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June 1989

NITORING
---T-IME-S-..
LISTENING TO THE HURRICANE HUNTERS
by Larry Van Horn

How to hear -- and understand -- vital data reports provided by those

intrepid Hurricane Hunters from Keesler AFB.
USAF

It's ca lm s kies now, but

these are th e crews that
challenge the temp est -

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The New PR02005:

A Review

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Th e PR02005 stacks up ve1y, ve1y well against its popular predecessor.

Comp act, yet p owelful, there seems little to criticize.

The Russian Bear in Trouble

by Kyle Henderson

15

Gorbachev has let the genie out of the bottle, and the Soviet Republics will
never again be totally silent. There's no better tim e to listen!

SPORTS!

by Lynn Burke

20

11'hat's your pleasure -- golf? racing? baseball? -- Well, here's how to

"Tun e in th e Good Stuff "

CPRV Showcase

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A potpourri of QSLs from the Comm ittee to Preserve Radio Verifications.

DEPARTMENTS
The new Realistic
PR 0 2005 brings a w orld
of excitem ent to your
doorstep - p . 12

Refresh your knowledge

of aero terms - p .42

New offerings from Op toelectronics - p.88

Lette rs
Communications
Shortwave Broadcasting
Utility World
The Scanning Report
What' s New?
Uncle Skip's Corner
The Fede ral File
Plane Talk
On the Ham Ilands
The QSL Report
Readin g RTTY
Sate llite TV
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Inside this Issue ,

"It 's like n ying into a brick wa11. ..

That's how one veteran Hu rrica ne H unt e r describes the trip in to t he eye of a
storm. C3elow, says Moni1onng Times staff
writer Larry Yan Horn, the ocean chu rns
with waves that tower over 60 feel high.
T his is raw exciteme nt , m e n a nd w ome n
living on the fine line between life a nd
death . Fort u nately, too, it's excite ment you
can tune in on your shortwave radio. J oin
us as we take t he wildest ride on ea rth wit h
the H urrica ne H unters.
USAF photo
I T hey ca me fro m one e nd o f Tbilisi's
ma in streets, hundreds of Russian soldiers, each bangi ng loudly on thei r long
me ta l s hield . A t th e o the r e nd of the stre et, th o usands of Soviet Georg ia ns,
wh o for a week had been peacefully de monstra ting fo r m o re independe nce
fro m Moscow. I As th e two gro ups me t, A lex Ra ley, a public school
adm in istrator fro m Sout h Ca ro lin a, stood on the fourth-fl oor balco ny o f the
H otel T bilisi and watched w hile one of Soviet lea der M ikhail S. Gorbachev's
worst nightmares ca me true. By sunri se, nin eteen 19 peo ple lay dead or
mortally wounded. I European DXpert Kyle H e nderso n takes us o n a
shortwave t ou r of t he Sov iet Republi cs where, m o re and more, t he most
popular chant is "Russians go home! "
I The PR02004 is dead! Long live t he
PR 02005! That's an othe r cha nt , heard
not in the Soviet R ep ublics but a m ong
sophist icated scanner e nthusiasts from
o ne e nd of North A m e ri ca to t he o t her.
The '2004 was a great sca nner. But how
will t he '2005 stack up? Moniloring Times
dives in with both fee t and gets you the
info rmation you nee d to k now before
you buy.
I F or a lm ost thi rty yea rs, t he Boeing 707 has provide d tra nsporta ti o n fo r
presiden ts of t he United States. This year, however, George Bush will
ina ug ura te a brand new Air Force O ne, a
Boeing 747. In side is 4,000 square feet of
inter io r space a nd enough food a nd
water to feed 70 passenge rs a nd a 23member crew for a week w itho ut
resupply. T hi s is q uite a p la ne a nd D ave
J ones
acting something like a
Moni1oring Times ve rs io n o f R obi n
Leach on Lifcs1yfes of 1he Rich and
Famous __ takes us on a tou r.
Going into retirement
I Also on the agenda is a review of the Cougar min i portable world receiver.
East meets west with this AM, FM, L W, shortwave radio. The other Larry,
Larry Miller, takes a look at t he crazy things t hey're doing in Houston to
bring in r:itings. Wou ld yo u be lieve a "m oon-in?" I And, of course, th e re's
much, much more! So take a few minutes. Kick your shoes off. Set a spell.
And get ready to explore the world of communicat io ns with America's
favorite radio magazine, Moniloring Times. Y'all come back now!

June 1989

MON ITOR ING T IM ES

~NITORING
TIMES
Published by
Grove Enterprises

Publisher
Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

Managing Editor
Larry Miller

Technical Editor
Ike Kerschner, N31K

Associate Editor
Rachel Baughn

Frequency Manager
Greg Jordan

Subscriber Services
Beverly Berrong

Advertising
Beth Leinbach

Dealerships
Judy Grove

Contributing Editors
Readi ng RTTY
Jack Albert
Uncle Skip's Corne r
T.J. Arey, WB2GHA
Pl ane Talk
Jean Baker
DeMaw' s W orkb ench
Doug DeMaw
Shortw ave Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser
Hig h Seas
James R. Hay
Federal File
Dave Jones
Scan ni ng Report
Bob Kay
On the Ham Bands
Ike Kerschner, N31K
Magn e Te sts ...
Lawrence Magne
Am eri ca n Ban dsc an
Larry Miller
Satellite TV
Ken Reitz, KC4GOA
Outer Lim its
Dr. John Santosuooso
Program Guide
Kannon Shanmugam
Ant enn a T opic s
W. Clem Small, KR6A
Shortw av e Broadcast Logging s
QSL Corn er
Gayle Van Horn
Util it y World
Larry Van Horn
Below 500 k Hz
Joe Woodlock

LETTERS

Robert L. Rankin of Tonganoxie,

Kansas, writes to say that he e njoyed
Henri Walser's war time re miniscences in the April edi tion of
Monitoring Times, "especially his
recollection of t he station that called
itself Soldatensender Calais(" Armed
Forces Radio, Calais").
The station enjoyed great success
in confounding the Nazis by
pre tending to be a geniune German
station but Mr. Wal ser s tates tha t,
as far as he knew, the story of
Soldatensender Calais has "never
been told." The station, he says, was
"most probably operated by the
British across the channel." This was
indeed the case.
"Soldatensender Calais began
broadcas ting as a "German" station
on August 24, 1943, from Crowborough in the United Kingdom. It
used a 600 kw mediumwave
transmitter, formerly the prope rty of
the BBC. A s malle r portable
tra nsmitter was located ju st across
the cha nnel and synchronized with
Calais in order to confuse e nemy
attempts to DF [direction fi nd] the
transmit location.
"Actually, the story of this and
other Br itish 'black' radio operations
has been to ld in som e detail in a
book entitled, Black Boomerang.
The author, Sefton D e lme r, was a
British journalist who grew up in
G ermany and who headed up
Soldatensend Calais a nd other,
similar, British operati ons. The
book was published in 1962 by Viking
Press but it should be available in
libra ries. It makes fo r intriguin g
re ading."
"What's the real story o n the big,
10-page article about sho rtwave in
Insight magazine?" asks P e ter Carag.
"Listen to shortwave? A fte r read ing
that sleeper, I'm sure people would
ratJ1e r watch paint dry.
"What really fasc ina tes me is that
thi s almos t intentionally dull ar ticl e
would come p recisely at a ti me whe n
so-much other pro-shortwave material was making its way into the
nationa l press. Maybe that was the
point. Maybe so meo ne in W as h-

"Several years ago I sent you a pho tograph of my monitoring post. Now I
would like you to see the revised version." So says a letter from H arry Abery, J r.
of H artford, Connecticut.
llo/y cow! Look at that picture !
"l was lucky enough to be able to obtain the (old) radio console fro m the
police department whe re I 'm a rad io dispatcher.
"l use two U nide n BC760 XLTs 100 channel programmable scanners, a
Yaesu Fr-747GX transceive r for amateur, util ity and world band, a R obyn 40channel A M/S B CB transceive r plus an MFJ Computer inte rface fo r CW/RTIY
with my Tandy JOOOTX 640K computer system. ~ M~o n 35-wat.t business
base station completes the transceivers. Everythmg 1s paneled- in to the
console.
"I'm onl y using a Sony AN-1 active antenna right now but l hope to put up a
10 th rouoh 160 amateur beam as soon as I ge t my ham ticket. l enjoy the rad io
hobby n~w as much as I did whe n I started back in 1942. Thanks fo r a great
magazine !"
ington wa nted to down-play shortwave liste ning so no one would
liste n."
I'm intrigued by your le tte r, Pete r.
Wha t I thought curiou s about the
article was th at it was wri tten like a
US IA [U ni ted States Inform ation
Agency, pare nt organi zation of the
Voice of A me rica] press release.
M a rty Blaise writes to says that he
wants to try a nd e ncourage those
wh o may be new to medium wave
(AM) DXing.
" Because I live in Houston, Texas,
whe re there are about 30 powe rho use AM and F M statio ns," he says,
"T thought tha t they would make
DX ing im possibl e. Bu t A M D X ing

MON ITORING T IMES

is possibl e! Eve n in a metropolitan

area!
"No t counting the locals o r semilocals, I've logged 95 di ffere nt
sta ti ons on AM including 17
different states, Mexico, Cuba and
th e Ne therland Antilles."
Ma rty d oesn't have the best
eq uipment, eithe r, bu t is able to
re all y ma ke it sing. " J use a Radio
Shac k DX-440 a nd a Select- A T e nn a. l even live in a n apar tme nt.
" Use a d ig ita l receive r," he
advises. "learn abou t null s, catch
mu lti ple statio n I Ds on the ho ur with
close listening, .. .

[See continuation on p. 100, plus the

summer schedule for the Thunderbirds
and IJ/ue Angels!]
June 1989

COMMUNICATIONS

War of the Worlds II

Community groups have condemned a radio hoax on Scottsdale,
Arizona, station KSLX in which
listeners were led to believe that a riot
was in progress.
The Friday morning broadcast, by
announcers Jeanne Sedello, Bob Boze
Bell and David K. Jones, included
reports that local Pima-Maricopa
Indians had taken over the community
college and torched an Abco supermarket. Some listene rs who were also
in on the act had been to ld prior to
7:00 a.m. to use their imagination and
call in their own fanciful reports from
the field.
Apparen tly the whole thing
sounded very realistic and the broadcast quickly got out of control. Police
finally became involved when Sedell o
announced that a gunman had broken
in to the studio and was hold ing her
hostage. Those who had not heard the
disclaimer jammed police 911 lines to
report what they heard.
"There will be no police determination of criminal responsibility,"
Scottsdale police officer Mark Barnett
said, "but the broadcast raises serious
questions of corporate responsibility."
Tribal spokesman Ivan Maki!
called the broadcast "completely irresponsible, deeply offensive to Indians
and borderline racist." T he re was no
comment from the station. (The
Phoenix Gazette via Pat Lacey, Tempe,
Arizona)

ET Is Not Coming
I nvestigators going over the
remains of the collapsed Nation al
Radio Astro nomy Obse1vatory radiotelescope say that it was "thrown
together."
Tony Rothman, writing on the
subject in Scien rijic American, said
that the 300 foot unit was "hurriedly
constructe d" in 1962 because wo rk o n
a more sophisticated 150-foot tele-

June 1989

scope was behind schedule. But

instead of lasting for a few years, it
remained in service for " two to three
times its design life."
A three-engineer panel praised
maintenance of the telescope despite a
unique set of problems. One was that
birds like to roost in the receiver horn,
far above the surface of the dish.
To avoid climbing the anten na to
clear out the nests, someone installed
an electronic scarecrow that produced
loud noises, some of them sounding
like cosmic bleeps and whistles. Tourists were told that the sound, which
was audible for long distances, were
signals being received from deep
space. (The Charleston Gazette via
Rick Robinson, Charleston, WV)

Lawnmowers and Microwaves

lator, which controls power and

freq uency, is placed where the food
would go.
Editors at RF Design stress that
this is a project to be attempted only
by a skilled engineer -- not a radio
amateur. Leaking microwave radiation can be extremely dangerous.
(New York Times via Ed Hesse, North
Merrick, NY)

Save The QSLs!

People die. But QSLs don't have
to. In nutshell, that's the message
from Jerry Berg, Chairperson of the
Committee to Preseive Radio Verifications (CPRV).
For fifty cents, Berg and his
friends will send you a sticker to affix
to your QSL album or container. The
sticker contains a message that, while
not "legal," expresses your wishes that
the QSLs be donated to CPRV whe n
you are "no longer able to e njoy
them."
The cards are then carefully
archived at the Boston headquarters
of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, publishers of The Christian
Science Monitor and operators of
shortwave stations WCSN, KYOI and
WSHB.
Make sure that your QSLs get the
treatment they deserve when you're
dead and no longer able to care for

We at Monitoring Times are often

impressed by the level of expertise
exhibited in the projects submitted for
our
" Experimenter's
Workshop"
column. After rece1v111g a truly
impressive design, though , someone
inevitably breaks the ice by asking,
"But can he make a shortwave rad io
out of a lawnmower?" TI1e folks at RF
Design magazine did one better.
In their March issue, reader David
Pacholok showed how to create a
powerful 250 watt a mateur television
transmitter out of a microwave oven.
Spending less
than $200 and
using only parts
readily available
from consumer
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My QSL coll ection is very important to me. It is
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showed how the
my QSLs, my family will donate them to the
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Association of North American Radio Clubs
source, a magne"Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications,"
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to provide power
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fo r the transmitter.
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TRAIL OF METEOR

them. For more information on this

interesting project, write CPRV, P.O.
Box 54, Caledonia, NY 14423.

METEOR

Jail: He Threatened Panama!

Panamanian
officials
have
announced the arrest of a U.S. citizen
accused of ru nn ing an antigovernment radio station in Panama
City. Officials said that Kurt Frederick
Muse, a 39 year old businessman, was
responsible for broadcasting "Voice
of Liberty" programs over radio and
TV.
So me $350,000 worth of equipment was con fiscated from seven
different apartments from which
Muse alleged ly made the transmissions. T he programs, reported the
Nat ional Department of Investigations (D ENI), were prod uced on U.S.
mili tary bases in Panama. (The
Houston Post via Daniel Bazan
Houston, Texas)
'

Radio, Meteors and Trucks

Truck drivers fo r North American
Van Lines will now be keeping in
touch with the home office via
meteors. Fifty of its trucks will be able
to bounce messages off these visitors
from oute r space using a technology
called "meteor scatter."
As meteors pass through the
earth's atmosphere, most leave behind
billions of dust-sized particles. The
signals are then refl ected off these
trail s.
The proble m is that these trails are
short-lived. Signals reflected off the
trail s of large meteors last only for a
second or two. Those bounced off
smaller ones last milliseconds. As a
result, it can take up to te n minutes to
receive a message, depending on the
quality of the trails. Jn one system,
messages are limited to about 32 characters.
GTE Corp., which has been
working on meteor co mmu nications

systems for several years, acknowledges that the technology has its drawbacks but notes that it also has major
advantages.
These include the fact that they
are hard to jam, difficult to intercept
and would not be disabled by a
nuclear blast. (Boston Globe via D.
Ed is, Dennis P ond, MA)

Saved His Life

When Fred Hen ning mounted his
1983 Honda Goldwing motorcycle
recently, he probably wasn't even
thinking about this wonderfu l hobby
of radio. A short time later, however,
a car made a U-turn in front of him
and Henning dropped the bike, sliding
some 60 feet through the intersection.
Unbelievably, he escaped with only
mi nor cuts and bruises.
To what does he attribute this
miraculous event? Faith in God?
Luck? No, when Fred Henning was
able to pick himself up and pull
himself together, he fou nd that his
JC-u2AT handheld absorbed the
majority of the impact. Yes, friends,
ICOM
putcha hands on the radio!
saved Fred Henning's life! Yea-uh!

M O N ITORI NG TI M E S

You can communicate \\rith other

Monitoring Times reade rs. The next time
you see a n item about radio in a magazine
or newspap e r, clip it out a nd share it with
the rest of us! Send it to Communications
Editor, P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902.
You'll be glad you did.

June 1989

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U.S. Ai r Force

Listening to the
Hurricane Bunters

Super Hurricane Gilbert on a crash

course with Mexico (above) . Below, a
WC-130 on the ramp at Keesler AFB in
Biloxi, Mississippi, from the 53rd WRS,
radio cal/sign "Gull"

by Larry Van Horn

U.S. Air Force

I t usually sta rts ou t as a ripple

on the weat he r charts, a n area of
brigh te r clouds on the sate ll ite p hotos.
To trained fo r ecasters at the Nat io na l
H urricane Center (NHC) in Coral
Gables, Flori da, it represents the
begi nning of one of nature's most
destructive st orms.
Mo re data is needed t o co nfir m
what sat ell ite imagery shows. Th e
area under investigation is an isolated
sector of t he middle A tlantic Ocea n.
T here arc not a lot of weat her stations
here . Ship reports, however, indicate
freshening
winds
in
the
a rea.
Computer chart s of air pressure and
ot her meteoro logical paramete rs poin t
to the formation of a t ropical
depression .

But st ill the N HC wa nts mo re

info rm at ion
wind, t em perat ure,
pressure, hu mi di ty, a nd th e "sta te of
the sky" data -- so t hat a valid fo recast
can be made. Th e Hu rricane Center
calls for the services of th e U.S. A ir
Force (USAF) and the Nat ional
Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin ist ration (NOAA) Hu rricane H unters.
T he re arc only two U.S. Air Force
units t hat will fly into a hurricane. malliLolii
Bot h of these squadrons a re based out
of Keesle r AFO in 13iloxi, M ississippi.

_.,.-.i=--

Known as t he "Hu rricane Hunters,"

Kccslcr's 53 rd Weat her Recon na issance Squadron (WRS) is part of t he
M il itary Airl ift Command's 23rd Ai r
Force. F lyi ng a mod ifie d vers ion of

MON ITO RI NG TI MES

J1111e 1989

HURRICANE HUNTER FREQUENCIES

TABLE 1

One of the
antenna arrays at
Elk Horn,
Nebraska, for the
Air Force Air
Weather SeNice,
HF Regional
Broadcast station.

NOAA A ircraft to Miami Monito r (KJY74}:

3-107 5562 6673 8876 10015 13354 17901 21937
A IR-TO-AIR COMMU NICA110NS:
123.050 MHz Primary VHF
304.800 MHz Secondary U HF
470 I kl lz Back-up IIF
USAF GCCS Stations (commonly heard working hurricane
hunters):
Albrook AFll, Pa nama:
3137 6683 8993 11176 15015
18019
Ascension Attx AF:
6753 8993 t 1176 13244 150 15
Lajes Field, Azores:
3081 4746 6750 8967 1U71
132.J.4
Loring AFB, ME:
3074 6738 89CH 11179 13214
MacDill AFll, FL:
4746 6750 8993 1U46 13244
180t9
3067 6738 8989 11239 t 320!
McClellan AFll, CA:
18002

CENTER/VORTEX MESSAGES
TABLE 2
Due to the importance o r the Center/ Vortex mcss:ige, very
lillle encoding is done by the Weather O fficer aboard the aircraft.
This 011e is very easy to figure o ut and provides the li~tener with
some very inlcresting information.
The message is divided into sections preceded by a mission
identifier (Gull JO, T eal 32. 1'0AA 42, etc) and observation
number.

SccUoofDala

to be p:isscd:

A Date and Time or ftx (UTC)

ll Latitude or the vortex (degrees, minutes no rth and south)
Longitude or vortex (degrees, minules cast and west)
C Minimum height (millibars a nd meters)
D ~faximu m surface wind (degrees and na utical miles)
F !\laximum flight level wind near center (degrees a nd knots}
G Bearing and range from center o f maximum surface wind
(degrees and nautical miles)
II Minimum sea level pressure (millibars)
I Ma.ximum flight level temperature (degrees C)/Pressu re altitude (mcters)/Absolute altitude o utside the eye (meters)
J Maximum fl ight level temperature (degrees C)/Pressurc altitude
(metcrs)/1\bsolute altitude inside the eye (meters)
K Dcwpoinl lempcrMurc (degrees C)/Sea surface lempcrnlure
inside eye (degrees
C)
I. Eye character (closed wall. poor defined, open SW, etc)
M Eye shape/orientatio n/dia meter:
Eye shape (C-circular: E-clliptic.11)
Orientation of the major axis in tenth of degrees
(OJ = Oto lo 190; 17 = 170 to 350)
Transmit diameter in nautical miles.
Examples: C8 (Circular eye; eight miles in diameter);
E09/15/5 (Elliptical eye major axis 090-270 d egrees); length
o f the major axis 15 nm, len&ih of minor axis 5 nm; C08-14
(Concent ric eye d iameter inner eye 8 nm; o ulcr eye 14 nm
N Confirmation of ftx (coordi nates and time)
0 Fi.x determination by:
Fix level:
t = penetration
0 = surface
2 = radar
J = 1500 feet
3 = wind
2 = 200 mb
4 = pressure
3 = 300 mb
5 = temperature
4 = 400 mb
5 = 500 mb
7 = 700 mb

I'

8 = 850 mb
9 = other
Navigation ftx accumcy/metcorologkal accuracy (nautical

US Air Fo rce

the C-130 Hercules (WC-130), the

Hu rricane Hunte rs have been collecting data on the atmosphere for 44
years, covering millions of squ a re mil es
of the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and Pacific.
Hu rricane Hunters also fly storm
missions o n the G ulf of A laska and
along the U .S. eastern se a board during
winter m o nth s. Each can save co untless lives a nd m illions of dollars in
property. Bui what is truly amazing is
th a t the squadron has amassed some
112,000 accid e nt-free ho urs in support
of these mi ssions.
Vi rtu a lly unk nown to th e public is
th e unit's work in su pp o rt of America' s
space progra m. A specia l cam era
mounted aboa rd o ne of t he WC-130s
film s th e space shull lc from ta keoff t o
solid rocket booster separation and
the n tracks o ne of the two boosters t o
spla shdown .
The Hurricane Hunters also have a
reserve coun terpart at Ke esl er. The
8 15th Weather Re co nn a issa nce Squ adron (WRS) is kn own as the "Storm
Tracke rs." Th e 8 15t h averaged 820
flying hours into trop ical storms fro m
1976 to 1984.
The 1985 storm se ason, however,
was not an average year. There were
fo ur tropica l sto rms and seven
hurri ca nes. Six hurrica nes a nd 1wo
t ropica l sto rms made landfall on th e
U.S. m a in la nd. Th e 8 !5t h logged
1,265 flying hours.
D ue t o gove rnment budget cut s,
one of the long ti me wca1hcr rcco n
squadrons covering th e Pacific has quit
flying weather missions. The 'Typhoon

miles)
Q Remarks

June 1989

M ON ITOR ING TIMES

Chasers" out of Andersen AFil, Guam ,

no longer fly into tro pical SIOrms.
Th e sa me story is now happe ning t o
th e 53 rd WRS.
Pen tagon o fficial s say they no
longer need the hurri ca ne hun ting
miss ions because of advances in
weather sa1e ll it e technology. The
folks at the Nat ional Hurrica ne Center
di sagree. They fee l that the satelli1 e
in format io n compliments 1hc aircra ft
recon info rmat io n, but not enough to
replace them.
St ill , as time goes on, fa milia r call
signs have faded fr om the weather
rccon scene. Th e Typ hoon Chasers'
ca ll sign of "Swa n" is no longer in
pursuil of Paci fic stor ms. The H urrica ne Hunt ers fa m ilia r "G ull" ca ll sign
might a lso become a th ing of t he past
very soo n. T he Storm Trackers use
1he call sig n "Teal."
The re is a no1he r group of sto rm
tracke rs tha t is operat ed by NOAA.
This group flies two P-3 O ri o n fou r
turbop rop engin e a ircra ft. Th ese P-3
aircrafl are abo ut Ihe size of a Boeing
737 jetliner. Thei r ca ll sign is
"NOAA" ("**" in dicates numbers).
NOAA is most oft en heard in
voice co ntact with 1h e "M iami
Monitor." T ab le I lists some of the
mo re act ive fr equen cies. Listeners
should keep in mind th at these arc
ut ility tra nsmissions an d t he fr equ encies liste d in Tabl e l have no pall e m in
their use. It 's catch as caich ca n.

RECCO WEATHER CODE FORMAT

TABLE 3

The transmitter at
Elk Horn,
Nebraska.

l will allempt to describe the format in AWS Fo rm 35, which is

used by the hurricane hunter a ircrnft when they transmit reports
(encoded) back to NHC via SSU/1 IF radio-pho ne patch usually via
MacDill AFB in Florida.
The "format" is five numbe r groups each having a specific
meaning. 111c infomiation is no t classified, but just put into this
format for convenience in sending the dala.
First, I will give the "positions" o r the data in the live numbe r
groups with a descriptor and reference lo a "LIST", if required.
Next, I will give the "LISTs" referred to for furthe r breakdown of
data. Aller yo u "decode" a transmission or lwo it will become
clear what the personnel on the aircraft are trying to lrnnsmit back
to NWS.

US Air Force

Group 1 "9X.XX9" - sec LIST t.

Group 2 "GGGGid" GGGG GMT time of observation, id = dew
poinl indicator sec LIST 2.
Group 3 "YQLaL1L1" Y=day o r week (Sunday= 1), Q=octanl sec LIST 3, LaL1L1 = lA1ti1Ude degrees and tenths.

Into the Eye, Looking At Death

Exactly what is it that Hurricane
Hunters do that makes it worth sending
men and machines into th e jaws of
death?
According to the National Hurricane Center, there are certa in meteorological parameters important for
the formation of a tropical depression
and its future development. The
Hurricane Hunters fly int o the storm,
sometimes as low as 500 feel above the
churning ocean, taking vital measurements. The data is t ransmitted in
coded (not e ncrypted) o n shortwave
radio back to the forecasters at the
N HC .
When the sto rm is fa r from land or
shipping la nes, a penetra tion to th e
very center, o r "eye," is made every 12
hours. The closer the sto rm comes to
landfall, the m o re frequent these
"fixes"
are
made. Finally,
th ey
become hourly until
the sto rm
di ssipates over la nd or swerves out into
the colde r waters to die.
Alth o ugh each storm is different ,
most will have m odera te t o severe
turbulence and thunderstorms with
large amounts of hail and lig htning.
The spira l ba nds of the thunde rstorm
merge in a circle around th e eye,
forming a unique phenomena called
the wall clo ud or "eye wall." Thi s is the
focus of th e hu rricane hu nter's m ission,
to find the most severe weather of th e
storm.
It is the penetration through thi s
formidabl e rampa rt of thunderstorm s
that is the m ost hazardou s part o f th e
mission. The aircraft mu st b e taken
right throu gh thi s wall to reach the
center of the storm.

The eye itself -- anywhere from 5 to

50 miles in diameter -- is cloud free,
calm and se rene com pared to the
periphery of the storm. Most hurricane hunt e r missio ns penetrate the eye
at between 5,000 and 10,000 feet.
From 10,000 fee t, the view of the ocea n
below is spectacular. Observers have
clearly seen waves to 60 feet chu ming
on the ocean su rface below.
One televi sion meteo ro logist who
had a cha nce to ride into Hurrican e
Gilbert in 1988 sai d that calm is a
rel ative term in the eye of the storm.
Riding in the eye of th e sto rm is not as
bad as go ing into the st o rm ; however,
the plane st ill bounces around like a
ping po ng bal l due to verti ca l winds
th at measure up to 60 mph. But even
th at "calm" is short lived as you leave
the eye wall. As one observer said,
"It 's like slamming into a b ri ck wall."
Surface pressure is dete rmin ed by
the release of an in strument kn own as
a "dropsonde," a small metal cylinder
packed with met e orol og ical measuring
equipment. The dropsonde is coupled
to a small UHF radio tra nsm itter.
Released at 19,000 feet, it falls to the
water below a l 5,000 feel pe r minut e,
radioing ba ck to a rece iver o n the
aircraft such informat io n as temp erature, humidity, a nd ui r pressure. This
provides t he N HC with a vertical
pro fil e of th e sto rm al a particul ar
po int within the storm .
D ata around t he storm is as valuab le as th a t taken fro m within th e eye.
Fo r this reason th e hurri ca ne hunting
aircraft fl y la rge X-shaped patterns
across the whole storm. A mature
hurri ca ne ca n involve more than one
m illio n cubic mi les of a tm osph e re .
It 's a lo t of sky to fl y eve n unde r goo d

Group 4 "Lo LoLoBfc" LoLoLo Lo ngit ude degrees and tenths,

B =turbulence sec LIST 4, fc = Oight condilions - sec
LIST 5.

Group S "HaHaHaDIDa" HnHal-fo=nltitudc or aircraft to

ncarcsl dccamctcr, Dt type of wind
see UST 6,
Da= mclhod or obtaining wind see LIST 7.
Group 6 "DDFFF" DD=wind direction at Oight level (tens or
degrees true), FFFwind speed at Oight level in knots.
Group 7 "TITdTdW" 1T=lempcraturc whole degrees C ..
TdTddew point
whole degrees C. W=prescnt
wcalbcr sec UST 8.
Group 8 "/ J lll lll" /= "indicator." J=indcx to 111-lH
see
LIST 9, I II II I geopotcolial height/ d vale or SLP per
index J .
Group 9
1KnNsNsNs" l "indicator," Kn= number o f cloud
layers. NsNsNs amount or clouds see LIST 10.

Group 10 "CH sH sHtHt" Ccloud type

sec LIST 11,
HsH s=allilude o fbnsc -sec LIST 12. HtHt =altilude or
top sec LIST 12. (This gro up may be repeated several
times until nc~1 "I," "4," "6." "7," "8," or 9 indicator.)
Group U "4DDFF" 4 "indicator," D Ddireclion o f surface wind
te ns o r degrees true, fF=surfacc wind speed in knots.
Groups using 6. 7, 8, 9 indicators arc seldom if ever wed, and will
no t be delved into. (exccplio n is group I above)

usr

222 scc o ne observation without rndar. 555 =scc t hree

observation with/wilhoul rada r. 777=scc one observalio n with mdar.

usr 2

no dew point capability/nc n below 10,000 me1ers

I = no dew point capabilily at or above 10.000 meters.
2 = s.1me as 0 with lcmpcralurc below -50 degrees C.
3 same as I with tempcral ure belo w -50 d egrees C.
4 dew point capability, acfl below 10.000 meters.
5 = dew point capability, acrt at o r above 10,000 mclcrs
6 = same as 4, temperature -50 degrees C. o r less.
7 = same as 5, temperature -50 degrees C. or less.

LIS r 3

0 = O degree 90 degree W, Northern hemisphere.

1 = 90 degree W lo l80 degree W. Northern hemisphere.
2 = 180 degree - 90 degree E, Northern hemisphere.
3 = 90 degree E 0 degree E. Northern he misphere.
4 = not used.
5 = S3mc as O. So111hern hemisphere
6 = same as I. Soulhcrn hemisphere
7 u same as 2, Southern hcmi!.phere
8 u same as 3, Southern hemisphere

LIST 4

0 = no ne
I = light turbulence
2 a moderate in clcM ai r. infreq ucnl
moderate in clear air, frcqucnl
3
4 = moderate in cloud, inrrcqucnt
5 ~ modcralc in cloud, freq uent
6 = severe in clcnr ni r, infrequent
7 = severe in clear nir, freq uent
8 = severe In do ud, infreque nt
9 = severe in d o ud, frcqucnl

MONITORING T IMES

o=

Jun e 1989

TAUW 3 cont'd

UST 5

clear

I
2

clouds, tops < 10,000 rce t

clouds, tops 10.000-18,000 feel
clouds, tops over 18,000 feel
clouds, bnscs < 10,000 feet
clouds, bases 10,000-18,000 feet
cloud,, bnscs above 18,000 feet
between layers, no clouds al night level
in and out of clouds
clo uds au the time
impossible to dete rmine d ue to darkness

3
4

5
6
7

8
9

I
0

LIST 7

O = winds obtained using dopplcr radar o r inertial

systems
1 = winds obtained using other navigation equip
ment/ tech niques
/
navigator unable to dete r mi ne wind

LI ST 8

0
1
2
3

LIST IO

wind
average wind
/ = no wind reported

clear
scattered
broken
overcast/undercast
4 = fog/ dust/ haze
5
drizzle
6
rain
7
snow or rai n o r mixt ure
8 = showers (cont inuous o r intermittent)
thunderstorms
9
/ = unknown for a ny cause ( i.e. = darkness)

0 = sea level press in whole millibars

1 = a ltitude 200 rub s urface in geopotential decame ters
2
same for 850 mb
3
same fo r 700 mb
4
same for 500 mb
5
same for 400 mb
6
sa me for 300 mb
7
same for 250 mb
8 = D-val uc in geopotc ntial deca meters; if negative
500 is adllcd to Ill!!!
9 = no absol ute altit ude available or geopotential data
not '"'ithin accuracy requirements
0
l
2
3

zero
1 Okla or less
2 Okins
3 Okins
4
4 Oktas
5
5 O ktas
6 Oktas
6
7
7 Oktas
8 = 8 Oktas or sky completely covered
9 = Sh) o bscured o r cloud a mount cannot be esti
mated

LIST IL

US Air Force

= spot

LIST 6

LI ST 9

Close-in shot of
one antenna base
at Elk Horn Air
Weather Service

0
I
2
3
4

cirrus
cirrocumulus
cirroslratus
altocumulu.'
a ltostratus
nimbost ratus

straiocumulus

7 = strnl us

8
cumulus
9
cumulonimbus
/ = clow.l type unknown due to da r kness or other
Ca l LCiCS

conditions but during a hu rricane it has

been described as similar to "a thunderous train ride."
Sto rm reco nn aissance missions ca n
last a nywhe re from e ig ht to 16 ho u rs,
depending on how fa r t he crew m ust n y
t o reach t he tempest. These arc
extremely fat igu ing m issions, but afte r
fifteen hou rs of rest on the ground, t he
crew is called upon 10 do it agai n.
Do th ey realize t he risk? J an
Zysko, C hief Engineer o f a NOAA
h urricane hunter says, "Certa inly there
a rc risks involved in doing th is. There
arc calcu lated risks and we weigh t he
options and the risk."
T o offset those risks, Jan says, "We
are get ti ng data underneat h t he storm
th at th e sa1c lli1 c doesn't see and t hat
lesse ns th e risk to th e pu blic, whi ch is
w hat our missions arc a ll abo ut."
Why d o t hey do it'! Jeff Masters,
NOAA Flight Meteoro logist, says,
"The storm is a very spectacul a r sight
an cl it is an experience l ha t ca nn o t be
equaled on this planet. It is a mazing
what I sec when 1 am u p there."
The USAF h urrica ne h unter crew
aboard the WC- 130 consists of six
people
th e pilot ( t he a ircra ft
com ma nder), copi lot , naviga tor, fl igh t
e nginee r, weal her officer, and clropsondc syste m o pera tor.
T he weath er o fficer. a professio na l
Air Force mc1eoro logis1, a lo ng w it h

10

June 1989

MON ITOR ING T IMES

the navigato r, di rects the course of t he

night du ring the penetration to remain
clear of th un de rstorm s. It is t he
weat her officer who computes the
weath e r data, encodes th e o bservation s
in a sp e cial forma t a nd t ra nsmit s th e
dat a 10 the N H C in Cora l Gables.
The types and fo rmals of observat ions arc set fo rt h in the Nat io na l
H urrica ne Ope ra t ions Pla n (NH OP)
t hat is issue d each year. T he codes
th at th e missio ns used is a lso contained
in th is pub licati o n. T o increase th e
mo nit o r ent husiast's e nj oyme nt of th e
hobby, an un dersta nding of t he codes
used by th e hu rricane hunters can help.
Tables 2 a nd 3 give t he most freque ntly
heard coded messages passed by USAF
and NOAA hu rricane hu nt ing crews.
M o nit o rs ca n use th ese codes to
t ra nsla te messages hea rd from these
ai rcra ft 10 get a uniqu e picture of a
storm . T he
most
in terest ing to
monito r is the ce nt e r/vortex message
wh ich is passed w he n t he a ircraft
penetrates t he eye of the storm . This
fo rmal is listed in Ta ble 2.
Ta b le 3 gives t he m ost comm o nly
used message you will hear b eing
passed betwee n M ia mi M o nit o r a nd
the hurrica ne h u nting aircraft. Th is
message is t he R ECCO symboli c
message fo rm. T hese arc rou t ine
observa ti o ns made at selected po ints in
the a ircra ft' s m issio n int o th e h urrica ne.

TABLE 3 rom'd

Why do Hurricane
Hunters risk such
hazardous dufy?
One reason is an
experience that
cannot be equaled
anywhere else.

00

CH
02
03
49
50
51
56
57
79
80
81

US Air Force

82
89

11
According to the NHOP, USAF and
NOAA aircraft will normally transmit
recon observations through USAG
GCCS stations via phone patch to
Miami. These GCCS stations will
often provide a discrete frequency for
the aircraft to operate with their
stati on during the flight. A good
watch on the GCCS frequencies listed
in Table 1 will assist the monitor in
tracking the progress of the flight .
NOAA aircraft also use discrete
frequencies listed in Table 1 to
communicate directly to Miami.
Don't be surprised by what you will
hear on these channels. While the Air
Force qu it the practice, NOAA still
offers rides during hurricane missions
in their aircraft for the media. It is
not uncommon to hear a television or
rad io station's chief weatherman
talking to the studio live during a newscast from a NOAA plane about the
storm he is riding out. These can
provide some very interesting details
about life aboard a Hurricane Hunter
in a storm.

Tables 4 and 5 give some addit ional

information about not only this year's
storm names but the classes of warnings that the National Hurricane
Center will issue.
This article will help the listener
follow the progress of the storm long
before the National Hurricane Center
passes its next bulletin. When these
violent storms come this season, you
can follow the daring exploits of the
Hurricane Hunters.

te:;s tli:in 100

100 feel
200 fcet
300 feet etc.
4900 feet
.5000 feet
55 not used
6000 feel
7000 feel etc.
29,000. feet
30,000 feel
35,000 feel
40,000 feel etc.
greater than .70,000 feet
= unknown

NOTE: Some sections may b e passed over or skipped depending on

type of observation . You will have to decode a few limes to get the
'hang o f it.

1989 TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE NAMES .

(ATLANTIC/CARIBBEAN/GULF OJ." MEXICO
TABLE 4
Allison
Gabrielle
Marilyn
Tanya

Barry Clialltal
Hugo Iris
Noel Opal
Van
Wendy

Dean
~cny

,Pab lo

E rin
Karen
Roxanne

Felix
Luis
Seba$!ian

~~-'-'-~-------'-'-~---~~~......:..~...,.,-.,--......:..,
A lot of folks helped with the preparation of
this article. I would like to thank the National
Weather Service, Slidell, LA - Mr. Frank
Reville; the Public A[fairs Office at Keesler
AFll, Biloxi, MS - Sgt Prince; NOAA National
Hurricane Center, Coral Gables, FL; and the
Headquarters Air Weather Service Public
Affairs Office, Scott AFB, IL MSGT David
Black, Maj. C layton and Chief John Hahn for
their assistance and valuable insights in
preparing this article and the feature on the A ir
Force HF Regional Broadcast statio ns.

GENERAL HU.RRICANE.TERMS HEARD 'ON

HURRICANE HUNTER CHANNELS
. .
TABLE 5
.
Saffir rating scale:

Cale- .

T.lilal
suq,C (R)

74-95
96-110

3
4

>980
965-979
945-964
920-944

<920

>tS5

4-5
. 6-8
9-12.
13'.i8
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Weather message copied by

Bill Earecsson, Virginia

~Pn:s- .

WJ.DdS
. (riipb)

tpry

IW'C

(nib)

111-130
13.1~155

TROI'ICAL CYCLONE General .lerm .for cyclones o riginating

ovcr "lropical oceans; These may
include tropical depressions, tropkal
storms and hurricanes.

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39 mph (34 knots)

TROPICAL STORM -

A tropical cyclone with sust.ained

winds of39 to 73 mph (er to 63 kno ts).
Stomis are named when they. reach
!his strength.

HURRICANE -

A tropical cyclone with sustained

winds of 74 mph (64 knots) or greater.

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'lROPIC.AL

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NTD SA 19~ 5 24 SCT 9 17 0/7~/~71::109/003/t.AG PK

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MAJ.OR IIURRIO\NE - A !ropical cyclone wit b sustained

winds o f 10 I to 135 mph (88 knots to
107 knots).

1955 X 40 SCT 2~ 0 SCT :iH 1161 9217:'.:12008 / 987 /H:'. v

19:5:5 X 2H 164 173/:ib/2906/0 1)3/H2=
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SCT E2:50 8KN
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19~5 45 SCT 15 1:5:i/7~/~1/1~01/000~
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MONITORING TIMES

June 1989

11

A Compact Powerhouse

The New PR02oos

Years ago, we considered ourselves
lucky if our scanner cove red more than one
band of frequencies. Today, wide frequency coverage is routine and opt io ns
literally undreamed of just a few short years
ago arc ava il able today at very affordable
prices.
One of 1hese very advanced a nd very
affordable scanner radios was the Radio
Shack PR0200-l. The '200-l. often touted
as "the most popular high-performance

great improvement over the membrane

keypad on the ea rlier version . Hinged
front fee t allow th e unit to lie flush on a
desk top or t ilt up for better viewing.

connection of 12-volt power for mobil e

app lications, bu1 no mounting accessories
are included.
Se ns itivity

Frequency range is very wide: 25-520,

760-823.945, 851 -868.945 and 896-1300
MHz, any mode (Atvl , narrowband FM,
wideband FM). As with its predecessor,
cellu la r frequency coverage has been
deleted at the fac tory but may be restored
by clipping one lead of a diode (D502,

Readers will be happy to learn that the

sens i1ivity of the new PR02005 is
improved, a t least in our random sa mple.
We compared the PR02005 with two
PR0200-ls, a Bearcat BC200XLT and an
ICOM R7000. The '2005 trounced the
'2004s in virtually every frequency range
and was essentially equal to the 200 and
7000.
The published specifications show
narrowba nd FM as 0 .5 microvolts from 251100 MHz, increasing t o 3 microvolt s at
higher frequencies. AM and wideband
FM arc less impressive, increasing to 2-5
microvolts (AM) and 3- JO mi crovolt s
(W FM).
The tradcoff for high sens1t1v11y is
greater susceptibi lity to intermod interference from stro ng signal overload, the
Achilles' heel of all competitively-p riced
co nsu mer receiving equ ipment. A 10 dB
attenuator switch on the rear panel shou ld
be e ngaged for dense signal e nvironments.

sca nner ever made," dominated the ma rket

with its "incredible" 300 cha nn el memory,
rapid 16-channcl-pcr-second scan ning and
superior interference rejection .
Now, however, the PR02004 is go ne,
replaced by the Rad io Shack PR02005.
How docs the '2005 st ack up'J Very , very
well.
The new PR02005 is functionally identical 10 its predecesso r, but with a total of
.JOO memory chann els. And it ca n accurately described as a compact version of the
PR02004. Measuring only 8-J/2"W x 3" 1-1
x S"D, and weighing a sca nt 4-3 /4 pounds,
the '2005 offers a more refined layo ut of the
original circuitry, complete with s1 a1c-oft hc-an surfa ce mount components.
With a more vertical fro nt panel than its
predecessor and wrapped in a plastic jacket
rather than the '200-l 's meta l cabinet, th e
'2005 has full-stroke, rubberized keys -- a
12

J1111e 1989

fou nd o n th e inside corne r of the front

panel).
Up-conversion design, using a 610 MHz
first IF stage , virt u;Jlly elim inates images
from appearing in th e receiver's li stening
range, a common problem with most ot her
scanners.
A telescoping whip is provided for
indoor use; the sca nner is also equipped
with a DNC connector fo r the at tachment of
an
ou td oor
antenna . A
to p-covermountcd speaker de livers plenty of au di o.

Powering Up
As with all Rea listic desktop scanners,
the PR02005 has a 120V AC co rd permanent ly wired 10 it; wrapping it up
inconspicuously for mobil e installation may
be inconvenient, but at least vou'll neve r
lose it. A rear-panel jack allows direct

1\ION ITORING TIMES

Selectiv ity
The 2005 has approximately the same
abi lity to reject adjacent channel interference
as
the
ICOM
R7000. Since
VHF / UHF channel a ll ocati o ns are not
nearly as close spaced as on shortwave,
sca nner select ivity is rarely a problem .
Sea rch ini.: a nd Scann in g
Scan/search speed is still 16 chann els
per second (8 if slow speed is se lected) .
Since it was easily increased to 30 on the
2004 by replacing the microprocesso r timebase crysta l and installing a diode
(provided for in t hat model), we assumed it
would be faster o n this latest versio n.
To get to t he ceramic reson ator on the
2005, you must remove the front panel
(four screws). remove the logic board
(several wires and a half-dozen sc rews) and
unso lder a shield plate. I t's fa r easier 10

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home, office or car. The TD-17 is designed to
locate the most common type of electronic bug the miniaturized radio transmitter - wh ich can
be planted by anyone, almost anywhere.

ente r your favorite frequencies in channels

1-20 once again into channels 21 -40 so they
arc rescanned twice as often, a trick which
effective ly doubles your scanni ng speed.

The TD-1 7 warns of the presence of nearby RF

transmitters, within the frequency range of 1
MHz to 1,000 MHz, when the RF ALERT LED
turns on. The flashing RANGE LED and audio
tone give an indication of the distance to the
bug. The SENSITIVITY control, used in
conjunction with the two LEDs helps you quic kly
zero in on hidden bugs.

A two-second scan delay feature is

selectab le for any channel, allowing the
receiver to wait for a reply after stopping on
a t ransmission.
When sea rching between two upper and
lower limi t frequencies for new signa ls, up
to ten search -l ocated channels may be
stored for later recal l or mo nito ring.
Search increments of 5, 12.5 or 50 kHz may
be selected by the user to match frequency
allocat ions on a ny band.

The handheld TD-17 weighs less than 7 oz. and

is housed in a high-impact plastic case.
Furnished complete with battery, antenna,
instruction manual and one year Limited
Warranty. Save $100 to $200 and order at our
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Satisfaction guaranteed or your money bac k.
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"Zero matic Tu ning," a Tandy term for

window detection, assures that t he unit w ill
stop dead center on a detected signal,
displaying it s act ua l frequency, rather t han
stopping early on the edge of the signa l
which is strong enough to break squelch, a
characterist ic of many other sca nners.

400 Memory Channels

Frequencies, modes a nd sca n delay may
be stored in ten forty-channe l mem ory
ba nk s which may be brought up in any
com bination for up to 400 channels of
seq ue ntial scan nin g. Any one channe l
may b e desig nate d priority (the scann er
automat ica lly de faults to channel 1 pri o rity
at turn-on) . Temporari ly-und es ired channe ls may be lo cked out by a front -pane l
key.

"Birdies," or fa lse signa ls produced by

the sca nne r's own circuitry, lock up the
search rout in e periodically on any sca nn e r.
A list o f t he more promin e nt frequencies on
which thi s occurs is printed in th e
instruct ion m anual. A "sound squelch"
button on the PR02005 prohibits the
scanner from stopping on any signal th at
has no so und associate d with it.

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Some people like it, but we are driven
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emanating from th e speaker every time a
key is pressed. It ca n be disabled or
reduced easily on the PR02005.
A look ins ide the top fr o nt will reveal a
15 pin connecto r with a center gray wire .
The wire may be cut midway, leaving room
for t he in sertion of a resistor Lo quie ten the
tone , a miniature switc h to choose beep/ no
bee p , o r reso lde ring la te r if yo u change
your mind.

Alterna tively, to avoid cutt ing anyth ing,

the plug may be ca refu lly removed from its
socket and the gray wire's connector pin
(number eig ht) may be bent down so that
wh e n the socke t is reattached t he to ne
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Its 400 mem o ry cha nn e ls, wide fr e q uen cy
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design and reaso nab le cost make it an
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Th e PR02005 is now avail abl e for
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l un e 1989

13

The Grove

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For improved indoor

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Wideband
Preamplifier

Although designed to attach to the powerfu l

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replacing the plug -in whip, for improved signal
reception.

The Grove PR E-3 Power Ant is a powerful signal

booster for scanners. Equ ipped with a hig h ga in (up to 25
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the PRE-3's front panel control allows custom selection of
amplification.
Two output connections (type F) allow you to use two
receivers on one antenna at the same time! Requires 12
voe, 40 ;na power source.
Recommended Accessories : ACC-20 Universal Power
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DXing the Soviet Republics

The Russian Bear

lll

Trouble
by Kyle Henderson
ARMENIAN SSR

"A Soviet sausage," says Insight author

Henrik Bering-Jensen, "is a curious object
to behold. Small and shriveled to begin
with, the poor thing turns limp and
grayish after a couple of days in the
fridge. "
As the result of such complaints, the
weekly magazine Litera111111aya Gazeta
launched an investigation. What the staff
found was that the sausages contained
bits of cowhide and bones with plenty of
salt added to cover the nasty taste. In
some instances, nails, sand and glass had
been added for extra nourishment.
In response to what is evidently a
conspiracy amo ng consumers, Soviet
sausage makers the n barred state inspectors from entering t he processing
plants.
Anxious to avo id any charges of political b ias, t he magazine respo nded by
hiring a pa nel of 30 cats to taste-test the
sausages "since cats are generally considered neutral in the debate over
restructuring the Soviet economy."
"Cats have always loved sausage ever
since peop le i nvented them ," stated the
magazine. ''So why, for God's sake,
wouldn't they eat this sausage? And why
in the world sh ould we?"
Clearly, the Soviet public has lost
patience -- and gained courage.
But not all of Russia's debates are
nearly so amusing. In Moscow and
Leni ngrad, demonstrators demanding a
multi-party democracy in th e Soviet
Union were met by 2,000 police backed
up with dogs.
Perhaps the biggest challenge to
Mikhail Gorbachcv's perestroika began in
the republi cs. In Armeni a and A zerbaijan, long-simmering religious/ ethnic
tensions boiled over into massive riots,
leav ina scores of dead. In the Baltic,
Estonian legislators stopped just short .of
declaring independence from the Soviet
Union. And in Georgia, hundreds clashed
with police while demanding a multiparty dem ocracy.
Whether major or mino r demands,
they all add up to a problem of immense
importance to the USSR. Surely the

USSR cannot and will not grant full independence to such republics as Latvia,
Estonia, and Lithuania -- the ones which
see m to have gone furthest along that
road. Yet the Kremlin cannot clamp down
and return things to the way they once
were, either.
The bottom line, however, is that the
gen ie is out of the bottle. Finding a satisfactory middle ground is one of the great
questions now facing Gorbachev. All of
which makes for on-going drama in our
nightly news and a natural draw for the
shortw:we listener.
So here is a review of the Soviet
Republics from a broadcast ing viewpoint,
exclusive oft he Russian Soviet Federated
Socialist Republic itse lf and Moldavia,
which has no shortwave out lets t hat we
know of, though apparently it did at one
time.
Some of the republics have some sort
of forei gn service on shortwave, usually
aired over the transmitters of Radio
Moscow -- and lik ely as not to be sited
outside of the particular republic. Even
so, these arc the most easily received
from a program standpoint, assuming one
can 0oct a fix on at least one current
frcqu cncy s in ce, like those of Radio
Moscow, th ey tend to cha nge with the
changing shortwave seasons.
Other repub lics use shortwave only for
national or local coverage and a rc thus
usua lly much ha rd e r to hear. So me transmitters arc used for Radio Moscow,
Radio Mayak, and R ad io Peace and
Progress, but these change frequently and
arc hard to keep up with. Even QSLs
from R adio Moscow which give the site
may not be accurate.
Speaking of QSLs, the DXcr will find
it is possible to obtain these for all of the
republics, allhough it is no e asy task.
Most , if not all of the republics can be
QSLcd directly, though it may take
severa l attempts for so me of them.
One thing we might watch for in the
future is an improved reply rate from
some or th ese tougher stat ions as republics gain more breathing room. English
language reports will usu ally work.

MONITORING TIMES

Armenia, long ago a part of the Ki ngdom

of Asia Minor, is the smallest of the republics. Nearly 80 people died in riots last year
over t he question of Nagorno-Karabakh , an
enclave within neighboring Azerbaijan.
which has a predomina ntly Armenian populati on that was the target of discrimination.
Moscow turned down Armenia's request to
annex the region.
Radio Yerevan has a foreign service aired
over Radio Moscow's facilities. There is a
daily half hour broadcast to North America
aired at 0330-0400, with th e last five minutes
or so in English.
Except in highe r su nspo t years, this
broadcast, wh ich airs on hi ghe r ba nd
frequenc ies a t late eve nin g hours, is heard
p oorly, if al all. I n the last yea r o r two there
have been quite a number of reports on it.
Check 13645, 15180, and 15455. Local home
service broadcasts a rc a t 0200-2200 on 4040
and 4990 a nd 1300-2000 on 4810. 4040 is a
real DX catch, but il has been heard in
North America.
Yerevan is a fair QSLcr. Reports go to 5
Mravian St., Yerevan 375025, Arme nian
SSR.

AZERBAI JAN SSR

Riots occurred here over the NagornoKarabakha question, too. The Azcrbaijanis
are main ly Shitite Muslims and, for
centuries, were ru led by the Mongols and
Persians.
There's no foreign service from Radio
Baku but the home service can so metim es
be heard. It' s scheduled at 0200-2200 on
4785 and 4958. There were a few logs on
4785 around 0200 th is past winter. Radi o
Baku's address is Ul. M . Guzcira J, Baku
3700 11 , Azerbaij an SSR.

BYELORUSSIA
Also known as White Ru ssia, this cent ral
European USSR repub lic is more et hnically
in tune with the Soviet mainstream th;in
most.
The foreign service of R nd io Minsk is not
heard well in North Amer ica. It airs in
Byelo russian at 1830-1900 on 6010, 6090,

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Home service progra ms in E stonian air
from 0930-2100.
As you' ll sec in this month 's edition of the
Int e rn ational DX Report on page 24,
Esto nia has just added a once-a-week
English broadcast, Mondays at 2030 UTC
on 5925 kHz . Occasiona l QSLs a re received
from Eesti R adio, L o monossovi 21, 200100
T a llin 1, E ston ian SSR.

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GEORGIA
As thi s is written , Soviet leaders must be
s inging "Geo rgia on My Mind" but not
about the la nd of peach tree s and Ted
Turner. Eighteen were killed during nat io na list demon stra tions in Georgia last Apri l.
Radio Tb ilisi's limited foreign se rvice is
a imed at th e middle cast an d ai rs
Tuesday/Thursday at 0600-0730 and
Saturday/ Sunday at 1600-1730 on 5930.
Home service broad casts arc at 0200-2100 in
Geo rgia n, Russian, and other local
languages on 5040 which is heard on very
rare occasions, th ough not in a long time.
Reception repo rt s to 6L Len in Str.,
T bilisi 3800 LS , Georgian SSR.

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6165, and 7330; and 2 130-2200 o n 6085, 6165,

6185. On some Satu rdays th ese a rc in
German instead. The home serv ice airs fro m
0200-2200 on 72 LO, 9645, 9795, a nd 11995 in
Ilyelorussian and Russian and in Byclorussian at 0600-1100 o n 9545 and 9725.
Radio Moscow a lso makes use of the Minsk
tra nsmitter site.
QSLs from this one a rc o ften tough.
Write UL Kras naya 4, Min sk 220807,
Ilyclorussian SS R.

ESTONIA
This republic, along with Lithu an ia and
Latvia, ha\'e never been recognized by the
U.S. as being part of th e Soviet Union and
Washington qui et ly ho pes a ll three wi ll one
day a chieve fu ll independence. An independent popular fr o nt political pa rt y has been
declared in E st o ni a , and the legislature has
d.cclared the repl~bl ic's sove reignty and its
right to veto Soviet laws.
E sto nia, with its access to Finnis h TV
reception is one o f the more weste rn lca nin o
of the republ ics. The Finns and Est onian~
arc a lso ethnically and ling uist ically close.
Radio T a ll in is one of the touohcr
republic broad casters to hear. Its 50 kilo~att
transmit ter on 5925 is in use (in Swedis h)
from 0800-0900 and 1600-1 630 weekdays a nd
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J1111c 1989

KAZAKH
Second largest of the republics, Kazakh
was under Mongol rul e fo r some five
ce nturies. One- thi rd of the populat ion is
Muslim. The region is a majo r su pplier of
wool, cattle, a nd wheat. Nationalist riot s
killed two a nd injured 200 back in 1986.
Radio Alma A l a has no fore ign service
but the home serv ice can sometimes be
heard . It's schedu led a t 0100-2000 o n 4610
5970, 9780, and 11950 and OOOO-l800 o~
5035, 5260, 5960, an d 9505. Forget the high
frequencies. Best bet a re 4610, 5035, and
5260 in our e a rly m o rning hours.

LATVIA
A popular front party now exists here,
too. L atvia was Christianized by the
Livonian Knig hts in the th irteenth cent ury
and has been dominated by the Poles,
Swedes, Russians, and Germans at various
times since. Like its two sister republics, it
enj oyed a few years of independence pri or
to W o rld War II.
Radio Riga's fo reign service is on in
Latvi an at 0830-0925 and 2 100-2200
Sundays, 2020-2050 and 2130-2200 Wednesdays. In Swed ish on Tuesday / Thursday
from 2020-2050 a nd 0800-0830 Sunday and
Russian 1500-1600, all on 5935. Various
Soviet radio services air on this channel at
other times between 0300-2000.
Radio Riga is a pretty good QSL
prospe ct. The address is just Box 266, R iga,
Latvian SSR.

LITHUANIA
A nationalist party, the Sajudis, fo unded
last year, had its candidates get the vast
maj ority of votes in elections last spring. In
medieval times, Lithua nia was o ne of t he
largest states in Europe.
Radio Vilni us' programs arc fai rly easi ly
hea rd since it has a service to North
America, though over Radio Moscow's
facilities. Currently, this a irs at 2200-2230
(2300-2330 in wi nter mo nth s) on 9765, 9860,
15240, 15455, and 17665. The rarely
reported ho me servi ce is o n 9710 at 03002200.

KIRGHIZ
Thi s mount a inous central A sian republic
has been p art of the Soviet Union since
I 924. T he population is abou t 50 percent
Muslim.
Frunze R adio has no fore ign serv ice and
th e home service is very diffi cu lt to hear. It
is scheduled a t 0000-2000 o n 4010 and 4050.
From the standpoint of just wan ting to get
this republic QSLed, it's probably e asiest to
chase down the Radio M oscow trans mitter
site at F runze . This has recen tly use d such
frequ encie s a s 155 10, I 5585, a nd 17635,
though those ca n change any time.
F runze seldom verifies direct ly. Write
Dom R adio, Pr. !Vl olodoy Gavardii 63,
720885 Frunze 10, Kirghiz SSR

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TADZHIK
The Tadzhik majority in this central
As ian republic are Sunn i Mu slim s. T adzhik
has been a part of the U SSR since 1924.
Home service programs from Tadzhik
Radio in Dus hambe air at 0000-2000 on 4635
an d 0000-1300 on 4975. Frequent checks of
4635 in the 0000-0300 time block s hould turn
this up eventually.
The address is Tadzhik Radi o, U.
C ha panevla 25, 734025 Du s hamb e, Tadzhik
SSR.

TURKMEN
Another rep ublic with a Sunni Muslim
maj o rity, it' s large ly desert a nd was on ce
part of Pers ia.
Ashkhabad Rad io operates a home
serv ice on 4825 from 0000-2000 a nd was
heard by some U.S. and Canad ian DXers
th is p ast wi nter around 0200. P rograms are
in Turkmen and Russian.
Address: Dom Radio, A sh khabad ,
Turkmen SS R .

0200-2200 o n 4940 and a re hea rd only on

occasion. Major R adio Moscow transmitter
sites a re located at Lvov and Sim fe ropol.
Radio Kiev is a very reliable verifier.
Writ e to the stat ion at R adio C enter, Kiev,
Ukrainian SSR.

UZBEKISTAN
Muslim
demonst rations
demanding
more representation in the government
took pl ace e a rlier th is year. Uzbek has bee n
a part o f th e USSR since 1918. The people
are largely Sun ni Muslim.
Altho ug h Rad io T ash kent's fore ign
service is di rected to Sout heast A sia, it can
be we ll heard in Nort h Ameri ca a t t imes. It
is schedul ed at 1200-1230 (best) and 13301400 o n 5945, 7275, 9540, 9600, and 11785
(latter two bes t) . The home service is on
4850 at 0000-1830 but is almost never hea rd
in North Ameri ca.
Radio Tash ke nt is a good verifie r.
Address:
Khorczmskaya 490, 700047
Tashke nt, Uzbek SSR.
Note: Be sure to add "USSR" as the fina l
line in each of the addresses.

UKRAINE
Na tiona list c leme nt s appea r t o b e
increa sing in stre ngth he re, still spurred in
pa rt by the C hernobyl nuclea r incident,
a m o ng other t hi ng s. The U k raine supplies a
q ua rt e r o f th e USSR' s foo d stuff.
The Radio Kiev foreign serv ice v ia Radio
Moscow facil it ies is heard quite well most of
the time. C urre ntly at 0030-0100 and 03000330 on 7165, 7335, 7400, 9800, 13645, 15180,
a nd 15455 in E nglish. H o me service broadca sts in Ru ssian a nd Ukrain ia n ru n f ro m

Ce rtainly the increasi ng dem and s for

more a nd more nationa l freedom , ethnic
recognition, and persona l rights counts as
one of the major trends of t he late twentieth
century. Keep ing a close eye (and car) o n
devel opment s in this a rea wi ll provide
import ant clues a s t o how far Moscow is
willing to carry its new, more enlig ht ene d
approac h to domest ic a nd forei g n affairs.

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Airwaves without "Black Holes"

1989 marks an i111po11an1 anniversmy in /he
ll'o!id of shomvave radio. !1 1vas jljiy years ago
thal the Soviet Union set up its jirsl ja111111i11g
slalion. Since 1/ra1 time, jo111111 e1~ -- trnns111it1ers
used lo block incoming foreign radio sta1io11s -ha Fe flowished in 1he land of /.enin.
Acluaffy, //re SoFiel co111111i1111en1 to j ammers
is 1101 swp1ising. II is only na/ural 1ha1 any
nation that so olwiously believes in the po1verof
radio -- lis1e11 10 ho11 111a11y frequencies Radio
Mosco1v uses on slr omvave -- would fe ar it with
equal convic1io11.
Last fat/, ho1veve1; the Soviels fum ed off !heir
ja111111e1s. Tire occasion was hailed as his101ic,
yet another dramatic sign of the govem111 e11t's
co111111itme111 to glasnost. Late this sp1ing, in a
sw p1isi11g edi101ial, Pravda desc1ibed 1/re Soviet
ja111111i11g operation, !row it 1vorked and ho w it is
being used today. The 01igi11al anicle is
reproduced above; tire English translation,
below

For about the last fifty yea rs, with in the

USSR Minist ry of Co mmunicat ions, there has
exi sted a secret depart ment which e mployees
have recent ly taken to refe rring to as
"Krestya ninova's Servi ce." For a qua rte r of a
century N atalya Evgenevna Krestyaninova was
in charge of the rad io broadcasting eq uipme nt
designed to create artificial obstacles to
foreig n radio broadcasts throughout the
USSR.
Subversive radio broadcasting fro m o ne
country to anothe r began as ea rly as the 1920s.
Ja mming started up alm ost simult aneously.
Thu s, in 1923 in Paris, a rt ifi cial hindrances to
Radio Berlin were crea ted by means of t ransmitters attached to the E iffe l T owe r. A ustri a
at tempted to jam broadcasts fro m N azi
Germany. Ancl in 1934 a sta tion in Kl a iped
took count er measu res against subvers ive
prog rams aimed at Lithu a nia fr om Koenigsbe rg.
At an interna tio nal co nference in Ge neva in
1937, under the a uspices of the League of
Nati ons, a conventio n gove rning the use of

18

June 1989

radio broadcasting for peaceful means was

prepared. Articles in this international treaty
specifically confirmed the right of every state
to ban and summarily put a stop to all radio
broadcasts which could incite the citizens of a
given country to actions endangering domestic
order a nd security.
Twenty-two countries adopted the convention. Among those countries which did not sign
the convention were Germany, Italy, Japan
a nd the US. Two years later a special seivice
was set up in the USSR to jam "radio voices."
Signallers wo rked round the clock, blocking
foreign rad io broadcasts in every Union
republic, and in every district and the majority
of oblast capitals.
In Moscow, for example, it was organized in
the foll owing way. At the Taganka, a so-called
co ntrol-correctio nal center was established an
o perated by tea ms of four shifts. U sing
professiona l receivers an operator would
locate, fo r example, t he vo ice of "liberty" and
would directly instruct a broadcasting station:
'Turn the fi rst transmitter, antenna No. 1, to
5,995 kilohertz." The aiiwaves would then be
fi lled with noise . D epending o n current events
a nd th e world political situa tion the center
received special instructio ns on which
programs to "hit" and which to leave alone.
A nd now the fo reign broadcast jamming
service has bee n completely liquidated.
However, it would be na ive to t hink that the
goals of the foreign "voices" have changed
al ong with the new thinking and perestroika
ancl tha t nowadays they operate exclusively in
t he interests o f peace, freed om, and mutual
un de rstanding . .Just as before, one finds along
with ho nest, obj ective and well-meaning
programs, lies, falsifications and distortions.
T hese devices from the 'psychological war'
arsena l hardly en courage the development of
tru st between countri es.
N evertheless, the decision was taken to shut
down "Krestyninova's service ." T his decision is
in complete accord with the Soviet leadership's
policy of glast nost and ope nn ess. In the fi rst
place, t he majo rity of radio listeners are more
MONITORI NG TIMES

than capable of decidi ng for themselves

between truth and lies, between information
and cunning manipulation of the facts. In the
second p lace, it is no longer necessary nowadays to set up and maintain jammers.
What will the freed-up ra dio transmitters
and equipment now be used fo r? The first
deputy of the head of the M ain Depart ment of
Space a nd R adio Communica tions of the
USSR Ministry of Communications, A.
Barbansk.)', an nounced that it had decided to
use some of the fo rmer "jamme rs" to relay
radio programs from the Unio n republics in
Moscow.
As of March 14 the voices of the Ukraine,
Byelorussia, Moldavia , a nd th e Baltic republics were he a rd o n t he a iiwaves in the 3J and 49
meters shortwave band . O n March 21, Radio
Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia, will be
aired together with Kazakstanb and the
Central Asian Republi cs a week later. The
fr equencies of the new radio broadcasts will be
listed in a new weekly pu blicati on, Govo1i1 i
pokazyvaet Mos/..v a ["Moscow Speaks and
Shows].
Now, in conjuncti on with t he USSR Ministry of Geology, the qu estion of the application
of shortw ave commun icatio ns in the state
geosystem is being co nsidered. It would make
it possible fo r field geophysical data to be
transmitted fro m various insta llations to the
center, which would later be processed and
used as a basis for decisio n-making.
It has already been proposed to set up an
advertising radio channel to cover the activities of cooperatives, informatio n medical
services, youth prog rams, and a special
program for drivers... In a word, the form er
"jammers" wi ll not be left idle.
-- 13. Iipiya , Moscow.

EdiI or's no1e: The ja1111nen of the So viet Union

have not /Jee11 lef t idle. Dwing recenl unresl in
1he republics, subseqc1en1 10 p11blica1ion of 1his
a11icle, some jam111e1s hal'e been reac/ived
againsl 1he U. S. -backed l?arlio Libe11y.

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When rain began to fall, we listened to

PGA Tour officials discussing the option of
stopping play. And we heard the television announcers' play-by-play that went
out throughout the country, plus their offcamera comments during commercial
breaks.
Fi na lly, we used the scanner to find the
best route to work our way through the
throng of cars a nd get back on the highway.
Armed with a list of frequencies or an
idea of ranges o f frequencies to scan, you
can be in the know before everyone else.
You'll monitor information that simply
won 't appear on the 6 p.m . news or the next
day's newspape r. You'll hear, as they say,
"the good stuff."

by Lynn Burke

Us

omething looks strange on your

left side. Better figure on a p it
stop in the next coup le of laps."

"Smith is a dead pull hitt er. Move

Johnso n abou t five ste ps closer to the foul
line in left field ."
"We need secu rity in section 203 on the
loge level ... quick!"
Th e first time I used my sca nner to follow
action at an athletic event, I came away
convinced of the value of marrying scanners
a nd sports.
A friend and I spent a day at a
professio nal golf tournament not long ago
with the express purpose of figuring out
what could be heard.
So what did we hear? Lots. Probably
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what was going on around the course,
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Fo r exa mpl e, this tournament was held
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the home course of 1988 money leader
Curtis Strange. As we stood in the shade
aro und the sixteenth green, a huge roar
erupted from so mewhere back on the
course. As everyone else looked at each
other, we heard one of the scorers radio
back to their base, "Strange eagled 14."
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Where do you find frequencies?

Unfortunately, no single source exists,

such as TV Guide. Monitoring Times
carries a rticles, and scanner-oriented
newsletters present frequency lists, but
that's about it.
From a co uple of years worth of
collecting and compiling such frequencies,
though , I can offer some generalities.
For events that move from site to site,
begin by monit oring the itinerant frequencies. For example, the PGA Tour uses
151.625 as it s operational frequency, while
a security company at the same tournament
used 464.55.
Th e n expa nd your scan to the business
frequencies below 470 MHz. According
to information I have, you'll find little
usage of 800 megahertz, except in auto
racing. More and mo re of the NASCAR
drivers arc moving up and one team
reportedly purchased scrambling equipment to stop oth er teams from listening in
on comm uni ca ti ons.
You'll find sp lit frequencies used, such
as 464.3375, a nd you'll find simplex
communicat ions, too, on the 465-470 segment of the band normally used for
repeate r inputs. Tabl e 3 shows some
selected frequencies.
It takes co ncentration. A friend says he
works so hard a t monitoring and verifying
frequencies at au to races that he sometimes doesn't sec much of the race. But he
MONITORING TIM ES

comes away from the race kn owing lots

m ore tha n if he had left his scanner at
home.
If you are interested in monitoring at
a uto races and have a scanner with at least
100 memories, try this trick . If a driver in
ca r 73 uses 463.875, program that frequency
in channel 73. That way when the scanner
p icks up a signal, you ca n automatically
match the frequency to a car number. If
you have a 200-channel scanner, program

TABLE 1

Itinerant, low-powered and local

control business frequencies
151.505,
464.325,
464.550,
464.925,

151.625, 154.540, 154.570, 154.600,

464.375, 464.425, 464.475, 464.525,
464.575, 464.675, 464.775, 464.875,
464.975

TABLE 2

Frequency bands to search

151.490
154.490
461.000
800

- 151.955
- 154.625
- 470.000
band

Jun e 1989

21

TABLE 3

Selected sports frequencies

151.625

Chicago 13cars

l51 .625

County Stadium. f\lilwaukcc,

Wisconsin

151.625

Los Angeles D odge rs

15 l.625

LPGA Tour offi cials

I 5 l.625

PGA T our officials

151.685

C leveland Browns

151.715

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles,

Califo rn ia

15 1.775

Philadelphia Eagles

151.775

San Francisco 49crs

15 1.895

Do\'cr Downs, Dover,

Delaware

154.5-10

Squaw Valley Ski A rca, Tahoe,

California

154.540
154.600

New York Giants

Buffalo Bills

154.600
15.5.02.5

Ilosto n Garden
Mctrodome, Minneapolis,
Minnesota

46 1.100'

O range Ilowl, Miami, Florida

462.02.5
463.500

NASCA R - F5

464.325

Squ aw Valley Ski A rca, Tahoe,

C alifornia
Atlanta Braves

46-1.375

Oakland Coliseum

-!6-l.500

NASCAR - F l, used for

scori ng/administ mt ion

464.550

NASCAR - used for

scoring/ adm inist rat ion
Championship A uto Racing
Teams Fl .. firc/sn fety
Arli ngton Park, Chicago,
Illinois (security)

464.625
464.625

464.6375 Baltimo re Orioles

464.750 Championship Auto Racing
Teams F2 - pace cars
464.775 NASCAR - F2
464.900 NASCAR - F3
467.025

NASCAR - F6

467.750
t.167.800

New York Rangers

Market Square Arena,
lnLiia napolis, I ndia na

467.900

New York Isla nders

468.850

IJristol lm crn:i tiona l Raceway,

Bristol, T e nnessee

469.500 NASCAR - F4
469.5875 Chicago C ubs

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J1111e 1989

administrative and o th e r fr equencies in the

banks a bove 100.
Some th ings arc automatic. Stadiums,
a renas, a nd t racks a ll have security and
operations frequencies. A lot is rout ine -"more beer," "more ho t d ogs," "a lost child ,"
-- but when somethin g hap pen s, th ese
become the frequencies to mo nitor.

re you a baseball fan '! The next

time a telev isio n camera pans
thro ug h a dugout, sec if a nyo ne ho lds a
walkie-t a lkie . Chances arc he is co mmu nicat ing with so meone in th e press box who
helps o ut determining defensive alignm ents.
If you sec a Los Angeles D odger game in
person, try mon it oring 151.625, a frequ ency
report ed in use for that. Who knows, you
might hear T om Lasorda himsel f.
T not iced the same thi ng while watching
a hockey match on te levision the other
night. One of the coaches on the bench
wore a headset, und o u btedly tal king to
so meone perche d high <1bove the ice.

And you could even monitor conversati o ns between Nati o na l Fo o tball League
offi cia ls talking to in sta nt rep lay officials.
F requen cies for the wireless mi crop hones
used to announce penalties a nd in formation to the crowd by the referee fall in t he
180-21 0 ra nge normally used by television
channels 7- 13 and not in hand-helds, but I
have n't see n any li sti ngs for inst:int rep lay
commu nications. Sti ll, if you want to
check that po rti o n of th e band ou t, use a
port ab le radio with a slide rule di al th at
covers th e T V band.
MON ITOR ING T l f\.IES

With the sca nner I've heard football

coaches in the press box talking to the
coaches on the sidelines, 100. Let me tell
you, this stuff can get hil a rious because
so me of those communications definitely
weren't meant for pub lic consumption.

~h i le most of thi s is fun, th ere's a

ff

serious side a lso. Injuries take

p lace, especia lly al race tracks. Rescue
sq uads and fire equipment staff l:irger
eve nts a nd can be found o n appropriate fire
a nd medical frequencies. I wou ld program
th e 155 MHz a nd 463 MHz medica l
fr eq uen cies.
If you live in an area nea r a ski resort ,
yo u'll probably be able t o monitor operations easily. These frequencies mig ht be
used fo r search-an d-rescue operations.

Conside r the type of event you're

mo nitoring. When th e America's Cup s:iil
races took place in Sa n Di ego, Lhe marine
frequenc ies in t he 156 and 157 range surely
bri stled w ith information.
Any kind of community event might
draw participation fro m amateur radio
operators. At one large half- ma rathon
foot race here, one of t he local clubs
donat ed it s services for co mmunications
a nd made heavy use of two meters between
144 a nd 146 MHz.
The key word, though, is pa tience.

Lynn Burke Is RCMA's Sports Communi cations

editor.

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ABU DHABI English at 2200-2400 UTC moved up to l3605

thi s spring, along with 11965. Frequencies may be even higher this
Sll 111111er.
~
AUSTRIA ORF has shufned English programming,
~ so tha t Shomvave /'anomma goes out only Sundays at
~...~~ 1030 UTC on 21490 and 15450 kHz; 1130 on 6155,
s.g~ 13730, 15450, 17870; 1430 on 6155, 11780, 13730, 2 1490.
;j~zl' O r these, only 17870 is for North America but good
reception beyond the cast coast is unlikely. Instead, we
hear 13730 and 21 490 fairly well at 1430, and the program has
been expanded to 24 minutes.
Rep01t from Ausuia occupies the same slots other days, and
every night at 0130 on 13730, 9875, 9870; 0530 via Canada o n 6015
(which suffered VOA interference from 6020). Au st ria hopes to
set up a relay exchange with China, making it a three-way deal
with Canada (WOR).
BOLN/A R a dio 2 1 de Diciembre is back, on 6081.3 at 1005.
(Julian Anderson, Argentina, RCI SWL Digest) But Radio Sa n
Gabriel is on 6078.8 varying to 6081.l, heard from 0909 to 1105
(T a kayuk i Inoue Nozaki, Relm11pago DX SWLD).

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21565, parallel 25945 weekdays 2100-2400, weekends 1800-2400;

pa rall el 13663 weeknights 0100-0400, though better hea rd when
25945 tested then. A lso on 25945 and 7375 weekdays around 1.5001800. Six to eight University of the Air courses should now be
under way, including o ne on ent reprene urship ta ught by Wayne
Green or 73 magazine fame. (By the way, a fem a le wou ld be an
entreprcneuse ... )
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Soviet-bloc stat ion s never went out
of th eir way to promo te Atheism, but now Radio Prague has a
Cl11istia11 Co111111en1 program following news and commentary on
Satu rday (lITC Sunday) after 0100 and 0300 on 5930, 6055, 7345,
9540, 9625. 11990 (via John Carson, OK, WOR) .

CHILE Radio Nacional has resumed an international service

(only in Spanish) at 2330-2400 on 15140 (Carlos Toledo Verdugo,
C hile, R adio Nederland R adio-En/ace).
DENMARK The government has approved continuing
shortwave broadcasts (DSWCI "SW News" via Andy Sen nitt,
Radio Netherlands Media Network) . U nclear if this actually means
via Norway.

(Rafael Rojas Foinquinos, Peru, Pampas DXing) . Rarely heard

elsewhere du e to inte rference.

ECUADOR Hum an a lertness is required when punching up

fr equ encies. Among many stations exh ibiting dyslexia is HCJB,
caught one day from tune-i n at 18 11 for several hours on 21740.6
instead of 21470.6. (Hau ser, TX)

CAMEROON CRTV, Garoua, has been using 7240 rather

tha n 5010 da ily unti l 2303 sign-off with a typically lame rendit ion
o r their national anthe m (Bob Hill, MA, SWLD).

ESTONIA A nother country adds English: Estonia This Week

is hea rd Mondays at 2030-2100 on 5925, 1034; even in Eu ro pe
recepti o n is poor due to Prague o n 5930 (Andy Sen nill, RNMN).

CANADA RCI pla ns to join the 13 MHz crowd July I,

replacing 9755 wit h 13720 to Latin America at 0100-0300 (Sunday
and Monday 0200); add 13680, though it seems unlikely to
propagate to Africa, at 1800-2000; and add 13660 at 2000-2130 to
Europe, in a ll cases from Sad.-ville at 100 kilowatts.
On 13 mete rs, 2 1545 remains in use until 1700, then 21675 until
2100. The 17820 frequency, lo ng synonymou s with Sackville, is
swit ched to the Sines, Po rtugal, relay this season at 1330-1500,
while Sackville uses new 17795.
On 19 meters, keep si tes stra ight this way: 15325 is Daventry,
England, from 1330 to 1630, then Sack-ville; 15305 is Sines at 13301500, then Sackville; 15 160 at 1330-1500 is Sack-ville (WOR).
RCI in English at 1300, Japanese at 1330 heard on 5220. This
must be a feede r brom Beijing to th e new relay at Xi 'an, C hin a
(Ed Lac rosse, CA, SWLD).

IND/A A recent schedule received from All India Radio,

Hyderabad, shows 0025-0215 and 1200-1740 on 4800; 0230-0400 or
0435 o n 6120; 0415- 11 45 o n 7140 (Scott Edwards, CA SWLD)

BRAZIL Radio Vale do Rio Madeira, hea rd at 0000 on 3205

CHINA Contrary to previous plans, the new relay via Ca nada

at 0400 has been on 11840, slightly less satellite de lay than via
French G uia na on 11685. The Mali relay continues o n 9770 and
11715 at 0000 and 0300; Spain on 9690 at 0300; direct from C hina
on 15540 at l LOO, 1200, and 0000; 15510 and 0300; 15195 at 0400;
7405 at 1400 and 1500.
COLOMBIA Radio Cadena Nacional, Bogota, heard at 1430
on 45.7 MHz (Arctic Rad io club, Sweden, via Play-DX). Probab ly
a studio-transmitter li nk, revealed by those terrific high MUFs.
Ecos <le i Atrato de Caracol, reactivated after ten years on
5019.67, from 0300 to sign-off at 0404 (Ernie Behr, Ont. SWLD).
Cen tro T odela r en A rauca, rarely heard, 4925 at 2350 until
closing at 2400 (Kenneth Olofsson, Sweden, Shomvave ll11/leti11 ).
La Voz de los Centauros ofen audible on fourth ha rmonic
23820 kHz in the afternoons, and as late as 0330 with news, when
fundamental 5955 is st ill inau dible. (Hauser, TX)
COSTA RICA Radio for Peace International adjusted to
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ISRAEL Voice of Israel never seem to admit it, but at 19002 100 Su nday-Tuesday only, some of the frequencies scheduled for
Netwo rk B shortwave relays split off to carry Network A instead
(Dave Kemick, Caversham, E ngland, WO/?)
JORDAN Difficult-t o-QSL Radio Jordan required special
tactics. One of my college students took a report to the station for
me, but armed guards surrounding it wanted to take him to
Military Intell igence Headquarters to discu ss the strange
documents.
Instead, his father contacted the head of broadcasting, but the
matere ial sent did not include a QSL! Next try: via the fat her of
the student's fiancee. T his time it worked for me a nd Mitch Sams.
Do you have to arrange a marriage fo r every QSL above 180
countries verified? H i!! (Joh n Bryan t, OK Fine 1iming)
KIRIBAn Radio Kiribati replaced 14802 with 14918 kH z,
monit ored at 0926-0955, 1825-1900 (Ed Lacrosse, CA SWLD).
Also at 0633-0659 (Bruce MacGibbon , OR, DX Spread) and 06150627 (Niel J Wolfish, Ont). On 14917.72 USB, from open ing at
0556 with music, 0601 news relay in English , 06 18 music, 0631
English ta lk a nd Pacific news to 0700 fadeout; weak signal and
rarely heard (Ernie Behr, O nt, SWLD).
LESUTU BBC relay replaced 9515 with 11940 to southern
A frica at 0430-1 745 (BIJC Waveguide)
MOROCCO RTM 's Chaine-l nter has English Su ndays at
1900-2000 on 11920. Saturdays at 1630 o n 17595, Going to Work
in E ngl ish is heard, lessons for French speakers, but aired within
the English program. (Dave Kemick, Caversham , E ngla nd)
RTVM heard on second harmonic 30670 in Arabic at 1732

MONITOR I N G TIMES

(Mitch Sams, KS, FT)

MOZAMBIQUE Emissao Nacional on 6111.7 from 2140 to

closing at 2206, parallel 7242.5. It's unlikely either runs more than
l to 5 KW, despite far higher powers listed (Bob Hill, MA,
SWLD) Earlier measured on 6111.7 and 7240.9 at 0310 (Dave
Clark, DX 0111mio)

NETHERLANDS R adio Netherlands tentatively plans a

series o n p rofessio ns for the Wednesday documentaries in June.
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES A complaint sent to Media
Network fin ally resulted in the sudden disappearance of all th
Bonaire spurs previously reported; guess they finally got the
message. Now let's do so meth ing about Cuba which continues to
mess up t he bands with defective transmitters and spurs (Ernie
Behr, WOR).
NORWAY Radio No rway International's May-September
schedu le shows cutbacks; English half-hours Sundays on fewer
transmissions, including these to North America: 0800 on 15165,
1200 on 15325, 1600 on 17780, 15310, 1700 on 17780, 2300 on
15190. Also, Spanish is "temporarily suspended" due to funding
problems, even though it has been onJy 5 minutes a week
(Andrew Du ffy, North Bay, Ont., WOR).
AJJ broadcasts arc now half an hour rather than half a
sesqu ihour; up to three separate programs to different targets
(Andy Sennitt , RNM!,l). That would seem to free the second half
of each hour for Radio D enmark relays, as previously proposed.
QATAR QBS heard on 21565 until 1305, probably from 0800;
then switches to 17825 until 1705 (Dave Kemick, England, SWLD)
SA/PAN Cont rary to schedule, KYOI heard on new 9530 in
English until 1355 sign-off (Glenn Hauser, TX) Is on reduced
schedule to allow transmitter work, 1000-1400 only on 9530
(S1vede11 Caffi11g DXe1)} KYOl now entirely satellite-fed from
Boston (RNMN) A second t ransmitter should be on the air late r
this year.
SINGAPORE SBC sends out questionaires to he lp them
improve reception overseas. You may request one from SBC, P.O.
Box 42, Ferrer Road, Singapore 9 128. English schedule is: 22001605 (to 1800 on Friday, Saturday, eve of holidays) on 11940,
5052; unlisted frequency 5010 works at 2200-0100, 1000-1600 daily
(Lim Kong Jin , M alaysia, DX Spread)
SOUTH AFRICA Radio RSA very strong from opening at
0400 on 4965 in Afrikaans, gone by 0516 check (Alan Laves, TX,
F7) New service to Namibia as it becomes independent, now
scheduled 0350-0515 on 6130, 4965; 0500-0900 on 11805, both in
Afrikaans; 0900-1400 in English on 11805; 1400-1555 in Kavango
on 11805; 1600-2100 in Ovambo on 6130 and 4965. Note that
SWADC itself has used 4965 at other times. (Andy Sennitt,
RNMN) Thus greatly augmenting Radio RSA's amazingly small
output in Afrikaans.
SWEDEN Radio Sweden has retimcd
both its North American broadcasts: 1530
on 21610, 17880; 0300 on 9695, 11705; but
it can still be heard at 1400 on 21610 when
beamed to Asia/ Australia. The sa me are
ta rgets of a new broadcast at OJOO o n
15390, 17790.
SYRIA Damascus in English at 20052105 o n new l 7710 and l 5095 (Ernie Behr,
SWLD) But 15095 mixes with Israel (Bruce
MacGibbon, DXS) Er, Zion ist Entity, as
Syria would say.

RS rs
Dancing Bear

TAIWAN Voice of Free China's program Tai1va11 Eco110111ic

Repo11 is running a survey; write them for a copy. A tic or scarf is

the prize for anS\vering four or more questions correctly, a n irono n deca l for less than four, deadline June 30. Hin ts will be given
periodically on rhe show, at half past the hour on Wednesday or
Thrusday, and on the daily news (Bruce MacGibbon, DX Spread).

TONGA T BC is scheduled 1730-1000 UTC on 5050 with 1

kW (Chris Rogers, OzDX). Heard with R adio Australia news relay
at 0800, then island music (four Australian OzDxers). Tentatively
at 0650 (Mitch Sams, KS, FT). Possible only during window when
Impacto, Costa Rica, a nd its open carrier a re gone, usua lly 07000900; below noise level most days; once rose above it at 0820-0850
with sports, cigarette ads, loca l news in English until R adio Los
Andes came on at 0850 (Bill Sparks, CA F1) .

TURKEY Istanbul Polis Radyosu is act ive, heard on 6325.l

from 1530 to closing at 1559 (Takayuki Inoue J':lozaki, Japan ,
SWLD). First report in ten years (Andy Sennitt, UNMN).
UKOGBANI Contrary to previously announced plans to
keep it until J uly, BBC turned 18080 over to the hams at the encl
of March, replacing it with 17640.
USA CSM has fired all but a handful of 61 full -time
employees at Mo11itoradio and the shortwave world service. The
financial burden of the daily TV news program makes this
necessary. A new consolidated radio program for overseas,
produced by a much smaller staff, is the resu lt (RNMN).
The FCC has revoked the construction perm it for NDXE, but
Dickson Norman is filing a petition for reconsideration (Rob
Horvitz, RNMN). And Norman is one of the speakers expected at
ANARCON, July 14-17 in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, at the
Dolphin I3each Resort. He now feels the 1990s will be the decade
fo r commercial sho rtwave to develop.
VOA faces an audience relations disaster. It no longer supports
VOA fa n clubs in ma ny countries, and accepts no new entries on
th e mailing list for Voice magazi ne. Instead, applica nts arc
screened to determine if they would be "productive reccpients,"
and the n they arc put on a wait ing list (WOR).
VOA has finally entered the 13 MHz band, in Spanish on
unannounced 13775 unti l 1400. The new VOA-Pacific program in
English is scheduled Mondays 2110-2200 on 15185, 11965, 9525. Is
that UTC Sunday o r Monday?
USSR We're glad that jamming is gone, but such transmitters
have been converted to broadcasting, fu rther congesting the
bands. Following the cessation of jamming, careful monitoring
revealed more than 96 newly-introduced shortwave frequencies,
from 5905 to 21830 carrying home services (Wolfgang Busche!,
West Germany, WOR).
Radio Station Peace and Progress in English through Sept. 2: to
Europe, 2100-2129 on 15240, 11980, 9820, 9550, 7420, 7340. Asia,
1400-1429 on 17645, 17635, 17610, 15220, 11890. Southwest Asia,
1630- 1659 on 12055, 11910, 11695, 6110, 6135. Africa, 1630-1659
on 17615, 17595, 11775, 11670, 9830 (Bill Matthews, OH,
NASWA).
VATICAN There seem to be a fi nancial crisi, as Vatican
Radio is requesting donations and selling CDs. If the budget gets
tight e r, the station is ex-pendable (RNMN).
VENEZUELA After many years of silence, Ecos de l T o rbcs
has reactivated 9640, heard at 0040 and 0907, better than parallel
4980 (Bob H ill, MA SWLD) .
For more news. listen to WORLD OF RADIO on WANO. New Orleans: Thurs
1430 UTC (sometimes) on 11965; 2300 on 13720; UTC Sat 0300 on 6185; Sal
2330 on 13720; Sun 2030 on 15420: on Radio for Peace lnl'I. Cosla Rica:
Tues and Thurs 1700 on 25945. 7375; Tues 2300, Fri 21 oo. Sat and Sun 1800
and 2100 on 25945. 21565; UTC Wed 0300 and Sal 0100 on 21565. 13663.
Check out GH's publications ox LISTENING DIGEST and REVIEW OF
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING. Samples $2 each In NA, $3 or 7 IRCs
elsewhere. Subs are $21 each in NA. or bolh for $40, from Glenn Hauser. Box
1684MT. Enid. OK 73702.

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ShortW'ave Broadcasting
Broadcast Loggings

0245 UTC on 3240

Let other readers know what you're enjoying.

Send your loggings to Gayle Van llom
P.O. !fox 1088, Gretna, LA 70053-1088

0305 UTC on 4965

Ecuador: Radio Mtena Libre. Quechua. Program com ments between music
breaks, and clear "Radio Mtena Libre' ID. Latin music to 0 302 and sign-off.
Interference observed from co-channel African station. {Frank Mierzwinski,
Mt. Penn. PA)
Namibia: Radio South West Africa. Afrikaans. Musical Instrumentals.
commercials. and story read. {Sheryl Paszkiewicz, Manitowoc, WI)

0320 UTC on 4830

Venezuela: Radio Tachlra. Spanish. Radio mystery play and two anthems at
0356 UTC. Sign-off roullne at 0400 UTC. {Bob Hurley, Baltimore, MD)
{Nick Terrence, Huntington, NY)

English broadcast unless otherwise noted.

0330 UTC on 4800

0000 UTC on 4825

Brazil: Radio Cancao Nova. Portuguese. Male announcer with pop hits.
Interference from ano111er Brazilian station, Radio Educadora. Stallon ID with
call letters and frequency. (Frank Hillton, Charleston, SC)

South Africa: Radio Five. Weather news and forecast. and listener's phOne-in
m usic contest. {Frank Mierzwinski, Mt. Penn. PA)

0330 UTC on 5040

Venezuela: Radio Maturin. Spanish. Chime tones between talk, and ID
repeated several times. {Frank Mierzwinski, Mt. Penn. PA)

0000 UTC on 6090

Luxembourg: Radio Luxembourg. English service by lively lady DJ, playing
light rock from Aerosmith and Mike and the Mechanics. (Bob Hurley,
Ballimore, MD)

0331 UTC on 3215

South Africa: Radio Oranje. Station editorial and local ads. Music oldies of
Tobacco
commercial and time check at 0350 UTC. with radio-telegraph Interference.
{Frank Mierzwinski, Mt. Penn, PA)

0007 UTC on 9565

"As Time Goes By' and 1 Didn't Know What Time It Was."

United Slales: Voice of the OAS. Spanish. Newscast plus feature on Mexico,
Including Mexican music. Strong signal through sign-off at 0029 UTC.
{Robert L. Landau. Secaucus, NJ)

0333 UTC on 9395

0010 UTC on 490 I

Bolivia: Radio San Ignacio. Spanish. Pop music to stalion ID. ldenlificallon
Included frequency, meter band, station name and address. {Aboe Tl1allep,
Balang, Indonesia)

Greece: Voice of Greece. Greek/ English. Greek folk songs to English ID. and
international news. Promotional for station contest, with remainder of
program in Greek. {Harold Frodge, Midland. Ml)

0335 UTC on 4920.4

0030 UTC on 15140

Chile: Radio Naclonal de Chile. Spanish. American and Spanish pop tunes.
Station ID at 0035 UTC. {Nick Terrence, Huntington, NY) {Bob Hurley,
Baltimore, MD)

0040 UTC on 7400

USSR: Radio Kiev. "Open Studio' program Interview with British student at
Kiev University. Also heard on parallel 9765 kHz. {Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA)
{Bob Hurley. Baltimore, MD)

0043 UTC

Oil

Ecuador: Radio Quito. Spanish. Station news and promotionals. Commercial

for Nacional Banco. Lady begins local news and chat. (Frank Hillton,
Charleston. SC)

0403 UTC on 4800

Ecuador: Radio Popular (tentative. Spanish. News report mixing wilh a coc hannel soccer game In Spanish. Program news and religious choral music.
(Rod Pearson, St. Augustine, FL) Heard any good utes lately, Rod?-ed.

0415 UTC on 4910

7265

Zambia: Radio Zambia {ZBC). English/Vernaculars. Native African vocals to

lady's ' Radio Zambia' ID. Highllfe music and zsc ID. Still trying to get this
one verified! (Frank Hillton, Charleston, SC) {Harold Frodge, Midland,
Ml)

Germany: FRG. Sudweslfunk {tentative). German. ARD Nachtrock

programming US rock music. Good signal. {Robert L. Landau, Secaucus,
NJ)

0445 UTC on 4755

0045 UTC o n 11715

China: Radio Beijing. Interesting and informative program on "The Making of
Chinese Musical Instruments," narrated by a woman with explanations by
the makers. Beautilul interpretive music to demonstrate the Instruments. ID
at 0050 UTC, time check and sign-off at 0056. {Leslie Edwards. Doylestown.
PA) Monitored on 3985 KHz from 2200-2230 UTC. {Nick Terrrence.
Huntington. NY)

Colombia: Caracol Bogota. Spanish. News stories on Bogota. Cartagena,

and Medellin. followed by International news and ID. (Frank Hillton,
Charleston, SC)

0500 UTC on 4850

Cameroon: Radio Cameroon-Yaounde. French/ Vernaculars. African hlghlife
music. Fair to poor signal quality, as two announcers talk about Cameroon.
Increasing interference from upper sideband. {John Bougerois. Thibodaux,
LA)

0055 UTC o n 4850

Venezuela: Radio Capital. Spanish. Spanish musical tunes with a weak
signal. but ID audible al 0100 UTC. {Nick Terrence, Huntington, NY)
Monitored 0122 UTC with pop tunes. {Robert L. Landau. Secaucus. NJ)

0526 UTC on 4915

Ghana: Ghana Broadcasting Corp. {GBC). African Instrumental melody and
choral national anthem. Station ID at 0530 UTC. Good morning greetings to
listeners. Parallel frequency 3350 kHz weak. and not heard on 3366 or 3240
KHz. {Rod Pearson, St. Augustine, FL) Monitored at 2220-2230 on 4915
kHz. {Harold Frodge. Midland, Ml)

0110 UTC on 5567

Colombia: Radio Nueva Vida. Spanish. "A Mighty Fortress' and mention of
Family Radio. Oakland, California. Ballads and suddenly off the air at 0130
UTC. {Sheryl Paszkiewicz, Manitowoc, WI)

0530 UTC on 5020

013 0 UTC on 11490

Niger: La Volx Ou Sahel. French. African choral national anthem to flute

melody. Station sign-on ID, with location and frequency. Holy Koran to 0535
UTC, announcements. and native vernacular music. {John Bougerois,
Thibodaux, LA)

Clandestine: Voice of Unity. Pushto/Dari. Constant talk and short intervals of

music. ID, frequency. and address. Poor audio and noted jamming evident
for this pro-Afghan rebel broadcast. High pitch and heaving blasting tone for
one minute and off the air at 0230 UTC. {Frank Mierzwinski. Mt. Penn. PA)

0601 UTC on 4890

0135 UTC on 4845

Senegal: ORTVDu Senegal. French. Several menllons of "Dakar at tune-in.

Brief Koran with signal fade out by 0610 UTC. {John Bougerois, Thibodaux.
LA)

Guatemala: Radio Ke'kchl. Spanish. Mixture of bouncy music and religious

program. Schedule. frequency, and station ID. Sign-off at 0201 UTC. {Guy
Atkins. Issaquah, WA)

0610 UTC on 15170

0140 UTC on 9655

Tahiti: Radio Tahili. French/ Tahitian. French news items. Tahitian music
intros for exotic island music! No parallel frequency 11825 kHz heard for
weeks. {Frank Hillton. Charleston. SC)

Cuba: Radio Havana. Interview with poet Nancy Marihone to station ID. (Bob
Fraser, Cohasset. MA)

0200

urc

on 11 745

Brazil: Radio Nacional Bras. News of Brazilian politics to 0207 UTC.

Conlemporary easy-listening Latin music and retrospective on literature and
art in northeastern Brazil. Monitored to 0230 UTC. {Bob Hurley, Baltimore,
MD) Welcome to MT!-ed.

0202 UTC on 4835

Guatemala: Radio Tezulullan. Spanish. Wonderful marimba music with
excellent signal! Station ID and brief talks during m usic breakS. {Guy
Atkins. Issaquah, WA)

02.17 UTC

Oil

5020

Madagascar: Radio MadagasiKara. Malagasy. Sudden fade up at 02 17 UTC

witll soft sung vocals. Repeated playing of tape revealed a quick ' Radio
Madagaslkara" ID at 0222 UTC. Musical bridge al 0227, fo llowed by French
announcement l o 0250 fade out. First time logged' {Guy Atkins. Issaquah.
WA)

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0627 UTC on 4825

Mauritania: OR-TV De Mauritanle (ORTM). Arabic. Mauritanian guitar
melody for interval signal. Guitar song and Arabic sign-on. ID with frequency,
city, and program Intros. Holy Koran and Arabic music monitored to 0640
UTC. -ed.

0634 UTC on 6025

Nigeria, Radio Nigeria-Enugu. vernaculars. Two men engaging in a
conversation to program announcements at 0657 UTC. Five signal pips,
English ID. and newscast. {Sheryl Paszkiewicz, Manitowoc, WI)

0920 UTC on 3322

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Indonesia: Kalimantan {Borneo). Radio Republlk lndonesla-Palangkaya.

Indonesian. Instrumental m usic and programming announcements at 0925
UTC. Pop tunes, regional news and music program called "Musik Pelepas
Lelah. {Aboe Thaliep, Batang. Indonesia)

1743 UTC o n 15140

Uniled States: KJES. Group Bible verses recited. Clear ID and address given
about every two minutes. "KJES, Vada, New Mexico. 88072." with slight
audio distortion. (Sheryl Paszkiewicz. Manilowoc, WI)
1855 UTC on 15175
Netherlands : Radio Netherlands. Media Network program audible on parallel
frequency 6165 kHz at 0252 UTC. (Chris Hulse, Eugene, OR) Monitored
"Happy Station program on 9895 kHz at 2030 UTC. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset.
MA)

1905 UTC on 15270

Ecuador: HCJB. "Happiness Is' program discussing the life of Brazilian
fishermen. and plight of tile Ona Indians at Tierra del Fuego. (Bob Hurley,
Baltimore, MD) Monitored on 3220 kHz at 0305-0331 UTC. (Frank
Mierzwinski, Mt. Penn. PA)
1920 UTC on 15215
Algiers: RTV AJgeriene/Radio Algiers. English pop tunes to ID at 1945 UTC.
Closing English service comments, IDs, schedule, and address. Spanish
programming began at 2000 UTC. (Frank Mierzwinski, Mt. Penn, PA)

20 15 UTC on 9435

'/his Radio Australia ve!ijicalion card co111es Ji'om John Carson of

Nomzan, Oklaho111a

2100 UTC on 9835

0945 UTC on 4900

Indonesia: Java, Radio Republik lndonesia-Surakarta. Indonesian.
Children 's music program and station IDs. Also heard on 2440 kHz at 1034
UTC with IDs, Arabic music. and feature "Family News." (Aboe Thallep,
Batang, Indonesia)

LOOO UTC on 6010

Brazil: Radio lnconfldencla. Portuguese. South American music and several
IDs from male/female announcer duo. (Frank Mierzwinski, Mt. Penn. PA)
1005 UTC o n 3170
Indonesia: Java. FOX Radio. Indonesian. Pop music and local Enggran
advertiser. Indonesian pop music and ID as 1nilah FOX Radio, PurNakrta
yang bekerja oada 3170 kHz. di pancarkan dalr: Jalan Ahmad Yani No. 34
Purwakrta, Jawa Baral." (Aboe Thaliep, Batang . Indonesia) This is a new
commercial station in Purwakarta, West Java.-ed.
1030 UTC on 6065
Colombia: Radio Super. Announcers chat and intros for American tunes,
Including station ID. (Frank Mierzwinski. Mt. Penn, PA)

1150 UTC on 4800

Gualemal: Radio Buenas Nueva Spanish. Station ID during religious
programming format. Weak/fair signal quality. (Nick Terrence, Huntington,
NY) Monitored at 0117-0127 on 4799.8 (Guy Alkins, Issaquah, WA)

1300 UTC on 7355

United States: KNLSAlaska. Musical note melody to sign-on at 1300 UTC.
Music titles, IDs, and vinlage 50s rock n roll. (Mike Holgate, Lake Oswego.
OR} Welcome to MT, Mike.-ed.

1306 UTC on 11900

Salpan : KYOI (tentative). "Herald of Christian Science program plus U.S.
pop music. Fair signal strength through bottom of lhe hour. (Robert L.
Landau, Secaucus, NJ)

1400 UTC

OU

Israel: KOL Israel. lntersting Part 2 of program on the history of ham radio.
(Bob Fraser. Co11asset. MA)
2045 UTC o n 11620
India: All India Radio (AIR). Local news and Indian music to International
newscast. Editorial on India's economy and panel of students are quizzed on
Indian facts. (Leslie Edwards, Doylestown, PA) "This Week in Parliament
heard on 11620 kHz at 221 O UTC. (Harold Frodge, Midland, Ml)

15575

Korea-South: Radio Korea. International news to 1415 UTC, and "Shortwave

Feedback" show from 1445-1500. (Nick Terrence. Huntington, NY)
1504 UTC on 2325
Australia: Northern Territory Service, VL8T-Tennant Creek. U.S. pop music
and "this is ABC Radio" ID at 1514 UTC. Parallel frequency 2485 kHz (VL8KKatllerine) slightly stronger, and parallel 2310 kHz (VL8A-Alice Springs)
m uch weaker. (Guy Atkins, Issaquah, WA}

l523 UTC on 4002.7

Indonesia: Sulawesi, Radio Republik Indonesia-Padang. Indonesian. Arabic
music and announcements to musical gongs at 1530 UTC. Possible
mentions of Padang lo 1547 fade out. (Guy Alkins, Issaquah, WA) (Aboe
Tllallep, Batang, Indonesia)

Jordan: Radio Jordan. Arabic. ID at the hour. w ith a recheck at 2300 UTC
indicating Increased reception qualily. (Stephen J. Price, Conemaugh, PA)
Additional Arabic programming heard on 11955 kHz at 0749-0800 UTC.
(Chris Hulse. Eugene, OR)
2130 UTC o n 9700
Bulgaria: Radio Sofia. "Spectrum program on astronomy, discussing the
asteroid belt, suffering from a poor signal. (Bob Hurley, Baltimore, MD)
Thanks for your informativelogs, Bob!-ed. -- DX Program monilored at 0025
UTC on 11 720 kHz. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA}

2225 UTC on 4830

Gabon: African No. 1. French. American rhythm and blues tunes. Fair signal
quality and "Gabon ID at 2230 UTC. (Nick Terrence, Huntington, NY)
(Harold Frodge, Midland, Ml)

2235 UTC on 4940

Cote D'Ivoire: Radlodiff.-TV lvoirienne. French. Classical Instrumental music,
wilh ID breaks. Contin ued piano classics and signal fades. Sign-off routine or
IDs, schedules, and frequencies. National anthem and off at 0000 UTC.
(Frank Mierzwinski, Mt. Penn, PA)

2240 UTC on 6190

Swilzerland: Swiss Radio lnternalionat. Medical news from Africa, and the
role of the Red Cross. Discussion on Mosllm residents of Switzerland, station
ID at 2259 UTC. (Jim Boehm, San Antonio. TX)

2328 UTC on 6000

Brazil : Radio Guaiba. Portuguese. Brassy 40s era big band music. National
news. with frequent ID breaks, suffering from a signal! (Nick Terrence,
Huntington, NY)

2329 UTC on 9735

Paraguay: Radio Nacional. English/ Spanish. Clear station ID to lively folk
music at 2336 UTC. (Leslie Edwards, Doylestown, PA)

2345 UTC on 21740

Australia: Radio Australia. "Monitor" program on the Australian space
exploration program. Interview with Cal. Tech professor on the continuing
mission of the Voyager spacecraft (Richard D. Cuff, Allentown, PA)
2355 UTC on 21555
Costa Rica: Radio for Peace International. "Red Cross Roads" feature
discussing work wit h tile handicapped In t11e Orient, and yellow fever
vaccinations in Peru. Discussion on relief efforts In Beirut to sign-off at 0005
UTC. (Bob Hurley. Baltimore, MD) (Harold Frodge, Midland, Ml)

Special thanks to all the co1wiblllors this 1110 111h ... please k eep up 1h e
lislening! --Gayle.

1552 UTC on 7269.9

Indonesia: Java. Radio Republik Indonesia-Jakarta. Indonesian. Easylistening music to stallon ID. News to anthem al 1606, low modulation signal
level. (Guy Atkins, Issaquah, WA)
1630 UTC on 15435
Uniled Arab Emirates: UAE Radio and TV-Dubai. News about Israel. Sudan.
and Yugoslavia. Stallon ID for the English service, followed by Midclleeastern music, sign-off at 1644 UTC. (Jim Boehm. San Antonio. TX) (Nick
Terrence, Huntington, NY)

1635 UTC on 17620

France: Radio France International. Sunday "Letterbox program wilh
interesting question/answer sessions on France. Music by French singers.
hosted by Phillip and Vivian to 1654 UTC sign-off. (Leslie Ed'llards.
Doylestown , PA)

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Utility World
Larry Van Horn
P.O. Box 1088
Gretna, LA 70053-1088

The Big
Three
W hile I was going
through t he mail t his month,
regular MT logging contributo r Rod Pearson in St.
Augustine, Florida, gave me an idea for t his month's coment
section.
Rod writes, "Hey, Larry, how about telling all us Ute beginners
about some oood utility references we should have on the shelf
tha t will make t his uti lity listening hobby more enjoyable."
Okay, Rod, just like the old T V series use to say, "You asked
for it, you got it."
T he fi rst thina the beginner is going to find out is that no one
reference cover: it all. The sho rtwave broadcast listener might be
able to gel away with buying a copy of Passpon o r the Wodd
Radio TV Ila11dbook and pretty much stop at that.
But in the Ut il ity World, we have no such equivalent. I think
this is because listcnino to utility tra nsmissions is very dynamic
and cha nges occu r con~tantly. Due to the frequency of pu blication, these "standard references" just cannot keep up; it's that
dynamic.
Another reason I find that the "standard references" do not
cover it all is due to the perspective of the authors that write the
books. r call these "standurd references" the 'big three.'
Just which books do I list as the 'big th ree,' you say? Well,
here goes. T hese arc not listed in any o rder of prefe rence.
Ferre ll's Confident ial Frcqucncv List, 7t h Edit ion
Compiled by G eoff H ulligcy, 376 pages
Guide to Util itv Stations, 1989, 7th Edi tion
By Joerg Klingcnfuss, Approxi mately 494 pages
T he Shortwave Dircqnry, 5th Edition
By Bob Grove, 236 pages
So there they arc , the 'big three.' Ali these publ ica~ io ns hav~
been around for a wh ile and in my opinion, each has it s place 111
th e murket. The fi rst question the potential purchaser has to ask
himself is "What kind of utility monitoring am I interested in"?
Th is mig ht color your decision on buying any or all of the 'big
t hree.'
The Co11fiden1ial Frequency List, or CFL for sho rt, covers the
4-28 MHz spect rum in "by frequency" o rder. A lot of listeners
(me included) just spin the d ials. When I find somct t.1i 1 ~g .that
interests me, I stop, attempt to ID the channel, and if it is
something I really get interested in, hang around a while to get
the flavor of the conversation .
This part icular book is good for the general band scann?r, but,
alas, if you are looking for something in particular, forget it. Try
flipping through the book for a particular SAC cha n~cl, say
".Juliett e," and you will be there a while. The international call
sign cross reference added to this edition for the first t ime was a
nice extra touch, however.
The overa ll coverage or the CFL runs t he fu ll ga mbit of ut e
listen ing, but according to so me sources, inaccuracies have crept
into th is edition. St ill, for t he general band scanni ng bunch, th.is
isn't a bad publication.

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June 1989

Guide to Utility Stations by Joerg Klingen fu ss is a very

inrerest ina publi~ation in its own right . h's packed wit h a lot of
in formati~n -- maps, charts, ITU ru les and regs, a "by frequency"
list and call sign cross re ference to name a few.
The premise of th is book is that it is based o n the .cu rrent logs
of one ma n, Joerg Klingenfuss, in West Germany. I t 1s also based
on a certain period of time; the old "No log older than a c~rtam
period or it is not used" prevails. Joerg also only tends to List CW,
RTTY, and FAX modes, and pretty much stays away fro m any
military and nu mbers stations.
A major aggravation for me is the lack of a station list transmitting on a particular aeronautical cha nnel. What you usually
find listed fo r a particula r aero cha nnel is the purpose of t he
channel (ie.-ICAO AF Channel/ W I/IV, etc.). But if you are a
nrnrine CW, RTTY, or FAX buff, this book is pretty sound. J ust
keep in mind that it does not carry a U .S. view of the spectrum .
Recently Joerg gave his opinion on numbers type stations in
another shortwave publication and why he docs not include them
in his publications. He states he will not include them because
"no o ne has ever received a verificatio n or comacted such
stat io ns." Joerg also says that a ll we write about concerning these
stat io ns over here in America is "assumpt ions, g uesses, and
nonsense."
His view on military, tactical, and numbers stations is quite
clear, and if you buy his book looking fo r this information, forget
it. Mi litary and government monitoring buffs will not find their
taste catered to here.
F inally, there is Bob Grove's Shomvave Directo1y. It is a U.S.
Government/ military burrs delight . For as lo ng as I have known
Bob, and that is a bu nch of years now, Bob absolutely loves this
kind of listening.
I guarantee that I can think of nothing that will send Bob to
the receiver faster than an interesting military or governmenl
freq uency. There lies the strong point of the Shomvave Frequrncy
Directo1y; it's loaded with that kind of ute information.
Bob also thinks about the guy who is tracking down that SAC
J ulie tte channel. T he majority of the book is broken down into
sect io ns . You will find on one page all the information about t he
SAC channels; in a not he r section, the U.S. Navy, and so fort h .
He has also included a "by freq uency" list in the blue pages.
If you are a CW marine coastal nut, forget this book ho~evcr .
As Bob will be the first to admit, there arc holes. The marine
coveraoe on ly deals with t he basics, and no attempt has been
made ~o generate complete coverage of this type of Ute listening.
As you can sec, these books offer a variety, but d o not give the
monitor the whole picture. The re are o t her references that cover
certain aspects of ut ility listening that dcse1vc mentio n here also.
A d ifficult aspect in ut ility listening is uy ing to QSL or get a
verification letter or card from a utility station. Until the publication of the two volume Utility QSL Address Guide, even getti ng
an address was a challenge.
Now that Daryll Symington and John H ena ult have published
these unique publications, QS Ling ut ilities will at least be easier
from the address standpoi nt. This publication dcsc1Vcs space on
t he rndio room bookshelf for t he QS Ler. I migh t add that Joerg
Klingcn fuss's Guide to Utility Stations a lso includes a sectio n with
addresses.
I have been miffed over the years at the lack of a good marine

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ship list and address reference. Not only are ITU publications
expensive, but they are inaccurate. Consequently, I do not sec a
lot of folks actively verifying ships. The dean of ship QSLcrs has
Lo be Hank Holbrook. Maybe one of these days H ank will make
a guest appearance and tell us some of his secrets in QSLing
ships.
F or ship buffs, an even bigger mystery is Soviet ship
monitoring. As you can see from the pages of this column every
month, there are some hard core Soviet ship watchers. Sam
Ricks, John Biro, and T om Roach spend hours peering through
th e veil of Soviet secrecy listening and studying Soviet ship movements. They are assisted by a unique list of Soviet ship call signs
published by Jason Berri.
The Shorfl.vave Directo1y is available from Grove Enterprises.
The Shmtwave Directo1y, as well as the other titles, is available
from DX Radio Supply. In fact, utility monitors should probably
have a copy of DX Radio Supply's latest catalog. The cost is
quite reasonable - 50 cents in coin -- and it contains a very
interesting selection of books with plenty of utility titles to keep
your pocketbook busy. Drop them a note at:

know where everyone gets the name Wolvey from. The place
does not exist; it's about 30 miles from Croughton ," says Mr. UK
It is possible that it used to be used by the USAF many years
ago, but there is certainly nothing there now. (It is listed in the
Kli11ge11fuss book -ed.) Frequencies a re as follows:
5230.2
7568.9
9934.l
13651.3

LSB 5370.5
USB 7571.8
USB 9926.3
LSB 16041.4

RAINBOW HRH

LEOPARD HRH

Now for the exotic. Satellite listeners, who are Commodore 64

owners, will be happy to know that long time MT reader Rich
Ncwbould has developed a satellite program that will give the
listener look angles for geostationary satellites based on location.
This is a nifty liule program and the cost is unbelievable. A
complete program listing (papercopy) can be obtained fo r $2.00.
If you don't like typing in the program, then a copy on disk can
be purchased fo r $4.00 (the $4.00 gets you the mailer, diskeue,
postage, and instructions).
Rich developed the program pcrsonalJy and I must say that it
works supe r. Thanks, Rich, fo r all your time and for the great
price, 100. Send your dough 10:
R.W. Newbould
3 179 Churchview Avenue
Peh, PA 15227.
And, yes, Matilda, satellite transmissions are classified under
the category of utility monitoring.
Well, so much this month for utility aids and references. Next
month I will discuss the art of verifying utmty stations, a
beginne r's guide.

In The Mailbag
A few months back, we ran a piece on the inform/cemetery
nets in Europe. A couple of errors sneaked into the list that was
published. Please note the following changes:
Al9
9414 or 9477 (unconfirmed)
A20
10139
A21
11100
A 17 has now been confirmed as 7740 (not as previously
supposed). A new cemetery net frequency is 18362.0 kHz. Many
1ha11ks to Ute World regular, Mr. UK. As always, it is good to
hea r from you and we appreciate your valuable contribut ions to
the column.
Mr. U.K. also passes along the following information
concerning USAF station AJ E-Croughton, England. This station
still transmits AFRTS network feeds on various sidebands of its
MUX signal. This is about the on ly way to hear AFRTS on shortwave anymore.
Mr. UK says this station is in C roughton, not Wolvcy. "I don't

LSB 7565.5
USB
9242.2
LSB 10537.8
LSB

USB
LSB
LSB

All these have been noted during the last couple of years. They
arc normally found on one of the sidebands of the station's MUX
signals.
Mr. UK and Chris Ki rby (also in England) both provided
information on R oyal F light call signs. Mr. UK writes, "As the
R oyal F amily seems to generate a lot of interest in the United
States, and I keep reading about various call signs associated with
the "Queen's Flight," here is the complete listing:"

UNICORN HRH

DX Radio Supply
P.O. Box 360
Wagontown, PA 19376

USB 5377.5
LSB 9239.25
LSB 9929.3
LSB 19291.4

KI1TYHA WK
KITTY

The Duke of Edinburgh acting as captain

of an aircraft
The Prince of Wales acting as captain of
an aircraft
The Duke of York acting as captain of an
aircraft
Aircraft of the Queen's Flight being used
for a Royal Flight. (i.e. carrying Her
Majesty, the Queen)
Positioning flights or when carrying minor
R oyals

The call sign, ASCOT, used by the RAF transport aircraft is an

acronym of A ir Support Command Operational Task (number),
(i.e. Ascot 913). This call sign is also used by the aircraft of the
32nd Squadron at RAF Northolt.
Chris Kirby also says that I fell into a trap in the February
column that has caught many others. I confused the RAF with
the Fleet Air Arm, which, Chris says, would have caused quite a
few heart attacks in Whitehall. The Fleet Ai r Arm has been
totalJy independent for some 50 years having escaped from a brief
period under RAF control.
There are four Royal Naval Air Stations: Culdrosc, Yeovilton,
Lee On Solcnt, and Prestwick, housing some 16 squadrons as well
as a number of smaller special service units. Chris also says that
the mention of the Royal Naval A ir Service was "also a liule
outdated." This is because of the amalgamation of the RNAS
and the Army Air Corps that formed the RFC on Apri l Fool's
Day, 1914, and the RNAS has not existed since.
Finally, the call signs in the GY* series a re issued exclusively to
Royal Navy units. G YA is R oyal Navy, Whitehall; GYU is Royal
Navy, Gibraltar, etc. The RAF calls are in the MK series; MKS,
MKK, and MKT arc RAF London. Thanks for the update, Chris,
and be sure to check in often. I'm looking forward to seeing some
of your logs.
Mr. UK drops back in with this little profile on NATO E-3
Sentry aircraft.
NATO operates 18 E-3 aircraft from Geilenk irchen, West
Germany, and they use HF extensively for command and control.
The net ca ll sign is "DHN 66" and the command post is called
"Magic.'' Aircraft use the call sign "Magic " ( .. two digits, the
first figure is often a six).
Commonly heard frequencies include: 4542, 4758, 6762.5,
11270.5, 15050, and 17996.5.
Thanks again for the input, Mr. UK, and with that, it's time to
check what else ou r readers are hearing in the Utility World.

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Utility Loggings

6761.0

Air Force 3 calling for a radio check at 0425 In USB. Who is AF3???
(Hulse. OR) Good question, Chris. Readers, any help?-ed.

Abbreviations used in thi s column

6926.0

Unidentified operator heard in Spanish in USS at 0748. Fellow WNE

TON at lenglh. shouting "Nombre and repeating "Tango Alpha Juliell
Uniform November and more alphabet In English. This operator
shouted Into the ether for 10-15 minutes. very lillle evidence to this
eavesdropper of another side of the conversation. (Hoozis, Far West)

6990.0

Unidentified conversations in Russian In LSB at 0750. Sounds like a

crowd In a large hall. Probably marine boat chatter and radiotelephOne
operations from a Pacific fishing fleet. Vague coin box sounds and odd
ringing sounds In typically Russian poor audio quality. I judge Russian
because of the words nyet, da, and dos spedanya, but could be
Polish or Bulgarian. No operator seems present in the lulls between
contacts. At leasl. not like Ameri can operators. (Hulse, OR)

7492.7

Radio Moscow news feed heard in English at 0638 in LSB. (Hulse, OR)
I have nothing on this channel. Chris. Might be a new one.-ed.

7527.0

Hammer working Omaha 37 in USB at 0252 giving Omaha 37 target

locations. Omaha 37 repor1ed he was going dark. Al 0340 Desert Base
called 37 to see if he was havi ng problems working the OF equipment.
37 reported no problems. (Rich, AZ}

8112.0

Unidentified CW station transmitting the following, "WAM TA TA GT TA

GT TA GT TA GT TA GT," i nto five character coded groups using cut
numbers. W-UD-T-A-N-R-M-G-1. Closed wllh "AR AR AR SK SK SK" AT
0236. (Jim Boehm, San Antonio, TX)

All times UTC, frequencies in kilohe11z. All voice transmissions

are English unless othe11vise noted.
AM
ARO
cw
FAX
FEC
ID

2182.0

Amplitude modulation
SITOR
Morse code
Facsimile
Forward error correction
Identification

ISB
LSB

ATTY
UNID
USB

Independent sideband
Lower sideband
Radioteletype
Unidentified
Upper sideband

Canadian Coast Guard station on Prince Rupert heard In USB at 0705

advising of an imminent broadcast on 2054 kHz. Broadcast on 2054
consisted of weat11er and notice to mariners, and traffic for an
unidentified fishing barge. (Hulse, OR)

226 t .O

NMF-USCG COMSTA Boston, Massachusetts, working CG 1472 in USB

at 0130. (Battles, NH)

2670.0

USCG Group San Diego, California. In USB at 0506 with a marine

weather broadcast and marine warnings including the warning of a
bridge closing. (Chris Hulse, Eugene. OR)
USCG North Bend. Oregon, in USB at 0504 with marine weatller
and warnings. (Hulse. OR)
USCG Corpus Christi. Texas. with a marine inform ation bulletin in
USB at 0233. (Battles. NH)

2716.0

HMCS Ojibwa SS72 (submarine) working UrtM Halifax In USB at 2033.

(Battles, NH)

3030.0

Fishing vessels with no call signs (bootleggers) using USB at 2108.

(Battles. NH)

3123.0

NMF-U SCG COMSTA Boston. working CG 1472 In USB at 0 12t (also

used 5692.0). (Battles, NH)

3306.9

Unidentified station In USl3 mode asking Foxtrot if he Is reading the

transm ission at 0748. (Hulse, OR) Not sure, Chris. Anybody know who
l/1is is? Welcome back to the column, Chris, please report otten.-ed.

4250.0

Numbers/letters style broadcast (male voice, British accent) In USB at

0100. (Robert Hurley, Ballimore. MD) Welcome to the column,
Robert. -ed.

4428.7

NMC-USCG COMSTA Pl. Reyes. California, with marine Info broadcast

in USB at 0430. (Battles, NH)

4560.0

Submarine Onandaga (HMCS) working Halifax Mililary (Canada) in

USB at 1848. (This same unit was heard working Portsmouth. New
Hampshire. tug control on VHF marine channel 12. (Battles. NH)

4593.0

English female number station heard at 0100. (Hurley, MD)

5571.0

Slingshot working 533 In USB at 0236 giving locations of possible

targets. (Dan Rich, Tempe, Ill.) This is a U.S. Custom channel, Dan.
Welcome to Utility World, Dan. Please report often.-ed.

8158.4

Single leller HF beacon, "K" sent In CW at 1242. (Boehm, TX)

8241.5

Sailing yacht "Ari ane WSP-2141 working NMN with a repor1 of an

object under vessel moving at six knots. Ariane believes possible
submarine. as they were buzzed by anti-submarine aircraft and
requested NMN check. Object later left In an unknown direction. Using
USB at 1935. (Battles, NH)

8453.0

XSM-Xiamen Radio. PRC heard with a hand-sent CO CW marker at

1211 . (Dix, NY)

8465.0

6Yl -Kington Radio. Jamaica. heard at 2149 wilh a CO CW marker. (Dix.

NY)

8472.0

SUP-Port Said Rad io, Egypt, sending a V CW marker al 2126. (Dix, NY)

8473.0

HLG-Seoul Radio, South Korea, at 11 20 wllh a CO CW marker. (Dix,

NY)

8484.0

HLF-Seoul Radio, South Korea, heard at 1138 with a CO CW marker.

(Dix, NY)

8511 .0

UKK3-Nakhodka Radio, USSR. at 11 34 sending a DE CW marker, then

a traftic list. (Dix, NY)

8512.6

VHl-Austral1an marine station sending the following marker. vvv DE

VH I 1/ 2/3/ 4/ 5/6/ 7." (Dix. NY) Anybody know who this is?- ed.

8522.0

9WW20-Kucl1ing Radio, Malaysia. sending a CW CO marker at 1142.

(Dix, NY)

8522.5

FFL-St. Lys Radio, Fr ance, at 0008 wllh a CO CW marker. (Dix, NY)

8545.0

DZF-Manila (Bacoor) Radio, Philllplnes, monllored sending a CW CO

marker at 1128. (Dix, NY)

8590.0

XVS-Ho Chi Minl1 City Radio. Vietnam. with a CO cw marker at 1223.

(Dix, NY)

8634.0

VTG-Bombay Naval Radio, India, sending a V CW marker at 1236. (Dix,

NY)

5680.0

Plymouth Rescue (UK) working rescue 153 and 51 in USB at 0101.

(Battles, NH)
Canadian 899 working Rankin Inlet in USB at 0104 (interference
from Plymouth). (Battles. NH)

5685.0

Unidentified station in CW "OA7S de F1 GH" at 0413. (Dix, NY)

5690.0

OHM 95 - "Lahr Military," West Germany Volmet for the Canadian

Forces radio sending weather at 0416 in USB. (Dix, NY)

8646.0

VTP-V1shakpatnan Naval Radio. India. sending av CW marker al 1254.

(Dix, NY)

5696.0

USCG San Juan working Rescue 17t 1 in USB at 0045. Also lleard
USCG AIRSTA Clearwater working CG 1435. (Battles, NH)

8686.0

6393.5

Unidentified Australian marine coastal station VHI -- sending a CO CW

marker at 1249. (Dix. NY) Anybody know who this is?-ed.

HSA2/4-Bangkok Radio. Thailancl. sending at 1141 a CO CW marker.

(Dix, NY)
PKB-Belawan Radio, Indonesia. heard at 1238 with a CO CW
marker. (Dix. NY)

6550.0

Rockwell Flight Service working Saudi 003. Jeddah Radio, in USB al

0813 conducting frequency tests. Swithced lo 8822.0, then back to
6550.0. (Larry Riffle. Key west. FL)

8694.5

HMCunidenlified marine coastal station sendi ng a CO cw marker at

This is probably a North J<orean, Jack. Anybody want
lo lake a stab at this one.-ed.

6679.0

Auckland, New Zealand Volmet with a broadcast in USB al 0653.

(Hulse. OR)

8825.0

San Juan. Puerto Rico aeroradio working Klwani 149 (?) in USB al
0615. Pilot llad a Spanish accent. (Hulse, OR)

6714.0

King 88 working Operations. requested to know if Jolly aircraft was

enroule. Using USB al 0014 . (Battles, NH)

8828.0

Tokyo. Japan Volmet broadcast heard in USB at 0611; sounds

mechanical -- a composite lape. (Hulse, OR) /l's computerized, Chris.ed.

6738.0

USAF GCCS station Tl1ule AFB. Greenland, working Rainbow 2 with

phone patch traffic in USB al 0406. (Battles. NH}

8903.0

AT C Acroradio N'Djamena, Chad, heard working Zambian 005 gelling

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1 t 55. (Dix, NY)

a posilion report at 0316 in USB. This Is ICAO area AF-4. (Dix, NY)
8984.0

Rescue 1703 working Canvasback with a pos1lion report 18 16N/ 108

05W in USB. (Scolt Golladay. Everet!. WA) Thanks for the logs, Scott.ed.

9222. 0

Spanish female number slalion heard at 0009 (Friday UTC). (Dix. NY)

10057.0 US Navy P-3 airc raft enroute NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii, from NAS
Moffit! Field. Californ ia. working San Francisco aeroradlo. 6673 was
given as the secondary frequency. (Golladay. WA) Call sign, Scott?
ed.
10066.0 Aero channel -- ICAO SEA-1 (Sou111east Asia) Kunming was heard
doing a SELCAL c11eck with an unidenlihed aircraft w hich !he female
operator called repeatedly with no luck. This same frequency can be
heard here on the west coast from 1400 to 1500 UTC (and often later)
daily. I most of1 en hear Kunming. PRC; Dhaka. Bangladesh; Calcutta,
India; Rangoon, Burma; and Madras, India, lalking to each olher
(usually , bu! no! always, in English) or to airc raft in fllgl1t. On rare
occasions I even get Ho Chi Minh Cily or Saigon. as ii was called when
I was stationed !here some years back. (fom Roach. San Jose, CA)
t 1176.0 Airevac 40637 working USAF GCCS stalion Ascension Island with a
phone palc h lo Format at 1953. (Batlles, NH)
111 86.0 NAS Key West working the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (Spartan) in
USB at 1445 regarding rou gh seas and tl1e cancellation of liberty. Crew
remaining on share 10 be airlifted by helo back lo the -:arrier. (Riffle, FL)
11192.0 Ascot 4980 working Ranger Base In USB at 1732. (Same aircraft heard
calling Trenton (Canada) Military on 11 233.0). (Battles. NH)
11225.0 Zulu One Sierra working Charlie Six Sierra. No contact, so tried lo
conlac1 Holel One Viclor al 0608. (Golladay, WA)
12270.0 Unidentified Mark IV' multi-frequency shift keying six-tone (Piccolo)
transmission. Two channels. lower on standby, upper with traffic.
500/ 520 Hz tones. (Boehm, TX)
12519.5 UVXP-Krasnokamsk. a cargo vessel 482 feel by 30 feet whlc l1 has a
maximum speed of 17.5 knol s was heard al 0222 using 170/50.
(Roach, CA)
t 2521 .5 The Amurskij Zallv. a fish carrier heard at 0704 with family message
traHic using 170/ 50. (Roach, CA) Cal/ sign, Tom ?-ed.
12703.0 XFL-Mazatlan Radio, Mexico. at 21 11 sending CW CO marker. (Dix.
NY)

(Dix. NY)
13201.0 USAF GCCS station at Thule AFB. Greenland. working MAC 18352 with
a phone patch to Format tn USB at 1755. (Batlles. NH)
13204.0 Andrews AFB, Maryland, working SAM 970 In LSB at 2340 with a phone
patch to Crown. Switched to 6756 USB at 2350 due to static. (RiHte, FL)
13312.0 Rockwell Flight Service working Jeddah One Bravo adn Jeddah
operations in USB at 21 05. Jeddah requested Rockwell go to 11 288.0
for a frequency check. Rockwell responded that they were only allowed
to receive and could not transmit on 11 288.0 (probably because of U.S.
Customs service use at the time). (RIHte, FL)
13247.0 WAR-46 (Fort Richie, Maryland) working Neon Gas In USB at 2309 on
Whiskey 109 with a net test. (Rittle, FL)
13330.0 LDOC at Heathrow transmitting weather to a Speedbird aircraft tn USB
at 1320. (Dix, NY)
14360.0 KWS 78 - Department of State Radio - Athens, Greece, monitored
sending a CW ORA marker. (Mark Vargas. Bronx, NY) Welcome to the
column, Mark. Please report oflen.ed.
14477.2 Single letter HF beacon - "K" sent in CW at 1226. (Boehm. TX)
15041.0 Andrews AFB, Maryland, working SAM 200 In USB at 2303 with phone
patch traffic regarding Itinerary for a general's upcoming Turkish visit.
(RIHte, FL)
15044.0 Kelly One working Foxtrot In USB at 2155 testing secure FM voice
satelllte downlink on frequency 295.875 MHz. Alpha joined the nel and
was aboard unknow n aircraft. Also used the frequencies 6550 and
17964 kHz HF. (RiHte, FL)
15651.0 Spanish female number station heard at 1706 (Friday UTC). (Dix, NY)
15655.4 Single letter HF beacon -

sent In CW at 0428. (Boehm, TX)

16702.5 UU BH-Aleksel Chuev using ATTY 170/ 50 sending one of the fishing
fl eets five-digit "numbers messages which are characterized by starting
with '20102.' The second and fifth group of numbers Is a five-digit
group that ts unique to the vessel (the Chuev uses 84338), and the
seventh group represents the month and year of the data referenced.
Other than that. the m essages are "Greek" to me. The Chuev also sent
another numbers m essage which I believe Indicated she was at 54
51N/150 54 E or tn the sea of OkhOtsk oH the west coast of Kamchatka.
(Roach. CA)

12718.5 VWM-Madras Radio, India, sending a CO CW marker al 1203. (Dix, NY)

16695.5 ESKK-Gerol Elligena was noted at 53 38N/ 1610W (off west coast of the
United Kingdom) at 0146 using 170/ 50. (Roach, CA)

12747.0 Female operator in USB at 0016 repeating "Mike India Whiskey Two."
(Dix, NY) Probably a navy TAC channel, Jack.-ed.

17017.5 KPH-San Francisco Radio. California, heard at 010 1 with a CW traffic

list and marker. (Adam Gott, Alameda. CA)

12750.0 VHl -unidentlfied Auslralian coastal stahon sending a

1211. (DIX, NY)
12752.0 C6N-Nassau Radio, Bahamas. with a CO

v cw

cw marker at 0200.

marker al

17022.4 WLO-Moblle Radio, AL with weather for the Gulf ol Mexico and
schedule In CW at 0055. (Gott. CA)

(Dix. NY)

17198.5 KFS-San Francisco Radio, California, wllh a CW V marker at 0012.

(Gott, CA)

12790.0 XFS2-Ciudad Madero Radio. Mexico. sending a hand-sen! CO CW

marker. (Dix, NY)
12795.0 UXN8-Arkhangelsk Radio, USSR, sending DE CW marker al 2230. (Dix.
NY)
12678.0 UOBKhotmsk Radio. USSR. with a CO CW marker at 220 1. (Dix, NY)
12800.0 HSA3/ HSA23-Bangkok Radio. Thailand. al 1233 with a CW CO marker.
(Dix. NY)
12834.0 DZP- Manltla (Novaticl1es) Radio. Pl1illipines, heard al 1336 with a CW
CO marker. (Dix. NY)

17216.0 WCC-Chatham Radio, Massachusetts. with a CW frequency marker at

2357. (Gott, CA)
18023.0 Andrews AFB, Maryland, working SAM 26000 In LSB at 1915 with
phone patch traffic to Crown regarding data link. (Rittle, FL)
18027.0 Swordfish 15 calling Halifax Military for a radio check on "18 upper."
Announces a sw itch to ' Dir then nothing heard at 2209 in USB. (Hulse,
OR)
Red Dog operations, Brewmaster and Trenton Miiitary with NORAD
operations In USB at 1601. (Battles. NH)

12843.0 HLO-Seoul Radio, South Korea. 11earc1al 0211 i11 CW wilh a CO marker.
(Dix, NY)

18525.0 KKN 50 Department of Slate Radio -- Remingl on, Virginia, with a CW

ORA marker, simulcast 16363.0. OSX channels 43/69/ 45/ 49 at 1239.
(Boehm, TX)

12888.0 DZF-Manilla (Bulacan) Radio, Pl1illlp1nes. sending a CW CO marker at

2228. (DIX, NY)

20124 .0 USAF GCCS station McClellan AFB. California, working Reprimand,

selling up an RTTY ltnk using USB at 2019. (Batlles. NH)

12923.1

t~LW2-Seou l

Radio, South Korea. will1 a CW CO marker at 111 8. (Dix,

NY)
12948.0 JJFTokyo Naval Rad io, Japan. sending a CW marker at 2230. (Dix,
NY)
12970.5 PKB-Belaw an Radio. Indonesia. sending a CO CW marker al 005 1. (Dix,
NY)

20676.3 Two fem ale o peratiors In communications using LSB at 2025. (I believe
this is the National Science Foundation Net). No call signs used.
(Battles. NH) You are p robably right, Bi/1.-ed.
22476.0 NMO-USCG COMSTA Honolulu. Hawaii. heard at 2151 with a CW V
marker. (Gott, CA)
23250.0 COMUK Maintenance wo rking Trenton (Canada) Military with a radio
check in USb at 0231. (Battles, NH)

12969.0 XSV-Tianjin Radio. PRC, al 2237. w1lh a CO CW marker. (Dix, NY)

13060.5 70A-Aden Radio, Soulh Yemen. 11eard al 1357 wilh a DE

cw

marker.

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ltme 1989

31

The Scanning Report

Bob Kay
P.O. Box 173
Prospec t Park, PA 19076

1 looked
around.
Before me
. an empty
. . . . . ._ computer
terminal
stood
waiting.
Dare I try
it? Would
I be
caught?

Walking into the infor mation cente r, I was immed iate ly

impressed by t he high, white ceilings, ma rb led wa lls and brightly
waxed noor. D irect ly ahead and cen tered in th e room was a lo ng
wood en service count er. Working behind it, several e mpl oyees
we re busily performing routine offi ce tasks.
To my le ft there was a n empty d esk wit h a comp uter terminal.
On t he screen the wo rd "ready" was quietly blinking in a sea of
g reen colored ligh t. To me, it was a beaco n, a lighthouse that
could guide me into a world o f info rmat io n and intrigue.
As I stood th ere , I fe lt the ant icipat io n mount ing within.
Should I do it? Could I do it? If I did, it wou ld be a scene righ t
o u t o f the movies. What ever I was going to d o, I had to d o it
q uick. T he opportunity wasn't g oing to last forever.
Pu ll ing the cha ir away fro m t he desk, I cautiously eased myself
ont o it s pa dded scat. Placing my fingers on t he keyboa rd, I took
one more look around -- a ll clear. I t was time for Mo11ito1i11g
Times' scanning colu mnist to do some serious snooping.
Tap, tap, tap, t ap, the rhyth mical sou nd o f the keyboard
responded to my fin gers as I typed, "Freque ncy Allocation."
Arter p ressing the "e nte r" button, the screen mo mentarily nashecl
"searching." Withi n a few seconds, it d isplayed a long Jjst of
age ncies beneath the title of "R adio F requ ency A llocatio ns."
Moving the cursor d own t he list, I stopped at "Frequency A ll ocat io ns, Federal G overn me nt," and pressed the "e nter" key. A s I
was abo ut to write d own the displayed info rmat ion, t he flashing
on-scree n cursor auto mati cally h ighlighted anot her instruct io n.
'To save informat ion, press "print" to copy."
Th is was incredible ! ft was better t ha n t he movies. Feeling a
litt le more co nfi de nt, I decided to go fo r th e gusto. "Tap, tap,
tap, S-t-e-a-1-t- h I3-o- m-b-e-r" a nd then "e nte r." T he screen o nce
aga in d isplayed "searching."
As 1 wa ited for the info rmati on to be ret rieved , a disturbing
th ought ca me to mind. "Was someo ne mo nit oring t his co mput er
frn rn a not he r room? Wo uld certain key words trigger a hidden
alarm?" If so, the wo rd "Stealt h" would surely bring an armed
es<.:o rt to my desk .

32

Jun e 1989

Suddenly, th e screen was fill e d wit h St ealth re fere nce files.

Wow! I couldn't find t he "print" button fast e nough . As I ripped
off t he list, I eased back in the chair a nd became intrigued by
som e of the in fo rmatio n. According to the printout , Stea lth technology bega n way back in the la te 1950s .
"Sir, excu se me."
Looking up, I was confr onted by a tall, middle- aged gent leman
dressed in a three piece suit.
'The Feds have foun d me," I tho ugh t.
"Will you be using the termin al aga in?" he politely asked from
behind a wide smile.
"Uh, no . . . not at all," I nervou sly stamme red as I rose from
the chair.
Nodding his head in a gestu re o f t hanks, he sat down at the
terminal, cleared the screen, and began pecki ng away at the keys.
Walking up to the info rmat ion counter, a young lady g reeted
me in a n cager, bu t su bdued , vo ice.
"May I help yo u?" she whispere d.
As I pus hed the p rint out across the counter, she picked it up
and stu died it fo r a m ome nt.
'T his might take a few min utes to locate. Where wi ll you be
sitt ing?"
I po inted to the nearest table a nd sa id, "O h, right over t here ."
"Fine, I'll b ring the informa t io n to your table in a few minu tes."
Sitting down, I fo lded my a rms across my chest and waited. A
few minu tes late r, she placed severa l books on my table.
'These bo oks arc from th e early n ineteen seve nties," she bega n.
"But they arc the only references that we have o n federal
frequency allocatio ns."
"Okay, these will g ive me a start," I said.
"We d o have a card o n fi le, list ing a more current edit ion, bu t
fo r some reason, it's listed as being pe rmane ntly re moved."
''That's fin e," I whispered. "A nything on Stealt h?"
Placing my prin tout o n the t abl e, she poi nted to severa l handw ritten not ations.
"I've written down several microfi lm reference n umbers," she
began. "If yo u want to sec the a ctual film , simply take this to the
microfilm coun ter."
"O kay, thanks for your help," I sa id.
"N o p roblem," she sa id, smiling. "I f you need help aga in,
simply step up t o t he informat ion counter."
As I have a lready me nt io ned, I p refer to call it "snooping."
The city of Philadelphia calls it 'T he Free Library." A nd as th e
name implies, use of the comp u terized libra1y system is free t o
everyone . In fo rmatio n fro m books, magazines, a nd newspapers
from arou nd the nat io n can be quickly and accurately refere nced
in a matter o f seconds.
The new co mp uterized system has even g ained t he a tre ntion of
t he F BI. Librarians across the nation rece ntly pro tested an F IJI
letter t hat asked fo r he lp in idc mi fying possib le spies using local
libraries. A lt houg h it's d oub tful t hat a nyon e could stumb le o nto
any governme nt secrets, it 's qu ite possible to ob tain a small fra gment of inform atio n that ca n be later used to solve a mo re
complex secu rity puzzle .
Like scan ning, the new co mpu terized library system was
intrig uing , exciting , a nd informat ive. If I wanted to k no w more
about a compa ny or age ncy that I was scan n ing, the new

MON ITOR I NG T IM ES

cot11puterized library was at my disposa l. The library even had

restricted areas that required a special ID badge!
"'" '''t<; "<"wJ,,, .,,. ''V
In the microfilm files, I found
10 BADGE
information concerning
REO 'JIREO FOR
Mo11itoii11g Times and Grove
RESTR ICTED AREA S
Enterprises. Even Publisher Bob
-~""''"'"'"9.,... "'" . Grove could not escape the
computer. There was a fi le
me ntioning his books and several reviews of his equipment.
What about Stealth? Herc's a brief synopsis of what I found:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Stealth aircraft have been flying since 1977.

The F-19 Stealth is powered by two General Electric F404HBs.
Maximum weight; 30,000 pounds.
Wing span, 24'-0".

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Total length, 48'6".

Maximum speed, 1.4 Mach.
Cruise speed . .92 Mach
Armed with Maverick missiles. smar1 Bombs."
The outer skin of Stealth Is a composite of fiberglass and Kevlar.
Micro circuits and antennas are Incorporated into the surface.
10. Stealth aircraft have night mission and day mission coloration. The
night mission color Is flat black. The day mission color Is Gull Gray.

The books on Federal Frequency Allocations were interesting,

but not roo info rmative. Individual frequencies were not listed.
The books simply separated different agencies by specific bands.
I was more intrigued by the missing reference sou rce. Why
was t here a card indicating that the books had been permanently
rem oved'! Was it due to the reclassification of government
freq uencies by th e Reagan a dministration?
Well , o ne out of two wasn't bad. Besides, I had a nother idea.
Returning to the informatio n counte r, the sa me girl greeted me
again.
"Need something else?" she whispered.
"Would it be possible to reference a magazine editor?" I asked.
"Oh, sure it is. In fact, you can do it yourself on the
compute r."
"Really'! How would I go about doing that?" I whispered back.
"We ll, there's a little trick to it ," she began. "After you enter
the editor's name, type a slash and the n the state where he lives."
"What will that do?" I asked.
'That will narrow the search to one state and the computer will
be able to give you a mo re colllprehensive list of fa cts on the
individual."
"Oh boy, good stuff," I whispered back.
Departing the cou nter, I headed straight for the nearest open
termimtl and sat down at the keyboard. Staring into the screen, I
snickered unde r my breath and typed L-a-r-r-y J. M-i-1-1-c-r/P-A

MT Treasure Hunt #2
The response to ou r first Treasure Hunt was overwhelming.
tvly local post office doesn't use
my box anymore . They simply
throw bags of mail at me from
behind th e count er.
Before I officially ope n the
second hunt, everyone should understand tha t the first hunt is
closed. The correct a nswer for the April and May Treasure Hunt
was the cordless phone fr equency of 46.61.
Everyone that responded with the correct a nswers before May
3 1 received the fr equency allocation guide fo r various agencies
between 30 and 1200 MHz. The guide was neatly typed, reduced
to wallet si:le, and then enclosed in plastic. It's quite handy when

you're out in the field and need to reme mber the search limits for
a particular agency.
If you missed the first Treasure Hunt , or if you simply can't
live without one, the frequency guide is available for two dollars
and an SASE.
For the June and July Treasure Hunt, the folks at Naval Electronics have provided two HTS-! "Audio Boosters.'' I mentioned
the HTS-! Audio Booster in my January 1989 column. If you
missed that edition, the HTS-I is an amplified speake r that can
be carried right along with your scanner radio . Th e unit is
powe red by four internal AA batteries and it also incorporates an
internal shut-off feature. When there isn't a transmission taking
place, the HTS-1 shuts down to conserve the batteries. Since the
unit is portable, it can be used in the basement, garage, or
anyplace where increased audio is needed.
Having difficulty hearing you r scanner in mobile operation?
The HTS-1 can easily raise scanner communicat ions above
existing road noise. Better yet, the HTS-! can also be powered
from the vehicle's 12 volt battery.
Ready for the clues? Okay, here we go:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Look at the March 1989 cover of MT. What Is the marital status of
the gentleman sitting at the console?
What Is his name?
List his job title In three words.
Whal Is he writing?
Grab the January 1989 Issue and find the page number that featured
the HTS-1.
Go back to the March 1989 Issue. Turn to the page number that
you discovered In clue #5. What Is the title of !he column on that
page?

Not roo difficult, eh? During this Treasure Hunt, remember

that there can only be two winners. So don't send an SASE.
Both winners will be selected by a random drawing. Send your
a nswers to: Treasure H unt, P.O. Box 173, Prospect Park, PA

19076.
As with all Treasure Hunts, this o ne will also last two months - June and July. Bot h winne rs and a new Treasure Hunt will be
announced in the August issue. Good lu ck!

Frequency Exchange
From the dry lands of A rizona, John Moran wrote in to ask for
your help. John indicates tha t the Salt River Project (SRP)
serves Phoenix and the surrounding communities with irrigation
water and hydroelectric power. The dams are a long the Salt and
Verde rivers and the nood gates are cont roll ed by telemetry
signals. Can anyone share the telemetry frequen cies with J ohn?
For those readers interested in monitoring the activities of the
SRP, here arc a few of John's confirmed frequencies:
451.250
Irrigation operations
451.20
Irrigatio n construction and mainten ance crews
451.575
Power dispatch -- very active du ring power fa ilures.
In West Virginia, Kevin Angus re quested help in finding
frequencies for the foll owing stations:
WTAE Channel 4 News; KDKA Channel 2 News;
WPXl Channel 11 News
It seems that Kevin must have missed the October 1988 editio n
of Mo11it01i11g Times. In that particular issue, we feature d a n
article by John F. Combs titled "Broadcast ing's Secre t
Frequencies." The autho r provided a long list of broadcast
frequencies between the foll owing ranges: 450.05-450.925 a nd

455.05-455.925.
Crank up your scanner, Kevin, a nd search the airways for those
elusive frequencies. In the mea ntime, readers wh o already have
the above frequenci es can share them with Kevin and th ousands

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Jun e 1989

33

of other readers by sending them to the F requency E xchange,

P.O. I3ox 173, Prospect Park, PA 19076.
Two rece ntly discovered FBI frequencies for the New Y ork
area we re sent in by Larry Z illi ox of northern New Jersey:
414.1 00 and 414.350 MHz.
If there is a sca nne r club within one hundred and fifty miles of
Kno>.vill e, T e nn essee, Dan D ebusk wants to join. Although D a n
has severa l current frequ ency guides for the Kno>.v ille area, he
poi nts out that most of the listings are out of date. Anyone care
to he lp?
Wrapping up this mont h's F reque ncy Excha nge is a request
fro m a reader na med R ussell. Russell wa nts to excha nge
frequencies for the H ouston/Galveston, T exas, a rea. If you are
mon itori ng t he Lo ne Sta r State, drop me a note w ith your list
and I'll get you in touch wit h Russell.

Code Book Scanner

R ichard Shipbaugh wrote in to the Scann ing Report and asked
if anyone ha d a code book fo r the 'T e nnelec Me moryscan"
sca nner radio. Manufact ured by Tyco! Communicat ions, the
Mcmoryscan was an early vintage, noncrystal radio that require d
a code book to ente r frequencies.
Appare ntly the code book listed the codes fo r over 4000
frequencies in t he VHF and UHF bands. Instead of punching in
t he di rect frequency, the user matched the fr equency to a code
and then ent e red the special code int o the sca nner.
Rich says that without the book, the scanne r if virtually useless.
If you can help, don't be afra id to se nd your "code cracking"
informati on to the Scanning Report .

Mistaken Identity
Can cellular phones be monitored on a n image fr equency
be tween 454 a nd 455 Megahertz? I don't think so. H owever,
Larry L. Ha rdie from Seattle, Washington, wrote in to say that he
has been hea ring cellula r conve rsations between these two
frequen cy lim its.
r think La rry is confusing cellular calls with the mobile telephone service that ope rates on 454 Megahe rtz. Anyone have any
other ideas?

IDing the Cordless Phone Channels

A lot of rea de rs, inclu ding Paul Ha.ka from Haines City,

)J) )"'"' """'"' '""H'M"" ""'""

' ) B f SVAE TO FUU1 DISCHARGE THEM llEFORE

THEY ARE TD Bf Rf CHAll6EO ( THI~ IS
ESPmAlLV IMPORTAWT Oul16 flRSf C1Cl.)

TllE l\EASoll IS,

NJ.CAD BAllElllf S HAVE

A rewo1Jcy ro Ul(K owro A "HEHO~Y /1

TllVS UNA8LHl6 YOVR NI 005 TO SuCf SS
fUll'f TAkE A l\f CllAR6, T~fRHoNE
fUfUltf fEP.FOl\MAtJCE Of YOUR tit CADS
Will 8f (ONSIPUA6LV SllORT OF 100 /o
CAPAWY.

Si:viiw1 w ~

Flori da, have asked me to identify the cordless channels by

number a nd frequency. It seems t hat a growi ng number of manufacture rs arc listing a channel nu mber on the ir phones rather
t ha n a specific frequency. H e rc's a list of cha nnels a nd the
related frequencies for bot h the handset a nd base:
Channel
Channel
Channel
Channel
Cliannel

Jun e 1989

46.61 49.67
46.67-49.86
46. 7349.875
46.8349.89
46.9349.99

Channel
Channel
Channel
Channel
Channel

2
4
6
8
10

46.63-49.845
46. 71-49. 77
46. 77-49.83
46.8749.93
46.97-49.97

Scanning t he Races
Use c m, pri nt cm, and get my name right! T hese were the
o nly condit ions that D isc Jockey Pat Murphy placed on the
following list of NASCAR race frequencies.
Pat works a t radio station WN IS in Norfolk Vi rgi nia. If you' re
in the a rea, tune in 850 on the A M dial and listen in!

NASCAR Race Car Team Freq uencies

CAR

DfUVER

01
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
15
16
17
21
23
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
33

Mickey Gibbs
Dale Jarrell
Ernie Irvan
Dale Earnhardt
Rick Wilson
GeoH Bodine
Mark Martin
Alan Kulwic ki
Bobby Hillin Jr.
Bill Ellioll
Ken Bouchard
Terry Labonle
Mike Alexander
AJ. Foy1
Brent Bodine
Larry Pearson
Darrell Wallnp
Kyle Pelly
Eddie Blerschwale
Ken Schrader
Ricky Rudd
Rusly Wallace
Davey Allison
Cale Yarborough
Mike Wallrip
Joe Rullman
Harry Gani

41
43
44
47
50
52
55
67
68
71
75
77
80
83
88

Joe Booher
Richard Pclly
Sl erllng Marlin
Morgan Sheppard
Greg Sacks
Jimmy Means
Phil Parsons
Buddy Nrington
Dcrrlke Cope
Dave Marcis
Neil Bonnell
Ken Ragan
Jimmy Horton
Lake Speed
Buddy Baker
90
Benny Parsons
92
David Sosebee
98
Brad Nofsinger
NASCAR 464.500 CH. 1
NASCAR 464. 775 CH. 2
NASCAR 464.900 CH. 3
NASCAR 469.500 CH. 4
NASCAR 462.025 CH. 5
NASCAR 467.025 CH. 6

Courtesy of Northeast Scanning News

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FREQ
467.1375
464.700
466.650
469.0125
464.300
851 .500
468.5625
461.150
856.800
853.500
468.5125
855.525
451.900
456.9125
460.9875
452.600
851.575
463.6125
462.675
856.925
468.4875
465.7875
457.600
464.600
466.300
468.9375
461.6875

469.975
464.800
461.875
466.200

ALTERNATE FREQS

469.700 464.475 469.475

464.0125

463.925 463.400
466. 1so

855.575
464 .3125 469.3125
468.1875 463.550 463.1875
463.775
856.500
468.4625 463.4875 463.4625
851.575
463.900 468.900
468.700 463.5625 468.5625
469.600
461.300
461.975 466.975 464.525
464.875
469.800
466.875

467.925
469 925 464.400 464.925
468.775
469.450 464.450
464.075
469.075
464.025
467.825
468.975
463 975
461.825
469.225
463.4375
859.625
463.775 468.775
466.700
461.700
467. 162
464.5625
461.525
461.450
NASCAR Scoring 467.800
ESPN (Cameras) 461.3125
ESPN (Car Mike) 152.960
ESPN (Salclhle Feed) 466.650
MAN (Molor Racing Network) 454.000

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uncle skip's corner

T.J. skip Arey WB2GHA

P.O. Box 644
Wate1ford Works, NJ 08089

Uncle Skip Talks No Code

As most folks who have run across me on
the bands or at radio gct-togethcrs know, there
is nothing I enjoy more t han talking. The
subj ect matter isn't a ll that impo rtant. I'll nap
my gu ms on any o ld t opic. Ir the ARRL
awarded a Platinum Ragchewers Certificate,
I'd su rely be in the running for it. Maybe that is
why l have tried to shy away from 'The Great
Amateur Radio No Code Debate" for so long.
The fact is Old Uncle Skip just doesn't work
C W all that much.

So what's the point, Uncle Skip???

At the risk of sounding more paranoid than

usual, arc we really talk ing about the survival
of our nation's world economic and poli tica l
status and not simply th e survival of a hobby?

CODE IS JUST A MODE

Back in the mid-seventies, there was an
effort to get a no-code "digital" license off t he
ground. The idea was to take advantage of
the ITU ruling that code proficiency was not
needed for amateur operations above 30 MHz.
A lot of hams mobilized against t his proposa l
for fear that the then-recent CB fad would fill
t he ham bands with all manner of riff- raff.

Amateur Radio is one of the greatest

aspects of the radio hobby. It has g iven me
What made this siJJy was, at the same time,
many hours of enjoyment. My wife can attest
ham radio was showing a surge of liccnsurc as
to the fact that it keeps me off the streets. I've
been licensed since I
was a mere tyke, and I
have probably fried
more equipment than
a ny fi ve ot her ha ms
have owned. Yet it
would seem that Amateur Radio is in a spot
of trouble. Lots of
commercial
operations are beginning to
Will code become as obsolete as these fine
covet the ham bands as
sou rces
for
more
old radios? . . . Will anyone care?
revenue. The
amateur R adio Sc1vicc
novice classes swelled with those same CBcrs.
just took a big kick in the bands, losing some of
A nd as fo r riff-raff, you can hear some pretty
the 220 MHz band to business operations. I n
bad operating tactics most any day on 75 or 40
spite of the mo numental lobbying efforts and
meters. By the way, quite a few of those CB
the multitude of letters to our congress people,
people went on to become A-1 operators.
t hi.: simple fact is that H a m Radio cou ld not
ge nerate enoug h clo ut to block t he change.
As the surge of CB died to a dull roa r, ham
radio stagnated. The next benefit came in the
Several folks have pointed ou t that the
form of "enhanced" privileges for novice class
statistics have not been running in Ham
folks, including voice operation of ten meters.
Radio's favor for some time. We just aren't
The increased interest, largely built around the
making enough little hams to take the place of
ab ility to talk instead of click, has even brought
those who leave the service. And of those
Radio Shack back into the ham business.
licensed today, only a percentage could be
considered really active. Is it any wonder the
I t would seem the trend is fairly clear.
ARRL can't fire up the lobby machine to fight Most people sec code as li11lc more than a
off hostile takeovers?
barrier to their participation in what otherwise
would be a rewarding and exciting hobby.
England establ ished a no-code license and
Behind the Rising Sun
their service is showi ng the first real growth
Amateu r Radio is supposed to exist for t he since the sixties. Canada is well on the way to
purposes of building our country's supply of their no-code privileges and I am sure we can
trained technicians and engineers. (Says so expect our North American cousins to show
right on the label, read the rule book .) Yet we the same growth.
lag behind J apa n in a ll aspects of technical
The modi.:rn Amateur Radio operator can
ed uca ti on. Could the fact that J apan has a no
code ham license (a nd with it mo re "active" choose from J9 modes of operation from the
hams per capita) have anyth ing to do with it'! mundane to the exotic. To some degree, a
ham must show some understanding of the

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theory and operat ion of these modes. But

only A IA Morse Code .. requi res a demonstration of competency.
With the proper license I can set up a Slow
Scan TV system with impunity and the only
person who will judge my competency is the
station receiving my signal. Maybe that is
where we need to go with code. Let it stand as
a mode and let people's ability to operate in
that mode continue to be judged and improved
by fellow hams. Nobody is going to communicate with someone with a lousy fist anyway.
The whole idea of Amateur Radio is that it
is really supposed to allow you a place to be
bad in! As an amateur on your own bands,
you have the opportunity to make mistakes
and learn from them so you won't be a
problem as a professional. Hams can educate
one a nother and, most important of a ll, experiment and improve the radio art (there's that
rule b ook aga in).

Old Arguments Die Hard

Just as code is a tradition, some of the a rguments in favor of CW have taken on legendary
status. My favorite is, "You are in a plane
crash far from civilization and your microphone is broken. You can touch you r mike
wires together and key your transmillcr. If
nobody knows code, nobody could come and
rescue you."
I suppose my fi rst response wou ld be that
t he pilot shou ld have filed a night plan. 13e
that as it may, the whole idea is ludicrous.
Fi rst, I don't think you arc going to break any
speed records keying two wires together.
Even if I couldn't copy code normally, at low
emergency speeds I might j ust be able to copy
with t he a id of a code chart.
But more importantly, if we had a large
enough pool of engineering expert ise (from
increased amntcur radio activity), maybe we
could come up with enough "better mouse
traps" so a pilot would never have to worry
about gelling into such a situation.
Another argumcm is that code is a good
mode in bad condit io ns. True enough, but
o nce again, in bad condit ions speed is going to
go way down to assure accuracy.
This argument continues to lose steam with
each new development in error-correcting
RITY and packet. There a rc modern modes
that will get the job done, so why are n't we
forcing folks to take RITY exams?
How about if you a rc forced to learn

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code, you will eventu ally learn to love it and it

will become your favorite mode? I have been
told that having a near-death experience can
be very beautiful but I'm not goi ng to push the
e nvelope just to check it out.
And, of course, the Russians are using a lot
of code! Well, that is just great! While they
arc slogging along in CW, we can maintain the
fo undations of our national security with
faster, more modern, and equally reliable
modes.
And finally, code is good in emergencies.
To this I must say poppycock! In real emergencies, speed is what counts. Voice is faster
than code. Listen to your scanner, bufil.-y.
You don't hea r a whole lot of CW on the action
bands. That goes for most long distance
emergency situations too. Begi nning in 1993,
the preferred mode of maritime distress
com munications will officially shift from CW
to the GMDSS a utomated system.
Next time a major disaster hits, take a listen
to the bands. Voice communication gets the
job done. Also, don't be too surprised if you
hear packet taking the lead in disaster communicatio ns. And for those times when nothing
but code will do (as few as they may be), I find
there are still a great ma ny folks who actually
enjoy the code mode. I am sure they will be
there to help the rest of us along.

The Old Bottom Line

Let's call it as it is. The good old U.S. of A.
needs more hams. The old ways of attracting
and educati ng folks j ust isn't gett ing the job
done. There is nothing sacred about CW. If
we don't get up off our institutional
prerogatives, we a re going to be left in the dust
technologically by more forward thinking
countries. So what's it going to be, friends?
As for Old Uncle Skip ... E nte r ...

Uncle Skip's One and Only,

Sure-to-Get-Him-CannedFrom-the-ARRL,
No Code License Plan
I. The ITU is right! !! Everything above 30

MHz should be code testless and a code

free license should be developed ASAP.
2. Delow 30 MHz, minimum code proficiency

should be the rule with endorsement s for

higher code speeds effecting access to the
CW portions of the band ONLY!!! All
voice a nd non-CW modes shou ld be available to people based upon knowledge of
theory and rules, not code proficiency.

3. Testing should emphasize operating p rocedure, safety, a nd domestic and international regulations. Including 20 qu estions
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As fo r the so called riff-raff, technology
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This topic is a bit intense for Uncle Skip's
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fun playing radio. The institution of a no-code
license will bring about an innux of thousands
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What could be more fun then to be part of this
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iederal iile

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Suffield, Oil 44260

AIR FORCE
ONE
Changing
with the
times
For almost thirty years, the I3oeing 707
h;is provided tran sport ation for presidents
of the United States. For smaller airports,
!'residents Kennedy and J ohnson relied on
a Douglas VC-llSA "Liftmaster," a four
engine rrop. But when George Bush
christen s a new presidential aircraft this
year, he will usher into service a new type of
Air Force One -- a 13oeing 747.
Th e 747s were constructed at Boe ing
!\I ilitary Airplane's Wichita, Kansas, plant
under the watchfu l eyes of the U.S. Secret
Service and th e Air Force. A 250 million
dollar contra ct ca lled for two ou tfitt ed 747s,
each with 4,000 squa re feet of interior
space.
I3y compariso n, the 707 was a fly ing
phone booth with a mere 1,300 feet each.
The tripling of available interior space
provides room for amenit ies and equ ipment
that were limited o r not possib le with the
previous model.
Ini tial publi she d reports indicate th at
th e new Air Force One ha s m o re than 100

\ I N lT E \)

For smaller airports, Kennedy and Johnson used a Douglas VC-11 BA

Liftmaster, shown here with its radio communication room.
Compared to the new Boeing 747 now under contract, the luxuries of
earlier years appear miniscule.
telephones, I 1 videocassette recorders, a nd
16 televisions, more than enough to in dulge
a little Presi de ntial pleasure during lo ng
flights to th e coast.

The Air Force One used by

President Ford is a mere phone
booth next to the aircraft that will
be christened by President Bush.
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th at can function as a mobile White House

command center.
A ir Force One communications may be
monit o red in the clear on the UHF NBFM
ECHO-FOX chan ne l pair. The ECHOFOX channel pair is a se mi-duplex system
where ECHO is the ground-to-air link and
FOX is the ai r-to-ground link. The
frequency for ECHO is 407.850 a nd the
fr e qu e ncy fo r FOX is 415.700.

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The 747 has seven bathrooms and
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distance, as well. The 747 will have an 8,000
mile range without refueling and has been
modified so as to accept mid-air refueling
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have a top speed of 640 mph. The 707, alas,

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J n the past, Air Force One has provided
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Pt1otos by Dave Jones

Leftovers from another era: above, the Presidential Aircraft

Hallicrafters All-band Radio used by Kennedy and
Johnson; right, the Hallicrafter Sky Champion radio
reserved for the press in the early sixties.

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plane talk

Jean Baker, KIN9DD

213 W. Troy Ave. 4C
India11apolis, JN 46228

A Refresher Course
Aviation Terminology
Th e So ny ICF-2010 has probably done
more to popularize aero monitoring than
anythi ng else. People who ordin ari ly
wou ldn't go to the expense of buying a
specialized aero radio now have the opportunity to sampl e both the 11 6 to 136 MHz
a nd the HF (shortwave) ae ro communications free of charge as part of the '2010's
frequency coverage.
Add to that all of the new Mo11iro1i11g

Times subscribers that pour into the office

every day and you've go t a lot of people
who could use a hand with aero
communications terminol ogy.
Back again, by popular demand, are the
terms used most frequently by pilots and
controllers.
AFFIRMATIVE -- Yes
ARlNC -- AERONAUTI CAL RADIO,
INC. A company which is owned
by the airlines who make up the
majority of thei r cu stomers. They
prov ide ai r / ground communications on a domestic and international basis. More about th em
in a future issue.
ARTCC -- Air Route Traffic Control
Center
ATC -- Air Traffic Cont ro l
ATC CLEARS -- Used to relay an
ATC clearance when given by
other than an Air Traffic
Con troller. Fur in stance, you will
hear an ARINC operator say this
when he relays a cleara nce from
ATC to a flight he is working.
COMPANY TRAFFIC -- Term used by

ATC to advise converging traffic

that they work for th e same
company
CH ARLIE -- Used by pilots (more so
on the HF bands than on VHF)
in the sa me context as a ffirmative.
HEAVY -- Any aircraft capable of a
takeoff weight of 300,000 pounds
or more whether or not they are
operating at this weight during a
particular phase of night. Aircraft
belonging to this class inclu de the
Boeing 747, DC-10, L-101 l ,
A irbus, Boeing 767, and others.
FLIGHT LEVEL -- Flight altitude
which is based upon barometric
pressure and expressed in the
form of a three-digit number. As
an example, flight level 330 would
indicate that an a ircra ft is flyi ng
a t thirty-t hree thousand feet.
HIGH FREQUENCY -- Aero
communications arc found in the
HF bands between 2 and 22 MHz.
Transmissions on these frequenc ies
arc a lmost always in upper
sideband mode.
HOLD -- A predeterm ined maneuver
which keeps aircraft with in a
specifie d a irspace while awa iting
further clearance from ATC.
HOT AREA -- Designated airspace
over a n active Military Operations
Area (MOA) up to a predetermined flight level which civi lians
must not pe netrate.
KNOT -- A unit of speed. One
nautical mile is equal to 6,076.12
feet; a statut e mile is equal to
5,280 feet. P ilots and air traffic
co ntrollers express a irspeed (and
ground speed) in knots.
NEG ATl VE -- No

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Bert Huneault of Windsor,
Canada, submits a photo of
Air Ontario de Havilland
June 1989

NORDO -- The literal translat io n is "no

radio." Co ntrollers will use th is
when referring to an aircraft
whom th ey are trying t o contact
and the p ilot (for one reaso n or
another) isn't answering them.
ROGER -- Th is word means "I hear
you" or "I heard you." Technically, it is supposed to mean "I
have received all of your last

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transmission."
SELCAL -- A four-tone selective calling
device utilized by aeronautical
enroute ground stat ions (such as
ARINC) t o contact flights which
have a SELCAL receiving unit on
board. It can be used on the
VHF a nd HF commu nicat ions
bands to alert a flight that a
ground station wants to talk with
them .
UHF -- Ultra-High Frequency. Used in
thi s co ntext, it refers to the
po rtion of the spect rum used for
military aviation communicat ions,
from 225 to 400 MHz.
VHF -- Very High Frequency.
Aeronautical communications are
found from 118.000 th rough
135.975; Navigation aids are
a llocated the port ion fr om 108.000
through 11 7.975.

Collision Avoidance
By December 30, 1991 , all commercial
a ircraft carrying more than 30 passengers
must be equipped with the Traffic A lert
and Co llision Avoidance System (TCASII). T hese packages work by picking up
signals from the position and altitude
reporti ng transponders carried by other
a ircraft.
American Airlines decided to use
the Allied-Signal Aerospace Company's
Bendix/King TCAS II system for a ll 600 of
it s aircraft. Piedmont Airlines and Southwest Airlines have installed sim il ar
systems.
Some airlines, however, arc protesting
the ruling stat ing tha t the system can issue
avoidance warnings only if the other
a ircraft is equipped wi th a t ransponde r as
not very ma ny sma ll ai rcra ft carry transponders. Thus, even if a heavily-loaded 747
were equipped with TCAS-II, it is no gua ra nt ee aga in st collision with a small Cessna.
The cost to th e a irlines for equipp ing
th e ir fleets with TCAS-11 is estimated to
be in th e ra nge of $806.3 million.

Reception Reports
Ilill Kilee of Cruise Con t rol, Oklahoma , would like to know if we ca n supply

the address for the Russian airline,

Aerono1. "Also," says Bill, "if it's not too
much trouble, could you also tell me the
address for Air Canada?"
Your wish is our command. Herc is the
address for Aeronot, Air Canada ancl a
handful of others.
AEROFLOT (Russia 's national airline)
Leningradsky Prospekt, 37
Moscow, USSR
AIR FRANCE
1 Square Max Hymanss
Paris, 75015 France
DRITISH AIRWAYS
(Code name "Spccdbird")
P.O. Box 10
Heathrow Airport
Hounslow, TW2JA
England
DELTA AIR LINES INC
Hartsfield International Airport
Atlanta, GA 30320 USA
CUBANA
Calle 23
No. 64, La Rampa
Veda do
Havana 4, Cu ba
NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, INC
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Internat ional Airport
St. Pau l, MN 55111 USA
JAPAN A IRLINES COMPANY, LTD
Tokyo Bldg. 7-3 Marunouchi
2 Chome Chiyoda-Ku
Tokyo 100, Japan
QUANTAS AIRWAYS, LTD
Quan1as House
70 Hunter St reet
Post Office Box 489
Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
A JR CANADA
Place Ville Marie
Monrrea l 113
Quebec, Canada
A JR NEW ZEALAND
Private Bag
Auckland 1, New Zealand
CATHAY PACIFIC
Union House
9 Connaught Road
Central
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
UNITED AIRLINES
P.O. Box 66100
Chicago, IL 60666 USA

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South African Airways Centre
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Atlanta International

plus

I just got back from Atlanta International where I worked on a feature art icle
for a futur e issue of Mo11i101i11g Tim es.
(More about th at in an upco ming issue.)
And while I was there, I had pl enty of tim e
to observe the goings-on at the airp ort.
Wow! It was quite a scene. Of course,
having my handy pocket VHF/ AM
receiver with me, I was able t o listen in on
quite a b it of the action on the tower,
approa ch, departure, and ground frequencies. If you live in the area or expect to b e
passing through the area , file away th ese
frequ encies.

Departure Control:
Tower:
Gro und Control:
Clearance D elivery:

127.9, 118.35,
126.9, 127.25,
119.3, 121.0, 119.8
125.0, 125 .1
119.l , 119.5,
123 .85
121.75, 121.9
121.6

Harry Mcintyre, Air Traffic Manager of

Atlanta Int ernational Ai rport's ATC
Tower, report s th at:

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Topics

Approach Control:

You r

cov.- r s
co mpkt t:
on financial
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4uo1 es
for yo ur l'C.

includ e:

- Data Encryption
- Password Methods
- Receiver Unit Design
C o v ers quotati o n
processi ng
dala
broadcasling
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Approach, Departure, etc.) came to a

total of 975,698 operations in 1988.
92 Air Traffic Controllers and 11 ATC
Assistants arc employed at Atlanta
International Airport.
There are 40 domestic and foreign
airl ines currently providing service to
this ai rport .
That wraps up the column for this issue
Don' t forget t o watch this space for
more interesting and informative aero
communications news next time.
Unt il then , 73 and out.
r.r.l
lli.'.Ll

The volume of air traffic worked at

Atlanta TRACON (includes Tower,

While in Atlanta for

an upcoming
interview, I gleaned
some frequencies
for those passing
through.

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June 1989

43

OD

the ham bands

Ike Kerschner, N31K

R.D. 1, Box 1237
K1111kle1ow11, /'A 18058

The QSO
As we all know, the QSO is the major
ru rpose of ham radio. The basic idea is to
establish con tac t with anot her amateur.
How long th a t co ntact is a nd w hat gets said
during it -- that ca n vary considerably '
The minimum QSO -- pro nounced
"QUE so" -- for so m e activ ities like rare DX
usually consists of an exchange of signal
report and ca ll le tt e rs. Let's say that th e
rare DX stat ion is o n the ai r and working
his way through a big pile up of hams
anxious to contact him. Hi s no rmal
response 10 your call will be "N3IK you're 5
and 9, over."
Your re spon se should be. "Roger, you
arc 5 and 9 (or whatever his report is) in
Pe nn sylvania . T hanks a nd 73." T hat's it.
The rare DX s tation wil l fr equently give
QS L inform at ion during the time he is o n
the a ir. Wait for it.

Add A Little
An oth er type of brief QSO is the con t est
exchange. While certain information must
be exchanged in order to have a bona fide
contact, remember that the purpose of the
contest is t o work in a s many conracts as
possible.
The normal Fi el d Day exchange, for
example, is call , signal report a nd ARRL
section. The stati on you work will respond
with you r ca ll , roger, signa l report, sect ion
a nd a request for confirnwt ion.
L et 's take a look al how this will sound
when it is all put together. Assume th at
N3 1K has ca lled CQ FD (field d ay) on CW
a nd is answered by WI34AA . NJ IK
respo nds: "WB4AA 579 E l'A K." In rurn ,
Wl34AA says: "N3IK QSL 599 NFLA
QS L?" Now N3J K says: "QSL 73 de N31K
QRZ?"
O ft en in t he heat o f a cont est, 73 may
not even be exchan ged. As soo n as N31K
confirms WB4AA's report by sending QSL
or roger, he sends QRZ which means he is
read y fo r the next conta ct so that any
s tation hearing th e exchange ca n sen d their
ca ll and make t he next contact with N3IK.
Different co ntests require different
excha nges. Some may require the parti cipa nt s to exchange a se ri a l numbe r and zone
or ITU reg io n. Others may ask you to
send the ycnr you were fir st licen sed or th e
a mo u nt of r ower you arc running. If
Jun e 1989

contesting interests you, be sure to check

the rules thoroughly and make yo urself
familiar with the required exchange.
Incidenta lly, remember the bash of the
yea r is coming up th e la st weekend of Jun e.
If you have never p a rticipa ted in F ie ld Day
do it thi s year. Eithe r get together with a
loca l club , or find some fr iends w ho are
willing to srcnd the weekend hamming and
go to some remote location and join t he
fun!

Long Ones !
Now Jet's t a lk about what appears
the most d ifficult QSO of all for
amateurs, the rag chew QSO.
chewing is sim ply getting lo k now the
ham better.

to be
some
R ag
ot her

Talking about ham gear is not "getting

to k now" another ham. Describe you r
other hobbies, work or family. To be sure,
very oft e n some asrect of ham radio can be
an int erest ing topic of conve rsation.
For example, when slow sca n TV was
first introduced (on the 11 meter amateur
band) , I built an SSTV rig. While I did not
make many contact s on SSTV, it p rovided
many hours of rag chewi ng with fr iends all
O\'er the world who were interest ed in the
mode.

I was pretty disgust ed with a ll the

carpi ng goi ng on abou t how easily ten
meter rigs can be purchased. So me hams
arc scared to death that bootleggers will
use t hese t ransmit t e rs to take over t he
band. Lots of mail rolled in but very little
of it brought anything new - - save o ne chap
who harpens t o be a bootlegger.

A Bootlegger Talks Back

"D ea r Ike," begins the Jetter. "I was
really a nnoyed with yo u r comme nts abo ut
unlicensed orera t o rs operating in the ten
meter band.
"I wou ld real ly like t o become a ham,
but cannot pass the code exa m' So I
became a CB operator. Wel l, you kn ow
what a mess the regular band can be so, like
many ot he rs, l began to operate o n
frequencies above th e regular C B band. I
don't run a lot of power, my operat ions are
clean and I am not hurting anyone.

"One of the big problems with operating

on t hese frequen c ies is the HAMS. They
' /;
_:
run lots of power and come down to our
,
~ ' ;~
.
_
frequencies and squash low power sta tion s.
.~.-~ In fact, t he only ti~1e I opcrnte in t he ten
Make Friends! ~~f.;.5S_SJi:JJmeier ham band 1s when one of t hese
~-R!~-~.:.i-~
st aiwns forces m e 10 Th ere are lots of
Durin g my QSOs, J usually talk abo ut ham s that do ~hi s and I '.hink they s h;,~ild be
my other hobbies. While chatting wit h a t o ld to stay 1ns1cle their own band.
VE4 on 40 merer CW one eve ning, I
A s you mig ht imagine, the lett er was
menti o ned my interest in canoeing. His
unsigned.
Comments anyone?
reply wns, "S urer!" He t oo was a ca noeist
a nd invit ed me to part icipate in a four day
t rek in nonhcrn Manitoba. I went an d Moaners
enjoyed a trip like none 1 have t aken before
Anot her letter is from a reader who,
or si nce -- a nd made a friend for life.
although he is a new ham , has been dialing
Not every rag chew will t urn out like about the amateur bands for so me t ime.
th a t but it is surpri sing how ma ny invites On one o f the net s o n the 20 meter phone
you will receive to go fi shing, hunt ing, band, mem bers see m to spen d a ll the ir time
camping. picture-takin g or just plain complaining about th e l\laritime Mobile
net just a few ki lohertz higher in frequency.
t ouring.

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A littl e time spe nt learni ng th e art o f

QSO will e n rich yo ur lil'c many times over.

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H e g o es on t o co mment about severa l

other gro urs who spe nd a ll their on a ir ri me
moa ning about so mething or the other.

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Take the time to monitor public service nets or listen to the
many o ther hams who arc enjoying t hemselves by just meeting new
fo lks and chat ting with old friends. T his hobby should be fu n ; if it
isn't, then it's time to get out of it.

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While at the Orlando (Florida) hamfest ,

ran across a neat two meter mobile
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What appealed to me most was the "no
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quarter wave convent ional antenna.
Why do you need two whips, you ask?
We ll, for the most p art I do not like to have
a lot of hardw<Jrc o n th e roof of my car th at
advertises the fact that there a re valuable
rad ios inside. The qu a rter wave whip docs
Model cxsa14
an adequate job, but when the going gets
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In addition to this, the quarter wave antenna travels nicely
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rental car and HT into a decent mobile stat ion on your next fly ing
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The maonet of this antenna hu s a no scratch plastic coating on it
th<it docs~ super job o f keeping the fini sh of your car from being
marred. After I installed th e unit o n my car and gave the magnet
the old yank test , I was not too sure the magnet was strong e nough
to hang togeth er at high speed.
However. with th e 5/8th wave antenna installed, it survived
highway speeds fo r more than 2500 miles. C~nsequen tl y l am
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The A R RL executive comm it tee did not take a position on t he
substa nce of the repo rt but authorized its publicatio n in last
mo nt h's issue of QST and referred it to the full boa rd of directors
fo r consideration.
The study committee st ressed that its p roposal -- if adopted -wou ld not cause anyone currently holding a license to Jose
p rivileges. In stead, it proposes a new class of amateur radio li cense
wit h a w ritt en examinat io n somewhat more comprehensive that the
present T echn icia n exam bu t with no requirement for a Morse
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modes on ly) . Exams would be given only by accredited vo lunteer
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the qsl report

Gayle Van Horn

P.O. Box 1088
Gretna, LA 70053-1088

Austral ia
Sydney Vol mct, 11387 kHz. Full data card, without
vc r ificalio n signer. Rece ived in 50 days for ;rn English
utility repo rt, two I R Cs. a nd souvenir stamps. Station
address: Supervisor- F light Service , P.O. !fox 21 l,
\!ascot, :\cw South Wales, Australia. (Bob Combs,
Campbe ll, CA)
VIS 26, Overseas Tclccomm. Co .. 8521 kHz. Full data
QSL c:ird. without ver ificatio n s igner. Received in 38
days for an Englb h ut ility report, two IRCs, a nd
souvenir
slamps.
Station
address:
Overseas
Telcco mmunic.1tions Co.. Box 7000 GPO, Sydney,
:\cw South Wales 2001 Australia. (13ob Combs,
Campbell. CA)

Bob Combs of
California and
Donn Mumma
of Texas both
received QSL
cards from

YVTO,
Caracas,
Venezuela.
This one is
Donn's.

Bo na ire
T ra n' World Radio. 9535/11 8 15 kl-Iz. Full data "25th
An n ivc1,;a1y" card. Ve rification signe r, S:1lly Rork.
Received in 23 Jays for a n English repo rt and o ne
!RC. Also received a statio n pac ket o f schedules,
newslette rs, pe nnant, and personal nole. Station
adJress: TWR. Bonaire, Ne ther lands Antilles.
(Kenneth D . \ fa d brg. Jefferso nville, I N) ( Wall
Witk0wski. Po n Ewen. ~<Y)
Catrn d a
CFll Edmonto n, A lberta. 9006 kl lz. No data
H1H:ontii mcJ
form
letter.
forwar<lcd
from
Communication Comm::rnc.J l l cadqunrters, for an
English utility repo rt. Lcller stated se1v icc reg ulations
prohibit militaiy confirmatio n o f this trnn; mission,
sig.ncJ by Sgl. Dixson. for C1ptain Commander.
I leadqua11ers ad dress: Comm unic:1tion Command
I lcadqua11ers, Ottawa. Canada, KIA OK2. (John
Doc. Colorado Sprin gs, CO)

China
Cl'llS 2. 11505 kl !z. Full cbta QSL folde r card.
wit l1<H1t verific;ll io n signer. llcccived in I l days for a n
E nglis h repo rt amt souve nir stamps. Sta tion address:
CPllS, Xi Chang, An Jic 3. l3cijing. People's Republic
of C h ina. (Bob Combs. Campbell. C1\)

C os ta

I~ica

Itadio lmpacto. 5030 kl lz. Part ial data station lette r.

Verification ~igncr. J lcctor llcqucna C. R eceived in
30 <.lays for a progr.1m Wpc recordin g and mint stamps.
Also received a penna nt and sticker. Statio n address:
Apaitado-197. San Pedro M o ntes De Oca, Costa R ica.
(Frnser Bonnett. Kettering, 0 11)

Equntoria l Guinea
Hadin A frica-Uata. 9553 kl Iz. Pa r1i a l da ta QSL card.
without verificatio n signer. llcce ivcd in 500 days for
an English report and o ne I llC. Station adu ress: P.O.
Box 85 1. \ lalabo. Eq uatoria l G u inea, Africa. Reply
rcccrvcU from Pierce International Communication s,
Inc. 1020 1. Torre Aven ue, S uite 320. C upertino, CA
9501-1. (Aboe Thaliep. Batang, Cent ra l Java,
l1h.l(lllC!=iia)

4it

Dcp r. of Post and T clccomm. , 8960 kl 12. Partial data

slation Jetter. Vcriliration s igne r J . T u ra ga nivalu.
Received in 35 d ays for an E ng lis h urility repo1t, two
IRCs. and souve ni r stamps. Statio n ad<lress: D ept. of
Po~I anJ Telecom mu nicat io n~ . P.O. Box .m, Suva. Fiji.
( 11.'b Com bs. C ampbe ll, CA)

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India
A ll India Ra di o, 11620 kHz. Full data color ca rd of
Mughal Garden o f Nisha! in Kashmir, w ith illegible
ve r ification signer. Received in 62 days for a n English
repo11. Station address: External Services D ivision,
Post Box 500, New Delhi. Ind ia. (Robert L. l~1ndau.
Scca ucus, :\J)

Indonesia
Sumatcra-Radio Ilepub lik Sibolga, 5257 kHz. No data
station form Jetter. Ver ificatio n s igner, 13.A. Tanj ung.
Received in 41 days after fourth Indo nesian repoll
and o ne U.S. do lla r. Statio n address: RR! Stasiun
R egio na l II Sibolga. Ji n. Ad e Suryani Nasution No.
11 , Subolga. Sumatcra Utara, Indonesia. (Ric ha rd L.
Coday. Oildale, CA)

I ra q
Radi o Baghdad, t5230 kl lz. Full d ata color QSL
folde r. wit hout verification s igner. Rece ived in 87 days
after E nglish follow -up report. Station address: P.O.
Ilox 8145, Bag hdad. I raq. (Gordon Edwa rds,
L1wrenccville, GA)

,Jordn n
Radio Jordan, 9560 kHz. Full data stat io n logo ca rd ,
with out verificati o n s igne r. R eceived in 30 days for an
English rcpo11 a nd o ne U.S. do llar. A lso rece ived
Jord an flag dec;1 Js. S tat ion add ress: P.O. I3ox 909,
Amma n. Jordan. ( Richa rd L. Coday, Oild ale. CA)

Koren, South
Rad io Korea. 15575 kl!z. Full data color card of
C hos u n Dynasty p:willion. witho ut verificatio n s igner.
R eceived in 28 days for an English repo rt. Station
ad dress: # 18. Y o ido-Do ng, Yo ungd ungpo-gu, Seoul
150-790, Korea. (Robert L. L1 nJa u, Secaucus, NJ )
(Ke n net h D. Macl-Jarg. Jeffersonvil le, I N)

L uxembourg

Fiji

FRECUENCIA

Rad io Luxembourg, 6090 kl 17.. Full data QSL card of

w ilhout verifi c:lt io n s igne r.
Also received th ree statio n st ickers. Received in 16
d ays for an English report sent to E nglish sc1v icc.
Station add ress: Radio L uxe mbou rg (Londo n ) Lid..
38 H c11ford St., Lo ndo n W l Y 8 1lA. United Kingdom.
QSL ma iled fro m Luxembo urg: earlie r rcpo11 sent
d irectly to sta tio n was no t a nswe red. ( llobe11 L.
L1ndau. SccauctL~. l"J)
co:~.tOfu ms/a 111 c 111 ias.

Nica rai,:ua
La Voz d e Nicarngua. 5955 k l lz. 1\o data statio n fo rm
Jetter. Verilicatio n signe rs. llodolfo Garcia G. anu
Freddy Lopez Quiroz. Internat iona l Sho11wave
Drpa11mcnt. R cccivctl in 72 lfays for an E nglish
reception rcpoi1. S1~1 t io n at!Urcss: Voice of t\"ic.1r11gua.
Ma nagua. Nicaragua. (Frank T r umpy. Ames. IA)
(John Delisle. Juno. FL)

MON IT O RING TIMES

K"'"ds

Norway
Radio No rway Intern ational. 153 10 kllz. Full data
QSL card o f "Skiing, in the \fountains." with illegible
verificatio n signature. Received in 66 days for an
E nglish repo11. Also received a station e m blem sticker
and program schedules. Statio n address: Uj.
l3jocrnsons plass l. 0>-10 O slo. No1way. ( Roben L.
L1ndau. Secaucus. NJ)

Portuga l
Ra dio Po11 ugal. 9705/9660 kl !z. Partial d ata map
postcard. wit hout verificatio n s igner. Received in 75
days for a n English report and one I R C. Also received
po cke t calender, sliders, a nd p rogram sched ules.
Station add ress: Exte rnal Re lations. Ave. Eni;. D ua11 c
Pacheco. 5 1000 Lbbo n. Po11ugal. (Fraser Bo nnell,
Kettering. O H ) ( Kenneth D. l\b cl larg. Jeffersonville.
IN)

Sen ega l
6W\V. Maritime Service. 8992.5 kl !z. Full data ; tat ion
Jetter, without ver ificatio n signer. Received in 65 days
for a Fre nch ut ility repo11. two I RCs. an d souvenir
stamps. Statio n adurcss: Le C hef Des Statio ns
lntcrarmccs Des Tr:msmissions De Ycu mbcul et de
Rufisque, B.P. 3024. Dakar. Senegal. Africa. (Bob
Combs. Campbell. CA)

Vatica n C ity
Radio Vatican, 6150/9605 kl lz. Full data color card
of Pope Jo hn Pa ul II. witho u t vc rifi c.1tion signer.
Received in 65 d ays fo r an English rcpo11. Sta tion
address: Vatican C ity. Va tica n C ity Sta te . (Ru ben L.
L1ndau. Scc.1 ucus. NJ) (Fraser Bo nne ll. Kc tt crin~.
Oil)
-

Ven ezuela
Radio llumbos, 4970 kl lz. Full data QSL ca rd.
Verificatio n signe r, II. Serrano. R eceived in 139 days
for a Span ish re port. two IRCs. and souve n ir stamps.
Station ad dress: A partado 26 18, Caracus !OlOA,
Venezuela. (Bob Combs. Campbell, CA) (Kennet h
Mac! larg. Jeffersonville. !N)
YVTO. 6 100 kl lz. Full da ta QSL card . Verification
signe r. C n. Pedro Pablo Leo n. Received in 33 days fo r
a Spa nis h repor1. two IRCs. and souve nir stamps.
Statio n add ress: Obscrvatorio Naval Cagi~:i l . Apt.
6745 A rmada 8-1 -DI IN. Caracas 103. Vc nc 7. ucla. (Bob
Combs. Campbell, CA)

Za ire
Bana na Radio. M a i itime Servi ce. 84-15 kl lz. Full data
statio n le tte r. Vcrificalion s i ~n cr. \tas udi Kclcnca.
Received in 93 d ays for a n En~li'h utili1y repo 11. two
I RCs. and souvc ni r>ta m ps. Station addrc'" l\cgic Jes
Voices \1arit m cs. Le C hef de la Station. II.I'. 5.
B.1na na. /~, i re. Africa . (Bob Combs. C.11npbcll. Cl\)

reading rtty

Jack Albert
203 }'ork Place
New I.en ox, IL 60451

RlTY

magnetic mount a ntenna w-ith an F.E.T. a mpliwhen t hey arc sending RYs.
For example, when I was in Ocala, Florida, I fier (shown) for mobile receptio n. When we
was able to copy GLF22 on 14.355 (USO) return home, I usually rush int o the shack <ind
sending RYs, using 50/425 (shift a nd baud). I try to copy the logged imercept s.
recorded it and played back (when I returned
Over the past several years I have logged
home) into the M7000 and obtained a good signals from all over the U.S .. I copied RTTY
copy. I also recorded an ARQ-E3 o n J3.3!0 in far-away places such as Tuba City, Arizona,
With the summer months upon us, I' m su re and a SITOR mode I3 stat io n on 8.0501 which I and Mexican Hat, Uta h! I copied signals from
you' ll be doing some traveling for that one or believe is WLO (the AT &T ship t o shore) in Yellowsto ne to Washington, D.C.. My
listening post included places like Carmel
two week get-a-way. When I travel, I always New York.
I had problems with both stations because Ilcach, California, and Mt. Evans, Colorado (at
pack my Sony ICF-2010. In fact , my Sony has
t r;ivelecl from Monterey, California, to the M7000 wouldn't stay synchcd to the taped L4.264 feet).
I can't fit the whole list in this article, but
Yellowstone National Pa rk and southeast to signal. I think it was caused by the tape
recorder's inability to maintain a perfect tape hopefully you'll get the idea. In all of my
Daytona Beach, Florida.
It fits well in my attachc case, and it goes with speed. It's important that you use a good travels I have never heard signals as strong as
me to work every clay. While my co-workers qu ality tape recorder because the tape speed they were in Lexington, Kentucky. J ust about
and I arc doing our paperwork, they listen to will affect the tones and the RTTY baud rate. every RTTY stat io n lit a ll ten LE Ds o n the
"rock-and-roll" or "Oldy Moldies." I, on the Standard Baudot RTTY can tolerate a slight Sony 2010. When I ret ire, guess where I'll
move tol NNNN
mhcr hand, like to monitor NASA on 20.195 change because it uses a synchronous data.
Other stations were the USIA on 102387 , - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - .
~I Hz. (There's plenty of activity during
using 85/75 (while I was in Lexington,
nonshuttlc periods.)
Bedford Pennsylvania
TASS on 14.9 usi ng 50/425 and a 98-88 12.25 a.m. EST
Kentucky),
l just purchased a new "mini" van and I
MOOE
FREQ
NOTES
nlrc;icly have my "antenna farm" option very strong signal o n 14.6362 (which was some
LEVEL.
PICCOLO
5
1 C11nl
in stalled. I also have 12 volt outlets for my so rt of news agency) usi ng 75/450. T hese were 8.0547
FDM
8.3187
2
"!lam" rig and the ICO M R71 receiver. I will copied in Ocala, Flo rida, while I was visiting my 8.5062
FDM
2
"OM"
(Old
Man).
soon have a Universal M7000 running on
8.5382
RTTY
6
The picture shows my portable setu p on the 8.5422
RTTY
8
battery and the TVM-96-2 Koyo video monitor
RTTY
8
(which is shown in the Universal SW catalog) seventh floo r veranda of the Royal Plaza Motel 8.9970
RTTY
9.0892
8
will be converted to 12 volt operation as well. in t he Walt Disney Resort near Orlando, 9.1263
RTTY
9
Florida.
The
black
box
below
the
2010
is
the
9.1334
FDM
I'll show you how I did it in a future issue of
9 SAME AS 10.309
FDM
Burhans VLF converter and my home bred 9.2136
9
,\/oni101ing Times.
When you arc t ravel ing, you really don't act ive antenna is barely visible behind t he
Vienna, Virginia
need to pack along the M7000, a computer, a receiver. T he a ntenna's base is made from
9-888 10.55 p.m. EST
PVC
pipe.
video monitor, an "all mode" TNC, or your
MOOE
LEVEL
FREQ
I n the "Magic Kingdom," I had fairly good 7.9145
complete station. You only need a receiver
RTTY
8
MORSE
8.4958
9
a nd a tape recorder. This method is "hit and copy on VLF but the HF bands were less than
RTTY
8.6972
5
miss" because you will record the signals and adequate. The French RTTY station on IS. I
9.150
RTTY
2
kHz came in very good when the active antenna 9.514
then pl ay it back when you return home.
FAX
5
RTTY
3
The problem is, you don 't know if you arc was held at a 45 degree angle from the railing of 9.1903
ATTY
4
copy ing encrypted RTTY or if t he tones arc the vera nda. The tape recorder is a Genera l 9.199
9.210
RTTY
10
Electric
model
3-5160A.
I
also
copied
RTTY
co1-re<.:t. 13ur if you <ire good, you'll be able to
recognize t he baud rate and t he approximate in Daytona Beach while basking in the sun.
Lexington, Kentucky
to nes without a tuning aid. Because a RTTY Don't forget the suntan lot ion!
9-1388 9:08 am. EST
You can also log you r intercepts by simply
swtion produces a distinct ca dence, I can tell
FREQ
MODE
LEVEL
NOTES
jotting them down on a pocket note pad! Just
4.290
RTTY
10
FOM
enter the frequency, mode (RTTY, FDM, 4.796
IDLE
9
ATTY
8
SITOR, mode A, o r ARQ-E3) , and the signa l 5.079
5.800
ATTY
8
ENCRYPTED
st rengt h if your receiver has a meter. Again, if 6.326
MORSE
10
WNU32
you are a veteran listc nc r,you should be able to 6.395
RTTY
6
6.501
RTTY
10
MARINE
distinguish t he modes.
RTTY
10
When it's the wife's turn to drive, I just sit 6.7435
6.7 18
1
use
OU EB EC
back in the passenger's scat and wit h the Sony 6.8n
FOM
6
in hand and my headpho nes o n, logging 6.975
RTTY
9
10
RTTY
signals. I use a Larson 2 meter 5/8 wave 7.334

on the Run

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7.335
7.455
7.732
8.350
8.491
8.630
8.690
9. 125
9.286
10.119
10.305
10.345
10.709
10.904

AM
RTTY
FDM
SITOR
FEC
MORSE
MORSE
RTTY
FDM
FDM
FDM
FDM
RTTY
FDM

10
10
4
10
6
9
9
1
3
2
2
3
10
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Jun e 1989

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satellite tV - adventures in the clarke belt

Ken Reitz, KC4GQA

Ro111e 5, B ox l 56A
Louisa, VA 23093

''And now the weather

Everyt hing we do seems to hinge on the
weather, part icula rly when it 's the weekend.
Even if we had all the gear needed t o receive
GOES weather satellite pictures, we'd still
need expert interpretation.
There arc several places 10 which a d ish
owner can turn for the natio na l weather
picture. Among these arc T he Weather
C hannel (G3,13), A.M. Wea ther (W4,17),
RFD-TV {Sl,23), and CNN (G 1,7).
The king of them a ll is The Weather
C hannel. It is a 24 hour/day, slickly produced,
computer enhanced, thoroughly blow-dried,
anti heavi ly commercialized une nding weather
rcpon.

Low Budget Weather Channel

In shocking contrast is A.M. Weather,
produced by M aryland Public Television anti
airing in 15 minute segments (fro m 6:45 a.m.
to 9:45 a. m. E DT) . A.M . Weather is populated by real meteorologists wh o have clearly
not been the subject of a sponso r's focus
group.
The o n-a ir staff is forced to do a brisk
businesslike presentation in an e ffo rt to cram
all that th ey can into such a brief time. The
result is that the A.M. Weather folks act like
they're all double parked outside and finish
the 15 minutes almost breathless.
Meanwhile, over at T he Weathe r Channel,
they' re grappling wit h the opposite prob lem:
how t o fill twcn1y-four hours (a mere 96 to l
rat io of Weather Channel to A.M . Weather.

Weather For The M oment

What to do? Well, first fi ll up half the
lime with commercials. You've seen these
before: porcelain plates of Elvis, Hong Kong
models of Rolls Royces, plastic kitchen jim-

Want a more in-depth weather

forecast than is provided by
your local 7V station? Here are
your options.

~8

June 1989

II

cracks ("It slices, it dices, it's virtually worthless!). Next load up o n questionable weat he r
co nnections for fea tures such as: "Weat he r
and Your H ouse," "Weather and Your Pct ,"
"Weather and Yo ur House Pla nts," "Weather
a nd Your E lvis Plates."
T he o n-air staff is nearly too numerous to
count. T hey' re all graduates of the "13roadcast
News" school of pretty personalities. The
women a re heavily rouged and the men arc
heavily moussed.
All except fo r J ohn Hope. H e is the el der
statesman of The Weather Channel, whose
white-haired, mustachioe d presence lends real
credibility to the channel. H ope is a re tired
meteorologist from the National Hurricane
Center in Miam i. The only trouble is he's only
there during the h urricane season.

This signal, at an ou tput of somewhere

between 4 a nd 40 watts, is beamed to the
earth in a certain pattern (called a footprint)
which covers a prescribed a rea of the earth.
Locations near the center of the foo tprint will
get higher signal levels than t hose toward the
edge. T hus, people living in the center of the
U.S. ca n get away with using much smaller Cband dishes t han those o n the edge.
These "dishes" arc parabolic reflectors
whose task it is to reflect as much of the
captured signal into the wave guide of the
fccdhorn and int o a Low Noise Amplifier
(LNA) to be convcrtctl downward in
frequency to something the receiver in the
house can handle.

The Weather and Moo

Over the past 11 years, 18 domestic satellites have crowded into the Clarke Belt above
North America providing some 432 transponders. The result is hundreds of channels of
video, over a hundred FM audio subcarricrs,
and count less telephone, SC PC, data, and
sim ilarly specialized narrow ba nd transmissions.
f\.fcanwhi le, the burgeoning technology of
the ever-present microprocessor has aided the
TYRO industry immeasurably. Clunl..-y
"Model T' home dish systems which sold fo r
$36,000 in 1979 a rc outclassed by systems
smaller and supe rior in every way and costi ng
anywhere from S500 to S2000. In deed, systems
made today are so simple and well designed
that average folks can even do their own
ins1allat ions.

In between these two arc RFD-TV and

CNN. CNN has no mo re to offer tha n your
local over-t he-air weat her repo rt . ln fact , it
has less, since it doesn't have your loca l
weather. But RFD-TV is different. Don't look
here to find out whether you should wear your
chinos o r your dockers to the club. RFD-TV
weather is for rea l people whose fa rm mort gages depend on decisions made after
watching the weather.
G rear detail is given to ite ms like so il
moisture content levels, amount below
average rai nfal l, and so o n. This is serious
wea ther forecasting and a good way for a
nonfarmcr to try to understa nd what's
happening in agricu ltu ral America. This could
also be an excellent channel for the
sophisticated investor with interests in the
commodity markets.

Satellite TV Basics Revisited

Worldwide communicatio ns satellites arc
lined up over the ea rth's equator al a distance
of 22,300 miles in what is known as the
"Clarke Belt", so named for the writer/scientist Arthur C. Clarke, who in 1945 put fonh
the idea that satellites in such an o rbit could
cover the whole planet fo r communications
purposes.
These satellites travel at such a speed as to
appear not to move. This is called geosynch ronous orbit. Signa ls from the ground arc
sent to the satell ite (uplinked) at one
frequ e ncy and sent down (downl inked) at
anothe r. Most cable programming satellites
operate in the C -band (3 G Hz) while some
new birds use Ku-band ( 12 G H z) or both.

MONITOR I NG TI MES

Satellite TV Takes Off

Changing for the Better

What has emerged recently is a future for
satellit e television. From a technological
point, TYRO systems have never been better.
From a programm ing point , t here are mo re
clwnncls up a nd running now t han th ree years
ago.
Competition in the programming market
place has resulted in ever cheaper subscription rates. T here a rc all the same programs
available on TV plus over one hundred channe ls not available "over the ai r" or through
cab le. In addit ion, we can tune in crystal clear
FM signals from all over Nort h America or
enjoy the more esoteric facets of the hobby
such as SCPC (single chan nel per carrier)
reception.
With your dish and even the slightest
effort you can find something you've never
seen or heard before on any clay.

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Houston's Outrageous Radio

> .John Lander of KKBQ (FM 92.9)
promised $50.00 to anyone who showed up al
the opening of the Sam Houston tolJ road
with underwear on th eir head. The rcsull was
what The Houston Post called a "massive"
traffic jam. Lander also gave out St. Patrick's
Day "Leprecondoms" and later held a "John
Tower Happy H our" at a local club.

> KRBE (FM 104.1) morning DJ Glenn

Beck offered Sl,000 to anyone who cou ld send
a raw egg intact through the U.S. mail. The
contest ended abru pt ly when the U.S. Postal
Service issued a "cease and desist" order
because cracked eggs were gumming up the
sort ing machinery.
> Offended by disparaging remarks about
H ouston reportedly made by controversial
telev ision talk show host Morton Downey Jr.,
KLO L (FM 101.1) disc jockeys Mark Stevens
a nd J im Pruett organized a "moon-in." M ore
than 600 loyal listeners showed up at lunch
time to dutifully bare their behinds on cue for
the camera.

A Manic Market
Consider the facts about the Houston
market: In 1984, KKBQ sold for 536 million.
In 1986, Majic 102 (KMJ Q) went for 565
million. And analysts estimate that the combo

of KLOL-FM and KTRH-AM would

command over $80 million if it were for sale
today, which it isn't.
At any of these stations, an increase of one
single rating point will bring in SI million in
additional revenue. There are 32 commercial
radio stations in Houston. Not surprisingly,
competition is fierce.
"We need to get attention and cul through
the clutter," says KLOL general manager
Patrick Fant. "If we're controversia l, we're
culling through the clutter."
Frank Newport, vice president of the
H ouston office of the Gallup Organization
and a specialist in radio research agrees. "A
station," he says, "defines itself in terms of age
and gender and does what is necessary to
de liver them. It doesn't take great resea rch
ability to figure out that an 18 to 34 year old
male audience wants lo talk about sex."
Sex, it seems, is one of two things that
bothers the FCC. F or ten years, the Federal
Communicati ons Commission applied a
rather narrow definition of indecency, relying
on comedia n George Carlin's "Seven Dirty
Words" monologue for gu idance.
In 1987, however, under pressure from
conservative grou ps, the Commission put

stations on notice that anything depicting

sexual or excretory activity in terms that a rc
"patently offensive as measured by community
standards" is barred from the airwaves.
According to Roger Holberg, a supervisory attorney in t he FCC's enforcement
division, the bureau last year received some
30,000 individual complaints about offensive
material on the air. Fewer than 100 included a
transcript or tape, evidence necessary to
determine whether the material was "patently
offensive."

"If we're called upon to defend ourselves,

we can do it," says F ant. "But it's almost
1990 ... We're rea lly a mirror of what adults
say to each other ." Adds Beck, "You don't
make a million a year because you're a nice
guy. You do whatever it takes to get those
ratings."

Dangero us Times
The news business can be dangerous to
your health. According to The Committee to
Protect Journalists, 24 journa lists around the
world were killed in 1988 and more than 90
were physically assaulted in the line of du ty.
Afghanistan was found to be the most
dangerous beat with four newsmen -- one
each fro m J apan. Norway, Pakistan and the
Soviet Union - killed there.
A t a recent meeting, the FCC created an
opportunity for as many as 200 new FM
stations across most of the country. The new
Class C3 stations, using up to 25 kW of power
and antennas of up to 100 meters above
average terrain, could be placed in
communities where more powerful Class C2
stations wou ld cause interference a nd less
powerful class stations wou ld be economically
unfeasible.
A new satellite-delivered format targetted
to small and medium-market stations will
make its debut next month. F or between
Sl,000 and $ 1,200 a month, stations will be
able to select from Braiker Radio Scrviccs's
adult contemporary, contemporary hit , oldies,
or country formats.
A fift h format, called Megafonnat, is
expected to target adults age 30 to 50 and
"recall the same excitement as when the
medium allowed The Lone Ranger to ride
right through the living room." Braikcr
e>q:iects to have 125 to 150 stations signed on
by year's end.

Houston Post/Bruce Bennett

DJ's Jim Pruett and Mark Stevens staged a moon-in in Houston's

outrageous radio war.
50

Jun e 1989

MONITORING TIMES

Motorola has announced that 1470WMBD in Peoria, Illinois, was the 500th
station to use their C-QUAM AM Stereo
broadcast system. According to the manufac-

lurer, C-QUAM now out-numbers any

compet ing AM stereo system "by a ratio of
approximately 20 to L world-wide."
George Biggar, part of WLS's famous
broadcast of the Hi11de11b11rg disaster, died
recently at the age of 90. Biggar began his
career at WLS in 1924.

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$50,000 down. It's in a "small but active
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The Voice of Communism

In the realm o r things less mysterious,
tapes or a n o ld pirate quite act ive a rcw
y<.:ars ago arc being heard aga in . Th is is
th e Voice or Communism, which also id ent ifies as th e Voice or D emocracy. It was
logged by thi s wri te r on 6275 kHz at 0423
with a program of comedy songs and skits,
some of which would probab ly be X-rated.
Despite it s na me, th e Voice of
Communism is not pro-Marxist or anything
or the so rt. I t became famous for parod ies
on R adio Moscow and lire in th e Soviet
Union. Some of its efforts did show a
good deal of creat i\'ity.
Wht:th c r recent loggi ngs of th is o ne arc
an effort by th e sta tion to react iva te, or this
is just someone pl aying o ld t apes is not
clea r at the present time. The frequen cy
of 6275 migh t be wo rt h watching.

voe

used t o receive some m ail via the

now closed 13a tt lc Creek, Michigan,
ma ildrop. Howeve r, to the best or our
knowlt:dge, it never responded to any of it
or QSLed any reports. Curren tly there is no
way to cont act the station.

Catch a Falling Star

Falli ng Star Radio continues to be one
l>f the more wide ly hea rd pirates a round
these days. Loyal contributor, Steve
Rogovich of Vi rginia, heard them on 6240
kHz from 0457 to sig n-off at 0527 UTC. In
j\,fassachusetts, .J ohn Brade n logged them
on the same freque ncy from 0458 to 0548
UTC.
John a lso reports receiving a QSL for a
r..:port sent t o P .O. Box 1659, Gracie
Stat ion, New Yo rk, N Y 10028 address.
This wr it er can also claim to be a p leased
recipient of a re cent F a lling Star QSL
T his docs appear to be a station which is
sensitive t o current soc ial and political
issues. Previou s broadcasts have made
<1 ppca ls ror aid t o Armenian eart hquake
\ict ims. Steve no tes the broad cast he
moni to red had th e overpopulation of planet
Earth as its t heme.
You might a lso hear Falling Star reading
let tcrs fr o m li steners, playing o ld Beatles
tunes, or sig ning off with t he famou s
William Tell overture. Old timers, such as
this writer, may recall th at was the theme
song or the Lon e Ranger.

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t hose in need of he lp ? St ay t uned t o 6240 .
It could prove in teresting.

North of the Border

I n Brit ish-co ntrolled Northern I reland
the re is o ne k nown active pirate. This is
Rock Radio I ntcrnat ional, which began
transmitting in December 1988 with 200
watts on 6272.5. It has a lready been logged
at 0925 UTC a nd verified by o ur Europirate
expert Gregg Ba res of Co nnecticut. The
sta tion claims t o be on "the North Coast of
Northern Irel and ." G regg sent along a copy
of the stat ion schcdu le, w hich is reproduced
here.

G regg a lso logged and Q SLed 65-watt

Radio Pa ndora I nternational on 6820 kHz.
Si nce this one is in the Iris h R epub lic,
c ha nces a rc it is no longer active. Still, it
might be worth a try.

WENJ Active
Yes, WENJ is still quite act ive. John
13ra dcn al so managed to log a nd QSL this
one. He heard \VENJ on 7415 kHz at 2020
UTC with announcer Jack Beane a nd t he
show "J
R ock
USA." The statio n
announces a phone number, but written
receptio n reports ca n be sent to P.O. 13ox
50 74, Hil o, H awai i 96720. Judging from
the mail we have been receiving, WENJ
must be considered an excellent ve rifi er.

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MON ITORI NG TIMES

Feeling
Left Out?

A nt1 mbe r of "Ot1 ter Limits" reade rs report

replies.

WJDI Inactive
We were advised by the operator of this
1620 kHz p irate that he wot1ld be inact ive
for a wh ile. However, by t h e t ime yot1 read
this, there is a good chance he will have
n:t t1rncd to the uir. WJD l is anot her
excellent verifier. New York's Jim H ayes
n.:cent ly received t he very dewi led QS L and
photograph which \VJOI sends to moni t o rs.
Reports can be sent to P.O. Box 142,
Cot te kill , NY 12419 .

... And A Complaint

Pi rate chaser Frase r 13onnett of Ohio
la ments hi s recent lack of p irat es a ft e r
cons idernble success a few months ago.
lie notes somethin g like a buzzsaw around
0200 on 7415 kHz on weekends. Is t his
FA X or RTTY? l s anyb ody e lse he a rin g
it? T h at freqt1 ency is normally a pop t1lar
one fo r weekend pirates.

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Numbers, You Say?

Along with his pirate logs, John 13 raden
se nt some numbers catches. He reports an
in te rest ing stat ion on 6770 fro m 2010 Lo
2015. The
woman
annou n ce r
used
German numbers in five -digit grou ps, which
were repeated. .J ohn says s he had an
accen t, b ut it was n either German n o r
American. She also t1 scd "zero" rat her
tha n "n u ll," which is the usua l German
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F rench numbers sta tions arc not very

common, but John thinks he may have
hea rd one on 6840 from 2028 Lo 2031. This
o n e had a man announcer and five-digit
groups.

GRE America, Inc.

Finally, we swear that the s tory you arc

about t o h ear is true. Only the names have
been omitted to protect the gui lty. An
"Oute r Limits" read.:r wr ites, "1\ly son , age
eight, w::is playing with his buddies. They
h;i d walk ie-talkies and were playi ng 'spi es.'
"From under the dining room t able l
hea r '5-2-3 6-8-7 1-1-4.' I looked under the
wblc. My kid was sending out spy
num bers ' A nd his friend was returni ng t he
mess;,ige with Spanish Numbers!!"

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Belmont. Caltlorn1a 94002

th e stati on has a lways bee n so mewh a t

ambiguous, and the programming ofte n has
the sound of 1960s r het oric. All in all, it
makes for some q uit e fascina t ing listeni ng.

Radio for Peace Int ernational

T he ra t her low power and fr equen cy

se lect io n ha\'e not always made th is an easy
s tat ion to monit o r for an extensive p eriod
of' t ime, despite t h e fact it was n ot d ifficult
to log a n d id en ti fy. H oweve r. RFP I now
can b e heard in the c lear on 25945 k H z
aro und 2100 UTC.

R adio for Peace I nternational is n ot

exact ly a cla ndest ine, but the spon so rship of

in

Now do you suppose a couple of eightyear-o lds have cracked shortwave's grea test
myst cry> H 111m m 111 mm.

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dem ocrati c governmen t o f t h at country

have made it, over the yea rs, t he ho me of
severa l unusua l b roadcasters. T hose active
in the hobby a few years ago m ay re member
the leftis t Radi o No t icias d e l C ontine nte
which su rvive d severa l a t tacks, in cluding a
bo m b ing, by its opp o ne n ts unt il even th e
governm e n t lost patien ce with it and fina lly
shut it down.
Th at's it fo r th is m o nth . R e memb er,
your logs, copies of Q S Ls, a n d ot he r news
a rc a lways n ee ded a nd apprecia ted .

June 1989

53

belo~

soo khz

Joe Woodlock
P.O. Box 98
Brasstow11, NC 28902

can I do
.
when the season IS
What

We a re now comi ng into the down

seaso n fo r low fr e q ue ncy listeni ng. Y o u can
ei the r fol d eve ryt hing up a nd pu t it aw ay, o r
you can try to improve techniques in o rder
to do bett e r whe n t hings sta rt p erking up
again in the fa ll.
If you wa nt to follow the ta ll e r p at h, o ne
good w ay is to lea rn code (C W) so you ca n
deci ph e r those b ea co ns you hea r.
We 're he aring a lot of co mment about
el imina ting code as a require me nt fo r
a ma te u r licenses. Th is may ha ppen. Coastal
stat io ns may move to RTTY , exclusively.
But M o rse code w ill no t like ly disappear
fro m the low fre q ue ncy bea cons.
Prese nt ly there arc more sop histicated
(and mo re expen sive) alterna tives to the
d irect ion finding me thods of the low
fr eq ue ncy beacon s. But t hese arc beyo nd
t he pri ce limit s of ma ny p rivate p lan e a nd
pleasure boat owners.
Add in the fac t t hat C W requ ires less
fr equency spa ce per transmill c r and that it
reaches out furt he r than vo ice. Yes, C W
will be with us fo r a whi le.
Yo u don 't even need a radio to start
lea rning code . It co nsists of j ust a few basic
so u nds in differe nt co mbinati o ns. Yo u ca n
simulate these sounds by sayi ng th em aloud.
The re arc two of them in Morse Code,
sound an d spa ce . Space is the sile nt pe ri od
between sounds . T he re a re only two
d iffe rent so un ds: th e dot (o r di t in sound)
a nd t he dash (o r dah in sou nd) .
A lth o ugh t he dit sound is a lways t he

through?

sa me fr om t he key, o ur cars perceive it

diffe rently when it is fo ll owed by a sho rt or
lo ng space . We hea r it as di whe n a nother
dit o r dah fo llows it immedia te ly, and as dit
when it comes at t he e nd of a lcllcr.

There is no sche dule dat e for t he

replacement o f the tower o r the relocatio n
of the beacon. Beca use the new loca tion is
no t far away, the test fo r interfe rence will
likely still be quite valid.

Actually, t he space between the dits and

da hs of a le tt e r a rc eq ual to a dit. T he space
between lett e rs is equa l to a da h.

The rapid growth and development of

ra d io, te levisio n , hig her frequenci e s, and
satellites have o b scure d the fact t hat over
60 years has passed. An aging process has
a lso been taking place. Su ddenly we have
"old" ra dio t owers and equipment t hat is
decaying. In a way, I think we expecte d
the m to last fo reve r, just like the movie
stars of our you th .

All you rea lly need for identifying

bea co ns is the le tters and nu mb ers. The
ot her punctuatio n can be lea rne d at so m e
la ter date. I n fact, the numbers are o nly
rea lly ne eded for p rivate Ca nad ia n beacons
whi ch combine a tell er a nd a n umbe r . Try
say ing the se out lo ud to you rself. Then try
listening to so me be acons in the ra nge 19 4
to 400 + k Hz.
D oes t his syst em work ? I t wo rked well
enough for o ne beaco n DXe r t o learn
e no ug h code to get hi s ha m license . It may
sou nd a lilllc odd, but you 'll be amazed at
wha t a litt le pract ice wi ll do to teach you
M o rse Code.

Montauk Point Follow Up

Last mo nt h I discussed the te sting of the
M o ntauk P oint beacon o n a new fre quency
of 293 to sec if it woul d interfere with the
Breton Reef Lig ht be a con on 295. N ow
co mes word t hat the tower of the Breton
Ree f bea co n ne eds su bsta ntia l repa ir work.
I nste ad, the Breton Ree f light will eve ntua lly be placed on a new base th at will not
include a towe r. The beacon w ill be moved
to a not he r locat ion a few miles away.

THE MORSE CODE

A
B

D
E
F .
G
H
I
J
K
L.

d i-da h
da h-di-di-dit
dah-di-da h-dit
dah-di-dit
di t
d i-di-da h-d it
da h-da h-dit
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M ON IT OR I NG TIMES

Mea Culpa
I stand co rrected o n m a rin e CW below
435. Bob C urtis of Colchester, Vermont,
p oints out tha t V FN st ill operates o n 420
and he has heard ships working that marin e
sta tion on 425. Bob a lso m e ntio ns th at th e
Ca na dia n Coasta l scheduled b roadcasts
b e low 435 are liste d in t he Cana dia n C oast
G ua rd's Rad io Aids to M ari ne Navigat io n.
That's what happens w hen o ne fall s
victim to the pa rochi al think ing that if "I"
can no longe r hea r a ny coa sta ls in t his
fre qu e ncy b and, they a ll must have moved
to o ther frequencies. So those of you w it hi n
ra nge of VFN a nd oth e r Canadian coasta ls,
the re is still som e ma rin e CW to shoot fo r
unde r 435 kHz.

Chicago Thoughts
Having just re tu rned from a weeken d
get together of the C hicago Area DX Club,
I would like to p ass a lo ng o ne ite m that
came up for a lo t of discussio n. Whe re arc
th e future me mbers of the radio hobby
family going to co me fr om ? We've a ll had
o ur share of un in formed co mme nts from
fr iends, re lat ives, a nd acquainta nces.
Perha ps, if some o f these people rea lly
knew a little bit abo ut th e hobby, they
might be int ereste d in pursu ing the hobby
th e mselves.
The question w e co uld a sk ourselves is
"Wha t have I done thi s week (o r t his mont h
o r whatever) to help ra dio stay al ive an d
hea lthy by in troducing it to new people w ho
m ight like the hobby?" Think about it.

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Sunday
J une 4, 11, 18, 25
0008 Radio Canada lnt'I: SWL Digest. Ian
MacFarland presents DX news and features.
0011 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. Soviet views on news developments.
0030 BBC: Composer of the Month. Profiles and
music of famous composers.
0030 Radio Canada lnl'I: Music Spot. The latest in
.
popular music.
0032 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. Music
selections played by Radio Moscow staff.
0037 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. News analysis
from correspondents worldwide.
0038 Radio Canada lnl'I : Spolllghl on Science. The
latest developments in science and
technology.
0052 Radio Netherlands: Over To You. A listener
contact program with Barry O'Dwyer.

Staff members nt Radio Ca11ndn l11temntio11nl

(jiom left): Fran coise Borel (Liste11C/'s' Co111e1~
and / I/do Mnrchini of !he English Se1vice, and
.\ lmhieu Poulin nnd Gisele Der(l.lpe of the
lir!nch Se1vice.
0 101 BBC: Play of the Week. Hour-long drama
se1ec11ons.
0 108 Radio Canada lnl'I: Innovation Canada. A
look al CanadaUs new ideas and
technological developm ents.
0 109 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. Opinion on
current Issues.
0 111 Radio Moscow (World Service): Science and
Engineering. Developments in Soviet science
and technology.

Ot 13 Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. The latest

news from the world of sports.
01 17 Deutsche Welle: Mailbag/ To The Top/
Checkpoint. Rotating features and music
programs.
0130 Radio Canada lnl'I: Music Spot. See S 0030.
0132 Radio Moscow (World Service) : Music. See S
0032.
0138 Radio Canada lnl'I: SWL Digest. See S 0008.
0139 Deutsche Welle: German By Radio. A
German language course for English
speakers.
. .
0209 BBC: British Press Review. Survey of ed1tona1
opinion in the British press.
0209 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
0211 Radio Moscow (World Service): Perestroika.
Insight on w11ere the Soviet Union is going.
0213 Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S 0113.
0215 BBC: Reading. A serialized story or novel, as
adapted for radio.
02 16 Deutsc11e Welle: Asia In The German Press. A
took al what German papers and weeklies
have to say about Asia.
0223 Deutsche Welle: Mailbag Asia. Mswers l o
listeners' queries. musical requests, and the
club corner.
0230 BBC: The Ken Bruce Show. A mix of popular
music and entertainment news.
0232 Radio Moscow (World Service): Russian by
Radio. Lessons In Russian for English
speakers.
0300 Radio Canada tnl'I : Listeners Corner. Ian
MacFartand and Francoise Borel present
listener comments and music requests.
0309 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
0311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Culture and
the Arts. A took al the varied arts and
cultures of the Soviet Union.
0313 Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S 01 13.
0315 BBC: From Our Own Correspondent. In-depth
news stories from correspondents worldwide.
0317 Deutsche Welle: Mailbag/ To The Top/
Checkpoint. See S O117.
0330 BBC: Jazz Score. A quiz show filled with fazz
questions and anecdotes.
0332 Radio Moscow (World Service): Audio Book
Club. The best of Russian classics and
contemporary Soviet literature.
0337 Radio Netherland s: Newsline. See S 0037.
0339 Deutsche Welle: German By Radio. See S
0139.
0352 Radio Canada lnl'I: Music. Selections by
Radio Canada International announcers.
0352 Radio Netherlands: Over To You. See S
0052.
0409 Deutsc11e Welle: Religion And Society. A

M=Mond ay
S=Sunday
T=Tuesday W=Wednesday
H=Thursday F= Friday
A=Saturday

LEGEND
* The first fo ur digits of an entry
are the prog ram start time in
UTC.

* The tim e is follow ed by th e

station name, program name,
and a brief summary of the
program's content.

* Some listin gs may be foll owed

by "See X 0000. " The letter
stands for a day of th e week:

Th e four digits stand for a time in

UTC. Listen ers shoul d check back
to th at date and tim e to fi nd out
more about that particular program.

All broad c asts are listed in

c hronolo gical ord er, starting on
Sunday at 0000 UTC and ending
on Saturday at 2359 UTC.

* Al l days are in UTC. Remember

that if you are listenin g in North

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1989

~!ON ITOR I NG

TIMES

MT Program Team
Kannon Shanmugam,
Program Manager
4412 Tumb en y Drive
Lawren ce, KS 66046

Jim Frimmel, TX
Dale Vanderpoel, FL

0411
0419

0430

0430

0432
0434

0445
0509
0509
051 1
0513
0517
0530
0532
0539
0540
0545
0609
061 1
0619

roundup of news and developments

concerning the world's major religions.
Radio Moscow (World Service) : News and
Views. See S 0011.
Deutsche Welle: Africa In The German Press.
A look at what German papers and weeklies
have to say about Africa.
BBC: Globelroller's Gulde To Popular Music.
A look al music from a variety of world
cultures.
Radio Netherlands: Sunday Spotlight. A took
al events and issues affecting Africa over the
past week.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
Deutsche Welle: People Md Places. A
program for Africa with interviews. stories,
and m usic.
BBC: Wortdbrief. A 15-minule roundup of the
week's news headlines and other events.
BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. Analysis of Ille
main news of the day.
Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Perestroika
See S 0211.
Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S 0113.
Deutsche Welle: Mailbag/ To The Top/
Checkpoint. See S 01 17.
BBC: Financial Review. A look back al the
financial week.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Russian by
Radio. See S 0232.
Deutsche Welle: German By Radio. See S
0139.
BBC: Words of Failh. People share how their
scripture gives meaning to their lives.
BBC: Leiter from America. Alistair Cooke's
distinctly British view of America.
Deutsche Welle: Religion Md Society. See S
0409.
Radio Moscow (World Service) : Mailbag.
Mswers to listener questions.
Deutsche Welle: African In The German
Press. See S 0419.

American prime time, it is

actually the next mornin g UTC.
For example, if yo u are listen ing
to a program at 8:0 1 pm [EDT]
on your Thursday night, that's
equal to 0001 UTC and therefore
Friday morning UTC.
We suggest th at you tune in t o a
pro gram a few minutes before the
sc hedule s tart time, as some
stations have tentative schedules
which may slightly vary. We invite
listeners and stations to send
program information to the program
man ager at the add re ss above.

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0630 BBC: Jazz for the Asking. A jazz music

request s11ow.
0632 nadio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
0634 Deutsche Welle: People And Places. See S
0434.
0709 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
07 11 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. Sec S 0011 .
0730 BBC: From Our Own Correspondent. See S
03 15.
0730 Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. Tom
Meyer's family entertainment program with
music and lellers.
0732 Radio Moscow (World Service): Folk Box. A
program for lovers of folk music.
0745 BBC: Book Choice. Short reviews of current
or future best-sellers.
0750 BBC: waveguide. How to hear the BBC
beller.
11 09 Deutsche Welle: Arts On The Air. Reports and
interviews on major cultural events and
developments.
1111 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
111 5 BBC: From Our Own Correspondent. See S
0315.
1130 BBC: Composer of the Month. See S 0030.
1130 Radio Netherland s: Happy Station. See S
0730.
1132 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
1134 Deutsche Welle: German By Radio. See S
0139.
120 1 BBC: Play of 1he Week. See S 0101.
1211 Radio Moscow (World Service): Culture and
111e Arts. See S 0311 .
1232 Radio Moscow (World Service): Audio Book
Club. See S 0332.
1304 Radio Canada lnl'I: Sunday Morning. A lhreehour magazine program. covering virtually
everything under 1he sun.
1308 Radio Canada lnrt (Asia/Pacific): Innovation
Canada. See S 0008.
1309 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. Soe S 0509.
1311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Perestroika.
See S 0211.
1330 BBC: Sports Roundup. The days sports
news.
1332 Radio Moscow (World Service): Russian by
Radio. See S 0232.
1345 BBC: Worldbrlef. See S 0445.
1401 BBC: Feature. Programming on various
subjects.
1411 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 001 1.

NEWS GUIDE
This is your guide to news broadcasts
on the air. All broadcasts are daily
unless otherwise noted by brackets.
These brackets enclose day codes
denoting days of broadcast. The
codes are as follows:
S= Sunday
T" Tuesday
H= Thursday
A= Saturday

M= Monday
W" Wednesday
F= Friday

We invite listeners and stations to

send program information to the
program manager.

1430 BBC: Anylhing Goes. Sounds from the BBC

archives as requested by lis1eners.
1430 Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. See S
0730.
1432 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
1509 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
151 1 Radio Moscow (World Service): Mailbag. See
0611 .
1513 Deutsche Welle: lnlematlonal Talking Point. A
round-table discussion on major trends and
events.
1515 BBC: Concert Hall. A program of classical
music from the world's great concert halls.
1532 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Pop From Germany. A look
at the German pop music scene.
1609 Deutsche Welle: Arts On The Air. See S
1109.
1611 Radio Moscow (World Service): Perestroika.
See S 0211 .
1615 BBC: Feature. Programming on various
subjects.
1630 Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. See S
0730.
1632 Radio Moscow (World Service): Audio Book
Club. See S 0332.
1634 Deutsche Welle: German By Radio. See S
0139.
1645 BBC: Leller from America. See S 0545.
2308 Radio Canada lnl'I : SWL Digest. See S 0108.
2309 BBC: Book Choice. See S 0745.
2311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Perestroika.
See S 0211.
2315 BBC: Letter from America. See S 0545.
2330 BBC: Feature. See S 1401 .
2332 Radio Moscow (World Service): Audio Book
Club. See S 0332.

0108 Radio Canada lnl'I: Listeners' Comer. See S

0300.
01 09 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
0111 Radio Moscow (World Service): Mailbag. See
s 0611 .
0112 Deutsche Welle: Letter from Berlin/Bonn. The
tale of two cities as seen by Deutsche Welle
correspondents.
0116 Deutsche Welle: Religion And Society. See S
0409.
0126 Deutsche Welle: tnl ernatlonal Talking Point
See S 1513.
0132 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.

Gisele Deraspe and Wojtek Gwiazda host

tire fre11cl1 and English versions of
ln11ovation Canada on Radio Canada
!ntemational.
0145

0209
0209

Monday
June 5 , 12 , 19, 2 6
0008
0011
0030
0030
0032
0101

Radio Canada lnl'I: Listeners' Comer. See S

0300.
Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011.
BBC: In Praise of God. A half-hour program
of worship.
Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. See S
0730.
Radio Moscow (World Service) : Jazz Show. A
Jazz music program.
BBC: Opera of the Week. An in1roduc1ion to
opera, with excerpts from several operas.

BBC: Newsdesk
Kol Israel: News
KVOH : UPI Radio News
KYO I: News [MF)
Radio Australia: International Report
Radio Beijing: News
Radio Canada lnt'I: News [S-M)
Radio Moscow: News
Spanish National Radio: News
Voice of America: News
WCSN : News [T-F]
Radio Beijing: News About China
KVOH: UPI Headline News
Radio Kiev: News
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief
0030 Radio Netherlands: News [T-S)
0030 Voice of America (Special English):
News

0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0010
0030
0030
0030

MONITORING T IMES

0211

0215
0230
0234
0245

BBC: The Baroque Concerto. A look al 1he

development of the concerto during the earty
18th century.
BBC: Brilfsh Press Review. See S 0209.
Deutsche Welle: Morning Magazine. A
magazine program wilh background Information on maJor world events.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
A look al the present-day Issues and events
in 1he Soviet Union.
BBC: Andy Kershaws World of Music. Exotic
and Innovative music from the world over.
BBC: Science In Action. The la1es1 In
scientific developments.
Deutsche Welle: Science And Technology.
New scientific and 1echnologlca1 developments.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Your Top
Tune. A quiz show featuring popular music.

0030 WCSN: News [T-F]

0045 Radio Berlin lnt'J: News
0051 Spanish National Radio: News
Summary [SJ
0100 BBC: News Summary
0100 Deutsche Welle: World News
0100 Kol Israel: News
0100 KVOH : UPI Radio News [T-A)
0100 KYOI: News (M-F]
0100 Radio Australta: World and Australian
News
0100 Radio Berlin lnt'l: News
0100 Radio Canada lnt'J: News [S-M]
0100 Radio Japan: News [M-A]
0100 Radio Moscow: News
0100 Radio Prague: News
0100 Radiotelev1sione ltaliana: News
0100 Spanish National Radio: News
0100 Voice of America: News
0100 WCSN: News [T-F)
0130 KVOH: UPI Headline News [T-A]

lun e 1989

57

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0304
0309
0311
0312
03 15
0316
0326
0330
0330
0332
0404
0409
041 1
0430
0432
0434
0437
0445
0509
0509
0511
0512
0516
0526
0530
0540
0545

0545
0609

Radio Canada lnt'I: L'attitude. No details

available at press time.
Deutsc11e Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
Radio Moscow (World Service) : Top Priority.
A discussion and analysis program.
Deutsche Welle: Letter from Berlin/ Bonn. See
M 011 2.
BBC: Good Books. A recommendation of a
book to read.
Deutsche Welle: Religion Md Society. See S
0409.
Deutsche Welle: International Talking Point.
See S 1513.
BBC: Anything Goes. See S 1430.
Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. See S
0730.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Russian by
Radio. See S 0232.
Radio Canada lnt'I: Coast to Coast. Issues
and opinions affecting Canadians.
Deutsche Welle: Morning Magazine. See M
0209.
Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011.
BBC: Five Stories By Muriel Spark Five tales
by the author Muriel Spark.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. Reports and
background to the news from correspondents.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
BBC: Nature Now. Information about fl ora,
fauna. and natural resources.
BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
Deulscl1e Welle: Commentary. See S 0 109.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211.
Deutsche Welle: Letter from Berlin/Bonn. See
M 011 2.
Deutsche Welle: Religion Md Society. See S
0409.
Deutsche Welle: International Talking Point.
See S 1513.
BBC: Waveguide. See S 0750.
BBC: Words of Fallh. See S 0540.
BBC: Recording of the week. A personal
choice from the latest classical music
releases.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Your Top
Tune. See M 0245.
Deutsche Welle: Morning Magazine. See M
0209.

news guide cont 'd from p.57

0130 Radio M oscow (World Service) : News
in Brief fS-M]
01 30 WCSN: N ews [T-F]
0149 Radio Veritas Asia: World N ews [ M-F]
01 50 HC JB: News [T-Al
0151 Spanish Natio nal f'ladio: News
Summary [SJ
0152 Radio Veritas Asia: World News [A)
0153 Radio Prague: N ews Wrap-Up
0155 HCJB: New s fS)
0200 BBC : World N'ews
0200 Deut sche W elle: W orld N ew s
0200 HCJB: New s [M ]
0200 KVOH : UPI Rad io News (T-A)
0200 KYOI: News (M-F]
0200 Radio Australta: Intern ational Repo 11
0200 Radio Berlin Intl News
0200 Radio Canada Intl As It Happens [TAJ
0200 Radio M oscow: N ew s

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0611 Radio Moscow (Worl d Service): Science and

Engineering. See S 0111.
0630 BBC: Feature. See S 1401 .
0632 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
0634 Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See M 0434.
0709 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
0711 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011.
0730 BBC : Feature. See S 1615.
0732 Radio Moscow (World Service): Yours for t11e
Asking. Music as requested by listeners.
0737 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
0752 Radio Netherlands: The Research File. A
science and technology review, covering the
latest discoveries and developments.
11 09 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. A current
affairs program with worldwide reports and a
German press review.
1111 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
1115 BBC: Tect1 Talk. What's new In the world of
engineering.
1130 BBC: The Ken Bruce Show. See S 0230.
1132 Radio Moscow (World Service): Request
Program. Programs featured include "Music at
Your Request and "Listeners' Request Club".
1134 Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. Musical requests
and greetings to friends.
11 37 Radio Netherlands : Newsline. See S 0037.
1152 Radio Nett1er1ands: The Research File. See M
0752.
1211 Radio Moscow (World Service) : Top Priority.
See M 0311.

121 5 BBC: Brain of Britain. THE general-knowledge

quiz show of all time, a must listen.
1230 Radio Canada lnl'I: North Country. Sports.
weather, and the stock market report.
1232 Radio Moscow (World Service): Audio Book
Club. See S 0332.
1234 Radio Canada lnl'I: Innovation Canada. See
s 0108.
124 5 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 1330.
1308 Radio Canada lnt'I : Current Affairs. ln-dept11
news programming.
1309 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
1311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211.
1330 BBC: Feature. See S 1615.
1345 Radio Moscow (World Service): Your Top
Tune. See M 0245.
1405 BBC: Oullook. AA excellent magazine (1.e..
covering everything !) program.
141 1 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
1432 Radio Moscow (World Service): Folk Box.
See S 0732.
1437 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1445 BBC: Reading. See S 02 15.
1452 Radio Netherlands: The Research File. Sec M
0752.
1509 Deutsche Welle: Newsllne Cologne. See M
1109.
1511 Radio Moscow (World Service) : Science and
Engineering. See S 0111.
1515 BBC : Opera or the Week. See M 0101.
1532 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.

Program pn:sen1e1~- al Radio

Fin lan d nre (from left) Ann
Albrecht, f'.'ddy I lmvki11s, n11d Joe
Brady

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0230
0230
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Rad io RSA: New s

Sw iss Radio Int'!: N ews
Voice of America: News
Voice o f Free C hina: News and
Cornrnen tary
WCS N: News [T-F]
Radio Cairo: News
KVOH: UPI Headlin e News [T-A~
Ra dio Finland: No rthern Report
-A)
Ra dio M oscow (World Service): ew s
in Brief [SJ
Radio Portugal: News (T-A)
W CSN: News (T-F)
Radio Berlin Intl N ews
BBC: World New s
Deut sche Welle: World News
HCJB: News (T-A]
KVOH: UPI Radio News [T-AJ
KYOI : News (M -F]
Radio Australta: World and Au stralian
News
Rad io Beijin g: News

M ONITO RINCI T LMES

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0400

Radio Berlin ln t'I: News

Radio Canada lnt'I: News (M-F]
Radio for Peace lnt'I: News [T. A]
Radio Japan: News [M-A]
Radio M oscow : News
Radio Prague: News
Voice of America: News
Voice of Free China: News and
Commentary
WCSN: N ew s [T-F]
BBC: News About Britain
Rad io Beijin g: News About China
Rad io Cairo : News
KVOH: UPI Headline News [T-A)
Radio Moscow (Wo rld Service): News
in Brief [S-M )
Radio Netherlands: News (T-S)
WCSN: News [T-F)
Radiotelevisione ltaliana: New s
Radio Prague: News Wrap-Up
BBC: N ewsdesk
Deutsche Welle: World News

.
progran1 -..
I

1534 Deulsc11e Welle: Weekend Sport A review or

the ma1or sporting events or the weekend.
1538 Deutsche Welle: Monday Special. An Interview
or report on an event or development with
special relevance for Alrica.
1609 Deutsct1e Welle: Newstine Cotogne. See M
1109.
1611 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 02 11.
1615 BBC: Five Stories By Muriel Spark. See M
0430.
1630 BBC: Tech Talk. See M 111 5.
1634 Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. Corresponclents' reports, Interviews, and back
ground news from lhe AslaPacllic region.
1637 Radio Nelllerlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
1645 BBC: The World Today. News analysis on a
selected tocallon or event In the news.
1645 Radio Moscow (World Service): Your Top
Tune. See M 0245.
1652 Radio Netherlands: The Research File. See M
0752.
2308 Radio Canada lnl'I: Current Allairs. See M
1308.
2309 BBC: Commentary. Background lo the news
from a wide range of speciattsls.
23 11 Racllo Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 021 1.
23 15 BBC: Feature. Programming on various
subjects.
2330 BBC: Mullttrack 1: Top 20. What's hot on the
British pop music charts.
2345 Radio Moscow (World Service) : Your Top
Tune See M 0245.

Tue sday
June 6, 13, 20, 2 7
0011
0030
0032
0037
0052
0101
0111

0125

Radio Moscow (World Service): News and

Views. See S 0011.
BOC: Megamix. A compendium of music,
sport. fashion. heallh, travel, news and views
for young people.
Ractlo Moscow (World Service): Yours for 111e
Asking See M 0732.
Radio Nelherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Tt1e Research Fiie. See M
0752.
BBC: Oullook. See M 1405.
Radio Moscow (World Service) : Focus on
Asta and the Pac1f1c. News and comments on
events In the region.
BBC: Financial News. News of commodity
prices and significant moves In currency and
stock markets.

0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0410
0425
0430
0430
0430
0430
0445

HCJB: News [M -A]

Kol Israel: News
KYOI: News (MF)
nadio Australia: International Report
Radio B eijing: News
Radio Berlin Intl News
Radio Ca nada Intl News (M F)
Radio Havana Cuba: International
News
Radio Moscow: News
Radio RSA: News
Swiss Radio Intl N ews
Voice o f America: News
WCSN : News (M -F]
Radio Beijing: N ews About China
Radiotelevisio ne ltaliana: News
l~adio Havana Cuba: N ews Updat e
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in B1ief
Radio Netherlands: N ews (M -A )
WCSN: News [T-F]
Radio Berlin lnt 'I: News

Wa11-e11 Mou/1011 of R adio A ustmlia's

English Se1vice
0130 BBC: ShOrt Story. Brief 1ates wrillen by BBC
listeners.
0145 BBC: Europe's World. A magazine program
reflecting ltfe in Europe and its links with
other parts or the world.
0145 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. A musical feature program.
0209 BBC: British Press Review. See S 0209.
0211 Radio Moscow (World Service) : Inside Report
See M 0211.
0215 BBC: Network UK. A look at the Issues and
events that affect the lives of people
throughout the UK.
0230 BBC: Sports International. Feature program
on a topic or person making sports
headlines.
0245 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
0308 Radio Canada lnl'I: Current Alfalrs. See M
1308.
0311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Update.
Comments on and in-depth analysis or the
latest developments In the world.

0500 BBC: World N ews

0500 Deutsche Welle: Wortd News
0500 HCJB: News [SM ): Latin American
News [T-A)

0500 KYOI: News (M F J

0500 Radio Australia: World and Australian
0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0515
0530
0530
0545
0550
0551

N ews
Radio Berlin Int'!: News
Radio J apan: News [S-F)
Radio Moscow: N ews
Radio N ew Zealand lnt'I: N ews
Spanish N ation al Radio: News
Voice o f America: News
WCSN: News [MF)
Radio Canada 1nt'I: N ews [M-F)
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief [SJ
WCSN: News [T-F]
Radio Canada 1nt'I: News [M -F)
HCJB: News [T-A l
Spanis h National Aadio: News
Summary [SJ

MONITORING TIM ES

0315 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.

0330 BBC: John Peel. Tracks from newly released
albums and singles from the contemporary
music scene.
0337 Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
0352 Radio Netherlands: The Research File. See M
0752.
0404 Radio Canada tnl'I: Innovation Canada. See
s 0108.
041 1 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
0430 BBC: Feature. See M 2315.
0432 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
0437 Radio Netherlands: Newstine. See S 0037.
0445 BBC: New Ideas. A radio shop window for
new products and Inventions.
0455 BBC: Book Choice. See S 0745.
0509 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
0511 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211.
0530 BBC: Financial News. See T 0125.
0540 BBC: Words of Failh. See S 0540.
0545 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
0545 Radio Moscow (World Service) : Music. See S
0032.
0611 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111.
0630 BBC: Feature. Programming on various
subjects (except June 6th: Voices. a look al
the musical development of some American
singers).
0645 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. See T 0145.
0709 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
0711 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
0730 BBC: Europe's World. See T 0145.
0732 Radio Moscow (World Service): Request
Program. See M 11 32.
0737 Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
0745 BBC: Network UK. See T 0215.
0752 Radio Netherlands: Images. A cullural
magazine. highlighllng film, theatre. opera,
books. and serious music.
11 11 Radio Moscow (World Service) : News and
Views. See S oo 11.
1115 BBC: waveguide. See S 0750.
1125 BBC: Book Choice. See S 0745.
1130 BBC: Megamix. See T 0030.
11 32 Radio Moscow (World Service): Folk Box.
See S 0732.
1137 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1152 Radio Netherlands: Images. See T 0752.
1211 Radio Moscow (World Service): Update. See
T 0311 .
.

0555
0600
0600
0600
0600
0600
0600
0600
0600
0600
0615
0630
0630
0630
0630
0655
0700
0700
0700
0700

HCJB: News [SJ

BBC: Newsdesk
Deutsche Welle: World News
HCJB: News (Ml
KYOI : News [M-r:]
Radio Australia: International Report
Radio Korea: News
Radio Moscow: News
Voice of America: News
WCSN: N ews [M-Fl
Radio Berlin lnt 'I: N ews
Radio Finland : North ern Report [T-A]
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief (SM)
Swiss Radio lnt'I: News
WCSN: N ews ITF)
HCJB: N ews [M -A]
BBC: World News
BAT. Brussels: News (M F)
K YOI: News [MF)
Radio Australia: World and Australian
N ews

}11111'

1989

59

progra1n
1215 BBC: Multitrack 1: Top 20. See M 2330.
1230 Radio Canada lnl'I: North Country. See M
1230.
1234 Radio Canada lnl'I: SWL Digest. See S 0008.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 1330.
1308 Radio Canada lnrt: Current Affairs. See M
1308.
1309 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
1311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211 .
1330 BBC: Network UK. See T 0215.
1345 BBC: Globetrotter's Gulde To Popular Music.
See S 0430.
1345 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
1405 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
1411 Radio Moscow (World Service) : News and
Views. See S 0011 .
1432 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music and
Musicians. Music from world-famous performers and composers.
1437 Radio Netherlands: Newsltne. See S 0037.
1445 BBC: The Baroque Concerto. See M 0145.
1452 Radio Netherlands: Images. See T 0752.
1511 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and the Pac1f1c. See T O111.
1515 BBC: A Jolly Good Show. Dave Lee Travis
presents your record requests and dedications in his own unique way. Including the
Album of the Month.
1545 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. See T 0145.
1611 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 02 11.
16 t 5 BBC: Omnibus. A half-hour program on
prac11cally any topic.
1630 Radio Netherlands: Ncwsllne. See S 0037.
1645 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
1645 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
1652 Radio Netherlands: Images. See T 0752.
2308 Radio Canada lnl'I: Current Affairs. See M
1308.
2309 BBC: Commentary. See M 2309.
2311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211.
2315 BBC: Concert Hall. See S 1515.
2345 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.

Wednesd ay
June 6, 13, 20, 2 7
001 1 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .

n ews gu ide cont'd from p.59

0700 Radio Japan: News [S-F]
0700 Radio Moscow (World Service): News
0700 Voice of Free China: News and
Commentary
0700 WCSN: News (M-F)
0730 Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief
0730 Radio Netherlands: News [M-A]
0730 WCSN: News [T-F]
0745 Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
0800 BBC: World News
0800 KYOI: News [M-F)
0800 Radio Australia: International Report
0800 Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
0800 Radio Finland: Northern Report (T-S)
0800 Radio Korea: News
0800 Radio Moscow (World Service): News
0830 Radio Finland: Northern Report [T-S)
0830 Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief [S-M]

60

Jun e /1)81)

0030 BBC: Omnibus. See T 1615.

0032 Radio Moscow (World Service): Request
Program. See M 1132.
0037 Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
0052 Radio Netherlands: Images. See T 0752.
0101 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
0111 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111 .
0125 BBC: Financial News. See T 0125.
0130 BBC: Help Yourself. A look at Innovations In
helping the disabled .
0145 BBC: Country Style. Uh oh - It's back! British
country music! Hide the children!
0145 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. See T 0145.
0209 BBC: British Press Review. See S 0209.
0211 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside
Report. See M 0211.
0215 BBC: Tech Talk. See M 111 5.
0230 BBC: Bring Your Own Popcorn. Adrian Love
presents music from the movies.
0245 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
0308 Radio Canada lnt'I: Current Affairs. See M
1308.
0311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Update. See
T 0311 .
0315 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
0330 BBC: Discovery. M In-depth look at scientific
mailers.
0337 Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
0352 Radio Netherlands: Images. See T 0752.
0404 Radio Canada lnl'I: SWL Digest. See S 0008.
0411 Radio Moscow (World Service): Nows and
Views. See S 0011.
0430 BBC: Business Matters. A weekly survey of
commercial and financial news.
0432 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
0437 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
0445 BBC: Country Style. See W 01 45.
0509 BBC: Twenty-Four Hotirs. Soe S 0509.
051 1 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211.
0530 BBC: Financial News. See T 01 25.
0540 BBC: Words of Faith. See S 0540.
0545 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
0545 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
0611 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and the Pacific. See T 01 t 1.
0630 BBC: Meridian. The world ol the arts.
Including music, drama. and books.
0645 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. See T 0145.
0709 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.

0830
0830
0900
0900
0900
0900
0900
0900
0900
0930
0930
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000

Radio Netherlands: News (M-A)

Swiss Radio lnt'I: News
BBC: World News
BAT, Brussels: NewsJMF]
Deutsche Welle: Worf News
KYOI: News {M-F]
Radio Australia: World and Australian
News
Radio Japan: News fS-F)
Radio Moscow (Wo rfd Service): News
Radio Canada lnt'I: News [M-F]
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief [SJ
BBC: News Summary
Kol Israel: News
KYOI: News {M-F)
Radio Australia: International Report
Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
Radio New Zealand lnt'I: News [M-F)
Swiss Radio Intl News
Voice of America: News

MONITORING T IMES

Hadden
B1ia11 Jladde11 of Radio Australia's E11glisli
Se1vice
0711
0730
0732
0737
0752

1111
111 5
1130
1132
11 52
1211
1215
1225
1230
1234
1245

Radio Moscow (World Service): News and

Views. See S 0011 .
BBC: Development '69. Aid and development
Issues.
Radio Moscow (World Service) : Folk Box.
See S 0732.
Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Professions. A series on
livelihoods Is tentatively scheduled for this
broadcast.
Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
BBC: Country Style. See W Ot45.
BBC: Meridian. See w 0630.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Music and
Musicians. See T 1432.
Radio Netherlands: Professions. See w 0752.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Update. See
T 0311.
BBC: They Made Our World. Great scientists.
inventors, and other pioneers who shaped
the modern world.
BBC: The Farming World. Issues in
agricullure.
Radio Canada lnl'I: North Country. See M
1230.
Radio Canada lnl'I : L'al111ude. Sec M 0304.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 1330.

1030 KYOI: News [T-F]

1030 Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief (S-M]
1030 Radio Netherlands: News fM-A)
1030 Voice of America (Special E:nglish):
News fS)
11 00 BBC: World News
11 00 Deutsche Welle: World News
1100 KYOI: News (M -F]
11 00 Radio Australia: World and Australian
News
11 00 Radio Beijing: News
1100 Radio Berlin Intl News
1100 Radio Finland: Northern Report (T-F)
11 00 Radio Japan: News (S-F)
1100 Radio Korea: News
1100 Radio Moscow (World Service): News
1100 Radio New Zealand lnt'I: News
11 00 Radio RSA: News
11 00 Swiss Radio lnt'I: News
11 00 Voice of America: News
1109 BBC: News About Britain

progran1
1308 Radio Canada lnl'I: Current Alfalrs. See M
1308.
1309 BBC: Twenty.Four Hours. See S 0509.
1311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Repor1.
See M 0211 .
1330 BBC: Development '89. See W 0730.
1345 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
1405 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
1411 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011.
1432 Radio Moscow (World Service): Jazz Show.
See M 0032.
1437 Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
1445 BBC: Business Mailers. See W 0430.
1452 Radio Nelherlands: Professions. See w 0752.
1511 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111.
1515 BBC: Feature. See M 2315.
1530 BBC: Flying The Flag. lnlrigue and comedy
in a fictional communisl nation (except May
31st: Two Cheers for May, a satirical look
back at the month just pasl).
1545 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. See T 0145.
1611 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211.
1615 BBC: Fealure (excepl June 7th: Voices). See
T 0630.
1637 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1645 BBC: The Worl d Today. See M 1645.
1645 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
1652 Radio Netherlands: Professions. See w 0752.
2308 Radio Canada lnl'I: Currenl Alfalrs. See M
1308.
2309 BBC: Commentary. See M 2309.
2311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211 .
2315 BBC: Good BookS. See M 0315.
2330 BBC: Multltrack 2. Mitchell Johnson pre sents
pop music and news.
2345 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.

0052 Radio Netherlands: Professions. See W 0752.

0101 BBC: Oullook. See M 1405.
0111 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111 .
0125 BBC: Financial News. See T 0125.
0130 BBC: waveguide. See S 0750.
0140 BBC: Book Choice. See S 0745.
0145 BBC: Society Today. A weekly look at lhe
changes in Brilain.
0145 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. See T 0145.
0209 BBC: Brillsh Press Review. See S 0209.
0211 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211.
0215 BBC: Nelwork UK. See T 0215.
0230 BBC: Assignment. A weekly examlnalion of a
topical Issue.
0245 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
0308 Radio Canada Inn: Current Alfairs. See M
1308.
0311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Update. See
T 0311 .
0315 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
0330 BBC: Brain Of Britain. See M 1215.
0337 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
0352 Radio Nelherlands: Professions. See W 0752.
0404 Radio Canada lnl'I: L'atlltude. See M 0304.
0411 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
0430 BBC: Society Today. See H 0145.
0432 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
0437 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. Soe S 0037.
0445 BBC: Andy Kershaws World of Music . See M
0215.
0509 BBC: Twenl yFour Hours. See S 0509.
0511 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211 .
0530 BBC: Financial News. See T 0125.
0540 BBC: Words of Failh. See S 0540.

0545 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.

0545 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
0611 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111 .
0630 BBC: They Made Our World. See W 1215.
0640 BBC: The Farming World. See w 1225.
0645 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. See T 0145.
0709 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
0711 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
0730 BBC: Medlawalch. A look al Ille new
technology behind and significance of
communicallons.
0732 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music and
Musicians. See T 1432.
0737 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
0745 BBC: Nel work UK. See T 0215.
0752 Radio Netherlands: Media Network. A weekly
survey of communlcalions developmenls
around the globe.
1111 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
1115 BBC: New Ideas. See T 0445.
1125 BBC: Book Choice. See S 0745.
1130 BBC: Drama. A dramalizallon of a play or
book excerpt.
1132 Radio Moscow (World Service): Jazz Show.
See M 0032.
1137 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1152 Radio Nelherlands: Media Network. See H
0752.
1211 Radio Moscow (World Service) : Updale. Sec
T 0311.
1215 BBC: Multilrack 2. See W 1630.
1230 Radio Canada lnl'I: North Country. See M
1230.
1234 Radio Canada lnl'I: Spollighl On Science.
The lalesl developments in science and
technology.

Thursday

Radio Sweden English

Se1vice presenters (from leji ):
A lan P1yke, Bill Sclrilfet; and
Azmiah Kipos

June 6, 13, 20, 27

00 11

Radio Moscow (World Service): News and

Vie.vs. See S 0011.
0030 BBC: Flying The Flag (except J une 1st: Two
Cheers for May). See W 1530.
0032 Radio Moscow (World Service): Folk Box. See
s 0732.
0037 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. Sec S 0037.

1110 Radio Beijing: News About China

11 30 KYOI: News [T-F]
11 30 Radio Moscow (World Service): News
1130
11 30
1152
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1210
1215
1230
1230

in Brief
Radio Netherlands: News [M-A]
Voice of America (Special l:nglish) :
News [M-F]
Radio liSA: News in Brief
BBC: News Summary [SJ: Newsreel
[M-A)
l<YOI: News (M-FJ
Radio Australia: International Report
Radio Beijing: News
Radio Canada ln t'I: World Report fM-F]
Radio Finland: Northern Report IT-"F]
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
Swiss Radio lnt'I: News
Voice of America: News
Radio Beijing: News About China
Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
BRT, Brussels: News [M-S]
KYOI: News (T-F]

1230 Radio Berlin lnt'I: News

1230 Radio Moscow (World Service): News

in Brief [SM]
1300 BBC: World News
1300 KYOI: News (M-F]
1300 Radio Australia: World and Australian

News
1300 Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
1300 Radio Canada lnt'I (Asia/Pacific): News

fS-FJ
liad10 Canada lnt'I: News [SJ
Radio Finland: Northern Report (T-A]
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
Radio RSA: News
Voice of America: News
HCJB: News [M -F]
KYOI: News (T-F]
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief [Sl
1330 Swiss Radio lnt'I: News
1330 Voice of America (Special English):
News
1300
1300
1300
1300
1300
1325
1330
1330

MON ITORING Tli\ 1ES

1345 Radio Berlin lnt'I: News

1352 Radio RSA: News in Brief
1400 BBC: News Summary [A-SJ: World
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1405
1410
1425
1430
1430
1445
1500
1500

News [M-F]
KYOI: News (M -FJ
Radio Australia: International Report
Radio Beijing: News
Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
Radio Japan: News (S-F)
Radio Korea: News
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
Radio RSA: News
Voice of America: News
Radio Finland: Northern Report (T-A]
Radio Beijing: News About China
HCJB: News [M-F]
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief
Radio Netherlands: News [M-A]
Radio Canada lnt'I: News
BBC: Newsreel
Deutsche Welle: World News

Jun e 1989

61

progran1
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 1JJO.
1JOB Radio Canada lnl'I: Current Affairs. See M
1306.
1309 BBC: TwentyFour Hours. See S 0509.
1311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211 .
1330 BBC: Network UK. See T 0215.
1345 BBC: Folk In Brllaln (June 1st, 15th, 29th) or
Jazz Scene UK (June Bth, 22nd). A look at
folk or Jazz music on the Brlllsh Isles.
1345 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
1405 BBC: Oullook. See M 1405.
1411 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
1432 Radio Moscow (World Service): Yours for the
Asking. See M 0732.
1437 Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
1445 BBC: Medlawatch. See H 0730.
1452 Radio Netherlands: Media Network. See H
0752.
1511 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111.
1515 BBC: The Pleasure's Yours. Gordon Clyde
presenls classical music requests.
1530 WANO: World of Radio. Glenn Hauser's
comprehensive communlcallons magazine.
1545 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
_... Program. See T 0145.

___

1611
1615
1637
1645
1645
1652
2300
2306
2309
2311
2315
2345

Friday
June 6, 13, 20, 27
0011
0030

0032
0037
0052
0101
0111
0125
0130

0145
0145
0209
0211
0215

Judy Massa, the music director at the Voice

of A111e1i ca, talks to co111wy music star
Chm1ie Daniels.

news guide cont'd from p.6 1

1500 KYOI: News (M-F]
1500 Radio Au stralia: World and Australian
News
1500 Radio Beijing: News
1500 Radio Japan: News [S-F]
1500 Radio Moscow (World Service): News
1500 Radio RSA: News
1500 Voice of America: News
1510 Radio Beijing: News About China
1525 HCJB: News fM-F]
1527 Radio Veritas Asia: World News (M-A]
1530 BRT, Brussels: News [M-S]
1530 Deutsche Welle: African News [M-F]
1530 Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief [S-M]
1530 Swiss Radio lnt'f: News
1545 Radio Berlin lnt'f: News
1552 Radio RSA: News in Brief
1600 BBC: World News
1600 Deutsche Welle: World News
62

June 1989

Radio Moscow (World Service) : Inside Report.

See M 0211 .
BBC: Assignment See H 0230.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline See S 0037.
BBC: The world Today. See M 1645.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
Radio Nelherlands: Media Network. See H
0752.
WANO: World of Radio. See H 1530.
Radio Canada lnt'I: Current Affairs. See M
1306.
BBC: Commentary. See M 2309.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211 .
BBC: Music Review. Classical music events
and developments from around the world.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.

0230
0245
031 1
0315

1600
1600
1600
1600
1600
1600
1609
1615
1625
1630
1630
1630
1630
1700
1700
1700
1700
1700
1700

Radio Moscow (World Service): News and

Views. See S 001 1.
BBC: Talking About Music. A series of
exploratory talkS of a wide range of music
and musical typos.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Music and
Musicians. See T 1432.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Media Nelwork. See H
0752.
BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and lhe Pacific. See T 0111.
BBC: Financial News. See T 0125.
BBC: Folk In Brllaln (Juno 2nd. 16th. JOlh)
or Jazz Scene UK (June 9th, 23rd). See H
1345.
BBC: Talking From.. . Profiles from Northern
Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. See T 0145.
BBC: British Press Review. See S 0209.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 02 11 .
BBC: Seven Seas. A weekly program about
ships and lhe sea.
BBC: Drama. See H 11 30.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Update. See
T 0311 .
BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.

Rad io Australia: International Report

Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
Radio Korea: News
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
Voice of America: News
WCSN: News [M-Fl
BBC: News About 'Britain
Radio Canada lnt'I: News
HCJB: News (M-F]
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief [Sl
Radio Netherlands: News fM-A]
Voice of America (Special E::nglish):
News
WCSN: News (M-F]
BBC: World News
Kol Israel: News
Radio Australia: World and Australian
News
Radio Japan: News fSF)
Radio Moscow (Worfd Sc1vice): News
Voice of America: News

MONlTO RI NG T IMES

0330

0337
0352
0411
0430
0432
0437
0445
0509
0511
0530
0540
0545
0545
0611
0630
0645
0709
0711
0730
0732
0737
0752
11 11
111 5
11 JO
1132
1137

1200
1211
1215
1245
1309
131 1
1JJO

1700
1715
1730
1730
1730
1730
1730
1730
1800
1800
1800
1800
1800
1800
1800
1800
1800
1800
1803
1830
1830

BBC: Focus on Fallh. Comment and

discussion on the major Issues In the worlds
of fallh.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Media Network. See H
0752.
Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011.
BBC: Short Story. See T 01JO.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
Radio Netherlands: Newstlne. See S 0037.
BBC: Folk in Brllaln (June 2nd, 16th, 30th) or
Jazz Scene UK (June 9th, 23rd). See H 1345.
BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211 .
BBC: Flnancial News. See T 0125.
BBC: Words of Fallh. See S 0540.
BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and the Pacific. See T 01 11.
BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. See T 0145.
BBC: TwentyFour Hours. See S 0509.
Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011.
BBC: Feature. Programming on various
subjects.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Jazz Show
Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Rembrandt Express. A
magazine program with a "fresh dimension.
Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
BBC: Taiking From... See F 0145.
BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Yours for the
Asking. See M 0732.
Radio Netherlands: Aslascan. A live magazine
show with interviews willl newsmakers. press
reviews. monthly quizzes and listener opinion.
Radio Canada lnt'I: North Country. See M
1204.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Update. See
T 03 11 .
BBC: Feature. See F 0730.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 1330.
BBC: Twenty Four Hours. See S 0509.
Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211 .
BBC: John Peel. See T 0330.

WCSN: News [M-Fl

Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
BRT. Brussels: News
Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief
Radio New Zealand lnrt: News (S-F]
Swiss Radio Int'!: News
WCSN: News [M-FJ
BBC: Newsdesl<
KYOI: News {M-F]
Radio Australia: International Report
Radio Canada Intl News
Radio Korea: News
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
Radio New Zealand lnt'I: News
Radio RSA: News
Voice of America: News
WCSN: News [M-F]
Radio Jamahiriya. Libya: Headlines
Radio Canada lnt 'I: News [M-F]
Radio Finland: Nort hern Report [MF]

pro1raD1
1330 Radio Canada lnt'I : North Country. See M
1204.
1345 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
1405 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
1411 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 001 1.
1432 Radio Moscow (World Service): Request
Program. See M 1132.
1437 Radio Nelherlands: Aslascan. See F 11 37.
1445 BBC: Nature Now. See M 0445.
1511 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and the Pacific. See T 011 1.
1515 BBC: Music Review. See H 2315.
1545 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. See T 0145.
1611 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211 .
1615 BBC: Science In Acllon. See M 0230.
1637 Radio Nelherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
1645 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
1645 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
1652 Radio Netherlands: Airtime Africa. Music,
discussion wllh studio guests, and analysis of
the issues that concern both Europe and
Africa.
1808 Radio Canada lnl'I: Spectrum. See S 2208.
1908 Radio Canada lnl'I: Speclrum. See S 2208.
1938 Radio Canada lnt'I: Spectrum. See S 2208.
2138 Radio Canada tnl'I: Spectrum. Seo S 2208.
2208 Radio Canada lnl'I (Asia): Spotlight on
Science. See S 0138.
2309 BBC: Commentary. See M 2309.
231 1 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211 .
23 t 5 BBC: From The Weeklies. A review of the
Brilish weekly press.
2330 BBC: Mullllrack 3. Sarah Ward presents
innovalive and altem alive rock m usic.
2345 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. Seo S
0032.

Saturday
June 6, 13, 20, 27
00 11

Radio Moscow (World Service): News and

Views. See S 0011.
BBC: Personal View. Opinion on topical
Issues in Brllish life.
0032 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
0037 Radio Nelherlands: Newsllne. Seo S 0037.
0045 BBC: Recording of the Week. See M 0545.
0030

1830 Radio Kuwait: News

1830 Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief [A-SJ
1830 Radio Netherlands: News fM-AJ
1830 Radio New Zealand lnt'I: News [M-F)
1830 Swiss Radio lnt'I: News
1830 Voice of America (Special English):
News
1830 WCSN: News [M-F}
1847 Radio Jamahiriya, L1bl'a: News
1852 Radio RSA: News in Brief
1900 BBC: News Summary
1900 Deutsche Welle: World News
1900 HCJB: Latin American News [M-FJ
1900 Kol Israel: News
1900 KYOI: News (M-FJ
1900 Radio Australia: World and Australian
News
1900 Radio Canada lnt'I: News [M-F]
1900 Radio Havana Cuba: International
News
1900 Radio Japan: News

IQ

...Ac:

ft

0052 Radio Netherlands: Rembrandt Express. See

F 0752.
0101 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
0111 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and lhe Pacific. See T 0111.
0125 BBC: Flnanclal News. See T 0125.
0130 BBC: Poetry of the Century. A look at verse
wrltlen during the 20th century.
0145 BBC: Book ChOlce. See s 0745.
0145 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical

0352 Radio Canada lnl'I: Music Spot. See S

0030.
0352 Radio Netherlands: Rembrandt Express. Seo
F 0752.
0404 Radio Canada lnl'I: Spotlight On Science.
See H 1234.
0411 Radio Moscow (Wo rld Service): News and
Views. See S 001 1.
0430 BBC: Here's Humph! All that Jazz with
Humphrey Lyttellon.

Program. See T 0145.

0150 BBC: New Ideas. See T 0445.
0209 BBC: British Press Review. See S 0209.
021 1 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 021 1.
0215 BBC: Network UK See T 0215.
0230 BBC: People and Politics. Background to the
Brlllsh pollllcal scene.
0245 Radio Moscow (World Service): Your Top
Tune. See M 0245.
0300 WRNO: World of Radio. See H 1530.
0308 Radio Canada lnl'I: lnnovallon Canada. See S
0108.
031 1 Radio Moscow (World Service): Updale. See
T 0311.
0315 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
0330 BBC: The Vintage Chart Show. Past top ten
hits with Jimmy Savile.
0330 Radio Canada lnl'I: SWL Digest. See S 0008.
0337 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.

0432 Radio Moscow (World Service): Yours for lhe

Asking. See M 0732.
0437 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
0445 BBC: Personal View. See A 0030.
0509 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
0511 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 021 1.
0530 BBC: Financial News. See T 0125.
0540 BBC: Words of Fallh. See S 0540.
0545 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
0545 Radio Moscow (World Service): Your Top
Tune. See M 0245.
0611 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and lhe Pacific. See T 0111.
0630 BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
0645 Radio Moscow (World Service): Musical
Program. See T 0145.
0709 BBC: TwentyFour Hours. See S 0509.
0711 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .

1900
1900
1900
1900
1900
1900
1915
1930
1930
1930
1935
1945
1950
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000

Radio Moscow (World Service): News

Radio New Zealand lnt'I: News
Radio RSA: News
Spanish National Radio: News
Voice of America: News
WCSN: News [M-Fl
Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
Radio Havana Cuba: News Update
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief fS)
WCSN: News [M-Fl
Radiotelevisione ltafiana: News
Radio Berlin lnl'I: News
HCJB: News fM-F]
BBC: World News
KYOI: News [S-F]
Radio Australia: International Report
Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
Radio Jordan: News
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
Radio New Zealand lnt'I: News
Radio RSA: News

MONITORING T l1\IES

2000
2000
2025
2030
2030
2030
2030
2030
2052
21 00
2100
2100
2100
2100
21 00
2100
2100
21 00
2100

Voice of America: News

WCSN: News [M-Fl
Radiotelevisione ltafiana: News
KYOI: News [M-H ]
Radio Korea: News
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief
Radio Netherlands: News (M-A)
WCSN: News [M-F)
Radio RSA: News in Brief
BBC: News Summary
BAT. Brussels: News
Deutsche Welle: World News
KVOH: UPI Radio News
KYOI: News (S-Fl
Radio Australia: World and Australian
News
Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
Radio Canada lnt'I: News [A-SJ: The
World At Six (M-F)
Radio Finland: Northern Report [M-FJ
Radio Japan: News

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63

progra1n
0730 BBC: From Tile Weeklies. See F 2 31 5.
0732 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
00 32.
0737 Radio Netherlands : Newsline. See S 0037.
0745 BBC: Network UK. See T 0 215.
0752 Radio Netherlands: Over To You. See S
0052.
1111 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. See S 0011 .
1 115 BBC: Poetry of the Century. See A 0130.
1 130 BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
1132 Radio Moscow (World Service): Request
Program. See M 11 32.
11 37 Radio Netherlands: Newstine. See S 0037.
1 152 Radio Netherlands: Over To You. See S
0052.
121 1 Radio Moscow (World Service): Update. Sec
T 0311.
12 15 BBC: Mutlitrack 3. See F 2330.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 1330.
1300 Radio Canada lnt't: Canadian Journal. A
magazine program on Canadian Ille.
1309 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0 509.

T/11.: swjf at Uodio RSA .

2130
2130
2200
2200
2200
2200
2200
2200

Radio Moscow (World Service): News

Spanish National Radio: News
Swiss Radio lnt'I: News
Voice of America: News
WCSN: News [M-F)
Kol Israel: News
KVOH: UPI Headline News
KYOI: News (M-H/
Radio Canada In t' (Africa): News
RG I: As It Happens [M-FJ
Radio M oscow (World Service): News
in Brief [A-SJ
Swiss Radio lnt'I: News
WCSN: News [M-F)
BBC: Newshour
KVOH: UPI Radio News
KYOI: News [S-H)
Radio Australia: International Report
Ra dio Berlin lnt'I: News
Radio Canada lnt'I (Asia/Pacific): News

J1111c 1989

1311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.

See M 0211.
1330 BBC: Network UK. See T 0215.
1345 BBC: Sportsworld. Paddy Feeny presents
almost three hours or live sports.
1345 Radio Moscow (World Service): Your Top
Tune. See M 0245.
1401 BBC: Sportsworld (continued). See A 1345.
1411 Radio Moscow (World Service): News and
Views. Sec S 0011 .
1432 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.
1437 Radio Netl1ertands: Newstlne. See S 0037.
1452 Radio Netherlands: OVer To You. See S
0052.
1511 Radio Moscow (World Service): Focus on
Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111.
1515 BBC: Sportsworld (continued). See A 1345.
1545 Radio Moscow (World Service) : Musical
Program. See T 0145.
1611 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 0211 .

Despite the govem111c111 's oppressive apr111heid

news guide cont'd from p.63

2100
2100
2100
2100
2100
2130
2 130
2130
2130
2130
2130

c...

~yste111 ,

the station pmd11ces many excel/em pmgmms.

2200 Radio Canada lnt'I: News [AS): The

2200
2200
2200
2200
2200
2230
2230
2230
2230
2230
2230
2245
2300
2300
2300
2300
2300

World At Six [M-F)

Radio Moscow: News
Radiotelevisione ltaliana: News
Voice of America: News
Voice of Free China: News and
Commenta1y
WCSN: News [M-FJ
KVOH: UPI Headline News
KYOI: News [M-Hl
Radio Moscow (World Service): News
in Brief [A-SJ
Radio Polonia: News
Voice of America (Special Eng): News
WCSN : News [M Fl
Radio Berlin lnt'I: News
BBC: World News
Kol Israel: News
KVOH: UPI Radio News
KYO I: News !S-H)
Radio Australia: World and Australian
News

'.\10N ITO R l1'\(1 T l1'1F.S

16 15 BBC: Sportsworld (continued). See A 1345.

1637 Radio Nct11erlands: News11ne. See S 0037.
16 45 Radio Moscow (World Service): Your Top
Tune. See M 0245
1652 Radio Net11er1ands: Over To You. See S
0052.
2308 Radio Canada lnl'I: Innovation Canada. See
s 0108.
2309 BBC: Book Cl101cc. See S 0745.
2311 Radio Moscow (World Service): Inside Report.
See M 021 1.
23 15 BBC: A Jolly Good Show. See T 1515.
2330 WANO: World of Radio. Sec H 1530.
2338 Radio Canada lnl't: Coast To Coast. See M
0 104.
2345 Radio Moscow (World Service): Music. See S
0032.

2300
2300
2300
2300
2300
2300
2300
2300
2300
2330
2330
2330
2330
2330
2330
2330
2330
2330
2335

Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio

Berlin Intl News

Canada Intl News
for Peace lnt'I: News [F]
Japan: News [S-F)
Moscow: News
New Zealand lnt'I: News
Voice of America: News
Voice of Turkey: News
WCSN : News [M-FJ
BRT, Brussels: News
KVOH: UPI Headline News
KYOI: News [M-H/
Radio Canada Int' : As It Happens [MF]: News rAJ
Radio for Peace Inn News [M)
Radio Korea: News
Radio Moscow (World Service) : News
in Brief [M)
Radio New Zealand Intl News [S-H)
WCSN: News [M-F]
Voic e of Greece: News [SJ

[frequency

MT Monitoring Team
Greg Jordan,
Frequency Manager
1855-1 Franciscan Terrace
Winston-Salem, NC 27127

Joe Hanlon, PA
Bill Brinkley, CA
Pete Wahlquist, CA
Richard A. Keen, CO

I0000 UTC

[8:00 PM EDT /5:00 PM PDT]

00000015
00000030

Voice of Kampuchea, Phnom-Penh

BBC, London, England

0000-0030
0000-0030
0000-0030
0000-0030
0000-0030
0000-0045
0000-0045
0000-0050
0000-0055
0000-0100

Kol Israel, Jerusalem

Radio Berlin lnl'I, East Germany
Radio Canada lnl'I, Monlreal
Radio Korea (South), Seoul
Radio Norway lnl'I. Oslo
Radio Yugoslavia, Belgrade
WINB. Rod Lion, Pennsylvania
Radio Pyongyang. North Korea
Radio Beijing, PR China
All India Radio, New Delhi

0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0 100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000 100
00000100

9693
5975
9590
15260
11 605
6080
5960
15575
9620
5980
15145
15115

11938
6005 6175 7325
9915 11955 12095
15360 17875
15615 15640
11890
9755
11845
9620 11 735

15160
11715 15540
6055 7215 9535 99t0
11715 11745 15110
CBC Northern Quebec Service
6195 9625
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
CBU, Vancouver. British Colombia
6160
CFCF. Montreal. Quebec
6005
CFCN. Calgary, Alberta
6030
6130
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
9850 11980 13760
Chrlslian Science World Service
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
CFRB, Toronto. Ontario
6070
FEBC, Manila, Philippines
15445
(US) Far East Nelwork. Tokyo
3910
15125
KSDA. Guam
17775
KVOH, RanchO Simi, California
KYOI, Salpan
15405
15140 15160 15240 15320
Radio Australia, Melbourne
17750 17795 21740

9no

LEGEND
The first lour digits of an entry are the broadcast start hme In UTC.
The second four digits represent the end time.
In the space between the end time and the stalion name is the broadcast
schedule.
S= Sunday
H =Thursday

M = Monday
F=Frlday

T =Tuesday
A=Saturday

W =Wednesday

If there Is no entry. the broadcasts are heard dally. If, for example, there Is an
entry of 'M," the broadcast would be heard only on Mondays. AA entry of "M,W,F"
would mean Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only. 'M-F" would mean
Mondays through Fridays. "TEN" Indicates a tentative schedule and ' TES" a test
transmission.

[ML) aft er a frequency Indicates a mullHlngual transmission containing

English-language programs.
Ttie last entry on a tine Is the frequency. Codes here Include sss which
indicates a Single Sideband transmission, and v for a frequency that varies.
[ML) after a frequency Indicates a multi-lingual transmission containing
English-language programs.
v after a frequency indicates that It varies
Notations of USB and LSB (upper and lower sideband transmissions) usually
refer only to the Individual frequency after which they appear.
Listings followed by an asterisk (*) are for English lessons and do not contain
regularly scheduled programming.
We suggest that you begin w ith tho lower frequencies that a station Is
broadcasting on and work your way up the dial. Remember that there Is no
guarantee that a station will be audible on any given day. Receplion conditions
can change rapidly, though, and if ii is not audible one night, ii may well be on
another.

0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100

Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio

Baghdad, Iraq
Luxembourg
Moscow
Moscow N. America Service

0000-0 100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100

Radio New Zealand. Wellington

Radio for Peace, Costa Rica
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
SBC Radio One. Singapore

00000100
Spanish Forei gn Radio, Madrid
00000100 T-S Superpower KUSW, Ulah
00000100
Voice of America, Washinglon

00000100
00000100
00000100
00300045

WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana

WANO, New Orleans, Louisiana
WYFR, Oakland, California
BBC, London, England

00300100

BBC, London, England

0030-0100
00300100

HCJB, Quito, Ecuador

Radio Budapesl. Hungary

0030-0100 T-A Radio Canada lnt'I, Montreal

00300100
Radio Netherlands, Hllversum
0030-0100
SLBC, Colombo, Sri Lanka
00350040
All India Radio, New Deihl
00450100
Radio Korea (South). Seoul
00450100 A Radio New Zealand, Wellington
00480100
WINB. Red Lion. Pennsylvania
0050-0100
Valican Radio. Valican City

0100 UTC

9515
6090
17825
7215
9720
15405
17700
15150
21495
9655
5010

11 775
17850
7310
11735
15425

17890
9605
11 750
17605

21790
9685
12050
17720

17705
21555
11905
5052 11940

9630 15110
15580
5995 6130 9455
9815 11580 11695
15205 17820
7365 9495
7355
5950 15170
6195 7235 9570
15360 17875
5975 6005 6175
9515 9580 9915
11955 12095 15260
9745 11775 15155
6110 9520 9585
11910 15160
5960 9755
6020 6165 15315
6005 9720
3925 4860
15575
15150 17705
15145
6150 9605 11 780

9775
11740

11945
7325
9590
15230
9835

[9:00 PM EDT/6:00 PM PDT]

0100-011 0
0100-0 11 5

Vatican Radio. Vatican City

AH India Radio, New Deihl

01000120
01000130

RAI. Rome. llaly

Kol Israel. Jerusalem

6150 9605 11780

6055 7215 9535
11715 11 745 15110
9575 11800
11605 12077 15615

9910

HOW TO USE
THE PROPAGATION CHARTS
Propagation charts can be an invaluable aid to the DXer in
determining which frequencies are likely to be open at a
given time. To use the propagation charts, choose those
for your location (the are divided into east coast, midwest
and w est coast of North America). Then look for the one
most closely describing the geographic location of the
station you want to hear.
Once you've located the correct charts, look along the
horizontal axis of the graph for the time that you are
listening. The top line of the graph shows the Maximum
Useable Frequency [M UF] and the lower line the Lowest
Useable Frequency [LUF] as indicated on the vertical axis
of the graph.
While there are exceptions to every rule (especially those
regarding shortwave listening), you should find the charts
helpful in determining the b est times to listen for parti cu lar
regions of the world. Good luck!

MONITORING TIMES

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65

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0 100-0130 W,A Radio Budapest. Hungary

6110 9520
11910 15160
0100-0130
Radio Canada lnt'I. Monlreal
9535 9755
11 940
17880
0100-01 30
Radio Japan. Tokyo
0 100-0130
Radio Netherlands, Hltversum
6020 6165
7113v
Laotian National Radio
0 100-0130
0100-0130 S,M WINB. Red Lion, Pennsylvania
15145
0100-0145
Radio Berlin lnl'I, East Germany
11890
0100-0150
Deutsche Welle, West Germany
6040 6085
9735 11 865
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15150 1no5
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9535
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11775 15155
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9535 11930
3205 5055 7210
5965 611 5 9645 11810
13610
0500-0550
Deutsche Welle. Wesl Germany
5960 6130 9670 11705
0500-0600
BBC, London. England
5975 6005 6195 9410
9510 9560 9600 9915
12095 15070 15420 17615
17885
CBC Northern Quebec Service
6195 9625
0500-0600
0500-0600
CBU. Vancouver. British Colombia
6160
0500-0600
CFCF, Monlreal. Quebec
6005
0500-0600
6030
CFCN. Calgary. Alberta
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
05000600
0500-0600
Christian Science World Service
9455 9870 13760
CKWX. Vancouver, British Colom bia 6080
0500-0600
0500-0600
CFRB, Toronto. Ontario
6070
0500-0600
(US) Far East Network, Tol<yo
3910
FEBC, Manila, Philippines
11850
0500-0600
0500-0600
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
6230 9745 11 775
KYOI, Saipan
13760
0500-0600
0500-0600
Radio 5, South Africa
11 880
0500-0600
Radio Australia. Melbourne
15160 15240 15320 17750
17795 21740
0500-0600
Radio for Peace, Cost Rica
13660
0500-0600
Radio Havana Cuba
5965 11 760 11820
0500-0600
Radio Japan. Tol<yo
15195 15270 17765 17810
17825
Radio Kuwait
15345
0500-0600
0500-0600
Radio Moscow. USSR
7310 12050 13665 15230
15280 15350 15425 15560
17570 17600 17655 17690
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
0500-0600
15150 17705
0500-0600
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
9655 11905
0500-0600 S,M Radio Zambia. Lusaka
11880
0500-0600
SBC Radio One. Singapore
5010 5052 11940
0500-0600
9630 15110
Spanish Foreign Radio, Madrid
0500-0600 A. s Superpower KUSW, Utah
6175
0500-0600 s Swaziland Commercial Radio
6 155 9705
0500-0600
Voice of America. Washington
5995 6035 6040 7170
7200 7260 9540 9575
15205
6045
0500-0600
Voice of Kenya. Nairobi
6100
0500-0600 IRR Voice of Nicaragua. Managua

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East Coast To

East Coast To

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0500-0600
WINS, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
WHAi, Noblesville, Indiana
0500-0600
05000600 MA WMLK, Bethel, Pennsylvania
WANO, New Orleans, Louisiana
05000600
WYFR Satellite Net. California
05000600
0510-0520
Radio Botswana. Gaborone
0515-0530 MF Radio Canada lnl'I. Montreat
05150600
05270600
0530-0545

Radio Berlin lnl'I, East Germany

FEBA. Seychelles
BBC, London. England*

0530-0555
05300555

Radio Austria lnl'I. Vienna

Radio Bucharest. Romania

0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0545-0600
054 50600 MF

Radio Tirana. Albania

Trans World Radio. Swaziland
UAE Radio. United Arab Emirates
Radio Berlin lnl'I. East Germany
Radio Canada tnt'I. Montreat

0555-0600
0555-0600

Ghana Broadcasting Corp., Accra

Voice of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur

I0600 UTC

MHz.

50.00

Radio Berlin lnl'I. East Germany

Trans World Radio, Swazlland
Voice of Kenya. Nairobi
Radio Berlin lnl'I. East Germany
Radio Cameroon. Yaounde
Deutsche Welle, West Germany
Ract10 Pyongyang. North Korea
BBC. London. England

9495
11580 13695 15566
17775
4820 72 55
6140 7155 9740
11 840 15225
17775
6140

6050

11840 11940 15340

17720
7210
17775 2 1700
17800 21540 21645
6140 7 155 9740
11840 15225
9750 15295

3366 4915
6165 7235
6185 9645
17620
7113
11910 15160 15240 15395
17715 17750 21740
15240 17880 21540 21645
6070
6045
5965 11810
4650
11765 13790 15185 17875
13650 15160 15160
5975 6005 6 195 7150
9410 9580 9600 9610

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9640 9760
12095
15070 15280
0600-0700
CBC Northern Quebec Service
6195 9625
6160
0600-0700
CBU, Vancouver. British Colombia
0600-0700
CFCF. Montreal. Quebec
6005
0600-0700
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
0600-0700
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
61 30
0600-0700
Chrisllan Science World Service
9455 9840
0600-0700
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
0600-0700
6070
CFRB. Toronto, Ontario
6230 97 45
0600-0700
HCJB, Quito. Ecuador
0600-0700
(US) Far East Network. Tokyo
3910
0600-0700
6215
King of Hope, South Lebanon
0600-0700
KYOI, Salpan
17780
0600-0700
Radio Havana Cuba
11835
06000700
Radio Jordan. Amman
9560
0600-0700
Radio Korea. Seoul. South Korea
6060 7275
0600-0700
15345
Radio Kuwall
0600-0700
Radio Moscow. USSR
7310 11710
12050 13665
15350 15425
17600 17655
06000700
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
15150 17705
06000700 A. s Radio Thailand. Bangkok
9655 11905
0600-0700 IRA Radio Zambia, Lusaka
11880
0600-0700
Radio 5, South Africa
11880
060().0700
SBC Radio One, Singapore
5010 5052
0600-0700 s Superpower KUSW. Utah
6175
0600-0700
Voice of America. Washington
5995 6035
6125 7170
7325 9530
11805 11915
06000700
Voice of Asia, Taiwan
7285
0600-0700
Voice ol Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur
6175 9750
0600-0700
Voice of Nicaragua. Managua
6100
0600-0700
Voice of the Mediterranean
9765
0600-0700
Voice of Nigaria, Lagos
15185
0600-0700
6100 9495
WHAi. Noblesville. Indiana
0600-0700 M-A WMLK. Bethel, Pennsylvania
9455
0600-0700
WYFR. Oakland, California
13760 15566
0600-0700
WYFR Satellite Net. California
5950 6065
17640
0615-0630 MA Vatican Radio, Vatican City
15190 17730
0625-0700
Trans World Radio Monte Carlo
7105

15120 15185

[2:00 AM EDT/ 11 :00 PM PDT]

0600-0615
Radio Ghana. Accra
06000615 M-A Ract10 Zambia. Lusaka
06000620
Vatican Radio. Vatican City
06000630 F FEBA. Mahe. Seychelles
0600-0630
Laotian National Radio
0600-0630
Radio Australia, Melbourne
0600-0630
06000630
0600 -0630
0600-0645
0600-0645
0600-0650
0600-0650
0600-0700

7255
15145
7405
9455
6185
5950
17640
3356
6055
9760
15240
17820
3990
9750
6015
9640
15380
7300
5055
15435
15240
6055
9760
4915
6175

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AWR, Forll. Italy

Radio Australia. MelbOurne

Radio
Radio
Radio
Swiss

06300700
06300700
06300700
06300700

Bucharest. Romania
Rnland, Helsinki
Polonia, Warsaw, Poland
Radio lnl'I, Berne

0630-0700
Trans World Radio. Swaziland
06300700 A.S Voice of Kenya. Nairobi
0645-0700
BBC. London, England
0645-0700
Radio Ghana. Accra
Radio Bucharest, Romania

06450700

0700 UTC

07000710

07000730
07000730
07000730

07000730
0700-0730
07000730
0700-0750
07000800
0700-0800
07000800
0700-0600
07000600
0700-0800
0700-0800
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15160 15240 15320

15425 17715 17750

9560 11755 15270

7270 151 20
6165 9535 12030
17570
6070 7210 9725
7260 11945
11800
15250 15335 17790
21665

[3:00 AM EDT/ 12:00 PM PDT]

Radio Bucharest. Romania

0700-0710
0700-0715
07000730

7125
11910
15395
17795
21600
6120
6135
3965
15430
5055
7270
6150
6130
11705
11940
17805

11625
17790
Radio Sierra Leone, Freetown
5980
Radio Ghana (HS). Accra
3366
BBC. London. England
3955
7150
9640
15070
9730
Burma Bcastlng Service. Rangoon
9495
WHAi. Noblesville. Indiana
Radio Australia. MelbOurne
9655
15240
17750
21600
Radio Bucharest. Romania
Radio New Zealand. Wellington
15150
Radio Zambia. Lusaka
11660
Radio Pyongyang. Nor1h Korea
15340
ABC, Per1h, Australia
15425
CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
6160
6005
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6030
CFC N, Calgary, Alber1a
CHNS. Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
Christian Science World Service
9455
CKWX. Vancouver, British Columbia 6060
CFRB, Toronto. Ontario
6070

11940 15250 15335

17605 21665
4915
5975 6195 7120
7325 9410 9600
9760 11860 12095
15280 15400 17815

11720 11910 15160

15395 15425 17715

17705
17795

9640 11980

07000600
07000600
07000600

11 630
3910
6130
11925
0700-0800
King of Hope. South Lebanon
6215
KYOI, Salpan
11980
0700-0800
Radio Ghana. Accra
6130
0700-0600
Radio Havana Cuba
11635
07000800
Radio Japan. Tokyo
5990
0700-0800
17765
0700-0800
Radio Jordan, Amman
11955
Radio Korea. Seoul. South Korea
6060
0700-0600
Radio Kuwait
15345
0700-0800
Radio Moscow. USSR
7310
07000800
11350
9655
0700-0600 A.S Radio Thailand. Bangkok
0700-0600
SBC 1 Singapore
11940
0700-0600
Soloman Islands Broadcasting Corp 9545
07000600 S Superpower KUSW, Utah
6135
0700-0800
Trans World Radio. Monte Carlo
9465
07000600
Trans World Radio, Swaziland
6070
07000600
Voice of America. Washington
6020
Voice of Free China. Taiwan
5985
07000600
0700-0600 A.S Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7270
0700-0600
Voice of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
6175
07000800
Voice of Nigeria. Lagos
15120
0700-0600 MA WMLK. Bethel. Pennsyvlanla
9455
0700-0800
WYFR. Oakland. California
6065
0700-0600
WYFR Satellite Network
13760
Radio Korea. Seoul. South Korea
13670
0715-0730
0715-0730 MA Vatican Radio. Vatican City
11725
15115
07150735 S FEBA. Mahe. Seychelles
07150800 A.S Radio Berlin lnl'I, East Germany
6040
21540
0720-0730 M-A Vatican Radio, Vatican City
6248
07300735
All India Radio. New Delhi
5990
7205
11935
0730-0600
ABC. Allee Springs, Australia
2310
07300800
ABC, Katherine. Australia
2465
ABC, Tennant Creek. Australia
0730-0800
2325
Radio Australia. Melbourne
0730-0800
5955
15395
BBC. London. England*
0730-0745
3975
0730-0755
Radio Austria lnl'I. Vienna
6155

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East Coast To

South America

Alaska

MHz.
5().00

ELWA. Monrovia, Liberia

(US) Far East Network. Tokyo
HCJB, Quito. Ecuador

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15475 17610
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9750 15295
15165
7355 15566
15575
15190
17765
71 65

9730 21465

9645 11740
6010 6020 7110
9610 9675 11650
15235 15250 17705
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[ML]
9655 11720 15160
17715
6010 7230 9915
13730 15410 21490

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manager Greg Jordan at
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0730-0755
0730-0600
0730-0800

Radio Finland, Helsinki

AWR, Forli, llaly
BBC. London, England

0730-0800
07300800
0730-0800
0730-0800
0740-0750

Radio
Radio
Swiss
WHAi,
Radio

6120 9560 11755

7125
3955 5975 7150 7325
94 10 9600 9640 9760
11860 12095 15070 15280
15400
9630 9715
11685 17840 21705
3985 6165 9535
9495 9620
5985 7115 9695 9725
11 895 15355

Netherland, Hilversum
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Radio tnl'I. Berne
Noblesville, Indiana
Free Europe, Munich

(4:00 A M EDT/1 :00 AM PDT]

0800 UTC

0800-0605 MF Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

4890
6040

5960
6080

3925
6020
9520
Soloman Islands Broadcasting Corp 9545
0800-0805
0800-0815 MA Radio Zambia, Lusaka
6165 7235
17795 21550
0600-0825 MA Radio Finland, Helsinki
0800-0825
Radio Netherland, Hllversum
9630 9715
Voice of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
6175 9750 15295
08000825
0800-0830
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
6130 9610 9745
11 925
Radio Austria lnt'I, Vienna
6155 13730 15410
08000830
0800-0830
12030 15525
Radio Bangladesh. Dhaka
9500 11835
08000830
Radio Tirana. Albania
0600-0830
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
7255 15185
0800-0830
15525 17870
Voice o f Islam, Pakistan
0800-0835
15325, 17785
FEBA. Mahe, Seychelles
0800-0835
Trans World Radio, Swaziland
6070 9725
Trans World Radio, Monte Carlo
0800-0840
9485
0800-0850
Deu1sche Welle. West Germany
9770
0800-0850
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
9530 11630 15115
2310 [ML)
0800-0900
ABC. Alice Springs, Australia
0800-0900
ABC. Katherine, Australia
2485
15425
ABC, Perth, Australia
08000900
ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
2325 [ML [
08000900
AFAN. Antarc11ca
6010.5
08000900
BBC. London. England
7150 9410 9600
0800-0900
9760 11860 12095

5985
6140

11835
15450

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

0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0805-0900
08150845

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15135 15155
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9640
15280

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08300900
08300900
0830-0900
0830-0900
0830-0855
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15360 15070
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6160
6 160
CBU, Vancouver. Brlllsh Colombia
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
6130
9455 17855
Christian Science Worl d SeNice
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6060
6070
CFRB. Toronto, Ontario
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
3910
King of Hope, South Lebanon
6215
KNLS, Anhor Poinl, Alaska
6065
KTWR, Guam
11805
11900
KYOI. Saipan
Radio Australla, Melbourne
9580 9655
17715
Radio Jordan, Amman
11 955
Radio Moscow. USSR
7310 9760
11900 12010
15475 15230
15540 21690
Radio for Peace, Costa Rica
12030
SBC Radio One, Singapore
5010 5052
Superpower KUSW, Utah
6135
Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta
11 790 15105
A,
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7270
WYFR, Oakland, California
9680 11580
WYFR Satellite Network
6065
KTWR. Guam
11805
M F Voice of America, Washington DC
7175 9575
11915 15600
[ ML)
All India Radio. New Delhi
5960 5990
6050 6065
7110 7140
7280 7295
15235 15250
Radio Austria tnt'I, Vienna
6155 13730
Bhutan Bcastlng SeNlce, Thlmpu
6035
FEBC, Manila, Philippines
11650 15350
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
6130 9745
Radio Beijing, China
9700 11755
Radio Finlano. Helstnkl
11 855 15245
Radio Netherlands, Hllversum
17575 21485

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Voice of Nigeria. Lagos

08300900
08400850 MA Voice of Greece. Athens
08400900 S-F Trans World Radio. Monte Carlo
0845-0900
Radio Prague. Czechoslovakia
0850-0900
All India Radio, New Delhi

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09000910

11685
9560
21695
7255
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7105
6055
5960
6050
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11850

40.00
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15630
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5990 6010 6020
6065 6100 6140
7 140 7150 7160
7280 7295 9610
15235 15250 17705

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17595 21810 26050

21485
15350
11755
17840 21705
21540
9650 11 785 11945
17875 21650
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94 10 9740 9750
11 750 11845 11860
12095 15070 15175
15360 15400 17815

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9505 [ML]

5052 11940
6030

6130 11 720

15120 151 85
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11580
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6065 6100 6140
7140 7160 7250
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Radio Beijing, China
Radio Sweden Int'!, Stockholm
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Radio Moscow. USSR

0900-1000
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0900-1000 S Radio Prague. Czechoslovakia
0900-1000
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0900-1000
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0900-1000
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0900-1000 S Superpower KUSW. Utah
0900-1000
Voice of America. Washington
0900-1000
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
0900-1000
Voice of Nigeria. Lagos
WHAi, Noblesville, Indiana
0900-1000
WYFR, Oakland, California
09001000
09 15-0930
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0915-0950 MA Radio Ulan Bator. Mongolia
0930-0935
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5990 6010 6020

6065 6100 6140
7140 7150 7160
7280 7295 9610
15235 15250 17705

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0900-1000
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9745 11 925

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0900-1000

6070
3910
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11 805
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11 840
17890
7550
9735
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13660
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5010
6135
5985
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7355
5950
9570
9615
5960
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7110
7280
15235
9725
6160
9700
15390
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6055

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CFRB. Toronto, QnJario

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King of Hope, Soulh Lebanon
KNLS, Anchor Point. Alaska
KTWR, Agana. Guam
KYOI, Saipan
Radio Alghanlstan. Kabul
Radio Australia. Molbourne

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0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1 000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1 000

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5960
6050
7110
7250
11850
7105
09000910 s Trans World Radio. Monte Carlo
09000910
Voice of Lebanon, Beirut
6548
0900-0925
BAT. Brussels. Belgium
5915
Radio Netherlands. Hilversum
17575
09000925
11850
FEBC. Manila. Philippines
0900-0930
Nippon Broadcasting Corp.
0900-0930
3925
9700
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0900-0930
11685
0900-0930 A.S Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
21 465
0900-0945 A.S Radio Berlin lnt'I, East Germany
6160
Deulsche Welle, West Germany
0900-0950
17780
0900-1000
ABC. Alice Springs, Australia
2310
0900-1000
ABC, Kalherine. Australia
2485
ABC, Tennanl Creek, Australia
0900-1000
2325
0900-1000 S Advenlist World Radio, Portugal
9670
0900-1000
5975
BBC, London. England
9760
11955
15280
0900-1000
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6005
0900-1000
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6030
0900-1000
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6130
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0900-1000
9455
0900-1000
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17840 21705
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1000-1030
1000-1030
1000-1030
1000-1030
1000-1030
1000-1030
1000-1030
1000-1055
1000-1100
1000- 11 00
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100

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Radio Alghanlstan. Kabul
Radio Beijing, China
Radio Norway lnt'I, Oslo
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Swiss Radio lnl'I. Berne
Voice of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi
Trans World Radio, Monte Carlo
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ABC. Perth, Australia
ABC. Tennant Creek. AUstralia
All India Radio. New Delhi

6130
4450
9700
15235
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9560
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12010
7105
2310
2485
9610
2325
11860
17387
BBC, London. England
9410
15070
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6160
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6005
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6030
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6130
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CKWX. Vancouver. British Colombia 6080
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6070
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3910
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11 850
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13720
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11805
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9530
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15435
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5955
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9600
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9850
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6055
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11 805
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501 0
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1000-1100
1000-1100
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1000-1100
1000-1100

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

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1000-11 00
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1005-1010
1030-1040
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Voice of Kenya, Nairobi

Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
WYFR, Oakland, California
Radio Pakistan, Islamabad
Voice of Asia, Taiwan
Radio Budapest, Hungary

1030-1055
1030-1100
1030-1100
1030-1100
1030-1 100 A.S
1030-1100
1030-1100
1030-1100
1040-1050 H

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HCJB, Quito. Ecuador
Radio Netherlands, Hllversum
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SLBC, Colombo, Srt Lanka
UAE Radio, United Arab Emirates
Voice of America. Washington
Radio Free Europe. Munich

15010
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11 915
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9740
15175
17830

15130 15335
11750 12095
15360 17705
21710 21470

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1055-1100
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9495

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7205 9580 9600
9770 15415
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11 900 15140 15405
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11780
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17865 21605
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Radio Pakistan, Islamabad
Radio Netherland. Hllversum
BBC, London. England
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
Kol Israel, Jerusalem
KTWR, Guam
Radio Austria lnl'I. Vienna
Radio Finland. Helsinki
Radio Mozambique. Maputo
SLBC, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Swiss Radio lnl'I. Berne
Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi
Deutsche Welle. West Germany
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea

6090 7290
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13730 15450
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13635 15570 17830
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1100-1200
1100-1200
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ABC, Alice Springs, Australia
ABC, Katherine. Australia
ABC, Perth, Australia
ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
BBC, London, England

9660 15540
2310 [ML)
2485
9610
2325 [ML)
5965 6195
9515 9740
11 750 11775
15360 17640
21470 25750
1100-1200
6065 9625
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CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
1100-1200
6160
11 00-1200
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6005
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1100-1200
6030
1100-1200
6130
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
1100-1200
9455 9495
Christian Science World Service
1100-1200
CKWX. Vancouver. British Colombia 6080
6070
CFRB, Toronto, Ontario
1100-1200
3910
1100-1200
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9530
KYOI, Saipan
1100-1200
Radio Australia. Melbourne
5995 6060
1100-1200
72 15 9580
9770
11 00-1200
Radio Japan, Tokyo
6120 11815
11 00-1200
Radio Moscow, USSR
9600 15135
15475
17590 17810
11 00-1200
Radio RSA. Soulh Africa
11 805 11 900
11 00-1200 A.S Radio Tanzania, Oar es Salaam
7165
Radio Zambia, Lusaka
11 880 [IRA)
1100-1200
1100-1200
SBC- 1, Singapore
5010 5052
11 00-1200
Superpower KUSW, Utah
9850
1100-1200
5985 6030
Voice of America. Washington
9590 9760
15425
Voice of Asia, Taiwan
5980 7445
1100-1200
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7270
1100- 1200
1100-1200
Voice of Nigeria. Lagos
7255 15120
WHAi, Noblesville, Indiana
1100-1200
9465 11790
1100-1200
5950 11580
WYFR, Oakland, California
4820 5955
1110-11 20 M-F Radio Botswana, Gaborone
11 15-1 130
11740
Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea
1115-1130
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
17840 2 1485
111 5- 1145
5005
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1115-1200
11815 15345
Trans World Radio, Bonaire

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Voice of Islamic Republic Iran
All India Radio. New Deihl

1140-1145 MA Vatican Radio. Vatican City

1145-1200
BBC, London, England*
1145-1200
Radio Bangladesh. Oakha
1145-1200
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia

1200 UTC
6080
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7205
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15225 15460
21800
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1200-1215
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1200-1215
1200-1215
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1200-1220
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1200-1225 MF Radio Finland, Helsinki
1200-1225
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1200-1230
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3915
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1200-1230
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1200-1230
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1200-1230
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1200-1230
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1200-1230
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1200-1300
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1200-1300
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1200-1300
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Radio Australla, Melbourne

1200-1300
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Radio RSA. South Africa

1200-1300
1200-1300 A,S Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
SBC Radio One, Singapore
1200-1300
12001300 A.S Superpower KUSW, Utah
Trans World Radio, Bonalre
12001300
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1200-1300
1200-1300
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Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
1200-1300
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1200 1300
1200-1300
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1200-1300
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Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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1300-1325
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4915 7295
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6035 9590 15310
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11 920
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11815 15345
9325 9345 9555
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11335 11 735
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11600 11660 11 755
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1300-1400
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2325 (ML)
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9625 11 720
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13001400
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6070
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1300-1400
Radio Moscow. USSR

1300-1400
Radio RSA. South Alrica
1300-1400 A.S Radio Tanzania. Dar es Salaam
1300-1400
SBC Radio One, Sin gapore
1300-1400 A.S Superpower KUSW, Ul ah
Voice ot America, Washington
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400

Voice ot Malaysia
Voice ot Nigeria. Lagos
WHRI. Noblesville, Indiana
WYFR. Oakland. California

1330-1345
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Radio Korea. Seoul. South Korea

BBC, London. England

1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400

All India Radio. New Delhi

Laotian Nallonal Radio
Radio Finland. Helsinki
Radio Tashkent. Uzbek, USSR

1330-1400

Swiss Radio lnl'I, Berne

1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1332-1400

UAE Radio. United Arab Emirates

Voice ot Islamic Republic Iran
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
Voice o f Turkey, Ankara
Voice o f Vielnam, Hanoi
Trans Wor ld Radio, Bonalre

6060

6080

1400-1430
1400-1 430
1400-1430
1400-1430
1400-1430
1400-1430
1400-1430
1400-1430
1400-1450

7205

11720 11 955 17820

15575
5920

6067

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9540 9755 9885

12010 15540 15595
17645 17660 17810
17730 21590
5052 11940
9760 11715 15160
15120
11 790
6010
15365
11740
6195
11750
17885
25750
10330
15400
9540

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ABC. Alice Springs. Auslralia

9680 13695
7180 94 10
15140 15310
18080 21470
11 810 15335
9600 11785

11 695 13635 15135

17830 21695
17865 21605
9685 9770
15010
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15120
2310 [ML]

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ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia

Radio Rnland, Helsinki
Radio Norway lnl'I, Oslo
Radio Polonia, Warsaw, Poland
R.Statlon Peace & Progress USSR
Radio Sweden lnl'I. Stockholm
Radio Tirana, Albania
Voice or Ethiopia. Addis Ababa
Radio Free Europe, Munich*

2325 (ML]
9560 11 715
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15190 21705
6095 7285
9550
216 10
9500 11 985
9550 1 1710
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5985 711 5
11 895 15355
1400-1450
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6576 11735
Radio Beijing. China
1400-1455
7405 11600
1400-1500
2485
ABC, Katherine, Australia
1400-1500
ABC, Perth. Australia
9610
1400-1500
Adventist World Radio, Italy
7275
1400-1500
All India Radio, New Delhi
9545 11 810
1400-1 500
BBC, London, England
5995 6195
9750 11150
15140 15310
17790 21710
1400-1500
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
1400-1500
CBC Northern Quebec Service
9625 11 720
1400-1500 M-A CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
6160
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
1400-1500
1400-1500
CFCN. Calgary, Alberta
6030
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
1400-1 500
1400-1500
Christian Science World Service
13760 15580
1400-1500
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
1400-1500
CFRB, Toronto. Ontario
6070
1400-1500 s ELWA. Monrovia. Liberia
11830
1400-1500
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3910
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9670 11 850
1400-1500
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11 740 1511 5
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5995 6035
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9625 11 720
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1400-1500
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9570 9750
1400-1500
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5920 6067
7370
9540 9755
12050 17570
17820
1400-1500
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11925 17745

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1400- 1427
1400-1430

5995
9580
9625
9560
9750
5905
7345
7370
9895
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11805
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5010
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6110
15425
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5950
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5995
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17790
21710
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Voice of America, Washington

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1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1415-1420
1430-1500
1430-1500
1430- 1500
1430-1 500
1430-1500
1430-1500
1430-1500

Voice of Kenya, Nairobi

Voice of Malaysia, Kuala Lum pur
Voice of Mediterranean. Malla
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
WHAi, Noblesville, Indiana
WYFR, Oakland, California
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Radio Nepal. Kathmandu
ABC. Alice Springs, Australia
ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
Burma Broadcasting Service
King of Hope. Southern Lebanon
KTWR, Agana. Guam
Radio Australla, Melbourne
Radio Netherland, Hilversum

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1430-1500

Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia

1430-1500
1445-1500
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Radio Sofia, Bulgaria

Radio Berlin tnt'I, East Germany
Radio Canada lnt'I, Montreal

1445-1500 M-A Radio Ulan Bator, Mongolia

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Africa No. 1, Gabon

Vatican Radio, Vatican City
BBC, London. England

1500-1515
1500-1520
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FEBA. Mahe, Seychelles

Radio Ulan Bator. Mongolia
Radio Bucharest. Romania

t 500- 1525

Aaclio Netherland, Hilvcrsum

50.00

5052 11 940
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9760

11790
11580 15255
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9580
13770 15150 17575
11685
21505
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17880
15160
17820
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137 15 15110
11735
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1500-1505
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7165
5010
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6110
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6060
5955
17605
9605
17705
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11 935
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11960
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15070
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15090
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11 750
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17640
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7180 9410
11775 12095
15260 153 10
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9690 11775 11940
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13770 15150 17575

15240 17880
9560 11735 15310
7165
9770 15220
9735 11965 17810 21600
6576 9325 9345 9640
9977 11 740
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11 600 11 795 15165
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2310 [ML)
ABC. Perth, Australia
96 1O
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2325 [ML)
AWR, AJajueta, Costa Rica
15460
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5985
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9625 11720
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
6160
CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
CFCN. Calgary, Alberta
6030
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
6130
Christian Science World Service
13760 15580 17550
CKWX, Vancouver. British Colombia 6080
CFRB, Toronto, On tario
6070
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11830
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FEBC, Manila. Philippines
11 850
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11 740 1511 5 17890
King of Hope, Southern Lebanon
6280
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11 650
KTWR. Agana. Guam
11650
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5995 6035 6060 6080
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9560
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6067 LSB 7345 7370
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9540
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11925 17745 21590 25790
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5010 5052 11940
SLBC, Sri Lanka
9720
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9850

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1500-1530
1500-1550
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1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
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1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
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Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Radio Verlias Asia, Philippines
Deutsche Welle, West Germany
Radio Pyongyang. North Korea

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Voice of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

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1515-1600

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1515-1600
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1530-1545

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1530 1555
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1530-1600
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Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
1530-1600
1530-1600
Radio Tirana. Albania
1530-1600
Radio-Television Morocco. Rabat
15301600
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1530-1600
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1530-1600
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1540 1550 MA Voice of Greece. Alhens
1545-1600
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1545-1600
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1545-1600
Voice of v1e1nam. Hanoi
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16001610
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6110
9760
7165
11790
6100
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11925
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15105
11965
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11830
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21660
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17585
6055
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13685
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11645
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11 810
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9575
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9560
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9645

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5010
6110
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1600-1625
6055
11990
17705
1600-1630
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11830
1600-1630
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15115
1600- 1630
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15355
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15265
1600-1630
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7365
11625
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6135
1600-1 630
1600-1630 MF Radio Portugal, Lisbon
15120
1600-1630
SLBC, Colombo, Sri LanKa
6075
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1600-1630
5055
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1600-1630
5980
1600-1630
Voice of Vietnam. Hanoi
12020
1600-1645
Radio Nacional Angola, Luanda
7245
UAE Radio, United Arab Em irates
1600-1645
11 730
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6170
1600-1650
15595
16001655
9570
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1600-1700 F ABC, Alice Springs, Australia
2310
1600-1700
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9610
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2325
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AWA. Alajuela. Costa Rica
15460
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5975
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9740
12095
17705
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1600-1700
9625
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6160
1600-1700
CBU, Vancouver. British Colombia
6160
1600-1700
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
1600-1700
6005
1600-1700
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
1600-1700
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
1600-1700
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21640
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CFRB, Toronlo. Onlarlo
6070
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3910
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7355
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11 980
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1600-1700
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Radio Lesotho. Maseru

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1600- 1610
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11 865 15325
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9684
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15215
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21490
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11 750
15570
17815
7275 9870

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17001730
17001730
17001730
1700-1745

4976 5026
9385 11585 13750
11 955
6020 15570
5995 6060 6080 7205
9580 15140
9695 9535 11815
15220 2 1705
11800
9410 9515 9740 11750

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Radio Norway lnl'I, Oslo
SLBC. Colmbo, Sri Lanka
BBC, London, England

Radio Pyongyang, North Korea

11 775 12095 15070 15260

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9570 9750
1700 1755
1700-1800 F ABC, Alice Springs, Australia
2310 [ML)
1700-1800
ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
2325 [ML)
1700-1800
AWA Africa. Gabon
9625
1700-1800
CBC Northern Quebec Service
9625 11 720
1700-1800
CBN. SI. John's, Newfoundland
6160
1700-1800
CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
6160
1700-1800
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
1700-1800
6030
1700-1800
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scolia
6130
1700-1800
Christian Science World Service
21640
1700-1800
CKWX, Vancouver. British Colombia 6080
17001800
CFRB, Toronto. Ontario
6070
1700-1800
(US) Far East Network. Tokyo
3910
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Radio Havana Cuba
11920
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Radio Jordan, Amman
9560
1700- 1800
Radio Korea, Seoul, Sou1h Korea
5975 9870
17001800 MF Radio Malabo, Equa1orial Guinea
9553 [ML)
Radio Moscow, USSR
9540 9755
17001800
9895 11730
12050 151 35
1700-1800
Radio for Peace, Costa Rica
25945
1700-1800
9705 9720
Radio Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1700-1800
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
9684
1700-1800
Radio Zambia, Lusaka
9580
17815
1700-1800
ATM Morocco
SBC Radio One. Singapore
1700-1800
5052 11 940
1700-1800
Superpower KUSW. Utah
15650
1700-1800 A.S Swaziland Commercial Radio
6155
1700-1800
Voice of Africa, Egypt
15255
Voice of America, Washington
1700-1800
6110 9575
11 760 11920
15445 15580
17800 17870
1700- 1800
6100
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
1700-1800
11770
Voice of Nigeria. Lagos
1700- 1800
13760 15105
WHAi, Noblesville. Indiana
15295
1700-1800
WINB, Red Lion. Pennsylvania
9465
17001800 SF WMLK, Bethel. Pennsylvania
17001800
15420
WANO. Louisiana
1700-1800
WYFR Sa1elllle Net
11830 13695
1700 1800
11 380 15345
WYFR, Okeechobee. Florida
1715-1730 MF Radio Canada lnl'I. Montreal
5995 7235
1715- 1745
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3975 6185
17181800
Radio Pakistan. Islamabad
6210

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All India Radio, New Delhi

1730-1755
1730-1755
1730-1 755

BRT, Brussels, Belgium

Radio Austria lnl'I. Vienna
Radio Bucharest. Romania

1730-1800

Radio Australia, Melbourne

1730-1800
1730-1600
1730-1800

Radio Bertin tnl'I. East Germany

Radio Polonia, Warsaw, Poland
Radio Prague. CzechostovaK1a

1730-1 800
1730-1 800
1734-1600
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RAE, Buenos Aires. Ngenlina

Swiss Radio tnl'I, Berne
FEBA. Mahe. Seychelles
BBC. London, England

1 soo UTC

1800-1805
1800-1615

SBC Radio One. Singapore

Radio Cameroon, Yaounde
SLBC. Colombo. Sri Lanka
FEBA. Mahe, Seychelles
Radio Prague. Czechoslovakia

t600-1625
1600-1830

RAE. Buenos Aires. Ngentlna

BBC. Loncton, England

1600-1630
Radio Bamako. Mali
1600-1630 M-F Radio Canada lnl'I. Montreat
Radio Mozambique, Maputo
1800-1630
Radio Sweden, Stockholm
t6001630
1600-1630
Voice of Africa. Egypt
t600-1630
Voice of Vietnam. Hanoi
1800-1645
Radio Abidjan. Ivory Coast
1800-1845
Trans World Radio. Swaziland
t 800-1650
Radio Bras. Brasilia. Brazil
Radio RSA. South Africa
1600-1656

50.00

4750

4795

4850

7345 9605 11685

13715 15110 21505
94 10 9740 12095
15400 15420 17640
17880 17685
5995
17820
4655 9618
11845
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5930
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4835
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12020
11920
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15265
15365

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12010 13730
9685 11790
15340 17745
6060 6060

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ABC, Alice Springs. Australia

2310 [ML]
ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
2325 [M L]
All India Radio. New Delhi
11935 15360
CBC Northern Quebec Service
9625 11720
6160
CBN, St. John's. Newfoundland
CBU, Vancouver. British Colombia
6160
6005
CFCF. Montreal. Quebec
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
6130
CHNS. Halifax, Nova Scotia
Christian Science World Service
21640
CKWX, Vancouver. British Colombia 6060
CFRB, Toronto. Ontario
6070
3910
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
KNLS, Anchor Point, Alaska
7355
KYOI, Salpan
9455
Radio Australia, Melbourne
5995 6035
7205 7215
1600-1900 A.S Radio Canada Inn Montreal
15260 17620
1800-1900
Radio Jamahiriya. Libya
15450
Radio Jordan, Nnman
1800-1900
9560
1800-1 900
Radio Kuwait, Kuwait
11665
Radio Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
1800-1900
9553v [ML]
1800-1900
Radio Moscow. USSR
9755 9825
11 640 11990
15425 15475
1800-1900
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
11780 151 50
9705 9720
Radio Riyadh, Saudi Nabla
1800-1900
1800-1900
Radio Tanzania. Oar es Salaam
9684
1800-1900
Radio Zambia. Lusaka
9580
1800-1900
Superpower KUS W, Utah
15650
6155
1600-1900 A.S Swaziland Com mercial Radio
Voice of Nnerica. Washington
1600-1900
9575 9760
15205 15410
15600 17785
21465
1800-1900
Voice of Ethiopia
9662
1800-1900
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
6100
1600-1900
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
11770 15120
1800-1900
13760 17830
WHRI. Noblesville. Indiana
WINB. Red Lion, Pennsylvania
15295
1800-1900
1800-1900 S-F WM LK. Bethel. Pennsylvania
9465
WRNO, New Orleans, Louisiana
1600-1900
15420
WYFR. Oakland. California
1800-1900
11560 15215
1800-1900
11630 13695
WYFR Satell1te Net, California
181 5-1900
Radio Bangladesh, Dhaka
6240 7505

6160

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40.00

4920

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1600-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1600-1900
1600-1900
1600-1900
1600-1900
1600-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1600-1900
1600-1900

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1600-1615
1800-1625 A.S
1600-1825

MHz.

17635v
11760 15150
4640 4860
741 2 9950
5915 11695
5945 6155
7105 9530
11 940 15270
5995 6035
7205 9560
9665 13610
6135 9540
9605 11685
15110 2 1505
15345
3985 6165
11 610
9410 9740
15070 15400
17865 21470

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1800-1855

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Radio Polonia, Warsaw , Poland

t830-1855
1830-1900

BRT Brussels, Belgium

BBC, London, England

1830-1900
Radio Berlin lnt'I, E. Germany
1830-1900 M-F Radio Canada lnt'I, Montreal
1830-1900
Radio Korea. Seoul, South Korea
t 830-t 900 MWF Radio Mozambique. Maputo
1830- 1900
Radio Nelherland, Hilversum
1830- 1900
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
t830-1900
Swiss Radio International, Berne
1840-1850 M-A Voice of Greece, Alhens
1840-1900
Radio Senegal, Dakar
Radio Nacional, Conaky, Guinea
1845-1855
t845-1900
All India Radio, New Deihl

11900 UTC

5945
5995
9525
5915
7325
12095
9665
9555
9870
3265
6020
7245
9885
11645
4950
4833
7412

61 55
61 35
11840
11695
9410
15070
13610
15325
15575
4855
15560
9560
11955
12045

12010 13730
7125 7285

9740
15400
15145
17875

11 750
17885
15255
21675

9618
17605 21685
11735 15310

4900
11 620

CFCF, Montreal, Quebec

CFCN. Calgary, Alberta
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
Christian Science World Service
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia
CFRB. Toronlo. Ontario
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
KYOI, Salpan
Radio Algiers. Algeria
Radio Australia, Melbourne

1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000

Radio
1900-2000
Radio
1900-2000
Radio
1900-2000
Radio
1900-2000
Radio
1900-2000
1900-2000 M-A Radio
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1900-2000

15630
7125

Ghana, Accra
Havana Cuba
Jordan, Amman
Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Kuwait, Kuwail
Malabo, Equalorial Guinea
Moscow, USSR

(3:00 PM EDT /12:00 PM PDT]

1900-1903
Africa No. 1, Gabon
15475
1900-1905 M-A Valican Radio, Vatican City
61 90 6248 7250 9645
1900- 1915
Radio Bangladesh, Dhaka
6240 7505 11510
1900-1915
Radio Tanzania, Oar es Salaam
9684
Radio Netherland, Hitversum
6020 15560 17605 21685
1900-1925
1900-1925
Voice of Islamic Republic Iran
9695
2310 [ML)
1900-1930 F ABC, Alice Springs, Australia
2325 [ML)
1900- 1930 F ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
1900-1930
Kol Israel. Jerusalem
12077 15095 15640
7160 7310 9640
1900-1930
Radio Afghanistan, Kabul
1900-1930
Radio Berlin lnt'I, East German y
9665 11920 15255
1900-1930
Radio Japan, Tokyo
9505 11 705
1900-1930 S Radio Norway lnt'I, Oslo
9590 15220 2 1705
1900-1930 M-F Radio Portugal, Lisbon
11740 11870 15250
Radio Sofia. Bulgaria
7245 9560 11735 15310
t 900- t 930
t900-1930
Voice of Vietnam. Hanoi
9840 12020 15010
t900-1950
Oeul sche Welle. Koln, W. Germany 9745 11810 13790 15390
6860 9470
1900-1955
Radio Beijing, China
t 9002000
All India Radio, New Delhi
74 12 11620 1 t 935 15360
1900-2000
BBC. London. England
9410 9740 12095 15070
15400 17695 17880
t 900-2000
CBC Northern Quebec Service
9625 11 720
1900-2000
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
1900-2000
CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
6160

Radio Moscow British Service

1900-2000
Radio New Zealand. Wellington
1900-2000
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
1900-2000
1900-2000
Radio Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1900-2000
Radio RSA. Soulh Africa
1900-2000
Radio Zam bia, Lusaka
Spanish Foreign Radio, Madrid
1900-2000
Superpower KUSW, Utah
1900-2000
1900-2000 A.S Swaziland Commercial Radio
1900-2000
Trans World Radio Swaziland
1900-2000
Voice of America, Washington

1900-2000
Voice of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
1900-2000
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
1900-2000
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
1900-2000
1900-2000
WINB, Red Lion. Pennsylvania
1900-2000 S-F WMLK, Bethel, Pennsylvania
1900-2000
WRNO, New Orleans, Louisiana
1900-2000
WYFR, Oakland, California
1900-2000
WYFR Salellile Net, California
19t0-1920
Radio Botswana, Gaborone
1915-2000
Radio Berlin lnt'I, East Germany
1920- 1930 M-A Voice of Greece, Alhens

9685 15215 17745

6060 6080 7205
9580 15140

15575
[ML]
11 990 12010 12050
15405 15425 17570
7350 9450 9695
15150
7345
9720
11 900 15365
15375 15395

9760 11760 15205

15445 15580 15600
17785 17800 17870

11 770
17830

15345 15566
13695
4820
13610 15255
9395 9425

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AUSTRALIA

Central America/Caribbean

Central kia

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6005
6030
6130
21640
6080
6070
3910
15270
9455
9509
6035
7215
6130
11 950
9560
9870
11665
9553
11840
15295
7240
11 780
5930
9705
7270
9580
11 790
15650
6155
3205
9700
15410
17740
9595
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13760
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9465
15420
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1930-2000
ABC, Katherine, Australia
19302000
Radio Beijing, China
19302000
Radio Bucharest. Romania
Voice of Republic of Iran
19302000
1930-2000
WINB, Red Lion. Pennsylvania
19351955
RAI, Rome, Italy
19402000 MA Radio Ulan Bator, Mongolia
19452000
All India Radio, New Delhi
Vallcan Radio, Vatican Cily
19502000

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5047
2485
6955 7480 9440
7145 9690 9750 11940
6080 9022
15185
7275 7290 9575
9575 11870
9755 11860
6190 7250 9645

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Radio Zambia, Lusaka

20002005
20002010 A Radio Zambia, Lusaka
20002010
Voice of Kenya. Nairobi
20002015
Radio Togo, Lome
20002015 MA Radio Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Trans World Radio, Swaziland
20002015
20002025
Radio Bei jing, China
20002025

Radio Bucharest. Romania

20002030

Radio Australia, Melbourne

20002030

Radio Budapest, Hungary

20002030
20002030
20002030
20002030
20002030
2000-2030
2000-2045

Radio Ghana. Nairobi

Radio Norway International, Oslo
Radio Polonia, Warsaw, Poland
Swaziland Commercial Radio
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
Voice of Republic of Iran
All India Radio, New Delhi

2000-2050
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
20002050
Voice of Turkey, Ankara
20002100 MA ABC. Alice Springs, Australia
20002100
ABC, Kalherine. Australia
20002100 MA ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
20002030
BBC, London, England

CBC Northern Quebec Service

20002100

3345
3345
6100
3220
9575
3205
6955
11715
5990
9570
6035
9620
6110
11910
3366
15310
7125
6155
7255
6080
7412
11 860
6576
9825
2310
2485
2325
11820
15400
17880
9625

6165
6165
5047
11 870
7480

9440

6105
9690
7205

7145 7195
11940
7215 9580

7220
15160
4915
17780
7145

CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland

CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
CFCF, Montreal. Quebec
CFCN. Calgary, Alberta
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
Christian Science world Service
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia
CFRB. Toronto, Ontario
(US) Far Easl Network, Tokyo
King of Hope, Soulhern Lebanon
KVOH. Rancho Simi, California
KYOI, Salpan
Radio Baghdad, Iraq
Radio Havana Cuba
Radio Jordan, Amman
Radio Kuwail, Kuwait
Radio Malabo, Equatorial Gui nea
Radio Moscow, USSR

20002100
20002t00
2000-2100
2000-2100
20002100
20002100

Radio New Zealand, Wellington

Radio for Peace, Costa Rica
Radio Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Radio Zambia, Lusaka
Superpower KUSW, Ulah
Voice of America, Washlnglon

9835

9525

9022
9755

9910 11620

9345

9640

9977

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[ML]
12095 15070 15260
17690 17760 17755
11 720

20002100
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
20002100
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
20002100
WINB, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
20002100 SF WMLK, Bethel, Pennsylvania
20002100
WRNO, New Orleans. Louisiana
20002100
WYFR, Oakland, California
20002 t 00 MA WYFR Satellile Net. California
20052100
Radio Damascus, Syria
20102100 A,S Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
20152100
ELWA. Monrovia, Liberia
20252045
RAI, Rome. Italy
20302055
Radio Polonia, Warsaw. Poland
BBC, London, England
20302100

20302100

Radio Australia, Melbourne

West Coos1 To
Indian Ocean

West Coast To

Indonesia

MHz.
50.00

9585

9745

20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002t00
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002 100
20002t00
20002100
20002t00
20002100
2000-2100

2t640

9825 9875
12050 15405

11760 15205
15580 15600
17870

15566
15375

941 0 11750
15070 15260
17755 17760

West Coost To

Artie Europe

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30.00

30.00

30.00

20.00

20.00

20.00

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0.00

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6160
6160
6005
6030
6130
15390 17555
6080
6070
3910
6280
17775
9465
7280
11950
9560
11665
9553v
9765 9755
11840 11990
15425
12050 151 50
21565 25945
9705 9720
9580
15650
9700 9760
15410 15445
17785 17800
11770
13760 17830
15185
9465
15420
11580 15345
11830 13695
15095 17710
6100
11 830
6165 9575
6095 7285
5975 7325
11920 12095
15400 17695
17880
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2030-2100
2030-2100
2030-2100
2030-2100
2030-2100
2045-2100

Radio Korea. Seoul, South Korea

Radio Netherland, Hllversum
Radio Sofia. Bulgaria
Radio Tirana. Albania
Voice of Africa. Cairo. Egypt
Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi
All India Radio, New Delhi

2045-21 00
2045-2100

IBRA Radio, Malla

Vatican Radio, Vatican City

2100 UTC

Radio Damascus. Syria

Radio Zambia, Lusaka
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
IBRA Radio, Malta
BAT, Brussels, Belgium
Radio Beijing, China

2100-2125

Radio Bucharest, Romania

2100-2125
2100-2125
2100-2130
2100-2130

Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio

Finland, Helstnt<I
Netherland, Hilversum
Austria lnl'I, Vienna
Japan, Tokyo

Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea

Radio Sweden. Stockholm
Swiss Radio lnt'I. Berne
ELWA. Monrovia. Liberia
Radio Berlin lnl'I, East Germany
Radio Yugoslavia, Belgrade
WYFR, Oakland, California
Radio Baghdad, Iraq
WYFR Satellite Net

2100-2130
2100-2130
2100-2130
2100-2135
2100-2145
2100-2145
2100-21 45
2100-2150
2100-2200

7480

9440

9745

7550 15575
13700 15560
7155 9700 11720
11 835
12020 15010
9550 9910 11 620

11 700 11 695 15120

[5:00 PM EDT / 2:00 PM PDT)

2100-2105
2 100-2105
2100-2110
2 100-21 10 A,S
2100-2115
2100-2125
2100-2125

6955
11790
6480
9860
7115
9480
15375
9840
7412
11715
7110
9625

2100-2150
Deutsche Welte, West Germany
2 t 00-2155
Radio Beijing, China
2100-2200 M-A ABC. Alice Springs, AUstralia

15095
3345
6190
6100
7110
5915
6955
11 790
5990
9690
6120
9860
5945
11845
17890
6480
6065
9885
11 830
9730
5980
15566
7280
11 580
15430
7130
6860
2310

17710
6165
7250

9645

9925
7480

9440

9745

61 05 7145 7195
11 940
9670 11755
13700 15560
6155 9585 9870
11945 15230 17810
7550 15575
9655
13635 15570

7130 9620
17612 21525

2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200 A.S
2100-2200
2100-2200

2100-2200 A.S
2100-2200
2100-2200 A.S
2100-2200
2100-2200 M-A
2100-2200
2100-2200

9660

11830 13695 15345

9765 13780
9470 9860
[ML)

2485
2325 [ML)
7412 9910 11 620
3995 5975 6005
6180 7325 94 10
15070 15260 15400
17760 17880
CBC Northern Quebec Service
9625 11 720
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
6160
CBU. Vancouver, British Colombia
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
6130
Christian Science World Service
15390 17555 21640
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
CFRB. Toronto, Ontario
6070
(US) Far East Ne1work. Tokyo
3910
King of Hope, Southern Lebanon
6280
KSDA. Aga1, Guam
7365 151 25
KVOH, Rancho Simi, California
17775
KYOI, Salpan
9465
Radio Australia, Metborurne
15160 15240 15395
15325 17875
Radio Canada lnt'I, Montreal
Radio Jordan. Amman
9560
5905 6055 7150
Radio Moscow, USSR
7290 9505 95 15
9620 9685 9730
9780 9790 9800
9840 9875 11840
12050 15405 15425
Radio Malabo. Equa1orlal Guinea
9552.5
21565 25945
Radio for Peace, Costa Rica
Radio Zambia, Lusaka
9580
Spanish Foreign Radio, Madrid
11790 15280
15650
Superpower KUSW, Utah
Voice of Africa. Cairo, Egypt
15280
Voice of America. Washington
9700 9760 11760
15410 15445 15580
17785 17800 17870
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
15120
WHAi, Nobtesvllle, Indiana
13760 17830
13720
WANO, New Orleans, Louisiana
WINS, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
15185
15095 17710
Radio Damascus, Syria
Radio Cairo, Egypt
9900

2 100-2200
ABC, Katherine, Australia
2100-2200 M-A ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
2100-2200
All India Radio. New Delhi
2100-2200
BBC, London. England

2 1002200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2103-2200
2 110-2200
211 5-2200

West Coosl To

West Coast To

West Coast To

Central America/Caribbean

South America

Alaska

MHz.
50.00 ,........,........,.........,-...,..._,..--,......,.__,..,.....,...-.,.-..,.......,....,

1171 5
6175
12095
17755

17795

7170
9590
9765
9825
12030
17655

15205
15600

MHz.

50.00

..

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4().00

40.00

40.00

30.00 .

30.00

30.00

20.00

20.00

20.00

10.00

10.00

t0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

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Ju11e 1989

12. 16 20

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MONITORING TIMES

utc

16 20 24

otc

16 20 24

[Irequeney I J
2125-2155 s Radio Austria lnt'I. Vienna
2130-2145
BBC. London. England*
BBC. London, England
2130-2200
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
2130-2200
2130-2200
Kol Israel. Jerusalem
2130-2200 AS Radio Canada ln'I, Montreal
2 130-2200
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
2130-2200
Radio Vilnius, Lithuanian SSA
2135-2150 S-F ELWA Monrovia. Liberia
2145-2200
Radio Berlin lnt'I, East Germany
2150-2200 M-F ELWA Monrovia, Liberia

i2200 UTC
2200-2205
2200-2205
2200-2210
2200-2215
2200-221 5
22002215
2200-2215
2200-2225
2200-2225
2200-2230
2200-2230

9670
5965
6030
15270
9010
11660
9700
6100
11630
9730
11830

2215-2230
BBC. London. England*
2230-2300 AS CBC Northern Quebec Service
2230-2300
Radio Austria lnt'I, Vienna
Radio Mediterran, Malta
2230-2300
2230-2300
Radio Polonia, Warsaw, Poland
2230-2300
Radio Sweden. Stockholm
2230-2300
Radio Tirana. Albania
2230-2300
Swiss Radio lnl'I, Berne
2245-2300
All India Radio, New Delhi

7160
7230 9635
17790 21470
9435 11605
151 50 17620
11720

2245-2300

BBC, London. England

[6:00 PM EDT/ 3:00 PM PDT)

M-F ELWA Monrovia, Liberia

Radio Damascus, Syria
Radio Sierra Leone. Freetown
MA ABC, Allee Springs, Aus tralia
M-A ABC. Tennant Creek. AUstralla
BBC, London. England*
MF Voice of America. Washington
RAI, Rome, llaly
Vatican Radio. Vatican City
ABC. Katherine. Australia
All India Radio. New Delhi

3993 11630
9950 12085
5980
2310 (ML)
2325 [ML)
5965 7160
9640 11740 15120
5990 9710
6015 9615 11830
2485
7412 9550 9910 11 620
11715
2200-2230
CBC Nort11ern Quebec SeNlce
61 95 9625 11 720
2200-2230 s KGEI, San Francisco, California
15280
2200-2230 s Radio Austria lnt'I, Vienna
9870 11780
2200-2230
Radio Beijing, China
3985 61 65
Radio Berlin lnl'I. East Germany
9730
2200-2230
2200-2230
Radio Canada lnt'I, Montreat
5960 9755 11 905
2200-2230
Radio Jordan. Amman
9560
2200-2230 s Radio Norway lnt'I, Oslo
9605 11850
2200-2230
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
6055
2200-2230
6100 7400 15240 15455
Radio VIinius. Lithuanian SSR
17665
3955 5975 6005 6175
2200-2245
BBC. London. England
61 95 7325 9410 9590
9915 11920 12095 15070
15260 15400 17755
2200-2245
Radio Cairo, Egypt
9900
2200-2250
Voice of Turkey, Ankara
71 60 9445 9680
2200-2255
RAE. Buenos Aires. Argnetina
1171 O 15345
2200-2300
CBN. St. John's, Nel'.1oundland
6160
2200-2300
CBU. Vancouver, British Colombia
6160
2200-2300
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
2200-2300
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
2 200-2300
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
2200-2300
Christian Science World SeNlce
15205 15300 17555
2200-2300
CKWX. Vancouver. British Colombia 6060
2200-2300
CFRB, Toronto. Ontario
6070
2200-2300
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
3910
2200-2300
King of Hope, Southern Lebanon
6260
2200-2300
KVOH, Rancho Simi, California
17775
KYOI, Salpan
15405
2200-2300
2200-2300
Radio Australia, Melbourne
15160 15240 15320 15395
17795 21740
2200-2300
Radio for Peace. Costa Rica
13665
2200-2300
Radio Havana Cuba
7140
2200-2300
Radio Moscow, USSR
9685 9780 11690 11735
11 750 17570 17605 17700
Radio Moscow North American Svc 7215 7310 9720 11 735
2200-2300
17720 17700
2200-2300
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
9700 11 720
2200-2300
SBC Radio One, Singapore
5010 5052 11 940
2200-2300 MA Superpower KUSW, Utah
15580
2200-2300
11760 1518 5 15290 15305
Voice of America. Washington
15320 17735 17740 17620
16157 USB
2200-2300
Voice of Free China, Taiwan
9955 15370 15440 17845
2200-2300
9595 11 965 13605
Voice of the UAE. Abu Dhabi
2200-2300
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
13760 17830
2200-2300
WINB, Red Lion. Pennsylvania
15185
2200-2300
WRNO. New Orleans. Louisiana
13720
2200-2300
WYFR, Oakland, California
11830 13695 15345 21525

2300 UTC
2300-2315

11820
9625
9870
6110
5995
11925
7215
6190
6055
11715
3955
7325
9915
15260

15390
11720
11780
6135
SSB
9480

7125

7270

7215 9535
11745
5975 6005
94 10 9570
11785 11945
15400 17875

9 910
6175
9590
12095

[7:00 PM EDT/ 4:00 PM PDT]

BBC. London, England

3955 5975
7325 9410
11945 12095
Kol Israel, Jerusalem
2300-2330
11605 15615
Radio Canada lnt'I, Montreat
9755 11730
2300-2330
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
13650
2300-2350
6090
Radio Luxembourg
2300-0000
611 0
Radio Mediterran. Malta
2300-2330
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
2300-2330
9700 11720
WINB, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
151 85
2300-2345
2300-2345
WYFR. Oakland, California
5950 11580
2300-0000
AJI India Radio, New Delhi
6055 7215
11 715 11 745
2300-0000
CBC Northern Quebec Service
6195 9625
2300-0000
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
CBU, Vancouver. British Colombia
6160
2300-0 000
2300-0000
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
2300-0000
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
2300-0000
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
2300-0000
Christian Science World Service
15205 15300
2300-0000
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6060
2300-0000
CFRB, Toronto, Ontario
6070
2300-0000
(US) Far East Network. Tokyo
3910
2300-0000
KVOH. Rancho Simi, California
17775
2300-0000
KYOI, Saipan
15405
2300-0000
Radio Australia, Melbourne
151 60 15240
17795 21740
Radio for Peace, Costa Rica
2300-0000
21555
11 600 15195
Radio Japan, Tokyo
23000000
2300-0000
Radio Moscow
7295 7440
9840 11 690
17655 21690
2300-0000
Radio Moscow, (N. American SNc) 7215 73 10
9685 9720
12050 17700
2300-0000
Radio Polonia. Warsaw
5995 6 135
2300-0000
9655 11905
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
2300-0000
15580
Superpower KUSW, Utah
2300-0000
Voice of America, Washington. DC 15290 17735
USB
2300-0000
Voice of the UAE
6170 9595
2300-0000
13760 17830
WHRI, Noblesville. Indiana
2300-0000
WRNO, New Orleans. Louisiana
137202
2315-2330
BBC, London, England*
11820 15390
2315-0000
BBC, London, England
5975 6005
7325 9515
11945 12095
17875
2330-0000 MA Radio Budapest, Hungary
611 0 9520
11910 15160
Radio Canada lnt'I, Montreat
2330-0000
9955 15370
2330-0000
Radio Kiev, Ukrainian SSA
7400 9685
17665
2330-0000
Radio Korea. Seoul, South Korea
15575
2330-0000
Radio Tirana. Albania
9760v
2330-0000
Voice of Vietnam. Hanoi
9840 12020
2330-2355 M-A BRT, Brussels. Belgium
9925
2335-2345 M-A Voice of Greece. Alhens
7430 9905
2345-0000
BBC, London. England*
3915 6080
2345-0000
Radio Berlin tnt'I, East Germany
6080 11690
2346-0000
WINB, Red Lion. Pennsylvania
15145

MONITORING TlMES

J1111e 1989

6005 6175
9590 9915
15070 15260
15640

15170
9535

9910

17555

15320 15395
17810
9625 9790
15420 17570
21790
9410 9605
11 735 11750
17720
71 25 7270
17820 18157
11965 13605

6175 61 95
9590 9915
15260 15435
9585

9635

15440 17845
15240 15455

15010
7180

9580

85

magne tests ...

Lawrence Magne
Editor-i11-Clzief
Passport 10 World Ba11d Radio

China's Cougar H-88 Portable

domestic shortwave stations a rc beyond the tuning range of the
Cougar.
I

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..;.._

.-:.~"'."""
:~~-~
,:._-~:-."'.'=7~::0:.~
-y--.,,---..,,.-.....,,"T"...-~,,_,,..,....,,-.,..,.

No Frills, No Fads,
No Fancy Stuff
For a $50 radio, th is sort of coverage is pretty typica l. A nd so,
for th at matter, is the Co uga r's pe rfor mance and paucity of
featu res.

lt"Jc=im1tc=i:i===711U
.ti:it:i:i:i:i:it:i:i:ri:i:i:i:~:i:::
_. _=-__::......::.~.:=~~._.::...._

In last mo nth 's Mo11i101i11g Times, the BBC's Graham Mytton

zeroed in on a truth easily overlooked by those of us in adva nced
nat ions: In most countries, digital world band radios a re a rarity.
I nstead, what you find in abundance are cheap multi-band sets -transistorized po rtables with ana log circuit design con cepts and
performa nce st ra ight out of the early 1960's.
So me day -- in twenty years, perhaps -- digita l world band
receivers are likely to be the norm. But, for now, this is still the
way it is.

China:
Number One Nation of SWLs

Sensitivity a nd selectivity a re both mediocre -- but about what

you should expect in this price range. Audio quality, while only soso, nonetheless is better th an average for such a small , in expensive
set. There are no frills whatsoever, except fo r a ma rginally usefu l
LED "glow light" tuning indicator and a small cl ot h ca rrying strap .
One niggling criticism is that the tuning knob is stiff, presumably to minimize back lash with the set's st ring-and-pulley tu ning
mechanism. Another is that the power switch could easily be
activated in adverte ntly, such as whi le the set is pack ed away in a
suit case.
Overa ll, this is a decen t little radio for the price. But the
bottom lin e is that it doesn't equa l the performance or world band
coverage of Magnavox's similarly priced 01835 and Dl 875, sold
outside th e US as the Philips Dl835 and Dl 875.

Chinese Radios :
What's Their Future?

The P eopl es Republic of C hina is the pla net's largest shortwave listening market, teeming with over a bi llion rad io listene rs.
T here, portables and tabletops that inclu de shortwave coverage
are the norm. Y ct, ironica lly, C hi nese world band radios -- so
co mmon wit hi n th at cou nt ry -- arc rarely found in Western stores.
Dut Chinese exporters aren't completely asleep. One model -the Co ugar H-88 compact portable -- does show up now and again
in retail stores and ma il order cata logs.

Most important ly, what th e Cougar suggests is tha t C hina

inte nds to be so me sort of player in the lucrative world band
receiver market. It wil l be interesting to see what they come up
with down the road for an encore, a nd whet her they intend to cha llenge J apa n and the "Litt le Tigers" for a major role in this ma rket.

Major Feature Vanishes

from ICOM IC-R71

Band Coverage About Average

P riced in th e US at arou nd $50, the little Cougar covers AM to
arou nd 1610 kHz, plus FM and the longwave band sometim es used
for domest ic broadcast ing outs ide the Weste rn Hem isphere.
Shortwave coverage is confi ned to the 6, 7, 9, 11 , 15 and 17 MHz
(49, 41, 31, 25, 19 and 16 meter) world band segmen ts.
Not covered is the 1600-1700 kHz AM band expansion schedu lcd to be impl emented in the Americas. A lso not covered arc the
2, 3 a nd 5 MHz (120, 90 and 60 mete rs) tropical segmen ts a nd the
~. 13, 21 and 25 MHz (75, 22, 13 and 11 meters) world band
segment s.
Presumably, this radio is intended specifically for the export
market as m::iny of th e prim ary Ch in ese domest ic and qu asi-

86

J1111e 1989

Folks who purchased an !COM IC-R71 in recent weeks have

bee n handed an unwelcome surprise: The passba nd tuning
cont ro l and ci rcui t that always used to come with that set is gone -concent r ic kn ob a nd a ll. A lso dropped has been the 15-pole
ceram ic filter associated with that circu it. According to Universal
Shortwave's Fred Osterman, t hese revised 'R71's bega n appearing
before this year's Dayto n H a mventio n.
A las, there has bee n no change in the model number to wa rn
the hapless consumer that what he is get ting is not that wh ich
years of product reviews and word-of-mouth have suggested the
'R71 is. It's the opposite of when ! COM earlie r this yea r deleted
the p assba nd tuning circu it from th e IC-76 1 transceiver. In that
insta nce, th ey chan ged the mode l nu mbe r to IC-765 -- a nd made

MONITORING TI MES

FACTORY CLOSEOUT!!!

PLL synthesized circuitry 9 presets

Direct access tuning and more.

The Panasonic RF-8600, from the Comma nd Series, is a PLL

synthesized FM/LW /MV\' /SW pcrtable digit.al freque ncy
communications receiver with micro computer multi t uning
system tha t lets you preset up to 9 differe nt stations. With 10
key direct access, zone auto tuning with manual/seek/scan.
Double s uperheterodyne and SW coverage from 1.6 to 29.999
MHz. RF gain, AM ba ndwidth ANL, me ter light switches.
Universal volt.age. 3.5" PM dynamic speaker. Separate
volume, base, treble. With A C power cord. Operates o n 8
o a nd 3 "AA (for back-up power) batteries (not included).

Wonder which model you have? The label on

the lower-right knob is one clue.
ot her feature changes, as wel l.

- - - - - QUANTITIES ARE LI MITED ON THE ABOVE SPECIALS!

I n the case of the 'R71, the on ly clue -- short o f looki ng at

whet her the lower-right knob says P.B.T-NOT CH or merely
NOTCH -- is the set's shipping carton. The earlier version has
large photos of the rece iver o n the s ides, whe reas t he newe r cart on
has no photos whatsoever.

TAX NOTE: Tax will be added where applicable FAX: (312) 8483398

Like a candy bar t hat sh r inks while t he p rice stays the sa me, th e
'R7l's feat ure regressio n amounts to a hidden price rise ... even if
th e reason, accord ing t o in dustry scuttlebutt, has mo re to do with
p roprietary rights to certain PBT circuit designs.
How much of a de facto price ri se is suggest ed by the fo ll owing.
E lect ron ic Equ ipme nt Bank, which is reportedly one of North
America's la rgest ICOM dealers, tells us that they have come up
wit h a fix that is to restore fully the passband tuning fu nct ion,
fi lt er and a ll. The charge for th is, including parts a nd labor, is to
be $125 if th e set is or was purchased from EEB, SJ50 fo r
everybody e lse.

New British Receiver

Coming Up
The Lowe HF-225 tabletop com munications receiver,
produced in Mat lock, Engla nd, is scheduled to appear shortly.
We're in t he process of eva luati ng it now, and overall it is quite
simila r to the earlier HF- 125 b ut with several improvements in
perfo rmance.

You can hear Larry Magne's equipment reviews the first Saturday or each
month, plus Passport editors Don Jensen and Tony Jones the third Saturday,
~ over Radi o Canada's "SWL Digest."
For North America, "SWL Di gest Is
~' heard at 8: 10 PM ET on 5960 and 9535
kHz . with a repeal Tuesday at 8:30 AM ET on 9635, 11855 and 17820 kHz.
Passport'S "ROI White Paper equipme nt reports contain everything found
d uring Its exhaustive tests of communications receivers and advanced
portables. These reports are now available In the US from Universal Shortwave
and EEB: In Canada from PIF, C.P. 232, L.d.R.. Laval PO H7N 4Z9; and In
Europe rrom lnlerbooks. 8 Abbot Slreel. Perth PH2 OEB, Scotland.
A calalogue of these reports may be oblalned by sending a selfaddressed
stamped envelope l o lnlernallonal Broadcasti ng Services. Ltd .. Box 300M,
Penn's Park PA 18943 USA.

"Better than the HF-125" is the current outlook

on the new HF-225
MONITOR ING TIMES

Jun e 1989

87

scanner equipment
P.O. Box 98
Brassto 1v11, NC 28902

OPTOELECTRONICS:
A Handy Handful

or many yea rs, Optoelectronics (5821

NE 14th Ave., Ft. Laude rda le, FL
33334) has been manufactu ring high q ual ity
test equipment at very reasonable cost.
Evolving from tiny bcnchtop frequency
count ers through handhe ld versio ns, t he
products have found wide use among
laboratories and experimenters alike.
1n our February issue, we mentioned th e
gene ral utility use of their model 1300 handhcld coumcr. With Optoelectronics' reputatio n for innovatio n, it was not su rprising to
learn t hat their most recent products include a
bau ery-opcrated 2.4 GHz counter <i nd a
sensit ive RF detect or. Natu ra lly, we had to
test them bot h.

221 O Frequency Counter

Fllr many years. frequency counters were
large. ca111 ankerous unit s that sat o n
the rigid test benches of we ll-fu nded
laboratories. Rows of neo n bulbs would
laboriously cl imb like the noor indicators in
nn elevato r, gradu a lly settl ing down to display,
h~~1\'y,

88

June 1989

in decade colum ns, the frequency of the

incoming source.
Ah, the good old days.
Fortunately, things have changed for the
better. The Optoelectronics 2210 is a
complete freque ncy counter t hat measures
o nly 3-l /2"W x 3-3/4"H x l"D and weighs in
at less than 9 ounces. It offers an eight digit
L E D readout and measures frequencies as
low as HJ Hz a nd as high as 2.2 G Hz (2200
M Hz) -- and it docs it quickly! A decimal
point separates MHz from kHz.
There arc no troublesome controls to
fiddle wit h; signa l levels are automatically
adjusted and when the display provides a
steady reading, that's the frequency!
Accurately calibrated at the factory, oscillator adj ust men ts are accessible from two
from panel holes should recalibration ever be
necessary.
Housed in a rugged metal cabinet a nd
utilizing MMIC preamplifier chips, surfaccmount compo nent s and an LSI cou nter chip,
the 2210 will operate for up to two hou rs o n
one baucry charge, offering + / -2ppm
freque ncy stabi lity from its two qu a rtz-crysta l
time bases.
The frequency counter comes complet e
with rechargeable batteries and a n AC
charger/ adaptor fo r Sl99 plus $10 shipping. A
ENC-e quipped telescoping whip (T A-100-S)
is S 12 a nd a zipper case with protective
window (CC-12) is $ 10. There is even a n RF
probe available for direct coupling to circuitry
(P-100) for S20.
Th e 2210 will accept input levels of severa l
volts, yet responds to signals as low as 5
millivolt s through mu ch of its range. J ust how
sensitive is t hat? Let's take a look.

We test the 22 1O
Si nce o ne of the main applications of a
hand-held frequency cou nter to scanner
listen ers is to sample radio frequencies from a
distance, we decided to sec just how well the
2210 wou ld perform tracking a 2.5-watt ha ndhc ld t ransceiver (my Yacsu FT23R).
Setting the counter's whip at about 18" for
quarter-wave resonance at high band, a nd
placing it in th e hand of my son, I was able to
wa lk out to approximately 200 feet before the
display beca me erratic whe n I keyed the
radio! Even with a transmitt e r output of a
fra cti on of a watt the counter gave a solid
indication at JOO feet!
Back in the radio room I adjusted my allband Kenwood TS440S transceiver to
transmit at vario us fr eque ncies from 1.8 to 29
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MHz in the AM mode fo r stability. Silt ing

alongside the rig, the counter faithfully
disp layed exactly the frequencies shown on
the YFO dial.

Uses for the radio hobbyist

There a rc many uses for a ha nd-held
counter like the Optoelectronics 2210. You
can accurately check the output frequen cies
of ham and CB equipme nt, cordless and
mobile teleph o nes, radio controlled models
an d garage door openers, public safety and
government t ransmitter sites and many other
devices and instruments which utilize oscillators.
Next time you drive by that mysterious
radio tower, take along an Optoelectronics
2210 -- you may be surprised by what it tells
you!

Opto Electronics
CCB RF Detector
Field st re ngth mete rs, RF detectors,
sniffe rs, bug detectors -- all varia tio ns on a
common theme : You suspect (or know) that
there is a transmitting device nearby and you
want to fi nd it or measu re its output.
While a spectrum analyzer provides a
mo re sophisticated approach, there arc some
insta nces where an isolated signal can be
tracked simply by a sensitive detector. The
Optoelectronics CC I3 is o ne of these.
Available for only 599.95 (plus SS shipping) factory wired, the CCB can also be built
from an easy kjt (S79.95) for those with some
circuit board wiring experience. All it nee ds
arc a nine-volt alkaline battery for power and
a BNC-basc whip.
The sa me accesso ries for the 2210
frequency counte r reviewed earlier work with
the CCB, in cluding the whip and case. Additional ly, a pager-style belt clip may be
installed (5 19.95) at the time you o rder t he
detector.
Simply stated, the CCB RF decector
comprises a broadband, high-sensitivity preamplifier attached to a detector which feeds
its sensed volt age to a ten-segment L ED
bargraph. Since the display is loga rithmic, it
will respo nd initia lly to a very weak sig nal, but
takes a mu ch stronger one to d rive a ll
segm ents to the top.
Sensitivity throug hout the J-700 MHz
range is 1- 10 millivolts -- hot! Even up

throug h 2 G Hz and highe r, the unit responds

to signa ls of only 20 mill ivolts o r so. Input
impedance is nominally SU o hms at t he BNC
connector.
Nat urally, t he mo re segments li t, the
shorte r t he ba tt ery life -- typically two hours
o r more. This can be extencled by selecting the
"doc" mode, whereby only one segment will
light at a time; the stronger the signal, the
higher the segm ent selected.
Measuring o nly 3-l/4"W x 3-3/4"W x l"D
and weighing only sLx ounces, the Optoelectronics CC B offers high sensitivity to random
electromagnetic energy. Fo r example, placed
next to a switching-type powe r supply, RF
radiation was clearly indicated as an upwa rd
display of LED segme nts.
Waving t he magica l device near our
compute rs, I discovered why the FCC is so
st icky about RF radiation levels. One
comput e r was pa rticularly "noisy," causing a
substantial upward excursion of the te ll-tale
LED segments. I'll bet that 's the culprit that
wipes out my sca nner liste ning he re at work!
Aft er wandering abo ut the office, fin a lly
convincing myself that there were no
su rreptitious listening devices wait ing 10 do
me in, I decided it was tim e for some serious
p laying. The Yaesu FT23R ha ndie-talkie was
agai n called up for t he test.
Like the 2210 frequency counter described
ea rlier, the CCB detect ed th e 2.5 watt signa l
al distances approaching 200 feet and nea rly
LUO fee t at a fraction of a wat t. Preuy good !
Calibration may be custom-adjusted by
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Field strength metering

Would it be possible to use the CC B fo r
tuning up a transmitter? Randomly mismatching the antenna tuner (transmatch), I
pressed th e mike button in the AM mode.
O ne or two LED segments lit. Adju sting the
t ransmatch blindly, watching the CCB, mo re
and mo re segments lit , indicating increasing
output powe r. When no furth er improvement
was noted, I glanced at my VSWR/ power
meter: full output, 1:1 impedance match -- it
worked!
Naturally, a broadband field strength
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indicato r has some lim itatio ns. F o r example,
don't expect it to detect a tiny, low-powered,
well-shielded oscillator like that in a
wristwatch; do n't expect it to indicate a small
transmitt e r in the presence of a hig h-powered
signa l; and don't expect it to find a neapowe red transmitt er te n blocks away!
Recognizing its few limita tions as well as
apprecia ting its potent ial, the Optoelectronics
CCB RF detector should prove to be a handy
handful in anyone's bag of tricks!

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89

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n the year 1939, David
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Radio Corporation of
America (RCA), stood before
television cameras at the
opening of the New York
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principal TV sets that
consumers could choose
from: a five-inch set for about
$200 and a "giant screen" 12incher for $500.
Today, fifty years later, TV
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as well as gotten a lot more
popular. In the month of
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available -- nearly a half
million stereo color TVs were
sold to dealers. And stereo
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little over 25% of all TVs
sold.
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speakers that deliver outstanding stereo sound' -you'll have to add a o to

the price of that first RCA
five inch set. It's also worth
mentioning that the screen
size has grown with the
price, to 31 inches.
The $2,099 '3191S is
equipped with features
undreamed of by the handful
of spectators at the New
York World's Fair. There's
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Surround Sound processor
and on-screen function menu.
' Many stereo televisions
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the expense of styling and
design," says Panasonic
national product manager
Jerry Surprise.
"The speakers are placed
awkwardly on the side or
protruding from the front of
the TV cabinet. Our new
front-fired speakers produce
exceptional audio. But
because the speakers are
located deeper within the set
(behind the picture tube], the
cabinets are more compact."
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on his 12-inch TV was so
long that it had to be
mounted vertically so the
cabinet would fit through a
standard doorway. You had
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mirror. The Panasonic Prism
CTL-3191S, which does not
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this fall.

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or the extraordinarily
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perfect companion to the
CTL-3191S is Panasonic's
new PV-S4986 VCR.
The '4986 features a new
four video head system that
allows the machine to read
twice as much information as
other four head systems. In
the case of the new system,
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every other field, so the
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But what makes this unit
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Using a standard touch-tone
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confirms, again by voice, all
of the instructions you
programmed into it.
The 'S4986 also incorporates an odd scheme
whereby you can program
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91

demaW''s W'Orkbench

Doug DeMaw
P.O. Box 98
1Jrassto 1v11, NC 28902

For tunable oscillators,

it's the 'Pitts
I recently discussed in Af/ a group of circuits
for crystal controlled oscillators. Some of the
readers have asked me to prepare a similar text
about tunable oscillators or VFOs. let us now
consider an overview of the most common of
the tunab le oscillators -- the Colpitts circuit.
Although there is a host of possible oscillator
circuits we may adopt, the Colpius appears to
be the most popular one. Furthermore, it is an
easy circuit to build and get operatio nal with
minimum fus s.

Four Common Configurations

Pkasc refer t n Fig 1. You can sec rccommendccl hookups for bipolar, JFET Uunction
field-effect transistor) and dual-gate MOSFET
(metal oxide field-effect transistor) transistor
VFOs (variable frequency oscillator).
The circuits arc essentially the same except
that different active devices (those that require
an opcrat ing voltage) arc used. Also, we find
p<.irallel-tuncd VFOs (A, Band D) and a scriestuned version (C). We'll discuss those d iffercnces now.
L1 in c<.ich cx<.implc is shown as a slug-tuned
coi l. The tuning slug allows us to vary the VFO
operating frequency for dial-calibration
purposes. T he main tu ning control is a variable capacitor, Cl.

You may use air-wound, toroidal or other

nonadjustable coils also. However, a fixed
value coil requires the addition of a stable
trimmer capacitor in parallel with Cl for calibrating the VFO readout dial and trimming the
operat ing frcque nc.y for the requ ired range.
Perhaps the most freque ncy-stable coil you
can use is one that is air wound with rig id wire,
such as B & W Miniductor coil stock. This
assumes that t he coil is mou mcd secu rely to
minimize the effects of vibration. A coil that is
wound on a ceramic form then gluccl is also
good. Coils that arc wound on toroid cores are
the least frequency-stable, owing to changes in
core pe rmeabi lity during temperat ure va riations.
In each of the Fig l circuits we need to use
temperat u re-stable capacitors at C2 t hro ugh
C7. This practice helps minimize VFO drift
that is caused by RF heating (current) within
the capucitors. Stable capacitors also reduce
freq uency drift that is brought abou t by
changes in ambient (cnvironmema l) temperatu re.
Genera lly speak ing, NPO ceramic capacitors
arc the best to use. T hey look llkc any o ther
disc-ceramic capucitor, but arc manufactured
to maintain their capacitance value when the
temperatu re rises ubovc or fa lls below a
speci fi ed value. Most NPO capacitors have a
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B und D arc parallel tuned. Circuit C is series tuned. Compare C to D to lcurn how the Ll
inductance changes when using a series-tu ned circuit. All other component values remain
the same, as docs the orcrating frequency (sec text).
The above examples show how to use a birolar, J FET or dual-gate MOSFET transistor
in a VFO. The nssigncd values arc sui tub lc for dcvcloping your own circuil. Nore how the
critical pans values cha nge with the opcruting frequency.
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NPO types.
Polystyrene capacitors arc suitable also, at
least as a second choice over NPOs. These
units arc very stable a nd they arc less costly
than NPO capacitors, even th ough they are
rhysically larger.
Since RF current flows t hrough the capacitors in a VFO circuit, internal heat ing does
occur. T he drift from t his p henomenon can be
reduced if you use two or more capacitors in
parallel to obtain the desired value.
This practice dist ribu tes the heat over a
larger internal area, which in turns retards drift
cuuscd by heating. An example of this
measure is seen in Fig l where C2 and C3 arc in
rarallcl. This can be done a lso at C4, CS, C6
and C7.
CS a nd C6 are the oscillator feedback capacitors. They orcratc <JS a capacitive divider to
all ow some of the Q l output energy to be fed
back to the input of the oscillutor (positive
foedback). It is this feedback that causes the
VFO to oscillate .
Normally, CS and C6 arc thc same value,
although some circuits have a CS value that is
less than that of C6. The smaller the CS value
the lower the feedback amount. We should
never use more feedback than is necessary to
permit reliable oscillation. T oo much feed back can worsen oscillmor stability.
C7 in each Fig I example should have as
small a value as practicable, consistent with
surrlying e nough RF output energy to excite
the following stage or stages in the VFO chain.
The lighter the C7 coupling the better the VFO
stability when load or operating changes occur
after the VFO.
A diode, DJ, is shown at B, C and D of Fig 1.
This is a small-signal diode of the 1N914 silicon
variety. It stabilizes the Q l bias and minimizes
changes in the QI junction capacitance. This
diode greatly improves the VFO stability
without impairing the performance.
The operating voltage for the VFOs in Fig 1
should be regulated . Normally, a 6.8- or 9.1-V,
400-mW Zener diode is used (sec fig 2) when a
+ 12-V or greater supr ly is available. Changes
in VFO de voltage also distu rb the frequency
stability.
Fig IC illustrates a series-tuned Colrins
VFO. This scheme is helpful when the LI
inductance value (at higher frequencies) is very
small. Substantially more inductance is
required for series-tuned circuits, compared to
para llel- tu ned ones.
lfwe use a very snrnll coil inductance we cun
experience instability caused by PC board
flex ing from heat changes and vibration. This
is because the circuit-board foils become a
working pa rt of Ll (unwanted).
This also lowers the coi l Q (quality factor),
when our objective should a lways be to have a
hig h-Q co il and capacitors in an oscillator
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There arc two kinds of YFO drift. One is
known as "short-term"drift and the other is
called "long-term drift." Short-term drift takes to the YFOs in Fig l. You may use either a to the Fig l circuits so that you will have ballplace as the transistor junctio n, Y FO capa- 400-mW o r 1-W Zener diode fo r D 2. Rl is a pa rk values to use as a starting point fo r your
citors a nd the coil reach initial operating dropping resistor for D2. Without it D2 would experiments. Changes in the Cl and L1 values
temperature. This usually occurs during the burn out and there would be no regu lation. R2 will be necessary for o btaining the precise
fi rst five mi nutes or less of operation.
is chosen to permit D2 to draw between 15 and tu ning range you require.
Long-term drift is caused by gradual 18 mA.
D on't be afraid to experiment! You may use
increases in component heating a nd temperaa general-coverage receiver for monitoring the
ture changes within the VFO box. Long-term Closing Comments
VFO output signal as you prune the compodrift should cease within 30 minutes for a wellnent values fo r the desired tuning range.
designcd YFO. Some YFOs never stop
I have not offered a project in this article Connect a frequency counter to t he Lo-Z
drifting, especia lly if the YFO capacitors are of because no two experimenters have the same output po rt (Fig 28) for checking VFO drift.
poor quality. Silvcr-micu capacitors arc prone needs when bu ilding a YFO. T he operating P ractical YFO circuits are presented in The
to long term drift pro blems as arc ordina ry disc freque ncies depend upon the application. I ARRL llandbook and in The WJFB Ql?P
ceramic capacitors.
have assigned values and operating frequencies Notebook (ava il able from The ARRL, Inc.).
Shon-term drift can he min imized by using
the lowest YFO operating voltage practicable.
0 . : uF
The RF energy level ca n be bui lt up after the
01 IF fq I l
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VFO, so there is no need to make your VFO a
mini powerhou se! The lower ,oltagc causes
less intcrnul heating.
It is wise also to keep the value of C4 of Fig 1
as small as possible, consistent with reliable
RF Ct
oscillntion. The smaller the C4 value the less
the effect of Q 1 junction-capacitance changes
on the YFO tune d circuit, a nd the higher the
9 . 1V tREG>
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VFO Buffering and Amplification

It is a lmost ma ndatory that we isolate the
VFO from the circuit it operates with. This
calls for one o r two post-YFO buffers or amplifiers. Fig 28 shows a practical circuit that may
be used. Q2 and Q3 not only "buffer" o r isolate
the VFO, but they ampl ify the YFO signal.
RFC2 and Tl enable the two buffer/amplifiers
to operate in a broadband manner (no tuning
needed). Hi-Z (high impedance) and Lo-Z
(low impedance) output terminals arc
indicated. These terminals give you the option
of using your YFO with a H i-Z o r Lo-Z circu it
after Q3.
Fig 2A shows how to connect a Zener diode

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and to increase t he RF outpu t voltage of t he YFO . Hig h- and low-impeda nce output ports
arc provided (sec text).
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by Bob Grove
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level meter ma nufact ured a few years ago
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This package is part icularly gratifying
to ope n and test beca use it is bra nd new,
he rmet ical ly sea le d in a fa b ric bag a nd
p rotected by three bags of dessicant. I t
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a fu 11 tech manual and, best of all, Norm
sells it for o nly 550 pl us shippi ng!
Origina lly cont racte d in 1957, s upplementa ry sheets cont a ine d in the manua l
arc dated as late as 1967. Th e stout
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a nd weighs 20- odd pou nds. It is powe re d
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p lug. T he 12- tube circuit consu mes 80
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fo r its in te nded pu rpose. But w ha t abo ut
us ing the instrum e nt as a VL F receive r?
Since it has no R F a mplifi e r, sensitivity is
very low. A goo d, long antenna o r, be ll e r
yet, a broa dband p rea mpli fie r with a 500
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antenna topics

W. Clem Small, KR6A, CET

Rt. 1 Box 64A

Weybridge, VT 05753

0 V-E-R L 0-A D
You've probably heard the oft repeated
old-timer's antenna si ting rule: "The higher
and lon ger, the better." It's generally a
good ru le. Th e fact is, I've given it right
here in "Antenna Topics," so you know it
must be true, right?

but clutter up the dial and in terfere with

our reception of other signa ls 10 which we
may want to listen . The cause of these
spurious signals is often referred to as
"intermodu lation distortion ," or "IMD."

Does My Receiver Have IMO?

Well, it is ge11cmlly tru e, in terms of
gell ing more and stronger signals. The
idea behind this rule is th at, generally
speak ing, the higher and longer the
a nLe nna, the greater the strength of the
received signals, and the more signals we
will hear.
By the same token, many of us harbor
the dream of someday having a monster
beam of some kind, to increase the
strength of those elusive signa ls we want 10
receive. The stronger the sign al, the
better th e recepti on, correct? Well, the
answer to th a t one goes so mething like,
"Sometim es yes a nd sometimes no."

More Is Not Always Better

To explain why a stronger signa l level
from your antenna is not a lways desirable,
just consider the fact that the components
which comprise your receiver have limit s as
10 how much signal they can ha ndle.
Your receiver's innards, such as transistors
or int egrated circuits, arc capab le of
working properly with sign als on ly if the
sign al is not of a higher level than they are
designed 10 handle.
When a signal co mes into the receiver
from the antenna at a level higher than it
can handle p roperly, undesirable things
so met im es occur. For insta nce, a strong
signal which actually shoul d appear at only
one place on your dial may show up at a
number of places on your di al! Obviously,
only one place o n the di a l is the correct
one; the oth ers arc what we call "spurious
sign a ls."

Fake Signals

The answer is simply "Yes." Any

receiver ca n be driven by overload to
produce spu rious signa ls. Some receivers
arc muc h better at preventing this problem
th a n ot her receivers, but it happens to the
best of them at times.
To give one example, if your receiver
receives the BBC at severa l frequencies
which arc not consist ent with published
frequencies used by BBC, your receiver is
probably experi encing IMD.
Again, if your dia l seems cluttered with
a repetition of most of the stro nger
stations appearing at multiple places on
th e dial, then you may well have a ba d case
of !MD . And some of the spurious IMD
signa ls arc likely blocking somebody else's
signal.

specs, but there's a limit to the usefulness

of 1 hat approach as any receiver can experi ence IMD a t times .
The cure that is more often used, even
on the most expensive rigs, is to reduce the
level of signal input 10 your receiver's
circuits. This way the innards are no
longer driven into an overloaded condition. Yep, th at means giving up some of
that precious signal level which we worked
so ha rd to get by making the antenna
high er and longer, or by buying that expensive beam antenna!
What we do by reducing the signal level
coming in from the antenna is 10 prevent
the receiver from generating those
spurious signals and thus clear up the
interferen ce on our dial. And that a ll ows
us to hear t hose weaker signa ls that were
being buried under spurious IMD signals.

What's The Solution, Watson?

It's true that when we reduce the

signa l-level input from the antenna 10 stop
the IMD th at we also reduce the strength
of a ll signals coming in from th e a nten na.
Th a t is, as we reduce antenna input, we
reduce the strength of the sta tions which
were causing the IM D interference.

So, what can we do when we suspect

that we have a problem w ith lMD ? We
could buy a new receiver with better IMO

But the weaker st ations will probably

now be rece ived bell er at their new weaker
level than they were when a lilllc stronger

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And th a t's just what spurious signal s are;
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yet subject to the IMD interference. A nd so, as w ith ma ny things
in th is life, a t t im es we gain more by giving up some things than by
hanging on to a ll we ca n grab .
Figure 1 shows two ways to reduce the input from your antenna
at times when trying to rid yourself of spuri ous IMD interfe ren ce.
Th e "quick a nd dirty" potentiometer method probably works as
well for most in sta llatio ns as the more expensive a tt e nuatio n
switchbox . Many of today's better shortwave receivers have a n
attenu ation switchb ox set up somewhat like Figure lB bui lt right
int o the fro nt pa nel of the receiver.

A Different Approach
Another approach to reducing a signal st rcngth from th e
ant enna is to u se a different antenna. If you have several
ant e nnas, t ry th e m a ll and see w hich one seems to produce less
IMO interference for t he sign als you wa nt to monitor. Th e
difference in the directio na l characte ristics of the different
a nte nnas may help here.
A t t imes, a short an te nn a (perhaps 15 to 30 feet, or sometimes
eve n on down to the size o f rabbit-cars) is a good solut ion to the
proble m of overload by st ro ng stations.
But keep in m ind , IMO is n't a probl em in every rece iving situ atio n, and yo u will o nly profit fro m using a n attenu ator o r shorter
antenna where IMO is a problem. So, you should have the
a ttenuator or a nt en na switch where you can easily change th e
att en uator setting or swit ch back to the original antenna w hen
listening t o signa ls which have no problem from IMD inte rferen ce.

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su rn a me of the inventor of th e telephone, Alexander G raha m Bell.
A bcl is a measure used in co mpa ri ng two differe nt power
levels, and as discu ssed last month, is a handy way of indicati ng
w hat the d iffe re nce in p owe r leve ls mean s in term s of how we will
likely hea r th e ch a nge from o ne power level to the other. Bot h
"bel" a nd "decibel" then honor the inventor of t he telephone.

Thi s Month: A lexander G rah am Bell, in addi tion to inven ting

th e te leph one, a ctu ally invented a fo rm of "wirel ess" t eleph ony.
13ut hi s wire less sys te m was not th e kin d o f w ire less that led to th e
develop ment of radio. What was his syste m and how did it work?
Hint -- it d idn't depend on elect rical conductio n or induction.
Find the a nswer to t his month 's riddle , and much more, nex t
mo nth in your copy of Mo11i1ori11g Tim es. Til th en, Peace, DX,
and 73.

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ask bob

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

P.O. Box 98
llrasstow11 , NC 28902

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A. The procedure, which involves lifting pin

A.

The problem is kn own as "IF

throughput." Because the converter si mply
shifts the 800 MHz band down 400 MHz, you
arc hea ri ng the UHF-TY station, which
transmits in the 494-500 MHz band, when
your scanner is look ing through that range
for a converted signal.
Do you hear tha t signal with the scanner
alone, even wit h the antenna disconnected'}
The UHF station may be so strong that it
penetrates the Bearcat's plastic cabinet and is
received by the circuitry even without an
a ntenna. In this case, only another scanner -with a metal cabinet - will improve the
situatio n. Y ou
could experiment
by
temporarily wrapping the DClOOXLT in
meta l foil, a corne r of which is held against
the BNC connector.
You may also wish to try an 800 MHzon ly directio na l antenna, such as a Yagi
(beam) array, pointed away from the T V
station. I nterfe rence will be weakest when
received off the sides of the beam.
Finally, you may wish to consider having
someo ne design a wavctrap for 464-500 MHz;
it sho uld be placed be tween the antenna and
convener for best performance.

19 of IC8 from ground and attaching it

instead through a 47k resistor to + 5 volts, is
covered in detail in ICOM service bulletin
#24587-002.
A separate switch (some owners adapt the
Uttlc-uscd YSC switch) is connected between
pin 19 and ground agai n. With th e switch
sho rting pin 19 t o ground, th e original 100
memory channels arc called up; with the
switch open, an additional 100 memory
channels arc made available.

A.

You ca n only search in 30 kHz

increments if you program you r lower and
upper limits as exact ly 870.030 and 889.980
MHz. Then you can press the step button to
read 30 kHz.

Bob's Tip of the Month

BEARCAT TRICKS (Cobra and Regency, too!)
Erasing Memory Channels

simultaneously the "2", "9" an d "MANUAL"

keys and turn the sca nner on. Tn a second or
two the memories will revert to all zeroes.

While nothing is more infuriating tha n

having all 200 memo ry channels which you
pa instakingly installed disappear due to a Installing Factory
ba ttery glitch, there are times when you may Preset Frequencies
wish to delete a major portio n - o r all -- of
T o enter the factory presets, a g ro up of
the 200 cha nnels on you r BC200XLT.
Disconnecting the battery and allowing 25 frequencies throughout the spect rum,
the internal microprocessor backup battery turn the scanner off, sim ultaneously press
to discharge is one way, but it is "2", "9" and "SCAN", and turn the scanne r
cumbersome and disables the sca nner for back on. In a few seconds t he sca nner wiJl
many hours awaiting the death of the co me alive with the new frequencies
memory. There is a much quicker way which automatically programmed.
A few frequencies which are displayed
Bob P arnass published recently in the
can not actually be received; t hose in the 60RC MA newsletter.
T he following procedure should work on 70 MHz range a rc fo r Europea n versions,
the BClOOXLT, BC200XLT, BC580XLT, and 800 MHz frequenc ies arc received on ly
DC600XLT , BC760X LT, BC950XLT, Cobra in those scanners with appropri ate R F
SR12 and SR15, and Regency 4020 and 4030 circuit ry Lo support the microprocessor in
-- and earlie r versions as well -- all of which t his range.
Tn some models the result s are reversed
arc Unidcn variations using the same
when pressing "SCAN" o r "tvlAN" with "2"
microprocessor chip.
With the scanner ~witched off, press and "9."

98

June 1989

MON ITORING TIMES

A.

M ost a nten nas may be scaled

proport ion ate to frequency; the higher the
frequency, the smaller the a nt enna. For your
application, assuming that the CB antenna
e lements arc aluminum tubing or rods a ncl
not "loaded" by coils or windings, 11 1s a
sim ple matter to convert to a higher
frequency.
In this case, simply use the fractio n 27
MHz (CB frequency) divided by 49.6 MHz
(cordless telephone frequency) = 0.54;
multiply the present length in inches of you r
antenna clements by 0.54 and shorten them
to that new length.

A.

Yes. No. Originally released as the

D iamond D-130, that disconc has been
variously repackaged or copied as t he ICOM
AH7000, H eathkit HA2513 and Rea listic 20013.
Reception is equivalent to cut-tofrcqucncy ground plane vertical antennas on
any freq uency in t hei r passband, but only
those mode ls wit h top-mounted, vertical
elements wo rk decently on low band (30-50
M Hz). Even there they operate best only
over a narrow bandwidth determined by the
loading coil on that ele ment.
A ground at VH F /UHF will virtually
never have any effect on signa l reception.
The primary purpose of a grou nd o n scanner
antennas is to provide protect io n agai nst
accide ntal shock in case so met hing goes
wrong in the electrical wiring, and to prevent
induced voltages cause by nearby light ning
strokes fro m reaching the sca nner. Nothing
survives a direct st rike (Sec next it em).

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Probably not -- at least completely quiet.

Rfl (radio frequency interference) seems to
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They merely take the nominal fines in stride
as part of their overhead.
Since high radiation levels arc in direct
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si<rnals
0
Experiments show that roughly 10-15
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frequency where one is resonant, prcventmg
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F ina lly, several insulated wires, each a
quarte r-wavelength at the frequency of
interest, arc connected to the chassis and run
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the way. As with antennas, third-ha rmon icrclated coun1crpoise wires are satisfacto ry,
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99

LETTERS
continued from page 3
Spanish and try the putting the radio in
different locations."
"I hope, he concludes, "t hat this will
encourage some new DXcrs to keep hunting
for more stations."

"I just got the official Blue Angel and

Thunderbird schedul es from the Navy a nd Air
Force," says John He nau lt of Abington ,
Massachusetts. "I'm su re that there a rc lots of
Mo11ito1i11g Times readers who would like to
have this information in hand for the summer."
Great idea, John. Here it is.
Bl11e Angels = BA, Tli11nderbirds
June
03
0304
04
07
10
10-11
11
17-16
1716
21
24
24-25
25

TB
BA
TB
TB

TB
BA
TB
BA
TB
TB
TB

BA
TB

Flint. Ml
Racine, WI
K.I. Sawyers AFB, Ml
Myrtle Beach AFB. SC
Peterson AFB. CO
Otis ANGB. MA
Travis AFB, CA
Oklohoma City. OK
Rickenbacker ANGB. OH
Batlle Creek. Ml
Yakima, WA
Davenport. IA
Casper, WY

.July
01
01 03
02
04
06
0609
09
15
15
16
22-23
22-23
26
29
29-30
30

TB
BA

Hanscom AFB. MA
NAS Moffett Field, CA
TB Plattsburgh AFB. NY
TB Milwaukee. WI
TB
Bozeman. MT
BA Klamath Falls. OR
TB
Huron, SO
BA
Pensacola Beach, FL
TB Grand Junction. CO
TB
Grand Island. NE
BA
Dayton, OH
TB
Chicago. IL
TB
F.E. warren AFB, WY
Fairchild AFB, WA
BA
Oetroll (Willow Run). Ml
TB
Kalispell, MT

August
05-06
09
11-13
12-13
16
1920
20
26
2627
27
30

100

BA
BA
TB
BA
TB
BA

TB
TB
BA

TB
TB

Seatlle. WA
NAS Whldbey Island, WA
Abbotsford, Canada
NAS Miramar. CA
Stillwater. MN
Reading, PA
Fargo. NO
Schenectady, NY
Duluth, MN
Langley AFB. VA
Wurtsmith AFB. Ml

J11ne 1989

TB

Try some of these frequencies, too:

For the Bue Ange ls, 34.35, 11 8. l, 118.2,
12 1.9, 123.4, 141.560, 142.0, 142.025 , 142.625,
143.0, 143.6, 241.4, 250.8, 251.6, 275.35, 360.4,
384.4, 391.9 and 395.9.
For the Thunderbirds, try 114.95, 116.2,
118.1, 120.45, 121.7, 123.45, 124.925, 126.2,
134.1, 138.875, 140.4, 141.0, 148.550, 241.4,
250.85, 273.5, 283.5, 294.7, 322.3, 322.6, 382.9,
394.0, 413.025, 413.1.
Planning on hanging your next antenna on a
tree? Not a good idea, says David Humelsineof
Clearfield, Utah, if you're in a national park.
"While at a district office of the Forest
Service in Ogden a couple of days ago, I ran
int o something that might save readers some
trouble.
"It seems that some 'radical environment alists' here in the Pacific North West have been
'spiking' trees or driving nails into them in
o rder to destroy their value to lumber
companies. So, according to a forest ranger, it is
now against the law to drive nails into trees in a
National Forest. Penalties include a substantial
fine or a year in jail.
"So if you, like me, enjoy sho rtwave or
scanner listening in the woods, don't use nails
to hang your sky wires. And be prepared to
expla in what that contraption up in the trees is."

"Often when I'm working with a reporter, we

will get information for the story from the
transmissions. This saves us time because
official spokesmen a rc often not available until
a fter an incident is over and our deadli ne
passed! "
W ayne Summers of DeWitt, Michigan, has
some good suggestions for future issues of
Monito1i11g Times. "It would be a great help if
you were able to highlight the frequenc ies in
your freq uency section that are directed towa rd
North Ame rica. Secondly, I am probably no t
a lone when I say that the prdata spewed forth
by Glenn Hauscr .. .lcaves me bafncd. H ow
about an art icle which explains what it all
means and how to interpret the information?"
Both are good observations. And we tried
the firs t o ne. The problem is that a frequency
highlighted as audible o n the cast coast of
North America is not necessarily audible on the
west coast, and vice versa . Plus, shortwave is so
fickle that a frequency audible when we
monitor tonight might not be so in two weeks
when you get you r copy of t he magazine. So
that didn't work .
As for Mr. H auser, the key to understanding
Glenn is to try to think like Glenn. For
example, there among countries like Albania,
Brazil and the United States is something
called UKOGDANI. A new country? A special
radio term? No, it'sa Hau se rism. UKOGBAN I
stands for i!nitcd Kingdom .Qf .Great .Britain
.and Northern Ire land. Got it?

In a recent column, Bob Kay said that "I've

never seen a bunch of people racing to an emergency scene with t hei r hand-held o r mobile
scanner radios. In fact, most scan ner hobbyists
That's it for this month. As usual, we
would prefer to monitor the acti on from the
welcome your thoughtful comments on radio,
com.fort of the ir home. Don't yo u agree?"
Bo b
LaPree of Contoocook, New commu nications and other neat stuff.
Hampshire, does not agree. "As a news
photographer fo r the Union Leader in
Le"ers should be addressed to LJ!llers to the Ea/a,
Ma nchester, New H ampshire, I have found Monitoring Times, P.O. Box 98, Brass/own, NC 28902
that invariably -- not occasionally but usually - and should include the sender's address and telephone
people with handheld scanners do show up at number. Not all le"ers can be used. Those that are will
often be edited and excerpted. Because of the volume of
the scene of fires, accidents and police actions. mail
received, personal replies are not always possible.
The people that show up are male, young and
old." T his phenomeno n, he adds, occu rs mostly
in cities. "The country folk don't seem
com pe lled to go to the scene."
As a news photographer, Bob finds a handhcld sca nner to be "indispensable."
"! hook the unit to a magnetic base roof
antenna for use in the car and pick up signals
from up to 35 miles away. When heading to an
out -of-town incident, this permits me to keep
t rack of develo pments until I a rrive. Whe n o n
the scene, l keep the radio in a jacket pocket.
"One time when I was photographing the
rear of a burning building, I heard a report that
a victim would be brought out the fron t. I was
able to get around the building in time to make The listening post of E.J. !Jc11y111a11 of Li11co/11,
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Closing Comments
Radio Frequency Interference:
A growing threat
One of the most frustrating obstacles
confronting the listener is RFI - radio
frequency interference. Much of it comes from
incidental radiation from electronic devices,
mostly computerized, which utilize some sort of
signal-generating oscillator as pan of their
functional circuitry.
While there arc regu lations in place to
conrrol the proliferation of offensive devices, the
demand for low-cost high tech is so great that,
like drugs, hundreds -- thousands -- of tons of
uncertified microprocessor-controlled equipment
pour into this country fro m offshore
manufacturers every day.
Home computers, VCRs, facsimile machines,
office equipment, medical devices, analytical
instruments, security systems, remote control
devices -- the list seems endless. Manufacturers
will produce a product with the highest possible
profit margin and this usually translates into
poor shieldi ng and, consequently, radiation of
radio interference.
The Federal Communications Commission
issues citations -- thousands of citations - in an
effort to curb the invasion of uncont rolled
radiating devices.
Over the last two years the Commission
levied approximately 1500 separate citations
against such well-known merchandisers as J. C.
Penney, Cunis Mathis, Okidata, Hcwlcu-Packard,
Eastman Kodak, Casio, Tandy Corporation,
Yaesu, Mitsuhishi, Hyundai, Comm odore,
Southwestern Bell, Toshiba, Radio .Shack,
Telcvidco, Samsu ng, Spcnccrs Gifts, Hitachi,
Heath/Zenith, ITT, Peachtree Technology,
Midland, Sony, and such well known magazines
as Video Review, Sate/lire TV Weck, Pop11/ar
J\fec/1a11ics, TV G11ide, Pop11/ar Science, 011 Sat,
Sate/lire Orbir and many more.
Ju st what arc the major infractions'? For the
most part advertising or selling an uncertified
device (part 2.803). This doesn't necessa rily
mean th at the device is a fil thy radiator of
disruptive energy, just unceni fi~d as being in
compliance. When an infraction seems to be

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quite deliberate, not a mere oversight, a fine is

levied, usually in the amount of $2000.
It is one thing to cite co mpanies for ignoring
the rules which protect consumers' rights; it is
quite another to enforce these regulations.
Clearly, judging from the abun dance of garbage
on the ai rwaves, enforcement is a problem.
What can be done to rid the freque ncies of
unwanted -- and unlawful -- interference? Who
reimburses the consumer who, in good faith,
purchased a microprocessor-controlled piece of
equipment and now faces forfeiture?
How can we stop manufacturers from
producing, and marketeers from importing, highprofit hardware, simply absorbi ng fines and
forfeitures as part of their overhead?
Wh ile interference is annoying to us as
recreational monit ors of the spectrum, it is far
more serious in other realm s. Fatal air crashes
have been blamed on stray radio frequency
energy interfering with navigational and guidance
systems. Law en forcement officers have died
because their cries for help were unheard due
to radio interference.
The FCC is suffering from insufficient
funding, fund ing which would allow them to
meet the growing need for marketing
investigation. Higher priorities have forced the
Commission to put their manpower into other
bureaus. Only pressure un Congress and the
Commission will step up enforcement.
But who will provide that pressure'! Certainly
not the electronics industry whose members
benefit from the lack of enforcement. Would a
substantial grass roots movement from consumer
advocates be heard'!
Until the Commission proves to be a real
threat to unlawful importation of dcfficicnt
cquipmem, we will have to live with the
growing aggravation of RF!, and more lives will
be lost because of unconscionable profiteering.
!Job Givl't:
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