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CONTENTS

Vol. 14, No.1

January 1995

The Course of International Broadcasting .................... 14


by Ian McFarland
T he day before the 5th A nnual Monitoring T imes Con ventio n, a small g roup
representing almost every aspect of internatio nal broadcasting gathered to discuss
problems, solutio ns, and aud ience trends in today's rad io world. T he ir discussio ns
co ntinued in the opening forum of the Conventio n, in a li vely give-and-take
between the panel and the audience. This feature is a compilation of the views
expressed, authored by the chairman of both events, Ian McFarland.

When Disaster Strikes ............................................ 20


by Haskell Moore

Cover Story
Scanning Beautiful Bennuda
by Michael Shaner

When nature or man knocks out all communications, it' s not "Who do you call ?" but,
rather " How do you call?"
In a disaster, the M ul tiple Radio Vans
fro m FEMA ri de to the rescue - ready o n a
moment's notice to provide communications, logistical, and operational support fo r
all agencies involved in the relief effort. Keep
your ears and your mi nd open - these vans can
pop up on any freq uency and mode in the spectrum !

Argentina: Radio with a Past ............................... 24


by Don Moore

W hen your scanner gets ti red of listening to snowplows being mobilized


by the hig hway department and the
weather-related traffic j ams on and
above the ground, give your scanner a
vacatio n - lake it lo Bermuda! With
the constant merchant and to urist air
and marine traffic, plus all the usual
public safety, business, and military
communications, your scanner wi ll
enjoy a veritable smorgasbord of frequencies.
Michael S haner's rare list of frequencies was compiled during freq uent visits to the is land. Tired of
looking al snow white? Trade it in for
your tropical whites and cruise in to
Hamilto n Harbour. as in o ur cover
photo(courtesy of the Bermuda Dept.
of Tourism). See page 10.

Inhabitants of the Northern Hemisphere often d isregard the accomplishments


and history of our neighbors to the so uth, and such can probably be said of
Argentina's claim to be home to the worl d's fi rst broadcast station. Don Moore
rem inds us o f Argentina's rich history, w ith hopes that its more optornistic future
will extend to radio as well.

The FBIS is Ustening ........................................ 30


by Benjamin Meyer
Like mo st majo r world players, the U.S. has an age ncy whose jo b it is to 1is ten
in to broadcasts and read the p ubli cati ons of o ther countries, in order to keep
govern ment agencies informed. Many businesses, news agencies, etc., make use
of the FBIS reports fo r the same reason. O f course, as a member of the intelligence
co mmunity, not all its information is open.

DEPARTMENTS

Worthy
Receivers

Magne puts the AR3030


shortwave receiver under close scrutiny
and finds it a generall y likable receiver
fo r its price range. See page I00 for a
description of the featu res and performance of this table-top model.
In his first column for Monitoring
Times, Bob Pamass addresses a frequently-asked question: how does the
new PR0-2035 reall y compare with its
classic predecessor-Radio Shack ' s
PR0-2006 scanner? (See page 98) For a
look at the PR0-2035's innards, Bill
Cheek performs the dissection on page

Letters ................... ................................. 4


Communications ............ ........................ 6
Utility World ......................................... 32
Scanning Report .................................. 36
Questions and Answers
Beginner's Corner ............................... 40
Hi-Tech Learning Tools
Shortwave Broadcasting ..................... 42
QSL Report ........................................... 46
Shortwave Guide ................................. 47
Propagation Charts .............................. 74
Digital Digest ........................................ 78
ARO Modes
American Bandscan ............................ 80
Listen in on Remotes
Federal File ........................................... 82
Bug Hunting; Border Patrol
High Seas ................................. ............ 84
New York Harbor
Satellite TV ........................... ................ 86

Trade-Offs: Choosing a System


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

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


Propagation Tips
Outer Limits ......................................... 92
Cuban Clan Busted Twice
What's New .......................................... 94
Scanner Equipment ............................. 98
PR0-2035/PR0-2006 Comparison
Magne Tests ....................................... 100
AR3030
Computers & Radio ........................... 102
PC FM Radio Card
DeMaw's Workbench ......................... 106
Tape Recorder Interface
Experimenter's Workshop ................. 108
Inside the PR0-2035
Antenna Topics .................................. 11 O
Bilal lsotron; Autek RF Analyst
Ask Bob .............................................. 112
Hint: Freq. Counter Hold; Better Knobs
Club Ciruit .......................................... 116
Special Events ................................... 117
DX Tests ............................................. 117
Stock Exchange ................................. 118

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ment and so ft ware take n from Harri s' home
in connection with the civil case, a federal
indictment was brought against Harris for
violation of section 10-29A4 of the criminal
code - that is, for possess ion of a ll equipment and software necessary to cl one cellular
phones. He re mains incarcerated.

The Adventure of Radio


I very much enjoyed a newspaper clipping
from the Quincy (Mass .) Pa1rio1 that was sent
to me by Bob Fraser of Cohasset, MA. As Bob
says, the article po ints out that 'Between the
cellular phones and the new sate llite pos iti oning system. you can ' t get lost no matter how
hard you try."
The article' s author, John Markoff o f the
N Y Times. draws upon several recent examples
of cellular and GPS technology be ing used in
the "bac k country." "Wilderness is supposed
to be a place where , compasses notwithsta ndin g, the re is always the possibility of ge tting
Jost, where one mus t pit one ' s wits against the
elements to survive."
Nowadays, rangers say they may find a
rock climber calling San Di ego on a hand-he ld
radio, a bac k-packer calling the o ffi ce in New
York on ce llular phone to say he can' t make it
to work due to illness , and of course, the
increasing number of cellular phone call s for
rescue from novices who challenge the wilderness. but who aren't prepared to accept the
consequences.
" It dimini shes the value of w ilderness to the
human spirit if you' re forever safe," said Jay
Watson of the Wilderness Soc iety, who pointed
out wilderness areas were set up. in part. to be
" an escape from technology."
Writer Markoff speculates. however, that
" the new back country may become the world
o f artifi c ia l computer ne tworks known as
cyberspace."
" One can a lready become lost for hours in
the nec k of the Inte rnet called the World Wide
Web,'' he says. " Jn thi s artific ial frontier, one
is c hallenged not phys ically but mentall y. It is
a world for cerebral adventures."
In November' s feature article " LF: The
Last Frontier," author Robert Will iams speculated that recapturing the excite ment of one's
early days in radi o might now be possibl e onl y
in low-tech, low freque ncy projec ts . But I
think John Marko ff nailed it whe n he quoted
from the poet Gary Snyde r: " A person with a
clear heart and open mind can experi ence the
w ilde rness anywhere on earth . It is a qua lity of
one' s own consc iousness."
For those of us who have gravitated to the
world ofradio, the re will always be wilderness
and adve nture to be had whe n lis tening to the
a irwaves and tin ke ring with one' s radi o shack.
If you fin d radio has lost its thrill fo r you.
howe ver. pe rhaps it is you who are lost. A
fri end of mine is in troduc ing the world of
e lectronics and radio to a hoy recentl y from the
streets of New York to whom the whole worl d
of knowledge is a n inc red ibly exciting adve nture. Sharing rad io w ith a new fri end or a

MO NITORING TIMES

January 1995

FM SubCarriers
Th e editor in her office. Photo by G. Serra.
c lassroom of kids can pave the way to redi scovering that first excitement.

Motorola vs. Harris;


US Gov vs. Harris
Following November's report on the arrest
of Frequency and Intelligence Direcrory au thor Francis J. Harris (p.30), the re is now
more to the story, as well as a few corrections
that need to be noted.
A reference was made in the article to 'Jab
versio ns of Radio Service Soft ware which
Motorola does a uthorize for use or di stribu tion to a non-Motorola e ntity." Unfortunate ly,
the te xt should have read, 'does NOT."
The " lab tool" version enables the user to
access systems other than j ust hi s own units .
Joseph Krause, an attorney for Motorola, states
that " Lab vers ions are a lso protected under
the United S tates Copyright Laws . Unauthori zed use. acquisition, distribution, copying.
or modi fi cation of any Radio Service Soft ware, including lab versions , in fri nges on
Motorol a's copyrights."
Also, a lthough the article stated that the
ST X-82 1 in Harri s' possession at the time of
his arrest, " was discovered programmed with
nearly everything in the S un shine State ," thi s
obviously refers to 800 MHz freque ncies .
While we do not know the exact c hanne ls ,
po lice reports indicate the radio con ta ined
more th an four " ta lk groups." In Motorola's
civil case against Harris, he is charged with
possess ion of System Keys to 43 systems,
plu s the lab tools, w hich would have given
him the abili ty to access any freq uency w ithin
those syste ms .
Hanis has di sputed the c laim by 're liable
so urces" that the Motorol a dumpsters were
e ver padl ocked a n d c hai ne d . Aut ho r
Rodrigue z obtained the information from a
source he had known for many years to be
re li ab le. but was not ab le to el ic it comments
from either Harris or Motorola prior to submitting hi s report .
Subsequent to the examin ation of equ ip11111

Steve Johnson, a broadcast e ngineer from


York, PA. wi shes to clarify a couple of concepts in the Septe mber article by Bruce Elving.
" In the second column, page 26, the a uthor
states that a n FM stati on could offer .. . talk or
music on it s sideband.' lt is inc01Tect to refer
to the subcarrie r signal as being the sideband
- that's a technical term with an e nti rely
different meaning, a nd could confuse readers
not already fa mili ar with the subject.
" In the third column, the author describes
the FM subcarrier signal as having 'only
about I0 percent of the effective power of the
ma in station . Thi s is not the c ase ; the
subcarrier has about 10 percent of the total
m od11/a1io11 of the station.
"Stereo FM stations in the US transmit a
baseband fu ll of signal s, all at the full station
RF power. These signals include the main
mono signa l (the sum of Left and Right program audi o channels) occupying up to 15
kH z. a co nt inuous pilot signal at 19 kHz. and
a double-s ide band . suppressed-carrier signal
centered at 38 kHz (itse lf modulated w ith the
difference between Left and Right audio channe ls). SCS subcarriers occupy the range 5399 kHz o f the baseband audio.
''It is important to rea lize that all these
signals are summed together and the resulting
composite baseband s ignal is then used to FM
modulate the transmitter. Each subcarrier is
us ually allowed about 10 pe rcent of the total
modulation. At the recei ver, this reduced signal injection results in a lower s ignal-to-noise
ratio than the main channel of the station, and
relati vely less coverage is possible.
"Thanks for the chance to he lp explain this
re lati ve ly complex topic."
On another matter, Bruce Elving says,
''Lest Larry Mill er and others be conce rned
about the q uality o f my radios and e lectronics
devices (Oct. , p 96). I do offe r refunds, subject to a modest handling c harge, and I acce pt
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a clone o f every other radio.
'One radi o that is prov ing to be quite
popular is the small GE 7-2662 mode l, AC-

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II Police and di spatc hers in Delray Beach,
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Police adopted 1he syste m in the 1940s whe n


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An o ffi cer who goes I 0-42 is simply going
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FM Radio
ZBM-FM 89 MHz
ZFB-FM 95 MHz
VSB-FM 106 MHz
100.1MHz Island-wide Bermudian
Government Emergency Channel

Police

Above: an operator 011 duty at


Bermuda Harbor Radio.

460.900 MHz
460.650 MHz
Note: The majority of Bermuda Police frequencies
are digitally scrambled above 1000 MHz.

Fire
150.050 MHz Alerting
816.490 MHz, 817.490 MHz,
818.490 MHz, 819.490 MHz,
820.490 MHz (Trunked)
Note: The main fire station is located
in Hamilton and is manned by paid onduty firefighters. Paid off-duty
firefighters are paged out for serious
alarms. A smaller fire station in St.
Georges is manned by a paid driver
and volunteers. The U.S. Naval Station Fire Department also responds
for mutual aid on serious fires.

EMS I Hospital
150.975 MHz

Bermuda
Hospital
150.175 MHz
Bermuda Fire
Dept. Ambulance
150.170 MHz
St. Johns
Hospital
Ambulance
150.965 MHz
Bermuda
Hospital
(Paging)
Note: Since the advent of cellular
telephone on the island most EMS
communications are via cellular
phone.

Below: communications antenna at


Bermuda Police Headquarters.

Utilities
168.400 MHz
169.325 MHz
167.850 MHz
172.650 MHz
167.795 MHz

F/1 Bermuda Telephone Co.


F/2 Bermuda Telephone Co.
Base Bermuda Electric Co.
Mobile Bermuda Electric Co.
Bermuda Electric Co .
(Metermen)
Gas Co.
Cablevision
Cablevision
Water Delivery Trucks
Water Delivery Trucks
Wallington Water Co.

452.900 MHz
167.370 MHz
168.800 MHz
161.835 MHz
166.650 MHz
150.820 MHz

Transportation
168.550 MHz
167.050 MHz
166.475 MHz
156.505 MHz
166.045 MHz
168.350 MHz

Public Buses
Mini Buses
BAS Buses
Bermuda Water Tours
Bermuda Taxi Co.
Bermuda Taxi Owners Association
155.200 MHz
Sandy's Taxi
168.350 / 173.150 MHz
Taxi
166.900 / 171.700 MHz
Taxi
166.600 / 171.400 MHz
Taxi

Local Government
452.575 MHz
155.620 MHz
150.820 MHz
149.730 MHz
151 .600 MHz
152.650 MHz

January 1995

Bermuda Governor
Public Works
Public Works
Corporation of Hamilton
A Channel Bermuda Regiment
B Channel Bermuda Regiment

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U.S. Naval Station


141.000 MHz
Administration
138.100 MHz
MPs and Fire Department
130.850 MHz. 140.000 MHz. 140.400 MHz,
140.300 MHz Misc.

Facilities of the
Bermuda Fire
Service
Headquarters.

Airport
118.100 MHz
119.100 MHz
133.300 MHz
121.700 MHz
126.700 MHz
126.200 MHz
132.200 MHz
128.500 MHz
124.500 MHz
126.900 MHz
129.900 MHz
169.625 MHz
169.650 MHz
152.480 MHz
171.450 MHz
169.350 MHz
169.275 MHz
131.140 MHz
130.075 MHz
130.850 MHz
131.120 MHz
169.675 MHz

Tower Air Traffic Control


Approach
Approach (Alternate)
Ramp
Clearance
Clearance (Alternate)
Tower
Arrival
Ground Control
Departure
Bermuda Radio
Civil Aviation Emergency
Airport Administration
Airport Fire Department
Airport Fire Department
ASB Ramp Services
BAS Trucks
American Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Delta Airlines
Air Canada
BOAC

Monitoring Naval
communications out
of the Bermuda
station can be an
interesting pastime.

Pho10 l-ouncsy of Todd Dokey

Amateur Radio
146.340 /146.940 MHz VP9AX-R Hamilton
146.100 / 146. 700 MHz VP9KA-R Devonshire
146.220 / 146.820 MHz VP9DC-R Prospect

Marine
156.300 MHz
156.350 MHz
156.500 MHz
156.600 MHz
156.300 MHz
156.800 MHz
156.425 MHz

Channel6
Channel 7
Channel 10
Channel 12
Channel 13
Channel 16
Channel68

156.975 MHz

Channel 79

Ship to Ship
Commercial
Commercial
Port Tugs
Harbor Traffic
Emergency
Harbor Radio I
Customs
Intra-Ship

Business
452.700 MHz
168.900 MHz
165.675 MHz
166.825 MHz
168.800 MHz
167.370 MHz
166.425 MHz
166.575 MHz
166.725 MHz
160.525 MHz
452.575 MHz
453.175 MHz
166.665 MHz
166.205 MHz
167.370 MHz
166.650 MHz

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Island Construction
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Bexco
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Trucker Base
LLN Butterfield
Elbow Beach Hotel
Tuzo K-9 Security
Swan Trucking
S.A.L.
Pereric Excavating
D.S.J. Construction
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The Course of International Broadcasting

(A View from the Inside)


By Ian McFarland

s MT readers wi ll already be aware, the fift h annua l MT


Convention was a real record breaker, attracting several hundred attendees-some from as far afield as Australia, Japan,
.
Germany. and Britain. I would like to think that a couple of
'"firsts'" at this year 's fifth annua l MT convention contri buted at least
in part to the record attendance: The convention proper was preceded,
for the first time ever, by a confere nce of inte rnational broadcastino
profess ionals . As an international broadcaste r-albeit a semi-retired
one at this poi nt-{ was honored to chair both this and the other first
time e vent- an international broadcasting forum, whic h gave the
listeners a chance to put their questions to the broadcasters a ttending
the event.
The one day, inte rnational broadcasting conference which preceded the convention proper was attended by a wonderful crosssection of broadcaste rs: from the struggling to the well-heeled. from
the publicly-owned to the private and commercial. fro m those committed to shortwave to those looking for new solutions. The partic ipants a lso brought to the conference a cross-sec ti on of pe rspectives:
that of eng ineer, s tat ion head, language service head , audience researcher, presenter. owne r, and those w ho provided equi pment and
serv ices to the broadcasters !
T he theme of the conference was 'The Fu ture of Internationa l
Broadcasting on Short Wave"-something wh ich is very muc h on the
minds of broadcasters and listeners alike these days. It seems safe to
say that, due to the diverse mix of experie nces and c irc umstances of
this modest group. the e nsuing discussions could be cons ide red fairly
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re presentati ve of the broad pic ture of international broadcasting today.

What do the numbers say?


Research data presented by Kim Andrew Ell iott of VOA showed
that SW audiences in East and Central Europe arc decreasing slowly,
due to the recent democratization a nd new Press freedom which have
led to considerably more media c hoices for the general publ ic. In
A fri ca a n increasing use of FM radio is also ma ki ng inroads on the SW
aud ience. Jn the VOA's case, says Elliott, the increasing use of
placeme nt/re broadcasts have also fragme nted the SW a ud ience.
Place me nt (or rebroadcasts) is when short features or reports from
a given SW station are rebroadcast on a local station in a given country.
This means of getting in formation to fore ign audie nces is curre ntly
being used by many international broadcasters. In Eastern Europe, for
example. with its diversity of languages, VOA has found that its
highest audience levels are fou nd on FM radio. through program
placeme nt. For VOA, and presumably for other broadcasters as well,
this ac hi eves much higher a udi ence levels for much shorter periods
than wit h SW broadcasts of 30or 60 minutes duration. However, in the
case of English language broadcasts, where the audie nce is much more
geographica ll y diffused (i.e. broadcast to many diffe re nt parts of the
world), SW is sti ll the most effective means of reac hing a mass
a ud ience.
S imon Spanswick of the BBC World Service confirmed that
results o f BBC surveys in Eastern Europe largely re n ect those of

VOA. Spanswick adds that newly deregu lated FM radio in West Africa has really taken
off, and the BBC has cashed in on this popularity wit h an FM out let in Abidjan, Ivory
Coast.
The BBC' s use of FM in Abidjan. and the
increasi ng use of program placement by many
of the world"s international broadcasters is
indicative of the cum:nt need to reach new
and old audiences in new ways, to counteract
shrinking SW aud iences in many target areas.
However. one of the major disadvantages of
program placement is that. for the most part,
the listener onl y hears single reports or fragments of program ming from any given broadcaster, rather than a full length program. As
well, the broadcaster suppl ying the material
usuall y has far less contro l over how and
when the material is used. compared to a
direct broadcast on SW.

Identity and survival


Most of the SW stations in the new democracies of Eastern Europe are probably
more concerned these days with trying to
overcome the residual effects of many decades of broadcas ting propaganda than thinking about things like program placement.
Rad io Romania. for its part, has rece ntly
added three new broadcast languages to its
roster. and is considering the addition of a one
hour broadcast to North America. as well as
add itional broadcasts to other target areas.
In the near futu re Radio Romania will be
moving lo a new broadcast ing centre.

Frederica Dochinoiu says that she and her


colleagues won' t be sorry to sec their 42 year
old control room equipment replaced.
A constant concern for Rad io Roman ia is
the less than acceptable reception of their
signal in North America. among other places.
As Larry Magne pointed out during the international broadcasting forum, Roman ia's signal would fare much better with improved
frequency management. All too often, Magne
says, the problem lies with station executives
who don't seem all that interested in improving frequency management. As he also pointed
out, this is where the knowledgeable listener
can help a great deal, in recommending better
frequencies in their reception reports to the
less powerful stations.
While Radio Budapest won' t be moving
to a new bui lding anytime soon, Sandor
Laczko reported that his station is looki ng at
a fu ture that will see them staying with traditional SW but also involve some use of satel lites. He also emphasized that his station is
most interested in constructivc fccdbac k from
listeners about program content and reception quality. As he says, it doesn' t make much
sense to put time and effort imo programm ing
if it isn' t being effectively recei ved by the
listeners.

Hi-Tech Alternatives
Figuring very prominently in the concerns of man y SWLs over the fu ture of international broadcasting on SW are satellites.
To what extent will they be taking over from

terrestrial shortwave transmitters, and how


soon?
At the moment, that's the big 64,000
dollar question. Unless they happen to own
TYRO equipment and do a lot of tun ing
around the skies. most SWLs are probably
unaware of the extent to which sate llites are
already being used by the domestic broadcas ting industry. particularly in North
America. Even though satellites are being
used as a means of program distribution rather
than broadcasting, anyone with a dish can
pick up the signals. As Ellen Hoff-an expert
with 28 years experience in the satellite industry-recounted. there's great growth in
the use of satell ites by domestic radio stations. One particular satell ite is being " looked
at" by some 3,000 radio stations, and another
by I ,000 stations.
Another largely unknown quantity, as far
as its possible effects on the fu ture of international broadcasting on SW are concerned, is
the matter of DAB (digi tal audio broadcasting). This new mode of broadcasting is currentl y being developed and studied in Europe
and Canada, as well as in the U.S.
The DAB system chosen by the fourcountry European satellite DAB project is the
European-developed Eureka 147 systemalso adopted in Canada. The Eureka DAB
system uses the L-band for both terrestrial
and satellite based transmitters. The L-band
is the only radio spectrum which has been
allocated by the ITU for digital radio transmissions worldwide.
In Canada, DAB will even tually replace
the existi ng AM and FM bands after a transition period of about seven years from the
initial startup date, planned for 1995. There
would then be one single digital radio band in
the 1452-1492 MHz range.
The Un ited States. on the other hand, is
headi ng off in another direction. The NAB,
the National Association of Broadcasters, is
not at all in favour of DAB , which is seen as
a potential threat to existing AM and FM
stations. Some broadcasters and e ntreprene urs are attempti ng to develop a digital system which can be used in the existing AM and
FM bands. This is known as the IBOC, ("inband on-channel") solution. The DAB situation in the U.S. is complicated by the fact that
al the present time the domestic L-band is not
available for use by digital radio.

DABbling in External Broadcasting


Superb attendance at the i11tem atio11al broadcasting f orum which op ened the 1994
Monitoring Times Convention in Atlanta, attests to the broad public interest in the
state of world broadcasting. The author (shown 011 previous page) chaired the
event.

There are two current projects that will


likel y have widespread effects on the use of
DAB fo r international broadcasting. The first
of these is a European, direct broadcasting
January 1995

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15

International Broadcast Uonferenee


Held prior to the 1994 MT
Convention in Atlanta

satellite DAB radio service, being developed


by the BBC World Service, Radio France,
Deutsche Welle and Radio Netherlands.
The second is an international DBS dig ital radio project which grou ps Rad io Japan,
Radio Australia, Channel Africa, Radio France
International, Deut sche Welle, Rad io Netherlands, Radio Canada Intcrnat ional, the BBC
World Service, and the VO A. Also in volved
are the European Broadcasting Union, the
As ia-Pacific Broadcasting Unio n. fu ture service providers and market researchers. T he
project was launched at a meeting in London
in January 1994. Whi le many of the details of
the project have still to be worked out. engineering trials will be carried ou t starting in
April 1995, using the INMA RSAT satellite.
While there arc no DAB receivers avail able on the market as yet. it s hoped that these
can be produced at a retai l cost of around I 00
U.S. doll ars. If the European DAB radio
project is successfu l, this will undoubtedly
hasten the developme nt of DAB receivers.
which could al so be used to pick up international broadcasting. Since there will be a
transit ion period of some years, the DA B
rece ivers to be developed will have to be able
to receive exist ing AM and FM signals as
well as the new DAB signals. The more
countries which use the same DAB system
and standards, the lower receiver costs are
likely to be.
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T he participants were: Juhani Niinisto, Head of Externa l


B roadcasting at YLE-R adio Finland, and Stig-Gora n
Bergho lm, a Liaison Engineer at YL E; Tom Rogers, a me mber of the b oard of th e International Radio Satelli te Corp. in
W ashing ton; Ellen H off, a satellite expert and Vice-President
of W .L. Pritchard & Co., Inc. in B ethesda MD; Kim Andrew
Elliott , Aud ience Research Officer at VOA , Washington;
Sandor Laczko, Editor/Presenterat Radio Budapest; Freder ica
Dochinoiu, Head of English Service at Radio Romania Inte rnatio nal; S imon Spanswick and Kip Meyers of the BBC
World Service in London; Karl Miosga, Managing Director
of th e W o rld Radio Network in Lond on; Alphonso
Montealegre, Prod ucer w ith the Spanish Service of R adio
Netherlands; Robert Stessel and T ony Kobatake, E ngi neers
with the Christian Science Monitor World Service; Jeff and
Thais W hite of Radio Miami International in F lorida; and
Jerome Bellamy of Geraldine Productions, a newly forme d
radio productio n company in Fran ce. Also present were
Michael Murray, president of the European DX Counci l,
Larry Van Horn, Editor o f Satellite Times, Gayle Van Horn,
MT F requency M anager an d columnist, and Rache l B aughn,
Editor of Monitoring Times, and Ian McFarland.

Once DAB becomes established fo r domestic purposes in North America, Europe


and elsewhere. it should be a relati vely simple
mailer for international broadcasting to take
ad vantage of the new medium , especiall y
when direct broadcast ing sate lli tes are used
.... At least. that's what I thought, in my
sl ightly naive ent husiasm for an exciting new
fut ure for international broadcasting.
However, as satellite expert Ellen Hoff
pointed out , it 's not a hand-i n-glove match.
Most of the domestic stations that wi ll ultimately be on DAB via satell ite will likely be
local statio ns.just as they are now on AM and
FM. These 10<.:al stations will req uire spot
beams-relative ly smalI satel Iite footprintsto cover j ust a single city and its suburbs.
International broadcasting. on the other hand.
requires much larger satellite footprintslarge enough to cover whole countries, or
even several countries.

A Bird in the Hand ...


On the other hand, you can get international broadcasting by satell ite today - no
wa iting! The p ionee ring, London-based
World Radio Network has assembled a roster
of some 20 international broadcasting stations in a 24 hour Engl ish service which can
be heard via the MTV subcarrier on the Galaxy 5 satellite in North America. It 's also

heard via the direct broadcasting Astra sate llite in Europe.


Whi le t hi s service has a lso been
downlinked into some cable TV and radio
services in North America. it's questionable
whether the audience via TYRO systems will
ever amo unt to much. T hi s potential audience
for international broadcasting is also being
affected by local bylaws in many parts of the
U.S. and Canada, not to mention similar laws
in cou ntries which have banned satell ite
dishes.
During the broadcasting forum, Larry
Magne made the point that the C-Span cable
TV service in the U.S. has already been carrying a selection of SW stations on its two
audio networks for a number of years now,
but the listenership is sti ll extremely low. Is it
reasonable to expect their presence on satellite will add a significant increase?
A quick poll of the forum audience of
some 200 avid radio mon itoring enthusiasts
would appear to back up Magnc's claim. A
show of hands indicated that less than ten
percent of the audience owned satellite receiving equipment, with even fewe r who were
thinking about getti ng the eq uipment. Could
it be that the vast majority of the people who
own sate llite equ ipment have a mindset that
precludes associati ng international radio with
te levision satell ites?

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There is widespread agreement amongst broadcasters generally, that shortwave


still has at least acouple of decades of useful /ifeleft for international broadcasting.
Over those decades, though, /ife will be avery mixed bag of transmission modes.
Of one thing we can be fairly certain: one of those transmission modes won't be
single sideband. 558 for international broadcasting is pretty well adead issue now,
having been superseded by better technology.

Shortwave Today
During the Friday evening internatio nal
broadcasting forum-the e vent w hi c h kic ked
off the 5th a nnual Monitoring Times Conventio n- the audie nce didn ' t seem overly concerned w ith a doom and gloom attitude about
the fut ure of inte rnationa l broadcasting on
shortwave. The wide rangingqucstions fielded
by the pa ne l of broadcasters indi cated more
concern over the present state of inte rnatio nal
broadcasting.
One questioner wondered j ust what the
role of the international broadcaster is. It was
pointed o ut that the role of the public broadcasters differs a g reat deal from that of the
pri vate commen.:ial station s. Kim Andrew
E lliott of the VOA fe lt that the role o f any
given broadcaster must be determined by the
needs of the listeners. The successful statio ns, he said. were the ones who dete rmined
these needs a nd tried to fill them.
Elliott' s o pinio n was suppo rted by Larry
Magne. who observed that since he started
inc luding station addresses in Passport ro
World Band Radio statio ns have reported an
increase in letters from listene rs. commenting abo ut what they like and di slike about the
progra mming.
S peaking for the private commerc ial shm1wa vc b roadcaste rs, WWCR ' s George
McC lintock di sagreed strong ly over the ro le

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of listeners in programming decisions. He


said that with very few exceptions it' s the
people that pay the bills w ho set the station's
goals and objecti ves, and dete rmine w hat wi ll
be heard on the a ir. While that may o r may not
be true, I wou ld certainly question the w isdom of any commerc ial shortwave broadcaster who chooses to ignore several hundred
or more letters fro m li steners who were complaining about some part icul ar aspect of the
stati on s programm ing.
During a discussion about the interference caused by a ll the high powered transmitters in use on shortwave today, Jeff White. the
General Manager and moving force be hind
Rad io Miami Internat io nal-one of the newest commerc ia l s ho rt wave statio ns in the
U.S.-brought o ut a n interesti ng aspect of
the power spiral. Hi s o rig inal inte ntion when
setting up WRMI was to use o nly a te n kilowatt transmi tter. He fe lt that this would be
adequate to get a good sig nal into his intended
target area of the Caribbean basin. However.
the FCC regulations decree that minimum
transmitte r power is fifty kW into an ante nna
with a minimum ga in of ten dB. So. that" s
what he' s us ing.

Cutting Back and Cutting Corners


In answer to a questioner's concern over
the effects of budget c ut s to inte rnational

broadcasti ng worldwide, Larry Magnc pointed


out that while these cuts do have an impact on
the quality and quantity of some of what 's
be ing heard these days, the language serv ices
most affected tend to be the secondary languages o f any given station, and not the
broadcasts in English.
One parti c ul ar com ment by George
McCl intock e lic ited an emo tio na l response
fro m o ne avid li ste ner in the forum aud ience.
McClintock mentioned that it would be nice
to see the shortwave receiver market rid of a ll
those cheap radios selli ng for fifty dollars or
less, and which do not give even half decent
performance. T he sooner the better. The audience membe r fe lt that th is was a rather
arrogan t attitude, pointi ng o ut that these cheap
rad ios are all that listene rs in the developing
countries can afford, and w ithout them they
simpl y wouldn ' t have anything to li ste n on.
While thi s is certainly a valid view, the
o riginal poi nt. which may have suffered somewhat from a lack of elaboration. was really
that these inexpensive radios should perform
much better than they do. It was also poi nted
ou t by the panel that when shortwave receiver
sales boomed in North America during the
Gu lf War and de mand outstripped the supply
of decent receivers in the sto res, these c heap
receivers were all that were still avai lable.
They performed so badly that many thou-

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listening once the war was over.
It was suggested this problem could be
offset by increasing the visibility of quality
receivers through well-placed. wel I-designed
publicity by the manufacturers (such as is
being done by Grundig), along with more
widespread consumer reports on shortwave
recei vers.
And speaking of receiver sales and aud iences. another questioner wondered how the
shortwave receiver market in the US was
being affected by the increasing number of
private com mercial shortwave stations in the
US. Larry Magne reported noting a growth
trend in SWLing in North America even
before the boom in US stations on shortwave.
However. the new stations arc having a defi nite impact on receiver sales because of the
wide range of viewpoints and opin ions that
are being aired on these stations.
Some interesting figures from Grundig
served to support Magne's view: In 1993. in
North America, Grnndig'sshortwave receiver
sales were up by over fo rty percent. In the first
nine months of 1994. sales were up over one
hundred percent.

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Ask for the


MRV
From

FEMA
Outside view of MRV, with satcom dish antenna and LOS
pneumatic mast raised, and HF whips unhooked.

~ he logo o n the door has a phrase:

LJ

" PACEAC BELLOMERITA.""


It is Latin for service During
Peace and War" and it is the c reed of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA). I ho pe you never have lo see one of
the irrigs in actio n, because that mean s you arc
somewhere most peop le don' t want lo be: in
o r near a disaster.
Mult iple Radio Van s (re fe rred lo as MR Vs)
are operated by FEM/\ Mobile Emergency
Respo nse S upport (M ERS) Detac hments.
Their mi ssion is lo provide communication s,
and help with info rmation process ing, logistics, and operat ional s upport to federal. state ,
and local agenc ies d uring times of nalllral and
tec hnolog ical d isaste rs.
We all know how impo rta nt it is 10 establi sh and mainta in the lines o f communicatio n
d uring e mergency situat io ns. Frequentl y there
is a loss (or absence) of commercial power. as
well as downed te lepho ne lines and radio
towers, or the e mergency occ urs in a remote

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Story by Bob Morehouse, KBlADO

Photos by Bob Morehouse


& Dean Zeirman

area whe re these ite ms arc no t presi.:nl. When


no rmal methods o f communication are disrupted. overloaded, o r unavailab le, the MRV
is jusl what you need lo fill in the blanks.
FEMA defines il as "'a single. se lf-contained
vehic le prov iding a w ide range of rnmmunicali ons capability: fro m single sideband HF
thro ug h stale-of-the-an satcllitc tclcphone and
broadcast vi deo."
There are c urre ntl y fi ve MR Vs. localed at
MERS offices in Colo rado, Georg ia. Texas,
Massac hu sclls. and Washingto n. They arc
construc ted on a Kc nwo rth chassis. arc IT 4"
tall (wi th rooftop antennas lowered and sec ured), have a g ross vehi c le weight o f 45.000

lbs .. and are 44 ft. long. All in a ll. it"s a pretty


big vehicle.
T hey are manufaclllred by Wo lf Coach of
Auburn, Massachusetts, w ith the systems designed by CTA. Inc., also in Auburn. The
price? Well, it 's nol necessarily a secret, but
in these days where the public frequen tly
co mpl ai ns about gove rnme nt spe ndin g,
FEMA representatives prefer nol to quote
exact amo unt s. W ith the constant upg rades
and addit ions lo the MRY's capabi lities, the
figures c hange frequentl y anyway. I have
hea rd est imates o f at least $2 mi ll ion.
A ltho ugh it is capable of traveling o n a ll
semi -improved road ways (it has a dual rear
locking axle). there are occasions when lim e
is critical. In those cases. they d ri ve 10 the
nearest air base to be loaded into a C-5 cargo
jct. (No. I' m afraid it won 1 quite fi t into a C14 1.) There have been limes the Bothell ,
Washi ngton. crew have been o n the way with
their MRY lo McChord A ir Force Base in
Tacoma to catch a fl ight. o nly 10 be cancelled

the dish to be raised from its


This is pan of the Line Of Sight (LOS)
protective hiding spot and re- Wideband/Microwave system. These trunks
motely poi nted at the chosen can then be connected to the Merl in Legend
Tyoe of Radio
Frequency Range
"ear-i n-the-sky." Hydrauli c Portable Switch telephone system, and exleveling "feet" beneath the tend subscriber telephones to up to 60 exte n2 HF
1.6-30 MHz
MRV give the vehicle stabi l- sions. (The technicians I recently spoke with
2VHF
29.5-90 & 130-1 74 MHz
ity and help reduce movement indicated it is very rare for all of the telephone
2 VHF/AIR
11 6-150 & 225-400 MHz
so the dish can more easily uplinks to be in use at the same time.)
1 LMR VHF Low
136-162 MHz
The Bothell MRV was in Pasadena last
lock onto the satellite's signal.
1 LMR VHF High
146-174 MHz
A new featurej ust added in the summer to provide "comm" support for some
2 VHF/UHF
130-173, 406-420, & 440-470 MHz
past year allows both digital Olympic-style games. This required short2 LMR UHF Mid
450-482 MHz
and analog video broadcast and notice equipment additions to covert he UHF2 LMR UHF High
482-512 MHz
receive capabilities. This al- T- band spectrum, as the frequency conges1 UHF Satcom
116-150 & 225-400 MHz
806-870 MHz ,
1 UHF Trunking
lows the MRV to send images tion in that area of Califo rnia has required
of the disaster area back to our reassignment of part of the unused UHF teleclc<.:ted offic ials, downlink vision band for two-way radio use. The numwhi le en route. That happened fairly recentl y,
CNN. or tie into a local cable channel to ber of users and their close proximity to each
when a hurricane was threatening to swat
transmit assistance information to di saster area other also called for the remote. fielddeployablc antenna setups as well. California
Hawaii and then turned another direction.
residents.
A variety of HF. VHF. and UHF antennas is believed to be the only area in the West
al so sprout from the roof. There are several using these freq uencies. but now the MRV
Name Your Communications Need:
long HF whi ps which can be hooked down has several programmable mobile units to
The MRV Can Meet It
during tra vel. Another prominent fea ture is a handle this range, also.
And now, the radio section . The MRV has
42-foot pneumatic mast with a small di sh (and
Of course, we can' t imagine how much
almost uninterrupted access to the radio specoptionally. a pair of narrow beam antennas) radio traffic really goes on following di sastrum from 1.6 to 5 12 MHz and 806-870 MHz,
for linking into a nearby telephone central ters. You can bet there's a lot, within a potenand can transmit AM, SS B, CW, FM. and
office (or rcmoting other signals to or from the tially smal l area. That lends itself to the posvarious data modes. It is capable of secure
sibility of a high degree of interference beveh icle ) to bring in another 24 trunk lines.
voice transmission using DES, DES-XL. DVP.
and DVP-XL. The RF output varies per frequency range and radio, but it can run from I
to 500 watts. There are no fewerthan 16 radios
in thi s vehicle (see Table I). as well as a
cellular phone. handheld. and man-pack units.
Oh. yes: they also have a Global Positioning
System rc<.:civcr with a cab roof-mounted antenna.
A \'ery obvious feature is the high-powered, Ku -ba nd satellite co mmunications
(satcom) system. with the large roof-mounted
2.4 mete r di sh, which can bring in 24 telephone trun k lines via satellite into ravaged
areas which may have no landline commu nications at al l. These lines are upl inked into the
satelli tes from Virgin ia. so signals originating
from the MRV are actually long distance
calls, even though the place they're calling
could be just over the hi ll.
One "bird.. commonly used in the western
U.S. isTclstar40 I. which is located far enough
to the west to allow access from Hawaii.
Callers wanting to reach someone through the
MRV do so via toll-free 800 numbers. If the
MR V crew needs to set up other equipment.
the command grou nd stati on in Virginia can
remotely control the console in the MRV to
increase transm it power unti l levels are acA bit of photo trickery allows us to show both sides of the MRV's i1111ards at once.
ceptabl e. A computerterminal tells them which
At left are tape decks, HF, VHF, UHF, marine and aircraft radios, as well as the PL
sate llites are avai lable in their area.
tone selectors. The area at right has satcom equipment, breakers, and various other
The satcom antenna installation was very
nicely done. Doors open on the roof to allow
control panels.

TABLE l : MRV Radios 7 Spectrum of Coverage

January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

21

tween users. Another convenient feature of


the MRV is that it's RF-tight (and EMP
protected) when the doors an: closed. The
radio section of the vehicle was constructed in a "screen roon1"-a shielded
structure commonl y used in the commercial two-way radio repai r field to
eliminate stray radio signals. Add to that
the ability to place the previously mentioned remote antennas some distance from
the vehicle, and that can furt her reduce
potential intennod. Somebody was thinki ng
ahead when they designed this un it.

Have Radio, Will Travel


Employment with this agency most certainly requires the ability to be ready to go
anywhere with very short notice. Some of the
more notable destinations the MR V crews
have gone to include Southern Cal ifornia.
Kauai. Florida, San Francisco. and the Columbia River Gorge in I Oregon.
Lest it sound like the crews were hitti ng
the popular vacation spots. be assured that
conditions under which they visited weren' t
part icul arly entic ing or desirable. The residents of Northridge and the San Francisco
Bay Area can assure you that picking up after
an earthquake is not fun. After the Southern
California earthquake of early 1994, three
MR Vs were sent for comm support in the San
Fernando Va lley area. The only reason there
weren't more was that the other two were in
Virginia being fi tted with the satellite video
capabilities.
Southern Florida and the "Garden Isle" of
Kauai we re not the pleasant places they normally are. either. following attac ks by Hurricanes Andrew and lniki. And the beauty of
the Columbia River Gorge is difficult to appreciate with the smoke and haze of forest
fires obscuring the horizon. Cre ws arc freque ntly placed on "standby" for potential
short-notice responses to fl oods, fires, tropical storms, and other incidents we read about

One of the 27-kilowatt generators.

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January I 995

Recently the MRV and a crew fro m the


Bothell office returned fro m one of the
large forest fi re sites in the eastern part of
the Oregon, near Wenatchee. where its
cross-band linki ng capability was very
popular. Many different agencies were
involved in those blazes, as there were
vo lunteers responding from all over the
Pacific North west lending a hand at trying to snuff out these costly fires.
Another very valuable feature is the
MR V's abi li ty to playback or record disaster
site commun icati ons. There are two studioqual ity cassette tape recorders dedicated to
this fu nction.
Of course. it's also very convenient to
have the 200-gallon diesel fuel tank on board,
especially when you need to run one of the
two 27-kilowatt generators (which are alternated every 12 hours). or any of the six
Environ mental Control Units (ECUs), whjch
arc designed fo r use between -40 to + 135
degrees Fahrenheit. There's also a frontmou ntcd. heavy-duty winch with I0,000/
20.000 lb. load capacity.
The MRV can also operate "on the move."
There arc captains c hairs" (with seat belts)
whic h can be placed in the aisle between the
consoles for times when the vehicle is going
clown the highway.
You may be wonderi ng. "Where do I
listen for an MRV if it's in my area?" Wel l.
they're likely to pop up anywhere on the
spectru m. It will depend on who they are
supporting. They may come up on fi re frequencies. police networks, or local disaster
preparedness channels. They do. of cou rse,
have portable radios for crew communications in and around the MR V. One federal
frequency guide shows several channels in
the 139 MHz range that could be used fo r this.
To many of us, radio is primarily a recreational hobby whi ch we from time to time
have occasion to use in a posi tive manner,
such as reporting accidents or drunk dri vers,
support ing bicycle races, or search and rescue
acti vi ties. For the men and women of the
Federal Emergency Manage ment Agencyand in this case, the MERS Detachments and
MRV operators-it goes far beyond that. I
thank them for their dedication and willingness to go anywhere. anyti me, to do whatever
they can whenever Mother Nature gives us a
"wake up" call.

in the paper daily.


These guys love their jobs, though, because they're doing something to he lp the
people of these stricken regions. While the
rest of the world sits in their li ving room and
watches scenes of the damaged areas on CNN,
these highly-trained, dedicated individuals
are actually there doing something to make
things a little better.
Not surprisingly, several members of each
team are qualified radi o technicians, as the
MRV has testing and repair facilities on board
for every rad io it carries. Fortunately, there is
a very. very small turnover rate within these
positions, as the orientation and constant training r~quirements are significant, as you can
1mag111e.
So what else makes th is vehicle more than
j ust a big truck with a lot of radios? Well. how
about the abi lity to crosslin k to or from any
radio the MRV has on board, incl uding the
satellite telephone channels? Imagine having
to have only one handheld radio at a disaster
site. Suppose you' re the fire battalion chief
and you want to talk to the highway patrol
command post, or maybe you need to make a
call to the National Hurri cane Center. Wel l,
just call the MRV and they' ll "patch you
th rough." In fact, there was a case last year at
a fo rest fire scene in Oregon where a highway road
crew found a rock slide
across an acti ve rail line.
The MRV crew determined
the area s main rail "road"
channel and cross-banded
the highway crew leader
into that frequency. Imagine the train engineer' s surprise when he fi nally figMy thanks to Dme. Gerald. Mark. Dean
ured out who he was tal kKurt. Hal, and el'eryone ar rite Borhell MERS
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Can Radio Argentina Legitimately Claim


To Be the World's First Radio Station?
By Don Moore

s it Latin A merica or is it Europe? In the case of Argentina. it" s hard to te ll. Except
for a few frontier regio ns. Argentina seems more li ke Europe than Latin
A merica. It wasn't always this way. but around the turn of the century when the
U.S . and Canada were receiving waves o f European immi grants. so was Argentina.
Nearly half were Ita li a n. but other large groups came from Spain. England , Russia,
Poland, Wales, and Yugos lavia, among other countries . In 19 14, thirty percent of
Argentin a's popu latio n was foreign born. and the immigrants changed the character
of the country, its food, and its language.
Why did the immigrants come? As in North A merica, this was a land of
oppo rtunity. Beef and grain t.:x ports from the Argentine pampas to Europe had created
a strong economy. But with o ne millio n square miles of area (the world 's 8th largest
country) the re was still land to se ttle. and there were growing industrial metropolises
such as Rosari o, Cordoba, and, o f course, Buenos Aires.
Argentina was (and is) an educated natio n. Si nce the 1880s, the literacy rate has
bee n 90% or more. for years better than many European countries. Argentina was
democratic w ith regular e lectio ns. As in North America, all these factors spelled
prosperity, and in the 1930s Argentina's GNP was o n level with Western Europe.
Buenos Aires was even the third c ity in the world to build a subway. after Lo ndon and
Bosto n!

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January 1995

LSS PADIO
RIVAD\VIA

UIHODIFUStOtf JJlillTillA AL mtllOA

,
World's First Station?
Argentine professors and inventors began experimenting with radio shortly after
Marconi' s fi rst successes were announced,
and ship-lo-shore, a mateur radio, and si milar
services developed quickly. And although we
here in the U.S. lie snug in our claim that
Pittsburgh' s KDKA was the world's first
broadcasting sta tio n, Argentina has a different tale to tell. Argentine broadcasting began
with a group of young entrepreneurs and the
Sociedad Radio Argentina in downtown
Buenos Aires' Teatro Coliseo on August 27, 1920, nearly te n weeks befo re KDKA . An e mpty room
housed the homemade equipment, and the antenna was
simply a wire strung between the theater
and
a
nearby

Radio EL MUNDO
B11u

11.,

:\ut' t\rcu:u

1070 KHZ

100 KW

ho use. At precisely 9 pm. the transmitte rs were turned on. and after
a short announcement the station
comme nced with a li ve performance o f Ric hard Wagner's opera
Parsifal fro m the theater below.
Only about 20 families in Buenos
Aires were known to have receivers, so the
audience couldn' t have been that great, but
the next day a local newspaper commented
that anyone hearing the broadcast would have
thought " those d ivine notes had come down
from heaven." Rad io Argentina continued
nightl y broadcasts of live theater fare, eventua lly expanding the sc hed ule and moving
into recorded programming as well.
Why isn't Radio Argentina cons idered to
be the world' s first radio station? After all,
like KDKA, Radio Argentina went on the air
solely to broadcast ente rtainment programs
to the general public and it maintained a daily
schedule from the very first day. While there

are other stations that claim to


predate KDKA, those either had
very irregular schedules or were
amateur or utility stations that did
entertainment broadcasting on the
side.
The lack of recognition for
Radio Argentina is probably in
part because Latin America is so
often ignored in U.S. and European history books, a nd in part
because Radio Argentina wasn ' t
licensed. While KDKA obtained
a license from the U.S. government before going on the air, the
Argent ine governme nt didn ' t
have any licensing procedures
until 1923, when Radio Argentina was granted the fist license
on November 19. Does Radio
Arge ntina dese rve a share of
KDKA ' s glory? 11 depends on
how important that piece o f paper
is.
Radio Argentina had the Argentine airwaves to itself until the
1922 opening of Radio Cultura.
which claims to be the first staFormerly 011 shortwave, Radio El Mundo is one of
tion in the world to air commerseveral
stations that Evita Per611 once worked for.
cial adve rtis ing (a lthough the author hasn' t fou nd any spec ific
Germany, Ita ly. and Spai n. Ten days after the
support for this). Other stations quickly fo lcoup, the government announced that all ralowed, a nd by 1925 the re were a dozen in
dio broadcasts had to be scripted in advance
Buenos Aires and ten more in interior cities.
and passed by a governme nt censor. No deBroadcasting continued to grow and the 1930s
viation from scripts or impromptu broadcastwere a golde n age of quali ty li ve entertaining would be pe rmitted.
me nt on Argent ine radio, as three networks
Furthermore, stations we re forbidden to
developed. headed by Radio El Mundo, Rarelay shortwa ve newscasts from the U.S.,
dio Splendid, and Radio Belgrano.
Canada, and Britai n and were fo rced to relay
newscasts from the Axi s powers. On the other
Politics Steps In
hand. the j unta gave Argenti ne culture a boost
The complete freedom that Argentine
by mandating that all stations carry a minibroadcasting enjoyed in its early years changed
mum percentage of Argentine mus ic. That
in 1943. For years an Argentine Fascist movethe junta was serious was demonstrated just a
ment had been building in the military among
few days later w hen Lui s Sandrini , a popular
admirers of Hitl er. Mussolini, and Franco.
comedian on Radio Belgrano, deviated from
Ma ny officers fe lt that Argentina, too, could
a script a nd joked that President Ramirez's
be a stronger nation with a totalitarian miliinitials PPR stood for "presidentc por un
tary government guiding the way. On June4,
rato," (preside nt for a short while.) Hours
1943, a key group of colonels acted by seizing
later, Sandrini was on a plane heading to exile
all media fac il ities and other key points in
in Mexico.
Buenos Aires . General Pedro P. Rami rez was
The colonels consolidated their power
named the new president, but the real power
and divided their responsibi lities, and in Ocwas in the hands of the colonels ' junta.
tober one of the group, Juan Pe ron , was apLatin America has had more than its share
pointed to head the National Labor Departof military dictatorships, but until th is point.
me nt, an unimportant position where he was
rarely had there been more than haphazard.
expected to withe r away, leaving more power
light censorship of the press. But the colonels
for the others . Peron, however, had other
planned to turn Argenti na's media into a
plans. When urban industrialization came to
propaganda machine, as had been done in
Arge ntina, the Argenti ne workers found them-

January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

2S

II Peron Broadcasts to the


selves powerless and taken adWorld
vantage of, as they were in North
America and Europe. But labor
While similar governme nts in
unions and government regulaSpain and Portugal kept the ir politions had never gained enough
tics to themse lves and became
force to better the Ii ves o f
Western all ies in the fight against
Argentina's working class.
Communi sm, Peron's flamboyant
Per6n saw the opportunity and
style and eagerness to export hi s
put together a revolutionary propolitics made him an international
gra m of s ocial benefits for
political wildcard. And, what betArgentina's urban workers, inter way is there to export politics
cluding paid vacations, pensions,
than via inte rnational broadcastchild labor laws, and accident coming on shortwave?
pensation. On December 2, 1943, Roger Atwood (left) and Tony Middleton (right) during a five
Early in April 1949, Peron's
he spoke on national radio, out lin- airing of RAE 's English broadcast. Atwood is no longer at
government annou nced that a
ing his plans and promising a bet- RAE, but Middleton is now the director of the E nglish
:-;Voice of Argentina" would soon
ter Argentina. Radio had never section.
take to the airwaves. Broadcasts
seriously been used for poli tical
were to begin on May 1, internapurposes in Argentina before, but Per6n's
wouldn' t do for a presidential candidate to be
tional Labor Day, but Peron couldn't wait. On
dynamic speaking ability and his golden promliving in sin, so Eva and Juan were married a
Apri l 11 , he and Evita opened the station
ises created an immediate power base for
few weeks later.
themse lves with live speeches. The station 's
Per6n had no intention of losing the elechim.
purpose, Peron said, was " to report honestly
At least one of Per6n ' s new fans was not
tion, and opposition candidates found themthe results of our hard battle for a better
a poor factory worke r, but one of the country's
selves banned from buying advertising on
country and fora humanity c loserto its essenmostpopularentertainers, Evita Duarte. Born
radios or bi llboards and from renting halls for
tial duties, (and the station would) arrive with
to a poor provincial family, Evita ran away to
rallies. The U.S. embassy tried to throw some
legitimate accent, direct, speaking to others
covert support to Peron's opponents, but this
Buenos Aires at the age of thirteen to become
as if we were speaki ng among ourse lves."
an actress. Although just 20 years old, by
was exposed and backfi red. winning more
The initial schedule consisted of broad1939 she was the co-director of Argentina ' s
voters for Peron. S till, Peron squeaked by
casts in Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian,
leading radionovela (soap opera) production
with just 54% .
and French, including seven hours to Brazil,
company, producing dramas for Radio El
Per6n fo llowed through on hi s promises
fou r to the USA, and two to England, dai ly.
Mundo and Radio Belgrano. A few months
to the workers, and this, combined with a
The station made enough of an impact that it
strong market for Argentine goods in devasafter Per6n' s speech she arranged to meet him
was even featured in several New York Times
"accide ntally" while he was inspecting damtated postwar Europe, kept Peron popular.
articles. But, desp ite promises of being unbiage in a provincial earthquake. T hey left the
But, it was obvious to any observer that the
ased, it was a propaganda machine, pure and
Fascism that had just been defeated in Italy
quake arm-and-arm and moved in togethe r
simple.
soon after that, crea6 ng qu ite a scandal among
and Germ any had taken root in Argentina.
When it seemed as if Pe ron and Evita
the upper crust, but admiration among workAnd un like the junta before him, Peron would
would go on forever, everything came to a
not be conte nt to simply intimidate the media.
ing class soap opera fans.
c rashing halt. ln 195 1 Evita became ill with
While Evita may have used sex appeal to
Starting with Radio Belgrano, the licenses of
uterine cancer and died in Jul y 1952. One half
snag Peron, she had a sharp mind for politics
various stations a nd networks were declared
of the team was gone. and Per6n lost spirit and
to be expired, and ownership passed to Per6n' s
and knew how to use power. Together, she
direction. Meanwhile, rebuilding in Europe
and Peron would become unstoppable.
cronies . In short order the radio industry,
meant less demand for Argentine goods and a
As Peron's popularity grew, the other
while nominally independe nt of the governslumping economy. ln 1955 , civ ilian riots
colonels grew uneasy and in October 1945
ment, was for all purposes its propaganda
and a mi litary uprisi ng forced Peron into ex ile
quietly arrested Peron and jailed him on a
mouthpiece.
in Spain. For the next 38 years, Argentina
remote island. But the macho officers hadn' t
Together, Eva and Juan Per6n were a
alternated between repressive military dictabothered with Ev ita. After all, w hat could a
glamorous couple- the sy mbol of the new
torships and incffccti ve c ivi Iian governments.
woman do? On October 17, Evita proved that
Argentina that Pcr6n had promised. Evita
Peron was allowed to return to Argentina in
she could be just as dynamic a political orator
even made the coverofTime magazine. Peron
the 1970s, and was promptly reelected presias Per6n. In a fiery speech on Rad io Belgrano,
continued to use live radio speeches and fi lm
dent. But he was nearly eighty and did very
she reminded the facto ry workers of everyclips shown in theaters to whip his fo llowers
little before dying in o ffice a few months
into a frenzy. Eva 's abili ties as a political
thing that Peron had done for them and called
later.
for their help in freeing Peron and making
speaker and organ izer were equal to Peron's
The next period of dictatorship was the
him president. Hours later as 200,000 workand with her rad io background, Eva kept a
most repressive of all, as thousands of govers converged on the presidential palace, the
close eye on the e ntertainment media. Any
ernment oppone nts were kidnapped, tortured,
junta announced that Peron would be reactors. acrresses, writers, or others who dared
and murdered. Exiled forme r propagandists
leased and that presidential elections would
to criticize the governme nt were exi led or
from G erman Nazi radio were even placed in
be held in February, 1946. Peron' s most vocal
j ailed.
opponents on the junta resigned, and those
Continued 01i Page 28
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popular support, the dictato rs launched the
disastrous Falklands/Malvinas War with Great
Britain. Embarrassed by the loss, the mil itary
was fo rced to return to the barracks, and
civi lian government returned in 1983.
Even so, from 1943 to 1983, world economic developments and govern ment mismanagement caused Argentina to slip to the
ve rge of Third World status. As Argentines
put it. "We don't know if we're the poorest of
the rich, or the richest of the poor." But,
almost miraculously, democracy has once
again taken hold in Argenti na and the economy
is stronger than it has been in decades. Argentina seems ready for another golden age.

A Visit to RAE
Although the govern ments after Peron
didn' t have the interest in international propaganda that he had, the external serv ice has
continued. attached to the Radio Nacional

domestic network. A few years ago, my wife


and J were in Buenos Aires and visited Radio
Nacional and RAE (Radi odiffus ion Argentin a al Exteri or), as the foreign serv ice is now
known. They are located about a mile from
downtown Buenos Aires in a huge old mansion, complete with chandeliers, ornate woodwork, and painted cei lings, that had been
donated to the government. Unfortunately,
the antique grace of the building is decaying,
and Radio Nacional can't afford the twenty
servants that the previous owners had to keep
the house going!
The heart of Radio Nacional and RAE is
the central control room from which the severa l program services, ei ther live or on tape,
are sent out to the transmillers. The equipment is very old, some of it dating back to
Peron's time. "We lcome to radio's prehistory," one technician joked. Outside the window. the base of Radio Nac ional's FM tower
fi lls what had once been a s mall enclosed
garden behind the house.

Downtown Buenos Aires, in all of its modernity.


.Tuning in RAE's external service is, of course, the best way to hear Argentina.
Check MTs Shortwave G uide for the latest Eng lish schedule. Jn addition, Radio .
Nacional 's domestic service is often beard on 6060 kHz around 0900 UTC, as can the
provincial station Radio Nacional Mendoza on 6 180, which is usually parallel.
As Argentina is in the southern hemisphere, these s tations are easier to hear in the
(North American) su mmer than in the winter. The only other Argentine station heard
in North America recentl y is small Radio Malarguc 6 160.6 kHz, when it sometimes
manages to squeeze by the Canadian stations on 6 160 around 1000 UTC. Finally, some
Argentine stations, such as Radio Rivadavia and Radio Continental, can sometimes be
heard on USB on ou t-of-band frequencies, usually with sports programming. These are
special relays for Argentine military forces in Tierra de ! Fuego and Antarctica.
But. more shortwave from Argentina may be on the way. Several of Argentina's
major private stations-Radio El Mundo, Radio Splendid, and Radio Belgrano-used
shortwave for decades until the military government prohibited private shortwave
broadcasting in the early 1980s. The civilian government has lifted the ban, and Radio
Belgrano and Radio El Mundo are reportedly planning a return to shortwave.

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The external service is housed in one m idsized room fi lled with tables and chairs and a
fi le drawer for each language department.
Postcards and maps sent by li ste ners cover
the walls, and scripts and li steners' letters
clutter the tables. With the entire staff working in one room, it can be a very busy place
with discussions in several languages at the
same time.
Like many smaller international services,
the announcers have little opportunity for
creati vity here. T he news and most programming is scripted in Spanish in the central
Radio Nacional office and then sent to the
language sections to be translated before going on the air. Even the music selections are
picked in advance.
Of course it is difficult to translate and
still maintain the style and flow of the ori ginal
script, which is why many international broadcasters, such as RAE, sound a bit stiff and
art ific ial. Occasionally the English sections
someti mes fudges a bit on translati ng certain
news iterns and reads the related article out of
dai ly English language Buenos Aires Herald
instead. The only chance the announcers have
to create their own program ming is during the
mailbag features, si nce each language section
reads and answers its own mail.
We met several of the staff members,
including Tony Middleton, the current director of the English section. Tony is an Argentine of British parentage who has worked at
RAE since 1980. On the side he does bit parts
in Argen tine movies and acts in local TV
commercials. In 1985, he had a small part in
Argentina's Academy Award winning La
J-Jistoria Oficial. Tony in vi ted us to sit in on
the live broadcast to Europe at 1800. Yes,
live. The Engl ish broadcast goes out live to
Europe and is recorded for later repeat to
North America.
The RAE studio, where all external programs are recorded, is actuall y an unconnected room opening on to a balcony overlook ing the central patio and its huge antenna.
To enter the studio, one has to walk through
the adjacent control room, out onto the patio,
and then into the studio. The room is large,
and the table, chairs, and microphone for the
announcers only takes up one side of it. Along
another wall is an old sofa and easy chairperfect places for guests to sit.
All told, the old mansion is a perfect
location fo r RAE and Rad io Nacional. Its
decayi ng grandeur symbolizes Argentina's
past greatness. but looking around at the
mansion's wonders, one can't help but see
possibi lities. Just maybe, the best is yet to
come.

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By Benjamin D. Meyer

u say you like to listen to short wave to keep up with latereaking world events? Well , you're not alone. Uncle Sam
!ways has his "ears on" when it comes to monitoring
foreign radio broadcasts. Since 1940, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,
the Foreign Broadcast Service (FB IS) has monitored radio broadcast
trans missions throughout the world.
Today they also mon itor television, RTTY. FAX, and satellite
transponders. The FB IS also subscribes to foreign newspapers. magazines, and periodicals.
What do they do with all thi s infonnation?The FB IS is an agency
of the U.S. Intell igence Community. In fact, it falls under the Directorate of Science and Technology of the Cemral Intell ige nce Agency.
Its mission is to mon itor, se lect, process, translate, ed it, analyze. and
disseminate information in the fo reign media to detect and evaluate
trends so that Uncle Sam doesn' t get surprised with hi s "pants down"
concerning world events. All foreign print and broadcast information
includes some potent ial intelligence value if you know what to look
for.

SHH
Based on its intercepts of articles in the e lectronic and print media,
the FB IS publishes daily reports and other specialized publications
concerning what is happe ning in foreign countries and geographic
areas. One of the report categories, fo r exa mple. b Science and
Technology . A typical scie nce and technology report may address
recent developme nts in the People's Republic of China. Because a ll
of this information is compi led from overt (open) sources. you can
subscri be to these reports if you're interested .
In addition to providing reports to the public. the FBIS also
di stributes reports lo other government agencies. Many of them
receive soft" copy via computer to speed things up rather than
wait ing fo r the printed version.
O f inte rest to FB IS and its customers are public speeches by world
leaders. It 's not uncommon for the FB IS to process speec hes by longwinded foreign d ignitaries in several " takes." Some of these speeches
can go on for hours. The first part of the speech may have already been
captured a nd translated into Engl ish while the speech is sti ll being
given. In that way the FBIS helps Uncle Sam to stay on top o f rapidlychanging world events.
It 's not uncommon fo r the FB IS to ofte n "scoop" the do mestic

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HHH
The

F.B.I.S. is
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Much of what it gleans is also
available to the public-at a
cost.
networks and wire services o n a fa st-breaking sto ry . This is due. in
la rge part, to the FB IS continuo usly mo nitoring a geographica l area .
In this way they are "on the spo t" when a sto ry breaks. T hey may have
been able to see it coming days o r weeks in ad vance.

Worldwide Sources
Altho ugh based in No rthern V irgin ia. the FB IS has bureaus
throug hout the world . B ureaus vary in size according to the quanti ty
of info rmatio n they process.
Bureaus are staffed by fore ig n nati o nals sensitive to the cultu ral
nuances of the area. Because much of the in formatio n is provided in
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into enol ish is imperative. W hen reporti ng o n tele visio n prog rams.
it 's no :asy task to descri be the body lang uage of the people involved
and the bac kg round. T he English trans latio n must be co mplete ly
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orig inal meaning of the source broadcast.
It ' s no secre t what is going o n: the host countries know full well
that the FB!S is there and what it is doing. Indeed. the BBC does muc h
the same thing, and Mo11i1ori11g Times subscribes to their monitoring
service. Forplaees whe re the U.S. isn' t welco me. like C uba. the FBIS
listens in fro m So uthe rn Flo rida.
Many FB IS monitors ho ld subscriptions to MT pri mar.ily for th.e
mo nthly English Lang uage Shortwa ve G uide and propagation c ond~
tio ns . These m oni tors often "crui se" the radio spectrum us ing their
Watkins Johnson Receivers. just like we do . to discover clandesti ne
transmissio ns.
The re are situations whe re an FBIS Bureau is physically located
in o ne country but mo nitors a w ide geographic area . Rc m o te ~ y
controlled recei vers connected to la nd lines are someti mes used 111
this situation. Luc kil y, radio and T V transm issio ns igno re po litical
bo undaries .
Monitors type the ir translatio ns into
PCs and the fil es are the n transmitted to
FBIS Headquarte rs in Virg inia. There
the articles are edited and include d in
FBIS publicatio ns and routed to o ther
government agencies.

FB IS analysts also rev iew the incomi ng information. These analysts arc experts in speci fi c d isc ipl ines and have establ ished profi les
on world leade rs and events . T hey s ift th roug h the collected infom1atio n a nd draw conc lus io ns ahout things li ke what it means when Fide l
Castro ru bs hi s nose .
The a nal ysts prepare report!> based o n thei r opi ni o ns. Because
these re ports are based on the opin ions of govern ment analysts, they
arc therefore hi 2hly chl!>!> ilicd and remain withi n government circ les.
In this mannc; the FBlS puts crit ica l facts into the ha nds of
policy makers .
The FBlS just completed a major modern izati o n program that
tran sitio ned it from a paperwork operatio n- largely unchanged fo r
decades- to a modern. high-speed . computerized information gathe ring system . T his state-of- the-an technology has enab led F B lS to
increase hot h the q uanti ty and the speed of the inform ation processed.
as we ll as improvi ng the accessibi lity and d isseminatio n of a h uge
q uant ity or information.
.
.
Peop le fro m severa l d iscipli nes are in volved 111 the effort, mcluding lang uage officers . edi to rs. anal ysts . comm un icatio n spec ia lists,
d atabase manage rs. ex pe rts in auto mated database search and retrieva l. and mai nte nanc<.: tech nic ians.
Docs the FB IS mo nitor Sadda m
Hussi an 's ce llul ar telephone? If they
do. they aren' t talk ing.

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pipeline for natio nal po licy makers a nd
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Print m edia are monitored as closely as broadcast


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31

~
The HF Communications Snectrum
--ll
~--~-----------'--Larry Van Hom, NSFPW

Going, Going, and Soon to be Gone~

or years now, I have watched as a large number of HF networks


have moved from shortwave and on to satellites to improve their
communications capability. Systems such as point-lo-point,
press relay, weather infmmation stations, and military communications represent just a few of the services that have abandoned HF
either partially or totally over the last three decades. One notable HF
digital system hasn't complete ly moved to satellites, but that is about
to change.
The Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network (AFTN)
has provided the RTTY enth usiast with some great li sten ing targets
in Africa in the past, but it looks like these stat ions will follow the
trend and move to satellite in 1995. Many AFTN North American and
European stations have already moved to satelli te.
What is left of the AFTN on HF will use digital modes to pass
messages related to the safety of air navigation and the regular,
efficient, and economical operation of ai r services. T hese messages
are in a coded format and are us ually decoded by a computer at the
receiving station. Listeners equipped with a digital mode decoder will
find the Airand Meteo Code Manual by Jorge Kl ingen fuss invaluable
in decoding these transmissions.
Most of the transmissions you will receive from these stations will
utilize RTTY (Radioteletype), but some stations also use both the
ARQ-M2 and ARQ-E3 digital transmissions modes. The bulk of the
traffic sent on these networks are flig ht plans and you wi ll find that a
lot of the traffic will be concentrated around the top of the hour and
half hour.
Each RTTY circuit is intended for one way communications
between two stations. The stations transmi t a circuit identifier wh ich
is used to identify both the sendi ng and receiving stations, as well as
the number of circuits available between them. Many circuits are
arranged in pairs.
Since the majority of the stations remaining on the air are located
in Africa, monitors along the East Coast of the United States should
check for these stations in the late afternoon and early evening.
Unfortunately, listeners on the West Coast have reported little success in receiving these African stations.
Most of the AFfN stations have more than one frequency allocated, and you should follow the general rule that the higher frequencies will be used during their local daytime with a shift to lower ones
as night approaches. Table One is a comprehensive list of AFTN
stations and frequencies.

TABLE 1: Aeronautical Fixed Stations

can

Slallao/Lmlioo

Larnaca, Cyprus
Plaisance, Mauritius
Conakry, Guinea
Tripoli, Libya
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Kano, Kenya
Lagos, Nigeria
Antananarivo. Madagascar
Nouadhibou. Mauritania
Niamey, Nigeria
ATTY

MllJ!lt

3BZ
3XA
5AF
5HD
5NK
5NL
SST
STX
SUA
SYD

Nairobi, Kenya

RTIY

6VU

Dakar, Senegal

RTIY

70C

Khormaksar. Yemen

RTIY

?OZ
8BN
809
9GG
9HA

Lilongwe, Mali
Medan, Indonesia
Maldeve, Maldives
Accra, Ghana
Luqa, Malta

ATTY
ATTY
ATTY
ATTY
RTIY

9JZ
9PL
9UA
ARA
AWC
AWD
GA17E
GAK
CSY

Lusaka, Zambia
Kinshasa, Zaire
Bujumbura, Burundi
Karachi, Pakistan
Calcutta, India
Delhi, India
Easter Island
Santiago, Chile (AF)
Santa Maria. Azores

RTIY
ATTY
RTIY
RTIY
RTIV
RTIY
RTIY
RTIV
ATTY

048
OJA
EIP
ELRB
EPD
ET03

Sal Island, Cape Verde


Djibouti, Djibouti
Shannon, Ireland
Monrovia, Liberia
Tehran, Iran
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

ATTY
RTIY
RTIV
RTIV
RTIY
RTIY

FBSK
HSD
HZJ

Gaborone, Botswana
Bangkok, Thailand
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

RTIY
RTIY
ATTY

STK

Khartoum, Sudan

RTIY

sue

Cairo, Egypt

ATTY

S20
TJK

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Doula, Cameroon

ATTY
AROE3
AROM2
ATTY

TLO
TNL

Bangui, Central Africa Rep ATTY


Brazzaville, Congo
ATTY

TAK

Libreville, Gabon

TIL

N'Djamena, Chad

TUH

Adibjan, Cote d'Ivoire

AROE3
AROM2
AROM2
RTTY
RTIV

TYE
TZH

Cotonou, Benin
Bamako, Mali

AROM2
ATTY

XTU
X?W
YAV

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ARO-M2


Tangon, Myanmar
RTIY
Kabul, Afghanistan
ATTY

DCS Mystery Solved?

AROM2

For years, a series of military tactical stations have intrigued me


and made me wonder to what system they belong. These stations use
single word tactical callsigns and they always seemed to be setting up
FDM (Frequency Domain Multiplex or MUX) networks. Voice
seems to be used only as means to coordinate the setup of these long
distance data conneccions.
I now believe I have the answer to this mystery in the form of a
Department of Defense (DoD) system known as the Defense Communications System (DCS) HF long haul network.

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MONITORING TIMES

ATTY
AROE3
ATTY
ATTY
ATTY
ATTY
ATTY
ARQ-E3
ARO-E3
AROM2
4846.0

January 1995

Eregueocles

8137.0
4023.5 7763.5 9195.0 9378.5
3710.8 7610.0 10104.0 18388.7
2822.0 11494.5 18388.6 19822.5
7990.0 11175.8
7342.0 7817.5 11440.0
7426.0 9105.0 10391.0
4014.7 7834.7 9194.9
6943.0
S159.7 7596.0 7614.0
5610.5 8031.0 9160.0
9848.0 11575.014937.5
7423.0 8161.5 8165.0 11546.0
12256.0 13367.113372.5 13737.0
3650.0 4788.0 6975.0 7483.0
7618.0 9070.0 10047.0 10407.0
5879.0 6765.7 7340.0 11005.0
11056.0 11541.0 11640.0 143.95.0
8137.7
6925.0
6989.0
5804.0 5904.1 7832.0
2682.0 3595.0 5364.0 5818.5
7797.0 9228.0 19958.0
7913.0 8118.5 11443.0
9058.0 11027.5 14786.5 18363.5
14633.0
14458.0
3177.5
8071.3
8819.0 13200.0
11100.0
5474.0 6999.0 9994.2 10539.1
11668.5 12323.0 14497.5
9154.0 14508.0
5334.0
8145.0 11440.0
5393.5 9252.0
5107.0 12065.0
5187.0 6736.0 6912.0 9873.5
10779.0 11112.8 12174.5 18924.8
5287.2
3886.2 4014.0 10654.3 13742.5
3999.0 5733.0 13752.0
14370.5
3602.5 5117.0 6784.0 7803.5
8101.0 9437.7 11507.5 11634.5
13991.5 13996.5 16202.0 18064.5
18165.0 18173.5 1.8543.5
4960.0 10633.0 14498.0 14631.0
14776.0
6882.5 10613.0 15655.0
4056.0
7714.0
4788.0 9136.0 9223.5 9226.0
11676.5
6902.5 9072.5 9183.7
4870.0 7474.0 8113.0 8146.0
9285.0 10123.0 14462.5 14722.5
14989.0
3898.0 4487.5 8123.0 9285.0
14490.0 14890.0 14989.0
4464.5
6941.312072.7
9217.5
7630.0 12263.0 18047.0
4195.5 5487.7 5848.0 7690.0
9144.0 9423.0 9846.0 11486.0
5117.7 (Also ATTY) 7524.0
5503.0 7355.3 7626.0 10134.0
11515.2
6775.0
4015.0 7419.0
5266.0 11065.0

Accord in g to a yearl y report issued by the l'\ational Co mmunication s Syste m (NCS ). a portion o f the Defense Communications
System uses a system of HF lo ng haul point-to-point links to pass data
traffi c. Ove r the last couple of years. satellite and fiber optic cab le
have started to replace cle ments of the DCS HF system. In 1993 seven
of these links were under re view and six were disestablished. These
links were in the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and U.S.
Atlantic Command ( USC INCLANT) areas. During 1994 a review of
HF lin ks in the Pacific was to be conducted.
One of the call signs long thought to be a part of this system
originates out of Andrews AFB, Maryland - caltsign Acrobat. The
table below lists some intercepts and callsigns that possibly relate to
HF DCS activity.
4555.0
4751.5
4845.0
6753.0
6830.0
6909.0
6910.0
6989.0
7425.0
7921 .0
8041.0
9190.1
10648.0
10665.0
10905.0
11410.0
11535.0
12056.5
16090.0
17460.0

Vesper/Thunder di scussing switchboards (USB/LSB)


Crazy Weed Alpha working Romeo, Missionary, and Brother 1. Due to
power failure voice communications only, no secure comm s !USB)
Billboard calling Mellow (LSB)
USAF Acrobat working Butter, OSY from 6830.0 (LSB)
USAF Acrobat working Butter, OSY to 6753.0 (LSB)
Dictionary working unidentified station closing xmission (LSB)
USAF Voglund calling Acrobat, said transmit on Echo 3. receive on Echo
2 (LSB)
Durant working Bomber asking about status after outage (USB)
Missionary working Butter 9 (LSB)
USAF Gold Bloom calling Acrobat on channel Alpha 7 (USB)
Missionary calling unidentified station (LSB)
Durant working Kilgore for message status report (USB)
USAF Acquire working Acrobat, OSY Mike 3, mentioned Mike 4 (LSB)
Best Judge working Missionary setting up long haul data circuit then
FDM noted (LSB)
Missionary working Global on duplex setting up FDM net (USB)
USAF Acrobat calling Zulu (LSB)
Durant working Gold Bloom Alpha on duplex setup (LSB)
This is Alpha 4 channel. Goldbloom working Durant (LSB)
Cassity working Echo, mention KL-43 transmission (USB)
India working Iron Grip (USB). Missionary working Butter (USB)
USAF Day Letter attempting to contact Acrobat (LSB)
Missionary calling Awaken, told to OSY to 2 Lima (USB)
Durant working unidentified station in duplex, OSY to Bravo 7 (LSB)

If anyone has an update or information on the DoD DCS HF


networks . please pass it alo ng to P.O. Box 98, Brasstown. NC 28902.

Nightwatch Update
It has been confi rmed that our li sti ngs fo r the USSTR ATCOM
"ightwatch ne twork we publi shed in the October 1994 Ut il ity World
column was fa irl y accurate. Based on some additional information
that has been forwarded to this column , I do have one update to one
of the calls igns mentioned in that column.
The listing fo r Nightwatch 04 is not a NE ACP aircraft as previously thought. It should read US Pacific T ACAMO aircraft (E-6)
Com mand Post. In light oft he amount of activity I have seen reported ,
and the location of our reporters looking into this system, a Pacific
based command post does fi t the profile for th is call sign.
Speaking of the NEAC P aircraft. Wright-Patterson A FB, Ohio,
has been <:hoscn as a new pan-time home for the USAF E-4 B aircraft.
In mid-Novc mher. "Wri ght-Patt" became a new forward operating
base fo r the E-4B ai rc raft. whic h are permanently based at Offutt Air
Force Base in Omaha. Nebraska. One Air Force official said that the
aircraft will spend about two days a week at the base.
S ince the cold war is over. these aircraft haven' t had a lot to do and
the Air Force is still trying to hold on to them by findin g new mi ssions
fo r these flying commu ni cation platforms to perform. In the last four
months the Air Force has literall y ope ned the doors for the public and

the media to look inside these former top secret aircraft. It costs about
$50 million a year to operate the four E-4B aircraft that were bu ilt
between 1973 and 1975. One has to wonder if thi s newfound openness
is a tactic to try and keep these cold war dinosaurs fl ying. Known as
the NEAC P aircraft for years. the 11ell' U.S . A ir Force acronym for the
E-4B s is NAOC or National Airborne Operations Center. Informall y. the aircraft had been nicknamed the " Doomsday Pl anes."
A lthough it was designed lo protect nati onal security in the event
of a nucl ear attack, the a ircraft will now be used in cases of natural
disasters. Federal officials decided about four months ago to use the
planes to a id communities who are besieged by earthquakes, hurricanes. tornadoes. and other di sasters.
The ai rcraft is capable of hou sing the Pres ide nt and 90 others for
up to 72 hours in the air. President Clinton has not yet boarded one of
the aircrafts, but fo rmer Preside nts N ixon, Carter. Reagan, and Bush
have all fl own in the NAOC.
One Air Force official said, "There is nothing like this in the world
that has the communications capabilities. From the air, we can
monitor and communicate with any military unit or civil ian outlet in
the world." So w hen the next disaster hits. you might just be able to
catch one of these fl yi ng comm platforms working the boys at FEMA.
Be sure to let us know what you hear. Thanks to Mike Schulsinger for
the info on the E-48 move to Wright-Patterson.

COM/NT Book released


To m Roach and I finall y had a few minutes lo talk at this year's MT
convention in Atl anta and he gave me a copy of his new book,
Hobbyist '.1 Guide to COM INT Collection and Analysis.
Thi s book was written so that anyone with the inclination to do so
can engage in the esoteric and " hush hush" art of communications
inte lli gence or COMINT.
For ma ny people there exists a strong fasc ination with listening to
or read ing another person's or country's pri vate communication s.
You w ill be surpri sed to discover the degree of s uccess a hobbyist can
expect to achieve by a personal intercept and analysis operation of the
sort described in this book. Uti lity enthusiasts certai nly encounter
private communicat ions : some personal, some admini strati ve, and
some diplomatic. It is the analysis of these types of comm unications,
as the author points out. that will a llow the li stener to lift the veil of
secrecy surrounding a lot of HF communications we receive.
You may be surprised at some of the messages you can receive. In
hi s re markab le study. Sol'iet Naval Power in the Pacific, Derek Da
Cunha quote s an Australian MP:
"' ... supposed non-military [Russian I fi shing vessels have been
logged sendi ng messages in highly complex codes, far more
complex than warranted by a report on fish tonnage caught."
The author has personally intercepted ma ny o f these messages,
whic h the Russians refe r to as " KRIPTOGRAMM A." Between the
covers of thi s book are the details on exactly how to snoop sensitive ,
but easily accessible, communications. The communications you can
monit or range from top level diplomatic communications between a
gove rnment and its e mbassies, messages to and from spies, cellul ar
te lephones . and " baby monitors."
This is an excellent book that provides a kee n insight into the
world of COM lNT. Governments do it -why not the ho bbyist?Tom
Roach has produced an exce llent book and it dese rves a spot on your
book shelf if you want to peek inside the world of communications
inte lligence.
This book is available from several MT adverti sers and re tai ls for
$ 19.95.
January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

33

Larry Van Horn


Abbreviations used in this column
ACC
AFB
AM
ATC
AWACS

Air Combat Command


Air Force Base
Amplitude Modulation
Air Traffic Control
Airborne Warning and
Control System

CG
Coast Guard
Com ms Communications
CDMSTA Communications Station
cw
Continuous Wave (Morse
Code)
EAM
Emergency Action Message
Fax
Facsimile
GHFS
Global HF System
HF
High Frequency
ID
lndentification
JTF4
Joint Task Force-Caribbean Drug Interdiction

LDOC

Long Distance Operational Control


Meleo
Meteorological
Ministry of Foreign AfMFA
fairs
PIT
Post & Telegraph Ad ministration
RAF
Royal Air Force
RTIY
Radioteletype
SAM
Special Air Mission
SAR
Search and Rescue
SATCOM Satellite Communicalions
SITOR-A Simplex teleprinting over
radio system, mode A
U.S.
United States
USAF
U.S. Air Force
USB
Upper Sideband
USCG
U.S. Coast Guard

5658.0
5604.0
5634.0
5665.0
5680.0
5745.0
6224.0
6340.0
6513.0
6532.0
6586.0

All frequencies i11 kilohert:. (k H:.). all 1i111es i11 UTC. All voice
1ra11s111issio11s i11 E11glish 1111/es.~ otherwise noted.

6655.0
6673.0

111 .3
2702.0
2869.0
3250.0
3253.0
4360.0
4460.0
4560.0
4576.0
4665.0
4725.0
4880.0
5001 .0
5230.0
5262.0
5277.0
5333.5
5400.0
5410.0
5541.0
5547.0
5598.0

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Warsaw Meteo with coded weather (Finland) 50 baud RTIY at


1813. (Robin Hood-UK)
Royal Navy Coastal Control working Coastal Air in USB at 2223.
(Ary Boender-Netherlands)
Continental 2 working San Francisco ATC in USB at 0455. (Gordon
Levine-Anaheim, CA)
EIAA Shannon Air Radio with ID and RY tape in 50 baud RTIY at
0721 . (Hood-UK)
NODH-USCG Cutter Bittersweet(WLB-389) working Group Woods
Hole in USB at 0235 regarding HFDL. (Rich Baker-OH)
SYN-Israeli Mossad station in USB at 2130. (Boender-Neth)
FTJ-lsraeli Mossad station with 5 letter groups in USB at 2000.
(Boed ner-Neth)
.
VHF-Israeli Mossad station with 5 letter groups m USB at 2130.
(Boender-Neth)
V-Single Letter CW marker in CW at 0003. (Boender-Neth)
VLB-lsraeli Mossad number station in USB at 2045. (BoenderNeth)
Reach 114 working MacDill GHFS in USB at 1830. (Fowler-MA)
ULX-lsraeli Mossad number station in USB at 2200. (BoenderNeth)
4XZ-Haifa Naval Radio, Israel, with CW ID at 0425. (M. HardesterNC)
KPA-lsraeli Mossad number station in USB at 2018. (BoenderNeth)
HEP-Interpol Zurich, Switzerland, with CW V marker at 1205.
(Boender-Neth)
.
.
Panther, US Customs facility in Bahamas at 0230 calling 32C 1n
USB. At 0251, USCG COMSTA New Orleans, LA, calling CG 6027.
(Baker-OH) DEA channel Alpha-Larry.
US Navy FT net noted here in USB at 2325. (Fowler-MA)
NMR1-GANTSEC (USCG Greater Antilles Section, San Juan, PR)
working R7R at 0029 in USB. switched to 3E7. (Baker-OH)
Spanish language. Mexican Army of Guadalajara talking to Jalisco
about the men who didn't show up for work and giving their names
in USB at 1448. (J. Leyden-Long Beach, CA)
Air France 6750 working Stockholm Radio (LDOC) in USBat 1858.
(Hood-UK)
Continental 83 working San Francisco ATC in USB at 0402. (Gerald
Brookman-Kenai. AK)
New York ATC working various civil ian and military aircraft from
0520-0642. (Levine-CA)

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January 1995

6714.0

6730.0
6731.0
6735.0
6738.0
6745.0
6750.0
6758.0
6761 .0

6830.0
6993.0
7536.5
7547.0
7609.0
7696.9
8016.0

Air France 469 working Addis Ababa ATC in USB at 2148. (HoodUK)
Ascot 2061 working Rainbow Radio (LDOC) with phone patch to
RAF Brize Norton, UK, in USB at 0722. (Hood-UK)
Speedbird 115 working Bombay ATC in USB at 21 09. (Hood-UK)
Japan Air 613 working Hong Ko mg ATC in USBat 1834. (BrookmanAK)
.
08B (female operator) periodically on frequency broadcasting the
EAMs being broadcast on 8967 during exercise in USB at 0215.
(Jeff Haverlah-Houston, TX)
. .
USCG Kodiak, AK, working Narrow Cape Loran station in USB at
0032. (Brookman-AK)
.
.
Unknown experimental station KA2XTH at 1950 1n USB working
KA2XTI attempting to setup 2400 baud video. Heard later on
8297.0 doing the same. (Baker-OH)
NMF-USCG Boston, MA, with fax weather charts at various times.
(Carl F. Hattan-Melbourne, FL)
VFF-Canadian Coast Guard, NWT, with marine weather, notices to
shipping in English and French in USB at 0210. (Rausch-NJ).
Honolulu ATC working Japan Air 50 Zulu in USB at 1326. (LevmeCA)
New York ATC working Aeroflot 346 and UPS 2014 in USB at 0524.
(Levine-CA)
Tokyo and Honolulu ATC working various aircraft at 1308 in USB.
(Levine-CA)
.
.
San Francisco ATC working American 128 mUS Bat 1501 . (LevmeCA)
.
Rescue operations, unidentified USAF rescue squadron at 1513 in
USB working Jolly 13/15 (USAF aerospace rescue service heavylift helo not on a SAR) with radio checks at various altitudes and
distance from base. (Baker-OH)
SAM 974 and Air Force Two working Andrews in USB at 0145.
(Janet Whitney-Alexandria, VA) .
.
Air Force One working Andrews in USB at 2335. (Derick W.
Ovenall-Wilmington, DE)
Bravo Whiskey working FT net in USB at 1733. Various Jake ##
working Jake control in USB at 1222. (Haverlah-TX)
CANFORCE 4414 working Lajes GHFS with phone patch to Trenton
military in USB at 2332. (Haverlah-TX)
MIW-lsraeli Mossad number station in USB at 2115. (BoenderNeth)
Blue 01 worki ng Reach 501 (tanker) in USB at 01 50. (Haverlah-TX)
Definite Headancer mission enroute Kuwait/Saudi Arabia-Larry
MKL-RAF Scotland, with DE CW marker. Was on 6757, what
gives? (Hardester-NC) See Late Breaking News sidebar itemLarry.
Bone 91 (B-1 B bomber Ellsworth AFB, NO) working another Bone
aircraft with discussion of how to place a phone patch to a
com mercial number. Bone 91 suggested they try 11176. Move to
11176, made patch to Dakota Metro via Ascension GHFS then
returned to 6761 for more chat-chit at 0407 in USB. This frequency
seems to have become an interplane frequency for ACC bombers
and tankers. Recent calls heard include Pond## (KC-135 tankers),
Earl ##, and Woody##. (Bob Lewallyn-Houston, TX)
Nightwatch 01 working Hickam with voice and data in USB at
1354. (Haverlah-TX)
Darkstar 670 working Andrews in USB at 0145. Also SAM 972
worki ng Andrews. (Whitney-VA)
Alpha Charlie 4 working Upper 39 (aircraft?) at 1703 in USB f~r
radio checks. (Baker-OH) I have seen AC4 and 5 here before. It is
either Army or Marine Corps; not sure which-Larry.
English female 3/2-digit number stations in AM at 1342. (Christopher Knight-Rancho Mirage, CA) Welcome aboard, Christopher;
hope you check in often-Larry.
Noted SELSCAN pulses here in this old Able Vigil frequency at
2106 in USB. (Haverlah-TX)
CCS-Santiago, Chile, with 100 baud RTTY at unknown time.
(Metcalfe-KY)
Lovejoy wo rking Hogleg 22 in USB at 1801 . (Haverlah-TX)

8026.0
8095.0

8891.0
8967.0
8984.0

8989.0
9016.0
9017.0
9023.0
9320.0

10187.5
10426.0
11 049.0
11176.0

11178.0
11214.0

11 214.9
11220.0
11 226.0
11 229.0

11440.0
11460.0

Andrews working PACCOM 01 in USB at 1405. (Haverlah-TX)


Carnival 604 and Emery 806A working Sylvair Radio with LDOC
traffic in USB at 0157. At one point. Emery 806A called Houston
repeatedly; I am sure this was a mistake (Yep-Larry). Tim Braun
(Grove BBS) is also hearing Sylvair on this frequency and 11470
kHz; neither of us is sure who this is. All aircraft heard are either
airliners or freighters operating in Central America and the Caribbean. (Lewallyn-TX) This is the first I have seen on this one.
Anybody want to take a stab at it? Bob Evans, any comment?Larry.
Baffin Radio worki ng Japan Air 629 in USB at 2340. (BrookmanAK)
Razor 20 (self IDed as EC-135 enroute Travis) working McClellan
with a phone patch to Raymond 2 (at Tinker AFB) in USB.
(Haverlah-TX)
PACAF 01 and Spar 66 establishing guard with CAMS LANT Chesapeake after dropping Albrook GHFS support on 13247. The USCG
operator didn't seem surprised by the request for service; this is
the first time I have heard a USAF VIP aircraft use a USCG circuit
for support. At 1741 in USB. (Lewallyn-TX)
Air Force 1 working 29000 with technical chatter in USB at 1627.
(Haverlah-TX)
Reach 90026 with phone patch to Dover command post and Dover
Metro via Andrews GHFS after moving from 6738 due to poor
propagation in USB at 0013. (Lewallyn-TX)
Uniform 32 working unidentified station in USB at 2147. (HaverlahTX) Boeing-? Seattle at 2348 in USB working AGAR 02 advising
that Agar 01 was airborne. (Baker-OH)
Dragon or Dryden calling any station on AICC for radio check in
USB at 1451. First time I have heard this frequency described as
such. (Haverlah-TX)
SAM 203 working Andrews on F-616 in USB at 0233. (LewallynTX) Unidentified stations Shipyard and Bridge attempting contact
with 47 Victor. 47 Victor position report placed it 32.7 miles from
Shipyard . All in USB at 1540. (Metcalfe-KY)
Possible US Navy Link 11 channel in USB at 1814. (Haverlah-TX)
English female 5-digit number station in AM at 1815. (HardesterNC)
Scorpion Base called by Scorpion Alpha; said his prefix was 14 and
going sat at that time in USBat 2216. (Fowler-MA) Looks like anew
JTF4 frequency-Larry.
Reach 405 (tail #59405) phone patch to Hilda via Offutt. Hilda
indicated they heard 405's Satcom calls, but 405 apparently not
receiving their reply; Tonight was also said to be calling the aircraft
on Satcom. It was apparent from the conversation that these
comms are voice. and that there is a primary and secondary
Satcom frequency. In USB at 1518. B4L with phone patch to
COMSU BRON Eight (Norfolk) via Offutt in USB at 2158. Advised 8
that B4L was excuting exercise 'Esteem Highly Alpha'. Bet that was
another sub. (Lewallyn-TX) I won 't take that bet; I believe you are
correct-Larry.
Falcon 01 working PJK in USB at 1837. Reported off station at
1830, estimating TNCC 211 0. At 2057 reported in contact with
Curacao and closing down on this frequency. (Lewallyn-TX)
Sentry 61 (966 AWACS aircraft) calling Raymond 24, then Trenton
military with no joy on either at 1916 in USB. Went to 1233 and
returned to 11 214 with Trenton and phone patch to Raymond 24.
(Lewallyn-TX)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 1905. Severely
distorted modulation. (Lewallyn -TX)
SAM 681 working Andrews in USB at 2225. (LewallynTX) Sam
27000 working Andrews in USB at 2230. (Bird SouthernTrumansburg, NY)
PACAF 01 working Hickam and Hickam also calling Offutt and
McClellan in USB at 2320. (HaverlahTX)
Nightwatch 02 working Nightwatch 01. Aircraft 054 working
Nightwatch 01. Normandy, Staghound and Seahawk al in USB at
2354. Also noted Gladiola working Nightwatch 01 and Mangrove
in USB at 1924. (Haverlah-TX)
King 63 wo rking King 86 in the clear and in the green in USB at
2352. Then they said to move to HF2. Found them by accident later
on 9023. (Have rlah-TX)
Air Force Two with radio check on F-295 with Andrews in USB at

Late Breaking News


Bart Brouwer of the European utility DX club,
SC-MAC, has two frequency changes for military
comms in Bosnia. The 'Deny Flight' voice-tell frequency of 3303.5 kHz has been changed to 8391.5
kHz. The ' Deny Flight' airwarni ngfrequency4066.0
kHz has also been changed to 6207 .0 kHz. Thanks to
Gerbrand Diebels of the SC-MAC for forwarding the
late breaking news via fax.
Those of you who frequent the aeronautical offroute (military) portion of the HF spectrum may have
noticed that the frequencies for some of your favorite
channels have changed. (i.e.-USCG 8984 to 8983;
CANFORCE 11233 to 11232, etc). At this point we
can only speculate regarding what initiated this
change. We hope to have more information on this
shift in next month's column.

11464.0
12107.0
13211.0
13247.0

13288.0
13354.0
13867.5
14615.0
15015.0

15048.0
15952.4
16534.0
16955.0
17946.0
18214.8
19724.5
20401.5

0139. (Lewallyn-TX)
207 call ing 201 then back to scan in USB at 1957. (Haverlah-TX)
Iceman 13 (US Army unit from Ft Drum) in Haiti runninghealth and
welfare traffic phone patches in USB via Ascension at 0042. Came
from 11 634.0. (Lewalyn-TX)
Nightwatch 01 working Tailgate in USB at 2015. (Haverlah TX)
SPAR 66 and PACAF 01 working Albrook with phone patch traffic
in USB at 1612. (Lewallyn-TX) Intimate working McClellan GHFS
after several OSY's for 'Pattern 3' conference call at 1808 in USB.
After duel note tones, various commands check into phone patch
including STRATCOM, Pacific command, Atlantic, Nightwatch.
others. (Baker-OH)
Honolulu ATC working Northwest 935 and Continental 3 in USB at
2315. (Levine-CA)
TWA 1 working Honolulu ATC at 0025 in USB. (Brookman-AK)
PTI Kinshasa, Zaire, with French SITORA traffic at 1116. (Robert
Hall-Cape Town, RSA)
Ascension working unidentified aircraft here at 2050 in USB.
Moved here from 11176. (Metcalfe-KY)
Reach 4P1 (tail # 60135) with phone patch to Hilda America call
via Andrews in USB at 1700. (Lewallyn-TX) Fast 62 (C-1 30) with
phon e patch to Battlestar (Youngstown, OH) in USB at 1516.
(Fowler-MA)
Warrior 04 (US Army Ft. Drum unit) running phone patches
stateside via MacDill in USB at 1812. (Lewallyn-TX)
CXR-Chilean Naval Radio Montevideo, Chile, with Spanish 75
baud RTIY traffic for South American Naval circuit at 1550. (Hall
RSA)
KWS578 working the yacht Hornblower oft Cape Town, RSA in
USB. (James Hugunin-Chicago, IL)
UDHRiga Radio. Estonia. working Russian ship using SITOR-A.
(Hall-RSA)
Philippine 801 working Honolulu ATC in USB at 2217. (Brookman
AK)
CLP1 -MFA Havana, Cuba, with 75 baud ATTY traffic to embassies
at 1700. (Hall-RSA)
UJY Kaliningrad Radio. Russia, with 50 baud ATTY traffic to
UPPX-Batm Nivenskoe at 1526. (Hall-RSA)
Indonesian embassy Lagos, Nigeria, with SITORA traffic for
"Deplu Jakarta" at 1451. (Hall-RSA)

January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

35

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The World Above 30 MHz

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

Scanning Questions

canning in January has always been an exciting experience.


During the first few weeks of the new year, the maj ority of
hobbyists who found ne w equipment under the Chri stmas tree
wi ll be trying it out.
The three most popular gifts are scanner radios. antennas. and
frequency counters. Each year. during the month of January. my mail
bag is full of questions from hobbyists who are ex perimenting with
new gear. Here are a few of the most frequentl y asked questions.

Q. Will a deskwp sca1111er radio pull i11


more signals than a ha/Ullreld model?
A No. The internal components in a
handheld radio or nearl y identical
(although smaller) to the components in a desktop model. The ability to capture weak signals is not
related to physical size.

Q. Holl' cm1 I ~ round1/re plas1ic cabi11e1of 111.r .1u 11111er radio.~


A. Att ach a ground wire to a metal part that is connected to the internal
circuitry. The externa l antenna or earphone jack arc two likely
candidates. Remember. a ground wil l not make signals stronger.
Grounding will reduce your shoc k haza rd and e lectrical line noise.

Q. Do I need (Ill 0111side a111e1111a?


A. It depend s on your location. and your monitoring interests. Scanner
buffs who li ve in large cities are
usually satisfied with a small , indoor
antenna. Hobbyists li vin g in the suburbs erect outdoor ante nnas to increase their monitoring range.
Q. Do attic 11w 1111red a11te1111as pe1fo r111
as well as rooflop a11te1111as "!
A. A rooftop antenna will provide the
best overall result s. Atti c mounted
antennas may not perform as well.
but they do offer several advantages:
Low maintenance. easy access. and
they arc rarely struck by lightn ing. If
you don' t like c limbing on the roof".
an attic mounted an tenna may be the
ideal solut ion.

Q. How can I co11ver1111Y sca1111er radio


to receive rlre800 Megalrer1::, band?
A: Internal modifi cations are possible
on a few 800 MH z models. In past
issues. MT has provided the necessary information. However, new Do you have questions about your new equipment?
monitoring laws prohibit manufac- The Sca1111i11g Report will take them 011 !
turers from producing scanner raQ. Wlr_,. do some a11te1111a 111m11tj(1ct11rers reco111111e11d PVC masts
dios that can easily be convened. The alternate solution is to
ra1/rer than a metal 111as1"!
purchase an aftermarket 800 MHz converter. These dev ices are
A. Any metal mass that is parallel IO the antenna will affect incoming
adverti sed in the pages of MT and can be sold unt il the stock is
radio waves. The effec t is especial ly troublesome when using
gone.
beam antennas. Grou nd plane and discone ante nnas that are
Q. Wlre11 I enter a se1e11 digi1f req11e11cy imo my scanner. it ro1111ds tire
mounted above the mast arc not affected.
frequency to six digits. Is my reception compromised?
Q. Hm1 cr111 I 1erifr 1/ra1 m.1"freq11e11cy co11/lfer is 1rorki11g :'
A. No. Selectivity in scanner radios is typicall y I5 kil ohert z wide. If
you punch in 165.2375. for example, the LCD window wi ll
A. Place the counter within a few feet of a walkie-ta lkie or similar
transmitter and press the transmit key. The counter should di splay
display 165.235. Dropping che 4ch di git after the decimal reprethe acti ve frequency. Don"t have a transmitter? No problem. Take
sents a minor mi stuning that your ears can't detect.
the counter to a radio shack store and ask the clerk to "key" a
display unit.
Q. If I add a splitter and second sca1111er radio to my a11ten11a feed
line, '1011 much loss will occur"!
Q. What is tire "" triggering range fo r a f requency co11111er:'
A. A loss of approximately 3d8. If you live in a strong signal area, a
A. Approx imately I00 to I50 feet fo r a base tran ~ mitt e r and between
3d8 loss probably won' t be noticed.
10 and 50 feet fro m mobile transmitters. Don't forget that a
Q. When I co1111ec1 111y power cord 10 my scw111er and by-pass tire
frequ ency counter can be adve rsely affec ted by neon signs. vehic le
batteries. I pick up more signals. Why ?
igniti ons. weather conditi ons and dozens of additional items that
A. It 's got nothing to do with more power." The added metal of the
arc common to metropoli tan areas.
cord is acting like a ground radi al and is increasing the e fficiency
of your vertical whip antenna.
Additional questions and comments arc a lways welcomed. Send
your letters to the Scanning Report. P.O. Box 98. Brasstown. NC
Q. Will the batteries in my hand held scanner discharge more rapid fr
28902. A self addressed stamped e nvelope guarantees a personal
if the volume is se1at a high level?
reply.
A. Yes. You'l l use between 50 and JOO milli amperes.

36

MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

Treasure Hunt
To begin the new year, Gene Hughes is giving away two complete
sets of Police Call. As you already know, Gene is the publisher of
Police Call and he is currently printing the 1995 edition.
Each volume of Police Call contains thousands of freq uencies for
specific locations. The complete nine volume set places the frequencies for all 50 states at your fin gertips. Here are the clues:
I.
2.
3.
4.

Provide the hi gh and low frequency range for the VHF low band.
What is the bandwidth of the VHF hi gh band?
What is the " IF" frequency for your scanner radio?
In the453 MHz UHF Police band, repeaters are o ffset 5 MHz fro m
mobile units. True or False?
5. In what year did Ronald Reagan prohibit the release of federal
frequencies?
Our two lucky winners will receive the completely revised, 1995
editi on of Police Call. All nine volumes, over 300,000 frequencies,
will be sent directly from the publisher to the winner's doorstep. Good
Luck.

Frequency Exchange
Since it's cold and miserable in the Northeast, let 's travel south to
Douglasville, Georgia. An anonymous contributor has sent in the
fo ll owing business frequencies.

158.28 ....... IBM corporation


154.70 ....... Kmart
150.95 ....... Motorola-Boynton Bch.
154.625 ..... Motorola-Boynton Bch.
462.375 ..... Motorola-Boynton Bch.

461.20 ...... . Palms Hotel


464.425 ..... Rayside Trucks
464.975 .... . Sheraton Hotel
461.90 ....... Wet World

Traveling furth er south. our next stop is the home of Bernice Hull.
Bernice lives in Dade County, Florida, and she enjoys listening to
the Highway Patrol.

39.16
39.94
45.06
44.86

44.90
45.10
45.46
45.82

154.695
154.71
154.92
155.37

159.15
155.505
155.445

Dan Rollman. lives in O rlando, Florida , and he wants to invite


everyone lo monitor 'Universal Studios."

451.75
461 .2875
461.8875

462.0125
462.925
463.3875
463.5875

463.6125
463.6375
463.6625
463.7125

463.9375
464.1375
464.2125

You ' ll need a coat for our next stop. S ue Wilden li ves in Columbus, Indiana, and here are her favorite frequencies:

154.845 ..... Columbus Police


154.40 ...... . Columbus Police
155.535 ..... Bartholomew Sheriff
155.91 ....... Bartholomew Sheriff
46.42 ......... Indiana State Police
453.70 ....... South Bend Police

154. 905 ..... Stole Police


155.205 ..... Monroe County Sheriff

453.575 ..... Highway Department


165.085 ..... Fort McCoy Provost
Marshal
165. 185 ..... Fort McCoy fire dept.

Four our next stop. we' ll monitor the military aero frequencies in
Northfield, Minnesota. Norm Pihale has prov ided the frequencies
and free refreshments.

M inneapolis-St. Paul

Duluth

139.900
314.200
240.150
252.100
351 .200

288.900
399.000
139.900

Sioux City Gateway


373.100
394.200
346.250

Joe Foss Field


138.025
253.400
390. 100
346.250

Fargo, North Dakota

Peoria,
Illinois

238.200
262.000
298.700

138.050

If you' re chi lled to the bone and can't wait for spring. don't miss
our last stop-welcome to M iami, Florida. An anonymous reader
sent in a complete profile o f the new 800 system in Miami. The
document contains eight pages of in formatio n and freq uencies. Here's
a sample:

TX
823.5125
821 .0375
823.8875
867.0625
809.0625
821.0625
809.2875
822.5375
823.2625

RX
868.5125
866.0375
868.8875
867.0625
854.0625
866.0625
854.2875
867.5375
868.2625

Lake District Dispatch


Northside District Dispatch
Doral District Dispatch
Car to Car
lntrocoastol Dispatch
Support 1
Support 2
Special Events #1
Special events #2

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we must wait until the I 0th of the month before sending
replacements for lost issues.
Be patient and wait until the 10th: if you still don't have your MT. call
us at t-800-438-8 I 55 and we will be happy to send a replacement.

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453.625 .... . South Bend Police


453.70 ....... South Bend Police
453.625 ..... South Bend Police
453.65 ....... South Bend Police
453.575 ..... South Bend Police
159. 15 ....... St. Joseph County Police

Don' t give away your scarf and mitte ns. It's cold and windy in
Mark Loether's home town of Tom ah, W isconsin.

48.36 ......... Power & light


48.52 ......... Gos Company

151.46 ....... Stole Police


159.45 ..... .. State Police
170. 175 ..... VA Medical Center
155.43 ....... Sheriff

Sccnming
Report
1-800-423-1331
P.O. Box 360,
Wagonlown, PA
19376

But don't take our word for it. Check it out


yourself. $3.00 cash will get you asample copy
rushed to you by First Class Mail. Or subscribe
for just $17.50 and you'll get a free custom
frequency print-out for your county.

January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

37

{continued)
Repeaters
866.7375
867.2325
867.7375
868.2375
868.7375

................... ..... ... Repeater #1 (RPT- 1)


.............. ............. Repealer #2 (RPT-2)
........................... Repealer #3 (RPT-3)
.... ...................... Repeater #4 (RPT-4)
..... ...................... Repeater #5 (RPT-5)

The complete listing contains a variety of freq ue nc ies and unique


information. Radio ID numbers. fo r example. arc li sted w ith the actual
"display" codes that appearon the LCD" window of mobi le trans mitters. Group numbers arc al so identified as well as the frequem:ics fo r
channel guard to nes.
The complete list is available fo r exchange. Send eight pages of
your favorite frequencies and/or information to the Frequency Exchange and I'll send the e ight page Florida list to your doorstepabsol utely free. Here's the address: Frequency Exchange. P.O. Box
98. Brasstown. NC 28902. If you do n' t ha ve eig ht pages to exchange.
send three dollars ($3.00) to Bob Kay. P.O. Box 173. Prospec t Park.
PA 19076 and I' II send you a complete copy of the list.
To invite the Frequency Exc hange to your neck of the woods. send
your favori te frequencies to the Frequency Exchange. P.O. Box 98.
Brasstown, NC 28902. A ll lists arc welcomed.

Scanning and Cruising


" Cruising" in Los Angeles. California. is a popular pastime. The
"hot spot" for teenagers and their vehicles is from Adams Blvd .. south
to 78 Street.
The LA Police Department is attempting to limit Sunday cruising
by setting barri cades o n spec ific streets. To hear the crui sing action.
you 11 need to monitor the LAPD on the foll owing frequenc ies:
506.9875. 507.2375. 507.0375. 507.0875 . 506.8375 M Hz.

Mayor Tunes In
Jerry Jennings is the Mayor of Albany. New York. And according
to the Albany Po lice. he s also a scanner buff. If there ' s a fight brewing
or a hostage incident, the Mayor is there. He monitor:, the action on his
personal scanner radio. " It' s for my own in formatio n. so I can hear
what's going o n in the c it y." the Mayor said recentl y.
Albany police officers don't have any complaints about the
Mayor's involvement. But they arc concerned that the Mayor may
wander into a dangero us crime scene. (News c lipping fro m Bob Elder.
Glenmont. NY)

New Air Frequencies


Did yo u know that the aero band has been expanded? T he new
frequenc ies a rc:
136.250
136. 125
136.000
136.400
136.025
136.300
136.150
136.425
136.325
136.050
136.175
136.450
136.350
136.075
136.225
Readers arc reporting that there isn 't too much activity on the new
frequ e ncies. Check them o ut in your area and le t MT know w hat you
hear.

Scanning the Kids


January is a great ti me to monitor the airwaves for kids and their
two-way radio toys . One of the most popular freq uencies is C B Radio
channe l 14 on 27.125 MH z. Other low power frequencies that are
often used in toys are: 27.49. 35.04. 42.98. 151.625. 154.57. I 54.60
and 158.-W MHz.
The baby monitor frequencies are also used in low power. twoway radios. C heck o ut 49.83. 49.845. 49.86. 49.875, 49.89 MH z.
Fina ll y. c heck out the low power. wireless mi cropho ne frequenc ies. Si nce power is limited to 1/20 watt , you' II need to be within close
proxim ity to the transmitter: 169.445. 169.505, I 70.245, 170.305,
171.045. 171. 105. 171.845. I 71.905 MHz.

Phone Scanning
Cord less phones are po pul ar g ift items. While house-bound during the month of January. you can discover the new cordless phones
in your neighborhood. Herc arc the frequen c ies: 46.6 I, 46.63. 46.67,
46.7 I. 46.73. 46.77. 46.8'.I. 46.87. 46.93. 46.97 MHz.
The new 900 MHz cordless phones operate between 902 MHz and
928 MH z. Some of the mode ls arc d igital, and cannot be monitored.
Since the pho nes can operate o n multiple c hannels. the best monitoring method is to search between the high and low frequencies.

Auto Club Scanning


January is also an excell ent time to monitor your local auto c lub .
On ex treme ly cold morn ings. tht! auto service freq uenc ies are red hot
with service call s fro m motori sts with cars that won t start . Here are
a few of tht! nation wide freque nc ies: 150.905, 150.92. 150.935,
150.95. 150.965, 452.525, 452.55. 452.575. 452.60 MHz

Next Generation NOAA Weather

Taxi Cab Scanning

NOAA weather in Florida is broadcasting more than just weather


forecasts. Florida and the Natio nal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offi c ials signed an agreement that w iII turn weather radio into
"All-Hazards Radio.''
When a hurricane threate ns. NOAA radio will broadcast shelter
and road informatio n. A ft er the emergency has passed, NOAA weather
wi ll tell people where help is available.
NOAA radio in Flo rida wi ll al so broadcast hazardous material
spill s on local hi ghways. The weather service has I 6 NOAA weather
stations in Florida. operating around-the-clock. To reach more liste ners, the weather service is planning to in sta ll s ix new broadcast
statio ns.
The weather service operates on the follow ing frequenc ies: 162.55.
162.40, 162.475. I 62.425. 162.45. 162.50. 162.525 MHz.

Aw. what the heck; fo rget the car and call a cab. Liste ning to taxi
c abs may not be too exciting. but it can be ente rtaining. And as you
probabl y already guessed. the best time to listen is during incle me nt
weather. Herc is a partial sampling of base/mobi le . taxi cab freq uencies:

38

MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

152.270/157.53
152.285/157.545
152.30/157.56
152.3 15/157.575

152.33/157.59
452.05/457.05
452. 10/ 457. l 0
452. 15/ 457. 15
452.20/457.20.

Tune in next month for more scanning hints. ideas a nd freque ncies.

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Uncle Skip's Guide to Monitoring


Skip Arey, WB2GHA
TJAREY@AOL.COM

High Tech Learning Tools

"Hmmm ... Maybe


I can finally throw
away my quill!"

40

MONITORING TIMES

may have mentioned this half a


hundred times or so (check the
back issues) but I really have a
hard time figuring out how I got
along before the advent of the personal computer. I don' t think my
illustrious editor would be as happy
with my column copy if I sent it
out via snail mail after pounding it
out on my old Smith & Corona
manual mill. (Especia lly the way I
push a deadline.)
Thanks to the PC, I now zip it
on down the phone line via a 14.4
bps modem- that is, after I transform my word processed rantings
into near perfect copy by running them through both
spelling and grammar checkers. Clearly, whatever skill I
may have as a radio hobby writer and teacher are enhanced by using the computer to help get my point across.
The computer is not the only technology that has had
a big impact on our li ves over the last ten or fifteen years.
Hey, I remember the days before VCRs ! Heck, I even
remember back to those days in the early sixties when my
Uncle Jimmy used to shoot home movies with his Bell &
Howell 8 millimeter camera. You know- the one with
the big "light bar" that used to make you squint? (I
wonder what he ever did with all that footage of squinting
children?)
But I digress. The VCR not o nly brings movies ho me
where you can make the popcorn just the way you like it;
the VCR allows you to take instruction in the privacy of
your own home as well.
What this is all leading up to is a chance to show you
how you can use home computers and VCRs to he lp you
grow in the radio hobby. Specifically, we' re going to take
a look at how you can use these two tools lo help you
extract a license or two from the Federal Communications Commission.
Not too long ago, folks who wanted to take either a
commercial or amateur FCC radio license test had to hit
the books, or take a few courses- Not to mention hours
of practicing for the Morse code portions of the tests.
After all this study and sweat, you then had to traipse to
the nearest (and often not so near) FCC field office for the
purpose of wading through the bureaucracy and sitting
for the test. And just try to tell your Dad that you failed
your exam after he took the day off from work to drive
you into the big city !
Yeah, J know this sounds a bit like one of those
"walking four miles uphill in a snow storm to school"
stories but it really was a pain to get your license in the
January 1995

unenlightened days before deregulation.


The modern world that brought us computers and
VCRs al so brought us a kinder and gentler FCC that
decided that license testi ng could be turned over to
Volunteer Examiners. Today you can often sit for
your choice of FCC amateur and commercial exams
in your own hometown. It 's just a matter of calling
that FCC field office you used to have to travel to and
find out the name of your nearest VE.
Buttherestill is this li ttle rnatterof studying for the
exams. Modern technology has changed that for the
better as well. Leaming what you need to know to face
the toughest FCC test can all be accomplished at
home, in your spare lime, with the aid of the home
computer and the VC R.

Conquering the Code with Computers


The Internationa l Morse Code requirements that
go along with most of the FCC amateur radio exams
have always been a burden to folks who do not enjoy
the code. Much of the bad press associated with
learning the code could be chalked up to the old ways
of studying it.
In the past, you had to copy Morse code off the air
or off records and tapes. The stuff off the air was not
always good because not every code operator you
heard had a "clean fist." Your only hope for success
with off the air copy was to monitor scheduled code
practice sessions. My problem was findin g a practice
session at the speed I needed at a time I was free to
study. Copying poorly sent code could hinder more
than help someone getting ready to face the machine
sent code at exam time.
Tapes and records were repetitiou s enough that
you began to memorize the patterns. I have one 13
word per minute audio tape that I haven' t touched
since I sat for my General Class license quite a few
years back. I think I still remember half of the stuff on
that tape. Records and tapes also created problems
with build ing speed. Common speeds used were 5, 7,
I0, 13, 15, 18 and 20 words per m inute. If your brain
was wired so that you hit a wall at 12 wpm you were
stuck with tough practice until you broke through to
the next speed.
T he home computer has changed all of this. Various programs are available commercially and as
shareware that allow you to master the Morse code
with a minimum of heartache. The computer programs allow you to increase your code speed incrementally, sometimes bringing it up by a little as a tenth
of a word per minute. This is a sure fire way to wi ggle
through any barriers your mind might try to set in your

way. Code programs al so have the abi lity to send


random code groups and even FCC test- like 'plain
tex t" with sufficient randomness that you w ill never
memorize the messages. Computer code al so allows the student to take full advantage of the
.. Farnsworth" method of code training. This is
where you learn the indi vidual characters at a hi gh
speed but hear the groups and letters spaced out at
a more manageable speed. Fo r ex ample you would
copy 20 wpm characte rs s paced o ut at 5 wpm. Thi s
is the fastest way to Extra C lass code speeds.
Shop around with the advertisers in MT and
check o ut your local com puter BBS operations .
Code programs are everywhere. One piece of soft ware that I know of that provides all of these
features is the 'GGTE MORSE T LTOR" avail able
fro m The American Rad io Relay League (ARRL),
225 Main St., Newi ngto n, CT 061 11 The cost
varies between $20 and $30 depend ing o n di sk size
and vers io n. Call (203) 666- 154 1 f'or more detai ls.

There's More to the Test Than the Code


Ri ght you are. Bunky. Even if you become a wiz
at the code. you still have to power through the
theory a nd law written exams. You can still purchasl: books and study g uides to get you where you
want to go. But.if you have a PC anda VCR, you can
go there in style.

Video Study
I can remembe r my mom yell ing at me fo r doing
my ho mework while watch ing te levisio n. Now.
watching TV can be your homework . espec ially if
you're planning on study ing for an FCC exam. The
sa me ARRL me ntioned a bove has produced video
courses for both the Technic ian and General C lass
amateur licenses.
These comprehensive courses each consist of
video tapes. study g uides and practicl: tests tha t take
you throug h all of the theory and law you need 10 get
your ticket. One pic ture m ay be worth a tho usand
words. but three video tapes are easily worth the
many ho urs you can spend trying to master these
materials on your own.
After examining both of these coll ections of
video based study materials. 1 can only imagi ne
how muc h more positive my learning experience
would have been when 1 "went downtown" to take
those tests so many years ago. I even turned Number One Son and a couple of his fri e nds on to the
"Tech tapes. I may j ust have fo und the way lo hook
my kid on the hobby a ft er years of trying. Again.
you can call the League fo r more details. It 's okay
10 tel l them Uncle Skip sent you: I' m a Life Member
so my d ues sort of helped make this all possible.

Practical Practice Tests


C urre nt FCC comme rcial and amate ur written
exams are given in a standard " multiple-choice"

forma t. Furthe r. a ll the questions that appear o n


these exams come from sta ndardi zed "q uestio n
poo ls."' These question pools arc available in book
format and come w ith most o f the commercially
prod uced learning packages. However. mix in one
standard home computer. and taki ng practice exa ms couldn t be easie r. Just load up software contai ning the q uestion pools appropriate lo your particu lar test and give yourse lf a whole mess of
practice tests. This w ill he lp you fi g ure o ut which
areas of know ledge require furthe r study and practice.
Agai n. question poo l programs that set you up to
lake practice tests are available both commercially
and as shareware. The A RRL packages mentio ned
above can also be purchased with optional exam
ge nerating software. The o nl y th ing you have to
keep an eye on is c hecking to see that the software
you are us ing includes the 1nost recent FCC questio n pools. Commercial stuff is usually up-lo-date
but some shareware programs cou Id be years o ut of
date. A call to your nearest FCC fie ld office w ill
revea l the expiration date on the various questio n
pools you may be interested in.

There are many software


programs to aid the hobbyist
in earning an FCC
license-you 'IL find some,
like QSO Tutor, in the pages
of MT, others are from
WSYI, Gordon West, the
ARRL, and many other
commercial and noncommercial sources.

Uncle Skip Gets His GROL


The FCC de regulati o n and volunteer examiner
prog ram for com me rc ia l licenses gave O ld Uncle
Sk ip the chance lo put compute r based learning to
the test. Last summer I decided to si t for the Genera l
Radio Operator" s License (G RO L). This test consists of two e le me nts: o ne on radio law and one o n
e lec tron ic fundamenta ls and techn iques. Its questio n poo l is very s imilar to that oft he amateur rad io
ex tra c lass license.
I s hopped around and acqu ired a computerized
..questio n pool.. program fo r this license. I sellled
o n the package put o ut by National Radio Examiners. PO Box 565206. Dallas. TX 75356. O nce I gave
myscl f a few practice tests, I had a good idea of my
weaknesses and was the n ab le to hit a few text books
lO fill in the gaps in my learning. T he whole process
look about a mo nth of studying an hour o r so a few
evenings each week. l"ve been at this for a wh ile so
your learni ng c urve may vary.
Once I found m yself passing every randomly
generated test the computer cou ld th row my way. 1
called the FCC and got a li st of local volunteer
exam iners. My VE, Joe Szumosk i. is an electronics
ed ucator affil iated with the International Society of
Elec troni cs Technic ians. Soon afte rapplicatio n and
fees were moved through the ISCET offices in
Texas, Joe invited me into his home whcre I took
bot h examination elemen ts with confidence brought
abou t by computer aided learn ing .
1 am happy to say that 1c an now add GROL to
the list of lelters be hind my na me. And when days
at work get difficult, 1can d ream of shi pping o ut as
the rad io operator o n a trap steamer bound for far off
South Sea isles.

January 1995

"Yo ho ho and a bottle


of soda"

MONITORING TIMES

41

The Global Forum


Glenn Hauser, P.O. Box 1684-MT, En id, OK 73702
fax: (405) 233-2948 ATT: Hauser

In the Shadow of the Ax ...


ISRAEL's shortwave service is threatened with closure again
Jan. I for lack of funding, according to Israel Radio' s Calling All
Lisleners. Write those letters to Ms. Shulamit Alon i, M inister of
Communications, 23 Jaffa Road, Jerusalem 91999; or fax +972-2240-029 (Daniel Rosenzweig, USENET via Thurman)

English Service
P.O.B. 1082 Jerusalem 91010 Israel
The ax has already fallen on VOA Bethany and
I 00 VOA employees who have lost their jobs. The last
day on air from VOA Bethany was Nov. 14, at which
point engineer John Vodenik went back to Washington still lobbying
to get it reactivated, according to Diane Mauer of Wisconsin. Besides
closing Bethany. three 500 kW transmitters at Greenville were
switched off for a total of nine VOA SW transmitters closed in the US
(RNMN).
Joe Bruns of the USIA said in the VOA publication, Comm1mications World, that $400 million must be cut in next four years from US

external radio and TV; he said they did their best to minimize the
impact on those let go, but more cuts are likely. At this time, 38
broadcasters and 13 Bethany employees lost their jobs. Tanya Bricking of the Cincinnati Enquirer reported the Bethany station w ill
operate as a job-training center until mid-January. Then, trans mitters
will be moved to other relay stations (via Mike Schulsinger)
According to Radio CANADA lntemational's new Mailbag host,
Andre Courey, RCT faces m ore budget cuts in 1995-its 50th anni versary year- to be m ade known at end of December. RCI may have to
resort to more CBC programs. CBC, including RCI, must cut I000 of
9000 jobs in next four years. said Radio Netherlands Media Network.
Andre Courey re placed Bob Girolami as Mailbag host. and seems to
be in better to uch with developments at RCI; Mailbag is heard Sun
2 130, 2330. UT Mon 0330.

Stoy of Execution ...


Radio Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC's external service, has had
its contract renewed, but for o nly one year; the final decision is to be
taken at end of J995. Meanwhile, Radio Prague is now on E-m ail:
cr@radio.anet.cz (BBC Monitoring and Peter Costello, USENET via
Thurman)

COSTA RICA RFPI' s Far Right Radio Review continues


ALGERIA R. Alg iers lnt' l, Eng li sh moved fro m 1500 to 1800weekl y but li ve call-in to 1-800-404-RFPI made every three
1900. weak but clear onl y on I 17 15 tho announcing many othweeks, such as Dec 3 1 if previous pattern ho lds, UT Sats 0230;
ers-1 7745. 152 15. 15205. 15160, 9640, 9535. 7 145 (Brian
repeats at 1030 , Sun 2230, Mon 0630 , Fri 1830 . Erwin Knoll ,
Alexander. PA. World <>f Radio)
BANGLADESH R. Bangladesh. Box 2204, Dhaka, Eng li sh at ~ editor of The Progressive, died Nov 2 ; hi s Second Opinion was
llJl!lt - ftl~
on RFPI Tue 1800. Fri 2 130 plus repeats (gh, WOR)
1230-1 300 on 9650. 136 15 has From Us w You mailbag Fridays
CN11- 0l 2'
(Craig Jordan. CA) 13614 confirmed with letterbox. excellent
A WR Latin A merica resumed Costa Rican Week i11 Review.
Sun 1230 on 9725 (Chuck Bolland. FL. WOR) Later shifted to 1200- 1214.
sig nal and crystal-clear audio-unbelievable! (Tsunaaki Ashimori.
from Tirn Tim es (Bill Weste nhaver. PQ) New 7374.97 from 0200 past
SPEEDX ) But you rc in .Japan' (gh )
BELARUS R. Minsk has irregular E nglish segments around 0045 on
Ol:DO including English 0645-0830 (Brian Alexander. PA) RFPl' s former
frequ ency. audio less d istorted than 9725 (Tim Hendel. FL) Also check
7 150. via DVR 13640. 17665- interviewed US scientists (Walt Salmaniw.
B.C.. WOR)
50 30. 6150. 13750. not always all act ive: Week in Review may be repeated
BOLIVIA R. Mau ro Nuiiez is new FM/SW station in Vi ll u Serrano
Sunday evening (gh)
named for charango master. inaug urated Oct. I . but frequency not yet
CUBA (non) Perhaps due to jamming, formerl y stable Vol del C ID
sh ifted fro m 994 1.4 to 9924.5, 9920.8 (Ulis Fleming. MD, Fine Tuning)
found (Gabrie l Jv;ln Barrera. Argentina, World DX C lub Contact) Sec
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC R. Qu isqueya reactivated o ne day only on
PERU
6235.2 at 2255-23 12 pops; fu ll ID
BRAZIL DW re lay in Spanish at
All limes UTC; all frequencies kHz. *Asterisk before/after
invited reports with return postage to
2300-0 050 is supposed to use 2 x 250
time station sign-on/sign-off; II parallel; + means continuing
kW in parallel on I I 8 I 0. but one o f
A p ar tad o Posta l 135-2. S anto
hut not monitored; 2 x indicates 2nd harmonic
Domingo (Ed Rausch , NJ)
them is actually on I 18 1~. I . strong ly
offollowi11g frequency.
ECUADOR Five transmitters of
heterodyning theother (AG DX MoniLa Voz del Upano confi gured th is way
toring & In formation Service- AM ID
via W olfgang Blischel) 3+ kHz error as previously evidenced by Brasflia
at I I 00: 5040 with wake-up s how; educational program on 3360//5999.4,
fur Swiss relay 5885/5888, RNB I 526511 5268, I 5445115448: I 1813 also
two more different educational shows on 5965, 4870. R. Central . Riobamba,
no longer heard on 4680 = 4 x 11 70. but on 35 I 0 = 3x at 1000 ( Henrik
bothers Spain/Cos ta Rica 118 15 (gh)
Klcmctz. Co lo mbia. HCJB DX Partvli11e) R. Lt Mejor. Huaquillas on
CFCX, 6005 we nt back to French relay. but gave SW ID at 2000 und
2 100 in Eng li sh. French and Spanish (Jerry Berg. MA. Fine Tunin g )
2260 = 2 x I 130 at 0957- 1034. old g uitar music. ads and messages, not
CHINA (non) C R! mo ved relays down from 11 MHz for winter: 0400
listed in WlffH 9.J (Fernando Viloria. Venezuela v ia Santiago San Gi l)
on 9730 via Guiana French. 0500 on 9595 via Canada. the lauer o ften not
FINLAND YLE had no English on a Sunday until 1430 on 15400.
propagating either. but 9730 is best (gh. WOR)
17740, but the Finni sh at 1400 was s low-speed, still incomprehensible
(gh )

42

MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

FRANCE Sccond stri ke at RFI lasted two weeh. then back to normal
(gh) Complctc English skcd till March 5-rclay sites no longer given but
some here assumed: N. America 1100- 1300 on 13625-Guiana French.
I 16 15. 15365:clsewhere9805. 15 155. 151 95; 1400- 1500 17560. 12030.
7 1I0-China; 1600- 1700 I 16 15. 11700, 120 15-Gabon, 15530, 94X5.
11 995. 6 175 (v ia Gigi Lytle. Bob Thomas) Has enjoyable mail bag show
Club 9516 Sundays at 1235: announced additional Engli sh to East Africa
at 1700- 1730 (George Thurman. IL) Seemingly only on 9485 . 11 700 (gh)
GEORGIA R. Georgia. Tbilisi. announces six Engli sh broadcasts. but
heard only at 0700-0730 on 11805. 1100-1 130 on 11815 (BBCM via
RNMN) English starts at 0730 (RVI Radio World )
GERMANY PTT. not DW, owns SW transmit1cr sites in Gc.:rman y:
long-term contract cal ls for ex panding Nauen site west of Berli n wi th new
500 kWs and revolving antennas: plans 500 kW only here and at
Wertachtal: may close ancient Jti lich and Ki.inigs Wusterhauscn sites.
DW itself owns re lay sites in Portugal , Rwanda. \ll alta. Sri Lanka. and
with BBC, Antigua (DW via Wolfgang Biischcl )
GREECE VOG at 0000-0350 replaced 15650 with 7450 //9420. 9935:
VOG also left 9395 at various times so Makedon i:is station cou ld use it:
0600-2300. //1 1595 until 2 100. //7.BO from 1700 (John Babbis. MD.
WOR)
GUAM KTWR in Engli sh: 0800-09 15 Far East 15200. 1500- 1630
(Monffue 16 15) 11 580 S Asia. 0855- 1000 11 830 S Pac (Mike Murray.
WDXC Co111act)
HAWAII World of Radio on KWHR changed to: Sat 1729 on 6 120.
2200 on 175 10, Mon 0330 on 175 10 (Joe Hill. WHR ) 6 120 is excellent
to Oceania, but too early in morn ing (Cushen, NZ)
HONDURAS R. Luz y Vida, 3250, reactivated afler long ti me in mi dNov .. 01 30-0330 (Don Moore. IA. HCJB TLC)
IND/A Another Four 500 kW SW comm iss ioned at Bangalorc. in
addition to two already. with 36 multiband curtai ns (A IR TV via BBCM)
Onl y site capable of 13 MHz band. 13750 and 13700. Two 250 kW at
Panaji, Goa. delayed fo r lack of staff, same problem for regiona l Sikkim
and Itanagar sites. 50 kW planned at Jeypore. Vividh Bharat i service
synchronized 100 kW at different sites all on 10330: 0 100-0430. 07001200 (Sun 0630-) Madras: 0 130-0-BO Bombay: 0 I00-0430. 0700- 1000
(Sun 0630-). 1330- 1730 Kingsway (Manosij Guha. DX Ontario)
INDONESIA R. Pantai Utara (North Coast Broadcasti ng). 7080 at
* 1400-1 420*. * 1440-1 500* Tuffh/Sa. *2200-2250* Sun: report to J I.
Jclambar Utama Raya 6 1. Jakarta 11 460 (Akhbar Indra Gunawan. Indonesian DX Club via OZDX via DSWCI and NASWA) Pi rate?
INTERNATIONAL VACUUM \Vorld of Radio is on World Radio
Network: to Eu rope via Astra IB. ch 22-V, 7.38 MHz. Sat 0500. 1700: to
America via Galaxy 5, 6-V. 6.80 Sat 2000; one hour earl ier during DST.
It is hoped the one-week delay will be overcome in 1995 (gh)
IRELAND R. Dublin moved from 6910 to 3937 (M ike Barrad ough.
WDXC Co11wc1)
ITALY R. Mariquita uses I0
watts on4032. 4096 or4 I I5: heard
at 231 0-0005 on 403 1.07. nonstop ABBA music. no announceIf.&~
ments. no ID (Martin DD9MW.
1].Wilfil~ ..
Germany. via Biischcl)
JAPAN More staff turnover: Mark Robi nson turned Radio Japans
Media Ro1111d11povcr10 Ayumi Hoshi no(via Di ane Mauer. John Norfo lk)
Real star remains the never-c redited producer/writer: best times for us arc
now Sun 0525 on 6025. 1425 on 11 705. 9535. 2 125 on 11925 (gh)
KALININGRAD Detached from Russia and considered a separate
radio country. GPR-2. St. Petersburg. also operates transmitters here.
some currentl y schedu led: 0430 on 5905 Aum Shinrikyo, 0500-0600
VOR Engli sh: 2 100-2300 on 5920 VOR English; 0200-0400 on 7225 R.

Slavyan ka Tu-Su, VOR English Mon: 1700-1 900 on 7325 R. Slavyanka


Mon-Sat. VOR English Sun: 1000-1100 on 9680 VOR German. 11001500 English: 0300-1 -WO on 11965 R. Nadczhda (via Ed Rausch, NJ)
KURDISTAN V. of Iraqi Kurdistan. based in Salah al- Din. at 0345,
I030. 1545- 1630 on 4 180: V. of the People of Kurdistan. 4282. * 16301800* (Finn Krone, Greece, DSWCI)
MAll CRI relay. 117 15 putting out nasty distorted spurs every 60kHz
from 11-475 to 11895. one QRMi ng R. Netherlands on 11655, at 01 00
(Randy Stewart. MO. WOR)
MOLDOVA R. Moldova lnt" I conti rmcd on 7 190. *0 130-0225* in
Romanian, from 0200 Engl ish. one day blocked at 0200, next day weak
but clear, fo llowing day missing (Brian Alexander, PA, WOR) Correction
to Dec MT p. 47: 1430 on 153 15. not 53 15 (gh)
MONGOLIA R. Ulan Bator on different. complicated sked since
Sept. some times not checking out. but basicall y monitored in Engl ish
including new service to North America: Wed/Thu 0300-0330 on 7295,
1201 5: Mon, Fri . weekends 0330-0400 on 7295. 12000; 09 10-0940 Daily
7295. 12000: Thu/Sat same at 1200-1230: Mon/Wed 1200- 1230 on 7295,
120 15: 1445- 15 15 daily 7295. 12000: 1940-2010 7295, 13650 (Y . Kato
and S. Aoki. RJMR via John Norfolk)
MYANMAR (non) Democratic Voice of Burma, via Norway, added
another dail y program at 0030-0 JOO on 9660; 1430-1500 on 15 180 ex11850 (Finn Krone, Denmark. A WR-DX and DSWC I) Note: the expla11a1im1 1~{ "(non)" in Dec MT p. 47 is wrmrg. I, git, coined it: after a
c111111trr it means the i1e111 to follow is abo111 that co11111ry. bw 1101
tra11s111i11ed from it, e.g. beca11se of relays or ifs clandestine 11at11re. It 's
also handy when 11111/tip/e or unknown r<'lay or clandestine sites are
involved. By definition. this cnlwmr deals 011/y with broadcast services.
i.e. stations with progm111111i11g for public co11.m111p1io11.
NETHERLANDS ANTIUES RN's Radio-11/ace resumed its proper
times. Fri 2303. Sat 0303. 0503.
PERU New is R. Diez, Iquitos, 5 116.4. evenings and from 1100; plays
radio-B INGO. Seems to have scared R. Eco. 5097.4, a non-QSLing
station in to inviting listeners to come sec all the reports they have
received ! R. Apurfmac item. Dec MT p. 47 correct frequency is 5235.4.
not 5325 (Henrik Klemctz. Colombia. WOR) R. Diez asks for reports to
Jir6n Aguirre 857. R. Naylamp is back on new 4549.5 ex-4300 now
occupied by La Voz de Naranjos. after 1000 with hum. R. Apurfmac,
Abancay. 5235.5 is regu lar at I030, 2300-2400+ (Klemetz, HCJB DXPL)
R. Diez FM. 51 16.42. 0930- 1036 at great leve l with Huaynos program ,
also heard eves, tnx to HKIWOR tip (Gifford Pinchot DXpcdition, F T) R.
Luzy Sonido. 6472.1. 01 17-0133* (Sheryl Paszkiewicz, WI, HCJB TLC)
Gonzalo Espinoza. dircctorofR. Eco. Reyes. Boliv ia, plans to transfer his
stat ion to Puerto Maldonado, Peru, hopi ng to retain frequency of 4 11 0;
due to better econom ic conditions; also plans another R. Eco in Laberinto
del Mismo. Peru (Rolman Medi na Mendez, Reyes. Bolivia, Plav-DX)
PHILIPPINES FEBC resumed DX Dial. Wed 13 IOon 11995. repeated

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Review of International Broadcasting


SW Programming , opinion , equipment, satellite monitoring.
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Glenn Hauser, Box 1684-MT, Enid , OK 73702


January 1995

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SUDAN SNBC, 9200English 1800-1 900with news, lDs. music from


Rod Stewart to local Arabic, weak at first, strong by I 900 (Brian Alexander,
PA) Also fair in Arabic at 1300 (B.L. Manohar, India.
SWEDEN Because o f WY FR on 9850, R. Sweden tried 9895 at 0230
and0330 (George Thurman. IL) At same times shifted 6200 to 6195 (Brian
Alexander, PA) Tried I 1695 instead ( Harold Sellers. Ont, HCJB ) Later
tried 7 I 20 at 0230 and 0330, better than 49m (George Thurman. IL, and
Bob Tho mas, CT)
SYRIA Some more SARBS English features on
;i,.~~
1 I5095, I 2085: Welcome to Syria, Sat 2030; Human
..
HCJB from I 550 but clear I 600- I 659, said to be in Tatar
Rights. Sat 2130; Palestine Talk. Mon 2045, Wed
SYRIAN RADIO &i:LEVISION 2 145; Syria and the World, Tue 2030, Sat 2145; Arab
and // 12075 blocked by France (J erry Berg. MA , Fl)
R. Al-Risalah, Moscow-based Muslim station, heard
Women in Focus, Thu 2145;ArabNewsweek, Fri 2030,
at 1500- I600 on 60 I 5 also announcing 6095, on a Monday; had been Mon
2 I 30 (via Dave Jeffery)
and Thu o nly at 0800-0900 last winter (BBCM)
THAILAND Updated R. Thailand World Service sked shows English
A WR phased o ut other Russian sites, leaving only Samara, 250 kW:
in addition to last month : 0000-0030 Asia/Africa 9680, 0300-0330 W
0300-0600 on 9885, I 700- I 900 o n 72 15 (Radio News Bulletin) World
Nonh America I 1890. The non-Engl ish, except for IDs, 1300- I 400
broadcast to E Asia heard so well last summer o n 25 meters is now o n 7 I 05
Uni versity Network, Dr. Gene Scott, *0100-0800+ on I 2065, *08001300 on I7600, 1300- 1600+ on 9835, all good; and around 0645 on
(via Randy Stewart, MO, WOR)
2 I 845, poor (B. L. Manohar. VU2UR, Lucknow, India)
UKRAINE RUI keeps changi ng frequ encies; 7 180 was best for a while,
World Christian Broadcasting Corp. 1200- I 300 Fri/Sat/Sun in Chithen replaced by 7405. very strong at 2200-2300 in English //all weak
9620, 7240, 5940, I I 870,4820. 9810. 6055 ;alsoat OIOObut mixing VOA
nese o n Khabarovsk 6165 (Nagoya DX Circle viaADXN} That" s the same
as KNLS. Alaska, which cannot supply in fo or QSL this, but asks for
(Brian Alexander and Kevin Hecht, PA)
listener reports (gh)
USA VOA 's Co111111unication.1 World expanded to half an hour, at first
R. Aum Shinrikyo once used 4 I R. Moscow frequenc ies. was off for
announcing contradictory new times, but confi rmed on Sat: I 230 on 6 I I0,
9760: I 730on I 54 JO, I9379: 2 I 30on I5445--Botswana: not fou nd on any
a few months. now back at 2030-2 100 on most or all VOR frequ encies in
VOA frequency at 0030 UT S un (gh, WOR) Formerly sporadic, Talk to
Eng lish including new 4055 (Chri s G reenway. BBC M, RNMN) But 2030
subsequently just music fill (Bi ll W estenhaver. PQ) Al so try at 0430; see
America worldwide call- in with Barbara Klein was sup posed to debut Nov
KALININGRAD
26, weekdays I 706- 1800, playbacks at 1006, I 206 ( Kim Andrew Ell iott,
SA/PAN Typhoon Wilda. 170 mph. caused heavy damage to KFBS
USENET via Thurman)
Oct. 25. island power off for days after lightning damaged equipment;
WHRI replaced 7315 w ith 6040 in the 1000- 1500 period. propagating
much better; another Fri afternoon/eveni ng time was sought for WORLD
staff repaired antennas in nex t few days (Chris Swabo, FEBC Field
Director, HCJB DX Partyline) A week later Ty phoon Zelda hit Saipan
OF RAD/Otoreplace2300; sti ll UT Sat 0600on 73 15, 9495; new time Sat
1729 on 13760, 15105, also HAWAII , q.v.
dead center, destroyed all repair work, $ IOOK damage (Jim Bowman,
KAIJ, Denton TX, began using second transm itter Nov. 4, with 300
FEBC Dir. , ibid.) Antennas repaired again, but still no 3-phasc power
( HCJB The Latest Catch) Back o n air after two weeks (Swabo. DXPL)
antenna, nothing but Dr Gene Scott. I38 I 5 day. 58 I 0 night; Continental
C hecked a few days after Zelda. KHBI was on the air, 9425 at I 230(Roger
4 I 8-E (George McCl intock, George T hurman)
KVOH , Los Angeles, replaced 9785 w ith 74 15 evenings at encl of Oct,
Chambers. Mohawk Valley SWL C lub DX Camp. NY)
SERBIA (no n) R. Yugoslavia in English at 0200-0228* o n 6 I 90 exaround 0 I 00-0800 (Ed Rausch, NJ) Still I7775 daytime powerhouse (gh)
6 I 95 (Brian A lexander, PA)
MRI changed starting time o f weekday Letterbox segment-Tue-Fri
from 0049-0052, repeated hourly; Mon , from 0949 (Jim Moats. OH) Both
SICILY RAJ tech sked shows 7 I7 5 and 95 15 are 5 kW. not 25; 6060
is 25 kW but for the night program 2 300-0500 this frequency comes
WS HB transmitters are silent 1400- I 600. During that period. MRI can be
instead from JOO kW near Rome (A ndy Sennitt, RNMN)
heard only on KHBI, 9355. KHBI is silent 2000-2 100, 0000-0800 (v ia C.
SLOVAKIA DSWCJ' s DX program is back on A WR, now from here
Ed Evans, WSHB , USENET via Thurman)
with high power. Sun 0900-0 930 on 9450, 2 I00-2 I30 on 6055 (Fi nn
AWR is not taking the Three Angels Message to China in Mandarin;
Kro ne) Fi rst week was actuall y 2 122-2 I 36. fair to good: next week only
o ur message is bei ng gutted (John Osborne. Prophecy Countdown. WCSN)
2129-2 137 (gh) Also fair during Sun 0900 broadcast on 9450 ( Brian
WRMI , 9955. gradually expands airtime only when it's paid for; adds
Alexander, PA ) Tho phoned in. takes I0 clays to get this on the air: trying
Brother Stair daily 1400-1500, also Sunday evenings: new French music
to decrease de lay ( Krone, DSWCI) Resumes Jan I 5 after ho liday break,
show Mon-Sat 2300-0 100 (via Jeff White, WRMI) See also SLOVA KlA
Finn 's SW news except on last S un of month when I g ive MW news
WMLK, Bethel PA, is upgrading 9465 transmitter, increasing to I 00
(Goruon Bennell. Cheshire , WDXC and BDXC ) Integrated into new
kW (Narrow Way Newsletrer via David Ansell, British DX C lub)
conso lidated A WR DX program Wo rldsca11 from Jan I 5 o n A WR
VANUATU New transmitter site is under construct ion, two I kW. two
S lovakia: Jan I on KSDA. TIA WR. TGMU and also via WRMI 9955 UT
10 kW , and relocate old one, target date yearend (Ludo Maes, RNMN)
Sun 0 I00. a week later on HRJA I 5695 (sic) Sat 2000; plan to increase to
Check old SW freq uencies for possible reactivation.
a half-hour network program (Adrian Peterson, A WR via Robert Stessel,
YEMEN Rep o f Yemen Radio. 9779.77, + 1828- I 900 in English. news,
disco music (Brian Alexander. PA)
USENET via Thurman)
SRI LANKA A clash halting construction at new VOA site was a
ZIMBABWE ZBC Radio 2 back on shortwave. testing evening on
p~rsonal matter. not a protest against VOA: I visited station, saw 3 x 500
3306 (via Chris Greenway, BBCM, RMNM) And I heard around 2000 on
kW Marconis in place, being wired. antenna masts under construction,
3396 (Greenway, BBCM, direct)
lots o f activity (Victor Goonetillekc, RNMN)
Until the next, Best of DX and 73 d e Glenn!
Fri I005 on I I 690, Sat 0025 on I 5450 (Alok Das Gupta. India, Australian
DX News)
RUSSIA External services of Adygey Radio, Maykop in Adygey,
Arabic, Greek or Turkish. Mon and Fri 1800-1900: and Kabardino-Balkar
Radio, Nalchik. in Kabardino. Sun and Wed 1830- 1900, which both use
transmitters near Krasnodar in the Caucasus. have moved from summer
frequency 7305 to new winter o utlet 5935 ex-5905, almost completely
blocked by Riga here (David Kemick, England)
R. lslamskaya (formerly Rukhi Miras), run by Mos ..;HI 9
cow Islamic Center, heard Friday only on I7890 beneath IJ~P'""'
iJ

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Gay1e Van Hom

Log of the Month


January 's LOG OF THE MONTH is submitted by Jerry
Wi tham of Keaau, Hawaii. Thanks, Jerry!
JAPAN: Radio Japan. Program of Japan s earthquake detection titled, Acoustic Sensing in Undersea Earthquake Research.
0002 UTC on 5019.6
COLOMBIA: Ecos del Atrato. Spanish. Weak signal, plagued with poor
modulation. Music, and talk to station ID at 0005. (Nick Terrence, Huntington, NY)
0035 UTC on 4915
GHANA: GBC. Station on past scheduled 0000'. Ray Charles classics to
African vocal tune. Male announcer in African dialect. Ballad from Jim
Reeves to chat. No II programming on 3366, English program notes at 0044
Into national news. Hymn to station ID/frequency quote at 0057. Choral
national anthem to 01 oo. (Gayle VH, Brass town, NC)
0036 UTC on 6035
BELGIUM: Radio Vlaandaren Intl. National Press Review. Station ID,
listener's letterbox segment, and European pop music. (Robert Tucker,
Savannah, GA)
0111 UTC on 9670
GERMANY: Deutsche Welle. DXers World Meeting, followed by Living in
Germany fe ature on the differences in the educational system in East and
West Berlin. (Tucker, GA)
0115 UTC on 4779.8
GUATEMALA: Radio Cultural Coatan. Spanish. Very weak signal for rustic
regional vocals. Evening messages and greetings read by announcer.
Station ID and time check. Language possibly could have been an Indian
dialect, as quality intermlltently faded. (Tom Banks, Dallas, TX)
0132 UTC on 9955
USA: Radio Miami Intl. Spanish programming to lively Latin music. Station
ID with poor audio due to splatter from co-channel jammer. (Terrence, NY)
0135 UTC on 3289.9
ECUADOR: Radio Centro. Fair signal quality with news and information
about Ecuador. Sports chat also noted. (Sam Wright, Biloxi, MS) Ecuador's
Ecos Del Orienta audible on 3270 at 0315. (Maywoods DX Team: Loy Lee,
Oliver Brewer, Ed Shaw, Chuck Everman, Jim McClure, Eric Petty, John
Hafendorfer)
0213 UTC on 6190
SERBIA: Radio Yugoslavia. Critical commentary on the Serbs. Biographical
sketch of a scientist born in present day Yugoslavia. ID as, "you are tuned
to Radio Yugoslavia" Signal SINP0=34533. (Gerald R Brookman, Kenai,
AK)
0230 UTC on 21580
PHILIPPINES: Radyo Pilipinas . Regional programming from Tinang, heard
on II 177840, 17760. Heard daily in Guam. (David A. Norcross. Barrigada,
Guam) Radio Veritas noted in Japanese, on 9650 at 2210. (Witham, HI)
0243 UTC on 4995
PERU: Radio Andina. Spanish. Very excited announcer with regional chat
and "Andina" IDs. Peruvians audible as; Free San Ignacio on 5700 at 0300;
Radio Horizonte on 4505 at 1043. (Maywoods DX Team, KY)
0320 UTC on 4991
SURINAME: Radio Apintie. Dutch. Sub-continental music and talk, very low
audio mixing with Peruvian Radio Ancash. (Maywoods DX Team, KY)
0343 UTC on 9820
CUBA: Radio Havana. DXers Unlimited program with Amie Coro. Noted on
// 6010. (Tucker, GA) Station monitored on 17760 at 2150 with report on a
new U.S./Cuban telephone link-up. (Fraser, MA) Cuba's Radio Rebelde on
5025 at 2110 with Latin ballads and announcers ID. (Maywoods DX Team,
KY)
0600 UTC on 9825
KIRIBATI: Regional programming in Kiribatese ...very ho hum catch from my
location! (Norcross, GUAM) Station audible on 9825 at 0750, with island
songs hosted by~rticulate lady announcer. Visions of surf and coconuts!
(Witham, HI)
0740 UTC on 5040
COLOMBIA: La Voz de Yopal. Spanish. Lively Latin tunes interspersed with
commercials. News briefs from Bogota to ID at 0758. (Witham, HI) Colombia's
Radio Ondas def Meta audible on 4884.3 at 2300. (Terrence, NY) Other
Colombians noted: Caracol Colombia on 5075 at 0301; Ecos Del Atrato on
5020 at 0307; Ondas Del Meta on 4855 on 0450. (Maywoods DX Team , KY)
0810 on 5960
NEW ZEALAND: Radio Reading Service. Sports happenings from around
the globe. Feature on Australian football to American boxing event. (Witham,
HI) Talk radio show on 15 115 at 2241 . (Terrence, NY; Maywoods DX Team,
KY)
0945 UTC on 6135
BOLIVIA: Radio Santa Cruz. Spanish. Interval signal to sign-on identification and announcers talk. (Terrence, NY) Bolivia's Radio Perle Del Acre
monitored on 4600 at 0253. (Maywoods DX Team, KY)

Station ID at 1720, fol lowed by an interview with a Korean man


relating his impressions of Japan.
A special thanks to the Maywoods DX Team for loggings
fro m their recent DXpedition in Kentucky.
1038 UTC on 2310
AUSTRALIA: VL8A-Altce Springs. IDs and pop music program, heard also
on II 2310 VL8T-Tennant Creek. (Maywoods DX Team, KY) Radio
Australta heard on 9580 at 1130. Report on photo exhibit People of the
Asian Nations. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA) Station noted as; 0208 on
17715, 17750, 17795, 17860. (Brookman, AK)
1050 UTC on 4874.6
INDONESIA: RRt-Sorong. Indonesian. Male/ female announcers chat to
pop music program and station ID. lndo's RRt-Ujung Pandang noted on
4783 at 1105. Lady DJ's musical interlude, chat and English ID at 1155.
(Maywoods DX Team, KY)
1105 UTC on 4890
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: NBC. English/Pidgin. U.S. country music to regional items. Additional PNGs: Radio Manus on 3315 at 1116; Radio
Eastern Highlands on 3395 at 1124. (Maywoods DX Team, KY)
1350 UTC on 13620
KUWAIT: Radio Kuwait. Arabic service to music and "Kuwaiti" ID. (Terrence,
NY; John Tinkham, Virginia Beach, VA)
1625 UTC on 3223
INDIA: Ail India Radio. Hindu. Sub-continental music to a brief announcement and ID at 1630. Station sign-off at 1700. AIR heard on 4840 at 1725
to t 730" . (Witham, HI; Norcross. Guam; Maywoods DX Team, KY)
1657 UTC on 15410.2
USA: WANO. Rush Limbaugh program monitored to 1732. USB necessary
to separate WANO from possible BBC via Meyerton. Normally dominates
frequency, poor to occasional fair with severe heterodyne. (Mike Hardester,
Jacksonville, NC)
1728 UTC on 9560
JORDAN: Radio Jordan. Good signal for recordings of the clarinet and
strings of Acker Bilk, concluding with Moon River tune. North American
service ID and sign-off. (James Maharg, Oak Park, IL)
1745 UTC on 6540
NORTH KOREA: Radio Pyongyang. Arabic service to Middle East and
Africa. Melodious Korean melody, followed by announcers. Carrier returned at 1758 with an interval signal and Korean ID. Anthem and return to
Arabic at 1802. Spanish service noted at 1805 on 6576. (Witham, HI) Usual
propaganda on 6576 at 1112. (Maywoods DX Team , KY)
2025 UTC on 11603
ISRAEL: Kol Israel. DX Corner show discussing the Israeli-Russian space
program proposed. (Fraser, MA; Terrence, NY) Station noted on 7465 at
2020, with Calling All Listeners show featuring an interview with Jewish
cartoonist Yakov Pilsen. (Fraser, MA; Brookman, AK)
2030 UTC on 9550
RUSSIA: Radio Moscow Intl. Program of Tchaikovsky's music. (Fraser,
MA) Noted on 9620, 2143 (Tucker, GA; Brookman, AK)
2155 UTC on 9900
TURKEY: Voice of Turkey. Feature on the history of Palestine during the
1940's. ID at 2158 with poor signal modulation and distorted audio.
(Terrence, NY; Brookman, AK)
2207 UTC on 6110
HUNGARY: Radio Budapest. Hungarian Press Review to station ID. Folk
and pop music selections. (Tucker, GA)
.
2329 UTC on 4930
HONDURAS: Radio International. Spanish. Music and local commercials.
ID as "Radio International" with good signal quality. (Terrence, NY) Station
monitored past 0132 with similar programming format. (Banks, TX)
2342 UTC 4782.3
MALI: Rdiff TV Malienne. French. African pops to highlife music. Lady
announcer's chat to time check and featured music show (utility ORM at
2345).114845 noted under Guatemalan Radio Tezulutlan. (Van Horn, NC)
2345 UTC on 4747.4
PERU: Radio Huanta 2000. Tentative logging for station in Huanta. Male/
female duo with talk and program feature to commercial jingles. (Sl0=323).
Two additional Peruvians monitored; Radio Luz y Sonido at 2358 on
6472.1. Talk at tune-in to music bridge and ID at 0100. Fair signal with
fading. Radio ltucan at 0105 on 5620.9. Spanish newscast battling with
amateur radio ORM. Rustic Peru vian ballads to talk, ID/frequency. Tentative ID on Radio Paucartambo on 5894.7 at 0100. (Van Horn, NC)

Thanks to our co111rib11tors - Have you se/I/ in YOUR logs?


Send 10 Gayle Va11 Hom, do Moniroring Times.
English broadcast unless othen vise nored.

January 1995

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The QSL Report


Gayle Van Horn

Is Hawaii in Your QSL collection?


World Harvest Radio International. operator of KWHR shortwave radio. is part of
LeSea Broa dc a~t i n g. fo unded by evangel ist Lester Sumrall. Transm itting near aalchu,
Hawaii (South Point) Hawaii, KWHR took 10 the airways on Christmas Day 1993.
Programmi ng ori ginates in Sou1h Bend. Indi ana. where the aud io is fed to the shortwave
transmitters by satell ite on Ga laxy 4, T ransponder I 5 on audi o subcarriers.
If you have not sent your reception report to receive a colorful QSL card. please send
your details to: World Harvest Radio International. c/o Engineering Dept.. P.O. Box
50450, Indi anapolis, IN 46250.

AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC
New Z.Caland 1940, (Aircraft ZK-1\BA Boeing
767) 6556 kHz. Full data prepar~d QSL card
verified. Received in 13 days for an English
utility report. QSLaddress: c/o Air New Zealand,
P.O. Box ?) 11 1, Auckland International Airport. Auckland. New Zealand. (Stc,e McDonald,
Port Coquitlam. BC Canada)
ANDAMAN & N ICOBAR ISLANDS
All India Radio, 4760 kHz. Full d:ua color AIR
card. signed by A.S. Guin, noted with Port Blair
transmitter site. Received in 183 days for an
English report, and one U.S. dollar. Station
address: Directorate General. All India Radio.
Akashvani Bhawan, Parliament St.. New Delhi
I IOOOI India. (Gayle Yan Horn. Brasstown,
NC)
C HILE
Radio CBY-Playa Ancha Marine Radio, 8737
kHz. Full data station card signed by German
Yaldiva lbarra-Jefc del Centro. Received in 45
days for an English utility report and mint stan1ps.
Station address: Centro de TC Maritim, Subida
Carvallo s/n. Yalpariso 28 1022 Chi le. (Ed
Rausch. Cedar Grove, NJ)
COASTGUA RD
NOU-USCG Air Station, 2670 kHz. Full data
prepared QSL card signed by W.D. BenningK\il l. Received in 17 days for an English utility
report . Station address: c/o Radioman-InChargc, USCG Air Station. 6 11 Airport Rd..
Sitka, AK 99835. (Mc Donald. CAN)
NMJ I. 2670 kMz. Full data prepared QSL card
signed by T .A. Stewart. Received in JOdays for
an English utility report. Station address: c/o
Commander. 17th CG District. P.O. Box 255 17,
Juneau, AK 99802-5517. (McDonald. CAN)
NMY42. 2670 kMz. Full data prepared QSL
card signed by L.D. Zim-PO. Received in 10
days for an English utility report. Station address: c/oCommandcr. USCG Group Moriches.
100 Morichcs Island Rd .. East Morichcs, NY
11940. (McDonald, CAN)
NMQ9, 2670 kHz. Full data prepared QSL card
signed by Tho mas Petit. Full data verification

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January 1995

letter enclo>ed. Received in 10 days for an


English utility report. Station address: USCG
Group Los Angeles/Long Beach. 165 N. Pico
Ave., Long Beach. CA 90802. (McDonald, CAN)

151 days for an English utility report and one


U.S. dollar. Ship QSL address: c/o Moeller, APEsplanaden 50. DK- 1098 Copenhagen K., Denmark. (Hank Holbrook. Dunkirk. MD)

M EDIUM WAVE
WCHY-1290 AM. Partial data letter signed by
Martin Foglia. Jr.-Chief Engineer. Coverage
maps and station slickers enclosed. Received in
21 days for an AM report, address label (used)
and min t stamps. Station address: P.O. Box
1247, Savannah, GA 31402. (M ike Hardester.
Jacksonville. NC)

Joseph Lykes-3ELQ9. 156.65 MH1. (General


Cargo/Container) Full data prepared QSL card
veri fied. Received in 82 days for :m English
utiliry report and mint stamps. Ship QSL address: Lykes Bros. Steampship Co. Inc., Lykes
Center, 300 Poydras St .. New Orleans. LA 70 130.
(Holbrook, MD)

WA YG-970 AM . Full data QSL card signed by


Steve Petty-Chief Engineer. Station profile sheet
and coverage map enclosed. Received in 8 days
for an English AM report and mint stamp. Station address: c/o Sunnyside Com munications,
Inc .. Corpora te Offices. P.O. Box 726 .
Jeffersonville. IN 47130. (Larry Yan Horn.
Brasstown, NC)
DBS Radio-595 AM. Partial data form letter
signed by Fred While, AG-Chief Engineer. Received in 22 days after an English AM follow-up
report (total time 153 days), I !RC. mint stamps
(used) and an address label (used). Station add ress: Dominica Broadcasting Corp.. Victoria
S t.. Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica. ph#
809-448-3282 or 448-3283/ FAX# 809-4482918. (Hardester. NC)
NO N-DI RECTIONAL BEACONS
N, 316 kHz-Naples. Florida. Full data prepared
QSL card verified by D.L. Smilh-RM I . Received in 38 days foran Englis h util ity report and
mint stamps. Station address: c/o Coast Guard
Group, 600 8th Ave. SE, St. Petersburg. FL
33701-5099. (Frank Hillton. Charleston, SC)
C l. 400 kHz-Sault Sainte Marie. Michigan. Full
data prepared QSL card verified with illegible
s ignature as Manager. Received in 35 days for an
English utility report and mint stamps. Station
add ress: Chippewa County International Airport. Sault Sainte Marie, Ml. (Tom Banks, Dallas, TX)
SlllP TRAFFIC
Chastine Maer.<k-O\VNJ2. 156.65 MHz (Containe r Vessel). Full data QSL letter. Received in

Frederick Lykt>s-P3JE4. 156.65 MHz (General


Container). Full data prepared QSL card verified. Received in 32 days fo r an English utility
report and mint stamps. Ship QSL uddrcss:
(please refer to Joseph Lykes address) (Holbrook,
MD)
Cltor/011e Lyke.,-WT5T. 14.300 MHz (Container). Full data prepared QSL c:ird verified.
Received in 200 days for an English utility
report and mint stamps. Ship QSL uddress:
(please refer to Joseph Lykes address) (Holbrook,
MD)
C lie 1run Star-ELFT. 156.7 MHl (Motor
Tanker). Full data prepared QSL card veri fied.
and photo of vessel. Received in 71 days for an
English utility report and mi nt stnmps. Ship
QSL address: Chevron Shipping Co., 555 Market St., Sa n Francisco, CA 94 105-2870.
(Holbrook. MD)

UNITE D KlNGDOM
GKZ l .3607.3 kHz. Humber Marine Radio. Full
data station card verified. BT! station location/
map card and frie ndly letter. Received in 12days
for an English utility report. address labe l (used)
and a station schedule. Station address: BT Rad io Station- Humbar Rad io. S utton Rd.,
Mablethorpe. Li ncolnshire, United Kingdom
LN 12 2PH. (Hardester, NC)
VANUATU
Radio Vanuatu, 7260 kHz. Full data Slit-Gong
card, unsigned. Received in 56 days for an
English report. I IRC and mint stamps. Station
address: P.O. Box49. Port Vila, Rep.of Vanuatu.
(Bill Humphries. Knoxville, TN)

English
Language

How to Use the Shortwave Guide


1:

Convert your time to UTC.

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

2:

Choose a program or station you want to hear.

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

3: Find the frequencies for the program or station you


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

name. Irregular broadcasts are indicated "tent" 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 time on all frequencies.
To help you find the most promising frequency, we've included information
on the target area of each broadcast. Frequencies beamed toward your area
will generally be easier to hear than those beamed elsewhere, even though
the latter will often still be audible. Every frequency is followed by one of
these target codes :
as: Asia
am: The Americas
au: Australia
na: North America
pa: Pacific
ca: Central America
va: various
sa: South America
do: domestic broadcast
eu: Europe
om: omnidirectional
af: Africa
me: Middle East
Consult the propagation charts. To further help you find the right
frequency, we've included charts at the back of this section which take into
account conditions affecting the audibility of shortwave broadcasts. Simply
pick ou t 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.

Hot News and Hot Spots


The world's hot spots always produce
humanitarian service for Rwanda
an unstable broadcasting environment.
opens and closes with an English
This month's reports from G lenn Hauser
announcement. (Arthur Cushen, NZ)
cover the globe. Closest to home: after
The station is also known as R.
Aristide returned to HAITI his Radio 16
Amahoro; received fa irly good at 0358
Desanm continued via Radio Miami Int'I,
sign-on with a nice xylophone interval
via WHRI 9495 at 2200, and via WRNO
signal (Dave Valko, PA, F7)
7355 at 2300 weekdays. It's also on R.
The Voice of Ethiopian People for
Solei l in Haiti.
Peace, Democracy, and Freedom, (non)
O n another island on the other side of
signs on in Amharic at 0328 with a
the world, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
flute interval signal on 6940 (Gifford
Government's R. United Bougainville at
Pinchot DXpedition, PA, F1)
Loloho began Feb. 18, 1994, on 3880; a
Radio Mogadishu, the pro-Aydid
reply from the station to Nobuyoshi Aoi
Voice of the SOMALI People, heard
(mentioned on R. Japan's Media Report)
on 6870v, has extended its schedule to
A picture from earlier days (1988) of Tom Meyer
says daytime frequency is 60 IO; there is
0330-0500 (Fri 0400-0600), 0900and Rosemarie Ninaber hosting Radio
no fixed schedule but night around 08001300, 1500-1900 including news in
Neth erland's Happy Station. Neither person is
1200 on 3880, linear w ith 70 watts output.
English 1230-1 240, 1830-1840
now associated with the show, according to Steven
The address is R.U.B. , Public Awareness
(BBCM) Finn Krone of A WR DX
Cline, who contributed the photo. He says RN
Campaign Unit, Military Base and Care
reports English news at 1245-1255.
announced last fall that Rosmarie was being
Centre, East Coast of Central
Rich D' Angelo reported in Fine
reassigned to the Dutch service.
Bougainville, Loloho, PNG.
Tuning hearing the Koran at 0334In the Middle East, IRAN's Voice of
0348.
9255, 15150; 1545-1620 on 9350 and 11650;
the Independent Republic of Iran (VOIRJ)
What's in a name? Two separate Renamo
1630-1825 on 9350, 11470, 15620 (Rumen
replaced 11965 with 7260 //9022 including
stations are now found in MOZAMBIQUE:
Pankov, Bulgaria via Biischel)
English at 1930-2030 UT (R VI Radio World)
Voz do Sonho, from Gorongosa, Sofala,
TI1e Voice of the Islamic Revolution in
7260, ex- 11965, mixes with Australia; it is
formerly called Voz da Renamo, is heard at
IRAQ, which is Iran-based, was heard at 1600
also targeted to North America *0027-0125
0500-0645 on 6100 (also announces 6175).
on new 8340117 115, 9670; also *1430 on
on new 9670, with fai r reception until
The name apparently refers to Renamo leader
71 15. The same organization runs V. of
Deutsche Welle covers it at 0054, II weak
Afonso Dhlakama's "dream" of bringing
Rebellious Iraq, blocked by jamming on 7070
9022, 7100 (Brian Alexander, PA, WOR)
democracy to Mozambique. And, from
1500- 1720 (BBCM)
TI1e Voice of Human Rights and Freedom
Maputo, Voz da Renamo, 1440-1530 is
On the continent of Africa, ETHIOPIA's
for Iran (non) official sked: 0230-0425 on
broadcast in Portuguese and Ndau on 7135
Voice of Peace, Box 1631 , Addis Ababa, is
9350, 11 4 70, 15145 but heard on 9350 only;
(BBCM)
heard daily 0400-0500 on 9560. This
0600-0640 on 9350, I 1650, but heard on

January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

47

MT Monitoring Team
Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager
North Carolina

Jim Frimmel, Program Manager

Next Reporting Deadline


January 18, 1995

Texas

Jacques d'Avignon
Propagation Forecasts

Dave Datko
California

Ontario, Canada

news line
"Newsline" is your guide to news broadcasts on the air. All broadcasts are world news reports unless followed by an asterisk, which
means the broadcast is primarily national news. All broadcasts are daily unless otherwise noted by the day codes.
0000 UTC
(Z;QQPM ESI. ~;QO PM esn
BBC
Canada (NorthQ uebec) [SJ
China Radio lnt'I
Monitor Radio l nt'I [TAJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada lnt'I [SMJ
Radio New Zealand lnt'f [MAJ
Radio Norway lnt'I [SJ
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Radio Yugoslavia [MAJ
Spanish National Radio
Voice of America (am)
Voice of Russia
WYFR[TFJ

Radio Australia
Radio Havana Cuba [TSI
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [MAJ
Radio Prague
Radio Tashkent
Radio Ukraine Inn
Radio Yugoslavia [MAJ
Spanish National Radio
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America (am)
Voice of Indonesia
Voice of Russia

Radio Pakistan
Radio Portugal lnt'I [TA]
Radio Sweden [T A]
Radio Tirana
Voice of Russia [TAJ

0300 UTC
(10:00 PM ES!. Z;QQ eM PSD

0400 UTC
(l 1;QQ eM EST. !!:OQ PM esn
BBC
BBC(af)
Canada (North-Q uebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'f
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [TF]
Radio Austra lia
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ
Radio New Zealand lnt'f [AJ
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [MF)'
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Tanzania
Radio Ukraine fnt'I
Swiss Radio lnt'f
Voice of America (af)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
WHRl [T -AJ
WINB[TAJ

0015

BBC (as) fTAJ'


Radio Austria fnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [TAJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'f
Radio Sweden [TAJ
Radio Tirana
Voice of Greece
Voice of Russia

BBC
Canada (North-Quebec)
China Radio fnt'I
Deutsche Welle
KVOH[TAJ
Monitor Radio lnt'I [TAJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada l nt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand fnrt [MA]
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Voice of America (af) [AS]
Voice of Russia
WHRl[TSJ
W INB[TAJ
INWCR #3 (TAJ

Radio Cairo

0145

0301

0409

0030

BBC (ca) fTA)'

Voice of America (af) [MFJ'

China Radio lnt'I"

Netherlands (na)
Radio Nacionaf de Venezuela
(T-SJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [MF]
Radio Sweden [TAJ
Radio Thailand [T-SJ
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I
Voice ol America (am) [TSJ
(Special English)
Voice ol America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of America (ca) (SJ
(Special English)
Voice o f Russia

0155

0303

0411

Vatican Radio [SWFJ


Voice of Indonesia

Voice ol Free China

Channel Africa [TJ

0003
Radio Pyongyang

0009
BBC "
China Radio lnt'I'

0010
Voice of America (ca) [TAJ'

0050
RAJ Italy

0100 UTC
(!!;QQ eM ESI. :!:QQ PM esn
All India Radio
BBC
Canada (North-Quebec)
Deutsche Welle
FEBC (Philippines)
HCJB
KVOH[WJ
Monitor Radio fnt'I [TAJ
R Slovakia fnt'I [A)'
R Slovakia lnt'I [S/T-F]

48

MONITORING TIMES

0110
Radio Australia (MF]'
Radio Japan (A)'

0130

0200 UTC
(ll;QQ eM EST, ;QQ eM eSTl
BBC
Canada (NorthOuebec) [SJ
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [TA[
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Canada lnt'f
Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [MAJ
Radio Norway lnt'I [MJ
Radio Romania Inn
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice ol America (am) [TAJ
Voice ol America (as)
Voice ol Myanmar (Burma)
Voice ol Russia

0203
Voice ol Free China

0215

0425

BBC'
China Radio l nt' I'

RAI Italy

0315

Channel Africa [AJ


Radio Havana Cuba [TAJ
Voice ol Russia

0320

0431
Channel Africa [TIH/FJ
Voice ol America (af) [M-F)'

0330

0440

Radio Cairo
Radio Nepal

0340

0230

0355

Radio Havana Cuba [TAJ


Radio Netherlands lnt'I

Radio Japan

January 1995

0430

Radio Philipinas [MAJ


Vatican Radio
BBC (af)'
Netherlands (na)
Radio Austria Inn
Radio Budapest
Radio Dubai
Radio Havana Cuba [TAJ
Radio Nacionaf de Venezuela
[TSJ
Radio Prague
Radio Sweden [TAJ
Voice ol America (af) [MFJ
(Special English)
Voice ol Russia
Voice o f Greece

0509
China Radio lnt'I'

0510
Radio Australia (MFJ'

0530
Channel Africa [SFJ
Radio Austria fnt'I
Radio Dubai
Radio Finland
Radio Havana Cuba [TAJ
Radio Romania lnt'I
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia

0555
Radio Japan [AJ

0403
Radio Pyongyang

0309

Radio Cairo
Voice ol Greece [SIHJ

Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [S-FJ
Radio Norway lnt'I [SJ
Spanish National Radio
Vatican Radio [T/F[
Voice of America (al)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
WHRl[AJ

BBC (af) [AM)'

0445
BBC (af) [TF)'
Radio Yerevan

0500 UTC
{l2;QQ AM EST. l!:QQ eM esn
BBC (''Newshour")
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
HCJB
Monitor Radio lnt'I [TF]
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Cameroon
Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ

0600 UTC
(l;QQ AM EST, 1Q:QQ eM eSTl
BBC
BBC (af) [AS)'
BBC (al) [MFJ
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
Deutsche W elle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [TFJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I [MFJ
Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Yemen
Swiss Radio fnt'I
Swiss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Voice ol America (al) [ASJ
Voice of America (me)
Voice ol Kenya
Voice ol Malaysia
Voice ol Russia

0601
Voice of America (al) [MFJ'

0603
Radio Pyongyang

0609
BBC '

0627
BBC (af) [MFJ'

0630

Radio Austria lnt'I (T-SJ


Radio Havana Cuba (T-AJ
Radio Yemen
Vatican Radio (HJ
Voice of Nigeria (MFJ
Voice of Russia

0632
Radio Romania l nt'I

0640
Vatican Radio (T]

0645
Radio Romania l nt'I
Voice of Nigeria (M-F]'

0655
Voice of Med. (Malta) [M-F]

0700 UTC
(Z;QQ AM ESI. ll ;QQ eM PSD

0845
Radio Finland

0855
Voice of Indonesia (A-H J

0900 UTC
(!l;QQ AM EST, l ;OQ AM esn
BBC
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio l nt'I (MAJ
Papua New Guinea [M]'
Radio Australia
Radio Finland
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Inn (MAJ
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of Russia

Radio Mozambique
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Pakistan
Radio Singapore l nt'I
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Swiss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
W HRl[AJ
WWCR # 1 [MFJ
WYFR(MAJ

1103
Radio Pyongyang

1110
Radio Australia

11 20

0909

Vatican Radio (M-AJ

China Radio Inn

1130

0920

Radio Korea
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
(M-AJ
Radio Netherlands lnl'I
Radio Prague
Radio Singapore lnt'I
Voice of Asia
Voice of Russia
WYFR (M F]

1231
Radio France l nt'I

in

1240
Voice of Greece

1300 UTC
(8:0QAM ES!. :i;QQ AM esn

Radio Japan
Radio Jordan (AJ
Radio Korea
Radio Vlaanderen l nt'I (M-AJ
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Israel [SHJ
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 [M-F]
WYFR[MF]

BBC ("Newshour")
Canada (Nonh-Ouebec) [A-SJ
China Radio lnt'I
KNLS
Monitor Radio lnt'I (MAJ
Papua New Guinea
Polish Radio (AJ
Polish Radio (M-F]'
Radio Austraha
Radio Canada lnt'I (MFJ
Radio Ghana
Radio Korea
Radio Norway lnt'I (SJ
Radio Romania lnt'I (M-AJ
Radio Singapore lnt'I
Radio Tanzania (A-SJ
Radio Tashkent [S J
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of Ame rica (as)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
WYFR(M-F]

FEBC (Philippines)
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Finland
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
[MAJ
Radio Netherlands lnl'I
Radio Romania lnt'I (T-SJ
Radio Sweden (MFJ
RTM Morocco [S J
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia

1409
China Radio lnt'I '

1410
Radio Japan (M-F)'

1415
Radio Nepal

1424
HCJB(M-F]

1430

BBC
Monitor Radio lnt'I (T-FJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Japa n
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (AJ
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (MFJ
Radio Prague
Swi ss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia
WWCR ~1 [SHJ

0945

1145

1301

1431

0703

Deutsche Welle (MF]'

Deutsche W elle [MFJ'

Radio Romania lnt'I (SJ

Radio Pyongyang
Voice of Free China

0955

1155

1303

Radio France lnt'I IT]'


Radio Romania l nt'I (MJ

Radio Japan

Radio Japan [MFJ

Radio Pyongyang

1435

Voice ol Greece [SIHJ

0930
FEBC (Philippines)
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Yerevan [SJ
Voice of Russia

0940
Voice of Greece

0705
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (M-F]'

0710

1200 UTC
(Z;QQ AM ESI. 4:00 AM esn

China Radio lnt'I'

1440

1310

FEBC (Ph ilippines) (S-F]'

BBC
China Radio lnt'I
FEBC (Philippines) (M-F]'
HCJB
Monitor Radio lnt'I
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [S-FJ
Radio Tanzania
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I (MAJ
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia

Radiobras (MFJ

1445

1324
HCJB[MFJ

BBC (as) (MF] (Special English)


Voice of Myanmar (Bu rma)

1328

1450

0755

1009

Radio J apan
Voice of Med. (Malta) (MFJ

China Radio lnt'I'

1010

1203

Radio New Zealand lnt'I (MF)'

Radio Korea
Voice of Free China

0730
BBC (af) (AJ'
HCJB
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I
Vatican Radio (MFJ
Voice of Greece (S/HJ
Voice of Russia

0750
(AJ
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (MF]

0800 UTC
(a;QQ AM ESI, l Z;QQ AM PSD
BBC
KNLS
Monitor Radio lnt'I (M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand l nt'I
Radio Pakistan
Voice of Indonesia (AHJ
Voice of Malaysia
Voice of Russia

0803
Radio Pyongyang

0810
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (MF]

0830
R Slovakia Inn
Radio Austria lnt'I (TSJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Voice of Russia [MAJ

Voice of Greece

1000 UTC
(:i;QQ AM EST, ;!;QQ AM esn

BBC
Canada (Nonh-Ouebec) (ASJ
China Radio lnt'I
Monitor Radio lnt'I [MAJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Au stralia
Radio France lnt'I
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (HTJ
Radio Norway lnt'I (SJ
Radio Si ngapore Inn
Radio Tashkent
Swiss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
WHRl(AJ
WYFR(MFJ

Radio Australia [MFJ'

1309

1030

1204

Radio Austria l nt'I (M-AJ


Radio Dubai
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Voice o f Nigeria
Voice of Russia

BBC[W]'
China Radio l nt'1

1045

1230

Radio Ne w Zealand lnt'I (M-F]'


Voice of Nigeria (AS)'

HCJB (MF)'
Radio Austria l nt'I
Radio Bangladesh (SMJ
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Finland (MAJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Singapore lnt'I
Radio Sweden (M-FJ
Voice ol Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WYFR (M -FJ

1100 UTC
(;QQ AM EST, a:QQ AM esn
BBC
Channel Africa
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I (MAJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Ghana [ASJ
Radio Japan
Ra dio Jordan

HCJB(MFJ

1209

Radio Cairo

All India Radio

1330

1455

All India Radio


FEBC (Philippines)
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Canada l nt'I
Radio Dubai
Radio Finland
Radio Netherlands l nt'I
Radio Singapore lnt'I (SFJ
Radio Sweden (M-F]
Radio Tashkent [MAJ
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I [SJ
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of America (as) (Sp ecial
English)
Voice of Russia (MAJ
Voice of Turkey
Voice of Vietnam

All India Radio


Radio Japan (AJ
Voice of Med. (Malta) [MFJ

1355
Radio Singapore lnl'I

1400 UTC
(9:00 AM ES!. ;QOAM PSD
All India Radio (M/W/F]
BBC
BBC (as) (M -F]'
Canada (Nonh-Quebec) (SJ
China Radio lnt'I
Monitor Radio lnt'I [MAJ
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada Inn (SJ
Radio France lnt'I
Radio Ghana

1500 UTC
(lQ:OO BM ES!, Z;QQ AM PST)
BBC
BBC (af) (MFJ
Canada (Nonh-Ouebec) (ASJ
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [MAJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I [SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio Omdurman
Swiss Radio l nt'I
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (MFJ
WYFR[AJ

1503
Radio Pyongyang

1509
China Radio lnt'I'

1510
Radio Japan (MFJ'

1525
BBC (af) [SJ'
Radio Veritas (T-FJ

1529
Deutsche Welle [HJ

January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

49

Newsline

1530

Radio Veritas [A-MJ

Radio Auslralia
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand l nl'I (M-F]'
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Radio Tirana
Swiss Radio lnl'I
Voice of America (at)
Voice of America (m e)
Voice of Russia
WRNO[M-F]
WWCR #3 [M-F)

1550

11:03

All India Radio


Deulsche Welle [M-W/ F]
FEBC (Philippines)
Radio Austria lnl'I
Radio Netherlands lnl'I
Radio Ponugal lnt'I (M-FJ
Voice of Nigeria (M-HJ
Voice of Russia
WYFR[M-F]

1540

Voice o f Med. (Malla) (FJ

Radio Pyongyang

1555

1709

Radio Japan (AJ


Radio Veritas (A-MJ
Voice of Med. (Malla) (M-HJ

China Radio lnrt'

1710
Radio Aus1ralia

1715
1600 UTC
(l l ;QQ AM ESI. !l;QQ AM Elm
BBC
Canada (Nonh-Ouebec) (A-SJ
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
Monilor Radio 1nr1 [M-A)
Polish Radio (AJ
Polish Radio (M-F]'
Radio Auslralia
Radio Canada lnt'I (SJ
Radio France Inn
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Pakislan
Radio Tallinn [M-F]
Radio Tanzania
Voice of America (af) (A-SJ
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Elhiopia
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
WRNO(W]
WYFR(AJ

1604
HCJB [M-F]

1609
BBc
China Radio lnt'I

1611
Radio France lnl'I [T)'

1612
Valican Radio

1630
HCJB[M-F)'
Radio Canada l nl'I
Radio Dubai
Voice of America (at) (M-F]'
Voice of America (as) (S-F)
(Special English)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)
Voice of Elhiopia
Voice of Russia

Radio Sweden [M-FJ


Valican Radio

1725
Radio New Zealand lnl'I (F].

1730
Radio Ne1herlands lnt'I
Radio Romania lnrl
Va1ican Radio [F)
Voice of America (af) [SJ
Voice o f Russia [S-F]

1740
BBC (at)

1745
All India Radio
Radio Canada lnt'I (M-FJ

MONITORING TIMES

2003

2155

Radio New Zealand Int'! [M-HJ'

Radio Pyongyang

1857

2007

Radio Canada Inn [M-F)


Radio Japan (AJ

BBC (af) (M-F]'

!l ;QQ EM ESI.

l Q;QQ AM ESil

All India Radio


BBC
Canada (Nonh-Ouebec) (AJ
Monilor Radio lnrl [M-AJ
Polish Radio [AJ
Polish Radio (M-F]'
Radio Aus1ralia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Mozambique
Radio New Zealand tnn (MFJ
Radio Norway lnt'I (SJ
Radio Omdurman
Radio Prague
Radio Tanzania
Radio Yemen
Voice of America (af) (A-SJ
Voice of America (at) (M-FJ'
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
WWCR #3 [M-F]

1805
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [MF]

1815
Radio Kuwait
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
[M-AJ
Radio Nelherlands Inn
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Radio Yemen
Voice of America (at) (A-SJ
(Special English)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)

January 1995

Radio Damascus (W]


Radio Korea

Radio Damascus [M-F]

2009

2200 UTC

China Radio Inn

(:!;QQ EM ESI. Z;QQ EM ESD

{Z;QQ EM ESI. l l ;QQ AM ESil

2010

All India Radio (WJ


BBC
China Radio Inn
Deutsche Welle
Monilor Radio Int'! [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Inn
Radio Ponugal Int'! [M-FJ
Radio Romania lnt'I (T-SJ
Radio Tirana
Radio Vlaanderen l nt'I
Spanish National Radio
Voice of America (at)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Greece (M-AJ
Voice of Russia
WHRl[MFJ
WINB(M-F)
WWCR #1 [S-F)

Radio New Zealand Int'! [S-H]'

2057

All India Radio


BBC
Canada (Nonh-Ouebec) (A-SJ
China Radio lnt'I
Moni1or Radio lnrl (MA)
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada Int'!
Radio Havana Cuba (M-AJ
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Prague
Radio Ukraine Inn
Radio Vlaanderen Inn [M-FJ
Radio Yugoslavia
RAI llaly
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia

Radio Kuwait

2203

2100 UTC

2209

(~ ;QQ EM ESI,

China Radio l nl'I'

1900 UTC

1901
China Radio Inn

1910

1830

50

1855

1909

BBC (asr

BBC
BBC (at)
Canada (Nonh-Ouebec) [AJ
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
HCJB
Monilor Radio Inn (M-AJ

Voice of Greece [M-AJ

Radio Japan (AJ


Radio New Zealand Int'! (M-H)'

Radio Bangladesh

(lZ;QQ EM EST, !l;QQ AM Ell

2145

Radio New Zealand lnl'I (F]"

1840

Radio Romania l nt'I [MJ

1800 UTC

Radio Riga lnt'I (M-F]


Voice of Russia

Voice of Nigeria [M-F]


Voice of Russia
WHAi (M-FJ
WINB[M-FJ
WWCR#3

1835

1755

1645
1700 UTC

Voice of Russia

All India Radio [WJ


Radio Auslralia (M-F]'

1930
BBC (al) (SJ'
Deutsche Welle (T-F]
R Slovakia Int'!
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of Russia

1933
Deul sche Welle (M)'

1935
RAI llaly

1955
Radio Japan (T-W/SJ

2000 UTC

2025
RAI llaly

2030
Polish Radio (A-SJ
Polish Radio [MF)
Radio Finland
Radio Korea
Radio Netherlands Inn
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Radio Thailand
Voice of Russia (A-SJ

2045
All India Radio [AJ
Radio Yerevan

2055
Voice of Indonesia [MJ

Voice of Free China

l ;QQ PM ESD
All India Radio
BBC ("Newshou()
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
KVOH (SJ
Monilor Radio lnl'I (M-AJ
Radio Auslralia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada tnn
Radio Damascus (F]
Radio Havana Cuba (M-AJ
Radio Jap an
Radio New Zealand lnl'I [A-HJ
Radio Prague
Radio Romania lnt'I
Spanish National Radio
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
WHRl[M-FJ
WINB[M-FJ
WWCR #3 [S-F]

(3;QQ EM ESI lZ;QQ EM PSD

2109

BBC
China Radio lnl'I
Deutsche Welle
KVOH(A-SJ
Monilor Radio 1nr1 (M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio New Zealand lnrl (S-FJ
Radio Norway lnl'I (SJ
Radio Ponugal l nt'I [M-FJ
Radio Tallinn [M/HJ
Swiss Radio Inn
Swiss Radio Inn (eu)
Valican Radio [M-T)
Voice of America (at) [A-SJ
Voice of America (al) [M-F)'
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Indonesia
Voice of Israel

China Radio Inn

2110
Radio Damascus [S-MJ
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [S-HJ'

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

2230
Radio Sweden (M-FJ
Radio Yerevan
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia (M-F]

2240
Radio Cairo
Voice of Greece [S-FJ

2300 UTC
(6;QQ EM ESI. 3;QQ EM ESD
BBC
Monitor Radio lnl'I [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Inn
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand lnl'I
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
WWCR #3(SJ

2303

2112

Radio Pyongyang

Radio Damascus [FJ

2315

2115

Radio Cairo

BBC (ca) [M-F)'


Radio Damascus (T)

2330

2120
Radio Cairo

2130
Radio Aus1ria Inn
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada Int'! [A-SJ
Radio Havana Cuba (WJ
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
[M-AJ

Nelherlands (na)
Radio Canada lnl'I [AJ
Radio Finland
Radio Sweden (M-FJ
Radio Yerevan
SLBC (Sri Lanka) [MJ
Voice of Russia

2335
Voice of Greece [S-F]

2355
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FREQUENCIES

0000-0100
00000030
00000100 vi
00000100 vi
00000100 vi
00000100
00000015
0000-0100 vi
00000100
00000100
00000100
00000100
00000100
00000100
00000100
00000100
00000100
00000100
00000027
00000030
00000100
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00000045
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00000100
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00000005 r.'llfa
00000100
00000100
00000100
00000030
00000100
00000050
00000030 m
00000100 mtwhfa
00000100 vi
00000100
00000100

Australia. ADF Radio


Australia, Radio
Australia. Vl.BA Alice Spg
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bulgaria, Radio
Cambodia, Natl Voice ol
Canada, CBC N Quebec See
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RCI Montreal
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, AWA Alajuela
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guatemala, AWA
India, All India Radio
Italy, IRAS Milan
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Lithuania, Radio Vilnius
Lithuania. Radio Vilnius
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuching
Malaysia, ATM/Kota Kinaba
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea, A Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines. FEBC/A Intl
Russia, Voice ol

18735as
9610as
4835do
5025do
4910do
7205na
11940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960na
9710na
5030ca
6000na
5930na
9900na
3366do
5980ca
9705as
15145as
7125eu
9960me
7150na
7150na
7295do
7160do
5980do
6020na
15115pa
11335na
6115sa
11980as
9675do
15450as
9750na
17890as

13745as

17750as

9700na

9755na
11715na
61 SOsa

9725na

7345na
4915do
9950as

11745as

t3750as

6165na
13760na 15130na
6120na

11750na

15425na

17570as

00000030 mtwhla
0000-0100
00000100

Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia


Spain. RExterior Espana
United Kingdom.BBC London

00000100
00000100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX


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

00000100
0000-0100
00000100
00000100
00000100
00000100 mtwtl
00000100
00000100
00000044
00150030 sm
00300100

USA. WCSN Scotts Cor ME


USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCA Upton KY
USA, WRMVR Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFA Okeechobee FL
USA. VOA Washington DC
Australia. Radio

00300055
00300100
00300100
00300100

Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int


Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Iran, VOIRI Tehran
Netherlands. Radio

00300t00
00300100
00300100
00300100
00300100m
00450100
00500100

Russia, Voice of
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Sweden. Radio
Thailand, Radio
USA, WRMVR Miami Intl
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Italy. RAI Rome

9580na
9540na
5965as
9580as
15310as
13740na
7510na
7415am
t7510as
7535na
5995am
9455am
11580am
15185au
17820as
9855eu
5825eu
7315am
11950na
7490na
9955am
7355am
5065am
6085na
11835am
13605as
15415as
9930sa
9745am
7100na
5905as
9840na
7105na
15425as
6065sa
9655as
9955am
6065na
9645na

11870na
5975na
6175na
9590na
9915na
15360as
13815am

9430na
6130am
9770as
11695am
15205am
7425na
9495am

7215as
9775am
11760as
15290as

7325na
11750sa

7405am
9890as
15120am
17735as

9985sa

13595na
7435am

13845am

15155am
13745as 13755as
17795pa 17860pa

15365pa

12005am 17490eu 21455eu


11790na
9022na
6165na
7305as
6020na
11655na
7165na
6200sa
11 845al

11 905as

11800na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0007
0025
0037
0037
0052
0053

Radio Canada lnt'I: The Inside Track. A sports feature


magazine.
Radio Netherlands (na): EuroPress Review. Five-minutes ol
EuroPress news.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. Correspondent reports,
interviews, and commentaries on current events.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. Correspondent reports.
interviews. and commentaries on current events.
Radio Netherlands: Sounds Interesting. Listener feedback
and the signts and sounds of Holland.
Radio Netherlands (na): Sounds Interesting. Listener
feedback and the signts and sounds of Holland.

Mondays
0004
0025
0036
0036

Thursdays

0052

0000
0025
0037
0037
0054

0052

0054

Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.


Radio Netherlands (na): Press Review. See T 0025.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands (na): Documentary. An indepth
treatment ol one subject or a short series.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. See W 1154.

Fridays
0000
0025
0037
0037

Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.


Radio Netherlands (na): Press Review. See T 0025.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.

Radio Netherlands (na): Media Network. Jonalhan Marks


surveys communications and media developments. Top
rated.
Radio Netherlands: Media Network. See H 0152.

Saturdays
0000
0025
0037
0037
0052
0052

Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.


Radio Netherlands (na): Press Review. See T 0025.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands (na): Towards 2000. A focus on the
global aspects ol social change.
Radio Netherlands: Towards 2000. See F 1152.

Radio Canada lnt'I: Tapestry. A musical magazine program.


Radio Netherlands (na): Music Break. Five-minutes of
music at the end of an hour's program.
Radio Netherlands (na): Happy Station. Jonathan Groubert
hosts this 65 year old program ol family entertainment.
Radio Nether1ands: Happy Station. See S 0137.

Tuesdays
0000
0008
0025
0037
0037
0052
0052

Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.


Radio Netherlands (na): From Sapphire to Laser. NEW!
Roben Green takes an issue and illustrates how composers
have tackled the subject.
Radio Netherlands (na): Press Review. Summary of items in
the Dutch media.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands (na): Research File. A program of
science and technology.
Radio Netherlands: Research File. See M t 152.

QSL from Syrian


Arab Republic
Broadcasting
Service comes to us
courtesy of Donald
Michael Choleva of
Euclid, Ohio.

Wednesdays
0000
0025
0037
0037
0052
0052

S2

Radio Canada lnt'I: As II Happens. See M 2330.


Radio Netherlands (na): Press Review. See T 0025.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands (na): Mirror Images. Weekly magazine of
music, the arts, culture, and European festivals.
Radio Netherlands: Mirror Images. See T t 152.

MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

QSL
CARD

8:00 PM EST
5:00 PM PST

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0100 UTC

___

FREQUENCIES
01000200

Australia, Radio

01000200'11
0100-0200 vi
01000200vl
01000200 vi
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000130
0100-0200
01000200
01000127
01000200
01000150

Australia, VLBA Alice Spg


Australia, VLSK Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Cr1<
Canada. CBC N Quebec See
canada, CFCX Montreal
canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Cosla Rica, AWR Alajuela
Cosla Rica, R Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Genmany, Deutsche Welle

01000200m
01000200
01000130
01000200 vi
01000110
0100-0200

Guatemala, Radio Cultural


Indonesia, Voice of
Iran, VOIAI Tehran
Italy, IRAS Milan
Italy, RAI Rome
Japan, NHK/Radio

0100-0130
01000200 smtwh
Of000200
01000125
01000200
01000200 vi
0100-0130
01000200

Laos. Lao National Radio


Malaysia, Radio
Netherlands, Radio
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R Intl
Russia, Voice of

95BOpa
11 B55as
15365pa
17750as
4835do
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5030ca
7385am
6000na
7345na
9745am
6040na
9565na
3300do
9675as
7100na
7125eu
9645na
9565na
15195as
7116as
7295do
5905as
6020na
15115pa
9675do
15450as
5940na
7165na

9610as
9660pa
13605as 13755as
15415as 15510as
17795pa 17860pa

6150sa
940Qam
9830na

11715as
15240pa
17715as
17BBOas

9725ca
12150am 15030am

12005am 17490eu 21455eu


6085na 6120na 6145na
9670na 9700na
11752as
9022na

11790na

11800na
11840as
17810as

11 860as
17845as

11910as

7305as
6165na

9840na

11655na

6005as
7180na

61 20na
7315as

7105na
9400me

0100-0200 vi
01000130
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
01000200
0100-0200

Slovakia, AWR
Slovakia, RSlovakia Intl
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Spain, R Ex1erior Espana
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo
Swirzerland. Swiss R Intl
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London

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

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX


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

01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0130 twhlas
Of00-0200 m
0100-0200
01000200
01000200
01000130
01300145
Ot300200
01300150
01300200
01300200
01400200

USA, WCSN Scotts Cor ME


USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA, WINS Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA, WRMl/A Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan, A Tashkent
Albania, A Tirana Intl
Austria, A Austria Intl
Greece. Voice of
Netherlands, Radio
Sweden, Radio
Vatican State, Vatican A

9920me
7270as
5930na
7550eu
9540na
15425as
5885na
7405na
5965as
7325na
11750sa
15360as
13740na
7510na
7415am
17510as
7535na
5995am
9775am
15340as
7465eu
5825eu
7315am
11950na
7490na
9955am
9955am
7355am
5065am
6065na
7190eu
9580na
9655na
7450na
9860as
9895au
5980as

15425na

17570as

7300na
15575na

9440na

6135na
9620eu
5975na
9580as
11955me
17790as

9885na
9810na
6175na
9590na
15260sa

17B90as

9905na
11870na
7160as
9915sa
15310as

9430am
6130am 7405am 9455am
11580am 15120am 15205am
17740as
7425na

9985sa

13595na

5935am 7435am
9505na
7250eu
9715eu
11840na
9870sa
13730sa
9420na 9935na
11 655as
11695as
7335as

9740eu

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0108
0110
0125
0137
0137
0147
0155

Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. A radio magazine offering a


European perspective on events of the week.
Radio Japan: This Week. A weekly variety show.
Radio Netherlands: Program Into. Summary of upcoming
program schedules.
Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. News and
developments concerning the world's major religions.
Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. Jonathan Groubert hosts
1his 65 year old program of family entertainment.
Radio Japan: Music Gallery. Spotlight on a Japanese
entertainer or musical group.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. A sample of the Japanese
music scene.

Mondays
Deutsche Welle: Mailbag. Listener mail from the Americas is
answered.
0110 Radio Japan: Let's Learn Japanese. See S 0315.
0118 Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. A weekly look at the
social and political issues in the 1990s.
0125 Radio Japan: Media Roundup. See S 0525.
0125 Radio Netherlands: Music Break. See S 0225.
0133 Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1134.
0135 Radio Netherlands: They're Playing My Song. See S 0235.
0150 Radio Japan: Viewpoint. See S 0350.
0153 Radio Netherlands: EuroQuest. See S 0253.
0155 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

0138
0152
01 55

Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.


Radio Netherlands: Accent on Asia. A magazine program
focusing on Asia with interviews and music.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Wednesdays
0109
01 15
0120
0125
0133
0138
0153
0155

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Enjoy Japanese. See T 0520.
Radio Netherlands: Program Into. See S 0125.
Deutsche Welle: Backdrop. A program of culture and the
arts in Germany.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Sounds Interesting. See S 0052.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop In. Sec S 0155.

0108

Tuesdays
0109
0115
0120
0125
0133

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Spectrum. See M 0520.
Radio Netherlands: Program Into. See S 0125.
Deutsche Welle: German Tribune. News and views from the
Federal Republic.

Thursdays
0109
0115
0120
0125
0133
0138
0152

0155

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Spectrum. See M 0520.
Radio Netherlands: Program Info. See S 0125.
Deutsche Welle: German Tribune. See T 0133.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Media Network. Jonathan Marks
surveys communications and media developments. Top
rated.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Fridays
0109
011 5
0120
0125
0133

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Enjoy Japanese. See T 0520.
Radio Nelherlands: Program Info. See S 0125.
Deutsche Welle: Come to Germany. Focus on a seasonal
event, festival, or attraction.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Research File. See M 1152..
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Macintosh Software

0138
0152
0155

Shortwave Navigator
Frequency Valet

Saturdays

Frequencies/Programs
Computer Control
(Drake/Kenwood/JRC)
Send $2 lo demo disk lo:
DX Computing
232 Squaw Creek Rd.
Willow Park, TX 76087

0108
0110
01 15
0120
0121
0125

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. Seo M 1410.
Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: The Travel and Book Beat. See F 1420.
Radio Japan: Japan Travelogue. See F0521 .
Radio Netherlands: EuroPress Review. Five-minutes of
EuroPress news.
0131 Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. See S 1518.
0135 Radio Japan: Short Story. See F 0535.
0135 Radio Netherlands: They're Playing My Song. See S 0235.
0145 Radio Japan: Book Review. See F 0545.
0154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. See W 1154.
0155 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Januory 1995

MONITORING TIMES

53

0200 UTC

9:00 PM EST
6:00 PM PST
FREQUENCIES

0200-0300 twhfa
02000300

Argentina, RAE
Australia, Radio

02000300v1
02000300 v1
0200-0300 v1
02000300 vi
02000300
02000300
0200-0300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000250

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg


Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec See
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCl Montreal
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Germany, Deutsche Welle

02000230
02000300 vi
02000300
02000300 smlwh
02000225
02000230
02000230
02000300
02000230 m
02000300 vl
02000300

Hungary. Radio Budapest


Italy, IRRS Milan
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Malaysia. Radio
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Myanmar, Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl

02000300

Russia. Voice of

11710am
9580pa
15365pa
17795pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6120na
7385am
6000na
9745am
9475na
6035as
96t5as
6025na
7t 25eu
4935do
7295do
7190na
5990do
5905as
151t5pa
9560na
9675do
6155na
1t940na
591Sna
7105na
7315eu

9660pa
15415as
17860pa

13605as
15510as
17880as

15240pa
17750as

9535na 9755na
11845na
9400am 15030am
9830na
t2005am t7490eu 2t455eu
6130as
9690as
9835na

7305as

7265as 9515as
9815as
t2045as
1t910na

9860as

t t 655as

9510na

9570na

11830na

5940na
7165eu
9850as

5950na
71 BOeu
17570as

6120as
7205eu
t7890as

02000228
02000300 vl
02000230
02000300

Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia


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

02000300

United Kingdom.BBC London

02000300
02000300
02000230
02000300
02000300
02000300

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX


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

0200-0230 twhfa

USA. VOA Washington DC

0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300
02000300
02000300 m
0200-0300
02000300
02000300
62300300
02300245

USA. WCSN Scotts Cor ME


USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMVR Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Albania. R nrana Intl
Pakistan. Radio

02300300 twllfa
02300300
02300300
02500300

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

6190na
7270as
15425as
5950na
11860as
5975na
7235me
9630af
15360as
5810am
7510am
17775am
17510as
5850na
6130sa
9455sa
t5370as
5995am
15t20am
7465am
5825eu
73t 5am
11950na
7490na
9955am
7355am
5065am
6065na
9580na
7290as
21730as
9570na
12050na
6195na
6095na

9680na
15345as
6175na
7325na
9915am
17790as

9765pa

11740ca

6195me
9410eu
11750sa

7155me
9590na
11955me

9430am
7115as
9740as
t7740as
7405am
15205am

7205as
11705as
21550as
9775am

7215as
15250as

7425na

94t0me

t t580am

13595na
5935am
9505na
11840na
t5t90as

7435am

9705na
t5455ca
6200na
7305na

11840sa

17705as

17725as

9850na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

Thursdays

0208

0209
02 11
0224
0225
0238
0254

Deutsche Welle: Commentary. Guest commentary about a


current event.
02 12 Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. The latest news from the
world of sports.
0216 Deutsche Welle: AsiaPacific Mailbag. Listener mail from
Asia-Pacific region is answered.
0225 Radio Netherlands: Music Break. Five minutes of music at
the end of an hour's program.
0235 Radio Netherlands: They're Playing My Song.
Reminiscencing about songs which had meaning to RN's
producers.
0253 Radio Netherlands: EuroOuest. An audio magazine with
correspondents from European locations.

Mondays
Radio Canada lnt'I: Quirks and Quarks. The lalesl trends in
science and technology.
0209 Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. Correspondent
reports. interviews and background news from the Asia
Pacific region.
0224 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. A review of major events
in Europe and Germany through interviews. analyses and
background reports.
0225 Radio Netherlands: Music Break. See S 0225.
0236 Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. See S 0137.

Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See M 0209.


Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. See M 1440.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. Sec M 0224.
Radio Netherlands: Music Break. See S 0225.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. See W 1154.

Fridays
0209
0211
0224
0225
0238
0252

Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See M 0209.


Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. See M t440.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Netherlands: Music Break. See S 0225.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S0037.
Radio Netherlands: Media Network. See H 0152.

Saturdays
0208
0211
0212
0222
0225
0237
0238
0252

Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.


Radio Canada lnt'l: Spectrum. See M 1440.
Deutsche Welle: The Week in Germany. A summary of the
week's events in Germany by Deutsche Welle's Bonn
correspondents.
Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See T 0333.
Radio Netherlands: Music Break. See S 0225.
Deutsche Welle: The Jazz Corner. A musical change-of
pace from the world of jazz.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Bats: Balls & Baselines. Sports results.
news. issues. features. personality profiles. and
investigations.

0204

Tuesdays
0209
0211
0224
0225
0238
0252

Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See M 0209.


Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. See M 1440.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Netherlands: Music Break. See S 0225.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Research File. See M 1152.

Wednesdays
0209
0211
0224
0225
0238
0253

54

Deutsche Welle: Asia Pacific Report. See M 0209.


Radio Canada lnt'l: Spectrum. See M 1440.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Netherlands: Music Break. See S 0225.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Mirror Images. See T 1152.

MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

THANK YOU .-..


ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO TIIlS MONTII'S SHORTWAVE GUIDE:

John Babbis, Silver Springs, MD; Gerald R Brookman,_Kenai, AK; Bob


Fraser, Cohasset, MA; Jim Moats, Ravenna, OH; Pete Nelson, Lansing, MI;
David Norcross, Barrigada, Guam; Bill Scarbrough, Knoxville, TN;
Giovanni Serra, Rome, Italy; Nick Terrence, Huntington, NY; Robert
Thomas, Bridgeport, CT; Robert Tucker, Savannah, GA; Sam Wright,
Bilox~ MS; NASWA Journal; ODXAIDX Ontario; Speedx; Fine Tuning;
World DX Club; Radio Netherlands Media Network, BBC Worldwide; BBC
Summary of World Broadcasts; Grove Enterprises BBS; Internet Shortwave
Newsgroup via Larry Van Hom.

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China, China Radio Intl
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Vatican State, Vatican R
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SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0307

Radio Canada lnt'I: Innovation Canada. Canadian


entrepreneurs, inventors, and researchers and their ideas
and discoveries.
0308 Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. See S 0108.
0310 Radio Japan: Hello from Tokyo. See S 0310.
0310 Radio Japan: Hello from Tokyo. The weekend magazine
program.
0315 Radio Japan: Let's Learn Japanese. A course in the
Japanese language.
0330 Radio Canada lnt'I: Earth Watch. Environment and ecology
matters.
0337 Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S 0137.
0337 Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
0350 Radio Japan: Viewpoint. Opinions of a guest personality.
0352 Radio Netherlands (na): Sounds Interesting. See S 0053.

Mondays
0308
0315
0315
03 18
0330
0333
0336
0350

Deutsche Welle: Mailbag. See M 0108.


Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. The weekday
magazine program.
Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. See M 0118.
Radio Canada lnt'I: The Mailbag. See S 1437.
Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 11 34.
Radio Netherlands (na): Happy Station. See M 0036.
Radio Japan: Close Up. Featuring a Japanese person of
note.

Tuesdays
0309
0315
0315
0319
0319
0326
0326
0333

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Japan Diary. See M 1526.
Radio Japan: Japan Diary. See M 1526.
Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. The economic scene
in Germany and around the world.

0338
0350
0352

Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.


Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands (na): Research File. See T 0052.

Wednesdays
0309
0315
0315
0333
0338
0350
0353

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Deutsche Welle: Insight. See T 1533.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands (na): Mirror Images. See W 0052.

Thursdays

0309
0315
0315
0319
0319
0326
0326
0333
0338
0350
0354

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Japan Diary. See M 1526.
Radio Japan: Japan Diary. See M 1526.
Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1134.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands (na): Documentary. See H 0054.

Fridays
0309
0315
03t5
0319
0326
0332
0338
0350
0352

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Japan Diary. See M 1526.
Deutsche Welle: Headcrash (213). News about computers
for MS-DOS, Apple. and Amiga techies.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands (na): Media Network. See F0052.

Saturdays
0308
0310
0310
0330
0331
0338
0353

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: This Week. See S 01 10.
Radio Japan: This Week. See S 01 10.
Radio Japan: The Week in Review. Looking back at the
events that made the news last week.
Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. See S 1518.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands (na): Towards 2000. See A 0052.

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Tue, Japanese Culture Today
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Fri, Business Focus
At :20past05, 14, 17,21 andOI :'
Mon and Wed, Spectrum

Tue, Enjoy Japanese repeated Thu


Fri, Travel and Book Beat
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(via Diane Mauer)

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MONITORING TIMES

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Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, A Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Germany, Deutsche Welle

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United Kingdom.BBC London

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

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USA. WANO New Orteans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville HI
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
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Russia. Voice of

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SELECTED PROGRAM S

Sundays
0407
0407
0409
04 to
04t2
0416
04 t8
04t8
0434
0436

Radio Canada lnt'I: Innovation Canada. See S 0307.


Voice of Turkey: Review of the Turkish Press. Items of
current interest in the Turkish newspapers.
Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.
Voice of Turkey: Outlook. An economy and finance update.
Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S 0212.
Deutsche Welle: International Talking Point. Journalists
discuss major trends and events.
Voice of Turkey: Cultural Transformations (biweekly). Views
of Turkey's modernization.
Voice of Turkey: VDT DX Corner (biweekly). Fifleen minutes
of listening tips, OX/media news, and music.
Voice of Turkey: Blue Voyage. The attractions of Turkey's
coastal regions.
Deutsche Welle: People and Places. Interviews. stories and
music for Africa listeners.

Mondays
0407 Radio Canada lnt'I: The Mailbag. See S 1437.
0407 Voice of Turkey: Review of the Turkish Press. See S 0407.
0408 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
04 t 5 Voice of Turkey: Noah's Ark. Archaeological exploration in
Turkey.
0426 Voice of Turkey: Turkish Folksongs. Selections of Turkey's
folk music.
0430 Voice of Turkey: Magnificent Istanbul. Zoom in on a point of
interest in the ancient city.
0432 Deutsche Welle: Africa in the German Press. What the
German newspapers and weeklies have to say about Africa.
044 t Voice of Turkey: Turkish Music. Selections of classical
Turkish music.

Tuesdays
0407
0408
0409
041 t

56

Voice of Turkey: Review of the Turkish Press. See S 0407.


Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. Reports and background to
the news from Africa by Deutsche Welle correspondents.
Voice of Turkey: Last Week. A recap of events affecting
Turkey during the previous week.
Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. See M 1440.

MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

0419 Voice of Turkey: History of the Turkish Press.


Background on media organizations in Turkey.
0424 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0426 Voice of Turkey: Turkish Hit Songs. Currently popular
songs of Turkey.
0433 Voice of Turkey: Turkish Proverbs. Reflections of the
Turkish culture.
0441 Voice of Turkey: Turkish Popular Music. Selections of
music being played in Turkey.

Wednesdays
Voice of Turkey: Review of the Turkish Press. See S
0407.
0408 Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. SeeT 0408.
041 1 Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. See M 1440.
0412 Voice of Turkey: A Turkcologist and His Works. Spotlight
on a Turkish scholor.
0419 Voice of Turkey: Popular Tukish Music. See M 0430.
0424 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0430 Voice of Turkey: Economic Panorama (biweekly). A brief
look at the Turkish economy and tourism.
0430 Voice of Turkey: From Turkey (biweekly). Take a tour of
the sights of Turkey.
0438 Voice of Turkey: Turkish Music. See M 0441.

Fridays
0405 Voice of Turkey: Review of the Turkish Press. See S 0407.
0408 Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.
041 O Voice of Turkey: From the World of Turkish Music. A
Turkish musician and his music.
0411 Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. See M t440.
0424 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0435 Voice of Turkey: International Organizations and Turkey.
The relationships between Turkey, the UN, and similar
activities.
0442 Voice of Turkey: Turkish Music. See M 0441 .

0405

Thursdays
0407

Voice of Turkey: Review of the Turkish Press. See S


0407.
0408 Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.
0410 Voice of Turkey: Review of the Foreign Media. Items of
interest to Turkey found in the media of other countries.
04 t 1 Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. See M 1440.
04t4 Voice of Turkey: Letter Box. The weekly mailbag
program.
0~24
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0429 Voice of Turkey: In Your Own Voice. lnlerviews with
visitors to Turkey.
0444 Voice of Turkey: Turkish Music. See M 0441.

Saturdays
0405
0408
0411
04t 1
04 12
0430
0431

Voice of Turkey: Review of the Turkish Press. See S 0407.


Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.
Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. See M 1440.
Voice of Turkey: Turkish Album. Music and cultural
interviews.
Deutsche Welle: Africa This Week. A weekly review of
trends and events on the African continent.
Voice of Turkey: The Story of the Rebirth of Ankara. The
history of this capital city.
Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. See T 1634.

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Australia. VLBA Alice Spg


Australia. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Eql Guinea. R East Alrica
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Israel. Kol Israel
Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio

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Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp


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Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice of

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Seychelles. FEBA Radio
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Swaziland, Swazi Radio

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7255af
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9675do
5905eu
5950as
7175eu
7345na
9865as
f 7890as
7185af
17725me
9465af
9540na
6155af

9660pa
15415as
17860pa

13605as
177f5pa
17880as

15240pa
17750as

9700na

9400am
9820na
21455eu

15030am
9830na

6045na
9435na

61 20na
17545as

6025na
7230eu
11885na t5410as

6185na
9565as
17810as

4990do

5920eu
6000eu
7180eu
9600na
13370as

5925eu
7105na
7270na
9705na
15295na

11900af

5940eu
7165eu
7340na
9850na
17735as

0500-0530
05000502
05000600

Swaziland, Trans World R


Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX


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

0500-0600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600 mtwhfa
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000545
05000530
0510-0520
05250600
05300600

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL


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

05300600

Austria. R Austria Intl

05300600
05300600
05300600
05300600
05300600
05350600
05420600 a
05500600 vi

Finland. YLE/Radio
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia, Voice of
Swaziland. Trans World R
UAE, Radio Dubai
Swaziland. Trans World R
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Liberia, Radio ELBC

5055af
4976do
3255af
6190af
9640na
15310as
15575as
5810am
7510am
7415am
9930as
7535eu
5995eu
6873af
9665af
15205me
7425am
7315am
11950na
7490na
9465eu
7395am
5065am
5985na
9850eu
5865af
3356af
3366do
9660do
17860pa
6015na
17870me
6120eu
11B10af
5930as
9500af
15435as
6070af
9700pa
7275do

6070af

7140al

7200af

5975na
6195eu
t 1760me
15360as
17830as
9815am

6005af
94 10eu
f2095eu
15400af
17885af

6180eu
9600af
15280as
15420af

6035af
7170me
9700eu
15600af

6040eu
6140al
7405af
9530eu
1t825me 12080af

9495am
13595na
5935am

7435am

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

9725al
7255af

11625af

15565as

17715as

13730eu

15410me

9635af
1t755me
15340af 15380af 17790af
11710as
9650af
17830as 21700as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0508
0510
0525

Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. See S 0108.


Radio Japan: Let's Learn Japanese. See S 0315.
Radio Japan: Media Roundup. Reception reports. DX/media
news. and equipment reviews.
0535 Radio Finland: Focus. A Review of Finland's top news
stories.
0537 Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S 0137.
0550 Radio Japan: Viewpoint. See S 0350.
0555 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop In. See S 0155.

Mondays
0508
0515
0518
0520
0530
0533
0555

Deutsche Welle: Mailbag. See M 0108.


Radio Japan: Current Views. A Radio Japan editorial.
Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. See M 01 t8.
Radio Japan: Spectrum. Focus on a topic of interest in
Japan.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1134.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop In. See S Ot 55.

Tuesdays
0509 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. Sec M 0224.
05 15 Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
0520 Radio Japan: Enjoy Japanese. Learn and practice the
Japanese language.
0530 Radio Finland: Compass North. Sec S 2330.
0533 Deutsche Welle: German Tribune. See T 0133.
0555 Radio Japan: Tokyo Popln. See S Ot 55.

Wednesdays
0509
0515
0520

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Current Views. Sec M 05t5.
Radio Japan: Spectrum. See M 0520.

0530
0533
0555

Radio Finland: Compass North. Sec S 2330.


Deutsche Welle: Backdrop. See W 0t 33.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Popln. See S 01 55.

Thursdays
0509
0515
0520
0530
0533
0555

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Enjoy Japanese. See T 0520.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Deutsche Welle: German Tribune. See T0133.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Popln. See S 0155.

Fridays
0509
0515
0520
0521
0530
0533
0535
0545
0555

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 05 t 5.
Radio Japan: The Travel and Book Beat.
Radio Japan: Japan Travelogue. Looking at a place or
event in Japan of interest to visitors.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Deutsche Welle: Come to Germany. See FOt 33.
Radio Japan: Short Story. Narralion of a short story by a
Japanese author.
Radio Japan: Book Review. Discussing a current book in
print.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Popln. See S 0155.

Saturdays
0509
0510
0530
0533
0547

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Japan: This Week. See S Ot 10.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. See S 1518.
Radio Japan: Music Gallery. See S Ot 47.

NEW

DX PROGRAM

Worldsca11 will replace all DX programs


currently on Adventist World Radio stations. Tt will
be heard on most of the AWR shortwave stations, as
well as on WRMI in Florida, and HRJA in
Honduras.
Initially, Worldscan will be a 15-minute
program written by Adrian Peterson and produced at
regional locations. Plans are for it to grow to a 30minute network broadcast. Finn Krone and Gordon
Bennett will still be featured in the European edition.
A specially endorsed QSL card will be available
for January, February, or March reports (Worldscan,
Box 29235, Indianapolis, TN 46229, USA).

Wor/dscan tentative schedule


Local

Iara.Bl
Asia
Eur
NAm
CAm
LAm

Jln
Sat
Sun
Sun
Sun
Sun
Sat
Sat
Sun

.lIT.k

1515
1500
2315
0900+
2100+'
0100+
2000+

TIAWR5
TIAWR1
TIAWR2
TfAWR3
TGMU

.llnl.I

KSDA3
KSDA3
KSDA2
AWR-RS10
AWR-RS10
WRMI
HRJA
TIAWR4
6150
7375
9725
13750
5980

kHz

9370
9370
11 980
9450
6055
9955
15675
5030

(Direct from Adrian Peterson)

January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

57

0600 UTC

1:00 AM EST
10:00 PM PST

.
FREQUENCIES

0600-0700

Australia, Radio

0600-0630
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630 mtwtf
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 as
0600-0650

Australia, Radio
Australia, VL8A Alice Spg
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RGI-PK
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea, R Easl Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0600-0615
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0600-0630
0600-0700s
0600-0700
0600-0700 asmtwh
06000700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 as
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0700vt
0600-0700

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp


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

9660do
17715as
13605as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6050eu
7385am
9820na
9745na
9585af
61 00af
15185af
3316do
7125eu
11660as
4935do
9825do
7116as
9960me
4760do
7295do
6175as
9765me
15115pa
9700pa
3326do
7255af
9675do
5905eu
7345na
15230as
17840as

11910pa
17880as
15240pa

6150eu
9400am

13755pa

15510as

15415pa

17795as

9760eu
119050me
15030am

21455eu
9565af
17820af
4915do

11765af
21705af

13790af

06000700 vi
06000630 vi
06000700
06000700
06000700
060006t5
06000630
0600-0615 s
0600-0700

Slovakia, AWR
Solomon Islands, SIBC
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Swaziland, Swazi Radio
Swaziland, Trans World R
Switzertand, Swiss R Intl
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
Uganda, Radio
unned Kingdom.BBC London

0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX


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

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

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN


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

0630-0700
0630-0700
0632-0641
0645-0700

Austria, R Austria Intl


Vatican State, Vatican R
Romania, R Romania Intl
Romania, RRomania Intl

21610as

9750as

15295as

4990do
7175na 7270na
5930eu
9850as
11710na 13370as
17570na 17620as 17735af
17890as 21790as

13715af
5020do
11945na
6155af
5055af
3985eu
9885af
4976do
6005af
9600af
11955as
t5360as
t 7830as
5810am
7510na
7415am
993oas
7535eu
3980eu
6140at
7405at
11825af
15205me
7315am
1t950na
7490na
9465eu
5065am
5985na
3945eu
9780do
9580pa
21725as
6015na
5865af
7225eu
11 775pa
17805pa

9545do
6070af
6165eu
13635af
71 10do
6180eu
9640na
12095eu
15400af
t7885af
9815am

9500af

9650af

15340af
6195af
11760me
152BOas
15575eu

9410eu
11940af
153toas
1779Qas

6040eu
7170me
9665af
12035af

6060eu
7325mc
11805af
12080af

5935am
7355eu
6245eu

7435am
9680eu

9850al

9860pa

11880pa

15415as

7360af
9550eu
15250pa

9660af
9665eu
15335pa

11625af
1161 0eu
17720pa

5995eu
6873eu
9530af
11950af
15600af
9495am
13595na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0609
0610
0612
0616
0636
0650
0655

0615
0634
0650
0655

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.


Radio Canada lnt'I: Report to the Peacekeepers. Information
about Canada for Canadian Forces overseas.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Deutsche Welle: Africa in the German Press. See M 0432.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Tuesdays
0608
0615
0615
0624
0650
0655

Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.


Radio Canada lnl 'I: Report to the Peacekeepers. See M
0615.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Wednesdays
0608
0615
0615
0624
0650
0655

Deutsche Welle: Alrica Report. See T 0408.


Radio Canada lnt'I: Report to the Peacekeepers. See M
0615.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

58

Deutsche Welle: Alrica Report. See T 0408.

MONITORING TIMES

Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. Sec T 0408.


Radio Canada lnt'I: Report to the Peacekeepers. See M
0615.
0615 Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
0624 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0650 Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
0655 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Saturdays
0608
0610
0612
0622

Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.


Radio Japan: This Week. See S 0110.
Deutsche Welle: Africa This Week. See A 0412.
Radio Japan: Japan Scene. A segmen1of1he Magazine
Hour about a current even1in Japan.
0630 Radio Japan: The Week in Review. See A 0330.
0631 Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. See T 1634.
0655 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

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Thursdays
0608

Fridays
0608
0615

Mondays
0609
0615

Radio Canada lnt'I: Report to 1he Peacekeepers. See M


0615.
0615 Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
0624 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0650 Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
0655 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S Ot 55.
0615

Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.


Radio Japan: Hello from Tokyo. See S 0310.
Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S 0212.
Deutsche Welle: International Talking Point. See S 0416.
Deutsche Welle: People and Places. See S 0436.
Radio Japan: Viewpoint. See S 0350.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

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Patrick Barry of Mission Viejo, California, provided us with this artistic QSL
from RAI- Radiotelevisione Italiano.

0700 UTC

0800 UTC

2:00 AM EST/11 :00 PM PST

3:00 AM EST/12 :00 AM PST


FREQUENCIES

07000800

Australia. Radio

0700-0730
0700-0800 vi
07000800vl
07000800 vi
07000800
07000800
0700-0800
07000800
07000800
0700-0800
07000800
0700-0800
07000727
07000800

Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Allee Spg
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. AWA Ala1uela
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito

07000800 as
0700-0730
07000715
07000800 vi
07000800

Eqt Guinea. R East Afnca


Georgia. Radio
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan, NHK/Radio

0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-()800
07000800 asmtwh
07000800
0700-0730
07000715
07000800 as
0700-0800 vi
070007 15

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp


Kiribati. Radio
Libena. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. Voice of
Myanmar. Radio
Ne\'/ Zealand. A NZ Intl
New Zealand. RNZ Intl
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl

07000800

Russia. Vmce al

0700-0715
07000800 vi
07000800
0700-0735
0700-0730
0700-0800
0700-0715 mtwtfa
07000800

Sierra Leone. SLBS


Solomon Islands. SIBC
Swaziland, Swazi Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
Tail'lan. VO Free China
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

07000800
07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07000800
0700-0800
07000800 vi
07000800
07000800
07000800 smtwhf
07000800
0700-0745
0717-0800 mtwhf
07300800
07300800
07300757
073007 45 sh
073007 45 mtwhl
07300800
073007 45 mlwhf

17885al
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
New Zealand. RNZ Intl
Australia. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Greece. Voice ol
Iceland. Natl BC Service
Netherlands. Radio
Vatican Stale. Vatican R

07350800 smtwhf
07 400800 mtwhl
07450800
0745-0800 s

Swaziland. Trans World R


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

6080pa
11880pa
15565as
21715as
15415as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6150am
7385am
5930eu
6135as
974Spa
9585af
11805eu
3366do
7125eu
5975eu
15335me
4935do
9825do
4760do
7295do
6175as
5990do
15115pa
9700pa
4890do
11775pa
17805pa
5905eu
7345na
13370as
17795na
3316do
5020do
6155af
5055af
3985eu
5950na
4976do
6005eu
7325eu
11 760me
15070eu
15400eu
21660af
5810am
7510na
7415am
9930as
7535eu
7425am
73 15am
11950na
7490na
9465eu
5065am
7355eu
9700pa
9660pa
5985eu
17485as
9425eu
9265am
9720pa
3945eu
11740eu
5055al
7120eu
6120eu
3366do

9580pa
11910pa
17695as

9860pa
13605pa
17750as

11720pa
15240pa
21 595as

17795as

9725am
9400am
7345eu
6205as
11835eu

15030am
9505eu
9420eu 9600eu
11925pa 21455eu

491 5do
7230eu
1541 Oas

9750as
9730do

11 740as 15270as
17810me 21610au

15295as

Australia. Radio

08000830 vi
08000830 vi
08000830 vi

Australia. VL8A Ailee Spg


Aus tralia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk

5995pa
9710pa
17880as
4835do
5025do
4910do

Bahrain. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hahlax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Ecuador. HCJB Qui1o

0800-0900 as
0800-0805 s
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
08000900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0830
0800-0900
08000830
0800-0900 mtwtf
0800-0825
08000900 mtwhf
0800-0830 m
08000850
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900

Eqt Guinea, A East Africa


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

08000815
08000900 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900

Sierra Leone, SLBS


Slovakia. AWR
Solomon Islands. SIBC
South Korea. R Korea Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London

0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900 vi
08000900
08000900
08000900 smtwhf
08000900
08150900 mtwtf
08300900 vi
08300900 vi
08300900 vi
08300900
08300900
08300900
0830-0900
08550900

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX


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

15250pa 15335pa 17720pa


5930eu
9480eu
15230me
17840al

7175na
9850as
15385me
17890al

7270na
11 675eu
17560na
21790af

9545do
6070af
6165eu
71 10do
6180eu
94lOeu
11940af
15280a1
15575eu

9500af

9650al

6190al
6195eu
9600af
9640na
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HAUSER'S HIGHLIGIITS:
13615am
9495am

WWCR
MUNDO RADIAL - Glenn Hauser's monthly Spanish DX report, has been Fri

13595na
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21705au
11645eu

15650eu

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7250eu
15210eu 15570eu
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11755eu

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9860pa

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15565pa 17715as

0800 UTC
08000900

08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
0800-0900
08000900
08000830

23 I5 and Mon 2230 on I5685 around the 2nd and 3rd weeks of the month.
Spectrum repeat - Mon 0600 on 7435
Tempered Steel - Christian heavy metal, Rock the Universe
The Old Record Shop - Sun 0530 on 7435, Mon 2145 on 15685, Sat 0700 on
5065
President & the Reprtblicam - Sat I745 & 2345 on 15685
fatraordinary Science Radio Hour - Mon 0400 on 5065, 7435
The Big Backyard - Oz music, Mon 0630 on 5065, Sat 2200 on I 2 160
Yakov Spivak Show - New live talkshow from New York mbbi, airs Mon-Thu
2 100-2200 on 12160 (Just another ami-govemment show sponsored by coin
prtnieyors (gh)
Worldwide Corm/I)' - moved to 1700- 1900 on 12 160ex- 17525, 1900-2 100
tested 11970 since WINB has 12160 those two hours
(via Adam Lock, WWCR)
Kurr Saxon Sho11 e nded Nov 25, as he was not satisfied with reception on
7435 at 0100-0200 (Lock)
WWCR on 5935 and 5065 produce weak, distorted spurs on 4 I95, 4740 until
0804* (Brian Alexander. PA)
Correction to Dec MTp. 44-WWCR rhombic legs are 375 feet, not 37!

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FREQUENCIES
0900-1000

Australia. Radio

0900-1000vl
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000 vi
0900-1 000
0900-1000
0900-1 000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
09001000
0900-1000
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0900-1000
0900-1ooo as
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0900-0950

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg


Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8TTent Crlc
Bahrain. Radio
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halil ax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio ln11
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela
Costa Rica. RPeace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea. R East Alrica
Finland, YLE/Radio
Germany, Deutsche Welle

09000915 mtwtl
09000915
0900-1000
0900-1 000 vi
0900-1000

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp


Guam. KTWR Agana
Guam. KTWR Agana
Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio

09000948 vi
0900-1000
0900-0920 mlwt1
09000930
0900 1000 mtwhl
0900-1000 mtwtl
09001000
0900 1000 mtwtla
0900 1000 vi
09001000

Kiribati. Radio
Malaysia, Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Ne1herlands. Radio
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Nigeria, FRCNNoice ol
Palau. KHBNNoice ol Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia, Voice ot

0900 1000 vi
0900 1000 vi
09000930
09001 000

Slovakia, AWR
Solomon Islands, SIBC
Switzer1and, Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London

09001000
09001000
0900-1000
0900-1000
09001000
09001000 vi
09001000
09001000
0900-1000 smtwhf
0900-1000
0910-0940
0915-1 000
09200935 sh
09200935 a
09200945 s
09300945 s
09301000
0930-1 000
09301000
0940-0950

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX


USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio ln11
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
Mongolia, A Ulan Bator
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece. Voice ot
Monaco, Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Armenia, Radio Yerevan
Canada, CKZN St John's
Netherlands, Radio
Philippines, FEBC/R Intl
Greece. Voice ol

951Das
15170as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
6005do
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6030do
6130do
6160do
11755pa
5030am
7385am
6135pa
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21650as
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11830pa
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5935am
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January 1995

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Australia. Radio
Australia, VL8A Alice Spg
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crlc
Bahrain. Radio
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada. CFCX Mon1real
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halitax
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, AWA Alajuela
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador, HCJB Qui1o
Eqt Guinea, REast Alrica
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio
Italy, IRAS Milan
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, RTM/Kota Kinaba
Ne1her1ands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Nigeria, FRCNNoice ol
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R ln11
Russia, Voice ol

100011 00
1000-1100 vi
10001015
1000-1100

S Alrica, Channel Alrica


Slovakia, AWA
Uganda, Radio
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London

1000-1100
1000-1100
10001100
10001100
10001100

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX


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

10001100
10001100 vi
10001100
10001100
1000-1100
10001100
1000-1030
1030 11 00 mtwhla
1030-11 00 mtwhl
1030-1055
10301 100
1030-1100
1030-1 100

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL


USA. WHRt Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam, Voice ol
Austria. R Austria ln11
Ethiopia, Radio
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
Malaysia, ATM Kuching
Nether1ands, Radio
UAE, Radio Dubai

9740as
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15575me
17830as

7535eu
9350na
9495am

9720pa

1000-1100
1000-1100vl
1000-1100vl
1000-1100vl
1000-1100
1000-1030 m1whfa
1000-1100
1000-11 00
1000-11 00
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-11 00
1000-1100
1000- 1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100 as
1000-1040
10001100
10001100 vi
1000-1100
10001100
1000-1030
10001100
10001100
10001100
10001100 mtwhla
10001 100vl
10001100
100011 00

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HAUSER'S ll.IGHLIGIITS:

NETHERLANDS
Launching the new year is a six-part series
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Fri 0750, 0950, 1350, 1550, 1850, 2050,
Sat0050, 0350, 1950, i. a.
(RN On Target, USENET via Thurman)

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5970am 9725am
9400am 15030am
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21470al

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7405am 9590am
15120am 15425pa

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9815am

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FREQUENCIES
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Australia, Radio

t 100-1200 vi
11001200vl
1100-1200 vt
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
11001200
11001200
11001130
11001200
t1001130
1100-1150

Australia, VLBA Alice Spg


Australia, VLBK Katherine
Australia, VLBT Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
canada, CFCX Montreal
Ganada, CFRX Toronto
canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Ganada. CKZN St John's
Ganada, CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Georgia. Radio
Germany, Deutsche Welle

1100-1110 as
1100-1200 vi
1100-1130
1100-1200vl
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
t t00-1200 mtwht
1100-1105
1100-1150
1100-1120
1100-1200 mtwhl
1100-1200vt
1100-1200

Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp


Guatemala. AWR
Israel, Kol Israel
Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan, NHK/Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia, RTM/Kota Kinaba
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
North Korea. RPyongyang
Pakistan, Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice ot Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice of

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2485do
2325do
6010do
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6160do
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17890am 21455pa
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11 001115
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-11 30

Rwanda. Radio
S Africa, Channel Africa
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Singapore.A Singapore Int
SwitzMand, Swiss R Intl

1100-1102
11 00-1200

Uganda, Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

1100-1130
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200

United Kingdom.BBC London


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

1100-1200
11 001 200vl
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1120-1130 mtwtta
1130-1 157
11301200
1130-1200
1130-1200
1131 -1152
1145-1200

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL


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

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17755me 17765na

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9590am
11 915am

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15010as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1109

Deu1sche Welle: Arts on the Air. Reports and interviews on


major cultural events and developments.
t 11 5 Radio Japan: Let's Learn Japanese. See S 0315.
t 120 Radio Japan: Media Roundup. See S 0525.
t t 34 Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. An advanced German
language course for English speakers.
11 36 Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. See S 0137.
1150 Radio Japan: Viewpoint. See S 0350.

Mondays
1109

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. Worldwide current


attairs program with a review of the German or European
press.
1130 Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
1134 Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. A program with musical
requests and greetings to friends.
1137 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1140 Radio Japan: Crosscurrents. Radio Japan's mailbag
program.
11 52 Radio Netherlands: Research File. A program ot science and
technology.

1134 Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. See M 1134.


1137 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1143 Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
11 54 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. An in-depth treatment of
one subject or a short series.

Thursdays
1109
1124
11 30
1130
1134
1136
1137
1140
1152

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.


Deutsche Welle: DXers World Meeting (4/5). A program
tor listeners in Africa.
Radio Japan: Japan Diary. See M 1526.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Deutsche \Yelle: Hallo Africa. See M 1134.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Japan: Crosscurrents. See M 1140.
Radio Netherlands: Media Network. Sec H 0152.

Fridays
1109 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
t 130 Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
1134 Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. See M 1134.
t 137 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. Sec S 0037.
1143 Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
11 52 Radio Netherlands: Towards 2000. A focus on the global
aspects of social change.

Saturdays
1109 Deutsche Welle: The Week in Germany. See A 0212.
111 O Radio Japan: This Week. See S 0110.
1120 Deutsche Welle: Mailbag Africa. Listener mail from Africa is
answered.
11 30 Radio Japan: The Week in Review. See A 0330.
11 34 Deutsche Welle: The Jazz Corner. See A 0237.
11 37 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
11 52 Radio Netherlands: Sounds Interesting. See S 0052.

Tuesdays
1109
11 30
1132
1134
11 37

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.


Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: Japan Diary. See M 1526.
Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. See M 1134.
Radio Japan: Japanese Culture Today. Comparing modernday Japan with the customs of old.
11 37 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1145 Radio Japan: When Women Shine. Examples of the
achievements of woment in modern Japan.
1152 Radio Netherlands: Mirror Images. Weekly magazine of
music, the arts, culture, and European festivals.

'

Wednesdays
1109
1130
1130

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 11 09.


Radio Japan: Asian Report. Current events in the AsiaPacific region.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 03 15.

Our thanks to
Do11ald Michael
Cho/eva for
se11dillg this QSL
from Radio France
/11ternational

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January 1995

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63

7:00 AM EST
4:00 AM PST

1200 UTC
FREQUENCIES
1200-1230

Australia, Radio

1200-t 300 vi
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1215
1200-1300
t200-1 300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200- 1300
1200-1300

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg


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

1200-1300
1200-1300
12001300

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl


Ecuador, HCJB Quito
France. Radio France Intl

1200 t 300 vi
12001300 vi
12001300
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1230 tta
12001300
1200-1206 mtwhf
12001230
12001230 s
1200-1300 mtwhl
12001230 a
12001300 vi
12001300

Guatemala, AWR
Italy, IRRS Milan
Jordan, Radio
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, RTM/Kota Kinaba
Mongolia, R Ulan Bator
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Palau, KHBNNoice 01 Hope
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia. Voice of

1200-1300

Singapore. SBC Radio One

5995pa
9610as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
15445na
11940as
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9655na
15440pa
7385am
15115am
9805eu
15195eu
5980ca
7125eu
9560eu
7295do
5980do
7295na
6045eu
9700pa
4990do
11850as
9830as
9830as
4890do
5960eu
9540eu
11 675al
1201sa1
6155do

6060pa
11800pa

9715as

6080pa
t5565as

11 660as

9580pa

11795pa

9400am 15030am
17890am 21455pa
11615na 13625al 15155eu
15365na

12000na
7130eu
7285do
15165au
9675do
71 60na
9550eu
11710as
13370eu

7205na 9470eu
9680eu
9800eu
t 1760eu 11980eu
15190al 15495af

1200-1 300
1200-1300
1200-1230
1200-1300
1200-1300

Singapore,R Singapore Int


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

1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX


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

1200-1300
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300
1200-1300s
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1230
1207-1300 occsnal
12151300
1220-1229 vi
1230-1300

USA, WEWN Birmingham Al


USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMUR Miami Intl
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Uzbekistan, R Tashkent
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Australia. Radio

1230-1300
1230-1300
1230-f300
1230-1300
12301300
1230-1300
1230-1300
1230-1300
12301300
1230-1300
1240-1250

Austria, R Austria Intl


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

9530as
7t80as
6165eu
7130au
6190af
9515na
11760me
15220na
17790af
9815am
7510am
9930as
6095na
61 lOas
15160as
9350na
6040am
7490na
9955am
5065am
5950na
6025eu
9700pa
17595as
4915do
5995pa
15565as
6155eu
9650as
9770as
6150as
11735na
6130do
6000eu
9570as
13775au
10059as
11645al

9535eu
9610as
6195na
9740as
11940af
15310as
17885al
138 15am

7160as
9410eu
9760eu
11750as
12095al 15070eu
15575as 17640eu
21660na

9455na
9645as
9760as
15425as
15695na
9985ca
9850am
13595na

11715as

13845am 15685am
7355na 11790na 11830na
9715eu
13785eu

6060pa

7260as

11780as
13615as
11740as
11730as
11740na
7295do
6060eu
11 740as
15120as
t2025as
15630af

13730na

11800pa

15400na
13670eu
15240as
1501Oas
t5650al

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
12t5
1220
1225
1233
1235
1253

Radio France Int I: Spotlight on Africa. Correspondent reports


and interviews on African affairs.
Radio France Int I: Report on Asia. Correspondent reports
and interviews on Asian affairs.
Radio Netherlands: Program Info. See S 0125.
Radio France Int I: Club 9516. Listener letters are read in this
mailbag program.
Radio Netherlands: They're Playing My Song. See S 0235.
Radio Netherlands: EuroOuest. See S 0253.

Mondays
1225
t 230
t 231
t237
t 238
t240
1245
t247
t247
1250
1252

Radio Netherlands: Press Review. See S 1525.


Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. European press review
focuses on current affairs in other countries of the region.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio France Int I: Sports. Weekend sports results on
Mondays and sports news on Thursdays.
Radio Finland: Economic Comments in the Finnish Press.
Media coverage of business, finance and trade.
Radio Finland: Business Monday. Summary of the previous
week's business news.
Radio France Int I: North/South (biweekly). Focus on a public
activity in France.
Radio France Int I: Planet Earth (biweekly). An interview with
an expert on ecological matters.
Radio Finland: Closeup. Focus on an aspect of life in Finland.
Radio Netherlands: Let's Get to Business. Down-to-earth
program of trade and business with Barry O'Dwyer.

Tuesdays
1225 Radio Netherlands: Press Review. See S 1525.
1230 Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
1231 Radio France Int I: France Today. Current happenings in
France.
1233 Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M t 231.
1237 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
t 240 Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. Editorial opinion and
reports on Finnish and world events.
1240 Radio France Int I: Books. New books, publishing trends. and
authors.

64

MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

1245
1247
1250
1252

Radio Finland: Sports News. News from the world of sports.


Radio France Int I: Science Notes. Developments in the
world of science, technology, and health.
Radio Finland: Northern Lights. A closeup on life in Finland.
Radio Netherlands: Accent on Asia. See T 0152.

Wednesdays
1225 Radio Netherlands: Press Review. See S 1525.
1230 Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
1231 Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
1231 Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M t 231 .
1237 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1240 Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.
1241 Radio France Int I: The Bottom Line. Focus on financial
matters.
1245 Radio Finland: Environmental News. See T 2345.
1247 Radio France Int I: Land of France. A feature on life and
times in France.
1250 Radio Finland: Northern Lights. See T 1250.
1252 Radio Netherlands: Encore!. Reruns of the best programs
from earlier seasons.

Thursdays
1225
1230
1231
1234
1237
1240
1244

Radio Netherlands: Press Review. See S 1525.


Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Radio France Int I: Sports. See M 1238.
Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M 1231 .
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.
Radio France Int I: The Americas Magazine. NEW! Focus on
a subject relating to a country of the western hemisphere.
1245 Radio Finland: Finnish History. See W 2345.
1249 Radio France Int I: Arts in France. Profile on the work of a
French artist or a cultural activity such as music.
1249 Radio France Int I: North/South (biweekly). See M 1247.
1250 Radio Finland: Northern Lights. See T 1250.
1252 Radio Netherlands: Research File. See M 1152.

Fridays
1225
1230

Radio Netherlands: Press Review. See S 1525.


Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.

1231
1237
1240
1241
1245
1248
1250
1254

Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M 1231 .


Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.
Radio France Int I: Film Reel. Interview with an performer or
film maker.
Radio Finland: YLE Media Roundup. The latest news about
satellite broadcasting.
Radio France Int I: Made in France. See H 1447.
Radio Finland: Northern Lights. See T 1250.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. See W 11 54.

Saturdays
1225 Radio Netherlands: EuroPress Review. See A Ot25.
t228 Radio France Int I: Spotlight on Africa. See S t215.
1230 Radio Finland: Compass tlorth. See S 2330.
1237 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1242 Radio Finland: Focus. Sec S 0535.
1247 Radio France Int I: French Lesson. Learn French by radio.
1252 Radio Netherlands: Bats; Balls & Baselines. See A 0252.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS:

PORTUGAL
RDP International Features
Mon, Visitor 's Notebook;
Tue, Musical Kaleidoscope;
Wed, Challenge ofthe 90 's;
Thu, Spotlight on Portugal;
Fri, Listener's Mailbag alternating with
DX Program, Collector 's Comer
- next UT Day 0245 on 9570, 9705 to
us
(via Bob Thomas, C'D

1300 UTC

8:00 AM EST
5:00 AM PST
FREQUENCIES
1300-1400
t3001330
1300-1400 vi
t 300 1400 vi
13001400 vi
1300-1400
1300-1320
t3001330
t300-1400 vi
13001400
13001400
13001400
t 3001 400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400 s
1300-1400
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400
t300-1330
1300-1330
1300-1400vl
1300-1400vl
t 300-1400 mtwhfa
13001400
t3001400
1300-1325
1300-1325
1300-t306 occsnal
1300-t330s
t 300-1400 mtwhf
13001400
1300-t400
1300-1355

Australia, Radio
Australia, Radio
Australia, VLBA Alice Spg
Australia. VLSK Katherine
Australia, VLBT Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Brazil. Radiobras
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada, CBC N Quebec See
Canada. CFCX Montreat
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgal)I
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CK.ZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreat
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Egypt,. Radio Cairo
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Guatemala. AWR
Italy, IRAS Milan
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM/Kota Kinaba
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway, Radio Nof\'lay Intl
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R Intl
Poland, Polish R Warsaw

t3001400
1300-t400

Romania, R Romania Intl


Russia, Voice of

5995pa
6060pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
15445na
9770as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6t60do
6160do
1t855na
9715as
7385am
15115am
t7595as
3366do
5980ca
7t25eu
9960me
7295do
5980do
t5390na
6045eu
9700pa
9590eu
9830as
4890do
1t995as
6135eu
t t815eu
1t940eu
4740as
7160as
7335eu
9830eu
12065na

7240as
6080as

9610as

t1800pa
t300-1400
1300t400
t3001330
13001400

Singapore, SBC Radio One


Singapore.A Singapore Int
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London

1300-1400
t 300 1400 vi
t3001400
t3001400
1300-t400
13001400

USA, KAIJ Oallas TX


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

t3001400
1300-1400
t3001400
t300-1400 s
t3001400
13001400

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL


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

t 3071400 occsnat
t330t400
13301400 s
t330-t400
t330t400 tw
1330- t400
t330t400
1330t400
1330-1400
t330-1400
t330-1355
t330-1400
1330-1400
t345-1400
t3551400 vi

New Zealand. R NZ Intl


Austria, R Austria Intl
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Finland, YLEJRadio
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden, Radio
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
Turkey, Voice of
UAE, Radio Dubai
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Vietnam. Voice of
Vatican State. Vatican R
Liberia, Radio ELBC

11740as

17820na
1t660as 15440pa
9400am t5030am
17890am 21455eu
4915do

7t30eu

9675do
7t45eu

7270eu

15365eu
4795as
7205eu
9540na
1t710as
13370as

17720eu
6000eu
6060eu
7210eu
7295eu
9550eu 9680eu
11765as t1865me
15140eu 15t50as

9525eu

t 5265eu
15560me
6155do
9530as
7250as
6190af
9410eu
t t 75oas
11940af
t531Qas
t7705eu
t7885af
9815am
t1715na
7365as
7510am
6095na
6110as
15160as
9350na
6040am
7490na
9955am
5065am
5950na
t 1970na
9655pa
1545Qas
t3675na
t t735na
4915do
13732as
9895as
t 1650na
6165eu
9675as
13675eu
6020eu
t0059as
t t625as
7275do

15320eu
17720eu

15460cu
17775eu

15470me

7480as
6t95na
9515na
1t760me
12095eu
1542Qaf
17790af
21470af
t3815am

11640as
716Qas
9580as
t 1765as
15070eu
t5575me
t7840na
21660af

13635as
7180as
9740as
t 1820na
15220na
17640eu
1788Qaf

9760as

11805as

9455na
9645as
15425as
15695na
9930am
13595na

t5105am

9475am
9705na
13695af

13845am t5685am
11550na 11830na

15400na

17740na

1512Qas
13700as
15240na
9535eu
15320eu
97t5eu
t2025as
12050as

t5150as

15395as
13785cu
t50toas
t5585pa

21605as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
t335
1336
1343
1351

Radio Finland: Russian/Baltic Affairs in the Finnish Press.


Media comments about Finland's neighbors.
Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. See S 0137.
Radio Finland: Starting Finnish. Finnish language lessons
for English speakers.
Radio Finland: Nunti Latini. The only program on shortwave
in Latin.

Mondays
1308
t310
t 330
t337
1337
t 340
t345
1350
t352

Radio Netherlands: From Sapphire to Laser. NEW! Robert


Green takes an issue and illustrates how composers have
tackled the subject.
Rado Canada lnt'I: The Mailbag. See S t437.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Radio Canada lnt'I: Innovation Canada. See S 0307.
Rado Netherlands: Newstine. See S 0037.
Radio Finland: Economic Comments in the Finnish Press.
See M 1240.
Radio Finland: Business Monday. See M t245.
Radio Finland: Closeup. See M 1250.
Radio Netherlands: Research File. See M 1t52.

Tuesdays
1310
t330
t 337
t340
t345
1350
t352

Radio Canada Int'!: As It Happens. See M 2330.


Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.
Radio Finland: Sports News. See T 1245.
Radio Finland: Northern lights. See T t 250.
Radio Netherlands: Accent on Asia. See T 0152.

Wednesdays
1310
t330
1337
1340
t345
t 350
1354

Radio Canada Int'!: As It Happens. See M 2330.


Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Radio Netherlands: Newstine. See S 0037.
Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.
Radio Finland: Environmental News. See T 2345.
Radio Finland: Northern Lights. See T 1250.
Radio Netherlands: Documental)I. See W 1154.

Thursdays
t310 Radio Canada Int'!: As It Happens See M 2330.
t330 Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
1337 Radio Netherlands: Newslinc. See S 0037.
1340 Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T t 240.
1345 Radio Finland: Finnish Histol)I. See W 2345.
t350 Radio Finland: Northern Lights. See T 1250.
t352 Radio Netherlands: Media Network. See H 0152.

Fridays
1310 Radio Canada Int'!: As It Happens. See M 2330.

1330
t 337
1340
t345
1350
1352

Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.


Radio Netherlands: Newstine. See S 0037.
Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.
Radio Finland: YLE Media Roundup. See F 1245.
Radio Finland: Northern Lights. See T 1250.
Radio Netherlands: Towards 2000. See F 1152.

Saturdays

1330
t337
1342
1352

Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.


Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Finland: Focus. See S 0535.
Radio Netherlands: Sounds Interesting. See S 0052.

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January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

65

1400 UTC

9:00 AM EST
6:00 AM PST

FREQUENCIES
14001430

Australia, Radio

14001500 vi
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500 vi
14001500
1400-1430 mtwhfa
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500 s
1400-1500
1400-1430
1400-1500
1400-1420
1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1425 smtwh
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg


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

1400-1500 mtwhfa
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500 s
1400-1500
1400-1 500 occsnal
1400-1405
1400-1430 mtwhf
1400-1500
14001500

Lebanon. Wings of Hope


Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, RTM Kuching
Malaysia, RTM/Kota Kinaba
Malta, V of Mediterranean
Morocco. RTV Marocaine
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Philippines, FEBC/R Intl
Russia. Voice of

5995pa
11800pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
13675na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11955na
7405na
15115am
71 lOeu
3366do
9370as
5980ca
13732as
15640na
7125eu
9535na
11915as
9960me
7295do
7160do
5980do
11925eu
17595af
9895as
9655pa
4990do
9830as
11995as
5960as
7185eu
9635as

7240pa

17820na
9785as
21455eu
12030eu
4915do

9610pa

11815as

9710pa

15165as

13700as

11705na 11840as

15150as

7285do
6000eu
7210as
9810eu

14001500
1400-1500vl
t400-1500
1400-1500

USA, KAtJ Dallas TX


USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, VOA Washington DC

1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
t415-1500 mtwtfa
1430-1500

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL


USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Bhutan, Bhutan BCService
Australia. Radio

1430-1500

Canada. RCI Montreal

1430-1500
t430-1500
14301500 s
14301455
1430-1500
1430-1500
14301500
1435-1445
t445-1500

Ecuador, HCJB Quito


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

17560me

15120as
15650au
9750as

14001500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1420
14001500

15560na
Singapore, SBC Radio One
Slovakia, AWR
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Turkey, Voice of
United Kingdom.BBC London

6060eu
7350as
9830na

6065as
9550na
11760na

11925na
15205na
17780af
6155do
9455af
5975as
9675as
5990as
9515na
11 750as
15070eu
15575me
17840af
13815am
11715na
7510na
6110as
15160as
7425na
6040am
7490na
9955am
5065am
9705na
5025do
5995pa
9710pa
11800pa
9555me
17820af
6080do
11 735na
3366do
11 775eu
5990do
11 775as
11 650na
15650na
7295na

12015as
15265na

12065eu
15450na

15140as
15465eu

7275as

11740as

6195as
9660eu
11820as
15260af
17640af
17880af
15725am

7180as
9740as
11940af
1531 0me
17705eu
21660af

9410eu
9750eu
12095eu
15400af
17790al

7215as
15205as

9645as
15395as

9760as
15425as

9930am
13595na

15105am

13845am 15685am
11550na t 1830na t7760na
6060pa
9770as

6080pa
11660as

11935me 15315af

7260as
11695pa
15325me

17890am 21455eu
15400na 17740na
7185do
15335as 17720as
15240na
17520na
12ooona

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1410
1411
1418
1425
1425
1432
1435
1437
1450
1453
1455

Radio Japan: Let's Learn Japanese. See S 0315.


Radio Canada lnt'I: Sunday Morning. A magazine program
covering virtually everything under the sun .
Radio France Int I: Spotlight on Africa. See S 1215.
Radio Japan: Media Roundup. See S 0525.
Radio Netherlands: Program Info. See S 0125.
Radio France Int I: Club 9516. See S 1233.
Radio Netherlands: They're Playing My Song. See S 0235.
Radio Canada lnt'I: The Mailbag. Listener letters, musical
selections, and happenings in Canada.
Radio Japan: Viewpoint. See S 0350.
Radio Netherlands: EuroOuest. See S 0253.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Mondays
1410
14 t 5
1420
1425
1431
1437
1438
1440
1446
1446
1452
1455

Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. Five minutes of current


Asian news.
Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Spectrum. See M 0520.
Radio Netherlands: Program Info. See S 0125.
Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M t231.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio France Int I: Sports. See M 1238.
Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. A weekday magazine program
of current affairs, features. and a business report.
Radio France Int I: North/South (biweekly). See M 1247.
Radio France Int I: Planet Earth (biweekly). See M 1247.
Radio Netherlands: Let's Get to Business. See M 1252.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop In. See S 0155.

Tuesdays
1410 Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.
1415 Radio Japan: Enjoy Japanese. See T 0520.
1425 Radio Netherlands: Program Info. See S 0125.
1431 Radio France Int I: France Today. See T 1231.
1433 Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
1437 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1440 Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. See M 1440.
1440 Radio France Int I: Books. See T 1240.
1447 Radio France Int I: Science Notes. See T 1247.

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t 452
t 455

Radio Netherlands: Mirror Images. See T 1152.


Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop In. See S Ot 55.

Wednesdays
I 410
t 415
t420
t425
t431
t437
t439

Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.


Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Spectrum. See M 0520.
Radio Netherlands: Program Info. See S 0125.
Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio France Int I: Counterpoint. A specific human rights
issue is examined.
t440 Radio Canada Int'!: Spectrum. See M 1440.
1446 Radio France Int I: Land of France. See W 1247.
1452 Radio Netherlands: Encore!. See W 1252.
t455 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S0155.

Thursdays

1410 Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.


t41 5 Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
t 420 Radio Japan: Enjoy Japanese. See T 0520.
t 425 Radio Netherlands: Music Break. See S 0225.
t431 Radio France Int I: Sports. See M 1238.
t433 Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M t231.
t 437 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
t440 Radio Canada Int'!: Spectrum. See M t440.
t441 Radio France Int I: Arts in France. See H 1249.
1447 Radio France Int I: Made in France. A review of something
very French.
t 452 Radio Netherlands: Research File. See M 1152.
t 455 Radio Japan: Tokyo Popln. See S 0155.

Fridays
t410
t 415
1420
t 421
t425
1431
t435

Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.


Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: The Travel and Book Beat. The weekly
magazine program that focuses on tourism and literature.
Radio Japan: Japan Travelogue. See F 0521.
Radio Netherlands: Program Info. See S 0125.
Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Radio Japan: Short Story. See F 0535.

1437
1440
1441
144 1
1445
t446
1452
1455

Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.


Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. See M 1440.
Radio France Int I: Drumbeat (biweekly). See T 1647.
Radio France Int I: Silk Roads (biweekly). See T 1647.
Radio Japan: Book Review. See F 0545.
Radio France Int I: Film Reel. See F124 t .
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. See W 11 54.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Saturdays
1410
1425

Radio Japan: This Week. See S Ot 10.


Radio France Int I: Focus on France. Zooming in on a French
news item.
1425 Radio Netherlands: Music Break. See S 0225.
1432 Radio France Int I: Report on Asia. See S 1220.
1437 Radio Canada lnt'I: Innovation Canada. See S 0307.
1437 Radio Net.herlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1444 Radio France Int I: French Lesson. See A 1247.
1447 Radio Japan: Music Gallery. See S 0147.
1452 Radio Netherlands: Bats: Balls & Baselines. See A 0252.

HAUSER'S liiGHLIGHTS:

SWITZERLAND
SRI reswned features during Saturday Newsnets,
plus ITT Suns 0112-0125 and 0412-0425 on 9905,
9885, 6135
Mailbag Capital Lelters 2nd and 4th Sats sends
bouquets by Interflora.to three lucky participants
Name Game quiz on first Sat;
Sounds Good Swiss rock music 3rd Sat (gh, WOR)
Sometimes missing frO'mUT Sun 0412 repeat . .
(Kevin Hecht)

SRI news reports its budget has been maintained by


raising the annual license fee. (Joe Hanlon, PA)

1500 UTC

10:00 AM EST
7:00 AM PST
FREQUENCIES
1500-1600

Australia, Radio

1500-1600 vi
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 s
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1550

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg


Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
canada, CBC N Quebec See
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Germany. Deutsche Welle

1500-1600
1500-1600 mt
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600v1
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 mtwhfa
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1515
1500-1525
1500-1600 occsnal
1500-1530
1500-1600
15001600
15001600
15001530

Guam, KSDA/AWR
Guam. KTWR Agana
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
Italy, AWR Europe
Italy, IRRS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia. RTM/Kota Kinaba
Malta, V of Medilerranean
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Nigeria. FRCNNoice of
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl

5995pa
9710pa
11 800pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11 955na
7405na
6080do
719Saf
17800af
9370as
11580as
15250as
7230eu
7125eu
9535na
9560eu
9960me
7295do
7160do
5980do
11925eu
7295as
9895as
9655pa
4990do
7255af
9965as
11995as
11775as

6060pa
9770as

6080pa
11 660as

7260as
11 695pa

1500-1600

Russia, Voice of

15001600
1500-1550
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500- 1530
1500 1600

S Africa, Channel Africa


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

1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600

USA. KAIJ Dallas Tl<


USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, VOA Washington DC

1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1525-1530 twhf
1530- 1600
1530-1545
1530-1600
15301600 mtwhf
1530 1600

USA, WCSN Scotts Cor ME


USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Philippines. Ventas Asia
Austria, R Austria Intl
India. All India Radio
Ne1herlands. Radio
Portugal. Radio
Russia. Voice of

1540 1555 asm


15451600

Philippines. Veritas Asia


Vatican State. Vatican R

17820na
11815as 15165as
9785as
151 15am 17490eu 21455eu
9735af
1196Saf 1514Saf

9750as

12000as
13700as

1195Sas

15150as

7285do

15335as

17720as

15355af

4740as
7115na
7330eu
9835na
12015eu
15320as
7225af
9810as
11870as
6155do
9455af
9720as
9885as
5990as
9410eu
11940af
15310as
17840na
21660af
13815am
7510na
9930as
61 10as
9700as
15665eu
7425na
13760am
7490na
13845am
11830na
15140as
6155eu
7140as
9895as
21515me
6005af
9800eu
15140as
9500as

4795as
7165eu
7360eu
9885na
12065me
15465eu

4940as
5935eu
7180eu
7295eu
9575eu 9635eu
11765as 11825af
15205na 15265ns
15480as

11870as

15425as
12075as 13635as
7180as
6190af
619Sas
11 750as
9515na 9740as
1209Seu 15070af 15260na
15400af 15420al 17705eu
17880af 21470af 21490af
15725am
7125as
9760as

721 Sas
9645as
1520Sme 15395as

15105am
13595na
15685am
15215na 17760ca
9880me
7412as
15150as

11780as
9910as

13730eu
11670me

6110af

7150af

7205eu

11640as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1505
1509
1510
1518
1525
1534
1536
1550
1555

Radio Canada ln1'1: Sunday Morning (Centerpoint). A


fea1ure program segment of the CBC Sunday Morning
program.
Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S 0137.
Radio Japan: Hello from Tokyo. See S 0310.
Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. In-depth
interviews with prominent German journalists.
Radio Netherlands: Press Review. Summary of items in
the Dutch media.
Deutsche Welle: Hits in Germany. The German pop scene
for listeners in Africa.
Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. See S 0137.
Radio Japan: Viewpoint. See S 0350.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Mondays

1508 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1t09.


1508 Radio Netherlands: From Sapphire to Laser. See M 1308.
1510 Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.
1515 Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
1519 Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 0515.
1525 Radio Netherlands: Press Review. See S 1525.
1526 Radio Japan: Japan Diary. An interesting segment of the
Magazine Hour about life in Japan.
1528 Deutsche Welle: Weekend Sport. All the latest scores of
the seasonal matches.
1538 Deutsche Welle: Monday Special. Interview or report on
events or developments in African affairs.
1538 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1552 Radio Netherlands: Research File. See M 1152.
1555 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Tuesdays
1508
1510
1515
1519
1525
1526
1530
1533

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.


Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 0515.
Radio Netherlands: Press Review. See S 1525.
Radio Japan: Japan Diary. See M 1526.
Radio Japan: Japanese Culture Today. See T 1137.
Deutsche Welle: Insight. A weekly analysis of major

developments on the international scene.


1538 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1544 Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
1553 Radio Netherlands: Composing ...My Life! . A series of
music programs highlighting the work of con1emporary
Dutch composers
1555 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 0155.

Wednesdays
1508
1510
1515
1519
1525
1525
153 1
1534
1538
1543
1554
1555

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 11 09.


Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Japan Diary. See M 1526.
Radio Netherlands: Press Review. See S 1525.
Radio Japan: Asian Report. See W 1130.
Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. See M 0118.
Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. See W 1154.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S01 55.

Thursdays
1508
1510
1515
1519
1525
1525
153 1
1534
1538
1543
1552
1555

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.


Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Japan: News Commentary. Sec M 05 15.
Radio Japan: Japan Diary. See M 1526.
Radio Netherlands: Press Review. See S 1525.
Radio Japan: Crosscurrents. See M 11 40.
Deutsche Welle: Spotlight on Sport. Weekly magazine
program with background stories and coverage al
important events.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands: Media Network. See H 0152.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See S0155.

Fridays
1508
1510

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. Sec M 1109.


Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.

1515
1519
1525
1525
1534
1538
1543
1552
1555

Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.


Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 0515.
Radio Japan: Japan Diary. See M 1526.
Radio Netherlands: Press Review. See S 1525.
Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See T 0333.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands: Towards 2000. See F 1152.
Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop In. See S 0155.

Saturdays
1509
1510
1522
1523
1523
1525
1530
1533
1538
1551

Deutsche Welle: Africa in 1he German Press. See M 0432.


Radio Japan: This Week. See S 0110.
Radio Japan: Japan Scene. See A 0622.
Deutsche Welle: Focus on Development (biweekly). Reports
and Interviews on projects and progress in Africa and Asia.
Deutsche Welle: Woman on the Move (biweekly). A magazine
promoting in1ercultural unders1anding and portraying the role
of women in society.
Radio Netherlands: EuroPress Review. See A 0125.
Radio Japan: The Week in Review. See A 0330.
Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology. See M 1634.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Sounds Interesting. See S0052.

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__.J!- _; ;'
FREQUENCIES

1600-1700
1600-1630

Algeria, R Algiers ln11


Australia. Radio

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

Australia, VLSA Alice Spg


Australia, VLSK Kalherine
Australia, VLST Ten1Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Canada, CBCN Quebec See
Canada, CFCX Monlreal
Canada. CFRX Toronl o
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RCI
China, China Radio ln11
Ecuador, HCJB Ouilo
Elhiopia. Radio
France. Radio France ln11

1600-1650

Germany, Deulsche Welle

1600-1615 ml
1600-1700 v1
1600-1630
1600-1630 mtwhfa
1600-1700
1600-1625
1600-1649 occsnal
1600-1700
1600-1630

Guam. KTWR Agana


Italy, IRRS Milan
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ lnll
Nigeria. FRCNNoice of
Pakistan, Radio

1600-1 700

Russia, Voice of

1600-1700
1600-1700

S Africa. Channel Africa


Singapore. SBC Radio One

11715eu
5995pa
9710pa
11800pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11 955na
11575af
6080do
7165af
6175eu
12015af
6170as
9585as
11580as
7125eu
9560eu
9960me
7295do
9895as
9655pa
7255af
9470me
15675af
4740as
6000eu
71SOna
7350eu
9830af
15205na
7225af
6155do

17745eu
6060pa
9770as

6080pa
7260as
11660pa 11695pa

17820na
1511 0af
15350eu
9560af
9485eu
15530me
7225as
11795as

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

Slovakia, AWR
Soulh Korea, R Korea ln11
Sri Lanka, SL8C Colombo
Swaziland. Trans World R
UAE, Radio Dubai
Unil ed Kingdom.BBC London

1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX


USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monilor Radio ln11
USA, VOA Washinglon DC

1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700

USA. WCSN Scotts Cor ME


USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRNO New Orteans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

15130al
21455eu
11700al

11995eu

7305as

9525as

15150as
11 570af
17660as
4975as
6015eu
7180as
7370eu
9890eu
15265af
15240af

13590af

15555as

5935na
6055eu
7205na
7380as
12015eu
15320as

5950eu
61l Oeu
7335as
9550na
15105af
17780eu

1630-1700

Australia. Radio

1630-1700
1630-1700
1630-1700
1630-1700
1630-1700
1630-1700

Austria. R Austria lnll


Canada, RGI Monlreal
Egyp1. Radio Cairo
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Russia. Voice of
United Kingdom.BBC London

1640-1650 s
1645-1700
1650-1700 mtwhf

Rwanda. Radio
Tajikistan, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ ln11

9455al
5975as
9720as
9500af
11795af
3915as
7160as
9740as
15070af
17640af
21660af
13815am
15590am
6120as
21640af
3970al
9700as
13710al
15395as
17895af
15665eu
13615na
13760am
15715eu
7490na
15420na
13845am
11830na
21525af
6060pa
9860pa
11780as
7150as
15255af
4760do
7380as
3255af
9630af
6055do
7245as
9655pa

11610af
9515a1
15425as

9870a1

13675eu
5990as
9410eu
11750as
15260na
17840af

15435eu
6190af
9515na
11940af
15310as
17880af

21605eu
6195eu
9580as
12095eu
15400af
21470af

7125as
11920af
15225al
15445af

9645as
12040af
15320af
17785al

15725am

61l Oas
9760as
15205as
15410af
15695eu
15105am
13595na

15685eu
15215na 15566eu
21745eu
6080pa
7260as
11660pa 11695pa

17760na
9710pa
11800pa

9550as
9550eu
5965as
15420af

9575eu
5975as

9890eu
7180as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1605
1609
1618
1632
1634

Radio Canada lnl'I: Sunday Morning. See S 1411.


Deutsche Welle: Arts on the Air. See S 1109.
Radio France Int f: Report on Asia. See S 1220.
Radio France ln1 I: Club 9516. See S 1233.
Deulsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1134.

Mondays
1609 Deu1Sche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
1631 Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M 1231 .
1634 Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology. Magazine
program presenting new developments in science and
1echnology.
1638 Radio France Int I: Sports. See M 1238.
1646 Radio France Int I: North!South (biweekly). See M 1247.
1646 Radio France Int I: Planet Earth (biweekly). See M 1247.

Tuesdays
1609 Deu1Sche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
1611 Radio France Intl: France Today. See T 1231.
1631 Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
1634 Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. Various topics
relating to the environment in industrial and developing
countries.
1641 Radio France Int t: Books. See T 1240.
1647 Radio France Int I: Drumbeat (biweekly). African feature.
1647 Radio France Int I: Silk Roads (biweekly). Focus on South
Asia.

Wednesdays
1609
1634
164 1
1647

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.


Deutsche Welle: Insight. See T 1533.
Radio France Int I: The Bottom Line. See W 1241 .
Radio France Int I: Land of France. See W 1247.

Thursdays
1609
1630
1632
1634

68

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.


Radio France Int I: Sports. See M 1238.
Radio France Int I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Deutsche Welle: Living In Germany. See M 0118.

MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

1641
1646

Fridays
1609
1631
1634
1640
1640
1646

Deulsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.


Radio France ln1 I: RF! Europe. See M 1231.
Deutsche Welle: Spo11ight on Sport. See H 1534.
Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S 0137.
Radio France Int I: Made in France. See H 1447.
Radio France ln1I: Film Reel. See F 1241.

Saturdays
1609
1623
1624
1631
1645

HAUSER'S IIIGHLIGIITS:

Radio France In! I: Arts in France. See H 1249.


Radio France Int I: Science Notes. See T 1247.

Deutsche Welle: lnternalional Talking Point. See S 0416.


Oeulsche Welle: Developmen1 Forum. Reports and
inlerviews on projecls and progress in Africa and Asia.
Radio France ln1I: Focus on France. See A 1425.
Radio France ln1I: Spolligh1on Africa. See S 1215.
Radio France ln1 I: French Lesson. See A 1247.

CUBA
English Language
Time

Freq

2100-2200
11720
2200-2300
6160
0100-0500
6000, 9830 (USB)
0200-0700
9820
0400-0500
6180
This is contrary to preliminary schedule published
last month. Frequency clashes with Canada and
South Afn'ca at 0300-0400. 9830 USB-may be
extended to 0700;
(Amie Coro, RHC via George Thurman, Kevin
Hecht, Jim Moats)

Spanish I.a11g11age

Your Name
in Lights!
... or at least in ink
within the Monitoring Times Shortwave
Guide. Please send us your "best catches"
on the worldwide s hortwave bands QS Ls, that is - and we will try to use
them in future issues of M T Enclose
SASE and your QS Ls wi ll be returned.

11 00-1 300
11 00-1 500
1200-1300
1200-1400
2100-2300
0000-0200
0000-0400
0000-0500

6180, 11860
11760
9550
9505
1nos, 11740, 9a20-us e
9820,6180
11970
11865, 11760,9550, 9505,
6060

(RHC En Contacto)

DXers Unlimited times changed to within these halfhours:

Sat 2130,2230
Sun 0230, 0430, 0630
Tu e 2130, 2230
Wed 0130, 0330, 0530
(John Norfol k, Review of International Broadcasting)

1700 UTC

1800 UTC

f
I

12:00 PM EST/9:00 AM PST

; ;

1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST

FREQUENCIES
1700-1715
1700-1800
1700-1800

Albania, A Tirana Intl


Auslralia. ADF Radio
Auslralia. Radio

1700-1 800 vi
1700-1800 vi
1700-1800 vi
1700-1800
1700-1 800
1700-1 BOO vi
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
t700-1800
1700-1727
1700-1800
t700-1800
t700-1 800 v1
1700-1730
1700-1800
1700-1800 vi
f700-1 800
1700-1713 m1whfa
1700-1800
1700-1800 mtwhf
1700-1800
1700-1750
1700-1800

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg


Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8TTenl Crk
Azerbaijan. Voice of
Bahrain. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec See
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. A Peace Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Egypt, Radio Cairo
EQt Guinea, Radio Africa
France, Radio France Intl
lraQ, Radio lraQ Intl
Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan, NHK/Radio
Lebanon, Voice of
Liberia, Radio ELWA
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Pakistan. Radio
Russia. Voice of

1700-1800
1700-1800'11
1700-1715
1700-1730
1700-1720
1700-1800

S Africa. Channel Africa


Slovakia. AWA
Swaziland, Trans World A
Switzerland. Swiss A Intl
Uganda. Radio
United Kinodom,BBC London

1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX


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

t 700-1 800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800 smlwhf
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1705-1800
1715-1730 mlwhfa
1715-1730
1720-1730 mtwtf
1730-1800
1730-1800
1730-1800

USA, WCSN Scotts Cor ME


USA. WF:WN Birmingham AL
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Swaziland, Trans World A
Vatican Stale, Vatican A
Estonia, Estonian Radio
Netherlands, Radio
Romania, RRomania Intl
Russia, Voice of

1730-1745
1730-1800
1745-1800mtwtf

Sweden, Radio
Vatican Slate, Valican A
Canada, RCI Montreal

1745-1800

India, All India Radio

7155eu
10375af
6060pa
9710pa
11880pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
7160eu
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
7405af
7385am
5930as
6080do
t5255af
7200af
9485eu
15250as
7125eu
6150na
6550eu
4760do
9655pa
3326do
7485eu
7115eu
7330eu
9550na
9890eu
7225af
7270as
7120af
6205af
4976do
3255af
6190af
9515na
11940af
15400af
13815am
15590am
7425as
21640af
6040eu
9645as
12040af
15410af
17612af
t3615na
13760am
15715eu
7490na
9465eu
15420am
13845am
15566eu
3366do
7120af
6245eu
5925eu
6020af
11830af
7105eu
13670af
6065eu
7305af
5995me
17820eu
7412eu
11935af

9760eu
10429af
6080pa
9860pa

9570af
9400am
7345eu
15490eu

10458af 10650af
7260as
9580pa
11660pa 11695pa

11575af
15030am 17905am
9420me
17490pa

11700af
9535na

9580as

4990do
11570eu
7170eu
7180eu
7370eu 9505eu
9575eu 9725as
11825na 15385as

1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
18001900
1800-1900
18001900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1827
1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1900 vi
1800-1830
1800-1900

Brazil, Radiobras
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. A Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB Ouilo
Egypt. Radio Cairo
EQI Guinea. Radio Africa
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio

1800-1900 vi
1800-1900
1800-1900
18001900
1800-t 830
1800-1849 mlwhf
1800-t830
1800-1830 s
1800-1855
1800-1900

llaly. IRAS Milan


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

1800-1900 vi
1800-1900 irreg
1800-1900
1800-1845
1800-1900

13670af
Slovakia. AWA
Sudan, Sudan Natl BC
Swaziland, Trans World R
Swaziland. Trans World R
United Kingdom.BBC London

1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX


USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, VOA Washington DC

1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-t845
1800-1900
1800-1900
1815-1900
1830-1855
1830-1900

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL


USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA, WINS Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Yemen, Yemeni Rep Radio
Bangladesh, Radio
Moldova, A Moldova Intl
Netherlands, Radio

1830-1845
1830-1900
1840-1850 mtwhfa
1845-1900
1845-1900 irreg s
1850-1900

Rwanda, Radio
Sweden. Radio
Greece. Voice of
Armenia, Radio Yerevan
Mali, RDlV Malienne
New Zealand, A NZ Intl

11930as

7205eu
9530na
9860na

9450as
9885af

13635me

3915as
6195eu
9630af
12095af
15420af
15725am

5975as
7160me
974Qas
15070af
17830af

6t10as
9700eu
13710af
15445af

7125as
9760af
15205as
17895af

6180eu
94 l Oeu
11750as
15260af
17880af

721Sas
11920af
15395as

15695eu
15105am
13595na
15685eu
17760na
7250eu

9645eu

9605af
15340af
7340eu

11 655af
15365af
9520na

17805a1
9720eu

9695af
7260eu

9725af
11945eu

11625af
13650eu

9650me
1375Qas

9950me

11620eu

10429af
6080pa
11695pa

10458af 10650al
9580pa 9860pa
11 BBOpa

15268eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
7385am
5930eu
6080do
15255af
7200af
3366do
7412eu
11935af
7125eu
4935do
11990na
4760do
6020af
9655pa
3326do
7120eu
5995eu
4740as
6110me
7205eu
9530eu
9880eu

9400am 15030am 17905am


7345eu
9420eu
15490eu 21455eu

9455af
9200af
3200af
9500af
3255af
6190af
9630af
15070af
17880af
13815am
15385na
15590am
13625as
9370eu
4985af
11920af
15580af
13615na
9495am
15715eu
7490na
9465eu
15420am
13845am
15566eu
17760na
9780do
7190eu
7235eu
6015af
9895af
6055do
6065eu
15650af
4810eu
4783do
11 735pa

4915do
9650me
1375Qas

9950me

9605af

11 655af

4990do
11930af
7270eu
4940eu
7105na
734Qas
9550eu
9890eu

7285eu
5995eu
7170na
7370eu
9575eu
11825as

6055eu
7180as
9505as
9860eu
11945as

5975as
6195eu
9740me
15400af

6005af
711 0as
11 940af
15420af

6180eu
941 0eu
12095af
17830af

11620eu

15725am

21640af
6040eu
9700eu
12040af 13680af
17800af 17895af
15695eu
13760eu

9760eu
1371Qaf

13595na
15685am 17525am

9647eu
6020af
15315af

9605af
17605af

9655af
17525af
4990eu
4835do

13690me
5930eu
5995do

9860af

6065eu

1800 UTC
1800-1 900
1800-1900
1800-1900

Algiers, A Algiers Intl


Australia. ADF Radio
Australia, Radio

1800-1900 v1
1800-1900 vi
1800-1900

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg


Auslralia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio

11715eu
10375af
6060pa
1166Qas
2310do
2325do
6010do

P. AlJ I O AUSlR/,L I A. A.

11 r

N I LD ch N ( S~ so r:~ rY

Yes, Donald Clzoleva scored this Radio A ustralia QSL, too!


January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

69

1900 UTC

2000 UTC

2:00 PM EST/11 :00 PM PST

3:00 PM EST/12:00 PM PST


FREQUENCIES

1900-1930
1900-2000 mtwhf
1900-2000

1900-1910 mtwhfa
1900-1945

Albania. Rnrana Intl


Argentina. RAE
Australia, Radio
7260as
9560as
11880pa
Australia, VLSA Alice Spg
Australia, VLSK Katherine
Australia. VLST Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Bangladesh. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Brazil, Radiobras
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle
11810af
11865af
Greece, Voice of
India, All India Radio

1900-2000 vi
1900-2000

Italy, IRAS Milan


Japan, NHK/Radio

1900-2000
19002000
1900-2000
1900-1925

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp


Kuwait, Radio
Liberia, Radio ELWA
Netherlands, Radio

1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1930 s
1900-2000 vi
1900-2000
1900-2000

1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000 a
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1910-1920
1930-2000
1930-2000
1930-2000
1930-2000

New Zealand, R NZ Intl


Nigeria. FRCNNoice of
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania, R Romania Intl
Russia, Voice of
6110eu
7150eu
7275eu
7340as
9575eu
9800na
13670eu 15205af
Rwanda. Radio
Slovakia. AWR
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Spain. RExlerior Espana
Swaziland, Trans World R
Thailand. Radio
Uganda, Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London
7160me
9410eu
15070af
15400af
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTSN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, VOA Washington DC
9700af
9760af
15180pa
15410af
USA, WCSN Scotts Cor ME
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WRMVR Miami lnll
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Botswana. Radio
Austria. R Austria Intl
Finland. YLE/Radio
Iran, VOIRI Tehran
Netherlands, Radio

1930-2000
1930-2000
1930-2000
1930-2000 a
1930-2000 s
1935-1955
1940-2000
19452000 t

Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia


Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl
South Korea, R Korea Intl
Uganda, Radio
USA. WRMVR Miami Intl
Italy, RAI Rome
Mongolia, R Ulan Bator
Belarus. Belarussian R

1900-2000 vi
1900-2000 vi
1900-2000 vi
1900-2000
1900-1945
1900-1930
1900-1918
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000 vi
1900-1950

1900-1915
1900-2000 vi
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1915
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000 as
1900-2000
19002000
1900-2000

70

MONITORING TIMES

7230eu
15345eu
6060pa
9580pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
7190as
5910eu
15268eu
7305eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9440af
7385am
6080do
7200af
7110af
13790af
7450eu
7412eu
11935af
7125eu
6150as
11850au
4935do
11990eu
4760do
6015af
9895af
11735pa
7255af
5960eu
4890do
9690eu
4740as
7170eu
7400as
9860as
6055af
9455as
5975as
11775af
3200af
9655eu
4976do
3255af
9630af
17830af
13815am
15590am
17775am
13625as
9370eu
3980eu
11 870as
15445af
17612af
13615na
9495am
11915eu
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
12160eu
17760af
3356af
5945eu
6120eu
9022me
6020af
11655af
6100eu
5915eu
7250eu
4976do
9955am
7275eu
7295na
5940eu

January 1995

9730eu
6080pa
9860pa

6150as
11660pa

7240pa
11695pa

9647do
9925af
9700eu

11 515af
9400am
15490eu

15030am 17905am
17490eu 21455eu

9665af
15145af
9380eu
9650me
13750as

9765af
15425af

11785af

9950me

11620eu

7140au

9535na

9580au

6020af
15315af

9605af
17605af

7215pa

9590af

9750eu
5995eu
7180na
9505eu
9890eu

11810eu
6005as
7205eu
9530af
11825as

3240af
9700eu
11855eu
5026do
6180eu
6195eu
9740me 11955as
17880af
15725am

f 7510af
6040eu
11920af
15580af

7415af
12040af
17800af

9860af

11940eu
6055eu
7210eu
9550eu
11945eu

11905eu
7110as
12095af

9525pa
13710af

15695eu 18930sa
13760eu
13595na

13845am 15685am 17525am


4830af
6155eu
9730eu
11790me
9605af
15315af
9720eu
7345eu

7255af
9880me
11755eu
9860af
17605af

13730af
9895af

2000-2100

Australia, Radio

2000-2100 vi
2000-2100 vi
2000-2f00 vi
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100

Australia, VLSA Alice Spg


Australia. VLSK Katherine
Australia. VLST Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
canada, CFCX Montreal
canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl

2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2t00 vi
2000-2050
2000-2030
2000-2030
2000-2100
2000-2030

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl


Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Hungary, Radio Budapest
Indonesia, Voice of
Israel, Kol Israel

2000-2100vl
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2 100
2000-2030
2000-2010
2000-2025

Italy, IRAS Milan


Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwai1. Radio
Liberia, Radio ELWA
Lithuania, Radio Vilnius
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Netherlands, Radio

2000-2050
2000-2005
2000-2100
2000-2100 vi
2000-2030 mtwhf
2000-2100

2000-2100 vi
2000-2100 vi
2000-2045 s
2000-2030

New Zealand, R NZ lnll


Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Nigeria, FRCNNoice of
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Ponugal. Radio
Russia. Voice of
6055eu
6085eu
7400eu
7420na
9800na
9860na
12015na 13670as
Slovakia. AWR
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland, Swiss R lnll

2000-2002
2000-2030
2000-2100

Uganda, Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London
Untted Kingdom.BBC London

2000-2100
2000-2100 vi
2000-2100
2000-2100 as
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2t00
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
20002100
2000-2100
2000-2045
2000-2100
2000-2030
2005-2100
2015-2045 s
2025-2045
2030-2100
2030-2100
2030-2100 mtwhfa
2030-2100
2030-2100

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX


USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA, KWHR Naalehu Hf
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC
9700eu
9760af
t5445af
t5580af
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State, Vatican R
Syria, Radio Damascus
Swaziland, Trans World R
Italy. RAI Rome
Egypt, Radio Gairo
Netherlands. Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Poland, Polish R Warsaw
Russia, Voice of

2030-2045
2030-2100
2045-2100

Thailand, Radio
Vietnam, Voice of
India, All India Radio

2050-2100
2051-2100

Vatican State, Vatican R


New Zealand, R NZ Intl

5026do
9575eu
13650na
7105eu

11905eu
7210eu

7405eu

6060pa
9580pa
11855as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9440af
15110af
7385am
6080do
7200af
5960eu
3366do
3975eu
9675as
7405na
17575af
7125eu
4935do
11990eu
4760do
9710eu
7295eu
6020af
11655af
11735pa
3326do
7255af
4890do
21 515af
4055eu
61 10eu
9490na
9875na
15205eu
6055eu
5020do
3240af
3985eu
9885af
4976do
7160me
3255af
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RAMSEY

SCRAMBLER/DESCRAMBLER

America's #1 Source For Hobby Kits

Grab Touch Tone numbers right


of1 the air. phone ortape. A simple
hook-up to any radio speaker or
phone line is all that is required
to Instantly decipher touch-tone phone numbers or codes. A 256 digit memory
stores decoded numbers and keeps its memory even In the event of power loss.
An 8 digit LED display allows you to scroll through the memory bank to
examine numbers. To make It easy to pick out number groups or codes a
"dash" is inserted between sets of digits that were decoded more than' 2
seconds apart. A "central-office" quality crystal controlled decoder is used
allowing rapid and reliable detection of numbers at up to 20 digits per second I
For a professionally finished look. add our matching case set. Start cracking
those secret codes tomorrow with the Tone Grabber!

TONE GRABBER

TG t Tone Grabber kit


CTG Matching case set
TG-1 WT Fully assembled TG t and case

$99 .95
$14.95
$149.95

SCA DECODER
Tap into the world of commer
ciaHree music and data that is
carried over many standard FM
broadcast radio stations. De
coder hooks to the demodula
tor of FM radio and tunes the
50 tOOkHz SCAsubcarrier band.
Many radios have a demod
output. but ii your radio doesn't,
it's easy to locate. or use our
FR t FM receiver kit which is a
complete FM radio with a demod jack builtin. These "hidden subcarriers
carry lots of neat programming-from stock quotes to news to music, from
rock to easy listening-all commercial free. Hear what you have been
missing with the SCA t.
$27.95
SCA 1 Decoder kit
$14.95
CSCA Matching case set
$24.95
FR t FM rec eiver kit
$14.95
CRR Matching case for FR t

BROADBAND PREAMP Ever wish you could "perk up"


.
your counterto read really weak
signals? Or, how about boosting that cable TV signal to drive sets
throughout the house, or maybe preamping the TV antenna to pull in that
blacked out football game. And. if you're into small broadcasting, boost
your transmitter power up to 100 mW! The PR2 broadband preamp is
the answer to all those needs as well as many others. You can use the
P_
R2 anywhere a high gain, low noise. high power amp is called fo r:
digging out those weak shortwave signals or putting new life into that
scanner radio -especially at 800 MHz. The PR2 has a high power
compression point, meaning that it does not overload easily in fact many
folks use it for boosting the power on their FM tOA stereo transmitters.
Newly designed microwave MMIC chips trom NEC In Japan enable the
PR 2 to have ~ain all the way up to 2 GHz. although we only spec it to
1GHzbelleve11 or not. the connector lead length Is the limiting factor!
Customers tell us the PR-2 outperforms professiona l lab units by the
"blg boys that go for hundreds more. The PR-2 Is the ideal general
purpose amp you'll wonder how you got along without.

FM RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER
Keep an ear on the local repeater, police,
weather or just tune around. These sensi
tive superhet receivers are fun to build and
use. Tunes any 5 MHz portion of the band
and have smooth varactor tuning with AFC,
dual conversion. ceramic filtering, squelch
and plenty of speaker volume. Complete
manual details how the rigs work and app Ii
cations. 2M FM transmitter has 5W RF out,
crystal control (t46.52 included), pro-specs
and data/mike inputs. Add our case sets for
a nice finish.
FM Receiver kit
$34.95
Specify band: FR 146 (2M). FR-6 (6M),
FR 10 (10M), FR220 (220MHz)
CFR Matching case set
$14.95
FTt46 Two Meter FM tran s kit
$79.95

Tune in on the 800950 MHz action using your


existing scanner. Frequencies are converted with
crystal referenced stability to the 400550 MHz
range. Instructions are even included on building
high performance 900 MHz antennas. Well de
signed circuit features extensive filter ing and con
venient on-off/bypass switch. Easy one hour as
semblyoravailable fully assembled. Add our matching
case set for a professional look.

l ocate hidden
or unknown
transmitters
fast. The Fox
hound direction finder connects totheantennaand speaker
jack on any radio receiver. AM or FM from 1 MHz to t
GHz. The antenna (a pair of dipole telescopic whips) Is
rotated until the Null meter shows a minimum. A pair
of LEDs indicate to turn left or Right. The Foxhound is
ideal to use with a walkietalkle. if you wish to transmit,
go ahead. a buildin T/R switch senses any transmitted
RF and switches itself out of circuit while you talk. It
doesn't get any easier than thi s! We provide all parts
except for a few feet of 1/2 Inch PVC pipe available at
any hardware store for adollar or two. Add our matching
case set for a complete finished unit. Be the one with
the answers, win those transmitter hunts and track
down those jammers, you'll do it all with your Foxhound.
OF t Foxhound direction finder kit
CDF Matching case set for OF 1
FHTl SlyFox Foxhunt transmitter kit
FHID 1 Voice ID option
CFHT Heavy duty metal case set for FHT 1

$59 .95
$14 .95
$129.95
$29 .95
$29.95

$49.95
$14.95
$89.95

DSP FILTER
What is DSP? DSP allows
the "construction" or vari
ous fi lters of great complex
ity by usi ng computer code.
This allows us to have easy
access to a variety of filters,
each perfectly optimized for
whatever mode we are oper
ating. The DSP II has been
designed to operate in tO
different modes. Four filters
are optimized for reducing
inter1erence to SSS phone
. .
signals from CW, heterodynes
and randon_i noise interference. Four more filters operate as "brick-wall" CW
bandpass loiters. the remaining two filters are designed for reliable recovery
of RTIY and HF packet radio information signals. A single front panel switch
selects any of these filte rs. Easy hookup to rigs speaker jack.

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W9GR DSP Filter


12V DC Power Supply

STEREO TRANSMITTER

FM 10A Stereo transmitter kit


CFM Case. whip ant set

$34.95
$14.95

1----------------------INTERCEPTOR

SHORTWAVE
CONVERTER
The SC1 converter brings
the sounds of the world
ri ght into your car radio
or home stereo (set to AM
broadcast band). Front
panel push switches let
you choose easily between
re gular AM radio and the
shortwave bands. A.n additional switch allows the selection
of any two bands of interest. each 1 MHz wide. Set one ranoe
for .daytime frequencies and one for nig httim~ when propa
gat1on is different. choose any two frequencies between 3
and 22 MHz. Frequencies are tuned on your AM radio,
making it easy to log stations or set presets. A built-In
antenna switch automatically switches the existing AM antenna to either the radio or conve_rter. making hookup easy
and fast. As with many of our kits. a handsome matching
case and knob set is available to put the finishing touches
on your kit.
$27.95
SCt Shortwave Converter Kit
CSC Matching Case and Knob Set
$14.95

$39.95
$14.95
$79.95

t - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -1

Run your own Stereo FM radio station!


Transmits a stable signal in the 88108
MHz FM broadcast band up to 1 mile. De
tailed manual provides helpful info on FCC
regs, antenna ideas and range to expect.
latest design features adjustable line level
inputs. pre-emphasis and crystal controlled
subcarrier. Connects to any CD or tape
player. mike mixer or radio. Includes free tuning tool tool For a pro
look add our matching case set with on-board whip antenna.

The Interceptor will lock on instantly to


PR 2 Specifications: Gain: 25d8. Noise Figure: 2.5 dB, lnpuVOutput the nearest transmitter and allow you to
Impedance: 5075 ohms. Compression point: +18 dBm
listen with perfect audio quality. Since the
Interceptor does not have to search through
l -P_R_2_B_ro_a_db_a_n_d_P_re_a_n_P_._F_
ul--ly_W_ir_ed_an_d_T_e_s_te_d_____S__5_9_.9_5~ all frequencies, those quick transmissions
that are hopelessly lost on scanners are
Tune i nto the exciting world of captured easily. The Interceptor does not
AIRCRAFT RECEIVER aviation.
listen to the airlines. need tuning, making it ideal for hands
big business corporate jets, hot free surreptitious monitoring of nearby
shot military pilots. local private pilots, control towers. approach and transmissions. The Interceptor is com
departure radar control and other interesting and fascinating airband plete sell-contained with internal speaker
communications. You'll hear planes up to a hundred miles away as well and earphone jack tor private listening.
as all local traffic. The AR t features smooth varactor tuning ot the entire Included are: Nicad battery pack. AC/adaptor
air band from 118 to 136 MHz. effective AGC. superheterodyne circuitry, charger, antenna and earphone. Increase
squelch, convenient 9 volt operations and plenty of speaker volume. your security and awareness-intercept the
Don't lorget to add our matching case and knob set for a line looking communications around you with the
project you'll love to show. Our detailed Instruction manual makes the Interceptor. Fully wired with 1 year war
ARt an ideal Introduct ion to two lifelong, fascinating hobbies at once ranty. Covers302000 MHz frequency range,
electronics and aviation! See Kir Planes magazine (January 199t) or FM deviations from 5 kHz to 200 kHz.
Popular Elecrronics (January 1993) for excellent product reviews of the
R10 Interceptor.
AR-1.
AR1 Aircraft Receiver Kit
$29.95
Fully Wired 1 year warranty $349.95
CAR Case and Knobset for ARt
$14.95

FOXHOUND DIRECTION
FINDER

SS 70 Scrambler/Descrambler kit
CSSD Matching case set
SS-70WT Fully assembled SS70 and case set

SCANNER CONVERTER

SCN t Scanner converter kit


CSCN Matching case set
SCN t WT Assembled SCN 1 and ca se

Descramble most scramble systems heard on your scanner radio or set upyour
own scrambled communication system over the phone or radio. latest 3rd
generaUon IC is used for fantastic audio quality-equivalent to over 30 op-amps
and mixers! Crystal controlled for crystal clear sound with a built-In 2 watt
audio amp for direct radio hook-up. For scramble systems. each user has a
unit for fu ll duplex operation. Communicate in privacy with the SS 70. Add our
case set for a fine professional finish.

AM BROADCAST
TRANSMITTER

$299.95
$11 .95

MIYI

Cramped fo r space? Get


longwire performance
with this desktop an
tenna. Properly designed
unit has dual HF and
VHF circuitry and built
in whip antenna. as well
as external jack. RF gain
control and 9V opera
tion makes unit Ideal for
SWls. traveling hams
or scanner bulls who
need hotter reception.
The matching case and knob set gives the unit a hundred
dollar look!

High quality, true AM broad AA7 Kit


$28.95
cast band transmitter is CAA Matching case & knobset
$14.95
designed exactly like the big ~-------------------l
commercial rigs. Power ot
100 mW. legal rang e o1 up to 1/4 mile.
Accepts line level inputs from tape and
CO players and mike mixers. tunable
550 t 750 kHz. Complete manual ex
plains circuitry. help with FCC regs and
even antenna ideas. Be your own Rush
Limbaugh or Rick Dees with the AM 1!
Add our case set for atrue station look.
AM1 Transmitter kit
CAM Matching case set

$29.95
$14.95

r - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - ----=
SHORTWAVE
RECEIVER

Here's a complete shortwave radio guaranteed to inspire


awe in any listener. Imagine tuning In the BBC. Radio
Moscow. Radio Baghdad and other services with just a
.
.
.
couple ol eet of antenna. This very sensitive (about a
microvolt!) receiver 1s a true superhet design with AGC. RF gain control and plenty of
speaker volume. Smooth varactor diode tuning allows you to tune any 2 MHz portion o1
the 4 to 11 MHz frequency range, and the kit conveniently runs on a 9 volt battery. Add
our matching custom case and kn ob set to give your radio a fin ished, polished, look. Amaze
your~elfand otherssee how you can listen to the world on a receiver you built in an
evening.
SR1 Shortwave Radio Kit
$29.95
CSR Case and Knob Set
$14.95

2100 UTC

2200 UTC

4:00 PM EST/1 :00 PM PST

5:00 PM EST/2:00 PM PST


FREQUENCIES

21002200

Australia. Radio

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Auslralia. VL8A Alice Spg


Australia. VL8K Kalherine
Auslralia. VL8T Ten1 Crk
8ahrain. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec See
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halilax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreal

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2100-2200
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China. China Radio Intl


China. China Radio Intl
Cosla Rica. R Peace 1n11
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Egypl, Radio Cairo
Estonia, Estonian Radio
Germany, Deutsche Welle

21002200 vi
2100-2200

Italy, IRRS Milan


Japan. NHK/Radio

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2100-2200
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2100-2200
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Japan, NHK/Radio
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon, Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland, Polish R Warsaw
Romania. R Romania Intl

21002200

21002200
2100-2200
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Russia. Voice of
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S Africa, Channel Africa
Sierra Leone. SLBS
Slovakia. AWR
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Soulh Korea, R Korea Intl
Spain, R Exterior Espana
Syria, Radio Damascus
Turkey, Voice of
Uganda, Radio
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London
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6195eu
11955as
12095al
15575eu
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA, KVDH Los Angeles CA
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monilor Radio Intl
USA, VOA Washington DC
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USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Belhel PA
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashvi11e TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Syria, Radio Damascus
Egyp1, Radio Cairo
Uniled Kingdom.BBC Carib
Auslralia, Radio

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Australia, VLSA Alice Spg


Auslralia, VL8K Kalherine
Australia, VLST Ten1 Crk
Lalvia, Radio
Moldova. R Dneslr lnll

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MONITORING TIMES

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Sweden. Radio

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Australia, Radio

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15365pa 17795pa 17860pa

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2200-2300
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22002300
22002300
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Australia. VL8A Alice Spg


Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Ten1 Crk
Belgium, R Vlaanderen ln1
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN S1 John's
Canada. CKZU Vancower
Canada, RCI Montreal

2200-2230
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22002300

China. China Radio ln11


China, China Radio lnU
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Egyp1. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
Hungary, Radio Budapest
Iran, VOIRI Tehran
llaly, IRRS Milan
Italy, RAI Rome
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, RTM/Kola Kinaba
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia, Voice of

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2200-2300
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22002300

Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia


Sierra Leone, SLBS
Slovakia, AWR
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Syria, Radio Damascus
Taiwan, VO Free China
UAE, Radio Abu Dhabi
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

2200-2300

Uniled Kingdom.BBC London

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

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX


USA, KTBN Sall Lk Cily UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio lnll
USA, VOA Washinglon DC

22002300
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22002300
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USA, WEWN Birmingham AL


USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Uplon KY
USA, WRND New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Belgium, R Vlaanderen lnl
Canada, RCI Montreal
Israel, Kol Israel

2230-2300
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2245-2300
22452300 mlwhl

Lilhuania. Radio Vilnius


Sweden, Radio
USA, WRMVR Miami lnll
Greece. Voice of
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio
USA. Voice of 1he OAS

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13760am

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9610as
9645as 9660pa
15365pa 17860pa

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9400am

15030am 17905am

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11 BOOas

15330as

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15650sa

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2300 UTC

6:00 PM EST
3:00 PM PST
FREQUENCIES
2245-2300

Vatican State, Vatican R

230023 15
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Armenia. Radio Yerevan


Australia, Radio

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23000000 v1
23000000 vi
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
2300-0000
2300-0000
23002330 mtwhf
23002330 mtwtf

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg


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

2300-0000 as

Canada. RCI Montreal

2300-0000
23000000
23000000
23000000
2300-0000 VI
2300-0000

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl


Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Guam, KSOA/AWR
Guatemala. AWA
India, All India Radio

23000000 v1
2300-0000
23000000
23000000
2300-0000

Italy, IRRS Milan


Japan. NHK/Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, RTM/Kota Kinaba

6150as

9480eu
9580pa
9850as
15365pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960na
5960na
11940am
5960na
t1940am
7385am
6080do
9900na
11980as
5980ca
9705as
15145as
7125eu
6055eu
9960me
7295do
5980do

7305as

9600au

11960eu
9610as
9645as
11695as 11855as
17795pa 17860pa

t 1830pa

9660pa
13755as

9755na
9535am

9755na

11845na

9535am

9755na

11845na

9400am

15030am t7905am

9950as

11745as

13750as

6155eu

9560as

9580as

2300-0000
23002305
2300-2350
23000000 mtwhfa
23000000 vi
23000000

New Zealand, R NZ Intl


Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia, Voice of

23000000
2300-0000
23000000

Turkey, Voice of
UAE, Radio Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom.BBC London

2300-0000
23000000
2300-0000
23000000

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX


USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, VOA Washington DC

23000000
23000000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
23002330 a
2300-0000 mtwtf
23000000 vi
23302345
23300000
23300000
23300000
2330-0000
23300000
2330-000mtwtf
23352345 smtwhf

USA, WCSN Scans Cor ME


USA, Wf'NN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
Armenia. Radio Yerevan
Austria, R Austria Intl
Finland, YLE/Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Vietnam, Voice of
Canada. RCI
Greece. Voice of

15115pa
3326do
11700na
11980as
9675do
9620na
15425na
7185me
9605na
5975na
9590na
11955as
t3740am
15590na
7510eu
6035as
9890as
15305as
9855eu
7425na
7315am
t 1915eu
7490na
9955am
9955am
5065am
9685na
9870sa
5990na
6020na
t191 0as
t2025as
5960na
9425sa

4990do
13650na
96B5na
17570as
9445na
9770na
6175na
9915am
15260sa
13815am
13770sa
7215as
11760as
17735as

12065na
9750na
17890as
11710eu
13605na
9570as
6195eu
11750sa 11945as
15370as

9705as
15185au
17820as

9770as
15290as

11820sa
13595na
13845am
11920na 11970na
13730sa
6015na
9680as
6165na
15010as
9755na
11595sa

11645sa

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
2310
2330
2330
2336
2350
2353

Radio Japan: Hello from Tokyo. See S 0310.


Radio Canada lnt'I: The Mailbag. See S 1437.
Radio Finland: Compass North. World and Finnish news.
commentary and background reports.
Radio Netherlands (na): They're Playing My Song.
Reminiscencing about songs which had meaning to RN's
producers.
Radio Japan: Viewpoint See S 0350.
Radio Netherlands (na): EuroQuesl. An audio magazine
with correspondents from European locations.

Mondays
2300
2315
2330
2330
2337
2350
2352

Radio Canada lnt'I: The World at Six. Half hour news


magazine from the CBC domestic radio network.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. Live telephone
interviews with newsmakers around the wortd.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands (na): Let's Get to Business. Downtoearth program of trade and business with Barry O'Dwyer.

2340
2345
2350
2350
2352

Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.


Radio Finland: Finnish History. A look back at Finland
during the the great war.
Radio Finland: Northern Lights. See T 1250.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands (na): Encore!. Reruns of the best
programs from earlier seasons.

RKJ English:

2300 Radio Canada lnt'I: The World at Six. See M 2300.


2315 Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
2330 Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.
2330 Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
2337 Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
2340 Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.
2345 Radio Finland: Faiths in Finland (biweekly). A look at
churches. Christian communities. and religious life in
Finland.
2345 Radio Finland: Highlights (biweekly). A review of the arts
and culture in Finland.
2350 Radio Finland: Northern Lights. See T 1250.
2350 Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
2352 Radio Netherlands (na): Research File. See T 0052.

Time
0800-0900
1130-1200
1200-1 300
1230-1300

Fridays

2300
2315
2330
2330
2337
2340
2345

2300
2315
2330
2330
2335
2337
2350
2353

2350
2350
2353

Wednesdays
2300
23 t 5
2330
2330
2337

Radio Canada lnt'I: The World at Six. See M 2300.


Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.

SOUTH KOREA

Thursdays

Tuesdays
Radio Canada lnl'I: The World at Six. See M 2300.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.
Radio Finland: Environmental News. Weekly look at
en,i ronmental issues in Finland.
Radio Finland: Northern Lights. See T t 250.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands (na): Accent on Asia. A magazine
program focusing on Asia with interviews and music.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS:

Radio Canada lnt'I: The World at Six. See M 2300.


Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 0315.
Radio Canada tnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.
Radio Finland : Compass North. See S 2330.
Radio Finland: Starting Finnish. See S 1343.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. Sec S 0037.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 0350.
Radio Netherlands (na): Documentary. See H 0054.

Saturdays

2304
23 1O
2330
2330
2335
2337
2353

Radio Canada lnt'I: Innovation Canada. See S 0307.


Radio Japan: This Week. See S 011 0.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See S 2330.
Radio Japan: The Week in Review. See A 0330.
Radio Finland: Starting Finnish. See S 1343.
Radio Netherlands (na): Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands (na): Bats; Balls & Baselines. Sports
results. news. issues. features, personality profiles, and
investigations.

1400-1500
1600-1700
1900-2000
l93o'-2000
2100-2200
0100-0200
0600-0700

~
7550, 13670
9650-Canada
7 180
9570, 11740,
13670
5975, 7275,
11740
5975, 9515,
9870
5975

7250-Engl~nd
6480, 15575
15575, 7550
11945

(via Tooru Yamashita, RJMR) '


Fax: 82-2-781 -3799 (RKI SW

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January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

73

Propagation conditions: Eastern United States


How to use the propagation charts: Propagation charts can be an invalua ble a id to the DXer in determining
which frequencies are like ly to be open at a given ti me . To use the propagation charts , choose those fo r you r location. Then look
for the one most closely describing the geographic location of the station you want to hear. Th e Su n Spot Number used this month
for fo recasting pu rposes is 15.
SOUTH AMERICA
Brasilia

CENTRAL AMERICA

WESTERN EUROPE
30 ,--,----,,-=Lo"Pnd=7on,_,_,_-,-,.--,

30

30

25

25

25

20

20

20

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10

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15

18

21

15 +--+-~ !---!---if--+--t--

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18

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18

20
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UTC

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25

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20

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30

12

UTC

UTC

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12

15

18

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UTC

12

15

18

21

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12

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18

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18

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AUSTRALIA

FAR EAST {P)


JO

25

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12

15

18

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MONITORING TIMES

12

UTC
January 1995

15

18

21

0
0

12

UTC

15

Propagation Conditions: Western United States


Once you've lo cated the correct charts, look along the horizo ntal axis of the graph for th e time you are listening . The lop line of
th e g r aph shows the maximum usable frequency (MUF), the heavy middle line is the frequen cy for best recepti o n, or opti mum worki ng
frequency (OWF) , and fi nally, the bottom lin e is th e lowest usab le frequency (LUF). You wi ll find the best reception al ong the heavy
mid dle line. Circuits lab eled (P) cross the polar aurora l zone. Expect poor reception o n th ese ci rcuits duri ng ionosp heric di stur bances.

W E S T E R N E U R 0 P E (P)

SOUTH AMERICA

CENTRAL AMERICA

30.---.--..--B
-.
ras1
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25

"~-

2S

-.

20
N

J: IS

J: 15 t--+---1-+--l---iT

J:

J:

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+--+----"--+--=~~.'-"~[__,_.--+l~--,: I
I

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6
9
12 15 18 21

12

IS

18

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0
6
9
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21

UTC

UTC

UTC

E A S T E R N E U R 0 P E (P)

25
20
N
J: 15

J:
10

0 f--...-j--;,_.,-+---1.........-+---+~-T---'
0

12

15

18

21

SOUTH AFRICA

30

12

IS

18

21

UTC

UTC

M I D D L E E A S T (P)
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25

2S
20
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J:

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!-+---1--'-1---t---i--i
0

12

15

18

21

UTC

12

IS

18

21

UTC

S 0 U T H EA S T A S I A (P)

FAR EAST (P)

AUSTRALIA

lO ..---r---T~o.......,or------~

30

2S

2S

20
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20
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UTC

15

18

21

12

15

18

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12

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18

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UTC
January

1995

MONITORING TIMES

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Monitoring ARQ Digital Codes

e lcome to the first D igital Digest


colum n of 1995.
During the past year. we continued to lose mo re of the " mainstay'' s hortwave
d igital stations to the satell ite band-a fac t
whic h bodes well fo r Sare/lite Times readers.
However, don't plan o n se lling your shortwave decoders just yet; the re are s ti ll plenty
of sig nal s left o ut the re to monitor.
Starting with this issue. each column wi ll
profile o ne or more of the d igital modes w ith
a fa irly comprehensive list of acti ve statio ns
this edito r has frequ e ntly monito red.
Furthi scolumn. we' ll focu s o n three of the
most common ARQ (Auto matic Request)
digital modes.

ARQ-M2/4
TDM Moore (Time Divisio n Mu ltiplex)
is a seven bit. sy nchronous error-detecting
Moore code. It utilizes a fu ll duplex system
w hich inte rleaves two or four separate data
channe ls o n a si ng le carrier. T he two c hannel
system is know n as ARQ-M 2. The fo ur channel system is called ARQ-M4.
It is possible for the two or foun:han ncls to
transmit simultaneously. In reality. most TOM
Moore stati o ns arc idle for hours. and w hen
they tran smit. the traffic may on ly he 15 to 20
seconds in le ngth.
T NL, the ASECNA (Agcnce pour la
Securite de la Navigatio n Aerienneen A friquc
e t a Madagascar) stati on in Brazzaville.
Congo, is eas il y heard most evenin gs local
time in ea ste rn North America. T hey transmit
in A RQ-M2 at 96/400 o n a frequency of
8 123.0 kHz. Thi s station is uniq ue in that both
A and B c hanne ls are used to transmi t different aeronautical messages at the same time.
On ly a few ARQ-M4 stations were ever
mo nitored o n the sho11wave bands. The last
statio ns to use this mode were the Vietn amese
Embassies. and they have been silent fo r a
few years now.
TOM Moore uses ARQ (Auto matic Request ) e rror protectio n, with the receiving
stat ions transmitting control AC Ks and NA Ks.
The French. British and German military make
extensive use of this mode. A portion of the
communicatio ns is encrypted.
Typical ARQ-M 2 Baud rates inc lude 96.
I 00. 172, 192 and 200.

78

MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

TABLE 1: ACTIVE FREQUENCIES FOR ARQ MODE RECEPTION


f.B.E!l;
4618.90
5100.10
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5266.70
5397.70
5456.80
5788.00
5831.80
5879.70
6771.70
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7902.00
7946.00
7976.70
8094.70
8123.00
8143.60
8410.50
8509.00
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9076.70
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9983.70
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10225.10
10281.20
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10638.70
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10749.50
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AROE3
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ARQE3
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AROE3
AROM2
AROE3
AROE
AROM2
AROM2
ARO??
AROE3
AROE3
AROE3
AROM2
ARQM2
AROE
AROE3
AROE
AROM2
AROM2
AROM2
ARQM2
AROM2
AROE
AROM2
AROE3
AROE3
AROE3
ARQ-E3
AROE3
AROE3
AROE
AROE3
ARQ-E3
ARQE3
ARO-M2
AROE3
ARQM2
AROE
AROE
AROE3
ARQ-E3
AROM2
AROE3
AROE3
AROE3
AROM2
ARQE3
AROE3
ARQE3
AROE3
AROE3
AROE3
AROE
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0045
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0215
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0255
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cm

rur

B.fMAHKS.

FIT35
RFOP
RFLIO
RFLIA
XTU
RFU
RFFX

FF Brest
FF Paris
MOO Paris
FF Paris
Rennes Prefecture
FF Jibouti
FF Fort de France
FF Fort de France
Asecna Ouagadougou
FF Fort de France
Versailles

FRN
FRN
FRN
FRN
FRN
OJI
MRT
MRT
BFA
MRT
FRN

Idling (possibly JCO)


Idling
KOi
IOJ
to N'djamena
FOX
Idling
to FIT75
RNY
Idling
also RFLCO
to Provence
BFL
Idling
to Dakar
UJ
to RFFXOA
UAO

TYE

ASECNA Contonou

BEN

FF Dzaoudzi
FF Noumea
FF Le Port
ASECNA Douala
RN Gibraltar
FF Fort de France
MOI Paris
Le Port
unid
FF Paris
ASECNA Brazzaville

COM
NCL
REU
CME
GIB
MRT
FRN
REU

FRN
CHL
FRN
FRN
CME
GAB
FRN
MRT
CTI
GUF
GUF
GAB
TCD
CTI
OJI
CAF

RFVI
RFTJ
RFFA

FF Versailles
Santiago Naval
MOD Paris
FF Paris
FF Douala
FFLibreville
FF Paris
FF Fort de France
FF Port Bouet
FFCayenne
FF Cayenne
FF Libreville
FF N'djamena
FF Port Bouet
FF Jibouti
FF Bangui
unid
FF Fort de France
FF Fort de France
FF Jibouti
FF Le Port
FF Le Port
FF Dakar
MOD Paris

RFU
RFTJ
RFHIC
RFVI
RFURT
RFFA
RFFIC
RFVIC
RFTJFD

FF Fort de France
FF Dakar
FF Noumea
FF Le Port
FF Cayenne
MOD Paris
Provence
FF Le Port
FF Port Bouet

MRT
SEN
NCL
REU
GUF
FRN
FRN
REU
CTI

CAlJ.

RFU DA
RFFKCS
RFFA
RFFP

RFHI
RFVI
TJK43
GYU
RFU
FIT75
RFVIC
RFFVA
TNL
RFFX
CBDFD
RFFA
RFFI
RFTJD
RFTJD
RFFIC
RFU
RFTJF
RFUG
RFURT
RFTJD
RFPTC
RFTJF
RFOP
RFFXI
C37a
RFU
RFU
RFQP

filllll1i

FF PointeaPitre

GDL

FRN
COG

MRT
MRT
OJI
REU
REU
SEN
FRN

to Papeete
ace to Klingenfuss

HIJ

in VFT signal
to FIT13
to Ozaoudzi
Idling
French Af
Channel AfB Tic
Idling
to Bangui
Chilean Navy tfc
to Libreville
to Libreville
to Paris
to Paris
to Le Port RFVI
to Libreville
to Fort de France
to Fort de France
to Port Bouet
to RFFA
to Dakar
to RFFX Versailles
Idling
to Cayenne
to Cayenne
to Paris RFAA

MAZ.
llT

XXI
ITF
ITF
FTI
HAI
IRE
IGU
JFO
RTI
RTI
JOF
JFJ
ORG
XXI
IRT
IRT
OPA

to Paris
REI
to Port Bouet RFTJF TJF
to RFOP
POB
Idling
"BFL" to Provence BFL
to Provence
AFL
to Le Port
Hll
to Noumea
VII
to Fort de France
RTI
to RFFXI
XXI
to RFTJC Cape Verte)LFA
toJibouti
RUN
to Libreville RFTCR JFD

ARQ-EMode
ARQ-E is a synchronous. single channel.
full duplex transmission mode similar to
A RQ-E3. lt uti lizes a super-set of the Baudot
(IT A2) code and likewise contai ns error detecti on. During id le periods, the signal has a
characteristic singing sound which disappears
when data is being transmi tted.
The most common setting is a Baud rate
of 72, with 48, 64, 86, 96, 144, and 192 also
being used. As in other ARQ modes, a station
may idle for hours . The French military is the
major user of this mode.

ARQ-E3 Mode
ARQ-E3, a relati vely new mode, is a
synchronous, single channel, full duplex transmi ssion mode utili zing the seven bit errordetecting Moore (ITA3) code.
Data streams contain only a single channel
of text. The repetition cycle may be four or
eight characters. The most common Baud
rates are 48, 64, 72, 86, 96, I 00, 192 and 200.
S imilar to TDM Moore, ARQ-E3 stations
may be idle for hours without sending any
traffi c.
Typical ARQ-E3 users include the French

EB.Ell;
M.llllf
14481.70 ARO-E3
14481.70 ARQ-E3
14484.00 AROE3
14485.70 ARO-E3
14578.00 ARQ-E
14626.70 AR03
14633.20 AROE3
14669.00 AROE
14754.00 AROE
14926.70 AROE3
14927.70 AROE3
14959.70 AROE3
14959.80 ARO-E3
14964.00 ARO-E
16014.00 ARO-M2
16165.20 AROM2
16324.70 ARO-E3
17550.90 ARO-E3
18447.70 ARO-M2
18503.70 AROE3
18553.70 ARO-E3
18966.70 AROE3
19048.70 AROE3
19063.70 ARO-E3
19101.70 AROE3
19204.80 ARO-E3
19216.70 ARO-E3
19386.70 AROM2
20179.80 ARO-E3
20326.50 ARQ-E
20348.20 ARO-M2
20633.70 ARO-E3
20716.60 ARO-E3
20754.80 ARO-??
20756.30 AROE3
20758.20 ARO??
20813.70 AROE3
23716.70 ARO-E3
24871.70 AROE3

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1920 .
2300
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2015
2230
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2100
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2300
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1830
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2130
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1850
1730
1730
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2210

26241.70 AROE3

100/400

1350

CA.LI.
RFTJFD
RFTJ
RFURT
RFFXL
RFU
RFTJ
RFFXI
RFTJ
RFTJ
RFTJ
RFTJ
RFFXL
RFVI
RFFA
RFTJD
RFTJ
RFPTC
RFFA
RFTJ
RFHJ
RFFA
RFFA
RFU
RFU
RFU
RFOP
RFFA
ORD20
RFVI

military and French overseas meteorological


station s.

Wrapping It All Up
One of the interesting facts about all the
ARQ mode stations is that they continue to
transmit an idling signal when they are not
sending traffic, and in many cases, this sound
a lone can not be used to distinguish if traffic is
actually bein g transmitted. This is why the
decoders o f today have some means of identifying an id le signal via an indicator of some
sort. This al so means that you can tune and
synchronize yourdecoderto the idle signal, in
readiness for when they do transmit.
Reme mber that the Sense (Polarity) of
Reverse or Normal is determined by the
audio stage of your receiver. For thi s reason.
I have not included thi s factor in the logs. (For
example, a signal that decodes using the Reverse posi ti on when the decoder is attached to
a JRC NRD 525/535 will require the Normal
position to be set if a Kenwood Rl000/5000
or JRC NRD 5 15 is used.)

a A Call For Logs


Since we intend to use more station logs in

filAil.!lli

FF Port Bouet
FF Dakar
FF Cayenne
FF Cayenne
FF Beirut
FF Fort de France
unid
FF Dakar
FF Bangui
FF Dakar
FF Dakar
FF Dakar
FF Dakar
FF Beirut
FF Le Port
FF Paris
FF Libreville
FF Dakar
FF N'djamena
MOD Paris
FF Dakar
FF Papeete
MOD Paris
FF Paris
FF Fort de France
FF Fort de France
FF Fort de France
FF Jibouti
FF Paris
unid
Brussels
FF Le Port
FF Paris

ill
CTI
SEN
GUF

LEB
MAT
SEN
CAF
SEN
SEN
SEN
SEN
LEB
REU
FRN
GAB
SEN
TCD
FRN
SEN
OCE
FRN
FRN
MAT
MRT
MRT
OJI
FRN
BEL
REU
FRN

unid
RFU
RFHJ

FF Fort de France
FF Papeete

MRT
OCE

RFVI

FF Le Port

REU

BfMAf!KS

kl.D

to Paris

TJF
UGI

To Versailles RFFX
to Dakar RFTJ
Idling
to Libreville
To Versailles
to Libreville RFTJD
not confirmed
"TJF"
to Ft de France RFU
ToVeffiailles RFFX
to Jibouti
to RFQP
to Dakar
to Paris RFFA
to RFFA Paris
to RFU
C. De Voie

XZL
UJ

to RFTJ
to N'Djamena
to Provence
Idling

ISG
SPZ
BFL
LIJ
UH

to RFVI
Idling
to Lubumbashi
to Paris RFFA

IRE

JOA
XZI
TJD
TJF
TJI
XXL
FOX
JOJ
AFL
LFB
TJI

REI

Idling
Idling
Idling
Idling
to Papeete
UH
To Ft.de France RFUCS
HJL
to Paris
REI

fu ture columns, please send your intercepts to


this column masthead via Monitoring Times.
You can also e-mail me on Inte rnet. My
address is:
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AMERICAN BANDSCAN
THE WORLD OF DOMESTIC BROADCASTING

Joe Eisenbe" , WAOWRI

Listen in on Remote Broadcasts!

n their rnmpeti tin: >truggle


for market share and public
recog niti o n. radio stati ons
take thei r image to the publi c in th e
form of remote broadca, ts. T hc'c arc
a way that you. the liste ner. can meet
the rad io personalities fiN hand and
get a glimpse o f how they prod uce the
programs you e njoy Ji, t<.: ning to. Ou tside of news coverage. the majority
of " re motes" (as they arc known hy
most broadcaster') include such th ings
a' store grand openi ngs anc..I sales.
pub lic festi val s. parade,. and local
sport s.
Remotes have appeal to devoted
li s t e n e r~ because wi th the right eq ui pment. you can hear a lot of hehind the-sccncs activ it y ! Being ah le tn hear
your favo ri te DJ or announccr talking
while off the a ir can he very in tc re,ting. So. thi s month. we wil l look into
how rem ot e~ arc put togcthcr and
how you can use them to get a 'pctial
insight into hrnadca-.ting most Ji, tcners mi ~s.
The logi,tics involved in gelling
the anno uncer' ' voice from microphone to transmiller become a hit
more complicated \\ hen he i' away
fro m the studios. There arc four main
ways this is accompli, hed.
Thceasicst, but lowest qualit y way.
is simply fo r the ann ouncer to use an
ordinary te lephone and call into the
studi o. Thi;: main adva ntage of thi s method is
that it n.:quin:s no spccial equipment. other
than access to any normal tele phone. Its di sadvantage is that it tics thc announcer to the
location of the pho ne. which can 'omctimcs
be far from the area of acti vity. The sound
quality can he less than dcsirahl c. too. But. for
many statio n,. th i' i' the most reli able and
inexpensive way to do remote, .
1
cxt up the ladder i' to u' c a telephone
alo ng with an aud io coi n prc~' ion de ,icc that
a ll o\\'~ a much hi gher fidelit) ,ounding signal
to be ~ent to the ~ tudi o. The most popular of
these is made under the name "Comrcx ... By
using a tec hnique not unl ike placing two SS B
signal s on one channel. a wider freque ncy
response can he sent on ord in ary tel ephone

80

MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

natu ral that man y stations use the


eel lular carrier th at is their advertising clie nt tocaJTy their remote broadcasts. Special c ustomized portable
cellular uni ts arc avai lable that have
hi gh q uality mi crophone connections separate fro m the normal hand'el mikt.: as we ll as having compression techniques built in .
But. a very popular way to do
rcmu t e~ is well within the reach of
most 'ca nner liste ners. Ca lled
"R Pu: short for "remote pick-up,"
scveral VHF and UHF frequencies
arc set aside for the purpose of allowing broadcasters to transmit news
and programming back to the studio. These signals are narrowband
FM . but can have deviation as wide
as 10- 15kHz. compared to5kHzfor
most norma l VHF/U HF communications. Since this is very close to
the normal bandwidth ofnarrowband
FM communications. most scanners
have nu problem hearing these high
lidcl ity ~igna l s. Many radio people
refer to these VHF/ UHF transmitters a' the "Marti" as Marti Electrunicl> is the largest manufacturer
of tht.:sc tran~millc rs fo r the broadcast indust ry. Try the frequencies in
TAB LE 1 to hear remotes in your
area! You will notice that some are
Photo <'"'""'')"' \I'"' s'""'""''
near 26 MHz. Yes, they can and
often arc heard thousands of mil es
Ii ncs. Su mc Cu mrex dev ices ut i lir.e two dial- a way along with the normal HF skip propagaup teleph one li nes to bring vi rtually studi o ti on near that frequency ' There arc a large
quality aud io across the miles. Two years ago.
number of Stations that still use those chanthe Nebraska Football Network utilized such nels. a lthough many channe ls have been overa system to bring the Nebraska- Kansas Stale
ru n by persons using ilkga lly modified CB
foo tball game to the network live from To- gear o perating in the AM or SSB modes.
kyo. Japan. wi th amazing quality. So much so
Someti mes. a station wi ll use another one
that some said it was beller than some of the ir of these RPU channels for " IFB" or " interbroadca' l' of domestic games away from
rupti ble feed back" (or "foldback" ). This is a
home! Thcre arc now a myriad of dev i ce~ that
feed of the stati o n audio along with the posuse the teleph oneco mpan ic~ lSDN rn"Switch , ibilit) of a voice from the ~ tu dio being mixed
56.. capabi lity to tran smit data to carry digiin that cannot be heard on the air. giving the
tized voice tra11'rni. sions a~ well.
remote announcer time and program cues.
Ir the ' lati un d ue~ not \\ant to u ~e a ' tanThe com me nt s heard on IFB channels can
dard telephone. cellular ~e r\' ice can be used as JJrmidc very entert ai ning listeni ng. It also
we ll. wi th or without comprt.:,sion devices. give' you an idea of what those TV and radio
With man y eel lular prov iders re lying heavil y ann ou n ct.: r~ arc hearing in their headphones
on promoti on and adverti sing via radio. it is

LOOP ANTENNA
TABLE 1
25.6-26.2 MHz
161.640 MHz
161.670MHz
161.700 MHz

161.730 MHz
161.760 MHz
161.790MHz
170.150 MHz

All &om 450-451 MHz


and 455-456 MHz
while out in the fie ld repo11ing a story.
Another way to get an IFB signal to a
remote location is to use the subcarrier of an
FM station. Many AM stations use thi s facility o f the ir "sister'' FM outlets to bring IFB
into hard-to-pe netrate metal buildings and
other noisy locatio ns wh ich make AM reception diffic ult . S ubcarrie r frequencies of 67 or
92 kHz are the most commonly used. Look
for more on FM and TV subcarriers in future
columns !
Another radio signal heard at many remotes
is a wire less microphone! To a llow for the
announcer to roam the ais les in a store or get
close to the action on the sidelines at a foot ball
game. wireless mikes have become another
tool in the broadcaster's re mote arsenal. You
can find these mostly from 170 MHz upwards. and espec iall y in the TV band from
174-216 MHz. Scan unused TV channels in
your area for these mikes! There are even
some newer mode ls operating in the UHF TV
spectrum .
Watc h fo r more remotes during ratings
periods when the station is anxious to show
itself in publi c. Some stations have huge
motor homes equipped as full y functional
studios ! There are c ustom trailers be ing made
that resemble a giant " boom box" that have
a lso appeared late ly. Other vehicles, rangi ng
from old hearses and ambul ances to stretch
limousines and bi g pickup trucks. serve to
carry the station' s image and remote equipment to the public.
Watch for upcoming high school football
and basketbal I games and new store openings
for remote broadcasts. D Xing the 26 MHz
feeds can be a lot of fun, too! Being in a
coll ege football town (Lincoln, Nebraska)
has provided me some wonderful opportunities to tune in be hind the scenes communications of such well-known broadcasters as
ABC Sports and ESPN. Basketball season
brings those networks as well as regional
coverage, suc h as Raycom and other TV and
radio production c rews. including those from
the visiting teams.

Bits and Pieces


Li steners to clear-channel giant, WOWO
in Fort Wayne. Indiana, are protesting a pos-

sible lowering ofWOWO's nighttime power


and coverage. The station was recentl y sold to
a company that owns anothe r station. located
in New York City. that shares the same frequency and must go sile nt at night to protect
WOWO's clear c hanne l. By buyi ng WOWO,
WLIB in New York City can apply to have
authority to broadcast at ni ght and modify
sister station WOWO' s coverage to protect
WLIB from nighttime inte rference, end ing
WOWO 's clear c hannel reign.
Do you own one of the Grundig digi ta l
AM-SW-FM rece ive rs that has " RDS" capability? RDS, now called '"RBDS" in this cou ntry is a way of sending text messages to
listene rs that are displayed on the radio's
digital front panel di splay. As RBDS equipment gets less expensive and easier for FM
broadcaste rs to install , more RBDS capable
stations will be avai lable to hear and SEE!
Stations using RBDS send inte resting text
tidbits, such as song titles and artist names,
special promotiona l sale offers from adve11iscrs , and stat ion ID and format information for
specia lly equipped receivers. Just select the
format you want and the radio wi ll scan and
find it for you ! Dxers wi ll love the frequ ent ID
in formation transmitted on thi s subcarrier,
making waiti ng for hourly IDs obsolete!

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81

fEDERAL FILE

A UIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

Jo n Fu or ,

J\

The Advantage of Technology

not he r Mo11iwri11g Ti111es


k nown what is going o n, but this
Convention has come and
bears watching, or listening, if you
gone . It was good to meet a lI
w is h.
o r you who c ame up to At lanta to
T he moral of the above is that.
share your ideas and experiences.
by adapting to the new technoloThe hidden transmitter hunt. wh ich
gies. we gain valuable new tools.
I coordinated again this year. inUsi ng the spectral display scope to
volved us ing mu ltiple transmitte rs
mon itor the above room transmitter
on the same frequency scatte red
and the new FB I frequency. I was
th roug ho ut the ho tel. A "bug hunt..
able to c heck o ut the entire 16 7
is a chance to engage in a little
MHz ba nd. confi rm ing the use of
all of the 167 MH z frequencies heard
s leuthing in a totally safe environm e nt- with som e com p e ti tio n
in South Florida at my monitoring
th rown in to substitute fo r the thrill
location.
of the real thing. If you e njoyed thi s
year s topics and transmitter hu nt Border Patrol
just wait unt il next yea r!
With the inll ux o f fo reign na"What does this have to do with
tionals coming ashore in the Sout h
Federal moni toring?" you may be
Florida area, let us look at the radi o
asking yourse lf. Pri or to coming to
system used by the Border Patrol/
At lanta, l had purchased a new piece
Immi g rat io n un its. I wrote several
o r equipment for the mo nitoring
columns ago that I was not hearing
shack. You may recall that o ne or
the poin t-to-point links that I had
my first columns dea lt w it h using
grown up listening to. These links,
the spectrum analyzer in o ur search
all in the 406-420 MH z band, confor new frequencies. Need in g a
nected all of the Florida pen insula
s malle r. and cheaper. analyzer/rewith the Miami operatio ns center.
ce iver fo r my car, I purchased a
By listen ing to o ne of the linksS tandard CCR -708A Communicafor ex ample . 408.3 MH z-yo u
tio ns Test Rece iver w it h Spectral
could monitor a good portio n of the
Di splay Scope. This is a g reat little
radio traffic. By monitoring two o r
recei verthat tunes 50-90-1.555 M Hz.
three of these links, you could hear
Border
Radar,
one
of
the
many
devices
used
to
monitor
wi th NO gaps.
all of the 163 MHz traffic in the
It has variable steps in tuning, national borders by the U.S. Border Patrol. Photo by
state . T hen o ne day they all disapHarry
Baughn
such as 5. I0. 12.5. 15. and 25 kHz
peared .
steps. T he spectral di spl ay . whi le not
A letter from a loyal reader ina true spectrum analyze r. will show the spec- o ld sources confirmed that it did not belo ng to
side of the Department of J ustice, who w ishes
trum up to 500 kHz on eac h side of center any regiona l po lice or inte lli gence unit. To
to remai n anonymous . wrote that due to budfreq uency. However. a produc t review is not make a lo ng story short. six weeks later. it is
ge
t c utbacks the radio links were gone and
the purpose of this month' s column. so you ~t ill there. W ho installed it o r who is listening
had been replaced by telepho ne lines. The
wi ll have to try one fo r you r~elf to c heck out i~ unknown. but from what I have monitored
same is happening along the U.S./Mexico
the fin er po ints.
coming from it. it is reall y BORI NG ... (l d id
border and in the State of Cali fornia. Oh well ,
I was d riving in the South F lorida area discover where it is installed.)
it 's the end of an era.
tun ing the above receive r w ith my right handWh ile I was monitoring the hidden transThe Miam i Operations Center is comycs. I am us ing it mobil e- w hen I detected a mitter and using the spectral di splay scope.
posed of three div is ions. They are:
detected an o pen micropho ne o n 166.9625 what should show up bu t a new ac ti ve frcMHz. T hinking it was a new FB I frequency. quency- 16 7 .2625 MHz. This is assigned to
Miami Sector
l continued listening while dri ving past the the FB I. It is being used as a repeater o utput.
Rptr Input
Rptr Output
Y!
intersect io n. T he carrier dropped off a couple w ith an unk nown input. Forthrec days. I have
PENNSUCO
162.925
163.625
of blocks away from the intersection.
heard the usual DVP/DES format. plu ~ to nes
MIAMI
162.825
163.625
We ll, how about that ?-1 had fo und a real- and what sounds like the bubb le jamme rs
FLORIDA CJTY
162.825
163.725
world hidden trans mitte r. A c heck with my heard o n the 7 and 8 M l-l z bands. It' s unTAVERNEER
162.825
163.675

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January 1995

BIG PINE KEY


KEY WEST

162.B25
162.925

163.625
163.675

West Coast
MILES CITY
ALVA
ARCADIA
MYAKKA CITY
TAMPA
CLEARMONT
WINTER HAVEN

162.825
162.825
162.925
162.825
162.925
162.925
162.825

163.775
163.675
163.625
163.725
163.675
163.625
163.775

East Coast
HILLSBROINTL
W. PALM BCH
FT. PIERCE
FT. DRUM
DEER PARK
OSTEEN
SANMATEO
LAKE BUTLER

162.925
162.825
162.825
162.825
162.825
162.925
162.925
162.825

163.725
163.675
163.625
163.725
163.675
163.725
163.625
163.725

Along the U.S./Mex ico border, the buried


border intrusion alarms are in the 170 MH z
region, with the following frequencies reported: 170.700, 170.775, 170 .625, 170.650
MHz.
There are several anti-smugg ling radio
systems which are not a part of the usual BP/
INS radio system. They are :

Chula Vista Section


Input
SANTIAGO PEAK
168.97 5
SIMPLEX
165.87 5
LOS ANGELES
168.87 5
SIMPLEX
165.975

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165.975

Output
165.850

ICF-SW30
ATS606P
ICF-SW35
ATS803
ATSBOB
ICF-SW55
ICF-SW77
ATS818
ICF-SW 100
ATS818CS
ICF-SW7600C
ICF-201 0

the above systems use a sub-audible tone

Output
163.375
163.050
163.100
162.825
162.850
162.875
162.900

Sanqean

Yacht Boy 400

of 100.0 Hz.
The followin g is the national assignment
of Border Patrol/Immigration Service.

UNKNOWN USE-SIMPLEX
SPECIALOPERATIONSGROUP
SOG
BP-CHI
DETENTION CENTERS
BP-CHB
BP-TACTICAL

Shortwave Radios

SQny

Input
163.375
63.050
163.100
162.825
162.850
162.875
162.900

SOG
BP-CHIO
BORDER ALARMS-SIMPLEX
BP-ALARM
BP-ALARM
BP-ALARM
BP-ALARM
BP-ALARM
BP-ALARM
CONTROLLINK
CONTROL LINK
CONTROL LINK

168.850
168.8625
170.675
170.700
170.750
170.625
170.650
170.775
171.725
41 3.675
413.550
162.925

168.850

418.850
418.850
418.850

The Krome Detention Center. wh ich is


west of Miami and was the next door ne ighbor of the now departed KKN39 transmitter
site, does not use the standard Bureau of
Prison freque ncies for its operational works.
They use the follow ing:

Channel
1
2
3
4
5
6

Frequency
162.825
162.925
163.625
163.675
163.725
163.775

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162.925
162.950
162.975
163.675
163.625
163.550
163.600
163.625
163.650
163.6625
163.675
163.725
163.9625
163.700
163.750
163.775
163.725
163.775
163.725
163.725
165.850
165.925
165.975
165.800
165.825
165.875
165.900
165.975
165.875
168.350
168.825

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165.875

The Border Crimes Task Force uses the


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Input
168.925
165.850
163.850

162.925
162.950
162.975
162.925
162.925
163.550
163.600
162.825
162.950
163.6625
162.975
162.825
163.9625
162.900
163.750
165.825
162.925
163.925
162.875
162.975
165.850
165.925
165.975
165.800
165.825
165.875
165.900
165.975
165.875
168.350
168.825

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BP- CH9
BP-CHl l
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BP-CHS
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83

HIGH SEAS
James R. Ha

EMBARKING ON MARITIME LISTENING

New York, New York -

busy town

What a

no t her ne w year has started. I hope


that you all enjoyed a happy holiday
and that Santa Claus was good to you.
The winter propagation is settled in and we
should be able to enjoy a few mo nths of
improved listening and DXing until the summer returns.
One of the busier pons in the United
States is New Yo rk with a variety oftrafficboth vesse ls and radio. This mo nth we w ill
have a look at some of the stations which can
be heard in , or from, New York City.

II

Pilot Boats

While the traffic between pilot boats.


their stations, and the ships whic h they serve
can be quite routine. it does offer useful
information on the comings and goings in
the harbor. Si nce any foreign ship. and all but
the most regularof visitors, must take a pilot,
these communicatio ns will prove in formati ve.

fuq,
156.675
156.800
156.900
156.800
156.450
156.975
156.725
156.800

Station
United & NJ Sandy Hook pilots
United & NJ Sandy Hook pilots
Hudson River Pilots Corp
Hudson River Pilots Corp
Hudson River Pilots Corp
United Pilots Association
United Pilots Association
United Pilots Association

Callsign
WaB 566
WaB 566
WRD 647
WRD 647
WRD 647
WHF 736
WHF 736
WHF 736

Towing Companies
Next on our list of helpful stations are the
towing compan ies. Even with the advent of bow
thrusters. ships still require tugs to help them into,
and ouc of, tight spots. There are also salvage
operations to be heard mi xed in with the routine
stuff.

frfill
156.425
156.450
156.975
156.800
156.975
156.800
156.950
156.800
156.350
156.800
156.450
156.800
156.500
156.800

Station
Seo Tow Services
Seo Tow Services
Seo Tow Services
Seo Tow Services
Kosnoc Floating Derrick Corp
Kosnoc Floating Derrick Corp
Red Star Towing & Trans Co
Red Star Towing & Trans Co
Moron Towing & Transpartolion
Moron Towing & Tronspartotion
City Island Morine Towing Inc
City Island Morine Towing Inc
Harbor Tow & Salvage
Harbor Tow & Salvage

84

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Callsign
WHX 230
WHX 230
WHX 230
WHX 230
KTD 547
KTD 547
KUF 646
KUF 646
WBV
WBV
WHX 937
WHX 937
KMD 304
KMD 304
January 1995

Manhattan Island photo courtesy of New York C& V Bureau


157 .025
156.450
156.800
156.800
156.350
156.900
156.800
156.900
156.800

City Island Morine Towing Inc


City Island Norine Towing Inc
City Island Morine Towing Inc
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co
Turecomo Coastal & Harbor Towing
Turecomo Coastal &Harbor Towing
NewYork Towing Line Inc
New York Towing Line Inc

WHX 667
WHX 667
WHX 667
K8P 350
KBP 350
WHG 959
WHG 959
KZH 804
KZH 804

Of these towing compan ies. Moran Towing and


Transportacion. TurecamoCoastal and Harbor Towing, and Great Lakes Dredge and Dock arc prominent in long distance towing, and they can prove
interesting catches on the air. Also. Great Lakes
Dredge and Dock has been involved in many dredging and construction projects. In a futurc column we
will have a more detailed look al some of the lowing
companies and their operations.

Yacht Clubs and Marinas

156.425
156.800
156.575
156.800
156.475
156.800
156.425

Station
Ampere Fishing & Yacht Club
Ampere Fishing & Yacht Club
North Minneford Yacht Club
North Minneford Yacht Club
North Cove Yacht Harbor Mgmt Co
North Cove Yacht Harbor Mgmt Co
Bowery Boy Boal Club

Callsign
WHW212
WHW212
wxz 358
wxz 358
wxz 564
wxz 564
WHX 974

Bowery Boy Boot Club


Bridge Boal Soles Ltd
Bridge Boot Soles Ltd
Bridge Boal Soles Ltd
Bridge Boal Soles Ltd
Bridge Boal Soles Ltd
Bridge Boot Soles Ltd

WHX 974
WHV 789
WHV 789
WHX 946
WHX 946
WHU 206
WHU 206

Oil Companies

Herc is another place that might surprise you


with its interesting listeni ng. In a world which is
driven by oil. the transportation of this commodity
is vital. Oil companies maintain their own communications companies just lo keep in touch with
their tankers. Shi ps have to be bunkered and make
arrangements with the oil companies. either to
move to the bunkering do1:ks. or fur a visit from a
refuelling barge. Herc arc a couple of examples of
what the petroleum business has to offer.

frfill

Every ship 's officer loves to hate the pleasure


craft operator. Small boats frequently get in the way
and cause all manner of problems for the professional mariner. Their incessant chatter on the pleasure craft channels in the VHF marine band 1:an
drive one to distract ion, but they can he amusing to
listen to occasionally. Yacht Clubs and marinas can
have interesti ng traffic as boats come in needing
repairs. as races are in progress. or as a member
makes a reservation for dinner.

frfill

156.800
156.450
156.800
156.450
156.800
156.450
156.800

Station
156.975 Moronio Oil Tanker Corp
156.800 Moronio Oil Tanker Corp
4.1504 Moronio Oil Tanker Corp
6.2254 Moronio Oil Tanker Corp
8.2954 Moronio Oil Tanker Corp
12.3544 Moronio Oil Tanker Corp
2.1834 Moranio Oil Tanker Corp
2.1834 Moronio Oil Tanker Corp
2.0664 Moronio Oil Tanker Corp
156.800 Mobil OilTelcomLtd
157.025 Mobil OilTelcom Ltd
157 .025 Mobil Oil Telcom Ltd
156.800 Mobil Oil Telcom ltd

Callsign
KPB 566
KPB 566
KPB 566
KPB 566
KPB 566
KPB 566
KPB 566
KPB 566
KPB 566
KBP 360
KBP 360
wax 628
wax 628

Since there arc so many oil companies which


have their own fleets and communications systems. and since there arc some very large and
important tanker operators. this is another topic
which will be revisited in future columns.

SMART BATTERY CONTROLLERS

Here and there about town


The remai nd.:r uf 1hi.; lbiing is repre,en1a1iveof
the vari.:1y of bu,inesses on the mari time band:
There arc shipping compan ies. shipping agcnl,.
electronics firm,. t:ommunicalions companies. and
O!h Cr\.

Marine terminals will often ha' ca radio s1a1ion


lo conl:H;l incoming ships lo confirm eslimalcd
limes of arrival and the faci lities which will be
required. such"' unloading equipment and manpower.

lli.q

Station
1S6.97S Casile Port Morris Terminal
1S6.800 Castle Porl Morris Terminal

Call sign
KR 9S39
KR 9S39

l don"! know exac.:ll) why the Staic University


has a station. hut judging by their u'c of HF SSB
frequcnc.:i cs. they are likely to be involved in
oceanic.: research.

lli.q

4. l 2S
6.224
8.294
l 2.3S3
l 6.S31
22. l S9
l 56.3SO
l 56.4SO

Station
Stole Univ of New York
Slate Univ of New York
Slole Univ of New York
Slole Univ of New York
Slole Univ of New York
Slole Univ of New York
Slole Univ of New York
Slole Univ of New York

Callsign
KXS 294
KXS 294
KXS 294
KXS 294
KXS 294
KXS 294
KXS 294
KXS 294

Marine surveyors arc often required to carry out


inspections of ships 10 determine their c.:onditions
for insurance purposes. 10 asst:ss damage for an
insurer. or to give !heir opinion on the soundness of
a ship when it is being sold.

lli.q

Station
156.500 Poseidon Morine Surveys Lid
156.800 Poseidon Morine Surveys Lid
I56.32S Boyd Weir & Sewell Inc
1S6.4SO Boyd Weir & Sewell Inc
156.800 Boyd Weir & Sewell Inc
1S6.800 Bouchard Transportolion Co Inc
156.500 Bouchard Tronsportolion Co Inc
1S7.250 Nymor Communicolions Corp
156.800 Nymor Communicolions Corp
1S6.425 Slrochon Shipping Co
156.800 Slrochon Shipping Co
1S6.67S Amerada Hess Communicolions Co
157.025 Amerada Hess Communicolions Co
156.800 Amerada Hess Communicolions Co
157.400 Nymor Communicolions Corp
IS6.800 Nymar Communicolions Corp
1S6.900 Morilime Associolion of N\'\J4J
156.675 Morilime Associolion of NY/ NJ
IS6.800 Morilime Associolion of NY/ tU
IS7.400 Nymor Communicolions Corp
156.800 Nymor Communicolions Corp
22.1604 Avior Shipping Inc
l 6.S294 Avior Shipping Inc
12.3544 Avior Shipping Inc
8.29S4 Avior Shipping Inc
6.22S4 Avior Shipping Inc
4.1 264 Avior Shipping Inc
1S6.4SO Worms Agencies Inc
1S6.800 Worms Agencies Inc
157.400 Nymor Communicolions Corp
156.800 Nymor Communicolions Corp
156.500 Rovenscroh Shipping Inc

Callsign
WHY 296
WHY 296
KZO 269
KZO 269
KZO 269
KOU414
KOU 414
KOU 537
KOU 537
KXE 296
KXE 296
KLY 833
KIY 833
KIY 833
KOU S39
KOU 539
WHU 422
WHU 422
WHU 422
KOU 540
KOU 540
wxz 485
wxz 485
wxz 485
wxz 485
wxz 485
wxz 48S
KA9 7333
KA9 7333
KOU 538
KOU538
KIL 894

156.BOO Rovenscroh Shipping Inc


1S6.4 SO Worms Agencies Inc
156.800 Worms Agencies Inc
156.475 Sound Morine Corporolion
I56.4SO Sound Morine Corporolion
1S6.800 Sound Morine Corporolion
156.4SO Poling Tronsportolion Corp
156.800 Poling Transportolion Corp
156.800 Poling Transportolion
IS6.4SO Poling Transporlolion
22.1634 Eklof Morine Corp
I6.53S4 Eklof Morine Corp
12.3604 Eklof Morine Corp
8.2954 Eklof Morine Corp
6.2254 Eklof Morine Corp
4.1264 Ek Iof Morine Corp
1S6.4 SO Worldwide Eleclronic Corp
1S6.800 Worldwide Eleclronic Corp
1S6.725 Breokwoler Morine Services
156.SOO Breokwoler Morine Services
l 56.4SO Breokwoler Morine Services
156.800 Breokwoler Morine Services
156.250 Eklof Morine Corp
1S6.800 Eklof Morine Corp
162.000 tliogoro Communicolions Inc
156.800 tliogoro Communicolions Inc
156.725 Henry Morine Service Inc
1S6.800 Henry Morine Service Inc
1S6.3SO Henry Morine Service Inc

KIL 894
WHY 314
WHY 314
WHX307
WHX307
WHX 307
KZB 618
KZB 618
KEJ 765
KEJ 76S
KYR 822
KYR 822
KYR 822
KYR 822
KYR 822
KYR 822
KIY 662
KIY662
WHX 395
WHX395
WHX395
WHX395
KBP 380
KBP 3BO
WHU 738
WHU738
KZP 8S2
KZP 8S2
KZP 8S2

While mos! of these stations are on VHF,


there arc many HF and MF stations in and
around New York. The stations I have li sted are
actually in Nt:w York C ity. but there are many
others in New Jersey. Long Island. and other
New York cities and towns.

New HF station in Newfoundland


I\ new

Hr statio n has been opened in New-

fo undland by KFS World Communications.


VCT has bet:n added to the the company"s two
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85

SATELLITE TV
LARKE BELT

en ei z,

A Question of Trade-Offs

cl me g uess. You did n' I wi n the lotte ry.


and now you have to think twice before
she llin g oul for yo ur mo nito rin g
cravings. If you're like the rest of this crowd.
your interests more than li ke ly are spread a ll
over the RF map. How can you make as much
of what's left of your di sposable income go as
far as possible? We' ll look at w hat you need.
what you don't need, and what you may
a lready have. There may be a couple of pieces
of aear already at your mo nitoring post whic h
D
.
.
.
wi ll do double duty for satellite momtonng.

Ku or Not Ku?
S ince the bulk of sate ll ite broadcasting is
still done on the C band , newcomers to the
hobby will spe nd the ir first mo nths combi ng
the hundreds of c han nels for various audio
and video transmi ssions. It 's usual ly not lo ng
before I hey re eager to explore the Ku band as
well. Two questions come to mind. First, is
there enough acti on on Ku to justify ret rofitt ing your system. and second. is ii worth
putti ng Ku capability o n your dish lo begin
w ith?
The answer is that it' s a q uestio n oftradeoffs. There is far less in the way of transmiss ions o n Ku: however. it is the o nly place I've
fou nd the BBC Se1e11 O 'Clock News. Still ,
my advice is that if mo ney is a big concern.
do n't bother.
The pla in C-band feedhorn runs about $60
retail. A decent (40 degree) LNB runs abo ut
$70. Thus. for $130you'reall set for C-band
viewing. Ir you were to later up-grade your
system for Ku you would have IO scrap the
feed horn for a combined C/Ku feed wh ich
retails at about $ 125. You can pu t your old C
band LNB on your new C/Ku feed. Still.
you're o ut $60 for the now umased C-band
feed. /I. decent ( 1.0 dB) Ku LNB wi ll run
abou t $80. Total investment for C/K u retrofitt ing: $325. or about S200 more than C-band
o nl y.

What About Intelsat?


I'm often asked a simil ar quest io n with
regard to the Inte ls at sate llites. These are the
satellites w hic h "'bridge" the Atlantic and arc
used heavi ly by broadcas ters from both Europe and North Ame rica. The two most critical questio ns are, "W hat will it take to be ab le

86

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January 1995

The latest generation Intelsat satellite,


made by Hughes Aircraft Company,
stands 39 feet high with its antenna
system unfolded and aft solar panel
extended. These birds dot th e skies over
the Atlantic. Reception by TVRO
systems is difficult; are they worth the
extra effort? Courtesy Hughes Aircraft.
to view these sate ll ites?" and " Is the re anything there that' s worth goi ng to all that
tro uble?"
To view these sate llites you' ll need to
meet the follow ing criteria: Be east of the
Mississippi: have a clear view to the east
southe ast: a ten foot diameter or larger dish:
a horizon-to-horizon dish drive o r a 36" linear
drive; a c ircu larly polarized fccd horn ; and a
PAL/SECAM/NTSC video standard te lev ision.
A formidable list! But, supposi ng you had
them all. wha t would you sec? The easternmost satellite most Americans can sec is
Spaccnct 2 (69 W). Inte lsat 5 I 3 (53 W) is as
far cast as I can go, o n which I find TV 5 from
France. !TN from England. and assorted other
feeds. Next is Inte lsat 506 (50 W) whic h has
four c hannels of Latin Ameri can programming. After that is Panamsal F l (45 W)

which features some 20 channels, most of


which arc spot beamed to spec ific locations in
South and Central America and some of which
are encrypted via the B-MAC syste m. East of
that is Intelsat 60 1 (27.5 W).
Looki ng thi s far east wi ll require some
very sophi sticated gear. such as a dish 12 to 16
fee t in diameter plus circu lar feedhom. Beyond these sate Ilites, locations not o n the East
Coast will li kely be out of the footprint.
Now, let's go back to the list and tally up
the costs. Typically a 12 footer will cost $400
more than a 10 footer. A 14 foot dish wi ll cost
$1.000 more than a I0 foo ter, and a 16 foot
dish will cost an additional $2,000. (See a
pattern here?) One pays dea rly for the extra
attraction of seeing the European birds. You ' ll
also need to replace your curre nt 18 or 24 inch
actuator motor w ith a 36-inch drive o r a horizon-to-horizon drive. Eithe r is expe ns ive-a
36-inch drive w ill cost about $250; ho rizonto-horizon about $350.
To properly see the c irc ul arly polarized
signals you' ll need to have an " Inte lsat" feed
which will cost about $300. Bottom line: it
wil l cost between twelve and fifteen hundred
dollars for the privilege of watching the European bi rds.

SCPC Receiver or What?


O ne of the more interesting aspects to this
hobby is listening to all the radio feeds o n the
c hannels wh ich carry Single C hannel Per Carrier signal s. Many TYRO mail order ho uses
carry a consume r grade SCPC receiver for
about $450. Yc t, as l have mentio ned many
times, there arc c heaper methods. One is to
use the 70 MHz loop o n the back o f your
satellite receiver (Method A).
Here's how to do it. Make up an interface
kit cons isting of three sho rt lengths of RG/58
cable and a 75 o hm splitte r. Attach o ne length
to the 70 MHz loop "out " and to the splitter.
Attach the second length to o ne of the o utputs
of the splitter and to the antenna of a radio
w hich tunes the TV band (chan. 2-6). Attach
the third length to the ot her leg of the splitter
and back to the ''in" of the 70 MHz loop. Now
set the radio to tu ne the TV channels. With
your satell ite receiver o n Galaxy 6 c hannel 3.
slowly tune your radio through the band.
You' 11 hear dozens of radio stations.

Many receivers don't have the 70 MHz


loop. Find out what kind of loop there is and
attach a radio capable of tuning that frequency in the manner described above.
Method B: Another way is to split the
signal fro m the L!'\B using a special 9501450 MHz splitter wh ich has a DC block on
one leg. Using the spliller, feed the satellite
receiver with the leg which passes the LNB
voltage and feed your scanner (capable of
LUning 950- 1450 MH z) with the leg with the
DC block. You wi ll need wide/narrow FM
tuning on your scan ner lo tune in the signals.
You' ll be ab le to LUnc in FM Squared (FM2)
signals as well.
Here are the trade-offs. A stand-alone
SCPC receiver is the best way to listen to
SCPC reception, but it is useless for any other
liste ning. For the same $450 you could purchase a med ium-priced scanner. It' s not quite
the best of both worlds: the audio via the
scanner is not as good as that of the SCPC
receiver. and some scanners may not be sufficientl y selective.
If you already have a scanner. you're all
set to experiment with Method B. If not. try
the cheap' neasy Method A and see what you
think. If you find yourself listening to it a lot,
it might be lime to invest in either a decent
scanner or an SCPC receiver.
As to the aforemen ti oned FM 2, outboard
stereo processors and translators needed for
such reception are about $300. One reader
reports that he gets excelle nt FM ~ reception
with his Yupiteru scanner. From my point of
view, the programmi ng available on such
services isn ' 1 wo11h investing in .

The Choice Is Yours


It's hard to know what your interests in a
particular hobby wi ll be until you've been
into it for a wh ile. Plan as much for the future
as you can wh ile not being able to see very far
at all. It' s important 10 avo id paying twice for
the same thing. If you are just gelling into the
TYRO hobby here arc my recommendations:
I. The antenna is the heart of your system.
Buy the biggest and the best dish you can
afford. Collect information on C/Ku antennas. Pay allention to "Gain" usually
expressed in "dB". A quality I0 foot dish
wi ll have a gain of 40 dB.
2. Buy the lowest noise temperature LNB you
can afford. For C-band using the above
di sh. 40 degrees is fine; for Ku 1.0 dB is
fine. Stay away from hyped-up claims of
super strong LNBs.
3. Buy a C/K u feedhorn, even if you don' t
have the money to buy a Ku band LNB. In
the future you may lind a cheap Ku LNB.

and Ku activi ty may increase as well.


Just be sure to put duct tape over the hole
where the Ku LNB would go to keep
moisture from the feedhom.
4. Buy a 24 inch actuator motor if you can't
afford a horizon-to-horizon mount. If
you want to experiment with viewi ng
lntelsats. reprogra m your receiver and
move the actuator arm clamp up so that
the fa rthest west the dish can move (fully
withdrawn) wi ll be Spacenet 4 ( I 0 1 W).
This means th at your 24 inch actuator can
push the dish al least 37 degrees further
east (full y ex tended) than it would if it
were properly sci up to receive as far west
as Satcom F I .
Technically, you should be able to see
as far as 32 degrees east--cerlainly as far
as Panamsat. This will al low you to experiment with your system. and you will
get a taste of what the Intelsat bi rds are all
about. This procedure will likely take
hours. but you wi II learn more about how
your system works and .yuu 11 be able to
see j ust how good your dish performs
under marginal reception conditions.
Chaparral makes a dielectric insert
(about $ 15) which installs in the feedhom
throat and converts linear lo circular polari zation. While not as effective as a real
circular feedhorn it will be better than
watching on a linear feedhorn.
A word of caution to fiberglass dish
owners: the motor may not be strong
enough to return the dish to its proper
location. You may have to be out at the
dish giving a manual boost. Be very
careful to avoid injury when working
with a heavy. mov ing dish.
5. Don ' t be afraid to buy a used receiver.
Satellite receivers evolve at a much faster
pace than that of antennas. The design
life of receivers is about two years, as
opposed to ten fur most ante nnas. Consequently, dea le rs often have a suppl y of
used receivers in their back rooms. Buy
from a reput able dealer. get a 90 day
warran ty, and look fo r brands the dealer
still carries.
6. Buying a used SCPC receiver is virtuall y
unheard of. Sure, I' ve had people tell me
they bought a commercial SCPC receiver
for$ I0 at a ham fest from a guy who had
no idea what it was. You're not likely to
be that lucky. Try the cheap'n'easy
method described above. or look for a
used scanner that is capable of being used
as an SCPC receiver.

were designed and lau nched, their creators had


no idea that one day they would be viewed by
ordinary people. The TYRO ind ustry is a proud
example of free enterprise chaos at its best.
Read everyth ing you can about this hobby. put
in the cheapest system you can. but above all
experiment! Al least once a week "surf' the
hundreds of video channels and keep a note pad
handy. You' JI have to jot down the interesti ng
things as you go along. otherwise you'll never
remember halfof what you see ! It's tru ly amazing.

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January 1995

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87

BELOW SOO KHZ


DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin Care, WB2QMY

You Tell Us ...

y rrad ition, the New Year is a time when


we ser some new goal s for ourselves.
Why not inc lude a few radio goa ls on
your list such as trying out a new mode o r
explo ring a new band"7 If long wave adventure
is on your list. you've found the right place
for tuning tips and information!
In formation exchange i ~ what thi s column
is all about- the sharing of tips and ideas on
all sorts of longwave topics. Th is month. the
mai lbag is chock full. so I'm letting the readers write most of the column. 1-leres what' s
happening in rad io's Basement Band:

Down Under
Terry Krey (TX) is still at it. He is continuing hi s exploration of the sub-basement
below 150 kHz. Terry specializes in thi s pan
of the spectrum and enjoys look ing for new
station s or changes in activi ty. Lately. he says
he' s been hearing strong signab from RTTY
station s NSS ( 134.9 kH z). NPM ( 1~6 . 1 kHz).
NAA (24 kHz). and NLK (24.8 kHz).
Terry stresses that the key to identi fy ing
sub-basement stations is an accurate frequency
listing and a well -calibrated tuning dial. Rarely
are two VLF stations assigned to the same
freq uency. so you can be sure of which one
you're hearing by carefu lly "zero-beating"
the station's carrier. then consulting a frequency chart. One of Terry's favorite LF
references is the Gro\e Shorrll'are Directory.

Logging In
Al Hemma lin (RI ) has gone from being a
long wave newcomer to a "DX hound'' in just
a few short months. I received almost six
pages of loggings that Al ha~ compiled into a
computer database format. some of which are
included in Table I. One catch he is rightfull y
proud of is LML ( ~30 kHz ) in Lomalinda.
Colombia. To catch thi s station and the others
on his list, he used a Drake R8 receiver and an
LF Enginee ri ng L-400 Acti ve Ante nn a
mounted about 20 feet above the ground.
Jim Osbo rn (VA) has also checked in
with a fi ne list of beacons heard. He notes that
conditions were espec ially good during the
fall at his location. provi ding him with some
excellent DXing results. Jim uses a Sangean
ATS-803A portable receiver along with its
built-in fe rri te rod antenna.

88

MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

As you can see from hi s Iist. it docsn' t take


lots of fancy eq uipment to pull in the big ones.
just so me patience and a bit of tu ni ng ski ll.
One thing to remembe r when using a ferri te
ante nna is that they are very direc tional. It 's
wise to scan the band with the radio in one
posit ion. and then spin the cabi net a quarter
turn and try again. You mi ght be surprised at
the new signals you' ll hear the second time
through. If man-made noise is a problem.
however. your best bet is to orient the set for
minimum interference and leave it in that
posi tion.
On the West Coast. Peter Warncke (CA)
has been busy logging new stations below
500 kHz. He has come across one unidentified ~ tati on: YXL (346 kl-I L). which he has
heard on two different occasions. My records
show that this new beacon is located at Sioux
Lookout. Ontario-an excellent catch from

TABLE 1
Beacon Loggings

.E.B..ro.J.I!
235
294
296
307
311
328
330
341
344
344
347
353
356
362
363
368
385
390
391
396
415
416
428
516
523

L0CATI 0N
9H
Camp David , PO
CL
Ft. Macon, NC
G
Galveston, TX
R
Snug Harbor, ONT
BFE Brownfield, TX
YTL Big Trout Lk, ONT
CMZ Cozumel. MEX
JHN Johnson, KS
YGV Harve St. Pierre, PO
POV Powell, WY
SBX Shelby, MT
LLX Lyndonville, VT
PB
W. Palm Beach, FL
SB
Sudbury, ONT
RNB Miliville, NJ
L
Toronto, ONT
HYX Saginaw, Ml
JT
Stephanville. NFLD
DDP San Juan, PR
ZBB S. Bimini, BAH
ASJ Ahoskie, NC
BKL Cleveland, OH
COGOrange, VA
YWA Petawawa. ONT
JJH Johnstown, NY

fil'.

A.H. (RI)
J.O. (VA)
P.W. (CA)
J.O. (VA)
P.W. (CA)
A.H. (RI)
A.H. (RI )
P.W. (CA)
A.H. (RI)
P.W. (CA)
P.W. (CA)
A.H. (RI)
A.H. (RI)
J.O. (VA)
J.O. (VA)
J.O. (VA)
A.H. (RI)
A.H. (RI)
J.O. (VA)
A.H. (R I)
J.O. (VA)
A.H. (RI )
A.H. (RI)
A.H. (RI)
A.H. (RI

This mo11tlr 's loggi11gs are courtesy of Al


He mmali11 (R I), Jim Osborn (V,;c\ ) and Peter
Warncke (CA).

the West Coast.


Peter also notes that he's heard eight
coasta l marine beacons near hi s location.
The days are numbered for many of these
sites as the Coast Guard is shutting down
most marine beacons that wi ll not support
the Differential GPS (DGPS) system.

Information Please
Stephen Andrews (GA) wrote in with
two exce llent questions regardi ng resource
publit:ations for long wave listening. He asks:
I) "Who has the best LF beacon guide and
how can one be obtained'!"' and. 2) "ls there
a deliniti ve list o r non-beacon ~ t at ions below
540 kH1.. particul arl y one wh ich includes
coa~t and ship information"'"
In my opinion. it's tou gh to beat the /\em/
Marine Beacon Guide for information on
beacons. It I ists over 7000 o r the m and contains a handy cross reference to help you find
a beacon even if you only know the frequency or callsign. There arc lots or tips for
QSLing. too. The Guide is available for
S 15.()() postpaid from: Mr. Ken Stryker, 2856G. West Touhy Ave .. Chicago. IL 60645.
As for question #2. yes. there arc guides
avai Iabl e whi ch Iist non-beacon st:it ions on
the long.waves. For the latest information. 1
recommend Bob Grove s S/10rr1rnre Directorr (8t h Edition). Marine & Coastal frequencies are covered on Pages M-30 and M31.
Incidentally. the SW Dirt!Clory also inc lude. a usefu l longwavc d irectory which
lists hundred s of beacons and other util ity
users by their frequency. The Shor111me
Oirecrory ($29.95 incl ud ing binder. 524.95
without binder) is available from Grove Entcrpri ~e~. 300 South H wy 64 West.
Brasstown. NC 28902-0098.

Does Anyone Know ?


Al Clark (N2EU W) has been ge tting
hack into longwave after many years of
being on the sidelines. I le s bru ~ hcd off an
old Sonar Model 130 I DF (directio n finding) radio which covers I00 kHz to 3.5 MHz.
as well as a weather channel. (Sou nds like
the perfect radio for the LW/ B road c a~t band
DXer 1) Al docs have one req ues t. I le woul d
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Charles Bernlh (NY)
says he' s been hooked on
beacon hunting since he
read the October 1993 "Below 500 kHz" column. Over
a year, and 240 beacons
later, he is sti ll hearing new
sig na ls. In mid Septe mber,
C harles logged seven new
beacons in the New England
Bill Bowers (OK) sent this fine photo of his longwave
region-an
area he usually
shack.
doesn' t hear too muc h from.
Sonar, and wonde rs if anyone might have
He's hoping the trend continues throug hout
informatio n on o btai ning o ne. If you can
the winter season.
help out , drop me a line here at MT and I' ll
Charles would like to start QSLing beasend your informat ion along to him.
cons and has designed a simple Prepared
Al's letter po ints up the usefulness of
Fo rm Card (PFC) to send o ut to the beacon
DFing equipment for recreatio n al longwave
eng ineers. He found some excellent tips for
use. Thanks to GPS , these units are starting
QSLing aero beaco ns in Ken Stryker' s g uide,
to show up at flea markets and hamfests fo r
but would also like to get address ing in fo rvery reasonable prices (usuall y under $ 100).
matio n fo r Coast Guard beacons.
Boate rs who used to depend o n beacon reMarine beacon reports sho uld be sent to
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the Coast Guard office closest to the beacon
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The nice thing about o ld DF equipme nt is
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OPERATING FREQUENCY

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O N THE HAM BANDS


THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N31K

Ring Out the Old

et's hope that 94 was the bottom year fo r


the low e nd of the c urrent sun spot cycle.
While not as terrible as it could have
been, the re was not a whole lot o f DX to be
had o n the bands above 20 meters. Gene ral
op inio n is that 1995 sho uld sec a slow upswing in sunspot numbers; with luck we will
crawl ou t of the bottom of the barrel in a year
or two. 80, 40, 30 and 20 meters will continue
to be the most active bands in 95.

It is a good idea to c heck WWV at 18


minutes past the ho ur for solar activity repo1ts. And. by all means. give the bands
above 20 a carefu l look o n a freq uent basis. I
have often been ple asantly surpri sed to fin d
o pen 15 meters (whi c h I check regul arl y)
whe n no o ne else was around. resulting in
good long rag chews with seve ral rare DX
stations. If you do n' t look, yo u won' t know
what you are missing 1
T ry calling CQ if you do not hear any
activity-it could just be someone e lse is
lurking on the side lines listening . (If we 're
a// listeni ng, we won' t hear anyone, right?)
Another hi nt on checking out the frequenc ies above 14 MHz is to tu ne the utility
(no n broadcast) frequencies. Utilities use state
of the art propagation predic tion systems and
know on an ho ur by ho ur basis which bands
wil l be useful to them. C hecking a utility
station g uide that lists frequenc ies and modes
is the best means of identifyi ng the statio ns
you hear, so you' ll know what part of the
g lobe is co ming through.
One additional hint is to check the propagatio n predictions in MT. CQ and QST magazines. I a m partia l to the CQ predictio ns;
W3AS K, George Jacobs. has been doing the
column fo r many years and seems to have an
extremely good handle on whe n to check the
various bands fo r ope nings. I might add that
George writes it in plain lang uage and explains th in gs in a manner that is easy for
newcomers to comprehend.

a Resolution for 1995

Nothing makes ham radio (or any o ther


pursuit) mo re inte resting than setting a goal

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and working at it. For


Figure 1: Regenerative Receiver (See nex t page for details)
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dec ide this is the year
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reso lve to get into a
contest or two and see
how you li ke it.or stop
chasing DX on 20 and
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see what DX can be
worked o n six o r two
and how you can parti cipate. Whi le aimed at
me ters.
the newcomer, the old timer w ill find a lot to
A n acti vity that is not o nly fun but e xinterest him in this video. Contesters' lantre me ly reward ing is g iving your time to help
guage
and terms are explained so the novice
someone else get started in hamming (be an
can " at last" understand what they are ta lking
Elme r). As the saying goes. " variety is the
about.
spi ce of life" 1
Several high power contest stations are
shown and multi-operator operation is deII New Videos
scri bed in some detail. But the most interestDaily we see more ne w videos o n ham
ing aspect of th is program is that it shows you
radio coming into the market. Last month I
that you do not need a multi-ki low all station to
descri bed a new video from CQ magazine
part icipate, have fun, or w in a contest.
called " Ham Radi o Horizons ." Two recent
T he who le gamut of contesting is explored
additio ns to the CQ video li brary are "Ge tting
fro m HF to m icrowaves. The video wi ll whet
Started in Contesting" and "Gelling Started
the appetite of the budd ing contester and proin Packet Radio."
vides e nough in fo rmation to get him started.
" Ge tting Started in Contesting" describes
"Getting Started in Packet Radio" describes
what a ham radio contest is, how they work, packet rad io in fai rly easy terms . All aspects of
packet are looked at. but due to the complex
nature of pac ket, o nly the surface of the ho bby
is introduced in this video. The non-packet
user wi ll defi nitel y come away wi th a
basic understanding of this aspect of
ham radio . T he video will not make
you a packet expert (nor did the publishers expect it to): however, you w ill
~'
l fo l
be able to make some judgments about
packet and dec ide if it is something
you are interested in. T he only real
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K7HMP
Dave Williams wrote a nice letter afte r
reading about my litt le o ne-watt tube rig in
the June issue. Dave described his own activities in the 1950"s and se nt an interesting
diag ram and article abo ut a compl ete 1950"s
mini rig.

T he rig is a complete rcgcncrati ve receiver


and s imple transmitter using miniature tubes
(you wi ll really need to sca n the flea market
forthesc). Dave s enclosed sche matic is pretty
wel l self-ex planatory except on how to wind
the coil s. According to the art ic le he sent, the
coi ls L 1. L3. and L4 are scramble-wound on
the e nd of the builder's little finger. and tied
with thread to help them hold the ir shape . L2
is wou nd on a lead pe nc il. sli pped off. and
a lso tied to keep its shape. L2 slides inside of
LI. See ms the o nl y thing c.:riti cal is to note the
length of wire. as no ted in Dave's diagram.

..Jliiiiil~"-C,........,.~ . ,

Ham DX Tips
Happy New Year to everyone 1 As Ike says. a new year brings new DX goa ls, suc h as
trying to log new countries (possibly on a new band ) for a specific award or just fo r the
fun o f it. The fo llowing ti ps just might help you in those goals.
CAMEROON TJ lJR meets with his QSLmanagcr 7V EW (Adam Bocttiger. 69 11
Naches He ig ht Rd .. Yakima, WA 98908) every Wednesday starting at 2230 UTC on
14 165 kHz SSB. C ANADA VE IXA, Roy Blakcburn. Mo11iwri11g Times reader and
contributo r to this column. wrote to say that he is ac ti ve from Cape Breto n Island (IOTA
re ference NA-OLO) as follo ws: OM ISS Net o n 14290 kHz SSB at 1700 UTC and 3940
kH z SSB at 0100 UTC, and at vari o us times on the IOTA freq uenc ies of 14 160, 14260.
and 2 1260 kHz SSB , and in the fo llowing nets: 14226.5 kHz SSB. The Butterfly Net:
14247 kHz SSB; and the YL ISS net o n 14325 kH z SSB. Roy will reply 100% to valid
QS L requests (please enclose an SASE or an SAE w ith return postage). Hi s address: 13
Blac kett's Lake Road. Sydney. NS B 1L1 B9 Canada. CANARY ISLANDS EA8BY R
is o n 24940 kHz SSB whe n propagatio n is good fo r 12 meters at 1630 UTC dai ly. Hi s
QS L manager is WA 1ECA, Frank J. Dlugokinsky, P.O. Box 772. Li tchfiel d. CT06795.
CU BA C02KK, Radio Habana C uba' s Arnie Coro (who can be reached at Box I.
Haba na, 10100, Cuba) will be active thi s mont h 1820 to 1840 kHz SSB a nd C W looking
fo r co ntac ts. DJIBOUTI J28JJ offers his country to the growing numbe r o f RTfY
DXers acti ve on the bands these days. Look for him o n 14087 kHz starting at 2030 UTC.
QSL' s should be sent to F6HGO Marc Lebon. 1 Rue de To nkin . F-69100 Villeurbanne.
France. HAITI HH 1D a nd HI-I 1T are mi ssio na ries in the mountains near Tho monde .
Usi ng solar charged batte ries. they a re active daily o n 7288 kHz at 1000 UTC. and at 2200
UTC they are active between 14260and 14350 kH zSS B. The route forQS L req uests will
be give n by them on the air. SOUTH SHETLAND ISLAN DS S P2GOW. Andy Grotha,
is the reside nt amate ur at the Polish Antarctic research base he re. And y is usin g the
call sig n HFOPOL, which is the base's club station. and has been wanting to hecome
ac ti ve o n RTIY for some time. Now. thanks to the Inte rnatio nal RTIY Assoc iatio n. he
soon should be ! They have donated a Hal Tclereadcr to the cluh station . and it hopefully
w ill be in place some time thi s month. Look for HFOPOL between 14085 and l .+095 kH z
RTIY. after Andy ge ts the equipment and has it up and ru nning. TOGO 5V7M D meets
hi s QSL man ager N7VEW (for his address sec the listi ng under Cameroon ahove )
T hursdays at 2200 UTC o n 14 165 kH z SSB. TONGA A35CT (who is Craig S.
Thompson. Box 2990. Nukualofa, Tonga) is o n 28475 kH z SSB when te n me ters has
propagatio n starting at 2200 UTC.
Remember. your contribut ions to this and the other MT column s are al ways appreciated. and thanks to a ll who sent in material last year! I hope that the New Year is a safe
o ne for eac h and every one of you. loaded with ple nty of happi ness and good DX ! 73 de
Rob N9LAG

TABLE 1

Parts for 1950-Era Mini-Rig


R1,6,8 & 11 ...... . 4.7K
R2 ..................... lMeg
R3 ............... ...... lK
R4,9 .................. lOK
R5 ............... ...... 470K
R7 ..................... 270K
RI O ................... 47K
Rl 2 ............. ...... 22K all 1/ 2 watt.
Cl, 10, 12 & 15 .. 20pf trimmers
C3,5 & 11 ......... lOOrf disk
C2 & 4 ........... ... 50p trimmers
C6,7,8,9, 13, 14,
17 & 18 ........... 005uf disc.
RFC l & 2 .......... It calls for 3mh chokes,
but the more standard 2.5mh will work
well.
The antenna should be 130 feet of wire
end fed
Coi ls arc wou nd w ith 30-gauge do uble silkcovered w ire (try 30 gauge e namel). Sec Table
I for parts and Figure 1 fo r schematic.
If you build thi s little rig. do let me know
how it worked o ut for you.

Columns Past
Some of the most popular on T he Ham
Band.. columns have been on radio control and
o n building your own station. with nosta lg ia
rad io runn ing a close third. Conseq uently. we
are goi ng to do more of the same this year.
I am a lways loo king for ideas. so write and
ask fo r what you wan t to sec in this co lumn. If
you have photos or schematics of older gear,
please send a copy to me vi a MT, PO Box 98.
Brasstown, NC 28902.

Tha1 '.1 all for Jan: bes/ ll'ishes 10 all for a


happy and prosperous Nell' Year.
73 de lk'. N31K

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January 1995

MO NITORING TIMES

91

QUTER LIMITS
THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED

Geor e Zeller

FOIA Reveals Cuban Clandestine Busted Twice

n response toa Freedom of Information Act


request by MT reader Ulis Fleming of Glen
Burnie, MD. FCC Field Operati ons Bureau
Beverly Baker has revealed that Frente
Nacional Cubano has been busted tll'ice by the
FCC. In the November 'Outer Limits" we
covered a July 27 bust of th is ant i-Castro clandesti ne al the Hac ienda Las Carolinas ranch of
Domingo Sadurni in the Penu elas barrio of the
town of Salinas. Puc110 Ri1.:o. Baker now says
that the station had previously been busted at a
location in Miami , Florida.
According 10 the FCC. Frentc Nacional
Cubano was busted on December I. 1993, al a
house owned by R ~tl ph Santa-Cruz in south western Miami. Santa-Cruz received a FCC
Notice of Apparent Liability on February 28.
1994. He was fined $8,000 for the incident.
Interestingly. Santa-Cruz' station was not
ph ysically inspe1.:ted by the FCC until December 2. In its report on the in1.: ident, the FCC says.
"There is reason to believe that Mr. Santa-Cru z
c hanged the equipment being used and sent the
original tran smitter and power amplifier to
Puerto Rico."
As we reported in the November issue. the
Frcnte Nacional Cubano transmillcr \Vas not
confiscated during the Ju ly 1994 Puerto Rican
bust. It now is clear that this was a second
offense. This is 1.:urious.
The FCC outlines ascqucnccof events in the
Puerto Rican bust. The Cuban government
filed a complaint on March 22 about the station.
The FCC assigned the case to its San Juan I
Santa Isabel ofli1.:e on March 23. A map of
Puerto Rico reveals that the Hacienda transmitter site is about two or three miles from Santa
Isabe l. But, it took the FCC more than fo ur
months to locate the transmitter. This is also
curious.
These curious 1.: ir1.:umstances have led some
DXers to spec ul ate that the FCC treated the two
busts in an unusual fashion becau se of Domingo
Sadurni 's membership on the board of trustees
of the very powerful Cuban American National
Foundation. headed by Jorge Mas Canosa. There
is no proof of th is. of course, but it is food for
thought.

Pirates Invade 43 Meters


On October 29. High Adventures Min istry's
KVOH Califo rnia transmitter signed on with a

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January 1995

good one to store in your receiver's memory


banks.

Clandestine Logs from Russia

Captain Crook's Long awaited


WJLRQSL.

Stan, the announcer and verie signer at


Russian pirate Radio Magic, sends some
clandestine loggings direct to Mo11irori11g
Times . He notes the Voice of Kashmir Freedom on 4100 kHz for an hour at I530 UTC,
the Voice of Worker on 4 190 kHz on 4 190
fo r an hour at 1700 UTC, the Voice of Rebellious Iraq on 7070 kHz for ISO minutes at
1500 UTC. and the Voice of Ira nia n
Ku rdistan on 4290 kHz for 90 minutes at
1630 UTC.
These intercepts should be of interest to
our European readers. But, these times are
local daylight hours in North America. Since
4 M Hz freq uencies will not propagate overseas during periods of sunlight, it 's virtually
certain that we won't be able to hear these
broadcasts.
On the Europirate scene. Stan points out
that Radio Without Borders International
reacti vated during thesu mmer"on 76 meters."
This would also be a tough catch fo r DXers in
the Western He misphere.

Other Clandestine Items


regular evening schedu le on 74 15 kHz.
This longtime pirate freq uency joins a list
of many others on 4 1 meters that are now
occupied by powerful international broadcasting stations in the evening. Although
pirates have still been using 4 1 meters.
especially during daylight hours, the presence of powerfu l interference fro m the big
broadcasters has caused the pirates to move.
Quite a few pirates have chosen to operate /Je low the 4 1 meter ha m band. Frequencies within 10 kH z of 6965 kHz have been
panicul arly popular for several hours after
2300 UTC on the weekends. This area of 43
meters has seen occasional use by pirates
over the years. but the number of stations
who have moved down here has very substantially increased in recent weeks.
At the 1994 Mo11itori11g Times convention. I was asked repeatedly about good
freq uencies to check while searchi ng for
pirates. It now is clear that 6965 kH z is a

Uli s Fleming notes that La Voz del CID,


which has used a freq uency within 200 Hz of
994 1.6 fo r years, now frequentl y moves to
9920 kHz in the evening. They announce the
shift before moving, presumabl y in an attempt to avoid loud Cuban whi ne jamming on
their traditional spot.
Ulis was one of the fi rst to notice that
Radio Caiman has disappeared in the
evening. It he ld out on a daily basis on 9965
kH z fo r years wi th its anti-Castro programming. Kirk Trummel of Springfield, MO,
reports that he occasionally hears Caiman in
the morn ing around I I00 UTC. but the
station s acti vity has been drastically curtailed. Can any of our readers confirm Kirk s
recent logs of Caiman? Many have suspected
that th is mysterious station, about which IiIlle
is known, may have some relationship with
USA intelligence agencies.
I ran across a nostalgic item in the August
23 issue of the Salem News (Ohio) Yesteryears histori cal magazi ne. They pointed out

that the May 19. I 950. edition of this


newspaper reported that Mildred E.
Gi ll ars. the .. Ax is Sall y.. voice on German World War II clandest ine ~. was
sentenced to I0 to 30 years in prison and
fi ned S I0.000. Obviously. clandestine
broadcasting had seri ous consequences
50 years ago!

Pirate News

,..
dS tem's
. Caribbean So11t1 ys
.
Ruger receives
second QSL.

Jeff WhiteofWRMI, who was in attendance at the Mo11i1ori11g Ti111es conventi on.
confirmed that he offers ai rtime 10 pi rat e stations on licensed stati on Radio Copan on 15675
kHz in Hondu ras. Jeff says that he has had
some inq uiries (especiall y from Europirates)
about hi s offer to sell airtime to pirate stations.
but so far no station has aclllall y scheduled a
broad<.:ast. Anyone with an interest in this novel
idea sho uld contact Jeff at PO Box 526952.
Miami. Florida 33 152.
We also hear direct fro m Derek Taylor. \\ho
publishes a detailed A/1ema1in' Pira1e Me di11111 Wan' Ne11s newsletter. as well as some
lengthy Europirate stat ion and address lists. If
you wou ld like informati o n on D1:rek's material, send $ I US for postage 10 him at 12
Dorman Road. Preston PR2 6AS. England.

Radio Free Berkeley


Stephe n Dunifer. longtime o perator of low
power FM pirate Rad io Free Berkeley in the
Cali forn ia Bay Area. has received noti<.:e that
the FCC int e nd ~ to seek a rnurt injunction that
would prohibit additi onal broadcasts by the
station. The FCC previously issued a otice of
Apparent liabi lity against Dunifer. fi ni ng him
$20.000 fo r alleged illegal broadcasts.
Jn a press release. Dunifcr said ...They can
kiss my bill of rights." Allorneys fo r the station
said th at the FCC action wa~ unprecedented.
given that temporary restraining order injuncl ions arc normall y sought for "emergency silllations where th e threat of immediate and irreparable harm req uires the interve ntion of th e
Court. .. A Dl!cl!mbcr2 hearing in Federal District Cou rt in Oakland was sched uled o n the
FCC request. hu t the hearing mis~ed the deadline for thi s colu mn. Stay tuned.
Interviewed by Mo11itori11g Fi111es. Dunifer
poi nted out that although the FCC refuses 10
license low powe r community stations with
transmi uer~ under 100 walls. it routinely licenses very low pO\\ er tran ~ lal or relay stations
fo r licensed broadcasters. and mai ntains regulations that hams and other services should use
the lowest feas ible power during transmissions. He and his auorneys argue that the FCC s
behavior is inconsistent and unconsti tutional.

What We Are Hearing


Your pirate radi o intercepts arc always
we lcon1e for thi s column. c/o PO Box 98.
Bra~ ~ town.
orth Carolina 28902. Maildrop
addre ~ses u~ed by North American pirate stat io n!> reported by o ur readers thi s mon th incl ude PO Box 45 2. Wel lsville. ew York
1-1895 : PO Box 109. Blue Ridge Summit. PA
172 1-1: PO Box 1-16. Stoneham. MA 02180:
PO Box 1753-1. Atlanta. GA 30616: and PO
Box 1-161. P..:rm 6 1-1036. Ru s~i a.
Anti-Witch- 6666.6 at 2 145. One of the stronger
Halloween seasonal stations this year was this new
Oflerotion, which featured plenty of eerie sound
effects. There wos some controversy about the
precise ID, given a heavy echo in the announcer's
voice, but my tape clearly translates "Anti-Witch is
Colling." Addr: None. !Zeller)
Down East Radio- 7 4 14 at 2315. Oscar Guggins
rela ys comedy tapes from on announced location
in Moine. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. !Jomes
Loughlon, Youngstown, NY; Rondy Ruger,
Brandon, FL)
Hit Parade Radio- 6964 ot 0015. Dole Dorman
normally programs rock oldies in a 1960' s AM hit
music format, but on Halloween he ployed the top
ten Halloween songs os voted on by pirate
listeners. Addr: Wellsville. !Gigi Lytle, Lubbock, TX)
KDED- 7 445 at 0300. This o ne uses o slogan as
the Voice of the Grateful Dead. You don't need to
be a rocket scientist to figure out what musical
selections ore featured. Addr: Wellsville. !Harold
Frodge, Midland, Ml)
Microdot Radio- 7415 a t 2345. This relatively new
operation appears to ma inly feature a classic rock
and comedy format. Addr: Faribault. ILoughlon)
North American Pirate Radio Service- 7 41 3 a t
2300. Richard T. Pistek has relayed dozens of
pirates for the lost couple of years. On his
anniversary show he ployed highlights from all of
them . Harold soys that his QSL come via
Stoneham. Addr: Wellsville. !Barry Williams,
Enterprise, AL; Ruger, Frodge)
Pon Global Wireless- 7380at0100. Mike Oxlong
generally mixes comedy ond amusing parody ads
on his pirate station. Addr: Wellsville. !Frodge)
Radio Airplane- 6960at0100. Captain Eddy still
transmits from his airplane. On Halloween he
teamed up with the formerly late Nemesis of Radio
Doomsday with a slogan of "Radio Scoreplone."
Addr: Wellsville. !Ruger)
Radio 43- 6960 at 0015. This relatively new
station often programs old time radio rebroadcasts. A recent one featured a sketch about o radio
astronomer who searches for broadcast tronsmis-

sions from alien civilizations. Addr: None, but


a ccepts reports via the Free Rodia Network
computer BBS ot 141 7) 624-1809. (Zeller)
Radio Azteco- 7414 ot 2300. Brom Stoker's
hilarious porody of DXing and DXers is
always a real treat. Rob recentlr. received
their l 24th QSL. Addr: Wellsville. !Robert
Ross, London, Ontario)
Radio Cyclops- Our readers ond the station
operator repo rt that many QSL's hove
arrived in mailboxes everywhere from this
station. We pictured their nice cord in
September. Addr: Wellsville. !Ross, Frodge)
Radio Dr. Tim- 7 412 at 23 15. Several
Europirote stations hove established relay
relationships with North American transmitters,
iust like international broadcasters hove done
for years. Thi s is one of them. Addr: Wuppertol.
IFrodge)
Radio Free Euphoria- 7375 at 0045. Captain
Ganja' s clever marijuana advocacy format is
entertaining, whether or not you agree with his
politics. Sometimes the station hos identified
itself as High Times Radio. Addr: Wellsvi lle.
(Frodge)
Radio Magic 5750 ot 0300. Stan, who sent us
some clandestine loggings this month, is the
force behind this Russion pirate. Their North
American relay is normally NAPRS. Addr:
Perm. !Dick Pearce, Brattleboro, VT)
RBCN- 3 450 at 0330. Radio Bob rules the
roost at one of the fu nniest stations on
shortwave radio today. Rondy heard the station
plugging the Monitoring Times convention.
Addr: Atlanta. !Ruger)
Solid Rock Radio- 7 470 at 1430. Dr. Love
ployed Chicago rock music o n the morning that
Jesse heard them, but he often dabbles in soul
and other musica l styles. Addr: Wellsville. !Jesse
Rose, Hampton , VA, Ruger)
!unidentified)- 6912 at 0345. William heard
this singing mole pirate that we mentioned in
lost month's column. In addition to French, this
strange but very a ctive net also uses another
unidentified language. We con use your help
on this one! Addr: None. !Hassig)
Up Against the Woll Radio- 74 15 at 1915.
Easily identifiable by its loud "oogoh" horn
interval signal, this one recreates a musical and
political mood from the late l 960's and early
l 970's. Owsley, their announcer, requires
program comments for QSL's of listener
reception reports. Addr: Wellsville. !Williams)
Witch City Radio- 7 445 ot 0000. This veteran
Halloween station returned from Solem, MA,
during the holiday. Addr: Well sville. !Max
Syko, Gaylord, Ml )
WJLR- Captain Crook of John Lennon Radio
soys that hi s long delayed QSL's should be in
the moil by now, using the station logo that we
picture this month. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit.
!Direct from the station)
WKND- 7 415 at 1800. Radio Animal is bock at
the controls with his rock music and pirate radio
"K-9 Dog" discussion format. He sometimes hos
in-studio guests such as A. J. Michaels of Action
Radio. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. !Frodge)
WLBG 7450 at 0200. Mr. Microphone at "We
Love Bob Grove" is a nother pirate that hos
plugged the Monitoring Times convention,
mentioning Grove Enterprises' 90% off sole.
Funny, Bob never told me about this sole! Addr:
Unknown . !Ruger)

January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

93

WHAT'S NEW?
by Larry Miller

BOOK REVIEWS AND NEW PRODUCTS

Guest reviewer: Bob Grove

Going Scouting
Every scanner
user has one ulti mate goal: gelling
the frequency . Unti l recently,
the on ly
way to fi nd
a frequency
in use was
to searc h for
it- an oft en
lab o riou s
and time
consu ming
process. Now, Optoelectronics ,
Incorporated, of Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, has announced a new
product that may very wet I be the
a nswer to every scanner user's
ultimate dream.
The Scout is " the first hand
he ld dev ice intended sole ly to
detec t radio transmitlers in the
near field."' If s not a freq uency
counter. nor a measure ment/calibration unit. T he Scout is a frequency recorder whic h can automatically de tect and record up to
200 frequen c ies and 250 repeat
hits on any prev ious ly detected
freque ncies.
Ideally suited for security, surveillance, law e nforcement , or
scanner users, the Scout is pocketsized and operates from a NiCad
ballery pack which provides over
six hou rs of continuous operatio n. S lip this unit into your
pocket. a ttach the separate ly
availabl e DB32 ante nna and
you ' re all set to go hunting. The
unit will detect and record any
acti ve frequencies it senses and
will signal with e ither a pagersty le vibration in Wa lk-By Mode
or a beep in Drive-By Mode.
Best of all, the Scout can download its recorded freq ue ncies into

a computer database through an


avai lable computer imerface. If
you' re using an OS456 equipped
PR02005/6 or OS235 eq uipped
PR0-2035, R-7000. or R7 100,
the Scout can be connected and
Lhe scanner tuned to each recorded
freque ncy using Recall Mode.
The Scout Model 25 comes
with an AC adapter charger, 3.5"
disk with PC compatible uti lities
and an operator's manual for the
retail price of$399. However. it
can be found for less at dealers
suc h as Grove Enterprises and
others.
T he DB 32 miniature VHF/
UHF ante nna is $29 and the CX 12
TTL to RS232C inte rface is $89.
The Scout is manufactured by
Optoelectronics, Inc ., 305-77 12050 (582 1 NE 14th Ave. Ft.
Lauderdale, FL 33334).

MONITORING TIMES

No More Fat Plugs


American Leviton Wire and
Cable Group knows how it is to
have several power cords connected to a wall socket. They
know that the average plug mea-

Analyze Your RF
Forge t the c umbersome calculations jotted on sc raps of pape r while you 're perched on a
rooftop c lutchin g coax a nd
fccdline. trying to adjust for the
right impedance and SWR. Why
not do it the 9os way a nd use
Autck Research's RF Analyst?
Pocket-sized, the digital RFI
makes construc tio n. measurement. and adjustment o f everything fro m antennas, transmi ss ion lines. tuners and RF networks in the 1.2 to 35 MHz range
a snap. T he device connects to
any antenna or feed line and instantl y shows impedance and
SWR.
The mi niature inte rnal 1ransmit1e rnotes resonant freque nc ies,
allowing for easy trimming of
antennas. Feed line loss and phasing, Q. tuned- c irc uit resonance
and many other antenna and tuner

Books and equipment for announcement or


review should be sent to "What's New?" c/o
Monitoring Times, P.O. Box 98, 300 S. Hwy 64
West, Brasstown, NC 289202.
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parameters can be measured.


The RF Analyst measures 4.5
x 2.5 x 1.5 inches and runs on a
standard 9V battery for 12 hours
of use. It's avai lable from Autek
Research, 4143 W. Waters Ave nue, # 120. Tampa, FL 33614 or
8 13-87 1-3805. The RFI retai ls
for $ 129.95 plus $6 shipping and
handling.

January 1995

surcs at least 2- 112" ou t fro m Lhe


wall. forcing an uns ightly and
space-taking gap. They know, and
they've done something about it.
Billed as the latest innovation
in e lectrical safety and des ign,
the FlatPlug is an ultra-thin 1/4"
wide and comes with a fo ld-down
sa fety grip ring. The cord and
pl ug s its flat against the wall
socket, al low ing furnitu re, o ffice
equipme nt. and a ppliances to be
pushed in closer to the wall surface. T he FlatPlugs unique des ign also reduces the hazard to
in fan ts and c hildren.
Avai lable in stock or custom
2C polarized or 3C grounded
styles, the FlatPlug can be ordered from American Leviton
Wire and Cable Group. 36 Free-

man S treet. P .O. Bo x 880,


Pawtucke t. RI 02862-0880. Call
401 -726-0070 for pric ing information.

Scanning: The
Next Generation
The inceptio n of compu ter
interfaces li ke the OptoScan 456
for the Radio Shack PR0-2005/6
scanners has changed the face of
scanning. No longer docs a user
s it in front of a scanner punching
at the scan bullon and writing
down obscure freq uenc ies. Frequencies are now logged using
the power of a computer to do the
work.
As if things weren' t easy
enough, DataFile, Incorporated ,
o f S t. Lou is, M issouri . has arrived on the scene with a software release called Probe. Des igned to be used exc lus ively with
the OptoScan456 inte rface. Probe
util izes a ''true database e ngine"
which e nables it work with large
capacity frequency data such as
the PerCon FCC database.
Providing user-friendly menus
and commands, you can scan
tho usands of freque ncies in a
maile r o f minutes without having
to e nte r long li sts of freque ncy
data. Probe pulls service name,
c ity. state. ca ll sign. type. even
latitude and longitude data for
each frequen cy. It even reads,
dec od es a nd s qu e lc hes for
CTCSS and DCS tone coded frequencies.
Probe requires a PR0-2005/6
sc anner,
Opt oe lec tronic s
OptoScan 456 scanner/computer
interface, IBM compatible computer using MS/PC DOS v3.0 or
highe r, 640K RAM , hard disk,
seria l port and optional IBM/
Epson printer.
With too many features to list,
suffice it to say that Probe is a
welcome and highl y usable addition lo computer aided scanning,
al lowing maximum scanni ng and
information display. Probe software is priced at $99.95 plu s$7.50

Ham Calendars from CQ


Like an accurate clock, an accurate calendar is a must for your Bates Photography. Each month features a touch of nostalgia
shack wall. Real radio enthusiasts know better than to ruin the
with antique radios, tubes, microphones and code keys.
aesthetics of their shack
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or mountain scenery. In1996
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stead, real radio enthudays, ham radio contests, and convensiasts pick up a copy of
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tions,plusastronomicalinformationsuch
one of CQ Communiradio you'll love CO's latest
as moon phases, lunar apogee and peri100~ into the past. Each month
gee dates and major meteor showers.
cations' popular ham
radio calendars.
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1995 Amateur Radio Calendar
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tures photographs by
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There's no better addition to
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handling and
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your shack or office'
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Imagine professional color
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P.hotographs of some of the
color photos include
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shots of some of the world's biggest and best
rectly
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You II see everything from
known ham stations, as well as several anat 76 No rth
aerial photos of SOM yagis to
tenna fa rms, a moonbouncc array and
ham shacks that are beyond
Broadway,
belief! No ham should be
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The "CQ Radio C lassics Calendar" takes
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1-800-853-9797.
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shipping and hand ling (MO residents add 5.975% sales tax) and
is avai lable from Datafile , Inc.,
P.O. Box 20 11 1, St. Louis, MO
63123.

R-390 Repair
Some of the best radios are
some of the oldest. Unfortunately. as the stateoftheart moves
forward. older radios are left behind. Still usable, many o r these
unit s cannot be repaired. as servic ing simply doesn't exist anymore.
Mil tronix of Toledo, Ohio,
spec ializes in the repair and restoration of R-390 and R-390A
receivers. Whether you' re in need
of module repair and alignment
or a complete remanufacture.
Miltron ix can do the job.
According lo the company. a
typical repair consists of'checking all tubes, checking the mec hanica l sy nchroni z ation,
troubleshooting and al ignment
from scratch which normally
bring all radios back to good

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working order. .. The cost fort hi s


service is $ 150, plus $5 per bad
tube and$ I 0 for recti fiers. There
is no charge for small resistors
and capacitors and no advance
payment is required.
The company also offers
remanufacture, which consists
of .. tota l disassembly of the entire rad io, wash of all modules
and mainframe, re mova l of
slugs. RF and IF transformers
from RF section. wash and
degrease geartrain, repl ace broken gear clamps, relubricate, reassemble. check tubes. clean and
replace defect ive controls" and
even re-si lkscreen the front panel
lettering. How s that for service?
The cost of a reman is $250
plus $5 per bad tube and $ 10 for
rectifiers. Major parts are priced
at market value.
All work is preceded by a
phoned estimate and turnarou nd
time depends on the number of
sets on the bench before yours.
Contact Milt ronix at P.O. Box
354 1. Toledo. Ohio 43608 and
tell them we sent you!

DELTACOMM.. 1-7100 CYBERSCAN


feature for monitoring syS1ems employing
duster or frequency hopping techniques.
Individually programmable dalabase
volume levels (by channel) while scanning.
Spectrum log function will sweep a
frequency spectrum, generate a
histogram and log frequencylactivily to
screen and/or disk in real time.

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Dual squelch delect electronics integraled with DELTACOMM .. 17100 software guarantees
optimum speed and performance during a frequency search or dalabase scan.
Programmable signal strength threshold limits with full Sbit accuracy allow selective monitoring
and togging. Only stations having signal strength less than or greater than or within upper~ower
user defined signal strength window limits will be monitored and/or togged.
Continously updating activity information window displays the last 19 active channels.
Channel activity slatus is displayed in real time with activily log function. To determine system
loading when first 5 channels are simullaneously busy, "All Trunks Busy" message is togged to disk.
Receiver characterization with DELTACOMMN 1-7100 birdie tog function automatically logs any
receiver birdies prior to a frequency search operation. Birdie channels are then tocked out
during a frequency search operation. thus eliminating false channel logging.
Custom interface allows selective program control of relay contact. Possible uses indude
activating an operator alert, switching antennas via coax relay or turning on a tape recorder
when user defined frequencies are found to be active.
DELTACOMM'" 1-7100 communication manager comes complete with Delta Research custom
(ClV) communication interface, UL listed power supply, manual and receiver interface cable for
$349.00 + $8.00 (U.S.) or $25.00 (foreign) S&H. Contact us for additional information on
DELTACOMM'" communication managers for ICOM.. R7000, R71A, R72 and IC735. Performance
is proportional to video card, lype of computer and receiver squelch detection method.

January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

95

Low and Medium


Frequency
Scrap Book
A uthoritat ive publications on
VLF ex pe rimentation are hard to
find; maybe it 's because everyone defcrs to Ken Cornell , whose
writings fo r decades on the subj ect oflow frequency expe rimentation have become the standard.
Ke n Cornell 's Low and Me clium Frequency Scrap Book
grows a litlle bi gger each year
(now nearly JOO pages in it s 9th
edition), and dozens of ante nna.
transmitter, test equipme nt. filter
and receiver proj ects for radio's
basement band, the first megahe rtz or so o f spectrum now
abound .
This year's edition contains a
we lcome additi o n: earthqua ke
mon itoring, now a seriou s ave nue or study for " low fe rs,'' as
low frequency expe rime nters often refer to themselves.
A not he r " black a rt "'-coil
construc ti on and winding- is
al so covered in great detail. Lists
of hard-to- find parts sources arc
included: Fascinating reading for
the in veterate tin kerer.
Order the new, 9th ed ition
from the author. Ken Cornell ,
225 Bahi more Avenue. Point
Ple asant Beach, NJ 08742: it' s
only $ 17 .50 includ ing shipping.
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AM Radio Log
The National Radio Club is
back w ith the latest editi on of
their AM Radio Log. N RC has
been publishing this fin e li sting
annu all y fo r fift een years and . as
al ways. the information is accu-

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rate and indispensable. T hreeho le punc hed a nd shipped in a


loose-l eaf fo rmal, the AM Radio
Log lists nearly 5,700 A M radio
stati ons in the United S tates and
Canada.
Each station listing is compri sed of locatio n, freque ncy, cal 1
leners. formal. news network, station address, station slogan, day
and night transmitte r power. The
rear of the book contains c ross
refe re nces by c ity and by call
lette rs for easy a nd quic k discovery of j ust who you've DXed.
C lear and concise, NRC" s AM
Radio Log belongs on your shelf.
T he 1995 edition sells for $ 19.95
in the US and $20.95 in Canada,
from NRC Publications, P.O. Box
164 , Mannsv ill e, N Y 1366 101 64.

Thi s newest edition of the


A RRL Handbook is wide ly available from from MT adverti sers,
including G rove Enterpri ses, for
$29.95.
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ARRL Handbook
for Amateurs
199S Edition

Old timers should recognize


the by line of th is widely-publi shed electronics engineer; Stan
G ibil isco, W IGY, has been writing a uthor itati ve artic les a nd
books for the amateur radio enthusiast for decades, and he knows
hi s stu ff. Now Gibil isco shares
his wea lth of knowledge in the
pages of this new volume, some
600 pages of illustrated d iscuss ions in easy-lo-understand language.
Whal is reactance? What constitutes loss? How does a ferrite
rod ante nna work? How do you
read a Smith chart? W hat produces a solar flare? Whal do we
mean by magneti c flu x?
Thousands of terms and hu ndreds of illustrations are at your
fin gertips in this handy re ference.
Amateu r Radio 11cy/op edia is
$29.95 plus shi pping from T A B
Books, a Di vision of McGrawHill. To place your orde r call
customer service toll-free al 800722-4726.
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Eac h yea r we awa it w ith


breathless antic ipation the latest
edition o f this missal; this year's
edition. the 72nd. is certa inly no
disappointment. Rather than a revision, the 1995 publication is an
entire re write.
New ex perts have j oined the
ranks of the Handbook's authors.
emphasizing the grow ing trend
toward digi tal communications.
A wealth of new projects enable
experime nters to bu ild a wide

a rray of equipment fro m simple


test instruments through major
transceivers.
Noothe rtechnical book mai ntains the quality of excellence,
theabundanceof information and
the affordable pri ce of the ARRL
Handbook.

January 1995

Amateur Radio
Encyclopedia

Scanners 3
Before you ask where Scanners I and 2 are, let me explain to
you that we Americans are n' t the
only ones who like to tune into
the airwaves. Listeners across the
ocean in the UK fi ght pe rsistent
and restricti ve laws to monitor

the ir radios and a new book by


the late Pe ter Rouse he lps them
along.
Scanners 3: A Complete Update is the fourth edition of a
book that conti nues to be the most
compre hens ive scanne r guide
ever published in Brita in. Fully
illustrated, th.is 27 1-page book is
a smart and well-writle n introduction to the art of scanning.
Included are photos and technical information for the latest
sca nne rs a va il ab le, p lus fre qu e ncy li st ings a nd Briti s h
bandpl ans from 25-2000 MHz.
For the firs t time, HF shortwave
inform ation has been incl uded.
If you' re new lo scanning in
the UK or just need a good refresher. Scanners 3 is it. Plan on
visiting Britain ? Take this book
a long for max imum scanning
pleasure. h 's av ailab le from
Argus Books, Boundary Way,
Heme! He mpstead HP2 7ST and
reta il s at L9.95. US residents,
call for exchange rates: (0442)
6655 1.

Tuning ACARS
There was a time whe n a pilot
used a radio not only to ta lk with
Air Traffi c Control, but to relay
routine company messages. too.
T hat time is fas t coming to a
close. T oday's pilot, with hi s
heavy cockpit workload, now
uses A CARS (Aviation Communications Addressing and Reporting Syste m) to quickly transmit
those sta ndard operational messages.
For scanne r users equipped
w ith decoders suc h as the Uni versal M-400or M 1200, A CARS
messages present a brand ne w
monitoring possibi lity. Understanding the message bursts as

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prepared alphabetically by public safety agency and frequency,


with additional lists of US government, railroad and aircraft frequencies.
Highl y useful as well is the
consolidated frequen cy listing
which shows age ncy use by frequency throughout the VHF/UHF
communications spectrum.
Sold by geographical reg ion,
Police Call is avai lable from
Radio Shack stores nationwide
a nd from Grove Ent erpri ses
($9.95 plus shipping).
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Super CW Keyboard
Having trouble learning Code? Or,
maybe you just don't have the time to
study. The old-timers did it the right way ,
learning Morse Code djt by dah, but today
things are easie r. In fact, MFJ Enterprises,
Incorporated, has just made it a downright
breeze.
The MFJ-452 Super CW Keyboard
with ..Pe rpetual Memory" gives the Codesendera way to send petfectsounding CW
right from the keyboard. The unit has a two-line
LCD di splay and RFI s uppressed keyboard, plus
e ight 250 character nonvolatile message memories,
a 150 character type-ahead buffer, an iambic keyer
and a "Morse Code Trainer."
Make no mistake, there 's no computer involved
here. The MFJ-452' s ATlO l compatible keyboard
plugs into acompactintetface that includes a speaker,
sidetone, volume control and jack for external
speaker or earphones. The LCD display si multaneously shows you what you're typing and what

they scroll across the M-400 or


I 200 screen, however, is another
story entirely.
Ed Fl ynn s new book Underswnding ACARS takes all the
sweat and bewilderment out of
the process. Not on ly does Ed
explain the ACARS system components. but he decodes the operating modes and detail s the
message types and abbreviations
you're likely to encounter during a monitoring sess ion. The
info rmation is presented clearly
and in a logical manner des igned
to ease your transi tion to thi s
new form of communicat ions.
Settle down with your receiver
and thi s book and before long
you' II know the A CARS system
better than a TWA captain.
U11ders1a11di11K A CA RS is 79
pages, softbound and is avail able for $6.95 from Un iversal
Radio Researc h. 6830 Ameri cana Parkway, Reynoldsburg,
Ohio 43068 or call 800-43 I 3939.

Digital Video
Let's face it: we li ve in a
dig ital world. If you' re still running on analog time, you'd better hurry to catch up. Early digi-

you're sending out. Review stored messages,


keyboards settings and spot typing errors immediately. SingleTouch fun ction keys allow
simple recall and storage and commonly used
prosigns can be created by Alt and character
keys. You never had it so easy!
Order your MFJ-452 with keyboard for
$ 129.95 orthe MFJ-452X without keyboard
for $99.95. ContactMFJ Enterprises, P.O. Box
494, Mississippi State, MS 39762 or phone
601-323-5869.
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tal broadcasting and production


equipment was large, e xpensive
and operated by trained professionals. But, time and technology has brought the state of the
dig ital video a rt down to the level
of the non-professional.
Author John Watkinson's new
book /111roduc1io11 10 Digiwl
Video is the perfec t introductory
text designed to take the beginner through the basics and theory,
right up to current practices. John
keeps the mathematics to a minimum , wh ile still covering this
s ubject in a comprehensive and
usable manner.
Contents include an introduction to digital video, convers ion,
digital processing, digital coding
principles, digital video interfaces. introduction to the digital
VTR, non-linear video ed iting
and a glossary. The 3 I 0-page /n1roduc1io11 to Digi1al Video is
$34. 95 fro m Focal Press. 3 13
Washington Stree t, Newton. MA
02 158- 1626 or ca ll 800-3662665.

Police Call 199S


The largest-se lling sca nne r
frequency directory, edited by
Gene Hughes, is now available in

its newest edition , this year adding a g lossary of public safety


terminology. Frequency lists are

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SCANNER EQUIPMENT
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EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

The Radio Shack PR0-2035 Scanner


How Does It Compare With the PR0-2006?

adio Shack recently discontinued the


PR0-2006. perhaps the best base/mobile scanner radio ever sold, and replaced it w ith the 1000 channel PR0-2035.
Bob Grove reviewed the PR0-2035 in October in th is column. and Bi ll Check examines
its inside assembl y thi s mo nth on page I08.
But, many reade rs have asked, how does it
slac k up against the PR0-2006?

Physical
The PR0-2035 is about 5/8" wider and
1/2" talle r than the PR0-2006. Extra room in
the spac ious cabinet wi ll intere. t experi mente rs and compani es w ho ma y prov id e
aft e rmarket accessories for th!.! PR0-2035.
The dark. pl ast ic case has rounded corners, typical of conte mporary "European "
stying. Sque lch and volume knobs. each with
a hairl ine marker groove. are the same dark
color as the front panel. making it hard to see
whe re they are set. (Tip: a little white correctio n lluid in the grooves provides a contrastin g color.)
A lthough the re is a jack for running the
PR0-2035 from a 12 VDC source. Radio
Shack refers to this model as a .. home scanne r. ..

Frequency Coverage
There is a typographi cal en-or on page 3 of
the owner's manual whic h specifics that the
PR0-2035 tunes thc470- 805. 750 MHz range.
Coverage in th is band actua ll y stops at 520
MHz and resumes at 760 M Hz. The PR02035 tested for this art ic lt: tuned 25- 520. 760
- 823.995, 849.005 - 868.995, and 894.005 1300 MHz.

Memory Features
The PR0-2006 has 400 conve nti onal
memory c hanne ls and I0 Moni tor c han nels
backed up by an ordinary 9 volt battery. The
PR0-2035 has 1000 convent ional memory
channels and I00 Monitor channels backed
up by a special 3 volt battery soldered onto the
main circ uit board. The owner's manual states
me mory contents will be re tained fo r up to

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January 1995

The PR0-2035 (bottom) and PR0-2006


three months in the event of a power intem1ption.
Both the PR0-2006 and PR0-2035 have
I 0 pai rs of search limits. but the PR0-2006
permitted searching only one range at a time.
The PR0-2035 is more llcxible and allows
.. linki ng .. search ranges togethe r seq uentiall y.
You can set search range #I limi ts to46.61 46.97 MHz and search range #2 to 49.61 49.97 MHz, for example. The PR0-2035 will
alternate searc hing both ranges. (Tip: If your
favorite search range has one or two birdies.
or frequenc ies you want to skip. break it up
into two or more search ranges and link them
together.)
Not on ly are there a lot more c hannels in
the PR0-2035, but several new ways to manipulate them. By pressing a few keys, you
can:
I ) zero all 100 me mories in any si ngle bank
2) zero all 1000 memories in a ll ba nks
3) zero all the locked out memories in any
bank
4) dis pl ay the number of "empty'' chan nels in
any bank . (ThePR0-2035 owner's manual
re fers to memories wh ich contain 0.0000
as "empty" memori es.)
5) move a ll the nonempty cha nne ls in a bank
downwards to fill in the empty channels in
the bank
6) transfer multiple Monitor channels into
one or more banks
7) tran sfer a ll the channe ls in any bank into the
Monitor channels
With so many channels, the PR0-2035
needs another feature. but it 's miss ing: it
should skip over e mpty channe ls automati-

cally . Although the PR0 -2035 scans twice as


fas t as the PR0-2006. it still wastes time
scanning empty channels unless they arc
locked out. The bu lk move operations listed
above clear the lockout on each destination
c hanne l. Owners w ill certainly grow weary of
pressing the LOCKOUT and MAN UAL keys
for each empty channel.
There are I 0 banks of I 00 channels each.
Bank I is for channels 1- 100. bank 2 for IO1200, and so forth. This is more difficu lt to use
than the numbering convention employed in
the !COM R-7 100. where bank 0 is fo r c hannels 0-99, bank I for c hannels I 00- 199, e tc.
With ICOM' s numbering system. you can
eas ily te ll what bank a channe l is in by it s first
dig it. e.g .. that channel 650 is in bank 6. In the
PR0-2035. cha nnel 650 is in bank 7. and
that' s con fusing. AII that aside, a better scheme
would be to have more banks and fewe r
c hannel s per bank, say 50 banks of 20 c hannels, or even user definable banks. because a
bank of I 00 channels is really too large fo r
sensible programming.
A lmost 20 years ago, the Elcctra/Bcarcat
BC-250 incorporated a fantastic new feature
termed "search and store: One could program a pair of frequen cy limits, start an a utomatic search. and store a ll act ive frequenc ies
into a special scratchpad me mory. The acti ve
frequencies cou ld later be recalled and programmed into regular memory channels .
Electra s scheme was elegant-smart enough
to store each acti ve frequency once and only
once. What's more, one could store unw
.. anted freque ncies. e.g., birdies and pao0 ino0
frequenc ies. into the scratchpad and they
wou ld be s kipped during conven tional
searches. Today's !COM R-7 100 receiver
boasts a similar feature.
Scanner hobbyists were hoping Rad io
S hack wou ld offe r a searc h and store fea ture
in its next pre miu m scanner. a nd it did-sort
of. The PR0-2035 has an Auto Store mode
which stores active frequenc ies fo und during
a search into o ne o r more conventional
memory banks. Once a ll the empty c hannels
arc fil led. the PR0-2035 emits a series of
beeps and stops searc hi ng. There is a separate
pa ir of freq uency li mits for Auto Store so you

won't use up one of the 10 pairs mentioned


earl ier.
What a pity the Auto Store implementation is not all it could be. You cannot use it to
sk ip unwanted frequ enci es. Worse. it w ill
store the same frequencies over and over
again into e mpty me mory channels. Let's say
you program the PR0-2035 auto store limits
to searc h between 407 and 4 19 MHz, and
specify that acti ve frequencies will be stored
in bank 4. You start the search and let it run
whi le you run some e rrand s, hoping that
while you are away. the PR0-2035 will be
catc hing dozens of inte resting federa l frequencies.
Upon returning, you find the PR0 -2035
snared a busy Veteran' s Administration hospital paging system and stored the same frequency in 30channels! That" sj ust what happened duri ng the evaluation . Even with its
limitations. the Auto Store mode is beneficia l, and a few new frequencies were found
while using it.
The tests w hic h fo llow were performed
by sw itching an outdoor Antenna Spec ia lists A V-80 I an tenn a back and forth
between a PR0 -2006 and the PR0-2035.

Sensitivity
Spot c hecks were made to compare
sensiti vity by li ste ning to the same weak
signa ls on both scanne rs. Both radios were
similarly sens itive except in three instances: the PR0-2035 was slightly more
sensitive at 147 and 852 MHz and noticeably more sensitive at 460 MHz. This could
be splitting hairs. as my I0 year old Electra/
Bearcat BC-300-an old design opti mized
for four bands-beat both Radio Shack models in the sensiti vity department.

Dynamic Range
The PR0-2035 and PR0-2006 are high
end model s, and people who buy them are
more apt to connect them to outdoor antennas. Therefore. it' s important that they perform well in strong signa l env ironme nts.
Perhaps the biggest performance difference betwee n the PR0-2006 and our PR02035 became apparent when Iistening to weak
signals in the presence of a strong statio n
transmitting on anothe r frequency. The PR02006 has much better dynamic range than the
reviewer's PR0-2035.
Using the PR0-2035. a moderately strong
signal from the 460.525 MHz sheriff s repeater 10 mi les distant w iped out weaker
signals on frequen cies 50 kHz in eithe r direction, and produced hiss on weak signals JOO
kH z away. The desense phenomenon was a
problem in the 155 MHz band, too.

The tests were run again with both a PR02005 and the PR0-2006. Neither was desensitized by the moderately strong signal s.

Images and Spurious Responses


The PR0-2004/5/6 series. the portable
PR0-43, and the PR0-2035 use " up conversion," but the PR0-2035" s 609.005 - 613.5
MHz first IF (inte rmediate freq uency) is 2
M Hz highcrthan theearliermode ls. We speculate the change was made to avoid interfe rence
problems whi ch bothe red some owners of the
earli e r scan ners who lived near a channel 20
te levision trans mitter. The TV signal mixed
with one of the local oscillators and generated
a third signal near 48.5 MHz, the 2nd IF,
causing interference on several frequencies.
Although up conversion affords improved
image rejection. triple conversion and frequency synthesis circu itry are compli cated
and several images were heard. especially on
the PR0-2035. Table I shows several examples.

TABLE 1: Images Heard on PR0-2035


PR0-2035

Transmitted
frequency
{Actual)

Difference

tuned to
{Image)

159.515
146.075
1105.550
1114.840

931.51 25
904.075
870.450
893.160

771.9975
758.000
235.100
221.680

New Features
The new tuni ng knob has a light feel but is
a welcome feature nonethe less. A look inside
the PR0-2035 revealed the tuning knob is
connected to a spec ial switch assembly rather
than an optica l chopper, or photo interrupter.
used in higher price radios and computer mice.
T he knob can be operated as a channel
selector o r as a VFO control. We discovered a
technique. not mentioned in the owner's
manua l. whic h le ts o ne enter a frequency and
tune around without actually storing the fre quency. To tune around 154.6 M Hz. for example.
I) press MANUAL (i f not already in the
manual mode)
2) press 154.6
3)press TUNE
4 ) rotate the knob in either di rection to begin
tuning
If you have never used a scanner with a
tuning knob. you will be pleasantly surprised
how handy it is to be able to tune around using
a knob in stead of fi ghting with the up and
down keys as on the PR0-2006. For example,

while pulling the PR0-2035 through its paces.


the tuning knob was used in the VFO mode
to chase down and identify a spurious paging
signal-a "spur"-which was drifting up
and down the 2 meter ham band, caus ing
serious interference to three repeaters. The
PR0-2006 was virtually useless in this application.

Other Considerations
The PR0-2035 specificat ions state 50
channels per second as the fas test scanning
speed. Ou r PR0-2035 scanned slightly faster
than 50 channels per second in a bank loaded
entirely with 800 MHz NFM frequ encies,
and slowed to 40 c hannels per second in a
bank purposely loaded w ith a mi xture of
frequencies in different bands and modes.
Some scanner buffs refuse 10 use the
priority feature on their radios because priority sampling te nds to "chop up'" transmissions on nonpriority channels. The priority
feature in the PR0-2035 is well behaved in
th is regard. and one can hardly tell it's
enab led.
Whi le the squ e lc h on th e
revie wer" s PR0-2035 had an acceptable
amoun t of hysteresis, some users may
w ish to reduce it. That is, decrease the
amount of play" in the squelch control.
One could lessen the hysteresis by replacing the tiny I OOK ohm surface mount
resistor between pins 12 and 14 of IC-2 (a
TK I 0420). w ith a 220K or 330K ohm
resistor.
Wine gets belier with age. That" s not true
wi th the EL (electroluminescent) panel used
to backlight the displays in the PR0-2004.
PR0-2005. and PR0-2006. The EL panel
grows dim as it is used. To prolong its li fe,
GRE replaced the dimmer swi tch in later
production PR0-2006s with a switch to turn
off the back light.
Instead of an EL pane l, the new PR02035 utiliies LEDs (ligh t em itti ng diodes) to
illum inate the display. and that's an improvement. Un less overdriven, LEDs w ill
work reliably for a very long time.

Summary
Being at the top of the Radio Shack scanner line, we expect a lot from from the PR02035. Its tuning knob and me mory manipulation features are significant advantages
overthe PR0-2006. The discontinued PR02006 exhibited better dynamic range and
fewer images and rema in s an excellent perfo rmer.
The PR0-2035 is a very good scanner.
Wi th a few changes. it could be a great
scanner.

January 1995

MONITORING TIMES

99

MAGNE TESTS
SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

Lawrence Magne
Editor-in-Chief
Passport lo World Band Radio

AOR's New AR3030 Tabletop Receiver


Which is the New-Version Sony ICF-SW77?

r you"rc g row ing weary of hearing about


tabletop and sho11wavc rccci vers w ith fourdigit pri ce tags. take heart . In addi tion to
the ex isting $600-800 value offerings from
Drake, Lowe and Yacsu. thercs now a new
model from the Japanese firm o f AOR. which
fo r years has been known and rc~pectcd by
scanner a fici o nados.
The AO R '3010 offers AM. synchronous
AM, USB . LSB, CW, fax and Nf-M coverage
fro m 30 kHz to 30 MH z. T his receiver packs
a lot of performance into a package that is
re lati vely sma ll (9-3/4 " x tO-:V4"' x 3-3/4"")
and ligh t (4.8 pounds). Power is supplied by
an external UL-approved 12 VDC tran sformer
that is packed with the rece iver. A lternati ve ly, it w ill run off e ight ""AA cell s for 3045 minutes o r so. An illum inated LCD displays the frequency and status of the receiver.
One of two optional VHF converte rs may
also be i n ~tallcd .
The face of the receiver is di vided horizontally across its midline by a metal bar. Above
that bar and to the rig ht of the d isp lay arc nine
h uttons to se lect YFO (there arc two YFOs).
handwidth. AGC. scanning. tone. attenuatio n. memory access (the re arc I 00 non-tunable memories that store freque ncy. mode.
AGC status, atte nuation , to ne. bandwidth.
BFO stat us. and tuning step). memory storage, and memory bypass during scanning .
Be low the midline stripe is a tuning
knob- poss ibly the smallest to he fo und o n a
table top model. It is stiff. with no fl yw heel
e ffect. and has a s ma ll. no n-rotating speed"'
d imple. Tuning s teps arc user-se lectable via a
novel scheme employing the MHz and kHz
butto ns. (The 3030 tunes in 5 Hl increments.
displays in I 0 Hz increme nts.) There are just
fo ur o ther k n ob~ for volu me. BFO pitc h. RF
gain a nd squelch. and no ne of these is concentric- an e rgonom ic plu~. as humans don t
have concen tric fingers.
Fifteen buttons manage frequency entry.
inc luding a setllp for entering any of 22 sho rtwave-broadcasting and amateur-radio bands.
Each of these butto ns is of reasonable siLe and
decently s paced, and cli cks w he n full y depressed. The numeric keypad is yet another
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January 1995

non -standard config uratio n: a J x 3 setup.


with the 1at uppe r left. and the zero offset
to the ri ght of the "9."' Fo rtunatel y. the softwa re is re lat ively frie ndly. To e nte r 5975 kH z.
ju~t press 5. 9. 7. 5. and kHz. and it's done.
Modes arc selected carom.cl-fas hio n by
two button ~ at the left of the d isplay. But here.
AOR has shown some innovati ve thinking.
First. the 1wo bu tt ons a ll ow the listener to
move fo rward o r backward through the mode
selec ti on list. As a result. to get from AM to
AM Synchronous and back aga in can be accomplished in twinkling of an eye. Li kewise.
mov ing to and i'ru thro ug h LS B. US B and CW
is readily d one.
Getting from AM to any sideband mode.
though. requires a bit of ajourn..:y. To make it
easy to te ll. at a glance. w hich mode you ' re in.
the '3030 is equ ipped with vario us colo red
LEDs that g low nbove the pri nted name of the
mode that s acti \'atcd.
AOR has come to the resc ue of anyone
who ever wanted to store a frequency but
couldn "t re me mbe r which memory presets
have been used a nd which have not. Just press
the M.ln" key. and the receiver automaticall y d isplays the number of the lowest unused me mo ry preset. Then it's your choiceyou can then e ithe r press ENT/BS to accept
the me mory locatio n that the receiver has
selected o r enter the nu mber of a memory

preset that you would prefer to use and then


ENT/ BS to store the in fo rmation. Hav ing to
press ENT/BS adds a step to the process, but
it sure beats having to go o n a "grand tour"' of
the memory presets.
The back of the '3010 has connectors fo r
both w ire and coax-fed antennas. But-surprise1- thc coax connector is a BNC type,
and the listener must su pply an adapto r fo r
hooking up to PL-259-equipped antennas. A
B NC-to-PL-259 adaptor (part number 278120 ) wi ll likely be available at most Radi o
Shac k stores.
A qucst ionablt: fea ture of the 3030 is the
tilt bai l. Des ig ned to prop the rece iver at a
more usefu l angle for tabletop o peratio n, it
refuses to stay locked , causing the front of the
receiver to keep crash ing down o n the table .
The performance of the '3030 is a m ixed
bag. Sensitivity varies fro m superb-lo-excellent at 10 MHz. but drops to on ly fair at 2
M Hz. It's excell ent at I M Hz. and good at 260
kHz. At 9 MHz. we found outstanding sensiti vi ty that. combined with the receiver's only
fair dynamic range (when measured at 5 kHz
spac ing). produces overloadi ng. In most o ther
measuremen ts of receiver performance, however. the '3030 earns an excellent rating.
In add ition to lower sensiti vity in the tropical hands. DXers wi ll also note the absence of
sig nal-tweaking contro ls, such as a notch

filter and passband tuning, that serious signal


hunters love. It is the absence of these features, more than anything else, that accounts
for the '3030's relatively affordable price.
The 3030 has two bandw idths. no minally
6 kHz and 2.4 kHz. and both show excellent
ultimate rejection. The wide - using a Collins
mechanical filter- ac tually measures 5.4 kH z
at -6 dB, and has an excellent shape facto r.
The stock Murata narrow filt er measures 2.5
kHz at -6 dB with a superb shape facto r. T his
fi ltercan be replaced with an optional 2.5 kHz
Col li ns filt er, but there is no need. In addition,
there is another slot for an optional CW bandwidth filter.
The '3030 has a synchronous detector
wh ich helps to tame distortion from selective
fading and adds to the enjoyment of hourafte r-hour li stening. Unfortunately. thi s synchronous detector works w ith double sideband on ly, so listeners cannot choose between the upper and lower sideband to reduce
adjacent-channel interference. This is notw ithstanding that you can get sideband-selectable synchronous detection in a $230 Sony
portable.
In add ition, the '3030' s synchronous detector demands careful tuning to center frequency, produc ing considerable distortion in
the presence of a powerful station if it isn' t.
Otherwise. it does a respec table job of maintaining lock.
The '3030 generally shines in audio qual ity. The highest leve l of disto11ion measured
is 3%, amo ng the lower audio frequencies in
the AM mode. Most other measureme nts in
the AM or AM -synchronous modes were 2%
or below, an excellent showing. In single
s ideband , the highest measurement of d istortion was under 0.5%. (One of our pane lists a li fe long professional monitor-was very
much take n with the single-sideband performance of this receiver.) In short, the "3030
ought to be enjoyable for long hours o r li sten-

TO WORLD BAND RADIO'S

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equipment reports contain virtually
everything found during IBS' exhaustive tests
of premium receivers and outdoor antennas.
These ore available in the U.S. from Grove
Enterprises, Universal Radio, EEB and DX
Radio Supply; in Canada from Sheldon
Harvey (Radio Books), 79 rue Kipps Street,
Greenfield Pork PQ, J4V 3B l ; in the United
Kingdom from Lowe Electronics Limited,
Chesterfield Rood, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4
5LE, England; and in Japan from IBS Japan,
5 3 16 Tomonowo, Komokuro 247. For a
complete list of available reports, please
send a self-addressed stomped envelope to
RDI White Papers, Box 300M, Penn's Pork
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in accordance ll'ith the policies and procedures ofllltem ational Broadcasting Services.
Lf{f. ft is completely independent of the policies ofGrove Ente1prises, Inc., its advertisers
and affiliated organiza1io11s.

Will the Real /CF-SW77 Please


Stand Up?
In the 1995 Passport, a re ader" s 1.
observations were printed concern ing vari ous ways one can tell the
original from the subseque nt versions of the Sony ICF-SW77. As
several readers have figured out,
these differences were based on
color publicity photographs from
Sony. In reality, as opposed to the
photos, the only vis ible difference that exists between the original and subsequent versions is that
the telescopic antenna on the subsequent versions has I I. rathe r
than nine, e le me nts.
Why would Sony's photographs
differ from the actual radios so ld?
According to a spok es pcr~on from
Sony. some photographs Sony used
for publicity were of mock-up "dummies," rather than real radios. and thus di ffered in various respects from what was actually offered for sale.

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Unfo11unately, all that great audio does not
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The AOR AR3030 is a likab le receiver. At
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(OMPUTERS &RADIO
RADIO-RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

John Catalano, PhD

A Win-Win Gift Exchange


(One bad shirt and tie combo for a computer controlled FM radio receiver}

=1mtMlll!

ast time we met we di sl!ll'll"llllflbllllllll!ftfll*mmm111mNrill"lllPm"'L--1:..


I: ope rat ional in fonnation i s di slv<>"' Format ' ro<>1s ~cop
played. Here, curre nt time, the
c ussed the unfortun ate
memo ry "button., that is selected,
s it uati on w he re a wcll a larm set indication. and the fremean ing famil y member o r
quency bei ng monitored can be
friend, spends his mo ney on a
found. Also the word "T UNE" apgift for you. Not knowing expears in th is region. Although not
actly what you would li ke, and
really a tuni ng indi cator, it only
being on a limited budget, the
appears when you are not tuned to
predictable result is not exactly
something you would use or
the center freque ncy of a statio n.
- but off frequency by a bit.
even care to ow n. A real loselose. They have put out the ir
By usi ng the " SCAN" bunons
you can let the rece iver scan up or
money and you have to find
room in your closet for yet andown from your c urrent frequency.
othe r ugly shirt and tie.
The scanning wi ll stop once a staLast month we looked alt wo
tion is encounte red (at least in
inexpensive radio re lated actheory) . Via a combination of keycessories for yo ur computerstrokes. o r mo use c lic ks, 10 frepossible g ift a lternatives equal
q uencies can be stored and recalled
to, or less than the price of a
by c lick ing on the corresponding
are avai lab le from the kt.:yboard a mo use
shirt and tie. This month we'll finish the list.
num bered button or hitting that number key .
makes things easie r. Wi th its short s ize, PC
FM Radio card plugs into any PC expansion
Psst.. Mister. How About a $55
What About this Ant and Atomic
slot on the motherboard. On the slide bracket
Computer-Control/eel FM Radio Card?
Bomb Stuff?
whe re you wou ld usua ll y find 1/0 or video
Could it be? Yup, it is. T he PC FM Radio
I know w hat you are thinking, 'Tm no t
connectors arc the rad io s o nly connection s
Card is here. Thi s is a complete FM radio o n
going
to ti e up a whole PC AT by li stening to
to the o utside world- two minialll re audio
a PC e xpan sio n card the s ize of a serial/
an
FM
radio:' We ll.you don t have to. PC FM
j acks. One is for a n inc luded fo lded dipole
paralle l 1/0 card. The printed c ircuit board is
Radio can be run in a DOS TS R (Terminate
300 o hm antenn a, and the o ther is for Audio
fairly well made and uses surface mo unted
and Stay Res ide nt) mode. You can go do your
Out. The o utput will drive an 8 ohm speaker
components. The heart of the receiver is a
spreadsheet o r word processor while listen ing
to a room -filling vol ume.
Philips' integrated circuit. T he concept of the
to FM radio .
desig n is based on medium to hig h end porTu ni ng to another station wh ile in this
II Control Software - Double Value
table a nd sound system rece ivers which tune
mode can be accompl ished via a number of,
Soft ware for both DOS and W indows 3.1
via an on-board, ded icated processor. In most
sha ll we say. inte resti ng keystrokes. In the
is included with the card. and install ation is
cases thi s de vice controls the LED or LCD
Wi ndows version o f the so ftw are performi ng
very simple and quick via a menu dri ven
display as well.
any func tion is just a matter of c licking the
progra m.
Now, imagine yanking o ut the processor
desired function area on the picture of the
From DOS. run the FM Radio program
and the display c ircuitry and replac ing its
rad io. Minimi zing the PC FM Radio screen
and you wi ll have a computer control led FM
function(s) with a PC. "A bit of over-kill.., do
allows you to run other Windows programs
rad io which cove rs the commerc ial band 88I hear you say? Like ki lli ng an ant with an
w hile you listen to Golden Oldies o r Gru nge.
108 M Hz. See Fig ure One. Volume. mute.
atomic bomb? Not really. We ' ll speak more
(Bad m usic filte rs are not available!)
tune. fin e tune. scan and program ming/recall
about that later.
of I0 preset frequenc ies are some of the
II Operational Comments and
fun ctions of FM Radio Carel. In add itio n, an
II Required Basics
Observations
alarm fu nctio n is avai lable which wi ll sound
You 11 need a 286, ! Meg of RAM. DOS
The sensitiv ity of the model I tested was
an alarm al a user programmed time. To me it
3.3 (or Windows 3.1 ) and e ither stereo speakcxt.:ellen l, even wi th the 300 o hm antenna
has the look and operatio nal fee l of a Lex us or
ers or headpho nes as the minimum system
hanging behi nd the computer. I used Walkman
Acura car stereo syste m.
config uration . Although all the commands
type headphones, a n 8 o hm fi ve-inch speaker.
T he region at the upper left is where all

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and an ampli fied speaker: a ll had good audio


quality. Come on! $55 for a compute r controlled FM radio and DOS and Windows
software?!
I was equally pleasantly surprised with th e
DOS version-once you set the freq uency
and vol ume, you can leave the program and
start a spreadsheet or whatever, w hile listening to your favorite FM station. This is done
with the escape key whic h brings up the small
box shown at the top left of Figure One. Then
the software allows you to control the radio
via a combination of keystrokes which required a fin ger contorti oni st to perform
quick ly. I found these confusing and difficult
to remember. Using the Windows version
was far easier.
Due to the computer generated RFI (radio
frequency inte rference) hash. the scan fu nction was almost useless when using the included antenna. T he scan stopped on e very
one ofthe many RFT signal s. When an outdoor
75 ohm coax fed Radio Shack FM antenna
was used, three RFI signals were heard. This
made scan ning much more usable.
For those of you w ith a sound card, the
output of the PC FM Radio Card can be
connected to the input of the sound card.
Using my Soundblaster Pro and two-way stereo speakers gave the best fidel ity of any
combination.

"Tie-ing" it up
Well, there you have it: Three useful computer-radio accessories ideas. The CD-ROMS
started at $5, averaging around the $ 14 mark.
The SWL Ma nager. receiver control and database, came in at around $20. And PC FM
Radio Card rings in at $55. (See last month's
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The gifts at the low end arc just the thing
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simple, inexpe ns ive cure for some of the
compute r generated interfe rence works in
practice. By the way- anybody want to buy
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Still Daydreaming
Even w ith a winner, I'd li ke to sec more. To
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USA FM stations. Although te n pre-set "buttons" are provided. there should be no reason
why fift y. or one hundred cou ldn ' t e xist. As
NASA said during the de lay of the first space
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Operationally, a small card with all the
keystroke commands wo uld be nice to tuck
under the keyboa rd. Of course this could be
home made from the instruction sheet, or the
he lp file which comes with PC FM Radio. But
a cheat sheet summary version of it would be
handy.
O vera ll , for the price and performance, PC
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useful. re lative ly low cos t addition to my
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The o ffshore manu facturer' s suggested
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handli ng. By spec ial arrange me nt with one
U.S. dealer. Radio Accessories, MT readers
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Tape Recorder Interfacing

here are many choice signals that appear


in our headphones or speakers during
the course of monitoring the radio spectrum. Some of the signals we hear are e lusive,
and we may never capture them again. I like
to preserve some of this material on audio
tape for reference later on. or to simply share
my ..catch" wi th friends who drop in to visit.
However. obtaining quality tape recordings from our radios is not always as easy as
it may seem. especially when a microphone is
held in front of a speaker. This often produces
a tinny sounding reprod uction that has lost
much of the fidel ity contained in the original
signal. For thi s reason I prefer to ''hard wire'
my tape deck to the radio I use for monitoring.
This article describes various ways to interface your tape recorder to a receiver at minimum cost and without circuit complexity.

Figure 1
TO TAPE

8 0HM
INPU T

RECORD ER

Simple transformer coupling between an


8-ohm receiver output and a 600-ohm
tape recorder input. See text for details
II

Simple Transformer Coupling

Most radios arc designed for an 8-ohm


audio-output impedance. On the other hand,
the input impedance of the run-of-the-mill
tape recorder is between 600 and I000 ohms.
Therefore, direct coup Ii ng to an 8-ohm speaker
jack results in degraded audio qual ity and a
loss of audi o power because oft he impedance
mismatch. Maximum power transfer (audio
or RF energy) occurs only when unlike impedances are matched.
Perhaps the simplest technique for matching the unlike impedances of the radio and the
recorder is the one shown in Figure I.TI is a
mi niature audio transformer that has an 8ohrn secondary and a I000 ohm center-tapped
primary. One half of the primary may be used
to provide an 8- to 500-ohm transformati on,
106

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January 1995

or all of the primary wi nding can be


used to match 8 ohms to a I000-ohrn
load. Use wh ichever arrangement that
provides the best aud io reproduction.
A transfom1er of thi s type can be
purchased from Mouser Electronics'
for approximately $2. You can save
some money by using the out put transformer from a junked transistor radio.
Be sure to use shielded audio cable
between the Tl primary winding and
the inpu t jack of the recorder. This will
prevent un wanted hum pickup.

FET Impedance Transformer

Figure 2

TO TAPE
RECORDER

22 pF
Cl
QI

!if

CSD

Schematic diagram of a simple active


impedance transformer that uses an FET. Rl
sets the input impedance and R3 establishes
the output impedance.

Impedance transformation can be


accomplished by using a FET (field effect
High Impedance Takeoff Point
transistor) as shown in Figure 2. Q I operates
I prefer to use the c ircuit of Figure 3 for
with its gate grounded. The 8-ohm audio is
tape recorder connection to my receivers. It
fed to the tran sistor source across an 8.2-ohm
involves goi ng inside the receiver and makresistor. A 620-ohm resistor (R3) is at the
ing a simple connection to the audio gain
drain of the FET to establish the near-600control. Shielded audio cable or RG-174 is
ohm impedance required at the tape recorder
used between the gain control and the FET in
input. This circuit wi ll operate satisfactorily
Figure 3 to prevent hum pickup.
from a +9- or a+ 12-V power source. The QI
There are three terminals on most audio
current drai n is a mere 3 mill iamperes, which
controls. When viewi ng them from the rear
ensures long battery life.
The I00-ohm source resistor (R2) at QI is side. the le ft-hand terminal is grounded. Make
bypassed fo r audio by way of C I, wh ich your connection to the right-hand lug on the
prevents it from becoming a part of the 8.2- control, through C I.
RI establishes the input impedance of the
ohm in put impedance. A 10-ohm resistor can
FET
by vi rtue of its 560K-ohm value. This
be used at RI if an 8.2-ohm value is not
impedance
is substantially higher than that of
avai lable.
the
recei
ver
sampling point. which prevents
If your radio happens to have a 4-ohm
output impedance, you may still use the Fig- theQ I ci rcuit fro m loading the receiver audio
ure I circuit as shown. or you can use a 4.3- ci rcuit and impairing the gain and freq uency
response. R2 establ ishes the output impedohm resistor at RI . A I-wall or greater resis(620 ohms) of the QI matching transance
tor is recommended for RI for those
times when you mistake nl y turn the figure 3
receiver gain con trol to maximum !
Nunnally, the receiver audio gain is
kept at a very low level when tape
recording is in progress. Too much audio gain will cause di stortion and may
damage QI.
As wi th the circuit in Figure I, be
sure to use shielded audio cable between the Figure 2 circuit and the input
Schematic diagram of an active impedance
of the tape recorder. Miniatu re RG-174
transformer
that samples the receiver audio at
coaxial cable is also fi ne for this purhigh impedance. This circuit may be installed
pose.

inside the receiver.

Figure 4
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Method for adding a muting switch (SI)


to the circuit of Figure 3.
former. R3 has been included fo r use as a n
audio level control. since QI provides approximate ly 10 d B of gain .
If the Figure 3 circuit is fo r permane nt use
with a spec ific radio. you may wish to install
it inside the receiver, permanently. A tape
input jack can then be mounted at the rear of
the radio.
Should you want to add a muting c irc uit
(ratherthan using the PAUSE switch on your
recorder) you can add a switch to the Figure
3 c irc uit , as illustrated in Figure 4 . S I ope ns
the audio line to the recorder and terminates
QI with a 620-ohm resistor during MUTE.

Circuit Construction Hints


The circ uits in Figures 2, 3 and 4 shou ld
be contained in me tal shield boxes if they are
used outboard from the receiver. This helps
to prevent unwanted pickup of hum and stray
RF signa ls, such as those fro m nearby broadcast stations, C B transmitters and the like .
Point-to-point w iring on a sma ll piece of PC
board or Perfboard w ill suffice for these
circuits. In keeping with good construction
practices, keep all leads as short and direct as
practicable when installing the QI compone nts.
FETs other than the some what generic
MPFI02s specified in th is a rti cle may be
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The c ircuits described here can be used
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Band music tapes that I recorded by means of
the Figure 3 c irc ui t. It is installed pem1anently in one of my home-made high-perfo rmance AM BC-band receivers. The audio
quality is excelle nt. I use the Figure 4 muting
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Ja nuary 1995

MONITORING TIMES

107

EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
Bill Cheek

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Inside the PRO-2035

he outs ides of the PR0-2035 were reviewed in the Oct-94 MT. and it get s a
closer comparison to its predecessor in
this month's ''Scanner Eq uipme nt." (see page
98). While those re viewers peer at th e
receiver's functions. we' ll romp through the
cavernous interior of thi s important new scanner.
Those who resist evoluti on can relax- it ' s
sti ll a member of the PR0-2004/5/6 fami ly
with mostly aspect and firm ware revisions .
E lectron ic design and functional hardw are
did not appreciably change. Most retrofit modi fications and enhancements for the PR02004/5/6 will readily e nhance the new PR02035. In most cases, it 's self-evident how to
perform establi shed procedures because the
circui ts are so s imil ar. Joy of joys!

But All That Glitters Is Not Gold


I have to do a little complaining
first: The standard 9-volt Memory
Retention Battery is gone ! In its
place is a hidden 3-volt lithium
button cell soldered to the main
recei ver board. It 's no big dea l to
unsolder and replace. if you hal fway know what you ' re doing. but
trouble can call if you don ' t know
a soldering iron from a steam iron .
I don' t have a fee l for how long
the se lithium cel ls c an keep
memory al ive, but I'm inclined to
desig n an easy replaceme nt w ith a
pair of " AA" alkaline cells in a
dual holder fastened somewhe re
out of the way w ith a hook and
loop (Ve lcro) strip. I' II think on it
some and le t you know.
Make no mistake about it, the
PR0-2035 is unique, not just a
clone; but some of that uniqueness
comes at a price. For instance, the
appearances and ergonomics we re
dra matically altered for the worse
in my opi nion. I'll s ubmit that the
PR0-2004 was the best of the best
in the human engineering de partment, w ith its large LCD display;
sloping face and tactile ke ypad.
The PR0-2005 and 2006 took a
biotechnolog ical step down, but

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MONITORING TIMES

the PR0-2035 gets my Green Weenie of the


Century Award. Just try to make your fi ngers
n y ove r those itty-billy keys haphazardl y
strewn all over c reati on on that steep, vertical
front panel. If you have toothpic ks for fi ngers
and were born on Neptune, maybe ...
Which leads to my last groan be fore we get
down to business. W hy, for Pete's Sake,
wasn't the PR0-2035 desi gned with a computer interface to compensate for that wretched
anti-human fro nt pane l? After a ll. you can ' t
operate the dang thing, so it o ught to be good
for something a trifle more useful than a door
stop .

(EL) panel backlight turns out to be nine


bright LEDs pos itioned behind the LCD di splay. Thi s is a strong plus, despite the sick
color. becau se c hemicall y acti ve EL pane ls
wear out afte r a time. LEDs just work and
ne ver break or wear out unless you mess with
the m.
Aside from ergonomics and appearances,
most of the evo lutionary advancement of the
PR0-2035 over its predecessors is in firmw are (the software that 's permanently encoded into the CPU chi p). T he dow ns ide of
th is firmware re vi sion is the im possibility of
''clip-a-diode" I "add-a-resistor modification s. Forget ce ll ular restoration, easy speedups . a nd inc reased memory channels on the
II Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining
PR0-2035 by any 5- minute means.
Grumpy-mode off now , the PR0-20 35 is
About the onl y possibility of directly modithe most advanced scanner yet, despite other
fying the C PU may be to replace the 8 MHz
c lass acts at double the price. What I thought
clock resonator. CX-50 I. with a I 0-MHz
at first was a slime-green electroluminescent
quartz crysta l for a modest speed
inc rease. I don ' t recomme nd
speedups by this means anymore
TABLE 1: Easy Mods for the PR0-2035
because o f the impact on other
important mod ifications that
Diode Detector Circuit for S-Metering
might not work if the system
clock has been a lte red. There is
a definite risk of frying the I00pin s urface-mount CPU by running it too fast. I don' t know
what 'too fast" is and don' t reall y want to lind out. If you
learn , pl ease let me know so I
can tell others.

0.01-uT

Computer Interfacing is
Possible

Diode Detector Circuit for 5-Metering


NOTE: LEO serves as a
Carrier-On lndleetor
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Coi
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Ground

January 1995

or TapeRec

NotecNof
thffe twoWlf
cen be grounded
to the garnerI

Use as high resistance as


possible and still get good
relay action. 47-k or higher
might worl<. depending on relay.

Fortunate ly, the PR0-2035


can be inte rfaced to a computer.
The CE-232 Scan ner/Computer
Interface, des igned forthe PR02004/5/6, has been de monstrated
to A utoProgram the PR0-2035 ' s
I 000 -c ha nn e l me mo ry fro m
pl ain ASC II text fil es at a rate of
1 to 2c hanne ls pe r second. Beats
the heck out of doing it by hand!
Generically speak ing, most any
" keyboard emulation" technique
should work fin e with the PR02035 in terms of automated programming.

Data acquisition will not be possible by


traditional means, thanks to the LCD Display
Driver now on board the CPU instead of as a
discrete c hip like in the PR0-2004/5/6 series.
Still. AutoProgramming is a major hurdle out
of the way.

Disassembly Is Easy
Access to the PR0-2035' s Logic/CPU
Board. for whatever work you wish to do
there. is painless and fairly easy. (Everything
e lse is out in the wide open spaces; no disassembly required!) Remove external AC or
DC power before launching the invasion.
Remove the four screws that hold the front
panel to the chassis; disconnect all cables that
go from the front panel to various places
around the receiver. Disconnect the black
ground wire from the main chassis.

NOTE: Memory will be lost if and when


CN-502 is disconnected from the main
receiver board for more than a few seconds. If this is not acceptable, you can
leave CN-502 plugged in with the understanding that the Memory Battery
wiU be providing "keep alive" power to
the Logic/CPU board and therefore carries with it the risk of serious damage if
you aren't sure of what you're doing.
One little ZAP and the party's over!
Disconnect CN-502 if there is any doubt.
Remove the four screws that hold the
metal shield over the Logic/CPU Board and
carefull y lift up and remove the shie ld. Remove the two remai ning screws that hold the
Logic/CPU Board to the front panel.
Now comes the onl y tricky pan: the board
remains held tight to the front panel by vinue
of that white 15-pinconnector, CN-503, much
in the same fashion that secures the PR02005/6 Logic Boards in their front panels.
You will have to "jiggle" and work the board
up and off the 15 male pins of the Keyboard
PCB underneath. You can sli p a Oat-blade
screwdriver under the Logic Board to assist
mailers with some gentle prying. Just be
careful and patient as you work the board up
and off the pins below. This process is harder
to describe than to do.
When the Logic/CPU Board is free, you
can commence with any of the vari ous retrofits. Adjacent to CN-503 are fifteen unused.
plated-thru holes that scream for a purpose! I
suggest you insert and solder a 15-pin strip of
'pin-line" sockets to facilitate easy connection of things to CN-503 later down the line.
The metal shield has to be "nibbled" ornotched
out about 114 to leave room for this strip.
Any number of things may later connect to

CN-503. from computer interfaces to Search


and Store modu les to Remote Controllers!
There is no sense in soldering anything directl y to CN-503. nor mechanically inserting
pins into it when there is the convenience of
those holes adjacent to the connector. A strip
of pin-line sockets wi ll make future work in
this area a piece of cake!

Old Stuff In A New Machine


Let"s conclude th is month ' s introduction
to the innards of the PR0-2035 with some
clues for implementing established modifications from the PR0-2004/5/6:
Extended Memory is probably feasible thanks
to what appears to be a continuation of the
use of static RAM . This one is '' new:
however, with 28-pi ns wh ich appears to be
a 32k x 8 SRAM. A J28k x 8 SRAM
installed in accordance with established
methods should increase programmable
memory by a facto r of fou r! I'll report more
on thi s later, so hold off unless you want to
cut new turf.
S-Metering remains a cinch wi th the tap at the
cathode of D-34. Connect a si mple diode
detector (see Figure) to generate an output
for either an LED or an analog S-Metcr.
Center Tune Metering is old hat with the tap
point at TP-2 or Pin 9 of JC-2.
Extended Delay requires a bit of a deviation
from the PR0-2004/5/6 method, but it 's a
good one! Use the circuit from last month ' s
Workshop! The insertion point is on the
wire from CN-3, Pin-6, to the receiver
board. Cut that wire: insert the Extended
Delay and you' re in business.
SSB Reception is as elusive as ever. but you
can tap the 455 kH z or 10.7 MHz IF strips
and route the signal to an external shortwave receiver for processing SSS.
Data/Tone Squelch to preve nt the scanner
from locking up on noise, tones and computer signals. Signal tap is IC-6, Pin 14.
The Control wire, where you cut and patch
the DSQ Output. is the wire from CN-3.
Pin 5. to the main receiver board.
A utomatic TapeRecorder Switch is unchanged from the past. See drawing this
month.
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Decoder should be standard with the
baseband audio tap at IC-2. Pin 9, TP-2, or
the high lug of the Volume pot. The control
connection is to the high side of the Sq uelch
pot.
Shielding of the plastic cases is an issue. A
simple approach is to coat the insides of the
cases with spray adhesive and press a sheet
of heavy duty aluminum foi l into place

over all inside surfaces. Press out the slits


fo r the speaker and ventilation after final
trinuning.
Automatic Birdie Bypass, Active Frequency
Tagger and most other modifications fo r
the PR0-2004/5/6 should be applicable
to the PR0-2035 almost verbatim. Please
refer to back issues of MT, the "World
Scanner Report" and my two Scanner
Modification Handhooks for the detai ls if
you don ' t already know them. There's not
much sense in repeating old material here.

Conclusion and Summary


The new PR0-2035 can be a hacker's
dream. There's a boatload of real estate on
which to install things. Access to even the
most out of the way places is not more than
a I 0-min job. Remove the AC power transforme r and wiring to create even more room
and minimize heat accumulation at the same
ti me. Most any 12-volt/ I -amp DC adapter or
power supply will be ample to run even a
heavi ly modified PR0-2035.
Build and install the S-Meter and Automatic Tape Recorder circuits show n in the
Figure thi s month and the Extended Delay
from last mont h. and you r PR0-2035 will be
we ll o n th e way to becoming the
T11rbow/10pper of your dreams. The PR02004/5/6 are gone now, but the PR0-2035
wi II be with us for at least a year and possibly
two or three before the next generation of
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109

ANTENNA TOPICS
W. Clem Small, KR6A, CET

BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

A Small-Scale, Resonant-Circuit Antenna

ost popular antenna designs used


today are known as "resonant" antennas. Their action is similar to that
of a tuning circuit composed of a coil and
capacitor. They respond best to a signal whose
frequenc y corresponds to their own resonant
frequency.
Many antenna designs attain resonance by
utilizing some combination of half-wavelength-long conductors (wires or tubing) as
the resonant elements. Halfwave dipoles,
Yagi-Uda beams and groundplane antennas
are examples of resonant antennas, whereas
Beverage antennas and active antennas using
only a short whip as the receiving e lement are
examples of non-resonant designs.

The Bilal lsotron


Measuring only 22 x 16 x 15 inches, the
40-meter Bilal Isotron is much smaller than
most 40-meter antennas. It utilizes an unusual
resonant-circuit design that is not composed
of lengths of wire, but instead is made of a
two-plate capacitor with a coil of insulated
copper wire mounted between the capacitor' s
plates (fig. l ). Changing the position of the
antenna' s tuning rod varies the capacitor's
capacity to tune the antenna to resonance at
the desired operating frequency. No ground
connection is required for operation.

Performance
Most of my testing compared the Isotron
40-meter antenna to a 40-meter halfwave
dipole; both antennas were mounted at about
25 ft above ground . For receiving the relative
performance of the two antennas was measured by comparing $-meter readings fo r the
same signal; for transmitting they were compared on s ignal-strength reports received
when alternating the antennas during contact
with another station.
I was surprised that, despite its much
smaller size, in many instances the Isotron
compared very favorably with the dipole.
Although, for both transmitting and receiving, the dipole typically outperformed the
Isotron by one or two $-units, it was not really
unusual for the Isotron to outperform the
dipole.
In a receive-only test, the Isotron was
mounted about 4 ft. above the ground on a
wooden stand. As would be true of almost
any antenna, the Isotron did very poorly at
this height relative to the dipole, which was
still at 25-ft. I also used the Isotron on this
stand ins ide a metal-roofed, one-story garage. I didn't have the dipole fo r comparison
on this test but I was able to receive signals
and hold QSOs fro m that s ite.
I tried the Isotron antenna at several differ-

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TUNING ROO

ACRYLIC INSUl.ATlNG SUPPORT

ACRYLIC INSULATING SUPPORT-+

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WIRING DIAGRAM

FIGURE 1 : The Bilal lsotron, 40-meter, resonant-circuit antenna, and its wiring
diagram.
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Pros and Cons


I found the 40-meter Isotron antenna was
able to support a lot of good communication
both fo r reception and for two-way use. This
antenna is dramatically smaller than a halfwavelength dipole, so you get a tremendous
savings in the space needed to mount the
antenna. You also get the convenience that it
can be mounted using only one pole or tower.
An SWR of3: 1 is acceptable foroperation
of this antenna; however, this may not be
acceptable to some transceivers which reduce
output at SWRs in excess of about 2: I. Instructions are given in the manual for us ing an
antenna tuner in such cases. For large frequency excursions within the band it is necess ary to reposition the antenna's tuning rod; to
do this you must be located at the antenna
which can be a problem if the antenna is atop
a tall pole. On the other hand, the antenna can
be easily mounted inside a building and even
hidden away in an attic or crawl space.

In Summary

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110

ent mounting s ites. Depending on the site,


changing the position of the antenna's tuning
rod might make only a little difference in the
antenna's resonant frequency; in others it performed as desired by moving the resonant
point across the band. At one point the Isotron
ceased to function well. Due to a spell of rain
I suspected moisture as the problem and, after
keeping the antenna near a warm sto ve for a
few hours, it again performed up its earlier
levels.
It is important to fo llow the manual's advice on how to , and especially how not to,
ground the Isotron. Although the instruction
manual was adequate I felt that it was, in a few
places, unclear and could use a bit more explanation of some of the steps in assembling the
antenna. On the other hand, writing to the
Bilal company produced a quick reply with
suggestions on how to solve my operating
problems with the antenna.

January 1995

If you don' t have space to put up a fullsized dipole antenna then, for reasons outlined above, the Isotron antenna line is one
option worth considering. For HF receive-

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choice, but where transmitting
is also involved few antennas
that are so small will match the
Isotron, especially in its price range.
Isotron antennas are available for
all HF ham bands as well as for other
bands by special order from the Bilal
Company, 137 Manchester Dr.,
Florissant, CO, 80816. Phone 719687-0650. Prices range from $39.95
to $149.95 for the ham models.

An Ex.citing New Test Instrument


Autek Research has developed a useful
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band from 1.2 to 35 MHz, this device allows
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capacitive and inductive reactance, check
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Last month I asked, "Why is the ground rod suggested for this
month's antenna routing system not adequate as an RF ground for
antennas, although such grounds are routinely considered acceptable
for safety functions such as grounding a lightning arrestor, electromagnetic-pulse protective device or AC power system?"
Well, the ground in an AC power system is considered a safety
measure; it keeps conductors such as metal equipment cabinets and
metal tool frames at ground potential and thus prevents their accidentally becoming " hot" and dangerous if wiring accidentally comes in
contact with them. The ground used for a EMP protective device or
lightning-protection system guides lightning-induced or other EMP
currents to earth via a heavy wire rather than letting them find earth
through your radio (ouch!).
On the other hand, a good antenna-system ground must either
provide a highly-reflective surface for waves reaching it from the
antenna's elements, or it must provide a low-resistance path to return
that energy, which it receives from the antenna, back to the current
circulating in the antenna. Counterpoises, ground screens and groundlevel radials are all means of improving-or substituting for-the
earth-ground in an antenna system.

This Month
When discussing small vs. large antennas the concepts of antenna
"aperture" or "capture area" often come up. What do these terms mean,
and what, if anything, is "captured" by a capture area?
We'll have the answer to this month's riddle and much more in next
month's issue of Monitoring Times. 'Til then, Peace, DX, and 73.

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111

ASK BOB

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Q . Why do HF communications
receivers lack features commonly
found on even the least expensive
scanners-massive memory storage, fast scan speed, priority,
active-frequency autostore, etc.?
(Jeffrey Jones, Tracy, CA)

A.

While you are correct in questi oning the


absence of high-capac it y memory. The re is a
good reason why search- and scan-related
features arc not popular in HF receivers.
The lower frequency spectrum is so noisy.
popu lated. and un pred ictable, that shortwave
receivers ofte n s top where the re are no signals. or stop on memory channels where there
used to be s igna ls which have moved to other
freque ncies because of c hanging propagation
conditions which don' t affect VHF/ UHF commun ications.
There is anot her reason. C urrent receiver
manu fact urers are not pa11 ic ularly in ve ntive;
they seem to be content spendi ng most of

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their time copying other manufact urers, reducing their costs. and concentrating on cosmetics. bells, and whi stles.

Q. I have three shortwave receivers


operating side by side, connected to
the same antenna. Is the best
receiver the one with the highest 5meter reading ? (Gerald Silver,
Tamarac, FL)

A. No. S-mcters are notoriously inaccurate.


They show relati ve s ignal strengths among
signals heard on the same recei ver, ind icate
diffe re nces in antennas and signal directio ns,
and are useful for adj usting the receiver to
center frequency.
But a rece iver suffe ring from high noise
levels a nd overload may show a dcccplivelyhigh S-metcr reading even though it s signals
wi t I be harder to hear. Instead. use your most
se nsitive and accurate test equipment : your
ears.

T une in a weak s ignal which is encountering interference: usi ng all three receivers'
vario us controls for best reception.
Which sounds the best? That's the best
receiver!

Q. I heard on a cellular telephone

calf a "squinch" sound, then the


conversation disappeared. What
was the sound and where did the
conversation go? (Name withheld
by request)

A.

The ..sq ui nch" sound is a digital code


which tells the cellular tower and the user's
radio to which cell tower and freque ncy the
conversation is about to be 'handed off."'
During high usage times, such transfers are
made as ofte n as every few seconds to equalize the "' loading"'-the number of users on a
particular cell s ite-and to assure consistent

Uniden Modifies PR0-51-Again


The saga continues. Uniden has performed yet another microprocessor change to disable access to the forbidden 824-825/869894 MH7. cellu lar bands. Models date-coded 7 A4 (July 1994)
w hich bear the FCC identification number AA020-308 can search
the cellular frequencies by using the test mode as outlined in the
December 1994 issue o f M T.
Newe r versions, code-dated 8A4 (August 1994) and bearing
the FCC identifi er AA020-308A, can be programmed in the same
ma nner for test ranges outside the advertised frequency ranges by
selecti ng c hannel 14(66.45 M Hz). 15 (76.825 MHz) or 16 (87.425
MHz), but not cellular, which used to be accessible on test-mode
cha nne l 23 (formerly 888.96 MHz, now 857.2 125 MHz).
We' d like to thank MT s scanne r consultant Howard Bornslein
for these new insights.

Hold Function for the Radio Shack Frequency Counter


An anonymous MT reader sent in this tip for installing a hold
fu nction on the popular Radio Shac k frequency counter (catalog
number 22-305). We have not tried the mod, so caveat e mptor!
To perform the mod, you will need a small momentary
pushbutton switch, a drill to make the hole, a small c urre ntlimiti ng res istor ( I000 ohms at 1/4 watt--approximate value), a

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MONITORING TIMES

January 1995

small le ngth of hookup wire, and a small soldering iron and rosin
core solder.
Remove the case and locate test point TP 17 on the board. Solder
one end o f the resistor to TP 17 and the other e nd to the switch.
Solder the small hookup wire between the remaining switch
terminal a nd ground (such as the black negative battery-holder
lead). This completes the modification.

Better Knobs for the Bearcat BC2500XLT


Reader Phil Lewis didn "t care for the tapered knobs that came
with his BC2500XLT, so he cleverly improvised. He di scovered
that crimp ri ngs used with F-56 connectors (Radio Shack part no.
278-2 17) fit perfectly over the ex isti ng knob. A wrap of viny
electrical tape adds friction as well as a matching appearance, and
a touch o f d ear nail polish on the seam secured the wrap.
To increase the grip of the oute r '"CH NL/FREQ" knob, Phil
rubber-cemented an 0-ring from a hardware department on tJ1e
'C HNUFREQ" knob. and slipped a Radio Shack #64-3025 grommet over the squelch knob (the grommet hole had to be fi led
s lightly larger to fit).
Perh aps other readers will find alternative adaptors w hich they
like better, but Phil is happy with his choices!

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Occasional ly the ''squinch" wil l be heard ,
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frequency standard transmissions
around the world? (Charles Reed,
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A.

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down. Jeff Mu lte r of Charlotte, NC. sent us a
clipping from the Clwrloue Observer, commenting, "wouldn ' t the Rosman site make an
interesting location for the publication of Sat-

ellite Times?"
Jeff is n t the first one to suggest G rove
Enterprises ought to re locate to the isolated
monitori ng site in Pi sgah National Forest. But
why ? All that juicy class ified equipment is
a lready gone! 1f no bu yer is found by October
1996, plans are to raze the buildings and plant
it in grass.
Jeff Multer also says thanks for the review
of the OS456 interface. ''The review motivated me to take ' the next ste p' and buy a
PR0-2006 (my third) and the inte rface. I now
have a Drake R-8. an AR25 l 5, and the PR02006, al l linked through a Gateway Pentium
PC. By the way , a lt hough I didn' t go with
Tandy, your report on the Tandy Se nsation'
[May 93 ], as well as the computer column in
MT, encouraged me to take the step and buy
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Giovanni Serra's monitoring shack includes: JRC NRD525 with speaker; JPS NIR
10 filter; Telereader CWR-900 terminal unit; Grundig CR 100 tape recorder; Yaesu
QTR-I clock; Alpha Delta DX-SWL-S Sloper antenna; Kenwood HS-6 headphones,
and Michelin world map.

Did the draftsman of the 2000 lire


Italian banknote make a mistake . .. ?

The note honors Guglielmo Marconi


on the front (above), but the device
on the back is not Marconi's
telegraph, says Serra.

a PC last spring. What a learning experience


these past six months have been!"

Quibbling with Numbers


II Here arc two slight corrections that could
make a difference:
November 94, p.114 Su nri se-Sunset BAS IC
compute r program, line 40:
correct "LA-L/365" to read " LA=L/365"
December 94, p.21 formula fo r determining
the length of radia ls:
correct "'2952'" to "2808." The fo rmula should
read as fol lo ws:
2808 I Frequency (MHz) = Antenna length
(inc hes)
Haske ll Moore assures me the ground plane
wi ll work fine using the incorrect formu la:
however, if you wish to correct it, recalculate
for the appropriate length. and cut off the
extra.

How do you sa~ "'Oops" in


Italian?
Giovanni Serra graced us with a visit in
Brasstown whi le on vacation in the U.S. last
September. He sends a picture of himself at
hi s home in Ro me, and his radio shack. He
a lso sent a n Italian banknote whic h honors
Guglie lmo Marconi . However. Giovanni says.

"The draftsman made a great oversight ... the


device on the back side is not a Marconi 's
te legraph! Maybe the note will increase in
value in the distant future!"

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say a fare well to " American Bandscan" columnist Joe Eisenberg. I have e njoyed his
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The start of the new year is a good time to
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columni sts are hobbyists just Like you, and are
always open to your input, via the U.S . mail or
the Grove computer bulletin board. Messages
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A ll Ohio Scanner Club: Dave Marshall, 50


Villa Rd., Springfield, OH 45503-1036. U. S.
northeast of the Mississippi; VHF/ UHF/HF
utilities. Net Mon 9:30pm 146.940. American
Scannergram. $18 U.S. $2t Can/Mex, $28 ww.
$3 sample. Annual summer meeting.
American SW Listener's Club: Stewart
MacKenzie, WDX6AA, 16182 Ballad Lane,
Huntington Beach, CA 92649, (714) 846-1685.
Western US, Pacific, Asia. SWBC, utilities,
longwave, clandestine.SWL.$20 US, $22 Can/
Mex. $1 sample ($2 ww) . Meetslst Sais 10am
address above.
Association of Clandestine Enthusiasts
(A.C.E.) : Kirk Baxter, P.O. Box 1 t201,
Shawnee Mission, KS 66207. U S. Europe and
Middle East; Pirate and clandestine. The
A.C.E. $18 US, $19 Can/ Mex, $25 ww.
Association of DX Reporters (ADXR):
Reuben Dagold, 7008 Plymouth Rd., Baltimore, MD 21208. International; Utilities, ham
band, QSLing, MW, LW, and SWBC. DX
Reporter. $19 US, $29 Can/ Mex, $22ww. $1 or
5 IRC's sample.
Association of Manitoba DX'ers (AMANDX):
Shawn Axelrod, 30 Becontree Bay, Winnipeg,
Manitoba, R2N 2X9 Canada, (204) 253-8644.
Manitoba; LW, MW, SW, and VHF/UHF. Meets
monthly. $2.
Bay Area Scanner Enthusiasts: Bruce Ames,
P.A.0., 105 Serra Way #363, Milp~as, CA

North American Club Listings A-L

95035, (408)267-3244. Western U.S.; 25+ MHz.


Listening Post (bi-monthly). Meets 2nd Mons.
7:30 Milpitas Police Admin Bldg. $25 US, $2
sample, or SASE for info.
Bayonne Emergency R adio Network (BERN):
Ray Baron/ Bob Frasca, P.O. Box t203, Bayonne,
NJ 07002-6203, 1-800-286-2876. Metro NJ, NY;
Fire/disaster, pub safety.
Bearcat Radio Club: Larry Miller, Box 360,
Wagontown, PA 19376, 1-800-423-1331. National.
Scanning only. National Scanning Report (bimonthly). $17.50 or $29.90, $5 more Can. $3
sample.
Boston Area DXers: Paul Graveline, 9 Stirling St.,
Andover, MA 01810-1408, (508)470-1971 , 50 mile
radius Boston; 3-30 MHz. Meets 3rd Fris 7:30pm,
Bull Billerica Facility, 300 Concord Rd., Billerica.
British Columbia Shortwave Listening Club
(BCDX): Box 500, 2245 Eton St., Vancouver, BC
Canada V5L 1C9, (604) 255-8987 fax. Shortwave.
LOGJAM. Meets 3rd Thurs. 7pm at 920 Davie St.
Canadian lnt'I DX Club: Sheldon Harvey, 79
Kipps St., Greenfield Park., Quebec, Canada J4V
3B1 , (514)462-1459. Canada nationwide/
membership open to all; General coverage. The
Messenger. $26 Can, $25 US, $US28 or $Can35
ww. $2 sample. Meets 2nd Tues 7pm Montreal;
several annual events.
Capitol Hiii Monitors: Alan Henney, 6912 Prince
Georges Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912-54t4,
(301) 270-2531 /5n4 fax. DC, MD, No.VA, So.DE.

Listeners' Nets
You are invited to post your North American
amateur radio net in this bi-monthly listing if its
primary emphasis is devoted to the radio
monitoring hobby (not amateur radio).
Capitol Hiii Monitors
t46.91 MHz 1st & 3rd Mon 7:30pm ET, DC. Md,
N.Va, S.Del; Scanning and amateur radio
Frequency Forum BBS 703-207-9622 (8-N-1]
Net Mgr: N3RDC. John Korman
Call Alan Henney 301-270-2531 or John Korman
301-299-5455 for info
Newsletter SB; 6912 Prince George's Ave, Takoma
Park, MD 20912-5414
Central Florida Listeners Group
146.730 MHz. Sun Bpm ET, Central Florida; any
radio communications outside amateur bands
Net Mgr: N4EF
Telephone gateways announced; CFLG BBS
conference on LASER BBS 407-647-0031
Call Mark Kuziv, KC4ZVK. 407-933-7163 for info
Larkfield's ARC SW-Scanner Net
147.210 MHz, Fri Bpm ET, Long Island, NYC, NJ,
Conn; Shortwave BCers & utes, MW, amateur
radio, scanning
Net Mgr: Hank Lukas, N2GCN
Open to all amateurs on air; by letter for scanner
listeners
Contact: P.O.Box 115, Plainview, NY 11803-0115
Montreal DX Listeners Net
146.910 MHz, Sun 8: 15 pm ET, Montreal PO area;
MW SW, & Scanner
Net Mgr: Sheldon Harvey VE2SHW
Telephone gateways announced
Monitoring the Long Island Sounds Net
146.805 Tues Bpm ET, Long Island. NY; Primarily
scanning
Net Mgr: WB2RVA, 2134 Decker Ave, North
Merrick, NY 11566

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Monix SW end Scanner Listeners Info Net


146.835 MHz, Thurs. 9:30 pm ET; Cincinnati/Tri-State
Area; All band
Net Mgr: Mark Meece, NBICW, (5t3) 777-2909 (no
collect calls)
Open to all amateurs; Telephone gateways to net
mgr up to 1/2 hr before net; The Listening Post BBS
(513) 474-3719
New York DX Association
146.880 Mon 9pm ET, NYC area; "DC to Light"
Net Mgr: Charles Hargrove N2NOV, 723 Port
Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10302-1736
Voice mail 1/2 hr before net: 212-978-3375;
Compuserve 73167,312
Northeast SW Listeners end Scanners Net; Rip
Van Winkle Society
147.21 MHz (WB2UEB) Wed 8pm, Albany, NY, area.
Net Mgr: Ray Loeper N2RAO
Rocky Mountain Monitoring Net
147.225, 224.980 Denver; 145.460 Boulder; 145.160
Colorado Springs Sun 20:00; communications
monitoring
Brian Gould, KBOMEP, Mt. News Net
Shortwave Listeners Net, Association of North
American Radio Clubs
7.240 MHz LSB, Sun 10am ET, Eastern US;
Shortwave broadcasts and util~ies
Net Mgr: KW3F, 238 Cricklewood Circle, Lansdale,
PA 19446
Telephone gateways announced
Southern Wisconsin SW Listeners Net; MARA
147.150 MHz, alt 146.760 MHz. Madison, WI, area
First Sun 8pm CT. Shortwave, scanning, de to
daylight, equipment notes and comments.
Net Mgrs: N9LTO, KA9SRU, N9EWO
Contact: N9EWO, Dave Zantow, 1609 Ontario Drive,
Janesville, WI 53545

Scanner bands. Frequency Forum BBS 703-2079622 (8-N-1) Net 1st & 3rd Mons 7:30pm 146.91.
Capitol Hill Monitor. $8. Meets irregularly.
Central Florida Listeners Group: David Grubbs
N4EF, 956 Woodrose Court, Altamonte Springs,
FL 32714-1261; (407) 296-2055 Andy Fountain.
Central Florida; A!I bands. Net on 146.73 MHz
Sun 8 pm. Meets 2nd Sais 12 noon. Conf#1 0 on
Laser BBS (407)647-0031.
Central Indiana Shortwave Club: Steve
H ammer, 2517 E. DePauw Road, Indianapolis, IN
46227-4404. Central Indiana; SW broadcasting,
pirates, and the offbeat. Shortwave Oddities.
Central VA Radio Enthusiasts; Richard
Rowland, POB 34832, Richmond, VA 232340832. Metro Richmond and vicinity. VHF/UHF.
SASE. No newsletter, no dues. Meets quarterly in
Richmond.
Chicago Area DX Club: Edward G. Stroh, 53
Arrowhead Dr., Thornton, IL 60476. 300 mile
radius of Chicago; DXing all bands. OX Chicago.
$17, $1 sample. Meets irregularly.
Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association
(CARMA): Ted & Kim Moran, 6219 N. Greenview,
Chicago, IL 60660- 1815. Chicago & midwest.
Public safety & general coverage. SCUG/CARMA
BBS (708)852- 1292. CARMA Newsletter. Meetings
(Sais) and newsletter bi-monthly on alternate
months.
Colorado Shortwave Listeners Club: Rob
Harrington NONNI, P.O. Box 370593, Denver, CO
80237-0593, 303-756-9455. Longwave, shortwave. Colorado Shortwave Listener (4x) 35 cents
each. Meets 1st Sundays.
Communications Research Group: Scott Miller,
122, Greenbriar Drive, Sun Prairie, WI 535901706. Wisconsin area. Scanning.
DecalcoManla: Paul Richards, P.O. Box 126,
Lincrott, NJ 07738, (908)591-2522. Worldwide
AM, FM and collecting radio related items.
DecalcoMania. $10 US, $11 Can/Mex, $16 Eur,
$17.50 Asia/Pac.
Drake SPR4 lnt'I Club: Bill Swiger, Route 1, Box
142A, Bridgeport, WV 26330. Worldwide; Drake
SPR4 owners.
Fire Net: Tom Kravitz, Box 1307, Culver City, CA
90232, 310-838-1436, internet
mpage@netcom.com. All of California; fire, EMS,
tied in with nationwide notification net.
Global DX Club; David Williams, P.O. Box 1176,
Pinson, AL 35126-1176; Internet:
XYVD51A@Prodigy.Com. Worldwide; all bands.
Radio Waves (bi-monthly). $1 sample. Meets
monthly.
Houston Area Scanners & Monitoring Club:
Glen Dingley, 909 Michael, Alvin, TX 7751 1, (713)
388-1941. 75 mile radius of Houston, TX;
scanning & SW. Paging network. HASMC
Newsletter . Meets Jan &June.
Hudson Valley Monitors Association (HVMA);
Patrick Libretti, P.O. Box 706, Highland, NY
12528. Mid-Hudson valley and surrounding
counties; VHF/UHF, public safety. The Hudson
Valley Monitor.
International 11 Meter Alliance: Allen Newton,
Rt. 1 Box 187-A, Whitney, TX 76692, (817) 6944047. 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. $.29 or 2 IRCs
sample.
Longwave Club of America: Bill Oliver, 45
Wildflower Rd., Levittown, PA 19057, (215) 9450543. Worldwide; Longwave only. The Lowdown.
$18 US, $ 19 Can/Mex, $26 ww.

SPECIAL EVENT CALENDAR


Date
Jan 8

Location
Sou1h Bend, IN

Jan 14

Lancaster, PA

Jan 141 5

Sarasota, FL

Jan 15

Yonkers, NY

Jan 15

Richmond, VA

Jan 21

Loveland, CO

Jan 21

St. Joseph, MO

Jan 21

Hammond, LA

Jan 21

Crystal River, FL

Jan 21

Monterey, CA

Jan 22

Nelsonville, OH

Jan 22

Buena Pk, CA

Jan 28

St. Charles, MO

Jan 28

San Diego, CA

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Club/Contac1 Person
Michiana Valley Hamfest Assoc/ Bob Denniston KA9WNR, 21970 Kern Road,
Sou1h Bend, IN 46614, (219) 291-0252
Columbia Area ARC I Du1ch Country Comp & Comm Show, P.O. Box 682, E.
Petersburg, PA 17520-0682, (717) 560-2072. Location: Lancaster Host
Resort and Conference Center, Rte 30, E. Lancaster. $5 general admission.
Talkin 146.715
Sarasota Hamfest & Computer Show I Ed Neely, KC4RYC, 2632 Sunnyside
St, Sarasota, FL 34239; (813) 366-5564. Location: Robarts Sports Arena,
Sarasota Fairgrounds. 9-5 Sat, 9-3 Sun, S7 general admission. Talk-in
146.31 /91, 444.925, 146.13/73
Metro 70cm Network I Otto Supliski WB2SLQ, 53 Hayward St. , Yonkers, NY
10704 (914) 969-1053
Richmond ATS I Becky Holberg KD4VOZ, 7101 Fernwood St #2732,
Richmond, VA 23228, (804) 264-8218
Northern CO ARC Winter Supertest I Randy Long WB6AW (303) 226-1529.
Location: Larimer Co. Fairgrounds, 9-3. $3 general admission. Talk-in
144.515/ t45.1 15
Missouri Valley ARC, Green Hills ARC, Ray Clay ARC I Gaylen Pearson
WBOW, 1210 Midyett Rd., St. Joseph. MO 64506 (816) 232-8786
SE Louisiana ARC I Ernest Bush N5NIB, 12447 General Ott Rd., Hammond,
IN 70403 (504) 542-0034
Sky High ARC I Ronald Wilhite KK4HS, 303 S. Adams St., Beverly Hills, FL
32665, (904) 746-2022
Naval Postgraduate School ARC / Cal Miller WW7G, 969 B Pacific St.,
Monterey, CA 93940, (408) 649-5347
Sunday Creek ARF I Russell Ellis KGBJI, 8051 Oregon Ridge, Glouster, OH
45732, (614) 767-2226
Ray Briem Appreciation Day I So. Cal. Area DXers, 16182 Ballad Lane,
Huntington Beach, CA 92649-2272 (717) 846-1685. Location: Knott's Berry
Farm 12-4pm, $21.95, includes complete meal, parking, gifts.
St. Louis Rptr Inc I James Welby WBOZJW, PO Box 50202, St. Louis, MO
63105, (314) 3532000
Challenger Jr High School ARC, Kl5YG I Special event station to commemorate 9th anniversary of Space Shu11e Challenger tragedy. Operation on or
near 14.250, 21 .350, and 28.350. For QSL, card send QSL and SASE to
Challenger JHS ARC, 10810 Parkdale Ave, San Diego, CA 92126. SWL
reports welcomed.

Monitoring Tlmes is happy to run brief announcements of radio events open to our readers. Send your
announcements at least 60 days before the event to:Monltorlng Times Special Events Calendar P.O. Box
98, Brasstown, NC 289020098.

DX Rodio Tests
These special test broadcasts provide a unique opportunity to hear and identify the following stations. If you hear their
broadcasts, please let the engineer know at the address provided. More Information on DXing the broadcast band can be found
lnDXMonitOr, the pubUcation of the International Radio Club of America (IRCA, P.O. Box 1831, Perris, CA 92572-1831 , USA)
and.DXNB)vs, the putilk:ation of the National Radio Club (NRC, P.O. Box 5711, Topeka, KS 66605-0711). Both clubs are
. devoted.td.tlle hobby of healing distant stations on the standard AM and FM broadcast bands.For a sample of either
publlcailon, send one 29 cent stamp ($1 US or 1 IRC oveiseas) to the addresses above. The following tests were arranged by
J.D. SteptieJ\S for IRCA unless otherwise noted.

Monday, Jan 2 WWSW-970, 1 Allegheny


Square;Pittsburgh,PA 15212, will conductaDX
test between 12-12:30 am EST. The test will
. includ~ test tones; voiceJDs, and Morse .code
IDs. R~eption reports IM:y be sent to Mr. Phil
Lenz, ~~sistant Enginee( :
Saturday, Jan 7 KIUP-930, PO Drawer P,
Durango, CO 81302, will conduct a DX test
between 7: 15-1:45 am EST. The test will include
test tones, voice IDs and Morse code IDs. Recepi:ep0its my be sentto Mr-'John Morton, Chief
Engineer. , .

tion

Monday, Jan 9 KTNS-1090, 40356 Oak Park


Way, Oakhurst, CA 93644, will conduct a DX
test between 8-9:00 am EST. The test will include countty music, voice IDs, and Morse code
IDs, Recepuonreports may be sent to Mr. Larry
Gilinble,'General Manager.
Sunday, Jan 15 KUAU-1570, PO Box 565,
Kuau; Maui, HI 96779, will conduct a DX test
betwee11:S:O1-5 :30 am EST. The test will include
Morse c~e IDs. Reception reports may be sent
J

' .

to Mr. Richard Miller, Owner. Note: This test


will be repeated on Monday, January 16.

Advanced Electron ics Applications . .. 3


AIE Corporation . . ........ ... .............. 81
Alph a Delta ........... ........ .. . ......... .. 19
A m soft . .. . . .... .... ......... ..... ........... . 107
Ant ique Radio C lassified ................. 7
ARRL .. ....... .......... . .. .. ... . ..... ..... ...... 29
Atlantic H am Radio ..... ... ... .... ....... 79
Austin Antenna ................... .... .. .... 23
BBC World Service ............ ........ ... 61
Buckm aster Publishing . ...... ..... .. .... 83
Cellular Security Group .... . .... . ....... . 9
Ch i lton ..... ............ . .. . .... .... ... .... .. 109
Communications Electronics ........... 5
Computer Aided Technologies .... ..... .

... ............ .... .. ... ........ ... . 97, 103, 105


Da llas Remote Imaging .. .. .... ..... . 103
Datametrics ..... . .... .......... .. ....... ..... 76
Delta Research .... ............. .. ......... . 95
D ig it ech Concepts .... ... ... ... .... . ...... 83
DWM Enterprises .. ..... .. ..... ... ...... .. . 79
Electronics Book Club ... .. ... .... ....... 13
Electronic Distributors .... ...... ... ... .. . 39
EEB ... ... ....... .. . . ...... .. . .. .. ..... ..... .... .. 27
Gilfer Shortwa ve ..... .. .. .. ........ .. .. .. . 76
G lenn Hauser ... . ....... .. .. ... . ........... 43
Grove Enterprises ....... .... .. . 8, 60, 77,

............. .............. .......... .... . 105, 115


H o llins Radio Data . .. ... .. . ........ .. . .... .. 9
ICOM A m erica .......... .. ..... . .. Cover IV
Index Publish ing .. .. ...... ........ .. ........ . 9
Jacqu es d 'Avignon ...... . .. ...... ...... ... 56
Jade Products . . .......... ... .. ... .. .... .. ... 85
Jav iation ........... . .. . ........ .. . ... ......... 85
KIWA Electronics ........ ....... .... . 89, 9 1
K lingenfuss ....... . . ....... .. ....... ... .. . .. . 76
Lent ini Com mun ications .... .... . .. .... 83
Marymac Industr ies ........... .. .. .... . 107
Microcraft ...... . .............. ... ... ... ...... 89
MilSpec Communications . ........ ... . 89
Monitoring T i mes ... . .... . . .. .. . 111 , 118
Motron Electronics .. . .. . .. .. . . .. . .. . 7, 101
National Scanning Report .... .. ...... . 37
OptoElectronics . . ... ... .. . ... . Cover II , Il l
Orchid City Software ..... ... ...... .... . .. . 7
Palomar Engineeri ng ..... ..... 7, 19, 8 1
Pioneer Data . . ... ......... .. ............ .. 107

QSO ........... .... .............. ........ ..... 107

Monday, Jan 16 KUAU-1570 (See Sunday


entry above)

Radio Accessories .................... .. . .. 62


Radio Contro l Syste ms ...... .. ........ 113
Radioware Corp . ..... ....... ........ ...... 85
Ramsey Electron ics .. ...... ......... ...... 71
R.C. Distributing .. . .... .. .. . ..... .. . ....... 87
R.D. I. W hite Papers . . ..... ... ..... . .. .. 101
Sate ll ite T imes ..... ... . ... ..... . .. .. .. .. .... 5 1
Satman .... ... ...... . .. ... ... .. .. .... ... ... .... 87
Sca n ner Master ............... ... .. .... .. .. 29

Monday, Jan 30 CFRY-920, 1500


Saskatchewan Avenue West, Portage la Prairie,
MB R l N ON6, Canada, will conduct a DX test
between 1- 1:30 am EST. The test will include
country music, voice IDs, and Morse code IDs.
Power will be 25 kW using their daytime
antenna pattern. Reception reports may be sent
to Mr. Red Hughes, Station Manager. Note:
CFRY wiU keep a playlist of songs played
during the test, so report any song titles you
hear.

Scrambling News .......... ... ..... ... .. .. 89


Signal lntellegence ..... ......... .. .... ... 23
Skyvision . .. ... ... .. .. ............ ...... ... .. .. 8 7
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Monday, Jan 16 WVWI-1000, PO'Box 5678,


Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00803-5678, will conduct a DX test between 2-3:00 am EST. The test will include voice
IDs, Morse code Ids, and "easily identifiable
music." Reception reports may be sent to Mr.
Rick Ricardo, Director of Operations.

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Sony SW-SS, mint. $275. Yaesu FT811
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Panasonic RF-B45 $90. Jim WB4ZCD
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Ask for Drew. Call day (2 15) 657-1 19 1.
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Where are the Trunk-Tracking Scanners?


Hardly a day goes by that we don ' t
receive calls from scanner listeners
wondering how they can follow the
new 800 MHz trunking systems. It's
frustrating to hear a transmission which
gets your attention, knowing full well
that the reply is going to be on some
other channel and you have no idea
where to look.
Why aren't there any trunk-tracking
scanners? While the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
forbids us from listening to scrambled
communications, trunking is not a
privacy system; it is for spectral efficiency. And while the ECPA also
forbids listening to mobile telephones,
trunking is not that, either. Listening to
it is lawful. So why aren't there any
trunking-compatible scanners?
First, several trunking technologies
exist; a single scanner capable of
following them all would have to have
some very sophisticated (read: "expensive") digital software; this would
make it less cost-competitive in the
consumer marketplace.
Second, trunking systems may
utilize proprietary software to manage
their systems. But what if the system
we use to track it is not the same as that

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January 1995

used by trunking software? Would this


not simply be an alternative method of
detecting a radio signal in the clear?
I think the real answer as to why we
don't see any trunk-tracking scanners on
the consumer market is the uninspired,
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hawking superficiality-glitz and glamour-rather than performance. They
seem to have adopted the MadisonA venue buzz: sell the sizzle, not the
steak.
How many imaginative advancements
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the last decade since Uniden bought out
Electra and Regency? What noteworthy
improvements over the classic BC250
and BC300 have been made in frequency
coverage, dynamic range, selectivity or
modes, not even mentioning trunktracking capability?
The primary improvements have been
scan/search speed, memory capacity and
military aircraft coverage. All textbook
stuff. With Uniden having acquired
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learning curve should be going up, yet
some of their latest products have been
retired early due to poor design.
But they did look good.

Decoders

Interceptors
The lntercepto~ series offers quality
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tune to strong signals.

To measure Tones and


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