,s ive plans
10 rcfurbish Miramar. including many mi llion' of dol lars In update facili tie, . bui ld new
ba' e housing. n.:fu rhi ' h hangars. and prepare
MC AS Miramar fo r th.: technical de mands
and c hallen ges o r the new mille nnia .
In March. I made seve ral tri ps to Miramar
to get a fee l for \\'hat had changed. \\/hat wa'
happening here wa' happening at other ba,6
acro~s the country and I kne\\' th at oth<.'r li, tener' were as un ,elllcd as I was. T here was a
l iIlle when going (OM ira 111ar at any lime o r the
yca r meant a min i-air show. I reared that
because of the long. 'weeping arm of HR AC.
that would be di ffere nt today.
Mi ramar lie, approximately twe nt y nautical mi k s north of' the ci ty of San Diego and
rive miles east of the coast. The base has three
ru nways. the two cast-west ru nways - 24L
and 2.+R - serving as the pri111arie,. T he
appro;:iches to runways 2.+ L and 24 R begi n
ea't of the base and pass over 1nterstati.: 15 and
Kearny Villa Road . This Ja iler road is a prime

view ing ' POI for liste ners and it i!>n' t uncommon to find others parked with binornlars and
radio,. Both the nort h and sou thbound side' of
the road ' po11 "No Parking Any Time" sig11'
that define the area immediately be neath the
approac h ends of thc runways. hut parking
j ust short of or beyo nd the ' igns avoids the
wrath or pa,~ ing law en force me nt.
My fa vori te time of day at Miramar is
around 2 pm. whe n aircraft that have departed
prior lO noon for Warning Arca sorries. return

lO the roost. By th is ti me. any low sc ud and

coastal cloutb ha,e burned off. prov iding a
c lear blue sky fnr viewing. Binoc ulars are a
must for picking out the tiny fast-movers from
the sky and a headset is recommended : both
the jet and vehicle traffic noise make listening
hard at times. A camera is another must- have.
and by walk ing up beyond the No Parking
' ign!> you can obtain great photographs. even
wit h relat ivel y short lenses.
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que nc.:y for the base and handles most o f the

traffic returning from warning area Wh iskey
29 1. Ai rcraft on App roach stay on thi s freq uency until reach ing .. Atlas: the o uter
marker. w here they are handed off to the
Tower on 315.6.
Those jets maki ng PAR (Precisio n Approach Radar) approaches take the sw it ch
from T ower to " Paddles. the PAR controller
o n 362.6. Plugging in these three freque ncie s
wil l keep you happy and in the know w hile at
Mira111ar (see sidebar for other base freque ncies).
It only took one trip for me to diseove rthat
Miramar was far from dead. Smoke 19. an F/
A-18 Hornet fro111 VMFA-134. call ed A tl as
for the overhead and came roari ng in at over
200 knots. pulling into a hard left break to the
downwind. He was followed by two squadron mates. Smoke 18 and 20, w ho fl ew a
beautiful overhead break, peel ing off fro m
each o ther smoot hl y. Tower c leared 18 for
run way 24L. and sent S moke 20 to 24 R.
There "s nothing like simultaneous approaches
to ge t your blood pumping. Al l three aircraft
requested touch and goes.
Meanwhile, Ghost I. a n E-2 C Ha wke ye.
c<unc up o n T ower requesting a full stop.
w hil e Misty 30. an S-3. beg an talking to
Approach Control. A s if that wasn't eno ug h.
Rai der 8 1. a KC- 130 from El Toro. came up
0 11 Approach , as ki ng fo r multiple approaches
to Miramar. Befo re tht.: day was over. I wou Id
he treated to an assembl y line ofaircrat"t: F/ AI 8 's. F- 14"s, E-2 s. S-3' s. KC- 130" s. EA6B"s and even a fli g ht of five Canadi an Ai r
Foret.: CT-1 14 Tutors .
The re is no de nying that things have
chan ged at Mira111ar and Fig htert own
U.S.A.'' is hardly tht.: place it was when Top
Gun c.:alled it home base; however, the e ffects
of B RAC have no t bee n negati vc. Air tra ffic
is o nce again inc reas ing a nd. after a lull. the
coastal Warnin g Arc a is o nce ag ai n the place
to mo ni tor fo r lllila ir actio n.

Cut and Paste

No matte r what area o f the country you
live in. the BRAC Comlllittee pronounceme nts will ha ve an effect as squadrons are cu t
fro m o ne are a and ""pasted to an o ther.
Whether large o r sma ll. positi ve or negati ve .
o nly some time in fro nt of the dials wi ll
answer.
Pay specia l at tentio n lo ai r traffic cont rol
UHF frequencies for ai rc raft transiting to an d
from restricted areas and o the r s pec ial use
airs pace. This is ofte n the tirst c lue to new
acti vity. Don 1 re move or loc k out previous Iy

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acti ve tactical freqs; keep an eye o n the m for

renewed co mmunications. And d o n' t forget
to dedicate some time to searc hing the 225-100 MHz band for new frequencies.
In the world of government. it may always
be about money. but in our world. it's about
communi cati o ns - a commodity that never
truly ru ns o ut.

NOTES:
In April 1997, tentative plans for another
round of base closings were revealed.
Laura Quarantiello is a long-time scanner
listener and author of several books on scanning.
including Air-Wm'es: The Aviation Monitor's
N1111dbook(Ti arc Publications. 1-800-420-0579).
S he can be reac hed b y e-mail at
LauraQ@juno.com.

TABLE 1
Marine Aircraft Group
VMFA-1 34
VMFA-212
VMFA-232
VMFA-235
VMFA-314
VMFA-323
VMFA(AW)-121
VMFA(AW)-225
VMFA(AW)-242

11 MCAS Miramar, California

Smokes
F/A-18
Lancers
F/A-18C
Red Devils
F/A-18C
Death Angels
F/A-18C
Black Knights
F/A-18C
Death Rattlers
F/A-18C
Green Knights
F/A-18D
Vikings
F/A-18D
Bats
F/A-18D

"Smoke"
"Lancer"
"Devil"
"Knight"
"Viking"
"Bat"

Marine Aircraft Group 11 (Rear) MCAS El Toro, California

VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters (FRS)
F/A-18A/B/C/D
VMFAT-101
T-34C
VMGR-352
Raiders
KC-130F/R

"Raider"

Marine Aircraft Group

VMA-211
VMA-214
VMA-311
VMA-513

13 MCAS Yuma , Arizona

Avengers
Black Sheep
Tomcats
Flying Nightmares

"Wake"
"Black Sheep"
"Tomcat"
"Nightmare"

Marine Aircraft Group

HMH-361
HMH-363
HMH-462
HMH-465
HMH-466
HMM-161
HMM-163
HMM-164
HMM-165
HMM-166
HMM-268
HMM-364

16 MCAS El Toro, MCAS Tustin, California

Flying Tigers (Tustin)
CH-53E
Red Lions (Tustin)
CH-53D
Heavy Haulers (Tustin)
CH-53E
Warhorses (Tustin)
CH-53E
Wolfpack (Tustin)
CH-53E
The First (El Toro)
CH-46E
Ridgerunners (El Toro)
CH-46E
Flying Claymores (El Toro)
CH-46E
White Knights (El Toro)
CH-46E
Seaelks (El Toro)
CH-46E
Red Dragons (Tustin)
CH-46E
Purple Foxes (El Toro)
CH-46D

AV-8B
AV-8B
AV-8B
AV-8B

Marine Aircraft Group 39 Camp Pendleton, California

HMLA-169
Vipers
AH-1W & UH-1N
HMLA-267
Black Aces
AH-1 W & UH-1 N
HMLA-367
Scarface
AH-1W & UH-1N
HMLA-369
Gunfighters
AH-1W & UH-1N
HMT-303
Atlas
AH-1W & UH-1N

TABLE 2: MCAS Miramar Frequencies

315.6 ................ ................... Tower
380.8 .............................. ..... Ground
280.4 ................................. ATIS
266.8 ................................... App/Dep
300.4 ................................... App/Dep
281.8 ................................ App/Dep
310.8 .................................. GCA
362.6 ... ................................ "Paddles"

"Shooter"'

"Red Lion"
"Wolfpack"

"Red Dragon"

"Viper"
"Ace"
"Scarface"
"Gunfighter"
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Monitoring Private

By Bill Maulden

s an o ld pilo t once said , son. !ly ing is a ca re fully balanced

mixture of hours o f bo redom sparked w ith mo ments o f sheer
terror and excitement. " You cou ld al so apply this statement to
the hobby of monitoring commerc ial and pri vate !ly in g today.
Most aviation band liste ners will qu ick ly s tand on their soap box and
tell you that w hen there is some exc itement on the aviatio n band. it can
s urpass most li stening catches on the police and fire band by leaps and
bounds. I'll have to agree. With over 30.000 hours in the cockpi t myself.
I can certainly say that I' ve li stened to more than my s hare o f av iation
radio conversations. The fo llow ing trut: story took place severa l years
ago when we were passi ng o ver northe rn Utah . goi ng to Seattle at
4 1,000 feet. We we re be in g controlled b y the Fed eral Aviatio n
Admini strati o n's Salt Lak e Center A ir Route Traffic Cont rol Center
(ARTCC). This sector of the Salt Lake ARTCC was no t only worki ng
the hig h a ltitude !lig hts. but the low altitude ones as wel l.

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As soon as we switched to the frequency, we were aware that

something unus ual was going on. The freq ue nc y was a beeh ive of
activity. We q ui ckly checked in and listened. Soon , we were aware
that the controller in the S alt Lake Center was working a student pi lot
or a very low time pri vate pi lo t and there was trouble o n the
frequency. The pi lo t was d o ing a cross country so lo fl ig ht from Butte
to Bozman. Flig ht cond itio ns were not a ll that g reat. From o ur
observatio n at 4 1,000, it appeared that there was cons iderabl e lower
cloud cover with lig ht snow obscuri ng mountains. rid ges, and
probably most airports within o ur vis ual view ing d is tance . Not a
good day for the inex pe rienced to be o ut ll y in g, to say the least.
As the cockpit radio continued to s hare the plig h t of the inexperienced pi lo t, we learned that she was at an alti tude jus t above the
overcast. The pilot was not totall y lost. but she certain ly had no idea
o f w he re she was - a dangerous condition w he n v isibi lity is low.

fuel i~ a concern. and the instrume nts are not

working as ex pected.
We quickly brought up the Bozman airport
weather on the A CARS (aircraft com municati o ns addressing and reporting system) screen.
The latest observation indicated a ceil ing of
I 000 feet a nd the minimum 3 miles for visua l
!light conditi ons. The pilot wa~ start ing to
ind icate panic in her vo ice as she talked with
the Sa lt Lake Cen ter controll er. A ll of us
"upstairs" just li stened, not wanting to in terfere with the controller's e fforts. We also
learned that thi s had been going o n for a while.
and with fu e l now starting to become a concern. the controller was working hard to get
thi s plane on the ground.
The private plane had a single VHF omni
range (VO R) rece iver. It was tuned to the
Bozman YOR. With VHF aircra ft communicati o ns and navigation signal s being generally
1ine of s ight." the Bozman VOR was the only
navigation tool she had to work with at her
altitude. A quick, positi ve radar ide ntification
of the plane and a firm positio n was an absolute necessity. The pilot knew this. and so did
the controller. As the conversatio n w ntinued,
it was clear that the plane was too low for the
Salt Lake Center remote radar site to pick up.
The plane had no transponde r. In order fo r the
cont ro lle r to g ive the panicked pil ot a safe
radar vecto r to Bozman. he had to know where
she was.
T he controller asked the pil ot if she had a
good signal on the Bozman VOR. S he replied
that it was a good signal , and that she must be
rt:ally c lose. She could not see the g round . and
in her posi ti o n. was o n top of the c lo ut!s. With
no ac tual radar contac t o f the plane. the contro lle r was working quic kly to determi ne a
posi tion .
"What is your bearing to or from the Bozman
VOR now. and radia l?" the comrolkr asked.
The pilot replied. 1 am on the 360 degree
radial and flying to the YOR." Again , you
could tell the pilot was very aware that she was
in trouble. Winds were stro ng down low, as
was c learly indicated by the clo ud~ and the
Bozman weather report.
" Hold your headi ng. a nd give me your
radial now: the controller requested. The
pil ot re plied. 1 am no w o n a 200 degree
heading, flyin g toward the Bozman YOR."
"Okay. hold that heading and let me know
when you pass the Bornian YOR: the con trolle r requested.
"There's somethi ng wrong w ith my navi gatio n display!" the pi lot re plied.
" What' s wrong?" the controller asked.
"I don't know. I am fl ying towards the
YO R. but the radial keeps chang ing' I don't
know where I am, ..

I Navigation Nightmare
As the conversation continued, the Federal
A viat io n Adm inis tration (FAA) team of con troll ers were on the phone wi th Bozman. Was
there an instrument equipped private plane on
the field that could get in the air, and if so. was
there a qualified pilo t who could fl y the plane?
Experience had alerted the controllers at Sal t
Lake to the fa ct that thi s pi lot was no t on ly in
serio us trouble, but that pani c was now starling to set in. Also. with the ever-c hangi ng
YOR radial, it was clear that either there was
something trul y wrong with the planes VOR
navigatio n system, o r the pilot was now flying
in the "cone ofconfusion," complicated by the
stro ng surface winds.
Each VOR sends out a navigation sig nal
that ma kes up 360 navigati o n radials (a magneti c course) to or fro m the station. Normally,
to fl y to a YOR, the pilot just tunes in the VOR
s ignal. Next, he rotates the navigation instrument to get a "to" indication rather than a
from" indication, and with some wind correct io n. he centers the needle , reads the "to"
radial. and flies that heading to the station.
When navigating with a single VOR receiver and display, often a pilot will get so
c lose to a VOR that the radial he is flyin g w ill
change rapidly because of his positi o n to the
YOR. The centered "to" the statio n needle
keeps rapidly changing because radi als all
come together at the sig nal source. This is
called the cone of confusion.

I No Substitute for Experience

A passing airline pilot who was also a
military fli ght in struc to r quickly voiced his
opinion and agreed with the FAA cont roller.
The pilot must be very close to the Bozman
VO R. Weather conditions at Bozman were
now ge tting worse. The ce iling was now down
to less than 800 fee t. and visibility had dropped
to 2 m iles in blowing sno w. The re could be a
danger of ice on the wings if the private pilot
e ntered the clo uds.
On the ground. the Bozman FAA had located an expe rienced pi lot and an instrument
equipped plane. The pi lot took off and was
now in radio contact w ith the FAA center
controll er in Salt Lake City. The pri vate pilot
was now c limbing to stay in visual conditions,
and was give n a s uggested heading by the
FAA controller. Since the controlle r did not
ha ve the private pilo t in radar contact, he
issued fi rm instructions to the pi lot. oo not
fly into any clo uds, as there are highe r mountains in your area! Make s ure you c an see
where you are going at all times."
Wi th several more radio exchan ges, the

FAA guided the instrument qualified airplane

in the general direction of the lost private
pilo t. Soon, visual contact was made. a nd the
private pil o t's position was confirmed. She
was truly over the Bozman VOR, and had
been tryi ng to fix her positio n in the "cone of
con fus ion," too close to the VOR station for
accurate navigation. As the two pi lots signed
eac h o ther, the experienced pi lot and in structor g uided the pri vate pi lot to the runway a nd
safety la nded at Bozman.

I AM Mode for Safety in Aviation

A lthough you don't hear adventures of this
magnitude every day o n the aviation band,
you do have real excitement possibilities almost every day. Private and commercial aviation has been made much safer today because
ofm odern navigation, the abil ity to commun icate with towers, approach radar faci lities,
and a ir route traffic control centers. Remote
radar s ites allow controllers in the ARTCC
centers to watch and control aircraft at a
density and speed unthoug ht of just several
years ago.
The private and commerc ial planes of today use AM as the mode of communications
in the VHF aircraft band . Thi s band starts at
108.050 MHz and runs up to 137.00 MHz.
The lower portion of the band is used for
navigation. For example, if close to a station
on the g round. you can receive s ig na ls of the
VOR station or of the instrument landing
system ( ILS) in the lower portion o f the band.
These sig na ls sound like a tone of sorts, and
are a ll iden tified with CW (Morse code), to
allow pi lots to idemify the station or system
being used. Always remember, too, a good,
high antenna is a lmost as important as the
rece iver you use. VHF ai rcraft signals are to
be thought of as "l ine of sight" signal s.
Why do aircraft use AM as the com munications mode when FM is used by the services
just above and be low the assigned aircraft
band ? The selection o r AM was no accident.
In fac t. the Federal Communicatio ns Commission (FCC) feels so strongly about why the

A navigation aid
such as a beacon
or VOR is
indispensable unless you 're
sitting on top of it.

July 1997

MONITORING TIMES

21

the area bei ng covered.

mode was chosen. that this question is
TABLE I: Aeronautical Frequency Allocations
WAC . or World Aerona utical
inc luded in many FCC radio exam~. The
Charts. arc also useful and cover a wider
AM mode was selected becau~e of an
HF: Upper Side Band, 3 kHz spacing
area than the Sectional Charts. The maps
undesirable characteristic of VHF FM
6525. 6765
15010. 15100
2850 3155 kHz
are not ex pe nsive and are updated on a
radio signals.
8815. 9040
17900 . 18030
3400 - 3500
10005. 10100
21850 . 22000
regular basis. As you listen, especially
To expla in, do you remember the last
4650 - 4750
11175 11400
23200 23350
5450- 5730
time you were traveling in your car and
during
periods of bad weather or thun13200 . 13360
derstorms.
you will find the five letter
listenin g to a marginal FM station playVHF -108to137 MHz
ing your fa vorite music? As your disnames of the ai rway intersections usefu l
AM mode: Spaced in increments of 25 kHz
tance from the station increased and the
and interesting. All of thi s infor mation is
signal became weaker and weaker. sud shown in detail on the Sectional Chart.
th is last number keeps the amount of radio
denly another stati on on that same frequency
I al so suggest (as long as you are visi ting
communication chatter clown. and also makes
the fixed base operations store), that you ask
"captured" your radio. and you could no longer
fo r less cha nce of a mistake by the pilot.
hear your favorite station at al l. yd you knew
if they have an inexpensive booklet of apMost com merc ial jets and airliners have
it was st ill there . Th is ..covering .. ofthc weaker
proach chart s or area charts for your local
three VHF com municati on radios on board.
stati on and the capturing of the FM radi os
area. A vi at ion charts are all elated. The info rGene rall y speak ing, each radio has two freability to hear the weaker station is ca lled
mation constantly changes. When the charts
que ncy d isplays with a sw itch to allow the
"capture effect .. by the FCC.
go out or elate, it is "illegal" for pi lots to use
pilot to qui ckly tune and switch frequenc ies
As far as the FCC is concerned. it is okay
them. As they are rev ised. the old charts are
on the same radio control head. By keepi ng
for one FM broadca~ t station to completely
just thrown away. Perhaps with some friend ly
the old frequency di splayed. and entering the
cover another wea ker stati on. However. when
conversation. you can arrange for a small box
new freque ncy in the other position. the pi lot
li ves and safety arc a prime considerat ion. the
of .. out of elate .. goodies that would be free.
can qu ickly sw itch back to the old frequency
FCC and FAA dec ided that controll ers and
Just a thought ...
in the eve nt .. nobody is home .. on the new
pilots needed to know whe n two tran smi sThere arc many compan ies that provide
fre quency.
sions were taking place al the same time. By
a viation mat erials to pilots. Jeppesen, in
One VHF radio is used for air traffi c conusing AM communicat ions. the signa ls do not
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known and the most widely used (call 800normall y the .. number one VHF: using the
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also the backup VHF in the event the # I VHF
It works wel l. And that is why all aircraft
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Something else ha~ recen tl y taken place in

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As the need for frequencies has increased. the
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MHz to l 19. 150 MHz. the FCC has tightened
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Even though you hear a cont ro lkr give a
pilot a frequ ency change to 11 9.:n . fo r
ex ample. you ll nced to enter the frequency in
your scanner as 119.375 MH z. The last number is ne ver men ti oned by the controll er or the
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so. l n airplane cockpits. most radio com muni ca tions co ntrol hcads do not show the additi onal num be r. either. The assignm ent o r
l 19.37 MH z to a pi lot is actuall y a freq uenc y
change to 119.375 MHz. but shows on hi s
control head as onl y 119.37. The deletion of

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should perhaps pay a visi t tu the fi xed ba'e
operator 0 11 your local airport. T his is the
..general store'' for pilots. Maps. such as the
US Government pub lished Secti o nal Cha rts.
arc always avai lable from the fi xed base operations de>k . They arc colorful. large. and
packed with in fo rmation and frequencies for

The ACARS data communicati ons up and

downlink syste m could also fill a book. T he
system is extensive and can be ex tremely
interesti ng. Many times. airli ne pi lots will
se nd ..confide nt ial .. messages via ACARS
rather than talk to the company radio operator
or dispatche r using voice communications.
ACARS is used by most com mercial airlines
and by bus iness aviation.
Keep in mind that ACARS for all ai rlines
is normally found on the same freque ncy,
131 .550 MHz. Although there arc other frequencies that are used as a back up in the event
l 31 .550 M Hz becomes congested. th is is the
main frequency for data . You will need a book
on ACA RS to understand the message headings. although the tex t itsel f is pla in and easy
to read.
The elec tron ics in the modern airliner is
ex tens ive . In addition to the VHF radios,
ACA RS. and the weather radar, you'll normally find two transponders. The transponder
is a dev ice that automatically adds useful and
identifying informati on to the image of the

plane on the radar screen. The latest models

have an altitude reporting feature; all have a
four digit, selectable code. The code. when
programmed into the FAA air traffic con trol
system, lets the controller see not only the
a irline and flight numbe r, but the altitude,
speed , and other useful in formation - al l
displayed on the radar scope.
Normally, there are a lso two or more VOR
and ILS receivers. These receivers either display the navigation information directly o r
work with the flig ht management sys te m
(FMS) computers to ass ist in navigati on for
the !light. We could write several books on the
flight management systems used today, not to
mention the new global pos itioning satellite
(GPS) navigation systems that are starting to
be used extensive ly. The interface of GPS
nav igation and FMS w ill make fl ying less
expensive, fas ter, and more navigational ly
correct.
Although there are books and articles everywhere these days on ACARS , let me add
just a few comments before we leave the
subject. ACARS is just beginning to become
a primary tool of control and communication.
Init iall y. when ACARS started, it was used
just to send tex t messages bac k and forth
between the pilots and the company. T hen,
ACA RS was tied to the closing of the a ircraft
door a nd the acti vation of the red flashin g
beacon. When both are acti vated, ACARS
automatically sends departure and arrival times
- no more hand written pay sheets for pi lots
to complete.
ACARS is now be ing used many airlines
suc h as US Airways and A merican for we ight
and balance departure in fo rmation. Companies suc h as Delta are equipping their ACARS
planes to send position reports every two
minutes, transmjt eng ine readings, and to get
connecting gate in formation for passengers
we ll before arriva l. Crews are even notified by
ACARS if the "person nel representati ve'' is
waiting with a drug or alcohol test.
Soon, ACARS wi ll be tied into flight data
recorders, the black boxes we hear about
fo lowing accidents. These new systems wil l
report as many as 50 conditio ns, alerting the
airline to any irregular operations of the airc raft during flight.
Monitoring the V HF aircraft communications band can be as cusual or as intensive a
hobby as you care to make it. T he aero band
can truly be one of the most interesting a nd
exc iting on your scanner today, especially if
you ha ve some insight into what is actua ll y
taking place ! The more you mon itor, the more
you'll get drawn into the drama of the airways
over the airwaves.

TABLE II: National Civilian Aeronautical Band Assignments

By Larry Van Horn. Assistant Editor. Monitoring Times
Frequencies MHz. 25 kHz soacinq
108.000-117.950
VHF omni-range
108.100-111.950
ILS localizers
118.000-121.400
Air traffic control (towers/centers)
121.500
Civilian aircraft emergency
121 .600-121 .925
Ground control (25 kHz spacing)
121.950
Flight schools
121.975
Flight service stations (private aircraft)
122.000
Flight service stations (national flight watch-private aircraft)
122.025
Flight service stations (private aircraft)
122.050
Flight service stations (aircraft transmit)
122.075
Flight service stations (private aircraft)
122.100-122.675
Flight service stations (private aircraft transmit)
122.700
Unicom (uncontrolled airports)
122.725
Unicom (uncontrolled airports-private aircraft only)
122.750
Unicom (private air-to-air fixed wing)
Unicom (uncontrolled airports)
122.800
122.825
ARING/Airline company frequency (aero enroute)
.
122.850
Multicom/NOAA severe storms study aircralt/U.S. Forest Service helicopter operations
122.875
ARI NC/Airline company frequency (aero enroute)
122.900
Multicom/U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue/U.S. Forestry Service fire cache air
operations/Numerous government agencies and military services
122.925
Multicom (plane-to-plane)/NOAA severe storms study aircraft/NASA research aircraft/
National Park Service aircraft/Numerous government agencies and military services
122.950
Unicom (controlled airports)
122.975
Unicom (high altitude)/U.S. Forest Service air operations
123.000
Unicom (uncontrolled airports)
123.025
Unicom (helicopters/air-to-air)/U.S. Forestry Service helicopter (helispot) operations
123.050
Unicom (heliports)/NOAA severe storms study aircralt/U.S. Forestry Service helicopter
(helispot) operations
123.075
Unicom (heliports)/U.S. Forestry Service helicopter (helispot) operations
123.100
U.S. Coast Guard/Civil Air Patrol search and rescue
123.125
U.S. Air Force NAVAID flight check
123.125-1 23.475
Flight Test (Itinerant: 123.125/.150/.175/.400)
123.200
Flight schools
Flight schools/balloons
123.300
Flight schools
123.400
Multicom (air-to-air informal)
123.450
Flight schools/balloons
123.500
123.525-123.575
Flight Test (Itinerant: 123.575)
123.600-128.800
Air traffic control (towers/centers)
126.200
U.S. military control towers/ground controls
128.625
NASA/NOAA research frequency
128.825-132.000
ARING/Airlines company frequencies
Air traffic control (towers/centers)
132.025-135.975
134.100
Military airports (ground controlled approach radar)
135.850
Federal Aviation Administration/U.S. Air Force/U.S. Army NAVAID flight inspection
135.950
Federal Aviation Administration/U.S. Army NAVAID flight inspection
U.S. Forestry Service air-to-ground (wildfires)
135.975
136.000-136.075
Air traffic control operations
136.100
Reserved for future unicorn or automatic weather obseration stations
Air traffic control operations
136.125-136.175
136.200
Reserved for future unicorn or automatic weather obseration stations
Air traffic control operations
135.225-136.250
136.275
Reserved for future unicorn or automatic weather obseration stations
136.300-136.350
Air traffic control operations
136.375
Reserved for future unicorn or automatic weather obseration stations
136.400-1 36.450
Air traffic control operations
136.475
Reserved for future unicorn or automatic weather obseration stations
136.500-136.875
aeronautical enroute (domestic VHF)
136.900-136.975
aeronautical enroute (domestic/international VHF)

TABLE Ill: Basic reference materials

Aeronautical Frequency Directory by Robert Coburn (Official Scanner Guide)
Air Scan by Tom Kneitel (CRB Research Books)
Air Waves by Laura Quarantiello (Tiare Publishi ng)
Grove Shortwave Directory, edited by Larry Van Horn (Grove Enterprises)
Understanding AGARS by Ed Flynn (Universal Radio Research)
The Worldwide Aeronautical Communications Frequency Directory by Bob Evans (Universal Radio Research)

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The "JunkDrawer"
Antenna
Antenna 25-30" long
when extended

By Ed Muro,
Design by Henry Brown

or the past couple of years I have been experimenting with several "Premium" handheld
scanner antennas such as the Austin Condor, the W atson-801 , and Diamond RH-77 A.
While these high cost antennas outperform the rubber duck that came with my handheld,
it sure has been an expensive experiment.
Last year I was explaining my needs to a fellow scanning enthusiast, Henry Brown, when
he told me he had a real cheap answer to meet my needs. Not on ly was it cheap, but his home
brew antenna outperforms some of the more expensive replacements. The fo llowing directions
will allow you to build the same antenna that Henry has devi sed in not too much time at all.
Henry Brown has been a radio hobbyist since 1962. He is a resident of Cape Cod, and
monitors primarily Coast Guard and Air Force I Air National Guard frequencies. Henry also
maintains the FCC call sign, N 1SNH. The "Junk-drawer" antenna was devised in an attempt
to improve monitoring military and civilian aircraft frequencies, but I have found it works well
at all frequency ranges.
If your hand held scanner uses an antenna with a BNC connector, thi s easily built antenna will
greatly improve reception of distant stations over a standard " rubberduckie." Best of all , it can
be assembled in a few minutes using parts often found in the junk-drawer of many scanner
enthusiasts, or readily available at your local Radio Shack.

Junk parts needed:

Fill opening
with epoxy
after seating

Before beginning assembly, you will need a male BNC to S0-239 adapter. Radio Shack's
part number 278-120 will do fine. Next, dig in your junk-drawer and find an old PL-259
connector. Remove the shell - that 's the part you'll use! Keep digging, and look for a #16-14
ring terminal (good quality) - the type with a blue insulator.
Then, keep digging! Find an antenna from an old cordless phone base unit - the type with
a flat flange at the base (see sketch). The antenna should extend 25 or 30 inches or more.
Next, a small 4-40 x 1/4 inch long or similar pan head screw with nut is required . You may
need to vary the size of the screw, depending on the size of the hole in the antenna flange. Keep
the length as short as poss ible.
Finally, you' ll need some epoxy adhesive. You will probably use an entire "kit" for this
project. Any good quality epoxy will do.
For tools, you wi ll need an X-Acto knife, a small screwdri ver, needle nose pliers (if you use
a nut). and a popsicle stick for mixing epoxy.

\
PL259 Shell

Construction:

+--+---

Small Screw (440)

Use nut if needed

-----+

#16-14 ring terminal. -----+

Remove blue insulation

Align tubular
crimp with
center of
antenna

50239
(Radio Shack
adapter #278-1 20)

ts

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S tart by carefully removing the blue insulator from the ring terminal. The X-Acto knife
should easily accompli sh this. Take care not to crush the metal tubular crimp. After removal,
test the diameter of the tubular crimp by pushing it into the fema le socket of the S0-239
connector. It should fit snugly, not overly tight and definitel y not loose. If it is loose, you may
be able to pry apart the tubular crimp slightly to increase its diameter.
Next, attach the ring terminal to the flange at the bottom of the antenna, using the small screw.
T he flan ge may have a tapped hole; if so, use it. If not, use the nut to hold the ring terminal to
the flange. Note that the tubular crimp should be in line with the centerline of the antenna. This
centers the antenna when it 's mounted ... By the way, you' re almost finished.
The final steps involve pushing the tubul ar crimp into the S0-239 socket, and dropping the
PL-259 s hell over the top of the antenna. Screw the shell firml y down onto the S0-239. Now
align the antenna element so it's perfectly straight when viewed from all sides. No part of the
antenna/screw/ring terminal assembly can short to the PL-259 shell. Visually check this before
filling the cavity with epoxy. Use an ohmmeter if you have doubts.
Next. prepare a batch of epoxy, and you might as well mi x the entire kit. Then, using the
popsicle stick, carefull y spoon the e poxy into the PL-259 s hell , filling it to the top. Be sure the
antenna element is full y retracted and place the assembly upright on a steady, flat surface to
cure. Wipe any excess epoxy from the rim of the shell and be certain epoxy does not seep from
the threaded area. That's it, you're done!
This antenna certainly pulls in signals the stock antenna will never receive, and it won' t
o verly strain the BNC connector on your scanner. It is subject to bending stress, so use it
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More Racing Freqs for Racing Freaks

a
wheeled" racer beeau sc it has no li d. l guess it
keeps the drag down and the d ri ver from
toasting. (Don't forget the sunb lock for yourself, though.)
Aerodynam ics is not the o nl y thing that
helps keep these cars al rrn.:ket speed. The
en!!ines fou nd in a typical Ci\ RT racer arc
unique to this series and arc capable of turning
14.000 rpm while producing approximate ly
800 horsepower. That i ~ a to n of rpm fo r a VS
engine: it has the sound of a very large Dremel
to;! (and l mean larxe). T hese engines use the
be~t materials and techno logy that money can
buy .... but you can t actually buy the m. The
e ng ines arc leased for the season for c lose to

By Mil<e Bryson

It.sold news that July is o ne hot month. but

here is some thing new: it s cvcn hotter if you
arc a CART ran. Thi s mo nth the C hampionship Auto Rac ing Tcam s (CART) has the ir
big race of the season. the U.S. 500 at the
Michigan International S pccdway. Thi s is the
race that. on July 27th. is ~ upposed to ri val the
Ind y 500.
That's ri!!l1t: CA RT isnt racing in l ndianapol is any~orc. That ~controlled byCA RT" s
rival"' racing o rnanizati on the Indy Rac ing
League (l RL). Tl;cse two sanctioning bodies
parted ways last year ... but that' s another
sto ry. CA RT is often rcferred to as
.. lndycars: but that. too. is likcly to
1997 Scanner Frequencies
change. due to the IRL fo lks.
Unlike the NASCAR stock c ars .
Courtesy www.speedcenter.com
C ART d oesnt even try to g ive thc apAlternate
Frequency
CAR # Driver
pearance of be ing ..stoc k: These cars
464.0375
467.0375
1 Jimmy Vasser
make use of the hottest new techno lo852.1875
854.8375
2 Al Unser Jr.
859.8375
856.7875
3 Paul Tracy
g ies available. including be in g outfitted
469.8875
4 Alex Zanardi
with the latest in R F and microwa ve
463.2375
461.0625
5 Gil de Ferran
tele metry. Thi s allow s remotc d ata ac468.3625
461.2875
6 Michael Andretti
468.2625
469.2625
7 Bobby Rahal
qui sition during thc race tn keep pit
462.8125
464.7875
8 Bryan Hena
c rew~ o n thei r toes. The data that are
854.8375
9 Dario Franchitti
858.8875
462.6500
typica ll y mo nitored includc engine and
461.7125
11 Chrisllan Fittipaldi
855.5875
853.4875
16 Patrick Carpentier
tire temperatures and p rc ~~ ure ~. sus466.7625
468.4625
17 Mauricio Gugelmm
pension. th rottlc. brcak pn~it ions and
466.7625
461.7625
18 Mark Blundell
466.5375
information. lap times and spccds . and.
20 Scott Pruett
xxx.xxxx
21 Richie Hearn
o r course. !ms milea!!e. Thi s is sent for
each lap' T-hc cxplosion o r information
is handled by a 64-channc l microwave
rccei vcr.
With CA RT raccr ~ blistcring around
the trat.:k at over 220 mph . acrody namics is extreme ly impnrtant to the cars
handling . At these speeds the cars wou ld
be literally flyin g if it were not fo r the
ass ista nce o r wings ho lding thc m down
o n the trnck. (That' s a sw itt.: h 1) Thi s
added down fo rce allows the t.:ars to corncr at much greater speeds would be
possiblc u ~i n g the race car body alone.
Although thcy have wings. these cars
ha,e as little wind drag as poss ible:
then.: i~nt e ,en n roof o n these cars !
This type of racer is called an .. open

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461.7375
467.7500

24 Hiro Matsushita
25 Max Papis
27 Parker Johnstone
31 Andre Ribeiro
32 Adrian Fernandez
36 Juan Manuel Fangio
40 Raul Boesel
64 Dennis Vitolo
98 PJ Jones
99 Greg Moore

469.2125
464.5 125
857.0125
see 120
461.4625
856.8125
468.4875

CART1
CART 2
CART
CART

457.0125
457.1875
457.5250
451.8 125

467 8000

xxx.xxxx
467.3125
463.7375
463.2375
466.8875

Safely Crew Orivers Codes

Code 1: Conscious and coherrent. uninjured

Code 2: Slightly disoriented. midly bruised
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I Frequency search

Locating updated frequencies forthe CART

teams and dri vers o n the Grove FCC Database
can be quite a c hallenge if you do no t know the
individual car owners and teams. I fo und the
team owne rs on the internet and the n searched
for these o n the FCC Database. I cou ld have
easily pulled the driver/ team frequencies off
of the internet. but I found that CART frequencies apparent ly were no t updated from
1996 on most s ites.
Some s it es lik e www.speed
center.com looked promising. but I
wanted to reference their freqs back to
the Grove FCC Datahase just to be o n
the accurate side. I fo und a 1997
Alternate 2
Dri ver/Tea m l ineup o n th e
462.2625
855.7875
www.cart.com site to use as a team
858.8375
owner refere nce, bu t it unfo rtunate ly
did not contain any frequencies. How461 .01 25
468.2250
ever, using this team owne r in fo to
463.8875
searc h the Grov e FCC Database
467.8375
proved that the speedce ntc r" freqs
468.3625
were in good shape.
The search al so turned up more
frequencies pe r tcam than posted on
the SpecdCc ntcr site. For example, a
search forChipGanassi Racing Teams
468.8125
turned up the fo llowing freq uenc ies
no t li sted under the two team drivers:

461. 11 25. 461 .5125. 46 1.5625.

461.6125. 461.6625. It's worth in vestigati ng these un postcd frequencies if
you have a c hance to catc h some
CART action . C heck o ut the CART
sc hed ule included here as wel l as the
specdccnter.. freqs. Notice the Safety
Crew codes at the bottom of the li st.
If stock car raci ng is not hot enoug h
for you thi s month. check out some of
the blazing action of the CA RT series
if you get achancc. A really good start
would be the U.S. 500 on July 27.
These folks blow the lid right off
.
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Congress, who in thei r zeal to balance the budget were counting on
WCS lo raise $ 1.8 billion.
They were also in such a huITy for the mo ney that they ordered the
FCC to begi n the auction by April I 5 and have the proceeds deposited
no later than Septemher 30. the end of the go vernment fiscal year.
Thei r disappointment may turn into legislation that wi ll slow clown
the auctionin g process and give industry and the FCC a chance to
catch up. The poor showing also bodes ill for the Cli nton Administration, whose 1998 budget proposed raising $36 billion from such
spectrum auctions.
The Wireless Communications Services allocat ion is made up of
four blocks or frequencies in geographi c areas simil ar to narrowband
PCS. Two pa ired bl ocks of I0 MH z. the A and 13 blocks. are lice nsed
in each of 52 Major Economic Areas (MEAs). Two un paired blocks
of 5 MH z, the C and D blocks, arc li censed in each of 12 reg ional
economic area groupings (REA Gs). which cover a much large r area
than the smaller MEAs. The FCC hopes these large regional areas
will promote econom ies of scale and encourage manufacturers 10
quickly develop technology to effic iently operate in those frequencies.

TABLE 1: WCS Frequency Blocks

Lower
2305 - 2310 MHz
2310- 2315 MHz
2315 - 2320 MHz
2345 - 2350 MHz

!.!Jl.P.er
2350 - 2355 MHz
2355 - 2360 MHz

Total Size
10 MHz
10 MHz
5 MHz
5 MHz

With such a short ti me for potential service providers. equi pment

manufacturers. and investors to st udy the proposed auctio n. relatively
few detailed plans were made public. but it is expected that WCS wil l

be used for such purposes as wire less high-speed access to the Interncl,
a return link fo r interacti ve cable television. wireless local loop
telephone service. and radi o location services for vehicles.
The FCC also had little time to develop effective rules for the
serv ice, and spent a good deal or effort dea ling with interfe rence
issues. Their initial plan was to al low WCS trans mitters to operate al
essenti ally unlimited power. but since WCS frequencies border the
spectrum set aside fo r satellite digital audio rad io service (OARS).
there was a potential for significant interference.
After hearing oppositi on from potenti al satellite OARS operators.
the FCC rele nted and limited WCS fixed land and radiolocation land
stations to 2.000 wans peak El RP and WCS mobi le and radiolocation
mobile stations to 20 walls EIRP. Addit ional out-of-band emission
limits prompted the FCC tu note that mobile service in the C and B
blocks is unli kely for the foreseeable future.

Image Reception at PCS Frequencies

Some uninte nded inte rfe rence from PCS sys tems appears to be
affecting multichannel multipoint distribution systems (MM OS).
which can send up to 33 channels of analog video in blocks in the 2
GHz range. the largest of which goes fro m 2500 MHz to 2686 MHz.
Standard MMDS equipment uses a mi xer and a local osc ill ator
ru nning al 2278 MHz to co nYert this block to a much lower intermediate frequenc y (IF). which is much easier for the set-top boxes to use .
ltturns out that this local osc ill ator is just as fa r below the MMDS
frequenc ies as it is above PCS frequencies,so unfilte reddownconve11ers
or units with poor image rejection wi ll allow PCS frequencies to enter
the mixer and produce s ignals strong enough lo destroy MM DS
reception. This is a familiar problem to many scan ner owners whose
units clon"t provide sufficient filtering. but it" s interesti ng to note that
it happens to other people s equip ment as well.
Until recentl y this hasn 1 present..:d much of a problem. si nce PCS
nel\vorks \\"<.:re sti ll in the plan ning stages. or were operating at lower
power le vels. Now that systems are coming on line and transmitting at
operational leve ls. MMDS operators are receiving a 101 moreeomplaints
about poor reception. T he solution'1 Belter fillers on the MMOS
downconvcrters. which arc not that expensive but will be time-consu ming for techni cians lo upgrade each installation that needs it.

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 Competition is Lowering Prices

Wireless Communications Services should eventually mean more

c:ompetition to some 1.9 GHz Personal Communications Services
(PCS) offerings. but cell ular customers in many pan s of the cou ntry
arc already feeling the bem: fit ~ of PCS competition. According to
recent stud ies. established cellular service air time pri ce~ have fallen
in plact: ~ where PCS has become available. For exa mple. one study
exa mineu 30 cities and fou nd cellular rates significantl y lower in
those that are served by PCS prov iders.
According 10 the Yankee Group. in cities with only cellular
prov ide rs, air time prices have dropped only 10 % in the past three
years. In that same time period in cities with PCS compt:titi on, airtime
rates dropped an average of 2:1%. In Washington. DC. for instance.
Sprint Spectrum entered the market in 1995 with rates about 30%
below those of competitors Bell Atlanti c Nynex Mobile and Cell ul ar
One. BA:--IM and Cell One have lowered the ir rates since then.coming
down to a level only JOCK or so above Spectrum's.
While this is good news fur consumers, it's not so good for some
PCS companies. Cellular providers have had a decade or more to build
out their networks. and paid little or nothing for their licenses. PCS
provider~ have had less than two years to establish coverage and are
saddled with very large debts for equ ipment and licenses.
Another recent study suggests that PCS providers an: se lling air
time below cost to attract customers. but that fi nancial conditions will
not allow them to do so for long. With the pote ntial for fi ve wireless
providers in cac.: h market region. competition is expected to be fierce,
and c.:ompanies will have to speciali ze in order to survive.
Trad it ional cellular providers in major markets have had very
healt hy profit marg ins for quite some time. and have the breathing
room to rapidl y red uce pric.:es. Whether they do so remai ns to be seen.
but PCS companies wi ll need to focus on their many advantages over
cellular. including call privacy. security. better voice qual ity. and data
messaging. Many consu mers also appreciate the simple sign-up
proced ure and no-nonsense service agreements, and these "customerfriendl y" feat ures wi ll become more important as competition heats
up.
Further down the road. as air ti me prices continue to drop and
usage goes up. at some point consumers wi ll begin to replace their
landline home telephone with cellular or PCS service. This landline
di splacement typical ly occ urs at around 300 minutes a month, and
with most PCS systems offering caller JD, call forwarding. vuicemail,
and other advanced services, price is the remaining barrie r to having
your home phone with you wherever you go. Many highly mobile
professiona ls have already canceled traditional local te lephone service and re ly en tire ly on the ir wireless phone tu keep in touch. Some
businesses ha ve already fou nd it less expensive to provide their ales
force with a mobile phone than 10 pay for an underused office
telephone number and voicemail system.
Rigged PCS Auctions?

When the PCS auction for the D. E. and F frequency bluc.:ks closed
on January 14th of this year. 1479 licenses went tu 125 winners,
gene rating about $2.5 billion in revenue. As noted in the Apri l PCS
Front Line column. thi ~ amount was qu ite a bit lower than what was
expected. It seems the Department of Justice has taken an interest in
the auction proceedings. and the anti-trust divi sion i ~ "looking into the
possibility of anti-competiti ve conduct by bidders in c:onnecti on wi th
the FCC's auctioning of spectrum for PCS."
There is a suspic ion that several auction participants used the last
three digits of the ir bids to signal their intentions to other bidders,

helping each other keep bids low despite strict anti-collusion rules. At
least one top license wi nner. AT&T Corporation, has received a civil
investigative demand from the Justice Department, requesti ng information on bidding strategies. bid amounts, and comm unication about
the aucti on with other bidders.
PCS Reaches the Final Frontier

World-wide PCS service took a maj or step forward on May 5th at

I0:55 am EDT when a McDunnel I Douglas Delta 11 rocket lifted the
first five of 66 Iridium sate lli tes from Vandenberg Air Force Base in

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Cali forn ia into transfer orbi t. Sixty-three minutes after launch the
sate llites were deployed, and are scheduled to undergo a series of tests
wh ile being moved into final orbits. Ground controllers will confirm
their abi lity to fly the satellites by commanding and controlling them,
and wi ll monitor the health and status of each sate llite via telemetry.
The L-band communication links between the satellites and subscriber voice and paging units will be tested, as well as the north-south
inter-satellite links.
Iridium had hoped to complete this fi rst launch back in January,
but the unexpected explosion of a nearly identical Delta launch
vehicle caused them to delay unti l the cause could be discovered. High
upper-level winds at Vandenberg delayed launch attempts earlier in
the month.
When fu ll y populated, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) system will
consist of eleven satellites in each of six orbital planes about 400
nautical miles above the Eart h. Iridium plans to offer world-wide
voice service from handhe ld terminals, as well as short message
paging and data transmission.
That's all forthis month. More information on PCS and satellites
can be found at the PCS Front Line website at http://www.grove.net/
- dan. I wecome com me nts, suggestions, and even criticism at
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Richard Barnett
ScanMaster@aol.com

More New Portable Scanners!

1 a tirne wh.en 1h_e ind~stry is in the mid st o~.an ob~ious slump.
there 1s something a!oot 111 scanner- land that 1s abso lutely
astounding. perhaps even inexplicable. There are now, suddenl y. more sca nner manufact urers than ever before. We've discussed some of these new players of late. but let's take a closer look
at many o r these new portables and their 111akers.

assoc iated with the ICOMs and AORs. The aud io and sensitivity of
the radio appeared impressive in the short ti me we had to play with it.
But really, how many customers are there for these expensive
toys? If you already have an AOR 8000 (nicknamed the "8K"), are
you go ing to splurge and buy this Al inco or the ICOM R- 1O?
4 . ICOM R10

1. RELM HS-100 and 200

RELM. a co111pany which we,e been discussing in this

space. has introduced two fine portables and is soon LO debut
their new mobile scanner. Whal we especially like about the
new RELM products is the metal-encased c ircuit board which.
while making the portables so111cwhat heavy, unquestionably
helps to reduce interfere nce. The tradeoff is a worthwhile one.
The other fealllre which has everyone talking is the
inclusion of CTCSS and DCS (PL/DPL) capability.
Not only is DCS revolutionary for a scanner. 10 put any
kind of tone-sque lch in a portable scanner (it"s been
done in ha111 radios for yea rs ) is remarkable. The combination or these two feat ures. as well as a reasonable
price fo r the radios. rnakes the RELM portables the
scanners or choice at the race track ... a high-profile
selling venue that ot her manufacturers desi re.
2. Radio Shack PR0-64

Radi o Shack has introduced their PR0-64 portable. a scan ner

manufactured by GRE for the 6000-storc national chain. While we
have personally not yet seen this radio. we are told it contains --IOO
channels. is 1riple-co111ersion, and includes a computer-interface
capability . GRE is known for their fine eq uipment and this rad io wil l
likel y be a worthy contender in the portable market, although its lack
of tone-encoding and trunktracking wi ll put it al an immed iate
disadvantage for anyone scanning in a met ropolitan area.
3. Alinco Portable

Alinco. the ham radio manufaclllrer. showed off

their new portable scanner - excuse me: 11ideba11d
cm111111111ica1io11s receiler - in a dealer booth at the
recent IWCE (International Wireless Communication' Expo) in Las Vegas. This was a real shocke r,
since we had thought that the market for $500 portable
scanners was already over-saturated.
Th is radio has 1200 channe ls (what wou ld we do
without those extra 200 chan nels!). all mode. multifunction. 500 kHz to 2 GHz approx i111ate ly. etc .. etc ..
The rad io had alpha-numeric capabi lily. a band-scope,
computer-control and all the other high-end features

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Ever since the introduction of the 8K. many people had

wondered when !COM would produce a competitive radio.
Perhaps it was because the AOR was such an impressive radio
that !COM took its time. They could not produce a product of
lesse r quali ty and compete on the same playing field.
(When the SK first came out, its debut was ak in to Bearcat' s
introduction of the first portable programmable scanner, the I00. Thal 16-channel unit was one of the most
anticipated radiu re leases of all time. The reason? People
wamecl 10 be able to program any frequency into a
scanner whi le on the road. It had to be easy and quick lo
program. and that it was. Acl111i1tedly. many people had
the ir I oo~ die Oil them. but it was still a tremendous
achievement in its clay. )
T he ICOM R- I0 has bee n discussed in detail by
others. Suffice it to say that what sets the radio apart
from the 8K is its size and a built-in C l-V port. The radio
is much smaller than the AOR unit. and in a portable, you can' t beat
a compact frame.
5. Diamond/Welz WS1 OOOE

We re going to save a detailed discussion of this wundcrkind radio

for a later issue. Brietly. though. the WS-1 OOOE is an amazing little
dev ice. While it" s not available for sale in the U.S. (it currently
includes the cellular band). the radio is worth considerat ion for
overseas markets or if and when a ce ll ular-less version is offered in
the states. What' s so astounding about this rad io? Wel l. first, no one
know s about it. Second. it's absolutely tiny: practicall y microscopic
by portable scanner standards. The radi o is sma ller than a deck of
cards' Yet. it has a beautiful shape and fee l to it.
This radio, brought to you by. we understand. the same fo lks who
have brought us the fine discone antenna, operates on two AA
batteries! It' s wideband (500 kHz to 1.3
GH1.). includes a signal strength 111eter. AMFM and WFM modes. selectable step, 400
channels (only four banks of 100 channels
each). YFO, and much more.
What's so slick about the WS- 1OOOE,
bes ides its remarkab le size. is that the key
layout. beep tones. and other facets of the
radio are al l unique. It has a "fun .. feel to it
that wows everyone. scanner buff or not. On

top of all that, the sensitivity of the radio is quite good.

On the down side, the radio is prone to what appears to be
interna lly generated noise or some other type of inte rfere nce. (Bob
Parnass would have to run some tests to gi ve us all the straight scoop
on thi s issue.) Al so, the radio is not the e asiest to operate. Bottom line :
The WS-1 OOOE is a radio to watch out for in the future .

a c hannel is acti ve.

Are you using the scanner i11 a region with Motorola trunking?
Obvious ly, the answe r here is the new Uniden TrunkT rackers . T he
BC-235 also has excell ent image rejection, soli d audio, and more.
Th is 300-channel al l-purpose portable is a fine choice for general
scanning as we ll.

6. Uniden-Bearcat BC235XLT TrunkTracker

We won't go into great detail here
about the 235XLT. It's the most talkedabout scanner in 20 years and you have
all heard and read about it before. In
addition, Bob Parnass gives it hi s review this month on page 94 . Let 's just
say that if you live in an area with
Motorola analog trunking, you need
this radio. It's that simpl e.
But it' s not only a question of need.
The 235 offers pe rhaps the most fun
you could have with a scanner. Discovering talkgroup ID' s and determining their use, is a blast. It' s akin to
searching a band without having a frequen cy book or C D-RO M to
help you figure out who a particular user is.
Group ID' s are all brand-new and, as of ye t, nowhe re published.
A we b site www.trunktracker.com should be up and running by the
time thi sMT issue is mailed. Also underdevelopment is a TrunkTrackcr
list server hosted by Grove Enterpri ses for e xchangin g group ID ' s.
Both of these resources wi ll prov ide a forum for trading !D's and
deve loping li sts.
Back to the 235 for a moment. The radio has 300 c hanne ls. as
opposed to the 200 channels of the BC-220/230 mode l and it ca n be
used as a conventi onal scanner. The 235 a lso has improved filte ring
a nd image rejecti on. If you' ve been considering a 230, there really is
no reason to buy it in place of the 235, even if the re's no trunking
within hundreds of miles of you. The 235 is very reasonably priced
(under $300) and should command few extra doll ars over the 230,
despite the fact that the 235 contains the most advanced technology
in any scanner s ince the first programmables were built some two
decades ago.

7. Yupiteru MVTs
Thi s author has not had the opportunity to try out
the Yupi 's which have rece ntly come on the market in
Europe. We understand they have tine fea tures and
sens iti vity. We hope to have the c hance to test them fo r
a later article.

Do you require a surreptitious or lightweight scanner? A radio

which can be carried through a mall or casino with no one noticing,
or to a ballpark without the radio getting i11 the way as you jump up
for the "wave" ?
The Diamond/ We lz is the answer he re. You can se t the Diamond
to receive the A M broadcast of the ballgame' splay-by-play or you can
eas ily monitor stadium security with the scanner. It 's very small, yet
it has impress ive aud io. (By the way, we actually despise the "w ave." )

Do you require co111p11ter-co11trol,for programming or for reactiontuni11g with a Optoelectronics Scout?

For high-end freq uency-fi nding and scanning functi ona lity, the
ICOM, the A LI NCO. a nd certainly the AOR AR-8000 are all going
to be fine choices. Because the 8K has been around fo r so long, and
because il was the first of the trul y top-leve l portables (although the
Yu pi M YT 7 100 may have appeared slightly before it) , the AOR unit
is always going to be the first c hoice of ma ny seri ous professionals and
hobbyists. The SK is not that diffic ult to operate and provides a great
receiver. A great deal has been written about the rad io (a ll of which
you can find in MT and/or on line in the various fo rums) and a lot of
software has been written for it as well. Nume rous accessories are a lso
a vail able for thi s prized unit.
The inte nded uses for a scan ner are practicall y e ndless. and thus
you, as the customer, will have to make the fi nal cal I on wh ic h scanner
is right fo r you.

I Scanner Priorities
This. though. brings us back to the question we ve been asking in
recc m months : What features would the ulti mate - in this case.
po rtable - scanner inc lude ? A scanner which could provide the
answerto a ll the questions above'1 A si ngle scanne rthat could do it a ll ?
No scanne r is going to have absolutely every feat ure we're ever
goin g to want. Herc 's my li st of the most important features that I,
persona ll y. hope to see one day on the ulti mate ponable, in no
particul ar order:

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So, with so ma ny new portables o n the market, whic h portable
should you purc hase? It 's a questi on of use.

Are you going to the race track with the scanner?

If so, ri ght now the choice would have to be the RELM (the HS200 with 800 MH z if you' re going to an lndycar event ) because o f its
abi lity to limit interference at the transmitte r-inten sive trac ks . A
second option might be any of the $500 portables if you would like to
see the dri ver's name appear in an a lpha-numeric displ ay each time

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(continued)
us know if you monitor HF on your portable. This editor does
enjoy the ability to monitor AM radio on a seamier.)

UTMOST IMPORTANCE
1. Ease of programming
The high-end, $500 portables are nice, but they can be such a pain
to program. Especiall y if you have more than one of these units, you' ll
find you can ' t re member the keystrokes to enter a frequency into
memory and get these radios to scan. Select-Scan, Mode-Scan, SkipScan, Banana-Scan, .... wow. great stuff, but how many of us use it?
These rarely-used operations make simple functi ons cumbersome
(press the function key, hold down the 3 and the ente r key , and stick
your left pinkie in your ear .... now you' re ready to lockout a channel.)
As someone who has designed scanner interfaces now on the market,
I must say this has really gotten out of hand. There are better ways to
implement feature-rich products without sending us all to school - or
to an insane-asy lum.
(The old lCOM R-1 portable might win the prize for the " Hardest
Scanner to Program. " Actually, that dog of a radio might even bag
"Worst Scannerofall T ime" except forthe fact that ICOM was the first
to offer a wideband continuous-coverage portable, and the unit's
small size was impressive. ICOM was ahead of its time and they were
to be commended for blazing the trail. Unfortunately, the R-1 went
down in flames: Besides requiring a n M.S. in Engineeri ng to program,
the radio suffered from the worst case of, shall we say, "adjacentchannel enhancement" we've ever seen. )
The ultimate portable scanner must be as easy to program as a $ 150
Bearcat 80XLT. On-the-fly, easy. rapid programming of channels as
situations di ctate is one of the primary uses of a portable scanner:
Some of these $500 portables now offer "easy" modes w hich onl y take
the complexity down a level or two. What we would like to see is a
portable scanner which maintains a balance betwee n price and performance; a radio that se ll s for under $500, or better yet under $400;
which trades off over-engineered features for price; but also includes
the foll owing critical ele ments as desired features in the ultimate,
reasonably priced, portable scanner (in no particu lar order):

Triple-conversion

3.

TrunkTracking

4.

Tone-encoding (PUDPL)

I Heavenly Scanning
Bruce Ames (former RCMA aircraft editor, and the on-line
aircraft editor for the SCAN-L list server), and Fred McGowan
(former RCMA associate editor for Nevada) were kind enough to
provide us with the frequencies that were in use during the USAF-50
show at Nellis Air Force base in Nevada during the last weekend of
April. Since this month's feature article on Area 51 includes many
Nellis frequencies as well, I have only included those frequencies
these two monitors marked as active during the show.

Nellis AFB
Security: ...................... .......... 163.4875S C-1 Primary Main Bose Activity
...... .................... .... ......... ..... 163.5875S C-2 Secondary Main Bose Activity
.............................. .............. l 63.3750R C-3 Area II (To East - Weapons
Storage)
fire: .... ............... ..... ... ........... 173.5875S C-1 Primary Activities
...... ......... .......... .................. . 173.8375S C-2 Secondary Activities
Voice Paging .... ................ ... .. 150.2000R
Transportation Net ................. 150.3000R
Commander Line ......... .......... 173.5375R {was using "Bottle Stoff" during
AF50)
Medical Net ....... ................. .. 173 .5625R
Communications Sqdn ........... 173.l 500R
TBird Air Show Ops .. ............ 141.8500 & 138.7500 (AM Mode)

Los Vegas TCA ... ..... ......... ..... 124.95, 279.7

Nellis Control ... ...... ........ ....... 126.65

Nellis AFB (KLSV) Airfield Frequencies

5.

Alpha-numeric display

6.

Computer-control for cloning, programming, and Scout interface.

7.

VFO tuning

8.

500 channels (1,000 is nice, sure, but how many people use all
those channels?)

9.

Multiple search banks

10. Alkaline or NiCd battery capable

11. AM/NFM!WFM (SSB is nice, but not a must, especially

if

frequencies below 25 MHz are not included. The user's ability

to change modes from the default modes is handy, but not of
utmost importance.)
12. Frequency coverage of25 MHz to 956 MHz (less cellular) at a
minimum (There is really very little above 956 MHz that is
readable, particularly on a portable. 500 KHz to 25 MHz is
great, but how many of us really use it? Please write in and let

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Next month we may return with more reader letters and e-mail
which tell of your most desired scanne r features. Thanks for indulging
me this month.

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13. Compact size (The /COM R-10 appears to have a reasonable

size. No portable should be any larger than an AOR AR-8000
or a BC-22012301235.)

July 1997

ATIS .................. ................... 270.1

Ground ............ .. ................... 121.8, 275.8
Tower .. ... .. .................. .......... 126.2, 132.55, 324.3
Approach .......... ......... .......... 124.95, 279.7
Departure ............................. . 279.9
Clearance ............................. 120.9
Command Post ............. ......... 320.0
Closs B (N) .............. .............. 124.95, 279.7
Dispatcher ....................... .. ... . 372.2
Supervisor of Flying ............... 303.2
Airboss Discrete .. .......... ......... 340.8, 352. 95
Airboss ... ........... .......... ... ..... . 384.9 (Golden Nugget)
Airshow Coord . .. ................... 148.175 (Airshow 3 & 4)
Air force Security Svc . ...... .... . 138.075, 138.175
Various Users .................... .... 151 .625, 173.5625, 135.1, 119.5, 352.8,
275.8, 14 8.525, 149.825, 148.250,
148.525, 150.3, l 48.7

Demo11stration Team Frequencies

USAF Thunderbirds Ops/Support ...... .....
USAF Thunderbirds Diamond ............ .....
Chilean "Holcones" ................ ...... ..... .....
Brazil Tearn ... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .... ..... ... .. .........

148.175
138.75
133.1
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Monitoring the HF Aeronautical Bands

o you say you're tired of li stening to the same o ld thing on your

local 122.8 MH z unicorn frcquc ncy?You' vc had your fill of
fli ght follo wing traffic fro m your local Flight Service S tation o n
122.0 or ACARS data transmi ssions on 13 1.550 M Hz 1 Then it' s time
fo r a change ! Let' s dust off that short wave radio sitting in the corne r
and see what some of the civilian HF aircraft frequenc ies have to offer
you.
One of my favor ite places to monitor in the HF utility spectrum is
the aeronautical routed freque ncies. You can hear both civilian and
military a ir traffic trave ling over the world 's oceans and large land
masses. Imagine sitting in your easy chair and hearing aero traffic
fro m all over the world fill the speaker of your short wave with air
traffic control chatter just like you would hear on your VHF scanner.
Or maybe you want to listi.:n to the curre nt weather conditi ons in other
cities around the world. You will find that and much more on the
ae ronautical routed channels.
Whe re are these magical frequencies located in the HF spectrum?
Here is a qu ick guide to the ranges you should be searching. Keep that
radio in the upper sideband (US B) mode, since that is the mode
mandated by internationa l agree ment. If you hear any other mode in
the freque ncy ranges listed be low. you arc probably not listeni ng to a
legitimate aeronau tical 'tat io n. (There are a few excepti ons to thi s
rule . but USB will work ju' t fine in all cases.)
2850 3025 kHz
3400-3500
46504700

5480-5680
6525-6685
8815-8965
l l 27 5- I l 400

13260-13360
l 7990 17970
2 1924-22000

MWARA
For the pu rpose of air traffic contro l (ATC) com mun ications, the
world has bee n divi ded in to specific regions. These Maj or World Air
Route Area (MWARA) frequ encies have the same use as the ATC
frequencies (spec ifi i.:all y. FAA ce nter ass ig nments) on your scanner
radio.
Because of the vast areas menti oned in the list prese nted in Table
I of our Hot 240 Aero List. several of the MW ARAs have bee n fu rther
subdivided into small er segments. For exam ple. the North Atlantic
(NAT) MWA RA i ~ dvickd into six separate seg ments: NAT-A
through NAT-F. Each segmen t has its own assig ned air space.
frequenc ies. and ground stati ons . So metimes a particular grou nd
s tation, such as Gancl..:r. New York. etc. in the NAT famil y will be
found on more than one seg mi.: nt . depending on its locati on.
These MWARA freque ncies are used to kee p comme rcial and
mi litary aircraft on conrlict-free. fue l efficient routes during the ir
flights. All aircraft fl yi ng in internationa l a ir~pace fo llow established
ro utes (airways) wit h waypo in t reporting posi ti o n ~ . Waypoi nts are
someti mes des ignated by fi ve- letter name or geographic coordin ates
o r latitude and longitude. As these aircraft pass eac h waypo int on their
route. the pilots report current pos ition to a ground stati on th at has the
''guard" for that aircraft. Usuall y. estimates fo r the nex t two or three

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waypoints as well as flig ht level. wind d irecti on/speed, outside air

temperature. and fue l comsumption are given.
Only the MW ARA famil y of freque ncies ari.: presented in our list
in Table I . A complete breakdown of each MW ARA fa mi ly would be
out side the scope of thi s column. If you want mo re dctaik d breakdown
and have an internet connection. you should visit the Uti lity World
onlinc web si te at : http://www.grovc.net/- larry/. You can al so consult the 8th edition oft he CmreS/111r111aFe Directon if you do not have
access to the internet.
LDOC Frequencies
The International Te lecommun ications Uni on (ITU ) has authori1.cd some frequenc ies for compa ny grou nd-co-air communicati ons.
Thes..: freq uencies are often shari.:d by more than one international
carri er and some carriers even provide services fo r other air carriers on
these frequenc ies.
Traffic typical ly cons ists of arrival/departure information, passenger/fuel loads. fli gh t progress reports. aircra ft maint enance problems,
and crew scheduling.
The vast majority of the tra ffic you wi ll hear on long distance
ope rati ona l control (LDOC ) freq uenc ies is in Engl ish (the same
appli es to MW ARA freq urncies). Some airl ines do comm unicate in
thi.: ir native lang uages on company channels. T hese broadcasts can be
fa r more interes ti ng than the routine traffic monitored on MW ARA air
traffic cont rol channels. The li st in T ab le 2 represents some of the more
acti ve LDOC channels in use in the HF spectrum.
VOLMET Stations

Thi.:se transmit -onl y facili ties broadcast meteorolog ical in fo rn1atio n for aircraft inllight fo r specific pans of the world and are scheduled
at des ignated ti mes after the top of each hour. normally twice per hour.
Usua ll y several stations share the same frequenc ies. We have incl uded
the frequenc ies for the At lantic and Pac ific Vol met networks in our list
in Tahh:: 2.

 Flight Test Frequencies

TABLE 1: Major World Air Route Areas

S ince com munication is a vital part of the aerospace industry,

adequate radio contact is necessary during many phases of aircraft
development. A special station category was established along with
assigned freque nc ies for the purpose of fli ght testing. These stati ons
are resticted to the transmission ofnecessary in formation or instruction
relat ed directly to the test of aircraft a nd components of aircraft
syste ms .
These unique freq uencies (Table 2) rece ived qu ite a bit of publ ic ity
severa l years ago with the around-the-world flight of the Voyager
aircra ft. Duri ng that particular event, exte nsive use of fl ight test
frequencies was made by the Voyager aircrew.
F inall y Table 2 has many other interesting routed aeronautica l
freq uencies/services . You will find the NOAA Hurricane Hunter
aircraft, US Customs, the DEA, ARINC, and emergency c hannels just part of our "UW Hot 240."
So let's dust off that shortwave rad io and check out some of the
international actio n that can be heard in civili an aero spectrum of the
Utility World.

Russian Navy.... confirmation at last!

Ary Boender in the Netherlands has reported several times in this
colu mn about the Russian navy stations with their characteristic
single-letter channel markers. Lots of people, however, still do not
believe that these are really Russian naval stations. Until a few weeks
ago. the only evidence we had were the messages that we copied on the
channel marker frequencies.
Now hard evidence exists that these stati ons really are naval
stations! A Russian naval rad io operator confirmed that theory to Ary,
in person. He ide nti fied 'L' as St.Petersburg, 'P' as Kaliningrad, 'S' as
Arkhangels k, a nd 'C' as Moscow. He knew that othe r stations ex isted.
At the moment the fo llowing stations are still active:
Channel marker
Channel marker
Channel marker
Channel marker
Channel marker
Channel marker
Channel marker

'F' Vladivostok
'(' Moscow
'L' St.Petersburg
'P' Kaliningrad
'R' Ustinov
'S' Arkhangelsk
'V' Toshkent

Africa (AFI):

2851, 3419,3419, 3425, 3467, 4657, 5493, 5652, 5658

6559, 6574, 6673, 8894 , 8903, 11300, 11330, 13273,
13288, 13294, 17961
Caribbean (CAR):
2887, 3455,5520, 5550, 6577, 6586, 8846, 8918,
11 387, 11396, 13297, 17907
Central East Pacific (CEP): 2869, 3413, 4657. 5547, 5574, 6673, 8843, 10057,
11 282, 13300, 17904
Central West Pacific (CWP):
2998, 3455, 4666, 5652, 5661, 6532, 6562,
8903, 10081, 11 384, 13300, 17904
East Asia (EA):
3016,3485, 3491,5655, 5670,6571, 8897. 10042,
11396, 13297, 13303, 13309, 17907
Europe (EUR):
3479, 5661 . 6598. 10084, 13288, 17961
Indian Ocean (INO):
3476, 5634. 8879, 13306, 17961
Middle East (MID):
2944, 2992, 3467, 3473, 4669,5658, 5667, 6625, 6631
8918, 8951 , 10018. 11375, 13288, 13312, 17961
North Atlantic (NAT):
2872, 2899, 2962, 2971 , 3016, 3476, 4675,5596, 5616
5649, 6622, 6628, 8825, 8831 , 8864, 8879, 8891,8906
11279, 11309, 11336, 13291, 13306, 17946
North Central Asia (NGA): 3004, 3019, 4678, 5628, 5646, 5664, 6592, 10096,
13303, 13315, 17958
North Pacific (NP):
2932, 5628,5643, 6655, 6661. 10048, 11330, 13300,
17904
South Atlantic (SAT):
2854, 2935, 3452. 5565, 6535, 8861 , 11291 , 13315,
13357, 17955
South America (SAM):
2944. 3479, 4669. 5526, 6649, 8855. 10024, 10096,
11360, 13297, 17907
South East Asia (SEA):
3470, 3485, 5649, 5655, 6556, 8942. 10066. 11 396,
13309, 13318, 17907
South Pacific (SP):
3467, 5559,8867, 10084, 11327, 13300, 17904

TABLE 2: Miscellaneous Listings

Alaska emergency statewide:
Alaska Aviation Radio KW03
Anchorage, AK:
ARING ramp checks:
ARING enroute:

Civil Air Patrol:

A complete report on these stations (including frequencies) will be

run in a fu ture ed ition of the Utility World column.

,;i

~
J;

Custom/U.S. Coast Guard:

Department of Energy aircraft:
Distress and Safety
(ships/coastal stations):
Domestic (Alaska):
Domestic HF:

5167.5
17910
5574 (Chicago, Minneapolis, Tulsa. Dallas-Ft
Worth)
KEAS-New York, NY 13345
KMA7-San Francisco, CA 6601, 8849, 13261 .
13273. 13354, 17940
KUA3Honolulu, HI 8915, 13261 , 13273, 13339,
13354
2371 , 2374, 4466, 4469, 4509, 4582, 4585, 4601,
4604, 4627, 4630. 26618.5, 26620, 26621.5
3428, 5571, 8912, 11288, 13312, 17952
3422, 6535, 8912, 10045, 11288, 13312, 17901
4125
2866
2875,2911 , 2956, 3449.3470,5427, 5490,5496,
5631 , 6580, 6604. 8855, 8876. 10066, 11357,
11363

Federal Avaition Administration

flight tesVcheck:
3428,5571, 8912, 11288, 13312, 17952, 17964
Flight test:
2851,3004, 3281, 3443, 5451. 5469,5571, 6550,
8822, 10045, 11288, 11306, 13312, 17964, 21931
International distress and calling:
2182
Long distance operational control
(LDOC) :
3013, 3494 , 5529, 5538, 6637, 6640, 8933,
10033. 10075. 11342, 11348, 13330, 13348.
17925, 21964
NOAA/National Marine Fisheries
aircraft:
3407, 3416, 5562, 5610. 6673, 6682, 8876, 8882,
10015, 10093, 13267, 17901
NOAA Hurricane Hunters
to KJY74-Miami:
3407, 5562, 5610. 6673, 8876, 10015, 13267,
17901
North Atlantic Valme! Islip, NY: 3485, 6604 , 10051 , 13270
Offshore drilling aircraft op.:
2878, 3019, 3434, 4672, 5463, 5506
Pacific Valme! KVM70
Honolulu, HI:
2863, 6679, 8828, 13282
Search and rescue
3023, 5680, 8364
communications:

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Abbrev iations used in t his colu mn

AFB

Air Force Base

AM
ANDVT

cw
DGPS
DSN
ETA
ETB
LSB
MAP
NAS
NAVTEX

Amplitude Modulation
Advanced Narrowband
Digital Voice Terminal
Continuous Wave
(Morse code)
Differential Global
Positioning System
Defense Switch Network
Estimated Time of
Arrival
Estimated Time to Base
Lower Sideband
Maghreb Arabe Presse
Naval Air Station
Navigational and

meteorological
warnings and urgent
information for ships
(SITOR-B mode)
Interference
ORM
PAP
Polska Agencja Prasowa
Royal Air Force
RAF
Radioteletype
RITT
SAM
Special Air Mission
Selcal
Selective Calling
SITOR-B Simplex teleprinting
over radio, mode B
Shortwave Broadcast
SWBC
Un id
Unidentified
USB
Upper Sideband
USMC
U.S. Marine Corps
Very Important Person
VIP

All transmissions are USB (upper sideband) unless otherwise indicated.

All frequencies arc in kH z (k ilohertz) and al l times are UTC (Coordinated
Time Universal)
123. 7
447.5
518.0
2932.0
3413.0
4402.0
4721.0

4745.0
4935.0
5150.0

5245.0
5547.0
5598.0
5628.0
5673.0
5680.0
5696.0

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DGPS station Mainflingen, Germany, with 300 baud MSK at 0841 .

(Boender-Netherlands)
LGO-Rogaland Radio. Norway, with CW weather broadcast at 1335.
(Ary Boender-The Netherlands)
LIGE-Arkhang elsk Radio, Russia, with SITOR-B NAVTEX broadcast
at 1600. (Boender-Netherlands)
Tokyo Aero, Japan, working Japan Air 836 with position report and
cleara nce request at 1437. (Gerald Brookman-Kenai, AK)
Honolulu Aero, HI, working United 38 with a selcal check at 0843.
(Brookman-AK)
Bootleg fishing boats in a net at 0307. (Brookman-AK)
Sidecar working Zulu 3 November and Zulu 7 November with
"Alligator" comms. At 0153 Sidecar prepares the net for a 0200
operations change: Sidecar will change to. XAI. Changes for Z3N
and Z7N are XAE and XAF at 0153. (Jeff Jones-San Francisco, CA)
RAF Buchan. UK, wo rking 1DN, 8NX. R1 E during an exercise at
0805. (Boender-Netherlands)
MRB01-RAF Cadets (Network B) working MRC16at1106. (Boen derNetherlands)
Hardrock 11 Bravo working Advance 20 and many others (probably
USMC) in a live-fire exercise involving aicraft and artillery at 0435.
Leach Lake has been mentioned a few times. There is a Leach Lake
in southern California. just south of Death Valley. The net is winding
down now. but Hard rock and some others are going to be monitoring all night until the games begin again at "0900." A final note:
8056.0 was active with Hardrock September 1993. (Jones-CA)
RAF Cadets stations- MRC01, MRH1 9, MRW98, MRC16. MRA01 ,
MRW34 and MR020 active with traffic at 1030. (Boender-Netherlands)
San Francisco Aero , CA, working Air Canada 21, Eagle 11 , YB205,
United 44, and Sun Country 3 (moved to 5574) at various times
around 0304-0410. (Gordon Levine-Anaheim, CA)
New York Aero. NY, working Cubana 44, Gander Aero, NF, Condor
154, Delta 140, El Al 175, and Laker 614 between 0247-0419.
(Levine-CA)
Honolulu Aero, HI, working Eastern 538 with a position report at
1442. (Brookman-AK) Honolulu Aero, HI, working Singapore 12 at
1410. (Levine-CA)
Beijing, China, VOLMET with aviation weather in Chinese at 1521.
(Brookman-AK)
Ronne Rescue, Norway, working Kinloss Rescue for a radio check
at 0835. Architect (RAF UK) testing at 0848. (Boender-Netherlands)
0215z 6001 working Camslant Chesapeake at 0215 and very weak
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5700.4
5800.0
6090.0
6683.0
6709.0
6713.5
6730.0

6731.0
6752 .0
6761 .0

6800.0
6825.0
6830.0
6836.4
6855.0
6871 .0
6925.5
6991.0
6992.5
6993 .0
6994 .0
7632 .0
7831 .0

7975.0
8026.0

8047.0

Camslant Chesapeake advised frequencies of 5696 primary and

8983 secondary. (Brad Clark-Lewiston. Idaho, via e-mail)
Magic Carpet Sierra VJorking Oscar 3 Mike regarding their "black
box" at 2357. (Jones-CA)
Lifelong tries Nightwatch, no joy (heavy SWBC ORM) at 0257.
(Clark-ID)
English female numbers station in AM at 1414. (Bob PemereyTo ledo, OH) At 1750 with same type traffic. (Paul Stickney-Gilford,
NH)
SAM 375 shutting down co mms with Andrews VIP for the night at
0130. SAM 206 working And rews VIP with phone patch to SAM
Command at 1803. (Jones-CA)
Japanese fishing fleet comms at 0440. Reminds me of the 6959 "off
the coast of British Colombia" fisheries net. only in Japanese. (ClarkID)
Moffett Rescue coordinating operations with Ki ng 83. Jolly 07, and
Jolly 15 at 0330. (Jones-CA)
Casey 01 (DV-2+17), departed Moffett at 0022, enroute Offutt, ETA
0332, working Andrews VIP for an often heard (shortly after takeoff) series of message relays/phone patches: first a message relay
to the NMCC followed by their usual phone patch to Raymond 21 and
then anothe r request for a message relay to Look01 (and sometimes
Look 02). Also mentioned diverting to Tinker if need be due to bad
weat her at 0027. (Jones-CA)
Japaneseinter-boat com ms at0433. Private/unauthorized frequency?
(Clark-ID) Probably unauthorized pirates in the OR segment-Larry.
Sidecar cal ling Hotel 1 Victor in LSB advising they were XO with their
unit at 211 5. (Sue Wilden-Indianapoli s. IN)
SAM 26000 working Andrews VIP for phone patches regard ing
troubleshooting possible bad flight data acquisition unit in connection with another fa iled unit. Mentioned getting a new unit to
Moscow if needed. It now sounds like they've decided to abort the
mission and return to Andrews AFB at 2350. (Jones-CA)
Bootleg fishing boats in a net at 0307. (Brookman-AK)
FAV22-French Air Force at 0925 station in CW at 0925. (BoenderNetherlands)
SPAR 65 working Andrews VIPfor message relay to SAM Command
at 0236: " ... in the blocks at 0240." (Jones-CA)
Bishop working unid for a signal check at 1637. (Jones-CA)
KKN50-U S. Department of State Radio, Warrenton, VA, (a blast
from the past fo r me!!) heard with 5-figure cut groups using CW at
0500. Still going stro ng late into the night. (Clark-I D)
HEB7-U nid station with V CW marker at 2224. (Dix-NY)
KKN50-U.S. Department of State Radio. Warrenton, VA, with ORA
CW marker at 2229. (Dix-NY)
Unid station with "go ahead with weathe r report" at 2347. (WildenIN)
Royal Navy Sea Cadet stations- MFP34, MFQ40C. MFJ04, and
MFP29 with traffic at 1010. (Boender-Netherlands)
Nightwatch 01 checking Andrews VIP he re for possible HF circ uit at
2116. (Jones-CA)
Air Force 2 working Andrews at 0212. (Jeff Nicklaw-Asheville, NC)
Foster wo rking unid with com puter troubleshooting/setup comms
at 1620. (Jones-CA)
Lifelong and Nightwatch hook up, Lifelong reports "heavy background music on Z150," then 3-characte r authentication process
"AKJ with Echo" and BOZ." Nightwatch assigns Z71Oas primary and
Z125 as secondary (4495). changed freqs to Z125 for comm check
at 0300. (Clark-ID)
Crown 01 working Camelot and Jolly 31 rega rding search in prog ress
at 2345. (Jones-CA)
SAM 300 wo rking And rews VIP at 0235. Nightwatch 01 working
Andrews for crypto circuit at 2118. SAM 375 (DV-2 + 6). work ing
Andrews VIP for phone patch to SAM Command regarding revised
ETB at 2002. Venus 26 working Andrews VIP with phone patches
regarding 2335 ETA at Andrews AFB at 2236. PACOM 01 (DV-2 +
17), en route NAS Miramar, working Andrews VIPfor phone patch to
Hilda West and SPAR 19 shut1ing down com ms. Both around 0108.
(Jones-CA)
SPAR 64 (DV-2), departed Andrews around 0200, working And rews
VIP for phone patch to Andrews meteo for weather at Gander, ETA

8057.4
8190.0
8300.0
8442 .0
8471.0
8566.0
8606.0
8694.0
8843.0
8910.0
8933.0

9016.0
9251.0
10075.0
10204.0
10231.1
10586.0
10780.0
11053.0
11111.0
111 45.0

111 55.0
111 75.0

111 81.0
111 83.0
11 21 4.0

11220.0

0415, and Goose Bay, ETA 0445. Also heard on 4742.0 and 5398.0
at 0230. (Jones-CA)
N9 trying to raise unid. No joy at 1738. (Jones-CA)
Spanish female numbers station in AM at 0218. (Steve ClarkPampa, TX)
New Star Broadcasting Station, Taiwan, with Cl1inese number
broadcast at 1510. (Boender-Netherlands)
TCR-lstanbu l Radio, Turkey, with ca CW marker at 0005. (Dix-NY)
Simonstown Naval Radio. South Africa, with V CW marker at 2340.
(Dix-NY)
ZSJ-Comcen Capetown Naval Radio. South Africa, with V CW
marker at 2323. (Dix-NY)
ZRO-Simonstown Naval Radio, South Africa. with V CW marker at
2328. (Dix-NY)
XSZ-Dalian Radio, China. with CO CW marker at 1122. (Dix-NY)
Reach 602 (US Air Force transport) working Honolulu Aero. HI , at
0217. (Levine-CA)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0612. (Levine-CA)
Speedbird 204 working Springbok Radio, Johannesburg, South
Africa. aircraft req uests that ARING inform company that it cannot
proceed to Montreal. but must stop at Gander instead at 0108
(AGAR S data followed). (Ken Maltz-Syosset. NY)
"860" working McClellan Global for phone patch to "Pony Ops"
Rescue regarding search in progress near Phoenix AZ. A "Sheriff"
helo. "195" and "196" are also involved at 0235. (Jones-CA)
English female 5-digit number station in AM at 2211. (Dix-NY)
Houston LDOC, TX, working N5732 (17250 and Delta 10 (2348).
(Levine-CA)
Nightwatch 01 checking Vagabond out of the net at 0120, but
advised Vagabond to stay on frequency until landing. (Jones-CA)
CNM78-MAP Rabat, Morocco. with news bulletins in French at
1621 using 50 baud RTTY. (Dix-NY)
Trout 99. "over Winslow, AZ." working Andrews VIP for a phone
patch regarding 0200 arrival at Kirtland AFB. SAM 203 is also on
frequency at 0040. (Jones-CA)
JSTARS- 03 worki ng Cape Radio for attempted phone patch to Brat
(sounded like) from calling -party on board. callsign "Wizard." Patch
was aborted in favor of the "airphone" at 0017. (Jones-CA)
SAM 26000 working Andrews VIP for phone patch to Delta Warrior
(sounded like) at 0300. (Jones-CA)
ANDVT communications noted here at 191 7. (Clark-I D)
Heard some unid spanish com ms here at 221O. Mexican government? " ...yo transmite Charlie Golly recibe Echo Juliet. repite Echo
Juliet ... " Mentions of a "Boletina Circular" (Circular Bulletin). then
into reading the message. with "seccion uno" and "seccion dos" et
al. Could not get any place names or IDs, just too weak and fading
in and out. Accents were Mexican, not Cuban ... possibly Mexican
military or a daytime equivalent of 7730? (Clark-ID)
RIT-Valgach Naval Radio. Russia, calling RKZ using CW at 1819.
(Dix-NY)
Air Force 1 here for a radio check. no response at 1304. (Mike
Smith-Houston. TX via e-mail) Orea 34 working Offutt GHFS at
1634. (Levine-CA) Viking 52 calling McClellan at 1718 with phone
patch to Minneapolis Air Reserve (DSN 783-1727). Pilot sounded
like a commercial pilot, complete with the "uhhhh" that commercial
pilots use and we joke about. (Clark-ID)
Roadmap calling McClellan at 2154. advising they have already
picked up their traffic, and are ready to send theirs. Nothing further.
(Clark-ID)
Xray 27 working unid station. heard saying "Let's go . .. (lost in
fade) ". then ANDVT comms. Xray 27 weak readable here. his buddy
was not heard at 1714. (Clark-ID)
F1 J working B1Bat1945, confirming tracks in the playgrou nd . F1J
is overmod and echoes badly. At 1950, same stations come back
up. only as Titan (F1J) and Neptune (B1 B) . Titan req uests Neptune
to contact Razorback and have him come up on this voice frequency. Neptune advises that Razorback can monitor two separate
playgrounds, but does not wish to do so at this time without link
parameters. Titan then gets very slow and deliberate stating "imperative that Razorback come up on this voice net, understand,
interrogative?" Neptune confirms. then mentions 6G1. Next callup.
back to trigraphs, with nothing hrd from Razorback. (Clark- ID)
SPAR 19 (near Kansas City) working Andrews VIP at 2333. PACAF
01. en route Eglin AFB. ETA 0045. working Andrews VIP for phone
patches at 2330. (Jones-CA)

11232.0 Unid aircraft, selcal GHBD working Hamilton Mobile for signal
check at 2004. Transmitter 1 was loud and clear, but wou ld not
receive selcal. Transmitter 2 was loud and distorted, but would
open up on selcal. Hamilton queried for another freq and aircraft
location. Aircraft was north of Edmonton. Hamilton suggested
9007. but RTTY interference made further intercept impossible
here. (Clark-ID)
11416.0 Unid station with very clean 5-digit groups CW. Ended traffic with
3x BT. then a call up for '486' three times, then fades to noise.
Definitely mach ine or keyer sent, speed, and pace consistent with
a keyer and a good 'Bencher fist' at 1717. (Clark-ID)
11460.0 Andrews and Spar 64 in comms with phone patch to Ramstein at
1922. (Clark-I D)
11460.0 SAM 974, ETA home station 1210, working And rews VIP for a
"morale" phone patch an d periodic signal checks at 2324. Casey
01 wo rking Andrews VIP for phone patch into NMCC callsign,
"Ringmaster" regarding mission status at 0442. SAM 375 (DV-2
+ 6). working Andrews VIP for phone patch into Buckley Operations at 1705. Navy 496, departed KNGU 0100, ETA EGPH at 0915,
working Andrews VIP with periodic signal checks at 0117. (JonesCA)
12677.0 HMZ-Pyongyang Radio, North Korea. with Ca CW marke r at 1305.
(Dix-NY)
12710.0 XSZ-Dalian Radio, China, with CO CW marker at 11 26. (Dix-NY)
12715.0 PKN -Balikpapan Radio, Indonesia, with CO CW marker at 1216.
(Dix-NY)
12724.0 9VG57-Singapore Radio with CW ca marker at 1156. (Dix-NY)
12730.0 UHS-Murmansk radio, Russia, with Ca CW marker at 1202. (DixNY)
12923.0 HLW2-Seoul Radio. South Korea, with CW CO marker at 1156.
(Dix-NY)
12947.0 ZRH-Capetown Naval Radio, South Africa, with DE CW marker at
1304. (Dix-NY)
13020.0 VRX60-Victoria Harbor Radio, Hong Kong, with ca CW marker at
1259. (Dix-NY)
13273.0 Honolulu Aero, HI, working Cathay 880 with a position report at
2256. (Brookman-AK) Honolulu Aero, HI. working Northwest 69,
Japan Air 610, and Singapore 11 between 0111 -0322. (Levine-CA)
13282.0 Honolulu VOLMET, HI, with English aviation weather at 0032.
(Brookman-AK)
13288.0 Honolulu Aero, HI, working Continental 75 with a position report
at 2255. (Brookman-AK)
13348.0 ewe 91 ca lling Cedar Rap ids, IA, no answer at 0148. (Levine-CA)
13440.0 SAM 204 working Andrews VIP with phone patch requests at
0120. PACAF 01 working Andrews VIP for a phone patch request
and signal checks here and on 6730.0 at 0340. Casey 01, on the
ground at Yokota AFB, setting up comms with Andrews VIP at
0208. (Jones-CA)
13585.0 CNM78-MAP Rabat. Morocco, with news bulletins in French at
1621 using 50 baud RTTY. (Dix-NY)
14395.0 MARS net with various stations checking in at 1639 such as
NNNOEGY and AAA6UaA. (Wilden-IN)
14487.0 English female 5-digit number stations in AM at 1744. (BrookmanAK)
15011 .0 Lightning Base working Lightning Mobile (USMC self-IDed) regarding rad io problem: "high pitched whine." Base told Mobile to
try turning off the engine. They tried it. no luck at 0235. (Jones-CA)
15034.0 Canadian Forces military VO LMET. Trenton. ON, with aviation
weather at 1720. (Brookman-AK)
15687.0 Casey 01 checking And rews VIP here for possible new primary at
0417. (Jones-CA)
15962.0 Nightwatch 01 working Armament on Z-250 for a brief signal
check at 1958. (Jones-CA)
17191 .0 LSA-Boca Radio, Argentina. with V CW marker at 1926. (Dix-NY)
17457.0 Lightning Base working Lightning Mobile (USMC self-IDed) for a
radio check at 0347. (Jones-CA)
18220.9 CNM78-MAP Rabat, Morocco, with news bulletins in French at
1621 using 50 baud RTTY. (Dix-NY)
18265. 0 CNM78-MAP Rabat, Morocco. with news bulletins in French at
1621 using 50 baud RTTY. (Dix-NY)
18648.5 SOT265BPAP Warsaw, Poland, with SITOR-B Polish news bulletin s at 141 3. (Dix-NY)

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Shorl'vvave Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser, P.O. Box 1684-MT, Enid, DK 73702
E-mail: <gho115er@hotmoil.com>; fax: (405) 233-2948, ATT: Hauser

HCJB Must Move Out Of Pifo

A long-delayed Ecuadorian govcrn111en1 projcc\ 10 build a new ai rport for
Qui10 is now taking sh a pc. Ii' ' near Pi fo
- r
wi1h a runway aimed right al HCJB ~
highes1 ante nna tower. so HCJB has
been ordered to dismantle its e111irc
shortwave transmi1ter sitc cove ring 11 0
acres wit h I l transmi11er' totalli ng over
1000 kW. :r~ antenna systems. -18 towcrs ranging from 30 to -117 feet high.
Glen Volkhardt. Asst. Dir. for Lat in
America. was interv iewed about thi s on
DX Partrli11e. Construction is to begin
in 1998. and it should ta kc HCJ B about the same amount of time
to move out a' it take~ l o build the new airport.
This fo rccs HCJ B to rc-cvaluate its options. Regional broadcasts to Ec uad or and ne ighboring countries could be carried out

only from somewhere else in Ecuador, but

HCJB may speed up negoti ations already
underway to use SW re lays in Europe. and
wil l not a1tcmpt to reach Europe and As ia
from Ecuador. A new site in South America
is likely fo r that continent. and rental arrangements to reach North America were
being in vestigated. HCJB is also awai ting
word on whether it will get control of an
ex isting SW si te in Africa. not Zambia. and there have been prev ious
reports about the possibil ity ofbroadcasting from Australi a. It is hoped
that the government will help with
the dismantl ing ex penses. HCJ B
may well get into new medi a other
than SW to reach its audiences.
Ed Nowbury

ALASKA Fred Osterman of Universal Radio is one of four new expert commenContrary to their own website, RA is using 17860 at 0030-0200; it's the
tators on KNLS , reviewing new receivers. SWL publications. DX gadgets,
same transmitter as from 0200 on 13755. 0400 on 11 880, 0630 on 9580,
0800 on 9615. 1300 on 7365 (via Edwin Southwell, World DX Club Contact)
1300 on 5995, 1700 on 11880, 2130 on 17860 (via Bill Westenhaver)
ANTARCTICA LRA36. 15476. official schedule is ' 1900-2100'. includes IDs in
BELGIUM A new law makes BRTN an autonomous company and renames it VRT
English. French at odd times: gives coordinates. requests return postage to
with vast restructuring (RVI Radio World)
this address: LRA36. 9411 Esperanza Station, Tierra del Fuego. Antartida e
BOLIVIA R. Frontera. 4449.97 at 0120 had gorgeous music, harmony female
Islas del Atlantico Sur, Arg entina. Planned increase to 3 kW soon (Gabriel Ivan
vocals. syncopated guitar and percussion, well-modu lated. room-filling
Barrera, BC-OX) Announcer is Mrs. Adriana Figueroa (Barrera, EDXPvia The
audio at peaks; 0155 canned ID with echo (Jay Novello, NC)
Four Winds) Opening and closing theme is Asi es mi Argentina (Barrera, RN
R. TV Colonia, 6556.98, Yapacan i, reactivated, 0005-0155+ with all
Radio -En/ace) Actually 100-2 00 Hz on low side of 15476, not AM but USB +
religion, bad modulati on but strong cam er (Jerry Berg, MA, NUvia Electronic
suppressed carrier (David M. Clark. DX Ontario) Suppressed means there is
DX Press)
no carrier detectable: I assume you and others actually mean "reduced .. -gh.
CANADA CFCX 6005 had been missing for some timewhen I contacted the CIOC
One day at 1905 it was on 154 72. adjusted at 1929 to 15476 (Horacio Nigro.
chief engineer. He didn't know it was off, but would have the consulting
Uruguay. DSWCI DX Window)
engineer look into it. Listeners should send the CE a message that CFCX has
ARGENTINA Replacing Julio Marbiz Jan. 1 as national directress of Servicio
a following; it's obviously not a priority in their minds. I would hate to see this
Oficial de Radiodifusi6n was Mrs. Patricia lvone Barral. at LRA-1 (Gabriel Ivan
old-timer become history (Peter George. MA, rec.radio.shortwavevia George
Barrera. Radio Nuevo Mundo)
Thurman)
JSB feeders moved down to 8098: R. del Plata FM on USB at 0700-0728.
OSL letter from CHNX. 6130, Halifax, for Ap ril 13 reception at 2131
then I switched to LSB and listened to R. Rivadavia until 0800 news flash and
confirmed they were still only 50 watts. a Harris solid state excite r that will
fade: another day 1005-1030 fade (Takayuki Inoue Nozaki, Relampago DX
eventually feed a 1 kW Harris transmitte r. says Wayne Harvey, C.E. (Kent
Logging)
Mueller. NJ) Best to try in the daytime if you're not too far from the Atlantic
[non?] R. Cochiguaz. pirate heard on a UT Sunday at 0032 on 6925.6.
Nortl7east (gh)
Andean and pop music. USA and Argentine addresses (Gabriel Ivan Barrera.
CABC, Canadian-Asian Broadcasti ng Corp. in Toro nto. expects to be
Argentina. OzDX)
granted 1670 kHz as early as July. headed by Sri Lankan musician resident
AUSTRALIA ABC managing director Brian Johns says RA will continue as a
in Canada George Konezsh: also wants to reach Tam ils in Europe, N. America
mainstream broadcaster despite a federal funding cut of AS42M (RA via
via SW (Jeff Cohen. World Radio Network, W.O.R.)
BBCM) Derek White. G.M. of RA took early retirement after 5 yea rs at the
CHILE The station reported last month as R. Llanquihue, 2nd harmonic on
station. many more at ABC ; said there was no future for his position (Jane
31807. now IDs as Emisora Tepual, Puerto Monti (Ho racio Nigro, Uruguay,
Freeman. Signpost via Mike Cooper) More than half the staff. 80 people. lose
DSWCI DX Window) Heard at 0100-0300. 1230 on 3180.85, 2 x 1590 (Hugo
their jobs under the new budget.
Lopez. Chile. hard-core-dx)
On Feedback. Terry Brovm. Asst. G.M.
COLOMBIA R. Patria Libre. clandestine, reacsaid Englisl1 would be cut from 24 to 18 hpd.
tivated on May Day, and subsequently heard
/\II times UTC; 1\11 frequen cies kH::.; ''' bef ore hr= sig n
but apparently this meant RA productions:
daily 2200-2230 on 6250 (Henrik Klemetz.
011, * after hr= sign off ; II= parallel program-ming; +
might fill out tile remaining 6 hrs with ABC
Dateline Bogota via DSWCI DXW)
= co11ti1111i11g hut not monitored; 2 xfreq = 2nd
simulcast (gl1) Darwin will no longer be used
CONGO Brazzaville back on 4765, 5985, around
harmonic;
J-9
7=May-Sept;
Z-97=S11m111er
season;
Wfor RA shortwave, and NTA will explore pos1730-2130 with smart marches. ardent
97=Winter season; /non]= Broadcast to or for th e listed
sible future uses of the Cox Peninsula site
speeches (Matthias Gatzke, Germany, BCc 111111/1)', btll 1101 necessarily origi11ati11g there.
(Matt Francis. Electror1ic DX Press)
OX)
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CONGO D.R. Reminder to check 15244.5 for possible broadcasts from the new
government, ex-Za"ire (gh) Already on April 23. the Bukavu station held by
rebels was renamed Congolese Radio-TV (BBCM)
COSTA RICA RFPI is now offering 10th Anniversary OSL card. Although location
announced is Ciudad Colon. postal address is P.O. Box 88, Santa Anaactual location given on card is El Rodeo (gh) Continent of Media planned to
be on hiatus for the summer, maybe back in Sept or Oct (gh)
R. Casino, 5953.6, is heard best Sunday morning and evening when the
channel seems less noisy, but late sign-on of 11 00 and early sign-off by 0030
(Henrik Klemetz, Colombia, DSWCI DX Window)
Bill Matthews has started doing amonthly DX report on TIAWR Wavescan.
around 1100 and 2300 Sundays on 5030, 6150, 7375, 9725, 13750. 15460
(gh)
CUBA RHC unexpectedly shifted time of English hours in May to 2030-2130 on
13715, 13725-USB; and 2230-2330 on 6000 (gh) To make it easier to
remember the times, RHC's DXers Unlimited on Sats/UT Suns shifted an
hour to be at same times as Tue/UT Wed programs, a little past: 2100 on
13715 (41 ), 13725-SSB (37); 2205 [sic, means 2305] on 6000(not10);
0130, 0330 on 6000 (10), 9820 (348), 9830-SSB (37); 0530 on 9820
(315<), 9830-SSB (37) (Arnie Coro. RHC. rec.radio.shortwave via Electronic DX Press)
R. Rebelde, 5025 has audio problems. and sometimes misses Saturday
nights; usually runs all night until 1030 or 1100 (Maryanne Kehoe. GA)
GEORGIA "KVOH" tested new service to India at 1400-1600 on 12120 (Bob
German, GJA)
GERMANY DW inaugurated new SW station in Nauen, near Berlin, April 25,
costing DM70M, expanded by four new 500 kW, replacing nine 100 kW at
JOlich, while four new 500 kW have been rented at Wertachtal, for a net
increase of power from 7000 to 8600 kW. Nauen will operate 36 hours a day
via ultra-modern antenna array, and is testing digital broadcasts (OW via
BBCM) First broadcast was at 1200-1300 on 21550, simultaneous analog
and digital. (Harald Kuhl, DSWCI DX Window)
OW will drop five Eu ropean languages on Jan. 1: Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Italian, French , saving DM7M, and allowing new Bosnian service (AON
via BBCM; Joe Karthaus) German service will cut from 8- to 4-hour cycles
repeated, saving DM1 M (R. Budapest DX)
SOR Stuttgart, and SWF Baden-Baden plan to merge on Jan 1. 1998,
becoming the second largest public broadcaster. But this must be passed by
parliaments in both states. Main radio program streams will be reduced from
eight to six, and we hope the two 20 kW SW channels on 7265 and 6030 can
both be preserved (Wolfgang BOschel, Germany)
HONDURAS La Voz de la Mosquitia, 4910.6, presumed, no ID; religious talk in
Spanish at 0032 with transmitter breaks (Hans Johnson, TX, Cumbre DX)
HRMI, 5890, sent newsletter saying this is the first of 100 MW & SW
stations IMF World Missions plans to build around the world. It's an
"apostolic church planting missions agency," P.O. Box 6321 , San Bernardino, CA 92412; <jkpimf@msn.com> (Rich D'Angelo. Henry Lazarus, DSWCI
DX Window)
INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non] Electra radioship project is believed by some
to be vaporware, but Scott Becker was promoting it in May on a YesterdayUSA interview. If funding comes through, might sail by July 1 to a Caribbean
island. Will relay YUSAon onetransmitter 24h from Galaxy-5 feed. Two other
transmitters will use a total of 6 frequencies, one day and one night for each
(via Tom Dimeo, Continent of Media)
IRAN [non ) Opposition stations as monitored April 7: V. of the Iranian Revolution
ending Kurdish at 1558 on 3875, 4375, both later relaying V. of the Iranian
Communist Party, in Persian, jammed and varying. V. of Iranian Kordestan
at 1430 on 3940. V. of Mojahed at 1900 in II on 3550, 3850, 4450. 4650,
5150, 5450, all jammed and constantly moving up to 20 kHz to avoid. V of
the Worker at 1430 on 41 90 (BBCM)
Democratic Voice of Iran is new clandestine, testing 5900 at 1730-1800
per Persian ads in a Paris newspaper (World of Radio)
ITALY RAI has Esperanto to Europe, Sat 2000-2020 on 9755, 7180 (BBCM)
KIRIBATI During enhanced Pacific conditions, R. Kiribati audible on 9810-USB
with R. Australia news at 0600, local news at 0605-0615, ID (gh, OK)
KOREA NORTH R. Pyongyang heard on new 4405. Spanish feeder at 1215 II
6575, 9975, 11335 (Roland Schulze, Philippines, BC-DX)
KURDISTAN V. of Islam, V. of the Islamic Movement, heard in Ku rdish at 14301600 on 6305, 4400, 4135, all variable. sometimes followed by Arabic until
1700, and unconfirmed Kurdish at 0200-0330 (BBCM)
R. of Kurdistan, V. of the Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party was anew
station heard testing between 1445 and 1700 on 4230v, in Arabic and
Kurdish. Did not give location or schedule. It's one of five parties making up

an alliance led by the PUK. Another new station in the same alliance is V. of
Independence, R. of the Conservative Party of Kurdistan, 1500-1700 on
4190v (BBC Monitoring)
V. of the People of Ku rdistan. PUK station. announced Arabic would be at
1700 on 4120. repeated at 0300 after Kurdish on 4120, and at 0900 on 6015
(BBCM) See also IRAN
V. of Iraqi Kurdistan homepage: http://ourworld .compuserve.com/
homepages/gara/ and E-mail to: <101564.3336@compuserve.com> (Nick
Grace. Cumbre DX via BC-DX) Includes history of station, started in a cave,
but must now be outside Iraq (Andy Sennitt, RNMN)
LIBYA Still tone-testing transmitters around 0730-0945 on 6155, 9655, 9705strongest here, 11770: separately 0845-0900 on 15415 (Wolfgang Busche!,
Germany)
LITHUANIA [non ] R. Vilnius. English to us at 0030-0100 via Germany on new
9875 (Bob Thomas. Steven Cline) But also on synchronized //9855, so
Germany too? (George Thurman. TX) also supposed to be on 9635 (Pan/view,
Bulgaria via BC-DX) With access to two transmitters. more frequency
diversity would be prudent (g/1)
MEXICO Juan Mort. XERMX director. mentioned to me they were about to
increase power, so I E-mailed him for more info. Thereply came on Mail Box,
Tue at 1500 on 9705 from host Alejandro Joseph: great efforts are being
made to activate two more transmitters-10 kW in July on 11770, and 50 kW
in August on 15430 with log-periodic (gh)
As of mid-May, XERTA. 4800 had not made any more tests due to
economic problems and illness of the owner and manager. but hoped to be
back on in two weeks; as did R. UNAM, which was repairing the fault which
allowed it to be heard above 10 MHz (Julian Santiago and Hector Garcia,
World of Radio)
Status of rarely logged stations: off the air -5980. 6045, 6090, 6105, 6115.
6165/9515/15160: on air very sporadically- 6020 La Ude Veracruz: repairing
equipment and soon back - 9545 La Jarocha: being repaired - 9600 R. UNAM
(Juan Mort. XERMX, Cumbre DX via DSWCI DX Window)
MONACO TWR, English at 0710 on 9755, also on loud. clear spur 9744.8 (John
Kecskes, Australia, DSWCI DX Window)
NEW ZEALAND RNZI printed sked shows additional repeat of Mail Box Mon at
1130 on 6100. now alternating with City Talk instead of Travel Pacific(via Gigi
Lytle, TX) Both RNZI and KHBI started using 9845 at 2000, but KHBI shitted
to 9355 (Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI Mail Box, Jim Moats)
As of June 29. Kiwi Radio will cease operations on SW, and become
involved in legal FM broadcasting. From July 1, the SW transmitters will be
taken over by R. Jemima. which will then relay Kiwi R. until its 20th
anniversary around Sept. 6. Had been appearing Sundays at 0715 on 7475
USB (Kiwi Radio News via hard-core dx)
NICARAGUA Sr. Evaristo Mercado P.. Director of R. Miskut writes that they were
still awaiting the MW transmitter sent by John Freeman: it would take three
more months (Tetsuya Hirahara, Japan, Radio Nuevo Mundo) So by now
their time on SW 5770 may be nearing an end (gh)
NIGERIA V. of Nigeria finally resumed regular programming on 7255, including
English 0500-0800, 1200-1400, 1900-2200, then another hour in vernacular
until 2300 (Ed Rausch, NJ, Cumbre DX)
NORWAY NRK English changes on Sunday include: 1200 on 13805 to NAm,
1~800 to FE; 2200 on 9965 to SAm (NRK)
PERU R. Cristal is a new station in Arequipa on 4050.6, heard at 1000 (Hugo
Lopez. Chile, hard-core-dx)
R. San Ignacio reactivated on new 6997.6, good and strong at 2300, "la voz
de la peruanidad. " In same town is R. Peru. reactivated on new 7032.0 ex5926v after 2250, weaker than R. San Ignacio (Henrik Klemetz. Dateline

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

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Programming, opinion , equipment, satellite monitoring.
Samples $2.50 each (outside North America US $3 or 6 IRCs)
10 issue subscriptions $26 in USA. or both for $49
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the Global Forum {continued}

Bogota via DSWCI DX Window) The 6261.1 station reported last month at
0100-0200+ had tropical and disco music, not one single ad; ID repeatedly
as "JBL" or "JVL" and location as "Centro Comercial de Consuelo, distrito de
San Pablo, provincia de Bellavista, departamento de San Martin" (Klemetz,
DXW)
R. Chaski is a new Baptist station testing on 6090 from Paucartambo, to
increase from 1 to 5 kW, but may have to move due to the Chilean missionary
station on 6090. Peru's Nacional on 6095 (Rich McVicar, ME. NU via RNM)
R. Huancabamba on 6535.8at 2255-001 o,nicknamed la nueva alternativa
and la positiva. R. Huamarca [sic] on 5385.3 at 0020-0100 with show about
potato farming (Pedro F. Arrunategui, Lima)
R. Bambamarca, 4419.3 says they will soon put another station on the air,
Estaci6n Norte on 4300 (Henrik Klemetz, Dateline Bogota via DSWCI DX
Window)
POLAND R. Maryja reactivated on 6255. 1755-1959' in Polish with usual format
including Vatican relay 1800-1820 but not //5882. Powerful 40 over 9 in
Moscow, perhaps via European CIS site (Nikolay Pashkevich, Cumbre DXvia
OzDX) Tremendous signal on 6255 at 1900-2000, must be at least 100 kW,
no ham transmitter now (Wolfgang Buschel, Germany)
RUSSIA On Radio Day, May 7, VOR head Armen Oganesyan called it a national
treasure, whose budget was cut to 15% of what was expected, and that
listeners should interfere and speak up for VOR (BBCM) Not beamed to us in
the mornings, but main VOR frequency audible here at 1300-1700 is 15430
(Tom Sundstrom, Mark Fine, Ivan Grishin, Gigi Lytle) Ca refu l: The current
printed program schedule of VOR WS shows the times one hour off along the
right margin for the second half of the UT day (via Sheldon Harvey. Gigi Lytle)
IBRA Radio in Arabic at 2000-2100 on 12015 and 12020 via Moscow,
blocking HCJB 12015 after 1956 (Wolfgang Busche!, BC-DX)
V. of Assyrians, 7305. verified after3 years with two R. Moscow cards filled
in by Head Editor Marona Arsanis (David Foster, OzDX) R. Kala Aturaya, that
is V. of the Assyrians, via Krasnodar 7325 from * 1529 with a cappella song s,
then Moscow in Arabic from 1800 (Koutamanis, Greece?, Cumbre OX) Sked
1530-1600 7325 Krasnodar. joining 9880 Moscow at 1500-1600, Sat only in
Assyrian , Russian. English. Persian, Arabic. 7325 also carries Adygey Radio,
Mon and Fri 1700-1800 in Adygey. Arabic, Turkish. and Kabardino-Balkar
Radio, Wed and Sun 1730-1800 in Kabard in. Special News for Polar Regions,
Mon only 1515-1545 on 9490 Samara to Antarctica (Nikolay Rudnev, Russia,
BC-DX)
SA/PAN Best signals from R. Free Asia are via KHBI. Perhaps Monitoradio is
hoping that RFA will buy the station or lease it through a third party (Victor
Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka. UADX via BC-DX)
SAO TOME Contrary to expectations, another person at VOA relay is willing to
OSL direct, Manuel Neves, transmitter plant technician. to previously published address (J. D. Stephens, hard-core-dx)
SERBIA Tanyug (press RTIY) announced it would halt SW broadcasts as of April
18 due to change of technology (BBCM)
SOUTH AFRICA World Music Radio is back.
from May 31 , every Saturday and Sunday 1800-2200 via SENTECH on 3345
100 kW to southern Africa , and 6290
(alt.: 6270) 250 kW beam ed northwards
and sho uld be well heard as far as Europe. WMR will play the best current
and past hits in a personal. informal and
friendly style. Antenna tests were carried out earlier in May. OSL for reports
with return postage to: WMR. P.O. Box 112, DK-8900 Randers. Denmark; full
details at: www.wmr.dk (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, WMR) Test well heard here
after 2130 on 6290 (Jay Novello, NC)
The Investment Channel ceased transmissions from Meyerton on May 12
at 2200 (Kathy Otto, SENTECH via Dave Kenny, BDXC) Didn't pay bills? Out
of business? Gone somewhere else? (gh)
The news service at SABC, especially in Afrikaans, is in a sorry state,
following the cancellation of a contract with the SAPA news agency upon
which it relied (Rapport via BBCM)
SPAIN REE English supposed to be on 6125 to Europe, but heard only on 11775
to Africa, weekdays 2000-2100, weekends 2100-2200, but Saturday actually
starts at 2105 (Eugene Gebruers, RVI Radio World via Steven Cline)
TAJIKISTAN R. Tajikistan, English at 0245-0300 weak and clear on new 11620
ex-9905 (Tony Jones, Paraguay, Cumbre DX via BC-DX)
IBC, International Broadcasting Corp. made up of former BBC Tamil
employees, is starting own serviceto S. India, Sri Lanka; tested via Dushanbe
12070 in mid-May at 1330-1430; plans high-quality news service (Jeff
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TIBET[non) V. of Tibet 1220-1257 on new 11 570, then R. Free Asia in Tibetan
from 1300 on 11575; winter frequencies were also close, 7400 and 7355
(Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, UADXvia BC-DX) Probably from same CIS
site (gh)
UK 0 G BA N I R. Free London unattended transmitter near a motorway was
discovered by authorities who at first thought it might be an I RA bomb, before
the anticipated change to 5805 reported last month. RFL has at least seven
backup transmitters which need a bit of work (RFL via Francis Mougenez,
DSWCI DX Window)
UKRAINE R. Marabu had problems getting the programs to the relay site, so
started with 1200-1 300 only, to be increased to schedule given last month
(via DSWCI DX Window)
USA WORLD OF RADIO on WWCR as of late May: Thu 2030on1 5685, Sat0605
on 3210, 11 30 on 5070, 1300 on 15685, Sun 0900 on 3210, 2330 on 5070,
Tue 1230 on 15685. At 2330 stays on 5070 after all, since WWCR-3 switch
from 12160 to 5070 moved up to 2100 for better propagation even tho it's
total summer daylight for new weekday program at 2100 replacing music on
Mon & Fri (gh)
David Frantz of WGTG told me that a neighbor accused the station of
putting out RF that was giving a young boy who had Down's syndrom,
seizures. WGTG responded by taking the station off the air voluntarily. During
this time, they underwent an FCC technical inspection, which they passed.
Also had a field engineering survey of their RF-not only meets existing
standards, but is already in compliance with new standards due in Sept. Same
neighbor accused WGTG of being a militia base, recorded some programs off
air and played them at local churches. Frantz explained that it's a commercial
station renting airtime, and WGTG would rent a hall and explain their
operation to the public (Hans Johnson, Cumbre DX via BC-DX) Full Disclosurewith Glen Roberts seemed to replace Domestic SW Report UT Mon 0000
on 5085, but interrupted by inability to use that frequency due to antenna
coupler problem (gh)
New Macon, Georgia, SW station may be called WWBS, only one of 15
possibilities requested which is available (George McClintock, TN) Hmmm,
could that stand for Worldwide Brother Stair??
WVHA's Sabbath service is now on 17535 around 1500 Sat (Jim Moats,
OH) When they sometimes report on the station's situation (gh) WVHA
registered for 6855 at 0200-0300 (HFCC via Bob Padula, EDXP) Would be
second US station on 43mb, but not yet heard (gh)
Joe Costello of WRNO died April 22 of diabetic complications (RNMN) He
had three brothers, but left WRNO to Loyola University, although he verbally
indicated he wanted the Roman Catholic Archbishop of New Orleans to have
it. Loyola is under his jurisdiction. but they may not keep it. Controversial
programs probably discontinued, and new shape likely by end of May
(George Jacobs via Larry Magne, DXing with Cumbre)
More on WRMI being for sale: there are four partners with 25% each. Jeff
White and engineer Kiko Espinosa do not want to sell. but two other absentee
investors do (Jeff White, HCJB DX Partyline) But if someone wants to buy it
all and the price is right, maybe we will sell, too; I might stay on to manage
it or take the money and start another SW station in Latin America (Jeff White,
VOA Communications World)
R. Free Asia changed Vietnamese at 1400-1500 from 11 600 to 11540, and
two+/- 35 kHz spurs on 11505, 11575; then Burmese at 1500-1600 shifts to
11530, and the spurs to 11495, 11565 (Wolfgang Busche!, BC-DX) No-data,
no-site letter from RF Asays they would be broadcasting in Khmer and Laotian
by June (Eric Westhead, BDXC Communication)
The USIA, of which VOA is a part, will become part of the State Department,
raising questions about VOA's role as an advocate versus editorial independence and news credibility (VOA Communications World)
BBC has a deal with Public Radio International to provide a news program
at 5 a.m. (ET) to fill the vacuum left by Monitoradio, starting July 1, already
confirmed on WNYC, WGBH (BBC press via BBCM) But who needs it at 4 a.m.
or earlier further west? Another example of Eastern zone chauvinism. NPR
also planned to start a pre-Morning Edition during that hour (gh)
UZBEKISTAN R. Tashkent2030
2100 and 2130-2200 English
are on 9540 and 9545
(Wolfgang Busche!, BC-DX)

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

http://idt. nel/~khecht19/ghauser

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Gayle Van Hom
0008 UTC on 11750
ASCENSION ISLANDS: BBC WS. Newsdesk in progress at tune-in, with
reports on Oklahoma City bombing trial and stock market reports, ff 5975,
6175 fair signal quality. Audible on 9600 at 0343. (Jim Moats, Ravenna.
OH)
01 1O UTC on 4865
BRAZIL: Radio Alvorada. Portuguese. Religious text to lady announcer's
comments and music to ID. (Nicholas Eramo, Argentina/Cumbre DX)
Brazil's Radio ltatlala heard on 5969.95 at 0903 with news and IDs. (Mark
Mohrmann, VT/Cumbre DX)
0203 UTC on 4945
BOLIVIA: Radio lllimani. Excited male in Spanish with either a sporting
event or politician, but no crowd noises. Pop music to 0255 tune out. ID
noted as, "La Paz, Radio lllimani La Voz de Bolivia," good signal with
SINP0=33233. (James W. Eva ns/Cumbre DX)
0210 UTC o n 6479.82
PERU: Radio Los Andes. Folk music to time check, "son las 9 de la noche
con 18 minutos," program hosted by male announcer. (Gabriel Ivan
Barrera, Argentina/Cumbre DX)
0315 UTC on 6205
COST A RICA: Radio For Peace lnt'I. Joel Hardeman program, address for
promotional products to report on RHO Plus forum. (Steve Clark, Pampa,
TX) Jim Hightower's political commentary at tunein at 2132 on 15050.
(Moats, OH)
0317 UTC on 71 25
RUSSIA: Voice of Russia. Commonwealth Update followed by Christian
Message From Moscow program. (Stokes Schwartz, Madison, WI; Moats,
OH) VOA heard on 7125 at 2250 on stamp collecting. (Fraser, MA)
0321 UTC on 9975
USA: KVOH. Woman reading Bible passages to station ID and ad for
shortwave antenna. Promotion for Christian website. Fair to good signal
quality. (Moats, OH)
0340 UTC on 9950
SYRIA: Radio Damascus. Text on national items to prayers. (Jerry Witham,
Keaau, HI) News in English to station ID, Arabic music and commentary.
(Mahendra Vaghjee, Rose Hill, Mauritius)
0345 UTC on 7260
VIETNAM: Voice of Vietnam. Female announcer's text to ID and 0400.
(Witham, HI)
0430 UTC o n 5070
USA: WWCR Nashville, TN. Excellent signal for Golden Age of Radio
Theater featuring the Abbott & Costello show, to station ID and news.
(Clark, TX)
0500 UTC on 5975
UNITED KINGDOM: BBC WS. Newsdaywilh Claire Balderson, followed
by Play of the Week being Ashes to Ashes by Harold Pinter. (Schwartz, WI)
0531 UTC on 3290
NAMIBIA: NBC. Musical program to male announcer's ID. (Eramo, ARG)
0538 UTC on 5920
FRANCE : Radio France lnt'I. Spanish to the Americas with programming
of pop/light music sung in French. Parallel noted on 9800. RFI noted on
7280 at 0550 . (Swartz, WI) Every Woman program on woman's lifestyles
in India improving except for health, // 152 10. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA)
0901 UTC on 7370
TURKEY: Turkiye Polis Radyosu. Turkish. Pop songs to talk and Middle
Eastern style music. Several mentions of Ankara, Polis Radyosu, with fair
signal quality. (Giovanni Serra, Anzio, Italy/ The Four Winds)
0928 UTC on 15050
INDIA: All India Radio-Aligarh. Indian music to talk in presumed Indonesian. Clear station ID, ff 17387. carrier on only with het sounds on all two
frequencies. (Serra, Italy)
1100 UTC on 9975
NORTH KOREA: Radio Pyongyang. English programming to North America
on ff 11335, ff 6575 barely audible to 1140 . (Lee Silvi, Mentor, OH)
111 5 UTC on 5965
CANADA: BBC WS relay. News Desk on Baghdad to sign treaty with
Germany to develop oil fields in southern Iraq. (Fraser, MA)
1120 UTC on 6120
CANADA: Radio Japan/NHK World. Feature on Burmese Water Festival
just being held in Tokyo. (Fraser, MA)
1339 UTC on 15295
UZBEKISTA N: Radio Tashkent. National anthem to national news about
relations between Italy and Uzbekistan and the visit of the Italian President

of Italian Republic. Station ID and commentaries. (Serra, Italy)

1610 UTC on 6210
ETHIOPIA: Radio Fana. Two males in regional language to African pop
song. Lengthy text to more music programming. (Vaghjee, MAU)
1705 UTC on 4935
KENYA: KBC Nairobi. Religious programming discussing problems in the
family, and problems of divorce. Musical programs, ID, time check and
advertisements. (Vaghjee. MAU)
1710 UTC on 5027
PAKISTAN : Radio Pakistan. Male/female announcers in presumed Pakistani with national news and station ID. Additional monitoring heard on
5824 at 1750. (Witham, HI)
1800 UTC o n 6120
OMAN: Radio Oman. Sign-on in Arabic to news and commentary.
(Nikolay Pashkevich, Russia/Cumbre DX)
1840 UTC on 13695
TURKEY: Voice of Turkey. Press Review covering a call for the world to
recognize the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, ff 9445; 2230 on 9655..
(Fraser, MA) Station noted on 9655 at 0310. (Witham, HI)
1850 UTC on 5890
GERMANY: Voice of Mediterranean via Julich. Test transmission with fair
signal quality. English ID and folk style music to 1900. Sam Wright,
Biloxi, MS)
1905 UTC on 11605
ISRAEL: Kol Israel. Item that restrictions on Palestinian workers in the
Gaza Strip have eased, ff 9435. (Fraser, MA)
1913 UTC on 13860
ICELAND: Rikisutvarpid. (Tent) Male/female announcers with news and
comments, probably in Icelandic, to 1930 . (Barrera, ARG)
1935 UTC on 11720
BULGARIA: Radio Bulgaria. Report on the national industrial plants, ff
9700. (Tom Banks, Dallas, TX)
1943 UTC on 9670
ITALY: RAI. News item on nation being shocked by actions of two girls
who became streetwalkers to have money enough to buy designer jeans,
ff 7230. (Fraser, MA) Station noted on 601 Off9675 at 0050. (Moats, OH)
2001 UTC o n 15110
MALI : China Radio lnt'I relay. World news bulletin at tune-in, followed by
News About China at 201 O with report on national economy ff 11715 tair
to poor signal quality. (Moats, OH)
2100 UTC on 71 10
ALBANIA: Radio Tirana. News mostly on the cooperation with the multinational force and preparing for the upcoming national elections, II 9515.
(Fraser, MA)
2126 UTC on 7375
BOTSWANA: Voice of America relay. World Report with coverage on
European dam dispute, fair signal quality. (Moats, OH)
2142 UTC on 7225
SOUTH AFRICA: Investment Channel. Promo for supermarket fund to
ID, phone and fax number. Feature on mutual funds with fair signal
quality. (Moats, OH) Station noted on 17778 at 1330. (Ray Stickney,
Gilford, NH ; Aldon Wires, East Point, GA) For everyone who is reporting
this as coming from Liechtenstein, it is (or was) in fact broadcasting from
Meyerton, South Africa. - ed.
2146 UTC on 5003.46
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Radio Nacional Bata. Folk music in vernaculars.
At 2157 national anthem, then sign-off at 2200. (Barrera, ARG)
2150 UTC o n 6203.72
PERU: Radio Cuzco. Spanish. Melodic music by Jose Luis Rodriguez at
2157. ID as, "desde el Cuzco al mundo, esta es Radio Cuzco .. ." by male
announcer to local music. (Barrera, ARG)
2201 UTC on 7475
TUNISIA: ATV Tunisienne. Arabic announcer to regional music and two
presumed rallies with "live" coverage. (Silvi, OH)
2336 UTC on 4875
BOLIVIA: La Cruz del Sur. Quechua and advertisement in Spanish.
Women mentioned, "lglesi Bautistas" ID with poor to bad quality. (Eramo,
ARG)

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All India Radio

1-\:rhap-, it is thL' ,ibrant. haunting sound'
of the sitar and tabla drurrn,, or the mysteriL''
of the , uhwntinL' nt. hut All India Radio
provid..:' it- li , ten..: r' wi th a <;;unpkr from a
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mc"agc included a11d 111f11 ,heel. Recei ved in 17 d ay' fur a11 E11p.li'h utility repon
and one U.S. d ollar. S1:111on addre'" Tele Danmark. Sen ke1clcl'n11en. l_yngb)
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Z BM . lknnuda Harh1n1r Radin.)()() kHz. Full data vcriflca1io11 !Cllcr ' igned hy Joe
Pagnam-Radio Ortica/Rl'C Controller. Recci,ed lor an E11gli,h report and one
U.S. doll.tr. Sia11on addrc": Gmcmmcm of Bermuda. Dcp.inmcm nl i\larinc &
Pon' Sen ll'e, Rc<cue C11-ordin.11ion Centre. Bermuda Harbour Radio-ZBJ\1. 9 Fon
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National llC Sen i.:c. 11 40~ kl 11. Full data t\111110111~ /JI"''
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All India Rad io 'ia Jaipur. >.145 H l1. Full data QSL ' igncd by 1\.V. llha>h,aniChicf Engineering Officer. lkcci1cd in 74 day' for an English report and one I RC.
Station add re\<: AIR . ..\k:"h' am Broadca>ti ng House. cw Delhi l IO UOl India. (R.
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A ll India Radio via A ligarh. ')9 10 kl IL. Fu ll d ata archaeologica l ' i1c c:ird. signed by
A.K. llha111agar-llircclor/hcqucncy A"ig11 111c n1s. Received in 75 d ay> aft er En
g lish follow-up rc1inn. two !RC,. SASE (t111u,ed for reply J and ,ouvc11ir poSll:ard,.
Station addre,,: r/o l'\ternal Sen ice< Di" i,ion>. Parliament Sucel. P .O. Bo\ 5<Xl.
Ne" Delhi 110 00 I India. (Ua) le V:m Horn. ll r:"'tow11. NCI
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report. return mini pmtai,:e. a11d a11 SASE (unu,ed for reply). S1a1io11 addres" c/o
E\tern:il Sci'\ ices Di\l,ion,. l'.11liamcnt Street. P .O . Hox 500. New Delhi 1 IO(XJI
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prcp:m.d QSL '-~1rd ...1gnctl and ... tamped b~ !'>lat ion engineer\\ i1h 1lkgihk ~ignaturc.
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Its All There!

throug h satellite,. Vll F- FM. telev is io n,

medi um wave. charts. frequency schedules,
maps. and future plans. For current pricing
information send your req uest with an SASE
to: Ontario DX Assoc iation. P.O. Box 16 1.
Station A. Willowdale. Ontario M2N 5S8
Canada.
Dont forge t return postage when reporting
to All Indi a Radio. Mint stamps or IRCs are
preferred and be mrnre that repl ie~ may be erratic. Reports to
domestic ,tations arc more likely to reply via the External
Senices Di vision in ew Dd hi . See Pa.uport to World Band
U11dio for co mplete listings in A ddres~cs Plus.

CJVR 750 kHz AM. Ve rifi cation letter signed by Bay ne Opseth-Chief Engineer.
Received for a n English rcpon and return m int postage. Station address: Box 750.
Mclfon. SK. SOE IAO Canada. (Jones. SD)
MOLDOVA
Voice of Ru"ia rcla\'. 7125 H l l. Full data R;1di o Mo scow QSL card showing
Moscow, Co,mo' t-iotd. Pcr"mal note from Eugenia Stepanova-Lcttcrs Dept.
Received in 30 days for an English repo rt. Station address: Pyatnitskaya ul. 25.
11 3326 Moscow. Russia. (Stewart. MOI
'Al\lllHA
N HC R ad io. 3290 kHz. Full data QSLcard sig11cd by P. Schac hschneidcr-Manager.
Received in 35 da ys for an Engli;h report and two IRCs. Station address: Box 32 1.
Wind hoek. Namibia. (Vaghjce. MAU)
S lllP T R AFF IC
Nord Energy OUUR5. 156.65 M1!1. ( llulk Carrier). Full data verification letter and
photo ofs hip. with notationof"thi~ is a GMDSS system and no longer carries a Radio
Offic:er: Received for an Eng)i,h utilit) report and o ne U.S. dollar. Ship address:
DIS 'lordcn NS . 49 Amaliegadc. DK-1256 Copenhagen K, Denmark. (Holbrook.
MDI

Ki11wlos SWFE. 500 kHz ( ranker). Full data verificati on letter. Received for an
Engli>h uti lity report and one U.S. dollar. Ship addre,s: Aclos M anagement S.A., I 6
II Mcrarchias Si .. 185-35 Piraeus. Greece. (llo lbrook. MD)
ST. HELEN A
Radio St lldcna. 11 092.5 kH1.. Full data station map/logo card signed by Tony LeoStation Manager. Received in 17'1 day' for an English report and two U.S . dollars.
Station addrcs>: The Cas tle. Jamestown. St. Hele na. South Atlamic Ocean . (Tony
Benbe nek. East Hampton. NY: l'alri c k M. Griffith . Federal Heights. CO: Vaghjee,
MAU: Walt S1czcpan iak. Philadelphia. PA>
UGAN DA
Radio Uganda, 4976 k Hz. Full data verification on statio n len crhead . signed by
Rachel Nakibuuka. Rc.:civcd in 36 days for an English report. cassen e tape of
programmi11g. two U.S. dollan.. and an SASE (used in reply). Stat ion address: c/o
Mini,try of lnfonnation. P .O. Box 2038. Kampala. Uganda. (Stcwan. MO)
l 'N ITEU STA TES
Voice of i\mcrica via Delano. CA. 13740 k Hz. Full data QSL card, plus souven irs
incl ud ing a VOA tote bag. T-,hin. bumper sticker. poster. and personal letter for
llc..'irtg among contest winner!-. via Rt'f""' 10 the Ct1 ri1Jbew1program. Station address:
VOA. U.S. lnfonnation Age ncy ( US IA). lmcmational Broadcasting Bureau (IBB).
.'30 Independence 1\\"cnuc SW. Wa,hington. DC 20547. (Kevin B. Conklin. Staten
l' land. NY)
VANUATU
Radio V:m uatti. 3945 kHz. Full data QSL card unsigned. Received in 40 days for an
English report and o ne U.S. dollar. Statio n address: PMB 049, Port Vila. Vanuatu.
!Lee Silvi. Mentor. OH: Frank l-lilllon. C harleston. SC)

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Convert your time to UTC.

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your local time to 24-hour format; add (during Daylight Savings Time)
4,5,6, or 7 hours for Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific Times,
respectively.
Note that all dates, as well as times, are in UTC; for example, a show
which might air at 0030 UTC Sunday will be heard on Saturday evening in
America (8:30 pm Eastern, 5:30 pm Pacific).
2:

Choose a program or station you want to hear.

Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page for
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Occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X 0000." This
information indicates that the program is a rerun , and refers to a previous
summary of the p rogram's content. The letter stands for a day of the week,
as indicated below, and the four digits represent a time in UTC.
S: Sunday
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H: Thursday A: Saturday
M: Monday
W: Wednesday F: Friday
3:
Find the frequencies for the program or station you
want to hear.
Look at the page which corresponds to the time you will be listening.
Comprehensive frequency information for English broadcasts can be found
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The frequency listing uses the same day codes as the program listings; if a broadcast is not daily, those day codes will appear before the

station name. Irregular broadcasts are indicated "tenr and programming

which includes languages besides English are coded ''vi" (various languages).
4: Choose the most promising frequencies for the time,
location and conditions.
Not all stations can be heard and none all the lime on all frequencies. To help you find the most promising frequency, we've included information on the target area of each broadcast. Frequencies beamed toward
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as:
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into account conditions affecting the audibility of shortwave broadcasts.
Simply pick out the region in which you live and find the chart for the
region in which the station you want to hear is located. The chart indicates
the optimum frequencies for a given time in UTC.

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Be su re tu keep up wi th how th.:
Chinese arc handling their newly
acquired territory by listening to
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and also get the BBC's coverage of
the loss of the last vestige of the
Brit ish Empire by tun ing in the
World Service. Sec our frequency
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Radio International (PRI). the BBC
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NEW CANADIAN STATION

Brock Uni versity in St.
Cathari nes. Ontario. was granted a
Iicense to broadrnst a campus and
community radii> stat ion as CBFU
transmitting on I03. 7 FM. The new
stat ion is looking for do n at i on ~ of
old LPs. CDs. tapes. etc. to hel p get
them started. Send tho>e gi fts 10
Brock Radio Coll..:ctive. 500

Glenridge A\c .. St. Catharin..:-,.

Ontario L2S :IA I. Check nut 1hc1r
web page at www.vaxxine.com/
clbu/ for morc in fo.

INVESTMENT CHANNEL GONE

The lnvesuncnt Channel. a USbased financia l advice scrvici: 1ha1
began broad ca ~ 1i 11 g 1h rnugho111
Africa in late Man:h I1J97 via
Sentcch shortwave tran, 111it1cr' in
South Afr ica. ceased operation in
May. It is assu med that tho: 'horllived >chcmi: 10 attract Al'rican
in vestors was a fl o p.

Asia
Australia
Pacific
various
domestic broadcast
omnidirectional

introduced a new. live. rail-in 1al~

show in June calk d The J1111nwv
Home. The hour-long program can
be heard Fridays al 8PM EDT and
is repeated Sundays at 7 AM EDT.
Check out these other web sites
broadcasting in Real Audio:

CKWE: Th..: :Vl ohaw~ Nation

, low-powered radio ' talion at
~ ~ Tyendinaga. Ontario
.Mlr.!!PP...:. (interesting and unu,ual "uff)
(www.suckcrcrcck.on.ca/
VOICE OF NIGERIA RETURNS ';
kwcrad io/).
The Nig.:rian govcrnm..:nl
is now providing i'u ll ,110rl\\ a\C
sen ice 011 7225k l11 in F.ngli ,h
RTE: Li\ e from Dubl in.
from 0500-0800. 1600- 1700. and
Ireland . i 2rM in
1900-2200 UTC aft..: r about 18
stereo sound
1
months of inactivity du..: to
(www.rtc.ie/2fm/).
.
equipment l'ai lurc. The station i'
using new tran>mittcr' acquired
from Switzerland.
PRT: Classical music liv..: fro m

PROGRAMMING TIPS BY JIM fRIMMEL

Eg~ pi , l\kdia Day un 21 May.
Prc,idcn1 i-.-lubara~ inauguarated the
hroadca,ting of an Egypti an
tck,isinn channel on the int..:rnct.
The n..:w '..:rviee will co incidc with
th..: llr,t Egyptian radio station on
tho.: global network. (No URL
addri:" was avai lable al pres> 1in11;:.)
Ba rhados: The Caribbean
N..:ws Agency (Cana) is now
broadcasti ng "Caribbean Tempo." a
daily 15-minute news magazine in
Real/\udio (via World Rad io
Network ) (www.wrn.org/stations/
cana.html ).

l..-,

RTiE
I

THE LATEST ON INTERNET RADIO

Another 11..:wcomcr 10 liv..:
th..: lntcrncl via
RealAudio i' th..: short wave wn ic..:
of \VEWN Worldwide Catho lic
Radio \'ia EWTN'-, webs ite al
broadca~t i n g 0\1.T

Phi lharmonic Radio Taipe i

(www.prtmusic.com.t w/
index.html ).
~ 1-YW

pul'/17

Egypt : In conj unction with

Fra nce: France In fo

www.radio-france.fr/fra ncc-info/
i-, now broadcasting livc in French .
\Vhik you're at it. be sure 10 tak..: a
looh at ComFM. a French di rectory
or w..:b , i1e, of radio. TV. >aldlite.
W..:bCams. and live intcrn..:1
hrnado.:asling (http://
www.comfm.fr/sites/rd i rcct/
index.html ). It's dd initcl y worth
bookmarki ng. Although written
entirt:I~ in French. you shou ld ha'e
no trouhk using thi' directory of
i 11 1ern~t link"

July 1997

MONITORING TIMES

43

FREQUENCIES . . . . . . ..
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100 vi
0000-0100 vi
0000-0015
00000100
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0000-0100
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0000-0100
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0000-0100
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0000-0045
0000-0100
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0000-0100
00000100
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0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
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00000100
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0000-0100
0000-0030
0000-0100

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio
Australia. VLSK Katherine
Australia. VL8T Ten! Crk
Cambodia. Nall Voice of
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John"s
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio ln!I
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All Indra Radio
Japan. A Japan/NHK World
Kazakhstan. Radio Almaty
Lebanon. Vorce of Hope
Liberra.LCN/R Liberia In!
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuchrng
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. A NZ ln!I
North Korea. A Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia, Voice of Russia WS
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Spain, R Exterior Espana
Thailand. Radio
Ukraine. A Ukraine Intl

6090am
13605pa
5025do
4910do
11940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9710na
5895na
5930na
9745am
9900na
3366do
7150as
6155eu
6230eu
9960va
5100do
7295do
7160do
6020na
15115pa
11335na
9675do
7105na
9580na
6055am
9690af
5905na

15415as

15510as

17750as

11695na
7370eu
7345na
21455am
4915do
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6180eu

6t65na

9950as

11620as

0000-0100

United Kingdom. BBC WS

0000-0045
0000-0030
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0tOO

United Kingdom. BBC WS

United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

0000-0100 lwhla

USA, Voice of America

0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0tOO
0000-0100
0030-0100

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Or1eans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Australia. Radio

0030-0055
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-01 00
0030-0100
0035-0040

Austria. R Austria in!I

Iran. VOIRI
Lithuania, Radio Vilnius
Netherlands. Radio
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
Thailand, Radio
India. All India Radio

0050-0100

Italy. RAI lnll

9845na

13760na

15130na

7125na
11870na

7250na

6010na

6020na

6090na

7t 50na
9550na
5965as
6195as
1t955as
39t5as
71 l Oas
5810am
15590am
17510as
7535na
7215as
t 5290as
5995am
9775am
5825eu
5085am
7315am
1!950am
7490na
9955am
7355am
3215am
6085na
9660pa
15365pa
9655na
6050eu
9875na
5905as
9730as
t5370as
4860do
t t 870do
6010na

7180na
9560na
5970am
94 tOas
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7240na
9905na
5975am
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9150na
12040na
6175am
11750sa

9580as

11945as

15280as

9430sa
9770as
17735as
6130am
11695am
6890na

15665as
11 760as
17820as
7405am
13740am
15375sa

15725as
15185as
9455am

17510am

5070am
9505ca
1t640as
t7795pa

7435am

13845am

12080pa
17860pa

13755pa
17880pa

9022eu

9685eu

7305as

9855as

11655as

5050do

71 l Odo

11830do

9675na

11800na

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0000
0000
0000
0010
0010
0011
0017
0023
0025
0027
0030
0032
0035

China. China Radio ln!I: News. A ten-minute summary of

world news.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News. World news from NHK
International.
Russia, Voice of: News. Every hour on the hour.
China, China Radio ln!I: News about China. Ten minutes of
home news.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Let's Learn Japanese. A course in lhe
Japanese language.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. Joe Adamov answers
listener questions.
China. China Radio Intl: Chinese Folktales. The traditions.
moral values, etiquette and customs of this ancient country
and stories about real and legendary figures of China.
China, China Radio Intl: The Cooking Show. Chinese recipes
and cooking tips direct from Beijing.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Profile. An in-depth interview with a
Japanese personality.
China. China Radio Intl: China Scrapbook. Snippets of facts
about China's past and present.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. Ninety seconds news
summary every hour on the hall-hour.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. The best of Russian
classic and contemporary literalure.
China. China Radio Intl: Music from China. Chinese music
from traditional to pop to annual music feslivals.

Mondays
0000
0000
0000
0010
OOt 1
0013
00t5
0020
0025
0032
0035
0045

China. China Radio Intl: News. See S 0000.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
China. China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011.
China, China Radio Intl: Sports Beat. See S t4t3.
Japan, NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. The weekday magazine
program of feature reports and the popular vocal music of
Japan.
Chrna. China Radio lnll: China Snapshots. See S 1420.
China. China Radio Intl. In the Third World. See S 1425.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S0632.
China, Ct1ina Radio lnll: Song ol the Week. See S t435.
China, China Radio lnll: Listeners' Letterbox. See S 1445.

Tuesdays

0000

44

China. China Radio Intl: News. See s 0000.

MONITORING TIMES

July 1997

0000
0000
0010
001 t
0015
0020
0030
0030
0032
0034
0039
0045

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S0000.

Russia. Voice of: News. See s 0000.
China. China Radio lnll: News about China. See S 0010.
Russia, Voice of: Focus on Asia and !he Pacific. News and
comments on events in the region.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
China, China Radio ln!I: Current Affairs. See M 1420.
China. China Radio ln!I: Press Clippings. See M 1430.
UK. BBC London (AE): Red Hills of Home (1st.8th).
Reflections on tile in Zimbabwe since the transformation
from Rhodesia.
Russia, Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.
China. China Radio Intl: China's Open Windows. See M
1434.
China. China Radio Intl: Changzhou Reports. See M 1439.
China. China Radio Intl: Idioms and Their Stories. See M
1445.

Wednesdays
0000
0000
0000
0010
OOt t
00t5
00t5
0019
0032
0033
0038
0045

China, China Radio ln!I: News. See S 0000.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice ot. News. See S 0000.
China. China Radio lnll: News about China. See S OOtO.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and !he Pacific. See T 0011.
China. China Radio Intl: News Analysis. See T 1415.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
China. Ct1ina Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M t 420.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S
0432.
China. China Radio ln!I: Press Clippings. See M t430.
China. China R~dio Intl: Orient Arena. See T 1438.
China. China Radio Intl: Listeners' Letterbox. See S 1445.

Thursdays
0000
0000
0000
001 0
0011
00t5
0020
0032
0033
0038
0045

China. China Radio Intl: News. See S 0000.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
China. China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 001 t.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
China. China Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M t420.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.
China. China Radio Intl: Press Clippings. See M 1430.
China, China Radio Intl: Profile. See W 1438.
China, China Radio Intl: Learn to Speak Chinese. See W
1445.

Fridays
0000
0000
0000
001 O
0011
0015
0015
0019
0032
0034
0038
0044

China, China Radio Intl: News. See S 0000.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
China, China Radio Intl: News about China. See S0010.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0011 .
China. China Radio Intl: News Analysis. See T 1415.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
China, China Radio Intl: Current Attairs. See M 1420.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S 0432.
China. China Radio Intl: Press Clippings. See M t430.
China, China Radio Intl: Focus. See H 1438.
China, China Radio Intl: Cullural Spectrum. See H 1444.

Saturdays
0000
0000
0000
0010
001 O
0011
0020
0032
0034
0046

China. China Radio ln!I: News. See S 0000.

Japan, NHK/Radlo: News. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
China, China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Weekend Break. See M 0125.
Russia, Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0011.
China. China Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M 1420.
Russia, Voice of: This Is Russia. See S 0532.
China. China Radio Intl: Lile in China. See F 1434.
China, China Radio fnll: Global Review. See F 1446.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

FRANCE: RADIO FRANCE

INT'L

Z-97 English:
UTC
kHz
1200
9805. I I600. 13625. I5 I 55.
15 I95. I 5540. 17575
1400
7 110. 11910. 15405 , 17560
11 615. I 1700, 12015,
1600
15210. 15460, 15530
152 10. 15460
1700- 1730
(T DF/R FI via Jacques d ' Avignon, Ont.)

FREQUENCIES . .... .
0100-0200
0100-0200

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Auslralia. Radio

0100-0200 vi
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0100-0200
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0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0110
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0100-0127
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Auslralra. VLBK Kalhenne

Australra. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronco
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halilax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada lnll
Costa Rrca RF Peace Intl
Croatra. Coat1an Radro
Cuba. RaOlo Havana
Czech Rep. Radro Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deutsclie Welle

0100-0115
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0125
0100-0200 lh
01000110
0100-0200

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Hungary. Radio Budapest
lndonesra. Voice of
Iran, VOIRI
lreland,W Coasl R Ireland
Italy. RAI Intl
Japan. R JapanlNHK World

0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200 smtwh
01000125
0100-0200
01000200
01000200 vi

Lebanon. Vorce of Hope

Llberia.LCfl/R Liberia Int
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radro
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua Nev. Guinea. NBC

6090am
9660pa
13755pa
177 15as
17880pa
5025do
4910do
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6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
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9535am
6205am
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6200na
9745am
6040na
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9525na
6050eu
9875am
6010na
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12080pa
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9755am
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6085na

9830na

6145na

4915do
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9580na

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11790as
15500as

11800na
11860as
15590as

6165na
7305as

13605pa
15510as
17860pa

13670am

0100-0200
0100-0200

Philippines. FEBCIR Intl

Russra.Voice of Russia WS

01000130
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
01000200

Slovakia. R Slovakra Intl

Spain. R Exlerior Espana
Srr Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Sl'litzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Krngdom. BBC WS

0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
01000200
0100-0200

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Mom1or Radro Intl
USA. Voice of Amerrca

OI 000200 lwhfa

USA. Voice of America

01000200
01000200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200 mtwhf
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0126
0130-0150
0130-0200
0130-0200
0130-0200 s
0140-0159
0145-0200

USA. V/EWN Birmrngharn AL

USA. V/GTG McGaysv1lle GA
USA. V/HRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lron PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan, R Tashkenl
Vietnam. Voice ol
Greece. Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Valican S1a1e. Valican R
Albania. R Tirana Intl

9640na

9845na
9855as

11890na
178 IOas

15450as
7105na
15180na
5930na
6055am
9730as
6135na
5965as
6145am
9590am
15280as
5810arn
7555am
7510am
17510au
7535na
7115as
11725as
17820as
5995am
9775am
5825eu
5085am
5745am
11950am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5850eu
2390am
6065na
7190eu
7240na
6260na
5905as
9435as
7290am
5980as
61 15na

12010na
15595na
7300na

9440sa

9885na
5970sa
6175am
9605as
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9905ca
5975am
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6085am
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9430am
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15170as

9635as
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11705as
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6130am
13740am
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7405am

9445am

7315am

17510am

3215am
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9375eu

5070arn

5935am

9530eu

9715eu

7450na
9855as

9420na
11655as

9935na

12050na

13665na

15375na

7335as
7160na

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0100
0100
0100
0106
0109
0110
0111
0138

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. Eighl minu1es ol world

news lrom Deutsche Welle.
Jaoan. NHK!Radio: News See S 0000.
Russia. Vorce of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. The lalest news
from the world of sports.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: lnsrde Europe. A radio magazine
offering a European perspective on evenls ol lhe week.
Japan. NHK!Radio: Hello from Tokyo. The weekend
magazine program.
Russia. Voice ol. Music and Musicians. World-famous
performers and composers play for you.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Mailbag. Lis1ener mall from lhe
Americas Is answered.

Mondays
0100
0100
0100
0106
0108
0108
0111
0115
0125
0130
0133

Germany. Deu1sche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: Nms. See S0000.
Germany, Deu1sche Welle: Commenlary. See S 1106.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Arts on the Air. See S 1108.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Feature of lhe Month ( 1). See S
1108.
Russia. Voice ol: Music and Musicians. See S 0111.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Asran Top News. The mos1 important
slories from other Asian media organizalions are
summarized in a new 10-minule format.
Japan, NHK/Rad10: Sound of Asia. No informa11on available.
UK. BBC London (AE): Lrving Togelher (30th.71h, 14th). The
stories of 1mm1granls and the the problems of 8r111sh
1mmigra1ron
Germany. Deulsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1133.

Tuesdays
0100
0100
0100
0106
0111
0115
0125

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Rad10: News. See S0000.
Russia 1/01ce ol. News. ~e S 0000
Germany. Deutsche Welle Newslink. See Mt 106
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Updale. Commonwealth
of Independent Slates (CIS) developmen1s.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Top News. See M 0115.
Japan. NHK/Radio: En1oy Japanese. Learn and practice tire

O132
0133

Japanese language.
Russia. Voice ol: Folk Box. See S 2332.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. Various
toprcs relating 10 lhe environment in induslnal and developrng
countries.

Wednesdays
0100
0 I 00
0100
0106
0111
O115
0125
0132
0133

Germany. Deulschc Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice ol: News. See S 0000.
Gennany, Deutsche Welle: Nel'lslink. See M 1106.
Russia, Voice of: Commonwealth Updale. See T 0111.
Japan, NHK/Radro: Asian Top News. See M 0115.
Japan, NHK/Radro: Music Reflections. Music lrom around lhe
world which shares a common theme.
Ru ssia. Voice of: Music at Your Request See M 1132.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Insight A weekly analysis ol major
developmenls on 1he international scene.

0133

Germany, Deu1sche Welle: Science and Technology (I). See

M 0233.

Saturdays
0100
0100
0100
0106
0110
0111
0131
0132

Gennany, Deulsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 11 06.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Asia Weekly. A magazine ol news from
ol her Asian broadcaslers. enlertainment updale and music.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See T 0111
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Economic Nolebook. The
economic scene in Germany and around the world.
Russia, Voice of: The Jazz Show. See M 0432.

Thursdays

0100
0100
0100
0106
01 11
0115
0132
0133

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Vorce of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Updale. See T 011 1.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Top News. See M 0115.
Russia. Voice ol : The Jazz Show. See M 0432.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. A weekly look
at the social and political Issues in lhe 1990s.

Fridays
0100
0100
0 I 00
0106
Of 11
0115
0125
0132
0133
0133
0133

Germany, Deulsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice ol : News. See S 0000.
Germany, Oeulsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia, Voice ol: Commonweallh Updale. See T 0111.
Japan. NHK/Radio Asian Top News. See M 0115.
Japan, NHK/Rad10 Music Beat. Whal people rn Japan are
listening lo.
Russia, Voice ol: Music at Your Request See M 1132.
Germany, Deu1sche Welle: Headcrash (4). See M 0233.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Made in Germany (3). See M 0233.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: MediaMag (2). See M 0233.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
BANGLADESH: BANGLADESH BETAR
Z-97 in English . external:

UTC

kHz

1230. 1:ioo
7 185. 9550
1745- 18 15
7 185. 9550
V. of Is lam
1815-1900
7190. 9570, 15520
Home service:
0200-02 10
4880
1600- 16 1()
4880, 15520
C urrent affairs in E nglish:
1545- 1600
Sun. Thu
4880
16 10- 161 5
daily
4880
(Alok Das Gupta. India. Electm11ic DX
Press )

July 1997

MONITORING TIMES

45

FREQUENCIES .

.. .. .

0200-0300
0200-0300 Hh/vl
0200-0300

Anguilla.Ca11bbcan Beacon
Argenlma. RAE
Australia. Radio

0200-0300 vi
0200-0300 vi
0200-0210
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300

Auslralia. VL8K Katherine

Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Bangladesh. Bangla Betar
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Mon!real
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halilax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

0200-0300
0200-0210
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
0200-0250

Costa Roca.RF Peace Intl

Croa11a. Croa11an Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0200-0300 vi
02000300
0200-0300 smlwh
0200-0300 s
02000230
0200-0300
0200-0230 m
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300
0200-0256

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp

Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malla. VO Mediterranean
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Gumea. NBC
Philoppones. FEBC/R Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl

0200-0300

Russ1a.Vo1ce ol Russia WS

0200-0230
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300

Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia

South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Taiwan. VO Free China

... ..
6090am
11710am
13605pa
15510as
5025do
4910do
4880do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6120am
13670am
6205am
5895na
6000na
9745am
9475na
7285as
1l955as
4885do
9960va
7295do
15550as
5905as
15115pa
7465na
9675do
15450as
5990na
11940na
7105na
13665na
7130na
7275as
9730as
5950na

I 3755pa
I 7715as

9535am

15240pa
17750pa

9755am

...

.. .

United Kingdom. BBC ws

0200-0230
0200-0300
0200-0230
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300

Unned Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KJES Mesqu11e NM
USA. KTBN Sall Lk Ctty UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

0200-0300

USA. WEWN Birm1nyliarn AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Loon PA
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA, WRMl/R M1am1Intl
USA. WRNO Nel'I 01 leans LA
USA. WWCR Naslwolle TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Nepal Radio
Albania. R Tuana Intl
Aust11a. R Aus111a Intl
Hungary. Radio Budapesl
Netherlands. Radio
Pakistan. Radio
Ph1hpp111es. R P1top1nas
Sweden. Radio
United Kingdom BBC WS
V1e1nam. Voice of
Zambia. R Zamb1a!ZNBC 2
India All India Radio

15415as
17795pa

11715am

7385am
9830na

9515as
12045as
4935do

9690as

17570au
7305as

11945as

6150do

9855as

9855as

9560na

6155na
12990na
t2010na
15180na

9510na

9570na

12050na
15595na

13645na

I 1725am

1t810am

15575am

7130as

9680na

I 1740ca

020a-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300 mtl'lhf
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
02150225
0230-0300
02300259
0230-0300
0230-0300
0230-0245
0230-0300 vi
0230-0300
0230-0300
0230-0256
0230-0300 vi
0245-0300
02~5-025 5

VI

0250-0300 sf
0250-0300
0255-0300 vi

.. . .. . .

0200-0300

020~0300

9820na
214553111

Mnarnb1que. R Mo1amb1que
Greece. Voice of
Vatican Stale. Va11can A
Z<?lllboa. R Zamboa!ZNBC I

11825as
5970sa
6195eu
15280as
9590am
5810am
7555am
751Qam
9975am
17510au
5850na
7115as
11 725as
17820as
5825eu
5085am
5745am
11950am
7490na
9955am
7355al11
2390am
5065na
7165do
6140na
9655na
6190na
9855as
7255as
11885me
7135na
7325am
7250na
6165do
3945do
15135do
4855do
6260na
7305am
4910do

15345as
5975am
94 lOva
15310as
9915am

7535am
7205as
15170as

6135al
9605as
15360as

6175am
11955as

9635as
15250as

11705as
17740as

6890na
7315am

17510am

3215am
9505na

5070am

7160na
9870sa
9840na
I 1655as
15120as
15120me

5935am

1373053
11910na
I 5485as
15270me

17705as

6045do

7II Odo

11830do

7242do
7450na
9605am

9420na

9935na

9895am

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0200
0200
0205
0211
0212
0212
0215
0230
0232
0247

Germany, Deutsche Welle. News. See S 0100.

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Sports Repoit See S 0106.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011.
Germany. Deutsehe Welle: Development Forum (biweekly).
Reports and interviews on projects and progress in Africa
and Asia.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Women on lhe Move (biweekly). A
magazine promoting lnlercultural unders1andong and
porl raying lhe role ol women on society.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Mailbag Asia. Listener mail fr om
Asia is answered
Russia. Voice of: News 111 Briel. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Your Top Tune. Wm a pme by guessing
l'lhich song of the lhree os lhe most popular.
Russia. Voice of: You Wrile 10 Moscow. loslener letters are
read. questions answered. and program announcements
given

Tuesdays
0200
0200
0206
0211
0230
0232
0233

Wednesdavs

0200
0200
0206
0211

Mondays

0230
0232
0233
0247

0200
0200
0206
0208
02i 1
0230
0232
0233

0200
0200
0206
0211
0230
0230

0233
0233
0233

46

Germany. Deulsche Welle: News. See S 0100

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Commenlary. See S t 106.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Inside Europe. See S O109.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011.
Russia. Voice of rlews in Broe! See S0030
Russia. Voice of nmetones. See S 1632.
Germany, Deutsche Welle Headcrash (4). Wollroed Solbach
with news about compule1s tor PC, Apple. and Amiga
lechies.
Germany. Deu1sche Welle: Made in Germany (3). lwe Hessler
repoots on new German products and business ideas.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: MedoaMag (2) Hosl Hardy
Graupner reports on l'lhal's new in the fields of digilal
broadcasting, lhe lnlernet. and satellite technology.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Science and Technology ( 1J.
Magazine program poesenting new clevelopments in these
fields.

MONITORING TIMES

July 1997

Germany, Deulsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Nel'lmarkel. See M 1211
Russia, 1/01ce of: News in B11ef. See S 0030
Russia, 1/ooce of: Kaleidoscope. See S 1432.
Germany. Deulsthe Welle: Man and Environmenl See T
0133.
Germany, Oeulsche Welle: News. See S 0100.
Russia. Voice of News. See S 0000.
Germani. Deulsctoe Welle: NewsLink See M 1106
Russia. Voice ol: Science and Eng111eering in lhe
Commonweallh. See S 0511 .
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Your Top Tune See S 0232
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Insight Sec w 0133
Russia. Voice of. You Write 10 Mosco1: See S 0247

Thursdays

0232
0233

Germany. Deulsche Welle: Ne.-1s. See S 0100.

Russia. Voice of: News See S 0000.
Germany. Deulsthe Welle: Ner1sLmk See M 1106
Russia Voice 01 Moscow Malbag See S 0011
Russia. Voice of News on Brief. See S 0030
UK, BBC London (AS): Slorics for Lile (3rd.10th). See T
11 30.
Russia. Voice of: Audi o Book Club. See S 0032.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Ll''"'O In Gc11nany. See II 0133.

Fridays
0200
0200
0206
0211
0230

Germany Oeulsche Welle News See S 0100

Russia, Voice of News. See S 0000
Germany. Deu1sche Welle: NewsLonk See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. Sec S 001 1.
Russia. Voice ol: News in Brief Sec S0030

0230
0232
0233

U~. BBC London (AF) Heritage (4th, lllh, 181h) See A 1101.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S0632.
Germany, Deutsche We le: Spotlight on Sporl Weekly magazine
program wilh background slories and coverage of important
evenls.

Saturdays
0200
0200
0206
0211
0230
0232
0233

Germany, Deutsche Welle. News. See S 0100

Russia. Voice of News See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 001 1.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S0030
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. Sec S 0032.
Germany, Deutsche Welle Economic Notebook. See A 0131.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
1
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10:10-1 100 UT C on 11 715 via Canada

Fcalures at
t\ l on

IO~S:

(i/11hali:i11g Kort'a

Tue
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Wed
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Th u
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N11te.1 <f NosJalgi11
At !037 UT C:
Sa1
Sun

Fm111

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10

fort

Slt11r111'C11e Feedh11< k

(\ ia Gig i Lytle. T Xl

FREQUENCIES . . . .. ..
03000400
0300-0400

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Auslralia, Radio

0300-0400 vi
03000400 vi
03000400 vi
03000400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400
0300-0400
03000400
0300-0400 vi
03000400
03000310
030004CO
03000327
030004GO
03000330
03000350

Auslralia. VL8K Katherine

Austraha. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada _CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.Faro del Carib
Costa Arca.RF Peace Intl
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt, Radio Cairo
German}. Deutsche Welle

03000400
03000400
03000400 vi
03000400
03000400 vi
03000400 vi
03000400 s
03000330
03000325
0300040)
0300040~ vi
0300033) vi
03000400

Guatemala. Radio Cultural

Japan, RJapan/NHK World
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lesotho. Radio Lesotho
Malaysia. ATM Kuching
Malta. VO Mediterranean
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines. R Pihpmas
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

0300-0330
03000400
03000400

S Africa. Channel Africa

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Taiwan. VO Free China

03000330
03000400
03000315 mlwhf

Thailand. Radio
Turkey. Voice of
Uganda. Radio

6090am
t3605pa
t54t5as
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
61 60do
9690na
5055do
6205am
5895na
6000na
5930as
9745am
9475na
6085na
9640na
3300do
17685va
4885do
9960va
4800do
7160do

1sssoas

9705na
9855as
151 lSpa
9675do
11885as
7125na
13645na
5955af
9730as
5950na
11825as
9655na
7270as
4976do

13755pa
155t0as

971Ona

15240pa
t 7750pa

15365pa
17795pa

11 695na

7385am
9820na
7345as
21455am

9830na

6185na

9535na

4935do

9615na

6150do

17570au
1t655as

1512Qas
12000na
13665na

t527Qas
120t0na
15180na

12050na
15595na

7t 30as
15345as
1t890na
7300eu

9680na

11745au

t 1905na
15190au

03000400
03000330

Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

United Kingdom. BBC WS

03000400

United Kingdom. BBC WS

03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

03000330 smtwh
0300-0400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
0300-0310
03000400 vi
03000400 vi
03000400 vi
03100340
03300357
03300355
03300400 twhfa
03300400
03300400
03300400
03300400
03330400 mtw
03350355 vi
03400350
03450400
03450400
03450400 as
03560400

USA, Voice of America

USA_ WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Valican Slate. Vatican R
Zambia, R Zambia/ZNBC I
Zambia, R Zambia/ZNBC 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Valican Stale, Vatican R
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Portugal, R Portugal Intl
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Sweden. Radio
Tanzania. Radio
United Kingdom, BBC WS
SAfrica, Trans World A
India. All India Radio
Greece, Voice of
Burundi. Radio Nalionale
Tajikistan.Radio Dushanbe
Uganda. Radio
Zambia. Christian Vmce

7150na
5970sa
15360as
3255af
6t80eu
9600af
12095af
5810am
7510am
9975am
17510au
5850na
6080af
7290af
4960af
5825eu
5085am
5745am
1t950am
7490na
9955am
7395am
2390am
6065na
7305na
49t 0do
6165do
3396do
7360af
9480me
7520na
6150am
t 16t0as
9430na
5050af
96t0af
7215af
71! Odo
6260na
6140do
4975as
4976do
3330af

9550na
6t35af

12040na
7325am

9895am

5975am
6190af
9605as
153t0as

6005af
6195va
9895am
17790as

6175na
941 0eu
1t760as
2t660as

7535af
61 15af
7340af

7t 05af
9575af

7280af
9885af

5070am

5935am

11 730af

t 1955as

15280as

11830do
7450na

15t35do
9420na

9935na

6890na
175t 0am

3215am
9505na
9605am

9660af
11600as
9570am

9905as
6065af

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0300
0300
0300
0306
0309
031 t
0325
0330
0332
0338

Germany. Deutsche Welle: News_See S OtOO.

Japan, NHK!Radio: News_See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News_ See S0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Sports Report_See S 0106_
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. See S 0109.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. Russian views on news
developments_
Japan, NHK/Radio: Profl'e_ See S 0025.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief_ See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Christian Message from Moscow. No
details available about this new program.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Mailbag. See S 0138.

Mondays
0300
0300
0300
0306
0308
0308
031 t
0315
0332
0333

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News_See S 0100.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S t 106.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Arts on the Air. See S 1108.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Feature of the Month ( 1). See S
1108
Russia, Voice of: News and Views_ See S 031 1.
Japan, NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0032.
Ge1many, Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1133.

Tuesdays
0300
0300
0300
0306
0311
0315
0332
0333

Ge1many. Deutsche Welle: News_See S Ot OO.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
Russia. Voice of: Our Treasure Chest No informalion
available.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Man and Environment See T
0133.

0345

UK, BBC London (AS): Red Hills of Home ( t st,8th). See T

0030.

Wednesdavs
0300
0300
0300
0306
0311
0315
0332
0333

Genmany, 6eutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News_ See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minules. See M 0015.
Russia. Voice of: Our Treasure Chest. See T 0332.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Insight. See W 0133.

Thursdays
0300
0300
0300
0306
0311
0315
0332
0333

Saturdays
0300
0300
0300
0306
0310
0311
0330
0331
0332
0355

Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink_ See M 1106.
Japan. NHK/Radio: This Week. A weekly variety show.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S0030.
Genmany, Deutsche Welle: Economic Nolebook. See A
0131_
Russia, Voice of: Russian History. A look back at a
significanl event in Russia's past.
Japan, NHK/Radio: News Summary. A five-minute news
wrapup_

Genmany. Deutsche Welle: News_ See S 0100.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News_ See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M t t 06.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S03t 1.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
Russia, Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0032.
Germany, Oeutsche Welle: Living in Genmany. See H 0133.

Fridays
0300
0300
0300
0306
03t t
03t5
0332
0333
0333
0333
0333

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News_ See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Genmany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink_See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S03t 1.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
Russia. Voice of: Cullure and the Arts. An overview of a
Russian cultural activity_
Germany. Oeutsche Welle: Headcrash (4)_ See M 0233.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Made In Germany (3). See M
0233.
Germany, DeutscheWelle: MediaMag (2). See M 0233.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology (1)_ See
M 0233.

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fREQUENCIES . . . . . . . .
0400-0500
04000500

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

0400-0500 vi
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500
04000500 vi
0400-0500
04000500
0400-0500
04000500
0400-0500
04000500
0400-0430
04000500
0400-0500
04000410
0400-0500
04000500 vi
0400-0500
04000450

Australia, VLBK Katherine

Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana
Cyprus. BRT International
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany, Deutsche Welle

04000500 twhla
0400-04t5
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500
04000500 s
0400-0430 ma/vl
0400-0458
04000450
0400-0430 m
04000500 vi
0400-0456

Guatemala, Radio Cultural

Israel. Kol Israel
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice ol Hope
Malta. VO Mediterranean
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua Nel'I Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl

0400-0500

Russia.Voice ol Russia WS

0400-0430
04000404 mtw
0400-0430
04000430
0400-0500
04000430
0400-0500

S Africa, Channel Allica

S Africa, Trans World R
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Tanzania. Radio
Turkey. Voice of

6090am
11880pa
15415as
5025do
4910do
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6130do
6160do
6160do
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.... . .. .
0400-04t5
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Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS

04000430
04000500
0400-0500
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500

21660as
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USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City Ui
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice ol America

04000500
0400-0500
04000500
0400-0500
0400-0500
04000500 smtwhf
0400-0500
04000500
0400-0500
04000430
0400-0500
04000500 vi
0400-0500 vi
04000500 vi
0415-0500 vi
04250440v1
0425-0500
04300500
0430-0459
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04300455
04300500
04300500
04300500
0430-0500
0455-0500
04590500

USA WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA WJCR Upton KY
USA WMLK Bethel PA
USA WRNO Nel'I Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia, Christian Voice
Zambia. R Zambia/ZNBC t
Zambia. R Zambia/ZNBC 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Malawi. MBC
Italy. RAI Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Rad10
Australia.OefenseForces R
Austria, R Austria Intl
Lesotho. Radio Lesotho
Moldova. R Molilova Intl
Netherlands. Radio
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Swaziland. Trans World R
United Kingdom, BBC WS
Malaysia. Voice of
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

11720na

11 835me
9730am
7385am

15275me

6180na

9820na

9830na

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. .... . ... ..
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15310as
9605as
5810am
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9975am
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15205va
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5085am
5745am
11950am
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7395am
2390am
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12020na
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6t 65do
3396do
5993do
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3326do
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4800do
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6165na
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3200al
15420af
6175as
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6180eu
9410na
12085al
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17790as

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11730af

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9575af

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9885al

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5070am
9985eu

5935am

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t7780am

3210am
9505na
150t0na
6065al

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4770do

4990do

t 3730eu

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4775af

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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0400
0400
0406
0409
0411
0430
0432
0433
0438

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S 0106.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe See S 0109.
Russia. Voice of: Program Preview. A review of programs 10
be featured in !he comino week.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S0030.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. Sit back and
enjoy a great program about Russian history with
magnificent sound eflects.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. News and
developments concerning !he world's major religions.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Hits in Germany. The German pop
scene for listeners in Africa.

Mondays

0400
0400
0406
0408
0411
0430
0432
0437

Gem1any, Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 1106.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. See S 0109.
Russia. Voice of: Program Preview. See S 0411.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: The Jazz Show. The world of Russian jazz.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Good Morning Africa. Music.
gossip and listeners' messages for and from Africa.

Tuesdays
0400
0400
0406
04 t t
0430
0432
0433

48

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Nel'ls. See S 0100.

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See T 0111.
Russia. Voice ot: llews in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Yours for !he Asking. See M 2332.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Good Morning Africa. See M 0437.

MONITORING TIMES

July 1997

Wednesdavs
0400
0400
0406
04 t 1
0430
0432
0433

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Nel'IS. See S 0100.

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1t06.
Russia. Voice of: Commonweal!h Update. See T 0111.
Russia. Voice ot. News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice ot. Music at Your Request. See M 1132.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Good Morning Africa. See M 0437.

Thursdays
0400
0400
0406
0411
0430
0432
0433

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. Seo S 0100.

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 11 06.
Russia. Voice of: Commonweal!h Update. See T 0111 .
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Folk Box. See S 2332.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Good Morning Atnca. See M 0437.

MT MONITORING TEAM
Nexr Reporring Deadline: 111/r 23.
1997

Jim Frimrncl
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Frequency Manager Program Manager
.rnbcsked@gm1e.11er XC0111p@r111/.co111
Jacques d' Avignon
Dave Datko. CA
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Propagation
Ontario. Canada
111011iror@li111esru11e.kosu11'.c1m1

Fridays
0400
0400
0406
0411
0430
0432
0433

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S Ot OO.

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Commonweal!h Update. See T 0111.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Kaleidoscope. See S 1432.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Good Morning Africa. See M 0437.

Saturdays
0400
0400
0406
04t1
0430
0432
0433

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See T 0111.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Timelines. See S 1632.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See A Ot 31.

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FREQUENCIES . .... .. .
0500-0600
05000600
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
05000600 vi
05000600
05000600
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0500-0600
05000530 mtwhl
0500-0600
05000600 as
0500060-)
0500-0600
0500-0600
05000550

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Australia DelenseForces R
Cameroon. Radio Cameroon
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Arca.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Ra:fio Havana
Ecuador HCJB
Germany Deutsche Welle

0500-0600
05000600 vi
0500-0530 vi
0500-0600

Guyana GBCN01ce of
Italy, IRAS
Italy. IRAS
Japan. RJapan!NHK World

0500-0530
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
0500-0505
0500-0600
0500-0510 mtv1hf
0500-0600
0500-0525
05000600
0500-0505
05000600
0500-0600 vi
05000600

Japan. RJapantNHK World

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lesotho. Radio Lesotho
Uberia.LCN/R Liberia Int
Malawr. MSC
Malaysra. Vorce of
Netherlands. Radro
New Zealand R NZ Intl
N19ena. FRCNIRadro
N19ena, Voice of
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Vorce of Russra WS

0500-0530

S Alrrca. Channel Africa

6090am
t3605as
5025do
4910do
t 3525as
4850do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6050eu
5030ca
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6205am
6000na
9745am
5960na
6185na
3290do
3985va
7125va
61 lOna
11920na
13630na
4885do
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6150do

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t5295au
9590na

4770co

4990do

t20t0na
13665na

t7795pa

t2040na
t5595na

t2050na

0500-0556
05000515
0500-0600

Spain. R Exterror Espana

Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS

0500-0530
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
05000600
0500-0600
05000600

Untied Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk Crty UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Amerrca

0500-0600
05000600
0500-0600
05000600 srntwhf
0500-0600
05000600
0500-0600
05000530
0500-0520
05000600
05000530 vi
05000600 vi
05000530 vi
05050600
0525-0600
05300559
05300600 vi
05300556

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANONew Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Vatican State. Vatican R
Zambia. Chrrstran Vorce
Zambra. R Zambra/ZNBC 1
Zambia. R Zambra/ZNBC 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Swaziland. Trans World R
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Austria. R Austrra Intl
Krrrbalr. Radio
Romania. R Romania Intl

0530-0600
0530-0600 vi
0530-0600 vi

Thailand. Radio
Zambia. R Zambra/ZNBC 1
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC

6055am
4976do
3255af
6175am
7120va
9610af
t5310as
t7640at
1528Qas
58t0am
75t0am
9975am
9930as
7535eu
5970af
7t95af
15205va
5085am
5745am
7490na
9465eu
7355am
2390am
5985na
9660af
4005eu
3330af
49t0do
6t 65do
3396do
3200af
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60t5na
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15340as
9655eu
7220do
5975do

3955eu
6180eu
7160af
9740as
t5360as
t7760as
t 7790as

5975am
6190at
94 tOva
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17885af

6005at
6t95va
9600at
12095as
15575va
2t66Qas

6035af
9630af

6080af
t t965me

7t 70va
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32t0am
9985af
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5882eu
6065af

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t t580eu

5935am

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9500at

t t94Qaf
17720as
t t905eu

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17790af
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15270at

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7250eu

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0500
0500
0500
0506
0509
0510
0511
0532
0538

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Nms. See S0100

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000
Russra. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Sports Report See S 0106.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. See S 0109.
Japan. NHK/Radro: Hello from Tokyo. See S 0110.
Russia, Voice of: Science and Engineering 1n the
Commonweallh The latest developments in science and
1echnology.
qussia. Voice of This rs Russia. A program which helps you
:o get to know Russia, the Russians. and it's ethnic
minorities better.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Marlbag. See S Ot 38

0533

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. See T

Ot 33.

Wednesdays
0500
0500
0500
0506
051 1
0515
0525
0525
0532
0533

Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. See S OtOO.

Japan. NHK/Radio: Dateline Japan See S 0000.
Russia. Vorce of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T OOt 1.
Japan. NHK/Radlo: Asian Top News. See M 0115.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Music Reflections. See W Ot25.
Japan. NHK/Radro: Tokyo Pop-In. See M 0525.
Russia. Voice ot: This is Russia. See S 0532.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Insight. See W Ot33.

Mondays

Thursdays

0500
0500
0500
0506
0508
0508

0500
0500
0500
0506
0511
0515
0525
0530

0511
05t5
0525
0525
0530
0532
0533

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Nms. See S0100.

Japan. NHK/Radio: Dateline Japan. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 1106.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Arts on the Arr See S 1108.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Feature of the Month (1 ). See S
t t 08
Russia, Voice ot: Moscow Mailbag. See S OOt 1.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Asian Top News. See M 0115.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Sound of Asia. See M 0125.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Tokyo Pop In. A sample ot the Japanese
music scene.
UK. BBC London (AS): Living Together (30th.7th.14th). See
MOt30.
Russia. Vorce ot: This is Russia. See S 0532
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1t33.

Tuesdays

0500
0500
0500
0506
0511
0515
0525
0532

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S Ot OO.

Japan, NHK/Radlo: Dateline Japan. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice ot: News. See S 0000
Germany. Deutsche Welle: NewsLmk. See M t t 06.
Russra, Voice ot: Focus on Asia and the Pacrfrc. See T 0011 .
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Top News. See M 0115.
Japan. NHK/Radio: To~yo Popfn. See M 0525.
Russia, Voice ot: Mosco11 Yesterday and Today. See S0432.

0532
0533

Germany. Deulsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Radio: Dateline Japan. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of. News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of. Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0011 .
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Top News. See M Ot t5.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Tokyo Pop-In. See M 0525.
UK. BBC London (AS): Heritage (3rd. 1Olh.171h). See A
1t01.
Russia. Voice ol: Moscow Yesterd ay and Today. See S
0432.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. See H 0133.

Fridays

0500
0500
0500
0506
05 t 1
05 t 5
0525
0525
0532
0533
0533

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S Ot OO.

Japan, NHK/Radio: Dateline Japan. See S 0000.
Russra, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M t 106.
Russia. Voice ot: Focus on Asia and !he Pacific. See T 0011 .
Japan, NHK/Radio: Asian Top News. See M 01 t 5.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Music Beat. See F0125.
Japan, NHK/Radlo: Tokyo Pop-In. See M 0525.
Russia. Vorce ot: This is Russia. See S 0532.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Headcrash (1 ). See M 0233.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Made in Germany (4). See M
0233.

0533
0533

Germany, Deutsche Welle: MediaMag (3). See M 0233.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology (2). See
M 0233.

Saturdays
0500
0500
0500
0509
05t 0
05t 0
051 t
05 t 2
0512
0530
0532
0533

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S Ot06.
Japan. NHK/Radlo: Asia Weekly. See A 0110.
Japan, NHK/Radlo: Asia Weekly. See A Ot tO.
Russia, Voice ot: Focus on Asia and the Pacitic. See T OOt 1.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Focus on Development (biweekly).
Reports and interviews on projects and progress In Africa
and Asia.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Women on the Move (biweekly).
See S 0212.
UK. BBCLondon (AS): Stories for Lite (28th.5th). See T
tt30.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S 0432.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See A 0131.

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Anguilla.Canbbcan Beacon
Australia. Radio
Australia. Radio
Australia. VLBK Kathenne
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Australia.DefenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa R ca.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deu1sc11e Welle

060006t5
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
06000700

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Guyana. GBCN01ce of
Italy. IRRS
Japan. RJapan/NHK World

06000700 vi
06000700 vi
06000700
0600-0700
06000700
06000700
06000630
0600-0700
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06000700

Kenya. Kenya Broactc Corp

Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lrbcna.LCN/R Liberia Int
Malaysia. Voice of
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Ra d10
Nigeria. Voice of
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua Neri Gumea. NBC
Russia.Vorce of Russia ws

S Africa. Channel Africa

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06000700
0600-0700
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SHORTWAVE GUIDE

0600 UTC

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Sierra Leone. SLBS
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0600-0700
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0600-0700
06000700
06000700
0600-0630

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KT8N Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Ang eles CA
USA. KWHR Naalchu HI
USA. Momlor Radio Intl
USA. Vorce of Amenca

06000700
06000700
06000700
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06000700
06000700
06000700
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0600-0700 vi
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06450700

USA. WEWN B1rmingham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLK Bel hel PA
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietram. Vmce of
Yemen, Yemern Rep Radio
Zambia. Christian Vorce
Zambia. R Zamb1a/ZNBC t
Zimbabwe. Z1mbab11e BC
Swaziland. Trans World R
Belgium. RVlaandercn In!
Georgia. Radio
Vatican Stale, Valican R
Romania. R Romama Intl
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Romania. R Romania lllll

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Monaco. Trans World Radio

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7490na
9465eu
7355am
2390am
5985am
5925as
9780do
3330af
7220do
5975do
4775af
6035eu
t 1805eu
t 1625af
9550eu
9755eu
11740pa
t 7720pa
9755eu

9545do
6005af
6195eu
9~ 10va
11780eu
15360as
17640af

.. . .... .
6175am
7145as
9600af
11940af
15420af
17785as

6180eu
7160af
9740as
12095eu
15565va
17885af

5995af
7195af
11965me
6890na
t7780am

6035af
9630af
t2080af
9370na

6080af
11805af
15205va

3210am
7355eu
10060as

5070am
99B5eu

5935am

6100af
9925eu

9500af
9940au

9650af

13765af
9665eu

15570af
1t 810cu

15365eu

t I B40pa

15250pa

15270pa

6065af

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0600
0600
0600
0606
0609
0611
0625
0633
0635
063B
0645

0600
0600
0600
0608
061 t
0615
0632
0633

0635
0639
0646
0650

Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S0000
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deulsc11e Welle: News link. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Newmarkel. See M 1211
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minules. See M 0015
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Gooo Morning Africa. See M
0437.
Belgium, RVlaanderen Intl: Press Review. Sec M 0635.
Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Belgium, RVlaanderen Intl: Focus on Europe. See M 2344.
Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl: Sports Report. See M 2349.

Mondays

Wednesdays

0600
0600
0600
0608
0611

0600
0600
0600
0608
06t t
0615
0632

06t5
0620
0635
0637
0638
0641
0645
0651
0651

so

Tuesdays

Germany, Dcuische Welle. News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Radio: Nel'IS. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: Nel'ls. See S 0000
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Sports Report See SO 106.
Germany. Delllsche Welle: Inside Europe See S 0109.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S OOt 1.
Japan. NHK/Rad10: Profile See S 0025.
Germany. Deutsche Welte: Rehg1on and Society. See S 0433.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen loll: Radio World. Updates lo
mternational broadcasting schedules
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Hits in Germany See S0438.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen loll PO Box 26. Listener lencrs are
read and answered in this mailbox program.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: News See S 0100.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of. Nevis. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welte: Inside Eu1ope See S0109.
Russia. Voice of Science and Engineering rn lhe
Commonwealth. See S 05 t 1
Japan, NHK/Rad10: 44 Mmutes. See M 0015.
Japan. NHK/Radro: Guest lntcrv1e11. Asia Weekly
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. Stories on the
front pages of !he day's papers.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Good Morning Africa. See M
0437.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Commentary. An editorial opinion
on the current news.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl. Belgium Today. Current affairs 10
Belgium.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl The Arts Cultural events m the
news
Belgium. R Vtaanderen Intl: Tourism Take an audio tour of
lhe srghls and sounds of Belgium
Japan. NHK/Radio: Tumbling Dice. Focus on a topic ol
interest in Japan

MONITORING TIMES

July 1991

0633
0635
0639
0646
0650

Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHKIRadro: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: Ne11s See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newslrnk. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailhag. See SOOt I.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. Sec M 00t5.
Russia. Vorce of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S
0432.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Good Morning Africa. See M
0437.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641 .
Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl: Living in Belgium. See T 2345.
Belgium, RVlaanderen Intl: Green Soc1e~1- See T 2349.

Thursdays

0600
0600
0600
0608
06 t t
0615
0632

Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Nel'ISUnk See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Newmarket. See M t 211.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.

0633
0635
0639
0644
0649

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Good Morning Africa. See M

0437.
Belgium, R Vlaancteren loll: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Around Town. See W 2344.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: The Arts. See M 0645.

Fridays
0600
0600
0600
0608
061 1
0615
0632
0633
0636
0641
0646
0649

Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. Sec SOtOO.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: Nel'1S. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welte: Newslink. See M 1t 06.
Russia. Vorce of: Science and Engineering in the
Commonwealth. See S 0511.
Japan, NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
Russia, Voice ol: Moscow Yesterday and Today. Sec S
0432.
Germany, Deutsche Welte: Good Morning Africa. See M
0437
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium. R Vtaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: International Report. See H
2344.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Economics. See H 2349.

Saturdays
0600
0600
0600
0608
0610
0611
0632
0633
0635
0640

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Rad10: News. Sec S0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle. Newslink. See M 1106.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Weekend Break. See M 0125.
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering in the
Commonwealth. See S 051t .
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See A
0131.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Music from Flanders. The
weekly concert

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~~oOA~ ~~~2:00 PM PDT

FREQUENCIES . . .

SHORTWAVE GUIDE

4:oo AM

}.

EDT~~~o~~!o~

0700-0800
0700-0800

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia, Radio

0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0727
0700-0800
0700-0800 as
0700-0800 mtwhf
0700-0715
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800

Australia, VL8K Katherine

Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Eqt Guinea, R East Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Alr1ca
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guyana. GBCNoice of
Italy, IRAS
Japan. R Japan/NHK World

0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-07 15
0700-0800 asmtwh
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0758 as
0700-0800 mtwhf
0700-0800
0700-0750
0700-0730 s
0700-0800 vi
0700-0745
0700-0715 s
0700-0800

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp

Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Uberra.LCN/R Liberia Int
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. Voice of
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania, R Romania Intl
Romania, R Romania Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

0700-0710
0700-0730
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Solomon Islands, SIBC
Swaziland, Trans World R
Taiwan, VOFree China
United Kingdom. BBC WS

0700-0800 as
0700-0715
0700-0730

United Kingdom, BBC WS

United Kingdom, BBC WS
United Kingdom. BBC WS

0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 smtwhf
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0BOOvl
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0730-0755
0730-0800
0730-0745 s
0730-0735
0730-0800
0730-0800 as
0730-0800
0740-0800
0745-0800 s
0745-0755
0758-0800 as

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWC~ Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vanualu, Radio
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia, R Zambia/ZNBC t
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Austria, R Austria Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Greece. Voice of
India, All India Radio
Netherlands, Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
United Kingdom, BBC WS
Guam. TWR/KlWR
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece. Voice of
New Zealand, R NZ Intl

6090am
9580pa
t5240pa
t 7750as
5025do
49t0do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6205am
7345eu
9645pa
15186af
15186af
3366do
3290do
3985va
7230eu
11910as
17815af
4885do
9810do
9960va
5100do
7295do
6175as
9755eu
9795pa
9795pa
7255af
15340af
t5245me
9675do
t5370pa
t 5370pa
t5470pa
t7610au
3316do

9860pa
t5365pa

12080pa
15415as

13605as
15530as

7385am
9505eu
21455au

4915do

I 1740as
1t920as

11840as
15230me

4935do

6150do

9750as

15295au

1t 850pa
17810va

t7765me

t7720pa
t 7720pa
t 5490pa
17795va

17790pa
17790pa
15560va

17805pa
17805pa
17570au

9~40eu

5020do
9650af
5950na
6190af
9600af
11835af
15310as
17640af
21660as
t7885af
6005af
6180eu
11780eu
5810am
751 0am
9930au
7535eu
5825eu
5745am
7490na
9465eu
7355am
2390am
7355eu
3945do
6065af
7220do
5975do
6 t55eu
5865eu
7430eu
15t85do
9720pa
9730as
15400va
15200as
3366do
7430eu
6100pa

9545do

7t45as
96t0af
t t940af
t5360as
t 7760af

7325eu
9740as
11955as
15485af
17785as

94 10eu
t 1760as
12095va
15575va
17830af

7t60af
6t95eu

7325af

94 l 0eu

Angu1lla.Ca11bbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

0800-0830
08000830 vl
08000830 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
08000900 as
0800-0900 mlwhl
0800-0830
0800-0805 s
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900 vi
08000900 vl
08000900
0800-0900
08000900
08000825
08000835 a
08000850 s
08000820 mtwl1f
0800-0825
0800-0816 mtr1hf
08000850
0800-0830 s
0800-0805
0800-0900 as
08000900 vi
08000900

Australia. Radro
Austraha. VL8K Katherine
Auslraha. VL8T Tent Crk
Bhutan. Bhutan BC Service
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea R East Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Finland. YLEIR Finland
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guyana. GBCNoice of
Indonesia. Voice of
lta~/. IRRS
Kmb211. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Uberia.LCN/R Liberia Int
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia. Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Nomay. Radio Norway Intl
Pak1s1an. Radio
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

08000900 I
08000810
0800-0900 vi
08000900
0800-0805
08000900

Seychelles FEBA Radio

Sierra Leone. SLBS
Solomon Islands, SIBC
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Swaziland. Trans World R
United Kingdom BBC WS

0800-0900 as
0800-0815

United Kingdom, BBC WS

Unrted Kingdom. BBC WS
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. VIANO New Orleans LA
USA. VNHA Greenbush ME
USA. VN/CR Nashville TN
Vanualu. Radio
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia, R Zambia/ZNBC 1
Zimbabwe. Z11nbabwe BC
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
New Zealand, R NZ lnll
Chile R Esperanza
Armenia Voice of
Austral a VL8A Allee Spg
Australia. VL8K Kamerine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Georgia. RalfiO
India All India Radio
Lithuania Radio V1lruus
Netherlands Radio
Slovakia R Slovakia Intl
United Kmgdorn. BBC WS
Russia, R Pac1!1c Ocean
Guam. TWR/K fWR

0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900

6890na
17780am

0800-0900

32t0am
9985eu
7260do

5070am
13695af

5925am

13730eu

15410me

17870me

7450eu
15260do
9820pa

9425eu

11645eu

15565va
4915do
9425au

08000900
08000900

11645eu

0800-0900
08000900 as
08000900
08000830 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900 vl
0800-0900 vi
08150900 mtwtl
0816-0900 mtwhf
08200900 vi
08300900 s
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900
08300840
08300900
0830-0900
0830-0900
0830-0900
08500853 s
0855-0900

6090am
5995pa
9860pa
t54t5as
5025do
4910do
6030do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6205am
5865eu
l5186af
t5186af
13645as
3366do
t 5200as
3290do
9525as
7125va
98 10do
9960va
5100do
7295do
6175as
9755cu
9755eu
9755eu
9720pa
9795pa
15180as
15625as
15465eu
9730as
9675do
98 tOas
15560va
15540as
3316do
5020do
9570au
4775af
6190af
11750as
12095eu
15485va
17785as
15565va
7t45pa
5810arn
96 t 5as
7510am
9930as
7535eu
5825eu
5745am
7490na
7355am
13825al
2390ani
3945do
6065af
7220do
5975do
3326do
6 IOOpa
6089arn
15270eu
2310do
2485do
2325do
11910eu
7250do
9710eu
9720pa
11990au
15280as
7185as
11830au

July 1997

6020pa
12080pa
17715pa

6080pa
13605pa
17880as

7385arn
9645pa

21455au

9710pa
21725as

15235au

9750as

15295au

9820pa
15230as
17865eu

11800as
t7610au

15470pa
17i95va

15490pa

9545do
13670cu
9500al
7325eu
11 760as
15310as
15575va
17830af
17885af
11835af

9650al
9410eu
11940af
15360va
17640va
21660as

9740as
11955as
15400af
17760as

9845eu
5960na
9930am

11550pa

15665eu

3210am
7260do

5070arn

5935am

4770do

4990do

15185do

15260do

9820pa
15450au

17570au

MONITORING TIMES

51

FREQUENCIES . . . . . .
09001000
09001000
0900 1000 vi
0900 I 000 vi
0900 1000 vi
09000925
09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
09000935 vi
09001000
0900 1000
09000927
09001000
09000930
0900 1000 as
0900 1000 mlwhf
09000950

Angu1lla.Ga11bbean Beacon
Aus11aha. Radio
Aus11aha. VLBA Alice Spg
Auslraha. VLBK Ka1herine
Auslralia. VLBT Tent Crk
Belgium. A Vlaanderen lnl
Canada. CfCX Monlreal
Canada. Cf RX To1on10
Canada CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Chile. A Esperanza
Chum. Ctuna Radio lnl l
Cos1a Rica.RF Peace lnll
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Ecuador. HCJB
EQI Guinea. A East Africa
Eql Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deulsche Welle

09000915 m1wtf
09000915
09001000
09000930 vVm f
09000930 vi
09001000
09000915
09001000
09000930
09000925
09001000
09000930 s
0900 1000 as
09001000vt
09001000

Gl1ana, Ghana Broadc Corp

Guam. TWR/KlWR
Guyana. GBCNoice of
Italy. IRAS
K111ba11. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Llberia.LCNIA Liberia Int
Malaysia. Radio
Mongolia. Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway ln11
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

09001000
09000930
09001000

Slovakia. Adv World Radio

Swilwland. Swiss A Intl
U111ted Kingdom. BBC WS

09000915
09000945
0900 1000
09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
0900 1000
0900 1000
0900 I 000 as
09001000
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0900 1000 vi
0915 1000
09300955 mlv1hfa
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09301000
09301000
09301000
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Unlled Kingdom. BBC WS

Umled Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl /R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WVICR Nashville TN
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. R Zambia/ZNBC 1
Z1mbab1.e. Zimbabwe BC
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Austria, R Austria Intl
Canada, CKZN St John's
Georgia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Ph1hpp1nes. FEBC/R Intl
Ki!lakhstan. Radio Almaty

6090am
9860pa
2310do
2485<10
2325do
6035eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6089am
9785pa
6205am
15640me
9645pa
5865eu
15186af
15186af
6160au
17715au
3366do
11830as
3290do
7125va
9810do
9960va
5100do
7295do
15170as
9720pa
GlOOpa
13800as
9730as
4890do
9810as
17795va
9450eu
9885pa
5965as
9740as
11945as
15400af
17640va
7325eu
9580as
5810am
7510am
7395sa
5960na
9400am
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
13825af
2390am
6065af
7220do
5975do
6130do
15240au
6160do
11910me
12065au
1163Sas
t 1840eu

13605as

21725as

7t90eu

11755pa
7385am
17485al
21455au

9565af
17800af
4915do

9820au

12025af
21600af

154 IOaf
21680au

13700pa

1562Sau

11so0as

11880as

13685pa
6190af
1115oas
12095eu
15485va
17705eu
15310as
1I760as

17515au
6195as
11765va
15190sa
15565as
17830af
15360pa
11955as

9410eu
11940af
15360as
15575va
21660as
17785as
15280as

7535eu

13840au

15665as

7315am

9930am

3210am

5070am

7295do
17870au

13710pa

1000-1100
10001100
10001100 vi
10001100 vi
10001100 vi
10001100vl
100011 00
10001100
10001100
10001100
100011 00
10001100
10001100
10001100
10001100
1000-1100 as
10001100 mlwhf
10001100
10001100
10001100

Anou1lla.Caribbean Beacon
Auslralia, Radio
Australia. VLSA Allee Spg
Auslralia, VLBK Kal herine
Auslralia, VLST Tent Crk
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Monlreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Cosla Rica.Rf Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R Easl Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Guam. lWR/KTWR
India, All India Radio

10001025
10001100 vi
1000 1100
10001100
10001100
10001100 vi
10001100 vi
10001025
10001100
1000 1100 as
10001100 vi
10001100
10001100

iSrael. Kol Israel

Italy, IRAS
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, ATM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM Ko1aK1nabalu
Nelherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

10001035 vi
10001100

Solomon Islands. SIBC

Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

1000-1100 as
10001030
1000-1100
1000 1100
10001100
10001100
10001100

United Kingdom. BBC WS

United Kingdom. BBCws
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

10001100
1000-1100
10001100
10001100
100011()()
10001100
1000-1100 as
10001100
10001100
10001030

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA WANONew Orleans LA
USA WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee fl
Vietnam. Voice of

1000-1100
1000-1 100 vi
1020-1030 mtwhf

Zambia, Chrislian Voice

Zambia, R Zambia/ZNBC 1
Vatican State. Vatican R

10301055 s
10301057
10301100 mtwhf
10301100
10301100
10301100
10301100
10301055

Ausuia. R Austria Intl

Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Elhiopia. Radio
Guam, AWR/KSDA
Nelherlands. Radio
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
UAE. Radio Dubai

17610au

5935am

6090am
9710pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
9625do
6005do
6070do
G030do
6130do
6160do
G160do
9785pa
6205am
9645pa
15186af
15186af
11790as
9865as
11585as
17840as
15640eu
7125va
11690eu

9860pa

13G05as

21725as

15050as

17387au

9810as
11880au
15510va
17795va
9545do
6190af
11750as
12095eu
15575me
21660as
15400am

9835as
15170pa
17560va

11655as
15435pa
17610va

6195am
11760as
15310as
17640af

94 lOeu
11765va
15485va
17705af

7395sa
6165am
t542Sas

15665as
7405am

9495am

9930am

11755pa
7385am
21455au

13700as

9960va
7295do
7160do
5980do
12065au
GlOOpa
9730as
4890do
11635as
7330as
11800au
15490va
17775va
5020do
5965va
9740as
11940af
15565as
17885va
15190am
15360as
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
5985pa
11720as
15745na
9400am
6040am
7490na
9955am
7355am
13825af
2390am
5950na
5940as
12020as
6065af
7220do
5882eu
17550eu
15240au
7345eu
5990do
15170as
6045eu
11715am
11835as
13675eu

13710pa

17830af

1572Sas
9590am

5070am

5935am

15685am

7270as
15010as

7400as

9840as

9645eu

11740eu

15595eu

17870au
9505eu
71I Odo

9705do

9860eu

12065as

13710as

17850as
15395eu

17630eu

21605me

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FREQUENCIES .

. . . . .. ..

1100-1200
1100-1200

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

11001130
1100 1200 vi
1100-1200 vi
t 100-1200 vi
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1t00-1200

Australia. Radio
Australia, VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. VLSK Katherine
Australia. VLST Ten t Crk
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. Adv World R

1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200as
1100-1200
1100-1 150
1100-t200
11001200 vi
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-lltO
1100-1200
11001200vl
1100-t200 vi
1100-1200
11 00-11 25
1t 00-1200
11 00-1150
1100-1130 as
1100-1 200vl
1100-1200

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Iran. VOIRI
Italy. IRAS
Japan. R Japan/NHK World
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
liberia.LCNIR Liberia Int
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuching
Malaysia,RTM KotaKinabalu
Mozambique. Radio Maputo
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

SELECTED PROGRAMS .

1108
1108
111 1
1125
1130
1132
1133

11775am
9580pa
13605as
11640as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
61 60do
61 60do
5030am
13750am
6205am
12005am
15186af
9530as
15370af
7180me
7125va
6120na
11690eu
9960va
5100do
7295do
7160do
5980do
11820af
12065as
6100pa
4404na
9730as
4890do
4740as
15460as
17560as
17795as

9770pa

1111
1115
11 30
1132
1133

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Commentary. Guest commentary
about a current event.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Arts on the Air. Reports and
interviews on major cultural events and developments.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Feature of the Month (1). A special
leature on important developmental issues of our time.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S0311.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Profile. See S 0025.
Russia, Voice of: News In Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia_See s 0532.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. An advanced
German language course for English speakers.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: News link. Global current affairs
as seen from the heart of Europe.
Russia, Voice al: News and Views. See S 031 1.
Japan, NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. Music as requested
by listeners.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. Reports and
background to the news from Africa by Deutsche Welle
correspondents.

Tuesdays
11 00
1100
11 00
1106
1111
1115
1130
1130

9860pa

6150am

7375am

7385am
15115am

21455au

154t0af
9585af

t7765af
t t875me

7125na

1t815as

t 1660as

9725am

t7800af
t 5260af

11835af
1371Oas
6575na

11655as
15490as
17610as

9975na

11880as
15510as
17755as

11 335na

15170as
15560as
17775as

l'J~~---:c

..

--

1100 UTC

- - -

..

...

.... ...

1100-1200
1100-1 130
1100-1130
1100-1200
1100-1200

Singapore.R Singapore In!

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland. Swiss R loll
Taiwan. Voice of Asia
United Kingdom. BBC WS

1100-1130 as
1100-1130
1100-1 145
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200

Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

United Kingdom. BBC WS
United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monilor Radio lnll
USA. Voice of America

1100-1200
1t00-t200
1100-1200
1100-1200
11 00-1200
1100-12ooas
1100-1200
t 100-1200
1100-1130
1t00-1200
t t00-1200 vi
1104-1120
1120-1t40
1130-1140
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
11301200 f
1135-1140

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJGR Up1on KY
USA. WRMll R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville HI
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam, Voice of
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia, R Zamb1a/ZNBC 1
Pakislan. Radio
Australia.DefenseForces R
Lesotho. Radio Lesotho
Myanmar. Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden, Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Vatican State. Vatican R
India. All India Radio

6105as
t t835as
13635as
7445as
5965am
9580as
I 1955as
15485va
I 7705eu
15190am
9700as
t 5400af
58t0am
7510am
9930as
6095na
5985pa
11 720as
15375eu
6040am
7490na
9955am
7355am
13825eu
2390am
5950na
7285as
6065af
7220do
t5465eu
4763as
4800do
5990do
6045eu
11650na
6195am
15595as
9595do

6155as
t 7850as
15415as

17515as

6190af
t 1750as
12095eu
I 5565as
I 7830af

6195va
11760as
15220am
15575va
t 7885af

9410eu
t t940af
t5310as
t 7640na
21660af

I 1765va
t 7790as

15310as

t 7785as

7395sa
6160as
15160as
t5745na
9495am

9355eu
9645as
15425as

9430au
9760as

5935am
t 1830na
9730as

7435am

t 5685am

11710do

15185do

9930am

t 7865eu

9860eu
I 5240na
17705va
17550au
t 1620do

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

Mondays
1100
1100
1100
1106

. .......

Sundays
1100
1100
1100
1106

~-- -

Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. See S0100.

Japan, NHK/Radlo: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
Japan. NHK/Radlo: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
Russia. Voice of: News in Briel. See S 0030.
UK. BBC London (AE): Stories for Life (1st.81h). The story of

1132
1133

how Ghana was a great African empire about a thousand

years ago.
Russia, Voice of: Folk Box. See S 2332.
Germany, DeutscheWelle: Africa Report. See M 1133.

Wednesdavs

1100
1100
1100
1106
1111
1115
1130
1132
1133
1144
115t

Germany, DeutscheWelle: News. See S 0100.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See s 031 1.
Japan, NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Folk Box. See S 2332.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See M 1133.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Close Up. Featuring a Japanese person of
note.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Tumbling Dice. See M 0651.

Thursdays

1100
1100
1100
1f 06
1t 11
111 5
1130
1132
1133

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News_ See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
Japan, NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show. See M 0432.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See M 1133.

Fridays
11 00
11 00
11 00
11 06
1111
1115
1130
1132
1133
11 45

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S0100.

Japan, NHKIRadio: News_See S0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S0000.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: News link. See M 1106.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views_See S 031 1.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Yours for the Asking. See M 2332.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See M 11 33.
Japan, NHK/Radio: News Commentary_ See M 0638.

1t5t

Japan. NHK/Radio: Close Up. See W 1144.

Saturdays
1100
1100
1100
1101

1108
11tO
1111
1112
11 20
1t30
1132
1138

Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
UK, BBC London (AF): Heritage (5th, 12th). Malcolm Billings
reports on archaeological excavations, museums and the
conservation of historic buildings in location s around the
world.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 1106.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Weekend Break. See M 0125.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311 .
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Germany This Week. A summary of
the week's events in Germany by Deutsche Welle's Bonn
correspondents.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Mailbag Africa. Listener mail from
Africa is answered.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1132.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Saturday Special. Information
unavailable.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
ISRAEL: KOL ISRAEL
Sked shows new English broadcast:
1545- 1600 UTC
12080. 15650
Mme uncon li nm:d English additi ons:
I000 or 10 15 UTC 15640
9435. 11695.
1500- 1525
15640
(George J_ Poppin. CA via Joe Hanlon.
DXLD)

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FREQUENCIES .

-~-

r.

- - - --

1200-1300
1200-1300

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Aus1raha. Radio

1200-1300 vi
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300
1200-1230
1200-1215
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1230

Ausllaha. VLBA Alice Spg

Auslraila. VLBK Kall1erme
Auslralia, VLBT Tent Crk
Brwl. Radio Bras
Bulgaria Radio
Cambodia, Nall Voice of
Cana1la. CBC N Oueliec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Cana1la. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Camda. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St Johns
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300 vi
12001300
1200 1300 as
12001300
1200 1300

Canacla. R Canada Intl

Chma. China Radio Intl
Cyprus. BRT International
Ecuador. HCJB
EQI Guinea. R East Alnca
Eql Guinea. Radio Africa
France. Radio France Intl

12001230
1200 1300 VI
1200 1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300 vi
1200-1250
1200-1300
1200-1206
12001300
12001230 s
1200 1300 vi
1200 1255

l1an. VOIRI
llaly. IRAS
Japan, R Japan/NHK World
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia.ATM KolaKinabalu
Myanmar. Voice of
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
Nigeria. Voice ol
Norway. Radio Norway lnll
Papua New Gu111ea. NBC
Poland. Polish R Warsaw

12001300

Russia.Voice ol Russia WS

12001300

Singapore.A Singapore Int

11i75am
5995as
11660as
2310do
2485do
2325do
15445na
13790as
11940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9660as
15195as
9640am
7385pa
6150do
12005am
15186af
9530as
9805af
15195eu
7180me
7125va
7125as
11690eu
9960va
7295do
5980do
5990do
6045eu
6100pa
7255al
9590eu
4890do
6095eu
11815eu
4740as
l 1880as
15430as
17610as
6105as

9580pa
13605as

9710as

9715mc

l 1835mc

11855am
971 Sas

13650am
11795pa

15115am

21455am

11600va
15540al
9585me

13625eu
I 7575af
11875me

9860pa

11975me

15155eu
l 5260af

9860eu

13800as

13805na

15605au

7145eu

7270eu

9525eu

4975as
151 lOas
15435as
I 7755as
6155as

l 1655as
15170as
15490as
l 7775as

11 785as
15230as
15510as
17795as

1200-1300
12001300
1200-1300
12001300

South Korea. R Korea lnll

Taiwan. VO Free China
Ukraine. R Ukraine lnll
United Kingdom. BBC WS

1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
f 200 1300
1200-1230

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1200-1300
1200-1300
12001300
1200-1300
12001300
12001300
1200-1300
1200 1300
12001230
1200 1300
12001300 vi
12071300 occsnal
l 215 1300
l 215 1300
l 230 1255
1230-1300
1230 1255 s
1230-1300 mtwllf
1230 1300
1230-1235
1230 l 300 VI
1230-1300
12301300
1230-1300
1230-1300
12301300 mtwhf
1230-1300
12301300
12301300
1230-1300

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMllR Miami lnll
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR OkeechObee FL
Uzbekistan, R Tashkent
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. A Zambia/ZNBC 1
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
Egypt. Radio Cairo
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Austria. R Aus11ia Intl
Bangladesh. Bangla Betar
Belgi111n. R Vlaanderen lnl
Finland. YLEIR Finland
Guam. AWR/KSDA
India. All India Radio
Indonesia. RRI Sorong
Mongolia. Voice ol
Romania. A Romania lnll
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
South Korea. R Korea lnll
Sn Lanka. Sn Lanka BC
Sweden. Radio
Thailand. Radio
Turkey. Voice of
Vietnam, Voice ol

1240 1250

Greece. Voice ol

7285al
7130au
7150eu
6190af
9580as
l 1940af
15485va
17705af
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
6160as
15160as
15375sa
9400am
6040am
7490na
9955am
7355am
7435am
5950na
7285as
6065af
7220do
6100pa
l 7595as
15220am
6155eu
7185as
13785na
I 1900na
13720as
4860do
4875do
12085as
9690eu
11835eu
9570as
9730as
13740as
9505as
13750eu
5940as
12020as
11645af

9510as
7180eu
6195va
9740as
11955as
15565va
17830af

12050na
9410eu
11750as
15575va
17885al

9515am
11760as
15310as
17640va
21660al

9355as
9645as
15425as
l 5745eu

9430au
9760as

9455sa
11715as

9495am

9930am

9475am
11830na
9715as

1384!iam
17750na
15295as

1s2:~oam

15685am

13730na
9550as
15535as
15400na
6185do

17865do

11885eu

15365eu

9640as

13670as

15240pa
9555as
15290as
7270as
15010as

17720eu

9810as
7400as

9840as

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1200
l 200
1200
1206
12t0
1211
1235
1245

Canada. RCI Montreal: CBC Radio News. News, sports. and

weather lrom Ille Caria1lia11 Broadcasting Corporation.
Japan. NHK/Badio: Ne11s. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice ol: News. See S 0000.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Quirks and Quarks. Updating whars
nevi and whars next in science.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Hello lrom Tokyo. See S 0110.
Russia. Voice ol: Music and Musicians. See S011 1.
Belgium. R Vlaandcren lnll: Radio World. See S0635.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll: PO Box 26. See S0645.

Mondays
1200
l 200
1200
1207
121 1
f 215
1225
1230
f232
1234

Canada. RCI Montreal: CBC Radio Nws. See S 1200.

Japan. NHKIRad10: News. See S 0000.
Rus sia. Voi ce ol: Nws. See S 0000.
Canada. RCI Montreal. Double Exposure. The comedy team
ol Bob Robertson and Linda Cullen present their award
winning !)rand of political satire and mirnicry.
Russra. Voice of: Nel'llna1kel. This prog1am tells where and
how lo 1nves1 in Russia, how lo sell your product. or start a
business.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Top Nevis. See M Ot 15.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Sound of Asia. See M 0125.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. Sec S 0632.
Canada. RCI Montreal: The Royal Canadian Air Farce. The
!raveling comedy show that was brought back by popular
demand

Tuesdays
1200
1200
1200
1211

54

Canada. RCI Montreal: CBC Radio News. See S 1200.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Canada. RCI Montreal: As II Happens. A daily phone-in show

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1211
1215
1230
1230
1232

inuoilucing listeners 10 Ille newsmakers of the day and

people 11hase stories might otherv11se not be told.
Russia. Voice of: Focus an Asia and the Pacific. See T 001 1.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Top Nrns. See M 0115.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S0030.
UK. BBC London (AF): Red Hills of Home (lsi.Bth). See T
0030.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.

Wednesdays
1200
1200
1200
1211
1211
1215
1225
1230
1232

Canada. RCI Montreal: CBC Radio News. See S 1200.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S0000.
Russia. Voice ol: News. See S 0000.
Canada. RCI Montreal: As II Happens. See T 121 1.
Russia. Voice 01 Focus on Asia and the Pacilic. See T 0011.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Top News See M 0115.
Japan, NHK/Rad10: Music Rellect1ons. See W 0125.
Russia. Voice ol: News in Brief. See S0030.
Russia, Voice ol: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S
0432.

1211
1211
1215
1225
1230
1232

Canada, RCI Montreal: As II Happens. See T 121 1.

Russia, Voice ol: Focus on Asia and the Pacilic. See T 001 1.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Asian Top News. See M 0115.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Music Beat. See F 0125.
Ru ssia, Voice ol: News In Briel. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S 0432.

Saturdays
1200
1200
1200
1210
121 l
1211
1215
1230
1232
1247

Canada. RCI Montreal: CBC Radio News. See S 1200.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S0000.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asia Weekly. See A 01 tO.
Canada, RCI Montreal: As II Happens. See T 1211.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0011.
UK. BBC London (AF): Living Together (28th.4th, 11th). See M
0130.
Russia. Voice of: News in Briel. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Your Top Tune. See S 0232.
Russia. Voice of: You Write 10 Moscow. See S 0247.

Thursdays
1200
1200
1200
1211
1211
1215
1230
1232

Canada. RCI Montreal: CBC Radio News. See S 1200.

Japan, NHK/Rad10: News. See S0000.
Russia. Voice ol: News. See S 0000.
Canada. RGI Montreal: As II Happens. See T 1211.
Russia. Voice ol: Focus on Asia and Ille Pacific. See T 0011.
Japan, NHKIRadio: Asian Top News. See M 01 t5.
Russia, Voice ol: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.

Fridays
1200
1200
1200

Canada. RCI Montreal: CBC Radio News. See S 1200.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S0000.
Russia. Voice ol News. See S0000.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

PHILIPPINES: FEBC
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13001400
13001330
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1300 1400 vi
1300 1400 vi
1300 1325 mtwhfa
1300 1320
1300 1400 vi
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
1300 1400 mtwhf
13001400 s
13001400

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio
Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VIB T Tent Crk
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Brazil. Radio Bras
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX To1onto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouve1
Canada. A Canada Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
Ch111a. Ch111a Radio Intl

13001400
13001330
1300 1400
13001330
13001 400 as
13001400
1300 1330 vi
13001 400
1300 1310
13001400
13001400 vi
13001400 vi
1300-1400 occsnal
13001400
1300 1350
13001400 vi
1300-1400
13001356
13001400

Cosla Rica.AF Peace Intl

Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. A East Africa
Eqt Gtrniea. Radio Afnca
Italy. IRAS
Jordan. Radio
Ubena LCNIR Liberia lnl
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Ku clung
Malaysia.ATM Ko taKinabalu
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. Voice of
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Papua New Gu111ea. NBC
Plul1pp nes. FEBC/R Intl
Roma111a. A Romania Intl
Russia Voice of Russia WS

1300-1400
13001400 m1whf
13001330

SingapJre.R Singapore Int

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Srntzerland. Swiss R Intl

t 1775am
9580pa
13605as
23 !0do
2185do
2325do
13785as
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9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640am
11855am
6140as
11660pa
6205am
13580eu
12005arn
17595as
15186af
9530as
7125va
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9345as
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9690eu
t 5430as
17795as
6105as
9730as
7230as

9770pa

11800pa

1300 1330
13001400

Turkey, Voice of
United Kingdom. BBC WS

1300-1400
1300 1400
13001400
13001400
13001!00
13001330

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA KNLS Anchor Pomt AK
USA. KT9N Salt Lk City ur
USA KWHR Naalehu HI
USA Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Ame11ca

13001400
13001400
13001400
1300-1400
1300 1400 mtwhf
1300-1400
1300 1400 as
13001400
1300-1400

USA. WEWN B1m1111gham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCA Upton KY
USA. WRMllA Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orl eans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nas11v1lle TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

1300-1 400
1300-1400 vi
1330- 1400

Zambia. Christian Voice

Zambia. R Zarnbia/ZNBC t
Can;;da. A Canada Intl

1330-1400
1330-1400
1330 1400
f330-1400 vi
1330-1 400
1330 1400 vi
1330 1400 mtwhl
1330-1400
13301355
I 330 1400
13301400

China. He11ong1iang PBS

Guam. AWR/KSOA
India. All India Radio
Italy. IRAS
Netherlands. Ra dio
Pakistan. Aalho
Portugal. R Portugal Intl
S11eden. Radio
UAE, Radio Dubai
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
V1etram. Voice of

1335 1345
i 345 1400
13501400

Greece. Voice ol
Va11can State Vatican R
South Korea. KBS-1

15535as

11 855am
13650arn
7385pa

13650am
9535as

7385am
17485af
15115am

21455am

9715as

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1t740as

15230as

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15365eu
15560as

17720eu
17610as

6155as
74E0as

13635as

15120as

13695eu
5990as
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11865am
15310as
15575va
17885at
t3815am
7365as
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9930as
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6160as
151 60as
7425na
9400arn
6040am
7490na
9955am
7355am
15745na
9475am
5950na
17750ca
6065al
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17820af
4840110
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9545as
3985va
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9485af
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7285as
59.1oeu
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9375eu
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21470at

15290as
6195va
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15485va
17705af
21660af

9410eu
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15220am
15565as
17830af

9355as
9645as
15425as
11875na

9455am
9760as

13840as
1171 5as

15375sa

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9930arn

15105am

12160am
11550as

13845am
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15685am
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11620as

13710as

12090as
11565af

15585as
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13740pa
17630eu
971Sas
7270eu
15010as
15175na
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15240na
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15295as
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9840as

15630na

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1300
1300
1311

1311
1330
1330
1332
1335
1347

Canada. ACI Montreal: World Report. CBC flev1s.

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Canada. ACI Montreal: Sunday Morning (1st hour). CBC
Radio's powerful anti crilically acclaimed threehour currenl
attairs program examines the events and ideas that shape
our world.
Russia. Voice ot: Science and Engineering in the
Commonwealth. See S0511.
Canada. RCI Montreal: ACI News. News. weather. and sports
from Radio Canalla International.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030
Russia. Voice of: Yow Top Tune. Sec S 0232.
Canada. ACI Montreal: The Mailbao. Listener tellers. musical
selections. and happenings In Canada.
Russia. Voice of: You Write to Moscow. See S0247.

Mondays
1300
1300
1305
1305
131 1
1311
1315
1321
1325
1330
1330
1332
1339

Canada. ACI Montreal: CBC Radio News. See S 1200.

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review See M 0635.
Canada. ACI Montreal: The Best of Mormngside. Repeats of
!he CBC's morning program.
Belgium. AVlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011.
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl: The Arts. See M 0645.
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl: Tourism. See M 0651 .
Belgium. A Vtaanderen Intl: Music. See S 2355.
Canada. RCI Montreal. RCI News. See S 1330
Russia. Voice of: News in B11el. See S0030
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0032.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Spectrum. Aweekday magazine
program ot cuirent affairs. fea tures. and a business report

Tuesdays
1300

Canada. RCI Montreal CBC Radio News See S 1200.

1300
1305
1305
1309
1311
1316
1320
1325
1330
t 330
1332
1339

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Canada. RCI Monlreal: The Best of Morningside. See M
1305.
Belgium, RVlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641 .
Ru ssia. Voice of: Newmarket. See M 1211.
Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl: Focus on Europe. See M 2344.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Sports Report. See M 2349.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Music See S2355.
Canada. ACI Montreal: RCI News. See S 1330.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. SeeS 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Kaleidoscope. Sees 1432.
Canada, RGI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1339.

Wednesdays
1300
1300
t 305
t 305

1309
1311
1316
t 320
t 325
1330
1330
1332
t 339

Canada, ACI Montreal: CBC Radio News. See S 1200.

Russia. Voice ot: News. See S 0000.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Aevirn. See M 0635.
Canada. RGI Montreal: The Best of Morningside. See M
1305.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag See S0011 .
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl: Living in Belgium See T 2345.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Green Society. See f 2349.
Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl: Music. See S 2355.
Canada. RCI Montreal: RCI News. See S 1330
Russia. Voice of. Nws in Brief. Se' S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S 0632.
Canada. ACI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1339.

Thursdays
1300
t 300
1305
1305

Canada. RCI Montreal: CBC Radio ~e\'IS . See S 1200.

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Canada. RGI Montreal: The Best ot Morningside. See M
1305.

1310
131 1
1315
1319
1325
1330
1330
1332
1339

Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641.

Russia. Voice ot: Moscow Mailbag. See S0011 .
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl: The Arts. See M 0645.
Belgium. R Vlaantleren Intl: Around Town. See W 2344.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl. Music. See S 2355.
Canada. RGI Mont1eal: RC! News. See S 1330.
Russia. Voice of: News in Briel. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Kaleidoscope. See S 1432.
Canada, RGI Montreal: Specl rum. See M 1339.

F11days
1300
1300
1305
1306
1311
1311
1316
1319
1325
1330
t 330
t 332
t 339

Canada, RCI Montreal: CBC Amlio News. See S 1200.

Russia, Voice or: News. See S0000.
Canada, ACI Montreal: The Best of Morningside. See M 1305.
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag See S0011.
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl: International Report See H 2344
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl: Economics. See H 2349.
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl: Music. See S 2355
Canada. RC! Montreal: RCI News. See S 1330.
Russia. Voice ot: News 1n Bnef. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S 0632.
Canada. ACI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1339.

Saturdays
t 300
1305
1310
t 311
1325
1330
1330
t 332
t 335

Russia. Voice of: News See S0000.

Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belo1um. R Vlaanderen Intl: Music horn Flanders. See A ()6.10
Russia. Voice of P1ogram Preview. See S 0411.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl. Music. See S 2355.
Canada. RC! Montreal. RCI News. See S 1330.
Russra. Voice of: News in Brref. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of Audio Book Club. See S 0032.
Ca11ada. RCI Mo11treat. Venlure Canada. A new 11eekly
magazme promotmg Canadian busmess achievement

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1400 1500
14001 430
1400 1500 vi
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400 1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500 s
14001500
1400-1500
1400 1500 as
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400 1430
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1430
1400-1500
1400 1500 occsnal
1400-1 410
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500

Angu1lla,Canbbean Beacon
Australia. Radio
Auslralia. Radio
Australia. VLBA Alice Spg
Australia, VLBK Katherine
Australia. VIST Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCanada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Ecuador, HCJB
Eq1 Guinea. R East Africa
France. Radio France lnll
India. All India Radio
Israel. Kol Israel
Italy, IRRS
Japan. RJapan/NHK World
Jordan. Radio
Malaysia Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia RTM KotaKrnabalu
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Nelherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ ln11
Pakistan. Radio
Papua New Gu111ea. NBC
Philippines. FEBCIR lnll
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1400-1500

Singapore.A Corp of Sing

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5995pa
9770pa
231 Odo
2485do
2325do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
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9545as
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14001500

Sn Lanka. Sri Lanka BC

Thailand, Radio
Un11ed Kingdom. BBC WS

14001500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice ot America

1400-1500
1400-1500
1400 1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500 as
1400-1500
t400-1500
1400-1405
1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1415-1430vl
1415-1427
1420-1500 as
1430-1500

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMll R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. IWHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Va1ican Slale. Valican R
Zambia. Chrislian Voice
Zambia. R Zambia/ZNBC 1
Cyprus. BRT International
Nepal. Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Australra. Radio

1430-1500
1430 1440
1430-1440 mtwhf
1430 1500
14301500 vi
1440-1500

Guam AWRIKSDA
India. All India Radio
Indonesia. RRI UJ Pandang
Romania. R Romama Intl
Zambia. R Zambia/ZNBC 2
Myanmar. Voice of

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9655as
5990as
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17840am
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6160as
9760as
15425as
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6040am
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9955am
7355am
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15105am

12160am
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t3845am
11830na

15685am
17750ca

6080pa
11660as

96 15as

9850pa

6185do

9565do

9685do

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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1400
1400
1400
1400
1401
1406
1410
1411
1413
1420
1425
1425
1432
1435
1445

Canada. RCI Monlreal: News. News lrorn eilher 1he Canadian

Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) or Radio Canada ln1erna1ional
(RCI).
China. China Radio Intl: News. See S 0000.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
UK. BBC London (AEIAF/AS): It's Your Verdict' (6th). Lisleners
are invited 10 call-in on a debale abou11opical issues.
Canada, RCI Monlreal: Sunday Mornmg (2nd hour). See S
1311.
China. China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
Russia, Voice or: News and Views. See S 0311.
China. China Radio Intl: Sports Beat. News from lhe world ol
sports.
China. China Radio Intl: China Snapshots. A tour around cities
and town in China with locus on local flavor and customs.
China. China Radio Intl: In lhe Third World. A report on
projects in developing countri es.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Profile. See S 0025.
Russia. Voice of: Kaleidoscope. A variely ot topics ranging
from science and ecology to cultural mailers.
China. China Radio Intl: Song ot lhe Week. Aselection of the
new pop music in China.
China. China Radio Intl: Listeners' Lenerbox. Listener le11ers
and information aboul China.

Mondays
1400
1400
1400
1410
141 1
1415
1420
1430
1430
1432
1434

56

China, China Radio Intl: News. See S 0000.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S0000.
China. China Radio Intl: News aboul China. See S 0010.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Mlnules. See M 0015.
China, China Radio Intl: Curren! Affairs. An in-depth look at
events and happenings in China.
China, China Radio lnil: Press Clippings. Several items from
the Chinese press.
UK. BBC London (AS): Living Together (30th.71h.141h). See M
0130.
Russia, Voice of: Folk Box. See S 2332.
China. China Radio Intl. China's Open Windows. Focus on a

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1445

particular area of lnves1men1 in China.

China, China Radio lnll: Changzhou Reports. A look at this
industrial city in East China's Jlangsu Province and the people
who live and work \here.
China, China Radio Intl: Idioms and Their Slories. A regular
fealure for s1udents studying Chinese.

Tuesdays
1400
1400
1400
1410
1411
1415
1415
1419
1432
1433
1438
1445

China. China Radio lnll: News. See S0000.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
China. China Radio Intl: News aboul China. See S 0010
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
China. China Radio Intl: News Analysis. Background on
current news events.
Japan, NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
China. China Radio Intl: Currenl Affairs. See M 1420.
Russia. Voice of: Yours tor 1heAsking. See M 2332.
China, China Radio Intl: Press Clippings. See M 1430.
China, China Radio Intl: Orienl Arena. Focus on sporting
events and Chinese sports personalities.
China, China Radio Intl: Listeners' Lenerbox. See S 1445.

Wednesdays
1400
1400
1400
1410
1411
1415
1420
1432
1433
1438
1445

China. China Radio 1n11: News. See S 0000.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. Sees 0000.
Russia, Voice ot: News. See S 0000.
China, China Radio lnll: News about China. See S 0010.
Russia. Voice ol: News and Vi ews. See S 0311.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minu1es. See M 0015.
China. China Radio Intl: Curren\ Affairs. See M 1420.
Russia, Voice ot: The Jazz Show. See M 0432.
China. China Radio lnll: Press Clippings. See M 1430.
China. China Radio Intl: Profile. Tl1e activilies ol an inleresting
individual are examined.
China, China Radio Intl: Learn lo Speak Chinese. Chinese
language lessons tor English speakers.

Thursdays
1400
1400
1400

China. China Radio lnU: News. See S 0000.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

1410
1411
141 5
1415
1419
1432
1434
1438
1444

China, China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.

Russia. Voice ol: News and Views. See S 0311 .
China. China Radio lnll: News Analysis. See T t 415.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
China. China Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M 1420.
Russia. Voice of: Yours for U1e Asking. Sec M 2332.
China. China Radio Intl: Press Clippings. See M 1430.
China. China Radio lnll: Focus. Looking al an issue of
significance to China's development
China, China Radio ln11: Cultural Speclrum. The rich
cultural heri1age ot China in li1era1ure. music and art

Fridays
1400
1400
1400
1410
1411
1415
1420
1432
1434
1446

China. China Radio Intl: News. See S 0000.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
China. China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
Japan. NHK/Radio: 44 l~inutes. See M 0015.
China. China Radio Intl: Curren! Affairs. See M 1420.
Russia, Voice ot: Music al Your Request See M 1132.
China, China Radio Intl: Lile in China. Focus on an
aspecl of everyday living.
China. China Radio Intl: Global Review. News aboul
developing nations.

Saturdays

1400
1400
1400
1410
1410
1411
1417
1423
1427
1432
1435

China, China Radio lnll: News. See S 0000.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S0000.
China, China Radio Intl: News aboul China. See S 0010.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Weekend Break. See M 0125.
Russia, Voice ol: News and Views. See S 0311 .
China. China Radio Intl: Chinese Folklales. See S 0017.
China, China Radio Intl: The Cooking Show. See S 0023.
China, China Radio Intl: China Scrapbook. See S0027.
Russia, Voice of: T1melines. See S 1632.
China, China Radio Intl: Music from Cl1ina. See S 0035.

---..,.-,-""~-""'

FREQUENCIES .

1soo UTC

SHORTWAVE GUIDE

!:~~OA~Mp~~T
...

15001600
150016CO

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Aus1raha. Radio

1500 1600 vi
15001600 vi
1500 1600 vi
15001600 VI
1500 1600
1500 160)
1500 t 60)
1500 1600
1500 1600
1500 1600
15001600 s
15001600
15001600
1500 1600 as
15001600
15001600 a
15001525
1500 1600 vi
1500-1600

Aus1raha VL8A Alice Spg

Aus1ra11a. VL8K Ka1he11ne
Aus1ral1a. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halilax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RCanada Intl
China. Ch111a Radio Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea R Easl Africa
Guam. TWR/KTWR
lreland.W Coast R Ireland
Israel Ko Israel
llaly. IRAS
Japan. R Japan NHK World

1500-1600
15001510
1500-1 600
1500 1600 vi
1500 1600 vi
15001530
15001530
15001515s
1500-1525
1500 1600 occsnal
1500-1550
15001530s
1500 1530 as
1500-1600 vi
15001600
15001526
1500-1600

Jordan. Radio
Liberia LCWR L1be11a In!
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuch1ng
Malaysia RTM Ko1aKmabalu
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Mongoha Voice ol
Myanmar. Voice ol
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ ln!I
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Pluhppines FEBCIR Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

..... .
I 1775am
5995pa
9615as
12080pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11855am
7160as
12005am
15186af
11580as
6175eu
9435eu
3985va
7200at
11730at
11690eu
5100do
7295do
7160do
5980do
9705na
9720as
5990do
9890as
6100pa
9325eu
9980as
9985as
4890do
11995as
15335as
4740va
7345as
12025va

6060pa
9850pa

13650am
7405na
1511 5am

6080pa
11660as

9535as
21455am

11695as

15640ca

7240at
15355at

9535na

r.r, . ,

9580pa
11soopa

9785as

9750as

12085au
12090as

15585as

9640cu
11840as

9975na

17720as
4940va
9730va
12035va

4975va
11775va
15350va

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

...

1500 1600 mlwhla

150C 1545 sm
1500 1600 mtwllta
1500 1530 mt ta
15001600
15001600

Sey:helles. FEBA Radio

Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Seychelles FEBA Radio
Singapore.A Corp ol Sing
United Kingd om. BBC WS

1500 1530
1500 1600
1500 1600
15001600
15001600
15001600

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA KWHR Naalehu HI
USA Monitor Radio Intl
USA Voice of America

15001600
15001 600
15001600
15001600
15001600 mr.-1hf
15001600
15001600 as
15001600
15001600
15001600
1500 1600 vi
15001600 vi
15151530 mtwhl
1530-545

USA WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMllR Miami fnll
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. l/'NHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zamhia. Christian Voice
Zambia. A Zamb1a/2NBC 1
Zambia. R Zarnb1a/2NBC 2
Estoma. Radio
India. All India Radio

15301600
1530 1600 mtwhl
15451600 sh
15451600
15451600

Iran, VOIAI
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Bangladesh. Bangla Belar
Israel. Kol Israel
Pak1s1an. Radio

15501600

Valican S!ale. Valican R

13785me

7325va
11315va
I 5430va

..
15460va
9810as
11600as
9810as
11870as
6155do
5975as
94 tOeu
1t865am
15400at
17705al
21660al
11860at
13815am
15590am
9930as
9355as
6160as
9700me
15395as
9455na
94DOam
9930am
7490na
9955am
7355am
15745va
9475am
11830na
6065af
-l910do
6t65do
5925eu
3945do
9530do
9910do
7215as
9730as
4880do
12080va
9425as
13590al
9940as

. . . ..

..

5990as
9515am
11940al
15485at
17830at

6190al
9740as
12095as
15565va
17840am

6195as
11750as
15220am
15575va
21470at

15420at

t 7880af

21490af

7125as
9760as

721 5as
15205as

9645as
15255va

11875na

15745na

13760am

15105am

12160am
17750ca

13845am

15685am

6185do
9565do
11740do
9550as

7140do
9685do

7410do
9700do

11570a1

11955af

15650va
9515as
15555af
11635as

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500
1500
1500
1500
1505
1510
1510
1511
1513
1520
1525
1532
1535
1545

Canada. RCI Monlreal News. See S 1400

Cima. China Radio Intl Ne>'IS. See S 0000.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Nel's. See S 0000.
RJssia, Voice ot: News See S 0000.
Canada. RCI Montreal Sunday Morning (3rd hour). See S
1311.
China. China Radio Intl News abou1China See S0010
Japan, NHK/Rad10: Hello from Tokyo. See S 0110.
Russia, Voice of: Program Preview. See S0411.
China. China Radio lnll: Sports Beal. See S 1413.
China. China Radio lnll: China Snapshots. See S 1420.
China. China Radio lnll: In !he Third World. See S 1425.
Russia. Voice ot: Moscow Yesterday and Today. Sees 0432.
China. China Radio Intl: Song of the Week. See S 1435.
Cl1ina. China Rallio Intl Listeners' Leuerbox. See S t445.

Mondays
1500
1500
1500
1510
151 1
1515
t 520
1525
1530
1532
1534
1539
1545

China. China Radio lnll News See S 0000

Japan. NHK/Rad10: News. See S 0000.
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
China. China Radio Intl News about China See S 0010.
Russia. Voice ot: Moscow Mailbag. See S 001 1.
Japan. NHK/Rad10: Asian Top News. See M 0115
China. China Radio Intl Current Affairs See M 1420.
Japan. NHK/Rad10: Sound of Asia. See M 0125.
Ch na. China Radio Intl Press Clippings See M 1430.
Russia. Voice ol. This is Russia See S 0532.
China. China Radio Intl: Chinas Open Windows. See M
1434.
China. China Radio Intl. Changzhou Reports. See M 1439
China. China Radio lnll: Idioms and Their Slories. See M
1445

Tuesdays
1500
1500

China. China Radio Intl News. See S 0000.

Japan, NliK/Raclio: News. See S 0000.

1500
1511
151 1
1515
1515
1515
1519
1532
1533
1538
1545

Russia. Voice of. News See S0000.

China. China Radio Intl. News about China. See S 0010.
Russia. Voice of. Focus on Asia and 1he Pacific. See T 0011.
China. China Radio Intl: News Anatysis See T 1415.
Japan. NHK!Aad10 Asian Top News. See M 0115.
UK. BBC London (AE). Red Hills ot Home (1s1.81h). See T
0030.
China. China Radio lnll Curren! Atta11s See M 1420.
Russia, Voice of: Mosco11 Yeslerday and Today. See S 0432.
China. China Radio lnU: Press Clippings. See M 1430.
China. China Radio Intl: 011en1 Arena. See T 1438.
China. China Radio hill: Listeners' Letlerbox. See S 1445.

Wednesdays

1500
1500
1500
151 O
1511
1515
1520
1525
1532
1533
1538
1545

China. China Radio Intl: News. See S0000.

Japan. NHK/RMio News See S0000.
Russia. Voice ol. Nms See S0000.
China. Cliina R<d10 Intl: News aboul China. See S 0010.
Russia. Voice of. Focus on Asia and the Pacific See T 0011.
Japan. NltK/Rad10 Asian Top Ne11s. See M 0115.
China. China Radio lnll: Curren! Allairs See M 1420.
Japan. NHK/Rad10 Music Rellec11ons See W 0125.
Russia. Voice of This is Russia. See S 0532.
China Cl11na Radio Intl. Press Clippings See M 1430.
China. China Radio lnll Profile. See W 1438.
China. China Radio Intl: Learn 10 Speak Chinese. See W
1445.

Thursdays
1500
1500
1500
15 rO
1511
1515
15t5
1519

China Giima Radio Intl News. See S0000

Japan. NHK/Rad10. News. See S 0000
Russia. Vnice 01 News See S 0000.
China. China Radio Intl. News aboul China. See S 0010.
Russia. Voice of Focus on Asia and !he Pacific. See T 0011.
China. China Radio Intl News Analysis. See T 1415.
Japan. NHK/Racl10. Asian Top News. See M 0115.
China. China Radio 1n11 Curren! Atlairs. See M 1420.

1532
t534
1538
1544

Russia. Voice ot: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S

0432.
China, China Radio Intl: Press Clippings. See M 1430.
China. China Radio Intl: Focus. See H 1438.
China. China Radio Intl: Cullural Specirum. See H 1444.

Fridays
1500
1500
1500
1510
1511
1515
1520
1525
1532
1534
1546

China, China Radio lnll: News. See S0000.

Japan, NHK/R adlo: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
China, China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacilic. See T
0011.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Top News. See M 0115.
China. China Radio Intl: Curren! Affairs. See M 1420.
Japan. NHK/Radio Music Beat See F0125.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.
China. China Radio Intl: Life in China. See F 1434.
China. China Radio Intl: Global Review. See F 1446.

Saturdays
1500
1500
1500
1510
1510
1511

1517
1523
1527
1532
1535

China. China Radio tnu: News. See S 0000.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 0000.
Russia. Voice of News. See S 0000.
China. China Radio lnll: News about China. See S 0010.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asia Weekly. See A 0110.
Russa. Voice ot: Focus on Asia and !he Pacific. See T
001 1
China. China Radio lnll: Chinese Folktales. See S 0017.
China. China Radio lnll: The Cooking Show. See S 0023.
China, China Radio Intl: China Scrapbook. See S 0027.
Russia. Voice ol : Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S
0432.
China, China Radio Intl: Music lrom China. See S 0035.

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FREQUENCIES .

...

Algeria. R Algiers lnll

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Aus1raha Radio

1600-1700 vi
1600-1 700 vi
1600-1700 vi
1600- 1610
1600 1700 vi
1600-1700
1600 1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600 1700
1600-1700
1600-1 700
1600 1700 as
1600- 1627
1600-1700
1600-1700

Aus1raha. VL8A Alice Spg

Auslraha. VL8K Ka1he11ne
Ausuaha. VL8T Terll Crk
Bangladesh. Bangla Be1ar
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CfCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX To1on10
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada CKZN SI John's
Canada CKZU Vancouve1
China. China Radio Intl
Cos1a Rica. Ad v World R
C1ech Rep. Radio Prague
Et111op1a Radio
France. Radio France Intl

1600-165C

Ge1 many Deu1sche Welle

1600-1630
Guam TVIR-'KTWR
Iran. VOIRI
1600-1630
1600-1 700 vi
llaly. IRAS
1600-1630
Jordan. Radio
1600-1610
Leso1ho. Radio Lesotho
1600-1700
Malaysia Radio
1600-1650 occsnal New Zealand. R NZ Intl
1600-1630
Pak1s1an. Radio

1600-1630
1600 1700
1600-1700
1600 1700

Papua Nel'I Guinea. NBC

Russia.Voice of Russia WS

S Afnca. Channel Africa

Singapore.A Co1p of S111g
South Korea. A Korea Intl
Sv1az11a11d. Trans World A
Swnzerland. Swiss A !nil

1600-16~0

.. .. . ......

1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700

1600-1700 vi
1600-1700

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SHORTWAVE GUIDE

1600 UTC
11715af
11775am
5995pa
9615pa
11800pa
23 IOdo
2485do
2325do
4880do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
151IOaf
9725am
5930eu
7165af
11615me
15460al
6170as
9875as
11580as
72 15as
3985va
11690eu
4800do
7295do
6100pa
9485af
15595me
4890do
7345as
9615af
9765af
11665me
11 i75va
11985va
15430eu
6120af
6155do
5975eu
9500af
12075as

6060pa
9850pa
12080pa

1600-1700

UAE. Radio Dubai

Unileil Kingdom. BBC WS

1600 1615
16001700
1600 1700
1600 1700
16001 700
16001700
1600-1700

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk C1iy UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Moni1or Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1600 1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1 700
f 600 1700 sml\1hf
1600-1700 mll'lhf
16001700
16001700
1600-1700

USA WEWN B11111mgham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upl on KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMllR M1am1Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

1600-1610
1600-1 630
1600-1700
1600-1 700 vi
1600-1700 vi
1610-1615
1615-1700as
1615-1630

Vatican S1a1e. Va11can A

Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia. Chnsllan Voice
Zambia. R Zambia/ZNBC 1
Zambia. R Zamb1a1ZNBC 2
Bangladesh. Bangla Betar
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Vatican State. Vatican R

1630-1655

Austria. A Auslria Intl

1630 1657
1630-1700
1630-1700
1630-1700
1630- 1700
1645-1700 irreg
1645-1700
1650- 1700
165~ 1700 mlwhf

Canada. A Canada Intl

Egypl. Radio Ca110
Georgia. Radio
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
A!ghanis1an. Radio
Ta1ik1s1an.Rad10 Dushanbe
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
New Zealand. A NZ lnll

1600-16~0

15160me
6080pa
9860pa

9580pa
11 660pa

15520do

15130af
11870am
17485af
9560af
11700af
15530af
7185af
11810af

. . ....

...

13750am
11800af
12015af

15210al

7225as
13690as

9735af
17800af

9550as

11565as

11935as

7440eu
9635af
9775eu
11675af
11 835va
12025va
15540va
96B5af

9440af
9675eu
9880af
11685me
11850va
15350va
17875va

9515af

9870af

13635as

15530as

15570af

9595al
9730af
9975af
11725me
11945va
15400eu

15395me
3255af
7160as
15400af
17830af
5990as
1381 5am
15590am
17775na
9930as
9385al
6035af
721 Sas
13600af
15255va
17895af
11875na
9400am
9930am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
7355am
9475am
11705na
21525af
9940as
9840af
3330af
4910do
6165do
4880do
9515am
4005eu
11810pa
6155eu
13730af
7150as
15255al
6180eu
11600as
5915eu
7200as
7245as
15186af
6145pa

I i 630eu
3915as
9410eu
15485eu
17840am
6195as

5975as
11 750as
15565me
21470af
9515am

6190af
12095eu
15575va
21660af
9740as

t 1550eu
61 l Oas
9645as
13710af
15395as

18930af
6160as
9700me
15205va
154 IOaf

7125as
9760as
15225af
15445af

13615na

15745eu

13760am

15105am

12160am
11 830na
21745eu
11635as
15010af
4965al

13845am
15695eu

15685am
17750eu

11860af
5882as

15420al
7250as

9645au

9655eu

11 855me

13710as

9550as

13580me
6055eu

7345eu

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays

Tuesdays

1600
1600
1600
1606
1606
1608
1608

1600
1600
1600
1606
1611

1609
1609
1611
1632
1633
1634

Germany. Deulsche Welle News. See S 0100

Germany. Deu1sche Welle News. See S 0100
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000
Germany. Oeu1sc11e Welle Commenlary See S 1106
Germany, DeulscheWelle: Commenlary. See S 1106.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: A1t s on the Air. See S 1108.
Germany, Deu1sche Welle Fca1u1e of 1he Monlh (1 ). See S
11 08.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Alt s on the Air. See S 1108.
Germany Deutsche Welle Fea1u1e Ol lhe Month fl ) See S
1108.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag See s 0011.
Russia. Voice of: T1mel1nes EstelleWinters hosts a varieiy
program 111th an upbeal fta11 and an insight inlo Mosco\'/
hie
Germany. Deutsche Welle. German by Radio. See S 1133.
Germany, Deu1schc Welle Africa H1ghhght A weekly featu1e
on an 1mponant topic concerning Alrica

Mondays
1600
1600
1600
1606
1611
1630
1632
1633
1633

58

Germany. Deu1sche Welle News See S 0100

Gc1many. Oeulsche Welle: News See S 0100.
Russia. Voice ol News See S 0000
Germany. Deutsche Welle NewsLink See M 1106.
Russia. Voice ol riewmarkel See M 1211
Russia. Voice of !Jews m BneL See S 0030.
Russia, Voice al: nus 1s Russia. See S 0532.
Germany. Deutsche Welle Africa Report. See M 1133.
Ge1many. Deutsche Welle. As1a-Pac1hc Report.
Corrcspondcnl rcpons. interviews and background news
lrom the Asia-Pacific region

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1630
1632
1633
1633

Ge1many. Deu1sche Welle: News See S 0100.

Gc1many, Deu1sche Welle: News. See S 0100.
Russia. Voice ol: News. Sec S 0000.
Germany. Dculsche Welle: NewsLmk. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering in 1he
Commonweallh. See S 0511 .
Russia. Voice ol: News in Brief_ See S 0030.
Russia, Voice ol: Moscow Yes1erday and Today. See S0432.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See M 1133.
Germany. Deu1sche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See M 1633.

Wednesdays
1600
1600
1600
1606
161 1
1630
1632
1633
1633

Germany, Deu1sche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Ge1many, Deutsche Welle: Nel'IS. See S 0100.
Russia. Voice ol. News. See S0000.
Germany. Deu1sche Welle: Nel'lsLmk. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering in l he
Common>'leal1h See S 0511 .
Russia. Voice of News in Bnef. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice ol This is Russia. See S 0532.
Germany. Deu1sche Welle Africa Report. See M 1133.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See M 1633.

1633
1633

Fridays
1600
1600
1600
1606
1611
1630
1632
1633
1633
1647

Germany. Deu1sche Welle: News. See S 0100.

Germany. Deulsche Welle: News See S 0100.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deu1sche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S0011.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brie f. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice or Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S 0432.

Germany. Deu1sche Welle: News. See S 01 00.

Germany. Deulsche Welle: News. See S0100.
Russia. Voice or: News. See S 0000.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Newmarket. See M 1211.
Russia. Voice ol: News in Briel. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: You1 Top Tune. See S 0232.
Germany, Oeu1sche Welle: Africa Report. See M 1133.
Germany. Deu1sche Welle: Asia-Pacific Repon. See M 1633.
Russia. Voice of: You Wnre to Moscow. See S 0247.

Saturdays
1600
1600
1600
1608
1608
1611
1612

Thursdays
1600
1600
1600
1606
1611
1630
1632

Germany, Deu1sche Welle: Africa Report. See M 1133.

Germany. Deu1sche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See M 1633.

1612
1622
1628
1640
1642

Germany. Oeu1sche Welle: News. See S0100.

Germany, Deu1sche Welle: News. See S0100.
Russia. Voice ol: News. See S 0000.
Germany. Deu1sche Welle: Commentary. See S 1106.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Commenlary. See S 1106.
Russia. Voice of: Music and Musicians. See S 0111 .
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Africa in l he German Press. Whal
lhe German newspapers and weeklies have 10 say aboul
Africa.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Germany This Week. See A 1112.
Germany. Deu1sche Welle: 1n1erna1ional Talking Point.
Journalists discuss ma1or 1tends and events.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: lnlernarional Talking Point. See A
1622.
Germany. Deulschc Welle: Religion and Socieiy. See S 0433.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: People and Places. lnlerviews.
S1ones and music 101 Africa lisleners.

FREQUENCIES .... . .
1700-1800
1700-1800

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

1700-1 BOO vi
1700-1800 vi
1700-1800 vi
1700 1800 vi
17001800
17001800
17001800
17001800
17001800
17001800
1700-1800
1700 1727
1700-1800
17001800
17001730
17001800

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada CFRX Toronto
Canada CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Gumea. Radio Africa
France. Radio France Intl
Japan. RJapan/N HK World

1700 1800 mtwhf

1700-1750
17001800 vi
1700 1755
17001800

New Zealand, R NZ Intl

Nonh Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1700 1730
1700-1730
1700 1730
1700-1800

S Africa Channel Africa

Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Spam. R Exlerior Espana
United Kingdom. BBC WS

17001745
17001800
1700-1800
17001800
1700 1800
1700 1800

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KV/HR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1700 1800 mtwhf

USA. Voice of America

17001800
1700 1800
1700 1800
1700 1800
1700 1800
1700 1800 smtwhf
1700 1800 mtwhf
1700 1800
1700-1800 mtwhf
17001800
1700f800
1700-1800
1700 1800 vi
1700-1800 vi
1700-1800 vi
1730 18CO vi
1730 1800 mtwhf
1730-1800
1730 1800
1730-1740
1730-1756
1730-1800 mtwh
17301800
1730-1800 s
1730 1759
1745 1800
1745 f 800

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami lnll
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WIVCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Chris1ian Voice
Zambia. R Zambia/ZNBC 1
Zambia. R Zambia/ZNBC 2
Znnbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Cyprus. BRT International
Georgia. Radio
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Netherlands. Radio
Pakistan. Radio
Romania. R Romania Intl
Swaziland. Trans World R
Sweden. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Vatican State. Vatican R
Bangladesh. Bangla Betar
India. All India Radio

17451800

Swaziland. Trans World R

11i75am
6060pa
9860pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
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15255af
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15620me

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12095eu
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7170as
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18001900
1800-1900
18001900
1800 1900
1800 t900
1800 1900
1800-1 900
1800 1830
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1800 1900
1800 1900

Brazil. Radio Bras

Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Georgia. Voice of Hope
India. All India Radio

t 800-t 900 vi
1800 1900 vi
1800-1900
18001900 s
1800 1900
1800 1825
18001900 mtwhf
1800t830 s
18001900 vi
1800 1900

Italy. IRRS
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwait. Radio
Morocco. RTVM Marocaine
Mozambique. Radio Maputo
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russ1a.Vo1ce of Russia WS

t 8001900
1800 1900
1800 1830
18001900

Sudan. Radio Omdurman

Swaziland. Trans World R
Swaziland. Trans World R
United Kingdom. BBC WS

18001830
1800-1900
18001900
18001900
18001900
1800 1900

United Kmgdorn. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalchu HI
USA. Monitor Radio ln!I

18001900

USA. Vmce of America

18001900
1B001 900
1800 1900
1800-1900
18001900
1800-1900 smtwh f
1800 1900 as
1800-1900
18001900 smtwhf
1800-1900
18001900
18001827
1800 t900
18001900
18001900 vi
1800 1900 vi
1800 1900 vi
18051830
1825 1900 vi
t830t900 t
18301900
1830t900

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMllR M1am1 Intl
USA. WRNO Ne11 Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville fN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Yemen. Yemern Rep Radio
Zamo1a. Christian Vorce
Zamo1a. R Zamb1a/ZNBC 1
Zambia. R Zamh1a/ZNBC 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Mala11i. MBC
Cyprus. Bill International
Belarus. Radiosta Belarus
Georgia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio

1830-1900\'I
1830t900 a
1830 1900
1830 t835
1830-1900
1830t900
1830-t900
1833-t900
18401850
18451900
1845 1900 mtwhf
1845-1900 irreg s

Saipan FEBC/KfBS
Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
Somalia. Radio Mogadishu
Turkey. Voice of
United Kingdom BBC WS
USA Voice of America
Cote o 1vo1re. RDTV
Greece. Voice of
Albania. R Tirana Intl
Armenm. Voice of
Mair. RDTV Malienne

15265eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6t60do
6160do
15255af
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5915cu
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4810me
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9650eu
13770as

9950af
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11620af
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4935do

6150do

4855af
7120af

11655af

9590me

15220af

7350af
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7440eu
9880eu
11775va

9440af
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6180eu
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15575va
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17830af
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1800-1900
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AnguillaCaribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

1800-1900 vi
1800-1900 vi
18001900vl
18001900
t 800-182~ mtwhfa

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Bangladesh. Bangla Betar
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int

11775am
6080as
9615as
2310do
2485do
2325do
7190eu
5910eu

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9860pa

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19002000
19002000 mf/VI
19002000

Angu1lla,Ca11bbean Beacon
Argentma. RAE
Australia. Radio

19002000 vi
19002000 vi
19002000 vi
19001920
19002000
1900-2000
19002000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
19002000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-2000 vi
1900-2000
19002000
1900-1930 rn
19002000
1900 1950

Auslralia. VL8A Allee Spg

Australia. VL8K Kathe11ne
Aust1aha. VL8T Tent Crk
B1az1I. Radio Bras
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFAX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calga1y
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN Sl John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Chma. Cluna Radio Intl
Cosla Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cole D' lvoire. RD TV
Cyprus. BRT lnlermtional
Ecuador. HCJB
EQI Gumea. Radio Af11 ca
Estonia. Radio
Georgia. Voice of Hope
Germany. Deutsche Welle

1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-1945

Guatemala. Adv World R

Hungary, Radio Budapesl
India. All India Radio

1900-2000 h
19001925
19002000 11
1900-2000 ;I
1900-2000
1900-1 930 as
1900-1915
1900-1930
19002000

heland.W Coast R Ireland

Israel Kol Israel
Italy IRRS
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwail. Radio
Latvia. Radio
Libena.LCN/R Libe1ia Int
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Netherlands. Radio

1900 1951 mlwh

1900-2000
19002000 vi
1900-2000

Ne\'/ Zealand. R NZ Intl

Nigeria. Voice of
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Romania. R Romania lnll

1900-2000

Russ1aVoice of Russia WS

19002000
19002000
1900-2000
19001930
1900 2000

Soulh Korea. R Korea lnll

SwaLiland, Trans Wo1ld R
Thailand. Radio
Turkey. V01ce of
Un11ed Kingdom. BBC WS

19002000
1900-2000
1900-2000
19002000

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Mon1lor Radio lnll

1900-2000

USA. Voice of Amenca

1900-1930 s
19002000
1900-2000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000 smtwllf
19002000
19002000
1900-2000 mtwhfa
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1927
19002000
19002000 vi
1900-2000 vi
t 900-2000 vi
19101955
t9302000
t930-2000
t930-2000
t930-2000
t930-2000
t935 1955
t9502000
1952-2000

USA. Voice of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINa Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R M1am1lnll
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam Voice of
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. RZambia/ZNBC 1
Zambia. R Zambia/ZNBC 2
Z11nbabwe. Zimbab\'le BC
Ge1 mtlny. VO Mediterranean
Georgia. Radio
Iran. VDIRI
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Sweden. Radio
Un1led Kingdom. BBCWS
Italy, RAI Intl
va1ica11 Stale. va1ica11 R
New Zealand . R NZ Intl

60

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11775a111
15345eu
6080pa
9615as
23 10do
2485do
2325do
t 5265eu
9700eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
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11920do
6150do
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15186af
5925eu
9310eu
7250af
11785af
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3975eu
7410eu
11935af
15625af
7465na
3985va
4885do
11990eu
5935eu
5lOOdo
9705na
6020af
15315af
6145pa
7255af
4890do
7105af
11810eu
7250af
7440eu
9710eu
9880af
11765va
5975eu
3200af
7210eu
9445eu
3255af
6195va
12095eu
I 7830af
138153111
15590am
13625au
9355eu
1;51oaf
6035af
9760af
1541 0al
4950af
15375sa
9400am
9495am
15715eu
7490na
9465eu
9955am
73553111
15715af
9475am
1755531
9840eu
3330al
4910do
6165do
4828do
12060eu
11760eu
7260al
6035eu
6065eu
t1835al
601 Seu
4005eu
9845pa

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7240pa
9860pa

7330as
11880pa

9580pa
12080pa

11720eu

11515a'

21455am

9640af
1181 0al

9670af
13790af

7155eu
9650eu
13770as

9755eu
9950me
13780as

I 1620eu
I 5075as

9435na

11605va

15640au

4935do

6150do

7120af
17605at

7195eu
11940af
7295al
9440af
9740af
9890eu
13670af
7275as
9535eu
13695na
6005af
9410af
15400al

9895af

9550eu
7350al
9620af
9775af
9945af
15400eu

9735al

11655af

9690eu
7370eu
9665af
9795eu
I 1675eu
17875va

9655eu

11905eu

6180eu
9630af
15485va

6190af
9740as
I 5575va

20002100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2 100

Algeria R Algiers Intl

Angola Radio Nacional
Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

2000-2100 vi
2000-2100 vi
2000-2 100 vi
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2 100
2000-2100
20002100
2000-2100
2000-2100

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Ausl ralia. VLSK Katherine
Aus1raha. VLST Tent Crk
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN Sl Johns
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada lnll
Canada. R Canada lnll

2000-2100

China. China Radio Intl

2000-2100
2000-2100 vi
2000-2027
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2030
2000-2007
2000-2050
2000-2030
200020 10
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2030
2000 2100 vi
2000-2100 vi
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2030
2000-2025

Cos1a Rica, RF Peace lnll

Cyprus, BRT International
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
EQI Guinea. Radio Africa
Fmlano. YLE/R Finland
Georgia. Voice of Hope
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece. Voice of
Guatemala. Adv World R
Indonesia. Voice of
Iran. VOIRI
Italy. IRRS
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwail. Radio
Malta. VD Mediterranean
Mexico. Radio Mexico lnll
Nell1erlands, Radio

2000-2051 sml\1h
2000-2058 a
2000-2005
2000-2050
2000-2 100 vi
2000-2025
2000-2030 mtwhf
2000-2100

New Zealand. R NZ lnll

New Zealand, R NZ lnll
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Norlh Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Poland, Polish R Warsaw
Portugal. R Portugal lnll
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

2000-2015
2000-2100
2000-2015 irreg
2000-2100 m!Vlhf
2000-2015
2000-2030
2000-20 15
2000-2100

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Samaha. Radio Mogadishu
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerl and, Swiss R lnll
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS
6190al
6195va
12095eu
15400al
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl

2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2030

9385af

13770eu

15665eu

7325af
11870pa
15445af

7415al
11975af
15580af

9525pa
15180pa

15745na
13625am

12160am

13760eu

13845a111

15685am

t50t0eu
4965a1

9022eu
6095eu
7230eu
5882eu

7285eu
9670eu
7250eu

9645eu

20002100
20002100
2000-2100
20002 100
2000-2 100
2000-2100 smlwhf
2000-2 100
2000-2100
2000-2100 mt11hfa
2000-2100
2000-2100

USA. Voice of America

9760al
9770af
15580af
17725af
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami lnll
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. 'INHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

2000-2010
20002030
2000-2100
2000-2100 vi
2000-2 100 vi
2005-2100
2015-2030
2025-2045
2025-2035 mtwhf
20302100
20302100
20302100
20302100
2030-2100
2030-2100
20302045
20302100 as
20302057
20<15-2100

Va11can Slate. Vatican R

Va11can Slate, Vatican R
Zambia, Chrislian Voice
Zambia. R Zambia/ZNBC 2
Z1mb2bwe. Zimbabl'le BC
Sy11a, Radio Damascus
Nam1b1a. NBC
llaly, RAI lnll
Latvia. Radio
Armema. Voice of
Cuba, Radio Havana
Egypl. Radio Cairo
Germany.Adventist World R
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Sweden. Radio
Thailand. Radio
USA. Voice of America
Vietnam. Voice of
India. All India Radio

2052-2100 smtwh
20592100 a

New Zealand, R NZ Intl

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

11 715af
3355do
11 775am
6080pa
9860pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5995va
11690af
15325af
6950eu
9920eu
15050am
6150do
5930eu
11960eu
15186af
6120eu
9310eu
7170eu
3366do
7430eu
5980am
9525as
7260af
3955va
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11 990eu
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15315af
9845pa
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7350eu
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17755af
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11735pa
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11880pa

7330as
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7235eu
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17820al
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11 600au
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9855eu
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9895af

1165531

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9975as

6095eu
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9620eu
11675eu

11 775al
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13635af

5975as
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6005af
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17830af

6180eu
11835at

11550eu

11860pa

13770eu

6035al
11975af

7375af
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74 15af
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13615na

15375sa

15745na

13760eu

15405eu

12160am
11580eu

13845am
17555eu

15685am
17845af

5882eu
9660af
4965af

7250eu
11625af

9645eu

13610eu
3290do
9710na

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13625as
9680eu

11905eu

12020eu
7410eu
11 715pa

1501Oeu
9910au

9950eu

2100 UTC
S:OO PM EDT/2:00 PM PDT

FREQUENCIES . . . . .
2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2200

Albania, R Tirana Intl

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacc1n
Australia. Radio

2100-2130
2100-2130 vi
2100-2130 vi
2100-2200 vi
2100-2130 vi
21002200 vi
2100-2125
2100-2200
2100-2 115 vi
2100-2200 vi
2100-2200 vi
21002200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2130

Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Allee Sp1J
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia. VLBK Katherinii
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Australia. VL8T Ten! Crk
Belgium. R Vlaanderen I nl
Bulgaria. Radio
Cameroon. Radio Cameroon
Cameroon, Radio Garoua
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toron10
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada, R Canada Intl

2100-2130 mtwhf
2100-2200
2100-2130
21002130
2100-2200
2100-2130
21002200 vi
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002150

Canada. R Canada Intl

China. China Radio Intl
China. China Radio Intl
China. China Radio lnll
Costa Rica. RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Cyprus. BRT lnternalional
Ecuador. HCJB
Egyp!. Radio Cairo
EQt Guinea. Radio Al nc:a
Germany, Deu1sche Wi lle

2100-2130
2100-2130
2100-2200

Germany.Adventist Wo~d R
Hungary. Radio Budapest
India. All India Radio

2100-2200 vi
2100-2200
2100-2107 vi
21002200
2100-2115
2100-2107
2100 2200 sm1wha
21002106f
2100-2200
2100-2200
21 00-2200 vi
2100-2156
21002200

Italy, IRAS
Japan. R Japan/NHK World
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice ol Hope
Liberia,LCN/R Liberoa Int
Namibia. NBC
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCNIRad10
Nigeria, Voice ol
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia.Voice ol Russia ws

2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2130
2100-2200 as
2100-2105
2100-2110
2100-2200

Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia

South Korea. R Korea Intl
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Syria. Radio Damascus
Uganda, Radio
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

2100-2200

United Kingdom. BBC WS

2100-2130
2100-2145
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200

Umted Kingdom. BBC WS

United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, Monitor Radio Intl

21002200

USA. Voice ol America

2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200 smtwhf
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI tloblesville IN
USA. WtNB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WRMllA Miami Intl
USA. WRNQ New Orleans LA
USA, YWHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Christian Voice

71lOeu
11775am
7240pa
11 855as
6080pa
231Ddo
2485do
5025do
2325do
4910do
5910eu
9700eu
4850do
5010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
603Ddo
613Ddo
616Ddo
6160do
11690al
15325al
5995eu
6950eu
11715al
3985eu
15050am
13715eu
6150do
11990eu
15375al
15186al
7115au
11 785au
9830al
3975eu
7150eu
11620au
3955va
603Sas
4885do
9960va
5100do
3270do
11735pa
9845pa
3326do
7255al
4890do
7105eu
7250eu
9620eu
9740eu
11840eu
6100eu
6480eu
3970eu
6125eu
12085na
4976do
5905eu
7f 80eu
9560na
13720sa
:i255al
!i975as
6195va
I 1750sa
15400af
9630al
\ 1680sa
13815am
' 5590am
9355am
15665eu
'3035al
9535al
15185as
17725af
13615na
!l400am
!i745am
13790eu
7490na
S955am
7355am
13695al
9475am
17555eu
3330af

951 5eu
9660pa
12080pa
9860as

9850pa
13605pa
11880pa

11695pa

11720eu

2100-2200 vi
2100-2200 vi
21 00-2200 vi
2108-2200 I
21 15-2200
21 15-2130
2130-2200
2130-2155
2130-2157
2130-2200
2130-2200
2130-2200
2130-2200
21302200
21452200 a

Zambia. R Zambia/ZNBC 1
Zambia. R Zamb1a/ZNBC 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Egyp!. Radio Cairo
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Australia. Radio
Austria. RAus1ria Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Iran. VOIRI
Sweden. Radio
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Greece. Voice ol

4910do
6165do
4828do
I 1735pa
9900eu
6175am
13755pa
5945eu
11600al
3366do
t 531 Oas
6165au
6065eu
9540as
7480au

2200-2300
2200-2300

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

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

Australia. VLBK Katherine

Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Hahtax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

2200-2300
2200-2300
22002210
2200-2245
2200-2300
2200-2215
2200-2230

China, China Radio Intl

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Alrica
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio

2200-2230
2200-2225
2200-2300
2200-2215
2200-2300
2200-2225
2200 2300 la
220022 15
2200-2230 s
2200-2300 vi
2200-2300

Iran. VOIRI
Italy, RAI Intl
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
libena.LCN/R Liberia Int
Malaysia Radio
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia, Voice ol Russia WS

22002215
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Taiwan. VO Free Chona
Turkey. Voice ol
United Kngdom. BBC WS

2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Amenca

2200-2230 mtl'1hl

USA. Voice of Amenca

2200-2300

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300 s
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300 vi
2230-2300
22302300
2230-2227
2230-2255
2240-2250
2245-2300
2245-2300
2245-2300

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA

USA. WHRI Nobtesv1t1e IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. R Zamb1a/ZNBC 1
Canada. R Canada Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Greece. Voice ol
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio
Vatican State. Vatican R

6090am
11695pa
17795pa
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960eu
13740am
9880eu
7385am
5895eu
9900eu
t5186a1
4915do
7150eu
t 1620au
6165au
6150as
9960va
510Ddo
7295do
7520eu
11735pa
3326do
9965sa
9675do
7105na
9665na
3316do
6055al
15600eu
6135eu
5965as
6195as
9660as
11835al
12095eu
13815am
15590am
751 Oeu
7215as
15185as
17820as
6035al
11975al
6890na
15745eu
5085am
5745am
13790am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5850eu
7435am
17845al
4910do
5960am
6000na
7345na
7520eu
7480au
3366do
7170as
7305as

15390am
17795pa
6155eu

17715am
17860pa
f 3730al

6175au
9430al
9545me
9425au

2200 UTC
13650af
17820al
7235eu
9920al
15110al

13670af

15150al

13725eu
21455am
9670as
11865al

9735al
15135al

7250eu
7410eu
11715au

9835eu
991 Oeu

9535na
4935do

13630as
6150do

9765as

9950eu

329Ddo
4770do

4990do

7195eu
7350eu
9655eu
9765eu

9690eu
7370eu
9665eu
9775eu

11810eu
7440eu
9710eu
9880eu

6185eu
15575eu
11775al
13610eu
6010eu
7240eu
9640na

6020eu
7380na
12040na

6090eu
9550na
13590na

3915as
6005al
7325va
11835al

3955eu
6180eu
9410eu
11945as

5965as
6190al
9630Va
12095eu

15485al

11550eu

13770eu

13840au

6040me
9760eu
15410al
17735as
15375sa

7375af
11 870pa
15445al

74 15al
11 975al
15580al

9495am

15405eu

12160am
17845al
4965af

I 5745eu

13845am
21525eu

15685am

July 1997

11855as
17860pa

13755pa

15365pa

9755am
15305am

11705as

13670am

74 IOeu
11715au
6175au
9565as

991Deu

9950eu

4770do

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7250na

9620na

9655na

17750eu
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5975am
7325va
9890as
11 955as

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9915am
12080as

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9770as
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7375al

7415af

9975eu

13615na

15375sa

9495am

17510am

9475am
21525at

12t60am

9755am

13670am

15050am
7370eu

11815pa

13845am

11600na
9425au
4915do
9705as
9600as

9950as
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11 620as

MONITORING TIMES

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4:00 PM PDT
FREQUENCIES . .

2300-0000
2300-0000

Angu lla.Carrbbc,1n Beacon

Au stralia Radro

2300-0000 vi
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000 mlwhl
23000000 as

Australia VL8K Katherrne

Austr31ta VL8T Tent Crk
Bulgarra. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada CFCX Montreal
Canada CFRX Toronto
Canacta. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX llahlax
Canada CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Can;rcla. R Canacla lnll
Canada. R Canada Intl

23000000

Costa Arca. Adv World R

23000000
230023t0
23002330
2300-COOO
23002350
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
230023t5
23000000
23002306
230023t5
23002325

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Croatia Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana
Egypt. Radio Carro
Germany Deutsche Welle
Guam AV/RiKSDA
Guatemala. Adv World R
Indra All Indra Radio
Lebanon Vorce ol Hope
Lrbcna.LCNIR Lrbena Int
Malaysia Radio
Nel'I Zealand R UZ Intl
Nrgerra FRCN!Radro
North Korea. R Pyongyang

6090am
9660pa
t5365pa
5025do
49t0do
7480na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6160do
6160do
9755am
5960am
15305am
5030am
15460Jm
7385am
5895eu
6000na
9900na
5980as
11775as
11775am
7170as
9960va
5100do
7295do
11735pa
3326do
11700na

I 1695as
I 7795pa

1208Dpa
t 7860pa

13755as

9435na

11940am
9755am

13670am
I t940am

153053111
13670am

6150am

9725am

t3750am

7370eu

7235as

9690as

9705as

9950as

4770do
13650na

t t620as

4990do

300-0000 vi
23002356

Papua New Gumea. tJBC

Romanra. R Romania Intl

23000000
23000000
23000000

Russia Voice ol Russ a WS

Turkey Vorce ol
Jmted Kingdom. BBC WS

230023 15
23000000
23000000
2300-0000
23000000
2300-0000

Umlcd Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt l k City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice ol America

23000000
2300-0000
23000000
23000000
23000000
2300-0000
23000000
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23000000
23070000
23300000
233D2355
23300000 vi
2330-0000
23300000
2335-2345
23352345

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59!10na
t 14Dna
7tC5na
612 5na
3915as
95eoas
11945as
15400af
13815arn
155!10am
175 10as
75Wal
721~las

t5Hl5as
178<'0as
689Gna
9400am
5745am
1379Dam
7490na
9955am
7355am
9900af
5070.un
t511!ipa

USA. WEWN Brrmrngham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red lion PA
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WRMl/R Mrami lnll
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
rlew Zealand R NZ lnll
Australia. Radio
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Iraq. Radio Iraq lnll
Netherlands. Radio
Greece. Voice ol
Sierra Leone. SLBS

1360~pa

9925!:a
4915af
6050~u

6155na

9510na

7125na
7280eu
5965as
9590na
11955as

9665na
9655na
5975am
9915am
15380as

13625as
9705as
t 5290as

13770sa
9770as
I 5305as

9395~a

6t75am
11750sa

15665sa
t 1760as
17735as

9975na

13615na

9495am

175t0am

7435am

9475am

13845am

9845na
9935sa

11595sa

17880pa
11690Jm
11890eu
6165na
9425sa

602011a

9570na

3316clo

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
2300
2300
2300
230i
2308
23t t
2332
2333
2335
2345
2355

Canada. RCI Montreal: CBC Radio Nel'ls. See S t200.

Germany Deutsche Welle NCl'IS See SOtOO.
Russra Voice ol llews. See S0000.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Tapestry A look at the broad range
ol sp111tual and human issues lacrng people of varrous
cullures and rchgrons
Germany. Oeutsc~e Welle Inside Europe See S 0109.
Russia. Voice ol flel'ls and Vrews. See S0311
Russia. Vorce of Folk Box One ol lhe lop 1en enler1arnment
programs (Passporl 10 World Band Radio).
Germany. Deuische Welle H11s rn Germany. See S 0438.
Belgium. A Vlaanderen lnll Radio Worlo See S 0635.
Belgium. A Vlaanderen lnll. PD Box 26. See S 0645.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll Music. Popular music wraps up
lhrs ed111on ol l he oroadcasl

Mondays
2300
2300
2300
2306
2332
2333
2333
2333
2333
2335
2339
23~~

2349

Canada. RGI Mo111rea1 The World al Srx CBC radio's ma1or

nel'ISCas1of 111c day. presenung lhe importanl stones 111
acpth and i11 con1cxt
Germany. Oeu1sct1c Welle. News. See S OI 00.
Russia Vorce ol Nel'IS See S 0000.
Germany. Deu1sc11e Well e. Nel'lslrnk. See M 1106.
Russia. Vorce ot. Yours lor lhc Asking. A 30minule musical
reoues1 program
Germany. Deutsche Welle Headcrash (1 1 See M 0233
Germany. Deulsche Welle. Made rn Germany (4). See M
0233
Germany. Deulsche Welle MedraMag (3}. See M 0233.
Germany. Deu1sche Welle Science and Technology (2). See
IA 0233
Bel9111111. R Vlaanderen lnll Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgrurn R Vlaanderen lnll Belgium Today See M 0641
Belgium, R VlaJnderen lnll Focus on Europe. A report on
happenings rn 1he European Economic Commumly (ECG).
Belyrurn. R Vlaanderen lnll Sports Report. A roundup ol
lhe resulls of seasonal spor1s ac11v1l1es

Tuesdays
2300
2300
2300
2306
231 1
2332

62

Canada. RCI Monrreal The World at Six See M 2300.

Germany. Deu1sc11e Welle News See S OtOO
Russia Vorce of News Sec S 0000
Germany. Dculsche Welle NcwsLrnk. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice of News a11d Views. See S0311.
Russia. Voice 01 Your Top Tune See S 0232

MONITORING TIMES

July 1997

2333
2335
2340
2345
2347
2349

Germany. Deutsche Wene Man and Envuonment. See T 0133.

Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll Press Review. Sec M 0635.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen 11111: Belgium Today. See M 064 t.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll Living rn Belgium. Belgian
hfeslyles and ac1rvr11es.
Russia. Voice of: You Write 10 Moscow. See S 0247.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll Green Socrely En1111onmental
rssues facing Belgium.

Wednesdavs

2300
2300
2300
2306
231 t
2332
2333
2334
2339
2344
2349

Canada. RCI Momreal The World at Srx. See M 2300.

Germany. Deulsche Welle News. See S0100
Russia. Vorce of. News. See S0000.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newsli11k. See M 1t 06.
Russia. Vorce of Nel'ls and V1e11s See S 0311
Russia. Vorce of: Music at Your Request See M 1132.
Germany. Deutsche Welle l11sight. See W 0133.
Belgium. R Vlaandercn lnll: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll: Around Town. Current happenings
in Brussels and 01her cen1ers of cullurc.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll The Aris. See M 0645.

2333
2335
2339
2342
2347

Germany. Deu1sche Welle: Spollighl on Sport. See F0233.

Belgium. R Vlaancleren lnll: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium. R Vlaancteren lnll Belgium Today. See M 0641 .
3elgium. R Vlaancleren lnll Tourrsm. See M 0651.
Belgium. R Vlaan~cren lnll The Arts. See M 0645.

Saturdavs
2300
2300
2300
2305
2309
23t I
2312
2312
2332
2333
2335
2339

Canada. RCI Monueal CBC Radio News See S t200.

Germany, Deu1sche Welle: Nel'IS. See SOtOO.
Russia Voice of: Nr1ws See S 0000.
Canada. RCI Monrreal. Ourrks and QuarkS. See S 1206.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Sporls Report. See S0106.
Russra. Voice ol: News and Views. See S 03t 1.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Oevelopmenl Forum (biweekly).
See S 02t2.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Women on the Move (biweekly).
See S 02t2.
Russia. Voice ol: This 1s Russia. See S 0532.
Germany. Oeulsche Welle: Mailbag Asia. See S 0216.
Belgrwn. R Vlaanderen lnll: Press Reviel'I. See M 0635.
Belgi111n. R Vlaanderen lnll: Music from Flanders. See A 0640.

Thursdays
2300
2300
2300
2306
2311
2332
2333
2335
2339
2344
2349

Ca11ada. RGI Momreal: The World al Six. See M 2300.

Germany, Deutsche Welle News. See S 0100
Russia. Vorce of: Nel'IS See S 0000
Germany. Deu1sche Welle Nel'lsLrnk Sec M 1106.
Russia. Vorce ol: News and Views. Sec S 0311.
Russia. Vorce ol: The Jazz Shol'I. See M 0432
Germany. Deu1sche Welle Lrvrng rn Germany See H 0133
Belgium, R Vlaanderen lnll Press Revrel'I See M 0635.
Belgrum. RVlaanderen lnll. Belgium Today See M 0641.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll ln1erna11onal Report. A
background report on current allairs rn Europe and etse11here
Belyrurn. RVlaanderen 11111 Econonucs Interview vnth a
person In the held of busrness. hnancc. or consurnerrsm or a
updallng reporl

Fridays

2300
2300
2300
2306
2311
2332

Canada. RCI Montreal: The World al Srx. See M 2300.

Germany. Deulsche Welle News See S OtOO.
Russia. Vorce ol. News See S 0000
Germany. Deulsche Welle: NewsLrnk. See M 1106.
Russia. Voice ol: Nel'ls anti Vrel'ls Sec S03 1t
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box See S 2332

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By Jacques d 'Avignon
monitor@rac.ca
When talking about radi o transmi ssions in
the HF bands, it is always assumed that these
transm issions arc made for long range communications using the multihop s ky wave propagation mode. Most textbooks always discuss the
use o f the HF for medium to long range circuits, and we regard that po rtion o f the spectrum between 1.5 and 30 MHz to bc o f use to
reach statio ns that canno t be reached by V HF/
UHF.
However, very seldo m do we think and look
at what system we could use to communicate
in the geographical area where the VHF/UHF
sy stems can no longer reach, but which lies inside the HF skip zone that enc irc les every HF
transmiuer.
In the nor mal use of HF. a skip zone always
occurs between the termination o f the g round
wave radiation from the transmitter and the first
return to earth of the skywave component of
the transmission. This zone a lso covers an area
which. under normal propagatio n conditions.
VH F/U HF systems cannot access - the two
terminals not being within line o f sight of ead1
other.
There is an HF propagatio n mode that is
used in commercial and military opcrntions that
can fi ll thi s gap in our communications capabi lities. Unfortunate ly. it doesn't appear to be
di scussed o r explained very often. Thi s forgotten HF propagation mode is called NV IS, Near
Vertical Incidence Skywave .
You may find NVIS mentioned in literature
under other names, such as " Showerhcad Propagation Mode." I have also seen it called the
"Jungle Broadcasting Mode." This last name
must have been derived fro m the tropical broadcasting statio ns which use thi s tec hnique to
reach their scattered audiences.
The term " showerhead" suggests a simple
experiment by which you can see for yourself
how NV IS works. W hen you water your garden. point your hose straig ht up inside an umbrella. and look al the water coming back down.
See how much it disperses in a large area compared to the s ize of the hose nozzle ' (I recommend you wear a bathing suit when allem pting
this experiment. or I won 't be held responsible !)
The Australians call this "District Propagation Mode" in their propagation fore casting
software , ASAPS. In Australia. a "d istrict" is
an admini strative enti ty smaller than a province
or a state. and the term describes the area of
coverage by thi s ty pe of propagation.
Nex t month we will sec how N VI S propagation is used fo r broadcasting in the tropical
band. Good DX . and make sure tlrnt your antenna is we ll protected from lightning before
the summer arrives.

For the Period 15 July to 14 August 1997

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BEGINNER'S CORNER
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO MONITORING

SKIP AREY, N2EI

tjarey@mosquito.com

Looking for Radios in all the Wrong Places

e ll . he re w1: are in the middle of

s um me r. I g uess it' s about time I
g ive my us ual pe p talk a bout
hamfcsts, h uh? W ro ng. Bun key ! Not th is year
an yway.
T hi s radi o shopping season
go ing to
clue you in o n a bunch of neat places to lo ok
fo r rad io equipment that you m ig ht not no rma lly think o f. Not all oft he g reat radio ho bby
finds are at the nearest a ma teur radi o ham fest.
True. these a rc good places to start, but re me mber, the fo lks at these gatherings also
have an inten ~e interest in the rad io hobby.
The re are ba rgains, to be sure. but some prices
w ill be at a pre mi um because the fo lks at
ham fests know what they have and usua lly
know what it' s really wo rth. O utside of the
ham fest c ircuit. a piece of radio gear may just
go fo r well be low what know ledgeable ho bbyists wo uld c harge.
As most o f you fo lks lrno w. my shack is
esse ntially popu la ted w ith used gear. I' m a
cheaps kate by nature and pre fe r finding those
second- ha nd bargai ns . Looking o ver my
equipme nt she lves I rea lize that a good pe rcentage o f my gear comes fro m no ntraditio nal sources. Let s take a look at some of the
places where you may fi nd rad ios a nd your
fe ll ow ho bbyis ts won' t be in s uch heavy competitio n with you.

rm

I Check the attic

When I say c heck the att ic . I don't j ust
mean yours . hut when poss ible . those o f your
ne ig h bors, frie nds, re latives, etc . T his is a n
espec ially goo d resource if you ' re into o lder
and antique radio. If you have o ne of those
re lati ves w ho has kept everything in the attic,
you ' II probably find an o ld radi o o r two.
Maybe Aunt T he lma's son cous in Johnny got
a short wa ve rece iver for C hri stmas bac k in
196 0 so he cou ld gel a merit badge in Boy
Scout,_ Johnny lost inte rest in the rig ten
minutes a fk r his troop leader pinned o n the
new patc h. but Aunt T he lma could n' t 'ee
throwing away the radio so up in the attic it
we nt.
T alk he r illlo a look around upsta irs and
you may j ust run acros~ a classic Ha llicra rte rs
S- 107 o r a Naiio na l NC-60 - maybe even a
fin e o ld Heat hkit GC- 1A .. Mo hican. None of
these ri gs arc part icularl y rare or va lu able. but
they do represent a parti cu lar e ra of the sho rt-

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wa ve hobby th at I' ve al ways enjoyed.

If you' re re a ll y lucky yo u may stumble
across Unc.:le Barney's o ld Ze nith Transoceanic . These are hig hl y collectable at this time
and do te nd to show up in the darndest places
because fo lks boug ht the m a nd just sm1 of
kept them around . Yo u never k now till you
look. C ompadre!

I Newspapers
Did I ever te ll you about my pe rsona l best
radio fi nd'! A c lassic Collin\ R-390A/U RR in
pe rfect conditi o n. T his ri g didn't a ppear at a
hamfest o r in the bac k pages o f a rad io maga1.i ne as o ne mig ht ex pect of such a ve nerable
receiver. Nope. I found thi s beauty in the
pages o f my loca l ne ig hborhood weekly classifi ed newspaper. Yo u know. those litt le pape rs the y th row on your law n e ve ry week that
you neve r bo ther to pic k up and they become
water soaked a nd you run ove r the m with the
la wn mower?
Thi s most excelle nt receiver which has
remai ned my primary DX mac hine fo r some
fi ftee n years now was fo und for S 150 and was
only ad verti ~ed in that little lrn.:al weekly
paper. A~ it turnc:d out I was a lso the o nly
pe rson lll answer the ad! The seller was not a
radio hobbyist bu t a professio na l jo urnalist
who used !he rig to track \\'orld evems fo r h i ~
work. No w ge t thi ~: he di d n' t think the re was
muc h of a marke! fo r an o ld recei ver li ke this
so he fi g ured he'dj ust put it in the local paper.
T his is a deal tha t fo lks drc:a m abo ut and all it

took was the time lo pic k that sill y litt le paper

off the law n and read it. That, a phone ca ll a nd
a hundred a nd fifty bucks!
Now I know what so me of you want to ask.
Why was he se lli ng this nifty ri g? We ll. as it
tu rns o ut he had replaced it with a Raca l
R A6778A. a re latively rare bu t exceptional
rece iver. 1 made sure to leave him my card in
case the day ever came that he wanted to
'"upgrade" once again.
Yo u will soon see that a recurring the me in
the a rti cle w ill be to Read The Paper! Local
and regional c lassifieds ca n turn up wonders
and as 1 have po inted o ut. even those litt le
papers on our lawns can turn up treasures.

I Amateur Radio
O f course I've been buggi ng you to get
your ham license fo r years now. Let me g ive
you yet ano ther incenti ve. C o nversatio ns o n
the ham bamb can turn u p some incred ible
eq ui pment. You th ink the above mentio ned
deal o n the Coll ins R-390A was great? Wail
till I te ll you how I nagged my second o ne .
h was the night before the night before
C hristmas ( December 23. 1988). I was doi ng
some stuff arou nd the shack and I had my twometc r rig w ned to the loca l repeater wh ich ran
a "swap net" o nce a week. A ham a few town s
over put an R-390A out on the net for sale.
So me of my ha m frie nds say to this day that
no body ever keyed a microphone as fa st as I
d id that nig ht. I asked that fa te ful question
"'How MuchT llguri ng ha lfhea rted ly that my

funds had dwindled d uring the holiday season

a nd the rig would be well o ut of my reach. The
g uy came back "Fifty bucks." Once again I
keyed the m ike w ith lightni ng speed a nd told
the gentleman "SOLD, I' ll be right over!"
Be ing c lose to the holiday. the net had light
attendance so nobody improved upon my
offer. I "think" I told my wife where I was
going tha t night . I do n't remembe r. I do remember driving through the snow and holi day sho pping traffi c to fi nd my second R390A/U RR. Thi s o ne was a Mo torola prod uced unit , a bit rough around the edges, but
working fine. Sitting next to it o n the be nch in
the garage was a classic Heathkit DX- I 00
transmitter. T he seller told me he' d throw it in
for another ten dollars just to get it out of his
garage. Well, sixty bucks exchanged hands
a nd the back of my car was signi ficantly
we ighed down by these two radio hobby behemoths. Both still grace my shack and remain in perfect working o rder.
Since that time, more than one deal has
been struck due to a casual conversation commuti ng to and from work on my local repeaters. Give ham radio a try and you may fi nd
equally great bargains yourse lf.

I Auctions
Once again, this is a process that begins by
reading the newspaper. You w iII find auctions
of items from local ho useholds a ll the way up
to major corporate liquidatio ns. Any of these
events can turn up a radio or two. Household
level auct io ns are o ften held 10 remove the
essenti a l conte nts o f a house due to a death or
reti rement. Re member that radio in Aunt
T helma's attic: In thi s case they have just
emptied out the attic for you. Corporate level
auctions may not turn up radios, but they are
a great source of desks, chairs. and file cabinets to popul ate a s hack. You can also find
inte resting deals o n co mputer equipment at
corporate auct io ns .
At a n aucti o n you usua lly registe r and are
give n a number. You then have the opportunity to bid on ind ividual items o r " lots." A lot
might conta in seve ral things you ha ve no
particular use for but that radio you want is in
the group. Keep an eye on the other folks at the
auction. You may share an interest in the sa me
lot for diffe re nt reasons. In such a case you
can work togethe r and s pli t the costs .
One word of warni ng: Do n't get too caught
up in the bidd ing. Be ready to let something go
if the price goes beyond reason. Before the
bidding starts, fix a price in your mind you
w ill not go over and srick ro ir! There wi ll be
o ther a uction:> a nd other deals.
If you li ve near a mi litary base, check out
the base public a uc tio n schedule. Unc le Sam

unloads a lot of great eq uipme nt for scrap

me tal prices. At mil itary aucti o ns every thing
tends to be sold in lots, o ft en made up of
totally unre lated items . I have a friend who is
also an R-390A collecto r. He went 10 an
auctio n at a nearby Air Force base and bou ght
a lot that consisted of five R-390A s a nd fift y
truck ti res and rims for $250.
He was putting the ri gs in his car and
starting to worry that he would have to pay
somebody to ha ul the ti res and wheels away
fo r him when he was approached by a guy
who offered him $ I 00 for the stuff he didn't
want. T he g uy told him he was o nly willing to
bid $ 100 fo rthe tires and wheels a nd he woul d
have j ust thrown the receivers away as he had
no use for them.
Out of the fi ve rigs three worked right off
and the other two serve as parts to keep those
three ru nning. You may not fi nd many R390A' s these days b ut some of those Rae al s
I mentioned earlier arc start ing to show up ac
base auctions so it" s worth the trip.

against it. However, if you happen to notice

something bei ng thrown o ut. o r if you see
so m e in tcre st in g p ic le s si t ting ou t a t
someone~ home o n l ra~h day. it never hu rts 10
ask for it. now does it?
Think you can't fi nd anything good in the
tra ~ h ? I have a 1950 Zenith radio that rm
restoring now that came o ut of a trash can I
passed o n the way to work.
Read thc newspaper. Keep yo ur eyes open.
Reasonably priced rad ios arc everyw here.
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I Estate Sales
You can usually find these li sted in the
newspaper as we ll. T his is a li qu idati o n o f
assets of a deceased person. I know of an
estate sale that inc luded a comp le te high e nd
ham station that was sold at a very reasonable
price. It see ms the rece ntl y departed gentleman had upgraded his shack not too lo ng
before hi s death. My understanding is the
estate sale agent lei the w hole package (worth
about three grand) for $500. Once agai n, it is
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... Not the amate ur radio kind, but the
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Saturdays. I us ually go alo ng as her resident
beast of bu rden. Occasionally I turn up some
interesting items. Recentl y I have begun a
very nice collectio n of pocket transisto r radios from the fifties and s ixties a ll purchased
for mere pe nnies at garage sales and Ilea
markets. I have also turned up a few scanncrs
a nd a GE SuperRadio II on recen t romps.

I Dumpster Diving
I have a frie nd who fi xes up old computers
and gets them in the hands of fo lks who can't
afford suc h things. His ne arl y exclusive resource has been to keep an eye on the dumpsters
behind some big companies. Dumpster diving can be a risky busi ness and in many areas
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DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin Carey, WB2QMY

kevinc@mdsroc.com

Who Lurl<s in the Basement?

ncwcrnner~.

or 111any
thc long\\'avc band
i' a 111i x of 111y,teri ous bi.:eps. buzze s,
and other unidentified sounds. With an
under,tandi ng of .. who s who. these 111ystcry
signals can be unra,cJed and you can get
great er e njoyment rro111 your 111onitoring efforts.
Thi' 111onth \\'C 11 take a quick tour of the
long.wave hand. 111al-.ing stops al ong the way
to di scuss the major players you're likely to
e ncounh:r. Arc you ready? Let's begin at the
top end of the band: 5 18 kH1 to be exact.
518 kllz is the ho111e of AVTEX. a tdi.:pri nte r si.:rvice offered by th..: U.S .. Canada.
and many othi.:r cnuntries world wide. T hese
station' broadca't mari ne safety and na\igati on information. as wel l a' wi.:at her notices
and report s or mi s, ing ves,e ls. The n11~s,a ges
con tain a prearnhk code that ide ntifies the
type of informatio n and th..: navigat io n area to
which it applii.:s.
If ynu ha ve a stabl e receive r with a BFO. a
PC. and an RTTY demodulator. you can receive NA VTEX mi.:ssages. Set your di.:mod ulator to .. Amtor Mode B"" or sitor Mode B..
for proper reception .
Our nex t stop i' at 500 kHz. Long known
as the Internatio nal Distress and Calling channel. the fu ture of th is CW freque ncy is in some
doubt. At one ti 111e. internat ional agreements
required many sea-going ve,sels to carry
eq uipment for thi s frequency. so there is still
a large use r base out there. This has contri buted to 'ome continued use of 500 kHz despite
its decli ning popularity and the overall phaseout o r cw.
You"11 find more rout ine maritime CW
traffic fro m 430-500 kHz. Li ke the 500 kHz
Distres' & Callin g frequency. use of thi s band
is rapidl y declining in favor of satellite and
HF/V HF comm unication s. The old adage of
catch cm whi le you can.. appl ies here.
From 430 down to 190 kHz you will hear
the llagship stations of the long wave band navigatio n beacon,. In the <l;iys before GPS.
there" ere man) more beacon' operating on
the long.waves. o w they arc used mainly as
backups to more 'ophisticatcd navaids.
Thc~e unmanned. lo\\' powe r (usuall y 2550 watt ) ' tat ion' trans111it a continuous Morse
ID. typically two or three characters lo ng. for
use by aviators and mariners equipped with
radi o directi on lin<ling (RDF) equ ipment.
Co111plete data for North American bea66

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cons (incl uding QSLing information) can be

obtained fro111 theAero/Mari11e Beacon Guide.
For ordering informat ion on the Guide. write
10: Mr. Ken Stryker. 2856-G West Touhy
Avc .. Chicago. IL 606-Vi.
The band from 280 down to ISO kHz is
used for long wave broadcast in !TU Reg ion I
(includes Europe and Afri c.: a). These broadcasts arc meant for n.:gional con sum ption. not
world wide coverage as with SW statio ns. For
thi s reason. it can make so me very interesting
liste ning.
These ' ignals occa, ionally reach North
America when conditions are right. Try lisrcni ng when a path of darkness ex ists between
you and the foreig n stat ion (from your local
du sk to about 6 hours before sunrise). U.S.
listeners on the East Coa'1 have the best
chance of hearing these stations.
/\, li ve r or 'pectrum from 160 to 190 kHz
is ho me 10 a hardy group of ex perimenters
know n as Lowfc rs (short for Low Freq uency
Experimental Radio Stations). FCC regulati ons allow for the use oran unlice nsed transmiltcr in thi s freq uency range as long as the
follo wi ng conditi ons arc met:
I ) Transmitter input powi.:r may not exceed I
watt
2) Anten na length (includ ing antenna feed line
and ground lead) mu 't not exceed 15 Meters
(50 feet).
3) /\ II out-of- band emi,,ions must be at least
20 dB below the ~ trcng th of the fu ndamental
ca rrier.
The be't 'ource fo r information on lowte r
acti vity is The Lmwlmrn. the journal of the
Lnng wave Club of America (LWCA). Informati on about LWCA 111 c mbe r~ hip can be
obtained by writing th<: club headqu arters at:

45 WildOowcr Rd .. Lcvi11own. PA 19057.

By the way, a similar expe rimen ter's band
exists for UK amateurs at 73 kH z. For more
info. check out the 73 kHz ho mepage. At this
writing. the address fo r this page is http://
www .stonix.demon.co.uk/7 3kHzl.
The raspy bursts of noi se from 150 to 175
kHz come from the Ai r Force Groundwave
Emergency etwork (GWEN). These packetlike data stations are scattered throughout the
U.S. and arc intended to provide high level
communications during a nuclear war. Originall y the system was to be much larger, and
even include some rapid deployment trailered
stati ons. but funding cuts in the 1980s put an
end 10 fu rther de velopment.
Mi Iitary RTTY stations dominate the range
from 20 kHz to 150 kHz. They' ve chosen thi s
frequency range for its propagation stability
and abilit y to penetrate wate r (useful for oneway submarine communications). One excepti on to the military RTTY is WWVB at 60
kH z. the longwave sister stati on to well known

wwv.
From DC to about 20 kHz is generally
considen.:d the territory of ''Natural Radio."
The only man-made signals you're likely to
find are the beeps of the worldwide OMEGA
navigat ion service at I0- 14 kHz. At one time,
Omega was considered a state-of-the-art navigation tool. bur it is now used mainly as a
backup to GPS.
But back to Natural Radio. These are signals from the Eanh itself and its atmosphere.
The big fo ur natural radio sounds are Sferics,
Whistlers. Tweeks and Chorus. They are
caused by the interacti on of li ghtning, the
Earth 's magnetic field . and charged particles
from the sun (solar wind). My December ' 96
column exp lored man y of tht:se sounds in
detail. You may al so want to search the Internet
for Natura l VLF Rad io topics. l "here are many
sites of interest to today's experime nter.
End Notes

Chasing beacons has been the traditional

mainstay of long wave hobbyists, but with the
declining numbers of these stat ions. the focus
of the hobby may well shift to include experimental acti vit ies such as Natu ral Radio and
the license- free lowfcr band . Whatever the
winds of change may bring. Be low 500 kHz
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Digital News

n April J. the FCC a<lopted final

rules for digital te levis ion . These
rules will c.:o mplctely c.: hange the
l'ac.:e of ti.:le vision in the USA. The new FCC
rules have assigned a spcc.:ifi c.: secon<l c.: hannel
to each ex isti ng TV ~ t ati o n for its digital
~e rv i ce.

Most c.:ommercial stations have fi ve years

to begin di gital (DTV) ope rations. (Non-commcn.:ial stations have s ix years: some c.:ommercial stations in larger cities may have as
little as two years.) All anal og operati ons will
shu t down in the yea r 2006. In the interim.
stations may operate digital and analog transmitters at the same time.
The new table t ric~ to avoid use o f channels 60-69. T hese c hannels will join channels
70-83 in bcc.: oming lan<l -mobile spec trum.
The re lati ve ly few TV statio ns c urre ntl y operatin g in c.: hanne ls 60-69 wi II be assigned lowe r
channe ls for DTV. and wi11 be protcc.:tecl from
land-mobi le interference until their analog
transmith:rs are shut down. In other pans of
the country. where these channel!-. are not
used by TV stations. they 11 be prompt ly reassigned. The commiss ion is likely to reserve
fo ur of th ese c.: hannels for public-safety services. an<l aucti on the other six for commerc.: ia l USC.
Once analog TV ceases in 2006. the channels currently in use fo r analog ~c rv i ce will
become available. The FCC expects to use
some of these assignments to fu rther reduce
the spectrum used by TV. Either channels 26 and 52-59. or channels 47-59. will be removed from TV service and auctioned for
c.:omme rcial use.
Why digital?

Ob,io usly. thi s DTV !-.)'~te m will cost a lot

of people a lot o f money. Every TV station in
the country will need anothe r transmitter and
new studio ey ui pmcnt. Most s1ations will
need another tran smitting ante nna. and man y
will have to bu il d a nc\\' tower. Consumers
will have to buy new TV ~ and VCRs. Why
bother?
The best reason i!> va!>tly improved picwrc
qu ality. The current T V sy. tem is analog.
Your local T V station trans mits a radio signal
whose ~ trengt h varies ac.:cordi ng to ("is analogous to" ) the bri ghtness of the scene at any
g iven instant. This s ignal ca n vary from very

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weak (when a very

brigh t scene is being
trans mitted) to fa irly
strong (when a black
picture is being transmitt ed ). and an ywhere in betwee n.
The problem wi th
th is is no ise. Any
no ise or unde s ired
sig nal - whether it
comes from lightning
strikes. sparking motors. poorly- filtered
CB transmitters. or
distant T V ~ t ati ons
skipping in - mi xes In April, I wrote abolll CBC Hadio and T V in Canada's 11ast north.
wit h the desirc<l TV /Jere's a picture of the CBC studios in Whitehorse, Yukon, u sed by
CF W H-570 and CFWH-TV channel 6.
signal. It cau ses the
sig nal to seem stronger or weaker than it rea ll y is. and you sec it scree n: th is could be 400.000 numbers to
on your screen.
transmit. With compression. you transmit the
Dig ital TV is a very different system. Innumber 255 once (10 say you want a white
stead of tran!>m itt ing a !'. ignal of vary ing
spot). then the number -100.000. (to say how
strength. the station transmit!'. a sc ri c~ of pulses.
many whi te spots you want ) This is an exThese pulses represent numbers. or "di gits.'
tre me exam pl e. but it does give an idea of how
The numbers transmitted cou ld represe nt just compressio n works.
about anything. For DTV. the numbers reprcBy red ucing 1he "number of numbers"
~c nt the brightness of the pic ture at a given
transmitted. you ca n transm it more than o ne
instant. Eac.:h pu lse may (or may not) happen
pic.: turc in a g ive n TV channel. Or. you c.:an
at a spec ifi e pre-detenni ned time. The pulse is
tran!'.mit one picture with much better detail.
e ither present or it isn't.
Or. you can tran smit one standard pic.:ture and
o ise may make one of the pu lses appear
a ~cri e!'. of number~ represe nting something
s tronger or weaker than it really is, but the
other than a TV picture . Your local TV station
dig ital TV set must onl y decide whether a could easily become four or more stati ons.
pulse is actually present. The chances it' ll
Or. it could beco me two TV stations an<l a
make a correct dec is ion arc ve ry good. Even
dig ital mus ic service . There arc many possiif it doesn't. th rough the use o f spec.: ial codes
bilities.
the TV set c.:an determine whether the number
n:c.:e ive<l was correct. In so me cases. it can
What does DTV mean to me?
even determine what an inc.:orrect number was
Whether you re a DXer or not. remember
!-.Upposed to be. As long as the DTV signal is
thi
!-.:
all rnrre11t/y mailable TVs will become
strong and interferenc.:c- frce e nough for the
ob.wlere in rhe r ear 2006! Adapters wi ll be
TV set to determi ne whether pulses are present.
ava il able. so you won tactual ly have to throw
you'll ge t a perfect TV pictun; .
out all your TV~ . Bu t I wou l<l strongly recomCompress ion is another reason for DTV.
mend against buying an expensive TV set
Through compress ion. we can rc<luc.:e the
unt il the digital receivers become available in
"number of numbers necessa ry to trans mit a
two years or so. If you must buy a TV before
picture o f given qualit y. For a simple exthen. buy the least expensive set you can ge t
ample. imagi ne you want to transmit a white
away
wit h. Incidentally. th is also appl ies to
~c.: recn. T he number reprc..;cnti ng pure white
VCR~: don' t buy a VC R unti l DT V VC Rs
i ~ 255. Without compress ion. you trans mit
come out.
the number 255 fo r eac h di stinct spot on the
If you are a DX er. don't pan ic.: . Con trary to

popularopi nion in the DX

community. it 11'i//bepossihle tu DX digital tran ~
miss ions. That sa id. T V
DX in the fu ture will ce rtainl y be a different pursuit.Co-channel interference will be a thing of the
past. A DX s ignal will either be perfect s now-free
copy. ornon-existenL Ynu
won' t he starin g at the
screen trying to make out
that noise-covered call letter display. but you al so
As you swelter i11 the July heat, look at the snowbanks i11 this
won't be s eein g the
picture and think cool t/11111ghts. This is the studio fac ility of
"CKND" call letters floa tCHON- FM (98. l MHz), aim in Whitehorse. T'1a11ks to Ronald
ing through the picture on
Tull VY I RT for these photos!
your local channel 2 station anymore . I haven' t
yet had rime to read the entire DTV standard
se veral do1.cn channels of programming in
(i t" s several hundred pages .. ) but 1m prett y
full dig ital CD 4ualit y. I wou ld expect it to
sure a cont inu ous ID will be part of the data
take 2-3 years for these systems to begi n
tran smitted. You won't face the fru stration of
broadcastin g.
ha vi ng a station identi fy with "Thi s is Chan ne l 6" and illegibl y tiny call letters.
I Bits and Pieces

The new 17th Edition o f Bruce El vings

FM A1/os is now <tvai Iabl e. This is the stan dard reference for the FM DXe r - and an
in valua ble tool for the trave ler. Get your copy
fro m Grove Enterprises: sec the pullout
Buyer' s Gu ide fo r information and an order
blank. Incidentall y, if you prefer 10 DX AM .
the Nl?C AM Radio Log is also still a\ailahk
f(lr $22.95 from Nl(C Publicati ons. Box 164.
Mann,Yillc NY 1366 1.
What's up in digital broadcasti ng in your
arca'l Is an yth ing happe ning in the a n alo~
domain'? Let l'S know about it 1 Write Ameri can Bancscan. P.O. Rox 98 . Brasstown NC
28901. or ,ia the Jnternet to 72777.3 1-tl
<i!' co mpuscrvc.co m. Good DX!

I Digital radio is also coming soon

Deve lopment work is co ntinuing fo r a
digital radio system for eart h-based stations.
You've read in thi s column about pl ans for
di git al broadcasting in Canada: a pio neer
transmitter in Toronto should be on the air
nex t month . Digital radio no w coYe rs almost
half of the U.K,, using frequencies near :?. 19
MHz.
Now. the FCC has issued two construction
permits for sate llite-based digital radio broadcasting to the US . An auction was hdd on
Apri l I (no foo ling .. ) to dec ide who would
rece ive the two ava ilable li censes. Each li cense will operate in S-band spectrum between 2:120 and 23-t'iMHz and \\ill provide

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WSPA (CBS)
WLOS (ABC)
WGGS (independent)
W HNS {Fox)
WNTY (PBS)
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W FBC (independent)
W RET (PBS)
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George Zeller
George.Zel/er@acclink.com

Another Superpowered Pirate: Radio Metallica

la~t

ot on the heeb of
Chri st lllas
[\e s 15.000 watt pirate transmission from 'WJDI, a new powerhou se has appeared in the Nunh Alllerican
pirate bands. lfadio Mctallira Worldwide
mat eriali zed in mid-May with an announced
I0.000 watts on slightly \'ariahle frequencies
around 6955 kHz. Dr. Tornado. station host.
use:- the.: ~logan 1he mo:o.t powerful pirate
station in the nati on: Early s hows l'..:atu red
rock music and test announcemc.:nts.
The so lid signal and good AM audio quality from this new operation lllake it an easy
log in North Allleri ca when it i:-. broadcasting.
Dr. Tornado said that he wou ld provide QSL
information .. in two week~: 'o we hope to
ha ve it nex t month.

I Illinois Micropirates Still On

T wo o f the best know n longti ml! political
micr0pirates. Napol..:on Williams Black Liberation Radio and Mbanna Kantako' s Human Rights Radio. remain on the air despite
continued controversy in 1997. The Cliirngo
Triln11w rcportc.:d that d..:~pite a January 9 FCC
bust that includ..:d con fi ~cat ion uf all his eq ui pment. Wi ll iams re m ai n ~ o n the air from
Dt.:catur. Illinois. on 99.7 MH z. A new and
rnme powerful trnnsmitt t.:r was donated to hi s
station by ot her micropirate ~upponers after
the bust. Williams c riti ci~nb of local po litical oflic ials have resulted in multip le busts
and a 17.500 fi n..:. whic h ht.: has ignored.
T hanks go to MT rt.:adcr Ed Sd1\I artz. who
forwardt.:d copies uf newspapt.:r accounts covcri ng tht.:sc im:i dcnt ~.
Last month we 1111::11til1ncd that Mbanno
Kamako ~stat ion had mov1xl. given the forthcoming demolition of the John Hay housing
project. Mikt.: Townsend of Spring field. lllinoi'. a long ti me supporlc rof thc station. sends
a n..:w address for report s to them: Human
Ri ghts Radio. c/o Mbanna Kantako. 7 19 1/2
North S ixth Street. Spring fi eld. IL 62702.
The station. s till active on frcqucnc i t.:~ around
107.5 MH z. welcomes calls at (2 17) 52716 17 .

I Radio Butembo
The fas1-111oving revolution in Zaire has
created a variety of clandest ine broadcasting
stations. Thi.: latest one. Rad io Bu tt.:mbo. wa~
di scovered April 25 by BBC Monitoring on
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TANGERINE RADIO
A narchist Radio returns to shortwave.

7060 kHz. Broadcasts have been heard in

Swa hili and the Kindande language around
1600 UTC. which unfortunately makes it inaud ible in orth America at high noon on 41
meters. S ummer propagation cond itions will
make Zaire clandesti ne hunting difficult during the current c ri sis.

I Republic of Texas
The May standoff between Republic of
Texas officials and Texas law enforcement
personnel in Fon Davis, Tex as, made the
national news for several day~ . You may have
forgotte n that thi s group had a pirate radio
con nec ti on. Two years ago the Republic announced that it had plans to construct a 50 kW
medi um wave.: station. presumably to operate
from western Texas.
As was confirmed du ri ng the rece nt confro ntat ion. 1he Republ ic does not accept the
va li d it y ofTexas" entry to the United S tates in
thl! mid 1soos. so FCC juri sdict ion was irrelevant to them. Rcp..:ated inquiries about the
proposed station by Mo11i10ri11g Times to Republic o fficials generated no response during
the l a~t year. and no supcrpowcrcd medium
wave pirate has materiali Led. We appreciate
~cveral local press accounts of the Fort Davis
in<:ident that were sent in by regul ar MT
reporter Gigi Lytle of Lubbock. Texas.
As rt.: ported on the Voict.: of /I. merica "Com111 u n ica t ions World.". WWCR's ..The IntelIi-

gence Report .. program has been carrying

support fo r Republic o f Texas political positions. This show is easily heard on 5070 kHz
at 0000 UTC.

I Carling's Pirate Links

A little known co llection of internet web
s ite links with pirate radio cont ent is fo und on
the home page of Brian Carling. Try http://
www.mnsinc.com/bry/and head forthe links
section.

I Flood Misses Axelrod

wc re very happy to report that MT reporter Shawn Axelrod of Winnipeg, Manitoba,
says that the May floods in his city did not
reach his home, although there was considerable damage in that province and in North
Dakota. Shawn says that his DX location
temporarily was renamed Valhalla Beach. He
appreciates the many messages of concern
that he recei ,ed from his friends in our hobby.

I What We Are Hearing

Your pirate logg ings are always welcome
via PO Box 98. Brasstown. NC 28902. or via
the e-mai l address at the top of the col umn.
All freq uenc ies arc in kHz. with times in
UTC.
North American pirate stations listed here
use the follow ing addresses: PO Box I, Belfast,

NY 147 11 : PO Box 109. Blue Ridge Summit.

PA 172 14: PO Box 28413. Providence. RI
02908; PO Bux 146. Stoneham. MA 02 180:
and PO Box 11 522. Huntsville. Alabama
358 14. For retu rn postage. enclose three 32e
stamps in the envelope to USA addresses. 52
US or two International Reply Coupons go to
fo reign mai !drops. The FRN web site at http:/
/www.frn.ncU works fo r Stereo Sound Radio.
Note that with the return of su mmer propagation. the 39 mete r pirate band is stay ing
open muc h later than it did duri ng the winter.
Pirate reception h;is improved during evening
hours as late ;is 0500 UTC.
Anteater Radio- 6955 at 2300. Peter Worth
discusses pirate radio while spinning rock tunes.
Addr: Belfast. (Michael Prindle, New Suffolk, NY)
Cherokee Radio- 6955 at 0200. Also identifying
as Na tive American Broadcosting, this new
station hos primarily been o rock music operation
so for. Addr: None; says will QSL logs in The
ACE. {Lee Silvi, Mentor, OH; Rich ond Toleo
Jurrens, Katy, TX; George Zeller, Cleveland, OH)
FBI Radio 6955 of 0230. The staff at Females
Broadcasting Interference hos been adding
commentary on pirates ond current events to their
normal rock music. Addr: Huntsville. (Randy
Ruger, North Ho llywood, CA; Axelrod; Jurrens;
Prindle; Silvi)
Free Radio Maker 6955 of 0030. Neil heard o
relay of this Europirote, which ployed o variety of
rock music. But, we have little information on it.
Any help, readers? Addr: Probably in Holland?
(Neil Wolfish, Toronto, Ontario)
Honky Tonk Radio 6955 of 1845. Although they
soy that they ore "not the original," their country
music hos recently peppered the pirate bonds.
Addr: None. (Silvi)
KOLO 6955 of 0030. Aldo Botisti is the primary
jazz format pirate station. A recent broadcast
was billed as o Glenn Miller special. Addr:
Stoneham. (Barry Williams, Enterprise, AL;
Jurrens)
KRAP- 6955 of 0030. Fred Fli ntstone is the host
on this new rock music station. Their transmitter
puts out on unusually powerful AM signal, so
they've been widely heard. Addr: None. (Kevin
Nouto, Grand Rapids, Ml; Jeff Ryon, Yardley,
PA; Barry Williams, Enterprise, AL; Williams;
Zeller)
Mystery Radio 6955 at 0330. Their rock music
playlist a lways hos o distinctive new age sound to
it, although mainstream bonds like Pink Floyd ore
sometimes heard. Addr: Stoneham. (William
Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL; Jurrens; Williams)
Radio Azteca - 6955 a t 1700. Brom Stoker hos
produced more than two dozen funny parodies of
DXers and DXing. You're liable to heor yourself
as the butt of jokes if you write in! Addr: Belfast
and Blue Ridge Summit. (Williams)
Radio DC 6955 of 0030. Here's o station with o
consistent format. They always transmit in ON
Morse code, with a slogan of "Don't Vote
Republican." Obviously, Newt Gingrich is not
operating this station. Addr: None, sometimes
verifies logs in The ACE. (Greg Anderson, Mt.
Vernon, VA)
Radio Eclipse 6956 of 0345. This rock music
operation was relatively inactive for o few years,

but in 1997 they have emerged with multiple

1984. Its occosionol return to the airwaves brings
pirate transmissions. Addr: None; announces that
bock memories for veteran pirate DXers. Addr:
they sometimes verify loggings in The ACE.
Belfast. (Hassig)
(Axelrod; Jurrens; Nauto; Ruger)
Voice of Bizorro World (Jurrens; Williams)
Radio Eurogeek 6955 at 0445. Still famous for
Addr: None; verifies logs in The ACE. Station his
their transmission just before St. Helena's once a
on backwards is everything. Book comic
yeor broadcast in 1996, this parody of
Superman the by inspired was Xhem operator
Europirotes is highly amusing. Addr: Providence.
station. 6955 at 0300. (Jurrens; Williams)
{Ruger)
Voice of the Daleks 6955 at 0100. The Dolek
Radio Garbanzo 6955 at 0400. Fearless Fred's
commander recently suffered o setback when his
humor tends toward the crude, but much of his
spaceship was destroyed, so the future of this
orig inal materia l is just plain fu nny. Rumors from
station is unknown. It could reappear; the
Washington ind icate that his campaign to
explosion show was repeated several ti mes.
become on FCC Commissioner is not going well.
Addr: Belfast. (Silvi; Williams)
Addr: Belfast. (Hassig; Jurrens; Ryon; Williams)
VOXXX 6955 of 0200. Given their adult movie
Radio KAOS 6955 at 0030. Joe Mamo stunned
audio !rocks, the coll letters of thi s. pirat_e ore .
many of his listeners with an elaborately
appropriate. Addr: None; soys will verify logs m
produced "farewell broadcast." But, the station
The ACE. (Jeffrey Nicklow, Asheville, NC)
operator is still around the pirate scene, and he
WARR 6955 ot 0015. Coptoin Nobeord's rock
could resurface in the future. Addr: Belfast. (Lorry
music ond morijuono odvococy shows ore widely
Michalski, West Seneca, NY; Ray Carmen,
heard ond well produced, but he' s generated
controversy by fo iling to contact the maildrop thot
Canton, OH; Hassig; Jurrens; Nauta; Ruger; Silvi)
Radio Metallico Worldwide 696 1 of 0 I 15.
he announces for correspondence. Addr: Belfast
Many have heard this powerhouse; see the story
not working. (Axelrod; Prindle; Silvi; Williams)
above. Addr: None yet. (Kevin Graniero,
WEED 6955 a t 0430. Although Johnny Smoke's
Madison, WI; Nouta; Ryan; Timothy Woods)
forma l is quite similar to WARR, the slick
Radio Tellus 6955 at 0415. The playlist on this
production values on his station hove mode him o
regular occupant of the pirate bonds is usually
popular pirate. Addr: Huntsville. (Jurrens)
made up of elaborate rock music compositions.
WHWARR- 6955 of 0130. Coptoin Lowbeord
Despite their usual upper sideband mode, the
uses a "We Hate WARR" slogan on this parody
audio fidelity on their music is pretty good. Addr:
station, which soys tho! it won't announce on
Providence. (Hassig; Jurrens; Nouto; Ruger; Silvi;
invalid moildrop. It soys it won't QSL, either.
Williams)
Addr: None. (Jurrens)
Radio Three 6955 at 0000. After hundreds of
WLIS 6955 of 2300. During on interview with
days of delay, many
MT ot the ODXA
DXers were very
Convention in
happy to receive the
Toronto, Ion
QSLthot we picture
McForlond (of Radio
..AU Sal Amonlac:, II the
Conodo Inferno
this month from Sal
Amoniac. His syrupy
tional and Radio
his confirms that
l..-& r~
rock oldies format
Jopon fome) said
remains unchanged.
that Jock Boggan
Heard me on 6'I !3
Addr: None; now
had token o new
Dato 1/Joit1. limc._~
~~
3-photo of Ion of the
verifies logs in The
P...., IOlWab
ACE. (Wolfish; direct
Winter SWL Festival,
7JFR
from the station)
so that this interval
Radio Two 6055 of
signal station could
The long -awaited Radio Three QSL.
2000. Station
update its series of
announcer Yobbo
dozens of different
Dobbo Do hos on extensive collection of rock
Ion QSL' s. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Joel Gosse,
oldies music, which he plays and discusses . Addr:
St. Poul, MN; Jurrens; Silvi ; Williams)
Providence. (Silvi)
WMPR 6955 of 2245. This one's technopop
Radio USA 6955 of 1800. Despite o bust by the
dance music remains somewhat mysterious, given
FCC o few years ago, Mr. Blue Sky ond Joe King
thei r synthesized voice identifications ond their
hove been continuously active for 14 years with
relative lock of communication with DXers.
punk rock music ond original comedy. Addr:
Stephen heard them on a local Monday night.
Belfast. {Bob Thomas, Bridgeport, CT)
Addr: None. (Stephen Lord, Cambridge, MA;
Solid Rock Radio 6955 of 0100. Dr. Love's
Jurrens; Nauta; Prindle; Williams)
pirate station hos been with us since 1993.
WPN 6955 at 2000. Coptoin Squirtlon9 is
working more comedy material into his shows,
Musical styles vary on their shows, ol~h.ough soul
which makes sense ot the World Parody Network.
ond rap dominate. Addr: Belfast. {W1ll1oms)
Addr: Huntsville. (Gosse; Jurrens; Williams)
Southern Music Radio 6955 of 1930. This
veteran New Zealand pirate is usually o difficult
WPRS- 6955 of 1400. Willie B. Quiet isn't on
catch, usually vio the transmitter of KIWI, but they
every night like he wos lost August, but his rock
someti mes find o North American relay for their
and comedy for~ot still op_pi:ors from time to
New Zeolond ond Australian music programs.
time. Addr: Providence. (S1lv1)
Addr: Belfast. (Naulo)
WREC 6955 of 0200. P. J. Sparx is famous Far
Stereo Sound Radio 6955 of 0000. Rock music
his vost collection of novelty songs performed to
is their central focus. On some shows they hove
the tune of rock oldies music. Lately he hos been
used o KSSR coll letter identification. Addr: None;
transmitting lengthy live discussions with in-studio
guests, which propogoted to Europe with only 20
still verifies via the Free Radio Network internet
web site. (Mortin Field, Hillsdale, Ml; Jurrens;
watts! Addr: Belfast. (Ranier Brandt, Germany;
Prindle; Williams)
Axelrod; Field; Hassig; Jurrens; Nouto; Ruger;
Tangerine Radio 6955 of 2045. Raunchy Rick's
Silvi; Williams; Roger Wiseman)
anarchist sta tion was extremely active bock in
line~

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ON THE HAM BANDS

THE FUNDA'MENfAIS O"F M\At'EmTAblO -

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Ike Kerschner, N3/K

Lool<ing Forward into Ham Radio

new amaicur satell ite wa::. launched to advance the hobby.

sign program's ups and downs, be of good
Generally my experience in ham radio has cheer. By the ti me you read th is the program
in early March : des ignated RS- 16. it
been that hams as a group arc curious and li ke shoul d be off and run ning. Basically a vanity
operates in a similar manner to the
earl ier RS- I 0 and RS- 15 birds that ~o many of grabbing onto something new. T o be sure, not call sign wi II cost $50.00 for a ten year term;
us have enjoyed usin g.
everyone is able to comprehend many of the
not too bad if you really want a spec ial call.
RS- 16 has an average o rbital alt itude of technical concepts in rn lvcd with the new
The origi nal vanity ca ll sign program was
form ~ of communications. There are. how276 mi l e~ and produces a foo tprint of about
intended to get hams intcre~ted in obtaining
2.000 miles on the earth.
ever. many who do. and arc willi ng to teach the Extra cla s~ lice nse. The FCC offered two
At 1h i ~ point not all of the data on this and lead others into the new arenas. That' s letter calls to any Extra that wanted one. Of
~ atc lli tc i ~ available. Report s of hearing the
why ham radio is such a great hobby!
course the individua l ham had to choose sevbeacon on 29.408 MHz indicate it is a mode A
eral calls in hopes of ohtaining one he desired.
tran spo nder (2 111e ters up: I 0
My call N3 IK was aresult ofthis
111etcrs down). as arc all of the
program. Not too long after this
other RS birds. Additiona lly. 70
program we nt into effect it ended
c 111 beacons are supposed to be
due to abuses in the system.
My experience has been that hams as a
o pe rat ional on -+35.50.+ and
group are cwious and like grabbing onto
.+35.548 Ml-l z.
I Six Meters
something new.
Expected uplink frequenc1e:,
Frequently I ask for input on
will be 145.9 15 to 1-+5.5.+8 MHL:
six
me1er operat ion from my
down link sho uld be 29.-+ I 5 to
readers.
By
thi
s
time
the 97 Sporadic E season
I
Phase
Ill
D
29.448 MHz.
should
be
we
ll
unde
rway.
Anyone with interOrbi tal c lements should be avail<Jble by
It s due to be launched in September of this esti ng activity reports please drop me a note.
the ti111c you read this: keep watc h on your year. If successful. thi s exciting new satellite
Of special interest is SSTV acti vi ty on six
local bulletin board system or ARRL bulletin will bring real satelli te DX many hours every
meters.
If you know of any suc h activi ty on six
stations.
day to most parts of the world.
please lei me know. SST V nets on six meters
Phase 30 is the res ult of the efforts of more are of special interest and I would like to have
I A New Ham Radio?
than a dozen AMSAT g roups on fi ve conti- ti mes and freq u enc i e~ of such nets.
nents. It wil l be the most e laborate amate ur
As we pr ss forward into a new century.
I would also li ke in fo rmation on FM activamateur radi o is exhibitin g changes few of us satellite ever launched into orbit and will have
ity in your area. Of s pecial interest is how
could haYe p;cdicted 46 years ago when I first ,ometh ing for everyone.
acti ve local 6 111e1e r FM activity is and what or
Phase 3 D carries many different transpon- how it was encouraged in your area.
got into th is hobby.
Space communications is but one 0f the der. and \\'ill accommodate CW. SSB. and
new directions our hobby is taking. There is a digital modes. A new feature on thi ~ bi rd is a I Call for Circuits
:,pccial fcding one gets when comm unicating set of TV cameras that will be used to view
I receive q uite a fe w req uests for simple
Earth, the planets. and ot her objects in space.
with anothe r ham th o u san d ~ of miles away via
tu
be
c ircuits. Transmi tters. receivers, and acFull
details
on
how
the
average
ham
or
SWL
a satell ite.
will be able to utilize the photos fro m space cessories are a ll in dema nd. If you have any
In the early 5()'s several articles about
u1il i1.ing a orbiting satell ite for com mu nica- fea tu re have not been detai led as yet. Soft - circui ts to share. please drop me a note with a
ware to view photos from Phase 3 D \vi ii be copyofyourc ircuits. I' ll try to asse mble them
ti ons we re published. but few if any hams al
into a loose leaf notebook fo rmat to send to
avai
lable from AMSAT.
the time con;.idercd the possibility of ham
For more information on Phase 3 D co ntact those who arc interested. Feel free to send any
radio being included in this amazing concept.
Besides. the idea of being able to communi- AMSAT North America. 132-+ Fairgrounds ~o li d state circuit s that you feel would be of
ca1e over intercontinemal di s1ances ,ia VI-I F Road. Xeni a. OH 45385-5325. AMSA T is a interest as well.
or U I-I F wa~ ge nerally con. idercd 1i dic ulou,. not for profi t organi zati on which needs your
help to keep amateur radio in the space co m- I Software Info
We ll , wc know better now '
111un ica1ions business. If you arc not a memSeldom a month goes by that a magazine
Several months ago. I offe red to send a !isl
ber. by all means join and he lp the effort.
docs not beh1 bor the poor operati ng practices
of shareware to anyone sending me a large
3 D is in keepi ng wi th the ad venturous/
or some hams. Or complain about the old
SASE. I sent o ut about 15 or so lists before the
pioneering tradition of ham radio. Watch MT disk I had the information stored on was lost.
fogies crew on 75 or 20 mete r~. This a l way~
seems self-defeating to me ! A~ we move into to learn more about how to be part of it!
I am in the process of rebuilding the disk, so
a new era in communications there are ~o
those of you who have not received their list
many exciting things going on: there simply is I Vanity Call Signs
please bear with me. Chances are it won' t be
not ti 111c lo worry about the die-lrnrds and
If you have been followi ng the van ity call completed till Christmas.
hold-out ' o f the 50' sand 60's \\hO do not wam
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DEMAW'SWORKBENCH
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS

Dou Demaw, WI FB

Build a Handy Battery Tester A Ouicl<ie Weel<end Project

ot hing can be more fun than to asse mble a uscful circuit that uses few
parts and docs not require an elabor;tte PC board. This month we will learn how
to construct a simple DC vol tmeter from ordinary part:-.. It will mcasurc 2 volts (range I) or
20 volts (range 2). A gadget of this typc is
usdu l for chccking batteries and for trouble
shooting circuits that have an operating \'Oltage no greater than 20. I am including plans
for an RF probe that ca n be used with th is
meter, or wit h any VTV M that has an input
re~istance of I0 megohms (standard). The
parts arc soldered directl y to the foi ls on the
PC hoard.

I The Circuit
Figure I s h ow~ the c ircuit for our mini
vo ltmeter. Onl y one transistor is required . A
single M PF I02 or equi va lent JFET docs the
entire job while se rving as a DC ampli fier.
Two PC- mount potentiometers are used for
calibration. RIO is adjusted for a zero meter
reading when the test probes arc not connected to a DC source. R6 is used to calibrate
the meter from a known voltage source, such
as a fre ~h 1.5-volt dry cell. The voltmeter
accuracy is I0% or better if 5% res istors are
u~cd at RI through R3.
The li gure I circuit may be used to measure rnltage~ greater than 20 if additio nal
series resistors and pin jacks are added. A
range ~w it c h can he used with this c ircuit for
~e l ec tin g the meter input lines. thereby requiring onl y two pin jacks on the panel.

I Construction Ideas
Figure 2 shows a ci rcuit -board
pattern for the main co111pom:nts of
thc figun.: I cin.:uit. I made the pattern
larger than necessary to provide more
"elbow room" fo r begin ners. Experienced builders may wa nt to shri nk
the patte rn to 75'/r of scale. Ample
:-pacing for the part s would remain
after reduction.
Thc co111ponents are ~o l dc rcd direc tl y to thi.: copper conductors o n
the etched side of the PC board. No
holes need to be drilled . This simpl ilies construct ion and min imizcs confusion.
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DC AMP

FIGURE 1
Rl

RS
lOK

+2U
R2

R3

RlO
lOK

+20U

GND ~

SK

Sl

p
DSG

' llMN
BTl

SU

Schematic diaxram of the simple DC voltmeter. Capaciton- are disk ceramic. Fixed-value
resfators are 1/.1- or 112-watt carbon composition. BTJ is a 9- V transistor radio battery. R6
and RI 0 are .rniall PC-mount carbon potentiometers. See text fo r data co11cemi11g M I. S I is
a SPS T toggle switch.

You can use an artists brush and enamel

paint to protect the areas that are not removed
during etching. An etch-resist pen or India
ink can be used as an etch-resist agent too.
Etch-resistant PC layout pads and tapes offer
still another method for protecting the copper.
Etching may be done by immersing the
protected board in ferric chloride solution
(avai lable at Radio Shack stores) for approx imately 30 minutes. The solution shou ld be
preheated to 90- 100 degree~ Fahrenhe it before etching commences. I do thi s by putting
the solut ion in a pint-size cann ing jar and
heating it in the microwave oven . About 45

seconds to I minute should suffice. This will

hasten the etching action. Rinse the PC board
thoroughly in clear water after etching is
completed.
WARNING! Avoid physical contact with
the chemical. Wash the affected areas immediately wi th soap and water. Do not breathe
the fume .
The assembled PC board. jac ks, switch
and meter may be install ed in a project box of
your choice. An inexpensive box can be made
from secti ons of PC board that are joined at
the seams with solder. Aerosol spray paint
can be u~ed to dress up the ex terior of the box.
You may use a standard set of red and
black test leads with thi s meter.
Install three pin jacks on the meter
FIGURE 2
case fo r access. If you use the RF
probe in li gure 3 it will be necessary
to add a standard phone jack to
aceo111111odate it. An SPDT togg le
+2U
JACK
switch can be added to permit
switching the probe internally be(+)
tween the 2- and 20-volt pin jacks.
NEG - - - The RF probe will req uire a PL-55
J ACK
(GNQ)
matchi ng phone plug. RG-58 coax
is suitable for the RF probe lead.
en
(- )
Foam- lilled coax is best because
it's
flex ible.
TOP UIEW
Construction of the RF probe
1/2 SCALE
requi res a copper or aluminum tube
PC board pal/em and parts placement for the circuit in fig ure I.
that
is 3/4 or I inch in diameter. A
The parts are soldered to tile copper conductors 0 11 the etch ed
tu bing length of 4 to 6 inches is
side of tile board, as shown.

July 1997

RF PROBE

FIGURE 3

WOOD OR
PLASTIC PLUG

COPPER OR ALUM TUBING

THIN NAIL

COAX
TO VOLTMETER

TheZEIT
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ALLIGATOR CLIP
Hybrid drawing of an RF probe that ca11 be used with th e circuit i11figure I. Other
germanium diodes, such a .~ th e I N6(), may be used. See text for other RF probe details.
okay . The probe inte rnal parts c an be built o n
a thin strip of PC board stock. The cnd plu gs
(2) can be affixed by means of 4-40 sc rews
(two at each end of the probe). Be sure to
connect the coax shie ld braid to thc metal
probe tube. This can be done ins ide or outside
the tubing. The coax c abl e should be g lued to
the end plug with e pox y cement. It is wise to
abrade the vinyl oute r j acket with coarse g rade
sandpaper before add in g the g lue . This wi ll
provide a better s urface for the cement to
adhere to. The probe tip (nail ) can be he ld in
place w ith epoxy ceme nt. A lte rnative ly, you
may put a bead o f solder o n the nail at e ac h
side o f the plug if woo d is used.

I Using the Meter

Calibration is the firs t order of business.
Turn on the ins trume nt and all ow o ne minute
for the QI tran sisto r j uncti o n to heat. Set RI 0
for a zero meter reading. Next. connect a
known vo ltage source ( I 0 volts is great) to the
20-Y jack. Adjust R6 for a mid scale readi ng
o n MI . When using a meter w ith a 0 - 10 o r 0100 readout scale. always remember to multipl y the reading by a factor of 2. A sk il led
crafts person may choose to make a new meter
scale that has 0-2 and 0-20 volt ranges .
The RF probe is handy fo r measuring the
s ignal voltage from osci llators or low-power
transmitters. Point-to-point chec ks o f RF voltage leve ls make troubl eshooti ng a joy when
working with RF circuits. T he accuracy uf thc
probe is best when it is used w ith a YTYM
which has a IO-megohm input characteristi c.
However. it will prov ide reasonably accu rate
readings whe n used with the figure I ci rcuit.
Accuracy depends o n how clean the waveform is . A pure sine wave yie lds the most
accurate RM S voltage reading. Waveform s
containing harmonic curren ts and othe r im-

puriti es du nut. None theless. the probe is

usefu l for re lative measurements.

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Electroni cs.' A d edicated parts scrounger w ill
save money b y g leaning the components at a
ham radio fl ea market, especially the I 00-~tA
DC me ter. Su rplus vendors offer the best
opportunit y for lrn.:ating low-cost pans and
meters. Hos fe lt Elect ro nics sclls a I 00-A
meter (pa rt no. 39- 162) for a reasonable price.
A ll Electronics Corp. al so sells a 100-A
meter (part no. MET-42). 3
The fi g ure I instrument has many practical
uses. It is idcal for lab work, automo ti ve
testing and RF power measure men t. Keeping
tabs o n your NiCd and d ry-ce ll batteries is a
snap wi th thi s meter. When testi ng used batte ries. a lways put a load across them before
measuring the voltage. If the batte ry is partly
d ischarged it may still provide a no rmal voltage read ing . But. with a 50- or I 00-mA load
across it. the truc voltage will be rcad.
For example . a I - I /2 volt AA. C. or D cell
s hould be bri dged wit h a 33-oh m resistor to
provide a 50-mA load. Use a 180-o hm resistor for 9 volt batte ri..:s . Do not con nect the
resistor un til you are ready to measure the
battery voltage. T here should be no voltage
drop if the batte ry is ful ly charged. or nearly
so.

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I More Company Frequencies

American Tra11sair 8-757, via Carolyn

Stone, CA
131 .525:

131.550:
131.625:
131.675:
131.700:
131.750:
131 .775:
131 .825:
131 .850:
131 .900:
131 .925:
131 .950:
132.000:

American Trans Air Dispatch - IND

(also used wherever Amtron hos a
hub - Midway [Chicago], Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Detroit, etc.)
America West Dispatch IND
United - STL; DHL - SLC
Delta Maintenance ATL American
Eagle BOS
Northwest - BOS, DIA; Southwest
Dispatch - STL, BDL
American Romp BOS; El Al - JFK;
Northwest - BNA
Blue Ridge - BOS, Islip (ISP);
Lufthansa - JFK
FedEx Many locations
Delta - ATL, BOS, BDL, FLL, RSW, PIT;
Amtron - BOS
Delta Radio
FedEx - Many locations
Delta - CVG, PIT; American - DIA
Virgin Atlantic - JFK

(Co111i1111ed.fio111last1110111'1)
130.625: TWA Boston (BOS); TWA Express
Romp STL
130.700: American Eagle - JFK; ComAir PVD;
Delta PVD; TWA SLC; ARINC
frequency on domestic net
130.750: USAir Shuttle - Bos & LGA
130.850: America West (Cactus) - BOS
130.900: Continental - DIA; Delta - Cincinnati
(CVG); Delta - Atlanta Radio
130.950: Business Express - BDL; Manchester,
NH (HHC); Bridgeport (BDR);
American Eagle - JFK
130.975: TWA Express (Redbird) - PVD;
American Eagle - JFK
131.000: Northeast Express - BOS; Northwest
RSW; USAir - PIT
131.050: TWA - JFK; PIT
131.075: United - ATL, DIA, RSW, BDL, PVD
131. 100: British Airways Ops - ORD;
TWExpress Dispatch - STL
l 31. l 50: American Eagle - Sarasota (SRO),
Naples (APF); Northwest - BDL; Delta
Ops - ATL
131.175: TWA Maintenance - JFK; Longhorn
Dispatch - SFO
131 .300: Alitol io JFK; AMR Combs BDL
131.1 25: TowerAir - JFK, MIA;
131.350: Delta Shuttle - BOS; United DIA
131.400: American Ops MIA; O lympic
BOS; Skywest SLC
131.450: Business Express BOS; Delta - ATL,
BNA, SLC
131.500: Air Ontario - BDL; American Eagle
BDL;

76

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July 1997

I Airline Safety Data

A few months ago, the FAA started to
provide consumers with basic airline safety
data. The FAA will release information about
individual carriers that consumers have asked
for in the wake of last year's fata l accidents
involvi ng passe nger carriers. Agency o ffi c ials said because airline acc idents rarely oceur. it is difficult to develop a meaning ful
rati ng system that wou ld provide consumers
with usefu l info rmation for making a decision
about which airline to fly.
Although most major U.S. airlines support
the FAA ' s initiati ve to help ed ueate the public
about aviation safety. an American Airlines
official said the agency must be sure that
what it te ll s consumers will be explained .. so
the publie can un derstand it. But if the information becomes a competiti ve issue "airlines
may stop sharin g safety data" he said. A Delta
Air Lines official said the carrier is very
happy" that the program will not rank airlines.
The age ncy is issuing information about
new enforcement actions against ai rlines that
involve civil penalties of $50.000 or more. as
well as s ignifi cant regulatory actions such as
revoking a carrier' s operating certificate. A

dedicated page on the Internet (see http ://

www.faa.gov) contains safety information,
including acc ident. incident. and near-midair-coll ision data. This type of data was previous ly available only through the Freedom
of In formation Act.
Coming, if not already here. is a data base
specifically designed for the web page which
will include basic information on airline s
such as their date of ini tial certification and
the types of aircraft they operate.

HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL
Houston Intercontinental
Approach:
120.050 (North and East), 124.350 (West)
Departures:
119.700 (North). 123.800 (West).
t33.600 (East). 134.450 (South)
Clearance:
128.100
Tower:
118.100
Grouml Control: 121.700
ARTCC:
133800. 132.950, 134.800

I This 'n That

Air France will boost capacity on its daily
nonstop between Washington and Paris by
50% this summer by substituting a 38 1-seat
747 for the Ai rbus A340. The ai rl ine wi ll
continue to operate 747s on many transat lantic routes. whi le U.S. carriers use the sma ll er
twin-engi ne 767s and 777s. The only 747s
between Paris and New York. Newark. Los
Angeles. Miami. and Washington will be
operated by the French Flag Carrier. It also
serves Pari s from Chicago. Houston. and San
Francisco.
Alt hough Air France s transatl antic !lights
are nons moking in passenger seating areas, it
is equ ipping its ai rcraft with two stand-up
smoker" s bars for economy and premium
passengers. The .. bars .. are enclosed by drapes
and have special fans to draw smoke and
fum..:s.
Japan Airlines ex pects operations o f a new
discount subsid iary. JAL Express. to begin in
the first half of its 1998 fiscal year with two
747-400s. JAL Express wi ll operate so me of
JAL's low-demand runs on a "wet-lease ..
basis (in which aircraft , flight deck and cabi n
c rew are all leased together), and study the
possibility of taking over some domestic trunk
routes and internation al sectors. Cockpit cr..:ws
will not be Japanese initially, allhoughJapanse
recruits will be sought later.

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77

fEDERAL FILE

A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

John

Fu/ or; , WA4VPY

email: johnf@emi.net

Summertime Sl<ip and Federal Trunl<ing

i1h 1hc ~ummcr upon us. Iam spendin g more and more lime monitoring the fede ral bands for inc reased
use in federal acli vity. Wh at does 1his ha ve to
do wi1h summer', The days are longer and 1he
skip on 1hc low band ~ is siani ng 10 roll in. I
have bet!n moni1oring 1he 1cn meter ham band.
spec ilicall y 29.6 MH z FM mode. fo r ae1i vi1y.
When I hear 1e n 111 e 1 e r~ open up. I know some
good federa l skip loggings are possible .
i\110~ 1 o f the fede ral agencies have left the
low ba n d~ for VHF and UHF ass ig.n mem s.
The on ly real pla yer~ one wiII hear down 1here
are 1hc military nets whic h show up in the 30
to 88 MHz area. As an example. Nellis Air
Force Ba e in Nevada. the home uf the mysteri ous Area 5 1 activ it y. has bee n monitored
and confirmed (!hanks to the Mi Imm internet
ma iling li st) on lhese frequenc ies :

32.45
41.95

32.65
46.75

34.15
46.85

40.15
41.45
46.95 MHz

These lran s mi s~ i o n s are probably coming

fro m a military bac kpack rad io. sud1 as the
PRC-77 or i1 s mobile equi valent. How can we
1..:ll 1hcse arc 1ac1ica l. ra1her1han s landard land
mobile 1ran ~ m iss i ons? T he sccrel is the subaud ible tone thal is tra nsm illcd along with 1he
carrier. This is ofte n re ferred lo as Pri va1c
Line. (The h:rm .. Private Linc .. is a Motorola
trademark. Ge nera l Elec tri c and other land
mobile manufactu re rs have -;imilar trademarked na mes. l
The subaud iblc lo ne transmitted is 150 Hz.
Th is i ~ the ~ t a ndard mil itary tune. It is 11111 a
land mo bile standard tone. The closest tune
there i ~ 15 1.-1 Hz. However. if you are monitoring wi1h a scanner than has subaudible tone
capabilities. the 15 1..t H;1. tone is close e nough.
T he mil iiary 150 Hz tone will pass throug h.

Trunking in Vogue with Military

More and more m ilitary bases arc gning
over lo 400 MHz lrunked radio systems. The
~ta nd ard d iscrete freque ncies which were used
fo r lire. police. ma intenance. are bei ng de'C rled in favo r of the .tOO MHz frequenc i e~ .
T he fo llowing trunked systems have been
rqrn rt ed in u ~e in the a reas aro und
\Va~hi ng 1on.D.C. This in fo rmati on i~ cuurtc ~y o f the SCAN- DC inte rnet mail ing li st and
\\'as ~ubm iu ed to them by Wi Ilard Hardm an.

MARYLAl'iD

Nati o na l Sec u r it y
Age ncy installation.
App ro ved for fi ve
c ha nn e ls. On ly the
above four in use.

A be rd ee n Proving
Grounds:
406.700
407.475
409.025

407.275
408.550

God dard
S pace
Flig ht
Ce nter
(Greenbelt):

Edgewood Army Arsena l:

406.225
409.500

408.150
409.525

407.250
410.150

ote: Seven channels

approved . o nl y t he
abme fo ur in use.

Note: Monito rs say

th is is very acti ve system.

Andrews Air Force

Base:

Patuxent River Naval Air Station:

406.350
407.150
408.025
408.750
409.350

410.1 50
412.050

406.950
407.425
408.200
408.950
409.725

Note: A Imo. 1 alI base

fun cti ons. including the
Nava l Air Faci lity.
Baltimore Federal Agency Trunked
System:
406.425

406.650

407.050

Note: Approved fo r fi ve chan nels. Other two

not known. Sy~ t en1 not in use yet.

c h annel~

Baltimore Health and Human Service:

Approved fo r five un known frequencies. Not
in u ~e yet.
Baltimore Health a nd Human Service:
409.000

410.225

410.425

411 .825

One other freq uency nut known . System scheduled to be in operatio n in lat e 1997. This will
in<.: lude the Nati onal Institute or Health.
Cumberla nd Federal Prison:
Five freq uencies approved. No other in formation known.

408.550

409.150

ote: Fi w c hannel s approved. Onl y above

three in u~e. Mmtly mi litary police. fire. base
maintenance.
Fort Meade:
406.325

407.400

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July 1997

WASHINGTON
Washington Navy Yard:
Five <.: hannels approved. Appears to have
merged wit h Washington's federa l system.
managed by 1he Nationa l Te lecommunications and Informa tion Adm inistration ( TIA).
W ash ington NTIA System:
406.250
408.900

406.850

408.450

408.700

Note: Eight chan nels approved. only the above

five in use. This is the f ederal tru nked system
in D.C. area. The users inc lude Department of
Defense. Bolli ng Air Force Base, Naval District of Washin gton, Ho locau st Museum.
National Archi ves. S upreme Court , Naval
l111elligcncc Center. and several others. The
loc:al "shonhand" for the ~ys tem is "DC I:
Washington Military System:

Fort Detrick:
407.075

411.325
412.750

ote: Five channels in

use. Other channe l not
reported. Te nant units
and aircraft division
still use VHF/U HF.

407.575

409.450

Note : This is fo r the Army facility. not the

78

408.625
410.275

406.200
407.025
411 .200

406.300
407.950

406.525
408.850

406. 775
409.250

Note: Th is is the military system in Washington. The users include mostly Army units.
T hese incl ude Fort Belvoir. Military Di strict
of Washi ngton, Joint Mi lit ary Ime lligenc:e
College. Defense Info rmat ion System Agency.
Wh ite House Communicat ions Agency and

others. The local callsign is "Belvoirffysons:

VIRGINIA
No trunked systems have been noti:d coming from Virginia. Both Dahlgren (Navy) and
Fort A.P. Hill have approved requests for
systems. but nothing has been operational yet.
Systems have been approved for Langley. a
federal trunked system for Norfolk. Norfolk
Navy Station, and an Army system for Richmond.

posed to be repeater outputs for FEMA repcalers in the Washington area. The particulars arc:
Output/Input:
411.975/408.725

Callsign
KPS275

4 t 2.350/408.775

KPS262

Location
Washington FEMA
Headquarters
Virginia FEMA site

What is FEMA doing with exec uti ve/d iplomatic protection? If it is not FEMA. who is
using their system?

I More DC Area Systems

I Great Day for the DEA

As an addition to the Washington trunked

traf!ic. the Food and Drug Administration is
now operating on the Washington federal
trunked system (406.250, 406.850. 408.450.
408.700, and 408.900 MHz).
One monitor reports the Defense Communication Electronic and Evaluation Test Facility at Ft. Belvoir, Maryland, is using the
frequencies of 141.425 and 142.400 MHz for
their operations.
It has been reported that the U.S. Supreme
Court building security is on 163.275 MHz
simplex with a subaudible tone of 127.3 Hz.
The base identifies as "G2." The dri vers/
escorts for the Supreme Court Justices are
now on the Washington NTIA system. The
G2 base si mulcasts on both the 163.275 MHz
and the NTIA tru nked system.
The U.S. Park Police have maintained a
UHF radio system in Washington, D.C.. for
many years. This system operated on 4 11 .625,
411.725, 4 11.825, and 4 11.925 MHz. This
syste m is now reported as "officially dead."
The 4 11.825 frequency has been reallocated
to part of a trunked system. However, 4 11 .625
and 411 .725 arc occasionally used by the Park
Police fo r informal sim plex traffic.
There is a mystery coming out of the Washington. D.C.. radio traffic. Several monitors
have reported on the SCAN-DC newsgroup
of unusual acti vity on 4 11.975 and 4 12.350
MHz. During the last few weeks voices speaking mostly English with a heavy fo reign accent have been noted making references to
ambassadors and motorcades.
These frequencies carry occasional tones.
often six or so, each about 1/4 second in length
and about the same time apart. The tones are
approx imately I kH z in frequency and can be
overridden by a voice transmission when it is
initiated. Simil ar tones have been encountered on 165.6875 MHz. wh ich is a Secrd
Service frequency. T he voice traffic is often
distorted and the signal seems to be comi ng
from downtown Washington.
One answer to this comes from MTs Larry
Van Horn. His records show the two frequencies are assigned to FEMA . They arc sup-

April 18, 1997. wi ll go down in history as

one of the most active moni toring days in
rece nt memory for th e moni toring of
counternarcotics traffic on short wave comi ng
from Customs and the Drug Enforcemenl
Admin istration (DEA).
The fo llowing freq uencies we re handling
major cou nternarcotics traffic. All frequencies were monitored in upper sideband (USB)
and arc of course. in kHz:
11175
11494
7657

10242
8971
15867

8968
8912
18594

13907
11073

10242
14686

the standard "A lpha" callsign~ then switch

in10 OES scrambling. Most operat ions arc
reported in the clear. Units Alpha 81 and
Alpha 17 \\eri: moni tored following a vessel
in the Hawai i area suspecled of tran~purti n g
narculics. Alpha 17 was on a vessel in lhe
Honol ulu harbur. Alpha 81 wa~ a 41 fool
Coast Guard culler. Communications were
abo heard on Marine Channel 69 wi th an
uniden1ified Navy ves~e l in the harbor.
Conclusion: You 1Kver know where you
will hear federa l act ivi ty....
11 is i111eres1ing to note thal the above
repeater pair ch>es 1w1 show up for any other
government agency and doi:s nut show up for
an y other known Customs ~ys tcm. 165.4125
is u~ed b) Cu~tums in Alabama. California.
Florida. Ha\\'aii. and Louisiana. 166.675 is
onl y used by Customs in Hawaii.
As a closi ng note, one of our readers sent
me some e-mai l on frequencies used by the
Bureau of Mines. I erased the e- mai l and did
not gel his identity. If he/she is reading this.
plcasi: re t:nd the message. Until next month.
keep monitoring 1

TheDEA HFfreq uenciesof 11 073, 14686,

89 12. and 7656 kHz had the following units
on them:
7656-Allas calling Sundance
8912-0maha 578 calling Hammer, then encrypted voice
11073--Allas calling Sundance (Cochibamba, Bolivia)
14686-Atlas calling Sundance

Just from what clear vo ice was monitored.

it seems DEA had a plane missing. No furt her
details were released. DEA was chasi ng a
large truck over some backroads in Mexico
using 11494 kHz.
DEA operations in Mexico and the /\mericas use 7657 kHz as the normal Foxtrot frequency. The frequency of 11 073.5 kHz is
designated as Sierra Echo. The frequency of
11 076 is tles ignatt.:d Echo. Callsign Condor
100 is Mex ico City. Sundam.:e 855 i~ the
regional DEA office in Cuc hibamha. Boli\'ia.
US Customs was reported with encrypted
voice on I0242 kHz. US Custom!-> Unit 2337
was monitored with encrypted voice. The
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MONITORING TIMES

79

SATELLITE TV
ADVENTURES IN THE CLARKE BELT

- .

Ken Reitz, KS4ZR

e-mail: ks4zr@compuserve.com

Galaxy 4: One Versatile Satellite

c:c;l111u lDgy is a lhing o f fra gil e beaut y.

It sc:e111s 1ha1 1he murc compl icaicd
thi ng' arc . 1hc 1c,, it lal-..e' IO GlLhc ;1
malfunctio11 . lf yllu have a DBS satelli te sy'tem. you shou ld apprccialc its s implicity, the
facl that !here <.m.: no movi ng pan ,. and 1ha1
the system is mack wi1h a, few component' as
possible. While such non-stee rab le systems
do have !heir di sadvaniagc-.. LJB S e ngineer'
have cenai nly learned fro1n 1he ( -band ,atellite indus1ry !hat the fewe r parls you have. the
less can go wro11 g.
I ofien 1hi11k about ,,hen:. in !he Clarke
Be lt. r d like my C-band sy,1e m to break
down. or course . we don 1 l1'llall y have a say
in such matters. but it, a fun ex ercise anyway. In !he years before !he ad ve nl of sc ram bling, Galaxy I was the place lo be. It fca iured
12 d1anncls of cable fare and lo1s of audio
subcarriers.
A few years ago I though! !hat Anik 1::2
wou ld be a good pl ace to break down. Hefurc
it suffered an unfortunate malfunction. ii fcatun::d 24 channe ls of C-band and 32 Ku -band
channe b. Those channels we re loaded wi1 h
video inc luding net\1ork feed,. back hau b.
dozens of audio subcarricr,. claia signals.
SCPC, and more. Sad ly. it i.-. hut a , had n\\' of
its former SC If afler SUfft!ring !he ilh' of OIH: 1Jf
its solar panels and half ii,; capab ilit ic' were
shut clown.
If you're sca nning 1hc skies fu r a grea1
example of satelli te \'er,atil iiy y1>u needn ' t
look farther 1han Gal axy -I. a , i-. y- buund workhorse whic h prm idc, an e>.ee lle nt 'tudy uf 1h.:
art of sate llite design. It >Ueces.-,full y an,WtT>
the question uf huw much data. video. and
audio ..:;111 we cr;1111 on one >ingle 'alel lite.
I Multi-faceted Galaxy 4

lkforc we gel in11> the detaib of thi ' 'atcllite, let's louk al 1hc: 1rans111i" ion parnme1c r,.
In orde r fur s ignab 10 get rrom the !o.alc l lill' w
yourdi' h they ha\'e to be 1ra11'111it1ed fmm 1h..:
ground tu the sate-I lite . Ot)l'iuusly. the 1rip up
tknuwn as the uplink ) ca111 hi.; mad.: on 1he
same fr1.:q ueneics a' the 1rip dow n (k111>w11 a'
th..: downlin k). All two-way " 11ell iies prm ide
a di ffl:n: nt ' Cl ur frcq uenci..:-. Oil !he uplink
than on the downl ink. ju' t like your local 2
meler ham repeate r. In !he ca'e o r .'><tlcllile <,
such as Gal axy -I, the uplink is clone in a band
from 5.925 G H1. to 6.425 GJ-1 1 o n C-band <lllcl

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July 1997

and 22 feet hi gh. G4 is

perched at its orbit al slut in
the Clarke Belt at 99 tkgrees west. G4 s C-band
channels offer the s tandard
16 waits output whi le its
Ku-band channels provide
cri sp vicl<.:o vi a 50 watts
OU!pUt.
He re yo u ' ll find
samples of digital transmi ssio ns. se\'e ral cli ffe n:nt
scrambling methods. audio
subca rri ers from SCPC to
FM ~q u art!cl. for..:ign broadcasters. rdigious programming. neiwork. news, and
s ports bad hauls. syndi cati on d istribut ion. and some
digital feeds whi ch you
can t eve n tell ex isl.
G4's C-band Side

The C-band side of 04

is the one most fa mili ar to
satelliie TV 1iew..:rs. It ,
hom..: to the main network
feeds o f th e CBS television
network as well as the ir
primary affili ate news feed.
!he rnain feed for !he
Warner Brothers network,
and the United Paramount
Ne two rk (UPN) . Whi le
C BS is a long-ti me resident uf0 4. many 01her curGalaxy 601 spacecraft - Courtesy Hughes Space &
rc nt occupa nts 111igrntcd
Co11111111nicatio11s Cu.
from Tel star 40 I wh..:n ii
1-1.0 Gl-1 11, 1-1 .:'i G Ht in the Ku -band.
\1e11t do\\'n in January of thi s year. The CBS
Galaxy -I (G-1) . <1 product nf Hughe, Airntiwork f..:e d s arc most ly se nt via th e
u.Ji ( ,incl their long Ii ne n r !>Uec_:,,ful 1-1560 I Viclco,i pher I .:ncrypiion sys1e m: however.
S<llellile,. l\l'> l.1unched frulll Kou rou. . e\\'
there arc almost alway~ one or rnort! feeds in
Guinc.1. aboard an Ariane -12 P n icke l on June
1he ckar.
24. I9lJ.1, 11ha!> a de ,ign lifc,pan of 12 year>.
Olht!r video res ide nts on 04 s C-band
1 111, bi1d fc .tu1e-. 2-1C .tnd 2-1 Ku -b::rncl chan - 'ide incl ude th<.: long-1im1.: religious broadne l' \\ hic h ca1r~ e1ery 1hi11g tru1n ne twork ca, te r know n as the Shepa rd ' s Chapel Ne tprug1a1111111ng and sporh back hauls 1,1 doze n,
work originaiing o ut of Arkansas. and the
ol SCPC ' 1gnal' and tL1 t,1 1r;i n,111i"i1J11' rc la1i 1e newcume r World Harvest T V. Syncli,ud1 a-. E!vi W IN. th.:: b ne1gc11cy Manag..:r,
ca1.:d program di, 1ributors Buena Vista TV
Wcathe1 lnlorm ati nn Nc l\\ork. It is. 111 s hun. and -1 Med ia Co. ha ve feeds ht: re as welI.
.; s.11cll1tt DXcr. pl.i) ground.
In addi1ion. there: are fi\'C occasional-use
We ighing in al J.700 pounth and 11h:<N trchannel s whi ch ar1.: used fo r co llege sports
i11g 80 kc! ;1ero" (with so lar panel ~ exlended ) hack hau ls and news feeds. On an y foll or

winter weekend, it 's not unusual to find five

college footbal l o r basketball games here.
Former analog broadcaster SCOLA is also
here but in a digital format not compatible
with the new Ge neral Instrument 4DTV re ceiver.
The sate llite hosts e ight audio subcarriers
includ ing KRY A-FM, Arkansas; WHMEFM, Indi ana; Eng li sh and Spanish feeds of
shortwave broadcaste r WHR I; and a varie ty
of easy liste ning and big band swing audio
channe ls.
Two chan nels ( I and 3) are used entire ly
for Sing le Channe l Pe r Carrier (SCPC) transmissio ns . Channel I features audio fro m the
Voice of Free China (Tai wan); KBLA-AM
(Radio Ko rea): WWRV- AM New York City
with religio us programming in the Span ish
language; and on ly a handful of othe rs. Channel 3, on the ot her hand , is like having a
dedicated sports/newstalk radio which features nearly every major league spons fran c hi se in the country as well as many college
sports networks and what seems like dozens
of Rush Limbaug h sound-alikes including the
big guy himse lf.
Whether it 's Major League Baseball , NHL.
NBA, Motor Racing Network, college football, basketbal l, or baseball you ' re most likely
to find it here . But wait, there's more ' There' s
Minnesota Public Rad io, Natio na l Public
Radio feeds, at least three reading services for
the sight impa ired, and Soldier's Radio Network from the U.S . Army .

I G4's Ku-band Side

I' m always amazed at how few people
have Ku band reception capability. True, there
is the extra cost in volved: you' II need a C/Ku
feed and a Ku LNB. Between the two ex tra
compone nts you' ll spend another $ 150 to
$200. But, for most die-hard satellite DXers .
it 's mo ney we ll spent. Virtually all recei vers
made today are Ku compat ible and nearly a ll
installati o ns include the extra run of RG/6 for
the Ku LNB . The re are 16 Ku band satellites
w ith anything from a few to many acti ve
channe ls .
Galaxy 4 makes g reat use of all 24 of its
Ku- band c hannels. Nearl y every conceivable
transmission mode is found here from digital
data to analog video. You' ll find FM Squared
commercial- free musi c services, full-time
video from mainl and C hina, and an interesting mix of spo rt s and news back hauls.
One d isappointment to most sate llite DXers
is that many video channel s on the Ku side are
either encrypted o r in a digital format. The
F il ipino Channe l is on chann e l 24 and
scrambled via the Oak/Orion system; the
Ch ine se Jade C hannel is us ing Videocrypt on

channe l 18: C NN's Airport Channel is on

channe l 10 in Sc ientifi c-At lanta ' s digital
MPEG transmissions . One interesti ng aspect
of the Fili pino Channe l is that while its video
is scrambled. it offe rs two audio subcarricrs .
DZM M (6.20 M l-l z) and WRR ( Romance
Radio 6.80 MHz) wh ich feature a mix or
America n and Filipino pop as well as chat
shows in T aga log.
or partic ular note here O il G4 Ku. is the
num be r or FM Sq uared audio subcarriers
found o n channels J and 16. Thi s type of
subcar ri c r differs from no rm a l audio
subca rri ers in that they arc found at frequenc ies below those us ually received by most
sa te ll ite rece ive rs . Use o f an out-board
subcarri er receiver wh ic h can tune those signals, such as the Un iversal SC-50 o r the
Maspro ste reo processor. w ith a freq ue ncy
translato r. are requ ired for reception .
These c hanne ls carry ma ny audio services
for America's largechai n-store retailers. These
so-ca lled " in -store se rvices" feature adverti seme nts fo r vari ous special s now running in
the store. I've heard news networks he re as
we ll as an Ame rican Public Radio Network
feed. The mus ic services found o n these channe ls range from Country & Western to 70 s
rock with several Latino c hannels . Uni versa l' s
"Satellite Radi o Guide" shows 14 d iffe re nt
music freq uenc ies on both c hannels 3 and 16.
The audio q uality is excc lknt and makes for
some enjoyable. com merc ial-free li stening.
On the digital data s ide. in addit io n to the
aforementioned EMW IN s ig nal s. is the data
stream for Plane t Connect, a dig ital se rv ice
which downloads Internet data to su bsc ribing
cus to mers. There are al so a numberofun iclentified packet signa ls noted o n FM Squared
freque nc ies.

I Introduction to TVRO
H your fami ly is e njoying the offerings of
cable TV or a DBS sys tem but you're looking
for more interesting viewing and listen ing.
setting up a dish just for Galaxy 4 is a good
pl ace to start. You can get a nice used mesh
dish for well under S I 00 and a good a nalog
receiver fo r less than that. If you hunt around
and make so me inquiries, you' ll find it's no t
hard to buy a co mp lete syste m for less than the
price o r a c heap scanner. A ft er spending some
time o n the ins tallation you're ready to go.
Later you can add a C/Ku feed and a motor
and rea lly start DXi ng the Clarke Belt!

I Transponder Notes
Big changes in the satellite indus try a re
a lways o n the ho rizon . Two years ago it was
the birth of the DBS world. Right now it' s the

merge r of DISH and Murdoch. the launch or

the General Instrument (soon to be known as
Next Level) Di g ital -VCH-A na log receiver
ca lled 4 DTV.
There s also the less noticed but ex traord inary take-over of the sports broadcast industry by 1:ox (more Murdoch mania). In just a
few months. no fewer than seve n cable sports
networks arc now Fox Sports Networks : FOX
has secured over-the-air broadcast rights to
most major league sports. inc lud ing prime
events like the Su per Bow l. Stanley C up finals. and World Series. T he FOX spo rts show
Scoreboard Central is seen almost eve ry where. It's not hard to imag ine that we lrnve
not seen the encl of the Murdoch Effect.
By the time you read thi s. look for Telstar
5 to be up and runn ing. W ith24C- bandand24
Ku-band channe ls o n board. T5 wi ll be found
at 9J degrees west whic h w ill put it square ly
between Galaxy 7 and G alaxy 3R.
With a d isma l first yea r perfo rmance,
A lphaS tar has been playing corporate mu sical chai rs with the ousted president. Murray
Klippen stein be ing replaced by o ld TY RO
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81

EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
TWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIFY!

Bill Cheek
email: bcheek@san.rr.cam

Computer Tools and Utilities for Radio

omc believe radio is going to the dogs,

some believe it is going to computers.
others believe they re one and the same
thing. If that"s you . then your vision differs
from mine. I sec automation and 1:omputi ng
hard at work acros' the entire radio s1:enc. Even
(Bers arc play ing packet-radio' Yes. I find less
to li >ten to. but a whole lot more to decode and
pro<:css with my computer.
The early days of my computing ex perience
were full or rumblin g and stumbling - the
connection bctwccn hobby radio and computers not reall y apparent - but I sensed someth in g comi ng down and stuck with it. Paydin
came slowly in those early years, but I persisted
and now there is no turning back. Radio is a
monst rous piclllrc all by itse lf. and when you
add computing. it becomes an undc rslalcmcnl
to ca ll the panorama mind boggli ng ... And yet.
sense and organ i7.ati on can be made from this
d1aos ... with a computer and a few of the right
tools.
Which Computer?

I doubt there is a best" computer fo r radio.

but my choi<:e and expertise is on the IBM-PC
and compatibles. If you are attached to another
platform. I refer you to the Internet where
information on most anything can be fo und.
But if you arc undecided whi ch way lo go. I
have to recommend the PC/compatible as the
computer most capable of steering you down
the ri ghteous path in radio.
There are at least six levels of PCkompaliblc computers. the earliest of wh ich is the now
horribly outdated PC. The PC was followed by
the XT, AT, 80386, 80486, Pentium. and now
the Pentium II. There is no foreseeable end lo it.
Whi le the original IBM-PC is an antiqut:. its
sut.:ct:ssors art: st ill suited for most radio needs.
The XT and AT arc marginal in performance
and capac ity. but I know guys who extract a lot
from those old clunkers. You can fare wel l with
a cheap used 386 or 486. so long as your nt:t:ds
don ' t ex trnd much beyond radio.
If you are in the market to buy a new computer. settle for no less than a Pentiu m I:n. If
you drea m of con nect ivity to the Internet and
beyond. as we ll as some seri ous radio. and a
rnodirnrn of production on the side. you have
little choice but lo go fo r a fast 486DX4/ I00 or
better.Yesteryear' s XT , AT. and 386 arc too far
bt:hi nd the times to he expected lo do 111or1: than
keep your nose just out of the water.
I' ll confe ss that I built a cheap 386 machine

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July 1997

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I Which Software?

I'll reiterate that Windows 95 is tht: dt: fac to

standard operating system fo r a wide range or
MS -DOS and Windows appli cat ions. Microsoft
WORKS for Windows is a premi er, low-cost.
prod u1:ti vi ty package that's good for hobbyist.
home. and small-business net:d,. r vc covered
these in detail in the past. so kt' s move on to
other goodies that you may not know about.
The rest of th is article hi ghli ghts >01111: slick
and wicked uti Ii ties for broad computing needs.
Most of these tools arcn 't directl y related to
radio . but anything that makes you a bette r
co1111m1is1 might also make you a heller mdioist.
The fo ll owi ng goodies wi ll contribute to you r
computing power:
Vernon Buerg's LIST
McAfee's TARGET
Chris Dunford' s FGREP
Reid Drummond's APFTcols
C.A.T.'s MAGIC

McAfce', shareware TARGET is a littleknown whoppt:r of a file locator and multipurpose man ipul ator utility. It can fi nd selected
files across al l drivt:s . in1: lud ing logged network drives. and initiate actions on those fi les
such as virus scann ing. ti le copyi ng. renami ng,
re-grouping. dt:leting. archiving, and multiple
other functions. It ca n search and make decisions based on date ranges. fi le sizes. archi ve
condition. fil e types or duplicate files. and it
can use a variety of search masks, includi ng
regu lar express ions. Cost is minor.
Target can perform a wide range of manipulations on li les that arc fo und. ranging from
si mple deletions or scans for vi ruses, to compl ex restructurin g or reordering. Most Target
tasks can be performed wit h one simple command. Tar get is ava ilab le in v 1. 5 as:
TA RGET l5.Z IP 75422.
Chris Dunford s shareware FGREP is now

n ocon~istelll column alignment.

and parse. to the bcst of its
ability for single and multiple
frcqucnc ies in a line of text:
separates the frequencies from
the text. wi th individual fields
for thc frequency. Mode. Incre ment. and text for Descript ion
and Comment. MAGIC creates
one record per frequency. Additiona lly, MAGIC ca n directly
read ScanCat. dBase, and
comma-deli mited files! A free
demo of MAG IC vi . I is available as: MAG IC.ZIP 498945
PC MaKti:ine' s WHEREIS
is an old plain-janc. but fast filcfindcr. lt'sstill usefu l and works
under MS-DOS and Windows
of all flavor~ . Whercis is tiny. thorough. and
best of all, free. It belongs in every Net warrior' s
toolbox. Look for WHERE IS.LZH 1280 03/
2311992
Scmwarc's shareware QEDIT and commercial TSE text editors arc prelly much without equal. If you eve r used the ol<l MS-DOS
EDLIN text editor. you' ll know what I mean.
Even the more recent EDIT.EXE of MS-DOS
5.0/u p lacks the esscntials o f an all -pu rpose tex t
editor. EDIT.EXE gets you by for basic ASC II
edi ting. but after you've used QEDIT. you' ll
wonder how you ever managed without it. TSE
(The Semware Editor) is an even more enhanced and powerfu l evoluti on of QED IT, now
in both 16-bit and 32-bit power. TSE is commercial-ware and must be purchased directly
from Semwarc. I won't say you have to have
TSE. but QEDIT belongs in your warbag. for
sure.
Microsoft 's own Note Pad text edi tor that
comes with all flavors of Windows is widel y
overlooked and scoffed al. even by yours truly.
But you know what '! I use it a lot. NotePad is
one of those dea ls where "less is more." It 's
simple and unobtrusive. not powerful or loaded
down with fea tures - it just works fl awless ly,
the way an ASCII text ed itor should. A good
half of my text c<l itor/reader needs are done
with NotePa<l. Give it a second chance. if you
haven't already.

FIG-2: FGREP's COMMAND STRUCTURE

in v 1.83 as FGREP 183.ZIP 28298. FGREP

(Fast GREP) is a small utility that can be used
to fi nd stri ngs of characters inside ASCII tex t
files. and arbitrary seque nces of bytes in other
files. String search capabilities are not extensive (no regular expressions). but FGREP is
small and very. very fast. FGREP is a liule like
Windows 95' s Find function. but it is much
more powerfu l and faster. espec ially for word
and phrase searc hes across large numbers or
files. Adm iuedl y, FGREP is not ideal for the
novice. but I fut zed around with it as a neoph yte
and benefited immeasurably. You mi ght. too.
Cost is zilch.
Reid Drummond 's APFTools is a superb
MS-DOS frequency " finder" and organi zer for
chaotic text files and an APF file-preparer for
the CE-232 Interface. APFTools was extensively discussed in my Dec-96 and Jan-97
columns and wi ll not be repeated here except to
advise that v4. I is out now.
Computer Aided Technologies. a regular
MT a<lvertiser. pitched thei r hat into the ring
with MAGIC. a remarkable Windows style of
APFTool s. (See I' 8-l ji1r Ca111/a110 '.1 re1ie11 of
it. ) MAGIC not only makes order and sense out
of di sorganized tex t file frequency lisb. it can
prepare APF ti les for the CE-232 Interface:
FRQ and SCN files for SeanCat software: TXT
tab-delimited col umn fil es: DBF dB ase fi les:
and ordinary comma-delimi ted ASC files.
MAGIC reads any ASC II fi le. cven thu ~c with

Conclusion

FIG-3: C.A.T.'s MAGIC

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Some people use computers fo r specific

purposes an<l then turn them off. Other~. myself
included. use computers for a variety of purpo~c s and never turn them off. The difference
between th e~c two cxtremes might be the tools!
T he better you can use you r tools. the better
your product as well as the quality of your life.
The right computer tools might make such a
difference. and thl' ones I li sted in th is article
arc worthy of your lllention and exploitation
across a multiplicity o f purposes. All are avail -

able from my FTP sites as well as around the

Internet.

Error In May-97
Good grief. I blew it in Figs 1-3 in my May97 column. page 82. Capacitor C-2 is in the
wrong polarity. Its con n..:cti ons should be reve rsed from that shown, with (+) to ground and
(-) to Pin 4 of the LM-74 1. Operated as shown.
C-2 will probably fail <luc lo reverse polarity.
Thanks to Phil Accardi (AJ I NJ. JcITy S mith.
and others who pointed out this awfu l oversight. Please make pen & ink corrections to
your May-97 i~~ue.
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MONITORING TIM ES

83

(OMPUTERS & RADIO

John Catalano, PhD

RADIO-RELATED SOFlWARE REVIEWS

j_catalano@conknet.com

Fresh Frequencies and CAT Magic

o much ischanging these days. ltseems

that every time we pick up a frequency
list the stat ions and the frequencies
have changed. A chec k of Larry Yan Horn s
column proves that eve n the military is doing
it 1 So how do we stay cun-ent instead of just
searching signalless noise9

I Common sense tips

First. fin d current. reliable sources of frequency data. Start with publications. Si nce
the lag between writing and publication can
be two or more months. check fo r the freshness" of the data. Many publications have
lmernet web sites which are updated almost
daily; some hourly. Again Larry's Utility
page (www.grove.net/- Iarry/uteworld.
htmJ) World Uti lity News (WUN). WWW
SWL Guide (www. cc.mu.oz.au/stafl/pbd/
SW/index.html) are good web sites for starters.
Second, subdivide your sources into categories; for example. those which have military or aeronauti cal frequenc ies. Pri oriti ze
them according to your personal favori te monitoring hab its.
Third. cross check information between
sources in order to dete rmine which have the
' 'freshest" data.

I Now What?
OK. We now have various sources of frequency lists: printed page, word of mouth .
and fi les fro m the Internet. How do we get
these into a form we can use in our fa vorite
receiver control and data base compute r program '> For the frequencies that we have heard
from a friend, or hastil y written on a scrap of
paper. it's keyboard finge r exercises ' We
could say this for all the sources. but then we
would never get time to actually do some
monitoring. Fortunate ly. there are ti me -saving allernati ves for the others.

I Page scanning 1997: cheaper and

better
A year or so ago we looked at the results
obtained using handheld page scanners to
input pri med frequency lists. I bought my
handhe ld page scanner primarily to transform
magazine frequency lists into computer files.
I thought it would fre e me from all the time

84

MONITORING TIMES

Jvfy 1997

consuming keyboard and reading e ffort. From

your le tte rs and e-mails. many of you had the
same plan.
Unfortu nately. we were all di sappointed
with the results. I had s uccessfull y used a
flatbed page scanner at a major electronics
company, my employer at the time, but $ I 500+
for a flatbed scanner was not an option for
most of us. By 1997. however. the electronics
industry has fo llowed its usual path and flatbed
scanners arc now less than S400. The demonstrations I have seen produce very reliable
optical character to computer characte r
(ASC II ) results. Again, care must be taken to
load the page square ly in the scanner. But it is
a whole lot easier than the handhcld.
I am planning to make one o f these my very
next purchase (Yes, dear: after I purchase a
garden chipper/mulcher), so stay tuned for
results on the new inexpensive fl atbed page
scanners.

I How about Internet files?

grams are second nature. Unless I use them on

a regu lar bas is. eac h use requires rereading
the manual. a couple of test tries. and ten
minutes of effort before I have success.
It would be very ni ce if a program cou ld be
developed wh ich would do all the file conversion with a few mouse clicks. Lt would take a
magician to convert a file, even ofjust the two
most common file types, to a speci fic database format with no user judgement cal ls.
Well. "'Magic is just what a brand new
program by Computer Aided Technologies.
makers of Scancat. clai ms to do fo r ScanCat
program users. Let ' s give it a try and see if it's
real or illusion.

I Works Like "Magic"

T hese are the words that appear on the
opening scree n once you have install ed Magic
vers ion I. I in either Windows 3. 1 or Windows 95. The computer req uire ments are
modest: Windows 3. I on a PC compatible
with at least 4 Vl b of RAM and hard drive
space. Of course. you will need a vers ion of
ScanCat so you can use the result ing fi les in
FRQ or SCN formats. The installation is quick
and easy from the s in gle Magic disk. The 18+
page Mag ic instruction manu al warns that an
cn or message (that sho uld be ignored) may
show up when installin g in Windows 95. I
found that it was also displayed when insta lled in my Windows 3.1.
Ju st press ing the scree n ''button" when the
error was di splayed. allowed the install ati on
program to proceed without a problem. Once
installed and running. a detailed instruction
manual is ava ilable along with thirty sample

Computer fil es come in a ll different formats. The most basic is called ASC II. This
goes back to the very roots of computing
when an industry common method for representing alphanumeri c characters was deve loped. But lots has happened since the n and
over twenty d ifferent formats are in use. not to
men tion database forma ts. Using the Internet
you" ll find the most common arc HTML and
ASC II. When you add to al l of thi s the fact that
different receive r contro l and database programs arra nge data very differently. things
become real messy.
It can be done and many receiver control
programs such as ScanStar.
Scan Manager, and Sca nCat
Ree's 0 21 Source=''GROVE100.TXT" Taract=' '
file Type s Bound aries Extra Options Prnl Vwr File FuntSlzc
have a '"convert" opt ion. T hese
con ven programs are gem:ri..:r o v lnt. tprl 1e 1 , ! no::
alIy far from automatic. UsuPO BOK q9
FIGURE 1
ally. the use r needs to section
off the data in the source file
and indicate which is frequency
Fr<lluney
data and whi ch is station data.
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, , .., ' \l'J. l d l 1!
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r a h "' Vi l dh !
Also the user must indicate how
l .S 0 .?0
l'!e l'-'onl d 's o r d e r v 1nd :>u
H . Z.?O
P'I U'"OI
>S.,80
P q u \Q
the data is separated. For exJS fi 2:0
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35
M<h c I Pa 9 l n 9
ample. the data can be sepa'4 0
IJt. ' l Pa rle bu nr
4 0 . 2 10
l Varti: bu
rated by commas. spaces. or
4 0 4 SO
'.JA P a 9 1nt;
other characters. In my opinI I
I+
:iOU<ceFN)l...... f""lle (lliews ...ce!Viow l.OIOOI n. (.llo,,;n lfoue/Slow l:iveV'oe..., ( fi<iihed
ion, none oft he conven proceUte the.SCROLLbarcr fAGEIARAOW' k.eysto wollheV.ewer Sctee'\. t'tert fl tololJdt-iebBetoV~
dures included with the pro-

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This wi II be a real road test.

Going to the World
Util ity 1ews (W UN) Logs
Column on the Internet we
wil l put Mag ic through its
paces with a 304K sized
fil e. Magic took about two
minutes to read the HTML
source file . LOGS.HTM
shown in Figure 3. Because
a Scancat FRQ fi Jc can only
hold400 records we 11 convert this massive fi le into a
Scancat SCN file. Let" s try
j usl hitting .. Bcgin" and see
what results wi thout fil e
preparation oruscr editing.

look strange and may not have been converted

correctly. For example. I don' t think we' ll
0020 9C.20
B RAS S TOllU nc
. oos
hear Tallin Air, a commercial airliner, on
003 ... $ 10\)
YiS H
VI LDLTF!i:
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0 0 34 8 3 00
F I::O ll '
",:JL tt. U'!
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1441 MHz as the converted ti le indicates.
l'!CN..::At.Ii
ouDu . vrnr<..v"
003S ?ZOO
PACUlC
.01
Magic assumes certain facts about the num002!. S8JO
PAC W C
Ol
00.) 5
PA.GWC
01
bers it reads. It converts all numbers with
0035 UCO
U! MC.At. PA.G ! l:r,
01
00-10 0700
Jl.\ i ' L PA.JU:
B"JSIS
01
FIGURE 2
spaces on e ither side. to freque ncies in mega00 <(, Q ! l OO
UA.T ' L PA.f'J;:
BUSES
H OO
VA PACI!IC
01
he rtz. This is perfo rmed by assuming that
OOi O. 5 000
A RnY
.0 1
ooo e;eoo
n : rn.n >:I A.L
01
numbers without decimals have a value greater
0 0 "1. 5 0 00
.uun AI RCRAFT
.Ol
: zto
r .i..c: m;
.a1
than 2000. If the number does not have a
004 3 5 800
PAc rnc
.0 1
0045
S'RIS it>I JI! "S
H ILIC(l'i i R . 01
dec imal point and is above 2000, then Magic
00 -i? ... zoo
AlllRIC>JI
CkOS:S
O I Z l 500?
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U! IRC! UCY
" o.::so:s
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puts a decimal after the last three digits on the
USSR
COS MOJlA.U7 S
0 1 z : ?SOl
CO'IJ kl-.11l!lT
ro un .ozs
right. For example 123456 would be con+ II
i
verted to 123.456 MH z. But if the nu mber is
s_...c.File jl ..uet ri1o l ~-s...ce lv.... 1~uctfio Ii!.,,;n le.eusc/Slow ls.Vi..., I fin;st..d
Ute the S010U. bal or PAG/AARO\llke-Jl IO taol INVll9Wel Scu~m. Pra.;.i Fl to loed HeCfie ,oVrews real ly a time. as in our Tall in Air example
( 144 1 or 2:4 1 pm), Magic sti ll makes it a
frequency. So 144 1 (2:4 1 pm) becomes 144 1
ASCI I (TXT ) files that you ca n con vert.
MHz - oops! I fou nd that the best way to edit
these bogus con versions was to de lete them
I Out jumps a rabbit ... a lmost
I Becoming a magician
once they are in Scancat.
Well. 4636 file entri es and 8.5 minutes
T here are a few other minor bugs in Magic
All the co ntrol buttons n.:quircd to use later. a perfectly readab le SCN Scancat file
version 1.1. When we maximize the Viewer,
Magic are positioned al ong the botto m and resulted. Figure 4 . But is the data correct?
the le ft side of the screen goes blank, choptop of the tex t screen, Figure I. Herc we have Well. almost. Some frequencies, not many.
ping off text. The n if we minimi ze the Viewer
cl icked on the fi rst button on the
an "Invalid Property" error rebottom left 'Source File: and FIGURE 3
sults closing the whole program.
chosen Grove I 00.rxt as our source
1 ~
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Ree's 42 - 63 Sourcc='i_OGS .HTM'' Ta rget='"'
I guess the "Finished" button must
f ile Ty pe s Boundories Extro Op ti ons Prnt Vwr File FontSlzc
fi le. which is visible in Figure I.
always
be used to exit from the
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maximized
Viewer. On the other
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ranged in two column s sepa rated
hand,
these
may be problems reHOV . 0 11 TO iHI ;iisr or THZ L OCS.
by a number of spaces. But thi s is
specific video card:
lated
to
my
C IVIL AE RO
a TXT fi le fo rmat, not FRQ which
:?9S7
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Let me know if you have similar
TO EDDH, mm ICH, CBIUW JY ; AT 0 0 3 7 Wl<C >Jl iR I CAil ?JZ ALSO W/ATC
ScanCat understands.
prob lems.
What fi le type do we want to
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convert Grove !00. 1x1 into? SeYORR A! C iCAR.- B !!\JARA ) 2:3<58 use VKC I B ERU A 6 1 7 0 V/ >JUU DU > AT C
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fect. But it's a very good start and
C LE ARA.HCE TO HADRI D. nun
lecting the .. Target Type.. co mV FC: GANDER RADI O. CAN 2153/0050 use H El VO LHlt (>.?lDL)
indispensable for anyone who
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mand on the top k ft brings dow n
EU U/ ! A L t. nm tJ/JISC TO ! S T.AI R YL ICH"I OPS , ozoz IJKC DHL - 8 0 4 'fJ/ S / C FR
uses
Scancat and downl oads frePC- AP. , 02:03 Wl<C CHA.ALI! V IC TOR. W/ PP IN DU! CH TO CV- OPS ( 11CV ?) FR
a number of choices: Scancat
\iX/ XTC. ( AJ.IDL )
quency lists. Using Magic was
! >.Ll. !!JN AIR., ES T lHl USB Yl. IE V OL ?t ET <>JJDL)
FRQ. Scancat SCN. Text T XT.
sti 11fa r, far easier and fasterthan
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keyboard e nte1i ng each frequency
.I I
I+
DB ASE DB F or CE-232 APF.
or
any con vert program I have
.S.ouJce F.te 1 Iarget File l~cw Source f View larget Fite ) .egin If euse/Slow l~ave Viewer Ifiniihed
For our example we want to make
used. Magic, version I. I is avail1mnooo1~obOlt -;. in 1>1ogreso hroctionand 1etum tolheM .., M""'
the converted fil e readable by
able from Computer Aided TechScancat, and therefore an FRQ.
nologies for $34.95 (+$5 S/H in
FIGURE
4
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the
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cl ick ing FRQ.
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number is 1-888-SCANCAT.
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MO NITORING TIMES

85

DIGITAL DIGEST
BAUDOT AND BEYOND

Bob Evans
revans@astral.magic.ca

Digital Resources Roundup

elcome lO another install ment of

Digi tal Digest. This mont h focuses
on what s new in decoders. software. and digital uti lity n::soun.:es on the the
World Wide Web.

I 1. DACARS now handles biz jets

Written by Bart .. Beaver"' Hoekstra. DOSbased DACARS takes your .Ing tiles generated
by the Lowe AirMaster and so rt~ through them.
condensi ng them into easy to handle ' ummary
files that can be sorted by date/time. aircraft
registration. or airline carrier code. Bart has
ju~t relea,ed a new version. wh ich among ot her
things. now abo proccssc' business jets. You
can download a free demo copy from Ban,
Wt:b s ite in the Netherlands at:
Bort Beover's ACARS Poges
http://www.euronet.nl/ users/bort_b/

Tony Orr's Northern Virginie HF/VHF ACARS

http:/ I patriot.net/ ~jetset/
Bart Beaver's ACARS Pages
http://www.euronet.nl/ users/ bart_b/

3. The Naval Academy's Automatic

Position Reporting System
/\PRS is a program developed by Bob
Bruninga. WB4APR. to track mobi le stations
equ ipped with GPS navigation systems and to
li nk those stati ons by radio. The Naval Academy uses APRS in a number of applications for
data. co mmunicati ons. and telemetry. Li ve di splays on their Web pages will show current
APRS activity be ing monitored off the air in
Annapolis, Maryland. (Your Brow:,er must be
JAVA capable and some of these pages wi ll
on ly bi.: LIVE while there arc t11rn~ed PCs in
the 'atcllite lab.)

I 2. LABELADD new ACARS utility

Written by Nick Birrel. L/\ Bl::L/\ DD is a
nift y utility that will pu t hack the message
labi.:ls o nto log' capturi.:d with the Lowe
/\irmaster \'. 3.o, .. mc,sage label supprcs,ed ..
option. so that you ca n u'c DACA RS again !
You have the bi.:st ol' holh worlds hi.:re: a cleaner
onst:rei.: n capture pl us the abi lity lo add rnes'age labels if you so desire. (Bart's prograrn
requi res that rnes,age labeb bi.: present in thi.:
record for it to bi.: procc,~ed by his program).
Lowe AirMaster 3 - Message Headers Displayed
ACARS mode: 2 Aircraft reg: .N60lDL
Message label: 80 Block id: 5 Msg. no: 4748
Flight id: DL1908
Message content:
3C01 POSWX 1908/20 KCVG/KBOS .N601DL
/POS JHW /OVR 1549/ALT 370/FOB 0 138/
SAT 53
/WND 349030/MCH 803/TRB LIGHT /S'r<:f
SCATTERED----------- --- -- --------------------------- ----(20/08/ I 996 I l :46]
Lowe AirMaster 3 - Message Headers Suppressed
2 N 601 DL 80 5 4748 DLI 908
3C0 1POSWX1908/ 20 KCVG/KBOS
.N601DL/POS JHW /OVR 1549/ALT 370/FOB
0138/SAT 53/WND 349030/MCH 803/TRB
LIGHT /S'r<:f SCATTERED- ---- --- ------ ------------------ --------[20/08/1996 11 :46]

You can download a fri.:e copy or :\lick ,

program from one of the fo llowing Web sites
(worth a visit in any casi.:):

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July 1997

Thi~ screen shows the LI VE posit ions of

commerc ial aircraft being monitored on the
nati onal ACA RS freq uency of 13 1.550 MH z.
They arc using a VHF scanner and a DS P- 12
packet TNC for the /\CA RS decoding. and
then converting those packets lo /\ PRS fo rmal
for di splay. At the altitude of most aircraft.
notice that they can hear out 200 miles in all
direction:,.
The APRS Display of ACARS on 13 1.550
can be found al the fo llow ing URL: http://
web.usna.navy.mil/ -hruninga/aear.html

I 4. What's New in Decoders

A. HOKA Codc3-Gold Update now supports se lectable alphabets. One of my critici'rn~ in my October 96 review was that it did
not support the Cyri ll ic alphabet when decoding former Soviet block maritime \'esse l tra ffic. Hoka ha!> addressed thi ~ ~ h o rtcoming. and
has adckd a Select Alphabet opti on to the
TOOLS Menu. The user now has a choice of
lnti.:rnational. US Mil. Scandinavian. 3-sh ift

Greek. Cyrill ic. Latin. 3-shift Cyrill ic. 3-shift

Lati n. Hebrew (not included). and Amateur
upper/IO\\'Cr case.
Choice number six (M 19 3rd Shi ft Cyrillic)
will display Cyrillic characters to the screen.
Screen contents can be output to a file that
pre. erves the alphabet. Unlike some decoders.
the program will only print in Cyrillic when
Cyri ll ic characters arc bei ng sent.
B. The Universal M-400. the fi rst unit to
provide ACA RS decod ing along with other
Hr/V HF modes. has been succeeded by the
new Universal M-450. The origina l M-400
had a two-li ne. forty character LCD readout
display and a parallel primer port. After printing over I0.000 pages of ACARS traffic in
April of93. I bu il t a homebrew para llel to serial
converter and routed the signal to the COM
port of my computer. The M-450 is now
equ ipped with a seria l port as well and PC
software is avai lable to control its functions. A
computer, though. is not necessary for the unit
to function.
HF modes include: Baudot (RITY). SITOR
/\ and B. FEC-A. ASCII. SWED-ARQ, and
FAX. VHF/U HF modes include: ACARS.
GOLi\ Y. POCSAG.DTMF. CTCSS. andDCS.
C. Uni versal's flagship decoder. the M
8000, has bee n upgraded to include GMDSS
and POL-A RQ. In add ition. thi.: selecti ve calling (selcal) capability and remote com mand set
features have been enhanced. A new pass-all packets setting has been added that displays
both cont rol and text packets.

I 5. Maritime selcal translation

program
As most maritime mon itors know. a mathematical algorith m is used 10 lrans latcselet:ti ve
calling signals of the maritime mobi le service
(MMSJ CCIR -176-3 SITOR radio teletype
serv ice between theirnumcric val ues and printable -I - letter-representat i o n ~.
Ralf D. Kloth <klo1/i @co111p11se11e. co111>
ha' now updated his SELCA LL DOS program
to version 1.5. The program is ava ilable for
dow nload at 1he followin g URL: http://
ou rwo rl cl .com pusc rvc .com/ho m e pages/
kloth/selcal 15.zip
The SELCALL ZIP-file con tains EXE files
fur DOS and OS/2. TPUffPO units. and a
detailed DOC fi le. Version 1.5 has updated
station names and selcals. ri.:ports the origin of
an MMS coast station or sh ip station. and has
en hanced program documentation.

I 6. RADFAX for the Apple Macintosh

As any Mac user knows. there is very little
in the way of radio software available for Mac
systems. RadFax 0.9 is somewhat incomplete
and may have bugs. but it is capable of recei ving, displaying, and saving weather facsimi le
charts and photos via the sound input port of
Macintosh computers. Basically you connect
your Mac to a shortwave radio and tune in to
weather fax station. You set the reception speed
and desired resolution and start receiving. I
simply hung the Mac microphone over the face
of the NRD- 535D's speake r. The NOAA
weather chart below is one of my first catches.

its daily subsc ription ~crie s and monthly newsletter. WU is the Worldwide Ute News Club.
a hobby cl ub fo rmed in January 1995 to promote the sharing of information about the shortwave utility hobby. WUN is not associated
with any company or group (though hosted by
the Grove server) and does not require dues.
For further info see the club wehpage at: http:/
/www.Ico n a rdo.nct/bcrri/wun

Stan Scalsky's latest incarnation oft he Digital Signal s FAQ. V5.0. is being released on the
WUN pages. This release wi ll include the latest
on all the modes for wich we have data. new
baud speeds. updated system parameters. new
ACF section. continuing work on unidentified
signals. new references/definitions. and the latest info on decoders. This tome feat ures the
most comprehensive technical pre~en lat i on of
d igital topics ava ilable to the hobbyist.

1O. Globe Wireless QSLing via the

internet

Phasing the signal is tricky and you will

often get a split image. The program can be
found on many oft he various Mac BBS sources
or directl y from Juri Munkki, Ehrcnsvardintie
20B8. SFOO 150 Helsinki. Finland.
RadFax is avai lable for a shareware payment of $25 and you will receive a disk from
Juri with the full source code for the program.
You will need al least T hink C 5.0 and TCL to
compile the program. If you are unable to locate
a copy, e-mail me and I wi ll send it to you. but
don't forget to send Juri his shareware fee.

I 7. In hurricane season, browse FEMA

The FEMA site at http://www.fema.gov is
updated dai ly and sometimes hourly with news
releases, situation reports, track ing maps. and
graphics which offer hurricane preparedness
information, fact sheets, and links to other sites
with weather satel lite images and forecas ts.
In addition to the home page's simple set of
key topi c buuons, the si te's recentl y upgraded
search engine helps users find exactly the information they need.
1997 hurricane names for the Atlantic include: Ana. Bill. Claudette. Danny. Erika.
Fabian. Grace. Henri. Isabel. Juan. Kate. Larry.
Mindy. Nicholas. Odette. Peter. Rose. Same.
Teresa. Victor. and Wanda.

I 8. Aircraft tracking software demo

available AirNav URL:
http://www.geocities.com/ SiliconValley/ Lakes/
9420

I 9. Other Web resources

The number one source fo r digital Ute in formation continues to be the WUN Web site with

Globe Wireless is a worldwide network ten maritime utility stations promoting new and
improved methods of HF radio communicati ons. G lobe has a Web site at http://
www.globcwirclcss.com

Michae l Beck is (among his other duties)

QSL manager fo r the network. Globe welcomes signal report s from Utility Monitors via
either the post oflice (Globe Wireless, I Meyn
Road. Half Moon Bay.CA 94037.alln : Michael
Beck) or via the Internet al qs/@g/o/Jewire/e.n
.COii/

Well. that wraps up another install ment o f

Digital Digest. You can reach me via e- mail at
re1n11.1@astra/.111agic.ca or via my Web pages
al http://www.magic.ca/-rcvans/radio.html

GLOBE'S BROADCAST SCHEDULE

SITOR Traffic lists:
A9M
Odd
KEJ
Even
KFS
Odd
SAB
Even
VCT
Odd
VIP
Even
WLC
Odd
WNU
Even
ZLA
Odd
ZSC
Even

H+35
H+15
H+25
H+35
H+05
H+45
H+55
H+55
H+45
H+25

WNU weather broadcast schedule:

Gull!Caribbean/Atlantic tropical hurricane bulletins
0221 0521 0821 11 2114211721 2021 232 1 UTC
Gulf/Caribbean offshore forecast 0351 0951 1551
2151 UTC
VCT weather broadcast schedule:
North Atlantic high seas weather 0451 1051 1651
2251 UTC
KFS weather broadcast schedule:
Eastern/Central Pacific tropical hurricane bulletins
0221 0521 0821 1121 1421 1721 2021 2321 UTC
Pacific high seas and offshore weather 0451 1051
1651 2251 UTC
ZSC broadcast schedule:
Weather 0930 1700 UTC
Navigational warnings 1000 1730 UTC

GLOBE WIRELESS STATION

LOCATIONS
KFS
KEJ
WLC
WNU
VCT
SAB
ZLA

zsc

VIP
A9M

Palo Alto. California

Hawaii
Rogers City, Michigan
Slidell. Louisiana
Tors Cove. Newfoundland
Gothenburg
North Island
Cape Town
Perth

USA
USA
USA
USA
CANADA
Sweden
New Zealand
South Africa
Australia
Bahrain

SITOR OPERATION FREQUENCIES

GLOBAL RADIO NETWORI< CHANNELS
SELCAL 1094
Ch.
201
228
401
402
403
404
406
408
10501
10502
10503
602
603
604
617
625
626
627
632
10901
802
803
804
806
819
830
831
837
838
11 301
1202
1203
1206
1210
1219
1244
1257
1263
1265
1291
11701
1602
1606
1619
1647
1657
1673
1676
1691
11850
1824
2203

S1lli!

2070.5
2155.5
4172.5
4173
4173.5
4174
4175
4176
4154 .5
4157.5
4166.5
6263.5
6264
6264.5
6271
6275
6275.5
6281
6283.5
8305.5
8377
8377.5
8378
8379
83855
8391
8391.5
8394.5
8395
12373.5
12477.5
12478
12479.5
12481.5
12486
12498.5
12505
12508
12509
12522
16554.5
16684
16686
16692.5
16706.5
16711 .5
16719.5
16721
16728 .5
18850.5
18882
22285.5

July 1997

fill.!!m

2137.5
1620.5
4210.5
4211
4211 .5
4212
4213
4214
4300.4
4347
4259
6315
6315.5
6316
6322
6326
6326.5
6327
6329.5
8541
84 17
8417.5
8418
8419
8425.5
8431
8431.5
8434.5
8435
12668
12580
12580.5
12582
12584
12588.5
12601
12607.5
12610.5
126t 1.5
12624
17066.5
16807.5
16809.5
16816
16829.5
16834.5
16842.5
16844
16851.5
19726
19692.5
22377.5

Station
WLC
SAB
WNU
ZLA
KFS
WLC
VIP

zsc

KEJ
A9M
SAB
ZLA
KFS
WLC

zsc

KEJ
SAB
WNU
VCT
A9M
ZLA
KFS
WLC
VIP
WNU
KEJ

zsc

SAB
VCT
A91\Jl
ZLA
KFS
VIP
VIP
WNU

zsc

WNU
VCT
KEJ
SAB
A9M
ZLA
VIP

zsc

KFS
WNU
KEJ
VCT
SAB
A9M

zsc

KFS

MONITORING TIMES

87

WHAT'S NEW?
PRODUCTS AND BOOKS OF INTEREST

Killer Scanner of All

Time?
l! 's billed as
"The Hyper Grade
Scanner for Listeners of All Lc,ds ...
It may be the ul!i male in a fea1u repacked handheld.
From Alinco. the
manufacture r of
ham and olher 1woway gear comes one
Pery

i111e r es1i11 g

scanner.
The DJ-X 10 is
a triple conversion
handheld scanne r
covering everything
from 0. I to 2000
MHz - le'' cellula r in 1he US. of
course. Reception is
in AM. WFM. NFM. USB. LSB
or CW.
Manufacturer lileralltre is an
obvious 1ransla1ion from fapam.:s..:
and is no! al ways clear. For example, "User-programmable band
plan aut o ma!i cal Iy change~ mode
and slcp as it scans" sounds as if
mode is both user programmable
and au1oma1 ic.
Hae s what wi: ve been able
lo glean from init ial li1era1u re.
The fo rmal unvei li ng wa' made
al !he Dayton Ham Yenli o n. Firs!.
the DJ-X I0 has lwo sw ilchabk
leve ls o f use . Th e first is a
beginner's mode, in which '"first
li me users may ... gel acquainted
wi th operation without sal:rificing !he hi gh- tei.: h features. More
experienced w.ers wo uld e njoy
1he custrnnized high-leve l scanning under 1hc cxpcn moue:
There is a 'cope bui lt into !he
DJ-X I 0. Firs t introduce d at
Alinco in 1993. the Channel Scope
is a visu<i l spect rum display that
lets you see the acti vity or 40
chan ne ls al a glance with uscrselectable span. T he scope also
prov ides all -mode seek sca nning.
peak search. and more.
Get stuck u ~i n g your DJ-XI O?

88

MONITORING TIMES

The 'canner has a HELP n1e,,agc

fea tu re on 'lTL'cn.
No need for weird modi fications tu get more 111cmory channe b here. The DJ -X IOcorncs with
I .200 cha nnc b. These arc sortcd
by :r~ different grou ps or ba11b.
Then: arc I .O!Hhkipchan11eband
an auto-mc1nn1s write that lets
the scanner auto111at ica lly 1nc1110rizc ai.:ti\'C frequencies for la1cr
mo niwring. The radio can 1urn
itscll" on and off at prcsct times.
There arc low battery alarms. altenualur. va ryi ng lamp bri ght ness
modes. ;ind specs that scc111 VL'J")'
impressive.
Th;111b tll John al Adva nced
Specialties Electronics in Lodi.
New Jersey. (20 l -XB -2067) for
the llr,l tip-uff nn the DJ -X 10.
Gro,e say' the radio \\ill be inc lu ded in their catalog a' 'uon a'
it receives 1-"CC approval.
Ir DJ-XI 0 only u,1ckcd trunked
'ystcn1'. it mi gh t wel l be 'canner
heaven.

Hyper Dimensional
Pocket Radio?
So small it could alsu warralll
the .. hyper ..
prcfi:-.. the
Elec tro 5 Band
Pocket Radi o
mca,urc' just

y x r x v. r-.

The ti11y radio

cove rs A 1\11.
FM. TV (audio) channels
2 thruugh 13 and the weathcrband.
Don't wo rry abuu t selectivit y
nr se nsiti vit y spen here. Ju, t
'hove in the l\vO AA .. batlcries
(not included ) and lire thi ~ baby
up. The Electro 5 Band Pocket
Radio comes with head phone
jack. hcadphuncs. and a lclcscoping antc11na.
The Electro 5 !:land Pocket
Radio is j ust $ 19 .99. sh ipping in cluded. You c 1n order your own
from I lcart lan d. XU0-229-290 I.
Ask for product number L5--19-18.
Ir th;J[ UIJC. s lllll in slOck . a ll

Jvly 1997

by Larry Miller

almnsl idcntiutl prmlui.:t is !he

Su1111ct pochct r;1dio. for the samc
pri cL". The onl y apparent differcnn: is the om ission of an earph tHlc. th ough it has a jack for
one. Ask for product number L449-l(i.

Crystal Set Proiects

published
Fewdc viccs ha ve retained thei r
rnagil;d appeal o ver the past ccnt u ry like the
crystal rece iver.
a simple assemblagc o f a ha lfdo1.en compo11e11ls wh ich allows voices and
mu,ic to be
heard oul of the
air - no batteries required'
Cry,w l se t' provided a comfortable and enjoyable starting
po int for radio enth usiasts: they
arc sure-fire c rowd please rs.. for
the i11tcll cctu ;d ly i11quisiti ve. and
a grcal introduction ll> !he radio/
elect n >n ic, hubby fo r youngsters.
T hi, new publi cati on by The
Xtal Set Sncicty p 1benl~ 15 c ry~
tal radio prujcch for beginne rs
and expcriLnccd hobbyi!>ts alike.
Remember the fun and wonder
of hearing radio si gna ls with a
coil uf wi rc. a capaci tor. a mineral ny,t;tl. and an earphone"!
Wt1uld you lik e to do it aga i11 1
$ 14 .95 pJu, shipp ing from
Gn>vc t:: nterpriscs. 800-4388 15 5.
- BG

Weatherlink 4
Da\'is l11'tru111enb is a company that build' a linL' of "'home
we;Jthcr s lat ions ... No doub t
you vL' ,ccn thei r ads in this and
111any other publicat ions. As ide
rro111 the very appcaling idea of
owning a home weather s1a1ion
that can tel l you wind speed and
diree1ion. rainfall amount. tem pe rature. an d ot her l'ital dala .

==1~.: r1t.:."

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Da\is Instruments are co rnputercom pa tihl c.

Davis has just anno un ced
Weather) .ink -I for Windows.
WcatherL in k 4 automatically updates what arc called strip charts"
- si m iJar to Nat ional Oceanic
and At mospheric Adm inistration
"' weather watcher" reports - that
sh ow
weathe r
trends.
WcathcrLink-1 also calculates and
di,plays wcathcr information not
a\ai Iable 011 the slat ion conso le.
One other th ing you may not
have known. Da vis Weather s1a1inns arc compatible with Automatic Packet Reporti ng System
(A PRSJ software. APRS is mapping solhvarc that allows the user
to send as we ll as receive wealhe r
data over packcl and have it di splayed 011 a regional map.
You can pick up a demo of the
WcatherlLink so r"tware from !he
Davis websi te (www.davisnct.
com/software/) and l:lBS (510293-35-16 ). A working copy of
WeathcrL in k is $ 169. and runs
wit h several models of Davis in'lru ments . APRS is actually
shareware and can be picked up al
the same si te.
lf youd like more information
on WeatherL ink 4 oron any Davis
Instruments product, give them a
call at 5 10-712-9229 or write them
at .146.'i Diablo Ave .. Hayward.
CA 9-15-1.'i. Mcminn Mo11i1o r i11g
Ti1111's when you cal l.

Electronics CD ROM
Elect ronics 2000 is the name
of a new C D ROM that promises
"'the ultim ate co ll ecti on of electronics software: There are over
5.000 fi les. all uncompressed and
able to bc run directly off the CD

ROM without being first transferred to the harddri ve.

Here's a sampling of some of
the programs on Eleclronics 2000:
acti ve filterdesign.circuit maker,
IC book. Motorola database. PC
components tester, Philli ps components. and vac uum tube crossreference.
The price for Electronics 2000
is $24.95 plus $5.00 shi pping.
You can order by phone at 94 1953-8598. by e-mai l at
bytesize@bigfoot.com or by mail
at Bytesizc CD-ROM , 7350 S.
Tamiami Tr.. #91. Sarasota. FL
3423 1.

Build Your Own

Transceiver
Whether you are interested in
building an amateur transceiver
from sc ratch. or simpl y want to
know what all the circuits do inside the rig you have. Build Your
Own flltelligent Amateur Radio
Tran sce iver by Randy L.
Henderson is written in an easy to
follow style. present ing tech nical
material in an understandable
fashion.
The book is di vided into chapters by transceiver functi o n (audio.
o sc illators.
e tc.) and in cludes foil patte rn s for the
PCBs. Complete
schematics and functional block
diagrams illustrat e the work. with
a nice list of parts vendors as an
appendi x. Several modifications
are listed. and software codes as
well as a discussion of program
development tools are provided.
Several test equipment projects
are also included in the book.
such as a 6-74 MH z swept frequency generator and a 0- 100
MHz spectrum analyzer. Quite a
collection or usefu l design information for the hard-core radio
enthusiast.

Soft cover S29.95. hardback

$39.95, from McGraw Hill, 11
West 19th St., NY, NY 100 11 :
phone 212-337-5951 fo r availabi lity and shipping information.
- BG

Hyper Dimensional
Resonator
Steven Gibbs of Clearwater,
Nebraska, sells instruments which
he says can be used for both "out
of body time travel and in help
healing the sick: The name of
the unit is the Hyper Dimensional
Resonator. We'll let Mr. Gibbs
tell you about the HOR.
"This is a two-dial. one bank
treatment instru ment which plugs
into a normal l IOv outlet. This
dev ice generates an AC/DC, 60c yc le. alt ernat ing frequency
whi ch generates an unlimited
amount of white light energy. This
device comes eq uipped with a
witness wel l. phenolic rubbing
plate. mult i-dimensional stabilizer. clear switch. power switch.
time coils, and one electromagnet."
Besides healing the sick, the
unit can also be used for time
travel. "You can use the hyperdimensional resonator for physical time travel," says Gibbs, "but
only when activated over a natural grid point, or in a place where
UFOs have been sighted."
The Hyper Dimensional Resonator with time coil s, e lectromagnet, and instruction manua l is
$360. For more info rmation, to
order, or to request a catalog, you
can call 402-893-3809. You can
also write to Mr. Gibbs at R.R. I,
Box 79. Clearwater. NE 68726.
In all fairness. Mr. Gibbs does
offer a very up-front warn ing.
'There is no warranty or guarantee on these units. [They] are onl y
sold for experimental and research
purposes. There is no money back
guarantee." Monitoring Times
offers an up-front warn ing, too: If
you buy one of these, you're on
your own.

The Conet Proiect

Numbers stations are fou nd all
over the shortwave spectrum. The
tran smissions. often syn thesizedsoundi ng voices reading long
strings of numbers. have been
go ing on since the early 1960s.
The re have been many theories as
to the ir purpose and origin and
most predicted their demise with
1he close of the Cold War. Blll the
numbers stations keep transmitting thcirtantalizing message~ into
the ether ... from someone to whoknows-whom.
A Bri tish company called
lrdial-Disks has produced a special qu adruple CD coveri ng 25
years of numbers stati on activi ty.
with detailed logs. essays. and a
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we ll as cuITent numbers station
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cover book is ve ry easy to read. Ir
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"sweep'' for radio transmitti ng
.. bugs" can be performed. using
home made accessories in conjuncti on with a scanne r, lng' s
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let you rind every kind of bug. but
its techniques will allow you, with
some practice. to find the more
common hidden transmitters.
Ing does not intend for his book
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is fa r rrom that. Some procedu res
arc overs implified. and sn me
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interesti ng inb .
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If I gave you a microwave
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you to press it against you r head
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like I was crazy. Yet every day.
millions of people do just that
when they use their cellular
phones.
Sure. the cellu lar telephone
i ndu ~ try routine ly dismisses studies showing links between cell
phone use and brain cancer, but
arter seeing those congressional
hearings on scan ners. would you
really want to tru st your health to
the cellular telephone industry?
Magel lan' s is offe ring whac they
say is a cellular telephone microwave radiation shield.
Called PhoneShield. it isa speciall y de~igned radiation screen
that ..dramatically reduces the radiation directed at
your head by reflecting it away ...
PhoneS hie ld attaches wi th vclcro
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of us who have
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Jnhn Castle' s book l/11111i11g /i1r
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Are you fed up with the clatter
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States. The prices arc a little
higher, but you can get models by
mail-order that you can ' t get in
thi s country. Technicall y. though,
these radios are not supposed to
get through c ustoms .
For years, thi s was no problem. Recentl y. however. we have
rece ived at least two reports that
scanners shipped to the U.S. from
the British firm, Javiation, have
been sei zed by customs in Chi cago. At this time, it is not known
whether the governme nt all ows
any recourse. but it is known that
Javiati on docs not guarantee receipt or the scanner.
A second firm. Atlantic Ham
Rad io of Canada, has not re ported
any seizures but does guarantee
to hold the c ustome r harmcless if
a radio he or she has ordered gets

seized by the U.S. government.

It is not known whethe r these
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crackdown on ce llular-capable
scanners. Rumors range from reporting four seizures to claimi ng
that legal scanner imports are also
being held. All seizures seem to
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SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

Lawrence Magne
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lcom Stril<es Bacl< with the IC-RSSOO

reak out the toasting glasses-lcom is

back in the game 1 And back with a
wide-coverage receiver that may have
at least some aficionados fingering their wallets, and wondering if their credit cards can
stand the heat.
Tht: ne w !co m IC- R8500 covers 0.11999.99 Ml-l z (minus the 824-849 and 869894 Ml-l z verboten cellular gaps) in the AM,
SSB. CW. FM , and wide-FM modes. So it
delivers not only world band coverage, but
also all kinds of juicy catches that can pop up
above 30 Megahertz. In this review, we'll
mainly weigh its potenti al for shortwave listening.
The R8500 lands at an interesting. if rarified. spot on the price/performance curve. At
a bit less than two kilobucks. the '8500 is a
few hundred more than the highly rated Japan
Radio NRD-5350. about two grand less than
the ''El Supremo"Watkins-Johnson HF- I 000.
and four thousand dollars under the only other
receiver with comparable coverage. lcom' s
own IC-R9000-which is no longer available
to the Ameri can public. as its coverage includes cellular frequencies.
So fort he "I want it all in one box''enthusiast
who is convinced that four figures isn't too
much to pay for a radi o. the ' 8500 offers
interesting possibilities.

I Beefy and tough!

If the re is a single distinguishing characteristic of the '8500. it is physical ruggedness.
Sl ip oil its covering. and underneath is revealed a Schwarzenegger-tough cast-aluminum chassis with computer-like board layout.
Also used are zero-insertion-force connectors, along with computer ribbon cables for
interconnects.
Also he lping assure long -term re liability is
that th..: '8500, unlike its older '9000 cousin.
runs cool.
Almost no other receiver i>made like thi s.
except some battle-ready military gear going
for tens of thousand s of dollars. The ssoo s
constructio n puts to shame virtually every
other world band tabktop receiver on the
market today.

I Loaded with fmany) goodies

The s500 is laden wi th many of the features that beady-eyed DXers look for in a top-

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Almost 110 other receiver i.~ made like this, except some battle-ready military gear goi11gfvr
tens of thousands of dollars. The '8500's co11strnctio11 puts to shame 1irt11ally e11ery other
world band tabletop recei11er 011 the market today.

gun rig. In addition to a variety of modes and

wide frequency coverage. the '8500 drips
with juicy offerings : three voice bandwidths.
plus another for CW: IF shift: audio peak
filter: adjustable BFO (+/- 1200 Hz): tuni ng
steps that are instantly adjustable from I 0 Hz
to I MH z (wi th e ight other possibilities between): your own programmable tuning step:
I000 presets (memory channels) organi zed in
20 banks of 40 chan neb: I00 skip channels:
100 auto-write presets (memories): both
memory hanks and memory channe ls that can
be named; noi se blanker: three antenna connectors: a robust tilt bail for elevating the
receiver: three stages of attenuation: RS-232
port for computer control; various scanning
capabilities: clock-timer: record jack: and
recorder activation jack.
There are two (fast anti slow) AGC decay
cho ices. and in practice they appear to be
adequ ate. However. the AGC ca nn ot be
sw itched off. The AGC thus meets on ly mi nimum expectation s for a receiver in th..:S 1.000and-up price c lass.
Despite a ll this. some of the features that
dedicated DXers and program listeners have
come to expect in a modern tabletop rcc..:iver
arc completely mi ssi ng: no notch filt ..:r and no
synchronous selectable sideband- not even
everyday double-sideband synchronous detect ion. And, astoni shi ngly, th..: IF shift does
not work in the AM mode.
Partially compe nsating fo r the lack of a

tunable notc h filter is a two-position audio

filter whi ch can be adjusted to shape the aud io.
This works pretty wel l. but doesn ' t replace a
properly des igned tunable notch fil ter.
Di sappo intin gly. the '8500 is powered by
an outboard AC converter. This may be appropriate to a plastic portable or Mak ita dri ll, but
certainly not a pricey communications receiver.

Clean layout, functional ergonomics

Wit h so much front pane l real estate tu
work with. !com s designers have been able to
ge t some im portant ergonom ics ducks in a
row. For example. all controls and bu ttons arc
co111111enclably large, wi th on ly two sets being
concentric: labels are easy to read: and everything is well spaced.
To write to a memory chan nel. you select
the memory bank and memory chan ne l you
want. ent..:r the frequency. then press the MW
button . That's it- you' re clone. al though you
can also store the tu ning step and so me other
parameters. Every memory is tunable. so you
can pu nch up a new frequency at any ti111e
without di sturbing the conten ts of the memory
unle,s you intent iona lly overwri te it. Toc hnme
a preset. simply select the memory bank. then
use the keypad or memory selector knob to
bring up the pr..:set you wa nt.
Considering the huge number of m..:mories
that are available. thi s arrangeme nt is reason-

ably straightfo rward .

I One ergonomics compromise

S till. Imm made a significan t ergonomic
compromi se wit h the &500: The bandwidths
are set up on an unhandy caru u ~e l. being
accc:-,sed only by repeated butto n-pu:-,hi ng.
Maki ng matters worse . there is mi indi catio n o f which bandwid th is in u!>c. If you want
to divine thi s. you ha ve to puke the carouse l
butt on and go through the whole ring- aroundthe- rosie again.

I Generally worthy performance

In almos t every measure ment o f receiver
performance, the ' 8500 earns excellent-tosuperb ratings in our lab t c~t s . Se nsitivity at
world band frequencies i~ amo ng the hi ghest
we ha ve ever encou ntert:d. helping make the
' 8500 excepti onally appropriate for serious
DXing. The no ise blanker works as it should.
too. and spu rious signals arc few and unobtru. ive- morc DXi ng pluses.
Our lab tests al so confi rm what your ear:-.
wil l hear and appreciate : The '8500 is, in
many respects. well-suited to lo ng-term listeni ng. Distortio n in the AM mode is generall y lo w. and in the sing li:-s ideband mode
di storti o n is so minimal as to be al most
unmeasurable. In all. audio quality below 30
MHz is reasonably good, but with proper AMmodc bandwidths (sec below) would bi: much
better. However. a good outboa rd speaker is
virtually ni:ccssary. as the bu ilt-in speaker is
pedestrian.
T hi:re i:-, abo an unexpected dra wback fo r
VHF listeni ng. Wideband FM signa ls. such as
FM broadcasts and TV audi o, come through
with a :-,ubstantial leve l o fhis:-, not fo und on the
s ibling lcom IC-R9000.
There are othi: r proble m ~ . T he '8500' :-.
dynamic ra nge is pour at 5 kH z spacing.
making thi s rcce iver potentially ina ppropriate
for flushing out fa int world band stations in
frequency proximity to powe rh uu~e signals.
As a practical matter. North American DXers.
c:-,pecially if they" re west of the East Coas t.
probably won't notice this. But in some other
parts of a world th is could be a real prob lem.
O f broader interest is that the AM-w ide
band width. at a whopping 13.7 kHz. i:-, too
broad ror virtuall y anythi ng other than listening tu the clcare:-.t of local AM -band s igna ls.
As to the AM -medium band width. nominall y
.'i ..i k!-11.. it actuall y mea:-.ures 7.1 kH z- fartoo
wide for li!->tl!ning to most world band signals.
The AM- narrow bandwidth. whic h measures
?..7 k l11.. is i:xeellent for recepti on uf s ignals
caught in a :-,..:a o f conges tion. hut al the cost o f
muffl in g the audi o.

This receiver des perately needs a fourth

voice bandwidth in the vic inity o f 4 kHz to 5
k Hz. T he on ly practica l solution is to remove
the virtua ll y useless s tock AM-wide filter.
Once this is done. the AM-medium fi lter can
be plm:ed into the AM -wide soc ket, then a
high-4uali ty tilter of roughly 4.5 kHz can be
insta lled as the new AM-medium.
The single-sideband band width. nom inally
2.2 kHz. ac tually measures 2.7 kHz. T his i,;
fi ne for listening to uti lity signals. as well as
world band and AM-band signa ls carefull y
tu ned in as so-called "man ually tuned exalted
carrier se lectable sideband." But thi s bandwidth is too broad fo r crowded ham radi o
co mmunications. Ac this price. there is no
excuse not to have a second. narrowe r, s ing lesideband bandwidth.
How does the '8500 compare to the costlicr Jcom IC-R9000? In Pa.vspor( s A- 8 tests
against an R9000. the 9000 came off as the
c lear winner both in perform ance and featu res. In the new po litical cli mate of the Nineties. the airwave!'> no longer be long to rhe
public. so radios such as the '9000 wh ich can
receive "forbidd e n "freq u e nc ie ~ arc outlawed
from sale except to o ffic ial organi zat ions of
the governme nt and designated private organi zati o ns. Howewr. the 9000 and othe r out lawed rece ivers can be obtained (like bootleg
whisky during Prohibiti on and generally at
your own ris k). from our sens ible neighbors
in Canada .
With its ta nk-tough constructio n and other
admirabl e qualities, Icom ' s IC- R8500 should
be a fi ve-star radio. But because it lac ks
sy nchronous selectable sideba nd. a proper
comple ment o r bandw idths and worthy dynam ic range. among other shortcomings. it

earns j ust fou r stars.

This equipment review is performed indepen
dently by Lawrence Magne a nd his colleagues in
accordance with the policies a nd procedures of
International Broadcosting Services, Ltd. It is
completely independent of the policies and
procedures al Grove Enterprises, Inc., its
advertisers ond affiliated organiza tions.

Icom R8500 is $ 1899.95, free shippi ng from

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SCANNER EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Uniden Bearcat BC235XLT Portable

Trunl< Tracl<er Scanner

the speed of t he BC230X LT

\Ve te sted. Memory scan
\\'a,tes no tim e 'canning
e mpty c hannels. Indi vidual
channel s can be locked out
from me mory scanning. and
a simple keystroke sequence
unlocks all locked c hannels
in a bank.
One channel in each bank
can be designated a priority
channel and is sam pled every 2 second, . I\ single pair
or frequency limih can be
programmed for searching
up or down. but searching
and priority cannot be used
simultancou;.Jy. Up to 20 frequencies may be locked out
from a limit ,earch.
Factory preprogrammed
freq uencies for police. fi re/emergency. COlll111Cl'C ia] air. marine. and \\eather can be scanned
Familiar Features
by pre-,s ing the SVC key. Oddl y. our county
The Philippine made BC235X LT operates
sherilT" s dispatch frequency. -+60.525 MH z. is
much like the BC230XL T and other mid-line
inc luded in the ~irc!Em e rge n cy categnry but
Bearcat models \\'he n used Ill 111onitor convennot in Police. The display alternate ly !lashes the
tional syste ms. Its .'lOO chann..: ls arc allocated
marine channel number and frequ ency when
among I 0 hanks and a short r..:scan delay may
pau,ecl during a marine scr,icc scan - a handy
be programmed on a pe r chann el basis. A que ry
co nveni ence. Up to 20 frequencies ca n be
feature idellli fies dupli ca te nh: mory channels.
'k ipped during a -,e n ice scan. except weather
Various combination s of banks may be
frequencies.
scanned and our BC235X LT 'cans a mix ture of
AM and NF:vl e miss ion modes are se lected
freque ncies at 6-+ channels/sec. almost twice
automati call y depending on the frequency and
c<inn ot be overridden. Dara Ski p
less
j umps over unmodulated and
BC-235XLT VHF AIR BAND AM SENSITIVITY
sensitive
constalll lone or data sig nal s i r
12 dB SINAD. 1 KHZ TONE, 30% MODULATION, Serial #75000053
they are strong enough. Ir works
more effecti ve ly than the Data
Q
Skip in the BC'.z:lOX LT we
1.1
tested. though it is disabled when
~
scanning /\M aircraft or using
1.0
priority scan .

niden has brnken ne\\' grou nd with the

300 c hannel l:l C'.D5X LT portabl e
,canner. the first consumer grade receive r whi ch can selccti\e ly follow corwcrsati om in 800 MHz Motorola trunked radio sysrc111s.
Despite the simil;ir ph ys ical appearance. the
BC235XL T inrnrporatcs several improvements
over non-trun king BC2."\0XL T. rev iewed in
.-\pril 19% MT. Th..: 13C235X LT sport' 300
channcb in 10 hanks ve rsus th e BC230XLT" s
200 channeb. Each model is furnish ed with the
same wal l wart power supply plus a CRX 120
auxi liary charging tray.
The new BC235XLT is sold with two BP180 800 mAH NiCd battery packs. \ersus two
BP- 120 ()00 n1.AH pack:-. furni shed with our
13C230X LT. That, a 33'7c battery capacity
increase. though our 13C235X LT consumes 20'1'<
more current whil e scanning con\'e nti onal signab .

0.9

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0.8

0.7

0.6

0.5
105

more
sensitive

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Bob Parnass, AJ9S

110

115

I Trunk Tracking

............ lillllli......

120

125

FREQUENCY (MHZ)

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130

135

140

The BC235X LT is designed

to follow con ve rsati o ns i n
Motorola Type I. Type 11. Type
Iii . Hybrid. SMART NET. and
PRIVACY PL US800M l-l zanalog trunk systems. It will not
trac k G E (Eri csson). E. F.
Johnson.400 MHz. or 900 MHz

trun ked syste ms. which must

be sca nned in the conventional mode. The BC235XLT
defaults to Motorola Type 11
syste ms. whic h divide a large
number of users into several
groups. called talk groups.
We easi ly programmed two
publ ic safety Type II trunked
systems by entering their frequencies.
The older Type I systems
organi ze users into lleets and
subllcets. Programming a
Type I or Iii system is more
complicated because it requires entering some thing
ca lled a .. Fleet Map ...
There s no easy way to
determ ine apriori the proper

TABLE 1: Measurements,
UNIDEN BC-235XLT SIN 75000053
Frequency coverage (MHz):
29 - 54 (5 kHz steps)
108 137 (AM, 12.5 kHz steps)
137 174 (5 kHz steps)
406 5 12 (12.5 kHz steps)
806 823.9875, 849.0125 868.9875, 894.0125 - 956
(12. 5 kHz steps)
Sensitivity: see graphs
FM modulation acceptance: 13 kHz
Image rejection:
58 dB at 155 MHz
62 dB at 858 MHz
Audio output power, measured at earphone
jack:
135 mW @ 10% distortion
Practical memory scan speed: 64 channels/
sec.
Scan/search speed, Turbo: 300 steps/sec.
Scan/search speed, regular: 93 steps/sec.
Current consumption at 4.8 VDC:
off - 0 mA
manual - 84 mA
scan - 84 mA
trunk scan - 88 mA
full volume - 150 mA
Battery saver: after 60 seconds in Manual
mode.
Low battery warning at 4.5 VDC or less.
Shutdown ot 4.3 VDC or less.
Intermediate Frequencies:
254.4, 10.85, and 0 .450 MHz

less
Flee1 Map unl..: ss
less
BC-235XLT UHF NFM SENSITIVITY
sensi1ive
sensitive
someone 1clls you.
12 d B SINAD, 3 KHZ DEVIATION, Serlal #75000053
You can try ead1 of
0.5
0.5
BC2 35X LT" ~ 16
preset Fleet Map' or
enter a c u ~ t om Fleet
0.4
0.4
~ ....,
Map through the
~
keypad. Finding the
0.3
0.3
right Fleet Map can
be a long. trial -and- :;;
....._
error process. You
0. 2
0.2
IUT
have to tryeach 1:1.;;.:t
Map. one at a time.
li sten to the trun k;.:d
1-0.1
0.1
system. and try todcte r m i ne if th e
BC235XLTis track0.0
0.0
400 420 440 460 480 500
820 840 860 880 900 920 940 960
25 30
ing the fleets propmore
more
er] y. If not. you must
FREQUENCY (MHZ)
sensilive
sensitive
go on to the next
Fleet Map.
arc displayed \\'hik '<.:ar<.:hing or ~can nin g in
We programmed 16 frequencies fo r a local the trunked domain. Fnnunatel). Lnid<.:n deSM R (speciali zed mobile radio) business signed the BC235XLT"' delay. hold. and lock trunked '}~tern and our scanner identified the out facilities so operation i ~ ,.:ry ~i111i lar in bolh
data channel. We tried scYera l Fleet Map' be- trunk and conn: ntion:il domains.
fore running out of patience and 'cttlcd for
You can 'carch or scan fo r acl i\'<.:ta ll-. groups
testing our BC235XLT with Type II 'ystcms in the trunked domain and loc k 1n11 up ll I 00
instead.
un interestin g talk gro ups. You can progra1n up
The BC235X LT skips D\L' r telephone call s lo fi ve lists per hank wi1lr !all-. grou p m11nbc rs
and conversat ions 011 lalk groups designated as for scan ning. Sci.: 1hc Marc Ir IlJl)7 covi.:r katuri.:
pri vate. Our BC23 5XLTa l so~kippedowr DV P for a mnrc detailed descript ion of BC2J5X LT
scrambled 1ransmissions.1hough we cou ld hear trunk tra<.:king kaluri.:,.
a brief noise burst al the slarl of 1rans111issio ns.
Each of the BC235X LT' s 10 hanks can be I Improved Image Rejection and Few
programmed wi1h the frequencies for a single Birdies
trunked syslcm orwilh frel(Ul' llCies for convenWeonlyd<.:li.:ct<.:d JO.X5an d0 . ~50MJI; IF,
liona( use. but you cannot follmv lrunked conYersaiions and scan convenlional sysl<.: 111 ~ al the (int<.:rrnediatc fr<.:qulnci<.:,) in 1hi.: BC235XLT
same time. A Trunk 1-.ey ~<.:l ec t~ b<.:t\\ een trunking (\.;rsu-; I 0.80 and 0.~50 :\111 1 in !he
BC130X LT ). \V<.: 111..:a~u r<.: d fur i111ag<.:' h;"nl
and conventional operation.
When using the BC235X LT fur lrunk track- on th<.:si.: l\\O JF,. and th..: T run l-. Tracl-...:1.. ,
ing. you 111us1 1hinl-. in t<.:rrm llf 1a lk grnups or imag..: r..:jcc1ion is much i111pro' l"ll. Ci.:llular
fleets instead of lhinking about frequenc ies. phone i111ag.: ri.:jectiDn" as 11 11.:a,uri.:d al<>' i.:r(i2
Talk group and lkcl nu111hcrs. 1101 frequencies. <lB in the 800 \!!Hz ra ng<' \i.:1\u, 0 dll in our
BC2.\0X I.T! VI 11 - hi gh
band i111;1g<.:' arc al 1.::nu;11..:d by :'iX dll al I:'i:'i.5
Portable Scanner Current -Co nsu mptio n
Ml ); \"l" r' u' un ly I 7.5
Measu red While Scanning
m
dU i11our13 C2.10XLT.
;\J"t i.:r t.:sting \\'a,
,,~...."00 ITT
C\llllpli.:li.:d. \\'<.:\\'..:re in Unidcn BC200XL1 ==..-::.=_=--...J 56
fu111 1cd hy Unidc11 Iha!
RELM HS200 =:::--=.:=::-__.;.
] 69
Unidcn BC2JOXL T
- - - - - - - : : : : : 70
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Un1don BCJOOOXLl
76
tir,1 JJ o f :!:'i~A "n11Radio Shack PRO ?6 ~-------__, 7&
lar to lllhn Ll nid c n
Uniden BC235Xl T
s~
n11idd': guod shidd ing
Rad io Shack PR0-62
--:--.J 88
and i'ulation apparently
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95
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AOR AR2 700 l _:-:::_ .
100
analy1.:1.
AOR AR 8000
-::::i 115
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kw hirdi<.:' in uur
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BC 2.15X l.T. Ther<.:
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wc r..: no birdi e, in the
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40

45

140 145 150 155 160 165 170

50

FREQU ENCY (MHZ)

VHF-high or air band. am.I we fou nd only li\'c

birdi.::s bel\\"CCll 861 and 956M1 17. I l annon i c~
of the crystal control led I0.4 M H1. local osc illat<>r \\ere rc,pon-.iblc for bi rdies at 3 1. 2. ~ 1.6.
and 52 MH z. Fina lly. thcr<.: \\'ere birdies at 9.9 or
9.125 l\1Hz inli.:rva], bi.:lwccn 4 06.~ and 507.25
MH1.

Other Performance Characteristics

Audio ou tpu t was crisp. though di slurt ion
""'' noti l'Cahl c wilh !he volu111c co1llro l cranked
Jo l'Xlremc. Ste ri.:o or monaural headphones can
bl" lo1111cc1cd 1hniugh a 1/8" j a<.:k on lop and
audio is heard from bo1h sides.
We li, 1cncd for. hul heard no intcnnod while
u,ing the BC2."\5XLT both 111obilc and while
connccti.:d to a ha~..: 'tat ion antenna.

Summary
Our 13C235A.LT worl-.i.:d a~ athi.:rtbcd. allo\\ ing Lb to naYigal<.: Typi.: II trun k<.:d radio
'~~IC111S fur ~ignab of intCl<.:SI while skippi ng
u\cr ].::,~ intcrc,1ing ialk groups. We cuuld not
\l-ri f> old..:r Type I trunk operatinn due Ju the
complc:-. i1y of finding !he prnpcr 1:1<.:et Map.
l'hc BC215XLT is no1111erc ly a BC230X LT
plus 1run k track ing. /\part from its tru nking
capabilities. our BC2."\5XLT o hibilld a very
fa,1 'can rail' and cxccll<.:111 image ri.:ji.:c1io11 and
inlclinod irnmunity.

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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYiNG, BUiLDli'iG ~AND'iNGANTEN~-- - - ---

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- Clem Small, KR6A

Wheres the Ground in a Groundplane?

ccau sc bo t h the quarte r wav c creased antenna he ight often dramatically in- low-angle pauerning is also desirable because.
groundplane antcnnn (fig. IA) and the creases range of com munication. On the VHF- it spreads the antenna's radiation and recepMarconi groun ded quarterwave an- UHr: bands the groundplanc antenna is rela- ti on paucrn (RRP) down into the geography
te nna (fig. 113) each have a quarter-wave- ti ve ly ' mall. and can be easi ly mounted hi gh around you rathe r than up into the sky where
length vertical clement and a set of radials in the air. We sec many of them in use on these it is less useful.
below that clement. it is easy to mi stakenl y bands.
assume that they arc sim ply two different
On the HF and MF bands antenna e lement I Let's Make a Vertical Antenna!
variants on one design.
size i' considerably greater than on VHFI. For either type antenna make the vert ical
As the verti cal c le ment of a Marconi UHF. This increase in element size makes it
element a quarter wavelength long using one
grounded quartcrwavc antenna recei\cs a sig- diffi cult to co n truct a nd mount HF-MF
of the formulas below:
nal from the space around it. this causes an grou ndplanc antennas where the radial s can
electric field to cx i. t between the vertical be sufficiently hi gh in the ai r to a\'Oid undesLength (feet) = 234/frequency(MHz)
elemem and the ground immediately surround- ired interaction with the ground. For this reaing the antenna. Radial s (c leme nts which ex- son the Marconi grounded vertical is more
For exampk. at I0 MHz the length is 234110
tend out from the base of the antenna as spokes popularthan thc groundplane antenna on these
or 23.4 feet or,
extend out from a wheel) are buried in the lower frequency bands.
grou nd around the antenna. They collect curLately. it has become popular to use e lLength (meters) =71.3/frequency(MHz)
rent from thi s fie ld and al low it to flow back to evated (non-buried) radial s for quarterwavethe vert ical element.
2.
Make the radials
Beca use the radial
fo r the groundp lane
wires have much less A
a nll: nna the sam e
B
resistance th an docs VERTICAL ELEMENT
le ngth as the vertical
VERTICAL ELEMENT
the ground in which
e le ment. Fo r th e
they arc buried. they
groundplane two radial low more curre nt
a ls are a c tuall y
/ B ASE INSULATOR
from the signal to flo\\'
e no ugh. a lt hou g h
in the antenna. and on
many wri ters recomGUYRO?E
to your rece iver. than
mend three or fou r.
GUY ROPE
RADIAL~
wo uld the g ro und
~
For the Marconi
alone. This increased
the buried radia ls can
curre nt flow can lead
be any le ngth ; a
to imp roved reccpl ion
quarterwave is good,
FEEDLINE _,..
in areas wh ere rebut if you can' t make
ceived noise is low
them that length make
(sec below). but it is
them as long as you
even more important
can. For Marconi anfor effi c ie nt radiati o n
tennas used to transFIGURE 1. A quarterwave grn1111dpla11c a11tc1111a (A), and a 1Warco11i grounded quartenvave mi t, the more radials
in transmitting.
Whereas the radi - rcrtica/ a11te1111a (B ). See text for details.
- up to 120 or so al s are buried collecthe beuer.
t or~o f e n1.:rgy in the Marconi. in a ground plane
,en11:al. ground-mounted antennas on the HF
For a receive-only HF or MF grounded
antenna the radial s arc actuall y pan of the and MF band ~ . Good resul ts are being ob- Marconi you can get by with only a few
reso na nt c irc ui t o f th e a nt e nn a. The tained with only a few elevated rad ials a5. radials. This i. because, at these frequencies.
groundpl ane an te nn a~ radials are c lear of the compared to the many buried radials forme rly the sig nal-to-noise ratio. not signal strength.
ground. and actually receive and transmit recom mended.
determi nes quality of reception. Bury radials
signa ls just as the verti cal cleme nt docs duri ng
no more than a few inches in the earth.
reception or transmi ssion. (Sec thi s mont h's I Yes, But What Are They Good For?
For buried radials any wire is okay. For
Radio Riddle fo r more on this. )
groundplane radials wire or tubing is good.
Vertical antennas . uch as those discussed
Because its radial>arc buried. the Marconi
Larger diameter elements give greater bandabove
ha ve long had a reputation for giving
antenna must be located on the surface of the
widt h to the antenna.
earth. The groundpl:tnc antcnn:i. with its radi- grncrous amounts of low-angle radiation and 3. For either antenna insulate the vertical elal s free of the ..:arth. can be located above the reception capability. For the HF bands low- ement fro m the radials. Connect the cent..:r
earth o n buildings or towers. This is a great anglc patterning means good long- haul DX connec tor of a coax ial feedline to th..: bouom
work. i-:or VHF-UHF and mi crowave work
advantage fo r VHF-U HF work where inof the vertical element. and the coax shield to

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the radials as they converge at the antenna's

base.
50-ohm coax gives a reasonable match
( SWR= 1.4) on e ith e r antenna. If th e
ground plane s radials are drooped about 45
degrees downward , that a ntenna close ly
matches 50-ohm coax. Solde rthe connections
if possible, and seal the coax with coax sealant.
4. Depending on the size of your antenna you
may want to use a bloc k of plastic or a PVC
plumbing connector as a base insulator between the vertica l e lements and the radials.
For larger grounded verticals, the vertical
element may rest on an insulator and be held
in place by guy ropes.
If you use wires as guys, break them up
with in sulators so that no wire in the guy is a
half wa velength, or multiples thereof at the
ope rating frequency of the ante nna. Smaller
antennas can be made self-supporting with
the use or tubing for clements.
5. Mount groundplane ante nnas as high as
practical.
6. As with any outdoor antenna, the minimum lightning- induced damage protection is
to never use the antenna during bad weather,
and to di sconnect and ground the antenna
when it is not in use.
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RIDDLES~,

Last Month:
I mentioned the e ffect of antenna resonance o n anten na radiation patterning and
asked, " What is that effect? "
Let 's di sc uss resonance in a typ ical
halfwavc dipole mou nted a modest distance
above ground. The rad iation-reception pattern for a dipole is close to the shape of dome
or half sphere with its flat side on the ground.
It will have a couple of nu ll s (areas of decreased rad iation or receptivity) off the ends
of the antenna.
Shorten ing a resonant di pole raises its resonant freque ncy above the operating frequency
(i.e .. it is no longer a resonant antenna for the
operati ng fre que ncy). Nevertheless, the
antenna's RRP remains essentially as when
the an tenna was at the desired resonance point.
If we make the antenna longer, thi s lowers
its resonant frequency. As the antenna becomes significantly longerthe antenna s RRP
wi ll be sign ificantly modified. Specifica lly,
lobes (areas of inc reased radiation or recepti vi ty) and null s begin to form in the antenna's
RRP at considerably increased lengths.
The RRPs of many different antenna designs change in response to shifts in resonant
frequency away from the operating frequency.

As the antenna des ign gets more complex I m

sure the changes are more complex also. but I
know of no general rule to predict w hat they
will be.

a wheel. When this antenna is transmitting

what docs the radiation from the radials contribute to the s ignal strength as received by a
di . tan t receiving antenna1
Hint: remember the cancel ing e ffect of
curre nts whi ch fl ow in opposite directions
w ithin the same wire.
You' ll find an answer fo r th is month's
ri ddle, and much more, in next month's issue
of Mo11iwri11g Times. 'Ti l then Peace. DX,
and 73.

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Harrisburg RAC I Firecracker Hamfest/ Tom Hale, WU3X. 717-232-6087 I

Location: Monagahan Fire Hall. 245 W. Siddonsburg Rd. Dillsburg. PA
(near Harrisburg). Talk in W3UU 146.16176. Barn. admission $4.
North Carolina Alligalors Group I Walter Bastow, N4KVF. 704-279-3391
Salisbury. NC
Livermore ARK I Noel Anklam. KC60ZK. 510-447-3857
Livermore. CA
Triangle ARC I Dick Sisley, K8JKB. 330-385-1245
Lisbon. OH
Murgas ARC I Robert Michael. WB3FAA. 717-288-3532
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Iowa Cily, IA
Iowa City ARC I Jon Poulton. WOCK. 3 19-354-1735
Summerside ARC I Lloyd Cannon. VY2CO. 902-4369078
P .E.1.. Canada
Glenwood Springs. CO Ski Country ARC I Swap. pot luck, fox hunt I Chuck Kimball. NONHJ , 970945-6778 I Localion: Two Rivers Park in Glenwood Springs. Talk in
146.800- (107.2Hz). 10am I hllp://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/
7466/2rivers.hlm
Peloskey, Ml
Slraits Area ARC I Jim, KCBFFS, 616-537-2422
Spruce Pine. NC
Mayland ARC I Byrne Tinney. KT4CA. 704-688-3942
Altus Area AAA I Aon Hughes. KB5UVC. 405-482-7994
Altus, OK
Texas Cily. TX
Tideland AAS I Garth Crowe, N7XKT, E-mail: tlamejumper@sat.net
Eau Claire. W I
Eau Claire ARC I Carol Ceraso. N9TUA. 7 15-723-9205
Oak Creek. WI
S Milwaukee ARC Swapfesl I Robert Kasl elic, WB9TIK, 414-762-3235 /
Location: American Legion Posl #434 grounds, 9327 S. Shepard Ave.
Talk-in 146.52 simplex. 7am lo 2pm, adm SS
Central Division Convenl ion I Rick Ogan. N9LAR. 317-257-4050
Indianapolis. IN
Fox River Radio League I Diana Skube. WD9API. 630-293-7485
Sugar Grove, IL
Genesee Radio Amaleurs I Don Partis. WA2AIV. 716-3434484
Alexander. NY
Wood County ARC I Larry Aeilz, WABCWD. 419-837-2202
Bowling Green. OH
Kimberton, PA
Mid-Atlantic ARC I Bob Haase, W3SA, 6 10-293- 1919
North Hills ARC I Bob Ferrey Jr., N3DOK, 412-367-2393
Pillsburgh. PA
Asheville. NC
Disaste r Emergency Response Assoc Regional Workshop I P .0. Box
6558, Asheville, NC 288 16 I Localion: Laurel Audilorium. AshevilleBuncombe Communily College I Wrile for complele info. and visit
www.netcom.com/-n3dak/ashev1lle.html
Easl Glacier. MT
Monlana Slate Convention I Ed1l h Van Schaick. VE6EDY, 403-293-8920
Slralford, NY
Special Event Stalion W2ZZJ to commemoral e the 171sl anniversary of
the birth of Dr. Loomis, l he American radio pioneer , born al Oppenheim.
NY July 21, 1826. Operalion from 1300-2000 Z on mosl bands. I Send
QSL, conlacl #,and a 11 10 SASE ($.55) to: W2ZZJ, 5738 STHWY 29A.
Stratford, NY 13470.
West Centra l ARC I Jeff Shifflell, KC5GVS. 318-239-9724
Leesville. LA
Clinton. ME
Maine Council of ARC I Tom Clay, KD1 KE. 207-382-6000
Mio. Ml
AuSable Valley ARC I Gerry Volz. WT8G. 517-848-5996 or 517-826-6454
Frankfort, NY
Ul ica ARC I Bob Decker. AA2CU, 3 15-797-6614
Cary ARC I PO Box 53. Cary. NC 27512
Cary. NC
Wellington. OH
Northern Ohio AAS I John Schaaf, KC8AOX. 216-323-0081
Coos Bay, OR
Coos County RC I Hugh Mac Donald. N70KM. 541-347-7019
Beach Haven, PA
Joneslown Ml. Repeater Assn./ Charles Hooker. AD3L. 717-864-2571
Cleveland. TN
Cleveland ARC I David Evans. WD4EZC. 423-472- 1421
Crossville. TN
Plateau ARC I Nick Smi1h. WA4GKM, 615-484-8220 or 800-774-2623
Brunswick, MD
Mid-Atlantic DX & Repealer Assn. / 301-4168447, E-mail:
madraclub@aol.com
Cambridge. MA
MIT RS & Harvard Wireless Club I Sieve Fineberg, WI GSL. PO Box
397082, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139
Washington. MO
Zero Bealers ARC I Dave Neal. NOPNG. 3 14-458-3254
Augusta, NJ
Sussex Counly ARC I Dan Carter. N2ERH. 201-948-6999
Van Wert, OH
Van Wert ARC I Robert Barnes, WD8LPY. 419-238-1877.
barnesrl @brighl.net
Homer City. PA
Indiana County ARC I Elmer Sorisio. K B3WG, 412-463-1314
Milton ARC I Mark McAnally, KE4QKN, 904-626-7686
Milton, FL
Oklahoma Cily, OK
Centra l OK RA I Hal Miller, KB1 ZO, 405-672-7735
Cosl a Mesa, CA
lnll Radio Club of America Mega-Convenlion I Mike Sanburn, PO Box
1256, Bellflower. CA 90707. (310) 614-1444 nights I Primarily MW DXing.
bul all are welcome./ Loca1ion: Holiday Inn Bristol Plaza, (7 14-557-3000
for reservation; mention convenlion rate of $60) Regislration S15; banquet
$20 I Station tours. slide show, auction. picnic, etc ...
Flagstaff, AZ
Arizona State Conv I John Lanza. KC71M, 602-440-2039
Richmond, BC. Canada Pacific NW DX Convenl ion I Allan Buckshon. VE7SZ. E-mail:
abucksho@direcl.ca
Regina. Sask. Canada Regina AAA I Doug Richardson, VE5CMA, 306-789-2254
Pecatonica. IL
Rockford ARA I Marsha Plasters. KB9NGN. 815-399-9233
Waynesville. NC
Wesl ern Carolina AAS I Thomas Queen, K4BNP, 704-258-2639
Nescopeck. PA
Berwick AAS I Richard Conklin. WC3H. 7 17-387-6759
Timonium. MD
Ballimore RA TV Soc I Robert Keblish. N3HAT. 410467-4634 / Localion:
Timonium Fairgrounds. York Rd. Talk in 147.03. 224.96 MHz I hllp://
www.smart.neV-brals; email brats@smart.ne1
Racine . WI
Racine Megacycle Club I David Voss. WB9USI . 414-554-7565
Fox Cities ARC W9ZL I Localion: Pioneer Airport al E.A.A. Fly-In. on
Oshkosh. W I
grounds" convenlion info on 146.520 sim. Op on general phone HF; OSL
& SASE to: Wayne Pennings WD9FLJ. 913 N Mason St.. Appleton. WI
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Fire Net: Tom Kravitz, Box 1307, Culver City,
CA 90232. 310-838-1436, internet
mpage@netcom.com. All of California; fire,
EMS, tied in with nationwide notification net.
Fire Notification Network of Michigan: Garry
Watts. PO Box 1312. Warren, Ml. 48090-1312,
(810) 772-4423: firenet@usa.net. Michigan
alphanumeric pager net, breaking news via text
pager. Customizable Michigan and national
options available.
Houston Area Scanners & Monitoring Club:
Glen Dingley, 909 Michael, Alvin, TX 77511 ,
(7 13) 388- 1941. 75 mile radius of Houston, TX;
scanning & SW. Paging network. HASMC
Newsletter. Meets Jan & June.
Hudson Valley Monitors Association
(HVMA): Patrick Libretti. P.O. Box 706,
Highland. NY 12528. Mid-Hudson valley and
surrounding counties: VHF/UHF, public safety.
The Hudson Valley Monilor.
Internationa l 11 Meter Alliance: Allen
Newton, Rt. 1 Box 187-A, Whitney, TX 76692,
(817) 694-4047. Public safety, traffic handling,
all bands. esp. 11 meters.
lnt'I Radio Club of America (IRCA): Ralph
Sanserino, P.O. Box 1831, Perris, CA 925721831 . Worldwide; BCB/AM DX. DX Monitor(34
x) $25 US, $27 Can/Mex. $28.50 ww. Firstclass stamp or 2 IRCs for sample.
Long Island Monitoring Association:
(Replaces Monitoring the Long Island Sounds)
Ed Muro. PO Box 308, Cedarhurst, NY 11 5160308. Long Island-Metro NY area; scanning,
SWBC, AM-DXing. Weekly net 146.805 8pm
Tuesday: net control Ed (KC2AYC) and Frank
(N2VRA). To receive free newsletter, hard copy
or online. send SASE.
Longwave Club of America (LI MA): Bill
Oliver, 45 Wildflower Rd ., Levittown, PA 19057,
(215) 945-0543. Worldwide: Longwave only.
The Lowdown. $ 18 US, $ 19 Can/Mex, $26 ww.
Memphis Area Shortwave Hobbyists
(MASH): P.O. Box 3888. Memphis. TN 38173,
Jim Pogue (901 )873-4291 or Brandon Jordan
373-8046. Memphis area; SW, MW, FM, TV,
utilities, pirates. etc.
Metro Radio System: Julian Olansky, P.O.
Box 26. Newton Highlands, MA 02161 , (617)
969-3000. New England states: Public Safety.
M.R.S. Newsletter.
Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts (MARE):
P.O. Box 530933, Livonia, Ml 48153 0933. Email xx024@detroit.freenet.org . Great Lakes
Region. All bands. Great Lakes Monitor. $11
annual US & Canada. $2 sample.
Minnesota DX Club: James Dale, 16330
Germane Ct W, Rosemount . MN 55068.
Minnesota and western Wisconsin. All bands.
Meets 2nd Friday 7p.m. various locations.
MDXC Newsletter. Sample SASE. $10 annual
dues.
MONIX (Cincinnati/Dayton Area Monitoring
Exchan ge): Mark Meece. 79 17 Third St. , West
Chester, OH 45069-22 12. (513)777-2909. SW
Ohio. SE Ind .. N Ken ; All bands. Meets 2nd
Sats 7pm. Net Thurs 9:30 145.210/4.610. No
dues.
Mountain NewsNet: James Richardson, P.O.
Box 4488, Estes Park, CO 80517-4488, (970)
586-4325vx; 4357fax. Colorado statewide.
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MORE ON "PRIVATE" FCC
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In our May issue we (correctl y) told a
reade r that the FCC would no t withhold
addresses at the req uest of amateur li censees. Several alert readers have subsequently
pointed o ut that the FCC requires o nl y a
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come through!

the solid <li~h has stability against deforming

under its weight or w ith w ind.

On my AM/ FM stereo radio,

when I tune around 104 MHz FM, I
hear strange "Boop-boop" sounds
or a high-speed code machine.
Nearby I also hear airplane communications. What are the noises?
(Bob Brock, Phoenix, AZ)

Q.

A. You arc hearing image~ from strong overQ. When I hear low band (30-50
MHz) military stations on skip, how
large is this "footprint?" Could I still
hear it if I moved a short distance
away? {Duke Rumley, Madison, NC)

load sig nab on o ther frequency ranges. T he

aircraft com ms a re coming in fro m the 118137 MHz hand. w hile the .. Boop-hoops .. are
probably from the 152- 158 M Hz range. By
the way. the stran ge noises arc d igital paging
signals : as you hear the interfe rence. someone
is read ing a message on his pager di splay.

Q. Most consumer C-band dishes

are now made of screen mesh,
while commercial dishes are solid.
Which has better signal performance? {Fred Pierce}

I have asked this question, and

received no reply, twice in a British
shortwave magazine, and once of a
policeman. Does radiation from a
turned-on radio affect the reading
on a breathalyzer? {Graham
Rankin, Wirral, Eng.)

Q.

A.

lig hter weight and has less wind load. w hile

No. But ii s not that si mp le. There are

st:veral types of b re a t hal yze r~. some c hemi cal. some elec tronic. and ~ornc laser. One of

Bob's Tip of
the Month

Painless Trunk
Tracking

A. S ize for siLe. they are equal. The mesh is

Anyone who has ever tried to fo llow law

e nforceme nt com munications o n a conventional scanner knows how fru strating it can
be. Not o nly is it d ifficul t to find the next
hand-off channe l, but the buzzes, c hirps,
and beeps associated with trunked radio
systems are particularly aggravating.
Veteran scanner enthusiast John T. Ward
recently shared a listeni ng tip to minim ize

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Have you published any QSLs or

verifications from Area 51 {Groom
Lake} of the Nellis Range Complex
in Nevada? (Donald Michael
Choleva, Euclid, OH)

Q.

A. It i ~ not with in Department of Defense

policy to acknowledge reception of communicati o ns re lated to cla~sified operations: for
that reason. QSL~ or n:rilicatiuns from these
specific classified operations are highl y unlike ly.

What is "M. D. T?" What is

needed to monitor this police
communications mode? Ken
Ballweg, W est Seattle, WA)
Q.

A. General Iy speaking. the ionospheric bo unce

back down to earth from low-band skip is
n.:g io nal in nalllre. often covering several states.

the ncwe~t is ~c n ~i ti vc to radio freq uency

interference (R FI ) fwm nearby tran s mitter~.
and signals an alert when misreadings arc
poss ible.

those annoying noises. S ince these no isy

artifacts a re primarily added to the repeater
outputs, listen instead to the repeater i11pw
frequen cies. Whi le the dispatcher will no t
be heard, the action is at the scene anyway.
S ince the low power mobile and handheld
units w ill be harder to hear. a good outdoor
ante nna is recommended.

A. Mobile data term inal s arc si mpl y mobile

computer terminab d c~ i g ned to exchange their
digital text o n the ~a mc frequency bands used
for voice comm unications. T he most common system. the Motorola MODAT, uses a
propri eta ry ASC II code at 4800 baud rate.
Because of the non standard protocol Motorola
ha\ adopted. none of the standard data demodulator. pre\ent Iy ~old o n the hobby market is capable of decoding the transmi ssions.
Encod ing/decoding dc1ails have. however.
been passed on th..: Internet for stal wart experime nte rs .

In receiver specifications, what is

the difference between "triple
conversion" and "triple up-conversion?" "Double conversion and
"double up-conversion?" (Dave
Dube, Windsor, Ont.)
Q.

A. Whe n radi o frequency (RF) signal s a rc

detected. they are lowered in freq ue ncy before the a udio is recovered . This is because the
necc~s ary filterin g required to all ow singlcfrcquc ncy se lectivity is far easier to aecompl i~h at lower frequencies.
The proce s~ is multi -staged to a void 'images.'' the reappearance of a signal at freque nc ies o ther than its aclll a l transmit ting frc -

quency. This artifact may be sub'>tantially

reduced by up-convers ion. whereby the original signal i, first rnnverted to an even hi gher
rn:quem:y. then down-converted again.
I-or example. in the new Alinco DJ-X 10.
rnn1crsion rrcquencie' arc typical ly 736.25.
45.05, and 0.455 MHz before audio rernvery.
Th is would be a classic ease of triple upconve r~ ion. On lower cost rad io~ it i' more
ernnomical toclo it with only two 'tcps(clouble
conversion).
Triple up-conve rsion may sound like the
' ignal frequency i~ raised three time,. but it is
acllla ll y rai,t:d only onee. then down-converted. Perhaps it would be more correct (but
more unwieldy) to say ... single up-conversion
plus double down-conver,ion !..

Is it possible to convert an old

cellular telephone to a wide-fre quency-coverage receiver for
reception of noncellular services?
{Robert Brock, Phoenix, AZ)

Q.

A.

Not praet ically. While it is theoretically

possible. all of the subcircuits in modern cell

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Q. Is there a wideband signal

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A. No. A wide bandwidth preamp! ilier is very

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limiting. it is vulnerable to overload throughout its enti re range; this means that a strong
~ hortwavc signal could compromise scanner
reception, and vice versa. Even if it doesn't
degrade the preamplifier. the extra boost in
unwanted ranges can cause overload interfere nce to the host radio.
Finally. even with the most modest shortwa\'e antenna a few feet long. a preamp doesn't
hdp recepti o n on modern, high sensiti vity
seanner . it simply amplifies noise ri ght along
wi th the signal. The net result wou ld be the
same as simply turning up your vo lume control !

Austin Antenna .......... .............. ...... 77

Communications Electronics ........ ... .... 3
Computer Aided Technologies ... 90, 91
CSP Technologies .... .. ... ... .. ........... .. 25
Delta Research .. ....... ...................... 73
DX Computing .......... ..................... 62
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Monitoring Times . ... ....... ... .. ... ... .. . 103

I read in an old book that an

incoming tornado can be detected
by listening to the low end of a
medium wave radio {around 530
kHz) or watching the picture on
channel 2 of a N receiver. Is this a
better guide than following weather
broadcasts? {Graham Rankin,
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Motron Electronics .. ..... ................... 93

Notional Scanning Report ....... ........ 31
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A. Both tce hn iques make use of the fact that

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a cyclonic storm (tornado) is filled wi th li ghtning disc harges of wide frequency bandwidth
which may he detected for great distances on
their lowest freq uencies. This phenomenon
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heard as a substantial increase in static crashes
as the storm grows neare r. and on TV. the
raster (background glow) becomes brighter.
The proble m is that this is a qualitati ve. not
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o nl y know that the syste m i~ growing steadil y
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R.C. Distributing .. ... ... .... ... .. ...... ... .. . 81

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Reim Communicotions ....................... 5
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SGC Inc ... ... .... .. .. ........ ............ .. .. .. 17
Signal Intelligence .......................... 67
Skyvision ...... ................................. 81
Universal Radio ........................ .. .... 65
Viking International ........................ .. 7
WiNRADIO ...... ........ .......... ... ........ 99
Worldcom Technology ....... ... .. ..... .. . 93
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LOSING
OMMENTS

By Bob Grove,

Publisher

Farewell to a Friend
It was 1950. A twe lve-year-old boy. brim ming
with enthusias m ove r electric ity and elec tro nics. was
perusing the archaic books o n rad io adornin g the
she lves of the Rocky Ri ver (Ohio) Public L ibrary.
Dave Crossley. W8BC O, a veteran ham even the n,
walked by a nd asked the boy what hi s interests were .
"T hese books are q uite o ld." Da ve said . " If you arc
reall y in terested in rad io, perhaps yo u would like to
see an amate ur stati on in o perat ion.
T he boy was awed by the prospect. and the de meanor of the qu iet. reserved, contemplative ham
was reassuri ng. A date was set fo r the fo llo wing
wee k. a fter sc ho ol.
Dave's ham shack wa~ typical of the era - a
con ven ed BC348Q Na vy recei ver and a ho me- made,
two-tu be CW transmitte r; eithe r could be connec ted
to the backyard w ire d ipole by a porcelain-base kn ife
switch. A s traight key awaited the profic ie nt fis t of
the artic ula te ham.
T he brig ht dial lam ps ill um inated the wedgeshaped di al of the o ld. black-wri nkle-finis h BC348Q
as Dave care ful ly turned the crank-handle tuni ng
knob. T he warm. red-orange g low of the tra nsmitter
tubes radiated a visible message of readiness.
Soon a d i-dah-dit sound e merged from the speaker.
"T hat's a 'W3.'' announced Dave: " He is probably in
Pe nnsylvani a or De laware ." The yo ung lad was
amazed . How did Dave know that just fro m those
brief sounds' 1
As the months passed. the yo ung s tudent learned
m uch abo ut electroni cs fro m Dave. who had infi nite
pati ence with the boy's my ri ad questions and stumbli ng progress. Li ke the time he tried building his
fi rst trans mitte r using ac id core solder. watching it
rust before his ve ry eyes : o r the time he plugged hi s
brand new mul time ter in to the AC wall socket to see
how many ohms were in the li ne.j ust to see the meter
vaporize in front of hi m'

But Dave came to the rescue, s howing the young

ex plorer not on ly ho w to build a transmitter using
rosin co re solder. but how to make a multi me ter o ut
of j unkbox pans as we ll.
With in a fe w mo nths the eager s tudent had s uc cessfu lly passed hi s No vice Class license lest. E ve ry
day. waiting for school to e nd , he raced home to
chec k the mai lbox. Finally, after six weeks, the re it
was! Opening the prize envelope he saw his new
callsig n: WN8JHD!
A q uick te lephone call to Dave arranged a n immediate sc hed ule; 372 1.5 kHz seemed like a good
freque ncy-after all, it was rig ht in the middl e of the
new 80 meter Novice band.
T he bo y' s hand was shaking al most uncontro ll ably as he g rasped the key the way hi s mentor had
shown hi m: thumb and middle fin ger at the edges,
index finger pressing down. "Di-dah -dah ;" slowl y
he sent the callsign - fil led with errors. 'Di-di-d id i-di-dit ;'' the error correctio n burst meant s tarting
the words all o ver agai n. Patie ntly Dave responded ,
his fi st rock-steady fro m years of Morse on the
com petiti ve ham bands.
Soon the budding ham gained experie nce and
pro ficiency. discovering othe r modes of operation as
he successfull y passed his Technic ian, General, and
eventuall y hi s Ad vanced C lass as well as Commerc ial C lass licenses. He even threw in CB, licensed
fi rst as l 9A 7074. the n KOP0205, to regain the right
to operate on the J I meter band recentl y lost by the
hams to that new se rvice.
Littl e did the boy know that his nurturing experie nce would lead him to a professio n in radio and
e lectronics. fo unding a leading s upplier of radio
eq uipment and supp li es, and pub lishing two le ading
magazines for the radio market.
Dave Cross ley di ed April 26, 1997 . l ' II miss you.
Dave. and I w ill never be able to thank you enoug h
fo r your patie nt guidance .

(iff-1
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Nearfield receiver, sweeps 30MHz-2GHz in <1

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Decodes CTCSS, DCS, and DTMF. Manually

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Lockout up to 1000 frequencies

store 500 frequencies in memory with time & date

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locks on to any nearfield signal from 30MHz

NM EA-0183 GPS interface for recording Latitude

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2GHz in less than a second.

vFO mode for tuning to specific frequencies

pc interface for downloading data from memory
FM demodulation I BuJlt-in speaker

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Freq. Range

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Modulation

FM Deviation

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Auto Sweep Time <1 second

Input 50 Ohm

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Display

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