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Vol. 16, No. 2

February 1997

There's Something About a Train............................. 10

By Laura Ouarantiello
A mtrak . s Fl ex lin.:r train ha s bc1.:n tra veling arounu
North A me rica d emo nstrati ng it s innovati ve kallirl'.s
to thl'. publi c. Wh en it came th roug h Ca li fornia last
summe r. o ur auth o r found it a gold 1.:n opportunity to
get up to s peed ll ll mo nito ring the raik The Fl ex line r
winte red in Ca nada . but it returns to the U .S. in
March. II' you' re new to railroad scanni ng. get a head
start wi th Laura' s li st of frequ e nc ies.

Menwith Hill Station ............................................ 16

By l<enneth Bird

Cover Story

An Ear to Indonesia

S ig nal irne lligc ncc g athering took on a ne w intensity d uring the co ld war. Demand for
information neat1.:d agencies suc h as the National Secu rity Agency a nd the U.S . Army
Security Agency. These two depan111c nt s were the prime agenc ies behind the co nstruction and
operation ol' Mcn w i1h Hill in Harroga!C. Eng land- one o f several " li sten ing s tation s" around
the world. A ltho ug h t h i ~ is a retrospcc li ve into past his tory. Mc nw ith Hill is s ti ll an operational
site, th oug h it s li stening ta rgets have increasing ly shifted from H F to sate llite transmi ss ions.

By Arthur Cushen

Signals from the Island of the Mutineers .................. 20

Radio has bee n c ruc ial in hammering a nation out of the scattered
islands of [ndonesia. Most of lndonesia is ei ther water or mounta ins :
thus the impo rtance of radi o. Our
cover pho to (taken by Fred Moore :
graphic treatment by John B ailey)
depi ct s a typical , remot e .
mounta inside farm.
Arthur C ushen has been li stening to lndo nesia over its 60 year
broadcasting history. This is his account of monitoring both shortwave
and mediumwave stations from hi s
location in New Zealand. For monitors in North America , however,
lndonesia po ses a difficu It challenge .
only surmountable during the winter months. It' s not too late: w hy no t
try your luck w ith some freque nc ies
th at have a lready been logg ed this
winter?

By Leon Fletcher
Pi tcai rn bl a nd- a small. sto ney o utcropping in the
m id st o f the n 1st Pac ific -has earned it s notoriety as the
refuge chosen by the mutineers fro m the HMS Bounty. Many
o f the ir de scrndant s still li ve there. and can occas io nally he
he ard v ia amate ur radi o .

How to Bui/cl a Radio from a Kit ............................. 24

By Jeffrey Poulin
Wi th hi s sub-t itl e " ;\ G uide for the C omp lete Idiot ," Po ulin
uses him se lf as the g uim:a pi g as he sets o ut to prove that anyone
can constru ct a \ ho n wave radio. We c hanged it lo " A G uide for
the Com plete 13eginnc r"- hc d idn' t g ive hi msel fcn o ug h c red itbut he did prove hi s point.

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with relief that we report thi s month o n
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Letters ................................................ 4
Communications ................................. 6
PCS front Line ................................... 28
Digital Modes
Scanning Report ............................... 30
Trunking Scanners Debut
Utility World ..................................... 34
Airline Company HF Freqs
Global forum ................................... 38
RC/ Not Dead ... Again
QSL Report ....................................... 42
English Lang SW Guide ..................... 43
Propogation Conditions ..................... 63
Beginner's Corner ............................. 64
Bells & Whistles
Below 500 kHz ................................. 66
Resources for Natural Radio
American Bandscan .......................... 68
The NewEAS
Outer Limits ...................................... 70
On the Ham Bands ....... ..................... 72
DX for No Code Techs
DeMaw' s Workbench ........................ 74
Home-Brewed PC Boards
Plane Talk ........................................ 76
Collision Avoidance

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Ante~n~eT~~c~~A~. ~~~~?................. 96

Radio Reflections ............................... 98

Trends in QSLing
Ask Bob ......................................... 100
Improving Audio
Stock Exchange .............................. 102
Closing Comments .......................... 104
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Federal File ....................................... 78

Natl forests and porks; WHCA
Satellite TV ....................................... 80
State of TYRO
Experimenters Workshop .................. 82
Tools for the Info Age
Computers & Radio ........................... 84
DXtreme's SWL Log
Special Events/Club Circuit ................ 86
MT Review ....................................... 88
Magnavox Web-TV
What's New ..................................... 89
Magne Tests ..................................... 92
Becker Mexico 2340
Scanning Equipment .......................... 94
Radio Shack PRO-2045

Frequency Manager ...

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K. 1.S. Radio ...
Plane Talk ...
Scanning Report ...
Computers and Radio ...
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Propagation ...
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Digital Digest ...
Federal File ...
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On the Ham Bonds ...
Mogne Tests ...

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Jim Frimmel
T.J. Arey, WB2GHA
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Jean Baker, KIN9DD
Richard Barnett
John Catalano
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Bill Cheek
Jacques d' Avignon
Doug DeMaw, Wl FB
Bob Evans
John Fulford, WA4VPY
Glenn Hauser
Ike Kerschner, N31K
Lawrence Mogne

Communications .... Lorry Miller

What's New2 .... Larry Miller
Scanning Equipment .... Bob Parness, AJ9S
Satellite TV .... Ken Reitz, KS4ZR
Antenna Topics .... W. Clem Small, KR6A
American Bondscon .... Doug Smith, W9WI
SW Broadcast Logs .... Gayle Van Horn
QSLCorner .... Gayle Van Horn
Utility World .... Larry Von Horn, N5FPW
PCS Front Line .... Don Veeneman
Outer Limits .... George Zeller

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LETTERS

Operating in CUT Time?

In December. Bob Grove threw out the
challenge to his readers to explain why Universa l Coordinated Time is abbreviated UTC
and not UTC or CUT. He received several
replies. Ozzie (Robert Osband) N4SCY provided the official explanation from the web
site of the National Institute for Science &
Technology, "the people who bring you
WWV." You can look up their answer al
<http://www.bo ulder.nist.gov/ timefreq/
faq/faq.htm >
Steve Green, of Santee, California, gave
us the same information from a more personal
point of view : "I started the radio hobby about
1970. It was sometime in the period from
1970- 1972 that the ITU met to revamp international time standards.
"One of the decisions of the ITU when the
UT I ti me standard was set, was to come up
with an abbreviation that did not have any
bias toward any nationality. So they chose the
abbrev iat ion UTC because NO language
wou ld abbreviate Coordinated Universal Time
that way. Hence, no perceived bias.
''So sc ience gave way to pol itical correctness, and it wasn ' t even the e ighties yet 1 On
.January I , 1973, at 00:00 UTC, WWV made
the swi tch to UT I (from UT2) and UTC
became the politically com:ct terminology
for Greenwich Mean Time.
''And I was listen ing- on 10 MHz ...

Ham Radio: Point, Counter-Point

T he majority of Bob Grove's October
"Closing Comments" addressed his assessment of the s trengths. weaknesses. and direction of the radio hobby market. However.
most reader responses were elicited by one
paragraph in which Bob spoke about the
"moribund state" of amateur radio, ci ti ng
some of the contributing facto rs. One ham,
Kent Price KF2AD, cance led his three-year
subscription to MT, and s uggested Bob give
up hi s amateur standing for which he didn't
seem to have any respect.
Bob's response to the latter is that. "Former
reader Price's letter supports my case; while
he asserts hi s viewpoints. he refuses to consider mine. Rather than deal wi th the problems ham radio faces as brie fly mentioned in
my C losing Comments, he irrationally cancels hi s remaining three years' subscription to
MT.
"Voluntarily tum in my license because he
doesn't agree with my comments? I don't
think so. I believe that everyone has a right,
even a duty , to express his opin ion on issues.
I only wish Price felt the same way."
Making the more eloquent case for ham
radio was Bill Mayers. KG2DI-"RT, RN ,

MONITORING TIMES

Febrvory 1997

member ARES, SATERN. IMRA, Official

Emergency Station, Vice-president Madison/
Oneida Amateur Rad io Club, proud father of
three hams. and husband of another .....
"I regret that you denounced amateur radio so succi nctly in your co lumn. In your
unique position as a publisher. you r words
carry an impact far and wide. Because of this,
you 're in a position to do much that is good,
or much that is bad, for the electron ics communi cation s industry as well as comm unications profess ionals and hobbyists. I fear that
your remarks may be taken up by interests
that would stand to profit handsome ly were
amateur radio frequency allocations to be
aucti oned off to the hi ghest bidder.
"Noting that you are a ham. and apparent ly
have been one for some ti me. I will not bore
you with rousi ng tales of amateur rad io 'coming through' in times of disaster. I will not
auempl to el icit your tears through tales of
families blessed by hearing theirchild's voice
from a faraway military post via the MARS
c ircuits. I won't repeal fur you the mul titude
of innovations and advances in the electronics and communications arts that have come
to us through the efforts of such hams as Grote
Reber. or how ham rad io has e nhanced the
li ves of even noted publ ic figures such as a
cenai n retired senator from Arizona or a
certai n sightless country-western star. name
of Ronnie Milsap. l won't. because as a ham.
you know all this.
1 will ask you, in light of the above, what
has happened to el icit such negati ve commentary from you'l You remark upon the
conte nt of amateur comm unications. Well ,
yes. we have some real bozos in our ranks.
l' ve come across jerks on 75-meter phone
bragging about their marital infidelity. I've
encou ntered a cretin (whose call indicated
he's been an Extra-c lass ham for some time)
who wantonly disrupted communications of
othe rs for over an hour because he d decided
one of the others whose communications he
was disrupti ng was a black man. Is that it, Mr.
Grove'l These folks exist in all walks of life.
but we do not denigrate an entire hobby or
profession because a few of th em are
meat heads.
"I ' vc also listened in comp lete boredom to
a couple obviously older geezers who blathered on and on about their fav orite brand of
coffee. I' ve heard others go on and on about
the re lative worth of each other's favo rite
household pet. and st ill others waste spectrurn going on about whose stale has the
preuiest sunsets. Is that it. Mr. Grove? Good
heavens. s ir. it's a lro/J/J.".
''I'm also a vo lumeer examiner. My VE
group holds exams monthly. and we've no
shortage of people coming to us, eagerl y
plunking clown the req uired IDs and paper-

work, and then sweating-and yes, I mean

SWEATING- some not-so-easy written exams as well as even harder code tests. If ours
is a dying hobby. Mr. Grove. you couldn't
prove it by me.
"Sure. it's changi ng. ll has to. or it will
indeed die. The Internet and e-mail, and to an
extent, Internet Phone, have made their impact upon communications. However, rather
than decline, all forms o f eommunicationham radio included-have garnered more adherents, not fewer.
" I won't ask for an apology; you did nothing wrong. But I will ask you to reconsider
your negative commellls in your magazi ne.
Ham radio has given many o f us great joy and
also brought s uccor to many others in times of
distress. It is unreasonable, in my humble
opin ion, to assen that this great hobby is
doomed, either by loss of interest or due to the
impact of competing technology."
To which Bob Grove replied, "Thank you
fo r your excellelll commentary. I am pleased
that my observations e licited defense from
cred ible, aniculate members of the amateur
fraterni ty of which I have been an acti ve
membe r for 45 years. I agree wi th all of your
postural comments, just as you agree with
mine. I'm sorry that you took th is singular set
of three negati ve comments out of the context
of strong support for ham radio I have provided in the pages of Mo11iwri11g Times for its
15 years of publication.
"In any case, ham radio is not dying, but it
is stagnant. Our numbers o f new licensees are
not sufficie ntly balancing the numbers of
deaths, non-renewals. and d isenchanted abandonments.
"The presence of offensive transmissions
on 20. 40. and 75 meters is vastly greater and
more vehement than in the days of W20Y's
CQs ("No kids, no lids''). Vu lgarity. bigotry,
and rudeness are endem ic.
'But l still have my rig. my call , and my
pri de. I am happy to insert the comment, Tm
a ham' into any conversation that inv ites it. l
taught school for 16 years. and am responsible
for countless numbers of students getti ng their
ham tickets, many of whom are now in the
technical professions as a result of that early
exposure to my ham radio c lasses.
"Several of my coworkers at Grove Enterprises are now licensed because I took the time
to conduct ham radio theory classes during the
work day, giving them time off to study, and
coaching them to be prepared for the exam.
Far from denigrati ng ham radio, I am one of its
biggest allies. But I believe in pointing out
tarnish so it can be polished."
Letters are edited for brev ity and clarity by
Rache l Baughn, KE40PD. Send your comments to P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902
or [email protected].

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It" s pan ol"the search and re sc ue bus in ess.
A person who is in troub le will wait unt il the
last poss ible <.,ernnd before calling for help. 111
pa rt. that' because no one wants to admi t
they' ve me,-;ed up and gu11en lost in the
woods and in pan because of a long-stand ing
myth that the rescued must pay ror the resc ue.
Both as,umpti ons arc wron g.
\j ow co mes an ad1ertiscmc nl from
Motoro la which reads. Think a pair of twoway radio' is expensive/ Priced a decent
search and rescue lately-r /\capti on under a
picture o f 'omeone rappe ll ing from a helicopter continue' : "The UI 1- 1 Huey military
he li copter and a grou nd ,earch team including AT Vs. bloodhou nds. ni ght search light sthis rescue ' lull can add up quicker tha n a
Connectic ut 11edding ...
According 10 the Co lorado Search and
Rescue Board (CS R BJ. the ;1d "will probab ly
do more damage than any stateme nt made
about thi' mess in I :'i ye;1rs ... Those who
become lost in Colorado an.:11't charged fo r
searches and the board ll'allb the ad pulled .
T he myth of the high-pri ced rcsrne has
caused trouble in the past. CSRB ci tes a 4year o ld L'<N' in 1.vhic h a wife waited th ree
hours to tell authorities tha t her husband wa,
mi ssing 011 :Vlount E1111'. She fi nall y ca ll ed
after dec iding that the mune y wou ldjusl h;1ve
to come rrrnn her lxu1k account.
Kelly /ehl"uss. di rec tor fo r marketing fo r
Motorol a. sa id that ' he doe,11'1 know if the ad
will he pulled. The ad. 'he ,aid. 11-;1s ex tens ively tested with potential consumers and llll
one said it impli ed they wou ld have to pay fo r
the rescue .

Ted Talks TV

lou,y. violent. explo iti ve jtelevis io11 j. T he

way we use tele vision. it' s like alcohol. One
or two drinks before dinner won't hurt you.
But if' you drink a fifth a day. it will kill you.''
said T urner helpfull y.
T he problem. of course. is not wi th the
second ge neration TV stat ion ow ner himself.
It 's co mpetitor Rupert Mu rdoch. "He is exact Iy the kind of pe rson I' rn talking about who
pu ts profits and power absolu tel y first. secoml. and third.'' Turner said.

Free Cordless Publicity

Hartford. Connecticut. police are alle mpting to find out who taped a cordless phone call
betwee n Assistan t Fi re Chi ef Billy Smi th and
a city firefighter. and then sent transcripts of
the conversation to ci ty hall. According to
The /lar1/(1rd Couml//. the corll'ersati on in cllllkd racial slurs. criticisms of so me top ti re
and pol ice adm inistrators. and ta ll-. about
fi refig hter' ' tran sfe rs and promotions.
Nonethe less. the tapes have created a
firestorm ofcontrovcrsy. Smi th. who is black.
11-;1, rc mon:d a, comm;rndcr of operations
because or the tape' and reassigned to desk
duties. S mit h' s allorncy. however, says that
because the tapi ng o f the cordless phone calls
was i Ilegal and because the firefi ghter was off
duty. " ff there i' an y ' uggest ion al all of
disc ipline. we rc not going to stand ror it. "
If 1lart fo rd police ever do find out who
intercepted and taped the phone ca ll s. says
Mayor Michael P. Peters. the scanne r liste ner
.. , lmuld he arrested for bi.:i ng an idiot:
Accord ing to one Conncclirn l M T reade r.
one effect of the story has been that sales of
scanners in the city ha ve "taken o ff ' s ince
thei r ability to mo ni tor cordle" phones has
come to light.

Chicago Scrubs Morse System

W AR N IN G:
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Ted Turner has determined that too much

~
~ watching or stupid,
sleazy, lousy, viol ent, exploitive
television programming aired on
any competilive network can be
detrimental lo your health.

Ted Turne r. Ti me Warner s new I' ice chairman. has told the public that if they dnn't fikc
what they sec on TV. they shoul d turn it olT.
"People arc begin ning lo realize the total
effect o r ll'alch ing
111 uch stupid. ,Jca1.y.

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February I 997

The Chicago Fi re Departme nt is ripping

out its telegraph system. Few peop le realize
that the ')'lcm LhCS Morse code to connect
dispatcher' wi th the c it y's 100 rirc houses. it
has operated thal way fo r more than a ce ntury.
The city is mo\in g to a $2 17 mill ion computerized dispa1ch ing system.
Stil l. old code pounders at the l"i re departme nt- while admit ting that the telegraph
system is a go ncr- nwurn its loss. "They arc
abandoning a tried and true syste m: complain, Ron Heck la. a Chicago Fire Departme nt alarm supcr vi, or. "At its height. the old
te legraph system di spatched over I.JOO alarms
pe r d<1y:
Doubters still c li ng lo hope. howe ver. Ken
Li ll ie. a reti red fire d ispatcher. reme mbers

when the c ity tried to dismantle !he Morse

telegraph syste m in the early 1980s and replace it with a hi gh tech radio syste m. The
hi gh tech rad io system. he says. proved to be
so ri re with gli tches that c ity o fficials had to
retu rn to the telegra ph again. The city seems
less than wholly convinced, too. It says it
pl ans lo keep all the o ld equipment in storage.
By the way. when the Wall Street Journal
covered thi s story. they titled it, "Chicago
Fire fighters Wi ll Stop Dashing: Some Say
Dot' s 100 Bad .''

Talk Radio Cairo

"Well, Buthayna,
once Mark A ntony
and I were foo ling
around behind th e

Conservat ive, Islami c Egypt has its

ow n ve rsio n of
Howard Stern. Sort
of.
Buthayna Ka mal
s its in the studio of a Cairo's radi o station,
draggi ng on a cigarette, and opens the mi crophone. "Confessions. nocturnal confessions.''
s he intones over spacey music. 'The world is
ugly and beaut iful and, you know, thi s is what
makes it good." Her callers beg in to pour out
the ir hearts on the air. Stories. o f amorous
s uitors. rape. in fideli ty. incest, premarital sex.
and fru strated love fi ll the ai rwaves. Kamal ,
who does not claim to be a therapist, says that
s he gives sympath y. " I am a sister and a
friend.''
However tame her advice, the topics di scussed on the show strike deep into deeply
conservati ve Egypti an culture where the subject matter of the show makes j ust about
everyone squirm .
Public reaction 10 the show has been mixed.
While it is poss ible to hear the show blaring
from ta xi cabse ruising Cairo's bac k streets at
I a. m .. reviews in the local newspaper are not
so kind: " I want lo vomit as I listened .. .'' sa id
o ne writer.

Internet Sting Operation

The /11dia11apolis Star is report ing that
sheriffs deputies in two states worked togcther overthe internet to nab a man who was
selling sto len two-way radi os.
The tale began in Ind ianapolis when a
reserve Rocky Ri pple mars hal walked into
the Metropolitan Emergency Communica-

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program three high-tech radios so they could
be used on the county wide emergency broadcast network. When MECA director Linn
Piper noticed that the radios we re set to operate on a Florida Fire Department's freque ncy.
he checked the records and found the radios
had been stolen from a Po mpano Beach,
Florida. fi re station.
" How did you get these radios'l" Piper
asked the mars hal !.
It turns out that he ordered the rad ios over
the internet; all three for $ 1.700. The radios
were returned to r lnrida where lawmen there
decided to set up a sting.
Police in Mari o n County sent a mcs!>agc to
the ~alcs m an who ca lled himsclfCaptain H.C..
He said that he ~ till had a couple or these
radios left. "Where arc you located? We'd
like to mee t you am.I pick these radios op in
person," the police said. Captain 1-1.C. agreed.
When the two met. the police "ere wearing body wires and Captain H.C. was talkati ve. sayi ng that he could get more radios but
that he had just sent three to Indi ana. In fact.
Captain H.C. said. the guy in Indiana had not
paid hi m and he had reported the irll'.ident to
police as a the ft.
Knowing that he was the guy who sent the
s tolen radios to India na. the police arrested
Captain H.C.. a.k.a. Joseph Pe nny. an 18 year
o ld . Penny said that he sold the radi os to pay
off hi s cred it canl debt. Police found 15 other
high-tech walkie t alki e~ in his car and home.
Hi s case is pending.
Pompano Beach officials say that each
radio is worth 53.000. Twenty- nine of them
were stolen from area fire departmen ts in the
last year.

Phone Violence
Wireless Week says that not all cel l phones
arc weapons in the war against crime. According to reporh.:r Monica Allcv..:n. they
sometimes are us..:d as weapons. She cite;, the
followi ng cases:
In Pittsburgh. a po lice olfo:ertestil'ied that
he almost shot a motori st when he waved a
flip phone at him. The officer thought the
phone was a gun.
In Los Angeles. a detention center guard is
going to trial after smuggling a ee ll phone into
former Rams de fensive back 0<11Tyl Henley's
cell. Henley is accused of using the phone to
di scuss a murder.
An employee of boxer Riddi ck Rowe was
videotaped using a ce ll phone to attack a
boxer at New Yo rk' s Madison Sq uare Garden.
The Cellul ar Telecommunications Indus-

EVOLUTION OF WEAPONRY

try Association 'a)~ it certain ly dnesnt condone the u ~c of phones as weapons. Says
CTIA s po k e~ man Tim Ayers ... We don't have
any statistics. hut I'm sure it happens occasionally. just like beer bottl es or a stick. If s
just handy ...
Remember. folk~. '..Vhcn cell phones are
outlawed. only outlaws wi ll have cell phones.
Or something like that.

AEA Being Sold

Ir you called the phone number of Advanced Electro nic Applicat ions' (AEA) last
fall. you heard a recording informing you that
the ham radi o company was being sold and to
chcck with the ARRL in about a month for
new;, on its di ~ po~i ti on. Interesting ly. the
Amateur Radi o Relay League said it never
agreed to be a contact poi nt.
The ARRL docs. however. shed some
light on the curre nt si tuati on in The ARRL
Online Le/f er. Apparent ly Advanced Electron ic Application~ Im: is being broken up
and sold. AEA C hairm an Mike Lamb ,
N7ML- aftcr laying off most of the staff at
the company s Lynnwood.Washington. headquarters in the fall of 96-announccd in
Dece mber that each of its th ree product lines

(data produ c t ~. tc~ t analyzers. and antennas)

is be ing sold to three separate buyers. Although he said letters of intent arc in place, the
sale is not expected to be fi na l unt il after the
holidays. in January.
Lamb dec lined to name the new owners.
but said an oflicial announcemen t would be
made "as soon as the sales arc complete."
Cu rrent and prospective owners of AEA
products and soft ware arc understandab ly
concerned. Lamb said the new owners wou ld
.. likely offer warranty and nut-of- warranty
serv ice to o ld AEA customers." The ARRL
emphasizes that they ca111101 hel p AEA customers with service or tech nica l problems.
Earli er th is year. the company introduced
several new products (i ncludi ng the longawaited DSP-232 mullimode TNCJ to the
amateur market. but "it appears to have been
a case of too little. too late: according to the
ARRL report. Lamb would not say whet her
the AEA name would survive the bu yout~ .
bu t said he ex pected the new owners would
maintain AEA s standards.
Many thanks to the 1997 Communications
Monitoring Team. Let's introduce you to some
or the people who have looked for. clipped out.
anu mailed in radio-related columns from their
local newspapers. They arc:
Mr. or Mrs. Anonymous; Bob Burdick.
Meriden. CT; Celeste Howe. Hartford. CT: Ryan
Mcarthy. North Babylon. Y: Harold Eads.
Fincastle. VA: Kanli Haloum. Lo' Angeles. CA:
Wayne and Joan Heinen, Aurora. CO: Maryanne
Kehoe. Atlanta. GA: Richard Marks. St. Petersburg. FL: Richard Mosley, Wilkes-Barre. P/\:
Jorge Rodrigue1.: Ed Schwartz. Chicago. IL: Don
Strobel. L1m pa". TX: Peter Whitmo~cr. Arcola.
Y/\and Don Vc,t.
Lest we forget. w..: ha\'e cnnMiltcd the follo\\'ing publications and we list th..:ir nam.::s in appreciation: Nmio1111/ Sm1111i11g. Nadio World. \Vire/es.I' World. WorldNadio. W5YI Rt' /lfJrl.

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By Arthur Cushen
Location photos by Fred Moore

Located on the other side of the

globe, Indonesia poses North
American monitors one of the
most difficult of monitoring
challenges. However, this nation
of scattered islands and cultures
makes widespread use of broadcasting to overcome its geographic barriers, and reception
is not impossible. Arthur Cushen
has logged Indonesia throughout
its 60 year hist01y of broadcasting. Lest you think he 's cheating
from his New Zealand location,
many of his catches were of
mediumwave stations!

...._....... ROADCASTI NG IN INDONES IA. the former Dutch East Indies. has been
controlled by the Dutch. Japanese. and now Indonesian authoritie s over the past
60 years. Happily, for radio lis teners. broadcasting now seems scllled into an
expansioni st patte rn.
Broadcasting in the former Dutch East Indies was under the Dutch
control in the late 1930s when the cou111ry was a Dutch colony. The
broadcasting service was then known as NIROM : Netherland Indi es
Broadcasting Co Ltd. Stations were operated in the cap ital Ba1avia and
other ci ties as the network e xpanded during Dutch rule.
In 1938 we were hearing stat ions such as Radio Batavia, located on
Java (now renamed Jakarta ). the capital of the Indones ian Republic.
Batavia was pan of the NIROM radio network: there were 26 NIROM
stations on Java and small stations scattered on other islands, as well as
other private radio hroadcasters in Indonesia.
The Net herland Indi es Broadcasting Company Ltd ope rated many
pre-war stations using callsigns starti ng with YD. The PM call sign was used by ot her local radio
station s, such as the Java Wi re less station PMH at Bandoeng. Java. I received verifi cati on of
a reception report from PM H after the Japanese entry into the Pacific war: the card was dated
February 1942. Batavia, Bandocng. and Surabaya were among those stati ons heard at my
listening post. most of which wen:: reg ional and used the 60 or 90 meter band.

II Japanese Control
By June 1942 the Japanese had o ver-run the former Dutch East Indies and taken control of
rad io services. and so we began lo hear new voices on the band. Radio Batavia started to use
the higher frequency bands and commenced broadcasts in Eng lis h, fu ll of
propaganda of the Japanese war news.
lists of prisoners of war and civil ian
internees. They had a special lunchtime
broadcast (0 130 GM T) to Australia and
New Zealand from Batavia using 18 135
kH z.
Batavia became one of the mai n
sources fo r news of the enemy advances.
along with many ot her stati ons captured
by the Japanese- Singapore. Penang,

BANOOENG. ~~ . 1~h , U1J i;....?..

Manila, Pa lau, Saigon, Shanghai, Hong Kong,

and of course Tokyo. Batav ia contin ued for a
short time in Dutch, but then Japanese and
English were the main languages used. along
with some Indonesian.
The Indonesian population under J apanese control was gi ven some freedom ofbroa<lcast i ng. Subsequently. when Ja pan
surren<l ed o n Augu st 15 ,
1945. the Indonesian
free movement began
to gather s tre ngth as the
Dutch returned to take
control of their forme r
colony. Indo nesian leaders began to e merge as the
Dutc h tri ed to reestabli sh
the N IROM network.

Dcnr Mt.

Ct.1.>thM1,

Yo u1 rcpon on .SltHicn

l.f l"

b:J.scc.

At left, a verie from the Java

Wireless Society, 1942.
Below, a verie from NIROM,
received in 1939

log.

Radio War

Above, transmitter

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)l:.t,.Git"!t,,_s.

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- ~~.it ~;\ft'lte.rtt
By 1946 two broadcasti ng
Cti\1 : licuHo ilr.:~'i\..,~t t.:1:::.., f~f'r't!WWfil1 ""'u~~~'
At left, Indonesian Air
building of Radio
l ;,;-'io~~- 1"'4
sys tems we re in operation:
Force station verie in
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:
l~J(\k'~r+.f'l
Batavia.
lA.."t~ t..(~'9 1 I~\\~..;.1 ~n.\.e.i(
Radio Batavia operated by the
1952.
S~!lt~1 ln n . , . ...;:! ...-'J nn
". p~__,,......,/
.11 . ' w A:rJ
Dutch in Batavia and the Voice of Free Indo/"'.
nesia (the forerunner of Radio Repuhli k Indonesia) in Jogjakarta under the control of the
e merging Indo nesian Government. The conmill ion, and small RRI and pri vate shortwave
card. but they may inc lude a verification o n
flict dragged on as a transfer of power from
station letterhead along with your pre pared
stations will continue to be a c halle nge to the
the Dutch to a new Indonesian Government
shortwave li ste ne rs o n the lower frequenc y
card, s igned and stamped .
was under discussion in 1947. The negotiabands .
tions became reality in 1949 under Sukarno.
In 1966 I noted a stude nt rad io on the air
I Indonesian Bandscan
and a lso heard Radio Andir. In fact. <luring the
INDONESIA FREQUENCIES
For count ry counting. Indonesia may be
pe riod fro m 1945 to 1966 I veri li ed I 02 stacounted as: Bal i. Lesser Sundas. Kalirnantan
tio ns. under both Dutch and Indo nes ian conThe following ARI station listings are a sample of
( B o rn eo). Su l a\ve~i. J ava. Moluccas.
tro l. and many in the 120-meter band. the best
those monitored this winter DX season, which will
extend only another month or two. Good monitoring
Sumatera. Timur, a nd lri an Jaya.
four being YON 2390. YDA2 2420. YDK6
and good luck!
De pe nding Oil your locatio n, time o r the
2490, and YDl6 2330 kHz. The stat ions ranged
year, and propagati o n, Radio Rcpub lik Indoin power from I00-300W.
frequencies
~
nes ia ( RR I) stati o ns and no n-ne twork stations
9525, 15150 kHz
Voice of Indonesia (Java)
English; 0100arc most lih.ely be heard in North Ame rica a:-.
The Current Scene
0200, 0800early as 0800-1600 UTC. In Novembe r and
0900, 20002100
According to a Radio Nederland program
December. DXers al so monitor lndos in the
UTC
which looked at radi o in Indo nesia. there are
late afternoon t2 I00-2300 LTC ). Many RRI
RRI Jakarta (Java)
9680. 15150
now 647 private broadcasting stations as well
RRI Fak Fak (lrian Jaya)
4789.11
stati ons broadcast extended schedules during
RRI Merauke (lrian Jaya)
3905
as the network of the Radio Repub li k Indonethe M o:-.lc m ho liday season of Ramaclan4875, 9748
RRI Sorong (lrian Jaya)
sian ( RRI ) stations spread throughout Indoand may even broadcast a ll night lo ng.
RRI Wamena (lrian Jaya)
4866.45
nesia. A ll stations relay the news o n the hour
RRI Pontianak (Kallmantan)
3976.7
Whe n report ing to RR I statio ns. some corfrom Jakarta ; shortwave listeners arc already
RRI Samarinda (Kalimantan)
3295.3
responde nce may be replied to in English
RRI Kendarl (Sulawesi)
4000.2
familiar with the news broadcasts which arc
(including Voice o f Indonesia ): however. to
RRI Manado (Sulawesi)
3214.8
all preceeded by the Song cif the Coco11111
4003.2// 6190
RRI Padang (Sulawesi)
ensure a repl y. it is hi ghl y suggested you
Island.
RRI Ujung Padang (Sulawesi)
4752.9v
fo rmulate your recepti o n report in IndoneRRI Kupang (Timur)
3384.9
The majo rity of RRI stations arc o n FM
sian. I would also recommend you c::nc losc
RRI Ambon (Moluccas)
4845
and are of lo w power. On med iumwave the
mint In <lo n c::~ i a n postage stamp:-. (avai lable
3345
RRI Ternate (Moluccas)
signal s o n this band are heard al times in
RRI Gorontato (Sumatera)
3264.6v
fro m Bill Plum s A irm ail Postage & DX SupRRI Pekanbaru (Sumatera)
5040
Australi a and New Zeala nd, but they are not
plies. 12 Glenn Road. Fle mingto n. NJ 0882RRI Tanjungkarang (Sumatera)
3395
as cons iste nt as the many signal s o n the lower
3322) along w ith a scl f- addrc~~cd-c::nvclopc
ARI Tanjung Pinang (Sumatera)
3224.8
shortwave bands.
and perhaps a prepared QSL card.
Today, radio sti ll plays a vital role in reach Prepared by Gayle Van Horn
Very few stati o ns reply with the ir o wn
ing the Indo nesian population of over 200

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Amtrak's
New Flexliner

is a Golden
Opportunity
To Go Scanning
.-<\oUR
By Laura Ouarantiello

There's just
Something
about a Train

he steel rails start a foot in front of my toes and run nil to

my left into the distance. comerging to a sharp point
foc used on infi ni ty. Standi ng there. perched just bchiml th..:
yellow 'stand back' line painted on the concrete at rai l ~idc. I ~quint
and watch. And 1 wai t.
There can be a lot of waiting when it comes to trai ns. as I' m
beginning to learn the hard way. Even though trains ru n on a pre-se t
sc hedule. nothing is absolute and delays are not uncommon. I'm new
at all this. but it's a beaut iful Southern Cali fo rnia day and I have my
scanne r with me. so I'm not too quick to complain . Bc s id..:~. I' m not
alone here: there is a crowd of about one hundred gathered al the
Oceanside station. milling arou nd. lean ing out to peer down the track s.
tapping thei r watches, waitin g. We' re all here for the ~ame reason.
because there's just something about a train.

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February 1997

For years. people ha\'<.! chased train ~ and ~canner li ~tc ners ha\'e
tuned in to the chatt..:r of the men who run big iron un the rails. They
wi ll tra\'el far am.l wide. stand out in th<.! middk uf nowhere with a
scanner and a camera. just to catch a glimpse of a locomoli\e. just lo
hear the engineer s call over the radio as he crosses a right of way.
head ing fo r the next station. There s a little hit of h<.!aven in the ru mble
of the whee ls and the long. low moan of the train whistle.
1 didn1 start out a~ a train watcher and I' m still not sure that I
deserve to clai m the official title. but like an y good scanner listener.
I' m always up for a n<.!w ~canning chall enge. When Amtrak announced that their newest passenger train. the Flex liner, would be
passing through San Diego on its nationwi d<.! tour. I wasted no ti me
marking my cale nde r. Hcre was a goldcn opport unity to try my hand
at scanning the rai ls. T here was only onc prob lem .. . 1 knew nothing
about trains.

 Zero to Sixty: Learning the Rails

I had a grand total of two days -forty e ight precio us hours- in whic h to bring myself up to speed o n mo nitori ng trai ns before
the Flex liner pull ed into town. It may sound
like all the time in the world. but when you re
c has ing rndio s ignals- those e lusive and
short-l ived phanto ms of sound-every seco nd counts. I snipped a newspaper art icle
abou t the train ' s tour and studied it for clues.
Amtrak s Flex lineris a Europea n-designed
passenger tra in manu fac tured by Adtranz. a
50/50 joint ventu re between transpo rtatio n
company A BB Asea Brown Bo veri Ltd .. and
Daimler- Benz. Bil led as Amtrak ' s vision of
2 1s t Century Ame ri c an rail tra vel. the
Flex lincroperates undere ithe re lectric (EMU)
o r diesl.!I ( DMU) power and is self-prope lled,
requiring no locomo ti ve.
Statio ned at each end o f the train are two
e n g in eer~ in control booths that l.!mulate a
lot:0111oti ves operating panel. The train is bi di rectiona l. and th roug h use o f an au to mated
cou pling connectio n system. individual trains
can be joined and separated within minutes.
even while underway. Each train consists o f
two to four cars. and up to fi ve train s can be
connected to comprise one trainset.
Des ig ned fo r q uick accl.!krat io n. the
Flex liner can re ach speeds of 11 2 miles pe r
hour 0 11 ex istin g rai ls. A true product of the
age. the train is eq uipped with a computerized d iag nostic syste m a nd features a rubber
front and fo ld-back doors a llowing access
between coupled trains . T he coupling system
a nd inde pendent contro l booths all ow o ne
modu la r trainset to le ave a station and separate. becoming several trains a ll headed in
different directio ns.
The Flex liner was scheduled to start o ut
the day in Escondi do. a c it y nearl y thirty
miles north of San Diego. board a load of
V I P's and media types. and the n c hu g down
to the ma in station in Ocean side. C alifornia.
It would use existing Atchi son. To peka. and
Santa Fe rail road tracks fo r the trip and was
due for arrival in the seaside city al 2 pm. So
now I had background. locati o n. and time.
All I needed were freque ncies .
I immediate ly went to my rac k of fre que ncy books and pulled dow n o ne afte r the
o the r, f'lick ing pages and c hecking fo r rail
freque ncies. When you' re in a bind a nd looking for numbers. a l way~ go to your freque ncy
books. bl.!cause any and all information is
he lpful to narro w down the search. even if
they don' t provide the exact answer.
The rai Iroad sectio n o f the radio spectrum,
I discove red, was neatl y fa ste ned between a
lowe r and upper lim it o f 160. 2 15 MHz -

Tile passenger sections look normal enough, but one glimpse of either end sl10ws
that this train is something different.
16 1.565 M Hz. Though l paged thro ugh many
books. a ll I reall y needed was the spectru m
allocation li sting. because it gave me a ta rget
range . Luckily. most railroads use one or
more frequ e ncies within this partic ular range,
so searchin g wouldn ' t turn o ut to be a whole
day a ffair. My PR0-43 zips throug h the search
in about li ve seconds . I loaded up this range
into my search bank: it wou ld be my bac kup
in case any of the spec ifi c frequenc ies I would
be mo nito ring d idn't yield any communicati ons.
Whi le it' s true that rail roads use frequenc ies in o the r bands. suc h as the 450. 460, a nd
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sidebar fo r conversion chart) are the most

common. Most locomoti ves come fully
eq uipped with radios that synthesize the appropriate frequencies just by setting the appropriate AAR channel identification number
on the radio. A window on the radio displays
the AAR channel number for transmitting and
the AAR channel number for receivi ng. As an
example, Amtrak often uses a road channe l of
160.455 MHz. The window on the train radio
wou ld show 2323, depicti ng transmission on
AAR channel 23 and receiving on channel 23.
By wiping out half of the entered frequencies in my PR0-43 and loading the AAR
frequencies into the channels corresponding
to their official numbers, I could have instant
access to any rail freqs, simply by punching in
the appropriate channel number. This may be
an option for you if you sca n the rai ls frequently and at different locations. For my
hunt. it was enough to know that 160.560
(AA R Channel 30) was the frequency Amtrak
trains tend 10 use on Santa Fe tracks.
Whenever you go scanning for a particular
target, it's wise to empty out one bank of your
scanner and load it back up wi th "possibles"frequencies that may sec use by your target
service. On my PR0-43. I use bank ten. j ust
because it's handy and easy to remember. I
entered several li kely frequencies, such as the
Santa Fe Road chan nel. and locked out the
rest of the channels in the bank. The unused
channels would be available for any hot frequencies 1 might come up with while searching.
Researchi ng your target before the
actual day of mon itori ng is always wise.
I searched the Internet's World Wide
Web. CompuServe's HamNet Forum,
and any other resource 1could fi nd that
might have information on railroads.
Need less to say, I discovered a great
deal, much of it nearly useless errata that
wou ldn ' t help me when it came time to
actually listen in. Neve rthe less. I learned
a great deal about railroads and trai ns.
The day before the Flexliner's arrival, I punched the 160 MHz range into
my PR0-2006's search bank and went
hunting. I had never done too much
listening to rail communications, happy
enough in the knowledge of the frequency of the local line that runs through
my city three times per week. Now.
however. 1 became a railroad junkie: I
wanted to grab and identify every acti ve
rai l freque ncy. I was on a mission. a
crash course in railscann ing.
With a frequency book. paper, and
pen in hand, I worked the railroad range
fo rward and backward. up and dow n,
12

MONITORING TIMES

February 1997

noti ng every active frequency and who it

belonged to. I used every spare minute I had
to become familiar with that one megahertz
swath of numbers. And in the end, the research all paid off.

I Trackside
I never dreamed that a new train would
bring so many people out of the woodwork.
There is media here and Amtrak officials, as
we ll as representatives from Adtranz, the
train 's manu fac turer. And there are people ...
lots of people. The Oceanside Transit Center,
point of arriva l and departure for Amtrak
trains. as well as the Coaster commuter rail
line and di strict buses, sits just minutes from
the Pacific Ocean. It is a place of transition
and that is reflected in the mi x of faces around
me. Many have brought cameras. some have
taken thei r children along. Some look bewildered. wonderi ng what all the fuss is about.
I find a space away from the crowd. slip on
a pairofheadphones. and switch on the PR043. The airwaves are dead and the scanner
runs throu gh the scan ban k several ti mes
befo re 1give up and pu nch in the search bank .
Someone has to be talking, somewhere. Over
my head. the public address system clicks on
and a woman' s voice tells us that the Flexliner
has been delayed but is expected to arri ve
withi n minutes. There wi ll be a short ceremony and then we will allowed to board and
explore the train.
I switch back to Bank I0. where my best

bet frequencies are entered, and wander over

to the tracks. Leaning out, I look down the
long expanse of shiny straight metal. It's in
this moment that I experience one of every
scanner listener' s worst nightmares: what if I
can't find the freque ncy? I' ve done my homework, entered in all possible Amtrak frequencies for this area, as well as those in use by the
AT&SF local line. But, what if they are on
UHF? Not like ly, but certainly possible. Do I
have time to search the 450, 460, and 470
MHz ranges? One of those obscure rules of
scanning run s through my head: stick with the
plan.
Finally, way down in the distance, where
the tracks merge into a single line, there is a
li ght. Almost sim ultaneously, something
breaks squelch on my handheld. I snatch it off
my belt. but it' s too late, the scan cycle is
continuing and I missed the frequency. The
P.A. system comes on again and an announcement warns spectators of the train 's arrival.
1 m so close, I can taste the frequency. Staring
at the scanner display, I wi ll someone to talk.
Just once, j ust for a second. This is what it all
comes down to, j ust me and the scanner and a
voice I can't catch. All the homework in the
world won't help if no one will speak.
I lean ou t over the yellow line on the
concrete, watching the li ght coming down the
tracks.
There' s a slight rumble, a vibration of
heavy metal. "Central, 7003 arriving Oceanside."
Bingo! 160.560 MHz comes al ive
and I jab the "manual'' button. After all
that searching. all the possibilities. my
first bet was the best one. The train has
taken shape behind the light now, but
there's something wrong. I' m no train
experc, obviously. but this one has no
eng ine. As a matterof fact, it's the strangest-looki ng train I' ve ever seen. Slowi ng
into the station , the front end of the
Flexlineri s a black puffy donut surrounding a window with a single wiper on it.
Close to the tracks is the familiar cowcatcher, but it's recessed and painted with
glaring black and yellow stripes.
The brakes roar and the train slows,
inches forwa rd. stops. The passenger sections look normal enough. but one glimpse
of eitherend shows that thi s train is something different.

I AJI Aboard
In the curi ously small control booth,
the eng ineer is speaking. Standing by the
open door of the compartment, I watch
his lips move as hi s voice comes over the

scann er speaker. "Central. 7003.

We 11 hold here fora few minutes and
wait for the second trainset. Then
wed li ke to recouple.""
"7003. roger. 7004 wil l be cleared
into the west platform and then back
onto the main track for recouple."
Somewhere back up the line, the
Flexliner's second trainset had uncoupled and slowed down while the
first sped ahead into the station, demonstrating the versatility of thi s modem machine. The crowd has migrated
down to where I' m standing by the
first trainset. Some stare expectant ly
at the passenger doors. waiting for
their chance to go aboard. They don "t
know what I know. that it"ll be a few
minutes before all is ready. The bluecoated conductor wa lk s dow n.
handheld ready and I hear his voice
on the radio.
"Where do you want to board from.
John?"
"Fi rst doors on the second train set.
once it gets here.'"
Ah -ha! While everyone is down here expecting to board. I walk back up the tracks to
the end of the train and wait for 7004 s arrival.
There is more chatter on the scanner as the
second trainset approaches the stati on. then
the engineer"s chant of '"two cars. one car.
that'll do" as the two trainsets couple. It's a
fascinating evolution to watch and monitor.
The Flexliner tour trainset is a diesel multiple
unit (DMU) which includes two three-car
Flex liner train s. Throughout the tour. Amtrak
will demonstrate the unique coupling and bidirectional operation systems.
Up the tracks. at the other end of the train.
the conductor is talki ng to the crowd and he's
pointing in my direction. Suddenl y. thcres a
shift and everyone starts to move my way. I
brace for impact as the crowd stampedes for
the second trainset and before I know it. I'm
no longer first in line for boarding. The conductor pushes to the fro nt and stands by the
closed doors. 'John. can we open the doors
now?"
It takes three or four minutes and an eternity of standing shoulder to shoulder with the
crowd before the engineer releases the doors.
I'm fifth aboard and immediately seek a seat
as everyone else streams down the aisle. In the
relative comfort of the coach compartment. I
watch the long line oll!side the panoramic
window whi le listening to departure preparations on the scanner.
Of course, passenger comfort is not secondary on the Flex liner. The interior features

.....

wide-aisled compa11ments and large windows.

along with reclining scats. Audio systems. as
well as outlets for laptop computers are available at each seat. Electronic displays show
train sched ules and routes, andcc ll ularphones
are available for passenger use. If the Flex liner
catches on in America. rail travel wi ll never
be the same. And for scanner listeners looking
for a new scan ning opportunity. well ... there's
just something about a tra in.

11

I Demonstration Information
Currently, there arc approximatel y two
hundred Flexliner trains operating in Denmark. Israe l. and Sweden. Spain is expected
to begin using the Flex liner soon. Though the
train operates up to 112 mph in European
service. the touring trainset wi ll not exceed 90
mph due to track conditions. The Flexliner
was un vei led to the public in Las Vegas.
Nevada. on July 12. 1996. and the tour was

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offic iall y launched in Los Angeles on Jul y 16.

The tra in operated in Cali fo rn ia foronc month
with several spec ial exc ursions. stationary
equi pment d isplays at various Amt rak stations. and even pan icipated in regu larl y scheduled Amtrak San Dicgan se rvice between Los
Angeles and San Diego fro m Jul y 2 1 through
August I.
At the end or its Californ ia tou r, the
Flex liner le ft fo r five months or demonstrations in Can ada. returning to the Un ited States
in March 1997. T he tour schedule is still in
deve lopment. but the trai n wi ll remain in
North America fo r two years. Loca l. state and
regional transportation officials interested in
bringing the Flexli ncr to their area are asked
to contact Ron Hartman al (202) 906-2642.
For inquiries about fu ture Flex liner tour locations. contact Amtrak public relations.

AMTRAK SAN DIEGO AREA

FREQUENCIES
160.560 Amtrak Son Diego Rood Channel
161 .550 Amtrak Los Angeles Rood Channel
161 .055 Amtrak Administration and Police
160.455 Amtrak Train End to End
160.455 Amtrak Yard Channel

AAR RADIO CHANNEL NUMBERING

02 159.810
03 159.930
04 160.050
05 160.185
06 160.200
07 160.215
08 160.230
09 160.245
10 160.260
11 160.275
12 160.290
13 160.305
14 160.320
15 160.335
16 160.350
17 160.365
18 160.380
19 160.395
20 160.410
21 160.425
22 160440
23 160.455
24 160.470
25 160.485
26 160.500
27 160.515
28 160.530
29 160.545
30 160.560
31 160.575
32 160.590
33 160.605

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34 160.620
35 160.635
36 160.650
37 160.665
38 160.680
39 160.695
40 160.710
41 160.725
42 160.740
43 160.755
44 160.770
45 160.785
46 160.800
47 160.8 15
48 160.830
49 160.845
50 160.860
5 1 160.875
52 160.890
53 160.905
54 160.920
55 160.935
56 160.950
57 160.965
58 160.980
59 160.995
60 161.010
61 161.025
62 16 1.040
63 16 1.055
64 16 1.070
65 16 1.085

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February 1997

66 161.100
67 161.115
68 161 .130
69 161.145
70 161.160
71161.175
72 161.190
73 161.205
74 161.220
75 161 .235
76 16 1.250
77 16 1.265
78 16 1.280
79 161.295
80 161.310
81 161.325
82 161.340
83 161.355
84 161.370
85 161.385
86 161.400
87 161.415
88 161.430
89 161.445
90 161.460
91 161.475
92 161.490
93 161.505
94 161.520
95 161.535
96 161.550
97 16 1.565

AMTRAK POLICE RADIO CODES

10-00 ......... Emergency Broadca st all units standby
10-01 ......... Receiving poorly
10 -02 .... ..... Receiving well
10 -03 ........ . Priority Service
10-04 ... ...... Acknowledgment
10-05 .. ....... Repeat message
10-06 ......... Busy, unless urgent
l 0 -07 .. .... ... Out of service (location)
10-08 ......... In service (location)
10-10 ......... Vehicle/Person Check (location/description of vehicle/occupants}
l 0 - 11 ...... ... Request additional APD units (routine assistance}
10 -l 2 ......... Request Supervisor (location)
10 -13 ......... Request Local/State Police (location}
10- 14 ......... Request ambulance/ rescue squad
10-15 ......... Request fire apparatus
l 0-16 ......... Prisoner(s) in custody (mileage start/ stop)
l 0 -17 ......... Check wonts/warrants (NCIC}
10- 1 8 ......... Request lo HQ
10-19 ......... Call HQ by land line
l 0-20 ........ . Location
10-21 .... ..... Coll. ..
10 -22 ........ . Disregord
10-24 ......... Alarm sounding (location)
l 0 -26 ......... Prepare lo copy
10-33 ......... Does not conform to regulations/unnecessary use of radio
10-36 ......... Time check
10-41 ......... Begin tour of duty
10-45 ......... Accident (specify outo/train, etc.)
10-46 ......... Train in Emergency
10-47 ..... .... Train protection (non-emergency)
10-48 ......... Stoning/ shooti ng/vandalism
10-49 ......... Passenger/patron assist
l 0-50 ......... Disorderly crowd/person/disturbance
10-77 .... .. .. . E.T.A.
10-82 ........ . Hostage situation
10-88 ......... Bomb threat
10-90 ......... Arrived at scene
10-95 ......... Enroute lo. ..
10-99 .... ..... Assist officer

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Menwith Hill Station

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A Case Study

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he monitoring of communication signals has long been performed by agencies of

world governments since the first signal s we re sent out on spark gap transmi tters at
the turn of this century. As technology ad vanced. so di d the tech niques and methods
of gathering information by e lec: ronic means. The Second World War saw an explosion in
electronic intell igence tec hnology appl ication. which became eve n more im port ant in the cold
'war years that followed. The fo ll owing is a thumbnail hi story of the prime Uni ted Stales
agencies in volved in mon itoring electronic commu ni cati ons an d o ne major location where it
continues today.
The Origin

On November4. 1952. President Harry S. Tru man. signed a uirecti ve creating a super-secret
government age ncy known as the Nat ional Security Agency ( 1SAl. which. according to Mr.
Truman. ""would perform highly specialized technical and coordinating functions relating to the
nat ional security ... The NSA (or.. o Such Age ncy"" to i t ~ m em b er~). was lo become a powerfu l
weapon at the height of the cold war.
T wo years later. in 1954. the Bri ti sh War Department approached a Mr. S. Robinson to
purc hase his 246 acre ""Ness fie ld Farm ."" situated in the Y or k~ hi n.: Dales near the spa town of
Harrogate. The land. described as a ""strip of barren. marshy. wi ntb wcpl waste land whi ch is of
little value for an ythi ng except for graz ing a hardy breed of sheep."" was known as Me nwilh Hill,
or "stoney field"" in 14th century English.

The original 246 acres of Men with Hill

were soon increased to a total of 562 and
quietly leased to the U.S. Department of Defen se. Soon workmen began survey ing the
area for what woul d be the 13 th US ASA (U.S.
Army Security Agency) fi eld station.

Menwith Hill Station still

listens 011 HF, but totlay 's
signal intelligence
gathering is focused toward
satellites.

II The U.S. Army Security Agency

T he U.S. Army Security Age ncy was an
e xpan sion of the early U.S. military involvement in communi catio ns security (COMSEC).
s ig nal s int el li ge nce , (S IGI N T ), a nd
cryptanal ys is- the coding and decoding o f
communications. T he value of li stening to
messages se nt via radio had bee n seen in
World War I, w here both the Army and Navy
practiced the interception of continuous wave
(CW o r Morse) coded signals trans mitted by
the Kaiser's military units.
The peri od between the W orld Wars saw
g reat developme nts in radio communications
and its employment by governments and the
military. In the U.S., however, s ig nals inte lli gence had langui shed and was onl y kept ali ve
by the efforts of a few dedi cated ind ividua ls in
both the military and State Department. In
response to growing threats in the I 930s, the
U.S. Army establi shed a separate organi zation known as the Signals Intelli gence Service or SIS.
The general mission of the S IS was stated
in a memorandum dated Apri l 22. I 930, as :
"The preparation of oil codes, ciphers, and
other means of secret communicotions to be
employed by the a rmy in peace and war. In
time of wor, the interception of enemy
communications by electrical means, the
location of enemy transmitters by goniometric
(electronic detection finding) means, and in
peacetime, the necessary organization and
training of personnel and the development of
equipment to render the service capable of
immediate operation in time of war."

At the outbreak of World W a r II, the SIS

was expanded and the military designatio n
was changed six times during the war years
until o n September 15, 1945, the U.S. Army
Secu rity Agency was the final na me selected.
The USASA was headquartered at a former
g irls school in Arl ington , Virgini a, known as
Arling ton Ha ll ; a location near Warrenton.
Virginia, known as Vi nt Hill Farm. was used
as a primary monitoring a nd training post.
With the end of that war, the US AS A missio n
was reduced and the Agency was almost di sbanded. But then came the "cold war," and the
USASA regained its role as the ma in arm y
signal s inte llige nce organi zat io n.
As the cold war g rew in inte ns ity. the need
for a broader inte lligence gathering role fo r

the mjlitary resulted in the creatio n of NSA.

This agency re lied o n the s ig nal and commu nicati on s gathe ring capabili ty of the ASA a nd
o ther mil itary security services. using the ir
reso urces on sea, air. an d land. Members of
the Army Set.:urity Agency were selected from
the top te n perce nt o f those who scored hi gh
o n the arm y profi le tests g iven at induc ti o n o r
en li stment. Candidates were g iven indepth
background checks and would be granted the
hig hest security clearances. Most US AS A
members received training up to a full year at
the ''Inte lli gence Uni vers ity" " which was located at Fort Devens, Massachusett s.

Iii Construction and Operation

The U.S . Army was in the forefro nt in the
searc h fo r improved s ig na ls intellige nce capability . Construction at Me nwith Hill commenced in April of 1956. The workmen at

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ANnNNA FARM AND OPERATIONS BUILDING

(UNDERGOING EXPANSION)

ground faci li ty beneath Menwith Hi ll. The

~ u bmarines came in through a huge tunnel
that had been constructed from the North Sea.
The ~ail ors warned their dance partners not to
breath a word of the story and. of course. it
was all over Yorkshire in a week and even
resulted in a inquiry from a London newspaper.

II Operations

tual missions as designated by NSA and the

mi litary. The major fac ilities co n ~is t ed of an
operations build ing. located in the huge ante nna fie ld one mile from the main post area.
This building was self-contained. wit h an
emergency power plant and double chain link
security fence.
The mai n post had the headquarters buildings. barracks. and a large dependent hous ing
area. along with necessary s upport buildings
such as mess hall. chapel. mov ie theate r. base
store (PX ), and the eve r-popular officers and
enli sted personne l clubs. Three earth -covered
bunkers he ld ammunition and Thermit e
charges for the des truction of class ilied equipment, shou ld the post ever be overrun by the
enemy. By 1963. over fi ve hundred USASA
troops were in residence al Menwi th Hill.
Menwith Hill proved to be an ideal location for s ignal s intell ige nce gathering. with its
low radio frequency (RF) no ise location and
proximity to the northern sectors of Western
and Eastern Europe. The large antenna field
conta ined huge directi onal rombic antennas
that could scoop up hi gh frequem:y (HFJ
s ignals world wide: even high allilllde mi ssile
test information was read by the Men wi th Hill
operators. The obvious targe ts of 1111.: day were
Warsaw Pact mi litary units and the Soviet
Union. Other miss ions in vo lved rriendly ..
NATO nations and their organ i1.ation!>. Many
or the mission-specific target~ or lhe 1960
decade remain c lassifi ed to thi s day.
Menwi lh Hill was viewed by the local
British residen ts as just another United Staes
military base- one o f many that dotted the
Engl ish and Scotli sh landsca pe in the afte rmath of World War 11. There had bei.:n a large

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c.:untingent of Yank s al an Army ho!>pital in

the near by lmrn of I Iarrogate during that war.
and many of the locals had pleasant remembrances of the Gls. Menwith Hill was viewed
as an asset that employed many or the ir relati ves and fri ends.
The post was generally a n open fac il ity
wi th gat e security supplied by a U.S .Army
mi Iitary police (M P) detachme nt and the British Air Minis try Police. The c uri ou~ did consti tute a prob lem for the base securit y onicer.
and Soviet and Easte rn block operati vi.:s made
man y trips to Harrogate on 'holiday: Also
there wa~ a barber ~ hop in the nearby to\\n of
I !arrogate that had a mo'1 inc.1ui~i ti \c barber.
and G l"s wen.: warned lo avoid the location
and ad vised to get a haircut elst.:w here. with out the inquisiti on.
Despite the potential for secu rity breach
the base never suffered a mission compromi se. although there we re eve nt s ~ u c h as an
1RA .. ra id on the ammuniti on bunki.:r~ and an
occasional workman who strayed into the
ope rations bui lding. much to hi~ dis pleasure
and that of the pmt commander. Durin g the
1970s and 80~ man y Ban The Bomb demonstrati ons " er<.: h<.:ld outside the main gate
and ai.:ces~ to the faci lity was s ub~eque nt l y
ti ghtened up.
One story Menwith Hill never denied re!>Ulted from the presence of U.S. Na,al per~o nnel at the ba~e. Mo~t were there IO tal-.c part
in athleti c competitio ns and the wi.:ckend
dances held at the enli !>ted me n' s (l :MJ du b.
When she asked what the sa ilor~ wi.:re doing
there. an Engli~h kmal<.: guest w a ~ told that
th<.:y werc mem be r ~ o r a Polaris ~ uhmari n e
crew that was being refitted at the hugc under-

The hi gh ly trained military staff of the

!>tat ion worked a twenty-four hour shift every
day o f the year. At shi ft change time. the duty
officers wou ld be bri efed on miss ion status.
and the operators wou ld re lieve thei r coun terparts. The operations building was di vided
into large rooms. each air condi tioned and fed
power and RF signal s through floo r ducts. (A
great dea l of heat was produced in the operation!> buildi ng by the mo~tly vacuum tube type
or equ ipmcnt then in use.)
..Cover"' music was played constantl y both
in the rooms and in the peri meter area of the
build ing- mostly rock music from then-operati ng shi pboard pirate radio station Radio
Caroline! ASA person ne l would periodically
sweep.. the building fo r possible .. hugs.. and
to check the overa ll security o f the facilit y.
Every conceivable fo rm of RF signal within
lh<.: hi gh frequency bands \verc gathe red by
the equi pment in the operati ons area. CW and
'oi1.:<.: signal s along with compacted s ignals
called .. burst .. trans missions were recorded
on mi lit ary versions of the famed Ampex tape
recorder. Man y CW signals we re rnonitored
Ii"<.: by operators called "'dilly boppers .. using
manual typewri ter~ . Some signals we re copied o n facs imile machines and paper tape :
others. in FS K mode (frequency shi rt kcying)
we re de modu lated by an .. AFSA V 65" that
used interchangeable modul es to decode vario u ~ !'SK configu ration~. These signals were
se nt direct ly to model 28 te letype 111;1chi ncs
for prin tout.
Critics of Mcn with Hill today cla im the
fac il ity tap intern;Hional telephone tra ffic
from a nearby Brit ish Telecom microwave
tower. It would certain ly be possible with the
tech nology of today. Such acti vit ies were
never perfo rmed during the USASA command of the facil ity and . eve n if possible,
would have had no va lue to the mai n missions
then in process.
Thi.: hean of the ope rations building was
the .. comm cente r where the cryptographers
worked with their decipheri ng machines. Few
at Menwith Hill were clea red for thi s highl y
~e cret duty and many veterans of the 13th
USASA ~ti l l refuse today to discuss what they
did in that inner sanctum. Much o r what was

collected at Mc nwith Hill was sent encrypted

by land line under the sea to NSA at Ft.
Meade, Mary land. for linal processing.
The commun icatio ns center was fed signal intelligence provided by the fin est ho llow
state HF rece iver ever conceived. the Collins
R390A. Men with Hill had over two hundred
of these radios. and they were kept in excellent conditi o n by a radi o repair lab located
within the building . The radio fea tured a me chani cal ..dig ital" readout and a dy namic range
rivaled by few of o ur present-day microprocessor-controlled radios. The gear train that
indicated the freque nci es is still a marve l of
mecha nical e ngi neering. and many mon itoring hobbyists still seek out these fin e mac hines at swap meets and hamfcsts.
The R390A radios were fed RF sig nals
fro m a large patc h panel consisting of hund reds o r jacks that terminated the coax ia l
cables fro m the antenna farm . Signa ls could
be manual ly patched fro m this panel to any
position in the vario us equipme nt rooms. A ll
sig nal s were rece ived li ve; it was never
dreamed that it would be possib le to record
and play back the desired portions of the RF
spec trum and the n search for a sig na l a t w ill.
as is done w ith today 's tec hno logy.
Most acti vity in the o pe ratio ns bui lding
was routi ne and even ted io us. Copy ing li ve
code fo r e ig ht hours was not al way s fun.
Tending the vari o us recording dev ices and
find ing new mission frequencies on the R390A
were the main diversions fro m the no rm. At
times, alerts were called and the operato rs
practiced equipment destruc tion proced ures.
The rmite charges capabl e of me lting d own
radios and crypto machines were o n hand in
case World War Ill broke out and Soviet
troops were to arri ve at the station gates.
While M-14 ri fl es were available in the ba~e
armory. Mcnw it h Hill depe nded primaril y o n
Her Majesty's Roya l Regiments to de fend it
again st any in vaders.
II/I Civilian Takeover and Expansion

Menwi th H ill was under the command of

the USASA for on ly six years whe n it was
taken over entire ly by NSA c ivilia ns. O n
Aug ust I . I 966. NSA assumed cont rol o f the
faci lity. replac ing the com ma nding o fficer
wi th a c ivili an sta tio n chief." The remaining
USASA operational

A home page for those who served al the

staff were transferred to other locatio ns. Many

were destined for Sou theast As ia to join ASA
operatiom1l units a lready in place, and the
peaceful damp cold of Yorkshire was replaced by the dangerous steaming j ungles of
Vietnam and Laos.
The ma in reason for the NSA takeover was
the evolving techno logy of the dig ital computer. coupled with space-based Signals Intel ligence Gathering. USASA perso nnel enlis ted fo r re latively short te rms, and there was
not a sufficient n umber of qualified career
members. T he new techno logy req uired the
ex pe rti se of hig hly trained civilian technicians and e ng ineers prov ided by NSA and its
vario us contractors. such as Lockheed and
Fo rd Aerospace. and IBM , w ho were building
the new computers and satellite syste ms.
The technology of the 1970' s a nd 80's
brought many changes to the fac ility. Many
new buildings were erected o n the base, the
o peratio ns bu ild ing was en larged , and huge
white radomcs hid the many satell ite collectio n a nd tran smi ssio n dishes that were now in
use. The HF antenna masts are still in use,
however. As one passes the base o n the A 7
road between the towns S ki pt on and Harrogate
the rado mes look like g iant golf ball s with the
tall masts mark ing the putting g reen in the
backg round. S ig ns warn of trespassing being
subject to the " Nati o nal Secrets Act," and
photography is frow ned u pon by the local
po lice.
The mi ssio n ofMe nwith Hill may be c hanging o nce again. fo r in 1995 the U.S. Army
lnt c lli gc ncc a nd Sec urit y Com mand
( INSCOM ). which replaced the Army Security Agency in I972, again took command of
the statio n. O ne can on ly spec ulate o n w hy the
NSA gave Mcnwith Hill bac k to the Army.
According to an unnamed source at INSCOM ,
the break -up of the Soviet Empire c reated
mo re potentia l "bad g uys" that the U.S . intelli ge nce community mus t kee p up w ith.
Menwith Hil l sti ll plays a large part in the
in fo rmat io n collection necessary to thwart the
such e ne mies. a ro le whic h may seem bette r
suited to the mi li tary.
Mo nitori ng hobbyists and inte lligence buffs
who mig ht be te mpted to visit Menwith Hill
whil e on vacati o n in the United Kingd o m are
advised not to try to do so. It is still a very
secure facility a nd visitors without official
busi ness arc no t admitted. Any type of trespassi ng may get yo u
sente nced to a not-soco m fo rt a bl e
UK
prison. Just enjoy the
drive aro und the base
o n the publi c roads
13th USA SA station. a nd the n go find a nice

pub in the area and enjoy the hospi tal ity of

Yorkshi re-leave Mc nw ith H ill S tation to
the professio nals.
For thirty-six years, Menwi th Hill S tation
has been a premier e lectronic intellige nce
gathering locatio n for the U.S. Army and the
National Security Agency. T he information
gathered by Menwith Hill no doubt influenced the Berlin crisis. the Cuban mi ssi le
crisis, the space race, the Vie tnam war, the
break-up of the Sovie t Union. and the Gulf
W ar. Even as thi s is w ritten, the huge rado mes
at Menwith Hill gather information that continues to affect the U.S. response in hot spo ts
around the world today. Perhaps someday, as
with "ULTRA" or the ' 'Manhattan Project,"
the detailed story of Men with Hill wi ll be
revealed. Until that time, the major contributio n made to our nation's security by those
who have served, and continue to serve there
will remain largely unknown.
On cold winter evenings, the writer e njoys
sitting in fro nt of his R390A bask ing in the
glow of the vac uum tubes, and at times, in the
noise of the headphones he th inks he can hear
signal s fro m T ashkent, o r rocket a launc h
from T yurata rn, o r the taut " li st" o f an East
German command post- all ''cold war" g host
sig nals from the past o f Me nw ith Hill Stat ion.

POSTSCRIPTS:
In I990, a few veterans of the 13th US Army
Security Agency Field Stat ion formed an associatio n. The group meets every two years and
has located over 500 fo rmer USASA members
who served at Menwith Hill. The association
can be contacted at :
I 3 USASA Field Station Associatio n. P.O. Box
585, Fayetteville, NC 28302-0585
Internet Page: http./www.g reywolf.com
The writer is indebted to Mr. James Gi lbert.
the command histo rian of lhe U.S. Army Intel li gence and Security Command. for supplying
information o n the o rigins of the site of Men wi th
Hill and the earl y days of construction.
The wri ter served at Menwilh Hill Station
from 1963 to I 966. Thi s art icle is based partly on
that experience and informat ion from 1he following sources.
Bramford. Peter, 171e P11::.z./e Palace. Penguin
Books
Campbell, Duncan. The UminkableAirCraftCarrier. Micahel Joseph (United Kingdom)
Brownell, George. Origin and Development of
The NSA, Aegean Park Press
Editors, Origins and Development ofThe USA SA.
Aegean Park Press
Finnegan,John P., Military lntellige11ce, a Picw re
History, US Govern ment Printing Offi ce

Editor's note: Readers may also be inlercsted in

The Codebreaker.1 by David Kahn. reviewed
this month in " What's New?"
February 1997

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By Leon Fletcher
"CQ, CQ, CQ-THIS IS VR6 ... "
Hearing that call is one o f the biggest thrill s ever fo r many radio enthusiasts.
It's signi_fi cant 1_or two rea_sons. First, CQ (call ing any station) from VR6 usuall y
attracts 11nmecl1ate attent ion from numerous shortwave listeners. The second
reason hearing that call is a thrill: the call VR6 comes from one of the most
intriguing spots in the world-Pitcairn Island . (Pronounced Peet-kern by reside nts.)
O fte n that ca ll comes fro m VR6TC-Tom
C hri sti an. sixth generation di rect descende nt
of muti ny lcackr Fletcher C hrist ia n of His
Majesty '.1 Ship 8011111y.
T om is not the o nly amateur radio operator
o n the isla nd these days. The / 111em a1io11al
Cal/book lists 12 hams li censed to operate
fro m Pitcairn . Seven of those o perators live
o n Pitcairn. (Sec ~ i debar li sting Pitcairn 's
hams.) The other live were. generally. on 1he

Left: To m Christian operating

th e go ver11m e11t radio station
011 Pitcairn. (Photo by Spen cer
M urray, Bounty Sagas.)
A bove: This replica of HMS
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film with M el Gib.w n. (Photo
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is land only occasionall y. usua ll y brie Oy, as

special g uests, usua ll y on DXped iti ons-spec ial trips to operate from di sta nt locations.

I Listening For Pitcairn

One place to hear amateur rad io transmissions from Pitca irn is around the mid band of
ham freq uencies on 15 meters (2 1.200 -21,450
kHz) and 20 meters ( 14. 150 - 14.350) on
Tuesdays. T hu rsdays, and Fridays at 0000
UTC ( Universal Coord inated T ime)- 1900
EST (Eastern Standard Ti me): 1800 CST (Central Standard Time): 1700 M ST (Mountai n
Standard Time): and 1600 PST (Pacific Standard T ime). Those freq uenc ies are for voice
transmissio ns; Pi tcairn operators seldom operate CW (code).
T o hear Pi tcairn's official radio stat io n.
tune to 2. 182 kHz. where every mo rn ing
Pi tcairn announces it is listen ing for any possible commercial messages. But times vary,
and the call is usually q uite brief.
As this is being wri lle n (fall J 996) propagatio n- the travell ing of radio signals thro ug h
space- is very poor. T hus it is q uite d iffic ult
to hear stations from di sta nt locations. But
Pitcairn was heard during the 1996 summer in
Ca liforn ia. at least, and your c hances of hearing the is land o perators are ex pected to increase sign ifican tly in the com ing mo nths as
propagation improves.

Pitcairn Hams

I Early Days of Pitcairn's Radio

Com munications from Pitcairn began in
1921, when the master of the New Zealand
ship Ri111111aka gave Fred Christi an, then Magistrale for Pitcairn Island. a card showing
Morse code. Islanders practiced the code,
using a Oashlighl. and finally de veloped
enough ski ll to signal passing ships. Thal
milestone caught the altention of the Marconi
Company. which, in 1922. sent to the island a
small crystal receiver with dry baueries.
However. no instructi ons were sent with
the gear and the islanders did not know how lo
ground it. Eventually the radio operator from
another New Zealand ship. the Re111e11ra, visited the island and quickly solved the problem. Some time later. the islanders made their
first radio contact with a ship, the Corimhic.
I The Islanders

wedding, soon, of one of

our daughters."
On Pitcairn, Tom
and the some SO other current residents visit such
intri gu in g ly-named
places as Hill of Difficulty, Bang on Iron,
Goat House. Down
Under Johnnie Fall, No
G ut s Captain. and Where
Minnie Off. According to Roy P.
Clark. an outsider who moved onto
the island in 1909. author of many
articles about Pitcairn. such unusual
names are "a sort of living record of
past happenings."

I The Origins

Listed below are the amateur radio operators

reported as now operating from the island. The
other hams listed in some sources generally
have been on Pitcairn for only brief visits as
special guests, usually on DXpeditions (excursions to operate from distant locations). Island
operators do QSL (confirm by mail) reception
reports from shortwave listeners.
~
VR6DR

QSLRoute

Dennis Christion
Via NZ9E, David Miller,
7462 Lowler Ave.,
Niles, ll 60648
VR61D
Inna Christion
Via NZ9E, address as
above
VR6MW Meroldo Warren POB 27, Pitcairn Island
VR6TC
Tom Christion
Via W6HS, Charles M.
Moser, 10861 Lcnsdon
Ave., Mission Hills, CA
91345
VR6Yl
Betty Christion Via W6HS, address as
above

The story of how Pitcairn was

seuled is of course well-known. In
1790 the island was selected by wandering
mu ti neers 10 be their home. They were aboard
the I-IMS Bounty as it sailed from England lo
Tahiti. Their mission: to barter for breadfruit
trees, then de li ver the trees lo British colonies
in the West Indies, lo provide food for slaves.
Their ship was a I00 foot, three-masted,
armed merchantship. Their captain, Wi ll iam
Bligh, reportedly "was an unu sually harsh
leader ... overbearing and tyrannical." In
Apri l. 1787. Fletcher Christian. the master's
male. organized a mutiny. Reportedly he
stated, "'I' ve been in hell for thi s fortnight
past. and am determined to bear it no longer!"
Christian and the mutineers forced Captain Bligh and 18 of his loyal crew into the
ship' s small. open boat. It was set adrift.
But Bligh was a skilled seaman. With few
provisions and without a chart, he sailed that

Tom Christian. VR6TC, has bee n the

island s commercial radio operator and a very
active ham for many years. He's 6 ft. 2 in. tall.
handsome. well-tanned. trim. quiet-spokena young- looking ge ntl eman in his fifties. He
greets people with a firm yet
soft handshake.
A few years ago I mel Tom
when he was making a tour of
the United States. He told me,
" I enjoy living on Pitcairn. I
also Iike gelling off-island now
and then to see what's going
on in ot her places. But I always look fo rward to returning to our island:
Tom' s wife. Belly,
V R6 YL. ii. also on the air often. Despite the remoteness of
their li ves, they face many of
the same experiences as most As the Bounty's mutineers approached Pitcairn, it
of us. Betty told me. "Whi le was a view such as this-a small, remote, difficult to
I"m ha ving a great time here access island-that led them to decide to make it their
in the Un ited States, I am look- home. (Photo courtesy of Pitcairn Islands Study
Center, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA;
ing forward to getting homecopyrighted
by Dennis Fahringer 1991.)
( must fi nish the plans for the

tiny boat 3,600 miles lo Tima r, Java. During

that two month voyage he charted part of the
northeast coast of New Holland- now known
as Australia.
Eventually he returned lo England and
later commanded other ships with di stincti on
in al least two batl les. In 1805 he was appoi nted governor of New South Wales, Austral ia. There he was agai n accused of being a
cruel leader and again endured a mutiny-hi s
deputy arrested him and threw him in jail.
Later. Bligh was returned lo England as a
prisoner. He was cleared of charges. promoted to Rear Admi ral and then lo the still
higher rank of Vice Admiral.
In the meantime, the rebels sailed the
Bo1111tyback lo Tahiti lo continue the fabu lous
partying they'd started there earlier. Soon
they realized lhal mutineers were looked upon
as unwanted folks. and that British warships
might well be coming to capture them. So
they got the Bounty underway. searched for

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21

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The labor of moving supplies from the Pitcairn landing up

several hundred feet to th e residential area has been eased
now that th ere are several a/I-terrain vehicles ashore,
delivered by air-drop from helicopters. (Photo courtesy of
Pitcairn Islands Study Center, copy righted by Dennis
Fahringer 1991.
an island that might be a sale h ideout. Aboard
were 28 sou ls -nine mutinee rs. s ix Tahiti an
men, 12 Tahiti an wome n. and an infant g irl.
Th ey wan de red for two mon ths. fina ll y
se lected Pitcairn Isla nd- one of the worse
spot ~ in the South Pac ific fo r such a n escapade. It son ly abou t two mi les long. o ne m ile
w ide. It cove rs approx ima te ly 1.1 20 acresless territory than the Rm:k of G ibraltar. Accordin g to a g o vernm e nt boo kl e t a b o ut
P itt:a irn . the mu tineers t:hose that island '"a lmost in desperation."
Twenty-three yea r ~ earl ier Engl is h Captain Ph ill ip Carteret. in com mand of HMS
Sim/loll'. sailed dose to Pitt:ai rn. but didn 1
la nd. He wrote in h is sh ip"s log. The su rf
broke upon (the island) wi th g reat vin lcnt:e."
Despite that hazard a nd the severe limi tatio ns of the is land w hid1 the mut ineers must
have been ab le lo ~ee fro m their s hip. they
stru ggled ashore at the only possible access to
the island- a boulde r-strewn t:ove po unded
w ith hea vy scus almusl t:ont inua lly. The rest o f the is land is
ri mmcd w ith cl iffs 300 feet hi g h.

re po rtedl y see n o n
several occasio ns after 1808.".
Indeed . there arc
many e rrors in that
Bra ndo film. and in
the 1935 versio n sta ring Clark Gable and
C har les Lau g ht o n,
and the 1984 re make.
Neverthe less, many
of today's residents of
P itcairn . accord ing to
Ball"s
Ia n
M.

Pircaim: Childrm of
Mu rinv.
'accep t
(those fault y fil ms) as
gospe 1.

Pitcairn Stamps Honor Hams

M a ny radi o e nthus iasts -philate lists
o r not-were interested in Lhe announceme nt by the Pitcairn Is land Postal Adminis tration that o n Septe mber 4, 1996.
it would issue a series o f special sta mps
h ono ring the role o f amateur radio operato rs in the beu e rmelll o f the isla nd.
The re were to be four new s tamps o ne al 20 cen ts, o ne for $2.50, and a twopart $ 1.50 s tam p for $3.00.
To o rder the s pecial amateur rad io
stamps. or for more information, co ntact:
Th e O ffice o f the Governme nt o f
Pitcairn
Postal Administratio n
B ritish Cons ul ate-General
P1ivate Bag 920 14
A uc kla nd . New Zeala nd

Myths
There is no pit:lllresque ~an dy
hcad1 such as the one Marlon
Brando was shown d y ing on in
the 1962 fi lm. M111i11_1 1111 rite
!l1111111y. Many hi storian s agree
that the rea l T o m C h ristian was
~ho t to death in a fi eld of ya ms
by oppressed Tahitian men. But
the America On line vt: r~ion of
the Co11cise Co/11111/Jia Uectm11ic
L11crclo11edia says. '" It i~ like ly
that (Chris ti an) managed to return to Eng land. whe re he w as
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Th e Pitcairn Island amateur radio station of

VR6MW, Meralda Warren, being operated by
VR6/D, Irma Christian, photographed by Mavis
Warren, mother of Mera Ida. (Photo by Mavis
Warren, Pitcairn Islander.)

February 1997

Amenities
To get o n a nd offthe island. th e sett lers built
d is tinctive 36 foot longboats. Oars were used
to guide the boats as they set to sea: the n sail
was raised. Today. the boats have moto rs. but
oars are st i II needed 10 control the boats through
the fie rce cross-curren ts and roug h passage.
To make hoat-handling easier and safe r, the
Britis h Navy built a co ncrete j etty for the
islanders in the mid 1970s.
There is no a irfie ld. Build ing one has been
d iscussed fo r decades, but has been judg ed to
be too costly and quite d ifficu lt.
Occasionally helicopters based o n mil itary ships drop supplies, but most incoming
s to res arc labori o usly fe rried by the islande rs
working thei r long boats alo ngside passi ng
shi ps. And many su pply shi ps simply throw
deliveries overboard. leaving them to d ri ft
ashore.
There is no TV o n the island, b ut the resid ents h ave a fa ir t:ollection of videotapes and
gear 10 p lay them on. The re are no roads as
such, no cars, but a few o ff-road vehicles.
Electric ity is provided by a generator that is
run a few hours a d ay.

Achievements
In 1838 the Pitcairners wrote the ir own
con stilllti on: it see ms to be the first in his to ry
to give women equal vote w ith men.
Un ti I 1926. lcu ers from the island were sent
out 11 ith this notice on the e nvelopes: " Posted
on Pitcairn Island: no stamps available ." T he
tellers were delivered throu ghout the world
wi thout charge.
But in 1940. the is landers realized th at by
issui ng thei r ow n sta mps they coul d make
money. Soon stam p collectors around the world
placed h ig h values on sta mps from Pitcai rn .
The popu lation of the island peaked in 1937
al 223 res idents . Today, the number is abo ut
50. As an artidc in Nario11al Geog raphic
pointed out. "I f on ly a few more (res ide nts)
leave Pitcai rn , it may no t be possible 10 man
the longboats and make contract w ith the fe w
passi ng ships."
Long ago Pitcairn is landers established the
tradition of si ng ing their own farewell song to
v isitors leaving the is land. T he residents consider thei r sing ing of that song to be o ne o f the
h ig hest h onors they can bestow. The late acto r
and author S terling Hayd en said. " Whe n y ou
hear the Pi tcai rncrs sing the ir good-b ye song,
everyone cries: The fi na l li nes of th e song :
T hanks fo r your love and constant care,
And ki nd ness that we kindly share.
W e part bu t ho pe LO meel againGoodbyc. goodbye, go odbye."

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M Beginner

By Jeffrey M. Poulin, l<F4JSV

The old and th e new. Th e
little regenerative receiver
represents early 1920 's
technology, while th e Sony
2010 came along 60 years
later. l s the modern receiver
more powerful, more
versatile, and easier to use'!
You bet.' l s th e "genny"
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wanted to build a shortwave radio.

To me. rad io is a bit magical. A few tho usandths o r a
volt, that began its j o urney as a radio sig nal ha lf a world
away. to uches a s imple leng th o r wire . T he c irc uitry turns these
electric w his pers into mu sic a nd news and conversation. M y Sony
20 I 0 rece iver docs a g reat j o b or this, but it on ly lets me experience
tha t magic . I fi gun.:d that using a receiver I built wou ld make me part
o f the mag it:.
T hi s article w ill ex plain the process l foll owed. and the proble ms
I overca me. on the way to a func ti o ning SW rad io. I hope it will
encourage o the rs to g ive ki t bui lding a try. It is fun. educationa l. and
has added to my enjoyme nt o f o ur radio hobby.

I Uh-Oh, Soldering!
There were a few minor obstacles standing in my way. These
included a total lack o f know ledge. mechanical skill. and se lf-

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MONITORING TIMES

February 1997

con fi dent:c. The process of bui lding the k it too k care of these problems. But then there was the Big One: soldering.
M y few attempts to solder were. to be kind. less than s uccessfu l. but
th..:y were educational. I learned the fo llowing:
So lder is not some inanimate obj ect. It is intel ligent. malicious. and
has a nasty sense o r humor.
Solder will not fl ow where you want it lo go. No matter how you
ti lt th..: piece or what ang le you use, the solder wi ll flow away fro m the
j oi nt o r j ust vaporiz:e. lfneces~ary . it w ill flow straigh t up to confound
your efforts.
It i~ possible to c reate a solder bridge you can drive a tank across.
My soldering iron seemed to have only two s..:tting~: too cold and
thermonuclear disruption.
De~pi t e these obstacles. desire m ercame reality and I decid ed to try
anyway. What I learned in the process will enable anyone to b uild a
simpk k it.

I What To Build
After some research (my thanks to Doug
DeMaw and the straightforward de scriptions
in hi s books) I decided to try a regenerati ve
receiver kit.
Rcgenerati ve radios go back to the 1920s
and were the next step after c rystal sets. Their
advantage was to permit the listener to hear
weaker o r more di stant sigmils than the crystal
sets allowed. Although the technology quickly
jumped to the supcrhcterodyne radio (wh ich.
in refined form. is what we use today) regen eration continued to be a ma instay of kit
building for decades.
A regenerati ve receiver takes the rad io
signal. which can be very weak. and repeatedly feeds it back th rough an ampliliercircuit.
This can increase the signal strength hu ndreds
of times. The regeneration co nt rol determi nes
the ex tent to which the signal is strengthened
and keeps the signal from becoming too strong
for the components to handl e. Th is process
allows a relatively simple. inex pensive radio
to detect more than onl y strong local stations.
The --Genny" met my own criteria of simplicity and lack of expense. It also requires a
ham.ls-on approach to tuning in stati ons and I
wanted to try that. Several man u fac turer~
offer such kits. I ordered the Ten-Tee model
I054, 4-band shortwave receiver from their
T- Kit di vision. I was willing to ri sk $24.95 o n
this venture.

I Preparation
While waiting forthc ki t to arrive I tackled
that soldering bogeyman. The written instructi ons I' ve come across sim ply don t work for
former English majors. I could proofread the
directi ons but not translate them into action.
Finally. I talked to some older members of my
ham radi o club. This was how I learned about
the best wattage for the iron. the type and size
of solder to use. ti ming. and how to hold the
iron ti p and solder to get the proper flow.
After a brief demonstrati on I practiced
soldering some lengths ofbel I wire. In half an
hour I was gelling good mec hanical and e lectri cal connec ti ons. Twist the wires togethe r.
hold the tip of the iron (act ually a 30 watt
soldering pencil) against the point where the
wires joined for about 3 seconds and apply the
solder 10 the joint directl y oppos ite the tip.
Holy cow, it worked 1 I repeated the process a dozen times to be sure the first try
wasn1 a cosmic case of begi nner's luck. 11
worked every ti me. A few questi ons. a brief
demonstration and a little practice was all ii
took to get past that fear of soldering.

ttttt
My state-of-the-art tun/ kit: solder, soldering iron and holder, diagonal cutlers,
tweezers, and a pencil. Tapping joints with the eraser helped me find bad solder
connections.
I Organization
Finall y. the ki t aJTi ved. It consisted of a
couple of bags of pa rts. a circuit board. a front
plate with cont ro l marki ngs and the instruction s. This is a pretty basic kit. It does n't ha ve
a case. But now that I have it working. I" m
going to build a cabinet for ii nu t of some nil'e
\\al nut SIOCk f" ve h..:en Sa\ ing.
T he instruction booklet Ten-Tee provides
is well written and organi zed. It ta ke s the kit
bui lder through the bands they" ll hear and
what is on them. the ad vantages and lim itations of regenerati ve receivers. parts list. test
procedures. use. troubleshooting. and a glossary. That's a 101 of information in 28 pages.

1 ve written a number of computer user guides

over the years and I have learned that no
in!>truction manual is so basic and comprehensive that it will cover all the poss ib le
questi ons, but th is one comes close.
The nex t step was to make sure all the
needed parts were im:luded. They were. But I
had a bit of a shock. The only time I had
handled a re~ i s tor was in a high school class.
during the last ice age. It was a ni ce. fat
cylinder with broad color band s showing the
va lu e. The mode rn equivalent is a tiny thing I
picked up wi th tweezers. The instructions
always provided the color bands fo r each
res istor. but I had to use a strong direct light
and a magnifying glass to clearly distinguish

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the marking ....

Whe n you lay oul the pan s an<l check
them aga inst the parts list. put the compone nt s on a towe l to keep them rro rn ro lling
off the bench. I started this aftl!r learn ing
that the smallest. 1110\l vital parts will try lo
escape their fate. When you aren't look ing.
they fall to lhl! tloor an d hi<le in the <larkl!st.
hardest to reach arl!a. preferabl y under soml!thing heavy. Fm 1111.!. it was a bookcasl! with
several hundred pounds of books. T he towel
prevented The Great Escape.

Construction

A goose neck lamp and a ma1:11ifying

glass made it easier to read component
values.

Even young eyes will benefit ji'Oln a

magnifier. It also helps to differentiate
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Oddl y l!nough. the actual construc tion

was the casic<.,l part of the project. It was
time consuming hut not d ifficul t. Thi.! cin: ui t
board i" ~ ilk -sc reened. providing thl! part
nu mbcr and outl im: rnr each componcnt. It
even indicates the po larity for thl! itc111s
where that matters. This reall y takes the
guess work out of it. I '> imply followed the
instruction" which td l you when and where
lo place l!ach part . onl! pan at a time.
My rout inc was to double check thc compone nt valul!. inse rt the wires through thc
circuit board hole-.. clamp a heal sink on the
leads (thi s absorb, the heal or the iron and
keeps it from damag ing the comporn: nt s )
and snider the part in place. My pacl! was
glacial and would make an experi enced kit
builder grind his teeth with im paticnLc ifhl!
were foo lish enough to watch. 1-lowl!ver. I
was morl! conccrnl!<l with doing it right than
doing it fast. And I did get fa'ter "' I \\ cnl
along.
The circuit board is crowded. To avoid
confusion, I wo uld snip the eompunl!nl ll!ads
with diagonal cutlers or ni ppers a lk r the

solder had coobl. Otherwise. when the board is

turned over it can be di fficult to sec the leads lo be
soldered for the little forest of wires.
Part way through the constructi on the instructions suggest testing the amplifier sec ti on. When
I did n' t get the spl!cilied results. I call ed the
11.!chnical support number listed in the manual.
The staff person had rnc check certain compone nts and connections. Shortly. he narro wed it
down lo a cold solder joint whi ch di dn 1 prov ide
a good e lectrical con nection. A min ute with the
soldering iron correc ted the problem. The techni cal support people were great. They probably
have solder in their ve ins and Ohm' s Law imprinted on th eir DN A. but they were ah lc to wa lk
thi s ra nk beginnerth rough proble ms without making me feel like an idiot. Their approach was
he lpful and encouraging.
Thi.! onl y other prohh.:111:- were a few more cold
solder joints that I found hy tappi ng the connection with the eraser end of a pe ncil. So much fo r
hi gh science.
Actual construction look about seven hours.
Anyone with soml! ex perience could cut that ti me
almost in half.

I What You Can Hear

I couldn ' t wait. I allached an odd length of
insul ated hell wire. maybe 15 fee t. tc the antenna
lead with an alligator cl ip. connected balleries
and plugged in the hl!adscl. Hol y Molcy. I was
listenin g to a broadcast in French on a radio I had
bui lt myse lf. YEE-HA W 1
That lirsl ~ta li o n tu rned out lo be Radio Canada.
In "hort order I heard Deutsche Welk. BBC.
Rad io France. Radio Moscow. several U.S. station ~. and somethin g in Arabic. Over the course
of a week l listened 10 more than a doze n ot her
short wave stations. several ham SSB (single side
band )conversations. and CW (Morse code) transmi ssions.
The I054 kit is a fou r band model. Band I.
5.90 to 6.-+ MHz. providl!s plenty of shortwave
programs on -l9 meter.... Band 2. 6.9 to 7.4 MH z.
is cspcc iall ) good in the eveni ng for Europea n
~ hortwave broadcast' and -lO meter ham signab.
13an<l 3. 8.5 to I0.2 M l-1 1.. gives you the 3 1 meter
broadcast band and 30 meter ham band. Band 4.
11.5 lo 16.5 MH z. is cspcci all y good for 20 meter
ham 'iignals.
A It hough you can rece ive tran smi ssions at any
time. I' ve found that evening is the best. Ju:,t turn
the regcnl!ration control most of the way down
(countcr-clockwi s..:) an d tune through l!ach of the
four ba nd ~ . One ... u11ion after another wi ll coml!
throug h.
Part of the fun wit h thi s lilllc recei ver is the
degrei.: of control you must exercise in llln ing.
C hoose a band. set th..: n:gcneration control mid
way or lower and s-l-0-0-0-0-w-l-y tune through

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Above: This is the completed circuit

board. Th ese f ew components will lei you
hear shortwave signals from Germany or
Morse code from the next state.
Right: The front panel of the kit provides
the basic markings needed to tune the
radio. The rest is by feel and practice.
the frequencies. When something comes
through. use the regeneration control for li ne
tun ing. ILtakes a bit of practice and patience.
but soon you'll be able to adjust the knobs
with precision.

Conclusion
Assembling this simple receiver was a lot
o f fun. I not only bu ilt a radio, I built confi dence and further interest in the hobby. I can' t
help but wonder about my career path if I had
done th i~ as a tee nager instead of in my rnidforties.
One unexpected benefit was the reaction
fro m older hams I talked Lo. They were deli ght ed that someone new to the hobby would
try to bui ld their own gear. It tapped a deep
well of memories and experiences that they
shared with me. It gave me a better appreciati on of radio and taught me a lot.
A final thought. Si nce thi s kit can be built
by anyone (Ta m li ving proof) it would make
a wonderful proje<.:t to share with your chi ldren or grandchildren. In an era of modems,
com puter games and the Internet. th is is a
hands-on ex perience that can Leach youngsters the basics of e lectron ic commun ications
and rad io history. Who knows? Perhaps you' II
be starting them on the path of a 2 1st century
electrical eng ineer. If you start looking for
th..:111. you'll find kits avai lable for a wide
variety of products from a number of manufacture rs and MT adverti sers.
T-K it is a divisio n of Ten-Tee, Inc. T hey
offer many other kits in addition to their wcllknown HF transceivers. Contact the m at 11 85
Doi Iy Pan on Park way. Sevicrvi Ile. TN. 3786237 I0. Fororders or information call them at 1423-453-7 172 or fa x them at 1-423-428-4483.

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Personal Communications Services

Dan Veeneman

[email protected]

PCS a la Mode
apacity is a concern in any w i rck~s co1111nunica1ion~ sys1cm.
High demand for cell ular service. especially in large urban
markets, has crca1cd a need 10 serve a greater number of user-;
in a limited amou n1 of frequency space. Cellular system opera1ors arc
looking fornew ways 10 fi t more users in10 I heir increasingly crowded
network , and many arc choos ing 10 move from the existing analog
lransmission technology to one of th e competing digital standards.
T hese standards are al so being selected by 1hc new PCS providers as
1hey begin lo build ou11heir own networks. Although digital systems
provide a variecy of benefits. this month we" ll focus on two main
digital access methods and their effect o n system capacity.
Almost all currenl and proposed digital standards are based on
either Time Di visio n Multiple Access (TOMA) or Code Di vision
Muh iple Access (COM/\ ). These two m e th od ~ arc fundamentally
different and incompati ble with each other. bu 1each c laim 10 able to
~ u ppo rt anywhere from 1hrec 10 twenty times the num ber of simultancou' callers than the current AMPS cellul ar ~tandard . which uses
Freque ncy Division Multiple Access (FDM/\).

I Frequency Division Multiple Access

FDM A is a common method of allocat ing bandw idth. A band of
frequencies is di vided up in10 channels. each of a part icular size. A
tran smiller in an FDMA system is given exclusive use of one or more
channe ls. This is how broadcast radio and television are se t up-each
.. owns a portion of the freq uency spectrum !hat is set as ide just for
them.
This is also true of cellular syste ms. where a base sta1ion is
a ll owed to transmil on a sci of forward channels (sec the Novembe r
column for demi ls) and a mobile unil trans mil ~ on one of a sci of
revc r~e channe ls. ~o ot her base station within range of the mobile
wi 11be transmitting on the same forward channel. and nu other mo bi le
within range of the base station should be 1rans111i11ing on the same
reverse channel. Both 1hc base and the mobile usually 1rans111it
con1inuously during a conversation. and full y occupy their assigned
forward and reverse channels. No other conversat io n can take place
on these channels un1 il 1he first conversati on is completed (or the call
i~ handed off 10 another base station).

Time Division Multiple Access

T OMA is a more e ffi cie nt. but more co111plica1ed way of using
FDMA channels. In a TOM A syste111 each channe l is s plit up in to time
~cgmen t s. and a transmitter is given exc lusive use of one or more
channels only during a particu lar time period. For example. in North
each channel
American TOMA (abo known as Interim Standard
i~ e~~en tiall y di\'idcJ into 1hree time ~101~ . A maximum of 1lircc
1rans mi1ters rnkc turn~ ~e ndin g in the ir as~ i gned 1i111e slot~. A conwrsa1iun. then. takes place during 1he time slot~ w which each tran ~ mi1 ter (base and mobile) is a~signecl. TDM i\ r:quircs a master time
rcforence to sy nchro ni1:e all transmi1ters and receivers.

5-n

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FDMA

TDMA

CDMA

TOMA was the first digi1al standard 10 be proposed. and is

at1rac1ive to cum.:111 cellular operator~ because ii allows existing
analog cu~torners to continue u~ in g the network as di gi1al capahi li1y
is addcJ. Under IS-5-1. chan nel bandwid1h remains 30 kH1: and the
data format on the control channel~ rema ins ident ical 10 those under
AMPS. Voice channels arc designated as either analog or d igital. and
analog ce ll phone~ continue to operate as they do under AMPS since
they wi ll always be a~ signcd to analog voice channels. Dual-mode and
dig ital-only ph o n e~ arc assigned dig ital voice channels where they are
avai !able. Operators may convert base stati ons to dig ital capabi lity as
demand and fundin g allow .

Code Division Multiple Access

CDMA i ~ fundamc111ally cl iffcrc111 than TOMA and FDMA.
Where FDMA and TOMA trans mit a s1rong sig nal in a narrow
frequency band. CDMA transmi ts a relatively weak ~igna l across a
wide frequellC) band. LJ~ in g a tech nique called direct sequence spread
spcclru m. 1he data to he transm i11ed are combincd with a pseudo-noise
code (a pn:dc1erminecl binary seq uence that appears random) and
transmi11ed broadband. COM/\ under Interim Standard 95 uses a
bandwidth of 1.25 MHz. or more than 40 limes the :m kH7. channels
of AMPS and TDMA.
The p~cudu-noi~c code (PN code) is a series of bi nary .. chips that
are mud1 ~hortcr in duration than the daia hits. Since 1hc chi ps appear
10 he in :.i random pattern. and !here arc many chi ps perd:.ita bit (i n IS95 there arc 128 chips fo r each data hit). the modulated result appears
to normal (F DMA) rece ivers as background noise. A spread spectrum
receiver us ing the same PN i.:odc as the transm iner will correlate, or
111at'..'11 up. the wide band signal with the ch ip sequence and despread
the ~ignal. recovering the da1a. ;\ spread spectrum receiver with a
different Pl'\ code" ill not be able to rcrn,er that signal. and if 1he Pt\
code~'' ere chosen correct I). will hear nothing but noi~c.
This rclati\c immunity 10 interference. whether from outside
sou rce~ or other spread ~pcc1n11n lransmi tlcrs. gives CDMA systems
the abi lity 10 pack many users into the same frequenc y space at 1he
same time. It also gi vcs a measu re of securi ty to each sig1w l, sinee each

user will have a different PN code. C DM A also does not require

differe nt base station ra<li us for eac h user-the same ra<liu may serve
multi ple users with just a change in PN code.
There is a limit to CDMA capacity. however, and it is esse ntially
the amount of interference a CDMA receiver can to lerate. As more
an<l more units transmit. the amoun t of noise a receiver secs goes up,
since all signals not using the receiver' s specific PN code appear as
noi se. Al some point there is so much noise that the receiver can no
longe r heart he transmitter. Boosting the tran smitter power won't he lp
overall. since it increases the noise for all the other receive rs, who
would in tum tell the ir tran smitters to boost power, and the situation
re mains.
/I. sim ilar real-world issue CDM A has to face is known as the nearfar problem. Jn a nutshell. if a unit near a base station is transmitting
with too much power. signals from units far away fro m the base
station wi ll be lost in the noise. CDMA system designers be lie ve they
have thi s problem solved by rapidly adjusting the amount of power
each unit is using lo transmit. Thi s alrca<ly occurs to some degree in
AMPS systems, where the base stati on commands far away units to
use more power and near units to use less power. This process must
occur very quickly in CDMA systems. and it remains lo be seen
whether it can be made to work reli ably outside of the laboratory.

I And now, an Analogy

It may be easier lo visuali ze the <lifferences between all these
1m:thocls by imagining a cocktail party where two people wish to
co nverse wi th each other. With FDMA. everyone in the room must be
~ i l c nl except for the speaker. The speaker may talk as long as they
wish. and when they finish someone else may start speaking. but agai n
onl y one al a time. New speakers must wait (or find another party) for
the current speaker to finish before starting.
Everyone in the room can hear and un<lcrstand the speaker. un less
they arc too far away or the speaker's vo ice is too soft. If the intended
listener is close enough. the speaker may decide to whisper. Conve rsely. if the listener is loo fa r away. the speaker may have to shout.
Si nce no one else should be talking. this presen ts no problem. If
someo ne talks out of turn. the liste ner will probably be confused and
not be able to understand either speaker.
In TDMA. everyone in the room agrees to watch a cluck on the

wall, and speak onl y d uring a parti cular lime. Each person wishing to
talk is given a set period of lime. and each person listen ing must know
what that time period will be. For example. everyone may agree on
lime slots with a duration of ten seconds. Speaker number one may
talk for ten seconds starti ng from the top of the mi nute. The listener
who wishes to hear thi s speaker must also be aware of the schedule,
and be ready to listen at the top of the minute. Speaker numher two
may s peak only from ten seconds after the min ute unt il twenty
seconds after. and so o n.
As with FDM A. onl y one person at a time may speak. but each
speaker's time is now li mited and many persons may take their turn.
If someone in the room cannot see the clock, they wi ll not be able to
speak and will have great diffic ulty understanding the speakers.
In CDM A. the speaker and the listener have agreed beforehand to
use a language that no one else at the party understands. Many
speake rs may talk al a CDM A party. each using a different language.
and it is relati vely easy for the listener lo hear and understand the
speake r as long as there aren' t loo many speakers talki ng at the same
time. As more and more speakers start talking. the noise level in the
room goes up and it becomes harder and harder for the listener to lune
out the other speakers and make sense of what their speaker is saying.
If a speaker begins to shout. in order fo r their listener to hear better.
it raises the noise level even more and makes it more difficult for
everyone else in the room.

I Which is Better?

The question of which digi tal access method is better has been
debated fo r years, and will conti nue to be the source of much
disagreement. It is often di fficu lt to sort fact from opinion. since many
sources of infonnation come from manufacturers who ha ve a vested
financ ial interest in the success of one standard over another.
TDMA systems, of which GSM is o ne, are in place and operating
and have been successful for many years. CDMA systems have
provided the mili tary wi th secure, jam-res istant communicati ons fo r
decades. but have yet to prove themselves capable of deli veri ng the
promi sed capacity increases in a commercial environment. Both sides
claim to provide better voice quality and lower cost of service than the
ot her. As with many questions involving the fast-paced world of
communications, keepi ng in formed and knowing the underlying
pri nciples will he lp sort
things out.
Speaking of keeping inCellular Standards
formed, if you ha vc access
AMPS N-AMPS D-AMPS
GSM
CDMA
to the World Wide Web, be
Standard
IS-91
IS-54
IS-88
GSM
IS-95
sure to check out the PCS
C hanne l Size
30 kHz
200 kHz 1.25 MHz
10 kHz
30 kHz
Front Line web pages at
Total C h a nne ls
832
2412
832
1 24
http: //www.g rove.net/
-dan. You'll li no informaT ime slot:;
3
8
tion abou t cellular and PCS
Voice C hanne ls
Both
Analog
Analog
Digital
Digital
sys
te ms, includin g fre FDMA
TDMA
TDMA
CDMA
FDMA
quency
allocati ons. channe l
Control C hannels
FDMA
FDMA
TDMA
CDMA
FDMA
assignments. and dctai Is that
Capacity v s. AMPS
1
3
3
1.5
6 - 20
didn"t make it in to this column.
As al ways. electronic
mai l is we lcome at
AMPS
Advance d Mobile Phone Sys t e m
[email protected]. Until
N-AMPS Narrowband AMPS
next month , happy moniD-AMPS Digital AMPS
toring!
GSM
G lobal System for Mobiles

February 1997

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29

The World Above 30 MHz

Richard Barnett
[email protected], Compuserve al 102354,3643

Trunl<ing Scanners Set to Debut

t" s the bi ggest news in the scanner ind ustry s ince the introduction
o f the first programmable rad io: T he Unide n T run kTracker has
debu ted at the Consu mer Electroni c s S how (CES) in Las Vega~.
evada.
CES is the most im port ant trade s how o f the year for an yone
in volved in buy ing o r se lling mobile a nd home e lec troni cs. It' s w here
s uch hits as VC Rs were firs t demo nstrated and Uniden is hoping that
re tai lers. mail ord er catal oguers. and anyone e lse inte rested in se llin g
hi gh-tech electronics wil l sec an<l app reciate their trunk trackin g
accompl ishme nt .
T he first Uniden trunktracki ng scanner is the 13earcat BC-235X LT
handhel d. The scanner w ill track all types of M otorola an alog tru nk ing.
whic h is to be used by the majority o f public safety trun k ing sys tems.
T he rad io \Vi ii not track Ericsso n/GE nor John so n-compatible tr un ked
systems .
T he 235 also works as a con \e ntio nal sca nner (t his has surprised
and delig hted many) : ho'A1eve r. users can either operate in the trun k ing
mode or in the con venti onal mode . not both together. Also, only o ne
tru nked syste m can be tracked at a time . T hese mi nor shortfa ll s pa le
in comparison to the remarkable feat of actua lly tracki ng tr un ki ng
rad io.
A base mode l. the BC-895X LT. will fo llow the 235 some mo nths
d own the road. We wi ll have a fu ll. cover-sto ry report o n the U n idcn
trun king radi os in th e nex t iss ue o f Mo11i1ori11g Times. inc ludi ng
deta ils o n a ll o pe rationa l aspec ts o f this a maz ing tech nology. S tart
sa ving now. for the fu n is fina lly hack in scanni ng'

II The Bus-capade....One More Time

T he great b us ca per attracted a g rea t deal o f r1.:ade r interest (Sep
a nd Dec ' 96). ffores o ne o f the man y letters we received o n the
articles. thi s one from T o m Prc\'o of Ne braska:
.. , al ways enjoy readi ng you r column in M T Bu t. I' II have to adm it
that I d idn ' t th in k that your Dece mber 1996 'The Great Schoo l Bus
C a per' co lumn wou ld have m uch re levance! I would n't have tho ug ht
ha ving the frequ encies fo r the local schoo l district wo uld be that
important. so it was n' t something I was interested in . I coul d n't have
been mo re wrong'
..The Th ursday. December 12 Li11co/11 Joumol-Stor editio n re ported a sto ry tha t ma kes me have a change o f hea rt. According to the
Joum a/ Srar. a 14 year o ld hoy b y the na me o f Sam Kotera boarded
his scho ol bus at 7:30 a .m .. sitting be hi nd the b us d ri ve r as it
maneuvered th ro ugh northeas t Lincol n. Du ring the fi nal minutes o f
the route. the kid a'ked the bus d river if he had eve r bee n hijacked a nd
if he had e\'er had a kni fe stuc k in his throat.
As the d river parked the bus at C uller M iddle School. a girl o n the
bus to ld the d river th at Kotera had a kni fe under hi s jacke t. T he o ther
kids got o ff the bus, but Ko te ra re fu sed to move.
.. Ko tera drew a butc her k nife fro m hi s coat and the d ri ver le ft the
bus and s h ut th1,; door. Alo ng earn..: the school p rinc ipal w ho tried to

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negotiate with the stude nt. b ut the kid , a lo ng w ith help from anothe r
student w ho advised him how to release the air b rake , drove away .
.. Pu lice cruisers across the c ity searched for the b us, but at that
time o f day, there are lo ts of the m arou nd that time o f morning. Can
you imag ine trying to fin d the rig h t b us in a c ity o f 200,000 peo ple?
" The boy' s parents came to the sc hool and the fat her brie fl y ta lked
with his son o n the bus radio ( li na lly, the point o f my letter) about 8 :30
a.m. The fat her asked the boy if he could hear h im and to say 'yes .'
The fat her to ld his son that they (his parents) lo ved him and urged him
to park the bus. The boy ini tial ly refu sed to reveal his location. He
eventua lly parked the bus about 12 mi les fro m the school. Du ring the
ride. he tossed the k ni fe o ut the w indow.
" He was arrested on robbery. use o f a weapon to commit a fe lo ny,
unau thori1.ecl use o f a mo tor vehicle, leavi ng the scene o f two
property da mage acci dents (w hile leav in g the lot) and driving witho ut a n operato r' s license.
''So, I su ppose I sho uld thi nk about getting those bus frequencies .
Who would ha ve expected to hear something as fri ghte ning as a
hijack in g') ... What's this world coming to? No w . you ' ll have to pass
throug h the metal d etector before getting on the bus!"

D BearTracker BCT-7 Booster

In a recent colum n we di sc ussed your all -time favo rite scanners.
T he editor mentio ned the Unid en BCT-7, wh ich he helped des ig n, as
one o f h is a ll -time rs. Mr. Harley Bogart o f A urora, Missouri, wrote
to us recen tl y. "This (the BCT -7) is the radio you s ho uld be push ing 1"
Mr. Bogart incl uded hi s freque ncy list for the I 00 open c han ne ls
(d ivided by se rvice banks) avail able in the radio. While this is a very
localized list, it does offer a va luab le pers pec tive o n how to arran ge
frequenc ies in your BearTracke r. We lo ve how Mr. Bogart mi xed in
a varie ty o f interests: state. cou nty. and lo cal public safety and c ity
services: rnilroads . utiliti es. and business.

Private Rank
(The Pri vate Bank is o perated just like a normal scanner. There is
no interrupt for checking p rio rity on o ne of the Hig h way Patrol
extender o r spec ial cha nne ls.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

155.400 Aurore Hospitol

155.775 Aurore Police
155.370 PointtoJ??int
155.730 All Sherilh
155.025 Lawrence County
154. 220 Aurore Fire
42.060 Highwoy Patrol Springfield
42. 120 Highway Patrol Carthage
42.220 Highwoy Patrol Cor-tocor
47. 940 Missouri Gas Energy
48.360 Empire
155.205 School Bus & Cox
155.4 15 Monett Police

14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
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22.
23.
24.
25.

155.3 10 Barry County

155.340 Hospitol
l 55.655 Stone County
155.475 Mutual A id
155.865 Mt. Vernon Ambulance
154.7 55 Greene County
154.8 15 Cossvi lle Police
154.430 M onett Fire
151. 160 Conservation
460 . l 00 Springfield Police # 1
460 .400 Springfield Police #2
460.625 Springfiel d Fire

High way (Patrol) Bank

T he Hig h way bank contains pre-programmed frequencies for
hi gh way pat rol and state po lice agencies o n a state-by-state basis. T he

frequencies below are in addition to the pre-programmed channels.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

154.220 Aurora Fire

155.340 Hospitals
155.400 Aurora Hospital
155.205 Buses and Cox
155.865 Mt. Vernon Ambulance
154.430 Monett Fire
151.160 Conservation
153.630 REA
155.955 South Barry County
460.625 Springfield Fire
155.880 Aurora Street Deportment
155. 145 Civil Defense
461 .925 Coble TV Maintenance

14. 464.950 A-1 Trash Service

15. 160.920 Burlington Northern
(Santo Fe) Railway
16. 47.940 Missouri Gos Energy
17. 48.360 Empire
18. 155.280 Springfield Ambulance
19. 155.325 St Jofm's Ambulance
20. 415.700 Air Force One
21. 155.055 lowrence County.Sheriff
22. 154.400 Greene County Fire
23. 153. 900 Koy Concrete Company
24. 159.915 Marionville Repeater
25. 158.880 Pierce City Repeater

Fire
Common . national. "PF" fi re frequencies. "PL" local government
frequencies ... PS" and " PM" ambul ance frequenc ies arc included in
thi s ba nk . Te n additional o pe n channe ls arc available for programming.
1
2.
3.
4.
5.

155.055 Lawrence County

155.370 PoinHo[l?int
155.730 All Sherill
155.475 Mutual Aid
155.775 Aurora Police

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7.
8.
9.
10.

460.100 Sflringfield Police

42.060 Highway Patrol Springfield
42. 120 Highway Patrol Joplin
154.755 Greene County
155.655 Stone County

DOT
Department of T ransportati on freq uenc ies, pre-programmed o n a
state-by-state basis, arc covered in this bank which also contains ten
ope n user-programmable channe ls. Many people put the ir own local
DPW channe ls in these ten slo ts to matc h-up with the ir state DOT
plan. Here' s a unique concept:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

46.6 10 Cordless phones

46.630
46.670
46.7 10
46.730
#

NH

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7.
8.
9.
10.

46.770 ""
46.830""
46.870
46.930
46.970""
H

Mr. Harley goes on to say that he has no t yet lo aded hi s 25-channel

Police Bank nor hi s 5-channel News Media Bank. "There are so many
ways to mi x-and- match ... !"

A Tale of Two Scanner Mags

It was the best of times ; it was the worst of times. in this sto ry of
the rise and demise o f a couple of scanner hobbyist publications. The
fo llowing is my unders1anding a fter sifti ng through information a nd
opinio ns provided by a large number of sources. While I expe nded a
great deal of effort to get the fac ts straight. readers may have their own
interpretations of the events that led up to the curre nt state of affa irs
and. of course. the re is no d o ubt information to whic h we were no t
pri vy . Space is limited for a cont inuing d iscussion. but I would
welcome your comments and rebuuals.
The saga rea ll y beg ins back in the late 1960' s when the first
scanners were produced. Just like o ther radio hobb ies, scanning
quic kl y became the pasuimc of many. In 1975 a small g roup of
scanne r buffs got together in southern California and started the Radio
Commun ications Monitori ng Association (RCMA). While the c lub
newsletter initi a ll y focused on southern Cali fornia monito ring. word
of the RCMA spread across the cou nt ry and membership in the all volunteerorganization quic kl y g rew. Eventually the re woul d be a few
tho usand subsc ribers, and satellite c lu bs. such as CA RMA in C hi cago, served local regio ns.
The RCMA was not a sl ick publication. In the early days. each
mo nthly issue would be g raced w ith the many varied typewriter fonts
o f the national and regional volunteer ed itors. Most loved it , some
hated it, but everyone res pected the fact that know led geable volun teers, inc lud ing Bob Grove, Gc.:nc Hug hes, and Larry Van Horn . were

contributing to the cause. Scanning was

well served by the RCMA's existe nce.
The RCMA thri ved through the 80's
a nd ea rl y 90's , bu t e ventual ly
subscri bership declined. As John Clark.
o ne of the movers-and-shakers in RCM A
related to us. " In my opinion this (demi se) started in January 1995 w hen we
started to lose me mbership. From Jamt ary '95 to May '96 we lost on average 222/3rds memhers per month. RCMA membership seemed to correlate wit h which
electronic toy was in o r o ut of fa shi on.
Our big growth came w ith the demise of CB rad io, and from then o n
we went up or down with the VCRs and o ther toys. It is my opini o n
the last decline was due to the Internet competing fort he disc reti onary
income of possible me mbers."
Whether it was the burgeoning growth of the Inte rnet and the
concurrent w ide availability of basic freq ue ncy data. o r the rise in
trunking communications, the trend was undeniable.
The RCMA , however, had tried to resurrect itself by o ffering itself
more widely in the m arke tplace as the Scanner Journal. T he organi zation signed up with a magazine d ist ri buto r. but the.: loft y a mbi tion of
profi table national exposure d id not play o ut as expected. The RCMA
and the magazine di stributor ended up in a dis pute and, by mid - 1996.
there were n' t e noug h fund s for the Scanner Journal to continue
publi cation. The senior sta ff realized that they had put their last issue
to bed and that the RCMA was not re-awakeni ng. It was a hard -fought
decision o n which man y in the ind ustry were consulted.
A white knig ht was sought w ho might assume respons ibility a nd
continue publi shing . A n a lternati ve was to find a n ex isting publication that would fulfill ex isting .loumal subscripti o ns wi th its own
magaz ine. A fter contacting almost everyone of influence in the
business. the RCMA felt that an offe r from U.S. Scanner Ne11s was
their best option. As Jerry Short. the RCMA Presi de nt at the time.
conveyed ... Our onl y interest was in see ing that the subscribers were
taken care of somehow."
T he deal. dated Jul y 29. 1996. and sig ned shortl y thereaft er. was
structured as follows:
U.S. Scanner Pu bl icatio ns would ho nor the balance of RCMA 's
paid subscript ions. (So. if you had three months to go on your
RCMA su bscription. you would receive three free issuc.:s of U.S.
Scanner News.) RC MA prov ides U.S. Scanner Pu blication s with
their subscription database o n d isk.
Any fu nds left over a fter paying all debts by RCMA wou ld be
turned over to U.S. Scanner Publications.
U.S. Scanner Publ ications was no t respon sible for any RC MA
debts.
RCMA agrees that a ll rights to their name. logo and format w i 11 be
owned by U.S. Scanner Publicatio ns.
Interestingly, the arrangement was fo rmalized on U.S. Scanner
Publicatio ns letterhead, with sig nature lines for RCMA President
Je rry S hort and edito r Carol Ru th, but no t fo r anyone fro m U.S.
Scanner Publications. Besides no mo ney chang ing hands in the
transactio n, U.S. Scanner Pu blicatio ns also req uested. and took possession o f. al I avail able back-issues of RCMA, at no c harge other than
postage to ship the m to O regon so that they could be eventually so ld
to the ir readers.
To many not pri vy to the details of the ag reement . the deal seemed
q uite reasonable. While there were hobbyists who opposed the move

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and who were q uite vocal about it on various on line nets (anothcr ~to ry
in itself). it was effecti vely out of their hands. Most simply accepted
and appreciated RCM A s effort to make good.
According lo Bob Gehri and ot hers. USSN envis ioned a separate
secti on within its cover. appearing as RCMA. It was hoped that
existing vo lunteer RCMA writers would continue to supply copy for
the magazine at no c harge while USSN writers would continue to be
paid as the funds were avai lable to do so. The idea was to. eventuall y.
consider spinning RCMA back off as its own publication. Gehri did
nol sec any co nfli ct or contradi ction in havin g both volunteer and paid
writers under a single cover. The idea. perhaps misunderstood by
some. rankl ed many. The e-mai l and onlinc di sc ussion concerning
USSN's intentions grew even more heated.
U.S. Scanner Nell's itself has had an
interesting hi story. Started by Mr. Gehri
(aka R.L. Smith ) in 1988, the news letter
folded with the February/Marc h 93 issue. By Septemhcr of 1994. however. a
new. full-color version of USSN was on
store shelves. Gehri had struck a handshake deal with Ke n Gi lbert. a Port land
rad io store owm:r. to rev ive hi ~ baby.
In the early days of the newly reborn
magazine. Gil bert mu st he commended
for expending a great deal of cap ital. and
Gehri. for expending a great dea l of editorial time in trying to bu ild a business based on scanning.
Mistakes did happen. however. despite the hard work. Perhaps
their most we ll-pub Iieizcd error came early o n when they pri ntcd their
first Cali fo rnia Fffq11e11cy A/111a11<1c. Be ing a Californi a freque ncy
guide, and including every public safet y and busi ness license. it was
an enormous pub Iication. The books were pretty much a dump of FCC
data. sorted and presented in interesting ways. Somehow. accord ing
to ed itor Bob Gehri. one of their son fields did not compute correctl y.
and Los A ngele~. along with a good portion of other listings. was le ft
out of the publicati o n! In the end. U.S. Scanner Publ icati ons had to
print a compleme ntary supplement for Cal ifornia.
The company appea red to get its act together after that debacle .
however. U.S. Scanner Ne11'.1 was applauded for its unbiased re\'iCW!->
of scanners. boob. and accessorie~. Glossy. full-color covers grm:cd
each issue and USSNbegan to heavily advert ise in the hobby i ~ t tradc~.
Then U.S. Scm111c1.. s advertising spending bega n to drop. By the
spring of "96. there were disturbing rumblings from ed itors who we re
not being paid promptly. or at all. Respected writer Laura Quaranlicllo
told us. "All of USSN's writers ha,e been without pay ment for more
than I0 months (and some for longer periods). We were not informed
of any fina ncial problems; thec hecksjust stopped comi ng. Asa result,
myself and several other writers di scussed the matter and consequently informed Bob Gehri and Ke n Gilbert that, regretfull y. we
would be unable to continue writing fo r the magazi ne if we wou ld not
be paid for our work. It was not an easy decision to make. We received
a letter from Ke n Gi lbert in July saying that US Scanner Pu bl ications
'has been in a cash crunch and could not afford to pay write r~. The
letter also stated that USSN was keeping records of what was owed and
has every intention of paying in fu ll. This will like ly occur later this
year.
Some of USSN' s writers assumed they were to be replaced entire ly
by volunteer RCMA writers. While Bob Gehri di ~pu tes this assertion.
as of thi s wri tin g. Laura Quaranticllo had recei,ed no payme nt s for
her work si nce last spring. (Note: Gehri claims that he was paid as an
independent consulta nt for USSN and had no know ledge of the
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February 1997

financial state of the company.)

By mid-summer. at about the time Laura Q. and others received the
letter from USSN, Bob Gehri and Ken Gilbe rt themselves mutually
ag reed th at they could no longer work together. Yet. the RCMA deal
had ju~t been finalized and U.S. Sca1111er Nell's took possc~sion of a
very valuable mailing list. logo. and name at no cost other than the
expressed imention to make good on out~tand in g RCMA subscripti ons.
This ed itor was due to receive some of those freebie U.S. Su11111er
issues. None ever showed up. A comb ined Se ptember/October USSN
was mail ed. with Bob Gchri 's name missing from the magaz ine' s
masthead. I\ note inside the issue told subscribers of the RCM/\
arrangement. and promised that the double-issue was an anomaly and
that they would receive a make-up ex tra issue at the end of the ir
subscript ions. As of this wri ti ng in mid-December. no November or
Dece mber issue has been rece ived by anyone we kn ow.
In late Nove mber. calls to USSN's tol l-free and local lines were
ringing busy day and night. By December I0th. calls to the same lines
were answered wi th the automatic mc~sage that the l in e~ were ei ther
disconnected or no longer in service. T he USSNWch Site had not been
updated since early sum mer. Gehri. for h i ~ part. is remor~cful that he
put himself. and the subscribers. in this position. Attempt~ to reach Mr.
Gilbert by e-mail. phone. and through intermediaries. has met with no
res po n~e.

The apparent demise of U.S. Sca1111cr Nc1r.1 is sad. and its end is
assuredl y based in part on the state of the hobby. However. since USSN
ev identl y folded without a known public word from an yone at the
Oregon-based publication only a few months after the RCMA agreement. hobbyists are left with several unanswered question~:
Did U.S. Sca1111er News have any idea that they would have trouble
fulfilling thei r obligation'>
To what ex tent did the overseers of RCMA in vest igate U.S.
Sca1111e1".1 financial state before making the agreement '! Did they
know about USSN 's fragile stale"
Was cons ideration given to putt ing a remedy in place in case USSN
was unable to fu llill its obl igation to contin ue subscriptions. such as
a return of al l RCMJ\ rights'>
Who now ow ns. and what wi ll happen to. the RCMA mailing list
(which loses va lue wi th every passing day). logo. and name?
The USSN/RCMA situation is a black mark for our hobby that
came at exactl y the wrong time. Yet. scann ing may be on the cusp of
a turnaround. Trun ki ng scanners are about to debu t. Reim (former
Rege ncy). AO R. and ICOM are premiering new produc ts. tno. He rc s
hoping th at this sad story rcprcsems the bottoming-ou t of the hobby
and tlw t 1997 dawns with the reversal of fortu ne we've all been
awaiting.

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Airline Company HF Frequencies

F airl ines company frequencies

haven"t heard them in a w hile on the
are fun and interesting to mon itor.
Southeast As ia ai r traffic control freYou will get a fascinati ng insight
que ncies. Where ha ve they gone?"'
into the airline operations and a behind
Many of you may be unaw are that
the scenes loo k at what is really happenSydney is no lo nger on the air. Perth
ing o n the fli ght decks of international
Aeradi o. Australia, has replaced the m
ai rliners.
in all the MW A RA nets in which Sydney
The ground stations that are associhad partic ipated.
ated with the frequ encies are ca ll ed
The Lufthan sa LDOC station in
LDOC or Lo ng Di stance Operati o nal
Frank fort is another aero station that has
Control stations. There are two types of
left HF. Lufthansa fli ghts now appearto
LDOCs: those run by the airline operause Berne and Stockhol m radios for
tio ns staff and the common carri er.
compa ny traffic. T wo other a irline
The Internation al Teleco mmunica- Similar to the Delta Commu11icatio11s Cemer pictured
LDOCs that have no t been reported in
tions Union (ITU ) has authorized some here, airlines use their own network or a co111111011 carrier
sometime arc LTU in Dusseldorf and
frequencies in the routed aeronautical for international.flights. Photo by Rachel Baughn.
KLM in A msterdam. ls any one is hearmobiles bands for air-to-ground coming an y traffi c by these a irlines to their
pany LDOC communications. These frequen c ies are often shared by
ground LDOC stati ons'l I would be very interested to hear from you.
more than one inte rnation al air carrie r and some carriers even provide
services fo r o the r air carriers on these freque ncies.
II New African Aero Frequency
Traffi c typi call y cons ists o farri val/departure information, passenLo ngt ime UW repo rter Gary Ru ssell has uncovered a new East
ger/fuel loads, !lig ht progress re ports, aircraft mainte nance problems,
Afri ca RDARA ( Region al/Domestic Ai r Route Arca) frequencyand crew sc heduling.
55 17 kHz. Gary reports that he has heard Add is Ababa , Ethio pia. :
In formation passed on LDOC frequencies can vary, and while
Asmara. Eritrea: and Mogad ishu. Somalia. working aircraft on thi s
most of the messages may appear to be routine in nature the re arc times
freq uency. The WUN newsletter ind icates that Nairobi. Ken ya , and
where the conversation s can become q uite colorful.
Tri poli . Li bya. have also been mon itored o n this frequency .
The most important thing to remember w he n monitoring LDOC
WUN'.1 civil ian aero co lumni st ind icates that 55 17 cou ld be a
commun icatio ns is that with one exception- South African Airways
g radual replacement for 5658 or simpl y an additi o nal frequency to
(the ir flights report to Johannesburg o n the ho ur)-there are no
alle viate some of the congestio n to be found o n the us ual 5 MHz
trans miss ion schedules. Unlike the air traffi c control frequencies
c hann els.
where aircraft re po rt their pos itions at the specifi c times , compan y
messages can occur at any time.
II Haverlah Does it Again!
One of the most widely used me th ods for exchang ing company
traffic is by way of phone patches with the common ca1Tiers . Com mon
Long:ime UW reporter Jeff Haverlah has uncovered two new U.S.
carrier (i.e. AR lNC. Portishead Radio. S tockhol m Radio. Universal
Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Zu lu desig nators/freque nRadi o, etc.) provide services to a large number of airlines. biz j ets.
cies: Zu lu 270 and Zulu 315 . You can see the current designator/
cargo carri ers, and pri vate aircraft. Com mo n carrie rs are able at the
frequency list as compiled from monitoring in Table 2. He also heard
pilot 's request to provi de a phone patch to the company dispatching
tactical units menti o n Zulu 330. but did not li ne! the freque ncy.
office. T hi s allows the pilot to report and receive any in formation.
T hanks, Je ff. for the update.
The vast majority of the traffic you will hear on LDOC c hannels
is in Eng lish. Some airlines do, however, communicate in thei r nati ve
Ii NS/EP Replaced
lang uage on company frequencies. These broadcasts are far more
In a news release from Bellcore. o ffi cials ind icate that the reg io nal
interesting than the routine traffic you wi ll mo nito r on the MW ARA
operat ing compani es will form the Natio na l Te lecommunicaBell
(Major World A ir Route Areas) air traffic control c hannels.
tions
Alli ance (NTA) to fulfill the ir Nat ional Security/Emergency
Whether the messages are routine or not . Long Di stance OperaPreparedness (NS/EPJ obl igatio ns. This re lease mainl y concerns the
ti o nal Control frequencies can make for some very interesting listenBcllcorc sale to SA IC (Science App licatio ns In ternatio na l Corporaing.
ti on). The transfer occurred at the e nd of December 1996. More
in forma ti o n ca n be found o n the internet at http://www.bellcore.com/
Sydney Aero Gone
SALE/.
O ne of o ur MT readers recently inquired about Sydney aeradio. " I
T hanks to UW regul ar Jack Metcalfe for the heads up.

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February 1997

TABLE 1: Airline Company Frequencies

All communications on LDOC frequencies use upper sideband (USBJ unless
otherwise indicated. All freq uencies below ore in kilohertz (kHz}.
Aer Lingus

Dublin, Ireland: 30 l 0 5532 8924 13351

17916
AeroAot
Moscow, Russia: 11354
Aerolineas Argentina
Aeroporque Jorge Newbery-Buenos Aires,
Argentina: 6643 9013 10030 13240
AeroMexico
Mexico City DF, Mexico: 6640 9006 10033
Unid location: 13339
Air Afrique
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire: 17916
Air Britannia
UK:9037
Air Fronce
Paris, Fronce: 6637 6712 8972 l 0093
11 342 11345 11 351
Air Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica: 13356 (channel l )
Air Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius: 5538 8933 13348
Air New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand: 6637 13333 13345
Air Portugal (TAP)
Lisbon, Portugal: 5532 8924 13336
Air Seychelles
Seychelles: 8849 8967 13205
Alitalia
Rome, Italy: 5532 8931 l 0027 13336
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Sofia Bulgaria: 11273
British Airways
Speedbird Amsterdam, Netherlands: 8960
Speedbird-London, UK: 5535 8921 10072
13333
BWIA
Piorco, Trinidad: 5535 8924 11 345
Canada 3000
Elite Ops-Toronto, ON Comodo: 5475 8900
Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong, Hong Kong: l 3333
Prague, Czech Republic: 5532 8924 10025
CSA-Czech Airlines
10027
Cubono Airlines
Boyeros, Cubo: 5529 5544 8927
Dragon Air
Hong Kong, Hong Kong: 6637 892 1 13333
Coiro, Egypt: 6640 8933 11288
Egyptian Airlines
El Al Airlines
Tel Aviv, Israel: 5589 6677 8837 11318
13304
Faucett Airlines
Limo, Peru: 8188
Gulf Air
Falcon Ops-Manama, Bahrain: 5528 l 0033
11 354 13330
Iberia Airlines
Madrid, Spain: 5529 8936 13327 17940
lcelandoir
Reykjavik, Iceland: 5529
Japan Airlines
Tokyo, Jopon:6637 10093 11342 13324
Kuwaiti Airlines
Sofat, Kuwait: 8970
UAT
Adams, Borbodos: 5568
Beef Island, British Virgin Island: 5568
V.C. Bird, Antigua: 5490 5568
LOT
Warsaw, Poland: 8924
LTU
Dusseldorf, Germany: 8921
Middle East Airlines (MEAi Cedar Base-Beruit, Lebanon: 5538 10075
13300 13330
Milne Boy Air
Papua New Guinea: 6724

Moody Aviation-Elizabethton, TN: 5571

Athens, Greece: 3010 5637
Sydney/Perth, Australia: 4687 6526 6637
8921 13342 13345 17922 21970
Royal Air
Montreal, PQ Canada: 6646
Royal Jordanian-ALIA Ops Ammon, Jordan: 9003 10027
Sobeno Airlines
Brussels, Belgium: 5529 5645 8924 10078
13351
Saudi Airlines
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: 5544 8822 8924
11288 13339 21994
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 8924
South African Airways
Johannesburg, South Africa: 5532 8930
8933 11354

Ankara/Istanbul, Turkey: 8829

Turkish Airlines
United Airlines
Chicago, IL USA: 5535
VARIG
Belem, Brazil: 5553 8939 11 366
Recife, Brazil: 8939
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 5541 11366

Moody Ops
Olympic Airlines
Qantas Airlines

COMMON CARRIERS
ARINCAeronauticol. Inc

Berne Radio

Lima Flight Support

Miami Radio
Portishead Radio

Rainbow Radio
Rockwell Radio
Stockholm Radio

Universal Radio

Honolulu, HI USA: 11342

New York, NY USA: 3413 3494 6640 8903
8933 11342 13309 13330
San Francisco, CA USA: 6640 11342
Berne, Switzerland: 3010 4564 4654 4670
6526 6643 6705 6742 6945 8936 9211
9225 l 0046 10069 13205 13324 14593
15046 15050 15835 17931 18023 18480
20035 20870 21933 21988 23285 25500
Lima, Peru: 5535 8885 11306 17937
Miami, FL USA: 6637 8095 8959 10033
11470
Porfisheod, UK: 5609 5610 6734 8170
8930 8960 10291 11 306 14890 15964
20065
Tors Cove, NF Canada: 3446 5604 8819
13255 13285
Cedor Rapids, IA USA: 6637 8933 10075
11288 11306 13348
Stockholm, Sweden: 5290 5541 6826 6876
7524 8930 10206 10286 10575 10790
10795 10805 10865 10970 11 345 13342
13576 13942 14645 17916 18042
Houston, TX USA: 6637 10075 13330
17940

You can find the latest LDOC list on the Ute World online web site (http:/
/www.grove.net/~lany/uteworld.html). lf you discover a new LDOC, we
would appreciate you passing thotolong via Emoil or snail mail for the rest
of our MT readers.

TABLE 2: USSTRATCOM Zulu Designators/Frequencies

z100 ............ ................. .. .......... 3068.0

Z 105 ......................................... 3 116.0 (tentative)
Zl 10 ....... .................................. 3134.0
Zll5 ............ ............... .............. 3143.0
z120 ............................... .......... 3295.0
Zl 25 ......................................... 4495.0
Zl 30 ...................... ................... 4472.0
Zl 35 ......................................... 4745.0
Zl 40 ......................................... 5026.0
z145 .. .................... ................... 5705.0

Zl 50 ......................................... 5800.0
Zl 55 ......................................... 5875.0
Zl60 ......................................... 67 15.0
Zl 65 ......................................... 6757.0
Zl 70 ......................................... 783 1.0
Zl 75 ......................................... 9016.0
Zl 80 ......................................... 9057.0
Z185 .. ....................................... 9809.0
Z190 ......................................... 10204.0
Z200 .......................... ............... 111 81.0

Z205 ..................................... .... 11494.0

Z210 ..... ........ ...... ..... .......... ....... 11 229.0
Z211 ............................. ............ 12070.0
Z215 ......... ................................ 13242.0
Z220 ......................................... 13245.0
Z225 .......... .............. ................. 13907.0
Z230 ......................................... 15046.0
Z270 ......................................... 18027.0
Z315 ......................................... 23872.0

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Utility Loggings
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Abbr eviations used in thi s column
ALE

Automatic Link Establishmen!

AND VT
Advanced Narrowband
Digital Voice Terminal
AROE3
Single channel synchronous transmission and
automatic repetition
teleprinter system
AROM2 Multiplex synchronous
transmission and
automatic repetition
teleprinter system with
two data channels
USAF
U.S. Air Force
AT&T
American Telephone and
Telegraph
CAMSPAC Communications Area
Master Station-Pacific
cw
Continuous Wave (Morse
Code)
DLA
Defense Logistics Agency
ETA
Estimated Time of Arrival
Federal Aviation
FAA
Administration
Fax
Facsimile
FEC-A
Forward Error Correction,
FEMA
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
FF
French Forces
GHFS
Global HF System

HF
ID
LDOC
LSB
MARAD
MFA
MOD
NATO
NECN
NS/EP
Ops
RAF
RDARA
RTIY
SAM
Selscan
SHARES
SI TOR-A
SITOR-B

sow

USN

High Frequency
Identification
Long Distance
Operational Control
Lower Sideband
Maritime Administration
Ministry of Foreign
Afffairs
Ministry of Defense
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
National Emergency
Coordinating Network
National Security/
Emergency Preparedness
Operations
Royal Air Force
Regional and Domestic
Air Route Area
Radioteletype
Special Air Mission
Selective scan
Shared Resources
Simplex teleprinting over
radio system. mode A
Simplex teleprinting over
radio srtem, mode B
Specia Operations Wing
U.S. Navy

5517.0

5530.0
5634.0
5643.0
5658.0
5680 0
5684 0
5691 0
5696.0
5717.0
6270.0
6273.0
6293.0
6308.0
6314.5
6315.0

A ll transmissions are USB (upper sideband) unless otherwi se indicated.

A ll frequ encies are in kHz (kilohertz) and all times are UTC (Coordi nated
Time Universal)

6315.5
6320.0

2270.0
2598.0
3113.0
3413.0
3455.0
3540.0
4053.0
4055.0
4492.0
4704.4
4715.0
4724.0
4757.0
5078.0
5211.0

5236.0

5421 .0

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JSR-Israeli Mossad number station at 2104. (Takashi Yamaguchi-Nagasaki,

Japan) Welcome back, Takashi. I hope you check in often-Larry.
VON-CCG St. John's, NF Canada, with navigation message at 0839.
(Nicolas Gagnon-Cl DX DXpedition, PO) Welcome aboard, Nicolas-Larry.
Air Force 2 working Andrews with move to SAM 974 's frequency F-114.
(Jeff Jones-CA)
Shannon VOLMET. Ireland. with aviation weather at 0620. (Gagnon-PO)
Tokyo Aeradio, Japan. working Air Mike 976 at 1252. (Gary RussellUrbana, IL) Klingenfuss shows !his freq alocated to CWP. Must have
recently been pressed into service-Larry.
UGCSt. Petersburg Radio, Russia, with CW ID at 1855. (Robin Hood-UK)
Unidentified station with 5-letter groups in CW at 0205. (Jack MetcalfeKY)
FAA selscan noted liere at 0200. Have you ever heard any FAA selscan
activity below 4 MHz? (Metcalfe-KY) NoLarry.
Biglake 00, 01 , 03. 05 and 06 apparently working data traffic with each
other at 0518. (Jones-CA)
India 9 working Habitat (NAS Whidbey Island) at 0505. Also heard ANDVT
communications. (Jones-CA)
MVU-RAF VOLMET with aviation weather at 0528. (Gagnon-PO)
McClellan GHFS with long code groups at 0621 . (George Washburn
Milpitas, CA)
ANDVT communications noted here at 2321 . (Jones-CA) Mystic Star
Larry.
E70 working 03Z with alligator coordination traffic at 0057. (Jones-CA)
KPC324-Virginia Task Force 2. checking into FEMA NECN exercise at 1433.
Station expressed interest in joining the regular FEMA Tuesday net. WTDL
MARAD Kings Point, NY. with a 1512 check in. DLA293-DLA Alexandria,
VA. at 1622. WNFT417-Bellcore Washington, D.C .. at 1618. (Metcalfe-KY)
WPEH728-AT& T Conyers, GA, as coordinating station for the SHARES 963 exercise. Check-ins included: Big Lake, USAF Reserves-San Antonio. TX;
WNWK804-Cincinnati Bell, OH. at 1400; S4L-2nd U.S. Army Atlanta. GA,
at 1509; and KCJ20-FAA Farmington. NM at 1553. (Metcalfe-KY)
MTl-Royal Navy, UK with 75 baud RTIY test tape at 2330. (Roger
Parmenter-Hyannis. MA)

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6322.0
6330.0
6344 .0
6349 0
6382.0
6389.0
6426.2
6457.5
6470.0
6482 .0
6498.0
6532 .0
6553.0
6556.0
6637.0
6750.0
6815.6
7445.0
7525.0
7540.0
7549.1
7552.1
8039.5

Asmara Aeradio, Eritrea. working Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Asmara working

Mogadishu. Somalia at 2300. Appears to be a RDARA for Ethiopia, I don't
find this one listed. (Russell-IL) This has been recently reported as a new
ROARA. I doubt it is just Ethiopia Larry.
CI02-lsraeli Mossad at 2049. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Mauritius Aeradio working Qantas 54 at 2244. (Russell-I L) Seychelles
Aerndio working various aircraft at 2100. (Harry Riddell-Rochester, NY)
Brisbane Aerad10, Australia. working Kiwi 973 at 1245. (Russell-IL)
Asmara Aeradio, Eritrea, working Khartoum, Sudan, and Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia at 2254. Sana'a Aeradio, Yemen, working Iran Air 55 at 2253.
(Russell-IL)
Sailing vessel Proteus working NMCCAMSPAC Pt. Reyes, CA USA at
0400. (Skip Cadman-Astoria . OR)
Andrews working SAM 26000. (Jones-CA)
Khabarovsk VOLMET. Russia. with Russian weather reports at 2122.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
Coast Guard Rescue 1601 working Group Humboldt Bay, OR, at 0801 .
(Gordon Levine-Anaheim, CA)
Canforce 3376 (de Havilland Buffalo) working Vancouver military at 0341
with phone patch to COMOX Ops. BC. (Matt Cawby-Mt. Lake Terrace-WA)
ULX-lsraeh Mossad number station at 1333.(Yamaguchi-Japan)
LSF-lsraeli Mossad number station at 1445. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
UFFJ-TK Nefterudovoz 48 (ore/oil carrier) working UJE-Nizhny Novgorod
Radio in CW at 1543. (Hood-UK)
UYHH-TKH Volga (Danube river cruiser) working US05-lzmail Radio with
message from Captain Vdovichenko in 50 baud RTIY at 1552. (Hood-UK)
SAB301-Goeteborg Radio. Sweden, with SITOR idler then ship message
traffic at 2236. (Larry Van Horn-Brasstown, NC)
GKE3-Portishead Radio. UK. with SITOR idlerfcallsign only CW marker at
2233. ZLAAwaura Radio. New Zealand. with SITOR idlerfcallsign only CW
marker at 1320. (LVH-NC )
USU-Mariupol Radio, Ukraine. with SITOR idlerfcallsign only CW marker at
2234. KFSSan Francisco Radio. CA US, with SITOR idler/callsign only CW
marker at 1317. (LVHNC)
DAN-Norddeich Radio, Germany. with SITOR idlerfcallsign only CW marker
at 2222. (LVHNC)
OST-Oostende Radio. Belgium. with SITOR idler/callsign only CW marker
at 2217. (LVH-NC)
LZW34-Varna Radio, Bulgaria, with SITOR idlerfDE CW marker at
2201.(LVHNC)
SVB3-Athens Radio. Greece. with CW DE marker at 2241. (LVH-NC)
PPJ-Juncao Radio, Brazil, with CW V ma rker at 2242. (LVH-NC)
TBA6-Turkish Navy Ankara. Turkey, with CW V marker at 0438.(LVHNC)
CTP-NATO Lisbon Radio. Portugal, with CW v marker at 2254. (LVH-NC)
LYKKlaipeda Radio, Lithuania. with CW CO marker at 2302. (LVH-NC)
JOA-Nagasaki Radio, Japan. with CW CO marker at 2311 . (LVH-NC)
SXA-Greek Naval Radio, Piraeus, Greece. with CW V marker at 2316. (LVH
NC)
CLA-Havana Radio, Cuba. with CW CO marker at 2319. (LVHNC)
PCDlsraeli Mossad number stationat 2035. Parallel transmission to 31501
4270. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Tokyo. Japan, working Air Mike flig ht at 0456. (Gerald Brookman-Kenai.
AK)
Nadi Aeradio, Fiji. working Qantas 100 at 1246. (Russell-IL)
Ujumg Pandang Aeradio. Indonesia, working Qantas 1at1244. handed off
to Jakarta. (Russell-IL)
Maintenance Watch Auckland working New Zealand 7 at 1207. (Riddell
NY)
Papa working Fox Tango at 0530 regarding Greyhound. (Jones-CA)
22 working 03 at 0114. Talking about target on gadget at 18 nautical miles
and stations went to satellite communications. (Jones-CA)
MIW2-lsraeli Mossad number station at 1423. (Yamag uchi-Japan)
TYE-ASECNA Cotonou. Beni n, sending weather using 96 baud ARO-M2 at
2236. (Fernand Vaillancourt-St. Pamphile. PO Canada)
JSR-Israeli Mossad number station at 1304. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
WNIM867SW Bell St. Louis. MO. calling WNIY791-SW Bell San Antonio,
TX, at 2130 on channel 44. Didn't Southwest Bell change names to SBC
Communications? (Metcalfe-KY)
WNIM867SW Bell St. Louis. MO, and WNCP450-SW Bell Creve Coeur,
MO. at 2115 on channel 45. Moved to channel because of ALE pulses.
(Metcalfe-KY)
P7X-U.S. military, with 5-leller groups in CW at 1648. Two high speed data
transmissions between CW transmissions. (Metcalfe-KY)

8071 .5
8170.5
8280.5
8279.0
8418.0
8418.5
8419.5
8420.5
8421 .5
8428 5
8429.0
8432.5
8434 .5
8435.0
8437.0
8439.0
8448.0
8453.0
8461 .0
8465.0
8468.0
8484 .5
8492.0
8502.0
8564 .0
8565.0
8573.5
8598.0
8643.5
8646.0
8663.0
8685.0
8688.5
8879.0
8903.0
8968.0

8971 .0
9010.0
9031.0
9106.0

Mike working Romeo with unit damage reports at 1339. Mentioned 18

knots top speed. (Metcalfe-KY) Could be any number of folks. Jack-Larry.
Uniform 13 calling Charlie 3 with battle status updates in LSB at 1416.
(Metcalfe-KY) U.S. Army frequency-Larry.
Uniform 23 noted here in LSB at 1426. (Metcalfe-KY) Another U.S. Army
frequency Larry.
UBEM TKH STK-1004 (sea-river cargo vessel of NW Shipping Company)
working Helsinki Radio for phone patch to Istanbul at 0952. (Hood-UK)
IAR-Rome Radio. Italy, with SITOR idler/callsign only CW marker at
0405.(LVH-NC)
LGB-Rogaland Radio. Norway, with SITOR idler/callsign only CW marker
at 0404.(LVH-NC)
PPR-Rio de Janeiro Radio, Brazil, with SITOR idler/callsign only CW
marker at 0400. (LVHNC)
HECBerne Radio . Switzerland, with SITOR idler/callsign only CW marker
at 0357. (LVH-NC)
9ARRijeka Radio. Croatia. with SITOR idler/callsign only CW marker at
0355. (LVH-NC)
ZSCCape Town Radio, South Africa. with SITOR idler/DE CW marker at
0334. (LVH-NC)
EAD-Madrid Radio. Spain. with SITOR idler/callsign only CW marker at
0333. (LVHNC)
UFN-Novorossiysk Radio , Russia, with SITOR idler/callsign only CW
marker at 0329. (LVH-NC)
LPD-General Pacheco Radio, Argentina. with SITOR idler/callsign only
CW marker at 0326. (LVH-NC)
XSO-Guangzhou Radio, China, with SITOR idler/callsign only CW marker
at 1326. (LVH-NC) FI G-Single letter HF CW marker at 1120. (YamaguchiJapan)
4XZ-lsraeli Naval Haifa, Israel, with CW V marker at 0318. (LVH-NC)
PBC38Dutch Naval Goeree Island, Netherlands. with 75 baud RTIY RY
test tape at 1146. (LVH-NC)
A9MHamala Radio. Bahrain. with CW ca marker at 0250. (LVH-NC)
HWN-French Naval Paris. France. with 75 baud RTIY RY test tape at
0239.(LVHNC)
ZSCCape Town Radio. South Africa. with CW CO marker at 0229. (LVHNC)
MIW21sraeli Mossad number station at 1423. Parallel transmission
noted on 7445. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
FUVFrench Naval Djibouti. with 75 baud RTIY RY test tape at 014 1. (LVHNC)
HZG-Damman Radio. Saudi Arabia, with CW DE markerat 0219. (LVH-NC)
PPR-Rio de Janeiro Radio. Brazil, with CW V marker at 0218. (LVH-NC)
PPL-Belem Radio, Brazil, with CW V marker at 0214. (LVH NC)
D3E51 Luanda Radio. Angola , with CW ca marker in heavy RTIY ORM at
0145 . (LVH-NC)
FUBFrench Naval Paris. France. with 75 baud encrypted RTIY traffic at
0155. (LVH-NC)
LYLKlaipeda Radio. Lithuania. with CW CO marker at 0152. (LVH-NC)
OXZ4Lyngby Radio. Denmark, with CW CO marker at 0128. (LVH-NC)
UUlOdessa Radio, Ukraine. with 50 baud RTIY message traffic at 0112.
(LVH-NC)
LPD86-General Pacheco Radio, Argentina, with CW V marker at 0109.
FUJ-French Naval Noumea. New Caledonia, with 75 baud RTIY RY test
tape at 1202.(LVH- NC)
HMZ-Pyongyang Radio. North Korea, with CW CO marker at 0104. (LVHNC)
IRM-CIRM Rome, Italy, with CW V marker at 0052. (LVHNC)
ZSCCape Town Radio. South Africa. with CW DE marker at 0050. (LVHNC)
Perth Aeradro. Australia. working various aircraft at 2025. (Riddell-NY)
Douala Aeradio. Cameroon, working a Springbok flight at 2322. (RussellIL)
Wise 81 (16 SOW) with phone patch to Hurlburt Ops via McClellan GHFS
at 1739. (Russell IL) Mend 23-USAF C-130 with phone patch to Gunrunner via McClellan GHFS at 1737. (Jim DeWitt-Sacramento. CA via Grove
Fax machine)
Demon 801 working Western Sky 801 off station at 0344, gave ETA to
North Island as 15 minutes. (CawbyWA)
Ottawa requesting Vancouver to monitor 8151 /14985.5 for a HF trial.
Vancouver said they would transmit a steady tone at 4,000 watts on each
frequency at 0127. (Cawby-WA)
RAF Vol met weather broadcast at 1036. (Allen Wires-East Point. GA)
Bravo 050 working Foxtrot after several ALE bursts. Both returned to scan
at 2138. (Metcalfe-KY) This is a USAF Air Mobility Command ALE C2
frequency-Larry.

9123.0
9123.5
9991.5
10125.0
10484.0
10493.9
10856.0
10920.0
11175.0
11178.0
11253.0
11297.0
11494.0
12581.0
12583.5
12662.0
12699.0
12799.5
12829.5
12923.0
13022.0
13951 .0
15874.0
15920.4
15974.0
16077.0
16807.0
16798.0
16811 .0
16831 .5
16839.0
16960.0
16961 .5
17064.8
17170.4
17180.0
17198.9
17213.9
17231.2
17937.0
18031.0
18761.0
20302.0
22478.0
22544.0

B53D and AU44 with number/letter groups in CW at 1437. (Metcalfe-KY)

Uniform 41 with battle reports for unidentified stations. Each message
repeated three times in LSB at 1636. (Metcalfe-KY) This is a U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers frequency-Larry.
SAM 049 working Andrews at 0351. (Jones-CA)
MIW2-lsraeli Mossad number station at 1218. Parallel transmission
noted on 9130/12747. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
MFA Sofia with information bulletin using 150 baud RTIY at 1042.
(Hood-UK)
RFTJ-FF Dakar, Senegal, with ARO-E3 transmission at 0549. (Robert
Hall-Capetown. RSA)
Stockholm Radio, Sweden, working Lufthansa 8455 at 1615. (GagnonPO)
RFTU-FF Dakar, Senegal , with "cont role de voie" using 48 baud ARO-E3
at 2130. RFAB-Pairs. France, sending "revue de presse" using 48 baud
AROE3 at 0345. (Vaillancourt-PO)
Okie 11 (flight of four F-15s) with phone patch to Red Flag Ops at 1637.
(DeWitt-CA)
Falcon 01 working Bluestar at 1300. (Riddell-NY)
MVU-RAF VOLMET with ID at 1343. (Gagnon-PO)
Russian females. Presumed Kiev then Rostov VOLMETs at 1253. (RiddellNY) Kiev VOLMET at 1255. Rostov VOLMET at 1556. Both operators in
Russian. (Gagnon-PO)
WGY904 call ing Domestic on Zulu 205 with a six digit message at 1631.
(DeWitt-CA)
LSD836Buenos Aires Radio. Argentina. with SITOR/callsign only CW
marker at 2150 (LVH-NC)
CBV-Valparaiso Radio, Chile, with SITOR/callsign only CW marker at
2146. (LVHNC)
7TF8-Boufarik Radio. Algeria, with CW CO marker at 2059. (LVH-NC)
HPPPanama Radio, Panama, with CWV/CO marker at 2038. (LVH-NC)
PCH51Scheveningen Radio, Netherlands, with CW DE marker at 1626.
(LVH-NC)
XFM-Manzanillo Radio. Mexico. with CW CO marker at 1621. (LVH-NC)
HLW2-Seoul Rad io, So uth Korea, with CW CO marker at 1606. (LVH-NC)
SPE63Szczecin Radio, Poland, with CW DE marker at 1551. (LVH-NC)
Unidentified station with 5-letter groups in SITOR-A at 1650. Possible
diplomatic station. (Metcalfe-KY)
MFA Paris. France, with 5-letter groups using 192 baud FEC-A at 1108.
(Vaillancourt-PO)
CFH-Halifax. NS, Canada, with RTIY transmission at 1724. (Hall-RSA)
MFA Havana. Cuba, with Spanish traffic to Tanzania embassy and news
of embacuba Iran using 50 baud RTIY at 1730. (Vaillancourt-PO)
RFFA-MOD Paris, France, with AROE3 transmission at 1732. (Hall-RSA)
ZLA-Awaura Radio. New Zealand. with SITOR/callsign only CW marke r at
2034. (LVH-NC)
Unidentified station sending "press report via DZJ" with Philippines news
(in English) using SITOR-B at 1136. (Hood-UK)
CBV-Valparaiso Radio, Chile, with SITOR/callsign only CW marker at
2205. (LVH-NC)
FFTSt. Lys Radio, France. with SITOR/callsign only CW marker at 2014.
(LVH-NC)
UFN-Novorossiysk Radio, Russia, with traffic to UEVl-TKH Mys Khako
for Captain Kovalenko in SITOR-A at 0736. (Hood-UK)
CKN-Canforce Esquimalt, BC, Canada, with 75 baud NAWS RTIY test
tae at 1728. (LVH-NC)
FUF-French Naval Fort de France, Martinique, with 75 baud RTIY RY test
tape at 1727. (LVH-NC)
EAD-Madrid Radio, Spain, with CW DE marker at 1635. (LVH-NC)
PJC-Williamsted Radio. Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. with CW Vmarker
at 1558. (LVH-NC)
HWN-French Naval Paris. France, with 75 baud RTIY RY test tape at
1554. (LVH-NC)
PCH60-Scheveningen Radio. Netherlands, with CW DE ma rker at 1539.
(LVHNC)
SPH-Gdynia Radio, Poland , with CW DE ma rker at 1536. (LVH-NC)
CWA-Cerrito Radio, Uruguay, with CW CO ma rker at 1536, with ORN
from SITOR idler. (LVH-NC)
BPDL working Kingston, Jamaica (LDOC) at 1658. (Gagnon-PO)
MFA Havana. Cuba, with 5-letter groups then news in Spanish at 1900
using 50 baud RTIY. (Vaillancourt-PO)
MFA Paris, France, with 5-letter groups using 192 baud FEC-A at 1916.
(Vaillancourt-PO)
NKWUSN Diego Garcia with fax chart at 0940. (Hall-RSA)
CBVValparaiso Radio, Chile, with CW V marker at 2140. (LVH-NC)
FU M-Fren ch Naval Papeete , Tahiti. Society Islands. with 75 baud RTIY
RY test tape at 2125. (LVH-NC)
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Shortwave Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser, P.O. Box 1684-MT, Enid, OK 73702
E-mail.' <[email protected]>; Fax: (405) 233-2948, ATT: Hauser

Radio Canada International Not Dead - Again

The 123 beleaguered staff al RC I were aboul to go home on l"riday
af'lcrnoon. December 6. when their bosses 1old 1he1111hat 1hc CBC and
1he govern ment had been unable 10 come up with any more funding.
~o RCI would have to close down at thecml of March. RC l 'schampion
in !he government. Heritage Mi nister and Deputy Prime Minister
Sheila Cop p~. was blamed for 1111t keeping her promise. But it turned
out ' he was oul of lhc country al 1he ti me. under the impression 1hat
a fundi ng package was in the works. The closure announcement was
math.: in ord<.:rto forestall growing rumorsoverth<.: weekend. but it was
prema1urc. The Clohe a11d Mail bl amed Clerk of the Privy Council
Jm:elyne Bourgon. while an in11.:rdepartmcn1al debate on how to
finant:c RCI was still going on. Copps relllrned. sel 10 work to fin ish
the funding job. and in less 1han a week she and Foreign Minister
Lloyd Ax worthy had th is provbional package 101alling CS 16 million.
the 'ame as last year: $6M from Foreign Affairs. $6M from !he
Heri1agc dcpar1111en1. $3M from Canadian lmcrnational Development
Agency.$ I M from Defence department- and zero from CBC.
Now !hat CHC no longer has any rcsponsibili1y for RCI. she

expects the international broadcaslcr to become a cornerstone of

Canadian foreign policy. wi1h cont inuing funding, not subject to yearly
dca1h 1hreats. And Axworthy gave assurances that RCI will not be
subj..:ct to government editorial co111rol. The Coal ition to Restore Full
RC I funding. which was gearing up for another wri te-in campaign,
cont inues to push for funds to be increased to previous levels.
The relays of BBC. Austria, Korea, and others we rely upon will
cont inue via Sack vi lle: We hope that RCI will also contin ue to relay a
101of excclle111 CBC programming to 1he world. CBC itself, however,
has also undergone drastic cuts with hundreds of staff losing their j obs.
and plans to revamp programming later this year, such as merging
Morningside with S1111dn.1 Morning. (This report based on extensive
monitoring and a flood of press reports forwarded by Chet Copeland,
Ke1 in Hecht. R. J. Fliegl, M ike Cooper. David Alpert, Bill Westenhaver,
David M. Clark. Harold Sellers. Andy Kirby, Alfred Thornton, Nick
Terrence. Ivan Grishin, Debby Stark. Sheldon Harvey, Aaron Pilchick )
For news of other slalions' financial problems, sec Australi a,
Belgium. Cuba, Papua New Guinea, South A frica, United K ingdom,
USA-VOA and WY HA below.

AFGHANISTAN The Anti-Taleban R. Afghanistan supporting former president

namese: reduce Mandarin. Indonesian to only two hours a day; English
Borhanoddin Rabbani. is on 7100 in Dari, Pash to at 0730-0835. 1130-1230.
service a composite of RA and ABC domestic; 3) ABC asks Special BroadcastPro-Rabbani officials in Tashkent say it broadcasts from Taloqan. Takhar
ing Service to take over remaining language services. drop RA English in
Province. in northern Afghanistan ; on same freq as V. of Free Tajikistan. and
favour of a relay of ABC domestic (Weeke11d Australian via Mike Bird, RN
may well be sharing facilities. (BBC Monitoring)
Media Networkvia BBCM) RA programming to be revamped Jan 22, with 60ALASKA [non ] W.C.B.C., parent org of KNLS, wanls to reach more of world with
minute news and current affairs program every three hours. and still 10
new SW site outside US: designing mobile transmitting system to be
minutes of news on the hour every hour, removing "ann oying muzak"
movable if there are po litical problems (Kevin Chambers, Dave Dvorak,
although music features will remain. Oz news weekdays at 0105, 0305, 0505,
KN LS. HCJB DX Partyli11e) Previously czecked out Czech Republic - gl1
0905, 1105, 1305, 1505. 2305. and weekends from 0905 (RA Feedback)
ALGERIA R. Algiers lnt'I, 15205.2, English at new time 1400-1500 replacing
BELGIUM BRTN news announced that RVI would have drastic budget cut from
1600. //15160 and unheard 11715; no English heard between 1600 and
Nov 1997: no longer German. Spanish, Arabic, just Dutch, French, English;
2100. Strong on 15205.2 but ORM from VOA 15205 (Brian Alexander. PA)
hours per week from 300 to 140; let staff go who cannot switch languages.
ANGOLA V. of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel. VORGAN. the UNITA radio
Wavre site in Belgium to be used only for nearby parts of Europe, Africa; to
station. will be privatized as soon as all political issues have been settled.
NAm and other targets via relays (Guido Schotmans. Belgium.
Buyer will be the Polytechnic Academy, a Luanda-based company involved
rec.radio.shortwave via Kevin Hecht) To NAm may use Bonaire or Sackville;
in all media. The new station will be called R. Despertar [Wake Up Radio].
Eu via Germany: AufSAf via Madagascar: AsfSAs via Kamchatka. Russia (RVI
continuing on 11830, 7100. 9700 (KUP news agency via BBCM)
via VOA CW via Mick Ogrizek, EDXP) Always two transmitters at a ti me to
R. Nacional reactivated on 9720.3 from 0500, not as strong as VORGAN
each target (RVI Radio World)
on 9750; RNA also on 7245. 9534.8 but not on 11954.8 (Tony Jones.
CAMEROtlN R. Cameroon. Yaounde, reactivated on 4850 including English news
Paraguay. Cumbre DX)
2100-211 5 (Finn Krone. Denmark, DSWCI DX Window) And 2320-2401. in
ANGUILLA Government here was about to approve Dr Scott's new 100 kW SW.
French, 0434-0500+. Another day at 2035 interviewed Chinese dissident in
after the site is fenced (Larry Magne via Marie Lamb, Cumbre DX) Harold
English, played Chinese music (Brian Alexander, PA) Also English at 2035,
Vanterpool at the station told me Scott had him shut down the AM and FM
0520 (Ed Rausch, NJ) Quite strong at 2100; must be at least 100 kW as listed
station Nov 24, didn't know why. and no plans known to start SW (Hans
before (Roger Chambers. NY)
Johnson. ibid.)
COLOMBIA Longtime mystery on 5873.7 solved: it's a pirate lirst logged by Juan
ARGENTINA RAE tested via Internet in November at http://www.primenet.com/
Carlos Godina and then chased by myself without much success for over
-miglia/rae .htm(Gabriel Ivan Barrera via David Sharp, Cumbre DX) Seemed
three years. In Nov at 2152 full ID and sked given as R. El Sol, at Villa Moreno,
not live stream. but segments in several languages about Mar del Plata Film
some 40 km NE of Pasto in SE Colombia, M-F 2100-2300. SaVSun 1930Festival: RAE also plugged it on 11708.8. Occasionally audible UT Thu
2400. but at 2158 obliterated by BBC 5875. Later they acknowledged my
around 0235 with DXers Special Program but fails to attribute news to
report by phone with power as 50 watts (Henrik Klemetz. Dateline Bogota via
individual DXers quoted (gh)
DSWCI DX Window)
COSTA RICA RFPI first-quarter programARMENIA V. of Armenia. English at 2130 on
ming changes: your columnist's Conti9965. 7480 (Roger Chambers. Tom
A ll times UT C; A llfrequ encie.~ k l/z; '~ before hr =
nent ofMedia. half an hour monthly in the
Sundstrom. BBCM)
sign 0 11, * after hr= sign off; II= parallel
third week, following World of Radio Fri
AUSTRALIA Three proposals lor downsizing R.
progra mming; + = conti1111inK but not monitored; 2 x
2030, Sat 1830, Tue 1930 plus repeats 7
Australia due to AS55M budget cut for ABC
freq = 2nd harmonic; Z-96 =Summer season; W-96 =
and 15 hours later. Youth T/1eater: The
in 1997-98: 1) cut $1 M, losing 15-20 staff.
Costa Rican Academy Players. Wed 2330.
Winter season ; {11011/ = lJroadcast to or for the listed
French and Cantonese services; 2) delete
University of the Air--Real Politics with
co1111try, b11t 11ot necessarily originating there.
Pidgin, French. Ca ntonese. Kilmer. VietMichael Parenti, Tue & Thu 2230. James
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Bean's Spiritual Awakening becomes a weekly half-hour Sun 2100. Replacing it at 2355 daily are Earthwatch Radio and Earth & Sky. Global Community
Forum live mainly UT Fri 0200, sometimes also UT Sun 0400. Also
experimented with Pacifica Netv;ork News weekdays at 2300-2330 via
RealAudio feed, and may add it to 2nd quarter sked; 15050-AM day, 7385AM and 6205-USB night. (RFPI)
TIAWR is incredibly slipshod, putting on programs at unpredictable
times-24-week-old AWR Wavescan heard one Wed until 21 40 on 13750,
9725 only, but unreliable at scheduled times of Sun 1100, 2300 (gh) The
American announcer in London is Dave Barasoain, a Basque name, from
Atlanta (Jeff White, Bill Matthews. Finn Krone)
Faro del Caribe has new 5 kW transmitters on 5055, 9645, and older one
on 6175 at new site in San Isidro. Heredia, at 2000-1200 including English
0300-0400. R. Casino has oldest transmitter in CR, since 1945 with 1 kW
on 5954v at 1030-2400, fax 758-3029. R. Reloj official sked is 1300-0100
6006, 0100-1300 4832. but sometimes forgets to switch so 6006 heard
after 0100 (Ulis Fleming, CR, Cumbre DX) Not using 6006 due to TVI; a
nearby resident fired at the antennas with a shotgun (Ulis Fleming, Cumbre
DX)
CROATIA CR, Zagreb, English news observed: 0706 M-F, 0803 Sa/Su, 0903 MF. 1303. 1903, 2303, on some of: 5895, 5920. 7165, 9830, 11635, 11830,
13830 (Alan Roe, England, World of Radio)
CUBA Rebe/de-DX, UT Sat 0530v has been on 5025 since May; attempts by
others to do a DX program on Cuban domestic radio failed because they
wanted too much time. Thanks for the publicity in your Spanish DX report
(Frank Diaz Donikian, Rebe/de-OX)
RHC English to Europe 2100-2200 changed to 9585-USB. 9620 from
13715, 13725-USB (Arn ie Coro) Plus Esperanto Sundays 2200 on 9620
only (gh)
Cuba continues to jam WRMI 9955
most of the time. even when it's not
:-~- <,...
carrying exile programming but DX
~
shows in English, Spanish, or even
Portuguese. Trying to be helpful, I sent
RHC the schedule for exile programming (gh)
[non] La Voz del CID, anti-Castro station. could grow silent for lack of
money. Huber Matos says donations from exile community are not meeting
expenses of $16K a month. He insists no aid comes from the US govern ment. In the 1980s, CID received large donations from some LAm governments. which will be identified once Cuba is free. Transmitter is in one of
those countries, valued at $500K. Daily 12-hour broadcasts produced in
Miami give time to Cuban Unity, Alpha 66, Miami Medical Team, Brothers
to the Rescue, Brigade 2506, Revolutionary Directorate. Power is 50 kW
with 15 dBantenna gain for 500 kW ERP on 9940, 6305. Address: P.O. Box
654738, Miami, FL 33265-2631 (Armando Correa. Miami Herald via Aaron
Pilchick, Mike Cooper)
CZECH REPUBLIC R. Prague's reactivated 1400 to us on 13580 is mostly music
on Sats--folk one week, Dixieland the nex1 (gh)
DOMINICA N REPUBLIC R.
Amanecer on 3139.93 = 2 x
1570 where also audible //6025
at 0230-0330+, Spanish religion, ID (Brian Alexander, PA)
Complete program sked appears on website (gh) http://
jupiter.tricom. net/amanecer
(Al Quagl ieri
rec.radio.
shortwave)
R. Cristal lnt' l,5013.4at0026
with English magazine program on tourism, Internet. mailbag on a UT Thu
until 0045 merengue. much better signal than usual (Don Moore, IA,
Cumbre DX)
ECUADOR R. Jesus del Gran Poder, 5050.43 heard from 2200 through 0200,
lacking IDs at hour top but a times such as 2319 (Tom Sundstrom, NJ} At
0200 on 5050.4 IDs as Francisco Estereo (Jay Novello, NC) Same ID heard
during 0339-0522 with freqsas 106.9, 102.5 (Giovanni Serra. Italy) Seems
to use Francisco Estereo program as a filler, heard 2215-2257, then JDGP.
Both studios are inside San Francisco Cathedral in downtown Quito (Henrik
Klemetz, Dateline Bogota via OXW)
John Beck of Ham Radio Today has been appointed to the newly created
position of HCJB Station Manager (HCJB)
GUAM Pacific DX Report via KTWR: Sat 0940 11830, Mon 1615 11580, Tue
0900 15200. Special EOXP QSLs available for return postage (Bob Padula,
Electronic DX Press)
HONDURAS New station on 5890, HRMI, La Voz de Misiones lnternacionales,

Tegucigalpa, Dec 17 at 1250-1325+, new 200 W SW for the 1480 station, to

be increased to 5 kW, partly in English, great signal (David Crawford, FL,
Cumbre DX) Sked is 1200-0500 (Ulis Fleming , ibid.) Mixed with Vilnius/
Germany 2352-0100 (Jerry Berg, ibid.)
ICELANO Reykjavik on new 7735 //9275 at 1900-1930 in Icelandic, closing with
signature jingle on suppressed carrier USB (Brian Alexander, PA, World of
Radio)
INDONESIA RR I is gradually replacing SW transmitters with FM (TVRI via
BBCM}
INTERNATIONAL WA TERS [non] Electra radio project. joint venture of Scott
Becker and Allan Weiner. probably will not sail until spring: ship is waiting
for minor hull repairs, painting . Funding will not happen in [sic--until?]
spring (Anita McCormick via Chris Lobdell, NASWA Journa~
/RAN [non] On 6055 a station calling itself V. of Azerbaijan at ' 1630-1730' in
Azeri with Turkish music, anti-Iranian government and Armenia, "for unity
of south and north Azerbaijan," jammed (Ali Can Yasar, Turkey, DSWCI DX
Window) Related to V. of Southern Azerbaijan, 1530-1630 on 9927? (Hans
Johnson, Cumbre OX)
Mojahedin-e Khalq clandestine has started a website: http://www.iran-eazad .org/english/index.html(Voice of Israel via BBCM) Persian via Iraq SW
at 0300-0900 and 1400-2200 (BBCM) on 9430 with address in Denmark to
2058. Thursday only (Jay Novello, NC) Also on 5140 lately (Wolfgang
Bi.ischel, BC-DX)
IRAQ R. Iraq Int'/ resumed English in December after a sesquiyear without it,
heard 2332-2356 on 11895 tho announced as "10 and a half to 11 GMT daily
on 11890." V. of Rebellious Iraq reported that the Iraqi government has set
up jamming stations against that station, VOA and BBC. Cost was S5M,
collected from tax revenues, teleg ram, water and telephone fees. The regime
previously set up 200 jam mers in 1981 , each costing S250K, most destroyed
during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 (BBCM)
JAPAN New multiling ual morning service to Asia at 2100-2400 on 11685, 9860
opens and closes with English news. Also has NHK domestic service relay
to As 0900-1400 on 9855, 9750, 2000-2400 on 11 91O, 11665 (BBCM}
[non] R. Japan resumed relay via Sri Lanka on Dec 9, replacing alternative
sites; includes English hours at 1400 on 12045, 1700 on 11880, 0100 on
11890 (Tooru Yamashita. ABI)
KOREA NORTH Jamming on 31 meter band around 2100-2200 UTC: 9475
against KTWR, off at 2125 in time for World of Radio Thu 2130; 9755vs VOA,
9640 vs RKI (Wolfgang Bi.ischel. Germany, BC-DX) All broadcasts from RKI
in Korean are now being jammed (RKI SW Feedback)
LEBANON V. of Hope English at 1330 back on 9960 ex-9990 (Nikolay Pashkevich,
Russia, Cumbre DX) 9990 was wiped out by RTIY interference; due to
budget, cut back to 18 hrs per day, lower power, but in Cairo 6280 with 5 kW
comes in very nicely daytime; 9960 is 6 kW toward Moscow at night, Sa'udi
peninsula and Ethiopiaday (Gary Hull, mgr.. VOH via Hans Johnson, Cumbre
DX)
LIBERIA ELWA has no plans to resume SW, but maybe FM; has been 'burned '
twice , with transmitter stolen by R. Liberia; also believed that the 50 kW exKGEI transmitter has been dismantled and stolen from the ELWA compound
(Jennifer Turpin, SIM via Hans Johnson, Cumbre DX)
MALA WI MBC off frequency on 5993 at 1512 with English ID (David Norrie,
South Africa, DX Window) Germany shall withhold funds for Malawi's
second radio channel unless Pres. Bakili Muluzi's government amends
legislalil.n giving it power to control the existing outlet. Muluzi has never
allowed the opposition to use the radio, but wants a second station in six
vernaculars to break the dominance of Chichewa (AFP via David Alpert)
NIGERIA Despite lack of any announcements on 15120 music tests. report by
fax to VON was verified by fax. Said tests to Eu were 0600-1000, 1500-2000.
and would also test on 7225 [sic, really 7255] (Roger Tidy, England, World

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

Review of International Broadcasting

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

of Radio) Same no-announcements music tests on 7255 . .

1t~
0600-0730+ (Ed Rausch, NJ, Brian Alexander, gh)
ll.1'9.1&1
PALAU KHBN is looking to replace one of its transmitters which
is 30 years old and has run over 158 kilohours. Want to buy
a Harris 100 currently stored in SAm for S43.4K. Previous
~~
xmtrs were bought from HCJB (Hans Johnson, Cumbre DX)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA NBC had a S2M budget cut, had trouble paying staff
salaries: the Kalang commercial network faces receivership (R. Australia via
B,BCM)
PERU Reactivation on 5767.2 with new ID as R. Universal, ex- R. Estelar, but still
in Moyobamba, with a two-hour musical show at 0000. and to be on air in
morning from 1000. R. Melodia, San Ignacio on 7040.3 until 2302 claiming
to be on 7015. R. Soledad on 4612.4v ex-4528v at 0020. Audio is crisp and
clear for as long as it stays on one given frequency-2 or 3 minutes! R.
Imagen, Tarapoto, normally 4969.1. heard several afternoons in Dec until
0000' on standby 5144. probably no more than 100 watts, including news
at 2330. On 6249.6v, R. la Vaz. presumably at Andahuaylas. quite strong
from 1030, better than at 2300. R. Melodia, 7040.3, San Ignacio, announced
increase to 2200-0300, also with news at 1150, but doesn't seem to be active
weekends (Henrik Klemetz. Dateline Bogota via DXW)
R. Victoria, Lima, 5818.8 at 2116-2148, religious program with its gran
cadena (Pedro F. Arrunategui . Chasqui DX)
R. San Miguel Arcangel, 6339.5 0004-0100+ with dance music, ID at
_ 0037 (~ans Johnson, CO, Cumbre DX)
SAO TOME VOA relay's Asst. Transmitter Plant Supervisor Charles Lewis
verified taped report direct. and offers to continue until he leaves in June if
volume is not too great. Include US postage SASE for reply via diplomatic
pouch. or an IRC or S1 for reply with pretty local stamps: P.O. Box 522 (Jerry
Berg, MA, DXW') Morning broadcast on 4960 ex-4750, including English
0300-0330, other languages 0500-0530 (M-F -0600) (VOA Communications World)
SLOVAKIA RSI is sending out a high quality pennant, and their 1997 calendar
is a small piece of art (Harald Kuhl, DSWCI DX Window) AWR 2130 on 6055,
including WavescanSundays, dropped due to poor reception in UK, Russian
interference (Peter Lee, AWR)
SOUTH AFRICA TWR has lost $30K in donations by mail due to theft. A man in
Pretoria was caught opening the mailbags. An audit became necessary.
Incoming mail of 300 letters a day dropped to a handful (Church on Radio
via BC-OX)
Channel Africa faces a budget cut at the end of March, but would like to
expand beyond a service from Africa to Africa. The two most crucial services
are English and Swahili, to be sharpened, as well as improving output via
Internet (Hans-Dieter Winkens, interim executive director, on RNMN via
BBCM)
The SENTECH ex-R. Oranje 100 kW transmitter is idle as it is connected
to a 275 log-periodic antenna not much in demand. Plan to relocate it to 5
or 7 toward Zambia, Zimbabwe (Kathy Otto, SENTECH via Piel Conradie,
Cumbre DX)
Stocks & Funds Network planned to start extensive financial broadcasts
from here by Jan 1, 18 hrs daily to Af/ME in local mornings, noon. evenings
with 25-minute programs: 0200-0300 on 6195, 7175; 0300-0400 on 9775,
11985; 0400-0800 on 11985, 15225; 0800-1400 on 17735, 21745; 14001600 on 17735, 21745; 1600-1700 on 17735; 1800-2200 on 15420, 17890.
Satellite-fed from 1733 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30329; fax 404-315-9523
(RNMN via Mick Ogrizek, EDXP) Why choose the poorest continent for
brokerage business?-gh In Africa a million persons are interested in
investing (Jerry Hoffman, president, Stox & Funds. RNMN)
SPAIN REE is a mess at weekends on 11815, with co-channel usage via Spain
and with a satellite delay Costa Rica causing an annoying echo, Sat 18002200, Sun 1800-2100 (Colin Miller, Ont., DSWCI DXW')
SURINAM R. Apintie, 4990.95, 0727 anthem, EZL vocals //820 (David M. Clark,
Nfld. DXpedition)
THAILAND BBC relay planned to use two transmitters to SAs from January;
mostly Singapore channels will be replaced (Alok Das Gupta, India. DSWCI
DXW)
TIBET China is helping improve broadcasting here, including building a MW and
SW transmission network, to bring radio coverage area up to 80% (Renmin
Ribao via BBCM) Lhasa often has remarkable signal, must be new transmitters, often audible by 1300 in late Nov in Tibetan on 6200, 5020, 4820, 4035
(Noel R. Green, England, Electronic DX Press)
U A E Dubai heard at 1330 in English on 13665 ex-13675 (Ivan Grishin. Ont.,
W.O.R.)
UK 0 GB AN I BBC World Service got a 5 megapound increase in funding for
1997-98, so it will not have to drop any languages (Chet Copeland, Chris

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Hambly, Australia, W.0.R.) Will be used to strengthen Mandarin, Arabic,

increase WS via FM, Internet. But the 152.4 megapound total is still below
last year, and over 100 jobs will be lost (Broadcast magazine via Richard
Buckby)
U S A Pres. Clinton introduced his appointee as new VOA Director, Evelyn
Lieberman, who had been Deputy Chief of Staff at the White House (White
House press release via Patrick Crumhorn)
VOA services in Kirundi, Kinyarwanda. expanded from 5 to 7 days a week
due to crisis in area, 0400-0430 on 5975 Botswana. 6170 Ascension, 7290 Sao
Tome (VOA CW via BBCM) Opinions about VOA program content may be
directed to: <[email protected]>. Comments serve as base for VOA's
Ombudsman Report broadcast periodically in English and other languages
(VOA website via BBCM) When?-gh
VOA and Justice Department cooperate with International Crime Alert
weekly broadcast, accompanied by photos of fugitives on USIA home page:
www. usia.gov(Sa'udi Arabian news agency UPI via Mike Cooper) Do they say
when? Of course not!-gh A sex-discrimination case against VOA involving
1100 women from 1974to1984 could ultimately cost the US government half
a billion dollars (Reuter via Mike Cooper, AP via David Alpert) Annual VOA
budget is only $100 million (Kim Elliott, VOA)
Digital broadcast tests 2 kHz wide continuous tones at 37.5 kHz intervals
between 13434.5 and 14972 at 2000-2100, interfering with stations on the
22mb; via Delano again? (Wolfgang Busche!, Germany) VOA Greenville spurs
from 17725 English to Africa at 2007: 17852, 17598 (gh, OK)
KVOH. Los Angeles. spurs from 17775 in Spanish at 2046. plus and minus
145/146 kHz and 2nd, 3rd multiples of that! (gh, OK)
WRMI. 9955. tested in Dec a program from Khmer Community Rescue
Association. Seattle, Voice of Cambodia Radio International in English Sat
2230-2300 following a half-hour in Cambodian. Thansour Thmey Radio. Also
began relaying Vatican Radio in Spanish at 0215-0230 UTTue-Sat. 01 45-0200
Sun (Jeff White, WRMI)
Pastor John Osborne announced on WVHA that Prophecy Countdown had
been unable to meet loan payments, and Dec. 31 was the deadline to avoid a
"foreclosure fire sale." Mainstream Seventh Day Adventists had been offered
the station, but not interested. He said three or four buyers were eager to get
it, but hoped it would not go to "pagans and Babylonians preaching error" (Jim
Moats. gh) We have been selected to broker the sale of WVHA for Prophecy
Countdown. The station in Maine has 4x4 slewable curtain antennas covering
Scandinavia to the Cape of Good Hope! (George Jacobs & Associates) WVHA
value has increased from S5M to S7M: one interested buyer is Bloomberg
Information. the financial network which owns WBBR, 1130, New York (Rich
McVicar, ME, HCJB DXPL) Then WVHA got another extension to end of Jan,
and paid half of what was due (gh)
Following up last month's story about Lloyd Gerald Pond, charged with
sexual abuse at KTBN shortwave facilities: Pond pleaded guilty to a reduced
charge of forcible sexual abuse. a second-degree felony. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to recommend probation and counseling. Sentencing will be
Feb. 3. (Jason N. Swensen, Deseret News)
WINS expected to return to the air in Jan with Christian music. timeblocks
sold (Sally Spiker, WINB, via Hans Johnson. Cumbre DX) Re-registered as:
1700-1900 15715, 1900-2200 11740 both 62, 2200-0300 11950 242
(George Jacobs & Associates via George Thurman)
W.'."RLD OF RADIO changes on WWCR: Sat 1600 ex-1800 on 12160; new
UT Sun 0400 on3215; see ourwebsiteforthe latest (gh) FCC has told licensees
to quit registering alternate unused frequencies, and make those chosen
propagationally correct for target (George McClintock, WWCR)
jnon] TWR founder Dr. Paul E. Freed died Dec. 1 at Cary. NC. Started with
2.5 kW V. of Tangier in 1954: moved to Monaco in 1959, expanded to more
than 100 languages from ten stations around the world (Colin Miller. Ont., BCOX)
R. Free Asia added Tibetan Dec. 1, at 2300, repeated at 2330. 1300, 1330
(VOA via BBCM) Tibetan at 2300 found on 7415 and stronger 7550, presumably CIS sites (Nikolay Pashkevich, Russia, W.O.R.) At 1300-1400 had tested
11615, but heard with Tibetan on 9440-not KHBI. accounted for on 9355,
13840, maybe KHBN Palau? (gh) No, audio and propagation point to CIS such
.. as Armenia (Wolfgang Busche!)
ZAIRE Inon] R. Agatashya's transmitters and studios in Bukavu were damaged in
lighting, off air since Oct. 27. Looking into alternatives, such as SW via
Switzerland (Marco Domeniconi, Hirondelle Foundation via Hans Johnson,
Cumbre DX)
Until the Next. Best of DX and 73 de Glenn!
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0010 UTC on 9680
THAILAND: Radio Thailand. Business Report program, including an invi
tat1on to Thai businessmen to visit international business conference in
Italy. (Jerry Witham, Keaau, HI) Station noted at 1425-1432 on 4830. Weak
with English announcements. interval signal and ID. (Mark Veldhuis,
Netherlands via email/Hard-Core DX) Station noted on 11805 at 2036 with
news; 11905 at 0054. (Gerald A. Brookman, Kenai, AK)
0045 UTC on 7325
AUSTRIA: Radio Austria lnt'I. Profile of Austria featuring artist Wilhelm
Kaufman . (Bob Fraser. Cohasset, MA; Brookman. AK)
0111 UTC o n 3230
SOUTH AFRICA: Radio Oranje. (Tent) Pop music program to announcer's
English comments. (lee Silvi, Mentor, OH via email) South Africa's
Channel Africa noted on 4875 at 1705. Regional news to interview on U.S.
investments in South Africa. Fade out by 1730. (Daniel Hill, Anchorage, AK
via Keaau, HI)
0204 UTC on 9755
CANADA: Radio Canada lnt'I. News bulletin at tune-in. Spectrum at 0210,
with report on AIDS conference and medical ethics, // 6155, 9535, 11725.
Fair signal quality. (Jim Moats, Ravenna. OH) Canada's CBC-Vancouver
noted on 61600231 . (Brookman, AK)
0233 UTC on 4635
TAJIKISTAN: Radio Dushanbe.Very weak garbled audio in unknown
dialect. Station heard with same quality at 1200. (James DeYoung,
Arlington. VA via email)
0244 UTC on 4820
BOTSWANA: Radio Botswana. Distinctive bells and farm animal interval
signal to 0300. Sign on ID to vernacular/English religious text to American
religious hymns. (Silvi, OH)
0312 UTC on 7105
ASCENSION ISLAND: VOA relay. Daybreak Africa show. with reports on
African politics, food conference and sports update. Parallel noted on
7340, 7415, 9575 with fair to poor signal quality. BBC relay noted on 15400,
// 15420 at 1806. (Moats, OH)
0405 UTC on 12008 USS
SUDAN: Nan Broadcasting Corp. Arabic. Male announcer's talk to re
gional music at 0410. Discussion of two males about Sudan. Signal weak
on// 8000. (Witham. HI)
0420 UTC on 4914.7
PERU: Radio Cora. Spanish. Fast paced Spanish vocals to "Cora" ID and
lime check. Ecuador's Radio Quito causing interference. Ads, chat, signoff ID at 0500. (Frank Hillton. Charleston, SC)
0530 UTC on 4890
GABON: Radio France lnt'I relay. French broadcast to Africa. Good signal
in Ohio. Gabons ATV Gabonaise noted at 2202-2258 on 4777. (Silvi, OH)
0715 UTC on 11905
NEW ZEALAND: Radio NZ Int'!. The World of Sports including interview
and report on an upcoming cricket match of New Zealand vs Pakistan.
Interview at 0740 with the new governor of American Samoa. (Witham, HI)
0725 UTC on 4985
BRAZIL: Radio Brazil Central. Portuguese. Brazilian pops to station ID.
Fast paced DJ's chatter to local ads. (Hilton, SC) Brazil's Radio Bandeiranles
heard on 11925, 2044-2057. Elton John music, ads, sports news to ID.
(510 =444). (Veldhuis. Netherlands) Brazil's Radio Guaruja heard on 5980
at 12311230. (Silvi. OH)
0750 UTC on 11885
INDONESIA: ARI Jakarta. Indonesian. Indoor sporting event between two
contestants. with lively audience response. (Witham, HI) lndo's ARI
Tanjung Karang heard on 3395 at 2237-2302. Short music bridges, Song
of the Coconut Island interval signal. ID and news. (Veldhuis, Netherlands)
1150 UTC on 5407.33
ASIAN CLANDESTINE: Radio Provisional Government, South Laos. Good
carrier, echo effect audio, not much readable. Asian music to male/female
announcers talk. Top of the hour announcement as possible ID? Noted
signal on multiple mornings. (DeYoung, VA)
141 2 UTC on 11402
ICELAND: Rikisutvarpid. Presumed news in Icelandic, // 13860. Station
noted also at 19452006 barely audible. (Silva. OH)
1413 UTC on 5005
NEPAL: Radio Nepal. Regional Nepalese music to vernacular chat. Four
tone interval signal to ID and news. SINP0=24333. (Veldhuis, Netherlands)

1423 UTC on 9750

MALAYSIA: Voice of Malaysia. (Tent) Indonesian text for news format.
Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur mentioned often including a tentative ID.
SINP0=43444. (Veldhuis. Netherlands)
1615 UTC on 11840
NORWAY: Radio Norway lnt'I. Feature on children's authors. Radio
Denmark relay noted at 1645 on 11840. with Walk About Denmark show
featuring the Little Mermaid Statue. (Fraser, MA)
1710 UTC on 9890
RUSSIA: Voice of Russia. Poor signal for Moscow Mailbag covering
subways and religion in Russia today. (Fraser, MA) VOA noted on 9550
at 1806. (Moats, OH)
1715 UTC on 6440
NORTH KOREA: Radio Pyongyang. (Tent) Presumed Arabic for monologue on North Korea. Rousing nationalistic program segment to 1720.
(Hill. HI) Station monitored as; 2040-9345, 2046-9975; 2343- 13650//
11700. Brookman, AK)
1720 UTC o n 9615
AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. Pop music tune I'm Not in Love to station
feature, heard on// 12080, 11880. (Peter 8. Haishun, Hurst, TX)
1750 UTC on 6854 use
SOMALIA: Voice of the Somalian People (Tent). Presumed Somalian.
Male's monologue to brief message from female announcer. Tribal music
accompanied by children's chorus. (Witham, HI)
1800 UTC on 11830
JORDAN: Radio Jordan. Station ID to Arabic promos for music program.
(Howard Moser. Lincolnshire, IL)
1810 UTC on 5965
KENYA: Trans World Radio. Lite music interspersed with religious
messages in English and African vernacular. Station ID as, "This is Trans
World Radio, Nairobi, Kenya." Religious programming format to 1830 and
final fade out. (Witham, HI)
1900 UTC on 15135
RWANDA: Deutsche Welle relay. Station ID followed by Newsline Cologneprogram with headlines and report on Zaire refugee crisis,// 11810.
(Fair to good signal quality. (Moats, OH) Noted on 17860-1950 in
German. Edward H. Schwartz, Chicago, IL)
1909 UTC on 11975
SAO TOME: VOA relay. News bulletin at tune-in followed by News/ine at
1910. Parallel 13710, 15410, 15580-fair to poor signal. (Moats, OH)
1925 UTC on 9705
MADAGASCAR: Radio Netherlands relay. Dutch Dairies program including interview with prison guard. (Fraser, MA) Station noted at 1830 on
9605, // 11655, 15315 with report on Columbia's civil war. (Moats, OH)
1930 UTC on 9745
MONGOLIA: Radio Ulan Bator. English interview with tourist who was
enthusiastic about the landscape beauty of Mongolia. (Witham, HI)
National news heard on 9745-1956. (Brookman, AK)
1945 UTC on 17870
SPAIN : Radio Exterior Espana. Play-by-play soccer commentary in
Spanish. (Schwartz, IL)
2010 UTC on 7335
BULGARIA: Radio Bulgaria. Report on the International Monetary Fund
to establish a Currency Board in Bulgaria, to curb the runaway inflation .
(Fraser, ''1A) Station noted on 9485 at 0533. (Brookman, AK)
2100 UT.C on 2100
ECUADOR: HCJB. Religious show, The Haven Program, with fair signal
quality. (Fraser, MA)
2100 UTC on 13715
CUBA: Radio Havana. News commentary on the European Union bringing the U.S. Helms-Berg (anti-Cuban trade) Law to the World Court.
(Fraser, MA) Top 10 song countdown Monday, 0130-0200 on 9820//
9830 USS. Great chance to hear Cuban music program. (Silvi, OH;
Brookman, AK)
2205 UTC o n 9825
JAPAN: Radio Japan. World news followed at 2210 by Top News From
Asia and the Pacific, including a report on AIDS prevention and news of
pending law suits for Honolulu's lack of handicap facilities. (Witham, HI)
2345 UTC on 4815
BURKINA FASO: Radio Burkina. French programming to 0011 . Strong
signal for African music, chat and news/commentary. (Silvi, OH)

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Send to Gayle Van Hom, du Mo11irnri11g 'limes (or C"lllClil [email protected])
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How TO UsE THE SHORTWAVE GUIDE.

1:

Convert your time to UTC.

Eastern and Pacific Times are already converted to Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC) at the top of each page. The rule is: convert
your local time to 24-hour format; add (during Standard Time) 5,6,7,
or 8 hours for Eastern. Central, Mountain or Pacific Times, respectively.
Note that all dates, as well as times, are in UTC; for example, a show
which might air at 0030 UTC Sunday will be heard on Saturday evening in
America (7:30 pm Eastern, 4:30 pm Pacific).
2:

Choose a program or station you want to hear.

Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page for
prime listening hours-space does not permit 24-hour listings.
Occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X 0000." This
information indicates that the program is a rerun, and refers to a previous
su mmary of the program's content. The letter stands for a day of the week.
as indicated below, and the four digits represent a time in UTC.
S: Sunday
T: Tuesday
H: Thursday A: Saturday
M: Monday
W: Wednesday F: Friday
3:
Find the frequencies for the program or station you
want to hear.
Look at the page which corresponds to the time you will be listening.
Comprehensive frequency information for English broadcasts can be found
at the top half of the page. All frequencies are in kHz.
The frequency listing uses the same day codes as the program listings; if a broadcast is not daily, those day codes will appear before the

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

which includes languages besides English are coded "vi" (various languages).
4:
Choose the most promising frequencies for the time,
location and conditions.
Not all stations can be heard and none all the time on all frequencies. To help you find the most promising frequency, we've included information on the target area of each broadcast. Frequencies beamed toward
your area will generally be easier to hear than those beamed elsewhere,
even though the latter will often still be audible. Every frequency is followed by one of these target codes:
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North America
Central America
South America
Europe
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frequency, we've included charts at the back of this section which take
into account conditions affecting the audibility of shortwave broadcasts.
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region in which the station you want to hear is located.The chart indicates
the optimum frequencies for a given time in UTC.

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February 1997

MONITORING TIMES

43

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...

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Australia, Radio
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bulgaria, Radio
Cambodia, Nall Voice ol
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada lnll
Canada. R Canada lnll
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Arca. Ad v World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia Voice of Russia WS
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Thailand. Radro
Ukraine. R Ukraine lnll

00000100

United Kingdom. BBC WS

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0000-0030
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United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio lnll
USA. Vorce of America

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USA. Voice of America

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USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Aus tralia, Radio

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Austria. R Austria Intl

Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int
Iran. VOIRI
Lithuania. Radio Vilnius
Netherlands. Radro
Sri Lanka. Srr Lanka BC
Sweden. Radio
Th2iland. Radio
India. All India Radio
ltat/. RAI Intl

6195as
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SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sundays
0000
0000
0005
0030

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. World news summary.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Adventures in Odyssey. Lively
childrens dramas from the Focus on the Family" team.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Live in Prague. Jau from one ol
Prague's night spots
Ecuador. HCJBQuito (am): Musical Mailbag. HCJB staffers
have a good time reading listener letters and playing musrc.

0054

Mondays
0000
0000
0004
0005
0013
0019
0030

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Joni and Friends. Joni EricksonTada presents help and advice especially lor the disabled.
(wv1w.nelchurch.com/jal/outreachlradio/radschd.hlm)
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: The Week in Politics. See S 1134.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Hour of Decision. Evangelist Billy
Graham's radio program.
Czech Rep, Radro Prague: From the Weeklies. See S 1143.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague. Media Check. See S 1149.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Mountain Medllations. See S
1330

Tuesdays
0000
0000
0005
0008
0011
0030

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) Insight for Living. See M 1430.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See M 1135
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1138.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Magazine '96. See M 1141.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Focus on the Family. See M 1330.

Wednesdays
0000
0000
0005
0011
0023
0030

44

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Insight for Living. See M 1430.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See M 1135.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Talking Point See T 1141 .
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Media Check. See S 1149.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito tam): Focus on the Family. See M 1330

MONITORING TIMES

!~U~~~~!.
Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Insight tor Living. See M 1430.

0000
0005
0012
0013
0021
0030

February 1997

0054
0054
0054

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Curren! Affairs. See M 1135

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1138.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: From the Arthrves. See W 1 1~1 .
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: The Arts Sec W 1148.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Focus on the Family. See M
1330.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary Childless by Choice
(201h). See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. From lhe Wireless 10 the
World Wide Web (6th). See W 1254.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Spanish Catholicism in
Flux (27th). See F2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The Titar 'ic: Encore
(13th). See A 2354.

WEBLINK

Many independently produced

radi o programs now have representati on on the worldwide web. This is
especially true of religious broadcasters. Beginning this month. MT
will include a URL addre~s fo r
those selected programs which have
websites, where know n. (See
Ec uador. )

Fridays
0000
0000
0006
0012
0014
0020
0030

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) Insight for Living See M 1430.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague Current Affairs See M 1135.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague Press Revtew See M 1138.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague Economic Report See H 1144.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague I'd Like You to Meet See H 1150.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Focus on the Family See M
1330.

Saturdays
0000
0000
0006
0009
0012
0030

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Insight for Living. Sec M 1430.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See M 1135.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1138.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Between You and Us. See F
1112.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Focus on the Family. See M
1330.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

HUNGARY: R. BUDAPEST
Music show rotatation:
Mon 2000 (UT Tue 0200):
Weck I : Peter w1tl Pop
Week 2: K11w Chofl5<'.1 folk
Wet:k J: lltiliw 1111d thl' C l>
Weck 4: foke 011e
Liste ne r Fccdhack .. ./\I/{/ tlw Glllt'/IOSf
4 th Tue 2000
Wed 0200
(RB website via !!hl

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Australia. VLST Ten1 Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuaaor. HCJB
Germany, Oeulsche Welle

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Indonesia. Voice of
Iran. VOIRI
lrelan:l.W Coast R Ireland
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Japan. R Japan/NHK World

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Lebanon. Voice ol Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands, Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
PhihpJines. FEBC/R Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
Spain R Exterior Espana

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Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

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Um1ed Kingdom. BBC VIS

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USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Mom1or Radio lnll
USA. Voice of America

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USA, Voice of America

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USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCA Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA, WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan, R Tashkent
Vietnam. Voice of
Yugoslavia. Radio
Greece. Voice of
Greece. Voice of
Malla, VO Medil erranean
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Vie tnam. Voice of
Vatican Stale, Valican A
Albania. RTirana Intl
Germany, Deutsche Welle

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SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sundays

Thursdays

0100
0100

0100
0100
0105
0108
0110
0111
0118
0130

0105
0109

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Nevis. See S0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): llevis. A summary of world and
regional ne1is.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague. Live 1n Prague. See S 0005
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): OX Partyline. Rich McVicar and
Karen Schmidt share 50 minutes of DXing updates.

Mondays
0100
0100
0104
0109
01 13
0119

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: News See S0000

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Latin and International News.
See S 0400.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: The Week in Polilics. See S
1134.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Saludos Amigos. An
International lrlendship program with listener contribulions.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: From the Weeklies. See S 1143.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Media Cneck See S 1149.

Tuesdays
0100
0100
0105
0108
01 10
0111
0130

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Nevis. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): News. See S0100.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Aflairs. See M 1135.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1138.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Studio 9. Features and
interviews with Ralph Kurtenback and Curt Cole.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Magazine '96. See M 1141
Ecuador. HCJB Ou110 (am): You Should Know. A
contemporary view of issues and ethics with Leonard
Kinzel.

Wednesdays

0100
0100
0104
0110
01 11
0123
0130

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S0000.

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): News. See S 0100.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Aflairs. See M 1135.
Ecuador. HCJB Quilo (am): Studio 9. See T 0110.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Talking Point. See T 1141.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Media Check. See S 1149.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): El Mundo Fuluro. The world of
science and technology and a computer Comer" segment

Czech Rep. Radio Prague. News. See S 0000.

Ecuador, HCJB Ou110 (am): News. See S 0100
Czech Rep, Radio Prague. Current Attairs. See M 1135.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague Press Review. See Mt 138
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Studio 9. See T 0110
Czech Rep, Radio Prague From the Archives. See W 1141.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague. The Arts. See W 1148.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Ham Radio Today. John Beck with
features. tips, news. and helps !or radio ama1eurs

Fridays
0100
0100
0106
0110
0112
0114
O~ 20
0130

Czech Rep, Radio Prague News. See S0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Ou1to (am) News. See S 0100.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. Sec M 1135.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Studio 9. See T 011r
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1138.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague Economic Report See H 1144.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague I'd Like You lo Meet See H 1150.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) Woman to Woman. Focus on
topics ol concern.

Saturdays
0100
0100

0106
0109
0110
01 12
0130
0154
0154
0154
0154

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Ne1is. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Latin and International Ne1is. See
S0400.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague Curr ent A!!airs See M 1135
Czech Rep, Radio Prague. Press Review. See M 1138.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (arn): Studio 9. See T 0110.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Between You and Us. See F 11 12.
Ecuador. HCJB Oui1o (am1 Musica del Ecuador. See M 0630.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Childless by Choice (22st).
See F t454
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. From the Wireless to the
World Wide Web (8th). See W 1254.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Spanish Catholicism in Aux
(29th). See F2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The Titantic: Encore (15th).
Your second chance to hear Marijke van der Meer's acclaimed
histor1cal portrait of the doomed liner.

RADIO PROGRAMS
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February 1997

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Australia. Radio

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

0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
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Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Germany, Deutsche Welle

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Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malta. VO Mediterranean
Netherlands. Radio
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Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
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USA. Monitor Radio Intl
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USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vie tnam. Voice of
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Aust11a. R Austria Intl
Pakistan. Radio

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Vatican State. Vatican R
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SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sundays
0200

0200
0203
0215
0230
0231
0247

0245

Ecuador, HCJB Quil o (am): Sounds of Joy. Bob Carlson with

old recordings of sacred music.
Taiwan, V of Free China: Frequency Announcements/Anthem.
Opening three minutes of each transmission
Taiwan. V of Free China. News. Twelve minutes of wortd
news.
Taiwan. V of Free China: People. An introduction to people
from all walks of life in Taiwan.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Solstice. A musical program from
New Zealand for young people.
Taiwan. V of Free China Mailbag Time. Host Carlton Wong
reads letters from hsteners and plays music requests.
Taiwan. V of Free China: Let's Learn Chinese. Chinese
lessons with commentary and translation in English.

0200
0203
0215
0230
0247

Ecuador, HCJB Qu~o (am): Radio Reading Room. Readings

from new Christian books
Taiwan. V of Free China: Frequency Announcements/Anthem.
Sees 0200.
Taiwan. V of Free China: News. See S 0203.
Taiwan. V of Free China: Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes.
Chmese folk and temple music.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): L'Abri Lectures Dr. Francis
Schaetter is the speaker.
Taiwan, V of Free China: Let's Learn Chinese. See S0247.

Tuesdays

0200
0200
0203
0215
0230
0230

46

February 1997

Taiwan. V of Free China: Let's Learn Chinese. See S0247.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Simply Worship. See S 1300.
Taiwan. v of Free China: Frequency Announcements/
Anthem. See S 0200
Taiwan, V of Free China: News. See S 0203.
Taiwan. V of Free Chma: Music Box. Some of the popular
music of Taiwan.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Unshackled See S 0630.
Taiwan. V of Free China: Let's Learn Chinese See S 0247.

Thursdays
0200

0203
0215
0215
0230
0248
0254
0254
0254

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Let My People Thmk. See S 1530

Taiwan. V of Free Chma Frequency Announcements/Anthem
See S 0200.
Taiwan. V of Free China: News. See S 0203.
Taiwan. Vol Free China: Taiwan Today. Focus on an aspect 01
Taiwanese life such as education.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am)' Classical Favoutes. Dawn
Lowther and Bill Rapley play popular classical music.
Taiwan. V of Free China Journey into Chmese Culture.
Conversation about a particular cultural activity 1n Taiwan.

MONITORING TIMES

0230
0249

0200

Mondays

0200

0203
0215

0254

0215

0200
0203

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15575am

7130as
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5975am
9515am
11 955as

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Taiwan. V of Free Chma: Perspective. Carlton Wong

descnbes the issues facing lhe lives and conversations ot
Taiwanese people.
EcuadOt, HCJB Quito (am): tnspirattonal Classics. A half-hour
or recorded classical music w11h an ecclesiastical flavor.
Taiwan. V of Free Chma: New Record Time. The tarest
releases of the popular music of Taiwan
Taiwan, V of Free China: Let's Learn Chinese. See S 0247.
Taiwan, V of Free China: Lei's Learn Chinese. See S 0247.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): The Book and the Spade. See M
0545.
Taiwan, V of Free China: Frequency Announcements/
Anthem. See S 0200
Taiwan. V of Free Chma. News. See S 0203
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): The Book Nook A book-readmg
program hosted by Marita Regier.
Taiwan. V of Free China: Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes. See
M021 5.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) Sounds of Joy See S 0200
Taiwan. v of Free Chma Let's Learn Chinese See S 0247.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Childless by Choice
(20th) See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. From the Wireless to the
World Wide Web (61h). Seo W 1254.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Spanish Catholicism m
Flux (27th). See F2354
Radio Netherlands. Documentary. The Titantic Encore
(13th) See A 2354.

0230
0233
0247
0248

Saturdays
0200

Ecuad0t, HCJB Quito (am) On-Line. A magazine program of

music, pohucs. ans. and science in Europe.
Taiwan. V of Free Chma: Frequency Announcemenls/Anthem.
See S 0200.
Taiwan. V of Free China: News. See S 0203.
Taiwan. Vol Free China. Kaleidoscope. See S 0315.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) On Track Good comtemporary
music and helpful thoughts. (1w111.ontrack org)
Taiwan, V of Free China: Reflections. See S0332.
Taiwan. V of Free China: Let's Learn Chinese. See S 0247.

0200
0203
0215
0230
0232
0248

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Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Pacific Currents. Brent Allred

presents HCJB's As1a/Pactf1c magazine
Taiwan. V of Free China Frequency Announcements/
Anthem. See S 0200
Taiwan. V of Free China: News. See S0203.

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Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronl o
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.Faro del Carib
Costa Rica.RF Peace lnl l
Cuba. Radio Havana
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Germany, Deutsche Welle
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Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia,Voice of Russia WS

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S Africa. Channel Africa
Sri Lanka. Su Lanka BC
Taiwan. VO Free China

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Thailand. Radio

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USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA, KVQH Los Angeles CA
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monil or Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

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USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican Slale, Vatican R
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Vatican State. Valican R
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Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Hungary. Radio Budapest
Philippines, R Pilipinas
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SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sundays
0300
0300
0303
0305
0315
0330
0330
0332
0335

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: flews. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am). Songtime Weekend. Evangelical
teachings and music from Boston.
Taiwan, V of Free China: News. See S 0203.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Live in Prague. See S 0005.
Taiwan, V of Free China: Kaleidoscope. Spotlight on life in
Taiwan.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News See S 0000.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Sports Spectrum. News from the
world of sports.
Taiwan. V of Free C~1na: Rellect1ons The best of Chinese
literature.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Live in Prague See S 0005.

Mondays
0300
0300
0303
0304
03t3
0315
0315
0319
0330
0330
0334
0336
0343
0349

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.

Ecuador, HCJB Oullo (am): The Sower. Michael Guido
presents music and inspiration.
Taiwan, V of Free China News. See S 0203.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague The Week In Politics. See S 11 34.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: From the Weeklies. See S 1143.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): The Word Today. A discussion of
Biblical themes.
Ta1l'lan, V of Free China People See S0215.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Media Check. See S 1149.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.
Ecuador. HCJB Qu1lo (am): Joy International. Dave Freeland
hosts a program of Chrisllan music.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: The Week In Politics. See S 1134.
Taiwan. V of Free China: Mailbag lime. See S 0231.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: From the Weeklies. See S 1143.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Media Check. See S t 149.

Tuesdays
0300
0300

Czech Rep. Radio Prague News See S 0000

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Chords of Love. Music to
encourage you.

0303
0311
0315
0315
0330
0330
0341

Taiwan, v of Free China: News. See S 0203.

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Magazine '96. See M t 141 .
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Rendezvous. Dick Saunders
presents Bible study and evangelism.
Taiwan. v of Free China: Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes. See
M021 5.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): MasterControl. A magazine
program of current topics. lifestyle issues, and Christian
themes. (www.mastercontrof.org)
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Magazine '96. See M 1141.

Wednesdays
0300
0300
0303
0311
03f5
03t 5
0323
0330
0330
0330
0341
0345
0353

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Psychology for Living. Clyde
Narramore of California gives Christian advice on issues of
loday.
Taiwan, V of Free China: News. See S 0203.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Talking Point See T 1141.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Rendezvous. See T 0315.
Taiwan, V of Free China: Taiwan Today. See T 0215.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Media Check. See S 1149.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S0000.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) Stories of Great Christians. Radio
drama with Christian theme from the Moody Bible Institute.
(www.moody.edu)
Taiwan, V of Free China: Journey into Chinese Culture. See T
0230.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Talking Point. See T 1141.
Ecuador, HCJB Q111to (am): Wonderful Words of life.
Messages horn the Salvation Army.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Media Check. See S 1149.

Thursdays
0300
0300
0303

Czech Rep, Radio Prague News. See S0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito tam): CBF Presents. Chrisllan aciJVities
in the Caribbean.
Taiwan, V of Free China: News. See S 0203.

0311
0315
0315
0318
0330
0330
0341
0348

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: From lhe Archms. See Wt t41 .

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Rendezvous. See T 0315.
Taiwan. Vol Free China: Music Box. See W 0215.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: The Arts. See W 1148.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): The Living Word. See T 1300.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: From the Archives. See W 1141.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: The Arts. See W 1148.

Fridays
0300
0300
0303
0314
0315
0315
0320
0330
0330
0344
0350

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Words for Women. Helpful ideas
for family living.
Taiwan, V of Free China: News. See S0203.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Economic Report. See H t 144.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Rendezvous. See T 0315.
Taiwan. Vol Free China: Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes. See M
0215.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: I'd Like You to Meet. See H 1150.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Christian Brotherhood Hour. See H
1300.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Economic Report. See H 1144.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: I'd Like You to Meet. See H 1150.

Saturdays
0300
0300
0303
0312
0315
0315
0330
0330

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Science, Scripture and Salvation.
Proving scientific principles with the Bible.
Taiwan. V of Free China: News. See S 0203.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Between You and Us. See f 1112.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Rendezvous. See T 0315.
Taiwan. V of Free China: Perspective. See F0215.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Nel'ls. See S 0000.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Adventures in Odyssey. See S

0000.
0332
0342

Taiwan. V of Free China: New Record lime. See F0233.

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Between You and Us. See F 1112.

February 1997

MONITORING TIMES

47

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Australia, Radio

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0400-0500
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04000500
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0400-0500
04000500
0400-0500
04000500
04000450

Australia, Radio
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Canada CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CflNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany, Deutsche Welle

0400-0500 ~vhfa
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04000430
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04000430

Guatemala. Radio Cultural

Kenya. Kenia Broadc Corp
Lebanon, Voice ol Hope
Malla, VO Mediterranean
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway tntl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania, R Romania Intl

04000500

Russia.Voice of Russia WS

0400-0500 mlwhla Russia.Voice of Russia WS

S Africa, Channel Africa
04000455
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Slovakia, Adv World Radio
04000430
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
04000430
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
0400-0430
Tanzania, Radio

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Turkey. Voice of
Uganda. Radio
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS

0400-0430
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0400-0500
04000500
0400-0500
04000500
0400-0500

United Kingdom, BBC WS

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

04000500
04000500
0400-0500
04000500
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0400-0500
04000500
0400-0500
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04250500
04300500
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04300500
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USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
USA, WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
Nigeria, FRCNIRad10
Australia,DefenseForces R
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Netherlands. Radio
Portugal. R Portugal Intl
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. Voice of America
NelV Zealand. R NZ Intl

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9610af
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74 15af
5825eu
5085am
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9465eu
7395am
2390am
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6065na
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3396do
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6150am
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SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
0400
0400
0409
0411
04 16
0421
0429
0434
0448

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: International News. Ne1Vs from

around the world.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Latin and lnternalional News. Ten
minutes or regional and world news.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): OX Partytine. See S0109.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: National News. News about Cuba.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. lndepth coverage
of a news item from another country of lhe hemisphere.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Music. The ever-popular latin
music ot Cuba.
Cuoa. Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. A fiveminute
news summary on the hallhour.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: DXers Unlimited. Arnie Coro
discusses the te<:hnlcal aspects of shortwave listening and
amateur radio.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Music. See S 0421 .

Mondays
0400
0400
0401
0410
0430
0435

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Edition (fro'l'l 0300). The

second hour of RHC's lwohour magazine of features,
reports, and music.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Latin and International News. See
s 0400.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: The Mailbag Show Listener leners
and Ema1I are reviewed and answered.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Saludos Amigos. See M 0109.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Breakthrough. Arnie Caro's weekly
science and technology update.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: From Havana. A showcase of
Cuban music.

Tuesdays
0400
0400
0410
0413
0418
0421
0426

48

0450

February 1997

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement See S 0429

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): You Should Know. See T 0130.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: nmeout. Five minutes of Cuban
sports coverage.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Music. See S 0421 .

Wednesdays
0400
0400
0408
0410
0413
0417
0427
0430
0432
0438

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: International News. See S 0400.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): News. See S OtOO.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: National News. See S 0411 .
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Studo 9. See T 0110.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on lhe Americas. See T
04t8.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Featu1e Report. See S 0416.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S 0429.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): El Mundo Fuluro. See W 0130.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: nmeout. See T "135
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0416.

!~U~~~y~io
Havana Cuba: International News. See S 0400.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): News. See S 0100.

0400
04 10
0413
0419
0424
0430
0430
0438
0454
0454

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: lnternabonal News See S 0400.

Ecuador. HCJB Qu110 (am): News. See S 0100
Ecuador, HCJB Ou110 (am): Studio 9. See T 01tO.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: National News. See S 0411.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Americas. Issues
and events in the hemisphere.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Be My Guest. Interviewing a
visitor to Cuba.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Music. See S 0421.

MONITORING TIMES

0430
0430
0435

0454
0454

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Studio 9. See T 0110

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: National News. See S 04 11.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Americas. See T
0418
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Music. See S0421 .
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S 0429.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Ham Radio Today. See HOt30.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: nmeout. See T 0435.
Radio Netherlands: Documentar1. Childless by Choice (20th).
See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentar1 From the Wire'ess to the
World Wide Web (6th). See W 1254
Radio Netherlands: Docurientar1. Spanish Catholicism in
Flux (27th). See F2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The TI!anlic: Encore (13th)
See A 2354.

Fridays
0400
0400

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: International News. See S 0400.

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): News. See S 0100

0408
0410
0413
0417
0429
0430
0434
0439

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba National News. See S 0411 .

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am) Studio 9. See T 01 10.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Americas.
See T 0418.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0416.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S
0429
Ecuador. HCJ8 Ou~o (am) Woman to Woman See F
Ot30.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0435
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba Today. See W 0550.

Saturdays
0400
0400
0409
0411
0416
0425
0430
0430
0436

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: International News. See S

0400.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): News. See S 0100.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Studio 9. See T 0110.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: National News. See S 041 t .
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Americas.
See T 0418.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Music. See S 0421 .
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S
0429.
Ecuado1, HCJB Quito (am): Musica del Ecuador. See M
0630.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba Timeout See T 0435.

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Ausuaha. Radio

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Ausuaha. Radio
Aus11 aha. Vl 8K Ka therine
Australia. Vl8T Tent Crk
Austraha.DelenseForces A
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hahlax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China China Radio Intl
Costa Arca. Adv World A
Costa Arca.RF Peace Intl
Cuba Radio Havana
Ecuaoor. HCJB
Germ any, Deutsche Welle
Israel Kol Israel
Japan. AJapan/NHK World

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Japan. A Japan/NHK World

Keny; Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebaron. Voice ol Hope
Malawi. MBC
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Nc!llerlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Rad10
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia Voice ol Russia WS
Russr3.Vo1ce ol Russia WS
S Alri:a. Channel Africa
Slova<ia. Adv World Radio
Spain, R Exterior Espana
Swa11land. Trans World R

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Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom. BBCWS

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05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600

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

0500--0600
0500-0600
05000600
0500-0600
05000600 mlwhfa
05000600
0500-0600
05000600
0500-0528
05000600
050005t0
05000510
05000530 vi
05250600
0530-0559

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Vatican State, Vatican A
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia, ZNBC Radio 1
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Austria, A Austria Intl

972Sca

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9835na
17810as
12000am
6150do

9650na
11740as

6165na
4770do

4990do

6150na

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6t 00af

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Romania. A Romania Intl

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Russia.Voice of Russia ws
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Thailand. Radio
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Malaysia. Voice of

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17885af
58t0am
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9975am
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5935am

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15410me

15250af

15365af

17745af

7315am

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11 905eu

15t t 5eu

9750as

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SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
0500
0500
0509
0513
05 t 8
0522
0530
0536

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba International News. See S 0400

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Musical Mailbag. See S 0030.
Ecuador. HCJB Omto (am): Sounds of J(ff. See S 0200.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: National News. See S 0411 .
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Viewpoint. An editorial comment
on a current event or topic.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Music. See S 0421.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S0429.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba Fealure Report. See S 04 t 6

Mondays
0500
0500
0530
0530
0545

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Edrtion. RHCs twohour

magaZJne of features. reports. and music.
Ecuador. HCJB Ou1to (am): Radio Reading Room. See M
0200.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Musical Corner. Top ten
countdown of Cubas popular music.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): The Sower. See M 0300.
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo (am): The Book and the Spade The
quest for b1blrcal kno..-rledge through archaeology

Tuesdays

0500
0500
0510
05t6
0520
0530
0530
0535

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba. lnterna11onal News. See S 0400.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): let My People Think. See S t 530.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: National News. See S0411.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba. Viewpoint. See S 0518.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba f eature Report. See S 04 t6.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba News Supplement. See S 0429.
Ecuador, HCJB Outto (am): Classical Favorites. See T 0230.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba Feature Report. See S 0416

Wednesdays
0500
050G
05 t G
05t 6
0520
0530

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: lnlernational News. See S 0400

Ecuador. HCJB Omto (am). Simply Worship. See S t 300.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba National Nel'S See S04 t 1
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba Viewpoint. See S 0518.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba feature Repon. See S 04t6
Cuba, Radro Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S 0429.

0530
0535
0550

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Unshackled. See S 0630.

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: DXers Unlimited. See S 0434.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba Today. A slice of life in
Havana.

Thursdays

0500
0500
0512
0515
0518
0520
0530
0530
0536

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: International News. See S 0400.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): The Book and lhe Spade. See M
0545.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: National News. See S04t1.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): The Book Nook. See H 02t 5.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: VieNPOint. See S 0518.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 04t6.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S 0429.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Sounds of Joy. See S0200.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0416.

MT MONITORING TEAM
Next R eporting Deadline: February 17.
1997

Gayle Van Horn

Frequency Manager

Jim Frimmel
Program Manager
swbc.sked @gml'e.net DXC0111p @ar1l.c11111

Jacques dAvignon
Dave Datko. CA
Loyd VanHorn. NC
Propagation
Ontario. Canada
111011i tor@/i111es1011e.ko.wne.com

Fridays
0500
0500
0510
0515
0519
0530
0530
0535

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: International News. See S0400.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Pacilic Currents. See F 0200.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: National News. See S 0411.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Viewpoint. See S 0518.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 04t6.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S 0429.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Inspirational Classics. See F
0230.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Repon. See S 04t6.

Saturdays
0500
0500
0512
05t8
0520
0530
0530
0536
0550

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: International Nevis. See S0400.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Online. See A 0200.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: National News. See S 041 1.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Viewpoint. See S 0518.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 04 16.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S 0429.
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo (am): On Track. See A 0230.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Weekly Review. The end of the
week wrapup of International and national events attecting
Cuba.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 04 f 6.

THANK YOU ...

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS
MONTH'S SHORTWAVE GUIDE:
John Babbis. Sil ver Springs, MD: Gordon
Bell. via em:iil: Gerald R. Brookman .
Kenai. AK: Bob Fraser. Cohasset. MA;
Clyde W. Harmon. Anniston. AL: Frank
Hi Ihon. Charleston. SC: Sam Wright.
Biloxi. MS: BBCMS: BBC World Media:
BBC S11111111ory of World Broadca.ws;
Internet Shon wave Newsgroups: C11111bre
DX; World of Radio.

February 1997

MO NITORING TIMES

49

FREQUENCIES . . .
0600-0700

Aus1raltJ Radio

0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0633
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630 mtwhf

Austr aim. VL8K Katherine

Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Austraha.DelenseForces R
Canada CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada CfCX Montreal
Canada CF~X Toronto
Canacla CfVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halilax
Canatla. CKZU Vancouver
Canacla. R Canada Intl

0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0650

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0600-06 15
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
06000700 vi
06000700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0630 s
06000700 vi
0600-0700

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Italy. IRRS
Japan. 11 Japanl NHK World
Kenya. Kenia Broadc Corp
K11rba11 Radio
Lebanon Voice of Hope
Malaysia Voice of
Nevi Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeri a, FRCN/Radio
Nor Iii Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

06000700
060006 10
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0630 vi

SAfrica. Trans World R

Sierra Leone. SLBS
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Slovakia, Aclv World Raclio
Solomon Islands. SIBC

9660pa
t 3605as
15530as
50251fo
4910do
13525as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6050eu
11905me
6205am
9820na
9745am
7225at
17820as
3366do
3985va
11850as
-l885do
9825do
9960va
6t 75as
11905pa
3326do
15180as
5965eu
9675do
5905na
7t 75na
t 5-l60as
t t730at
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13715af
5905am
5020do

9860pa
t 5240pa
t 77t 5as

6150eu

t t880pa
t5365pa
t 7880pa

9740af

7385arn
9830na
21455am
9565af
21705rnc
4915rlo

1t765af

12080pa
154t 5as

9760al

13i90at

11 91oas
4935do

I 78 t0au
6150do

975oas

t5295au

4770do
15230as
7180al

4990do
9590rne

15235af

5920na
7330na
15470au

5930na
12025pa
17570pa

6150na
12035as
21790au

9545do

0600-0700

Swazrland. Trans World R

0600-0630
0600-0700

Switzerland, Swrss R Intl

United Krngdom. BBC WS

0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
06000700
0600-0700
0600-0700

ti 885at
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA, KV/HR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA Voice of Amerrca

0600-0700
USA WGTG McCaysvrlle GA
0600-0700
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
0600-0700
USA. WJCR Upton KY
0600-0700 srnlwhl USA, WMLK Bethel PA
0600-0700
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
0600-0700
USA. WWCR Nashvrlle TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
0600-0700
0600-0620
Vatrcan State Vatrcan R
0600-0645 vim-I
Valrcan State. varrcan R
06000630
Vre1nam. Voice ol
0600-0700
Vernen. Yemeni Rep Radro
0600-0700
Zambia. Christian Voice
0600-0605 mtwhla Zambia. ZNBC Radio 1
06000630
Zambia. ZNBC Radro 2
06000700 vi
Znnbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
0615-0630
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll
0630-0655
Austrra. R Austrra Intl
06300657
Georgra. Radio
0630-0700
Unlled Krngdom. BBC WS
06300700
Vatican Slate. Va trcan ll
063 t -0640
Romania. R Romania Intl
0645-0700
Romania. R Romania Intl

3200af
9500af
9885al
3955eu
6180va
7t60af
9740as
15360as
21660as
5810am
7510am
9975arn
9930as
7535eu
5970eu
7170va
t 1825me
5085am
5760am
7490na
9465eu
7355am
2390am
5985af
5880eu
15215me
5925as
9780do
3330at
7220do
6165do
5975do
5840eu
6015na
11910eu
11780va
11625al
7105eu
t 5370pa

4775af
9650al
11860at
5975am
6190al
7325va
1194Qaf
15420af

6070af

610Qaf

13635af
6005at
6195eu
94 lOeu
11955as
17640af

6175eu
7145as
9600at
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5995va
7285al
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6035eu
9760me
15205me

6080eu
1t805va
15600eu

5D70am
9985af

5935am

731Sam

3210am
7355eu
7250eu
10060as

6t65eu

t5565va
13765at
9625eu
17720pa

t 5570af
9665eu
17790as

11 775eu
t 7805as

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0600

0600
0611
0616
0621
0629
0630
0634
0648

Wednesdays

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba International News See S 0400

Ecuador. HCJB Ouuo (am): Afterglow Don Johnson plays
rehgrous musrc
Cuba, Radro Havana Cuba. Nauonal News See S04 t 1.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba. Feature Report Sec S 0-l 16
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Music. See S 042 t
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S 0429.
Ecuador. HCJB Ou110 (am): Unshackled. Pac1lrc Garden
Missions radio drama
Guba. Radio ttavana Cuba DXers Unlunrted See S 043-1.
Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba Music See S 0421

0600
0601
0630
0630
0635

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Edrt1on (from 0500). See

M 0400.
Ecuador. HCJB Ourto (am): Mountarn Medrlalrons. See S
1330.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba The Marlbag Show See M 040t
Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba: Breakthrough See M 0-130.
Ecuador, HCJB Ourto (am): Mus1ca del Ecuador Jorge
Zambrano presents a unique mix of Ecuadorian music
(highly rated)
Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba: From Havana Sec M 0435.

Tuesdays
0600
0600
0613
0615
0618
0621
0626
0630
0630
0635
0650

50

0615
06t 7
0627
0630
0632
0638

Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba lnternatronal News. See S 0400.

Ecuador. HCJB Ourto (am) Gatel'lay to Joy See M t400
Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba Natrona! News. See S 0411.
Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba: Spollighr on the Amencas. See T
0418
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Key Lrte. See M 1415
Cuba. Radio Havana Gulla: Feature Report See S 04 16.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement See S 0429.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am) Nightsounds See T 0630
Cuba, Radro Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0435
Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba: feature Report See S 04 16.

0600
0600
0613
0615
06t9
062-1
0630
0630
0638

Cuba, Radro Havana Cuba. lnrernatronal News See S 0400.

Ecuador. HCJB Ourlo (arn): Gale\'lay to Jc See M 1400.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Natrona! News. See S 041 1.
Ecuador. HCJB Ourlo (am): Key Lrfe See M 14 15.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba Spotlight on the Ame11cas. See T
04t8.
Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba Musrc. See S 0421
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba News Supplement See S 0429
Ecuador. HCJB Ourlo (am): Nrghtsounds. See T 0630.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0435.

Fridays

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba. International News Sec S 0400.

Ecuador. HCJB Ourto (am): Gateway to Joy See M 1400.
Cuba. Radio llavana Cuba. Nahonal News See S 0-111.
Ecuador. HCJB Our10 (am). Key Lite See M t415
Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba: Spo1lrght on the Amerrcas. See T
0418
Cuba, Radro Havana Ccba: Be My Guest See T 0421
Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba: Music. See S 0421
Cuba, Radro Havana Cuba: News Supplement See S 0429.
Ecuador, HCJB Ourto (am): Nightsounds. Chnslian music
and thoughllul words from Bill Pearce
Cuba. Radro llavana Cuba: Timeout See T0435
Cuba. Radro Havana Ccba Music See S 0421

MO NITORING TIMES

0600
0608
0613

Saturdays
0600
0600
061 t
0615
0616
0625
0630
0630
0636

Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba lnternallonal News. See S 0400.

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Gateway to Joy. See M t 400.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba. Nabonal News. See S 04 t 1.
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo (am): Key Lrle. See M 141 5.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Americas. See T
0418.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Music. See S 0421 .
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S 0429.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Nightsounds. See T 0630.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0435.

Thursdays

Mondays
0600

0600

February 1997

0600
0600
0608
0613

0615
0617
0629
0630
0634
0639

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: lnternatronal News. See S 0400.

Ecuador. HCJB Ourto (am). Gateway to Joy. See M t400.
Cuba. Radro Havana Cuba Nabonal News See S04 t 1
Cuba, Radro Havana Cuba: Spotllgh: on lhe Arnencas See T
0418.
Ecuador, HCJBOurto(am) Key life SeeM 1415
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 04 16.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: News Supplement. See S 0429.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am) Nrghtsounds. See T 0630.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0435
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba. Cuba Today. See W 0550.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
CANADA: CBC NORTHERN
The fo llowing are mostly musical CBC
Radio shows. airing on weekends. after
news on the hour. on 9625 kH z.
Sat
I X00- 1900 Deji11ite!y Not the Opera
Sun 0000
Ro11tlo111 Sa111pli11g
() I ()(}-0300 t"i11kle1111111 '.f 45s
0300
A pmpo.v
0-100-0600 S11111rday Niglrt B/11e.v
Mon 0 I00-0300 011 StaMe m the Gould
0300
Sr1111/ar Sho ll"case
0-100-0600 Ju:: /km
(via Dave Jeffery)

FREQUENCIES .

.. ....

...

0700-0800

Australia. Radio

0700-0800 as
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 as
0700-0800 mtwhf
0700-0715
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800

Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada CFCX Montreal
Canada CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea, A East Alrica
Eqt Guinea. Radio Afuca
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Italy. IRAS
Japan. A Japan/NHK World

0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800 asmtl'lh
07000800
0700-0710
0700-0715 mt11hf
07000758 as
0700-0750
07000745
0700-0715 s
0700-0800

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp

Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Voice ol Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, Voice of
Malaysia. Voice of
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
North Korea. A Pyongyang
Romania. A Romania lnll
Romania. A Romania !nil
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

0700-0800 mtwhfa
0700-0710
0700-0800 vi
07000800
0700-0800
07000800

Russia.Voice of Russia ws
Sierra Leone. SLBS
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Swaziland. Trans World R
Taiwan. VO Free China
United Kingdom. BBC WS

0700-0800 as
07000715
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-080)
0700-0803
0700080)
07000800 smtwhf
0700-0800
0700-0745
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0745 vVmf
07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0703-0710 mtwhf

15565va
17830af
United Kingdom. BBC WS
United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk C1ly UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham Al
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vanuatu. Radio
Vatican Slate. Vatican A
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio

07100800 vi
0715-0730
0720-0800 vi
0730-0800
07300745 s
0730-0735
07300800
07300800 as
0740-0800
0745-0800 s
07450755
0745-0755 as
07550800 mtwhl
07590800 as

Papua New Guinea. NBC

Switzerland. Sl'l1ss R Intl
Chile. A Espe1anza
Belgium, A Vlaande1en Int
Greece. Voice of
India. All India Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Guam, TWR/KTWR
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece. Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
New Zealand. A NZ Intl

6020pa
9860pa
15415as
t1640as
5025do
4910do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6205am
5860eu
15186al
15186af
3366do
3985va
7230eu
11920as
17815al
4885do
9825do
9960va
7295do
9750as
6175as
11905pa
11905pa
15340af
15370pa
15370pa
5905as
7330na
15470pa
5920na
3316do
5020do
4775al
5950na
3955eu
6190af
9410eu
11780va
15310as
15575me
21660as
17885af
6005af
5810am
7510am
9975am
9930au
7535eu
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
2390am
7355eu
9455af
3945do
4005eu
6065af
6165do
5975do
5895eu
11635eu
4890do
5840eu
6089am
5985eu
7450eu
15185do
9830au
9730as
15200as
3366do
7450eu
7115eu
711 5eu
9700pa

9580pa
12080pa
15530as

7385am
9445pa

9660pa
15240pa
t7715pa

9710as
15365pa
17880as

21455au

49t 5do
117t0as
15165me

t t850pa
15590me

4935do

6150do

11910as
17810va

15295au

17765me
17720pa
17720pa
5930na
12025au
17570pa

9545do
6100af
5975Jm
6195eu
9600af
11940af
15360as
17640af

17790pa
17790pa
6150na
12035as
21790au

9500af
6175eu
7145as
9740as
11955as
15400af
17790as

17805pa
17805pa
7175na
15460as

0800-0900

Australia. Radio

3210am
9985eu
7260<10
5880eu

5920eu
11830eu

7425na

5070am

5935am

7250eu

9645eu

7165eu
13830eu

9830eu

4915do
9425eu

9940au
15175au

15175au

9510as

9580pa

9710pa

9860pa

12080pa

13605pa

t5530as

1771 Spa

21725as

7385am
9505eu
9445pa

21455au

9750as

15295au

5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6089am
6205am
7345eu
5860eu
15186af
15186af
3366do
15200as
9525as
3985va
9825do
9960va
7295do
6175as
7115eu
9830au
9700pa
15180as
15470eu
9730as
4890do
7220as

08000810
08000900 vi
08000900
08000820

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Solomon Islands. SIBC
Soulh Korea. A Korea Im!
Swaziland. Trans World A

08000900

United Kingd om. BBC WS

15050am

11895pa
15230as
17900eu

9875pa

12025au

12035as

15460as
3316do
5020do
9570au
4775af

9545do
13670eu
6100af

9500af

9650af

6190af

6195va

7325va

9410eu

9740as

11760as

11940af

11955as

12095va

153t0as

15485va

15575me

17830af

21660as

t1550pa
7425na
7315am

15665eu

3210am

5070am

5935am

9830eu

0800-0900 as
08000900
08000900
0800-0900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900 smtwhf
0800-0900

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monrtor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN

17640af
15565va
58 10am
6150as
75 10am
9930as
7535eu
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
2390am

08000830 vi
08000900
0800-0805 mtwhfa
0800-0900 vi
0803081 oas

Vanuatu. Radio
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zrmbabwe BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio

3945do
6065af
6165do
5975do
5895eu

7260do

5920eu

7165eu

0815-0900 ml wlf
0816-0900 rntwhf
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900 vi
0830-0855

Nigeria, FRCN/Rad10
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Australia, VL8A Alice Spg
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Austria. A Austria Intl

11635eu
3326do
9700pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6155eu

11830eu
4770do

13830eu
4990do

13730eu

15240as

08300900
08300840
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900
0830-0900
08500853 s
0855-0900

Georgia. Radio
India. All India Radio
Italy. IRAS
Netherlands. Radio
Slovakia, A Slovakia Intl
Russia. A Pacific Ocean
Guam. TWR/KTWR

1t910eu
7250do
7125va
5965pa
11990au
718Sas
11830au

15185do

15260do

9830au
17550au

13700pa
21705au

6165eu
9925eu
9425eu
15260do
11895pa

6080pa

Australia. VL8K Kathe11ne

Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Chile. A Esperanza
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Alnca
Eqt Guinea. Radio Alr1ca
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Indonesia, Voice of
Italy. IRAS
Kiribati. Radro
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Ne1'> Zealand. A NZ Intl
North Korea. A Pyongyang
Pakistan. Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

7160af

6890na
7315am

6020pa

0800-0830 vi
08000830 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0835 vi
0800-0900
0800-0827
08000900
08000900 as
08000900 m!l'lhf
0800-0805 s
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0830 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
08000900
08000825
08000900
0800-0825
0800-0900
0800-0850
08000850
0800-0900 as
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900

9650af
6180va
7325eu
t1760as
12095va
15485va

5995pa

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FREQUENCIES .
0900- 1000

0900-1000 vi
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000 vi
0900- 1000
0900- 1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900- 1000
0900-1 000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 as
0900-1000 mtwhf
0900-0950

...

. ....

Auslralia. Radio

Auslralia, VLSA Alice Spg

Auslralia. VLSK Kalherine
Auslralia. VLST Tent Crk
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halilax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Cosla Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. A East Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Alrica
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0900-0915 mtwlf
0900-0915
0900-1000 m-fNI
0900- 1000
09000930 ,,
0900- 1000
0900-1000
0900-0920 mlwhl
0900-0905 a
0900-0925
0900- 1000
09000930 s
0900-1000 as
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Guam. TWR/KlWR
Italy. JARS
Japan. R Japan/NHK World
Kinbat1. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Nelherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Palau, KHBNNoice ol Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russ1a.Vo1ce of Russia WS

0900-0930
0900-1000

Switzerland. Swiss R lnll

United Kingdom. BBC WS

0900-091 5

United Kingdom. BBC WS

0900- 1000
0900-1000
0900- 1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 smtwhf
0900 1000 as
0900- 1000
0900- 1000
0900 1000 vi
0903-0910 mll'lhl

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk Gil)' UT
USA, Moni1or Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCA Upton KY
USA. WMLK Belhel PA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Zambia. Chrislian Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbabv1e BC
Croalia. Croa1ian Radio

0915-1000
09301000s
0930-1000
0930-0955
0930-1 000
0930-1000

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Armenia, Voice ot
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Georgia. Radio
Nel herlands. Radio
Philippines, FEBCIA Intl

5995pa
9580pa
13605as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
t t 755pa
6205am
9445pa
15186al
15186af
6160pa
15145af
21600af
3366do
t 5200as
7125va
7125as
9825do
9960va
7295do
7t 15eu
7115eu
5965pa
9700pa
13800au
9730as
4890do
7220as
17860au
9885pa
6190al
11940al
15360as
15575me
17885al
6065as
11955as
5810am
75 10am
7395sa
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
13825al
2390am
6065af
5975do
5895eu
11 635eu
6130do
15270eu
6160do
11 910eu
5965as
11635as

6020pa
9710pa
21725as

6080pa
9860pa

9510as
12080pa

15440pa
7385am
21455au

7380as
15410al

9565af
17800af

Guam. TWR/KlWR
India. All India Radio

9870as
11585as

13700as

15050as

17387au

1000-11 00vl
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100v1
1000-1100 vi
1000-1025

Italy, IRAS
Lebanon. Voice cl Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuching
Malays1a.RTM KotaKinabalu
Netherlands. Radio

17840as
7125va
9960va
7295do
7160do
5980do
5965pa

7260as

9810as

9830au

1000-11 00
1000-11 00 as
1000-1100 vi
1000-1100
1000-1100

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

9700pa
9730as
4890do
11635as
7150va

7220as

9675pa

9835pa

9875au

11655as

11800as

12025as

13785as

15490as

15560as

15580as

17755as
6190af

17850as
6195am

9410eu

9740as

11760as

11940af

12095eu

15280as

153 10as

15360as

15485va

15565va

15575va

17640va

17705va

17790as

11715as
17820pa

4915do

11815as

9830au

1000-1100

11850au

United Kingdom. BBC WS

13700pa
1000-1100 as
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1i00

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA KTBN Sall Lk C11y UT
USA. KWHA Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl

17885af
15190am
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na

21660as
15400am

178JOal

7395sa

9430as

13840as

1000-1100

USA. Voice ol Ame11ca

5985pa

6165am

7405am

9590am

1000-1 100
1000-1100
1000-1100
10001100
1000-1100
1000-1100 as
1000-1100

USA. VIEWN Birmingham AL

USA. V/GTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCA Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN

11720pa
7425na
9400am
6040am
7490na
9465eu
13825a1
2390am

15425pa
I 5665eu

1000-1100
1000-1 100vl/mf
1000-1030

USA. V/YFR Okeechobee FL

Va11can S1a1e. Va11can A
Vietnam. Voice ol

5950na
11740at
5940as

15220me

9675pa

9835au

98i5au

12075au
6195as
12095eu
15400af
17640al

13685pa
9410eu
15190sa
15485va
17705eu

1t 750as
15280as
15565va
17830al

7325va
15310as

958Qas

7535eu
7425na
7315am

9430as

3210am

5920eu
11830eu
7295do

7260as

t 1760as

13840au

... .. . . .

1000-1100
1000-1100

9495am

9930am

3210am

5070am

5935am

15210a1
727Qas

17550al
7400as

9840as

9930am

5070am

7165eu
13830eu

981Oas

5935am

9830eu

9830au

1000-1100
Zambia. Christian Voice
1000-1005 mtwhla Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
1030 1055 mlwhla Austria. A Austria lnll

1202oas
6065al
6165do
6155eu

13730eu

15240as

17870au

10301 100
1030-1100
1030-11 00
1030-1055

9870as
7260as
11 B35as
13675eu

9810as
17850as
15395eu

17825eu

21605me

Guam. AWR/KSDA
NeU1e1lands. Radio
Sn Lanka. Sn Lanka BC
UAE. Radio Dubai

1000 UTC

15010as

1000-11 00

Australia. Radio

1000-1100vl
1000 11 00 vi
1000-11 00vl
1000 1025 mlwhfa
10001100vl
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000 1100
10001100
1000-1 100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1030
1000 11 00
100011 00 as
1000-11 00 mlwhl

Australia, VLBA Alice Spg

Australia. VLBK Kalherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Int
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFAX Toron10
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Eql Guinea. A East Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Alrica

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5995as
9580pa
23 IOdo
2485do
2325do
6035eu
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11755pa
6205am
17485al
9445pa
15186af
15186al

6020pa
9860pa

60BOpa
13605as

9510as
21725as

HAUSER S HIGHLIGHTS
CHINA: CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL
English Prog rams
Daily
Mon-Fri
Sun

Mon
Tue
Wed
15440pa
7385am
21 705me
21455au

February 1997

Thu

Fri
Sat
(CRI

News, Commem aries.

C11rre111 Affairs, Pre.v.1 Clippi11gs
!:>i m rts Beat, Snap Sho ts. In the '111in l \Vorld,
Song of tht \Veek. Listene rs lellerhox
Open \Vindo 11s. Leam to Speak Chi11ese
Orie111 Arena, Listeners Le11e rhox repeat
Pmfile. Leam to Speak Chinese
Focus, C11l111ra l Spectmm
Life i11 China. Global Rel'iell'
A.via-Pacijic News, Trvel Talk. Cooking Show.
China Scrapbook. Music jim11 C hi11a
vi a Gigi Lytle, Bob Tho mas)

FREQUENCIES .

.. .

1100-1200

Australia. Radio

f 100-1200 vi
1100-1200 vi
I 100-1200 vi
1100-1200
I 100-1200
1100 1200
11001200
11001200
t 100-1200
f 100-1200
I 100-1200
I 100-1200
1100-1200 as
1100-1200
t100 1150
1100 1200 vl
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1200
t 100 1200 vi
1100 1200 vi
1100-125
t1001200
1100-1150
t 100-1120
1100 1130 as
11001200 vl
11001200

Australia, VLSA Alice Spg

Australia, VLSK Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Eq1 Guinea. R East Africa
Eq1 Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Italy. IRAS
Japan. R Japan/NHK World
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KotaKmabalu
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Pakistan. Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russ1a.Vo1ce of Russia WS

11001200
1100 1130
1100-1130

Singapore. A Singapore Int

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

..
9580pa
13605as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
7375am
6205am
12005am
15186af
953oas
15370af
7125va
6120na
9960va
7295do
7160do
5980do
7260as
9700pa
6575na
15470eu
9730as
4890do
9705as
15460as
17860as
6015as
11835as
6165eu
13635as

9615as
21725as

9725am
7385am
15115am

9860pa

12080pa

13750am

t7780af

7t25na

1t815as

17800af

9810as

11655as
15490as
6155as
17850as
9535eu

... . ...

1100-1200
11001200

Taiwan. Voice of Asia

United Kingdom. BBC WS

11001130 as
11001 130
11001200
1100 t200
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200

Umted Kingdom. BBC WS

Unrted Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Salt Lk Cily UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Moni1or Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1100-1200
11001200
1100 1200
1100-1200
1100-t 200 as
11001200
1100 1200
1100-1200 vVmf
11001 130
11001200
111 5-1127
11 15-1200
1130-1200
1t30-t t57
1130-1200
1t301200
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130 1200
l130-1200 f
t135-1 140

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 1
Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2
Bulgaria, Radio
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Finland. YLE/R Finland
Iran. VOIRI
Myanma1. Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
South Ko1ea. R Korea Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Vatican State. Vatican R
India. All India Radio

21455au

15410af

9975na
17900eu

..

11335na

13785as
15560as

9885as

15120as
17755as

11995as

.... .... .. .
9280as
5965am
11 760as
15310as
17640af
2t660af
15190am
6195am
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
5985as
11705as
7425na
9400am
6040am
7490na
13825af
5070am
5950na
5880eu
7285as
6065af
7220do
6165do
9440as
7345eu
15245as
11875me
5990do
6045eu
9650am
17705va
15595as
9595do

6190af
11 940af
15485va
17790as

9410eu
12095eu
15565va
1783Daf

9700as
9815am

15400af

7395sa
6110as
11720as
15665eu

9355eu
9645as
15425as

9495am

9930am

5935am
7355na

9475am

11750as
15220am
15575va
17885af

9430au
9760as

15685am

9730as

9505eu
17685au
11930me

15260af

7190eu

17550au
11620do

11110do

15185do

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
1100
1t 00
1110
1130
1130
1134
1143
1149
1155

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Morning Song. Music and

thoughts to start the day.
Japan. NHK/Rad10: News. World news from NHK
International.
Japan, NHK/Rad10: Hello from Tokyo. The weekend magazine
program.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): The Christian's Hour. Christian
messages of inspiration by Gary York.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: The Week on Politics. A wrap-up of
the preV!ous week's po.it1caf affairs.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: From the Weeklies. Items and
eo1torial opinion from the weekend Czech papers.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Media Check. News items and
editorial comment from foreign press. television, and radio.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Summary. A five-minute news
wrap-up.

Mondays
1100
t 100
t t30
t t30
1130
t 135
t 138
t 140
t 141
t 145
1t55

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Morning In 1he Mountains. A

light-hearted hour of music, conversation. news. and
devotional leatures hosted by Dan Wales and Tania Manners.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Radio Japan News Round. Thirty minutes
of world. regional. and Japanese news.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S0000.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Close Up. Featunng a Japanese person of
note.
Japan. NHKiRadio. Radio Japan Magazine Hour. The weekday
rragazine program of feature ieports and the popular vocal
music of Japan.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. People and events
in 1he Czech Republic and editorial commentary.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. News items and
editorial comment from the Czech newspapers.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Sports. A roundup of regional sports
news.
Czech Rep. Radio Pragte: Magazme '96. Music and
mterviews about current Czech affairs.
Japan. NHK/Rad10: Weekly Column. See S 2350.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Summary. See S t t55.

Tuesdays
t 100

Ecuador. HCJB Ouuo (am): Morning 1n 1he Mountains. See M

1100.

t 100
t t 30
t 130
t 130
1t34
1t41
1145
t t 53
t t55

Japan, NHK/Radio: Radio Japan News Round. See M 1100.

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S0000.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Close Up. See M t 130.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M
1130.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See M 1135.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Talking Point. Discussion of a
topic of concern to the Czech people.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Japanese Culture Today. Comparing
modern-day Japan with the customs of old.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Media Check. See S t 149.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Summary. See S t 155.

Wednesdays
1100
t 100
1t OO
t 130
1130
t t30
t 130
t 130
t t35
t t38
1t4t
t 141
t 145
1148
t t 55
t t 55

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Morning in the Mountains. See M

1100.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Radio Japan News Round. See M 1100.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Radio Japan News Round. See M t 100.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Close Up. See Mt 130.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Close Up. See M 1130.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Radio Japan Magazme Hour. See M
t130.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M
t130.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See M 1135.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1138.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: f rom the Archives. An historical
look at the Czech people and their lifestyle.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Asian Report Cuirent events in the Asia
Pacific region.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Report. See W t 141 .
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: The A1ts. Focus on an a particular
topic concerning Czech art.
Japan. NHK!Radio: News Summary. See S t 155.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Summary. See S t t55.

Thursdays
t 100
t too
1120
1t30
1130
1130

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Morning m the Mountains. See M

1100.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Radio Japan News Round. See M t 100.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Guidelines. See M 1246.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Close Up. See M 1t30.
Japan, NHK/Rad10: Radio Japan Magazme Hour. See M

t t36
t t42
t t 44
t 145
1150
t 155

t 130.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See M 1135.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1138.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Economic Report. Czech financial
news.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Crosscurrents. Radio Japan's mailbag
program.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: I'd Like You 10 Meet. A studio
interview with an Interesting Czech personality.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Summary. See S 1t55.

Fridavs
t tOO
1100
t 106
1109
t t 12
1130
t t30
t t30
1t45
t t54
t 154
1t54
1t 54
t 155

Ecuador. HCJBQuito (am). Morning in the Mountains. See M

tlOO.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Radio Japan News Round. See M 1100.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Curtent Affairs. See M 1135.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1138.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Between You and Us. Information
about the Czech Republic, commentary on listenar letters. and
occasional DX news.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Close Up. See M 1130.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 1t30.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Business Focus. A segment of lhe
Magazine Houi which spoUighls an aspect of business in
Japan.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Childless by Choice (21th).
See F t454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. From the Wireless to the
World Wide Web (7th). See W t 254.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Spanish Catholicism in Flux
(28th). See F 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The Titantlc: Encore (141h).
See A 2354.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Summary. See S t 155.

Saturdays
1100
t 100
t 1tO
t t 30
t 130
t 135
t 155

Ecuado1, HCJB Ouito (am): Hour of Decision. See M 0005.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S t t oo.
Japan, NHK/Radio: This Week. A weekly variety show.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): We Kids. A fast-moving program
for children.
Czech Rep. Radio Piague: Live in Prague. See S 0005.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Summary. See S 1t55.

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FREQUENCIES .

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

1200-1300

Australia Radio

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

Aus1ral1a. Vl8A Allee Spg

Aus1ral1a. Vl8K Ka1he1111e
Auslraha. Vl8T Tent Crk
Brazil Radio Bras
Bulga11a. Radio
Cambodia. Nall Voice or
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Mon1real
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada lnll
China. Chma Radio lnll

1200- 1230 vi
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1300 as
1200-1300
1200-1300

China. China Radio lnll

Costa Rica. Adv World R
Ecuador. HCJB
Eql G111nea. R Easl Africa
Eql Gumea. Radio A1nca
France. Radio France lnil

1200-1230
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300
1200-1300
12001300
1200-1300 vi
1200-1250
1200- 1300
1200- 1206
1200 I 300

Iran. VOIRI
Italy. IRAS
Jordan Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysra.RTM Ko1aK1nabalu
Myanmar. Voice of
Nerherlands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ ln\I
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300

S1ngapore.R Singapore lnl

Soulh Korea. R Korea Intl
Taiwan. VO Free Cluna

71 SOas
9770as
23 10do
2485do
2325do
15445na
9440as
I 1940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6150as
7385na
11795pa
6995as
5030am
12005am
15186af
9530as
I 1600va
I 5530af
11875me
7125va
I 1690eu
9960va
7295do
5980do
5990do
6045eu
9700pa
9725as
11655as
I 7755as
6015as
7285af
7130au

9580pa
9860pa

11730as
9565as
15440am
I 1700as
6150am
15115am

1161 5va
15540am
11930me

9615as
I 1660as

9710as
11800pa

9715as

11660as

12110as
9725am
21455am

13750am

15155eu

15195eu

15260af

7190eu
9755as
11880as
17860as
6155as

9820as
l 3785as

9875as
15120as

1200-1300

Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

1200-1215
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200- 1300

Untied Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall l k City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Moni1or Radio fnll
USA. Voice of Amenca

1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-"300 as
1200i 300
1200-i 300
1200-1245
12001230

USA. WEWN Birnungltam Al

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee Fl
USA. WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Uzbekislan. A Tashkent

1200-1300
1200-1300 mlwhf
1206-1300 occsnal
1215-1300
1230-1300 as
1230-1300
1230-1300 mll'lhf
1230-1300
1230-1235
1230-1300 \'/
1230-1300 a
1230-1255 s
1230-1300
1230-1300 ml\'/hl
1230-1300
1230-1300
1230-1300 s
1230-1300

Zambia, Chrislian Voice

Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
New Zealand, R NZ ln\I
Egypl. Radio Ca110
Australia, Radio
Bangladesh.Bangla Be1ar
Fmland. YLE/R Finland
Georgia. Radio
India, Alf India Radio
Indonesia. RRI Sorong
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans World RadlO
Soulh Korea. R Korea Intl
Srt Lanka. Srt Lanka BC
Sweden. Radio
Thailand. Radio
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
Vie1nam, Voice of

1240-1250

Greece. Voice of

9610as

.....
5965am
9410eu
11 760as
15485va
17705va
15220am
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
61 lOas
15425as
742Sna
6040am
7490na
13825eu
5935am
5950na
7355na
5060as
9715as
6065af
6165do
6105pa
17595as
599Spa
7185as
11 735na
6080eu
4860do
4875do
7115eu
7115eu
9570as
9730as
11 650na
9505as
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5940as
12020as
11645af

6065as
9580as
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15565va
17830af

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11955as
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9640as

13670as

15240na
9655as
7270as
15010as
15650af

981Oas
7400as

9840as

17525al

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1200
1200
1203
1215
1230
1231
1247

Ecuador. HCJB Quilo (am): Kids' Corner. Mr Lizard and

friends presenl a program tor children
Tail'lan, V of Free China: frequency Announcemenlst
Anthem. See S 0200
Taiwan, V of Free China: News See S 0203
Taiwan. Vol Free Chma. People. See S 0215
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Your S1ory Hour Dramatized
children's slories
Taiwan, V of Free China. Mailbag Time See S 0231.
Taiwan. Vol Free China: let's Learn Chinese See S 0247_

1200
1203
1204
1215
1220
1230
1238
1246
1247

1238
1246
1249

Ecuador, HCJB Qu110 (am). Morning m lhe Mounlains. See

M 1100
Taiwan, V of free Chma: Frequency Announcements/
Anthem. See S 0200.
Taiwan. V of free China: News. See S 0203.
Ecuador, HCJB Ou1to (am): News. See S 0100.
Taiwan. Vol free China Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes. See
M0215.
Ecuador. HCJB 011110 (am): Insight A few mmules of
discernment from Joel N1ederhood
Ecuador. HCJB Ou110 (am): Lalin News. Regional news
summary.
Ecuador. HCJB Quilo (am): A Reading from God's Word_A
shorl break for bible reading.
Ecuador. HCJO Quito (am): Guidelines. A fiveminule
commentary on living from Harold Sala.
(1w1V1.gu1delines.org)
Tatwan. Vol Free Ch na Lers learn Chinese See S 0247

Taiwan, V of Free China: Taiwan Tod ay. See T 0215.

Ecuador, HCJB Ou110 (am): Insight See M 1220.
Ecuador, HCJB Quilo (am): Lalin News. See M 1230.
Taiwan. V of Free China: Journey inlo Chmese Culture_ See T
0230.
Ecuador, HCJB Ou110 (am) A Reading from God's Word. See
M 1238.
Ecuador, HCJB Ouilo (am): Guide'ines. See M 1246.
Taiwan. V of Free China. lei's learn Chinese. See S 0247.

Wednesdays
1200

Mondays
1200

1215
1220
1230
1230

1200
1203
1204
1215
1220
1230
1238
1246
1251
1254
1254

1254

Ecuador, HCJB Ouilo (am) Morning in lhe Mounlarns. See M

11 00.
Taiwan. V of Free Chrna: Frequency Announcements/Anlhem.
Sees 0200.
Taiwan. V of Free China: News. See S 020.
Ecuador, HCJB Quilo (am): News See S 0100.
Taiwan. V of Free China: Music Box. See W 02 15.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Insight See M 1220
Ecuador, HCJB Ou110 (am): Latin News. See M 1230
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am). A Reading from God's Word. See
M 1238.
Ecuador. HCJB Ou110 (am). Gu1de1tnes See M 1246.
Taiwan. Vol Free China Lei's l earn Chinese See S0247.
Radio Nelherlands: Documenlary. Childless by Chotee (19th).
See F 1454.
Radio Nelherlands: Documentary. From the Wireless 10 !he
World Wide Web (51h). As Radio Nelherlands celebrales its
50lh anniversary this year. Pele Myers and Luc Lucas lell lhe
fascrnaling story.
Radio Nelherlands: Documenlary. Spanish Cathohcrsm in
Flux (26th). See F 2354.
Radro Nelherlands- Documenlal)'. The Tilan11c. Encore (12lh).
See A 2354.

Tuesdays

1254

1200

Thursdays

1200

1203
1204

54

Ecuador, HCJB Ou1lo (am): Morning rn lhe Mountains See

M 1100.
Tarwan, V of Free Chma: Frequency Announcernenls/
Anthem. See S 0200.
Taiwan, V of Free China: News See S 0203.
Ecuador, HCJB Qu110 (am): News See S 0100.

MONITORING TIM ES

February 1997

1200
1200

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Morning m lhe Mounlains. See M

1100.
Taiwan. V of Free China: Frequency Announcemenls/Anlhem.
See S0200.

1203
1204
1215
1220
1230
1238
1246
1248

Taiwan, V of Free China: News. See S 0203.

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): News. See S 0100.
Taiwan, V of Free China: Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes. See M
0215
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Insight See M 1220.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Lalin News. See M 1230.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): A Reading from God's Word. See
M 1238.
Ecuador, HCJB Ouilo (am): Guidelines. See M 1246.
Ta1l'lan, Vol Free China: lei's learn Chinese. See S 0247.

Fridays
1200
1200
1203
1204
1215
1220
1230
1233
1238
1246
1247

Ecuador. HCJB Oui10 (am): Morning in the Mounlarns. See M

1100.
Taiwan, V of Free China: Frequency Announcements/Anthem.
See S 0200.
Taiwan, V of Free China News. See S0203.
Ecuador, HCJB Ouilo (am): News. See S 0100.
Taiwan, V of Free China: Perspective. See F0215.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Insight See M 1220.
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo (am) Lalin News. See M 1230
Taiwan. V of Free China: New Record Time. See F 0233.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) A Reading from God's Word. See
M 1238.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am). Gutdehnes. See M 1246.
Taiwan, V of Free China: lei's learn Chinese. See S 0247.

Saturdays
1200
1200
1203
1215
1215
1230

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): A Visil Wilh Mrs. G. Bible stories

for children.
Taiwan, Vol Free China: Frequency AnnouncemenlSIAnthem.
See S 0200.
Ta1v.an. V of Free China: News See S 0203.
Ecu.idor, HCJB Ouilo (am): Adventure Pals. A weekly
adventure program on Chnsbamty for children.
Taiwan. Vol Free China: Kaleidoscope. See S 0315.
Ecuador, HCJB Oui1o (am): Advenlures in Odyssey. See S

0000.
1232
1248

Taiwan, V of Free China: Rellect1ons. See S 0332.

Taiwan. V of Free China: lei's Learn Chinese. See S0247.

FREQUENCIES .

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1300-1400
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400 vi
13001400vl
1300-1320
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1300-1400
1300-1400
1300- 1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300- 1400
1300-1400
1300- 1400
t300 1400
1300-1400
1300- 1330
1300-1400 as
1300-1400
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13001400
13001400
13001400 vi
13001400 vi
13001400 occsnal
13001350

Australia. Radio
Australia. VLBA Alice Spg
Australia. VL8K Ka1herine
Australia. VIST Tcnl Crk
Brazil. Radio Bras
Canada. CBC N Duebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU V.1ncouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. Chuia Radio lnll
Costa Rica.RF Peace lnll
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cauo
Eqt Guinea. R East Ah1ca
Eqt Guinea. Radio Alrica
l!aly. IRRS
Jordan. Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia RTM Kuching
Malaysia ATM KolaK1nabalu
New Zealand, R NZ lnll
North Korea. R Pyongyang

1300-1330 s
13001400
1300-1355

Norway, Radio Norway Intl

Philippines, FEBC/R lnll
Poland. Polish R Warsaw

1300-1400
13001400

Romania. R Romania Intl

Russia.Voice of Russia WS

13001400
1300 1400 mtwhl
13001330
t3001400
1300-1400

Singapore.A Smgapore Int

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS

...
5995pa
231Odo
2485do
2325do
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9625do
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6130do
6160do
6160do
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6205am
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9715as

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11750as

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12075as

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6065as
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11760as

6190af
9580as
11940af

1300-1400
1300-1400
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1300-1400
13001'100

l 7705va
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. K~LS Anchor Point AK
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio lnll
USA. Voice of America

1300-1 400
1300-1400
1300-1400
13001'100
1300-1400 s
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1345
1300-1400
13001330 mtwhl
1303-1010

USA. WEWN Birmmgham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami lnll
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Chris11an Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Croatia. Croatian Radio

1315-1400 mtwhla
1330-1355
1330-1355 s
13301357
1330-1400
13301400
1330 t400
13301400
t3301400
1330 1400 vi
1330-1400
t3301400
1330-1355
1330-1400 mtwhf
13301<100
t 3301400

Bhutan. Bhutan BC Service

Austria. R Auslrm lnll
Belgium, R Vlaande1en Int
Canada, R Canada Intl
Finland. YLE/R Finland
Guam AWRIKSOA
India. All India Radio
Mongolia. R Ulan Baler
Nelherlands. Radio
Pakistan. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Turkey. Voice of
UAE. Radio Dubai
USA, WRMl/R Miami Intl
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Vietnam. Voice of

1330-1400
13451400

Yugoslavia. Radio
Vatican Slate. Vatican R

t2095cu
15485va
t7830af
5810am
7365as
7510am
9930as
6095na
61 lOas
l l715as
7425na
9400am
6040am
7490na
9955am
5935am
5950na
I 1970am
6065af
6165do
5895eu
l 1635eu
5023do
6155eu
l3685va
6150as
t 1735na
9650as
11620as
12085as
9895as
9900af
7155as
9445cu
13665eu
9955am
5975as
5940eu
12020eu
t 1835eu
9500as

15220am
15565va
l 7885af

l5310as
15575me
21660af

15420al
l7640va

9355as
9645as
15425as
11875na

9455am
9760as

13840as
11 705as

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15105am

7435am
11830na

9475am
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5920eu
11830eu

7165eu
t 3830eu

9830eu

13730na
13795va
9535as
15400na
13750as
13700as
11570me
15240pa
9630as
15395eu
7285as
7270cu
15010eu

15585as

17630eu

21605me

9715as
7400cu

9840eu

11625as

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1329
1330

Ecuador, HCJB Ou1to (am): Simply Worship. A Northern

Irelan d program ol music. readings and meditation.
Switzerland, Sl'liss R Intl: News. Five minutes of world news.
USA. Moni1or Radio Intl: Bible Lesson. Lesson-sermons
from the King James Version of the Bible and Mary Baker
Eddy's textbook.
Switzerland, S\'liss R Intl: Newsnel Ten minutes of comment
and backgrounders from correspondenls. 15 minutes on
whal"s happening in Switzerland.
USA. Moni1or Radio Intl: Christian Science Sentinel Radm
Edilion. Discussions on how the Bible addresses l he trends
of lhought of today.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Mountain Meditations. A mixture
of music and devotional thoughts 1n an Andean setting.

Mondays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1306
1330
1349
1352

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Let My People Think. Sees

1530.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl. News. See S 1300.
USA. Monilor Radio lnU Monitor Radio News Five minutes
of the latest world nms at the beoinning of the hour.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnel. See S 1305.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio tnterna~onal. News.
analySis. commentary. interviews and features in a magazine
formal.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Focus on the Family.
Psychologist James Dobson on everyday family matters.
(www.webcom.com/dms/focus.html)
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Let1erbox. Listeners make their
views known by telephone or letter to host Lisa Dale.
USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Religious Anicle lrom the CSM As
published in lhe christian Science Monitor.

1306
1330
1349
1352

Wednesdays
1300
1300
1300
1305
t306
1330
1349
1352
1354
1354
1354
1354

1300
1300
1305

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): The LMng Word A sermon from

Soulheast Christian Church ol Louisville. Kentucky.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: News. See S t 300.
USA. Monilor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1300.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet See S t 305.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Back lo God Hour. The Chrislian

Reformed Church looks al hie in light of the historic
Christian faith.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl. News. See S 1300.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1300.
Switzerland, Swiss R l nll: Newsnet. See S 1305.
USA. Monilor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio lnterna. Jnal. See M
1306.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) Focus on the Family. See M
1330.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1349.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article lrom the CSM. See
M 1352
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Ct11ldless by Choice
(19th). See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. F1om the Wireless lo lhe
World Wide Web (5th). See W 1254.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Spanish Catholicism in
Flux (26th). See f 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The Tilantic: Enco1e
(12th). See A 2354.

Thursdays

1300

Tuesdays
1300

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See M

1306.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Focus on Ille Family. Sec M
1330.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Let1crbox See M 1349.
USA. Momlor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M 1352.

1300
1300
1305
1306

Ecuador. HCJB Ou1lo (am): Christian Brotherhood Hour.

Music and messages ol 1nspira11on lrom Christians
Broadcasting Hope. the radio ministry of Church of God.
Sw1tzertand. Swiss R Intl: flews See S 1300.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1300.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl. Newsnet. See S 1305.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See M
1306.

1330
1349
1352

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am). Focus on the Family See M 1330.

USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Letterbox. See M 1349
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M 1352.

Fridays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1306
1330
1349
1352

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) Haven ot Rest Evargelizmg and

The Haven Quartet.
Swotzerland. Swiss R Intl News Sec S 1300.
USA. Morutor Radio Intl: Mon1101 Radio News. See M 1300.
S1ntzerland. Swiss R Intl Newsnel See S 1305.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International See M
1306
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo (am): Focus on the Family. Sec M 1330.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Let1erbox. See M 1349
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article lrom the CSM. See
M 1352.

Saturdays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1306
1315
1315
1315
1330

Ecuador. HCJB Du1to (am) Ch1ldrens Bible Hour. Songs and

stories 101 children. (Y1V1V1.gospelco111 neVcblv)
Sw112ertand. S1nss R Intl News See S 1300.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl Monitor Radio News. See M 1300.
Sw1tzertand. Swiss R Intl Newsnet. See S 1305
USA. Monitor Radio loll Christian Science Sentmel Radio
Ed1t1on. See S 1329.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl. Capital Lctlers (214) SAi's
bimonthly mailbag and listener contact program.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Sounds Good (3/5) Music from
Switzerland and the people who make 11.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: The Name Game (1) A chance for
you lo test your knowledge of Switzerland and win prizes.
Ecuador. HCJB Omto (am)" Jungle Jam and F1ends A
program for children

February 1997

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Alg eria. R Algiers lnll

Auslralra. Radio

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Austraha VL8K Katherme
Australra. Vl8T Ten t Crk
Belgium R Vlaanderen Int
Canada. CBC N Ouebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFR X Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hahfax
Canada. CKZN St Johns
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada R Canada lnll
China. China Radio Intl
Cos1a Rica RF Peace 1011
Czech Rep. Radro Prague
Ecuador HCJB
EQI Guinea. R East Atrrca
France. Radio France Intl
Indra . .\II Indra Radio
Italy. IRAS
Japan. R JapanlNHK World

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Jordan. Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuchrng
Malaysra RTM Ko1aK1nabalu
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ loll
Nomai Radio Norway lnll
Pakistan. Radio
Palau KHBNN01ce ot Hope
Philippines. FEBCIR lnll
Russia.Vorce ot Russia ws

1400 1500

Sn Lanka. Srr Lanka BC

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Turkey. Voice of
Unrled Kingdom. BBC VIS

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14001500

USA KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA, KTBN Sall Lk Cuy UT
USA Mon11or Radio lnll
USA. Vorce ot Amerr ca

14001500
14001500
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1400 1500 rn1whf
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USA. WEWN Burrnngham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA WRMllR M1arn1 Intl
USA. WRMl/R Miami lnll
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TrJ
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Va11can Slate. Vatican R
Zambia. Ch11s11an Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Nepal. Radio
Canada. R Canada lnll
China. Chma Radio lnll
Guam. AWRiKSOA
Indra. All India Radio
Indonesia. RRI UJ Pandan~
Italy IRRS
Porlugal. R Porlugal lnll
Romania. R Romania lnll
Sweden. Radio
Unrled Kmgdom, BBC WS
Greece. Voice of
Myanmar. Voice of

9530as
9445eu
5990as
9515am
12095eu
15565va
13815am
l 1715na
7510am
9355as
6110as
9760as
15425as
9455na
9400am
6040arn
7490na
9955arn
9955arn
15420am
15745na
9'175arn
5950na
9500as
6065af
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7165do
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6995as
7395as
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4753do
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2151 5me
11740as
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5990do

9655as
9630as
6190af
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15220am
15575me

I 1905as
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I 1750as
15310as
17640va

9410eu
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17705va

7125as
11705as

72 15as
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11875na

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15105am

12160am
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13845am
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15685am

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9880as

15325me
I 1445as

6185do

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15335as
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11650na
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays

Wednesdays

1400
1400

1400
1400
1405
1408
1411
1415
1418
1430
1430
1435
1445

1404
1413
1419
1430
1445

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: News See S0000.

Ecuador, HCJB Quito lam): Radio Bible Class. Bible leaching
and the Men of Praise prov1d1ng 1he music.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: The Week in Politics. See S 1134.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: From lhe Weeklies See S 1143.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague Media Check. See S 1149.
Ecuador, HCJB Qu110 (am). Moody Presenls Ch11s11an
messages from the Moody Bible lnst11u1e twww moody edu)
Guam. AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy Wrrle for an adutl bible
study program.

Mondays
1400
1400
1405
. 1408
1411
141 5
1430
1430

Czech Rep. Radio Prague News See S0000

Ecuador, HCJB Ou1lo tam). Gateway 10 Joy. Elrzabeth Ellrot with
contemporary women's issues from a Biblical perspective.
1www.gospelcom.neVbllbifobgt1.html)
Czech Rep, Radio Prague Current Attaus. See M 1135
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1138.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Magazine 95 See M 1141.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am)" Key Lile. Steve Brown presents
1ru1hful 1eacl11ngs
Ecuador. HCJB Quno (am) lnsrghl for Living Chuck Swrndoll
applres lhe Bible to life loday (www.rnsrghl.O!Q)
Guam. AWR/KSDA- Music Recorded seleclrons ot Chrrs11an
ffiUS!C.

1435
1445

Guam. AWR/KSDA Focus on Lrvmg Austrahanproduced

program of advice for inc fan111y
Guam. AWRIKSDA: Voice ot Prophecy See S 1445.

Tuesdays
1400
1400
1404
1411
1J15
1423
1~30

1430
1435
1445

56

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: News See S 0000

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Gateway lo Joy. See M 1400.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague. Current Attaus See M 1135
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Talkrng Pooni See T 1141.
Ecuador. HCJB Omlo (am). Key Life See M 1~15
Czech Rep. Radio Prague Media Check See S 1149
Ecuador. HCJB Ou110 tam). Insight tor L1vrn9 See M 1430
Guam. AWR/KSDA Music. See M 1430
Guam, AWR/KSDA Focus on Lrvrng. See M 135.
Guam, AWR/KSDA Vorce ot Prophecy See S 1445

MONITORING TIMES

February 1997

Czech Rep, Radio Prague. tl ews. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo (am) Gateway lo Joy. See M 1400
Czech Rep. Radio Prague. Current Atlws. See M 1135.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague Press Review. See M 1138
Czech Rep. Radio Prague From the Archives. See W 1141.
Ecuador. HCJBOu1lo (am) Key L ie See M 1415
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: The Arts. See W 1148.
Ecuador, HCJB Ourto (am) lnsgt 1lor L1vrng See M 1430
Guam. AWRIKSOA: Music See M 1430.
Guam. AWRIKSDA Focus on L1v1ig See M 1435.
Guam. AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy See S 1445.

Thursdays
1400
1400
1406
1412
1414
1415
1420
1430
1430
1435
1445

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: News. See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am). Ga1eway 10 Joy. See M 1400.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Currcm Altair ~ See M 11 35
Czech Rep. Radio Prague. Press Pev1ew. ~ee M 1138
Czech Rep. Radio Prague Economic Report. See H 1144.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am). Key Lile See M 1415.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague. Id Like You 10 Meet See H 1150
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am). lns1ghl tor Livrng See M 1430.
Guam. AWRIKSDA Music See M 1430
Guam. AWRIKSDA: Focus on Lrv1ng. See M 1435
Guam AWRKSDA. Voice of Prophecy See S 1445

Fridays
1400
1400
1406
1409
1412
1415
1430
1430
1435
1445
1451
1J54

Czech Rep. Radio Prague. News See S 0000

Er.uador. HCJB Qu1lo (am). Ga1eway 10 Joy. See M 1400
Czech Rep. Radio Prague Current Atfa11s. See M 11 35
Czech Rep. Radio Prague. Press Review. Sec M 1138
Ctech Rep. Radio Prague Beh1een You and Us. See F 1112.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) Key Lite See M 1415
Ecuador. HCJB Omlo (am) lns1gh1 lor L1vrng See M 1430
Guam. AWR/KSDA" Music See M 1430
Guam. AWR/KSDA Focus on L1vrng See M 1435
Guam. AWR/KSOA Voice of Prophecy See S 1445
Radio Nelherlands Documenlary Childless by Choice (211h)
Helen Bamngton lalks to people tr om a vanely o1 countrres
about lherr reasons tor nol r1anling lo have children.
RadlO Netherlands Documentary Fom the Vlrreless lo lhe

1454
1454

World Wide Web (7th). See W 1254

Radio Nelher1ands: Documentary. Spanish Catholicism in
Flux (28th). See F2354.
Radio Nelherlands: Documentary. The Tilanlic: Encore
(14th). See A 2354.

Saturdays
1400
1400
1405
1430
1445

Czech Rep. Radio Prague News See S 0000.

Ecuador. HCJB Qu110 (am) Rock Sohd'. A new rock music
program.
Czech Rep. Radio PragLe. Live 1n Prague. See S 0005.
Guam AWRIKSDA: Music See M 1430.
Guam. AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy. See S 1445.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

INDIA: ALL INDIA RADIO

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I 000- I I 00
13.\0-1500
1530- 1:i-15

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1500 1600 vi
15001600 vi
1500 1600 vi
1500 t 600 vi
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15001600
15001600
15001600
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15001600
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15001600
15001600
15001600
1500 1600 as
15001600
15001600 t
15001530
1500 1600
1500 1600 vi
15001600

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. A Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. A East Africa
Guam, TWR/KTWR
lreland.W Coast R Ireland
Israel. Kol Israel
Italy. Adv World Radio
Italy. IRAS
Japan. A Japan/NHK World

15001600
15001600
1500 1600 vi
1500 1600 vi
15001515 s
15001525
1500 1600 occsnal
15001550
1500 1600
15001530
1500 1600 vVs
15001600

Jordan, Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM Ko1aKinabalu
Myanmar, Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Romania. A Romania Intl
Russia. Voice of Assyria
Russia.Voice of Russia ws

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6030do
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1500 1530 mt la
15001600
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15001530
1500 1600

SAfrica, Channel Africa

Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Singapore.A Corp of Sing
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland, Swiss A Intl
United Kingdom, BBC WS

9785as

15001530

United Kingdom. BBC WS

21455am

1500 1600
15001600
1500 1600
1500 1600

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

15001600
15001600
1500 1600
1500 1600
1500 1600
1500 1600 as
15001600
1500 1600
151)().1600
1530 1555
1530 1545

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Chnst1an Voice
Austria. R Austria Intl
India, All India Radio

1530 1600
15301600
15301600
1530 1600 mtwhl
15301600
1550 1600 a/vi

Iran, VOIRI
Mongolia. A Ulan Bator
Netherlands, Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Uni1ed Kingdom. BBC WS
Vatican State. Vatican R

6080pa
11800pa

9580pa
12080pa

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7510am
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6110as
9645as
9455na
9400am
13760am
7490na
15420am
15745na
9475am
11830na
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6155as
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9530do
9910do
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9745eu
9895as
7180as
t7705va
9940as

9685al

12075as
5990as
9515na
12095as
15565va
17840am
11940al

13635as
6190al
9590am
15220am
15575as
21470af
15420al

7125as
9760as
11875na

7215as
15205as
15665eu

9575me
15395as

12160am
17760na

13845am

15685am

9495af
6185do
9565do
11740do
9635as
12025au
12090as

9655me
7140do
9685do

13730af
74t0do
9700do

6195as
9740am
15400al
17640va
17880af

15105am

11640as

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500
1500
1500
1509
1510
1525
1530
1555

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Encounter. Expository biblical

preaching by Stephen Ollord.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 11 00.
S Alnca. Channel Africa: News. Ten minu1es of international
news from the land of the windup radio.
S Africa. Channel Africa: Religions of the World. An
examination of religious beliefs throughout Africa and
beyond
Japan. NHK/Radio: Hello from Tokyo See S 1110.
S Africa, Channel Africa: Africa and All That Jazz. News from
the jazz music scene and selections of jazz recordings.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Let My People Think.
Addressing questions of today's thinking Christians.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Summary. See S 1155.

Mondays
1500
1500
1500
1510
1511
1521
1530
1551
1555

Ecuador. HCJB Quilo (am): Back to the Bible. A mix of

music and daily Bible study. (www.gospelcom.neVbttb/)
Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 1100.
S Alrica. Channel Africa: Nel'ls. See S 1500.
S Alnca. Channel Africa: Yours and Mine. A hght miX1ure of
popular music, listener music requests and the mailbag for
a South African weekday atternoon.
Japan, NHK/Radio: As.an Top News. The most important
srories from other Asian media organizations are
summarized in a ne\'I lOminute format.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Profile An indepth interview \'11th a
Japanese personality.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am). Thru the Bible. J. Vernon McGee
p1esents a bookbybook study of lhe Bible.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Tokyo Popln. See S 2355.
Japan. NHK/fladio: News. See S 1100

Tuesdays
1500
1500
1500
1511
1521
1530

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Back to the Bible. See M 1500.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S 1100.
S Afnca. Channel Africa: News. See S 1500.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asan Top News. See M 1511 .
Japan. NHK/Radio: En;oy Japanese. Learn and practice the
Japanese language.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Thru the Bible. See M 1530.

1551
1555

Japan. NHK/Radio: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 2355.

Japan, NHK/Radio: News Summary. See S 1155.

Wednesdays
t 500
1500
1500
1511
1512
t521
1530
1535
1551
t 554
t 554
t 554
t 554
1555

Ecuador. HCJa Qui1o (am): Back to the Bible. See M 1500.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 1100.
S Atrica. Channel Africa News. See S 1500.
Japan. NHK/Rad10: Asian Top News. See M 1511.
S Africa, Channel Africa: Face to face. Interviews wilh
women who shape Africa's future.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Tol'ln and Around. Take a hallhour
guided tour of the cities and towns of Japan.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Thru the Bible. See M 1530.
S Africa, Channel Africa: Music. See S 1652.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Toi.yo Popln. See S 2355.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Childless by Choice
(19th). See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. From theWireless to the
World Wide Web (5th). See W 1254.
Radio Netherlands: aocumentary. Spanish Catholicism in
Flux (26th). See F 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary The Titanbc: Encore
(12th) See A2354.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Summary See S t 155.

1511
1515
1521
1530
1538
1551
1555

Saturdays
1500
1500
1500
1510
1511
1514
1527

Thursdays

1530

1500
1500
1500
1511
t 512

1538

1521
1530
1532
t 551
1555

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Back 10 the Bible. See M 1500.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 11 00.
S Africa, Channel Africa: News. See S t 500.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Top News. See M 1511 .
S AInca. Channel Africa: South Africa This Week. A wrap up
of the week's South African news.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Enjoy Japanese. See T 1521 .
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Thru the Bible. See M t 530.
S Alrica. Channel Africa: Yours and Mme. See M 1510.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Tokyo Pop In. See S 2355.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Summary. Seo S 1155.

SAfrica, Channel Africa: Network Africa. News about

Africa, sporting news. tinancial reports and music.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Top News. See M 1511.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Music and Book Beat. What people in
Japan are listening to and reading.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Thru the Bible. See M 1530.
S Africa. Channel Africa: Music. See S 1652.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Tokyo Popln. See S 2355.
Japan, NHK/Radio: News Summary. See S 1155.

1550
1555

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Words of Hope. David Bass

provides the message.
Japan, NHK/Radio: News. Sec S 1100.
S Africa, Channel Africa: News. See S 1500.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Asia Weekly. A magazine of news
from other Asian broadcasters. entertainment update and
music.
SAfrica, Channel Africa: Yours for l he Asking. A light
mixture of popular music, listener music requests and
the mailbag for a South African Saturday afternoon.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Asia Kaleidoscope Lile in Japan and
the region.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Echoes of Asia. Focus on regional
music and musical instruments.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Family Founllations.
Interviews and discussions about issues affecting today's
family.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Who's Who in Asia. L1festyte in the
AsiaPacilic region.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian News Summary of the Week.
News headlines from other Asian news services.
Japan. NHK/Radio: News Summary. See S 1f 55.

Fridays
1500
f500
1500

Ecuador. HCJB Oui1o (am): Back to the Bible. See M t 500.

Japan. NHK/Radio: News. See S 1100.
S Alrica. Channel Africa: News. See S 1500.

February 1997

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FREQUENCIES .
1600-1700

..

..

Australia. Radio

1600-1700 vi
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700 vi
1600 I 700 vi
1600-1700
1600 1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1 700
1600-1700
1600-1700 s
1600-1700
1600-1700
16001630
f6001700

Australia VLSA Alice Spg

Aus11alm. VLSK Kalhe11ne
Aus1raha VLST Tenl Crk
Canada CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada CFCX Momreal
Canada CFRX Toronto
Canada CFVP Calga1y
C,111ada CHNX Halilax
Canada. CKZN S1 John's
Canada CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Cos1a Rica.RF Peace Intl
(th1opia. Radio
France. Radio France Intl

f 600 1650

Germany, Deutsche Welle

1600-1700

Germany. Deu1sche Welle

1600-1 700
1600-1630
1600 I 700 vi
1600 1700
1600-1 700
16001 630
1600-1625
1600 1650 occsnal
1600-1630 s
1600- 1630

Guam. AWR KSDA

Iran. VOIRI
Italy IRRS
Jordan Radio
Mala;s1a Radio
Mexico Radio Mexico lnll
Netherlands. Radio
Nen Zealand. R NZ Intl
Noll'lay. Radio Norway Intl
Pakistan. Radio

1600- 1700

Russia. Voice of Russia ws

1600 I 700 sm
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600- 1700

Russ1a.l/01ce of Russia WS
S Afnca. Channel Al11ca
Singapore R Corp of Sing
Slovakia Adv World Radio
South Koiea R Korea Intl

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9580pa
11800pa
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6170as

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9735al

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1600-1700
1600-1640
1600-1700

Swaziland. Trans World R

UAE. Radio Dubai
Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

16001615 mlwhl
1600-1615

Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

Unil ed Kingdom. BBC WS

1600161 5 as
16001700
16001700
1600 1700
1600-1700
16001700

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA KAIJ Dallas TX
USA KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA KWHR Naalehu HI
USA Monitor Radio Intl
USA Voice ol Ame11ca

1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1 700
1600-1700
1600-1700
16001700 as
1600-1700
1600-1700

USA WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA WHRI Noblesville IN
USA WJCR Upton KY
USA WRNQ New Orleans LA
USA WVHA Greenbush ME
USA WWCR Nashville TN
USA WYFR Okeechobee FL

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1630 1655
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1630-1700
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1650-1700 mtwhf

Vatican State. Va11can R

Vatican State. Vatican R
Vietnam. Voice of
Z am~ia. Christian Voice
Zam:i1a. ZNBC Radio 2
Unite d Kingdom. BBC WS
Vatican State. Vatican R
Estonia. Radio
Austria, R Aust11a Intl
Canzda. R Canada Intl
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Georgia. Radio
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Afghanistan. Radio
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
New Zealand, R NZ Intl

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9410va
15400af
21470af

6195as
15575va

95lOas
17705af

9740as

9365af
61l Oas
9645as
13600af
15395as

16930al
7125as
9760as
137 10af
1541 0af

1361Sna

15665eu

72 15as
11 920af
f 5205af
15445al

15105am

12160am
15215na
21525af
11 640as
11 640as
9840eu

11 660af
7250eu

13845am
15695eu

15685am
17555eu

9645eu

11810eu

9550as

SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . .

~~nd~?,!ce Intl News. World, French news. sports

1600
1610
1619
1619
1622
1626
1626
1630
1631
1632
1640
1652

S Al11ca, Channel Afnca: News See S 1500.

S Africa Channel Afnca: Shor! Story A twenty-mmule
reading of J shM story 1"1111ten by a South Afrrcan author.
R France lnU Eve1ywoman (bl\1eekly) A program tor and
abou1 l'IOmen
R France Intl Health Concerns (b11"1eekly) Reports on
medicine, fitness. and ecology
R France Intl Pans Promenade Spolllght on a city bistro or
restaurant
R F1ance Intl: Afncan Analysis (biweekly). An 1n-dcplh
analysis of Af11can current alfans
R France Intl: Echoes from Africa (biweekly) An Al11c,rn
music program.
Channel Africa: Contact Club Al11ca A weekly oppo11un1ty for
Africans to become pen pals with othe1 Al11cans
R France Intl: Ne11s Headlines A summary of todays nws.
R France Intl: Club 9516 Mailbag program.
S Al11ca, Channel Af11ca: Health Forum An exammaf1on of
current health issues in Af11ca
Channel Af11ca Music The popular music of South At11ca

Mondays
1600
1600
1600
1606
1610
1631
1638
1640
1647

58

R France Intl llel'IS See S 1600

S A111ca Channel Air ca tie:,s See S 1500
USA. Monitor Radio tmt Monitor Radio riews See IA 1300
USA Monitor Radio International See M 1306
S Al11ca Channel Alnca. Ne-,s Watch A magazme program
of music and African ne11s 111th segments on spons
business and f1nanace. and 1echnology
R Fr;1nce loll RFI Europe European press review focuses on
current aff,111s 1n ot11e1 countries ol tt1e region
11 France Intl News Headlines See S 1631
A France Intl Sporls Asummary ol l he seasonal matches
from a1ound the continent.
11 r rance Intl Arts in France Proflle on the work of a F1ench
a1tist or a cultural activity such as music

MONITORING TIMES

February 1997

1649
1652

USA. Monitor Radio Intl Letterbox. See M 1349.

Monitor Radio Intl: An1cle lrom the CSM. See M 1352.

Tuesdays
1600
1600
1600
1606
1610
1633
1640
1642
1647
1649
1652

R France Intl News See S 1600

S Af11ca. Channel Alrica News. See S 1500.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl Monitor Radio ~Jews. See M 1300.
USA Monitor Radio tn1ernat1ona1 See M 1306.
S Afnca. Channel Africa News Walch. See M 1610.
R F1ance Intl. RFI Europe See M 1631.
R France Intl News Headlines See S 1631.
R F1ance Intl Books New books, publishing trends. and
autho1s
R France Intl Drumbeat Al11can teatwe.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl. Lellerbox. See M 1349.
Monil or Radio Intl: Article from the CSM. See M 1352.

Wednesdays
1600
1600
1600
1606
1610
1631
1638
1641
1646
1649
1652

R France Intl News See S 1600.

S Afnca. Channel l\h1ca. News. See S 1500.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl Mon1to1 Radio News. See M 1300.
USA Mon11or Radio lnternahonal. See M 1306.
S Afnca. Channel Al11ca News Watch. See M 1610.
R France Intl Rfl Europe See M 1631
R France Intl 1Je11s Headlines See S 1631.
R France Intl The Bonom Line Focus on financial ma11e1s
R France Intl Land of France A feature on tile and !Imes m
France
USA. Monitor Radio Intl Letterbox See M 1349.
Momtor Radio Intl An1cte from the CSM See M 1352

Thursdays
1600
1600
1600
1606
1610
1630

R France Intl News See S 1600.

SAfrica. Clrnnnel Alrica News. See S 1500.
USA, Monitor RM10 Intl. Monitor Radio News. See M 1300.
USA. Monitor Radio ln1e111ahonal. See M f 306.
SAfrica. Channel Africa News Watch. See M 1610.
R France Intl: Spoils Sec M 1640.

1632
1639
1641
1641
1646
1649
1652

R France Intl RFI Europe. See M 1631

R France Intl: News Headlines. See S 1631.
R France Intl: North/Soulh (biweekly). Focus ona public
ac11v1ty in France.
R France Intl Planet Earth (biweekly). An m1erv1ew with an
expert on ecological matters.
R France Intl Science Probe. Developments m the world of
science. technology, and health
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1349
Momtor Radio Intl: Anicle lrom the CSM. See M 1352.

Fridays
1600
1600
1600
1606
1610
1631
1636
1641
1646
1649
1652

R France Intl: News. See S 1600.

S Ah1ca. Channel Africa: News. See S 1500.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monito1Radio News. See M 1300.
USA Monito1 Radio International. See M 1306.
S Africa, Channel Africa: News Watch. See M 1610.
A France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1631.
R France lnll. News Headlines. Sec S 1631.
R France Intl: Film Reel. Interview re him making.
R France Intl: Made in France. Review of somethmg French.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Lellerbox. See M 1349.
Momtor Radio Intl. Article from the CSM See M 1352.

Saturdays
1600
1600
1600
1606
1612
1614
1631
t 642
1645

R France Intl news See S 1600

S Af11ca. Channel Afnca: News. See S 1500.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Momtor Radio News See M 1300.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Chnst1an Science Sentmel Radio
Ed1t1on See S 1329.
S Alr1ca. Channel Alnca: Todays Dream. A musical
magazme fo r Afnca's youth.
R France Intl: Focus on France. French news item.
R France Intl Spotlight on Africa. Correspondent reports
and 1nte1v1evis on African affairs.
Channel Africa: Cultural File. A visit to a gallery, etc.
R France Intl: French Lesson. Learn French by radio.

FREQUENCIES .

.....

. .

17001800

Australia. Radio

1700 1800 vi
t 700 1800 vi
1700 t 800 vi
t 700 1800 vi
1700-t800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
1700 1800
1700 1800
1700-t 730
1700 1800 as
17001800
1700-1727
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001730
1700 1800 vi
1700-1800

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Kathe11ne
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. Adv World A
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Egypt. Radio Cano
Eqt Guinea. Radio Af11ca
France. Radio France Intl
11aly. IRAS
Japan. A Japan/NHK World

1700 1730
1700 1752 mtwhl
1700-1750
1700-1800 vi
17001800

Jordan. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Pakistan. Radio
Russia. Vmce ol Russia WS

1700-1755
17001730
1700-1800
1700-1800

S Africa. Channel Africa

Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Sw11Zerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS

1700-1745
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1 800
1700-1800
1700-1800

Umted Kingdom BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBtl Salt Lk C11y UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Ame11ca

1700 1800 mtwhl

USA. Voice of Ameflca

1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
1700-1800
1700 1800
1700-1800
1700-1800 a
1700-1800 vi
1715- 1730
1730-1800
1730- 1800
17301800 vi
1730-1800
1730-1800
1730-1800
1730 1800
1745-1800
1745-1800

USA. WEV/N Burningham AL

USA. WG TG McCaysville GA
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Ch11st1an Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
.~l barna. RTiran~ Intl
Guam AWR!KSDA
Netherlands. Radio
Plnhppines. A P1hp1nas
Romania. R Romania Intl
Slovakia R Slovakia Intl
Swaziland Trans World A
Vatican Slate, Vatican R
Bangladesh.Bangla Betar
India. All India Radio

1753- 1800 mtwhf

New Zealand, R NZ lnll

6060pa
9615as
12080pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5220af
6965af
13750am
15050am
5930eu
15255a1
15186af
9485af
3985va
6035na
11880as
11690eu
6070pa
9325eu
5825eu
4740me
71 15af
7210me
7325af
9550af
7155af
5850af
7410eu
3955eu
6190af
9740as
15400af
17830af
3915as
13815am
15590am
17775na
6120as
9355eu
6035a1
7215as
12040af
15395as
5990as
9770as
11875na
9400am
13760am
7490na
15420am
9475am
15695eu
3330af
6165do
4828do
6185eu
9370as
6020a1
1t815me
Ii 740af
5915eu
3200a1
9660al
7185as
7410eu
11935af
9810pa

6080pa
9860pa

7150af
7335af

6090pa
I 1660pa

9580pa
11880pa

7405af

9430af

1161 5a1

12015me

7200na
15205me

7225na

9535na

9640af
11570eu
5940eu
7130me
7255me
7330eu
9585al
9685al
9885al

9975af

13785me

6110eu
7175al
7275me
7440eu
9890eu

6130eu
7180eu
7305af
9505af
13670af

5975as
6195eu
t 1750as
15420af
17840af
7135as

6090va
94 1Ova
11940a1
15485eu

6180va
9510as
12095eu
15575a1

9630af

11860al

9385al
6040eu
9645as
13600eu
15445af
6045as
12005as
13615na

18001900
18001830
1800 1900 vi
1800 1900 vi
1800 1900 vi
t800 1900
t800-1900
t800-1900
1800-t900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-t900
1800-1827
1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900

Australia. Radio
Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Allee Spg
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Bangladesh.Bangla Betar
Brazil. Radio Bras
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Af11ca
India. All India Radio

1800-1900t
1800-1900
1800-1900 s
1800-1825
1800-1900 mtwhf
1800-1900 vi
1800-1900 vi
1800-1855
1800-1900

lreland.W Coast A Ireland

Kuwait. Radio
Morocco. RTVM Marocaine
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Philippines. R Pil1pinas
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1900

Sudan. Radio Omdurman

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

1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900

Urnled Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KTBN Sall Lk Cily UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. !Aonitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Ame11ca

1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900 mtwhl
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1845
1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1810
1800-1857
1800-1900 vi
1830-1900
1830-1900

USA. WEWN B1rm111gham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCA Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFA Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFA Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Yemen. Yemeni Rep Radio
Zambia, Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio I
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Australia, Radio
Nethe!lands. Radio

1830-1900
1830-1900
1833-1900
1840t850
1845-t900 mt\"lhf
1845-1900 irreg s
1850-1900 s
1858-1900 s

South Korea. R Korea Intl

United Kingdom. BBCWS
Cote D' lvoue. RDTV
Greece. Voice ol
Armenia. VO!ce ot
Mali. RDTV Mahenne
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Germany. R Alpha & Omega

9905af

18930a1
6110as
9760me
13710af
15580al
9525as
19795as
15665eu

7125as
11920eu
15205me
17895eu
9670as

15105am

12160am
17555eu

..

13845am

15685am

7155eu
9605al
11890me
11940af
6055eu

11655af
15190me
15340al
7345eu

11625af
9548eu
9650eu
13770as

15570af
15520do
9950af
13780do

9580pa
6060pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
7t85eu
t5265eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
15050am
5835eu
15255af
15186af
74 10eu
11935me
11665af
11990na
17815a1
602Qa1
9810pa
11570eu
11815me
6000eu
6130eu
7325af
1367Qaf
9200af
3200af
9500al
3255al
6190a1
15400al
5975as
13815am
t5385na
15590am
13625au
9355eu
6040va
1371Qa1
11875na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
15420am
11580a1
9475am
15695eu
15695eu
7400eu
9780do
3330at
7220do
6165do
4828do
7240pa
6020a1
17605af
3970eu
9630al
11920do
lt645a1
4810me
4783do
9810pa
61tOeu

9860pa
6080as

11880pa

9548as

15520do

12080pa

9430af

9650eu
13770as

9950af
13780as

1t620af
15075as

9605a1

11655af

11890me
6095eu
7175af
7440eu

15190me
7270eu
7180eu
9505af

3955eu
6195eu
15420a1
6090va

6005eu
9410va
15485va
95 t Oas

6180eu
12095eu
17830af

9385al
9760me
15410af
13615na

11550eu
11920af
15580af
17695eu

1893Qal
12040af

13845am

15685am

7330as
9605af

11655af

15315af

1515Qa1
4990eu
4835do

7480me
5995do

7285eu
7305a1
9890eu

13760eu

12160am
17555eu
9840eu

11620af
15075me

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1900-2000 mtwhf
1900-2000

Argentma RAE
Au stralia. Radio

1900-2000 vi
1900-2000 vi
1900-2000 vi
1900 1925 mtwhls
1900-1920
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-2000
1900-2000
19001950

Australia. VLBA Alice Spg

Au stralia. VL8K Kathe11ne
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Brazil, Radio Bras
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFR X Toronto
Canatla. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halilax
C;uiada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Chrna. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cote D' lvoire, RDTV
Ecuador HCJB
Eqt Gurnea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

1900-2000 s
1900-1910
1900-2000
1900-1945

Germany. R Alpha & Omega

Greece. Vorce of
Guatemala. Adv World R
India. All India Radio

1900-2000 vi
1900-2000
1900-2000 vi
1900-2000
1900-2000 smtwha
1900-2000
1900- 1952 mll"lhla
1900-1958 a
1900-1930s
1900- 1930vl
19002000
1900-2000

Italy. IRAS
Japan. R Japan/NHK World
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwait. Radio
Matta, VO Mediterranean
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
No1way. Radio Norway Intl
Philippines. R Pilipinas
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia.Voice ol Russia WS

1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
19002000

South Korea. R Korea Intl

Swaziland. Trans World R
Thailand. Radro
Un11ed Kingdom. BBC WS

1900-1915
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000

Uruled Kingdom BBC WS

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

1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
19002000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000 smtl"lhl
1900-2000
1900-1945
1900-1930
1900-2000
1900-2000 vi
1903-2010

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA WANO New Orleans LA
USA. \WHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFA Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice ol
Zambra. Ch11s1ian Voice
Zimbahl"le, Zrmbabwe BC
Croatia. Croalian Radio

1930-2000
1930-1955
1930-2000
19302000
19302000
19302000 vi
1930-2000
1930-2000
1930-2000
1930-2000
1930-2000 a
1935-1955
1945-2000 t
1950-2000
1953-2000 smtl"lhl
1959-2000 a

Albania. R Tirana tnll

Aust11a. R Aus111a Intl
Georgia. Radio
Iran. VOIRI
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sweden. Radio
Turkey. Voice ol
Yugoslavia. Radio
Italy, RAI Intl
Belarus. Rad1os1a Belarus
Va tican State. Vatican R
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

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15345eu
6080pa
9860pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
591 0eu
15265eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6955al
13750am
15050am
11920do
11960eu
15186af
9640af
t3690af
6110eu
9375eu
5980am
7410eu
11935af
3985va
6035as
4885do
11990eu
7390va
6020af
9810pa
9810pa
5960eu
11815me
5955eu
4920eu
7180eu
7305af
9585af
5975eu
3200af
7295eu
3255af
6190af
9740as
17830af
11835af
13815am
15590am
t3625au
9355eu
4950af
9760me
t2040al
15580af
11875na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
15420am
9930af
9475am
17555eu
7400eu
3330af
4828do
5895eu
11635eu
6270eu
5945eu
6080eu
7260af
9745eu
4890do
5915eu
3970eu
6065eu
5970na
6100eu
6030eu
7105eu
4005eu
11 735pa
11735pa

7240pa
t 1880pa

7330as
12080pa

9580pa

9925af

9440af
15460am
21455am
9765af
15135af

11785af
15425af

11810af

9650eu
13770as

9950me
13780as

11620eu
15075as

7140pa
4935do

7200as
6150do

9535na

7440va
9605af

11655af

15315af

7485af
11890me
7105af
5940eu
7210af
7325al
9890eu
7275as

9590al
15190me
7195eu
61lOeu
7255af
7440eu

9655eu
3955eu
6195va
12095eu

11905eu
6005af
9410al
15400af

9385af
6035af
11870pa
13710al

11550eu
7415af
11920af
15180pa

13615na

17695eu

9690eu
6130eu
7275af
9505al

6180eu
9630af
15485va

t7510al
9525pa
11975va
1541 0af

13760eu

12160am

13845am

15685am

9840eu
5920eu
11830eu
7270eu
6155eu

7165eu
13830eu

9830eu

9495af

13730af

9022eu
12085eu
6055eu

7345eu

7240eu
6000na
9720af
7235eu
71BOeu
5880eu

9655af

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7210eu
7250eu

9875eu

2000-2100
2000-2100

Angola. Radio Nac1onal

Australia. Radio

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

Australia. VLBA Alrce Spg

Australia. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl

2000-2100
2000-2027
20002100
2000-2100
2000-2030 m
2000-2050
2000-2030
2000-2100
2000-2030
2000-2100
2000-2030
2000-2025
2000-2100 vi
2000-2100 vi
2000-2100
2000-2030 as
2000-2030
2000-2025
2000-2006 fa
2000-2100 mtwhf
2000-2005
2000-2050
2000-2100 vi
2000-2030 mtwhf
2000-2100

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Eql Guinea. Radio Africa
Estonia. Radio
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guatemala. Adv World R
Hungary. Radio Budapest
Indonesia. Voice of
Iran. VOIAI
Israel. Kol Israel
llaly. IRRS
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwait, Radio
Latvia. Radio
Mexico. Radio Mexrco Intl
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigena. FRCN/Radio
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Portugal, R Portugal Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

2000-2015
2000-2015 irreg
2000-2100 mtwhf
2000-2045
2000-2030
2000-2020
2000-2030
2000-2015
2000-2100

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Somalia. Radio Mogadishu
Spain. R Exterror Espana
Swaziland. Trans World R
Swiuertand. Swiss R Intl
Swiuerland. Swiss R Intl
Turkey, Voice of
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS

20002100
2000-2100
2000-2f00
2000-2100
2000-2100

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio lnll
USA. Voice of America

2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
20002100
2000-2100 s
2000-2100
2000-2100 mtwhfa
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2045
20002030
2000-2030
2000-2005
2000-2100 vi
2005-2100
2007-2100 fa
2025-2045
2030-2100
2030-2100
2030-2100
2030-2100
2030-2045
2030-2100 as
2030-2100
2030-2100

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican Stale. Vatican R
Zambia. Chris1ran Voice
Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Syria. Radio Damascus
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Italy, RAI Intl
Egypl . Radio Cairo
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Sweden. Radio
Thailand. Radio
USA. Voice of America
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Vietnam. Voice ol

2045-2100

India, All India Radio

3355do
6080pa
9860pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
7335eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5220eu
11 715af
15050am
5930eu
11960eu
15186af
5925eu
5960eu
3366do
5980am
3975eu
9525as
7260af
7465na
3985va
4885do
11990eu
5935eu
9705na
6020af
9875pa
I 1735pa
3326do
6575eu
4890do
6130eu
4920eu
7175af
9585af
3316do
6870af
6125eu
3200af
9885af
6165eu
5970na
3340do
3255af
6190af
9410at
11835af
17830af
138 t5arn
15590am
t 1815as
5835eu
6035af
t 1975af
t5580af
7425na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
9930va
9475am
5810eu
21525af
7365eu
3330af
6165do
4828do
12085na
t 1735pa
7115af
15375af
6035eu
9455af
6065eu
9655eu
4950eu
4850eu
5940eu
12020eu
7150eu
11620eu

9535do
7240pa
11880pa

7330as
12080pa

9580pa

9440af

9920eu

7285eu
4915do

9615eu

9670pa

5970eu

9835eu

9022eu
9365eu

9435na

4935do

6150do

9605af

11655af

153 t5af

4770do
9345as

4990do
9640af

9975as

9780eu
5940eu
71BOeu
9890eu

9815eu
61 lOeu
7305af
13670af

15515af
6130eu
7325af

11 640af

13635af

3955eu
6t95eu
9630af
11955as

6005af
7150va
9740as
12095eu

6180eu
7325va
f1750am
15400af

7510eu
74 15af
13710af
17725af
13615na

13840pa
9760me
15205me
17755af
17695eu

9700eu

6950eu
151 10af
7345af
21455am

15640af

11775af
9905af
6000na

11855af
15410af

13760eu

t2160am
7355af

13845am
15566af

15685am

9645eu

13610eu
9685af

11840af

6095eu

7285eu

11805as

11905eu

7105eu
7270eu
15010eu
74tOcu
11 715pa

9540eu
7400eu

9840eu

9910au

9950eu

FREQUENCIES
21002200

Australia. Radio

21002t30
2t002130 vi
2t002130 vi
2t0022CO vi
2100-21 vi
21002200 vt
2100-2200 vi
21002200 vi
21002200
21002200
2100-2200
2100220J
2100-220)
210022(})
21002200

Aus1ral1a. Radio
Australia, VL8A Alice Spg
Au stralia, VL8K Katherine
Aus1ralia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Cameroon, Radio Garoua
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St Johns
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

2100-2200
2100-2130
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002150

China. China Radio lnll

China. China Radio lnll
Cos1a Rica.RF Peace lnll
Cuba, Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deulsche Welle

21002200

India. All India Radio

21002200 vi
21002200
210021 10
2100-2107 v1
21002200
2100-2135 smtwh
2100-2200 fa
2100-2200
2100 2200 vi
21002125
21002200
2100-2200

Italy, IRAS
Japan. R Japan/NHK World
Japan R Japan/NHK World
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Nevi Zealand. R NZ lnll
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCNIRadio
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland. Polish A Warsaw
Romania. A Romania Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia ws

2100-2200
21002200
2100-2110
2100-2200

Slovakia. Adv World Radio

South Korea. A Korea Intl
Uganda. Radio
Untied Kingdom. BBC WS

"o

21002130
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200

21002200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200 2
21002130 s
2100 2200 mtwhfa
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2105
21002200 vi
2115-2200
21152130
21302200
21302200
2130-2200
2t302200
2130-2200
21302135 mtwhf
21302200 as
21302200
21362200 smtv1h
2145-2200 a

United Kingdom. BBC WS

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

USA. WEW~ Birmingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMVR Miami Intl
USA. WRMVR Miami Intl
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Umled Kingdom. BBC WS
A1mema. Voice of
Australia. Radio
Finland, YLE/R Finland
Guam. AWRIKSDA
han. VOIRI
La1v1a. Radio
Sweden, Radio
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
New Zealand. A NZ lnll
Greece, Voice of

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..... ..

.....
7240pa
11640as
12080pa
6080pa
2310do
2485do
5025do
2325do
4910do
5010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5925eu
t 1945al
5220eu
1t715af
15050am
137 t5eu
11960eu
15375af
15186af
9615al
11865af
7150eu
11620au
3955va
6035as
9860as
4885do
9960va
11735pa
11735pa
3326do
4890do
6035eu
5955eu
5940eu
7320eu
6055eu
6480eu
3340do
3255af
5975am
6190al
9410va
11835af
9630af
13815am
15590am
11815as
5835eu
6035af
9760me
15410eu
7425na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
9955am
9930va
7435am
7355eu
6165do
4828do
9900eu
11680am
7480eu
13755pa
6135eu
15310as
6175au
5935eu
6065eu
4850eu
t 5115pa
9425au

9660pa
11695pa
13605pa
11800pa

5995eu
13690af
6950eu
151 tOaf

9850pa
11855as

7235eu
15150af
9920at

9860as
11880pa

9805af

13725eu
21455am

9670as
15275af
7410eu
11 715au

9765as

1t 785pa

9910eu

9950eu

9560as
11685as
4935do

9825as

11850pa

6150do

4770do

4990do

6095eu
5990eu
6110eu
7440eu

7285eu
7105eu
7170eu
9890eu

7195eu
71 80eu

15575eu
3915as
6005af
6195va
9740as
11955as

7510eu
6070me
11975af
15580eu
13615na

3955eu
6120as
7150va
11680va
12095va

13840au
74 15af
13710eu
17725eu
17695eu

5965as
6180eu
7325eu
11750sa

9595me
15205me

13760a1n

9475am
11580eu

12160am
15565eu

15390am
9965eu
17795pa

17715am
11615eu
17860pa

7230af
7105eu

13845am

2200-2300

Australia. Radio

22002300 vi
22002300 vi
2200-2225
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300
22002300
22002300
2200-2230

Australia. VL8K Kathe11ne

Aus1ralia. VL8T Tent Crk
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

22002300
22002230
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2245
22002300
22002215
2200-2230
22002230

China. China Radio Intl

China. China Radio lnll
Costa Rica.RF Peace lnll
Cuba. Radio Havana
Egypt Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Alrica
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Hungary, Radio Budapesl
India. All India Radio

22002230
2200-2300 vi
22002225
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2225 mlwhf
22002300 smtwh
22002215
22002208 vi
2200-2300

Iran. VOIRI
Italy, IRAS
Italy, RAI Intl
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Moldova, R Moldova lnll
New Zealand, A NZ lnll
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice of Russia WS

220022t5
2200-2300
22002300 as
22002205
22002300
2200-2300

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Slovakia. Ad v World Radio
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Syria. Radio Damascus
Taiwan. VO free China
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

22002300

United Kingdom. BBC WS

2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300

USA. KAIJ Oallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

22002230 mtwhf

USA. Voice of America

22002300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
2200-2300 smtwl,
2200-2300 a
2200-2300
22002300 smtwhl
22002300
22002245
22002230
2200-2210
2207 2300 fa
22102300 vi
2230-2255
2230-2257
22302300
22302300 mlwhf
2240-2250
22452300
2245-2300
2245-2300

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Yugoslavia. Radio
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Austria, R Austna Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Sweden. Radio
USA. WAMllR Miami Intl
Greece. Voice ol
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio
Vatican State. Vatican A

11695pa
15365pa
5025do
4910do
5910eu
7390eu
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5995eu
11945af
7110eu
3985eu
7385am
6180na
9900eu
15186af
4915do
3975eu
7t50eu
11620au
6175au
3955va
6150as
9960va
7295do
7520eu
15115pa
3326do
4890do
5940eu
7320eu
3316do
6055al
6125eu
12085na
5810eu
5905eu
7115eu
7380eu
3955eu
6180va
7325va
9915am
12oaoas
1381 5am
15590am
7510eu
72 15as
15185as
17820as
6035af
13710af
7395na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9465e11
9955am
15420am
5850af
5070am
11 580af
6100eu
6165do
1511 5pa
9675do
5945eu
5930na
6065eu
9955am
9425au
3366do
7170as
6065as

11855as
17795pa

12080pa
17860pa

13755pa

9805af
15150eu

11705eu

5970eu
7410eu
11 715au

7250eu
9910eu

9835eu
9950eu

9565as

11815pa

4770do

4990do

6110eu
7360eu

7180eu
7400eu

7205eu
9890eu

11775af
13610eu
9985eu
6010eu
7160eu

6020eu
7205eu

6080eu
7290eu

5905as
6195as
9410va
11750am

5975am
711 Oas
9590am
11835af

6175am
7150as
9660as
11955as

13770sa
9770as
15290as

13840as
9890as
15305as

11 760as
17735as

7415af

11975af

12080af

11820eu

13615na

7435am
15565af
6185eu

9475am
21525eu

13845am

6155eu
7345na
7325af

9495af

9880eu

9950as
9600as

11 620as
11830au

9700eu

7235eu
13690eu
7175eu
15050am

4915do
9705as
7305as

9540eu

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23000000

Aust1a1ta. Radio

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2300 0000
2300 0000
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2300 0000
2300 0000
2300 0000
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AJstralia l/LSK Kathe11ne

Australia IJl.81 lent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
CJnada CfCX Montreal
Canada CFRX Toronto
Canada CFVP Calga1y
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN Sl Jo1111s
Canada CKLU Vancouve1
Canaoa R Canada Intl

23000000

Costa Rica. i\r1v Woild 11

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2300 0000
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2300 0000
2300 0000
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2300 0000
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2300 0000 as
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2300 n5o
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Costa Rica Rr Peace Intl

Eg;pl Radio Ca110
Ge1 many Deutsclle Welle
Guam. AWRIKSDA
Guatemala A<lv World R
India All India Radio
Japan. R Jap,111NHK Worlcl
Lebanon Voice ol Hope
Malaysia Radio
MoldO'la q Moldova Intl
Ne11 Zealand f1 NZ Intl
N1ge11a. FRCN1Rat110
Norlh Korea 11 Pyongyang
Nor :1a1 Pad10 llor:1ay Intl
Papua IJew G111nea NBC
lloma111a R Romania Intl
Russia Voice of Russia WS

23000000
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Turkei Voice ol
United Kmgcfom. BBC WS

9660pa
15365pa
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160clo
6160do
5960am
11940am
5030a1n
13750am
7385am
9900na
6000as
11775as
11 775am
7170as
6180eu
9960va
7295do
7520na
151 t5pa
3326do
11700na
5905sa
9675do
7175na
5940na
7180na
6135na
5965as
71l Oas

9915am

1t 695as
17795pa

t 1855as
178601ia

13755as

6040am

9535am

9755am

61 50am
15460am
15050am

7375am

9725am

6160as

7235as

9705as
9560as

4770do
13650na
7275as
9510na
7105na
7330na
7280na
5975am
71 80as
11750sa

9950as
9825eu

11620as
11850pa

23002330 a
23002345
2300COOO
2300COOO
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United Kingdom. BBC WS

United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBrl Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA Momtor Radio Intl
USA Voice of Ame11ca

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11835af
3915va
13815am
15590am
17510as
7510af
7215as

13770sa
9770as

9890as

11760as

15185as

15290as

15305as

17735as

23000000
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23000000
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USA. WEWN B11mingllam AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
USA WRIJO New Orleans _A
USA WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN

t 7820as
6890na
5085am
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5850eu
3215am

5070am

7435am

13845am

23002315
23032310

Vatican State. Vatican R

Croaua. Croatian Radio

7305as
5895eu

9600as
5920eu

11830na
7165eu

9830eu

Kyrgyzstan. Kyg yz Radio

Canada. R Canada Intl

11 830eu
4D50eu
6310am

13830eu

23 102315
23300000 as

11635eu
4010eu
5960am

Canada f1 Canada Intl

Ghana Ghana Broadc Corp
Netherlands. Radio
Vielnam. Voice ol

6020na
5940as

6165na
7270as

12020as
t 1895eu
7450sa
9860as

15010as

Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl

Greece. Voice ol
Japan. R Japanl NHK World

13615na

9535am

9755arn

7400as

9840as

4990do

9570na
7125na

7170na

23300000
23300000 vi
23302359
23300000

9650na
6175am
9580as
11945as

9655na
61 95am
9590na
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23322359 11reg
23352345
?3550000

7465na
119~0na

11940am
5960na

9755na

~915al

9935sa
11685au

11640sa

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
2300
2300
2310
2320
2325
2330
2345
2350
23!>5

Guam AWR/KSDA Wavescan A prog1am tor OXers and

shonwave listeners produced at AWffs B1111sh studio
Japan NHK1Rad10 News See S 1100
Japan. NHIVRad10 Let's Learn Japanese A course m the
Japanese language
Guam. /\Wfl!KS OA Pac1hc Island Journal. News and stones
aboul tile Pac1iic Islands
Japan NHK/Rad10 IAed1a Roundup Recepuon repons. DX/
media news. and equipment revit?ws
Guam. AWR/KSDA AWA Magazine News and 111terv1ews on
Asian topics
Guam. AWR/KSDA 01gg111g Up the Past. A look at
a1cheo1og1cal d1sco,enes and research
Japan NllK/Rad10 IJ1ewpo111t Op1mons ol a guesc personality
Japan. NHKIRad10: Tokyo Pop-In A sample of the Japanese
music scene

Mondays
2300

Guam. AWR/KSDA. Sounds ol lnsp11at1on An adult Christian

music program.
?300 Japan NHK/Rad10 News See S 1100
23 11 Japan Wil0Rad10 Asian Top IJe115 See M 1511
2315 Guam. AWRJKSDA 01scove11ng the Bible Rec1tat1on of
sc11ptu1e 1n story torm
2321 Japan NHK1Rad10 Prohle See M 1521
2330 Guam. AWRIKSOA lhe Bible 1n L1v111g Sound A d1amat1c
look at the b:ble
2345 Guam. AWRIKSDA Voice ol Prophecy See S 1445
23!> 1 Japan. NHK/Rad10. Tokyo Pop-In See S 2355.
2355 Japan. NHK1Rad10 News See S I tOO
Guam. AWR/KSOA Sounds ol lnspua11on See M 2300
Japan. NHK1Rad10 Nev15 See S 1100
Japan. NHK/Rad10 Asian Top New~ See M 151 1
Guao1 AWRJKSDA D1scovenng the Bible See M 2315
Japan NHK/Rad10 En1oi Japanese See T 1521
Gudm. AWR/KSOA The Bible 1n Lw1nq Sound See M 2330
Guam. AWR/KSDA Vmce of P1ophccy See S 1445
Japan. tJllK.'Rad10 l o<yo Pop-In See S 2355
Japn. lllflVRad10 News Summa1y See S 1155

Wednesdays
2300

62

Guam. AWRIKS OA: Saunas ol lnsp11at1on See M 2300.

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Japan. IJHK/Rad10 Ne115 See S 1100

Japan. IJHK1Rad10: Asian Top News. See M 1511
Guam. AWR/KSOA: D1scovenng the Bible See M 2315
Japan. rJHKIRad10. Town and Around See IV 1521.
Guam. AWRIKSOA The Bible 111 Living Sound. See M 2330
Guam. AWR/KSOA. Voice of P1ophecy. See S 1445
Japan. NHK/Ra d10: Tokyo PopIn. See S 2355.
Japan. NHK/Radio. Neris Summary. See S 11 55

Thursdays
2300
2300
2311
2315
2321
2330
2345
2351
2355

Guam. AWRIKSDA. Sounds ol lnsp1rat1on. See M 2300.

Japan. NHK/Rad10: News See S 1100
Japan. NHK/Rad10 Asian Top News See M 1511.
Guam. Al'IR/KSDA: D1scove11ng the Bible See M 2315
Japan. NHK1Rad10 En101 Japanese Seel 1521
Guam. AWR/KSDA: The Bible in Living Sound. See M 2330.
Guam. AWRIKSDA: Voice ol Prophecy. See S 1445
Japan. NHK/Rad10: Tokyo Pop-In See S 2355
Japan. NHK/Rad10: Nel'IS Summary See S 11 55.

Fridays

2300
2300
2315
2315
2321
2330
2345
2351
2354
2354

Tuesdays
2300
2300
2311
?3 t 5
2321
2330
?345
2351
2355

2300
2311
2315
2321
2330
2345
2351
2355

2354
2354
2355

Guam. AWR/KSDA: Sounds of lnsp11ation See M 2300

Japan. NHK/Radio: News See S 1100
Guam. AWR/KSOA: 01SCO'le11ng the Bible See M 2315
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asian Top Ne11s See M 1511.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Music and Book Beat See F 1521.
Guam AWR/KSDA: The Bible Ill LMng Sound. See M 2330
Guam. AWR/KSOA Voice of Prophecy See S 1445
Japan. NHK/Rad10. Tokyo Popln See S 2355
Radio Nethe1lands. Oocu111en1a1y Childless by Chmce
(211h) See F 1454.
Radio Nethe1lands: Documentary. From the W11eless to lhe
Wo1td Wide Web (7th}. See 'N 1254
Radio Nelherlands: Docume11ary. Spanish Ca1hollc1sm Ill
Flux (28th}. Enc Bcauchcmm 1epor1s on how the Catholic
Church's mfluence in Spain 1s waning
Radio Netherlands. Oocumentar1 The T11ant1c Encore
(14th). See A 2354
Japan. NHK/Rad10 News SLmmar1 See S t 155

Saturdays
2300
2300
231O
2311

Guam. AWRIKSDA \Vavesc>n See S 2300

Japan. NHK/Rad10: Nel'ls See S 1100
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asia Weekly See A 1510
J;1pan. NHK/Radio: Asian News Summa1y Tlus ten-minute

2315
2321
2325
2330
2345
2346
2355

mapup ol regional e'ems is heard as a sejjmenl ol the

program Asia Weekly.
Guam. AWR/KSOA: Pac1hc Island Journal See S 2320.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Business Repon A summary of
regional financial news heard as pan of the orogram Asia
Weekly.
Japan. NHK/Radio: Entena1111ng in Asia A segment ol
"Asian Report" which focuses on an aspect ol
entenainment in 1he r ~g1on
Guam. AWR/KSOA: AWR Magazine See S 2330
Guam. AWR/KSDA: Digging Up the Past See 2345
Japan. NHK/Radio: Asia Kaleidoscope See A 1514.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Tokyo Popln. See S 2355.

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Reception Against the Rules

By Jacques d'Avignon
One unu sual propagatio n phe no me na
that occurs mostl y in the lower latitudes is
called the "Sporadic E" propagation. The
" E" ionospheric layer is norma lly present
onl y duri ng the daytime at an altitude of
a bo ut 100 to 150 ki lometers (62 to 93
mi les). The sporadic "E" type of propagatio n is caused by highly io nized patches or
clouds moving about below the normal " E"
layer. These clouds or patches will reflect
freque nc ies as hi gh as 50 MHz, o r even
150 MH z along certa in c irc uits. These
clouds are believed to about 80 kilometers
(49.6 mi les) in di ameter and trave l around
in the uppe r atmosphe re.
This pheno me na is predo minantly a
midday occurrence in the lower and equatori al latitudes and it no rmally disappears
at dusk. In the equatorial latitudes, thi s type
of propagatio n is a dail y occurrence, but
becomes rare as you migrate towards the
mid-l atitude.
When the conditio ns are conduc ive to
the formation of the sporadic "E" clouds,
it is possible to have a lo ng communicati on path such as across the Atla nti c Ocean
us in g a frequency o f 50 MH z o r e ve n
above. This is not no rma lly a frequency
range that you would expect to be used for
such long distances. The average distance
that can be expected fro m s poradic " E"
propagatio n occurc ncc is approx imately
2000 kilo meters (1 240 miles).
One peculiari ty o f thi s propagati o n
mechani sm is that it is possible for two stations to communicate even though the ir
respective ante nnas are not pointed at each
other. As long as the two stations point their
ante nnas at the same sporadic "E" cloud,
good communication is possible.
In ma ny case s sporadic " E" is responsible for long distance receptio n o f TY, FM,
and utility station signa ls. Do not expect a
clear and so lid sig nal, but signals in the
range of 50 to 200 MH z can be reflected
by these ioni zed clouds a nd trave l lo ng distances. I have pe rsonall y heard a North
African statio n transmitting in the 50 to 60
MHz range; the receiving site was a forest

OPTIMUM WORKING FREQUENCIES (MHz)

For the Period 15 February to 14 March 1997

MEDITERRANEAll

10

10

11

11

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1--~~~~~~+--+--+~f--+--!.-..,..j.,.....f~l---l--l--l-~l~+-+--+--+---I

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AUSTRALIA

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EASTERll EUROPE

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MEDITERRAllEAN
MIDDLE EAST (P)

10

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SOUTH AFRICA

16

14

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16

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18

17

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12

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19

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'ii

10

10

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18

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17

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TO/FROM US EAST COAST

SOUTH AMERICA

12

10

WESTERN EUROPE (Pi

EASTERll EUROPE

MEDITERRAtlEAll

10

10

10

MIDDLE EAST (P)

11

11

10

CENTRAL AFRICA

13

12

11

SOUTH AFRICA

12

11

II

FAR EAST

16

14

AU STRALIA

19

16

10

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IJ

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10

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13

fire command post in Northern Quebec. At

the time, we reall y did no t care if there was
a traffic jam in a Morocc an c ity: we wanted
confirmation of a fo re st fi re locati o n !
In the polar areas o f the globe. a similar
type of propagati o n can be prese nt : auroral
ionizatio n. In this case the pheno me na will
last a ll day. but the sig nal will be nuttery
and of poor quality. A similar nuttcr w ill
sometime be present on the s ig nal of a
shortwave station whe n the path crosses the
auroral zone whe n there is so me o n-goi ng
ionospheric disturbance.
Much research has been done o n the

13

pheno mena of the sporad ic " E."' but to date

no comple te explanation has been put forward. In the last few years, sc ientists have
been investigating o ne possib le co rre lation:
It was noted by the astronauts. while in orbit. that in certain temperate areas of the
g lobe it was possible to see ve ry intense
!lashes produced by thunderstorms. shooting upward towards the io nosphere in area
that had bee n ex perie nc ing strong sporadic
" E'' propagat io n. A corre latio n is now being atte mpted. but the results are no t yet
available as the research o nly started about
two years ago.
February 1997

MONITO RING TIMES

63

BEGINNER'S CORNER
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO MONITORING

SKIP AREY, N2EI

[email protected]

A Looi< at Some Bells and Whistles

s many of you know. I have a longrale one 'ignal from the other. Thi' i' impor- exotic conlacts. So an ob,iou' fea ture that
slanding love affai r wilh older retant in the cro\\dcd world of the radio freyou wi ll want on any rece iver will be a headquency spectrum. You wi If find selcclivity
ceivers. The n.:asons arc many. I love
phone jack. Pay a!tent ion to how the jack is
!he war111 glow of lube, . I like radi os !hat have
lislcd in terms of ba ndw idth . 10 kHz banclwired. beca use th is may allccl lhc type or
co111ponenls big e nough lo sec. now lhal my widlh is normal for co111111on AM broadcast
headphones you can use.
eyes have reached middle age. Bul I also lo\'e
band radio,. For succcs,ful 'hortwave recepSome modern portables come wired to
lheirnflcn Spartan opcra1ion and limited fcalion. look for a bandwidth hetwcrn ..i and 6 make u'e of the inexpcn,iv..: headphones folks
lurcs. Howe\'er. as my favori le old receivers
kHz . Single >ideband \\'ill 'ou nd best with a
u'c with thei r "jogging radios. T here is no
become more collectable . ..:,en I am less prone
bandwidth of .3 kHz. wherca' lc's than 0.5
particular advantage !O stereo over monaural
kH1. is the wa) to go for copying CW. VHF/
headphone' when yourc monitoring. What s
to put !hem imo con~tanl use.
Conscque nlly. modern gear also comes
UHF monitoring benefit ' rrnm a handwidlh
more import ant is that the receiver work s wi th
inlo use here at my sha<.:k. and. of course. I of]() kHz or sl ightly less i11 lllOS( modes of a comror1able set of head phones so you can
keep up on lhe lalcsl tec hn ology and adm ire opera tion. In other words. the sclccti,i1y issue enjoy long peri ods of lislcning. If your premuch of what I sec. Bul I do nolicc a lendcney
will depend mostly llll the type or lislening ferred headphones arc eq uipped "ilh a 1/4
lo load down modern gear with more bclb and
you plan to do.
inch plug and your rccei\'er has a subminia,,hi stl es than most anybody can reasonably
ture jack. have no rear. That s why Radio
Stability is something to be expected in the
u'<.: at one lime. 1t , ca~y w fall prey 10 111od..:rn 'olid state '' orld. Stahilit) is essenShack selb those "twce ni cs" lo al low you to
tially a function or heat. and modern circui ts adapt one to lhe other.
realurc addiclion" ''hen 'hopping for a ne"
receiver. especially if you re a begi nner buydonl g..:nerale all that much. Howe ver-esIn addi tion to the headphone jack. another
ing your first serious rig.Muc h of
plus is a scrnndary .. lape ou1what is !a<.: kcd onto a rece iver is
pu1' jack. Regardless of the
useful hul not essentia l 10 radio
size or lhe jack. these lend to
moniwring enjoymcnl. \Ve need
come in one of two navors:
10 sorl oul lhe bells from the
attenuated and unal!enuated.
whisl lcs lo sec whal kind' of "a<.:The attenuated type works wi th
cessor)' features should be <.:onmost common tape recorders.
side red fairl y necessary. and
while the unal!cnualcd may
\vhid1 arc incidcnlal.
overload so111e tape machine
Lcl's star! oul wil h a few brief
inputs. T hese work well if your
words on general rc<.:<.: i\'cr buyrecorde r has an allcnuated ining. Before your head i' turned
put built in or if you have an
by any complemen t or acc..:,soattenuating patch cord to go
ric,. never forget the esse ntial,.
between the receive r and the
You will af\\'(ffS want to judge a
tape deck.
recei ver in terms or it' basic pcrBeing able to keep a tape
formam:c. nol by the number of T!tis fin e old Collins Receiver didn't require modern bells and w!tistles
recorder going during your
dials. knobs. and swit ches il ha' lo get the Joh done.
monitoring session assures you
won ' t miss any 1o s or olhcr
on the fro nt panel. No quantity of
pccially i r) llU . re ~hopping the u,ecf receiver
bells and whistles can 'ub,titut<.: for what have
information essential to successful conlirmalong been known a~ the three .. s,.. : Sensiti \'market- any 'ignilicant frequency drifl durti on.
ity. Selectivity. and Stabifil y arc the keys to
ing normal operation i, a 'ure sig n that 'omeany good receiver. If a radio is weal-. in any of thing i ~n t working a' it should .
I Memories
Keeping the three .. s, in mind as you do
these areas. all the bells and whi~tlcs in the
It seems all but lhc:: mo't inexpensive modworld wunt he lp you pull out !hat weak
your shopping will get )llU a rccc ivcrlhat wil l
station yourc tryi ng to hear.
meet you r needs. Bu t whal acce,sories arc ern rece ive rs come:: wi th so me me mory
complemen t. T he abil ity lo store any number
Sensitivity is the rcLeiver"s abi lity to dig
really importan t to consider' 1
of frequencies for fut ure use is indeed useful.
out those weak signab. Sensitivity i~ usually
The simple an~wer here 'hould be. the more
ex pressed in terms of microvolt' and is refcr- I Output Jacks
the better.
cnc..:d most often again,t IOdB to account for
Jfyoure planning on doing 'crious listenWell. that s almost true. What is equally
natural c nvironmemal and electron ic nui ~c.
ing.
you''
ill
need
to
get
friendly"
ith
a
pairof
imponam
is the ability lo acce's and manage
1\lwa) S look for 1he l1l\\ cst numhcr when
headphone,.
Being
able
to 'hut the world oul
that
ini'ormation
thal is 'tored in lhc receiver' s
comparing rece i ver~.
and concentrate on tho'e weakcr ,ignal s make'
memory. I low easy is it lo locale a particular
Selectivity is a receiver' s abi lit y to sepaall lh<.: dilh:rence in fil li ng your log book with slorcd freque ncy and bring it into use? For

64

MONITORING TIMES

February 1997

example. let" s say a receiver has a 400 channel memory. ls the memory one big file or is
it in 'bank s or perhaps ten or twenty c hannels each? Banked memory is, in most cases,
much easier to manage than a continuous fil e.
Also consider how easy it is to store an
acti ve frequency in memory. Do you just have
10 hit a button or two or do you have to reenter
the whole shooti n' match? A great feature.
especially in the VHF/UHF realm is something usuall y kn own as "Search and Store."
Thi s is the abi lit y to set aside a portion of
memory to store acti ve freque ncies that arc
collected fro m a search of a parti cular segme nt ofa band . So, as you ca n sec. it's not just
the size of the memory, it' s what you can do
with it as we ll.
Frequency Entry

I think the receiver that first spoiled most

of us in terms of frequency entry was the Sony
20 I 0. The user had several ways of picking
their poi son whe n it came 10 frequency entry.
First there was the keypad:just punch it in and
go. Then it also had a more traditional dial
control with the added feature of two rates of
spin for quick or slow movement across the
bands. Then you could set it 10 scan a particular band. also in two ways. It could either
pause or stop on an acti ve freque ncy. Finall y.
you could punch up a stored memory frequency with one touch of a button or have the
receiver scan th rough all the stored memory
frequencies.
The 20 JO" s scwp was as close 10 ''Tuning
Nirvana as we are likely to experience. My
personal prefcrcnces are that keypads are great
for picking a freque ncy you already know ,
such as that fa vorite program you listen to
each night. But when you ' re on the hunt in
unknown tc n-itory. there is no substitute for
spinning a dial. So when you go shopping for
n receiver. a keypad and dial setup is a good
choice with additi onal tuning features serving
as icing on the cake.

and whistles!). This rig has one thousand

memories! Now can you imagine how Jong it
would take to hand enter all those frequencies
and informati on? My fingers would have blisters on them. Li fe is made easier by the fact
thatthis receiver has a computer port. I simpl y
download freq uency files into the receiver
and my fingers don't get tired at al l.
Shopping for a rig with a computer port
requires that you get good information about
that port's capabilities. Most of the manufacturers provide detailed information that wi ll
help you make your choices. Things you will
need to know include such things as the nature
of the interface between the receiver and the
computer. This may mean purchasing or wiring a special cable to get the job done. Many
receivers require some sort of intermediary
device for successful use. For example. I get
my AR8K and my IBM PC compatible communicating with each other through the services of the Optoelectronics Oplolinx interface. You need to read the manufacturers
specifications and information carefull y to
make sure everything can be connected before you go randomly plugging one thing into
the other.
The only standard is that there are no
standards. Right now each manu fac turer seems
to do their own thing. However, if you get all
the right gear and hook it up as recommended,
you will open up a whole new world of computer assisted monitoring that will take you to
places eve n the most visionary among us
couldn"t have dreamed of as little as ten years
ago.
But the interface is only half the battle.
Your interface depends 011 good software lo
really open up the possibilities oft he recei vercomputerco11ncction. Most receivers that have
computer ports are made avai lable with
manufacturer's software packages. The more
popular receivers can also be operated by any
number of after-market soft ware packages,
many of which go well beyond t: e capabili ties oftheOEM packages. When I last checked

there were 110 less than eight software packages being marketed for my AOR receiver
and in saying that l" ve probabl y missed a few.
Also, if you' re handy at programming and the
manufacturer has made the system open
e nough, you can even try your hand at writing
your own programs. There is no end to the
possibilities that computer assisted monitoring has to offer.
Service

This isn' t something you'll find on your

receiver or even in the manual. but it is an
accessory that needs to be checked out. Spend
some time researching your receiver's manufac turer, the outfit you bought your receiver
from, and what service after the sale may be
like. I do a lot of my own work. Every rig l" ve
ever purchased was bought with the service
manual. But by the same token, I make it a
point to be on a first name basis with somebody back in the company's technical services di vision. Good service is the best accessory of all.
These notions should help when you head
out to make that next receiver purchase. All of
these features are reall y about making moni toring more fun . And fun is what it's all about.

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tu ne and cont rol things: a computer port that
allows you r receiver to talk to your personal
computer. This can open up dozens of new
ways 10 play radi o. First of all. there is remote
comrol of the receiver. Then there is the
abil ity to load information into the receiver's
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65

BELOW
soo KHZ
DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin Corey, WB2QMY

[email protected]

1-Watt Wonders

ar below the AM broadt:ast band. and

ID and QSL in forma tion in slow Morse code.
even beneath the navioat ion bea<.:on
Usually. the code is slow enough so that you
band. there, a,livcrors7,ectrum that i,
can just jot down the dots and dashes as you
hear them and look up the letters al'terwards on
home to dozens of hardy cxperimelllers <.:ailed
a code chart. ir necessary.
LOWFERS (short rm Low Frequen<.:y ExperiLowfcr, have an ex<.:ellent re<.:ord for acmental Radi o Station,). Under Part 15 or the
knowledging receipt of their s ignals. and many
FCC ru les, Lowfcr, arc allowed to transmit
have a sp1.:t:ia l QSL t:ard print ed up for the
Iicc nsc-rree from I (1() lo 190 kH z providt.:d the
purpose. For many DXers. a LnwferQSL is the
following conditions arc met: ( I ) Maximum
most prized veri e. Figure I shows a spet:ially
tran,mitter input do.:' not cx1.:eed I watt. and
designed card ret:eived from
(2) the antenna kngth docs
Howard "Mort" Mortimer.
178.6 kHz
not ex<.:eed 50 reel (in<.: luding
operator of zwr on 178.6
the feedl ine). Virtuall y any
1750 METER BAND ~
11uHOoM".:;:::~~"' 1 xa 1-MOa ~
transrnission n1od~ c.:~1 11 he
(11tlus.MI S
4. kHz.
To get you started. Table
used as long as these rules are
":::.".:'::;,:::.,".':'-,'""
'Y
followed.
I I is ts some seh:ctcd Lowfers
Now that the lower noise
"'"" - "'"~'"- be lieved to be active at th is
"'-""""'"""~~
~
writing. Additional Lowfcr
levels of winter ha\e arrhed. ~~~ ,,,...:,1
"""' .l" ,_ ...
'C7
news and te<.:hnit:al topics can
thi:. is a great time to explore
be fo und in The Lml'dow11.
this interest ing band. Let' s FIGURE 1: QSL card from
ZWI ( 178.6 kHz),
Journal or the Longwave
loo k at what it takes to hear a
Baldwinsville, NY
Club of Amcrit:a (LWCA).
Pan 15 Low fer stat ion.
For more information. write
the headquarters at 45 Wi ldOower Road. Dept.
I Listening Tips
MT. Levittown. PA 19057.
Fi rst off. don" t cxpet:l lo hear a Low fer right
Want to get started as a transmi tting Lowfe r?
away. These experimenters are operating un The December "96 issue of 1\1/T 1.:ontained a
der very restricti ve 1.:onditions and you 11 need
t:ircuit for a bas it: Part 15 transmillcr that can be
lo optimize your rece iving setup for the best
eas ily homebrewed for LF or MF operation.
diance at hearing them. Even with everything
(See /JeMmr s Wor/.;/Jench. Page I 02.) Rein peak shape. it may take several tries before
prints of the article are available from MTfor$2
you can claim suct:cs,.
plus a ~cl f-adresscd. stamped envelope.
!\good antenna is t:rucial. While I heard my
first Lowfer on a random wi re ante nna. that
was 15 years ago in a rural sett ing wit h no
interfering signals. More likely. you' ll need a
TABLE 1: Selected Lowfer
hi gh performance antenna intended for LJ.:"
Listings
reception. su1.:h as a loop or acti ve antenna.
Use a narrow bandwidth setti ng on your
FREQ.
LO CATI Ori
ill
re<.:eiver ( I kHz or less) for best results. This
175.388
Chardon. OH
limits the effect~ or adja<.:ent signah and a ll ow~
KRY
177.900
Chittenango, NY
MPK
you to t:oncentratc on a des ired signa l. Head178.500
Wheatland. WY
x
phones. too. will ht.:lp block out household
178.600
ZWI
Baldwinsville, NY
noises and let you focus on the signa l at hand.
181 .620
RL
Herndon. VA
NR
Riverside. CA
182.5 t8
Tune slowly' Thi' cannot be overempha183.500
PLI
Burbank. CA
sized. It"s ea~y to tune right over a weak sig nal
183.544
MEL
San Jose. CA
without realizing it was there. I" II often take up
184.00
Wausa. FL
RED
to 5 minutes to sift through the range from 160
Marion. IN
184.320
IA
184.514
TEXAS
Haslet. TX
to 190 kHz. (The tuning speed on many new
186.100
3GOATS
Talent. OR
rc<.:c ivers can he adj usted to accommodate
186.375
Lancaster. IL
BA
slower tuning.)
Aitkin, MN
186.750
LEK

ZWI

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"ZWf.AI 17'61Ctt10fl

Identifying what you hear

Mlbl L O\~ frropcration~ are carried out bea1.:on style. with a station repeatedly sending its

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" '------

UTC

186.800
187.500
187.650
189.360
189.900

" " " ,.:

NR
YD

TH
OK

Columbus. GA
White City. FL
Morro Bay. CA
Colt's Neck. NJ
Davenport. OK

TABLE 2: Cuban Beacon

Loggings
FREQ.

ill

QD'.

2t2
230
244
272
278
296
300
339
349
370
390
402
430
476
500

UCF
UCL
M
UVR
D
UBO
UGT

Cienfuegos
Cayo Largo del Sur
Manzanilla
Varadero
Nueva Gerona
Batabano
Guantanamo
Santiago Antonio Meceo
Santiago de Cuba
Camaguey
Ciego de Avila. Camaguey
San Julian
Varadero
La Habana
La Habana Cojimar

ucu

K
UCM
UCA
USJ
VA
CLA
CLA

I Loggings
One o r the ext: iting things about ed iting th is
rnlumn is hearing from fo lks who are relatively
new to LF who then go on to achieve notable
leve ls of DX ing success. Two names that immediatel y rnme to mind arc Perry Crabi ll (VA)
and Al Hemmal in (R I}. both of whom arc
frequent t:ontri buto r~ to the Loggings set:tion
of !Je!01v 500 kH~.
This month. I'm happy to feat ure a new
rnntributor. John Mayson of Florida. John recently upgraded to a Sangean ATS-909 rc1.:civer and is having tremendous success on the
longwavc band. Although he has logged many
DX catches. one of hi s specialties is DXing
Cuban beacons. Table 2 shows a few of John's
most notable Cuban t:att:hes.

I End Notes
Jacques d" Avignon (Y E3VIA) advises that
Canadian navigation beat:ons are now being
mainta ined by Nav Canada, a pri vate contrat:tor. Previously. all maintenance was handled
by Transport Canada. Time will tell what
effect. if any. this ha~ on Canada's excellent
rcwrd of QSLing beacons.
John Mayson ha ~ already experienced some
early success wi th Nav Canada usi ng the fo llowing address for Quebet: QSL requests: Nav
Canada (NAE). AirTra!Tit: Services, 700 Leigh
Caprcol. Dorval. PQ H4Y IG7. He also adv ises
that Nav Canada has a web site at: http://
www.na,canada.ca
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AMERICAN BANDSCAN
THE WORLD OF DOMESTIC BROADCASTING

Dou Smith, W9WI

72777.3 [email protected]

The New EAS

or years. broadcast stations ha\T performed week ly tests of the Emergency

Broadcast System. or EBS. r m s ure
mm t or us ha\'c learned tn tune out" these
annoum:ements- either figu rati ve ly ur literall y- when they come on. But if you have
been paying attention. you probabl y noticed a
change in the script last year. Stations began
announc ing. The EBS \\' ill soon hc replaccd
by the EAS ... Well. it' s 1997. and the EAS is
now wi th us. And rm surc yuu ve not iced a
difference in the contents of the tests.
The EAS has its roots in the Cold War.
Some in the military feared radio stati ons.
especiall y broadcasters. could be used hy
enemy bo mbers as navigation beacons. Othe rs fe lt that giving the public early warning of
an anack by radio and T V could save li ves.
But there was no organi zed sys tem for di sseminating information.
/\ scheme ca lled conelrad (CON tro l nf
ELcctronic RAD iat ion) was developed. Confu sion or enem y bombers was the aim or this
system. When an alert was received from
Washington. all stations \\'ere to d1ange frequency to either 6-10 or 12-10 kH z and operate
in a staggered sc hedule rebroadcasting government news bulletin s. It was hoped the
interference betwecn stat ions on the same
frequency. and the rapi d switchi ng betwee n
transminer sites. would con fuse enemy directi on-finding equipme nt. It was also hoped that
having all information broadcastsun twocrnn mon freq uencies wou ld ensur..: /\mericans
recei ved prompt in formation and warn ings.
Incidental ly. if you have a radio made in the
1950s or 1960s. you may ha ve noticed two
little sy mbols on the di al. consisting of a
triangle inside a cir<.:le. These symbols marl-.cd
the Cone lracl frequencies.
As time went Oil. the shortcomings or the
Conelrad system became ev idcnl. uclea r
attack seemed less likely. Space-based reconnaissance sate ll ites. attac k ea rly wa rning systems. and other technical deve lopments made
direction finding of broadcast stations irrclevanl. At the same time. it was recognized that
an nrgan izecl system was needed to alert loca l
audi ences of emergenc ies less se ri ous than
nuc lear war. but j ust as dead ly to snwll groups
of people. The req ui rements were met by the
"Emergency Broadcast System: or EBS.

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February 1997

Under EBS. ~ tati on s were no longer required to change frequencies during an emergency. Upon receipt of an alert. primary stations were to broadcast a 23-second alert tone.
followed by the con tents of the alert. Decoders at secondary stations would be triggered
by the alert tone. In case of a real alert , these
secondary stations would rebroadcast the
emergency information transmined by their
primary station. An enve lope with passwords
which changed monthly was provided to each
station by the FCC: these passwords were to
be used to authent icate a real alert. and preve nt falsc alarms.
Within the last kw ye ar~. the EBS bc:gan
showing its age. Mure and more stations are
unallended. and more and more TV \'iewi ng
is of cable c hannels (also unanendcd ). Under
EBS. the alert tone simply meant there was an
cmergcrn.:y or a test somewhere wi thin the
station' s coverage area./\ secondary station
needed a person to listen to the voice message
to know whether there was a real e mergency.
and if so. whether it invol ved the stati on' s
coverage area. Many stat i o n~ also complained
about the long. annoying alert to ne driving
away listeners/v iewers.
The result is the new "Emergency Alert
Syste m... or EAS. The new system uses dala
bursts to automate operation and red uce the
need for the alert tone. Keys on the front panel
of an EAS encoder allow the operator to
tran ~mit a variet y of types of alert. ranging
from a weekly test to a tornado warning to a

AM CALL CHANG!S
Old Call

Location

KSBT-1230
WPD0-600
new-780
KIOA-940
KLVJ-1240
WSFN-1600
KORS-1440
KEGE-980
KJEL-750
KHKR-680
WAIU-1000
KIRS- 1590
WDDZ-1450
KXTN-13 10
WRVH-910
WTMM990

KBCR
WBWL
WPNP
KXTK
KMHI
WMHG
KD IZ
KKMS
KBNN
KKGR
WRNJ
KIHM
WFRY
KPOZ
WRNL
WVNZ

Steamboat Springs, CO
Jacksonville. FL
Mulberry. FL
Des Moines. IA
Mountain Home. ID
Muskegon. Ml
Golden Valley, MN
Richfield, MN
Lebanon. MO
East Helena, MT
Hackettstown, NJ
Sun Valley. NV
Rome. NY
San Antonio. TX
Richmond. VA
Richmond. VA

FIGURE 1

WNQM-1300
Night antenna pattern
This drawing shows where WWCR .~ ister
station WNQM's signal goes at night. DXers
across East Tennessee, North Georgia, and
South Carolina should notice an
impro vem ent in this station's signal when
th eir new 50,000 watt tra11s111itter is
complete.

civi l di slllrbance. The data stream also inc ludes the cou nty or counti es to which the
alert applies.
Each E/\S decoder. in turn. can detect and
store these data bursts. Decoders can be programmed to automati cally s uspend normal
programm ing and broadcast an alert. They
can store up to two mi nutes of audio received
wi th the alert. and can rebroadcast it. Decoders can al so be selective- they can be programmed to on ly rebroadcast certai n types of
alert. and to only rebroadcast alerts force rta in counties.
Unlike the old EBS decoders which only
mo nitored one primary station (and failed if
the primary stati on went off the air). E/\S
systems normall y monitor at least two primary stations. a nd can mon itor as many as
~ I X.

~'Rial

FIGURE 2: You may have noticed that WNQM '.1 a11te1111a

doern 't radiate much signal straight north. Grand Rapids,
Michigan, station WOOD, also 011 1300 kHz, is one of the
stations WN QM protects.
I What will you hear?
Weekly tests are still part of the EAS.
Three weeks a month, you 11 hear a 'Required Weekly Test" sometime between
8:30am and sunset. This test wi ll contain
three brief data bursts (the "header," wh ich
identifies the transmission as a test). then
three more eve n shorter bursts (the "end of
message code). Most stations probably accompany this data with voice announcements
informing their audience of what' s goi ng on.
The fourth week, you'll hear a more involved ''Required Monthly Test.'. The schedule for these tests is set by state emergency
management officials. but I understand most
states will rotate these tests throughout the
day.
Monthly tests start with what sounds like
the same data bursts as weekly tests. (They' re
actually slightl y different, identifying it as a
monthly. not weekly, test.) Next. the old twotone alert signal is transmitted for 8 se<.:ands.
Unde r EAS. th is signal serves only to inform
people that some kind of emergency message
is to follow; it' s not intended to trigger automatic decoders anymore. After the alert signal, a voice message describes the alert as-a
monthly test. Fi nall y, the same "end of message" code used with the weekly test is tran smitted. On TV stations, a text crawl is used to
explain what ~ happen ing to deaf viewers.
(Or those who, like me. tend to watch TV
with the sound turned down')
In case of a real al ert, you' II hear something very similar to a monthly test. The
differe nce is that the voice announce ment
will make it obvious a real emergency is in
progress. Ifyou had a decoder, the data streams
in the "header" would also provide information about the emergency.

I Other radio services

One of the touted features of the EAS is the
abi li ty to transmit its data streams over other
radio services. and for other servi ces to decode them and use them to alert their users.
You may well hear EAS data on VHF and
UHF repeaters used by your state's e mergency manage me nt authorities. There has

even been discussion of

amate ur repeaters using
EAS decoders both as a
backup to commercial
links , and a way of alerting ham weather spotters o r severe weather
watches.

I Bits and Pieces

Regular digi tal broadcasts are comi ng to
Canada. Master FM, the cooperati ve of pri-

DX TEST BULLETIN
These special broadcasts provide a unique
opportunity to hear and identify the following
stations. If you hear these broadcasts, please
report to the address provided.
Mon Feb 3 - Thur Feb 27, 1996 WWCN
770 (P.O. Box 9600, Estero, FL 33928;
[email protected]) will lest at 1,000 watts
directional 12:30 1:00 o.m. EST every Mon
through Thurs during the month of February.
Morse code ID's inserted during regular
programming of oldtime radio serials and
vintage comedy. Send reports to: Mr. Joey C. Program Director.
MonFeb3, 1997 KATZ-1600 (10155
Corporate Square Drive, St. Louis, MO
63132) will test at 5,000 waits 2:00-2:30
o.m. EST (0700 - 0730 UTC). Morse code
ID' s, test tones, and polkas or march music.
Send reports to: Mr. Daryl W. McQuinn
(N5VAY) - Director of Engineering.
Mon Feb 10, 1997 WHL0-640 (2780
South Arlington Rood, Akron, OH 44312
4742; [email protected]) will test at 5,0000
watts daytime directional pattern l :00 1:30
o.m. EST (0600 0630 UTC). Morse code
ID's, test tones, and "special" music. Correct
reception reports will be verified with a special
QSL cord, and must contain exact program
details. The station asks that there be no
phone coils during the test. Send reports to:
Mr. Dove Johnson - Chief Engineer.
Sun Feb 16, 1997 - WBOW-640 (P.O. Box
35, Terre Houle, IN 47808) will test at 250
watts nondirectionol between 12:30-1:00 o.m.
EST (0530 - 0600 UTC). Morse code ID' s,
voice ID's, and music by a famous horn
player. Send reports, including on SASE, to:
Mr. Kevin Berlen Assistant Chief Engineer.
Sun Feb 23, 1997 KIMM 1150 (Box 8205,
Rapid City, SD; [email protected] ) will test at
500 watts directional between 2:003:00 o.m.
EST. Morse code ID's and voice ID's. Send
reports, including on SASE, to: Mr. Gory
Peterson (KOCX) Chief Engineer.
These tests were arranged by J.D. Stephens for
the International Radio Club of America
Courtesy Program Committee. (Send 32cent
stomp, or US$1 or 1 IRC if overseas, to P.O.
Box 1831, Perris, CA 92572- 1831 for sample
IRCA bulletin.)

vate and government broadcasters that operates the CN Tower transmission site in Toronto,
has begun work on a microwave digital transmitter to simulcast their 14 member stations.
In November of 1996, the CBC decided to
apply for licenses for DAB transmitters to
serve 75 percent of Canada's population. It's
unknown what effect recent CBC budget cuts
wi ll have on these plans, but in November
they hoped to have signals on the air in Toronto
and Montreal by the end of this year.
MTreader Paul Casey in suburban Ottawa
sent an article on the subject from the Citizen .
He also asks "Where can I buy a digital FM
receiver?" So far, I don ' t think you can buy
one! The technology is new, and standards are
not yet set in many countries. Indeed. I believe
a U.S. DAB standard is at least two years
away. While broadcasts have also begun in
the United Kingdom , that country uses an
im:ompatible 220 MHz frequency band.
Most of us have heard of WWCR. the
popu lar shortwave station in Nashville. You
may not be aware that WWCR has a sister AM
stati on, broadcasting from the same site. Their
WNQM ( 1300 kHz) has taken advantage of
recent FCC ru le changes which allow regional-channel stations (see December 1996
American Bandscan ) to use more than 5.000
watts power. On October 7, WNQM was
granted a construction permit to increase power
to 50,000 watts. As you can see from the
graph ic, listeners in northern Georgia and
South Carolina should recei ve a very strong
signal from thi s station.
It's now the peak of the AM DX season.
Share your catches. tips, and hints wit h your
fe llow MT readers. Write Box 98, Brnsstown
NC 28902-009 8, or by e mail to
72777.3 [email protected]. Good DX'

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OUTER LIMITS

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Radio Free Speech Relaying Other Pirates

ith the unfonun. ate tle111i'c of Ri chardT. Pisteks very active North
America n Pirate Relay Service
in late 1996. some worried that it would he
more difficult for pirate stations to find relay
trans111itter:-.. But. Bill 0. Right:-. of Radio Free
S pcech is filling the void. Several trans111 ission~ of the Rad io Free Speech Relay Service ha vt: already led Ill North /\111eriean and
European piratt: signal s bouncing off the ionosphere on 39 mete r'>. Our reporters mite that
hi s new AM transm itter puts ou t a good fidt: lity signal. oftt:n \l'ith solid ~igna l ~ tre n gt h .

I Clandestines Active
/\S W/\ Exec uti ve Direc to r R ic h
D' Angt: lo of Wyomissing. Pennsy lva nia.
chec!..s in with some c landestine logs fro m the
recent DXpedition he atte ntll!ll at Gifford
Pinchnt State Park. He heard the Voice of the
fra<ti l'coplc on 9568.3 kHz from 1823- 18-10
UTC with male and fe male a nn o un ce r~. Rich
cred i t ~ fellow DXpeuition attendee Da1e
Valko ()f Dunlo. Pen nsy h ania. for a definite
ID on the ~ tali o n. Rich abo hagged Rad io
Mogad is h u, The Voice of the Somal i on
685-1k1 1t. from 1956-2025 UTC. Th is one ha'
news in l:nglish at 1957 UTC. l'.d Rausch of
Cedar Grove. New Jersey. noted the m signing
on in uppn sidchanu at 03 10 UTC.
MTc()ntribu tor Stani slav Md honoshin of
Perm , Ru ,~ ia. checks in ll'i th so111e c l.i nd estine log,. I le heard Radio Afghanistan wit h
a "Baroi-e Afghanistan" ID on 7 100 kH1 at
1-100 UTC. T he \'oice of 1\lojahed of Afghan ista n rolled in on a variable 7000 kl-11 at
1220 UTC. Stanislav nnt ctl Voice of the
Struggle of Iranian Kurdistan on vari able
4250 kl lz at 1430 UTC. He al 'o heart.I the
Voice of the Islamic Movement in Iraq i
Kurdistan in Arabic on 4 135 k11 1. for an hour
at 1700 UTC. Unfortunately. propagat ion to
orth /\merica on all of t h e~e ''ould be unli kely at these times.
I larald Kuhl check' in from Ge rma11 y.
where he heart.I Voice of t he Comm unist
Party of Iran through jamming on ,ariahle
3885 kl-1 1. for an hour 'tarting at I(155 lJTC.
Another Iran ian. Voice of Mojahed, came in
on 4Mi0 variable at I 700 UTC. He bagged
Voice of the Worker jus t before sign of at
18 10 UTC on 3935 kHz. Hara ld also fo und
Voice of l rat]i Kurdistan t>n 4070 kHz from

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with eq uall y expcrienced from Tel/us Radio
Neil Wolllsh of Toro nto.
Ont ario. as Assistant Ed itor.
6YCAT- 6955 at 0345. This Jamaican pirate
If yo ur tas tes run toward Europi rates.
ploys songs about cots. Addr: Providence. (Rich
Swedish Report Se rvice offers a similar weekly and Toleo Jurrens, Katy, TX; Barry Williams,
Enterprise, AL; D'Angelo)
list of pirate log~ via the internet. They charge
Alo n Mosygo Project- 15043 at 0400. The
a small fee. hu t the infonm1tion is quite valustation ploys Alon Parsons Project rock, with ID' s
able. SRS can he reached via Ostra Porten 29. based on a well-known pirate DXer. Addr:
S-4 22 54 Ytte rhy. Sweden. o r usi ng
Providence. (Michael Prindle, New Suffolk, NY;
s rs @s rs.pp.se for e-mail. Their world wide D' Angelo; Jurrens)
web si te at http://www-pp.hogia/net/jonny/ Anonymous Radio- 6955 at 0245. John Doe
ploys rock and announces on address in
is anothe r alternative for furt her info1m ation . Anytown , USA, indicating that logs should not be
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I Radio Free Lenawee Busted

The rCC i''ued a Notice of Apparent
Liabilit y Nove mbe r 22 to Rev . Ric k
Strawcuttcr of Adrian. Michi gan. alleged operator of Radio Free Lenawee. The station
used 97.7 MHz fro m the Church of the Lord
ksu s Christ in /\drian Township. FCC assistanr bureau chief John Winston said that Pastor Straweu uer could be fined $ I0.000. and
could have his equipment confiscated. T hanks
go to MTrcader Artie Bigley of To ledo. Ohio.
for Toledo IJ/ade art iclcs on the bust.

I What We Are Hearing

Your pi rate loggings arc always we lcome
,ia PO Box 98. B ra ~a own. NC 28902. or via
the e-mail adore" at the top of the column. All
frequencie' arc in kl 11.. with times in UTC.
North American pirate stations listed here
use the fo llow ing addrcsse': PO Box I. Belfast.
NY 147 11 : PO Box 109. Bluc Ridge Summ it.

sent to MT or The ACE. Addr: None. (Rolph

Fellows, Fellows, CA)
Antea ter Radio- 6955 ot 2245. This new one hos
tested with rock music so far. Addr: None, asked
for a lt.radio.pirate messages. (Charles Crowford,
Henderson, KY; Wolfish;)
Caribbean Sound System- 6955 of 2215. Count
Whip mainly ploys reggae and sko from a cruise
ship, much like Allon Weiner plans to do
sometime in 1997 from a location that he hos not
yet disclosed. Addr: Stoneham. (Shown Axelrod,
Winnipe.9, Manitoba; Harold Frodge, Midland,
Ml; Wolfish; Crowford)
Free Hope Experience- 6955 at 0330. Although
winter conditions mean that 39 meters dies for
short skip not long ofter sunset, Major Spook
sometimes gets long hops out of the ionosphere.
Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Williams; Wolfish;
Ryon)
Ha ppy Hanukkah- 6955 at 2030. As usual, the
holiday season brought a return of their holiday
music, stories, and show tunes. Addr: Merlin.
(Cathy Zylka, North Tonawanda, NY; Lee Silvi,
Mentor, OH; Wolfish; Frodge; Murphy)
Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio- 6950
at 2200. Thei r broadcasts consist of space travel
dramas, obviously with a TV show theme. Addr:
Blue Ridge Summit. (Robert Ross, London,
Ontario; Ross Comeau, Andover, MA; Nick
Terrence, Huntington, NY; Murphy; Silvi; Wolfish;

Crowford; Frodge)
Jerry Rigged Radio- 6955 at 2300. One recent
program analyzed "Pirate Radio Syndrome," a
heretofore unknown disease. Addr: Providence.
(Jurrens)
K-9 Kitty Radio- 6955 at 2145. Their professionally produced mix of rock, jingles, and fun ny
political comedy is very entertaining. Addr:
None. (George Zeller, Cleveland, OH; Pot
Murphy, Chesapeake, VA; Wolfish)
KAMP- 6955 at 2130. Not many DXers get
stations named ofter them, but MT contributor
Alon Mosygo gets more than one. Addr: Blue
Ridge Summit. (Silvi; Wolfish; Axelrod)
KCHZ- 6955 at 0400. Yukon Jock hosted this
new one when it appeared last Halloween with a
relay of Voice of the Abnormal. Addr: Sierra
Madre. (Gigi Lytle, Lubbock, TX; Rondy Ruger,
North Hollywood, CA)
KGDR- 6955 at 0 100. Grateful Dead music
constitutes the playlist on this station, but reverb in
the announcer's voice sometimes makes copy
tenuous. Addr: Providence. (Axelrod; Frodge;
Williams; Wolfish; Prindle)
KMCR- 69 56 a t 0145. Magic Mike and Wonda
ploy rock music. The station is a great DX catch
outside the west coast, so they sometimes transmit
Morse code CW ID's. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit.
(Ryon)
KOLO- 6955 at 0230. The big band music on
Aldo Batista's station sometimes hos a holiday
theme. Addr: Stoneham. (Mike Ryon, Bueno Pork,
CA; Jim Laughlon, Youngstown, NY)
KWJC- 1640 at 1230. Light easy listening music
has regularly inhabited the medium wove bands
lately, but most logs of this one ore from the west
coast. Addr: None. (Axelrod)
Military and Fishermen- 6955 at 0000. Not
everything on this frequency is a free radio
station. Jeffrey heard WGY912 and KKN50 with
voice military traHic, a lthough this may be bogus
as KKN50 always uses Morse code CW. Neil
notes virtua lly daily troHic from fishing Reels.
Addr: None. (JeHrey Willson, Ft. Lauderdale, FL;
Wolfish)
Mystery Radio- 6955 at 0000. Their format
varies somewhat, but new age and jazz music
are staples. Addr: Stoneham. (William Hassig,
Mt. Prospect, IL; Jurrens; Wolfish; Williams; Ryan;
Frodge; Prindle)
ORTQ- 6955 at 1745. Their Quebec programming of ballads and fol k songs is the only
regularly active French speaking pirate. Addr:
Providence. (Howard E. Lyon , Oz)
Pirate Radio Boston- 6955 at 1645. Charlie
Loudenboomer and Mr. X team up for shows of
rock and reggae music, plus calm banter about
pirate DX activity. Addr: Stoneham. (Richard
Amirault, Boston, MA; Murphy; Wolfish; Lyon)
Radio Azteco- 6955 at 1915. Brom Stoker hos
now produced nearly two dozen hilarious DX
parody shows. Addr: Belfast. (lorry Michalski,
West Seneca, NY; Wolfi sh; Zylka; Murphy;
Frodge; Si lvi)
Radio BLANDX- 6950 a t 0215. Their DX
comedy, stimulated originally by Don Moore' s DX
bulletin parody BLANDX, is highly amusing.
Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (D' Angelo; Jurrens)
Radio Eclipse- 6955 at 1615. The calm
announcer on this new one soys that he' s mode
nearly a dozen broadcasts, and that he hopes to
get a maildrop once a series of test broadcasts is
finished. Addr: None. (Lyon; Wolfish, Zeller;
Prindle)

Radio EuroGeek- 6955 at 2000. If you missed

thi s hilarious parody of Europirotes prior to the
special St. Helena Doy broadcast lost foll, you
might hear repeats of the transmission in the 39
meter pirate bond. Addr: Providence. (Fronk
Corson; Williams; Jurrens; Ruger; Crowford;
Ross; Prindle; Ryon; D'Angelo)
Radio Free Spin 96- 6955 at 0145. This new one
mixes rock music with Rush Limbaugh attacks on
President Clinton. Addr: Huntsville. (Williams)
Radio Free Speech- 6955 at 2245. Bill 0 . Rights'
political humor and pirate advocacy booms forth
with a new AM transmitter at various times of
day. Addr: Belfast. (Crowford; Ross; Lyon;
Frodge; Williams; Prindle; Wolfish; Silvi ;
CrovJord; Murphy; Ryon; Hassig)
Radio Fusion Radio- 13900 at 1630. This rap
music station holds the North American record fo r
reception in the Western Hemisphere, Europe,
and Asia. Addr: Providence. (Wolfish; Jurrens;
Silvi; Frodge)
Radio KAOS- 6955at0 130. Major Spook
features rock music, comedy, and commentary on
pirate radio. Addr: Belfast. (Amirault; Jurrens;
Williams; D' Angelo; Ross; Ruger; Prindle; Silvi;
Ryon)
Radio Nine- 6950 at 0300. Their hard rock
format distinguishes them from the other
numbered pirates. Addr: Providence. (Jurrens)
Radio Piraiia- 6925.7 at 0245. Jorge hos moved
his Europirote to South America, where he now is
on excellent DX catch. Put this frequency in one of
your receiver's memories; you'll wont to check it
over and over. Addr: Wuppertal. (Ross; Frodge)
Radio Sparks- 6955 a t 2330. This Swiss
Europirote rocker is heard via licensed SWBC
relays, but it still appears on the North American
pirate bonds. Addr: Basel. (Williams; Jurrens)
Radio Three- 6955 at 2230. GruH-voiced Sol
Amonioc programs syrupy rock oldies and
seasonal music. Addr: None. (Joel Gosse, St.
Poul, MN; Ross; Silvi; Wolfish; Ryon; Prindle;
Frodge; Williams; Crowford; Hassig)
Radio USA- 6959 at 2200. It's hard to believe,
but Mr. Blue Sky is celebrating his 14th anniversary as a pirate this year. Punk rock and comedy
sketches still domina te his productions. Addr:
Belfast. (Axelrod; Williams)
Tellus Radio- 6955 at 0315. Radio Tellus
reversed the order of its station name lost foll. It's
still quite active with rock music programming.
Addr: Providence. (Frodge; D' Angelo; Wolfish;
Prindle; Jurrens; Crowford; Williams; Ryon; Silvi;
Ruger; Ross)
The Crooked Man- 6955 at 2145. This , nay be
the most bizarre station in pirate history. Mr.
Crooked' s stream of consciousness analysis is
stilted by on admitted psychiatric abnormality
caused when he fell out of the Hindenberg on his
head. Addr: None; old Washington drop defunct.
(Silvi; Wolfish; Frodge; Zeller)
Up Your Radio Shortwave- 6955 a t 1445. Even
ofter the election, Willy B. Serious still attacks
Republicans with clever comedy segments. Addr:
Blue Ridge Summit. (Andrew Everhart; Carmel,
IN; Williams; Crowford; Prindle; Crowford;
Wolfish; Ryon; Murphy)
Voice of Bob- 6955 a t 2200. Rev. Ivon Slang's
"Hour of Slack" program from Dallas, featuring
Word Cleaver lookalike "Bob" with his pipe,
sometimes appears via pirate relay on this
station. It's o superbly clever and very elaborate
parody of fundamentalist religion. Addr: Belfast.
(Murphy; Wolfish)

Voice of Christmas- 6955 a t 1615. What holidor

is associated with this one, which uses on intervo
signal of "O Tannenbaum" on o music box? Who
is buried in Grant' s tomb? Addr: Providence.
(Gosse; Wolfish; Crowford)
Voice of Helium- 6955 at 2200. The funny
comedy on this station is related to gases, mainly
Helium. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Silvi;
Crowford)
Vox America- 6955 at 2000. They ploy rock
music, but comedy material is mixed in. Addr:
None; soys working on it. (Lobdell; Frodge; Silvi;
Zylka; Ryon; Wolfish; Prindle)
WBST- 6955 at 2230. This one used to appear at
Halloween, using o "WBST brings out the beast in
me" slogan. But, they now pop up at random
times. Addr: None; Washington drop defunct.
(Frodge)
WDRR- 6955 at 2030. This hard rocker hos
reactivated, with its professionally produced
identification jingles. Addr: Belfast. (JeH Arndt,
Manitowoc, WI; Wolfish; Crowford; Murphy)
WJFK- 6955 at 1415. Once a year this station
appears around
November 22 to
memorialize the
anniversary of
President John F.
~ennedy' s ossossinot1on. Addr: None,
verifies logs in The
ACE. (Arndt; Wolfish;
Silvi; Frodge;
d!R O /\U C A S T! :"IG ,.,,
1hr o u a: h out
Crowford; Prindle)
WLIS- 13900 a t 1800.
E TEKNITY
Jock Boggon' s station,
. '1 " '
which pfoys shortwave
~
broadcast station
WJFK memorializes
intervo I signoIs as pop
tunes, hos been widely Preside11t Ke1111edy
heard during its six
again.
year run on the pirate
bonds. Addr: Blue
Ridge Summit. (D'Angelo; Jurrens; Williams;
Crowford)
WMPR- 6955 at 0200. Although somewhat
mysterious, this one hos been more active lately
with a "Micropower Radio" slogan, dance music,
new age tunes, and jazz. Addr: None. IJurrens;
Ryon; Wolfish; Frodge; Crowford; Prindle;
Williams; Zeller)
WPN- 6955 a t 0115. The World Parody
Network lives up to its name with comedy, but
rock music is a lso regular fore. Addr: Huntsville.
(Williams; Ryon; Hassig; Axelrod)
WREC- 13900 at 1900. P. J. Sporx hos joined
the parade of pirate stations using this frequency
during the daytime. But, he' s also regularly active
on 39 meters with rock and comedy. Addr:
Belfast. (Amoroult; Jurrens; Silvi; Murphy;
Wolfish; Prindle; Williams; Crowford)
WRV- 6955 at 181 5. Pirate Pete still infects the
airwaves from the Radio Virus, the station that
nobody wonts to catch. Addr: Belfast. (Wolfish)
WSM- 6955 at 2130. The country music on this
one is of oldies vintage. It is no coincidence that
the coll letters were stolen from the 50 Kw
medium wove voice of Nashville. Addr:
Huntsville. (Prindle)
X Files Radio- 6957 at 2230. When I first heard
this station, I misidentified it as Exiles Radio.
Obviously the ID on this rock music pirate come
from the television program. Addr: Merlin.
(Prindle)

...

February I 997

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ON THE HAM BANDS

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N3/K

DX for No Code Techs

no code tech wanting 10 work DX

has three options available: First is
to buckle down and learn Morse
code to upgrade his ticket. A second is to
spend a lot of time tuning six meters waiting
for a band opening. The third and most re liable is lo work DX via sate ll ite communication s. Let's discuss the third option at some
length.
Space communications need not be difficult or expensive. In fact it is possible to use
a two meter FM HT and your SWL receiver to
operate through at least one of the avai lable
satellites (Radio Sputnik I0 or RS- I0). Using
this set-up you must key your HT using your
push to talk button to send Morse code, but for
a no code tech that is not really an option.
Therefore, depending on your equipment, to
get your SSB signal into a satel lite and back to
Earth expec t to spend $300 to $500 for a rig
and receiver that cover the necessary bands.
Basically, each sate llite carries several different transponders (a tran sponder is a type of
repeater that covers a bandwidth of several
kilohertz). Each type of tran sponder is assigned a ""mode,. depending on the uplink
(your transmission to the sate llite) and downlink (satellite to you) freq uencies of that particular unit. For thi s di scussion we will concentrate on Mode A transponders. whose uplink is 2 meters wi th a downlink of I 0 meters.

anten na. (If you opt for a

steerable antenna it wi ll need
to be repositioned several
times during each pass.)

uplink can be built for ten

dollars or Jess.

I Accessing the Bird

Nunnall y RS- I 0 is avai lable six times a day in three

morning passes and three
,.
evenin g passes. Average
..
time per pass is about 15
minutes. There are two ways
to know when the satell ite is
available to you. The first is
by sim ply Jelling the downlink receiver sit on the beacon frequency (RS- I 0 has
two beacons: one at 29.357
MHz, the other at 29.403
MHz). When you hear the
beacon. the sate llite is within
range of communications.
The second and preferred
method is to use a tracking
program on your computer that will give you
the times when the bird is ava ilable to you. I
use TrakSal. all hough there are several excellent programs avai lable. (You can request a
soft ware catalog for space communications
from AMSAT. Just send an SASE to AM SAT
PO Box 27. Washington DC 20044.)
The uplink passband for RS- I0 is 145.860145.900 MHz and the down link is 29.36029.400 MHz. With your 2 meter transmiller
I Equipment
set somewhere within the uplink passband
you should be able lo hear your own signal on
You will need a 2 meter rig capable ofSSB
the
downlink receiver. Once you hear your
operation, plus a receiver that covers I0 meters.
A transmitter power of I0 watts is more than own signal , rest assured there arc many staadequate to access RS- I0. For an antenna, I ti ons able to hear you.
I suggest just liste ning to QSO's on the
use a Ringo Ranger for the uplink. and a
for a few passes to gel the general
downlink
dipole on the downlink receiver. At my staidea of how to operate through the satellites.
ti on a Kenwood TR-75 I A at 25 watts provides all the power required to access RS- IO
(in fact the fi ve watt level is more than ad RS-15
equate). If you arc using an older receiver for
A second Mode A satellite that has even
the downlink, you may wan t to add a preambetter coverage than RS - I0 is RS- 15. Uplink
plificrto improve the sensitivity of the unit, as
fo r RS- 15 is 145.858- 145.898 MHz, with a
signals from the satellite tend to be weak.
downlink of 29.354-29.394 MHz. However.
If you have none of the aforementioned
since this bird is in a higherorbit you will need
equipment. expect to pay $200 to $500 for an
either a steerable antenna or more power. On
all mode 2 meter 1ransmi11er (used ) and $ 100
some passes (directly overhead) my 25 watts
to $300 for the downlink receiver. Antenna
and Ringo Ranger antenna wi JI access RS- 15.
cost can be minimal. as a simple wire dipole
but a power level of75 to 100 watts would be
for receiving the downlin k is adequate. and a
belier if you do not want 10 use a directional
vertical or IUrnstile (c rossed dipoles) for your
72

MONITORING TIMES

February 1997

-~

I Expectations
Most of us in the USA wi ll
be able lo work all states and
several continents via RSI0. If we make the ex tra effort to use RS- 15, all continents and DXCC becomes a
real possibility. In any event,
satellite communications are
a lot or fun plus being extremely educational.
The above information
wi11get the newcomer started
in space commun ications;
howeve r, we have barely
scratched the surface. Other
satell ites and modes offer a
wide variety of hamm ing experi ences; future
columns will carry info rmation on these advanced modes.
Addi tional information on space communications is avai lable via AMSAT (at the
address mentioned above) and the ARRL
(225 Main St. Newington, CT 061 I I).

I High Frequency Activity

Wi th the ri si ng solar flux. there have been
more openings on I0, 12. and 15 meters.
While not adai lyoccurrcnce, the return of DX
activity to these bands is certainly welcome.
In earl y December 160 and 80 meters have
been providing good activity with all continents being audible on 80 meters. Forty meters
has been a regular hotbed of DX with many
rare stati ons be ing worked. Expect the bands
to continue this way through Apri l and into
May.
Pay attention to 160 and 80 meters as we
move into the spring equinox (March, Apri l,
and earl y May) when propagation between
the antipodes (Australia, New Zealand, etc.)
becomes easier on these bands. Best times
wi ll be an hour before sunrise to about half
hour after sunrise, and again in the e vening a
half hour before sunset to a half hour after
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DEMAW'S WORKBENCH
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS

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The Home-Brewed PC Board

cllt.:rs received fro m readers indicate an unwi llingness on behalf of some

experime nters to use homemadt.:
circu it boards for magazine
projects. T he usua l barrierturns
o ut to he ( I) lack of know ledge
rt.:garding initi a l layout met hods and (2) how to trans fer the
PC pattern to the copper-c lad
board mate rial.
This article expla ins the basics of using quadrille pads
(graph paper) to develop the
parts layout prior to transfcrring the design to the PC board
for etching, in cases where the
a rtic le docs not already include
a PC board pattern.

darkened w ith ink o n completion.

Keep in mind that the end
product is viewed from the
component s ide of the board.
However, you can do the layout fro m the etched s ide of the
board if you prefer.

The Next Step

If you plan to use the PC board DOS soft ware'

Preliminary Steps
Gather the parts that go into your project.
Use an 8- 1/2 x 11 inch shet.:t from a pad of
quadri Ile paper for drawing your layout map.
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menti o ned later in this artic le, select quadrille paper that has the small I/I 0-inch light
blue squares. Largt.:r ~q uarcs arc o kay fo r
templates that arc made with donut pads and
layout tape.
Commence layout by starting at the left
side of the c ircuit diagram. Give each part a
number. such as CI. RI . D I. etc. Use a penci I
to deve lo p small c irc les (pads) for mounting
capacitors. di odes. !Cs. res istors, transisto rs
and othe r compone nts. Lay the parts on the
pape r to ensure you arc provid ing suffic ient
room for the m to be mou nted. Label each part
as it is added to the plot. Thi s will help you
keep track of which parts have been used as
you proceed.
Draw lines 10 join tht.: pads wherever appropriate. Likewise for the pads that connec t
to B+ a nd ground. Keep the connecting leads
as short and direct as prncticable to min imi ze
unwanted stray inductance in the PC board
cond uctors.
Check from time to ti me to make sure no
compo nent e nds up atop of or in the way of
another o ne. When you have finished your
plot. draw a I/4- inc h border around the perimeter o f the pattern. Tht.: main circuit-ground
conductor , ho uld con nect to this border.
Leave room at each corner for a 4-40 screw
hole. T he ho les will all ow you to mount the
board on the c hass is with metal standoff
posts, thereby co nnecting your PC board
ground to the chassis or cabinet ground.
Figure I is a pe nc il layout that has been

You are now ready to make

a clear-film positive of the pattern. I use a piece of clear
plastic that has been cut from
an 8-1/2 x 11 inch fi le protector. These are available from
office supply stores. Lay the
plastic over your penci l sketch.
Apply Scotch tape at two ed ges lo preven t the
plastic from moving about on the pattern as
you work.
Use dry-transfer donut pads and lines to
duplicate the pattern on the plastic. These
drafting aids are ava ilable at Radio Shack
stores. You may prefer to use Datak donut
pads and tapes for you r layout. They are easy
to use and arc more durable tha n dry trans fe rs .
Some mail o rder e lectroni cs supplie rs se ll
thi s product. Also check your drafting supplies store.
The completed clear-plasti c layout can
now be used fo r photo-etchi ng you r PC board.
Pho to-etchi ng kits and layou t materials are
available from Hosfclt Electronics (catalog
no . ER-4).!
It is worth mentio ning that e tch-resistant
pads and lines are also available. These produc ts enable you to do your layout direc tly on
the copper surface of a PC board.

Computer PC Board Design

I use a DOS program cal led PCboards. An
example of a computer-generated pattern I
made with thi s software is seen in figure 2.
The user has the option of doing the layout as
seen from the etched o r compo nent side of the
board. PCboards is no t an autorouting syste m. All li nes must be ru n at 90-d cgrcc angles.
/\utorouti ng software lets the computer seek
and wander through the pattern of pads. The
c ircuit points are joined with snake-like conductor lines.

LONGWIRE BALUN

FIGURE 2: Example of a PC board layout that was done with PCboards software under
DOS with an IBM-compatible computer.
During layout, each cursor move equal s
1/ 20 inch. Therefore, quadri lie paper w ith the
I/ I 0 inch blue squares i s ideal for the prelimi nary layout. Each square of the paper requires
two cursor moves on the computer screen.
The software has a l ibrary of parts that can be
called up and placed in the work area on the
screen. Such components as capacitors, resi stors, diodes. and !Cs. with standard m anufacturers lead spacings, are avail able. T he designs can be saved progressi vel y , and on
completi on, should changes need to be made
later. The program w orks with laser or ink-jet
printers.
The com pleted pattern is printed and transferred to PnP-Blue film by means of a photocopy machine. 3 The film image i s then tran sferred to the blank PC board w ith a household
iron set for silk or cotton. The film is peeled
from the PC board and a durable etch-resist
finish remains over the protected areas. The
image pl aced on the PnP-Blue film must
represent the component side of the board. A
m irror-image rever sal occurs w hen the pattern is photocopied onto the film. PCboards
allows you to flip-flop the image before you
print it, so it's no problem.

Etching Your Board

I use ferric-chloride etching solution from
Radio Shack . A pint bottle will handle several
small boards before depleti on. Ammoniumpersulphate crystal s may be di ssolved in water for use as an etchant.
Preheat the etching solution to approx i matel y 90- 100 degrees F before immersing
the PC board. I use a Py rex di sh for etching.
Preheating is done in the microwave oven.

WARNING: A void direct co111ac1 with etching solutions. Wash affected areas immedi-

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Don't breathe the f umes.
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compl eted board. The black PnP etch-resi st
coating can be removed easily w i th standard
paint sol vent. W ash the board again after
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Component holes may be drilled w ith a
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must components. Larger holes are required
for I -watt and larger resi stors. and for some
other parts. Carbide drill s are best because
they remain sharp longer w hen drilling fiberglass boards.

I Final Comments
If you never made a PC board you ve
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Notes
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PiLANE TALK
MAKING SENSE OF CIVILIAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Jean Baker, K/N9DD

Collision Avoidance

ello, and we lcome aboard. everyone ! Th is month we take a look at a

new airline and profile the anti collision warning dev ice calkd the 'T-CAS."
Jok ing ly referred to as the "fish finder" by
many airline pi l o t ~ . the traffic alert and collision avoidance sy~ t c m (TCAS II ) is a syste m
used for detecting and tracking aircraft. By
interrogating the tran sponders of other planes
in the vici nit y. it anal yzes the replies to determine range. bearing. distance. and (if report ing altitude) the relati\e altitude of the intruding aircraft.
Should the TCAS II rrocessor determine
that a poss ible collision ha7.ard exis ts. it issues
visual and auditory advisories to the ai rcraft s
crew for appropriate vertical maneuvers. Howeve r. the TCAS is of course unable to detect
any intruding aircraft that does n 1 have an
operating transponder'
There are two types of cockpi t displays for
TCAS II: the resolution advi sory (RA ) display and the traffic advisory (TA) d isplay.
The RA is incorporated into the vertical sp1.:cd
indi1.: ator (VS I). By illuminating red and gree ns
arcs around the dial. it d i ~p l a ys the rate or the
limitation of climb or desce nt required to
avo id a possible coll ision.
The TA di spla y s hows an intrud ing
aircraft' s relative pos ition and altitude with a
trend arrow to indicate if it is climbing or
desce nding at greaterthan 500 feet per minute.
Thi~ TA di splay may be rrov ided on the
weather radar indicator or on a dedicated
TCAS di splay. The <li splay i<lcnti lies the rdati ve threat of eac h intruder by us ing v a r iou~
sy mbols and colors. Complementin g the displays. TCAS I I provides appropriate sy nthesized voice announcements.
The system calcu lates the appropriate \'Crti cal evas ive mancu\er and coordi nates maneuvers of two or more TCAS 11-cquippe<l
aircraft via Mode S transponder communicati on.
TCAS II wi ll dis pl ay fou r different traffi c
sy mbols on the traflic ad visory d isplays. The
sy mbols change shape and color to re present
increasing leveb of urgency. The traffic symbols may al so have an assoc iated altiwde tag
which shows relat ive a ltitude in hu ndred ~ or
feet. in<licating whether an intruder is cl im bing, fl ying level. or descend ing. A plus ( + )
sig n and number above the sy mbol means the

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intruder i~ above your

present altitude. ;\ minus(-)
sign and numbe r beneath it
indicates it is below your
altitude. A trend arrow appears when the intruder' s
vertical rate is 500 feet per
minute or greater. Ir an in truder is non-altitude reporting (NAR). the traffic sy mbol appear~ without an altilllde or trend arnm.
The type of ~y mbol selected by TC/\S II is based
on the intruder's locati on and
closing rate. IrTCAS clircetion linding tcchniques fail to locate the azi muth of another aircraft. a "no bearing" llles~age appears on the ~creen .
Air traffic rnntrol proce<lurcs and the "scc
and avo id" concept will continue to be the
primwT m ean ~ of e nsuring aircraft separation. However. with the ever-increas ing fl ow
of traffi c. the in1.:orpuration of T C/\S II in
transpun category aircraft adds a ~ i g ni fic:ant
back-up for co lli ~ i o n avoidance.

I Flying the Western Pacific

What' s red. yellow. orangc. green. blue.
purple. sume ti111cs a combination of these
colors. and l'li cs' 1 Why. it' s Western Pacific
Air lines and the ir flying bi ll board pai nt
sc heme ~' '.'\ot ' irKc the origi nal Braniff Airlines with their llcct o r brilliant colors ha ~
there bee n a schedu led airline who~e equ ipment so rcsc111blcd a rain bow.
During its first eight months of operati lln
(/\ pril of 1995 th rough December of that
~ am e year). \\'e., tcrn Pacific Ile\\ more than
550.000 pa~sc n gc r ~. kept Cl)~ts down to 6.6
ce nt s per a\ailahlc ~cat mile: in A u g u ~ t of
1995 it accompli shed an astoni shin g load
factor of 76 percent against the United States
national average of 67 percent. Earl y in its
hi story. the new carrier decided Ill special ize
in low fare. non~top. medium-haul ~crv i ccs
ll Ut of Coloradn Springs. Coloradll. with a
one-type aircraft fl eet: the 737-.100. Foundl!r
and pres idem oft he airl ine. Ed Beau\ i~. claim~
it'~ "the best airp lanc c\cr built !"
Seating is provided for 138 passen ge r~ in
an all-cconorny six abreast con figuration. The
airl in e uses an clcc trnnic ti cke t lcs~ system

where passengers pay at

the poin t of reservation
and board in order of their
allocated pass numbers.
so those fiN on board sit
where they choose.
On ly s na cks a nd
drinks make up the infl ighl food service. However. there ' s no sense of
penny-pinching on board.
~!-:!;,
as trips arc e nlivened by
games organiLed by the
fl ight att endan t ~. Some of
t he se ga mes ha ve incl uded unrave ling toilet
paper rolls <lown both sides or the aisle without breaking the pape r. an<l guessi ng the combined weight or the fli ght crew. During the
fall of 1995. Western Pac ific had no trouble
persuading more than 5000 people to spend a
fare of $59 on "m y~ t ery flights."
The airline's th irteen aircraft in the Air
Logo Program. decorated wi th fl ying billboard paint schemes. are dubbed "LogoJets."
No two airli m:: rs in the LogoJc ts llcet of 13
carry the -;ame paint work. and Western Paci li c sell s the ru ~e lage space to corporations.
hoteb. colleges- in fact. to any organi zation
will ing to part with $ I00.000 repainti ng/rental
fees . Fox' Television logo adorned the engine nace lles on ffN49WP: the livery decorating the fuselage was Fox s Tlw Si11111.rn11s!
Western Pacilic sounds to this writer li ke a
fun airline to ll y: when I do. you ' II read about
it here in Plane folk!

I Contest Winner
Only one pcr~o n came up with most of the
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September of la'l yc<tr: Bob Burdick of Connec ti cut was th e lucky guy. and he will receive a beautifu l airline photo album for his
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and Automated Flight Service Stati ons.
Incidentally. Bob not on ly got most of the
answers ri ght. hu t he also became the fat her of
a bouncing baby boy in October, just before
the October Grove Expo! Congratulations on
both prizes. Bob!

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fEDERAL FILE

A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

Jo n Fu or , WA4VPY
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Winter Frequencies
or tho'e or u~ lhal like to rough it
outside in the snow. the thought of
going off to a di stant locition lo enjoy
the wonders of nature is \~a rm th enough. So to
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so I wa s twice as plcm.ed when we recei ved
some mail from Idaho and it wa" accompani ed by some o r the frcquencie' u,eJ h~ the
. rational Forest Service. Herc i' an abbn.:\'iated li ' t nf the frequcm; ie" se nt in hy our
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Natio11al Forest Service

frequency
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166.0250
166.6125
166 7250
166.7750
168.2500
168.4000
170.2250
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411.7500

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Helicopter coordination
Air attack support
Command repeater out-cliannel 7/Air
operations net repeater out
Con 1111~11d reeater outcllannel 5
TAC- 1
TAC2
TAC-3
Command repeater above input
Command/Air operations repeater above
input
Helicopter deck
Ground to air/medical helicopter
Camp net

I For Sale: Top Secret Radios

Rece ntl y. a fr iend - who ulwiously wi, he'

to remain uniden1ifi ed- a1tendcu a major
amateur radio hnmfc't in the 111id,,est (not
Dayton ). Wh ile there he "polled a ne\\ piece
of Mot orola two-way eq uip111en1 (<L wa lkietalkie type unit ) O lli on the tahlc. The 'eller or
thi' unit told my friend he did nut kno w 11111eh
about the unit hut he thought it 1\as an o ld
pi ece of govern men I gear. My fr iend - SI) a'
a henho u ~e fo\ - played along '' ith him and
e ndi.:d purchasing the equip111i.:nt fo r a few
C<.: nlS Oil the dollar of the orig illa l pri ce Of the
un it.
When my frie nd got home he conl'inned
what he had pu rd1a:-.ed. It \\a' a pract ically
brand-new rvlo1orula X-cha nnel S) mm:\-9000
with tho.: ln!!o w 1ICA" :-.1;1111pLd un it ' h>r
yo11 new n.:;~d..:r' 10 my co lun111. W I ICA i' 1h..:
\vhite 1lou:-.e (\>111111unication' r\gcncy. Thi.:y
pi u1 id..: the Pre,id..:mial and S..:crct Sen ice
Co111111u11icatirn" rm the gu\ 0.: 1ll lllelll. ., ho.;
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.. H"//Cr\ .. ProJ:ra1111111:d Frequ encies

C1J.ill.!nfil
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08

De_signil.!.2I
Delta
Sierra
Cllar11c
Oscar
Tango
Yankee/Zulu
Zulu/Yankee
Whiskey

ill!J111l!ID'
169.925
166.5t 25
165.375
164.8875
164.650
171 .2875TX/162.6875RX
162.6875TX/1 71.2875RX
167.075

Marine Corps guard delail at Camp

David and Anacosta Naval Air Station
SIERRA
WIJJte House command post nationwide
CHARLIE
Main repeaicr oul nationwide
White House cabinel protection
OSCAR
District offices tactical
TANGO
Yf\NKEE/ZULU YANKE!: is t11e heavily cncrypled direct
1elcpllone from the ground units to Ai r
Fo1 cc 1. It is one/half of a duplex pair.
The other half is lhe ZULU. It goes from
f\1r Force 1 to ground u111ts.
l l11s 1s the WHCA paging channel lhat
WHISKEY
c;imes a lot of interesl111g" traffic. See
my column a couple of issues ago on
tile Message Tracker system for
co111ple1e details.

,ubfleeh for 'ome of the big names in the

Washington. D.C. . area. They were all in the
406/4 20 MHz federal trun ki ng hand.
With a n..:w year upon us. lher..: will bi.:
numerous hamfe,ts and lka marki.:ts 10 at to.:nd. Ke..:p you r e) c ou t for like equi pment. If
you arc not qu ite suri.: what you arc looking
fur- take a kml\\ lcdgable fr iend. Then 111ayhc
you will have the making or a s mall syste111.

DELTA

Did 111\ friend rind a \\IOlllkrful pi..:ce of

i.:quip11 1en.r' The an:-.\\ er i:-.) e,. \Vas it a w1ce
in a lifct irne !'ind".' Prohahl y nol. RLcen1ly a
11u1nbe r of 1runked radios 1111 th e Mili1;1ry
1>i , tric1 of \Va:-.hington were 'uld inlo 1he
c11m1naci.d are na al a lucal gn\'ernm..:111 ;1uc1i1n. The:-...: 1ad io' w..:rc wor!.. ing radii>- alrL' <idy sl.'.t up on "ori...ing trun!..ing lleeh and

I More North Carolina and National

Park Frequencies

I want to rnnti nue with my tri p up into the

moun tai n:-. or the !~as te rn Seaboard and cun1i nuc wi1 h so111e o f tho.: radin l'requeneies used
in the i\onh C1rolina area. A "iun.:e tel ls 111e
that the FB I in (."harlu111.:. nrth Carolina. i~
u'in!! ,e,..:ral 1cpcatcr pai rs. Thi.: channe l identi fi e~I a:-. .. J\ Ll'l Ir\ 5.. i:-. 167.J875 out. with an
in put of 16:2.<1375 MH1. An uniden1i fied rep..:at..:r use:-. till' sa111e input and simul casts the
aho,l' on 167.-1 125.
Two additional 1:13 1 rcpL;11c r output' have
h..:en foun d a l,11. T hey have output s of
167.-1 I:25 and 16 7.787.S M 11 1.. radio calls ign
i" KEV:220. (.ienera lly all l.- HI ea llsigns begin
\I ith KEV---... Radio 1cd111icia ns have been
hi.:ard te~1ing repeater' u'ing ident ifier' of
Clin!!man'" and Li nville: Cl ingman h a~ to
he c 1ing111an s l)rnni.:- the highe't piece or

land in the Great Smoky Mountain National

Park- and Linvill e hosts a number o f repeaters in the same area. near the popular a1trac 1io n o f Lin vill e Fall s.
Other frequenc ies that were mon ito red in
that area were:

Charlotte, NC, Frequencies

~

163.2000
165.2375
165.2875
165.3750

165.7875
166.5375
166.5875
167. 1750
414.7500

U.S. Marshal
U.S. Customs
Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco. and
Firearms
Secret Service .. Charlie.. - Charlotte
primary
Secret Service - "Baker"
ATF
Secret Service (see footnote)
Blue Ridge Parkway Law Enforcement
Postal Inspectors

NOTE: 166.5875 is often used by Customs

and ATF. This interception was definitely
Secret Service becau se of the subaudible lo ne
presently used by the Secret Servi1.:e ( I 03.5
Hz).
Moving into the .. Bluegrass State .. of Kentucky. there arc several Nat io nal Parks and
Monuments that have radio systems. The
known o nes arc:

Kentucky Natio11a/ Parks

~

xxxxxx
166.3000
166. 7875
169.5500
170.1000

Location and Use

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace - no known
radio system
Cumberland Gap National Park - repealer
input
Cumberland Gap National Park - repealer
ouVsimplex on property
Mammoth Cave National Park - repeater
ouUsimplex on property
Mammoth Cave National Park repeater
input

South Carolina
~

xxxxxx
166.8500
169.4000
169.4000
169.7750
170.0500
170.0500
171.7750
172.4250
171.7750
172.4750

oo.tjon and Use

Ninety-Six National Historic Site - no
known radio system
Congaree Swamp National Monument repeater input
Charles Pinckney National Historical Site
- repeater input
Fort Sumter National Monument Repeater input
Congaree Swamp National Monument
repeater ouUsimplex on property
Charles Pinckney National Historical Site
- repeater ouVsimplex on property
Fort Sumter National Monument repeater ouUsimplex on property
Cowpens National Battlefield simplex
Cowpens radio alarms - Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain National Military Park
repeater ouUsimplex on property
Kings Mountain National Military Park repeater input

If snow doesn "t warm your heart . you may

be tlee ing to the Caribbean thi s winter. If you
get into the American terri to ri es of the Virg in
Is lands. he re arc a few of the fo ll o wing Nation al S ites down there.

Virgin Island National S ites

~

171.7250
171.7250
171. 7250
172.6250
172.6250
172.6250

Location and Use

Buck Island Reef St. Croix - repealer
ouUsimplex around island
Christiansted National Historic Site - St.
Croix - repeater ouUsimplex around
island
Virgin Island National Park St. Thomas
repeater ouUsimplex around island
Christiansted National Historic Site
repealer input
Buck Island Reef - repeater input
Virgin Island National Park - repeater
input

170.0000 Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno,

CA
171.3875 Ft. Rosecrans
San Oiego.
CA
409.3250 Itinerant Operations
Nationwide

us
409.4000 Itinerant Operations

Nationwide

us

414.3250 Itinerant Operations

Nationwide

us
419.1500 Los Angeles National Cemetery Los Angeles.
CA

I Walk on the Wild Side

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Whi le you are in the National Parkwhether you wish to encounter or 10 avoid
nearby wi ldli fe-you may lind ii educational
to tune in the tracking and te lemetry frequenc ies used by the Department of the In teri or in
the Southeast.

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Dept ofthe Interior Tracking and Telemetry

C.t!.annfil ~
~
01

164.4375

02

164.4625

03
04
05

164.4875
164.5125
164.5375

06

164.5625

07
08
09
10
11
12

164.5875
164.61 25
164.6375
164.6625
t64.6875
164.7125

General Southeast USA

tracking
Cape Canaveral National
Seashore turtles
Cape Lookout turtles
Cumberland Island turtles
Great Smoky wildlife
tracking
Everglades alligator
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Fort Jetterson wildlife
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I Take it to the Grave

Heres a monitoring target rll wagcr you
never considered before. The National Cemetery Syste m has cemeteries in almost cvcry
state of the Union. At the last count the re were
o ne hund red and fi ve cemeteries. Some of
them e ven have radio systcms. Herc arc the
known systems and thcir l'rc4uenci cs:

Cem etery Frequencies

Freguencv Name
163.3750 Jefferson Barricks
164.1000 Fo11 Sam Houston
164.1750
164.1750
165.1875
166.2000
166.2250
168.5250
168.5250
168.5250
t68.5250
168.5250
168.5750

St. Louis. MO
San Antonio,
TX
Riverside National Cemetery
Riverside. CA
Wood Nat'I Cemetery (Paging) Milwaukee.
WI
Arlington. VA
WAR330ARMY
Dayton National Cemetery
Dayton. OH
Mtn Home Nat'! Cemetery
Mountain
Home. TN
Chattanooga Nat'I Cemetery
Chattanooga.
TN
Fayetville National Cemetery
Fayetville. AR
Massachusetts Nat'I Cemetery Bourne, MA
National Memorial
Honolulu. HI
Wood National
Milwaukee.
WI
Allington National Cemetery
Arlington. VA

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SATELLITE TV
ADVENTURES IN THE CLARKE BELT

Ken Reitz, KS4ZR

The State of C-band, l<u-band, and DBS

9 l)() Wa!-- a year of huge. cha nges in the

satellite cntertammcnt industry. DBS
continued to expand \\'i th \\' idc..;pread
popularit y. C.ba nd (J .7-..J .2 Gl-11) continued
in uncertain stagna tion whi le the Ku -band
( 11.7-12.2 G Hz) qu iet I) continued to be the
band of action most ig nored. Man) of the
quc~ ti o11!'- rai ~ed in the pa~l year arc finally
being answered. So. kt ~ ha ve lhosc questi ons and get some ans\\'Cr\ !

Q: Who's winning the DBS sweep-

stakes and what's ahead for DBS?

A: Stat is lica ll y. DSS (Di n.:cTV and USS BJ
arc \\ining the DBS 'wcq1stakcs- thc race to
'ee \\ho can rack up the llltbl ulv;cribcrs and.
hopclu ll). dri\ e npplnent' into bankruptcy.
B) the ti me you n:ad thi'. DSS subscri ptio ns
could equal that of the VC II C-lx1 11d market.
Both ha ve 2.J mil lion !--Ub~nibe rs and accou nt frn about 70 percent ol the total satellite
TV marl-ct Primestar conti nues lo garner
\\'idespread !--llpporl and has abou l I .6111il lion
\'iewer\. or about 25 pnccnl or the market.
Echosta1"s DI SH nct\\'ork had a late start
and i, n1al-ing up ground hut has a long way to
go. Currently. !hey have just over 250.000
s ubscribers and an.: add ing customers al a rate
or nearly ..J0.000 per nwnth. Lagging \\'Oefully behind wi th difficulty in cfotributinn and
ad ve rti si ng. ;\lph astar has fewe r than 15.000
subscribers and is said to he adding viewers al
250 per da) . Thal adtb up to a frat:tion of
DISH . the nc\ l smallc!--l DBS sen ice.
Primestar \\'ill 'ee continued increases in
subscriber" H\ they migrate lo th e new GE2- a satell ite whi ch sho uld he operational as
you read 1his - fro111 K-1. an older and lowe r
powered Ku-hand bird. GE-2 \\ill ha\e the
~a m c location as K- 1 I X5 d egree~ \Vc\t l. and
Primc star custome r<. "i ll not 1rn1 icc the
sw iH.: hovcr. The C-haml ~ idc oi' Ku will he
mosll) 1 ra n ~pt)nder s kased l'Y the Federal
gmern mcnt. l:lest ne\\'\ here i\ thal Nt\S/\ TV
\\'ill migralL' fro m ils long.-1i mc
post on Spacenel 2. providing
cxcc lle nl L'overagc fo r those on
th e WL' ' I Cnaq who ha,c
,truggled \\ it h NAS/\ TV's
Clarl-c Helt po,i tion.
Ex peel Ill>new Jevclopmenl!with ~a t el lit es and hard ware for
DirecTV. USSB. or DISI I: their

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MONITORING TIMES

February 1997

' atc ll ites an: all in place and they're concentrat ing on add ing and improvi ng prog ramming se r\'iccs. Nnw. if they couldjus1 get the
prices down ...

Q: C-band is dead, isn't it?

A: Don't tr) to te ll that lo the C-band programming indu stry who arc happi ly bank ing
over half a hi Ili on dollars a year from C-hand
customers. who arc creepi ng ahead at a rate lo
ri \al only!\ lpha,tar. Too. there s !he less "ecn
figure of all the C-band lfah owners who
don' t ~ub scr ibc to anything. but who enjoy
wa tching the I00 or so frce-a11d -in-the-clc;1r

And finally. there arc the new channels.

Ne\\' cable-TV channe ls such as ES PNEWS
Net. SpecdVision. Nick at 'i1cs TV Land,
and man y others debut on the C-band. and Cba nd viewers are the first to see these offering.; for free. The reason for thi s is that C-band
is ho\\ program ming is down linked to all the
terrc!--lrial cable systems in the country. If it's
going to be on cable-TV. it's go ing to be on Cband l'i r~ l. That's also why so many of the
cable-related channels are on satell ites in the
so-cal led "cable neighborhood"-the sate llites bet ween 137 degrees (Satcom C I) and
123 degrees (Gal axy 9).

Q: 0. K. , since it's still alive and

kicking, what's new in C-band?

A a ew bein[: trained to install"" Orbitron

016 C-ba11d dish .

channels. I low 111any of them are there and at

wlwt rate :ire they growing '! No one seems lo
he keeping track of that- after alL with no
~u h scription fee there's no prolit in tind ing.
OU I.

In spitc111'1he doom and gloom from vari di,,gruntled ,atell i1e TV dea lers. C-hand
continue;. to oft'cr the \\ ide'l range of progran1ming and the cheapc"l per-channel rate
of an y T V se r\'icc. ln addition lo the cvc rincreasing L"<lhle channcl fore, C-band is 1he
place for <.y nd icatcd prognun feeds. 'ports
hackhauk new' feeds. in ll'rnational programming. adult channeb. and
channels specilica ll y targe ting the C-hand aud ience. In
addi tion. there arc the large
nu mbe r nf aud io wbcarricr
services. Single Chan ne l Per
Carrie r (SCPC J services. and
the odd data and internet se rou~

\'ice.

A: Plenty. For s tarters, there arc quite a few

new satc llilcs. A year ago folks in the indu stry
were wring ing their hands about the C-band
transponder crunch. bu1 the addition of a
couple of higher powered new satell ites has
taken carc of that problem. There have even
been bi ll boards on some new satel lite channeb ad verti sing their vacanc ies. a sight not
seen in 'evcral years. Currentl y there arc
more than 20 operati onal C-hand satellites
with a total of' ovcr 400 channcb of video and/
or aut.l io "en ice~.
It' s true 1hat a number of cable T V chann e l ~ arc switching ln Genera l Instru ment' s
Digicipher II formal. but there wi ll be a
Digiciphcr 11 receiver on the market some
lime 1his year. Th is means C-band viewers
will be given C\'en more options. both now
and in the future.
Abo, the introduction of DHS LNBFs allow C-band viewers lo subscri be to DBS
'en ices and keep their C-band di sh for the
wild feeds. international satell ites. news and
sports hack hau ls. These new dev ices (which
\\ ill be reviewed in next month 's col umn)
could ha ve an impact o n C-band trends. Retrofit DB S feeds for old C-band di shes: DBS. Cl
Ku -band feeds for n ewcom er~ to satellite TV,
and add-on DBS feeds for veteran satellite
viewer' should add to the options available.

Q: So, whatever happened to Ku-

band?
A: I'm al ways amazed at how little the Kuband is mentioned either by dea lers or con-

s um crs. Virtually. all satellite

rece ivers o n the
market today are
Ku-hand compatibl e. wh ich is to say that
there is a separate jack for a Ku -band feed and
switchi ng is done via the remote control.
Therefore, the cost of adding Ku-band to your
current system is the difference between a
regular fee d and a C/Ku-bancl feed plus the
addi1 ion of the Ku-band LNB (and, of course.
the ex tra length of RG/6 coax fro m the feed
horn to your n::ceivcr). While these arc not
insignificant costs, it shouldn ' t to tal more
than SI 50 to acid Ku to your system.
Whi le the re are o nl y six Ku -band sate llites
with active 1ranspo ndcrs receivable across
most of the country . these sate ll ites feat ure
some of the mo re interesting viewi ng avai lable to the home market. and they are totally
unavail abl e on anyone s DBS. Because of it s
sma ll e r trans mitting di sh, it's most often used
for news and sport s backhau ls . When the
conventions were going on last summer. the
Ku birds we re j ammed with uplinks. In the
thick of the sports season. Ku is the place for
coll ege and professional baskctbal I and hockey
and college foot ba ll. In addition. N BC has a
number of fct.:ds o n its new GE- I location
with a beautifu lly clear signal.
Ku is the place for inte rnati o nal broadcasters s uch as Russ ian te levis io n, broadcasts
direct from C hin a, !TN World News from
Eng land. Canad ian TY fare , as we ll as the si te
for many ed ut:ati o nal and industry feeds. With
little in the way of scheduled programmi ng,
Ku most close ly resembles the good o ld days
of C-band w hen no thing was sna mbled and
channels could lig ht up at any time .
T here is ve ry little in the way of audio
ubcarriers on Ku. compared to the activi ty o n
C-band. Th e main reason is th at audi o
subcarrie rs arc intended for cabl e distribution
and he nce they reside o n C-band. With Ku
pri marily devoted to network and backhaul
operations the re has been no history o f Ku
band audio. There arc some notable exceptio ns, suc h as DZMM, an A M o utle t from
Ma ni la on G4. 24 ( Ku) 6.80 MHz or Sangect
Sagar. multiling ual music fro m Ind ia o n Ani k
E2 . 16 ( Ku) 6 .1 2 MHz.
T he fu ture of Ku sho uld be a good one. The
latest satellites arc no t o nl y C/Ku -band but the
Ku side is qu ite powerful. making the use of
muc h sma lle r di shes possible. A s ix foo t C/
Ku -band dish shou ld g ive exce llent res ults . If
yo u like to watc h sports and sate lli te news
gathering (SNG) operation s in act ion. Ku is
the place fo r you.

IUSSBI

Q: Does this mean it's a good time

to buy a C-band system?

A: Absolutely . Greater bargains in new Cband equ ipment cou ld n't be found. Many
manufacturers.ex iting the C-band bu siness in
favor o f the quick buc k in DBS. arc dumping
brand new receivers in factory-scaled cartons
at shocking prices. Only Ame rica's R. L.
Drake company. steadfastly standing by its
position in the ind ust ry, is fai ling to panic .
Their top grade rece ivers are still commanding top prices. And why not ? Wi th new C/Ku
sate ll ites being launched this year. C-band
will have at least 15 more years o f service.
It' s ironic that C-band tech no logy has finally evolved lo lhc point that tht.: equipment
is easier to set up and maintain . that the
systems are technological ly superior. and receptio n has never been better. Still , there' s a
case fo r a slight resurgence in C-band sales as
dealers see less and less in the way of DBS
profits and begin to once again pus h C-ba nd
systems . Consumers. tired of the same high
mo nthl y bills they thought they were escaping from Cable-TV. mig ht give C-band a
second (or first) look.

I Mailbag
Kenneth Farmer of Blue Ridge. Georgia .
wants to know ..... if A lphaStar is se lling o nly
to certai n parts o f the country al thi s time'.' I
ha ve seen no ads for AlphaStar in the many
magaz ines I read . I do not know how people
are s upposed to find o ut about the m. How arc
they marketing thei r prod uct to the public1.. :
A lphaStar, much to its chag rin, has become a textbook case of how not to launch a
DBS service . At a time in which DBS would
see m a li ce nse to
print
m o ney .
/\lphaStar has somehow g umm ed up
their o w n printing
press.
DIRECTV ~
Launched las t
J uly. the service seemed . o n paper. the very
equal to DirecTV, USSB. and DIS H. Yet, ten
months later they have garnered j ust 12.000
subscri bers. O rig inal ly. AlphaStar was to have
been d istributed by the vast a nd we ll-seasoned sa les force of the Amway machine.
However. late last summer Amway pulled out
of the deal and le ft A lphaS lar wit hout distri bution a nd therefore ad vcrl is ing as well. Whi le
it has been nearly impossible to escape the
advertisi ng bo mbard m ent from DSS and
DIS H. A lphaStar has been strangely silent.
It should be clcarthat. in !he DBS industry.

a ~ hake-out is inevitable. The hard ware price

war precipitated last summer by D IS H. and
joined immediatel y by DSS. has c ut deeply
in to corporate prolits by al l participa nts in an
e ffort to pu ll in subscri bers. And. in the end,
it's . ubscriptions which arc dri ving the DBS
industry. unlike the C-band satelli te TV industry. wh ic h was originall y driven by hardware profits. AlphaStar tran smits its digital
programming on Ku transponders leased o n
T c lstar402 R. Repeated atte mpts to cont act an
AlphaStar spokesman on this issue ha ve gone
un answered.
DBS companies. courtesy of Sa1e/li1e Times
magazine:
Alpha star Digital Television, 208 Harbor Drive,
Building One, First Floor, Stomford , CT 06904.
Telephone: (203) 3598077. Web site: http://
www.teecomm.com
DirecTV, 2230 East Imperia l Highway, El
Segundo, Calif. 90245, 1-800-DIRECTV (3473288), Web site: http://www.directv.com
Echostar DISH Network, 90 Inverness Circle East,
Englewood, CO 801 12, Telephone: (303) 7998222, Fox: (303) 799-3632. Web Site: http://
www.echostar.com
ExpressVu Inc, 1290 Central Parkway West, Suite
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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
TWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIFY!

Bill Cheek
Internet: bcheek@cts. com

Tools for the Information Age

sssst. hey buddy: do you reel

like the world left you eating
du st in its hack trail or like a
gallon jug filled wit h five gallons of
tomato juice? These arc sy mpt o m ~ of
information o verload that wi II become
more and 111urc pre vale nt (li ke carpa l
tunnel synd rome) wit h the coming of
the In formation Age. New tec hnol ogy always create~ new problems.
Informat ion ove rload is a big one.
(PC Maga:.i11e. Dec- 17. 1996. John
C. Dvorak)
The In format ion Age rt!moves
many of the natural barri1.:rs bet wee n
us and the boatloads of information
th<tl we d never otherwise encounter.
Like carpal tunnel ~y nd ro m c. thc be~!
cure is prevention. and I ha ve a ti p fo r
you if info-bloat makes you feel like
a hot-ai r balloon.

it is acq uired. organ ized. and stored.

Make yourself take ti me. Even though
your tools and methods change-often daily-don 't expect your mind to
keep pace. Do you r own th inking as
you al ways have in the way that ' s
most comfo rtable. but guide it to lcarning new technologies at a steady, pleasant pace.
And understand one simple concept: there is no limit to the amount of
information that can be acq uired. processed, and stored, but there is a limit
to how much o r it can be converted
into knowledge. Knowledge comes
after information has been appl ied or
used. and that takes time. It ain't how
much ya got. Bunky: it s how how
we ll you do with what ya got. Remember that and take the time to
master a few tools.

FIGURE 1: FCC DATABASE FIELDS

FREQUENCY
CALLSIGN
RAD IO SERV
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LIC STATE
LI C ZIP
LI C CITY
LI C AODR
LI CENSEE
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I Tools for the Information Age

It's the Tools

The tools spc lI the di ffcrence fo r the In l'ormat ion Age. T he heller you can use them. the
more at home you' ll fee l. Armed with the
right tools. you 11 find your ri ghtful ~ pot in the
fast lanes of the Informati on Hi ghway. and
still be a homebody. fami ly person. or whatever your natural niche.
Un less you're a computer jockey wit h a
side line hobby of radi o. it' s not likely you
want to spend much time messing with computers and softw<1rc to "make things work ...
You probabl y want to turn the darned thing on
and gene rate or process infom1ation and get
back to playing radio. ri ght'1 lf so. there's a
well kept secret arou nd rad io-land that offe r~
a lot of bang for the buck: Microsoft WORKS
for Windows in versions fo r Windows 3.1 and
Windows 95 (and maybe even still a version
for MS-DOS).
l know. I know ... l' n: mentioned MSWORKS before. but no one sounded off to
agree or di sagree. so I assu me I wasn't heard.
Read my li ps: MS Works offers a highly
integrated trio of word processor. d ataba ~c.
and spreadsheet fo r about $79. Works is so
powerfu l that many small businesses use it.
MS Works can support your famil y's information needs. as well as your own vo lu minous appetite for radio lore.

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Februory 1997

I Information Methods

A database manage r is one or the most

In the olden days. (Ii kc a few years ago ). potent tools for processing and storing information. especiall y about radi o frequenc ies. A
WC set up shelve' of books. fi le dr;twers with
manila folde rs. index card sys tem~. and a few database is generally more powerful ror this
boxes to hold fa vored periodi cal literature kind of in forma tion because much more info rmat ion can be stored and systematically
(like MT) . It took time to manage and use. but
a majo r ad vantage was that we remembered retrieved than from a word processororspreadthe general content' of 1.: ach location. Access sheet.
Enter the database manager. represe nted
was easy.
here hy the sim ple fla t-fi le manager in
Now we are mcrwhelmed wi th ten time~
more information. lllO~t of which is "vi11ual'' Microsofl Works. One of your keenest interthat comes in by computer and modem from ests might we ll be a freq uency/license datasome distant, exoiic treasure trove of arca ne base of the type issued by the FCC. See Fig ure
I ror an overview of the many categori es or
lore. Oh. it's good stuff. al l ri ght. but virtual
information diffe r~ from tangible information "fields" of information the FCC keeps for
in how it's hand led, stored, and processed. each licensee. You d be overwhe lmed to track
The old ways arc still just fine with new tools. this amou nt of informati on on paper for even
a few frequencies. A few milli on would knock
bu t it' s a major problem to switch overni ght.
your socks off right quick.
Not everyone can switch wi thout a fi ght.
Even if you shortened the information per
Some people just bail out and take up kn illi ng:
othe rs get ~e riou s and try to
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record to a few essential columns or fields like

I did in Figure 2, the sheer volume of several
thousand records will still blow you away
without a powerful syste m for the legwork.
MS-Works is one such syste m. Figure 2 is a
simplified database of Figure I created in
seconds with MS-Works. Ten records and
twelve fields arc shown, but therecouldjust as
easily be thousands.

I The Mechanics of a Database

A database is a table of information. A
database manager is the program that sets up,
organi zes, and presents the database in a man-

example. Figure 2 comes from my Microsoft

ACCESS California database of 365,000
records. Don' t even think I mess with that
puppy! I used the query function in ACCESS
to acquire all data with "Malibu" in the LICENSEE field. Then I plopped that small block
of data into MS-Works' database; ed ited the
" Malibu" out of the LICENSEE fie ld; and
deleted about fort y of the other fields in order
to make the simplified exam ple. This work
was done in seconds.

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a lot farther with this topic. if you likc. Please
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Now imagine Figure 2 to be much larger

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suppose we want to see all records with the
word "medical" in the LICENSEE field. MSWorks makes it a no-braincr to prepare a
filter'"(q uery) as shown in Figure 3. A couple
of mouse clicks, first on Tools. followed by
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each record. Again, see Figure 2 to make this
idea clear for a frequency database. Figure 2 is
the database, while MS Works is the database
manager. A telephone book is an example of
a good paper database: LAST : FIRST : ADDR ESS : CITY : PHONE
Get the idea? Tables of informati on are as
old as the hills, and to this day, there is no
better way to systematically store and preserve data than in an old fashioned table.

I The Differences
For starters, try to look up a specific phone
number in a reg ular directory without a last
name. Got a couple of months?! A database
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with MS-Works' Filter function. Not onl y can
AN D and OR logic be used, but up to fi ve
fields can be specified in the criteria by which
the data is selected. You can' t find a needle in
a haystack. but a database manager can!
Another powerful database tool is the sort
function where any column can be arranged
alphabeti call y or numerically. in asce nding or
descendi ng order. One minute you can sort by
FREQuency, and 1he next, by LICENSEE.
Queries or filters and sorts can make sense ou1
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(OMPUTERS & RADIO

RADIO-RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

John Catalano, PhD

[email protected]

DXtremes SWL Log Program

pologics if you ca111e looking for a

recap of decoder programs as promised last month. The amount of new
material dictates we mo ve forward in 97 in stead of looking back. If you have specific
questions on decoders we have reviewed. feel
free to write or e-mai l me on them.
This month we will cover a wide range of
topics: a first-hand look at an inexpensive SWL
logging program from DXtremcSoftware: quc'tions and comments from readers E-mail: and
some very useful and interesting monitoringrelated Web sites. It ' s a lot to cover. so let' s gel
movi ng...

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With al l the new commercial and shareware

programs that an: on the market or being introduced eac h wee k. it's hard to single one out of
the pack as a .. find ... At $ 19.95 ShortWaw
Reception Log. SWRL version 1.0. by DXtrcme
Soft ware. is just such a program. Its funct ion is
s imple: S WRL is a paperless log made specifically fo r shortwave listeners. SWR L. which
works under Wi ndows 95 or '.l. I. has the following minimum hardware requirements: a
486SX. four megabytes of random access
memory (RAM). video graphics adapter(VG/\ ).
and two megabytes of hard dri ve space. SWRL
provides the user with three main fun ctions:
creating a master log of stations monitored.
creating recepti on reports and. finall y. a summary of results by countries heard. QSLs vc ri fied, and unverified.
Most of the action takes place on the reception log screen (ligure I). All the data that you
would write on a piece of paper is entered on
th is screen. Your monitoring station data is
only entered once. Similarl y. entering broadcast station data is kept to a minimum. A repor1
can be generated usi ng Microsoft Word or (for
Win 95 use rs) WordPad. If you don 't have
Word ve rsion 6.0 or greater than Windows
version '.l. I. you can use Microsoft Write to
produce reception reports.
ls it as easy lo use as papcr"1 Prett y close.
Maybe even bctlcr. The summa ry rcpor1 win dow I round very useful for getti ng a snaps hot
of my S WL result s. But remember. SW RL
docs not send or recei ve data to/from your
radi o. Therefore. using SWRL requires manual
tuni ng. and retuning. of yourrecei\er. This i ~ in
contrast to programs such as SWL Manager

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which includes receiver control software capabi Ii ties. But. at $ 19 .95. and strictly as a replacement for a paper log. SWRL wi ll not disappoi nt
you.
Short Wave Reception Log. SWRL. isavail ahle from DX trcme Software. 26 Langholm
Drive. Nashu a. NH O'.l062. Check their Web
address in the C 1J111pl//t'l".rn11d Uadio links table.
Keep those E-Mails Coming!

Although most people have recentl y discovered E-M ail. I assure you ii is not a new concept. In the mid 1 980~ when I was managing a
bus iness di vis ion fora major internat ional electroni cs compan y. we had E-Mai l. Oh boy. did
we have E-Mail! It got so misused that by 1987
I had to hi re another secretary just to 'nrt
through my 200+ dail) E-M ail s to find the
important ones which requi red act ion. It brought
a whole meaning to junk mai l. .. But. I am
happy to say the readers who have 'e nt me EMai 1via MT have been a real pleasure. So kt''
look at a few or the late't.
Dave Went1.el asks whether you can use the
excellent ~ harcwarc program. Hamcomm. to
decode /\CARS. Not lo my knowledge. Dave.

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but it sure sounds like a good idea. rd certainl y

like to hear from the aut hors of Hamcomm if
they ha ve any plans for expans ion in the number of modes it will decode.
Dave also talks about the automatic packet
reporti ng system (APRS). This is a pretty nifty
amateur radio system requiring n comput er.
radio transce iver. tnc (such as PK-2'.l2). and a
G PS (g lobal po~i t ionin g satellite) rece iver. The
output of /\PRS is a map with the exact location
of the sending stati on marked on it. If the
station is portabl e, the mark will move on the
map in ~y n c with the station' s movement.
I spoke with AEA over nine months ago
regarding APRS. whid1 is now incl uded in the
new fi rmware for the PK-232M BX as well as
their newer DSP-bascd decoders. Dave writes,
... the latest version of A PRS decodes ACARS
(if the terminal node cont roller or TNC is
/\CA RS capable) and di splays the location of
the ACARS-sending aircraft on a map:
That one I would like lo sec. Dave. Unfortunately. AEA i ~ in the process of being sold.
and just what will happen to products and
' upport wont he clear unt il earl y thi s spring.
Stay tuned to MT for more as we find out.

thi s column . How about sharing your golden

links with your monitoring brethren? Send recommended sites to this co lumn at the E-mail
address in the header above.

WEB SITE

ADDRESS

COMMENTS

DXtreme

qth .com/ dxtreme

SWL Log Demo

A Link for All Seasons

Ziff-Davis Publish

zdnet.com

Shareware & more

Radio Manager

interplaza.com/ scandfw/

Scanner Info; Dallas TX Info

Ham Call Lookup

ualr.edu/-hamradio/

callsign.htmlHam Database

Switchboard

switchboard.com

Database Business & Individuals

Broadcast Net Ho~inx

broadcast.net/blinx. html

Lots of Radio/ TY Links

Our llnal Internet page of mention this month

is fro m Broadcast Net. This Web s ite in Figure
3 has a very comprehensive links page. BNET
Hotlinx. with lots of links to sites having to do
with TV or radio broadcasting. For exa mple,
s ites having o ld I 940's radio program recordings avai lable for d ownloading are listed here.
Professional eq uipment manufacturers. satel1ite commun icatio n s companies, a nd even
NASA are links foun<l here .... Hey! Why is MT
listed underthe "S" category? Well , it 's a great
We b s ite to check, even though MT takes a back
scat to Satellite Tim es.
T ill next time, when we' ll look at CAT's
Web page and o ne of their new products. stay
warm and focus on an early s pring.

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More Gold To Mine
With some surpri se f read an E-Mail from
Bob Grove in which he credits Chanel, a support technic ian at Grove, with findin g a radiorelated Web s ite, www.zdnet.com . I mean,
does Macy's give travel directions to Wal Man?
I checked it out. and s ure enough it was very
good.
In the Home and Hobby sectio n you will
find som e useful shareware m onitoring programs, and that is just a very small portion of
what is available on a wide variety of subjects.
This is definitely worth a look. "Who is zdnet?"
you m ay ask. The answer is Z iff-Davis publishers--one of the largest magazine publishers in
the world. Thanks to Grove Publi shing fort heir
open-mindedness and that ho me page lead.
Another m ember of our Grove team, esteemed MTeditor Rachel Baughn. passed along
E-Mail concerning li ve Internet b roadcasts by
Gl obal Radio Milano. Check their home page
listed in Figure 2 for the latest detail s.
From o ur request to reade rs for their interesting radio -related Web sites, comes one from
Ben Saladino, KC51RJ . who is the author of
Radio Manager for Windows. He passed along
his Web s ite that will be of interest to scanner
enthus iasts in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Also
included is a discu ssion for choosing the ri ght
scanner and antenna. You can even download a
shareware versio n of Radio Manager for Windows.
KF4C YB . Ron, has sent us a numberof very
useful links. To find Ro n 's s urname, you can
use one of his recommended links at the Univers ity of Arkansas, which puts names to ham
calls. Another link he provided. Switchboard,
is very useful in finding the address and telephone number of m ost indiv iduals and bus inesses. It' s just like those "We'll find anyone.
anywhere for $59.99" TV ads . Thanks to both
Ron and Rachel for sharing these links.

A ll links mentio ned in the column are included in a Computers a11d Radio links table,
and wi II also be placed o n the MT web site for
a limited time. Watch for this regular feature of

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85

RADIO REFLECTIONS
THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND TECHNOLOGY OF YESTERYEAR

Trends in QSLing
By Arthur Cushen

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that the re plie' rccci\'ed to rece pti on reports from mcdiu111wave and , hortwave
' tat ion' an: on the dc:-t'li nc. I dec ided to tal..c a
survey based on the v.: rifications I have rece ived from medium anJ short W<1Yc ' tatirnb
over the past 56 year' to sc<.: if thi s prove, true
from e xperience. It ma) 'urpri'c many reader,
to learn that the re turns ha ve been fa irly con,istent ove r the year, . and that. on average . 60
perce nt of stations verify rece ption re ports.

I Current Trends
The'.:: dar li st1:ncr' ar.:: aw;1re or the \arying polic ie, or inte rnationa l broadcasters (()ward verifying. reception rcporh. In partic ular.
those hobby ists seek ing ve rification fro m overseas domestic short wa ve ' tat iun' or fro m local
stati ons complain at th<:: la1: k or re turns for the
reports they have submitted. It i' partl y for this
reason I dec ided to look back to 1939 to compare the percentage of rcplie' recc iv..:d on r..:ports to both AM and slm rtwa ve signa ls.
Two fac tor' one ha, to tak<.: into consid..:ration whe n r..:q uesting a ve rification arc budget
c uts and the ge neral poli cy o r the ' tat ion concerning rece ption reports. T he re a rc those ' tat ions whic h refuse to rc pl) to mail on the
ground' that th<.:y have had a budget cu l. or that
they a lready ha\.::
ove rs ea s mo ni to r'
(and the refore do not
need the informat ion
pro' idcd b) the recepti on re port ). or
that they do not have
the staff to hand le incoming ma il.
There is anoth<.: r
gro up o r \ lat io n~
which spasmodi ca lly
\Crif) re port,. depe ndin g upo n th e
reeling' or the \ laff
a nd w he th e r th ey
wish to take th..:
trouble to acknmvlIan M c Parlcmd and
..: dgc r..:c qH io n o f
Arth u r Cush en
their , ignab. Or. the re
(rig ht) at the 198(,
i' aho the group
/\ NA R C
Co11 ve11tio11 in
which conrirms reMontreal, Canada.
cept ion with a type l>f

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,\rtl111r C ush en readi11~ .fro m a /Jraille strip at Nadio Ne w Zeala n d studios .for his .first
broadcast 1111 Radio Nederla11d 's DX Ju ke Box. >rhich co11ti11u es today 011 Media l\et wor k.

ackrnrn kdgmcnt card. 'uch a' a QSL card or

postlard. hut ' uppl ics none of the dc tai ls sought
h) the Ji,tcnc r. ' uc h a' freque ncy. programming. tran,mission si tc. etc.
T hc fi nal group i~ th..: one mo~ t appreciated
by Ji , tc nc r, - thosc \~ hi c h ofkr a ful ly deta iled
,crifi catiun . .;tickers. pcnnants. sc hedules . and
the lil..e. and which mal..c full use of audie nce
participatilm.

'tri ctcd to the Midd le East. Ind ia. Africa. North

and South America. ;111d Austra li a. Even gatheri ng enoug h detai b or veriri ablc material fro m
'tat ions was a proble m. du.: to thc fact that no
weather report' were given and ot her than the
cnnt mcrcia ls. and ba, ic info rmation was at an
all-t ime low. Even if a report were written.

I A Hobby of Ups and Downs

To 'cl the background for th i' ' urvey . you
, Jmuld undcr,tand that I am 1101 one \\ho continuall y sends a copy of re port to a ' tat ion after
the fir,l onc has not bccn \Tri ficd in an atte mpt
to get a repl y. If my s..:cond fo llow-up docs not
result in a\ crificat ion. thcn I do not pursue the
mat ter fu rt her. but will log the statilllt again if
poss ible at a latc rdatc. I gcn..:rall ysc nd I RC, to
, maile r broadcasting ' lations. at ti1 11cs I s<.:nd
U.S. doll;1r' or ,tamp,. and report' to Latin
American stations arc wri tten in S panish.
Looki ng at the resu lt s over th i' IPng p..:riod
of Ji, lcnin)!. we find that by far thc most succes,ful ) car " "'' 19 ~9. in "hich .\()<) repori\\erc 'cnt. rcM1lli ng in 269 \Trificat ion,. or
.' omc 87 percent. On the ot hi:r ha nd. I did not
call:ul atc the verificati ons during the war yca r~
al all.
f\' World W;i r II rag..:d across Europe. Asia.
and the South Paci fic. my li,te ni11g was re-

WPtT
Early North A 111erica11 shortwme statio n s,
wartime 11erijicatio11s, wlticlt were
hard to com e by .
i11 c ludi11~

censorship of ma il was
frequent: letters were
stamped ..opened by the
censor: and often paragraphs of a le tter were
c ut ou t.
Some of you may reme mber that there were
some lellers which were
written on a special form

necessity. c hanged
overthc years from
the very personal
letter in the 1930s
to a printed fo rm
letter or prepared
card in 1996. When
sending receptio n
re ports 10 a station
A selection of North American medium wa ve
within A ustralia or
stations with powers of 250 to 50,000 watts
New Zealand, it has
w hi c h was p hotoheard at Arthur Cushe11's location at
been my po licy in
graphed at the sender's
lnvercargill, New Zealand.
recent years to send
e nd: when it arri ved in
New Zealand. the film was developed and the a prepared card specially pri nted by the New
letter was reproduced (similar to present-day Zealand Radio DX League, whic h you fill in
photocopying). and mailed to the recipient. This and pos t to the station. It has return postage o n
was done to save weight. as hundreds of letters it. so that it is o n ly necessary for the station to
were produced on the one fi lm. Mai l delivery check their log against the report to confirm
was slo w: it took at least a year to get a reply reception.
Even so, the card may be accompanied by a
fro m African stations. One also must remember
personal letter from the broadcaster. Jn my
many years o f listen ing there have been some
unusual veri fi cat io ns: last year an Austral ian
stati on. knowing 1hat 1 was blind. ve rified with
a letter in brailie.

New Ze a land li s te ners ' c lubs. O n the

medium\\ave AM band the total verifications
is 3.000 fro m 166 cou111ries. made up of verificat ions from Australia/New Zealand - 854:
Oceania - 14 1: South America - 77: Ce ntral
A merica - 107: Nort h America - 11 64: Europe
- 145: Africa - 3 1: and Asia - 481. On sho rtwave. the 101a l is 6.506 veri fications from 300
cou ntries: A ustralia/New Zealand - 354: Paci fi c - 464: Sou th America - 590; Cen tral
America - 297: North America - 508: Euro pe 2274: Asia - 1392: Africa- 624: and A ntarctica
- 3.
Sending reception reports in return fo r a
veri fica t ion o f rece ption (a lso known as

e L

UUt U 'ftthUlft 0"J"lt1

A Summary of OSLs

r lbrsni

South Africa is the most diff icult area for

reception ill Ne w Zealand; these
verifications span the history of
broadcasting in the area.
that many ships were sunk carry ing rnail. and
no ndeli very of letters was a frequent problem
during the war years.
We pick up on our survey in 1946. when the
world was basica lly back to normal ; worldwide
reception was again possible and reception reports could be sent to any country . That year
some 2 13 reports were posted. of wh ich 13 1
came back to my mailbox. giving a percentage
of6 I percent. Interesti ngly, the lowest return of
verificat ions was in 1956. whe n some 195 reports were sent out and only 113 replies were
received- a total o f only 57 percent. But fro m
then on the rate of returns inc reased: in 1966
there were 165 report s sent and 110 verified66 perccm; in 1976, 193 reports were sent with
137 verified. g iving a percentage o f 77 percent;
and in a partial ta lly from J anuary up to September 1995. 85 reports were sent and 56 replies
were received. making 65 pe rcent.
From these figures. one certainly gets the
impress ion that interest in liste ne rs' reports is
s til l very much alive in mo st areas o f broadeasting. The 111an11erofc onfirming receptio n has, of

Ad ventist World Radio (A WR) he ld a Best

Verificat ion Con test in 1995 in which 1submitted fi ve QSLs which were somewhat unusual:
my lowest powered AM m ed iumwave stati on in Alice Springs, A ustralia. with a power
of 30 watts : my lowest power ed s hortwave
sta1ion, CKFX Vancou ver. Canada, I 0 watts:
my most dista nt shortwave station. Godhaab.
Greenland. 3393 k Hz I 000 watts: the m ost
unusua l verification on AM fro m KGI R,
Butte, Mo ntana. senl on a s heet o f copper in
1940: and the sm a llest verifica tion from
XEHH.MexicoC ity. I 1880kHz.submiuedon
a business card.
To s ummarize 1he areas of the world from
which these confirma tions were received I used
the Continents List used for competition by

Verificatio11.1 f rom th e Philippin es f rom the

days when it was a U.S. territory to the
present.
.. QSLing .. ) began as a way for the station to
receive valuable in formation. and for the listener to acquire schedules and make a hobby
o ut o f their listening. I hope present clay radio
listeners wi ll feel e ncouraged to know that the
60 percenl return rate indicates that a majority
of rad io station still appreciate recei ving th is
type of information. Yo ur chances of receiving
a reply are as good as w hen l first began sending
recept io n reports 56 years ago!

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Magnavox Web lV
By John Catalano

o those of you who enjoy reading about

new technology, it comes as no surprise that a number of manufacturers
have been working on biinging the Internet
into your li ving room television. The first
phase of development work is now complete.
My family has been using a wmmercially
available Magnavox lnternetffV set-top box
since mid-October 1996. This box (Figure I).
which is the size and shape of a modern VCR,
is connected to your telephone line and your
television. The TV connection is via the TV 's
video input jack. Then, from your recliner. the
World Wide Web is yours.
The Magnavox (Philips) product works
prelly well. The TV di splay isn't nearly as
good as an SVGA computer monitor di splay,
but it is as good as I have seen from similar
SVGA to TV converters, which all ow you to
use a TV with your compu ter (available at
around $ 130).
Web TV uses a Rockwell 28.8 kbps modem chipset pushed to 33.3 kbps by software.
This is part of the product's single analog/
digital printed circuit board. For the technical
people among us, the heart of the Magnavox
is a 112 MHz, 64 bit Orion Ml PS RISC CPU
made by IDT (i.e .. it's a pretty fast machine).
The other printed circuic board is the power
supply.
The box has lots of room in il. Is this in
preparation for the next generation with digical video di sk (DVD)? Good question. A smart
card port, as yet unsupported, is behind a
slide-up door on the front of the unit. Add to
these indications a side ..door" to allow access
to a full data bus connector. and future hardware expansion seems a certai nty.

FIGURE 1
left/right/up/down remote control buttons.
However, a standard keyboard (not included)
can be plugged into the rear panel of Web TV
if the E-Mai l funct ion is going to be used.
Magnavox offers a sub-size wireless keyboard fo r $70, but it's not exactly a typist's
dream, either.
Another add-on accessory is an RF modulator fo r TVs wi thout a video input. Of course,
if you didn' t want to spend the ex tra money,
you could use the video inputs of a VCR. An
old VHS. or even Beta machine. would do the
job and can be had fo r a few dollars at garage
sales.
No matter what you use, don ' t expect
SVGA video perfo rmance. No TV is up to it.
For the hardcore Internet user the lack of a
printer is also a very limiting factor.
Surfing on 1he Web is easily performed
from Web TV's scarcl1 engine page (figure 2).
All engines are, of course, available. The
firm ware-included soft ware appc~u-s to be a
form of Microsoft' s Explorer. Suffice it to
say, everyone co whom I showed Wcb TV has
reall y liked ii.
8 Oh, What a Tangled Web fTVJ We

Is Web TV for You?

Weave...

For about $3 10 Magnavox s product does

a good job of surfing the Internet. As a new
home entertainment product it squarely hits
the mark. People who are keyboard or computer phobic will be painlessly introduced to
lhc vast information potenti al or lhc Inte rnet.
Web TV docs provide E-Mail capabi li ty.
though it is a bi1 difficult. since typing of
letters is done via a pull-up 'keyboard'"screen.
Each Jette r has 10 be laboriously moved to via

Web TV is not without warts. My biggest

disappointment was the face that I could not
use my existing Internet provider with the
Magnavox product. I! requ ired me tu spend
$19.99 per month with another providercalled Web T V, of course. There is no screen
al lowing users to defi ne their existing internet
provider's IP information. Though not an outright deception, this fact was not made clear in
the advertisements.
For new Internet users this may be fine. For

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existing Internet users

this doubles thei r access
costs. ln an age of consumer choice of DSS
TV provider, choice of
long distance telephone
company, and now even
the choice of your electric company, somethingjust doesn't seem
righc with the locked-in
Web TV approac h.
Adding insult to injury, the Web TV provider
does not have local telephone number access
in all cities-including mi ne.
Bottom Line

The Magnavox product performs quite well

with the re mote control being the weakest
link. If the user's expectation of video quality
doesn' t exceed the limitations of his te levision se1, then it can be a useful and entertaining product. Giving the purchaser the choice
of Internet providers, incl uding the convenience of " plug and play Web TV provider,
musr be incl uded in the futu re. The addition of
a VGA output connector, although counter to
the primary purpose, could enable serious
applications of the product.

FIGURE 2
I give high marks to Magnavox on the
product concept and hardware, low marks on
the ti rm ware and flexibility. For latest pricing
and avai labi lity check your local major TV,
computer. or appl iance store. I have heard an
unconfirmed rumor that one store was giving
the Web TV free with the purchase of a highend 50-inch TV. Also check the Magnavox
home page for details.
Magnavox Web TV is already here; Sony
and others are about to introduce similar products. The future is here, and the yet-lo-be
produced $500 Oracle NC product is already
over-priced and obsolete. Talk about a fast
moving market!

WHAT'S NEW?

by Larry Miller

PRODUCTS AND BOOKS OF INTEREST TO THE RADIO HOBBYIST

Guest Re1ie11ers: Rae/rel Ba11glr11, Bab Grme. Gayle Van Hom. Dan Veeneman

quc ncy. As best we can te ll , this

one is based on actual loca l moni1oring, a lthough Jefferson and
C larion counties arc too far away
from this editor's location to be
able 10 double-check.
O f the home-grown frequency
directories, thi s one is a standout. You can get your copy by
sending Mr. Re id a <.: heck for
$6.00 plus $3.00 shippi ng to Reid
Enterpri ses. R.R. I, Box 54-A,
Sigel, PA 15860.

Uniden BCT 12
Beartracker

Uniden's Bearlra<.:ker seri es is

inle nded 10 provide easy access 10
public safe ty freque nc ies fo r the
high way traveler. There is no frequ ency display. j ust a 1wo-character LED to identify the state of
c hoice a nd certain functiona l call ouls. Tiny and ligh1 wcigh1, the
uni1s can be attached 10 the windshield or dash by suction cups
(provided) or 10 the sun visor. A
short swivel anle nn a may be removed. exposi ng 1he BNC connector which allows a uachmenl
to a carlop a nte nna.
The newest e ntry. the BCT12. covers low. high, UHF, and
800 M Hz hi ghway patrol. local
po li<.:c. sheriff. weather. news
media. and transportation departme nt freque nc ies for a lI 50 states
and Canada. A tone a lert ca n be
selected for weathe r e mergency
broadcasts and detection of nearby
highway patro l radios. Priority,
channe l lockout. and a digiwl signa l leve l meter are indudcd .
The BCT-1 2 is approximate ly
5200 al your Uniden dealer.

- BG

PA Frequency
Directory
Abbotl Re id. N3JGT. has put
togc1hcr a hot, 25-page freque ncy
direclOI)' for Jeffe rson and Clarion
coun1ics in Pennsylvania. Reid 's
book includes pol ice. business.
game com mi ssion. fire. EMS ,
Department of Environm enta l
Resources. and util ities. among
others . Information is arranged in
two ways: by topic and by fre-

Scanning the Great

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Checki ng into the 500+ page
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What makes thi s one especially
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codes. Not only wi ll you know
the fr e quencie s for Y e llow
Springs, Ohio. for example, but
you' ll also know that when you
hear a code 7 1, someone in town
has reported a drunk citizen to
police. That's important, because
no1 all that far away in Wayne
County, Ohio. whe n the sheriff
reports a code 70. it means an
explosion has occ urred.
Frequenc ies in this directory
arc arranged by state a nd community and include police, fi re,
ambulance, hospitals, aircraft.
railroads, fo restry, marine radio.
and more.
You can get your copy of the
Pa lco Electronics Scanner Radio
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Years ago, every radio-obsessed young child ow ned (or

coveted) a copy of Whit e's Radio

Log. WRL was a handbook, a
guide to broadcast band radio
mon itoring. Hear a station and
need to know what it is? Pull out
your copy of WRL and fire off a
QSL request.
Radio on the Road is re mini scent oft he old White's Radio Log.
although it is produced for the traveler and not pri marily the DXer
(there are no station addresses, for
_ ........ u~

.......,.!!.;:......

example) .

A co mpen dium of ove r

14.000 radio (and TY !) stations
across the US and Canada, it is
arranged by state. If you' re traveling through Texas and see a
road sign up ahead for Beeville.
you need onl y locate "Texas" in
the book and go down the a lphabeti zed list to 'Beeville" w here
you ' II fi nd the li stings for KIBLAM (1 490), KYTX- FM (97.9),
and KFRD-AM ( I 090). Each listing contains the town name, call
le11e rs, freq uency, and format
code.
You can get your copy of Radio 1111 the Road from G rove Ente rpri ses for $ 12.95 plus $3 book
rate shipping. Call 800-438-8 155
to order.

Successful QSLing
A lle nti on QSL co llectors!
Would you li ke to increase your
QSL return rate? Bill Plum of
Airmai l Postage & DX S upplies
has publi shed Foreign Airmail

Postage For Successjitl QSLing.

The SASE Method- a 20 page,
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T hese methods. used by amate ur
rad io operators,
,_......, ..'.:
haveeameda re'9k~~
turn rate of over
90% !These sue..,,., """'
cessful tips may : .._ :"~
apply to SWBC
DXers as well.
Top ics in-

r '

February 1997

elude : IRCs and Green Stamps,

What Happens on the Other Side,

The Foreign Return Postage,
Goodies, and more !
Bill 's ti ne book. at an affordable $5.00. cou ld be just the answer you' ve been seeking! Included with your book is a $5.00
coupon, a nd price lists for worldwide mi nt stamps and related DX
suppl ies.
Write Bill at 12 G lenn Road,
Flemington, NJ 08822-3322. And
don ' 1 fo rget to report all those
QSLs you receive 10 MT's "QSL
Report"!

GVH

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T he beaUly of audio digital signal processing is that it provides

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your c hances of being able to discern inte lligible sounds are much
greater w ithout background hi ss
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have DSP buill into the m, but
what if you have an o lder mode l?
The SGC Powc rClear is a n
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can be used wi1h HF/VHF/U HF
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audio e nhancement. Even data
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The small 3.65 inc h by 6.65
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a variety of input sources. The
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- RB

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91

MAGNETESTS
SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

Lawrence Magne
Editor-in-Chief, Passport to World Band Radio

Becl<er Mexico 2340 World Band Car Radio

mo~t motori~ts

bviously.
arc happy
with what they !Ind on their lot:al
statio ns-or those stati o ns would he
carryi ng other t ype~ of programming. But for
some of us. c hanne l after t:hannel of rot:k
mu sic and talk radio can wear thi n. Some thing
better is needed. and that something t:an be
world band radio.
Thing is. just try to find a shortwave car
radio! Philips made the exce llent DC777 a
few years ago. but except for ~o m e convertcrtuners- which do n"t work very well - the re
rea lly hasn't been mut:h avai lable in the way
of car sho rtwave radio~.

Ill Superior quality of construction

Until now. that is. T he German firm of
Becker has sta11cd producing the Mcxirn 2340.
w hi ch covers lo ng wave. AM. lM, and shortwave from 5900- 15700 kH;1.. It a lso has an
inboard stereo cassette playe r. and thc rc s an
o ptional o utboard C D changer if you want it.
It appears to be excepti o na lly we ll rnnsuucted- w hi eh is ha rdly surpris ing. g iven
that Becker makes the radios used in Mcrt:cdcs
Benz automobi les.
Fort una tely. you d o n"t have to buy a
M ercedes to get this radio. In the Uni ted
States, it sell s for $550. plus installat ion by
you or a local auto ~ tereo dealer. This isn"t
cheap, but it 's less th an you might expect to
spend on a German radio of this cali ber.

8 Car environment limits reception

But. will shortwa ve really work in a t:ar" 1
After a ll. a car has all sort s of clectri t:al devices wh ic h can d isrupt rct:cptio n. s ut:h as
spark plugs. w iper m oto r~. and microprot:e ~
sors- a po te nti al minefie ld of man-madc
noises.
The answer is that it depend~ on your t:ar
and what you wa nt to hear. J\t o ne extreme arc
some di esel vchit:ks w ith no spark plu g~ to
cause no ise. so shortwave works perl"ct:tly
well. A t the o the r end arc o ld t:ars with defct:ti ve ignition wires and o the r ~ hortt:omin g~
that a rc so bad they can even di~rupt n:ception
of loca l stations. But most modern can, arc
de~ ign e d not to interfere had ly wi th radio
signa ls . So a car ~hortwave radio can worl-.
wel I fo r hearing the major inte rnati o nal hroad-

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casters- plus some smaller ones. as we llbu t not seri ous DX.
B e~ides e let:trica l noi ses that can bother
faint signals. cars ha \"e small radio antennas.
And re member. e ven a$550car radio isn' t the
equ iva le nt of a se ri o us tab le to p com munications rece iver wi th a large ou tdoor wire ante nna. whit:h is what" s best for DXing.
Anot her fly in the ointme nt is that you can
pay on ly so muc h attention to your radi o
be fore your driving is compromised. T he
Mexico's ergonom ics are o kay for this purpose. but having a keypad in the standard
telephone forma t wou ld have bee n better than
the o rfheat horiwntal key layo ut used o n this
radio.

II Audio quality second to none

What mig ht surpri se you is that car shortwave radios can so und belier than regular
shortwave rad ios. That" s because they" re desig ned from top to bo ttom as part of a highfidcl ity audio sy~ t e m . In fac t. the Becke r
Mex ico 2340 sound!> at least as good as a ny
o ther s hortwave radio J" ve come across in the
past 35 yea rs.
The Becker"; performance. which was
tested hy three of us in d ifferent parts of the
Eastern United States. is about on par w ith
that or the best portables in the $ I 00 pri ce
t: lass. It has di g ita l freque ncy reaJout. I kH z
tuning increments. te n shortwave presets. signal - ~cek ~t:arrning and d irect-frequency keypad tuning. Its ~e n s itivity to good signa ls is
quite reasonable. too- and. as we"vc already
no ted. its adjacent-channel rej ec tio n is good.
But image rejet:ti un i~ o nl y fair. And there s
some t:hugg ing when you tu ne up a nd d own
the hands. Still. the o nl y serio us fla w that we
found is with freque ncy coverage. Granted.
thi ~ i~ primari ly a we ll-constructed mobile
audiu ~rtem with ~ho rtwavc added. But st il l.
for $550 it should cover more o f the short wave spct: trum- say. from .+.7-21.9 MH z.
addin g three ba nds to its existing coverage.
At the very least. its 49 meter covcrage should

go d own to 5730 kH z. instead of stopping at

5900 kHz.
Ano ther thing is that the Bet: kcr" s AM
coverage is only fro m 53 I to 1600 kHz. In
North America. the AM band runs fro m 5301700 kHz. so the Becker misses ten channeb
at the hi g h end. and is I kH z off fro m o ne
Canadian c hannel at the low end.
Even then. all the panelists liked thi s radio.
Not only does it make for exceptionally pleasant listening. it"s bu ilt to last, which is someth ing the Phi lips DC777 sore ly lac ked. How
lo ng. depends-but I ha ve a Bec ker car radio
made in late 1973. A ll I' ve had to do to it in 23
years is replace the dial light bulb a couple or
ti mes. Most of my other car radios have acted
up after just a few years.

a Market too small for much

competition
Sony. a nd perhaps o thers. repo rtedly ma ke
shortwave car radios fo r sale in a few cou ntries
in As ia, but o therwi se Becker seems to have
the market pretty muc h to itse lf. I've ta lked to
a couple of firms selling these Becker rad ios.
and back when Ph il ips offered the DC777 I
was in contat:t w ith most of its vendors. Then.
just as now. th is has been a very small market.
Take the United S tates. fo r example. He rc .
over half a million short wave radios are sold
annuall y. bu t wd l under a thousand of these
are car radios. lf a compa ny decided to really
push these. they might catc h on to some ex tent. But the result ing sales arc unl ikely to
justify the promotional and re lated expenses.
un less the radi o were really cheap to ma nufat:tu re. so the profit marg in wou ld be great
enough to co,er those expe nses. So the most
like ly outcome is that the m arke t will inc h up
slowly overt he years-and if it gets big e nough.
perhaps there wi II be another choice o r two.
Ano ther limitat io n is that most cars already
come equipped from the fact ory with radios.
These arc mass-production items. sold eac h
year in the tens of mil lions. There s no way
sho rtwave is going to li t into that kind of
market environment. Eve n if they were ~old
wi th new cars. most people would he con fused
by short wave . so they" d be bothe ri ng the car
deale rs to fi nd ou t how to o perate the m, or they
mi ght think the radios were de fective and
bring them in fo r service. Of course. no dealer

wants to even think about having this kind of

headache.

I He liked it so much he started the

company

I Great to have during long drives

One fellow liked it so much he made a

career o ut o f it. Robert Sc hnec k was lis tening
on his ne w Becker shortwave radio to a CBC
ta lk show that was di sc ussing some lofty
internati onal topic over RC I. so he called in
on hi s car pho ne to com me nt. They asked
where he was calling rrom , and he replied.
" Long Is land, New York, on my car radio."
Thal did it! The rest of the show, they quit
discussing Bosnia o r whatever. a nd ta lked
abou t sho rtwave listening . He got so excited
about the prospects of listening to sho rtwave
in cars that he found ed RJS Almost Direct to
sell those same Becker shortwave car radios
lo the general public!
There are now two mail-order firms selling Becker shortwave radios in North America.
RJS can be reached toll-free al (800) 7573728, o r by e-mail at rj [email protected]. The
other vendor is Erie Aviatio n Internatio nal at
(800) 395-8934, e-mail shancock @eire. net.

But the bottom line is that you can remove

your existing car radio and replace it w ith the
Becker Mexico 2340, then meander around
the countryside li stening to news a nd e ntertainme nt from all over the glo be. Some years
ago, my w ife and I took a le isurely trip around
muc h o f the western United States in o ur car.
Sometimes, all we could get other than s hortwave were a few boring stations, and we'd
gotten tired of our stack of recorded music.
But a push of the controls wo uld bring in the
BBC and dozen s of other world band stations.
My wife is normally not a bi g shortwave fan,
but even .l'he enjoyed il then, especially because the audio quality was so pleasant.
So I think that if you're doing a lot of
intercity drivi ng and e njoy the programs fo und
on shortwave. the Becker radio may very well
be a good in vestment.

Outside North America , contac t the factory at

Postfach 742260. D-76303 Ka rlsbad, Germa ny.

This eq11ip111e11t reviell' is pe1for111ed independently by Lawrence Magne and his colleague.I'
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SCANNER EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Bob Parnass, AJ95

The Radio Shacl< PR0-2045

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PR0-2036 and ii' fkarcat
BC890X LT 1wi n in June
1995 MT and found their perfonnancc
Ji ,appointing. It i' wi1h relic l' thal \\'e
report lhi ~ month o n a n i111 pnned
repl aceme nt- the nc\\' PR0-20-Vi.
The PR0-20.+5 is built in 1he l'hilippin e~ fo r Radio S hack by Uniden
and li ~ t s fo r about S.150. 11 i' powered
from 12 VDC, hut c;in be uperalcd
w ith the s upplied i\C wall w;1rt.

each memory channel. Unfortunatel y

1he CT CSS d ecod er cannot be acli vatcd in search mode or whi le tunin g
around using lhe tuning knob.
The lllning knob ac1s as ei ther a
cha nnel se lcl'lor or VFO. The daia
~k ip fealllrc lea p~ o ver -;omc paging
sig nal s. bul isn1 as effective o n dala
~ig nal s and lrunked control channe ls
a' 1he !COM R8 500' s VSC. The au xiliary recorderconlrol fun clion found
in the olde r PR0-20:l6 was eliminated from the PR0-20-15.

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some i11ter111od and image.1. ours works
1111ticeably bet/er than the /'/{0- 2036
and JJCH9UXLT we tested."

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channels are di stributed arnong I 0
ban ks of 20 c hann.:J, each. A hil
counter. alte nuaio r. ;ind l \\ n second
rescan d elay can be prog rammed for eai.; h
channel. an improve ment over !he PR0-20 36 s
g loba l de lay. One c hanncl in each bank can he
desig nated as a priority channel and sampled
e \'c ry lwo secomb. There a rc JO monitor
me mories, as ro und in other Radio Shack
models.
At about 80 channcb/sec .. memo ry scanning is ve ry fasl. and users can choose to scan
me mo ries in freq uency o r c hanne l num ber
order w ithin hank s. the form er providing
s peedier sca nning. l\ kmory is ha<:kl.'d up h) a
capm:ilor. The O\\ ner' ' manual claim' bad. up
is good for onl y three 'hon da) 'but \\'C didn "t
veri fy it.

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tran smill..:d by NOAA slalio ns. We used the

built- in al ert lest feat ure. hul didn'l test the
PR0-20-15 wi1h a n ac lual NO AA a len .

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A S-10 CTCSS d ecoder module ( RS catalog #20-003 I ) can hc ' peciall y ordered from
Radio S hack for lhc PR0-2045. and it' s a
worthw hile addi1i o n. The Unidcn BC -005
C TCSS board from o ur BC9000X LT plugs
righl inl o our PR 0 -20 -15 and works lik e a
champ. O nce equippcd \\'i lh lhc decoder. a
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con11nences from the curre nt I) dis played fre quency. Limit search i' hounded by programmable search lim it' and one 'earch bank i'
provi ded. The auto ' tore feat ure works great.
storing unique. acti ve fn:qucncies fo und during a search in b;111k s you 'pccify. Up to 50
freque ncie s can he locked oul durin g a
sea rch- a big imprn v..:men l over !he PR02016 and useful for ig noring paging frequencic' and birdies.
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a key. T he wcalher alert can he armed so 1hc
PR0-20-15 will sound a loud lone w h..:n ii
d etects the sev..:re weather warn ing signal

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allen uatecl by 42-48 dB.
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BC9000X LT . hut not o n our ICOM R8500.
The PR0-2045' s attenuator re moves the
intennod but dimi nishes weaker s igna ls we
wa nt to hear.
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weathe r search and all:n .

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I PR0-2045 vs. BC9000XLT
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line Uniden/Bearcat BC9000XLT. but there
are several differences. The BC9000X LTis
larger and h o u ~cd in a meta l cabinet and
fra me. The smalle r. lig hte r PR0 -2045 is enti re ly plastic. The main ci rcuit board in the
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arc shi e lded in separate metal compartments.
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894-896. 1. and I 000- 1JOO MH z.
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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

Clem Small, KR6A, CET

Radio au Naturale: Is the Sl<y an Antenna?

ast month we covered natural radio

s ignals and the use or trees as antennas. Th at':, unusual. but wou ld you
believe an island in the sea has been u ~cd as an
antenna? It s true! One reference says that the
is land. although it was planned as a s lot an te nn a. acts more like a Beverage antenna.
So if an island ca n work as an antenna. how
about the water the is land sits in? Old-time
radio-pioneer Fes:,enden used antennas made
from columns of water pumped to shoot hi gh
in the air. He reported that a water-column
antenna of -10 mete r~ height worked stati ons
just as far away as did a meta l antenna of the
same height. And one reference to the use of
ioni ?.ed-air columns as antennas says that .. It
may be possible to excite the ion column
be hind the satellite as a leaky wa veguide
antenna." Another reports. a )!as di ,charge
t:olumn was used as a tuneahl c antenna ... "
As far back a' 1916 Hettinger suggested
using beams from tungsten-arc searchlights.
merc ury vapor lamps. or other sources as

powerfu l ultra-violet rad iation to ionize the

air into io n-column antennas. Blake followed
thi s by making such col umns on a rnuchsmal lcr :,ca le with radium-coated wire spirals.
Usi ng them he was able to transmit across a
lectu re room.
In September 1988 P11p11/ar Science reported that a one-megawatt signal was beamed
into the sky above Fairbanks. Alaska. and that
thi s ...heated the charged particles of the
ionospherc ... turning them into an antenna that
cou ld re flect low-frequency signa ls efficient ly ...
Perhaps the ultimate in unusua l antennas i:,
the use of our bodies as an a nte nna. All of us
who have ever put a fi nger on the antennainput terminal o f a radio receiver and heard
the rece iver come to lifi: with signals. know
that our bodies can functio n as antennas. The
Briti sh Institution of Electrical Engi neers
Ha11dhouk. uf A111e1111a Desi~n reports a study
in which the human body performed essentiall y li ke a metal whip antenna from about 40

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to 70 MHz. And , lest we forget the animal

kingdom. there are serious sc ientifi c studies
repo rtin g that bird fe ath e rs. and the
'sensilliurn"' of lovebugs have. been shown to
functio n as antennas.
One component essential to many antenna
systems is a ground con nection. Believe it or
not, bushes and trees have provided grounds
in many instances. At the Smit hsonian Institution I found the follow ing in Lee DeForcst's
hwruc1iu11sfor Porwh/e Radiu1elepho11e: 'If
in the woods. an excell ent ground can be
obtained by dri ving a large spike (nail), ... into
the trunk ofa li ve tree near its root. .. DeFores t' s
also wrote in hi s aut obiography. DeForest:
Father ofRadio, how he obtained good results
when he " ... skinned the bark off a small bush
for my earth connection.'"
Other natural radio-system componen ts
which have been utili zed across the years
include a "taste sensor" which would allow an
operator to copy Morse code at five or ten
words per minute us ing a dev ice held in the

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FIGURE 1: Ma/J/011 Loomis's 1865 sk etch of the first '"a11te1111as, " and his succenful "wireless" comm1111icatio11 system. (from Radio Theory
and Operating, Mary 1'. Loomis, 1927).
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lips or mouth. A. F. Collins used brains. cat to

human. as detectors of radio signals. There are
several report s of using frog-legs to detect
radio signals. One French report mentions
using such a detector to receive time signals
from a station in Paris.
Mahlon Loomis believed that by Oying
kites with metal tethers hi gh enough he could
connect to a "natural batlery" in the atmosphere. Utilizing kites flown from two separate mountain tops, and a ground connection
on each mountain. he was able to communi cate between mountain tops by switching the
current !low in thiscircuit on and off. It wasn' t
RF, but it was .. wi reless." Coincidentally,
Loomi s is credi ted with introducing the tenn
..antenna.. which eventually replaced the older
term "aerial."
In 1909 a man named Maurice Child used
static e lectricity induced into his antenna as
the power for his spark-gap transmitler. He
communicated over a distance of three miles,
and said that. considering the length of spark
which the static produced, he could probably
have communi cated over a distance of I 00
miles.
Could we have a totall y natural-component radio system? How about lightning as the
transmitlcr (sec last months column). the
lightn ings ionized path as the transmitting
antenna. our bodies as the receiving antenna,
and our brains as detectors? Ouch!

I Ho Hum
It's time to address the old mysterious hum
again . In the past I have mentioned the strange
and lege ndary hum whi ch some say sounds
like a truck idling in the distance. I' ve checked
with my local source on the hum-an appliance repairman who has heard it in the pastand he says it hasn't been around his area
late ly. I did note. however, that, back in the
December 95 Electro11ics Now. Larry Klein
discussed theories which attribute the source
of the hum to various causes. These vary from
the by-now trad itional idling diesel engine. to
the sound of a sewage pump, to "resonant
channels.. due to atmospheric inversions, to
the more exciting idea of secret government
VLF tran smissions, and to the even more
excit ing idea o r aliens communicating with
their mother ship. The suggestion which I like
best. however, is where Klein says that, as far
as he knows, no one has suggested that the
"something is humming simply because it
doesnt know the words."
Kidding aside, the prevalence of thi s type
of sound at various locations around the world,
and the fai lure of serious scientists who have
tried to find its source. seem to rule out simple
ex planations. I still wonder about the possibil-

ity of ex tremely low frequency electromagnetic waves from an as-yet unknown. extraterrestria l source interacting with natural antennas and natural cjetectors in our environment. If anyone has any recent findings on the
e lusive hum phenomenon. I'd be pleased to
hear of them.
~RADIO

RIDDLES~,

n Last month
We talked about what radio waves might
look like if frozen at one moment in time.
Then I had the audacity to ask, "What would
those rascals look like if we could stain them.
and we also had the advanced eyes and brains
of some specialized android so that we could
watch them zip along on their 186.000 mi les
per hour flight from the transmitting antenna
to our receiving antenna? What would we see
then?"
Let' s consider waves from a beam ante nna.
We'd likely see the "zebra" stripe pattern of
the previous month 's riddle answer moving
continuously from the transmitting antenna to
the receiving antenna. Recall that these stripes
vary from darker to lighter indicating greater
and lesser leve ls of field strength fo r the
signal. As these stripes move away from the
transmitting antenna they would spread out as
does a beam of light, and so we' d see them
getting graduall y less intense. If we looked
around to where the signal encountered various reflective surfaces we'd see interaction
between the original waves and the renected
waves such that some stripes wou ld get lighter
or di sappear, and others would get darker.
Another thing that might interest us, if
signal propagati on was ri ght. would be a broad,
faint wavefront approaching the transmitting
antenna from behind, as the signal came in
from a completely around-the-world trip!
Also, if we look closely at the receiving
antenna we might get a surpri se as a lighter
zebra-pattern emerged from that .1ntenna1
That's right, a receiving antenna retransmits
some of its received energy ! We'd see all
these things and more. The action of radio
waves leav ing a transmitting antenna and encountering the rest of the world is a very
complex situation . We' ve on Iy touched the Lip
of the iceberg.
B This Month

Why do you care if your antenna is resonant? Maybe you don' t. If you don ' t, should
you? Whal is "resonance" anyhow?
You' ll find an answer for thi s month 's
riddle. and much more, in nex t month' s issue
of Mo11itori11g Times. "Til then Peace, DX,
and 73.

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SE Div Conv I Evelyn Gauzens, W4WYR, 2780 NW 3rd St.,
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New Westminster, BC Burnaby ARC I Harry Curtis. VE7HNC, Box 72012, 4429
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Estes Circle, Russellville, AR 72801 , 501-967-3317
Spring Hill, FL
Hernando Co ARA I Lee Kent, WA3YMV, PO Box 1721,
Brooksville. FL 34605. 352-799-1638
Dalton, GA
Dalton ARC I Harold Jones, N40TC, PO Box 143, Dalton,
GA 30722-0143, 706-673-229 1
LaPorte, IN
LaPorte ARC I John Rozinski , N9ROH, PO Box 30,
LaPorte, IN 46352
Bismarck, ND
Central Dakota ARC I Dean Summers, KOOC, 701-2223532
Orange , TX
Orange ARC I Irene Thomas, NSGNF, PO Box 232,
Orange, TX 77630, 409-745-3061
Milton, VT
Radio Amateurs of N Vermont I Mitch Stern. WB2JSJ, PO
Box 99, Essex. VT 05451-8099 , 802-879-6589
Cincinnati, OH
Great Lakes Div Conv I Stanley Cohen, WD80DQ, 2301
Royal Oak Ct., Cincinnati. OH 45237, 513-531-10 11
Westford, MA
Gtr Boston Antique Radio Collectors I Lisa Friedrichs. PO
Box 2, Carlisle, MA 01741, 508-371-0512
Dearborn, Ml
Livonia ARC I Neil Coffin, WA8GWL, PO Box 51532,
Livonia, Ml 48151-5532, 313-261 -5486
Cuyahoga Falls, OH Cuyahoga Falls ARC I Bob Recny, N8SOT, 496 Orlando
Ave., Akron, OH 44320-1243, 330-864-5810, Fax: 330-8645879
Amarillo, TX

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North American Club Listings C-1

New Listings!
Brian Cathcart has started a scanner club
called the Palm Beach County Scanner Group
(PBCSG) in the Palm Beach, Florida, area. To
join the fun. you may contact him at 4050
Edgewood Drive, Coconut Creek, FL 330661835, email <[email protected]>
American Eagle SSB CBers Club: Keith L.
Herzig KCSLPO. P.0. Box 751. Chester, MA
0 1011 . Sun eve net/chat 37 LSB 9 p.m. Free
sample newsletter.
Central VA Radio Enthusiasts: Richard
Rowland, POB 34832, Richmond, VA 232340832. Metro Richmond and vicinity. VHF/UHF.
SASE. No newsletter. no dues. Meets quarterly
in Richmond .
Chicago Area DX Club: Edward G. Stroh, 53
Arrowhead Dr., Thornton . IL 60476. 300 mile
radius of Chicago; DXing all bands. DX
Chicago. $17, $1 sample. Meets irregularly.
Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association
(CARMA): Ted & Kim Moran, Box 268 1,
Glenview. IL 60025. Chicago & midwest. Public
safety & general coverage. CARMA BBS (630)
852-1292. Fax: (630) 612-0609. CARMA
Newsletter. Meetings (Sats) and newsletter bimonthly on alternate months.
Colorado Shortwave Listeners Club: Rob
Harrington NONNI, P.O. Box 370593, Denver,
CO 80237-0593, 303-756-9455. Colorado
residents. Longwave, shortwave. 35 cents plu s
SASE for info or Internet
YABX92A @prodigy.com.
Comm unications Research Group: Scott
Miller. 122. Greenbriar Drive, Sun Prairie, WI
53590-1706. Wisconsin area. Scanning.
Deca lcoMania: Paul Richards, P.O. Box 126.
Lincroft. NJ 07738. (908)591-2522. Worldwide
AM. FM and collecting radio related items.
DecalcoMania. $10 US. $1 1 Can/Mex. $16
Eur. $17 .50 Asia/Pac.
DX Audio Service (National Radio Club) :
Ken Chatterton, P.O. Box 164, Mannsville. NY
13661-0164, (315) 387-3583; http://
wcoil.com:80/-gnbc/ Worldwide. North
American Broadcasters. DX-Audio Service (90min.tape). Sample $3.
Fire Net: Tom Kravitz , Box 1307, Culver City,
CA 90232. 310-838-1436, internet
mpage @netcom.com. All of California ; lire,
EMS, tied in with nationwide notification net.
Fire Notification Network of Michigan: Garry
Watts, PO Box 1312, Warren, Ml,
48090-1312 810-772-4423; lirenet @usa.net.
Michigan alphanumeric pager
net, breaking news via text pager.
Customizable options available.
Houston Area Scanners & Monitoring Club:
Glen Dingley, 909 Michael, Alvin, TX 77511 ,
(713) 388-1941 . 75 mile radius of Houston, TX;
scanning & SW. Paging network. HASMC
Newsletter. Meets Jan & June.
Hudson Valley Monitors Association
(HVMA): Patrick Libretti, P.O. Box 706,
Highland, NY 12528. Mid-Hudson valley and
surrounding counties; VHF/UHF, public safety.
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International 11 Meter Alliance: Allen
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ASK BOB

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

[email protected]
As a non-ham I occasionally
hear emergency transmissions on
the two-meter band, but no replies.
How can I help? (Chris Desio, Deer
Park, NY)

same Frequency when a signal is

received, but not on other Frequencies, nor is the hum present on
another scanner I tried. Any ideas?
(Tom Carroll, Lee's Summit, MO)

A. Unfonu nate ly. you can t-

A. 1 don 1 ha ve a clue. but perhaps ir you can

answer the fo llowing q uestio ns. you migh t
come u p with o ne of your own: /\re there any
re idual signals sti ll on the air a fte r your
p rimary sig na ls go o lTthe air? Do you hear the
hum even with the set' s own allac hable a ntenna as well as with an oubidc antenna? Do
you hear it o n o ne Regency with the o ther
!Urned off (poss ible m utually-generated inte rfere nce)? Is the hum s ti ll p resent w hen you
are powering it fro m a batte ry su p ply rather
than AC? Is it present o n any other channeb
besides the one? Have you heard the hu m o n
any o the r sca nncr'7
Pcrh ap~ going th rough these q uest io ns may
give you some insig ht into the cause.

Q.

at least no t by
rad io. Although there is no privacy protection
to amateur radio transm i ssion~. and you arc
free to td l a nyone w hat you heard. you must
be licensed to transmi t. lf e no ugh information
is lransm illed. you can relay the fac ts to the
appropriate police. medical. o r fi re depa rt ment.
You m ig ht try contacti ng a local ham cl ub
with your q uestio n lo see if they can provide
you with na mes a nJ pho ne n umbers of repeate r licensees whom you can ca l1 to sec how
you ca n help.
You could, or course. sig n up to take the
ha m cl asses taught hy these c lu hs and get you r
No-Code Tcclrn ician li cense: then. next ti me
you hear the e mergency call . you can he lp '

I have two Regency crystal

scanners that exhibit a hum on the

Q.

Bob's Tip of
the Month
With the high prices we pay fo r scanners
and s hortwave receivers. we should expect
good speakers. but usually they aren 1. Wi th
ti ny hand-he ld radios, it 's understandable,
b ut w ith expensive tabletops. it's unforgivable.
Sometimes the speaker can simply be
exchanged wi th o ne of beuer q uality. Bcuer.
the substitution of an external speaker in an
enclosure makes an enormo us improvement
in so und. Bui just as often it' s the ori g inal
des ign of the c ircuitry that li mits the q uality-inexcusable, because every audio chip
made today is capable of high qua lity sound .
MT reader Bob Thomas o f Bridgeport.
Connecticut. me re ly exchanged two audio
capacito rs in hi s BC2 I 0 scanner to improve

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What is CTCSS and what is it

used For? (D. Pradipto, Bogar,
Indonesia}

Q.

A. Con ti nuo us

tone con trolled sq ue lch syste m. sometimes cal led s ubaud ible tone. or by
the prope r name Pri vate Linc ("PL''), is a
means o f separating g roups of commo n users
w ho s hare one freq uency so they don' t hear
distracting commun icatio ns from the other
groups.
Basicall y. it works like th is. The transm it ters are equi pped to ~e nd a low-pitch to ne .
ge nera lly no t audible through the speaker.
a lo ng w ith the voice. O nl y rece ivers equi pped
with a to ne squelch set to the pitch of that tone
wi ll a ll ow audi o to be heard fro m the speaker.
Thus. several departments may sh are the sa me
freque ncy witho ut hav ing to listen to each
other: the speaker wi ll open o nl y w hen the ir
rad ios d etect the sub-aud ible to ne se t fo r the ir
de part men l.

Q . Last night I overheard a cellular

phone call on which two men were
planning an armed robbery of a
local convenience store. In today's
newspaper I was shocked to see the
account in which one of the clerks
was murdered. I think I can identify

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For ex ample. in the d iagram below. increased
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wh ile increased capacitance from audio to
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must be in its enclosed cabinet for the final
trial.

one of the perpetrators, but I'm

afraid to contact authorities because
of the law against monitoring phone
calls. What can I do? (Name and
location withheld)
A. First. call your attorney. or e,e n a cou rtappointcd attorney. to lea rn your rights to
immunity forg iving testimony. Few-ifanyprosecutors wou ld press charges aga inst you
fo r turning ev idence which could help sohe a
capital crime. Remember. even if the information overheard cannot he used in court. it
can be of inval uable as~ i s tan cc in other evidence gathering.
Do any of your local broad c a ~t crs have a

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Antique Radio Classified .. .. .......... ... 65
Atlantic Hom Radio ....... ...... .... .... ... 23
Cellular Security Group ... ........... ... .. 97
Communications Electronics ............... 3
Computer Aided Technologies ... 90, 9 1

Q. I am unable to pick up many of

Davis Instruments ..... ...... ................ . 83

the DX stations listed in the shortwave guide section of MT; how

come? {Russ Richards, Bellevue,

Delta Research .......... ..................... 15

DX Computing ....... .......... .. .... .. ...... 46
Electronic Equip. Bonk ... ................. 33

WA)

Erie Aviation .................. ... ......... .... 87

A. Scvcral poss ibiliti es:

Gi lfer Shortwave ..... .............. ... ...... 65

( I) Propagation between l'.uropc and the

U.S. We~ I Coast i ~ usually poor:
('.! )The stations bea m their signals in other
directions:
(3) Local interfere nce make' reception di f ..
!icuh or im poss ible:
(4) Your ante11na patte rn rejects signals
from th11o;e dirc.:cli\111':
(5) Other co-channel u ~ers obl iterate your
target station:
(6) Your recci\(: r s uffers f'rnm low 'e11si1i vity:
(7) Y1n1r recei,er 'elcct i,i1y doesn't discriminat e between c losel y-spaced station s:
(8) Your rccei1er is being des<:'.nsiti1ed by

Glenn Houser ................................ 39

Grove Enterprises ... 48, 73, 77, 93, 99

plus special 16-page Buyer's Guide

Hollins Radio Dato .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. l l , l 3
ICOM ..... .. ......... ... ............. ... Cover Ill
Index Publishing ............................. 15
Jacques d'Avignon .... ......... .. ... .. .. ... 62
K&LTechnology ........ .... ... .............. 25
KIWA Electronics ................... .. 69, 83
Klingenfuss ..... .. ..... .......... ... ...... ... .. 73
Lentini Communications .... ........ ..... .. 15
Microcroft .... .. ..................... ..... .... .. 79

crly - ~ 1rnn g sign.ii~:

(9) The loggi ngs or li sting' you sec printed

have changed .

Mon itoring Times ....... .. .. .. .......... .. 103

Matron Electronics ........... ......... .. .... 17
Nationa l Scanning Report ..... ... ....... 32

Q. Was the Roswell, NM, UFO

OptoElectronics .................. Cover II, IV

incident which has had so much

publicity, fact or fiction? (Donald
Choleva, Euclid, OH)

Palomar Engineering ... ........ .. ......... 75

PW Publishing .. .. .... .... ...... .. ..... .. .... 73
Rodiomop .............. .. ........ ............. 95

A. T he incident actuall y happe ned. but the

Radio Progressive . . .. ... ... .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. . 1l

rornantici1cd aLT11un1~ in the irrcspun~i bl y

'e n,ational tablo id ~. movie,. and T V med ia
arc pure f'i cti on. written lo ex ploi t public tru~t
and gull ibility. \\' hik capitali1ingon re' enucs.
It ha' bccn well e' tabli, hed by those \\'orking on the project and li ving in the Roswel l
area in I9-P that the dcbri ' was from an
e~pe r i m e111al weat her balloon. nothing more.
Nonet h e l es~. exaggeration and f'i ctionali1.ing
wi ll cont inue: it"' sensational and it 's profi table. It' s been goi11g on ' ince pri,ate pil ot
Ke nneth Arnold in that same )L'arde,cribed a
probable wea ther phenome non over Mount
Rainier as look ing lil-.e "saucers skipping over
\\'ater." and ll ying o;aueers have been wi th uo;
C\ er 'ince.

Ramsey Electronics .... .. ........... .... .... 67

R.D.l. White Papers ...... ..... .. ..... .. .... 93
Satellite Times ........................ .. .... 103
Scanner Moster ........ .. ....... .. ..... .. .... 77
SGC Inc . ....... ... .. .... .... ........ .. ......... 27
Signal Intelligence .......................... 23
Skyvision .... .. ...... .............. ...... .. .. ... 81
S.R.P. Trading .......... ... ............. .. .... 23
Universal Radio ........................ .. .... 79
Viking International ... ....... ... .. ..... ... ... 7
WIN Radio ...................................... 5
Worldcom Technology ....... .... ......... 21

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103

LOSING
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By Bob Grove,

Publisher

Will Scanner Listening Tal<e an Upturn?

Perh aps the best news scanner lis teners have heard in
quite a whi le-and they have had more than thei r s hare of
bad news-is Unide ns new BC235XL T and B890XLT
hand- held a nd base/mobile tru nk-track ing scanne rs.*
Many hobbyi sts have bemoaned the virtual demise of
public safety signals in large r c ities across the nation
bla med on the big sw it ch to trunk ing.
T ru nking is rampaging across the coun try. and it's a
very effecti vt: neet communications management tool.
Instead of o ne o r two seldom-heard departments with in
an agency monopol izing exclusive freq ue ncy ass ignments. while other high-traffic.: users compete for thei r
access to the airwaves, all freque ncies are poo led a nd
shared on a rotating. as needed. basis. And it works.
Uniden wi ll open up an e no rmous market wi th thei r
two new en tri es be ing anno unced at the Cons ume r Electroni cs S how. and other brands are sure to fo llow; it's the
011ly way to go. But there is more to the story than just a
ne w product. If Uniden can establ is h that d igiti zed sig nal
control is for spectrum effic iency and not securit y or
pri vacy. then how about other forms of d igi tization?
If. after a peri od of time, it is estab lis hed that at least
some form s of d igit izatio n of radi o transmissio ns are
sole ly fo r spectrum e fficiency, then a case could be made
that the prohi bitio ns of the 1986 Electronic Commun icatio ns Pri vacy Act (ECPA ' 86) against decod ing d igitized
communicat ions do not apply to all forms of d igiti zation,
maki ng d ig ita l-decoding scanners legal. Perhaps public
ciphers and standard algorithms w ill be re- interpreted in
the computer-age perspective or bandwidth efficiency.
not privac y.
Even the specter of APCO 25 and its aue mpt to
standardi ze all publi c safety comm unications into several

ti ers of sec urity, could have a moderating innuence on

scrambling, with many agencies intercommunicating in
the least cum bersome. clear speech mode. This assumes,
of course, that APCO 25 itself becomes universa lly accepted- a process that cou ld take years.
This is s peculative at best, but let's take a look at
another pall that hun g o verthe hobby recently. It was quite
clear that a fter early 1994 the importation and marketing
of cellular-capable and ce ll ular-res torable scanners was
un lawful, bu t after- ma rket modi ficatio ns abound for many
c urre nt models, and the FCC seems to be content, fac ing
much more daunting tasks than prosecut ing scanner vendors and recreational hobby ists. The cell ular ind us try
which pus hed for the legislation seems to have abandoned
the effort as well. going after. ins tead, profit-robbing
cellu lar te lephone cloners.
The next few months will be prophetic. T he slowdown
in scanner sales seems to have tapered off: sales may not
be as vigorous as vendors wou ld like. but they have
s tabili zed. Profi t marg ins, however, remain di s mal. Many
c ut-throat speculators adverti se on a shoestring. then wait
until they have enough orders to call a distributor to
q ualify fo r merchand ise. When it fi na lly arrives, it is
reshi pped to irritated customers who thought the d iscounte rs had the ite m in stoc k.
Demand for the new-gene ration. trunk-tracking scanners is expected to be heavy. Will the s uccess be fleeting,
or wi ll a renewed. upward s piral of enthusiasm for monitoring be generated by these cu tting-edge products?Time
will tel l.
see page 30 for initial details from Scanning Report columnist
Rich Barnett, and watch For his article on how these receivers work
in next month's feature section.

Thank You
On a p ersonal note. now that the holidays are behind usfora11otheryear, I would like to tha11k so many ofyou who shared
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another company. Grove Enterprises is srajfed, happily, by caring individuals who are deeply touched by tlwughrful
ge.1wres. We truly hope that all of you he11efit fro 111 health, success, and happiness in the coming year.

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February 1997

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