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October 1991
At the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

by Steve Douglass
It's a rare event that delights the whole family as much

as it does the scanner buff who dragged them there. The
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in October is one
of those occasions. Load up the family, the scanner (don't
forget the earphones), and come armed with film.
Shortwave's Hottest Frequencies

14
by Charles Sorrell
Does it seem as though all the excitement and adventure is on the utility side of shortwave
listening? Don't you believe it. Check out this sampler of challenging frequencies, broadcast
battle zones, and history in the making, all on the broadcast bands.
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Scanner Action at the Football

Stadium
by Wayne Heinen
18
Big crowds can mean big problems. An enormous

amount of coordination is required to keep traffic and
crowds flowing smoothly, inside and outside the stadium.
Check out the frequencies used by the NFL, and enjoy an
indepth look at Rich Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills.
COVER PHOTO: October at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta; photo by Steve Douglass.
Turning up the Volume on Shortwave

by Jeff Chanowitz
22
Close to two hundred major shortwave broadcasters pool

their corporate visions and plot the future of shortwave
broadcasting.
Duty Calls
by P.J. Richardson
26
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And More ...

Last month we reviewed the Drake AB. T he big story in October is
Magne's assessment of 1991 's other major new receiver, the Japan Radio
NRD-535 (p.96) . This bonanza after months of cheap portables is like too
much dessert ! Unfortunately, AOR's AA2800 scanner, reviewed on page
98, doesn't stack up nearly as well.
Van Horn finds himself staring at his shortwave rece iver and
wondering, "Whose hand is on the Soviet nuclear button?" This scary
thought prompts him to research what we know about Soviet military
frequencies (p.32) . And Rod Pearson discloses the Soviet's emergency
plan for crash landing in America 's Midwest (p.46) !
The Shortwave Guide is our pride and joy, and no wonder, with
monitors like David Datko. We have it on good authority that this month
David took a boat to Catalina Island and hiked up the back of a mountain
in order to dig out the most accurate signals for you folks on the west
coast. MT staff does its best to bring you the best!
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On the Ham Bands
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50
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54
Outer Limits
Below 500 kHz
Reading RTTY
QSL Corner
Shortwave Guide
Magne Tests...
Scanner Equipment
DeMaw's Workbench
Experimenter's Workshop
Antenna Topics
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Convention Calendar
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LETTERS
Two hobbyists are happily back to moni toring now that their scanners have been
returned by the police. In August, MT
reported on Christian Stamm of Kansas,
who possessed a scanner as a member of the
Red Cross disaster team, but lost the scanner to the police when he loaned his van to
a friend. Overland Park, Kansas, has an
ordinance which forbids citizens to have a
"police monitor" in a vehicle.
When MT called the Overland Park
Police Department, Major John Round told
us Stamm was free to pick up his scanner at
any time.
The second incident concerned Lawrence
Estep, whose story was told in Bob Grove' s
September "Closing Comments." Estep is a
young 1V news photographer and emergency team volunteer in New Albany,
Indiana, who not only had his scanner confiscated, but was charged under state Jaw
35-44-3- 12. Not Jong after a friend posted
the MT article in the New Albany police
department, however, Estep received word
that all charges were being dropped.
Congratulations, gentlemen; that's the
kind of news we like to hear. Reader K4KLJ
says, "Scanner buffs aren't eavesdroppers;
they just want to know what' s going on."
The upheaval in the Soviet Union this
past August definitely gave an added boost
to the public's interest in shortwave listening, but not all broadcasters are riding the
wave. Connie Lawn, a reporter for Kol
Israel, sent us a copy of the Jerusalem Post
scourging that station for cutting off broadcasts to North America "just as shortwave
listening has reached an apparent all-time high
in the U.S."
Lawn seems in agreement with Elan
Steinberg, executive director of the World
Jewish Congress, who was quoted as saying,
"At one of the critical moments in Israel's
political life, this shortsighted move is catastrophic and self-defeating."
Kol Israel had granted a two-month
reprieve to this summer's planned scheduling
cuts while a committee studied the matter.
However, the North American broadcasts were
discontinued in early August. Ostensibly the
funding will be shifted to provide more broadcasting directed toward Soviet and Ethiopian
immigrants. You may write Kol Israel at P.O.
Box 1082, Jerusalem 91010, Israel.
George Schnabel of Rochester, New York,
sent us a clipping from the Times-Union which
extolled once again the diversity that can still
be found on shortwave radio. While domestic
stations are competing for 24 hour coverage of
the latest crisis, shortwave lis teners have the
option of listening in directly or tlllling across
the dial to see what has been happening in the
rest of the world
Doesn't it make you feel smug whenever
the media or the politicians rediscover the
revolutionary power of the airwaves? But don't
be smug; be grateful. Both our right to access
radio communications and the ability of agencies and governments to provide quality
broadcasting are under siege. We need all the
friends we can find when it comes to defending
our rights. And we must support those stations and agencies struggling to keep
information on the air and in the clear.
"Oh, for the good old days!" sigh Harold

Bower (Sunbury, PA) and Walter Breville
(St. Louis, MO). Those were the days, they
say, when there were no computers to get
viruses (August issue), there were no
machines that answered telephones (isn't
there a virus that can wipe out answering
machines?), you could go star-gazing without being surrounded by halogen lights, and
DXing was an SWL's dream.
Earle Doan (Collingswood, NJ) says
he's DXed since his first oat meal box
wrapped with wire. "With my one tuber I
heard stations from all over the U.S.," he
says. Weenjoyed photocopies of some prized
QSLs from Gimbel Brothers (1922) and
Westinghouse and NBC's shortwave outlets, among others.
Earle also admits to being a fire buff,
and has enclosed a copy of his listening post.
You've come a long way from that oatmeal
box, Earle!
Walt Breville is longing for the 1930s
for several other reasons. Jobs were hard to
find then, as now, but Walt thinks the government at least seemed more concerned
with the common citizen. Nowadays it seems
officials are just looking to protect themselves for having said things they shouldn't
over the airwaves ... .If they don't already
have a tape of someone else. Harold Bower
and Jim Boehm (San Antonio, TX), both
voice resentment over the lack of prosecution for politicians or their employees who
have been caught with taped cellular conversations.
Says Bower about the whole mess,
"Anyone who says anything on any telephone, wired or not, that is not fit for
publishing, is not all that swift and deserves
what he gets."
Larry Blass (Garden City, NY), referring to the pirate who interrupted a July 4th
simulcast, also worries about the spread of
new technology. Will "situations like this
(please turn top. 108)

From humble beginnings with
a cat's whisker, Earle Doan
has come a long way - "all
over the world, " in fact.
MONITORING TIMES
October 1991
COMMUNICATIONS
Capitalist Radio
to the Rescue
When Soviet President Mikhai l
Gorbachev found himself suddenly "ill"
and under house arrest at his summer
retreat last month, he also found himself
completely cut off from infonnation about
his own country. So where does a Soviet
leader tum to find the latest about the coup
that toppled him?
When Gorbachev was deposed, phone
lines were cut and his family was, according to reports, "completely isolated from
the outside world." Then a loyal bodyguard rigged up a shortwave radio and a
makeshift antenna, and the one-time president of the Communist Party was back in
touch.
It is ironic that the leader of a nation
that at one time spent millions of dollars
a year jamming the broadcasts of Radio
Liberty, the Voice of America, the BBC
and others, would one day have to rely on
them for news about himself. But Gorby,
aware of the irony, showed good humor,
saying that "BBC came in best of all."
Baby Monitor Stars in Sex Case

A tape recording made by a mother
who intercepted a cordless telephone call
on her baby monitor is being used as
evidence in the trial of a man accused of
sexually abusing two boys. Judge James J.
McGrath agreed with federal rulings saying that people who use cordless phones
have no reasonable expec tation of
privacy.
Iva L. Bidinost of Mayfield Heights,
Ohio, the man who is charged in the case,
was reportedly heard discussing the
alleged crime on his cordless telephone,
which was inadvertently intercepted by
the woman's baby monitor. Police urged
the woman to continue taping and she
eventually delivered some seven hours of
conversations into the hands of law
enforcement officers.
To her horror, the mother who
recorded the conversations for police
found that it was her own two boys who
had reportedly been the victims of the
assault.
on the transmitter of radio station WZAL.

WZA L is a 2 .5 kW AM station in
McDonough, Georgia.
According to police reports, Devan, listed
as the station's president, general manager
and news director - but not chief engineer
- was at the transmitter site when he took
the fatal jolt. He was transported to Henry
General Hospital where he later died.
McDonough, Georgia, is located about an
hour south of Atlanta.
No Kidding; Just Fooling Around

Walt Disney World has asked the FCC
for permission to "test the effects of in-band
FM digital transmission." According to Radio
World, Disney's application for the experimental test authorization requests pennission
to transmit a digital signal on the adjacent
channel of an existing experimental FM
station already run by Disney World.
Radio station KA2XXZ, located near
Lake City, Florida, has authorization to test
a highly directional FM antenna pattern.
The station radiates 250 watts of power and
is operated by Disney's marketing department, broadcasting traffic, weather, and
safety infonnation.
Although Walt Disney World Publicity
Manager John Dreyer denied that the request was simply a ploy to extend the license
ofKA2XXZ, which wasdue to expire, Dreyer
did admit that Disney has no plans to get into
digital broadcasting. Said Dreyer, the company "has always been in the forefront of
Jim Devan, 43, of Henry County,

Georgia, was electrocuted while working
Harry Baughn
October 1991
MONITORING TIMES
High Power from BWI

January of 1992 is the planned kickoff date for a proposed high-powered
station on the Caribbean island of South
Caicos in the British West Indies. According to Radio World, a New York-based
engineer is working on the 100 kW AM
station that will "blanket a large part of the
Southern Hemisphere with its signal."
Part of Radiovision Christiana's Atlantic Beacon facility (currently operating
on 1580 at 25 kW but authorized for 100
kW), the station also has authorizations
for two 100 kW stations at 530 kHz,
another on an unspecified shortwave frequency and a 50 kilowatter at 100.1 FM.
Estimated cost for the new station is between 1.3 and 1.5 million dollars.
Israeli Transmitter Fight

Comes to U.S.
Lawyers at the U.S. Justice Department are reportedly bracing for an
environmental lawsuit by Israeli citizens
who want to prevent the United States
from building a transmitter site in the
Negev Desert The transmitters would
send signals from Radio Free Europe and
Radio Liberty to countries in the region,
including the southern republics of the
USSR.
The Israelis who plan to initiate the
U.S. suit are already working their way
through the Israeli courts where their
environmental impact statement is under
heavy fire. The U.S. option will be used,
they say, if their efforts fail in their own
country.
Antennas and Spacecraft
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Killer Transmitter
technology and that this merely is an area

we wish to explore."
Antennas on six major spacecraft malfunctioned or were impaired by other

glitches during the last 17 months, threatening the flow of crucial information from
missions that cost $5.3 billion.
Since April of 1990, Canada's Anik
E2 television satellite, the NASA-European Space Agency Ulysses solar explorer,
NASA's Jupiter-bound Galileo, Venusmapping Magellan, Hubble Space
Telescope and Gama Ray Observatory
have all experienced trouble.
According to scientists, the reasons
for fail ure vary, but generally can be
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on the advertiser, broadcaster, or publisher. The Task Force is chaired by U.S.
Rep. Sam Gejdenson (D-CT).
attributed to the fact that antennas arc
growing bigger and more complex. Big
antennas must be folded or otherwise
stowed for launch and the moving parts
are more likely to malfunction when extended or unfolded.
Sighed Hal Meese, who submitted the
article to Monitoring Times," At least I'm
not the only one with antenna problems ... "
Ex-Cop Uses Scanner

to Nab Suspects
Two 27-year-old men were arrested
less than an hour after they allegedly held
up a Belmont, Massachusetts, convenience store, because of the quick wits of
a scanner-toting ex-cop from Florida.
According to the Boston Herald, John
Amato was listening to his scanner as he
drove along Route 128. "I heard a good
description of the get-away vehicle and
I said, ' Wait a minute, I just passed the
@#@#%! thing.' I pulled over and sure
enough they came chugging by," said
Amato.
Tailing the two by some 200 yards,
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thumb. "They were doing 53 to 58 miles
an hour. No one does the speed limit on
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Amato was able to provide police
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capitalists Come Through Again

When all other communications were
cut, it was a ham station set up by an
officer fro m an American company which
kept Yelts in 's headquarters in touch with
the world, according to an account in the
Allentown, PA,
Morning Call.
W he n
word of the coup
came to his ears,
Yuri Brajenko,
president of
Moscow Boston International
Ltd. , offer ed
s hortwave
equipment and
operators to the
Ru ss ian
SuRomeo Stepanenko, preme Soviet.
3W3RR
For three days
and nights, the
station not onl y kept the western world
apprised of events within the Russian
Parliament, but also advised Yeltsin of
conditions within the USSR as ham operators from all over the Soviet Union
reported in.
M7"reader KA3LAM, who submitted
the clipping, notes that a fellow member
of the Delaware Lehigh Amateur Radio
Club, Bill Goodman, K3ANS, only two
months earlier hosted Brajenko, station
operator Yuri Stepanenko, and others in
his home near Easton, Pennsylvania.
Credits:
Bill Baules, East Kingston, New Hamp shire; Eddie Beck, Bogolusa, Louisiana; Steve
Cochran , No rwood, Massachusells ; Ed
Duncan , Smith ville, New York; KAJLAM,
Penruylvania; 1-/al Meese, Riverside, California; Ceil Sari, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
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Zelmer, Seal/le, Wisconsin.
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Glossary
Most abbreviations and "radio shorthand" tenns will be
explained in the article in which they are used, but
following is a list of tenns and abbreviations you will
find frequently in our pages. We hope you will find it
useful.
AFB
AFRES
AM
AM VER
ANG
ARRL
ARRS
ARTCC
ATC
AWACS
Baud (Bd)
BBC
BFO
CAP
Comm
COMSTA
CQ
cw
DE
DOD
Duplex
DX
DXer
EAM
ECPA
EMS
FAX
FCC
FEMA
FM
GCCS
GMDSS
HF
Hz
ID
IF
IRC
ISB
ITU
kHz
kW
LCD
LED
LF
LORAN
LSB
6
Air Force Base

Air Force Reserve
Amplitude modulation (transmission mode)
Automated Merchant Vessel Rescue System
Air National Guard
American Radio Relay League
Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service
Air Route Traffic Control Center
Air Traffic Control
Airborne Warning and Control System
Bits of data per second
British Broadcasting Corporation
Beat frequency oscillator (for reception of
CW, RTfY, etc.)
Civil Air Patrol
Comm unication
Communications station
General call to anyone monitoring, inviting
reply
Continous wave (Morse code)
(French) "from" ... ID or call sign
Department of Defense
Two-way communications using two
different frequencies.
CW abbreviation for distance
One who listens to distant stations
Emergency action messages
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of
1986
Emergency Medical Service
Facsimile
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Emergency Management
Administration
Fr~uency modulation (transmission mode)
Glo al Communications and Control
System
Global Maritime Distress and Safety
System
High frequency; shortwave (3-30 MHz)
Hertz: unit of frequency (fonnerly cycles
per second)
Identification
lntennediate frequency
International Reply Coupon (available from
post office)
Independent sideband
International Telecommunications Union
Kilohertz (1000 Hertz)
Kilowatt
Liquid crystal display
Light emitting diode
Low frequency (30-300 kHz)
Long Range Aid to Navigation
Lower sideband
October 991
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MARS
MF
Military Affiliate Radio System

Medium frequency; includes standard AM
broadcast band (300 kHz-3MHz)
MHz
Megahertz (1,000 kHz)
MOA
Military Operations Area
MUF
Maximum usable frequency
NAS
Naval Air Station
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
NG
National Guard
NNNN
End of RTfY message
NORAD
North American Aerospace Defense
Command
Op(s)
Operation(s)
PFC
Prepared fonn card
QRM
Noise or interference
QSL
Station's verification of a reception report
from a listener
QSO
A two-way communication
RAAF
Royal Australian Air Force
RAF
Royal Air Force
RTTY
Radioteletype
SAC
Strategic Air Command
SAR
Search and rescue
SASE
Self-addressed stamped envelope
SATCOM Satellite communications
Simplex
Two-way communication using one
frequency
SINPO
A signal-quality rating system (1-5) on
each of the following characteristics:
strength, interference, noise, propagation,
overall quality
SSB
Single sideband
SW
Shortwave
SWBC
Shortwave broadcast
SWL
Shortwave listener
TAC
Tactical Air Command; tactical
TFC
Traffic (communications)
UHF
Ultra-high frequency (300-3,000 MHz)
UKOOBANI A "Hauserism" for United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
USAF
United States Air Force
USB
Upper sideband
USIA
United States Infonnation Agency
USCG
United States Coast Guard
USCGC
United States Coast Guard Cutter
USMC
United States Marine Corps
USN
United States Navy
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time-The time at 00 longitude
Ute
Slang for utilities (2-way comms)
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VLF
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Up, Up, and Away-
In the Air and On the Air
at the
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta!
Story and photos by
Steve Douglass
Th e Albuquerque International
Balloon Fiesta takes place in
early October of each year. It is
a thrilling event and a great
place for radio monitors to hear
all the behind-the-scene excitement!
t's a chilly October morning in New Mexico.

The sun has not yet risen behind the cool grey
mountains. A full pale moon beckons as if to say,
"Come up and play!" The sweet smell of New
Mexican breads and coffee drifts across the fiesta
grounds.
You shiver, button up your leather jacket, and
th ink about the warm bed you were in just minutes before. Dark silhouettes scurry against a
cobalt sky hustling equipment from the truck beds.
Large rolls of fabric spread across the cold ground.
Someone wets a finger and sticks it into the
air to check the wind. There is none. Perfect
fl ying conditions . Portable generators sputter to
life, breaking the morning silence. The rolls of
fabric open and air is forced into them from huge
fans powered by the noisy generator.;. The field
MON ITO RING TIMES
October 1991
is soon covered with lumbering inflated shapes

as if a herd of drowsy elephants were awakening.
Woosh! A bright hot burst of flame lights up
the sky and makes everyone jump. The propane
burner glows orange and the dark moving mass
of fabric begins to stand. Ground crew members
struggle with ropes to hold the beast down as it
struggles to leap into the air. The crowd buzzes
with anticipation and VHF radios squawk with
hurried radio checks. You set your scanner on
search and struggle lo jot down all the frequencies
in USC.
Soon the once barren field is crowded. Over
a hundred thousand people mill about in the cold,
loading cameras and sipping steaming cups of
coffee, waiting for the first launch. All over the
vast field, hundreds of monstrous shapes awaken
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with bursts of orange flames illuminating cheerful faces. The weather is right. The sun is coming
up. It is almost time.
The sky lightens as the sun struggles to top
the peaks in the east. A golden beam of sun.light
crests the mountains and radiates down upon the
ground. The lumbering shapes become a sea of
breath-taking beauty. You find yourself surrounded by a kaleidoscope of iridescent colors.
The valley has come alive with hundreds of
weaving, bobbing oversi zed toys. Giant clowns
and witches struggle to stand. Garfield, Mickey
Mouse, and Care Bears grin down at the crowd.
It's as if you were a shrunken man Jost in a child's
toy box.
Over on the right, whoosh, an immense Diet

Coke can rises into view. Behind you, look! A
King Kong-sized hamburger pops up into the air.
The(.Towderupts intochec,-n; and applause. Slowly,
gracefully, up they go. Hundreds of floating
colorful shapes fill the azure sky. The swirling
colors slowly rotate in the sun. Suspended below,
wind-borne craft in golden wicker baskets, pilots
and passengers wave to the crowd and drop candy
and sparkling confetti. The first one is airborne.
The loudspeakers ring out cheerfully, "Welcome, everyone, to the 21st Annual Albuquerque
Balloon Fiesta! All thoughts of a warm bed
vanish.
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ALB UQ UERQUE
1NT ERNA Tl ON AL
BALLOON FIESTA
FREQUENCIES
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American Balloon Svc
123.300, 123.500
Balloon Adventure
151.625, 123.300, 123.500
Balloon Depot Inc.
'
151.625, 464.550
Balloon Media Ltd.
151.625
Balloon Productions Inc.
123.300
Balloonatics inc.
151.625
Balloons Aloft
123.300, 123.500
Flights of Fantasy
464.500, 464.550
Hot Air Corps.
123.300, 123.500
Hot Air Hangups
151 .625
Hot Air Inc.
151.625
Wicker Basket Saloons
151.655
Albuquerque Center ATC
127.850, 134. 750, 126.450,
133.050, 124.700, 351.700,
363 .200 , 319.900, 269.400
Albuquerque Int. Airport
Tower: 118.300, 257.800
Grnd cntrl : 121 .900, 348.600
CLNC DEL: 119.200, 385.600
Federal Aviation Administration
Albuquerque : 165.5375, 165. 737
166. 175
Kirtland AFB Albuquerque
APP/DEP: 301 .550/ 124.400,
3 16.600/ 127 .400, 317.600,
121.100 Grnd cntrl: 348.600/
12 1.900
Source : Bob Grove
Graphic by Steve Douglass
10
October 1991
The majority ofballooncommunications take

Held annually during the first and second
weekends of October, the nine-day Albuquerque place on the VHF air band. 123.45 MHz seems
International Balloon Fiesta attracts hundreds of the popular choice. Other frequencies to check
thousands of spect.alors. The skies are filled with are 123.1, 123.3, 122.800, 122.900, 122.950and
balloon ists all vying for prizes during the biggest 123.500 MHz. Several balloonists also use the
balloon rally in the world. Appropriately nick- CB channels, with channel 14 being the busiest.
There are even balloonists using cellular
named ''The Big One," the balloon fiesta is on
equal par with the Super Bowl or the Tour de phones LO communicate with their chase crews.
France. An international event, the fiesta attracts One great way to learn what frequencies are in use
balloonists from all over the globe. Even the is to sign up to be on a balloon chase crew. Crews
are always needed to supply ground support for
Soviet learn has been in attendance.
A Mardi Gras atmosphere prevails and there balloonists and some will reward you with a pin,
is fun for even the most serious competitor. a jacket, or even a free balloon ride!
Parades, marching bands and skydivers greet the
There are many other frequencies in use.
crowd every morning al the balloon grounds. Because of the size of the event, the news media
Balloonists strolling around in all manner of are there en masse. In past events, the Albuquercostume add lo a holiday spirit. Along the side- que Civil Air Patrol could be heard on 148. 150
lines, vendors selling everything from balloon providing air coordination for the fies ta as could
souvenirs lo break.fast pedal their wares LO a the Albuquerque police providing security on
154.830 MHz. Fire and rescue crews were standsmiling crowd.
The favorite pas lime seems lo be balloon pin ing by on 153.890and 155.175MHz. New Mexico
trading. Scores of colorful enameled pins are on Highway Patrol provided traffic control on
display for sale or trade. Balloon fiesta veterans 154.920 and 155.580. Even the U.S. Army Golden
scour the booths looking for thal rare collector's Knights were there on 130.950.
pin , such as a Japanese pin featuring a smiling
oriental pilot with battery-powered twinkling What to Anticipate
eyes. Other hot items are fies1ajacke1s, T-shirts,
and embroidered balloon patches.
On weekends, mass ascensions take place. A
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As fun as the balloon festival is, for radio
monitors it can be particularly exciling. Bring
your portable scanner, plenty of batteries, and an
earphone (it gets quite noisy).
mass ascension is when all the balloonists take

off at once. The sightofover 300 floating colorful
balloons form ing a celestial blankel over the city
is an unforgettable sight. But so you won't forget,
bring your camera. Even if one were to stand in
just one spot during the mass ascension, the
picture-taking possibilities would seem endless.
An ever changing vista of color unfolds above the
Close encounter. A special shape balloon, a huge flying witch, eyes

another balloonist up close and personal. Careful coordination via
radio is essential to insure safety.
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photographed sporting event in the world. Thousands of shuucrs click all at once. Rank amateurs
and high-paid professionals shoot side by side
and never seem to have enough film. But don't
worry, there are plenty of booths selling more.
Although the mass ascension is the most
popular, there arc other events to enjoy. After a
day of browsing through the quaint shops of "Old
Town" in southwest Albuquerque, visitors end
the day at the fiesta grounds watching the Balloon
Glow. Taking place at sunset, the Balloon Glow
is the perfect way to top off the evening. Balloons
are tethered and orange propane flames from the
burners fill the balloons with a warm light. From
the air it looks like a field of gigantic twinkling
Christmas ornaments. Strolling among the balloons at twilight stimulates one's senses and
leaves participants and spectators alike with a
warm afterglow of contentment.
Other events included in the rally are 'The
Key Grab," "Coyote and Roadrunner," and the
"Balloon Fiesta Drop." The Key Grab is the most
fun lo watch. Balloonists launch from a predetermined site over a mile away and try and maneuver
close enough to a set of car keys attached to a 30
fool pole. The balloonists must catch a wind that
will talce them over the contest site. This talces
good piloting skills, great timing, and intense
concentration. Watching balloonists desperately
trying to reach the keys from a moving balloon
is exciting and comical, but it's worth it to the
conleslanls ! The winner of the keys also receives
the new car that goes with them !
In the Coyote and Roadrunner competition,
the Coyotes (a pack of70 balloons) chase a single
balloon (the Roadrunner). The point is to touch
down as close as possible to the Roadrunner. The
Roadrunner will have a head start and can use any
trick winds available to prevent the Coyotes from
landing close lo him. The Roadrunner can even
fake a landing lo throw the Coyotes off, but the
Coyotes are determined to catch the Roadrunner,
and eventually one lucky balloonist will.
The Balloon Fiesta Drop, laughingly known
as the B.F.D. event, is an exciting game of skill.
Here the object is to drop a bag of birdseed on a
target at the cc.-ntcr of the balloon grounds. Trying
to hit a small spot on Mother Earth from 200 feet
up can be quite challenging. Sometimes the contest is modified, and the object is to throw a hula
hoop around a pole or a beach ball into a pool.
It all talces tricky flying.
So you see, excitement abounds al the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The Big
One is exactly that. It's a friendly, folksy international event that is photogenic and a thrill for
all. So bring your camera, plenty of film, and
don't forget to bring your scanner to this year's
annual fiesta!
'
Mass Ascension. Silhouetted against a morning sky,

over three hundred balloons take flight at once
on the weekends during the festivities.
Ready for take off. The

pilots of the "Chronicle"
balloon communicated
with ground crews on
123.45 MHz.
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12
October 1991
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Shortwave's
Hottest
Broadcast Frequencies
By Charles Sorrell
ometimes it seem s the other half of the

shortwave listening hobby is having all the
fun. Ham band monitors tune in on DXpeditions
making contacts from some flyspeck in the middle
of the ocean, ute fans are copying military traffic
and press print.outs on radioteletype.
Well, I'm here to tell you that we shortw ave
broadcast monitors don't need to develop any sort
of inferiority complex whatever, because there
are all kinds of interesting challenges the shortwave broadcast DXer and SWL can go after.
There's always a great mix of rare DX targets,
pirate and clandestine stations, and program content from the international broadcasters tied right
into today' s hottest news stories and the shifting
international scene.
Need convincing? Here' s more than enough
reasons that will prove SWBC fans can always
find plenty of interesting items on the listening
menu.
TONGA
BROADCASTING
COMMISSION
NUKU'ALOFA
It's a very fortunate DXer who can
hear-and the QSL AZ3, the Tonga
Broadcasting Commission, on
5030.
3935 - TIUs spot contains a choice piece of
DX from the South Pacific. ZLXA, Print Disabled Radio, broadcasts from Levin, New Zealand,
using only one kilowatt. Yet it' s been picked up
by a few North American DXers, though admittedly most have been located in the western half
of the continent. ZLXAoperates daily from 2100
to 1100, a schedule that puts it on the air at the
most opportune late night/early morning reception times here for stations in the Pacific. There
is, of course, often plenty of ham QRM to contend
with. If you do hear the station, reports go to P.O.
Box 360, Levin, New Zealand.
5025 - Another piece of rare DX is the
Bhutan Broadcasting Service at Thimphu, Bhutan,
high in the Himalayas. Winter seems to be the
best time to log this one which, when it is logged,
usually pops through in the 1100-1300 time
period. You have t.o listen hard and listen quick,
though, as the signal usually doesn't hold up for
long. There's a good news/bad news game to play
with Bhutan. The good news is that the station has
14
October 1991
tempts that were a bit off the mark, the actual

station name turned out to be Radio Ecos
Celestiales, a religious operation run by an as yet
unspecified Protestant group. It runs a split broadcast schedule of 0945 to 1200 and 0145 to 0400
close, all Spanish. The station is located in
Medellin and can be written to at Apartado Aerco
8447.
5950 - TIUs could be a hot spot for SWBC

DXers who have been active for just a few years
and thus haven't seen any activity out of Guyana
until now. The Guyana Broadcasting Corporation has a long shortwave history, operating for
many years as Radio Demerara back when Guyana
was British Guiana. There've been a couple of
long gaps during recent years and one such has
just concluded. The GBC is being heard, albeit
with some difficu lty, on 5950 around 0800. Usual
sign-off time is 0830. There's often a lot of QRM
to contend with in this area.
6005 - German reunification brought an

end t.o East Germany and its Radio Berlin International. RIAS (Radio in the American Sector),
which operates on this frequency, is believed not
to have much of a furure in a unified, de-communized Germany, at least not in its present form.
5030- Still another nice piece of DX, if you
So, if you don't have this one in your log it would
can get it, is AZ3, the Tonga Broadcasting Combe a good idea to get it while you can. Although
mission. So far it has been heard by just a handful
RIAS runs 24 hours a day on this frequency we
of North American listeners, despite uncountable
obviously don't have round-the-clock access to
attempts. AZ3 has the standard requisites for an
the signal. Best time to catch this is during the
elusive target: low power and long distance. One
evenings, sometimes early, sometimes later.
positive note, Radio hnpact.o, which used to
There's a lot of QRM and the interference pattern
occupy this spot, covering much of the Tonga
changes, so look for a window.
reception window, is now gone. Tonga's schcduJc runs to 1000 but most of those who've heard
6260-6280 - There's a clandestine radio
it report reception in the 0700-0900 period.
war going on in this vicinity ahnost nightly. This
frequency range, even up to 6300 and higher, has
5535- Fans of Latin American DXing have
for some time been used by the Colombian
already been checking this frequency for a fairly
clandestine Radio Patria Libre, normally running
new and very out-of-band Colombian, something
from around 0030-0115, also mornings from
there aren't many of. After a couple of ID at-
recently put a new SO kW transmitter on the air,

a 10-fold increase from what it was using last
year. The bad news? The station hasn't sent
anyone a QSL in several years now.
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about 1130- 1220. The station is run by the National Liberation Anny (ELN}---One of just two
guerrilla groups still active in Colombia. Patria
Libre jumps around during its transmission: 6260,
6270, 6280, etc. Another Colombian is also on at
about the same time. It IDs as Del Pueblo Responde
and seems directed specifically against Patria
Libre, urging the ELN to call off their armed
efforts against the government. Whether you
speak Spanish or not, this makes for some very
interesting monitoring.
6278 variable - Believe it or not, a shortwave pirate from the Soviet Union has recently
been reported here. Riot Radio, apparently located in the Moscow area, has been reported as
active with so-called test broadcasts to Europe
and the USA. It' s been heard in the Soviet Union
signing off on different days at 0123 and 02 14 and
giving an address of Box 555, Moscow 119633.
Of course, there's no te lling how long this will
last before it is found and shut down. That may
have happened already. Still, the idea that Soviet
pirate stations are beginning to show up on shortwave is an eye-opener.
6399 - Just about the time we were hearing
the word that FMLN (Farabundo M arti National
Liberation Front) stations, Radio Farabundo Marti

and Radio Venceremos, had left shortwave and
were restricting themselves to broadcasting on
local El Salvador FM channels, comes the shortwave return of Radio Vcnceremos. The station
has been observed a few times around 0400, but
suffering QRM on occasion from a utility station
on 6400.
6907 - Here is another oddball frequency

with some recent new action. This spot is now
home to Africa Dos Mill (Africa 2000), coming
from Equatorial Guinea. Reportedly this is a joint
effort by Equatorial Guinea and Spain and is
running around I 0 kilowatts. The initial schedule
is reported to be 1300 to 2130 close. Now that the
days are getting shorter, DXers in the east and
midwest should have pretty good shots at this
one. The station is believed to be at Malabo.
7275 - One of the more unusual shortwave
broadcast targets out there right now is ELBC.
Th.is isn't the same ELBC that existed before the
Liberian c ivil war, however. It's a station run by
the group of African nations maintaining the
peace in that country. ELBC has been heard by
quite a few North American DXers. It 's currently
being noted from its sign-on time at 0659, in
MONITORING TIMES
7410- Back in May, the white supremacist

pirate- some say it's a clandestine- Voice of
Tomorrow made one of its rare appearances on
this frequency and on 6240. The Voice of Tomorrow seems to activate its transmitter only once or
twice a year so it may be due to show again before
too long. Once you hear it you can't forget the
chilling wolf cry and drum interval signal. 15040
is another frequency sometimes put to use. You
might want to try and put a telephone tip network
together to pass along an alert if this one shows
up, because it doesn't happen very often.
7415 - This frequency, above all others, is
the spot to "hang out" if you want to hear pirate
stations. The number of pirates which are using
or have used this frequency must be into the
several dozens by now. Pick any hour(s), especially on weekends and holidays, when this band
is open and just monitor the channel. Sooner.or
later, there'll be some action.
8300 - This entry is a bit more of a utility
station than a broadcaster, but "broadcasting" is
part of its name, so we '11 stretch things a bit. The
New Star Broadcasting Station is widely heard in
North America during our morning hours, 1200-
October 1991
15
1400, though nol continuous. The cransmissions

are made up largely of Chinese numbers, said Lo
be telegrams directed LO recipients in Japan. Bul
part of the rransmissions are also said LO include
anti-Beijing talks. The actual ID is reported as the
Channel Four Broadcasting Station, which is
perhaps a reference Lo the several networks New
Star is reported Lo have active on various other
frequencies. The broadcasts are announced as
being from Taipei, Taiwan.
tanks moving on the highways. Radio Yugoslavia

is thus a hot station LO tune in these days. There's
an English broadcast directed Lo North America
daily at 0000-0045 on this frequency.
12255 - Logging a European pirate station

is a rare evenl for most North American DXers.
Bul better high frequency propagation has helped
a few of these signals do a bcu er job of crossing
the Atlanlic,particularly when using 11 MHz and
higher. One such is Radio Fax, based in Northern
Ireland, which has been heard by several DXers
around 0200 and 0300, usually playing pop tunes
from the 'SOs, '60s and '?Os. It's surely worth a
try, particularly on the weekends. Direct reception reports to The Fourgecranleigh, Surrey GU6
?BG, England.
15050 - Seeing increased use by pirateers

who want Lo get out with their signal is this spot,
especially during the daytime hours. Several
stations have shown up here over the past year or
so: Radio Free Massachusetts, Voice of the Purple
Pumpkin, Radio USA and others. This is a good
frequency to check periodically during the daytime hours, especially on weekends.
17950 - This is the mosl recent frequency
for the Voice of the Iraqi Resistance, formerly the
Voice of Free Iraq, widely believed LO be CIAbacked, if not actually operated. The station also
uses 9570 and 15600/15605. The station's schedule seems to be undergoing a realignment but it
is usually reported from around 2000 Lo sign off
around 2300. Yours truly has noted tones and
open carriers on 17950 from as early as 1800.
11620 - India is a country with a growing

!isl of st.Tious problems: the assassination of
Rajiv Ghandi earlier this year, separatist efforLS
in Kashmir, growing ethnic unresl, and so on.
Check All India Radio for their coverage. Unfortunately, though, we all LOO ofLen gel only marginal
reception of AIR, though the station is making
technical improvements and adding new, higher
13605- We all know what the usual Ameripower cransmitters , which should help down the can FM station sounds like. But how about in the
While it's always fun to just fish around on
road. This frequency is active al 1845-1945 and United Arab Emirates? Partofthescheduleofthe the shortwave bands, il 's usually more profitable
2045-2230 with English LO Europe.
Voice of the UAE in Abu Dhabi consists of a relay to zero in on some specific spots which may
of local FM station Capital Radio. You can hear provide either a lOp DX logging or some inter11735 - People have been predicting the it from 2230-2300 on this frequency, as well as esting program listening. We've provided a nice
breakup of Yugoslavia ever since Tito died back 17855. The FMstalion is well awareil is reaching selection in both categories here. Now all you
in 1980. At the moment it looks like those pre- an international audience and will verify recep- have Lo do is try 'em on for size.
dictions may be coming LO pass, with Slovenia tion reports sent direct: P.O. Box 63, Abu Dhabi,
and Croatia having declared independence and United Arab Emirates.
Right: The Voice of Tomorrow

made one of its rare shortwave
appearances earlier this year.
Below: News and current affairs
programs from All India Radio
deal with that country's many
problems.
Want to help write a feature article? Several folks lried

Charles Sorrell's "40 Meters al 0100" bandscan (Feb '91 issue)
for themselves. IL was gratifying to know readers responded to
the challenge, but there was little way we could make use of the
information sent in.
This time, Sorrell solicits your inpul before the article is
written, so that your experiences can be incorporated into his
findings. The band Lo be surveyed is 9700 LO 10,000 kHz between
the hours of 0100-0300. Your survey resulls or any further
questions should be directed to Charles Sorrell, c/o MT, P.O. Box
98, Brasstown, NC 28902. Deadline for the surveys: November 15th.
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October 1991
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By Wayne Heinen
ocated south of the city ofBuffalo, N. Y., the

town of Orchard Park is a quiet bedroom
community with a population of 30,000. During
the swnmer and fall the quiet disappears on the
west side of town . Orchard Park' s national claim
to fame is that it's the home of Rich Stadium and
the Buffalo Bills.
I had often wondered what it was like for the
police during the Bills games and during the
numerous special events, so I arranged an interview with the chief of the Orchard Park Police
Department. Since I grew up in Orchard Park, I
was no stranger to Chief Robert C. Henning.
However, this meeting was quite different from
the dealings we had when I was a teenager and
the chief was a lieutenant.
Traffic and crowd control is the responsibility of both the Erie County sheriff and the OPPD.
Communications between the two agencies arc
carried on the inter-county channel 155.580 MHz.
Two types of events occur at Rich Stadium:
football and rock concerts. Of the two, Chief
Henning considers football the easiest. "In terms
of duration, a football game lasts seven to eight
hours. People come two hours before and leave
two hours after. Concerts on the other hand, have
people arriving a day or two before and leaving
a day after. We have many more calls spanning
a longer period of time during a concert."
The sheriffs department maintains a Stadium
Command on 460.400 MHz. It is responsible for
all traffic control on the highways leading to the
stadium and both traffic and crowd control in the
parking lots. The coordination of parking includes a helicopter which looks for problems on
the traffic routes as well as alerting the Stadium
Command to parking lots which still have available parking spaces. Stadium Command then
advises local AM and FM stations of the available parking at the stadium. Hopefully, this helps
the fans get to the available parking by the best
routes and keep traffic jams to a minimum.
Stadium Command communications may
include anything from trying to find a lost child
18
October 1991
Rich Stadium Home of the

Buffalo Bills.
Southtowns Citizen
to looking for someone to contact the Goodyear

Blimp to warn them of an impending thunderstorm. The internal security at the stadium is
handled by the Buffalo Bills and an outside
contract security firm which they hire. This firm
maintains a nonradio liaison with the sheriff's
Stadium Command.
Orchard Park Fire Rescue is responsible for
all medical emergencies which occur on the
highways and in the parking lots surrounding the
stadium. The night I was scanning, rescue and a
local ambulance were dispatched to the Southwest parking lot where a man fell from a vehicle.
They were also called to the scene of an accident
or two. The brunt of the medic duty falls to the
Windom Volunteer Fire Station, since Rich
Stadium is located within the Windom station' s
district. The other two volunteer fire stations:
Orchard Park and Hillcrest, arc always prepared
to back up Windom when needed.
OPPD is responsible for all incidents surrounding the st.adium. Chief Henning has a
minimum of four two-man cars stationed around
the stadium during an event, whose duties
include all accident and criminal investigations.
Car to car communications for OPPD are handled
on 155.780 MHz. OPPD dispatch is found on
155.190. One never-ending headache is illegally
parked cars in subdivisions surrounding the
stadium. Even if the violators arc discovered by
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the sheriff, it is OPPD which must ticket and

arrange towing of the vehicles.
The night I was there, OPPD was "invited"
to assist the sheriff in one of the parking lots.
Apparently an ambulance driver had locked his
keys in his ambulance and a "slim jim" was
needed. OPPD also supplies the sheriff with
phone numbers of local locksmiths to assist fans
who've made the same mistake.
Once Inside:
The team communciations were interesting
in that most of it appeared to be the various
coaches commenting on the plays. The jargon
used was in some ways difficult to understand.
It is probably intentional to keep the opposing
team from knowing all that's being said. Ifl could
monitor it, so could they. The easiest communications to verify were player substitutions being
relayed from a coach to an assistant. The numbers
of the players going on and coming off the field
matched up with what I'd heard.
The wireless mike communications were
simply the officials announcing penalties through
the PA system. Nothing very exciting there.
During the game you' ll hear the normal
crowd control communications on the security
channels. Internal stadium security is a sensitive
subject and is not information that officials will
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falo, both the vendor and
security company at the stadium have changed. chief continued. "Drug use among the teenage
1bis situation occurs so frequently the OPPD audience causes far more medical emergencies.
doesn't even know who has the security contract Kids freaked out on acid are difficult to handle
half the time. Currently, security is handled by and sometimes have to be restrained for their own
Chase Security and the concessions are operated protection. The problems of trespassing occur at
by Ogden Foods. However, no frequencies are both events, but the problem of kids camping out
foillld to be licensed under the name of Chase for a few days means a lot more work for us."
At the end of an event the town court is very
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bands where most security companies have their to have far more men on duty," said the chief.
licensed frequencies. See the chart of the com - "Our 30 man department is fine for a town of
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command operations and arc only active during

special events. If you live in an area where a joint
venture stadium exists, try your local inter-agency
frequencies for starters.
Under the 1972 lease agreement between
Erie Collllty and the Buffalo Bills, not one cent
was allotted to the town of Orchard Park for the
added work load. The taxpayers of the town are
the ones who pay the extra manpower that is
expended by the OPPD, for the extra burdens
placed on the highway department for setting
barricades at various town streets and the expenses of the town court in handling those arrested.
About 20 times a year thi s small suburban
town plays host to 2-1/2 times its population.
With the current agreement the Eric Collllty
Sheriff and OPPD are charged with handling the
stadium to the benefit of the entire metropolitan
area. Chief Henning commented on his 18 years

of dealing with the stadium. "If we received even
a nickel from the sale of each ticket, that would
be $4,000. That would help defray the extra costs
to the town. On the other hand, we've benefiued
from Rich Stadium and the Buffalo Bills. Businesses near the stadium have increased revenue.
Many people with larger lots allow cars to park
on their property and make extra income. The
national publicity Orchard Park has received
from being the home of the Buffalo Bills has
certainly helped our town."
The next time you are off to a stadium event
in your town, take your scanner. Those extra
hours in traffic and the times when your team
isn't doing so great can turn into a very rewarding
experience.
A variety of frequencies are believed to carry NFL communications similar to those monitored at Rich
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them. If you live anywhere near any of these, you may wish to check them out, especially those listed to the
FOOTBALL FREQUENCIES
NFL.
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Organization
Frequency
Organization
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Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Denver Broncos
Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
Houston Oilers
Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Raiders
Los Angeles Raiders
Los Angeles Rams
Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
National Football League
151.625
1 ao.600
183.000
151.685
178.000
175.400
180.800
462.675
462.700
183.000
151.625
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464.775
469.775
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181 .800
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150.980
151 .625
151 .955
461.050
464.375
151 .625
457.5625
461 .2375
461.3125
461.3375
461.4625
462.8125
463.4875
463.5375
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464.1125
464.2625

464.3625
466.4125
466.7625
466.8375
466.8875
151 .625
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154.570
154.625
464.425
*199.400
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453.425
New Orleans Saints
453.775
New Orleans Saints
*179.500
New York Giants
154.540
181.400
New York Giants
New York Jets
151.625
New York Jets
151 .835
New York Jets
183.000
NFL Films
153.020
Philadelphia Eagles
151 .775
Philadelphia Eagles
154.570
Philadelphia Eagles
464.950
Philadelphia Eagles
*184.000
Pittsburgh Steelers
151.625
Pittsburgh Steelers
467.750
184.000
Pittsburgh Steelers
San Diego Chargers
154.570
San Diego Chargers
461.6375
San Francisco 49ers
151 .775
Seattle Mariners
*182.300
St. Louis Cardinals
464.775
St. Louis Cardinals
469.500
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
151 .775
Washington Redskins
153.980
Washington Redskins
181.000
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Turning Up The Volume

on Shortwave Radio
by Jeff Chanowitz
hat should be the future dir ec tion of

international broadcasting? This question was addressed by over 175 members of the
world radio community who converged on Washington D.C. last May to examine the state of
international broadcasting at a Center for Strategic and International Studies sponsored
symposium. Entitled ''Turning Up the Volume
On International Broadcasting," the resulting
discussions gave insights into the rapidly changing present and future of shortwave broadcasting.
"We wanted to bring international radio and
broadcasting into the limelight," commented
visiting international telecommunications fellow
Michael O'Hara Garcia. Garcia was the project News; and countless others.
director for the symposium and a member of the
The one-day event consisted of five panels
Center for Strategic and International Studies, an that examined State Broadcasters - New Prointernational think tank that advances under- grams and New Politics; Broadcast Technologies
standing of emerging world issues in the areas of - The Future ls Now; Private International
politics, business, and economics.
Radio Broadcasters - A Global Market Place?;
The symposium attracted such industry in- Audience Research and Market Realities- Who
siders as Hirishi Iwamoto, the director of NHK, Is Listening and Why?; and The Impact Of the
Radio Japan; Denis Louche, director of develop- Fall Of Communism and the Persian Gulf War.
ment at Radio France International; Anatoly Each panel consisted of some of the top people
Tupkin, First Deputy Chairman of Radio Mos- in the fields of audience research, programming,
cow; John Tusa, director of BBC World Service; and reporting, resulting in candid discussions
Robert Coonrod, deputy director of VOA; Bill that shed significant light on the direction of
Plante, state department correspondent of CBS international broadcasting.
World radio community members discuss state broadcasters' response to the politics. Seated from left
to right our: John Tusa, Director of World Service, BBC; Anatoly Tupikin, First Deputy Chairman, Radio
Moscow; Eugene Pell, President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Denis Louche, Director of Development,
Radio France lnt'I; Hirashi Iwamoto, Director General, Radio Japan NHK; Alan Familiant, Acting Director,
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"The people who say that shortwave is going to die are like the
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developing world increases, it
seems likely that more of an
emphasis will be put on programming for their
needs.
To ensure that new programming matches
the desires of listeners, Garcia also forsees the
emergence of specialists who will advise broadcasters on the most effective programming. Like
the format doctors in the U.S., these new specialists will help radio stations that fail to attract
listeners. Also, because global audiences are
becoming younger, the non-news programming
will have to be made attractive enough to compete with other listening alternatives. Garcia
commented that to attract listeners future programmers will have to put a greater emphasis on
music formats.
This has in fact already happened at the Voice
of America. During the 1980s the VOA designed
a highly-popular Top 40 youth-oriented music
service that beamed its signal to Western Europe.
The programming featured music, but also included news and commentary that are typical of
shortwave broadcasts. Despite VOA's experience, many broadcasters have not responded to
cultural and demographic changes. Garcia remarked, "There are a lot of people who are
sticking to their old ways of doing things. Since
the fall of communism, more broadcasters are
looking for new formats and ideas. It's a time of
transition."
From a political perspective, the fall of communism and the Gulf War have spotlighted
shortwave's usefulness. During the war, the tremendous impact of instantaneous communication
was made apparent as audiences heard and
watched live reports of Scud attacks on Israeli
and Saudi Arabian cities.
"Radio is the fastest and most effective way
to receive information during international emergencies," Garcia commented. He cited the large
demand for shortwave radios during the crisis as
an indicator of the usefulness of international
broadcasting in gathering the fastest and most
diverse amount of information sources. Even
CNN's television broadcasts were only audio
with slides of the Baghdad hotel placed in front."
"It was generally agreed among our panelists
that the fall of communism has changed the U.S.
government's view of international radio," Garcia
commented. With communism in retreat, the
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objectives of international broadcast services are

now being reevaluated. Last May, President Bush
appointed a task force to reexamine the most
effective way to use the U.S.'s resources for
international broadcasting in the wake of the
changing international political situation. The
task force findings, which will be released in
December, are likely to be a key determinant for
the future of VOA and Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty.
Making More of a Good Thing

In the wake of the closing of Radio Canada
International and the drastic cutbacks at Kol
Israel, the ending of the cold war seems to have
signaled a trend toward fewer shortwave stations.
Garcia disagrees. He described the reasons for
the cutbacks largely resulting from "nonvisionary
government ministers who are europhiles."
Says Garcia, "The fall of communism has led
many to believe they don't need it (shortwave
broadcasting) as a source of communication.
They don't see that people in India and Fiji will
have an impact on their country. In the short run
they might not, but in the long run they will."
Additionally, despite doubts from many of
the symposium panelists, Garcia believes that the
gaps left by government broadcasters who end
transmissions will be taken up by private broadcasters. He added that the major factors that have
inhibited commercial broadcasting in the past are
now changing. The development of in-band and
digital systems, which have increased sound fi.
delity, combined with the increasing acceptance
of credit cards as an international means of
payment, will make advertisers more likely to
buy ad time on international stations. Garcia
remarked, "(In the future) you are going to see
people beyond religious broadcasters entering
the market."
On a positive note, the broadcasters at the
symposium did agree that jamming is becoming
a thing of the past. Garcia concluded, "Jamming
is very expensive and counter-productive . . .
disinformation is a more effective means than
jamming." Broadcasters who have incorporated
jamming and traditional forms of propaganda
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into their broadcasts are switching to more sophisticated ways

of persuasion. Garcia pointed to
the new format of Radio Moscow as an example. The external
service has changed from its
old, stodgy propaganda style to
a new and friendlier American
talkshow format. Even so, while
the shows (Radio Moscow) are
no longer traditional propaganda, each host has
his or her own agenda."
Regarding shortwave' s future, the outlook
seems to be very positive. Garcia mentioned that
every car radio in Brazil receives shortwave and
most African national services are broadcast on
shortwave. Garcia went on to refute shortwave
doornsayers stating, "The people who say that
shortwave is going to die are like the people who
said the movies would die when TV came. It just
is not going to happen."
There is even more good news for shortwave
listeners. At the World Administrative Radio
Conference in 1992, which will decide band
allocations for radio, TV, and satellite communications, Garcia mentioned that the military
bands, which have held large amount of HF band
spectrum will most likely be freed. This is going
to create more frequencies for shortwave broadcasters and listeners.
Despite his optimistic forecast for shortwave
as a medium of international communication,
Garcia anticipates greater competition for audiences from local stations. It seems that
broadcasters will have to learn to be more competitive. He stated, 'The losers in the future will
be broadcasters who don't understand the medium or its capabilities and do not address the
programming concerns for an international audience."
For broadcasters, the future seems to present
greater challenges and greater opportunities if
shortwave's potential is realized. Yet, for listeners, greater choices and new programming will
mean decades of enjoyable listening.
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other-worldly QSO on a frequency
infrequently used. The subject of our story
is a radio amateur whose call is about to be
added to the roll of silent keys. But is he
ready to sign off just yet? Come with us
now as we tune in the twilight zone.
Duty Calls
I
twas hot and muggy, a typical summer day

in Kansas, as the caravan wound its way
down K-34 from Kansas City. In the lead a black
hearse carried the body of Wilbur Sykes, retired
these seven years from the railroad, heading now
towards his old hometown of Piedmont for the
last time. Strung out behind him were several cars
of relatives , fellow retirees, and friends who were
able to get the afternoon off for the 90-mile trek
to the graveside service.
The last vehicle bore a very special group of
friends, five men all younger than Wilbur, who
used radio call signs more often than their names.
As they rode, they reflected on their friend' s
unflagging enthusiasm for their mutual hobby.
"My 12-year-oldJosh went to Wilbur's house
twice a week for tutoring until he passed his
general class," Jake commented. "I would have
never had the patience to get that kid up to 13
words a minute."
Tom Cannon smiled and tried to stretch a
little in the cramped car. "Yeah," he said, "we'll
need eight guys to do all the work Wilbur did in
the club. I'll bet he recruited half our present
members single-handedly."
Rick, the Skywam net controller, has more
immediate concerns. "I've got to find someone
to fill in his post during the weather watches right
away. I understand he's kept the same post since
the program started."
As the discussion continued of who would
take Wilbur's place for that solitary duty, in the
front seat Ron was shooting for the Piedmont
repeater on his two-meter mobile rig. He hit the
jackpot five miles north of town. Bob, KBONGE,
the local civil defense coordinator and rancher,
answered Ron's query.
'Tm afraid we 're down here on sad business
today," Ron advised him. "Burying one of our
own out at your Resurrection Cemetery. Wilbur
Sykes was real active in our club and our weather
net."
"Don't believe I ever talked with him. I do

remember the family name, though. He must 've
moved away a long time ago," Bob mused.
"Well, I think you boys are going to get a chance
to exercise your net real soon. National Weather
Service expects real unstable conditions to be
developing later this afternoon. Could be a
humdinger."
The funeral cortege proceeded through Piedmont to a cemetery high above town. From the
hill where they said their goodbyes, they could
gaze over miles of knee-high corn to the south
and west. The sun played hide and seek in the
gathering clouds and the air lay on their skin like
honey, warm and s ticky.
The normally garrulous hams were unusually
silent during the trip home, as the realization
finally sank in that their friend really was gone
forever. Several of them had seen him just the
night before his fatal heart attack. The swiftness
and finality of his death left them strangely
solemn. They hurried back to Kansas City where
they would soon be needed. Bob had been right.
The weather was destabilizing in a hurry.
That evening Bob manned the civil defense
station in the basement of the Piedmont courthouse. As predicted, the weather had gone to hell
in a handbasket and what was worse, Bob was
seriously short of volunteer spotters. Two were
away on vacation and one other was desperately
trying to finish putting the new roof on his store
before the storm hit. It was times like these that
Bob wished Piedmont had the luxury of being
covered by the National Weather Service radar
umbrella in Kansas City. But this far out, the first
line of defense against death and destruction
from the skies were the sharp eyes of the farmers
and townies who were his spotters. Bob's job on
evenings like these was to coordinate weather
reports from the phone, police radio, CB and the
amateur bands.
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October 1991
by P.J. Richardson
Wilbur Sykes had spent 15 years doing a
spotter's job, patiently patroling his sector, routinely reporting cloud formations, hail diameter,
wind direction and speed. It was an often tedious
and somewhat lonely duty, but he was eager to
be of service to the community using his beloved
hobby. Once his car flooded out and another time
his new Nova was severely damaged by hail, but
those were the most exciting events in all those
years of weather watching.
Secretly he shared the unspoken ambition of
many spotters to just once be the man to report
the tornado, save lives and be a hero. It was truly
a perverse desire. No one in his right mind would
ever wish for a tornado, but if there had to be one,
each spotter prayed to be the first to sight it. But
in his lifetime, the only tornado s Wilbur had ever
seen were in the spotter training films.
The scene that developed to the southwest of
Piedmont that evening was a classic. A huge
black anvil cloud blotted out the sunset. It was
raining heavily on the northern edge, while further south the wall cloud rotated ominously. A
gust front suddenly flattened the corn as lightening increased in intensity to a constant, angry
crackling. Thunder seemed to shake the very
earth as a brief but violent hailstorm tore at the
cornstalks, announcing the coming doom.
The spinning wall cloud dipped its tail once,
then again, dancing across the plain. The storm
gathered strength and the funnel bit into the earth
yet again, committed now and heading straight
for the tender heart of Piedmont.
"WAOTUV." The call came to Bob as clear
as a bell.
"WAOTUV, this is net control," he answered.
"What's your traffic?"
"This is WAOTUV mobile. I know you don't
know me, but I am a NOAA-trained spotter of
some experience, and I've got to tell you, there's
trouble coming your way. I'm out here on the
edge of town and I have a positive ID on a tornado

on the ground about 10 miles south-southwest of
your location."
"WAOTUV, you aren't part of my net, stand
by," Bob cautioned. He quickly called to another
spotter, trying to keep his voice coolly professional. "John, did you copy that? Look lo your
northwest and see if you can confirm that report."
John's reply was immediate. "Roger, net
control." After what seemed an eternity, the radio
crackled to life again. Through the rising QRM
Bob heard John say the words he feared most.
'That's affirmative, net control. One funnel on
the ground, heading northwest and fast. Get the
word out, and God help you."
In no time civil defense sirens were blasting
their ear-splitting screech all over town. The local
FM radio station broadcast a "take cover" and
police cruisers raced up and down the streets, P As
blaring the terrible news.
When he 'd done all he could, Bob returned
to the original contact in the minutes before the
strike. "WAOTUV, are you still there?"
"Affirmative, net control."
'The warning is out, and our thanks. I don't
Wlderstand, though, why your transmission is so
clear while I can barely hear anyone else on the
net?"
"I couldn't say."
"Hadn't you better get the hell out of there?
What exactly is your location?"
"Control, I don't believe I'm in any danger
right here, about County Road UU and Highway
34, but I'll be on my way presently at any rate.
Good luck down there. I sure hope you have
everything buttoned up."
"Before you go, give me your name," Bob
commanded. "People are going to want to know
who to thank for this warning."
But all he heard was static. He rose to put a
colored push pin at G-34 on his map. It came
down squarely on the old cemetery.
The sirens were still wailing five minutes
later when the roar of the powerful twister drowned
them out.
The devastation from that night was tremendous, but because of the early warning, not a
single life was lost. Stories of the destruction
made newspapers in five neighboring states after
Governor Hayden declared Piedmont a federal
disaster area. As reporters swarmed into the area
the next day, Bob hurried to look up W AOTIJV
in his call book. That man had worked a miracle
and deserved recognition.
But as he stared at the call book listing, his
two-meter contact with those city boys the day
before came back clearly to him. Stunned, he sat
down shaking his head. "WAOTIJV, Wilbur
Sykes," he read. There could be no mistake. But
the Kansas City Star was not, after all, the National Enquirer. He offered a silent prayer, then
slowly picked up a pencil and erased WAOTIJV
from his logbook.
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ALBANIA
Radio Tirana announcements indicate English reduced to only 5 daily broadcasts: 1530, 1730, 2130; and to North America
0230 and 0330 on 9580, 11825 (BBCM) Russian service at 1845 offfrequency on 9637 .2, exactly same channel as Mozambique (Finn Krone,
Denmark, DSWCI SW News)
ALGERIA Noble Koran Radio, new setvice in Arabic, heard
1300-1500 UTC on 15160, 9509, and 0800-1000 on 9685 (BBC Monitoring)
ANGOLA UNITA says its Voice of the Black Cockerel [sic] will
continue to crow across Angola as the campaign heats up for multi-party
elections late next year. Operates from Jamba, 15-kiloperron town created
by UNITA as a safe haven 25 miles from Namibian border in 1979 (Ian
MacKenzie, Reuter, via Ken Mason)
ARGENTINA ISB feeder to military forces in Antarctica
obsetved on 15780 with Radio Llbertad on LSB from 1600; Rivadavia
on USB from 1400, both until 2300 (Juan Carlos Codina, Peru, W.O.R .)
ARMENIA Yerevan had external setvice in Russian, Radio
Respubliki Armenii, already in late July, 1400-1500on 6065,4810,4040,
joined by 12065 at 1430; asked for real-time reception reports via ham
radio contacts to UG7GVA on 14175 (BBCM)
AZERBAIJAN Baku's 4785 transmitter dogged by problems,
often heard with distorted audio anywhere between4600 and 4850 (Dave
Kemick, British DX Club) Such as4665 at 2100, 2150 (Kevin O'Daly, ibid.)
BOLIVIA Radio Pio Doce, off normal frequency at 0925-0945,
on5948.61, drifting downwards, but at 1045 something on 5953.43, both
then blocked by WYFR, and not heard since (Chuck Bolland, FL)
Radio Emisora Aguadulce, 4625 is in San Joaquin, near Mamore in
Beni Dept. (Rafael Medina Mendez, Reyes, via Dario Monferini)
New station on 4210.87 varying to 4210.77, La Perla del Oriente, from
2200 until 0115 sign-off one day, 0300 another; town sounds like
Bobbore, not Robore; province sounds like Ischipopoti, department is
Santa Cruz, announces 4110. Radio Santa Rosa de Yacuma reactivated
on 4441.35, 2230-0400. unID on 3736.11 varying to 3738.22 until 0200,
Radio something Continente, town sounds like Tupiza (Juan Carlos
Codina, Peru, via Dario Monferini, W.0.R.)
Radio Norte, Montero, 4938v, reactivated after 5-1/2 years, 1000 signon (E.P. Paurzenk, Argentina)
CAMEROON Radio Douala, 4795, has lovely salsa music
program Weekend sous les TropiqUs, Fridays 2115-2200+ (Henrik
Klemetz, Sweden, SW Bulletin)
CANADA CFVP, Calgary, 6030, can be heard only on Mondays
when Radio Marti is off, weak at 0710 (Craig Seager, Australian DX News)
RCI's relay ofBBC on 9590 comes on at the scheduled time 2100 only
35% of the time; three 250-kW transmitters at Sackville are being
upgraded to 350 kW (Peter James, ME, W.O .R.)
RCI may resume producing Coast-to-Coast, since bilingual staff in
Halifax, Edmonton, Ottawa and Vancouver are still on the payroll and
would cost nothing more (Larry Shewchuk, Winnipeg, CIDX Messenger)
see also CYPRUS
At the Tory convention 52% of the delegates voted to privati ze CBC
(AP via Bill Dymond)
COSTA RICA Outlaw for Peace, Willie Nelson & Friends, is
on RFPI Monday-Friday at 1900-1930, repeated 6 and 12 hours later. By
October, up to five hours of programming per week will be available.
Those ordering the IRS Tapes through this number only, 402-571-3834,
will help RFPI since part of the proceeds will be donated for transmitter
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upgrade. With RFPI as flagship, Outlaw for Peace may go on many more
shortwave stations. A catalog of Texas products costs $5 (Larry Monroe,
Outlaw for Peace, Route 1, Briarcliffe 13, Spicewood, TX 78669)
RFPI resumed 21465 USB in late August after several week's absence
for antenna work, booming in as late as 0400. This will be aimed more
toward the east coast and Europe. Preparations are underway to install
20-kW transmitter by yearend. Also check 15030 and 13630; 7375 USB
after 0000. World of Radio is scheduled: Sunday 2230, Monday 0430,
1030, Tuesday 2030, Wednesday 0230, 0830, Friday 2100, Saturday
0300, 0900, 1930, Sunday 0130, 0730; times vary. New building construction with very thick walls, special concrete formula to resist quakes.
AWR' s new Cahuita site on the coast was a tropical paradise until quake
ruined the scenery (Ken MacHarg, Ecuador, W.O.R.) AWR fax in
Alaguela is 506-41 -1 2-82 (C.R. Today)
CROATIA (non) Via WHRI, Croatian Radio, Zagreb, on 7315
has English at 0130-0200 UTC Mondays, 0045 other days (Norman
Blakely, OnL, W.O .R.) And there's a repeat at 0400-0500 daily on 7315
(Jack Crout, TX, W.0.R.)
CUBA RHC 's SSB broadcasts a total failure--strong signal but

unable to clear up in SSB or AM (Dick Trost, CA) Agreed, 5965 at 03000600 often modulates only on audio peaks, extremely annoying; long
periods of dead air, presumably during soft music.
CYPRUS (non) In exchange with RCI, Radio Monte Carlo in
Arabic relayed via Sackville to North America at 0300-0315 on 5960,
9755; one hour later in winter (RNMN)
ECUADOR HCJB 's DX Partyline's slips in a weekly spot
promoting "Bible science." Ham Radio Today's long-publicized July 31
special topic (including here), taming RF interference, was replaced
without explanation by one Jong sermon on Faraday as a believer, so don't
count on October 30's scheduled special report on 160 meter band
operations. Happiness Is, Tuesday Oct. 15, plans to scale Ecuador's
beautiful volcanic mountains.
HCJB's boxnumber in Quito expands thanks to modern technology
to 17-01-00691 (Edwin Southwell, England) La Voz de los Andes in
Quechua on 6101.10 at 1002-1010, parallel to 3220 (Chuck Bolland,
FL) Probably spur of a nearby 49-meter outlet.
HCJB broadcast at least an hour of dead air once at 0030 on 9745 instead
of DXPL; 25950 SSB was taken off for transmitter overhaul since
reception declined; and the other SSB outlet, 21465, was missing at 18001900, presumably to allow Radio Pilipinas to be heard.
On DXPL, Richard McVicar provides regular updates on activity of
other Ecuadorian stations, including: Radio Pastaza, 3315, apparently
only comes on SW occasionally. On 4680, R. Nacional Espejo not heard
for a few weeks, but instead, Emisora Central, Riobamba, 4th harmonic
of 1170, fair at 2306.
GEORGIA Radio Tbilisi in English at 0600 on 12070 but poor
modulation (Ivan Cholakov, Katunitsa, Bulgaria, World of Radio) Also
on 12050 at that time; 1700-1730 on 12070, but not always in English;
very distorted modulation always (BBCM) 2000-2030 on 11760, "This
is Georgia," talks about the republic (Richard A. D'Angelo, PA) Also
at 2 100 (Christer Brunstrom, Sweden, SWB)
/CELANO News in English at 0730 on 9265 confirmed, audible
here only when WWV K-index is 2 or 1, but you're not missing much-a 3-minute roundup of mostly international news (Larry Shewchuk,
Manitoba, CIDX Messenger)
IND/A No trace of AIR Kohima on 3268 at 1330-1400 despite
announced 50 kW now! (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, DSWCI SWN)
INDONESIA
The unID on 4881 at 1no-1201 heard with

Christian programming and hymns--could it be a missionary outlet?
(David Foster, OzDX)
RRI Bukittinggi on 4433, possibly ex-4910, at 1200-1830 //3231.9
with ads, 1400-1410 news. Other RRI stations: Ujung Pandang on 9552
at 0000-0800. Sorong on 9743 at 0100-0800. Pekanbaru on 5984.3 at
0900-1500. Jayapura on 6070 at 0800-1400. Schedules sent by stations:
Samarinda 9614 at 2300-0215, 0500-0915; 6134 at0200-0500. Merauke
on 3905 at 0500-1000. Padang on 4002 at 2200-0200, 0900-1700 with
IO kW, 1700-2200 with I kW; and unconfirmed on 6190 at 0200-2400.
Fak Fak on 4790 at 2000-0100, 0700-1400; 7230 at 0100-0700; 3645 at
1400-2000. Bengkulu 3264 at 2100-0100, 0900-1700. Malang on 3382
at 0700-1200, 1500-1900. Banjarmasin on 3250 at 2130-0100, 09001600; 5970 at 0100-0900 (Craig Tyson, ADXN)
IRAQ Republic of Iraq Radio's domestic first program in Arabic
on 9722.8, intermittently between 0125 and 2200, parallel 4600 and 3980
at times (BBCM)
ISRAEL Unexpectedly in early August, instead of late August,
Israel Radio made its long-planned cuts in external broadcasts, eliminating everything between 2200 and 1300 UTC, notably Englis~ dw:"1g
North American prime time, 2300, 0000, and 0100. A new English urne
is 1330-1400,on 17590, 15590, both blocked by interference, and 11605
or 11588, not propagating. Schedule is announced at the end of some
broadcasts, notably Tuesday 1925, but exact frequency usage is inconsistenL At 1700-1715, 11675, 15640, 11587, 15590 (blocked by KTBN);
1900-1930 on 11675, 17630, 17685, 15640, 11587, 11605; 2130-2200
on 15100, 17575, 17685, 15640, 11605, 11587. The last two are actually
on 11603.5 and 11587.5. DX Corner is on Sundays at 1925, 2155. All
these times have presumably shifted one hour later as Israel is one of the
earliest countries to go off DST each year.
American Jewish leaders responded angrily to the sudden cutoff. Elan
Steinberg, executive director of the World Jewish Congress, called the
broadcasts "irreplaceable." A review committee concluded that the cuts
would save 44% of the annual 10 megashekel SW budget, with the
savings put into programs for new Soviet and Ethiopian immigrants.
Steinberg says the issue is not money, but priorities. Would IBA rather
we listen to Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo or Moscow for news about Israel?
"This is a classic case of Israeli bureaucracy cutting off its nose to spite
its face, and at the worst possible time," says Glenn Richter, head of the
Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (Jerusalem Post via Westenhaver)
(non) Meanwhile, try chasing the weekly Israel Press Review around
the WWCR schedule, at 15-minute filler for temporarily unsold airtime:
has been on Saturday at 1445, Sunday 1115 and Monday 1715, all on 15690.
KURDISTAN (non?) Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan heard on 5831 at
1600-1700, on 5931 for repeat at 0400-0500. Voice of the People of
Kurdistan announced time change on 75 mb: 1600 and repeated at 0300
(BBCM)
LEBANON Info Minister says in future licences for private
stations will be on FM only, not MW or SW. A station called Radio 1
FM was heard 1000 past 1500 on 27174 variable, in English and French
with local ads, ID jingles old recordings of BBC Radio l; could be a
studio-transmitter link for FM outlet (BBCM)
LITHUANIA During the coup, Radio Vilnius missed two days
of broadcasting on 11790, but then the Soviet occupiers of broadcasting
center were evicted. Independence might mean the end of USSR transmitter usage, so check 9710 for the Lithuanian transmitter.
.
"Radio defence," or jamming stations, were dismantled in Lithuarua
in the spring of 1989--five sites in the major cities, each wi~ abo~t 1015 transmitters of 5 kW or even 1 kW with horizontal or vertical dipoles
for groundwave coverage in a 30 km radius; each had a 20-member staff
(Radio Vilnius via BBCM) During the coup, Lithuanians wished some
of those transmitters were still usable ...
LUXEMBOURG New address of RTL: 45 Blvd. Pierre Frieden,
L-2850 Kirchberg (Eter-Alauellt via Onda Corra)
MAL/ Though WRTH 91 says 4783v, I hear it very well on
traditional 4835 (Ivan Cholakov, Bulgaria)
NEW ZEALAND New programs on RNZI: Pacific Beat, latest
pop records, 08 10-0900 Tuesday and Friday on 9700; People from Our
Past, Sunday-Thursday 2020-2015 on 15120. Tuesdays at 0905 -1000
rotating on a 6-week cycle are: Pacific Review, Calling Solomons,
Vanuatu, Kiribati, PNG, French Pacific (RNZI)
NICARAGUA Radio Miskut, 5970, Puerto Cabezas, YNPMK,
fair-poor signal in San Jose, in July 1500-2300 varying to 2400, _biling~,
planned to advance sign-on to 1100 (Tetsuya Hirahara, Costa Rica, Radio
Nuevo Mundo)
PERU Excerpts from hot news, copyrighted by Juan Carlos
Codina via Dario Monferini, u.o.s.:
4278.90, Radio Inca, Banyos, new frequency at 2350.
4299.97, Radio El Puerto, Pacasmayo, due to fuel shortage was
active on SW only at 1200-1300; asked for money to Calle Elias Saguier
No. 13; later heard at 0030 on 4299.93.
4344.15 varying to 4376.56, Radio Uno, Huanuco, until 0400 signoff, mentions "CCS," Cooperativa de Cornunicacion Social. Earlier had
wide-band FM-ish signal covering 4385.75 to 4407.80 at 2300.
4494.98 varying plus/minus 10 Hz, Radio San Mateo, 2300-0300
with slogans "la frecuencia de la arnistad" and "el punto clave en la
frecuencia de su receptor"; also asking for donations to buy electricity,
to Av. Benjamin Galvez No. 118, Contumaza.
4758.83, Radio Tingo Maria, reactivated and strong, 2301 asking for
reports to Cas. 25, or calls to 2150, still announcing 4860 kHz; sign-off
varies 0244 to 0300.
4778.37, RadioChincheros, new station 2300-0205. Lateron4785.46
until 0340. Rafael Rojas says it is in Apurimac dept.
4995, Radio Andina is on regularly; the inactive one was Radio
Norandina, Celedin, reported last month on4460.88 (Pedro F. Arrunategui
via Monferini)
5235.5, Radio San Antonio de Padua, Arequipa, QSL letter says
active for one year with 250 watts, rosary and religious music at 1000,
1700, 0000 (Gabriel Ivan Barrera, Radio-En/ace)
5719.96, Radio Nuevo Horizonte, new station in Caramoriza, near
Cajamarca, testing at 0020, next day 2300-0100 announcing station
would officially open July 29.
5835.51, correct name is Radio Tinajani, "C.S." meaning
comunicacion or cooperativa social, sign-on at 2355, invites visits at Jr.
2 de Mayo No. 660, Ayaviri, Puna; or messages to Apartado 24, Ayaviri,
Melgar province, Puna.
8514.20 varying to 8517.07, Radio Amistad, Soritor, reactivated, until
0130 or 0330, democratic program supporting teachers' strike; had been
closed down two or three years ago for anti-government stance.
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_ s hortwave programming, opinion, equipment,
satellite monitoring.
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PHILIPPINES Radio Pilipinas back on sw. at 1800-1900 on
17840, a former Verilas frequency with Soviet interference, and 21455,
in English, then Tagalog (Finn Krone, Denmark, via Dario Monferini,
W.O.R.) Also on 15190, bul audible only on 21455, a day when HCJB
was missing; fragment of VOA sign-on al 1800, so Poro or Tinang?
Unusual for a station to use 13 meters in the middle of the night (2 a.m.
local), but il works --or is this some other VOA relay? Program is in
Tagalog, but first half hour full of English expressions, especially
numbers, mixed in (call it Engalog, or Pilinglish). Gave address in Quezon
City, and said another broadcast at 0230-0330 on 17760, 17840 and 21580
is in English, but not audible here (gh)
RUSSIA We heard the first word to the world that Gorbachev was
"sick" and oul of power in a 19-second Newsflash on Radio Moscow, 0400
UTC August 19--after an hour of classical music signalling that something
was brewing. Later that day longer statements from the junta were
repeated. However, the North American service on 13645, 15180 kept
repeating as late as 0600 programming recorded earlier referring to
Gorbachev as president--and a Mailbag had Joe Adamov talking about
previous leaders dying in office. By August 21 RM had regained a more
balanced approach, frequently quoting Yeltsin.
Before the coup failed, ham transceivers in The Russian Federation
White House kept in contact with the outside, and served as broadcast
outlets. Radio Free Russia was heard on 7043 LSB, Aug. 20 at 1850-1905
(Finn Krone, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, W.O.R.) Also mentioned
3640 for night, and 14175 at 0600-0700 (BBCM via David Alpert,
London) Glimpse of transceiver on Nighlline seemed Lo show 14157 or
14167 (gh) The facilities were identified as belonging Lo Radio Tri-Ana,
phonetics for 3-A (Richard Measham, BBCM via RNMN)
Ekho Moskviy, the independent station, was forced off for about 24
hours by the KGB; latest schedule before the coup on SW was 0400-0700
daily, 1600-1900 daily and 1500-1600 weekends on 9535; heard again on
9535 afterwards, but has Switzerland, other QRM (BBCM)
Radio Vedo, Volgograd, pre-coup sked was 0300-0600 weekends on
7125, 5915; 1500-1900 Monday-Friday and also 1400-1500 MondayWednesday, on 13710 and 11760 (BBCM) see also LlTHUANIA
RWBI-Radio Without Borders International, Moscow pirate, 6277,
testing new antenna Aug. 18 at 0112 (John Ekwall, Sweden, SWB)
SAO TOME has expressed interest in having VOA build a relay
here to replace Liberia, but VOA can't afford to evaluate the offer,
continues with Botswana upgrade (Robert Horvitz, OzDX)
SAUDI ARABIA With Israel gone from prime time, perhaps
BSKSA will take up the slack? Sheldon Harvey and William Westenhaver
took the opportunity of a visit to Montreal for a Saudi exhibition by H.R.H.
Prince Turki bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, of the Ministry of Information,
to suggest S.A. should have an English service easily audible in North
America like its smaller neighbors such as U.A.E. H.R.H. said he would
pursue the idea when he got back (CIDX Messenger)
SURINAM (non) Radio Surinam International , via Brasilia, 17001745 weekdays on new 17835 Lo Europe, including English news around
1725-1735 (BBCM)
SWAZILAND New ID of the English service of Swazi Commercial Radio is Radio KWSW, on 6155 Saturday/Sunday from 0500 with
Christian Rock (Vashek Korzinek, RSA, DSWCI SWN)
TAIWAN VOFC has changed its feature programs four days a week
in the middle of the 0200, 0700, 2200 and next UTC day 0300 broadcasts:
Mon., Science, Technology & Medicine, Starlight; Tue., Kaleidoscope,
/nJercultural Music City; Wed., Journey inJo Chinese Culture, Sports
Beat; Fri., Business Digest, Live Concert (via Diane Mauer, WI, W.O.R.)
Also has new Radio Corner, hosted by Joanna Fu, at end of Mailbag Time,
Sundays (Sheila Hughes, BDXC Communication) About :45-:50 past the
hours, usually a single topic, such as Sangean receiver news. Said QSL
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design changes monthly, and fax number is 886-2-751-9277.

TANZANIA External service heard on MW 1035 only; National
Service on 9684.8, and mornings on 7165. Never heard on 5050 but 6105
was active, and 6015 for Zanzibar, no trace of other listed frequencies
(Thomas A. Heumann, Tanzania, DSWCI SWN) Radio Tanzania announced later that effective August 18, the National and Commercial
Services, due to budget squeeze and to allow most listeners to hear both,
would again merge as they had been until last January (BBCM)
UKRAINE This is the season for monthly downward shifts in
(Soviet) frequencies, but after the coup in August, Radio Kiev at 0000
had Norway interference on 11790, but clear on 15525 (Jack Crout, TX)
And on 12330 (Norman Blakely, Ont.) It was planned for most of the
USSR to lose an extra hour of DST at the end of September, so some
broadcasts such as this may move a UTC hour later than they have ever
been. Many of Radio Moscow's best-heard frequencies were in the
Ukraine ...
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Abu Dhabi's English at 22002400 for September and October is on 13605, 11965, 9600 (Leslie
Edwards, PA)
USA Radio Free New York cut its UTC Sunday 0300 broadcast
via WWCR 7435 from three hours to two, financial problems? (Norman
Blakely, Ont.) On hiatus till fall, to restructure, revamp, rewind, reset
(Kristin Kaye, Crossband RN!) Didn' t give any notice Lo WWCR, so at
least for a while, plugged in another World of Radio airing, UTC Sundays
0305; also on 7435 UTCSaturdays at0130, and UTC Mondays0500or0505.
CrossbandRNI also on hiatus, but may resume in October, meanwhile
DX segments by Kristin Kaye and ham radio items appear UTC Mondays
after fi~t and third Sundays around 0140 on 7435. Al Weiner says RNI
is doing just fine, ultimately lost only two people and added new ones
(gh) FCC denied Weiner's application for SWBC station; long memories
(Fred Maia, W5YI via Kristin Kaye, RNI)
After congressional pressure, Radio Miami International expects to get
a CP soon. World of Radio on WRNO: Saturdays 2330 on 7355, Sundays
2030, Mondays 1530 on 15420. After DST ends Oct. 27, W.0.R. times
on WRNO and WWCR shift one UTC hour later.
Eternal Word Television Network hopes to have a CP by November
for a grand new SW station of four 500 kW Continentals, TCI curtains
in Alabama; dropped plans for European site. Will use at least 12
languages, but much of the time simulcasting cable TV net; can run at
only 250 kW for short distances. Not affiliated with Vatican Radio, but
from Lady of Angelus Monastery (George Jacobs, RNMN)
VENEZUELA Radio Nacional de Venezuela has expanded English
programming, as much as 25 minutes starting at :40 past 1100, 1400,
1800, 2100, 0000, 0300. Monday-Thursday, news; Friday, Venezuelan
Week in Review; Saturday, Crosstalk--intervicws. Frequency is 9540
only. RNV has resumed QSLing, and reports may be sent via forwarder:
Marty Delfin, c/o Jet Cargo International, M-7, P.O. Box 020010, Miami,
FL 33102-0010. Replies may also be mailed from US, as postage out of
Venezuela is very expensive (Delfin) It's only a 50 kW transmitter
running at 10 kW (Jeff White, Radio Enlace) Delfin is a MexicanAmcrican from San Antonio, heading RNV's English service. Clearest
reception here is on the 1100 broadcast, but English segment sometimes
as short as 10 minutes (gh)
ZAIRE Kisangani's correct frequency is 11455, heard with music
from 0353, anthem, sign-on ID, program previews, drum music and local
vocals, 0430 news, poor with RTTY QRM (Richard A. D'Angelo, PA)
La Voix du Zaire, 11454.9, 0400, local languagcat 0430 when best, 0500
French news (Finn Krone, Denmark, SW Bulletin) Also at 1558 to 1632
sign-off (Roland Schulze, Germany, Fine Tuning) LSB plus carrier only,
ute relay? (Geoff Cosier, OzDX) Frequency announcement at 051 I
Broadcast Lo ggings
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English broadcast unless otherwise noted.
0045 UTC on 9540
VENEZUELA: Radio Nacional de Venezuela. EnglistvFrench. International and
Latin American news topics. French news at 0055 UTC, and sign-off at 0106 UTC
with Spanish IDs. (John Carson, Norman , OK)
0100 UTC on 11 800
ITALY: RAI. EnglistvFrench. Interval signal and station identification . International
news to folk music at 0120 UTC. ID routine for French service programming .
Additional monitoring on 17795 kHz at 0553 UT C with Arabic programming.
(Carson, OK) (Sam Wright, Biioxi, MS) National news on 9575 kHz at 0100 UTC.
(Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA)
0110 UTC on 6020
NETHERLANDS: Radio Netherlands. Discussion on opera "Don Giovanni." (Rose
Carmi ne, Sidney, OH)
01 45 UTC on 5030
ECUADOR: Radio Gatolica Nacional. Spanish. Evening religious programming of
prayers, rosary, and devotional. (Wright, MS)
0200 UTC o n 9115 use
ARGENTINA : Radio Continental. Spanish. Station ID, Argentine music, and abrupt
sign-off at 0206 UTC. (Mike Schmitt, Livermore, CA)
0245 UTC on 5063
ECUADOR: Radio Progreso . Spanish. Latin music program with lively announcer
doing promotionals, IDs and local ads. Monitored to sign-off anthem at 0340 UTC.
(Carmine, OH)
0300 UTC on 491 4.7
PERU: Radio Cora. Spanish. Peruvian vocals and canned" station IDs. Local
announcements and ID repeats. (Jeff Leach, Omaha, NE)
0305 UTC on 3300
GUATEMALA: Radio Cultural . "Insight for Living" devotional programming.
Gospel vocals and talk on book of Luke. (Wright, MS)
0350 UTC on 4830
VENEZUELA: Radio Tachira. Spanish. Station ID with frequency quote for shortwave
and mediumwave services. References to city San Cristobal. Brief Spanish pops,
talk and anthem to 0400 UTC sign-off. (Wright, MA) (Carmine, OH)
0355 UTC on 71 80
SWAZILAND: Trans World Radio. Interval signal with station IDs. Musical theme
music with signon at 0400 UTC, Into unidentified African language. Amateur-radio
interference present throughout broadcast. (Jerry Witham, Keaau, HI)
0402 UTC on 11940
ROMANIA: Radio Romania Intl National news, commentary, and talk on economics.
"Sports Desk" report at 0425 UTC. (Carson, OK)
0415 UTC o n 7510
UNITED STATES: KTBN-Salt l ake City . Taped religious sermon from Baptist
church in Florida. (Karen Campbell, Sacramento, CA)
0425 UTC on 7315
YUGOSLAVIA: Radio Yugoslavia. Station identification followed by news on
national unrest. (Jonathan Featherstone, Surrey, BC, Ganada) Folk music, IDs and
political editorial. (Eric Stutler, Hot Springs, AR)
0429 UTC on 5035
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Radiodiffusion-TV Centrafricaine. French. Piano
Interval signal to 0430 UTC . National anthem to sign-on ID and station annoucements.
Fair signal continued through fine African rhythms. Recheck later at 2325 UTC
revealed very weak talk, news-type reporting, and similar African tunes. (Stutler,
AR)
0445 UTC o n 1n 15
AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. nme check at rune-in and station ID. Pops and easylistening music. Audible on parallel 15160 kHz. Aussie conservation di scussed on
17795 kHz at 0530 UTC. (Wright, MS)
0450 UTC on 17n0
NEW ZEALAND: Radio New Zealand lnrl. Discussion on Tonga and its political
power in the Pacific. Children's program on 17770 kHz at 0637 UTC. (Carson, OK)
0455 UTC on 17690
USSR: Radio Moscow. Russian folk music and news at the hour. Heard also on
parallel 17890 kHz. Discussion on Soviet trade audible on 17605 kHz at 0611 UTC .
Moscow's Cuban relay also audible on 11840 kHz at 1450 UTC. (Wright, MS)
Additional monitoring on 17690 kHz heard at 1725 UTC. (Fraser, MA)
0510 UTC on 17730
VATICAN STATE: Vatican Radio. Closing comments on cardinals in the news.
Health care discussed with good signal quality on parallel frequency 15090 kHz.
(Carmine, OH) Additional monitoring on 961019605 kHz at 0300 UTC. (Louis
Rossetti, Austin, TX)
0510 UTC on 6155
SWAZILAND: Radio Paralelo 27. Tune-in with "The Morning Show." Pop tunes and
station ID from an obvious sti ll-asleep announcer. Continued morning format
broken occasionally by such features as "This Day Back In History ."The announcer
did appear to wake up abruptly during a graphic description of an album cover
picturing a mostly nude Madonna. Strong signal. (W itham, H I)
0520 UTC on 7255
NIGERIA: Voice of Nigeria. Program "African Safari" and song called "Music
Africa." Continued WestAfrican music program with dear signal. (Schmitt, CA)
Additional programming audible on this frequency at0605-0650 UTC. (Wright, MS)
, OK)
0536 UTC on 4915
GHANA: Ghana Broadcasting Corp. Good signal for African music and talk. Station
ID and chant-type music rhythms. (Leach , NE)
0550 UTC on 7375 USB
COSTA RICA: Radio for Peace lnrl. Perspective topic on "Inside the Soviet Union.
(Carson, OK)
0554 UTC on 7215
COTE D'IVOIRE: Radiodiffuslon-TV lvorienne. French. Station sign-on and national
anthem. Lady announcer's ID/frequency quote, national news. (leach, NE)
061 4 UTC on 9765
MALTA: Voice of the Mediterranean. "Radio Talk Show" to Spanish music at 0625
UTC. (Carson, OK)
0635 UTC on 12035
SPAIN: Radio Nacional de Espana. Station IDS/frequency quote. News and
editorials from Spanish newspapers. (Carmine, OH)
0703 UTC on 11835
ECUADOR : HCJB. Show "Mountain Meditations and "Words of Faith." "Studio
9" program heard on 21455 kHz USB at 1923. (Carson, OK) "Saludos Amigos
program on 21480 kHz at 1925 UTC. (Fraser, MA)
0733 UTC on 9630
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES: Radio Netherlands relay. International news,
"Newsline." and "Media Network" programs . Trans World Radio relay audible on
11815kHz at 1100 UTCwlth "Morning Sounds"program . World news and religious
text audible on 1534511 1615 kHz at 1200 UTC . (Carson, OK)
0800 UTC on 11715
UNITED STATES: KNLS-Alaska. "Chariots of Fire" Interval signal and station ID.
Pop rock tune from Hall and oats duo. Report on South Africa. (Nicholas Adams,
Newark, NJ)
0840 UTC on 11752
INDONESIA: (Java) Voice of Indonesia. Discussion in broken English, describing
a family hierarchy in a typical Western Java village. Polynesian music followed,
ending at 0855 UTC with regi onal news and station Identification. (W itham, HI)
1000 UTC on 4949.9
PERU: Radio Madre de Dlos. Spanish . Poor-fair signal quality for ID at the hour
and Andean instrumentals. Talk and local type announcements. Continued soft
Andean tunes. (Carmine, OH)
1237 UTC on 9750
SOUTH KOREA: Radio Korea. Talk on U.SJKorean relations, followed by program
"From Us To You." (Carson, OK)
1240 UTC on 15208
BANDLADESH: Radio Bangladesh. Asian news at tune-in. Station Identification
and reference to upcoming programming. Nice subcontinent-type music to ID and
signoff at 1300 UTC. (Wright, MS) (Carmine, OH)
1302 UTC on 13625
NORTHERN MARIANAS ISLANDS: KHBI. World news, nostalgic talk on sports,
and talk of India heard on 13625 kHz at 1703 UTC. (Carson, OK)
1345 UTC on 21605
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: UAE Radio-Dubai. Continued series on Mohammed
called "The Holy Prophet." (Carson, OK)
1400 UTC on 15690
UN ITE D STATES: WWCR. Program "Unshackled." into radio show 'World of
Radio" at 1430 UTC. (Carson, OK)
1505 UTC on 17790
NORWAY: Radio Norway lnt'I. Interesting report on women in the business and
political wor1d. (Fraser, MA)
1545 UTC on 3945
INDIA: All India Radio. World news followed by a promotional and ID. Station signoff at 1550 UTC with dosing comments, "Please stand by for the next program."
(Witham, HI)
1625 UTC on 4902
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka Broadcasting Co. Slnhala. Chatter among two male
announcers to 1630 UTC. Continued discussion, w ith lady joining the group.
(Witham, HI)
1645 UTC on 4970
MALAYSIA: RTM-Kota l<inabulu. Easy-listening muslcwithcomrnents in unidentified
language. Lady announcer continued the musical program. Prayers Included in
programming to 1655 UTC. Station sign-off amid national anthem. (Witham, HI)
1827 UTC on 15010
VIETNAM: Voice of Vietnam. Vietnamese/English. Vietnamese-style music and
talk, followed by English comments on the United States embargo on their country.
(Robert Gash, Berkeley, CA)
2250 UTC on 5960
CANADA: Radio Canada lnrl. Lively show "Royal Canadian Air Farce Comedy
Classics." (Fraser, MA) (Campbell, CA)
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Utility World
Larry Van Horn
clo MT, P. 0. Box 98
Brasstown, NC 28902
In the midst of the coup in the Sovet Union, I sat here in front of the
old shortwave receiver thinking about the situation. Almost a year ago
to the day, the MT team of Gayle Van Horn, Jim Pogue and myself was
working on another crisis capturing world headlines, the invasion of
Kuwait. We prepared extensive coverage for you readers in last year's
October issue of Monitoring Times to aid in listening to the crisis.
Now another world changing series of events is unfolding before us
and shortwave radio again is providing insights into what is going on
behind the scenes. While President Mikhail Gorbachev was ousted by
Communist Party hard liners I sat listening to the soft music on Radio
Moscow's World Service with a chill going down my spine. Being a
military man, my first thoughts and concern are for the protection and
preservation of my own country.
I can't avoid the interesting but very scary thought. Whose hand is
on the Soviet nuclear button right now?
Good question! The Soviets have over 30,000 nuclear weapons in
their arsenal and a lot of those are destined for the continental United
States. Since 1985, we have known whose hand was on the nuclear button.
But how can we be sure who has control in a nuclear capable country
which is tom by civil strife?
That sent me packing into my files to see if I had any frequencies
for the two branches of the military that have the largest stockpiles of
nuclear weapons, the Navy and Air Force.
Unfortunately, I have no information on any Soviet voice channels
in the HF spectrum. The low power used by their radio sets for voice
transmissions may account for why there are so few loggings of the voice
frequencies used by the Soviet military.
The Soviets use the HF spectrum primarily as a two-way channel for
long range ship-to-shore communications. Soviet HF radios can operate
using telegraphy and voice modes. However, a major portion of the
Soviet shipboard HF radio sets operate in the FlB (telegraphy) mode,
since this mode allows the Soviets fast programmed frequency changes.
Output from these transmitters is typically 25 to 100 watts and they
are fully automatic. Reports indicate that the radio sets used by the
Soviets have 30 preselected channels spaced at 100 Hz intervals. They
also use HF single side band transceivers with 400 channels spaced at
10 kHz intervals. These are used for ship-to-ship and ship-to-aircraft
communications with a power of five watts.
The Soviet Navy local night time frequencies use the spectrum from
2 to 5 MHz to achieve ranges up to 200 nautical miles. Their daytime
frequencies for the same range is from five to nine nautical miles. For
ranges up to 500 nautical miles they use 3 to 7 MHz at night and between
7 and 14 MHz in the daytime. Whenever the distance between the sender
and the addressee exceeds the range of the radio horizon, transmissions
are conducted by radio relay. For these purposes, the Soviets mainly use
an onshore communications post or helicopters .
On shore command posts and Soviet force commanders or ship pair
commanders at sea normally conduct communications via HF links. HF
message transmissions are normally held to a m inimum during combat
maneuvering, and even then they are encoded.
The Soviets do use Low Frequency (LF)/Extremely Low Frequency
(ELF) for long range communications, especially with their submarines.
These transmissions normally use telegraphy and also signals for precise
time. Because of low data rates, this frequency is not used for tactical
communications between Soviet surface ships.
As I mentioned before, telegraphy is used as one of the basic types
of communications between Soviet surface ships and command posts
ashore. The Soviets also place a premium on the automatic recording
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of transmitted messages for controlling Soviet naval forces at sea.

Radio secrecy, security and discipline are high on the list of achievements by the Soviet military. On board Soviet naval vessels, communications can only take place on the order of a ship 's Commanding
Officer, or (within a ship unit) on the order of the force commander, or
on call from the main shore-based radio post.
Soviet Naval shore based transmitter sites include the following
known stations:
Amderma, Leningrad
Arkhangelsk, Leningrad
LF transmitter operating to the Kara Sea

VLF transmitter used for sub comms to
theWhite and Barents Sea
Baltiysk, Baltic
Headquarters-Baltic Fleet
Batumi, Transcaucasus
VLF transmitter used for sub comms to
the Black and Mediterranean Seas
VLF/LF transmitter used for sub comms to
Dikson Ostrov, Siberian
Arctic Ocean and Kara Sea
Submarine base, Black Fleet
Feodosiya, Odessa
VLF transmitter used for worldwide
Gorkiy, Moscow
subcomms
Submarine base, Northern Fleet
Iokanga, Leningrad
Submarine base, Baltic Fleet; VLF/lF transKaliningrad, Baltic
mitter operating worldwide and to Baltic
and North Seas
Kholmsk, Far East
LF transmitter operating to Seas of Japan
and Okhotsk
Komsomolsk-N a-Arnure,
VLF transmitter used for communications
Far East
and navigation, one of three stations in the
Soviet Alpha navigation network
Krasnodar, North Caucasus VLF transmitter used for worldwide
communications, also one of three stations
in the Soviet Alpha nav. network
Headquarters-Baltic Fleet
Leningrad, Leningrad
Naval Base
Liepaja, Baltic
Submarine base-Northern Fleet
Litsa, Leningrad
Matotchkin Shar, Far East VLF transmitter used for long
range sub comms to Barents and Norwegian Seas (locatedonNovaya2mlyalsland)
Moscow, Moscow
Headquarters-Russian Navy
Mys Zhelaniya, Far East
LF transmitter operating to Arctic Ocean
Novosibirsk, Siberian
VLFtransmitterusedforworldwidecomms
and one of three stations in the Soviet
Alpha navigation network
Odessa, Odessa
VLF/LF transmitter operating worldwide
and to the Black Sea area
Olenya, Leningrad
Petropavlovsk, Far East
VLF transmitter used for long range
subcomms
LF to Sea Okhotsk and Bering Sea Main
Pacific submarine base
Polyamyy, Leningrad
Provideniya, Far East
LF transmitter operating to the Barent Sea
Rostov, North Caucasus
VLF transmitter used for worldwide naval
comms
Sayda, Leningrad
Sevastopol, Odessa
Headquarters-Black Sea Fleet
Severo Kurilsk, Far East
LF transmitter operating to the Seas of
Japan and Okhotsk
Non-tactical ship call signs appear to primarily have 'RM' prefixes.

Headquarters-Northern Fleet; VLF/LF
transmitter operating worldwide and to the Other Soviet ships carry UA, UC, UF, UG, UM, UH, etc prefixes. Some
Soviet ships are now supporting the new prefixes like EY, El and EX.
Arctic Ocean
Soviet naval tactical call signs are three and four alpha-numeric group
Sovetskaya Gavan, Far East Main Pacific naval base
type calls which appear to change on a prearranged basis.
Tallin, Baltic
Baltic Fleet naval base
Where do you hear Soviet naval activity? The following list is not
Vladivostok, Far East
Headquarters Pacific Fleet; VLF/LF transmitcomplete
and only represents the tip of the Soviet naval communications
ter for sub comms to the Sea of Japan and
iceberg. Updates and any new information that might be available is
Pacific
appreciated. All frequencies are in kHz.
Naval Base
Havana, Cuba
Naval Base
Santiago, Cuba
4264 5322 6352 6904 7574 8576 9456
Moscow
RCV
Major communications facility
Luanda, Angola
9476 12202 12723 12744 15465 6376
Communications Facility
Maputo, Mozambique
16942 16948 19098 21764
Soviet
Naval
logistical
base
Asmara, Ethiopia
Vaygach
5785 69618596921812692 1565616936
RIT
Communications relay ship
Tripoli, Libya
18876 20484 20968
Port facilities
Aden, Yemen
Khiva, Uzbeck 5128 5148 6394 7577 7779 7965 8508
RIW
Major submarine and ship base
Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam
8523914592369370.5104351051010690
10798 10912 11000 11048 11488 11531
17.1 kHz appears to be a primary submarine broadcast frequency
11592 12056 12675 13064 13425 13828
with a mix of Soviet Navy and Ministry of Communications VLF
14405 14446 14468 14505 14509 14541
transmitters operating on the frequency as follows:
14545 14556 14559 14644 14792 15656
RJS/Vladivostok
ROD9 & UDK/Severomorsk
16338 16392 16397 17088 17110 171 84
UFD/Arkhangelsk
URD/Leningrad
17504 18504 18560 18644 18696 18808
Other calls noted: RYD UDI RYA RES
RIW/Khiva
18952 19090 19098 19210 19985 19993
21380 21764 21784 22568 22710
There is another major VLF station that is associated with the Soviet
4163 5194 5881 6500 6972 8680 10118
Kaliningrad
military: UMS in Moscow on 18.1 kHz. This station has broadcast naval RMP
10888 11132 12720 12833 16016 16934
messages to Soviet SSN and SSBN submarines using very narrow shift
18720
CRATT, high speed telegraph and manual CW modes of transmission.
Chelyuskin
14211.9
There is a major ELF communications site that is nearing completion RMT
Moscow
63458456850012995130451704517130
on the Kola Peninsula. This site will be used to communicate with first ROT
17155 22450 22454 25130 25175
line Soviet SSBN submarines under the Arctic ice pack using encrypted
Moscow
6445 17045
ROT2
message traffic.
Moscow
12967
One observer of Soviet Navy communications believes that the UJE
Moscow
17.168497564 8478 10490 11430 13449
callsign ROD appears to be used to announce broadcast traffic to the UMS
14140.91417119029 19517 21032 21285
Soviet Naval fleet. This message traffic can be of a general type for all
11326.3
Lazo
naval ships or the broadcast can be for a specific fleet, squadron, group UIT
Maputo, Mozambique 8642
of ships or even a single ship by the addition of the word 'FOR' followed C9C8
CMU967 Santiago, Cuba 5258 6562 6690 6868 8120 8569
by a call sign in the message preamble.
10435 10644 10725 10796 11114 11278
In the Soviet Pacific Fleet communications area, RJS in Vladivostok
11555 14792 14968 15384 15497 17424
is regularly heard working call signs RCC, RCS7, RVR3 and UPG8. One
18167
source thinks that SOVPACFLT headquarters Vladivostok is maintaining communications with Sovetskaya Gavan, Korsakov (on Sakhalin COY85 1 Havana, Cuba 13390
Island), Petropavlovsk and Magadan. The line-up of callsigns versus the COY895 Havana, Cuba 7935 9169 10536 11406 14697
Havana, Cuba 5058
COZ67
above locations is unknown at this time.
Luanda, Angola 8642
In the Soviet Baltic Fleet communications area, RMP at Baltiisk D3L25
Luanda, Angola 16090 16395
(Kaliningrad) puts in a very strong signal here stateside indicating that D3M93
Aden, South Yemen
it can communicate with ships and aircraft far outside the Baltic Sea. 70W93
Other Baltic Sea naval call signs include: RCN4-Leningrad, RCN6Other frequencies to watch for Soviet naval activity include: 5137
Tallin, RCN9-Liepaja and UMI2 (location unknown).
Stations RCV, RIW and RIT appear to be major C2 (Command and 5173 5385 5428 5445 6735 6765 6770 6778 6780 6967 10680 10750
Control) centers for the Soviet Navy. RCV appears to be a major 10796 14792.
The Soviet Navy isn't the only military force in the Soviet Union
communications relay station located in the Western USSR. RIW and
RIT also appear to be located in the western USSR. It is believed that to carry nuclear weapons. The Soviet Air Force also carries nuclear
these two stations directly support primary and secondary C31 (Com- weapons and has long range bombers just like our own Strategic Air
mand, Control, and Communications Intelligence)centers of the Soviet Command (SAC).
Navy. One source says he doesn't concur with the widely published
The Soviet Air Force can also be heard on HF frequencies, using CW
sources that RIW is located in Khiva in the Uzbekistan. He believes that as a primary communications mode. Check out the following frequencies
the Khiva site is only one of many remote radio sites connected to a for activity: 4573 4667 4842 5224 6596 6866 6941 8824 8954 11354
control point with the call sign RIW. Many Soviet Navy ships send 13200 15078 17908 19984 21896 23316.
Thanks go to all of you who helped put together this profile on the
encrypted message traffic to "FOR RCM6 RIW RIT UXGN."
Several other callsigns have also been monitored on Soviet naval Soviet Navy, especially long-time contributor Mark Chinsky. Many of
communications circuits. These include: ULW2, RUV7 , RIF4, UNU3 you responded on short notice to help piece some of the puzzle together.
and RQN3. Some monitors believe these callsigns are associated with Now it is time to see what you have been hearing this month in the Utility
various military and civilian weather and oceanographic data collection/ World. See you all at the convention.
forecast centers.
Severomorsk, Leningrad
MONITORING TIMES
October 1991
33
Utility World
Utility Loggings
4445.0
Abbreviations used In this column

Aeradio
AF
AFB
AFRTS
Aeronautical Radio
Air Force One
Air Force Base
Armed Forces Radio and Tel e
vision Service
AM
Amplitude Modulation
Synchronous transmission and
ARO
automatic reception
ARO-E3
Single channel ARO mode
Albanian Telegraph Agency
ATA
CG
Coast Guard
Comms
Communications
COMSTA Communication Station
CP
Command Post
Morse Code
EC-1 35
SAC Command Aircraft
ETA
Estimated T ime of Arrival
F-16
USAF Fighter aircraft
Facsimile
FAX
A common RTTY test tape
Foxes
High Frequency
HF
Hertz
Hz
Identification
Id
kHz
Kiiohertz
Long Distance Operational
LDOC
Control
Lower sideband
LSB
MAC
Miiitary Airlift Command (USAF)
Military Affiliate Radio System
MARS
Meleo
Meteorology
cw
MHz
MN
Net
Ops
OPSEC
PIREP
OSY
RTB
RTTY
RY
Megahertz
Motor Vessel
Network
Operations
Operational Security
Pilot Report
Change frequency
Return to Base
Radloteletype
Typical test tape usi ng
characters R and Y
SAC
Strategic Air Command
(USAF)
SITOR-A Simplex teleprinting mode
A(ARO)
SITOR-B Simplex teleprlnting mode
B(FEC)
TAC
Tac11cal
UHF
Ultra High Frequency
Unid
Unidentified
USAF
United States Air Force
Upper Sideband
USB
USCG
United States Coast Guard
USn
United States Navy
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Reput;>lics
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
VHF
Very High Frequency
VOLMET Aviation Weather stations
5000.0
5360.0
5696.0
6148.6
6643.0
6683.0
6693.0
6715.5
6721.5
6724.5
6730.0
t---- - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - -- - -- -----1 6756.0

All frequencies in kilohertz (kHz), all times in UTC. All voice transmissions in English wiless otherwise noted.
60.0
70.0
77.5
410.0
418.0
421.0
444.0
454.0
480.0
489.0
500.0
512.0
518.0
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MSF-Tlme Signal Station Rugby, England, with time signals and CW ID

at 0002. (Ary Boender-The Netherlands)
HBG-Tlme Signal Station Prangrlns, SWitzerland, with time signals and
CW ID at 2338. (Boender-Netherlands)
DCF77-Time Signals Station Malnflingen, Germany, with time signals
and CW ID at 1055. (Boender-Netherlands)
VRGH-MIV Mineral Europe, JKRB-M/11 Koharusan Maru and WPKBSealand Value all heard here using CW between 1218 and 1615.
(Boender-Netherlands)
GNF-North Foreland Radio, England, working unid ship in CW at 1340.
JHTE-MIV Terutoku Maru with a CW message in regards to LPG
tanker operations at 1543. (Boender-Netherlands)
PCH-Schevenlgen Radio, Netherlands, with traffic list in CW a t 1250.
T JFD M/11 Bjoerg Jonsdottir calling Norddeich Radio in CW at 1123.
UODF-Unid Soviet vessel calling Schevenlgen Radio in CW at 1955.
Nothing on Gayle's cal/sign list or the
Ary-Larry. Also heard by Ary
on this frequency: UWCV-M/11 Klement Gotwald, ESGU-M/11MB120,
UERTM/11 Valya Kouraklna, PFCA-M/11 Japan Sea, SVOT-M/11 Aghia
Trias, UPFR-MV Dzintarzeme, SYBD-MV Cherry Flower and S'M3T-MV
Aplliotls all In CW at various times. (Boender-Netherlands)
UVXPMIV Krasnokamsk and SZSC-M/V Clelia heard In CW at 1525 and
2248 respectfully. (Boender-Netherlands)
PGTV-MIV Pioneer working Schevenigen Radio in CW at 0810.
OST-Oostende Radio, Belgium announcing a l!affic list in CW on 435
kHz at 1002. FFB-Boulogne-Sur-Mer Radio, France announcing a nav
warning on 450 kHz at0754 and PCH-Scheveningen Radio, Netherlands
announcing a nav (navigation) warning on 461 kHz at 0820 all in CW.
3ESD-MIV Fortune Bell w ith CW messages at 2030. (Boender-Nether
lands)
PKB-Netherlands Coast Guard with a SITOR-B nav warning broadcast
at 1548. (Boender-Netherlands)
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6761 .0
6812.0
6825.8
6858.5
6979.8
7660.0
7975.5
8000.0
8056.7
8185.0
8345.0
MONITORING TIMES
Kiwi Radio, New Zealand calling and working Grease Spot, Ellie, Rock
Steady, Monday Monday, Ba Ba Baran, lcelc, Mandella, Sympathy, Zulu,
Nimbth, Perra Greena with a roll call Including local weather, current positions, lntented course next 24 hours and updating with latest omcial
weather forecast, and checking that all is well on board In USB till 0823.
With roll call completed, station said standing by for 1raffic, followed by
Eagle, Close Shave, Minstrel, and Great Escape calling and working Kiwi
Radio with positions, local weather, passing messages, and a couple of
requests for phone calls to be made on behalf of families with
messages.Various o ther boats calling and working Kiwi Radio till a.bout
0900. (Gordon Trigg-New Zealand)
WWV-Fort Collins, CO Time and Frequency Standard Station with time
ticks and English IDs at 1955 In AM. (Eugene Lish-Seminole, FL)
VJO-Flying Doctor Service, Kalgoorlie, West Australia In USB at 1002.
(Eddie waters-Australia)
Coast Guard Rescue 1488 (Pelican Helo) departing Otis-Cape Cod Air
Station to boat sinking off Woods Hole, MA. Was later released from rescue
and went to Beverly, MA In USB at 0400. (Brown-MA)
Unld fishing boat comms in USB at 1341. The way they choose
frequencies it won't be long before they're on FM! (Bergadano NJ)
Berne LDOC, SWitzerland working an American aircraft for company
messages and a request for Geneva weather (got Zurlcklnstead). In
USB at 0421. (Fernandez-MA)
Coast Guard 01 workin g Andrews at 1118 1n USB. (Brown-MA)
Port St. Jean working Halifax mili tary with HF radio check at 2359 In USB.
(Bill Battles-East Kingston, NH)
Producer Alpha working Producer in USB at 1330. (Bill Frantz
Thomasville.GA)
Lima Charley Control, Lima Charley 23, Lima Charlie Bravo, Rushmore
with radio checks and typical military comms in USB at 1640. (Frantz-GA)
Tango Forward, Tango Rear, Induction Forward, Induction Rear,
OT setting up for alr training exercise at Shaw AFB, SC In USB at 1500.
(Frantz-GA)
Lockheed Flight working AC5247 in USB at 1825. (Frantz-GA)
AFAAndrews AFB working Procialm (EC-135) with radio checks at
0103 in USB. Prociaim also heard on 9017 with WAR-46. (AF1 comms
detall). (Battles-NH)
Rushmore Control worklngExpo94, Fault BO, Fault85and Pullover In USB
at 0300. Expo 94 wanted to refuel with Fault 85, a EC-135. Refuel
frequency was 297.3. (John Robinson-Antioch, TN)
SAM 203 working Andrews and SAM command/maintenance at 0141 in
USB. (Robinson-TN)
Spanish female 5-<liglt number station In AM at 0532. Very dislMed signal
and frequency should have been 6825. (Fernandez-~)
Shotgun working Hiiibiiiy In USB at 1515. Military comms, weak signals.
(Frantz-GA)
English 312-dlglt male station In AM at 0407. (Fernandez-MA)
Australian Police Dispatcher working a police launch 42 nautical miles
south by south east off Sydney discussing the weather, intended course
and ETA for next job In USB at 2210. Dispatcher standing by on this
frequency for further traffic from launch owing to thunderstorm warnings
for area. Next check call at Australia 0900/2300 UTC. (Gordon Trigg-New
Zealand)
Xray 50 calling a station with no reply. Sounded like an aircraft. Then calling
other stations with still no replies. Had a strong British accent In USB at
0546. (Fernandez-MA)
Unld stations in LSB at 031 o.Someone transmitting a tape (Please consult
your directory for assistance, SSB 105) over a male constantly talking In
Spanish. Occasionally a male would come on In English and make a few
comments to 'tape' station but no reply . Then he used Corridor ID w hile
In comms with another station (unheard) which was tactical In nature. Then
the 'tape' station returned, when the weaker station 'Corri dor' cleared. This
frequency was so fu ll of bizarre stuff, I had to leave for scanner listening I.
This stuff continued for the next hour plus, then the frequency was dead
for the rest of the night. Anybody want to try this one? Fernandez-MA)
Spanish female 5-<llglt number station in AM at 0401 . (Fernandez-MA)
Marshmello working Stingray with several personal and tactical phone
patches. A truck transporting materi al to a dock was mentioned while other
calls were personal In nature. These two stations were running patches
for the next two hours. In USB at 0250. (Fernandez-MA)
UKFl-Soviet spaceftight tracking ship NIS Kosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, shipto-ship with UZVY NIS Kosmonaut Vlktor Patsayev. Relaying F001
telemetry tables for the just launched Progress M-6 spacecraft enroute
rendezvous with the MIR space station. P rogress M-6 referred to as
8722.0
8819.0
8855.0
8906.0
8957.0
8984.0
8993.0
9035.0
9043.0
9045.0
9057.0
9132.8
9254.0
9260.0
9996.0
10057.0
10167.6
10282.9
10344.0
10390.0
10478.0
10537.8
10663.0
10780.0
10841.0
10869.1
11108.8
11132.0
111 89.0
11195.0
11215.0
11222.0
11243.0
11271.0
11440.0
OBXEKT r. Gagarin in Nc:rth A11antic, Patsayev in GiJf ofGui1ea at 0311 usng 11466.0
170 Hz shift RTIY. (Sam Ricks-PA)
WOM-AT &T High Seas Ft. Lauderdale, FL on their new frequency, first day 11487.0
of the big marine shift at 1303 with a traffic list using USB. (Battles-NH)
VOLMET-Krasnodar, USSR with Russian aviation weather at 1643 In USB.
(Waters-Australia)
Cayenne ATC, French Guiana working MAC 70021 with a position reporV 12521 .0
altitude change request. Aircraft was east of West Indies using USB at
0231. (Fernandez-MA)
New York Aeradioworking numerous aircraft, near constant chatter In USB
at various times. (Mike Starr-Hadley, MO)
Shannon VOLMET, Ireland, in USB at 0135 with aviation weather for
different terminals around Europe. (Fernandez-MA)
USCG COMSTA Miami, FL, advising CG 1486 that OPS EC request he QSY 13205.0
to the Army's "Bravo" frequency and call aircraft call sign 17 Alpha" as the
Army was unable to raise their aircraft. (Battles-NH) Thar is an interesting
13207.0
intercept Bill-Larry.
Shadow 92 with phone patch to various agencies at Eglin AFB. Later phone
patch to various bases in the SE United States for meteo Information but
gave no pirep. In USB at 0230. (Brown-MA)
Sarne stations as on 6724.5 helping each other with a new computer
program In USB at 1950. (Frantz-GA)
USS Boone with the cutter Decisive working Cape Radio preparing for a
shuttle launch In USB at 1705. (Frantz-GA)
5YE-Nalrobl Meteo, Nigeria, with a FAX weather chan at 2216. (WatersAustralla)
13330.0
Hickam AFB, HI calling an aircraft for a radio check but no contact made
in USB at 0212. (Fernandez-MA)
ZAA6-ATA Press Service, Tirana, Albania with English 425 Hz shift RTTY
news bulletins at 0801. (Waters-Australia)
German female 312-digit number station in AM at 0340. (Fernandez-MA)
Stingray working Foxtrot (USAF stations) in USB, talked of a needed bolt
fitting. Was at 0253. (Bergadano-NJ)
13342.0
RWM-Moscow, USSR T ime Station with time signals and cw ID at 1606.
(Trigg-New Zealand)
13351.0
Brazzaville VOLMET, Congo, with aviation weather for terminals In Africa
14393.0
in English at 0257 in USB. (Fernandez-MA)
PHWR-U .S. Air Force Weather Service, Hickam AFB, HI, with 850 shift
14605.0
RTIY weather reports for S.E. Asia area at 0948. (Waters-Australia)
MKK-London, England, with RTTY foxes test tape at 2207.
(Waters-Australia)
Radio Moscow, USSR, broadcast feeder with an English broadcast in USB 15642.0
at 1416. (Trigg-New Zealand)
FSB-INTERPOL Paris (St. Martin Abby), France, with SITOR-A idler and 16000.0
CW ID at 2145. (Fernandez-MA)
Alpha Mike working Lima India with very weak signals. Haven't heard this 16330.0
frequency in use for a long time. (Frantz-GA) Yep, this is a Gang Buster!
Cemetery Network frequency-Larry.
16516.7
AFRTS feeder heard with station ID in LSB at 2054 then music. (Batlles-NH)
KAWN-Offun AFB, NE, with coded meteo broadcast using RTTY 850 Hz 16676.0
shift at 1525. (Art Blair-San Francisco. CA)
Agar 25 working Cape Radio from 1535 to 1730+ in USB. Many phone
patches to Abnormal 1o (Vandenburg) then patched into Ashley 12 (Wheeler
AFB, HI) to run simulcast duplex HF pairs with recorded data and 'mark 20132.0
events'. (Used 11510/13756, 10305111110, 14987, 15793, 17560. Agar
w ent simulcast on 11510/14987 and several other pairs.) (Battles-NH)
MUA-Brltlsh Army, London, England, with SITOR-A at the Idle at 0605.
(Waters-Australia)
RFQP-French Forces, Djibouti, with ARQ-E3 controle de vole calling RFVI.
(Waters-Australia)
Several fisherman working each other in USB at 0047. (Robinson-TN)
Qantas LDOC-Sydney, Australia, Qantas 9 calling on company frequency
In USB at 0800. (Waters-Australia)
Foxtrot Tango working 7 Julien w ith radio checks and typical military
cornrns In USB at 0320. (Frantz-GA)
Rescue 101 working Australian Royal Air Force, Darwin in USB at 0634.
(Waters-Australia)
Diamond calling Blue Jay; no response in USB at 1750. Diamond referred
to this frequency as 'Alpha'. {Frantz-GA)
Stod<holrn LDOC, Sweden, making phone patches for aircraft to locations
In the United States w hich were personal in nature. Aircraft IDed as 239.
In USB at 0240. (Fernandez-MA)
Head Dancer working Unanimous with a phone patch to Raymond 01 In
USB at 1324. (Battles-NH) That one is a little unusual Bill. TAC worf<ing
on SAC-Larry.
Head Dancer working Lajes AFB, Azores at 1239 in USB. (Battles-NH)
Shadow 9 1 and Shadow 92 working each other on HF in USB at 0100.
{Robinson-TN)
AF1 {SAM 29000) calling Andrews and advising that they were switching
from USB to LSB at 2234. (Nick-??)
Unld stations (Australian Truck Drivers) working each other at 0532 in USB.
(Waters-Australia) Eddie, my reference shows VH2GRI-Yager GW&NE,
Transport Grafton, a cvup/e of Bus cvmpanies and a drilling outfit on this
frequency-Larry.
UISZ-Soviet spacettlght traci<ing ship NIS Akadernlk Sergei Korolev, with
krlptograrnrnas for retrofire traci<lng ships UZZV, NIS Kosrnonaut Georgi
Dobrovolski (Gulf of Guinea) and UIVZ, N IS Kosrnonaut Vladlslav Volkov
(off Argentina) several days before the launch of Soyuz TM-12 (British
Cosmonaut mission) at 0310. The Korolev had just relieved the NIS
Kosrnonaut Yuri Gagarin in the North Atlantic off the Azores. RTTY
170 Hz shift. (Ricks-PA)
Royal Australian Air Force station Darwin conducting a radio check at 2018
In USB. (Waters-Australia) Royal New Zeland Air Force heard here in USB
with ground to air communications at 0227. (Bergadano-NJ)
Maple 91 calling Maple OPS. These are Vermont Air National Guard
F-16's which were engaged in a NORAD exercise In warning are W-105
off the Massachusetts coastline. They were RTB Burlington and were
making an effort to contact their command post for weather data. I was
also monitoring their VHF/UHF interplane frequencies and heard them
mention this HF frequency and Immediately dialed It up on my ICF-2010.
Frequency confirmed , but they were unable to contact their command post
on It. (Henry Brown-East Falmouth, MA) Nice catch Henry, what was the
VHF/UHF interplanes you heard them on? Standard NORAD stuff-Larry?
Amiri One heavy (A7AAA Amir of Qatar) working Houston Universal
requesting someone from "the Green Team meet them at Bangor International Airport, ME, with as many yachting and ocean magazines as they
could find". The aircraft was over Florida at 2358 with an ETA Bangor of
approximately 2 hours. How about it Larry does this one qualify for the
strange one of the month?' (Battles-NH) No Bill, just the best log of the
month, Hi-Larry.
Quantas LDOC-Sydney, Australia working Quantas 105 about their air
conditioning in USB at 0545. (Waters-Australia)
Brussels Radio woeklng Sabena 556 at 0019 In USB with an arrival
message. (Battles-NH)
NNNOCNZ-William v. Pratt (DDG-44) working NNNONHA with phone
patch traffic in USB at 2355. (Bob Pettengill-Blanchard, OK)
Air Force MARS working MAC 020 with phone patci1 tarffic in USB at 0318.
Also heard other various MAC flights working ground stations In rotation.
(Pettengill-OK)
Unid station using ARO mode (mining operation) at 0953. (Waters-Australia) Eddie, I don't have a listing on your cvnlinenton that frequency-Larry.
VNG-Australian Time Station, Lyndhurst with time signals at 0820.
(Waters-Australia)
RKA75-Radio Moscow broadcast feeder noted with Russian female
announcer in USB at 0025. (Lish-FL)
XBRJ-MeXican Navy located in La Paz , Mexico with traffic in Spanish at
2048 using SITOR-A . (Blair-CA)
USJZ-Soviet factory ship PB Sergei Vasillsln with traffic for Murmansk
Radio at 2210 UTC. Factory ship anchored 3 miles off of Cape May, NJ
ln jointventurew ith 8 US trawlers processing 5,000 metric tons of mackerel.
RTIY 170 Hz shift. (Ricks-PA)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgrade, Yugpslavia with Items from the
English speaking press at 1441 using RTIY 350 Hz shift. (Blair-CA)
ZRQ./ZSJ -
MONITORJNG TIMES
October 1991
35
The Scanning Report

Bob Kay
clo MT. P.O. Box 98
Brasstown, NC 28902
Monitoring Mischief
The night before Halloween is traditionally called. "Mischi~f Night."
When I was a kid, our mischief was limited to soaping car windows or
ringing a few door bells. In today' s society, mischi.e~ night has been
marked by widespread destruction. In several U.S. c1t1es, large groups
of vandals have destroyed personal property and set buildings on fire.
In an effort to control vandalism, metropolitan police departments
will place every available officer on patrol, filling your local police
frequencies with red hot nonstop action.
.
But your local police is not the only agency that will be affected ~y
mischief night. You 'II fmd plenty of scarming action across the entire
VHF spectrum. Here are a few hints and ideas that will help you to locate
the hot frequencies in your area.
.
.
.
If you've been looking for an elusive local frequency, ~ISchief rught
is the best time to fmd it. To discover a new frequency, simply search
the range of a known frequency. For example, if your local police
frequency is 45.540 megahertz, search between 45.00 and 46.00 megahertz.
When searching for new frequencies, don' t forget that frequencies
are separated into specific bands. If you 're trying to locate a city police
frequency, don' t waste your time searching the federal bands. To
familiarize yourself with the various bands, review the chart in Table I.
Your local "Town Watch" frequency will also be very active. If you
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In my town, ham radio operators volunteer to report suspicious
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Don't neglect your local fire department frequencies. Volunteer
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to cross busy intersections. In many instances, you 'II fmd the Fire Police
utilizing a regular fire
frequency.
Table 1
Does your town
30-50
Civilian & Gov't Low Band
have a large freight
50-54
Ham band (6 meters)
or commuter rail sys54-72
TV channels 2-4
tem? If so, check out
72-76
Paging, repeater links
the railroad police
76-78
TV Channels 5-6
frequencies. The rail
88-108
FM broadcast
police operate in a
108-136
Civilian aircraft VHF
manner that is nearly
136-138
Weather satellites
identical to your lo138-144
Military aircraft VHF
144-148
Ham band (2 meters)
cal police. They have
148-150.8
Military bases
radio dispatchers,
150.8-174
Civilian & Gov'! high band
patrol cars, and foot
174-216
TV channels 7-13
patrols. The job of
216-220
Inland waterway navigation
the rail police is to
220-225
Land Mobile/Ham (shared)
protect commute rs
225-400
Military aircraft UHF
and rail equipment.
400-406
Weather balloons, telemetry
On mischief night,
406-420
Federal govt. land mobile
they will be espe450-512
Civilian UHF band
cially watchful for
TV channels UHF
512-806
806-960
Cellular, microwave mobile
acts of vandalism. To
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October 1991
MONITORING TIMES
Around Halloween, local agencies beef up security

and prepare for the worst. If you've never tried
monitoring Mischief Night, don't miss the action this
year.
find the frequencies for your area, use a frequency directory such as
Police Call.
Another good monitoring source is the cordless phone band: 46.610
to 47 .00 megahertz. Listen in a few days prior to mischief night. Local
teenagers will often discuss and plan their mischief night activities on
the telephone.
Don't forget about the state and sheriff frequencies in addition to
monitoring your local police. Here in the Philadelphia area, vandals have
obstructed highways, removed road signs and opened fire hydrants. If
it happens in your area, there won't be time to look up specific
.
.
frequencies. Plan ahead, and have them ready.
Another area to consider is your utility company frequencies. During
emergency situations, the services provided by gas, electrical, and water
companies can easily be monitored. Keep in mind that large utility
companies will usually have a separate emergency frequency. Again, you
can fmd utility company frequencies by looking in a frequency directory
for your area.
As the action unfolds, don't forget to keep a rurming account in your
frequency log book. You may also want to track all the trouble on a local
map of your city. When the police dispatcher gives the location of a call,
mark it on your map. By the end of the night, you'll be able to identify
the hottest frequencies, and all the locations that required police assistance. This information can then be stored and used as a reference source
for the following year.
Monitoring the action on mischief night and Halloween can be real
entertainment. Hopefully, the pranksters in your area will limit their
activity to innocently soaping a window or ringing a few door bells. Have
fun!
Treasure Hunt
As we all know, baby monitors and wireless intercoms have the ability
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City, and here are his favorite military air frequencies:

Santa Ana Miscellaneous
151.430 Fish & Game 42.160
155 .175 School District
451.200 Water Department
453.700 Local Government
506.3875 Street Department
California Hii:hway Patrol

Purple (mobile)
42.180 Blue (mobile)
42.340 Base
42.400 Base
154.905 Mobile Extenders
The above frequencies were submitted by Gary Sanders. In return,

can anyone provide Gary with a list of frequencies for Tucson, or Mesa,
Arizona? If so, send your name and address to the Frequency Exchange,
and I'll put you in touch with Gary. Here's the address: Frequency
Exchange, P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902.
Since we're already in California, let's travel north to Sonoma and
Marin County, (North of San Francisco). The sender, who wishes to
remain anonymous, claims that this is the most accurate list to date.
42.660
42.880
44.720
154.100
154.845
155.070
155.595
453.050
453.400
453.575
California Highway Patrol (Orange)

CHP Santa Rosa Base
Coastal Park Rangers, "Russian River."
Rohnert Park Police
Sebastopol Police
Petaluma Police
Petaluma Police Tac #2
Santa Rosa Police
Sonoma Sheriff
Sonoma Sheriff
Would anyone care to visit Utah? Ernest Heyburne lives in Cedar
228.200
238.000
238.700
252.800
254.400
255.800
267.900
276.400
301.700
308.600
338.700
Nellis Air Force Base

"
"
"
"
Aircraft weather
Air to air
Nellis control
Clover control
Sally control
Nellis tactical
While you were busy checking out the frequencies for Nellis AFB,
I got us a free military flight to Grand Forks, North Dakota. To help
make everyone feel at home, Greg Putrich has provided over 360
frequencies.
30.840
30.840
35.020
138.325
138.500
148.075
148.500
149.475
150.025
150.150
150.815
Kentucky Fried Chicken

Taco Bell
McDonalds
Grand Forks Air Force Base Paging
GFAFB Ace net
"
Commanders net
"
Missile Channel #1 repeater input
"
Weapons storage security
"
Security units
"
Missile convoy
Demeis Interstate Amoco
MONITORING TIMES
October 1991
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150.935
153.125
159.495
407.375
407.450
453.00
463.600
AAA road service

Red River cement
Brinks Armored Car
GFAFB Backbone missile channel #1
Commanders net
Herald newspaper
Columbia Mall Security
As you can sec, Greg covers everything from Kentucky Fried Chicken
to the Commanders net at Grand Forks Air Force Base. If you want the
complete list, send $2.00 dollars with a #10 SASE to, Frequency
Exchange, P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902. This offer is only good
until November 15, 1991. Hurry, get 'em while they're hot!
Our final stop will be Plymouth County, Massachusetts. An anonymous reader sent in the following list:
Plymouth County
482.4625
Plympton City Police
482.5625
Marshfield Police
482.7875
Pembroke/Hanson/Halifax Police
482.9875
Cohasset/HulVScituate Police
Cellular Headache
Barnstable County Police <Cape Cod)

155.640
Provincetown{fruro
155.050
Yarmouth
155.955
Dennis
155.970
Barnstable/Hyannis
851.1625
Bourne
851.3875
Henry
State Police
42.38
42.42
42.44
42.54
44.90
formations. The correct answer (I thought) was; cirrus, cumulus, nimbus, stratus. However, a lot of people couldn't believe that it could be
that easy. A case in point, is the following excerpt from a letter sent to
me from a group of meteorologists in Winnipeg, Canada.
"According to the International Cloud Atlas, published in 1956 by
the World Meteorological Organization, clouds can be grouped into a
limited number of characteristic forms. These forms are classified in
terms of 'genera', 'species' and 'varieties.'
"Clouds may fall into one of ten different genera: cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, altocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus,
stratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus.
"Based on different arrangements in the cloud elements and transparency, the ten genera are divided into varieties. Furthermore,
peculiarities in the shape of clouds and differences in their internal
structure may also divide the ten genera into species.
"On a more general note, clouds can be roughly divided into those
that possess a strato form, and those that possess a convective form."
I don't know about you guys, but now I'm really confused. If you
feel the same way, don't worry. I marked #4 correct-no matter how
you answered.
The Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, accused his city workers of

loafing on the job. To prove his point, he video taped city workers
allegedly taking unauthorized breaks in public places.
City workers responded by obtaining a tape recording of the Mayor's
cellular phone calls. The tapes are reported to contain conversations
between the mayor and other city officials.
According to city workers, the recordings reveal the Mayor's
negative sentiments toward city employees. A court injunction has
temporary blocked the city union from playing the tapes publicly,
according to the news clipping from Anthony Ingargiola of Dunmore,
PA. Stay tuned for further details!
Speed enforcement
Investigators
Tactical
Base
Auto theft
That wraps it up for this month. If you want the Frequency Exchange
to visit your area, send your favorite frequencies to; Frequency Exchange, P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902.
Cloud Formations
In the July and August Issues of MT, we gave away a complete
Weather Station by Digitar. The fourth clue asked for the four basic cloud
) FOR THOSE UN ITS USllJG

BAmRIES, BE SURE To
Cordless Headache
In the state of Washington, two teenagers were talking on a cordless
phone. A scanner buff determined that the two youths were talking about
burglary. He taped the conversation, and later gave it to the local police.
Armed with the information from the tape, the police got a search
warrant. The two young men were arrested when the police found stolen
items in their apartment.
A defense attorney representing the youths contends that the evidence was gathered in an illegal invasion of privacy-the taping of a
cordless phone conversation. The prosecuting attorney says that the case
may end up in the State Supreme Court. Again, stay tuned for more
details.
KEEP CoMPAT/8LE TYPES
TOGETHER. DCIH'T
MIX
Football Scanning
.-ir-1.....,__ DISPo5!8LE 8AmR1ES

WITH RE-CHllRGEABLI:
TYPES. LIKEWISE, DON'T
PARTIALLY REPLACE NEW

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161.640 VHF Handi Talkies

161.760
450.962 Interrupt Frequency
455.962 Interrupt Frequency

450.412 Director to blimp camera
If you've got a list offootball frequencies not covered in this month s

feature story, why not share them with other MT readers? Send your sport
frequencies to the Scanning Report, P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902.
See you in November.
NORTHEAST SCANNING NEWS:
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I'm always looking for verified frequencies used between the quarterback and the coach. In the meantime, here's a list of frequencies that
arc used by ABC sports:
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, detachable flex antenna, BNC

antenna jack and a jack for
connecting optional power
adapters. Retail price is $119.95.
It' s interesting to note that

these handhelds are also transmitters - the ICOM IC-2SRA is a
144 MHz transceiver; the IC4SRA operates on 440 MHz.
Both units weigh only 13.6
ounces and measure only 2.1" w
x 5.3" h x 1/4" d. For more
information on these two radios,
visit your local ICOM dealer or
call one of the advertisers in
Monitoring Times.
SECURENET digital scrambling.

Now Leisure Electronics
introduces the Digital Scrambler
Silencer, a device that eliminates
this noise. Featuring a "gain"
control, the Digital Scrambler
Silencer works on all popular
brands of scanner under a wide
range of signal conditions.
The Digital Silencer Scrambler is available in two models,
the DSS8 for home use and the
DSS8M for mobile use. Both
retail for $49.95 plus $3.00
shipping and handling and are
available from P.O. Box 5582,
Manchester, New Hampshire
03108-5582.
Radio Shack
Pro-41
Scanner
The new Realistic PR0-41 IO
Channel Direct entry Programmable Scanner is now available at
your local Radio Shack store. The
PR0-41 is a handheld that features
29 to 54 MHZ (VHF-Lo, 6-meter
ham band); 137-174 MHz
(government, 2-meter ham band,
VHF-Hi) and 406-512 MHz (Ham
radio, government, UHF-Lo, UHFHi) frequency coverage.
Programmed channels are
scanned at a rate of 10 channels
per second. Frequencies are
displayed on an easy-to-read,
ICOM America, Inc. has
backlit liquid-crystal display. A
released two new handhelds with
lock-out feature skips over
full 25 to 905 MHz coverage.
Their suggested retail price is
unprogrammed channels and a
built-in memory back-up retains
$599.00. The IC-2SRA and the
stored channels for up to 30
IC-4SRA both incorporate a
frequency monitoring system that
minutes without battery. A low
allows you to scan memory
battery is indicated by an audible
alarm.
channels (96 in all), the complete
frequency band, specific parts of
The PR0-41 measures 7 x 2.6
the band and priority channels.
x 1.4 inches and weighs 11.2
ounces. It comes with a belt clip,
New ICOM
25 - 905 MHz
Handhelds
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October 1991
MONITORING TI.MES
Digital
Scrambler
Silencer
The police know that you ' re
listening to their transmissions.
That's why some of them are
trying to get the public safety
bands deleted from your scanner.
Until then, many of them will use
scrambling to make it impossible
for scanner listeners to understand things they really don't
want you to hear.
And as long as police
departments have been using
scrambling, scanner listeners
have had to put up with the
annoying static-like noise
produced by DES/DVP or
New Opto
Frequency
Counter
Optoelectronics has released
yet another in their extensive line
of frequency counters. The new
model 2810 is a fast, highresolution instrument that
operates from sub-audio (IO Hz)
to 3000 MHz. The ' 2810 works
quickly, too, identifying frequencies in as little as 1 second.
Lightweight, it's a mere 15
ounces in a 5.3 x 3.9 x 1.4 inch
package.
PC+ M1000 =SW Excitement
The Optoelectronics 2810 is

priced at $259.00. An optional
LCD back.light for night use is an
extra $45.00 and an extra NiCad
battery pack that extends
operation ti.me to four hours, is
$24.00. For more information,
call 1-800-327-5912.
claims can "positively identify a

radio transmitter being used as a
room bug." Proper operation of
the device is easy and it is the
simplest system which gives a
"non-ambiguous answer" in the
radio bug detection process.
For more information on the
DEX 017, contact Ross Engineering at 703-318-8600 or write
44880 Falcon Place, #198,
Sterling, Virginia 22170.
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electronics revolution has taken
spying out of the international
arena and put it squarely in the
living rooms and offices of
America. According to experts,
the possibility that your home or
office is bugged is greater than
ever before.
Ross Engineering aims to
help those with such "insect"
problems and has introduced the
DEX 017, a Bug Detection
System that the manufacturer
1942.
available for $19.95 plus 1.70

USPS or 3.10 UPS from DX
Radio Supply, Box 360,
Wagontown, PA 19376 or direct
from NRC Publications, P.O. Box
164 Mannsville, NY 13661.
NRCAM
Radio Log
Bug Detector
radio enthusiasts since
The National Radio Club's

AM Log Book has become the
bible of those who enjoy the
challenge of AM broadcast band
DXing.
The new 1992 edition of this
popular annual contains nearly
350 8-1/2 x 11" pages, each
crammed with data on AM radio
stations in the United States and
Canada. That's nearly 6,000
stations, and each listing contains
information pinpointing its
location and address, frequency,
call letters, format, news
network, even station slogans,
day and night transmitter powers
and more. Information is
arranged by frequency with a
special cross reference by call
letter that 's helpful in identifying
those weak signals.
The NRC AM Radio Log is
900 MHz
Cordless
Phone
Hello Direct, a firm that
specializes in telephone-oriented
hardware, has introduced what it
says is "the first cordless headset
for business telephones." What
makes the device interesting is
that it operates on the new 900
MHz band.
Some notable quotes from the
catalogue that seem to be
attributed to the selection of 900
MHz frequencies include
statements like "You'll be
amazed at the reception you get,
even 50 feet away from your
MONITORING TIMES
desk"; that "You'll benefit with

improved security ... "; and that
there is "a huge reduction in
interference from other radio
devices."
The comment about reception
is interesting; 50 feet isn't very
far. Perhaps that's why users will
benefit with improved security no one will be able to monitor its
apparently low -powered transmitter. In light of the "interference"
comment, it's interesting to note
that the 900 MHz band is, to the
Otctober 1991
41
best of our knowledge, pretty

much wide open and available to
a wide variety of operators.
The Hello Direct Cordless
Headset is available for $399
from 1-800-Hl-HELLO.
however, arc the shots that don't

make the newspapers. Hideously
twisted wreckage of vehicles.
Raw. unsanitizcd pictures of
bodies crushed under cars, blood
pooling nearby.
For those of us who monitor
the public safety bands but who
do not work in "the business,"
r-------=~----J The California Highway Patrolman will be a real eye-opener. At
very least, you'll be sure to wear
your seatbelt the next time you
get in the car. The California
Highway Patrolman is $15.00 a
year from 2030 V Street,
Sacramento, California 95818.
you'd like to subscribe, you can

wire your fee to Postfirokonto
Hannover 942 01 - 306 or you
can write to Rainer Pinkau,
Kurzwellen - Pressedienst,
Weender Str. 30, D-3400
Gottingen, Germany.
Hauser's DX listening Digest
costs $25.00 for 10 issues from
Box 1684, Enid, Oklahoma
73702.
Radio
Magazine
If there was an international
award for mimicry, it would have
to go to the new shortwave
monthly , Radio Magazine. Radio
Magazine, which is edited by a
Malaysian and published by a
German, looks suspiciously like
Every month, the California
Glenn Hauser' s DX listening
Association of Highway PatrolDigest.
men publishes a magazine called
The magazine is a compenThe California Highway Patroldium of shortwave broadcast
man. Each issue contains a
number of feature stories, most of news and frequencies. What's
which are not, it seems, related to embarrassing is that the informalaw enforcement (July 1991: "Old tion is arranged just like Hauser's
publication. It 's also written like
Glory: Prouder Than Ever,"
Hauser's,
presents pretty much
"Health Clubs - Check 'em
the same DX news as Hauser and
Out," "Merchant Marines in
uses pretty much the same
WWII - And After," etc.)
sources
as Hauser. No doubt
That's not a put-down; just an
about it, the big guy had a lot of
observation.
influence on the staff of Radio
One section of the magazine
Magazine.
makes it all worthwhile, though.
Anyone can replicate
Called "Routine Stops," it is a
someone
else 's publication. For
collection of real-life events as
the
most
part,
there's no legal
written by CHiP Officers. The
remedy against that. It is, after
stories range from the bonechilling (chasing a suspect who is all, a free world. But that doesn't
mean we have to admire people
careening through residential
who trade on it. Aside from
streets at 70 miles an hour in a
providing
a single page of "Ham
vehicle with no front tire) to the
Radio
News,"
Radio Magazine
unreal (a man who offered to sell
does
little
more
than ape Hauser
drugs to some CHiP Officers in
and that's not a good enough
order to raise money to pay his
reason to spend US$45.00 a year.
DUI fines).
Incidentally, Radio Magazine
Interspersed through the
does guarantee "at least 32
magazine are dozens of one- and
pages" in English each month. If
two-shot pictorials. These,
Real Life Cops
42
October 1991
MONITORING TIMES
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New
Hampshire
Frequency
Guide
The presses are rolling again
at the offices of "Official Scanner
Guide" and this time the result is
another excellent frequency
directory. This time the focus is
on the State of New Hampshire.
Editor Robert Coburn has
expanded this revised 5th edition
to include some 9,000 listings.
Divided into three main sections,
the heart of the book is a listing
of frequencies arranged by
community (which includes the
service, licensee, call sign,
frequency and comments).
Another section is arranged by
frequency to aid in identifying
what you hear.
The Official New Hampshire

Scanner Guide is highly recommended and is available for
$17.95 plus $3.05 shipping and
handling from P.O. Box 712,
Londonderry, New Hampshire
03053.
RNI Catalogue
It s billed as the catalogue
"from the people who brought
you the ship." "The ship," of
course, is Al Weiner's Sara and
RNI is "Radio New York
International.
In any case, RNI has put out
a catalogue of used electronic
equipment that run.s the gamut
from antique radios, transmitting
and military surplus equipment to
tape recorders, voltmeters and
RTTY distortion measuring sets.
The company also offers an
electronics repair shop specializing in antique radio and TV
restoration.
For more information, call
914-423-6638 or write RNI
Electronics, 14 Prospect Drive,
Yonkers, NY 10705.
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Christmas
DX Radio Supply has
released their revised fall/winter
book catalogue, just in time to
help the families of radio
enthusiasts with their Christmas
NEW
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shopping chores. DX Radio
Supply is a family-run business
devoted solely to literature on
radio monitoring - it carries no
equipment. As a result, it
provides a good selection, quick,
same-day shipment and competitive prices.
To get a copy of the catalogue, send one quarter to DX
Radio Supply, Box 360,
Wagontown, PA 19376.
Amateur and utility stations do

not count toward your totals.
Covering DC to Daylight at Discount Prices!
Publication
Folds
One of several new radio

classified publications has run
into trouble. Classified Radio, the
Jonesboro, Georgia-based radio
equipment swap sheet, has ceased
~~l!IP=~~;!!!"'"'llllllriill! publication. The magazine, which
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samples and a "you don't pay
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operated but failed to gamer
sufficient support from the
public. Refunds will reportedly
be issued to subscribers.
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Antenna Book
While many antenna books
have appeared on the market for
the home building enthusiast, few
Moonbeam Press and The
cover the details of why antennas
and transmission lines work the
Radio Collection are two
way they do.
commercial ventures involving
one-time MT "numbers" columMaxwell's new publication,
Reflections--Transmission Lines
nist, Havana Moon. The Radio
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detail, discusses SWR, impedthings, a series of 8-to-12-page
ance, transmatches, the Smith
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It isn't for the faint of heart,
These feature-length publicahowever; some mathematical
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43
the beginner's corner
"Uncle Skip" Arey, W82GHA
Are You Being Served?

0
Another thing to keep in mind

is that many credi t card
companies now offer some sort
of "Oops, I dropped it"
replacement coverage for
items purchased with their
card. If this is the case, you
m ay want to put your next
radio on plastic.
Okay, you have thoroughly
researched your guarantees
and warranty service options
and you are now the proud
owner of a Hawkazoomle
It may never appear in any fancy record

book, but I maintain that Old Uncle Skip holds
the World' s Record for fastest voiding of the
warranty on a piece of electronic equipment.
Back in 1980 or so, I was very involved in.
building equipment for AM Broadcast Band
DXing. In those d ays, a neat piece of gear to play
with was the Radio Shack "Realistic" Model 655
TRF receiver. This was a portable AM radio with
a hot and hig hly modifiable front end.
Like most pieces of electronic effluvia, this
receiver came with that famous phrase molded
into the plastic back:
"No User Serviceable Parts Inside-Refer

Servicing to Qualified Service
Personnel-Do Not Remove Back."
Well anyway , while the salesperson was
busy writing up the sales slip and w as about to
ask me all those annoying personal questions
that Radio Shack stores demand of their clientele,
I had already used my trusty Swiss Army knife
to strip off the back of the rig and clip out two
capacitors that I planned to replace with ceramic
filters. Why waste any time, right?
Now, as a newcomer to the radio ranks, you
m ay not feel comfortable with sending Radio
Shack employees into mindlock by taking your
equipment apart on top of their glass case. When
you purchase your receiver or accessory, you
will probably be more concerned with the quality
and quantity of service that your hard earned
dollars provide.
Even the best engineered piece of equipment
has the potential to become a defective piece of
equipment (Murphy was an optimist). Instead of
voiding your warranty, you will be looking for
it to open the door to a restored receiver. With
that in mind, wh y don't we take a look at a few
notions about how to get that service after the
sale?
Know Your Seller

Whenever possible, Old Uncle Skip strongly
recommends that you buy your radio hobby
equipment from radio hobby businesses. The
advantage here is that radio hobby dealers have
usually put more research into the equipment
they carry then how much profit they can make
per unit of sale. Also, radio hobby dealers often
have service departments specifically dedicated
to the repair of radios as opposed to one radio
sandwiched between every two hundred or so
VCRs.
Know Your Warranty

Actually the "Warranty" went the way of the
Dinosaur, the Dodo and the DX 160. What you
44
October 1991
9000 Super-Duper Receiver.

You are at your DX desk tuning
in the world service of Radio
Freedonia when suddenly, the
set goes dark and the speaker goes quiet. Your
radio is dead on the table top... NOW WHAT???
Even great radios can break down.

get in these litigious days is something called a
" Limited Warranty." As the name implies, it
spells out the limits of your relationship and any
expected service.
Don ' t let this concept scare you away,
Bunkey. If you carefully read your warranty
documentation you will also learn the best way
to assure prompt service. You will le arn if you
must return your equipment to the manufacturer
for service or if you can take your broken box to
a more convenient Authorized Repair Service.
You may also discover that the manufacturer
provides some sort of Technical Service Hot
Line that gives you good advice that can save you
a trip to the service center.
I n addition to the basic manufacturer's
warranty, many equipment d ealers offer
additional warranty "extension" services. These
can take the form of either an increased period
of service coverage provided throug h the service
department of the aforementioned dealer, or you
may be offered the opportunity to purchase a
service contract that extends the guaranteed
service past the initial limits of the manufacturers
limited warranty.
The dealer warranty extension is a neat bonus
that usually has very few strings attached.
However, service contracts can be full of
loopholes. You can pay big money to extend the
service on your gear only to fmd in the fme print
that the parts most likely to fail are NOT covered
and will be replaced only at additional cost (often
at premium rates). Many service contracts are
simply profit makers for the point of sale folks.
Read service contracts very careful I y. You mig ht
even want to call several local service outlets and
fmd out what service costs might be as opposed
to what you will be expected to pay for a service
contract. Don't be too surprised if you find out
you can get along just fine without the service
contract.
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Don't Panic
The first question you have to ask yourself
is "Did I do anything wrong?" A neighbor and
recent convert to the world of home computers
greeted me all bleary-eyed one Saturday morning.
He told me he had been up all night trying to get
the floppy disk out of his disk drive. I popped
over to take a look and had to tell him that the
reason he could not get the disk out of his disk
drive was thatthere was 1Wdiskinthediskdrive!
These things happen all the time. They happen
even more frequently when you combine a
newco mer's enthusiasm with his or her lack of
expertise.
So before you go packing your radio off to
the Hawkazoomie USA service center in
Possumbottom, Wisconsin, take a moment or
two and do a basic reality check. Look at the
manual and make sure you didn't accidently set
the switch that sets the timer that sets the radio
to turn on next Thursday. Look behind the bench
and see if the cat kicked out the plug. A common
SWL problem is that radios d on' t work very well
if the antenna becomes disconnected. If your
equipment failure involves any form of memory
circuit, check the manual to see if some well
hidden battery needs to be replaced.
Think of the most obvious boo boo you could
possibly make and assume that you have. Half
the time you will discover that operator error
figures into the problem. Relax , you have the
luxury of making these mistakes in the privacy
of your own home where nobody has to know.
The one important exception to this rule is if the
equipment blows a fuse for no obvious reason.
This should be discussed with your repair service
to assure that the fuse problem is not masking a
much larger problem.
GILFERfirst in Shortwave
New PHILIPS World Band Car Stereo Radio
be performed by a general
After ruling out the obvious,
electronics repair service or
look once again to the appendix
if it may involve proprietary
of your users manual and see if
circuitry better left to the
it includes any troubleshooting
Keep all original
company's experts.
instructions. These will help you boxes & paperwork.
The next best service
rule out any l ess obvious
If the day comes
stop might be the dealer who
mistakes.
when you have to
sold you the gear in the first
If you have gone through
place. Many dealers have a
these steps and you still have a
enact your warranty,
reputation of repairing the
rig that just sits there collecting you may be glad you
equipment they sell. If not,
dust, it is time to energize
did.
they may be able to
whatever warranty service system
recommend a service center
your documentation requires. Go
thatcanbestmeetyourneeds.
with the flow. There are two
If you want to find
important things you can do to
facilitate prompt and successful service. The more local service you can "let your fingers do
first is to provide the repair resource with the the walking." Check the yellow pages under the
most accurate statement about the problem based heading RADIO, RADIO COMMUNICATION
EQUIPMENT, RADIO SYSTEMS, anything
upon your observations.
Secondly, return the equipment exactly as with the word RADIO involved. Most of the
the repair service expects it to be returned. Many outfits you will find listed will be geared toward
companies expect equipment to be returned in business radio equipment, but give them a call
the original carton with all paperwork and and see if they can work with you. Let the service
accessories included. Some companies will even person know that you have the factory service
expect equipment to be returned by a specific manual (if you took my advice and purchased it).
mail or parcel service. All this information should A qualified radio technician should be able to
be in your warranty and service documentation. turn the information in that manual into a working
If your manufacturer utilizes Authorized receiver with little trouble.
The next place in the yellow pages will be
Repair Services your task is even easier. However,
I recommend calling ahead and checking before the general heading TELEVISION or
driving over. As I said earlier, why waste time? TELEVISION & RADIO SERVICE& REPAIR.
Pick through these folks carefully, try to find one
that specifically states they work with equipment
A Variation on Murphy's Law
from your manufacturer.
Anyhow, try to get a few estimates so you
Things not only go wrong, they often go
wrong at the worst possible time. Let's assume know what you're up against. If it costs more to
your receiver dies one minute past midnight on repair the receiver then it would cost to replace
the day after the limits of your limited warranty it, or if you were planning to upgrade to a more
are reached. Now what are you going to do? If high performance piece of equipment you may
you did a little pre-failure preparation you will want to move your money in another direction
be able to get back to listening quickly and instead.
Don't forget that some of the advertisers in
inexpensively. The following advice also applies
MT
offer
repair service on radio hobby equipment.
to those of you who have intentionally (or
have to ship the gear out for service, but
You
will
unintentionally) voided your warranty, like I did
this may be preferable to your other alternatives.
at the Radio Shack store.
Long before your warranty expires, you
should contact the manufacturer and purchase
the complete service manual for your piece of
equipment. You should do this even if you never
intend to attempt any repairs yourself. The full
technical manual will give you a more complete
understanding of your receiver and its problems.
Armed with this information, you will be able to
make better choices when seeking out repairs.
When the warranty is gone you have several
options when seeking service.
You can contact the manufacturer or the area
Authorized Repair Service and continue to seek
service through them. This is usually a good
choice if you keep in mind that your repairs will
be performed at premium prices. By consulting
the more extensive service manual, you will be
able to decide if the job is something that may
Think Positive
Sure, sometimes equipment breaks down.
Nobody likes to think about this possibility. The
good news is that most modem equipment works
just fine and will give years of excellent service.
Read MT columns such as Larry Magne' s "Magne
Tests ..." and you will learn to steer clear of any
obviously bad equipment. If you take a few
moments to follow the guidelines listed above
you should be able to relax in the knowledge that,
if your equipment needs to be fixed, you will get
it back into business quickly and at a reasonable
cost. Not even a limited warranty can make a
promise like that, Compadre!
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Red Skies Over Iowa

Imagine driving along in America's heartland. It is a bright sparkling day. The wheat fields
are golden and gently blowing in the wind.
Suddenly, what sounds like an explosion rocks
your car. Rattling windows for miles, the sonic
boom shatters the peace of the country side.
Looking up Lo sec the source of the boom, you
are surprised Lo see three huge parachutes lowering a small dangling capsule.
As the capsule hits the earth in a cloud of
dust, you pull over to the side of the road,
perplexed. Is it a spy satellite's secret payload or
a visit from extraterrestrials? Cautiously you
approach, feeling like part of a bad science
fiction movie.
On close inspection, the capsule has a strange,
round shape and is totally unlike U.S. space
craft. You also notice it cannot be a satellite
because this craft has windows. Strange markings in something other than English adorn the
craft.
You heart beats faster as you realize a hatch
is slowly opening. Stepping back, you realize
you are about to have a close encounter with
extraterrestrial space travelers. A space-suited west Soviet Union.

being struggles Lo get out of the capsule. It is
Perry said the Soyuz 33 crew repeated a list
apparent these space travelers are not used to of orbits, times and landing angles that indicated
earth's gravity as they struggle to stand on their contingency landing sites in the mid western
feet. The visor on a helmet .....---- -- - - - -- ----. United States. Perry noted
slowly swings open. You find Strange aircraft are heard similarlandinginstructions
yourself face LO face with an over America's test sites, during a Mir transmission
alien, only this alien is more of but some possibilities are onJanuary25and27,1988.
the illegal kind. The alien in the
Although most agree that a
space suit is a Soviet Cosmo- even stranger.
SovietlandingintheUnited
naut.
States is remote, the SoviSound a little far fetched? It's not as crazy as ets have admitted that they do calculate such
it might seem. Since 1975, the Soviets have emergency landing plans and relay it to their
planned for landings in mid-America in case a cosmonauts. There has never been any agreespace flight emergency should occur. Even ment or formal notification with the U.S.
through the chilliest years of the cold war, the government. For a list of Soviet space frequenSoviets have shown a willingness to bring cos- cies see the accompanying table.
monauts down in U.S. territory.
Today flight directors al Soviet Mission
MAILBAG
Control located in Moscow relay daily data
containing emergency landing instructions should
The Right Stuff
the worst happen. Included in the emergency
plans are the parameters for landing in the
Dale Punter checks in from Lancaster, CA,
midwestem United States with prime sites being
with
news from Aerospace Valley a k.a Antelope
in Iowa, Kansas, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Valley and Edwards Air Force Base. The
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Il- monitoring action is hot around America's
premier flight test facility. Dale says the airwaves
linois, Montana and
are filled with the sounds of the YF-22 advanced
Wyoming.
All of this was discov- tactical aircraft on test flights. The YF-22recently
ered by radio monitor and beat out the YF-23 in a heated competition to see
which fighter prototype would become the next
Description
Soviet space program folfront-line
air superiority fighter of the Air Force.
lower, Mark Severance, of
MIR space station voice (Im)
Dale
has
monitored
the YF-22 going through its
Fort Worth, Texas. Mark
Soviet military NAVSAT data transmisions
paces using the callsign Lightning on the
recorded
data
transmissions
Soviet military NAVSAT da!a transmi9Sions
frequencies 252.400 MHz and 264.100 MHz.
Soviet military NAVSAT data transmissions
from Soyuz 33 on April 11,
Dale goes on to say that a host of flight test
Soviet civillian NAVSAT
1979. The data was anaA mystery Soviet satellite sending data not yet
lyzed by Geoffrey Perry, projects can be monitored in the valley. NASA's
identttied.
coordinator for the famous FIA 18 High Alpha Research Vehicle has
Soviet military satellite voice/data (Im)
completed its modification with the addition of
Kettering Group in Great
Soviet manned space channel -data/voice
thrust vectoring vanes in order to increase its
also some military aircraft traffic
Britain.
Soviet unmanned military space craft data (nbfm)
The Kettering Group is high angle of attack research program. The F/ASoviet military spy satellite (coded data)
an independent network of 18 HARV can be heard using thecallsign NASA
Soviet science satellite (data)
observers who have suc- 840 on NASA' s primary flight test frequency of
Soviet unmanned spaceraft (beacon)
cessfull y tracked Soviet 286.8 MHz.
Various Soviet spy satellite data transmissions
space flights for more than
Soviet spacecraft (KVANT) telemetry channel
(docked with MIR space station)
30 years. The group is Blackbird returns
Soviet spy satellite (photo recon) photo
named for a British gramFA:X transmission channel.
Additionally, Punter says there is good
mar school at which
Chinese military satellite voice/data (nbfm)
news
for SR-71 fans. NASA's Dryden Flight
Geoffrey
Perry
once
taught.
Soviet military satellite voice/data (nbfm)
Twenty-five years ageo, Research Facility at Edwards Air Force Base is
Soviet military satellite voice (nbfm)
Soviet military satellite voice/data
Perry and his students, us- flying twoSR-7ls with the tailnumbersofl7971
Soviet military satellite (beacon)
ing simple radio equipment, and 17980. Callsigns and frequencies have not
Soviet military satellite voice/data (nbfm)
deduced the location of the been established yet, but Dale promises when he
secret third Soviet launch finds out he will send them along to us. The
site at Plesetsk, in the north- aircraft will be used for high speed/high altitude
Monitoring Times Graphic
SOVIET SPACE
FREQUENCIES
Frequency
143.625
149.910
149.940
149.970
150.000
150.010
150.030
166.000
231.500
232.000
239.500
240.000
247.475
247.500
248.000
393.675
399.760
399.840
399.920
400.000
400.080
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Other projects our source reports on arc the
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Jean Baker, KIN9DD
Flying by the Book

We start off this session with a tour through
some aero books.
Emergency In the Cockpit, by Stanley

Stewart. This book was purported to recount
emergency communications which took place
during various airline-related crisis situations.
Included was the Air Canada 7 67 whose captain
actually glided it to a landing when its fuel
gauges registered zero, the American Airlines
OClO which lost its cargo door shortly after
taking off from Detroit, total engine failure on
an Eastern L-1011, and other aviation mishaps.
Unfortunately, at least from the radio buffs
standpoint, aside from the sparse recounting of
some of the air/ground communications, the
book doesn't have much on the technical side.
What this book does have in regard to what
actually did happen in the emergencies detailed
is a lot of hearsay, interviews with passengers,
bystanders and occasionally, the airline crews
involved.
I was rather disappointed that the author,
who is an airline pilot himself, would leave out
so much of the communication aspect of these
emergency situations and rely on a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking instead. While the
illustrations contained within this book are superb, and it does contain some communications
examples, don't expect anything outstanding for
the publisher's price of $24.95, unless you just
want something to display on your coffee table.
This book is available at most bookshops, such
as Dalton's, etc.
On the lighter side, Mayday, Mayday, Mayday: Spin Instructions Please! had me practically
rolling on the floor. Published by Aero, a division of Tab Books, this collection of aviation
cartoons by Bob Stevens pokes fun at anything
and everything involved in flying including
communications and the various facets of air
traffic control. Selling for about $15.95 retail ,
it's well worth the price.
Stevens, who has Jong been a pilot himself,
draws cartoons for both the military and civil
aspects of aviation and has had many cartoon
collections published. This, however, is the best
one yet.
The Pilot's Air Traffic Control Handbook,

by Paul E. lllman and The Pilot's Radw Communication H andhook, by II Iman and Jay Pouzar
are two outstanding books published by Tab
Practical Flying Series. They are very well writ-
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October 1991
ten and extremely useful for monitors as well as

for pilots. These books can be purchased separately or as a set, each retailing for about $12.95.
First of all, The Pilot's Air Traffic Conlrol
Handbook serves as a guide, explaining to pilots
and would-be pilots exactly how the ATC system
works, its history, and the functions it serves.
Also, there are sections relating to the appropriation of airspace, transponders, military operations
areas, etc. and a section which details the func tions of the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
The Pilot's Radio Communications Handbook explains how best to use the ATC system.
The volume explains how the different facets of
Air Traffic Control work with pilots during each
phase of flight. This helps the pilot to utilize the
system to his or her best advantage.
Although these guides were written with the
Visual Flight Rules (VFR) pilot in mind, there
are many sections in each of them that pertain
to Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flying also.
Each has plenty of terminology, acronyms, abbreviations, and other sections which can really
provide assistance to radio monitors in understanding what we are hearing on our scanners.
AviationMagazine. One of his contacts at Sydney

Airport ATC contributed the following: It seems
a rare phenomenon known as temperature inversion occurred recently, making communications
on VHF possible between Sydney ATC Tower
and Auckland, New Zealand, approach. They
were able to hear each other on VHF over a
distance of 1,200 miles on the common frequency of 120.5 MHz!
Not only were the two ATC facilites able to
hear each other, but so were the aircraft working
on the frequency with a readable signal of strength
five. It was quite confusing for a while until
controllers at both facilities were able to sort out
some semblance of order on the frequency.
To continue with our relating of strange

happenings and skips in the world of aero communications, another story comes out of
Australia. On April 16 of this year, Alan Muddle,
Dugong, NSW, was monitoring the UHF military air frequency of 261.4 and actually heard a
controller's voice advising a pilot to contact Los
Angeles Center on a victor (VHF) frequency.
Not only that, but on subsequent days, he monitored similar transmissions. To prove that this
actually did happen, Alan sent a taping of this
Look for these books at your local flying occurrence to me so that I could hear it with my
equipment outlet. FBO or specialty bookstore. If own ears. I don't know if temperature inversion
you can't find them in your locale, write to the was once again involved, but either way, that's
publisher and ask if you can purchase them quite a catch.
directly: Tab Books, Readers' Comer, Practical
Bob Bell, who also heard the tape, wondered
Flying Series Division, Blue Ridge Summit, Pa if a frequency from the U.S. had possibly scored
17294-0850.
a ride through a U.S. military satellite, which it
was never meant to uplink to. Another possibility, Bob said, could be that a cable leak or
In The Twilight Zone
intermodulation problems near the satellite up Bob Bell, our Australian correspondent, link equipment may have opened the door to the
tells of an unusual happening in his neck of the AM air frequency. Normally, the satellites acwoods. Bob writes an aviation communications cept NFM signals, but the air frequency passed
column called "On the Airbands" for Australian
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Operations Manual, recently released by the

FAA. It is dc:signed to help general aviation
(nonairline) pilots fly across the Atlantic. You
can obtain a copy for $2.25 by writing to: SuperReader's Corner
intendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Late last month, Bill Battles (P.O. Box 133, Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-9325.
East Kingston, NH 03827) told me that he had Request document number 050-007-008-864.
so far received 20 orders for the airline callsign
list we talked about a few columns ago. For those Regional Frequencies
of you who haven't ordered your copy yet, don't
A few months ago we talked about the posdelay too long as, by now, supplies may be
limited. I use my copy constantly when monitor- sibility of running listings of airline company
ing both VHF and HF aero comms and find it to frequencies on a regional basis. Over the years,
be an enormous aid in identifying airlines by many MT subscribers have asked us if we could
do this and lately the requests have been incallsigns and code names.
creasing. Since your wish is our command, we
I've also had great response from those of are inaugurating this feature in this issue and will
you who ordered the aviation shareware. There continue as space and material permit. This
will be some more available in the near future. listing of airline company frequencies in the San
Francisco Bay Area and surrounding cities, south
Bert Hunneault attended the Kalamazoo to Los Angeles, was thoroughly and painstakAir Show last month and contributed the photo ingly compiled by Clinton R. Gilliland. While
of a recently restored B-25 Mitchell. The resto- we cannot print the whole list because of space
ration was done by volunteers at the Air Museum. limitations, Table 1 lists excerpts to aid other
He says it was a fantastic restoration job as it was monitors in that area.
As most of us know, the frequencies between
finished in the colors and emblems of an actual
Bombardment Group which saw action in the 128.825 and 132.000 inclusive are licensed to
ARINC (Aeronautical Radio, Inc.) who then
Pacific. I wish you could see it in color.
sublease most of them to the airlines. ARINC,
itself, also utilizes many of these frequencies for
David Eason, Maryland, found an ad in the air/ground operations which the airlines use on
Washington Post for a publication entitled the a pay-per-contact basis.
North Atlantic International General Aviation
into the system without impedance and was

clearly audible "down under."
Table 1
128.85
128.875
129.225
129.4
129.425
129.925
130.025
130.05
130.100
139.175
130.4
130.7
130.775
131.025
131.15
131.2
131.4
131.575
131.6
131 .725
131.825
131 .925
Japan Airlines (ARING) conversation usually in Japanese

(SFO-San Francisco International)
Singapore, Qantas (to Los Angeles) (LAX-Los Angeles lnt'I)
American Airlines Maintenance, San Jose and SFO (SJC)
TWA SJC and SFO (SJC)
UPS Cargo OAK (Oakland)
Continental, SFO, SJC, OAK (SFO)
(AGARS -- Acft. Comms. and Reporting System) Data Link
Lifeflight Air Ambulance, Stanford
Delta Air Lines (SFO)
America West (call sign Cactus)SJC
ARING United SAM (Systems Area Maintenance) (SFO)
Northwest Dispatch (from Minneapolis)
Delta (Atlanta Dispatch) (SFO)
American Dispatch SJC, SFO (SJC)
USAIR SFO (SFO)
Alaska (also uses 460.825 on ground) SFO, SJC and OAK ops (SFO)
ARING United gate info (SFO)
Air Canada SFO gate control (SFO)
American Eagle -- AA Feeder All (SJC)
Kaiser Air Dispatch -- Oakland Air Charter Operator (OAK)
Federal Express (FedEx) SFO Ops (SFO)
Federal Express Oakland OPs (OAK)
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This writer heard from a very reliable source

that ARINC will be assigned some new HF
frequencies in the North Pacific area in the near
future and will also soon have a brand new HF
chart available. Watch this column for more
details.
We'd like to run airline frequencies for
airports across the country as often as possible.
However, it will take some contributions from
Aircraft
Tail Number SELCAL Code A/C Type
EI-CAI
VH-EAA
EAB
JM-EK
B.747-100
EG-FM
B.747 (SP*)
EG-FL
B.747 (SP)
EAJ
JM-DG
B.767 (ER**)
EAK
CE-AF
B.767 (ER)
EAB
EK-AC
B.747 238
EJ-HK
B.747 238
EBB
*Special performance **Extended range
And these from Eric Rench:
AE-JL
TWA* N14814
TWA N31030
AE-KM
UAL**N4717U
AF-CM
UAL N1829U
AG-DM
NWA***N8945E AM-BH
HAL****N763BE BC-EM
JAL*****JA8155 EG-KL
*Trans World Airlines
**United Airlines
***Northwest Airlines
****Hawaiian Airlines
*****Japan Airlines
L-1011
L-1011
B-747
DC-10
B.757
L-1011
B.747
our readers such as Mr. Gilliland to make this

happen. I will use my own resources where I
have the frequencies available, but will depend
on all of you for help &om your locale.
SELCAL (Selective Calling)

For those of us monitors whocollectSELCAL
codes, here are some from Qantas Airlines contributed by Bob Bell:
That's all for this month. Next time, we'll
visit another major airline, look at some new
aviation-related software, and some more area
airline frequencies.
Until then , 73 and out.
October 1991
49
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Karl Zuk
Reception Follies
A world without TV. No mauer how much
you may love radio, it's a frightening thought,
isn't it? Not many places arc totally devoid of
glowing electronic images, but there are a few
in America. Port Austin, Michigan, is one of
them. If you look at a m ap of Michigan, you
might notice that if you picture the state as a
hand, Port Austin is at the tip of Michigan's
"thumb." When it comes to television reception,
it's in its own private Idaho.
After visiting this town several times, I took
on the challenge of trying to design and build an
ante!Ula farm which would pull in more than just
"snow." The installation could not be visible
from the outside; a large, tall auic, with several
obstructions, was the only available site. No
rotors could be used. Deep fringe VHF ante!Ulas
did not have room to fully turn, and visiting
children could use the controller as theirnew toy.
Sound familiar? Regardless of the desired
frequency range, if you are in the boonies trying
to erect a directional anle!Ula to pull in those faint
signals, you may find some help from Zuk's
summer vacation in the attic.
Act One
Upon my first visit to the attic, I found a
small VHF-only antenna, precariously mounted
and cracked in half in the center. Old electric
wiring lined the auic walls, and other debris, like
old stovepipes and roofing materials, added to
the hostile environment. r began a thorough
clean up and removed all U!Ulecessary metal
objects and about JOO years of dirt and grime.
The existing ante!Ula was wunounted, repaired
with two braces in the center, and was used as
my "sniffer" antenna.
With a small color TV co!Ulccted to the
antenna, I became a human rotor. Each channel
was searched for some resemblance of a signal,
and 1 noted everything I saw. A recent copy of
October 1991
the Television Factbook provided the basis for

a scientific approach to the problem. It's an
advertising trade guide that includes thousands
of maps, one for each station, showing the areas
that they cover with their signals. A quick assessment ofreception possibilities told me this wasn' t
going to be easy.
Television stations measure their signals in
two different grades: A and B. If you live close
to a station, you live in a grade A signal area, and
can pull in the station with rabbit ears, a coat
hanger or almost anything. You need a decent
antenna if you live within the grade B area, 60
miles or more from the TV transmiuer site.
c
Port Austin has no grade A coverage at all, \
and only two stations barely reach grade B \
coverage. Two stations might be able to provide Use a plumb line to insure that your
PBS viewing, but it was a long stretch.
mounting pole will be vertical.
One thing did make me smile. With only two
in
the largest open area of the auic. Luckily, there
VHF channels filled with any kind of signals,
was
ample space to aim it southwest. Mounting
this was TV DX heaven. Tropospheric skip could
be seen from cities as far west as Chicago and brackets for a support pole, used indoors or
Milwaukee, and as far east as Toronto, regularly. outdoors, is an art in itself. Select the point you
Weather conditions and a variety of other factors would like to mount the pole and place one
made conditions change continually. When short- bracket against the wall or other surface. Use a
wave-like E-skip was rolling in, I couldn't keep level and make sure the bracket remains level as
you screw down . Try to get a set of brackets with
up with it all.
Unfortunately, these amazing reception pos- hex head screws. Straight slot or Phillips head
sibilities worked against me, too. Using high- screws tend to strip out their heads under a lot
gain antennas and preamps to pull in stations 75 of pressure.
Next, create a plumb line so that the lower
or more miles away, you would also pull in
stations on the same channel in the same general bracket will align properly with the top one. Use
direction from hundreds of miles away. I was at a thin piece of cord weighted down by a heavy
object (I used a crescent wrench). Align the
nature's mercy.
UHF was the source of more adventure. bouom bracket so the cord rests evenly vertical
Most channels were completely empty. A PBS in the center of the two brackets' V-shaped
affiliate, about 30 miles south of Port Austin centers, and make sure it's level, too. Mount
showed up every day, an encouraging sign. Two bracket two in this exact position, and you 're all
station from Saginaw were also added to the list. set. When you mount your pole, it will be perMost interesting was consistent reception from fectly vertical.
Avoid brackets that are made with their
Canada. At any time, at least one of three stations
matching U-bolts facing in. This design makes
would be seen from Ontario.
Now to the catalogs. Most of the VHF action tightening the U-brackets' nuts a real bear. If you
was happening stateside to the southwest in the possibly can, mount the pole first and then have
Flint/Saginaw/Bay City area. I decided on the a couple of friends help you mount the antenna
most sensitive Channel Master model for VHF: onto the pole. Trying to mount a pole with the
a model 3617B Super Crossfire. This behemoth, antenna already attached is a nightmare. You are
with a boom length almost 17 feet long, would asking for bent elements, a loss of balance, and
be combined with a Winegard preamp left over tragedy, unless you have a legion of friends
from the original installation. A wider beam available for your antenna-raising party, or you
width antenna was prescribed for UHF, since have a bucket truck.
Don't kill your signals with poor coaxial
signals were available from almost all directions. Channel Master's eight-bay bowtie filled cable or connections. Use RG-6 or RG-1 1 cable
the bill, along with a matching 0071 C preamp. whenever possible, and use tight, positive fitting
It was time for act two of Zuk' s TV Reception Gilbert F connectors crimped with a proper tool.
The best equipment in the world will be useless
Follies.
without excellent connections. There's no room
for
auenuation. You 're dealing with microvolts
Act Two
here. It's very hard to find coaxial cable mounting nails for RG-6 and RG-11, so here's another
The VHF monster went in first. Brackets
tip: use ty-raps with mounting eyes. Used deliwere mounted on a large wooden support beam
cately, these will not distort the cable and will
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ment was amusing. I aimed it roughly southwest, one in ratings in every market he's entered.
as my target station was ABC channel 12 from Chicago's superjock Jonathon Brandmeier is
Saginaw. Wow. What a signal. But it appeared likely to be his next target. Negotiations are sell all of KA TI-AM, including right, title and
a little more westward than I predicted. It didn't already in gear to add The Windy City to Stem's interest immediately. Included in the package is
the station's one kilowatt transmitter, studio
take long to realize that I was watching Milw au- collection of listeners.
kee, Wisconsin, via tropo skip. By the time I
equipment and license. Contact Larry Wilkey at
307-766-5235 for details.
finished lunch, the opening was gone and Saginaw
Mailbag
was ready for me. A pretty reasonable signal
A small market station, located in the sandhills
area of Nebraska, is on the block for a song. This
showed up on 12 and NBC Channel 5 looked
New England's first all-sports radio station
30,000 watter grossed over $260,000 last year
pretty good too. CBS Channel 11 was directly at
will not be WEEI in Boston. Providence's 550
with a $40,000 cash flow. The offer includes
a right angle to the beam, and looked fair with
WICE beat them to the punch. Headquarters for
land, studio building and all equipment necesa little color distortion.
New. York Yankee baseball, the station has
sary for on-air production. Asking price is less
UHF antennas are fun to set up. Because the
assembled an all-star team of talk hosts: Charlie
than a year' s gross receipts, with only 30 percent
signals at these frequencies are extremely simiJefferds, Chuck Stevens, Mark Economou, Duffy
down. Call 402-387- 1400 and ask for Larry.
lar to microwaves, antenna placement is very
Dwyer, Carl Grande, and Jonathan Wallach,
critical and can make the difference between
plus an endless supply of sports comedy and
night and day in performance. I put this small,
music bits. Regular American Bandscan corre- International Bandscan
light antenna on its mast, along with the preamp
spondent Malcolm Kaufman threw us this latest
head, and walked it around the attic until I found
Overseas the big news can be summed up
the best spot. The eight-bay bow was pointed home run.
in
two
letters: FM. First National Radio is about
Who is the most popular radio disk jockey
towards Ubly, Michigan, and brought the PBS
to launch the first national independent commerIt
could
be
"Chris
In
the
Morning"
on
television?
affiliate in perfectly. Flint/Saginaw/Bay City
Stevens on KBHR in Cicely, Alaska. You'll hear cial radio service in the United Kingdom. Their
stations came in too, as well as better than ever
Chris play everything from Dvorak to Dylan on Showtime Station network will hit the air next
reception of the CBC from Ontario.
summer featuring a mix of show music from
Unsatisfied with CBS Channel 11 reception his show, and he loves to add poetry and litera- stage, screen and concerts. FNR hopes to lure
ture readings for a little spice. Last year, his
from the northwest in Alpena, the original small
recitations of Walt Whitman led to a temporary away an audience from the BBC's Radio 2 and
VHF was mounted and pointed in that direction,
suspension of his duties. The people of Cicely Radio 4 services that appeal to mature adults. To
and an NB switch was mounted at the 1V set,
organized
a campaign outraged at his removal operate the network FNR will pay a 2.92 million
to switch around for the best reception. Another
dollar annual license fee to the British governPBS affiliate on Channel 6 came rolling in, too. and he quickly returned to the air.
Don't strain to catch Chris' act. You can hear ment. Two other commercial AM radio networks
Three antennas and a well-planned and executed
are scheduled to be awarded licenses in the near
installation now provides 11 channels and a 570 KBHR every week on CBS Television's future.
"Northern Exposure." Several stations nationmultitude of possibilities via skip. Challenge
This month Moscow is slated to receive a
met. Next time I'll send you a postcard. Wish you wide have responded to the success of the series new commercial FM service called Radio 7, Ben
and have been adding elements of Chris' style
were here, and can you pass me the remote
to their morning shows. Who knows? Maybe Doud, president of KGWY-FM, Gillette, Wyocontrol?
actor John Corbett, who plays Chris, will wind ming, will design and operate the station.
Doud predicts Radio 7 will eventually sound
up on real radio in the future. Bruce Portzer of
Bits 'N' Pieces
Seattle, Washington, brought our attention to the just like all-American radio stations. He plans to
build a similar station in Leningrad as well. Fineglowing tube.
of Radio 7's format will depend on listurting
I It looks like WLS in Chicago is going to hold
tener response and reaction, which is a comple'te
on to its talk format for a long time. For years,
unknown. "We've been told we can play anyMusicradio 89 was a top-40 powerhouse heard New Station Grants
thing
we want," says Doud. "It's like turning a
all over the country. Now, their entire record
Several new AM stations have been allo- kid loose in a candy store. They are trying to see
library, 8,000 LPs and 3,000 singles, and two
consoles have been donated to WONC-FM in cated this month along with a host of stations a what the limits are." Hopefully, Moscovites will
Naperville, Illinois, the voice of North Central little higher in frequency. Here they are, cour- love the service and not see red.
College. WLS production manager Phil Duncan tesy of The M Street Journal: Tucson, AZ 104.1;
formerly served as WONC' s station manager, Montezuma, GA 95. 1; Idaho Falls, ID 105.5; Credits
Marlette, MI 92.5; Walker, MI 100.5; Winchesand was the main proponent behind the deal.
ter, NV 620; Jeffersonville, NY 106.1; Eugene,
A final note: please send us your comments
OR
860; Junction City, OR 650; Troutdale, OR concerning what you like or don't like about this
I Mark and Brian, Rick Dees and Jay Thomas
are running for cover. Outrageous talk show host 860; Pittsburgh, PA 93.7; Huron, SD 105.l; column. Your contributions are always most
Howard Stem has now added Los Angeles to the Woodbury, TN 104.9 and Saskatoon, SK 90.5. welcome. Many thanks to The M Street Journal,
Broadcasting Magazine, Radio World, and The
cities he entertains and terrorizes every morning.
Stem broadcasts simultaneously on WXRK New For Sale
Boston Globe for material used this month. Until
we meet again, happy trails.
York, WYSP Philadelphia, WJFK Washington
The University of Wyoming is offering their
D.C. and KSLX Los Angeles. Each weekday
morning, Howard and his co-host Robin Quivers outlet in Casper this month. They are ready to
break all the rules with endless celebrity guest
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October 1991
51
Mr.!============:::!
satellite tv - adventures in the c/arke belt
Ken Reitz, KC4GQA
Hype and Hardware

at the SBCA Convention
Twice a year, the Satellite Broadcasting and
Communications Association holds national conventions to showcase the latest in consumer TVRO Viewers can catch
satellite television equipment. The association, "Dealer Net" 1st and 3rd
comprised of manufacturers, dealers, and proSaturdays at 1O:OOam ET
grammers in the TVRO field, holds the winter
show in Las Vegas and the summer show in where you may find some of
these personalities. Left to
Nashville.
Taking over much of the Opryland Hotel for right: Ron Bruce, Spectrum
the summer version, satellite television dealers Consulting; Jeanie
are courted by hundreds of sales reps from Mooneyham, Shop at Home
hardware manufacturers, programmers and the Production; Bill Beason, Shop
seemingly countless peripheral money seekers.
:M
at Home!Dealernet.
Odd Man Out

It's a little ironic to see the eleborate displays
set up by the likes of General Instrument, maker
of the various Cipher products, or the programmers, such as HBO, to entice the crowd they've
never really paid much attention to.
To be fair, the TYRO galaxy makes up a very
small portion of the cable universe and dish
owners should consider themselves lucky to be
noticed at all. Nonetheless, all the big boys find
it in their busy schedule to show an interest in
a segment of their business they' ve only grudgingly accepted.
The Exhibits
The convention is divided into three parts.
The first and most obvious is the exhibit floor.
It's here that hundreds of industry titans and
would-be titans exhibit their wares. GI, as mentioned, shows off its new security device they
call the CipherCard. Of course, it's not in production but they have a lot to say about it.
Zenith puts in an appearance with a fairly
priced "home theater" display: about $3,500
with Bose speakers and Dolby ProLogic Surround Sound and a 52 inch rear projected screen.
Oddly, theydon'thaveoneZenith TV set equipped
to receive the Electra Teletext service. One sales
rep told me it is because they don't have any
Digital System 3 sets with cabinets to match
their display.
The omnipresent Bob Heil unveils his latest
idea: a super home theater for the super rich. His
demonstration - a full mock-up of the home
theater he hopes to franchise- features a special
LucasFilms promo tape on LazerDisc complete
with eye-boggling video and brain-numbing,
chest thumping audio. It is clearly the highlight
of the show with a nearly one-hour wait to get
standing room only for the the demonstration.
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October 1991
These theaters start at about $30,000 and, by the

way, you can get a voice activated option for the
system for an extra four grand.
TVN, the struggling C-band pay-per-view
DBS service has a large booth and is doing a
land-office business signing up eager dealers.
The pipe-chomping entrepreneur, Jim Roberts
of Gourmet Entertaining, tirelessly hawks his
excellent installation and alignment products to
appreciative crowds. The Shop At Home boys,
Bill Beason and Joe Overholt, are videotaping
much of the goings-on for future "Dealer Net"
shows.
The Playboy Channel provides thrills for
many satellite TV dealers who endured long
lines for a chance to sit in a chair next to Miss
April - or was it March? - and have their
picture taken. Not to be outdone, Spice, the other
adult movie service, has a number of similarlooking young ladies decorating their booth.
Nearly 20 satellite receiver manufacturers,
an equal number of dish makers, a dozen feed
hom/LNB companies, and a half dozen actuator
makers were represented at the summer show. In
addition, there were dozens of programs and
equipment distributors and many more accessory and peripheral companies eager to frnd new
dealers.
from Antenna Engineering, Inc. While the company is a new one on the scene, its president,
David P. Johnson, is not. Johnson was one of the
founders of Paraclipse Antennas, now off to seek
his own fortune. While waiting for legal arrangements to elapse, he has taken the opportunity to
put his considerable dish design expertise to
work engineering a top-grade satellite reflector.
At present he is making only one dish, a 13.5
foot aluminum dish, with horizon to horizon
mount. He has improved the manufacturing
process to make the parabolic curve very stable
with much less metal, and the best part is that he
has passed the savings on to the consumer. The
product is extremely affordable for such a big
dish.
The Meetings
The third component of the convention is the

series of seminars and meetings having to do
with current topics of interest in the industry.
These feature Home Theater dealer courses, Fine
Tuning Your Installation Skills, and others. Hot
political topics addressed in the meetings include: Telcos In TV - Fair or Foul?,
Piracy-VideoCipher II Data Stream TumoffLegal Upgrade programs, and the Future of
Sports On Satellite Television. The purpose of
The Antenna Farm
these meetings was both to familiarize the dealer
with the various topics and to promote the variThe second component of the convention is ous businesses involved.
the extensive dish farm, located in a parking lot
outside the hotel. Here conventioneers are safely Missing and Accounted For
out of earshot of the drivel dished out by salesmen. Weathering the 96 degree 95 percent
Notable in their absence from the show were
humidity of the dish farm are the technicians the various "flat plate" antenna makers: the
who know what they are talking about. While much ballyhooed DBS (Direct Broadcast Satelmany of the 30-something dishes are actually lite) services, SkyPix in particular, and anything
functioning, a lot of them are for display only. resembling real HDTV (High Density TeleviThe dish that most caught my interest was sion).
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Paul, to receive X*Press X*Change you'll
Faces in the crowd included: Shaun Kenny,
Taylor Howard, Harry Tillbedeau, and numerous need to have a VC II stand-alone or TRD and the
others including, oddly enough, Bahar the GI InfoCipher 1500R data receiver. With these
in place, simply set your dish to Galaxy 1 chanelephant.
nel 7 or 18 and turn on your computer. The
InfoCipher is an interface which connects your
Impressions
receiver to your computer. With the software in
According to reports in the industry journals, place, your equipment does the rest.
From there you start collecting and storing
the convention was a big success. An article in
news,
sports, weather, financial and many more
The Transponder quotes the SBCA as seeing a
10 percent increase in attendance over its winter stories as they are fed 24 hours a day. The buffer
show in Las Vegas this year with some 1,753 will hold some 200 to 300 separate stories (hours
dealers represented. All told, better than 3,000 of reading) before filling up. To add more text
just dump stories as you read them. You could
attended the convention.
It was an extraordinary opportunity to talk be there all night.
It's an extraordinary electronic newspaper
with those whose business is linked to satellite
television. I found it hard to get coherent answers delivered to your home all day every day. Cost
from the sales reps, but the technicians, design- of the data receiver and software is $ 189.95. A
monthly subscription fee of $10 per month is
ers, and dealers were quite candid.
Clear differences were seen between regions charged for the basic service. The X*Press Exof the country experiencing completely different ecutive is $26 per month (X*Press X*Change,
economic conditions. One dealer from Minne- Regency Plaza 1, 4643 S. Ulster St., Suite 340,
sota told me his business was definitely picking Denver, CO 80237). In the future the services
up as fears of a recession faded for his customers. may be available through NetLink Programming
He was very interested in the Home Theater Services at a reduced rate.
Rod Locke of Providence, Rhode Island,
displays and thought he could sell several of the
has an interest in financial news programs, parhigh end theaters.
Another dealer, this one from Texas, said his ticularly CNBCJFNN (Fl R channel 6) and would
customer base was still in an economic depres- like to know what the least expensive installation
sion dating back to the collapse of the Texas oil would be to be able to receive such programand S&L industries there. He would be very hard ming.
That's a great question, Rod. First, regardpressed to sell even the low end Home Theaters,
he said, although there was no lack of banks less of anything else, you'll need a satellite dish,
willing to finance satellite systems. There were C-band feed horn, LNB and the necessary cables
to get to the house. Figure about $600. Optionjust fewer qualified buyers.
ally,
you'll need an actuator to move the dish.
This dealer rode out the hard financial times
by taking other jobs and doing whatever he could Add about $150. Now add a low-end satellite
to attract customers. His business still intact, he receiver with built-in descrambler, about $600,
hopes to join the optimistic surge other geo- and you' 11 be watching CNBCJFNN which, as of
this writing, is unscrambled. Basically, you could
graphic areas anticipate.
get a new system via mail order for about $1500.
It's possible to halve that cost by looking for
For More Information
special deals or by buying used equipment and
doing your own installation. Readers who might
If you are interested in seeing next year's
be interested in more information on these and
SBCA conventions for yourself, they will be
other aspects of getting started in satellite teleheld at Bally's Hotel, Reno, Nevada, February
vision may find my Satellite Television
12-14 and at the Baltimore Convention Center
Sourcebook helpful. It is available from XenoAugust 6-8. Write SBCA, 225 Reinekers Lane
lith Press, Route 5, Box 156A, Louisa, Virginia
Ste 600, Alexandria, VA 22314, orcall 703-54923093.
6990.
My thanks to MT reader Rob Cave of
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ing, Inc., write David Johnson, 2220 Taylor Rd .,
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on the ham bands
Ike Kerschner, N31K
Shooting for the Stars

I recently read a packet message from G3ZCZ
entitled "Radio Amateurs Aim at Mars." The
idea comes from Dr. Karl Meinzer DJ4ZC. Dr
Meinzer has been active building OSCARs (Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio) for
twenty years and consequently has a firm grasp
of the possibilities.
He states that amateurs have demonstrated
the ability to control spacecraft motors to move
their spacecraft from launch insertion orbit to an
operational orbit. This capability would conceivably allow amateurs to launch an upcoming
mission to Mars! It would prove a unique educational experience to say the least. I hope
AMSATwill begin working on what sounds like
a great idea.
__
~1Ncr
...........
Why Stop at Mars?

had more difficult hurdles than an "eye" would (code). Discussions of the various bands and
present. It might pose problems of a legal nature; propagation help you understand what to expect
however, it seems to me most governments of from a band at any given time.
the world would welcome a project like this.
Now You' re Talking is extremely easy to
Here is an opportunity to do more than talk or read with many excellent illustrations for each
download telemetry data from a spacecraft. What topic. Complex subjects are condensed and explained in such a way that the average person can
do you think? - ideas, comments?
comprehend and remember the material. This
book is a great first radio manual, one that will
Good Books
allow the student to build a sure foundation of
It is difficult not to notice the number of knowledge that can be added to later. At a price
answer books being published for the new ama- of $19.00, it should be in everyone's library.
Now You're Talking is available from the
teur licenses. Most of these new books give only
answers for the exams and not nearly enough ARRL at 225 Main St., Newington, CT, 06111
information of more general help. I have felt for or your local Radio Shack.
a long time that a book along the lines of the old
Now What?
ARRL License Manual was needed.
While many of you may not have liked the
old manual, it must be remembered that the idea
OK, you studied Now You' re Talking , took
was for the student to use the Handbook in the test, and have just received that piece of paper
that says you are an amateur radio operator.
conjunction with the license m anual.
Now You're Talking fills the bill exactly. What do you do next?
This ARRL publication provides the student
Another ARRL book by MT s own Doug
with all the technical irtformation required to DeMaw, WlFB, has that answer. WJFB 's Help
pass the FCC exam for the Novice and Techni- forNewHamsguides the newly licensed amateur
cian license.
through the morass of questions that crops up
More than just an answer book, Now You' re after the ticket arrives.
Eleven chapters show the beginner what
Talking condenses the concepts of communications/electronics into an understandable text. type of gear is available and how to use it, how
The student using this manual will readily under- to choose and erect an antenna, laying out a
stand how radio works. Much of the information station, and how to overcome first contact (QSO)
is excepted from the ARRL Handbook and pro- jitters. Other sections describe accessories for
vides models for the newcomer to work from. your station and how to cure TVI (television
For example, pages 7-17 illustrate a simple interference) and RF! (radio frequency interfervertical antenna the novice can actually use. ence).
Another section shows you how to build a code
"On the Air Conduct and Procedures" is my
practice oscill ator that will allow you to practice favorite chapter. This section generally outlines
Problems
code by yourself or with a friend.
the correct way of carrying on a contact via
Sections on operating a station pave the way amateur radio and gives the new ham ideas of
The technology to complete such a project for that first QSO (contact) be it on phone or CW what a good QSO should be like. Especially
is here now. In fact the first OSCAR undoubted! y
Even more educational and worthwhile might

be for amateurs to launch their own astronomical
eye in the sky: A telescope that could be controlled from earth and aimed at any part of the
universe we desire.
A simple four-to-six inch telescope above
the earth's atmosphere would allow interested
amateurs to do some worthwhile astronom ical
research. Such a project could be available to any
citizen with the price of a receiver, computer and
easily available hardware, i.e., an SWLOSCAR.
To be sure, the non-ham participant would
not be able to exercise control over the spacecraft, but then again, only a limited number of
amateurs would have the ability to control the
"eye in the sky." The interest a project of this
nature would inspire in the general public could
wel1 be the spark needed to bring technical minded individuals into our hobby! It would
create the SWL of the 21st century.
Let's carry the concept further, since we've
come this far. AMSAT could develop the eye,
and a committee could formulate its missions.
Anyone with an interest and ability to use the eye
would have the responsibility of choosing projects
and priorities. In this manner, a large number of
amateur astronomers would have an opportunity
to do some unique studies; and potentially add
to the bank of knowledge about our universe and
world.
A program of this nature would in tum
spawn several eye in the sky nets and promote
general interest in ham radio. It sure would be
more fun than listening to hams exchanging
signal reports through OSCAR or RS birds!
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Ham DX Tips
'
SHORTWAVE
ANTENNA
.: .
This is one of the BIGGEST months for ham DX. Not only are conditions excellent; but
many DX-pcditions are scheduled to ta1ce place to coincide with the annual CQ Magazine' s "DX
World Wide SSB Contest," which ta1ces place this year on October 26th-27th. If you have an
opportunity, listen to any of the voice segments of 10, 1S, 20, 40, 80, even 160 meters during
that weekend. There will be plenty of DX for you to hear! Until that time, tty your luck with
these DX targets:
AZORES CU8AH can be found on SSB around 14-95 kHz most days starting at 2130
UTC. QSL requests go to: Jose F. Fernandes, R.S. Catarina 2, P-9970 Santa Cruz das Flores,
Azores Islands, Via Portugal.
BOTSWANA Daily A22AA appears on 21230 kHz SSB at 1630 UTC . Reports go to:
Charles Lewis, Private Bag 38, Selehi-Phikwe, Botswana.
ENGLAND The various DXCC countries that ma1ce up Great Britain have new "novice"
class licenses with new prefixes. The prefix for England is 2E. Each prefix is followed by e ither
the number 0, 2, 3, or 4, and three letters. These new hams can be found using low power on
the following frequencies: 1950 to 2000 kHz CW and SSB. 3565-3585 kHz CW, 10130 to 10140
kHz CW, 21100 to 21149 kHz CW, 28100-28190 kHz CW, 28225-28300 kHz CW, 28300 to
28500 kHz SSB and CW. For you 6 meter fans 50620-50760 kHz RTTY and other data modes,
Sl2SO-Sl7SO kHz CW and SSB.
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA Daily V63CJ and V63DJ can be
found on 14190 to 14220 kHz from 0600 to 1100 UTC. If you log either or both send QSL
requests to: KA3DEN, John L. Rouse, 2703 Barlett Ln., Bowie, MD 20715.
FIJI 3D2PO (Ian C. Doncaster, Box 184, Suva, Fiji Islands) can be located on 14185
kHz daily starting at 1000 UTC.
GUERNSEY The new UK "novice class" license (see England for operating frequencies and modes) prefix for here is 2U.
ISLE OF MAN The new UK "novice class" prefix for this country is 2D.
JERSEY The new UK "novice class" prefix for this country is 21.
MOROCCO CN8CS (P.O . Box 6577, Rabat, Morocco) has been on 14093 kHz RTIY
most days at 0030 UTC.
NORTHERN IRELAND The new "novice class" prefix is 21.

PANAMA HPlXBH is on 0030 UTC around 14090 kHz operating RTTY most days.
Reports go to his QSL manager W4YC Edward A. Engebrelson, 1308 Hunting Ridge Rd.,
Raleigh, NC 27609.
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC Special Events station EOSOPQ will be active 'ti! IS October
to honor WWll Allied convoys to the USSR. CW fans have the better shot at this one which
has been operating 14005 to 14025 kHz between 0230 to 0400 UTC daily. QSL route is
announced by the station.
SCOTLAND The new "novice class" prefix is 2W.
THAILAND HSSSEA will be active from the Southeast Asian net (SEANET) amateur
convention November 8 to 10 from the Empress Hotel in Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand.
The station will operate, among other times and places, on the SEANET frequency of 14320
kHz daily at 1200 UTC.
Gud DX and 73 de Rob
use ful to the ne w novice or tech is the portion Looking for Lakeview?
about repeater operating. This chapter should be
required reading for every ham!
If you were unable to contact the La1ceview
After passing the exam I hope you will run Co. regarding the HF antennas reviewed last
out and purchase your own copy of W1FB's Help month, the correct phone number and address are
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has been filled to overflowing as of late. So, let's
get right down to business and see what "Outer
Limits" readers have been hearing.
Regular contributor Bob Thomas of Connecticut continues to hear the anti-Iraqi and
CIA-sponsored clandestine Voice of the Iraqi
Opposition on both 15600 and 17960 kHz after
2200. This station previously was known as The
Voice of Free Iraq. If you have never heard a
clandestine, this one should not prove too difficult. Most programs are in Arabic and probably
originate from both Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Out in California, Paul Schmitt, the "Shortwave Ape," came across KPN-36 on 7400 kH z
at 0330. The station calls itself the Voice of the
Pacific Basin, and, among other things, plays
Hawaiian and classical Chinese music. In addition, Paul had Radio Free America on 7415
USB at 0404.
Another Californian, Skip Harwood, also
monitored KPN-36. However, he found a station
which might give il a little competition in the
Hawaiian music category. This was KLOG on
7406 at 0366. Radio Free America checked in
on 7415 in USB at 0340.
By the way, Radio Free America, I would
still be happy to reply to your question if you will
send me an address where you can be reached.
In Missouri John Taylor bagged WHO on
7415 at 0116. This station was inspired by the
BBC's science fiction series, "Dr. Who." We
have had several requests for this station's address. The doctor can be reached via Box 452,
Wellsville, N. Y. 14895.
Need we say more? In Virginia Pat Murphy
continues Lo have smashing success. Among his
recent catches are WKND on 7415 at 0321,
KXKBI Interplanetary Radio on 7415 at 0200,
He Man Radio on 7412 USB at 0135, and Mega
Radio with metal rock on 7415 aL0125. Pat notes
a lot of people keying up their transmitters to
cover pirate broadcasts. These, of course , could
be both annoyed hams and other pirates.
Also landing KXKBI, at 0400, was Larry
Gous in Pennsylvania. Larry says programming
included many sound effects.
In Illinois Frederick Porzelt not only logged
several pirates but also managed to QSL them.
Hefound Voice of Bono on 15050at0120, Hope
Radio on the same frequency at 1505, and Radio
USA on 74 15 at 0231.
Glenn Waber in Wisconsin came across an
unusual one in the Chicago Tunnel Company,
which claims to broadcast from deep beneath the
city of Chicago. The Tunnel Company was using
a variable frequency of 7413 Lo 7416 at 0145
UTC. Also making itto Wisconsin was the Voice
of Anarchy on 74 14-74 15 al 0225.
Meanwhile in Michigan George Stoner
wasn 'L doing too badly either. He found A.J.
56
October 1991
Paul Schmitt of California

has gone positively "ape"
over shortwave.
Michaels and Action Radio on 7415 at 0208

claiming to broadcast "off the western coast of
Nebraska." Hey, George, maybe they were. Nebraska has a navy. A friend of mine was an
admiral in it. George also heard WKNDon 7415
al 0250.
Down Florida way Mark Seiden got the
Europirale Radio Fax on 12255 LSB with Elvis
runes at 0125. This one transmits from Ireland.
If you have never bagged a Europirale, a little
patience should get you this one. Al times it has
maintained a 24-hour schedule.
Mark logged WORK on 7412.5 at 0305,
appropriately enough with rock work songs.
WTKR came in on 7415 at 0155 with a strong
signal and a claim of 1000 watts.
Matt Siegel of Illinois says a follow-up
reception report Lo Midnight Radio yielded not
only the QSL, but a letter saying they had lost
some reports. So if your mailbox has been empty,
it might be a good idea Lo send another letter to

Box 109, BJue Ridge Summit, Pa. 17214. Midnight Radio also declares that reports of their
being closed are not true.
William Schmitz checks in once again from
the nation's capital. He continues to have great
success. His catches include the Dutch Radio
Tower on 15050 USB at 0003. I understand this
one has had some transmitter difficulties lately.
When he is at full strength, he is another
Europirate that should make it well into North
America. And, yes, occasionally Europirates
make it all the way Lo the west coast.
William reports that several stations were
relayed by Radio USA on 7417. At 0030 Omega
Radio had a program which included a discussion on social problems in Europe and a Lalk on
biblical prophecy. Defiance '90! lived up to its
name at 0010 with an invitation to engage in flag
burning. On a happier note, Radio Comedy
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was forwarded to us from Brasstown headquarters. The writer says some years ago he was able
"to make regular nationwide radio broadcasts
from jail." He says he actually had committed no
crime to land there in the first place. How the
broadcasts were made he does not say, but this
is another one of those cases where ye editor
thinks it best to omit the name and eat the
evidence.
If you haven 'tcaughl it already, then look for
that promised Radio Caroline relay on WWCR
7520 kHz. The folks al Radio New York International will be bringing it to you on the first
UTC Monday of the month, probably around
0400. RN1 hopes to eventually broadcast two
Caroline shows a month.
Meanwhile we have heard from Martin Lester
in England. He says Caroline still declares it will
once again broadcast from the ship Ross Revenge. However, he notes that the European
broadcasting situation is rapidly changing and
Caroline, in the future, will face stiff competition from satellite services and the Irish longwave
station Atlantic 252. John Catlett is the man in
charge at Atlantic 252. He headed Laser 558
which also transmitted from a ship.
On Long Island, New York, WBAB-FM in
Babylon had its simulcast music transmission
interrupted during a fireworks display. The pirate broadcast for almost an hour and a half.
Some 125,000 to 200,000 people attending the
Uniondale fireworks and living in the area heard
the pirate. Our thanks lo Arnold Weiner and
Herb Gesell for sending us the Newsday report
on this.
Clandestine Stuff: From the BBC

Monitoring Service comes a variety of recent
clandestine information. Clandestine Voice of
the Iraqi Opposition reports that Saddam
Hussein's government is so worried about antiIraqi government clandestine broadcasts that it
has invested heavily in jamming equipment.
Voiceoflraqi Kurdistan meanwhile can beheard
on 5931 from 0400 to 0500. The Voice of Iraqi
Kurdistan broadcasts on 6151 from 0400 Lo
0500.
As predicted here, the Ethiopian clandestines
are starting to disappear. One that may still be
on is Voice of the Tigray Revolution from Mekelc
from 0400 to 0500 on 6940 and 7820.
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operating Radio Muhabara from 0400 to 0600 in
the 49-meter band. Muhabara means "leading
the way" and is also the name of a mountain in
northern Rwanda.
In the Philippines, communist guerillas have
set up a portable FM clandestine on 106.7. It is
known as Radio Southern Tagalog.
Far Eastern Economic Review reports dissidcn t politicians opposing the Burmese
government want to establish a radio transmitter, but the Karen tribe, which has long been in
combat with the government does not want it in
its territory. The dissidents have formed the
National Coalition Government of the Union of
Burma and have a camp in Karen territory.
MONITORING TIMES
According to the CIA 's Foreign Broadcasts

Information Service, a large grenade hurled at
the main office of radio station KW Continente
in Panama City did considerable damage. KW
Continente was a major opponent of the Noriega
regime. Our thanks to Frank McGuire for the
FBIS information.
ls there an independent radio voice in the
USSR? David Eason sent along an article on
Moscow Echo, which is just that. It had the
courage to report the Soviet government's crackdown in Lithuania when state radio and TV did
not.
That's it for another month. Thanks for your
continued outstanding support and kind comments.
October 1991
57
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Kevin Carey, WB2QMY
Gearing Up
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While others lament the
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static levels that come along
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with autumn. With even betdomestic and foreign beacons
ter conditions on the way,
both by frequency andcallsign
now is the time to gear up for
and includes other useful tips
a new season of DXing.
such as QSLing, propagation
Besides the usual preinformation and details on the
winter antenna checks, why
Groundwave Emergency Netnot take a minute or two to
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In the never-ending cycle of change, word
readily see what changes have occured and make
the needed revisions. You might be surprised has come of a shakeup of marine beacons on the
just how different the band looks from last year. west coast. Periodically the Coast Guard evaluIf you're just starting out, give some thought ates its network of navigation aids to determine
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SW logs, it's important to show the date, time, service for which they were originally intended.
frequency, callsign and location, if known, of the Often, power levels or frequencies are changed
station heard. For beacons, you might also want or beacons are physically moved to new sites.
to indicate identifier pitch, the presence of any Sometimes a specific beacon is decommissioned
voice WX weather broadcast and whether or not entirely. Below are some proposed changes anit is operating in conjunction with other beacons nounced by the Eleventh Coast Guard District of
Long Beach, California. As you read this, it is
(sequenced).
Many LWLs prefer to log sequentially by likely several of these changes have already been
callsign and/or frequency. This method is par- implemented.
ticularly well suited to logging by computer as
it allows you to easily make changes at any time. Scheduled to change:
Pt. Pinos will change from 290 kHz to 321 kHz
Whether you use a computer or an ordinary paper
Pt. Sur will change from 322 kHz to 303 kHz
log, you could classify your listings with a code
Los Angeles will change from 325 kHz to 311
to indicate the types of signals you hear. For
kHz
example, "LFR" could denote Lowfcr stations,
Long Beach will change from 296 kHz to 298
"BC" could be used for broadcasters, "NOB" for
kHz
nondircctional beacons and "UNID" for unidentified stations and so on.
It's frustrating to hear a new signal and not Scheduled to be discontinued:
Pt. Arena, Pt. Reyes, Farallon Islands,
know its origin or purpose. Wouldn't it be nice
Pigeon Pt., Pt. Arguello, Anacapa Island, Pt.
to have a handy reference where you could find
Vicenete and Piedras Blancas
this information? One listener I know uses aviation sectional maps available from many airport
Flight Service Stations to find beacons in his Service range adjustments:
Range increased from l 0 miles to 30 miles:
region. In some cases these maps also show the
Pt. Bonita, Santa Barbara, Channel Islands,
locations of marine beacons as well. The maps
Los Angeles and Oceanside
are exll'emely accurate and are not all that expen Range increased from 50 miles to 125
sive.
miles: Humboldt Bay and Pt. Sur
One of my favorite references is The Aero!
BEACDO
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October 1991
MONITORING TIMES
The Long Beach beacon range will be

increased from 10 miles to 125 miles
The Pt. Loma beacon is scheduled to be
unsequenced and its range reduced from 150
miles to 50 miles with no change in frequency or identifier.
Tuning Tricks
Did you ever see those impressive loggings
from the pros and wonder just how they do it?
Well, besides a good measure of patience, tuning
technique can play a big pan. Perry Crabill,
W3HQX (VA) passed along a tip he uses to get
the most out of his Kenwood R-5000 receiver.
This method should also work well with similar
receivers having an IF shift conll'ol.
The trick is to use the USB mode with the
narrow CW filter enabled. By proper adjustment
of the IF shift control, it is possible to tune for
the upper sideband of a keyed beacon signal,
typically 400 Hz for Canadian beacons, l 020 Hz
for U.S. This reception method is much more
sensitive than straight AM reception. It also
makes it possible to separate a Canadian station
using the same carrier frequency as a U.S. station
by carefully tuning the IF shift conttol for the
desired sideband. The net result could be two
loggings on one dial setting.
To show just how well this works, Perry
included this fine list of DX intercepts:
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296
UBO
Batabano, Cuba
305
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Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
305
QI
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311
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323
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Williamstad, Curacao
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SWA
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413
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Tampico, Mexico
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Stella Maris, Bahamas
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Trivia Time
A few years back, there used to be a highpower station below 180 kHz that would show
up from time to time with AM voice tests. Can
you tell me its callsign, location and the U.S.
agency that operated it? I'll have the answers in
a future column along with an update on this
Jong-dormant station.
It's been great hearing from so many of you.
Keep those Joggings and letters coming in. I'll
see you here next month.
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external RS-232 input allows AEA-FAX to share a COM port
with a PK-232MBX or other Hayes-compatible dev ice; up to
16 grey levels (VGA); also supports EGA, CGA and Hercules
formats; prints to HP LaserJet or Epson compatible printers.
reading rttr
Jack Albert
Copying ARQ
RlTY modems like the Universal M7000,
the Wavecom W4010 and others have the capability of receiving ARQ modes. ARQ stands for
Automatic ReQuest which is a teletype system
that checks for data errors. Standard baudot
RTIY sends data "brute force," i.e . what you see
is what you get. It doesn't have an error checking
or correcting scheme. So when you are copying
baudot on a noisy channel, there is a good
probability that you will receive noise.
With ARQ there are usually two frequencies
involved. One frequency or path sends data to the
far end. The far end receives the data and if there
are errors it sends a request character to the near
end using the other path. The near end responds
by repeating the character that was last sent. The
whole setup sounds bizarre but it does make an
interesting hobby.
The pros love it because it gives them the
challenge to search out both paths. The task isn't
easy because not only does it require a duplication of equipment, it also involves the skill of
recognizing the mode by listening to the FSK or
"diddle" sound.
Try to copy, for example, a station sending
the QBF "Quick Brown Fox" message. If you
have a receiver with two VFOs, hold the first
QBF station in VFO "A." Then try to hunt for a
second QBF using VFO"B."If youoccasionally
flip to VFO "A" you can refresh your memory
by hearing the distinctive diddle sound.
Just about any pro can tune in an RlTY
station and tell you the mode, baud rate and shift
just by the sound. I can't explain in words what
an RlTY station sounds like. But ARQ, for the
most part, is quite easy to detect by ear because
the data is repetitious. That is, if you listen
carefully, you can hear the diddling. It repeats a
certain rhythmic pattern.
It may take years of practice, but you can get
the hang of it. Figure I is an abridged frequency
list for getting started.
Knowing Right from Left:

In last month's column on computer control
of the M7000, I stated that following the outlined
procedure would change the right bracket "["
key to tum the unit on and the left bracket"]"
to tum if off. The brackets were correct; their
names (right and left) were obviously reversed.
Additionally, the first line of the Basic OPEN
statement should read: 10 OPEN "COM1:4800,
etc."
DSP Update
Last March I announced that I am working
with an engineer to develop a Digital Signal
Processor (DSP). The progress report is very
exciting. We have several modems now and I
have been running tests on them. The modems
60
October 1991
I'm referring to are computer programs or instructions that the DSPuses to perform its magic.
The DSP actually solves mathematical problems
that synthesize or simulate the filters in an RlTY
TU or packet TNC. The computer program in a
sense replaces the capacitors, inductors and resistors that arc normally used in a filter circuit.
I have just finished a one-on-one test that
compares an AEA PK232 with an AEA PK232
that has a DSP. connected to it. The PK232 has
a connector on its rear apron that allows the user
to connect an external modem. The modem in
this case is the filter circuit that converts the
mark/space tones to a digital signal. The digital
signal is then sent to the microprocessor inside
the PK 232 for further decoding and conversion
to the ASCil character that is eventually displayed on the computer's monitor. The external
modem I used was, of course, the DSP.
I conducted the test by connecting the PK232/
DSP to an ICOM R71 audio output jack. The
PK232s were connected to individual computers. The receiver was tuned to 14.113 LSB and
both PK232s were set up to monitor the packet
channel. I was hoping if the DSP had a welldesigned filter program, the DSP-equipped
PK232 would receive more packets than the
stand-alone PK232.
Copying packets or even establishing a connection on the HF bands is a big problem for
today's hams. The DSP was able to copy 5-1/2
pages of text while the "barefoot" PK232 only
copied 1-1/4 pages - a remarkable improvement. In fact, the DSP/PK232 was able to copy
on an average twice as many packets on 20
meters even when the conditions were poor. It
even copied retries of other packet stations while
the PK232 with no DSP sat idle and printed
nothing on the computer screen.
Using a simulator software package that
makes an IBM PC act like a DSP, the software
modem was tested over and over until it performed to exacting standards. The new DSP can
replace the filters in just about any RlTY, packet
or FAX modem on the market.
Other modems for RlTY, AMTOR, FDM,
and even piccolo will be developed in the same
way.
NNN
FREQ
CALL
LOCATION
4056
5357
5823
6770
6935
7704
8000
8244
9375
10120
10169
10283
12063
13310
13473
13542
13572
13732
13635
13980
14485
14663
14925
15815
15860
16260
17379
18289
18965
19048
19215
20146.3
20268
20812
22905
23714 .4
23922
24.8484
TJK
RFFF
CBFDM
RFU
RFU
RFTJ
RFHJ
CBFFA
RFHJ
RFFX
RFTJD
RFU
RFLIG
RFFXC
RFHF
RFTJD
RFFX
RFLIC
RFHJ
RFFXL
RFVITT
DMK
RFTJ
M<K
TLO
RFTJD
RFTJ
DMK
RFHJ
RFFA
RFU
TLO
RFTJD
DMK
DOUALA, CAMEROON
LYON, FRANCE
CHILI
FDF
FDF
FDF
PAPEETE
CHILI
TAHITI
VERSAILLES
LIBREVILLE , GABON
FDF
CAYENNA, GUIANA
VERSAILLES
FRANCE
LIBREVILLE, GABON
VERSAILLES
FDF
FDF
BEIRUT
FRANCE
BONN
DAKAR
LONDON
BANGUI, AFRICA
LIBREVILLE, GABON
DAKAR
BONN
PAPEETE
PARIS
FDF
GERMANY
BANGUI, AFRICA
LIBREVILLE, GABON
BONN
RFFA
RFU
PARIS
FDF
BAUD/SHIFT COMMENTS
461850
961380
961170
961650
961850
961850
961850
961170
961850
721380
721850
461425
721850
721450
961850
461650
721425
721850
961850
721425
961425
461170
961850
961350
721425
461850
96/425
961170
961850
961425
961850
961170
72/380
461650
961120
1931380
961425
96
AROE3
ARQE
ARQM2
ARQ-M2
ARQ-M2
ARO-M2
ARQ-M2
AROM2
ARQ-M2
ARQE
ARQ E
AROE3
ARQ-E
AROE
ARQ-M2
ARQ-E3
ARQE
ARO E
ARQ-M2
ARO-E
AROE
ARQ-E
ARQ-M2
ARQ-M2
ARQ-E
ARQ-E3
ARQE3
ARQ-E
ARQ-M2
ARQ-E3
ARQ-M2
ARQ-E3
AROE
AROE3
AROE
AROE3
AROE3
AROM222
Figure 1: See if you can find the "ARO" frequency pairs from this list.
MONITORING TIMES
the qsl report
Gayle Van Horn
10 u11111 ' ''' ro1r "'"' '""'
CBC Northern Quebec Service, 9625 kHz. Form !cu.er for

non-QSLpolicy. Received in29 days for an English report.
Station address: P.O. Box 6000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3C 3A8. (Ed Mayberry, Cedar Park, TX)
rp1111 rn1111111 ' " V III\ ' ' " l'Al' I
com
J9 1119 J070
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1111111 1 Sii lfAf)IO
J9 " ' ' JOJO
r " " " l 5rfWHAU ' " VOL VI I r11rA llAAM A SU IM ()IO
l'IWlfiU INll.llNAC:KllYlll
J9 1)19 JOJO
l'
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ISRAEL
INlftlNIU IONAl
1 ~ V~T.!_Cp.NAJ
-1~ RADIO
n,1fm,
INtlllNtllli)NIU fJli\lllNI; CtlUI
CANADA
rFn
" "'c:ut IAnf
ti r11r11 CllMl\M l1 SIJ.t RADIO
PnEflS.<O INlllfN;UHJNll.ll
19 JJl'J JOIO
KOL, 9435 kHz. Full data QSL without verification signer

and program guide. Received in 118 days for an English
report. Station address: P .O. Box 1082, 9 1 010 Jerusalem,
Israel. (Mayberry, TX)
ITALY
RAI, l 1800kHz. PartialdataQSLcard without verification
signer. Received in 113 days for an English n:port. Station
address: Casella Postale320, Centro Corrispondcnza, 00100
Roma, Italy. (Mayberry, TX)
MONACO
Trans World Radio, 9480 kHz. Full data multicolored map
card, without verification signer. Received in 23 days for
an English n:port and two IRCs. Station address: Boite
Postal 349, Monte ear10 98007 Monaco. (John Carson,
Vatican Radio sent this QSL to R. Rogers confirming his recep tion report.
Norman, OK)
NONDIRECTIONAL BEACONS
BKL, Oeveland, Ohio, 416 kHz. Full data QSL caid, with
illegible verification signer. Received in 20 days for an
English utility report and mint postage. Station address:
Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, Ohio. (Hank
Holbrook, Dunkllk, MD)
CPK and IQK, Chesapeake and Uiuisa, Virginia. 2611382
kl-lz. Full data pn:pared QSL cards, verified by J. Myron
Helms. Received in 6/13 days for an English utility n:port.
Station address: Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept. of
Aviation, P.O. box 7716, Richmond, Virginia 23231.
(Holbrook, MD)
JU, We:;t Jefferson, No!th Carolina, 410 kHz. Full data

pn:pared QSL card, vcri.fied by Charlea Miller, K4ULA,
and Jamea Stomp, W4LFN. Station address: Ashe County
flying Service, R.3, Box 6, Jefferson, l\orth Carolina
28640. (Holbrook, MD)
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

KHBl-Saipan, 13625 kHz. Full data QSL card without
verification signer and station souvenirs. Received in 31
days for an English report. Station address: P.O. Box 1387,
Beach Road, Chalin Konoa, Saipan MP96950. (Mayberry,
TX)
NORWAY
Radio Norway Int'!., 15165 kHz. Full data QSL card
without verification signer and station souvenirs. Received
in33 days for an English report. Station addn:ss: 0340 Oslo
3, Norway. (Mayberry, TX)
PHILIPPINES
FEBC Radio International, 11650 kHz. Full data "QSL
Tum" card without verification signer and personal leu.er.
Received in 118 daysforanEnglish n:port.Stationaddrcss:
Box 1, V alcnzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines. (Mayberry,
TX)
ROMANIA
Radio Romania, 15340 kHz. Full data costwne QSL card
without verification signer. Received in 87 days along with
station souvenirs for an English n:port. Station address:
Str. Nuferilor Nr. 62, Bucurcsti, Romania. (Mayberry, TX)
SHIP TRAFFIC
ARONOLD MAERSK-OZGI (RO/RO) 156.65 MHz. Full
data QSL letter, and quarterly magazine listing the Maersk
fleet. Received in 45 days for an English utility report and
one U.S. dollar. Ship address: A.P. Moller, Esplanaden50,

DK-1098, Copenhagen, Dcnmarlc. (Holbrook, MD)
CALCITE II-WB4520 (bulk carrier). 156.500 MHz. Full

data pn:pared QSL caid, vcri.fied by Paul M Dubbs.
Received in 2A days for an English utility n:port and a selfaddressed stamped envelope. Ship address: c/o Marine
Post Office, Detroit, Michigan48222. (Russ Hill, Fandale,
Ml)
COMEAUDOC-VCGQ (bulk carrier) 156.600 MHz. Full
data pn:pared QSL Clid stamped with ship's seal and
verified by Richard Beiley. Received in 22 days for an
English utility report and a self-addressed stamped
envelope. Ship address: c/o Marine Post Office, Detroit,
Michigan 48222. (Hill, Ml)
DAVID K. GARDINER VCQC (bulk carrier). 156.500
MHz. Full data pn:paredQSLcardstamped withship'sseal
and no verification signer. Received in 13 days for an
English utility report and a self-addressed stamped
envelope. Ship address: c/o Marine Post Office, Detroit,
Michigan 48222. (Hill, Ml)
GREAT HARVEST-H3XU (bulk carrier). 500 kHz. Full
data prepared QSL card without verification signer.
Received in 84 days for an English utility n:port and one
U .S. dollar. Ship address: WAH TIJNG Shipping Agency
Ltd., China Resources Bldg. Rooms 2706 and 2707, 26
Harbor Rd., Wanchai, Hong Kong. (Holbrook, MD)
GUAYAMA-WZJG (Ex U.S. Lines container ship). 500
kHz. Full data prepared QSL card, without verification
signer. Rcccived in 30 days for an English utility report and
one U.S. dollar. Ship address: Puerto Rico Marine
Martagcmenl, GPO 71306, San Juan, Puc:rto rico 00936.
(Holbrook, MD)
OCEANUS-WXAQ (research vessel) 8294.2 kHz. Full
data pn:pared QSL card, verified by Paul Howard, master.
Also included a ship photo. Received in 15 days for an
English utility report and mint poStage. Ship address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole,
Massachusetts 02543. (Patrick O'Connor, Hinsdale, MA)
MARE LIGURE-IBOM (bulk carrier). 500 kHz. Full data
pn:pared QSL card, without verification signer. Also
included literatun: on ship's transmitter. Received in 62
days for an English utility report and one U.S. dollar. Ship
address: D.Amico Fratelli, Via Liguria 36, 00187 Rome,
Italy. (Holbrook, MD)
MONITORING TIMES
USS ROBISON (DDG-12) NNNOCPJ 14483.5 kHz. Full

data pn:pared QSL card, verified by RMC Robert Davis
an d LCDR F.L Martin ill. Also included a large ship photo
and "Welcome Aboard"pamphlCL Receivedin45 days for
an English utility report. Ship address: FPO San Francisco,
Califomia 96677-1242. (O' Connor, NH)
ZlM MIAMA-4XID (general cargo). 500 kHz. Full data

prepared QSL card, without verification signer. Received
in 66 days for an English utility report and mint postage.
Ship addn:aa: Zim American Israel Shipping Co., Inc., One
World Trade Center, Suite 2969N, New Ymk, New Yo:tk
10048. (Holbrook, MD)
SYRIA
Radio Damascus, 12085 kHz. Full data QSL without
verification signer and station souvenirs. Received in 11 6
days for an English report. Station address: Ommayad
Square, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. (Mayberry,
TX)
UNITED STATES
KNLS, Anchor Point, Alaska, 11715 kHz. Full data QSL
card without verification signer and station souvenin.
Received in 34 days for an English report. Station address:
Anchor Point, Alabama 99556. (Mayberry, TX) (Loyd
Van Horn, New Orleans, LA)
WRNO.New Orleans, Louisiana 7355115420 kHz. Full
data "Looisiana Homecoming 1990" card, and Louisiana
brochures. Received in 2A(96 days for an English report.
Special QSL address: Lt. Gov. Paul Hardy, Louisiana
Office of Tourism, P .O. Box 44243, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana 70804. (Mayberry, TX) (Nicholu Adams,
Newa.di:, NJ)
Radio Marti, 9525 kHz. Full data "Jose Marti" QSL Clid
without verification signerand pcrs!Xlal lcner. Received in
102 days for an English report. Station address: Washington
D.C. 20547. (Mayberry, TX)
VATICAN STATE
Vatican Radio, 9605(9635 kHz. Full data antenna card,
without verification signer. Received in 96 days for an
English report. Station address: Vatican City, Vatican
State, Italy. (Maybc:ry, TX) (Michael McFerrin,Fair Haven,
Ml)
October 1991
61
MT Monitoring Tham
Greg Jordan
Frequency Manager
Kannon Shanmugam
Program Manager
P.O. Box 98
Brasstown, NC 28902
P.O. Box 98
Brasstown, NC 28902
Dave Datko
Jack Hubby
John Carson
California
California
Oklahoma
B. W. Battin
Jim Frimmel
New Mexico
Texas
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 Daylight Savings Time) 4,5,6,
or 7 hours for Eastern, Central, Mountain, or Pacific Time, respectively.
Note that all dates, as well as times, are in UTC: for example, the
BBC's "Ken Bruce Show" (0300 UTC Sunday) will be heard on
Saturday evening (8:30 PM Eastern,5:30PM Pacific) in North America,
not on Sunday.
2: Choose a program or station you want to hear.

Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page for
prime listening hours. U it's news you're interested in, check out the
complete "News!ine" listing , which begins on the next page.
Occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X 0000."
This information indicates that the program is a re-run, and refers to
a previous summary of the program's content. The letter stands for a
day of the week, as indicated below, and the four digits represent a time
in UTC.
S: Sunday
M: Monday
T: Tuesday
W: Wednesday
H: THursday
F: Friday
A: SAturday
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
62
October 1991
MONlTORING TIMES
found at the top half of the page.

The frequency listin g uses the same day codes as the program listings;
if a broadcast is not daily, those day codes will appear before the station
name.
4: Choose the most promising frequencies for the time,

location, and conditions.
Of course, every station can't be heard all the time. To help you find
the right 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:
am:
na:
ca:
sa:
eu:
af:
me:
The Americas
North America
Central America
South America
Europe
Africa
Middle East
me:
as:
au:
pa:
va:
do:
om:
Middle East
Asia
Australia
Pacific
various
domestic broadcast
omnidirectional
Consult the propagation charts. To help you further find the right
frequency, we've included propagation charts at the back ofthis section,
which take into account conditions affecting the audibility of shortwave
broadcasts. Simply pick out the region in which you live and find the chart
for the region in which the station you want to hear is located. The chart
indicates the optimum frequencies for a given time in UTC.
newsline
"Newsline" is your guide to news broadcasts on the air. I All broadcasts are world news reports
unless followed by an asterisk, which means the broadcast is primarily national news. I All
broadcasts are daily unless otherwise noted by the day codes.
OOOOUTC
(8:00 PM EDT, 5:00 PM Pon
BBC
CBC, Northern OJebec [A]
Christian Science Monitor
Radio Australia
Radio Beijing
Radio Canada lnt'I [S-M]
Radio Finland [M-F]
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Korea
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (M-A]
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Sofia
Radio Thailand
Radio Vilnius
Spanish Foreign Radio
Voice of America
0005
Radio Pyongyang
0010
Radio Beijing'
0030
BAT, Brussels
Christian Science Monitor (Asia)
[M]
Christian Science Monitor [T-Fl
HCJB
Radio Netherlands [T-S]
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]
Voice of America (Americas,
East Asia) (Sp ecial English} (TSJ
Voice of America (East Asia}
(Specia l English) (M]
0045
Radio Korea (News Service}
0055
WANO (W. F]
0100 UTC
(9:00 PM EDT, 6:00 PM Pon
All India Radio
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec
Deutsche Welle
FEBC Radio lnt'I, Philippines
Radio Australia
Radio Belize
Radio Canada lnt'I (S-M]
Radio Havana Cuba (T-S]
Radio Japan
Radio Kiev
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand l nt'I (M-AJ
Radio Prague lnt'I

Radio Thailand
Radio Yugoslavia
Radiotelevisione ltaliana
RAE, Buenos Aires (T-A]
Voice of America
Voice of Indonesia
WWCR [T-A]
0115
Radio Havana Cuba' [T-S]
0130
Christian Science Monitor (Asia)
[M]
Christian Science Monitor (T-F]
Radio Austria lnt'I
Voice of Greece [M-A]
0155
Voice of Indonesia
WRNO[W,A]
0200 UTC
(10:00 PM EDT, 7:00 PM P DT)
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [S-M]
Deutsche Welle
FEBC Radio lnt'I , Philippines
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I [T-A]
Radio Havana Cu ba [T-S ]
Radio L uxembourg
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (M-F]
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Thailand
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
Voice of Free China
Voice of Myanmar
WWCR [T-A]
0 215
Radio Cairo
0 230
(Africa, Europe) [M]
Christian Science Monitor [T-F]
HCJB
Radio Moscow
Radio Pakistan (Special English)
Radio Portugal (T-A]
Radio Tirana, Albania
0245
Radio Korea (News Service)
0300 UTC
(1 1 :00 PM EDT, 8:00 P M POT)
BBC
CBC. Northern Quebec [T-S]
Deutsche Welle
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize
Radio Budapest
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand l nt'I (M-F]
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Thailand
Voice of America
Voice of Free China
WWCR[T-A]
0309
BBC'
0310
Radio Beijing'
0315
Radio Cairo
0330
BBC (Africa)'
(Africa, Europe} [M]
Radio Bahrain
Radio Netherlands (T-S]
UAE Radio, Dubai
0340
Voice of Greece [M-AI
0350
Radio For Peace l nt'I [T-A]
Radio Yerevan
Radiotelevislone ltallana
0355
Radio Japan (M-F]
0400 UTC
(1 2:00 AM EDT, 9:00 PM Pon
BBC
Deutsche Welle
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio canada lnt'I
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand l nt1 (M-F]
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Moscow (Wo rld Service)

Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Thailand
UAE Radio, Dubai
Voice of Nigeria
0550
Radio For Peace lnt'I [T-A]
Radio Romania lnt'I

Radio RSA
Radio Sofia
Radio Tanzania
Radio Thailand
Swiss Radio Inti
Voice of America
Voice ofTurkey
WRNO[F]
WWCR [T-S]
0600 UTC
(2:00 AM EDT, 11:00 PM Pon
0405
Radio Pyongyang
0410
Radio Beijing'
0425
0430
(Africa, Europe, NE Asia) (M]
Radio Bahrain
Radio Botswana
0450
Radio RSA
0455
WYFR (Network) [T-A]
0500 UTC
(1 :00 AM EDT, 10:00 PM Pon
BBC
CBC , Northern Quebec [T-S ]
Chri stian Science Monitor
Deutsche We lle
HCJB
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Japan
Radio Lesotho
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]
Radio Thalland
Voice of America
0510
Radio Beijing
Radio Botswana
0515
Radio Canada lnt'I (M-F]
0530
BBC (Afr ica)'
(Africa, Europe, NE Asia} (M]
Christian Science Monitor (T-F]
Radio Austria l nt'I
MONITORING TIMES
BBC
Deutsche Welle
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-A]
Voice of America
0605
Radio Pyongyang
061 0
Voice of Malaysia
0630
BBC (Africa)'
Christian Science Monitor (M-F[
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Polonia
RTV Congolalse, Brazzaville (MF]
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of Nigeria
0640
Radio Prague lnt'I
0645
Radio Romania lnt'I
0700 UTC
(3:00 AM EDT, 12:00 AM PDT}
BBC
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (M-F]
Voice of Free China
Voice of Myanmar
0715
Radio Havana Cuba' (T-SJ
0730
BBC (Africa)' [M-A]
BAT, Brussels
C hristian Science Monitor (M-FJ
HCJB
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Finland [M-AJ
October 1991
63
newsline
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Netherlands [M-AJ
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Sofia
Swiss Radio lnt'I
0755
Radio Japan [M-FJ
0800 UTC
(4:00 AM EDT, 1:00 AM POT)
BBC
Chri stian Science Monitor
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Voice of Indonesia
0805
Radio Pyongyang
0810
Voice of Malaysia
0830
Christian Science Monitor [M-FJ
Radio Netherlands [M-A)
Swiss Radio lnt1
0840
Voice of Greece [M-AJ
0855
Voice of Indonesia
0900 UTC
(5:00 AM EDT, 2:00 AM PDT)
BBC
Deutsche Welle
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Finland [M-FJ
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [S-FJ
Voice of Nigeria
0910
Radio Beijing
0915
0930
Deutsche Welle (Africa)' [M-FJ
Radio Finland [T-AJ
Radio Moscow
0950
Radio For Peace lnt'I [T-AJ
0955
Radio Finland [M-FJ
Radio Japan [M-FJ
1000 UTC
(6:00 AM EDT, 3:00 AM PDT)
All India Radio
BBC
BAT, Brussels [M-A]
64
HCJB
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Moscow
Radio Tanzania
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
1010
Radio Beijing
1030
Radio Austria lnt'I [M-FJ
Radio Moscow
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1715
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1740
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1750
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BBC
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1803
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A)
1815
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1825
WYFR (Network) (A]
1830
BAT, Brussels
Christian Science Monitor [MF]
Radio Belize
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands [MAJ
Radio Polonia
Radio Sofia
Swiss Radio lnt'I
English)
66
1840
SLBC, Sri Lanka
Voice of Greece
1855
BBC (Africa)' [M-F]
2005
1900 UTC
(3:00 PM EDT, 12:00 PM POT)
All India Radio
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec (M-Fj
Christian Science Monitor [M-AJ
Deutsche Welle
HCJB
KVOH
Radio Australia
Radio Beijing
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [MA]
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [SF]
Radio Tanzania
Voice of America
WWCR[A]
1910
Radio Beijing'
Radio Botswana
1920
Voice of Greece
1930
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Deutsche Welle' [M-F]
Radio Austria lnt'I
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Voice of Nigeria
1935
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2010
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2025
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2030
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Radio Moscow
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2045
2055
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BBC ("Newshour")
CBC, Northern Quebec [SF)
Christian Science Monitor (MA]
Deutsche Welle
KVOH
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Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize [MF]
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Radio Portugal [MFl
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Voice of America
Voice of Turkey
2110
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2125
2130
Christian Science Monitor [MF)
Radio Cairo
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Radio Moscow
Radio Sofia
WYFR (Network) [A]
2150
Radio For Peace lnt'I [MF]
2200 UTC
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All India Radio
BBC
BAT, Brussels
CBC, Northern Quebec [SF]
Radio Australia
Radio Beijing
Radio Budapest
Radio Canada lnt1
Radio Havana Cuba [MA]
Radio Kiev
Radio Moscow
Radio Portugal [M-F]
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Yugoslavia
Radiotelevislone ltallana
Voice of America
Voice of Free China
WWCR[M-F)
2208
Voice of America (Garibbean)'
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2210
Radio Beijing
2225
Radio Havana Cuba' [MA)
2230
Christian Science Monitor [MF)
Kol Israel
Radio Finland
Radio Havana Cuba [M-Aj
Radio Moscow
Radio Polonia
Radio Sofia
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English)
2245
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2255
WYFR (Network) [MA]
2300UTC
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CBC, Northern Quebec [M-F]
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Radio Belize [M-F)
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Voice of America
Voice of Turkey
2305
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2315
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2320
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2355
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KVOH
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17620na 17675na 1n30na 17850na
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A ll India Radio, Deihl
17860na 17890na 21690na 21710na

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0000-0100
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0000-0100
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4830as 9655as 11905as
0000-0100
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7295do
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0000-0100
3316do
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0000-0100
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0000-0100
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0000-0100
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0000-0100
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0000--0100
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7355am
0000-0100
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7520na
0000-0100
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5985am
0030-0100
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5965as 5975na 6005sa 6175na
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9915na 11750sa 11955as 12095na
15260sa 15360pa
0030-0100
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13655na 13710na
0030--0100
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9745am15155am 21455am 25950am
0030-0100
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4990do
0030-0 100
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6020am 6165am 15560am
0030-0100
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0040-0050 twhfas A Na.clonal de Venezuela 9540om
Vatican Radio
0050--0100
6150na 9605na
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0015 Radio Korea: News Commentary. Opinion on
developments in Korea and worldwide.
0020 Radio Korea: Sites and Sounds. A look at
Korea's tourist attractions and Industry.
0030 BBC: The Ken Bruce Show. Ken Bruce plays pop
music, past and present.
0030 Radio Australia : Book Reading. Serialized
readings from popular books.
0035 Radio Korea: From Us to You. Listener letters,
questions, and comments, interspersed with
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0037 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. News analysis from
correspondents worldwide.
0052 Radio Netherl ands : Rembrandt Express. Barry
O'Dwyer presents a magazine program.
Mondays
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0030 BBC: In Praise O f God. Christian religious
services and meditallons.
0030 Radio Australia: Just Out. Rob Hoskin plays
recent Australian music releases .
0030 Radio Netherlands: Happy Station.
0035 Radio Korea: Shortwave Feedback.
Tuesdays
0020 Radio Korea: Seoul Calling.

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pinks vs. blues In a science quiz (1stl8tlV15th/
22nd); 'Where In The World?" is a g lobal
geography quiz (through December 3rd).
0030 Radio Australia: MuslC/lnformation. See 0330.
0037 Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
0040 Radio Korea: Let's Learn Korean!
0045 Radio Korea: Sports Roundup.
0052 Radio Netherlands: The Research File.
Wednesdays
0015 Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0015.
0030 BBC: Omnibus. Topical features on almost any
topic, from Dracula to drugs.
0030 Radio Australia: MuslC/l nformation. See S 0330.
0040 Radio Korea: Let's Learn Koreanl
0045 Radio Korea: Korean Cultural Variety.
0052 Radio Netherlands: Images.
Thursdays
0015
0020
0030
0030
Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0015.

Radio Korea: Seoul Galling.
BBC: Comedy Show. See W 1530.
Radio Australia: MuslC/lnformatlon. See S 0330.
68
October 1991
MONITORING TIMES
0037
0040
0045
0052
Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio
Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.

Korea: Let's Learn Korean!
Korea: Pulse of Korea.
Netherlands: Feature .
Fridays
0020 Radio Korea: Seoul Calling .
0030 BBC: Music Feature. In "Conductors At Work,"
Elizabeth Francis talks to conductors about their
professslon (through November 8th).
0030 Radio Australia: MuslC/lnformatlon. See S 0330.
0045 Radio Korea: Focus This Week.
0052 Radio Netherlands: Media Network.
Saturdays
0015 Radio Korea: News Commentary. sees 0015.
0020 Radio Korea: Let's Sing Together.
0030 BBC: From The Weeklies . A review of the British
weekly press.
0030 Radio Australia: Word Of Mouth. See M 1445.
0045 BBC: Recording Of The Week. See M 0545.
0045 Radio Korea: Listeners' Forum.
0052 Radio Netherlands: Dutch Rock.
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0100-0130
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0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200 sm
0100-0 150
0100-0200
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All India Radio, Delhi
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15110as
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BBC London
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CFRX, Toronto
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Croatian Radio, Zagreb
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17865va
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Deutsche Welle, Kain
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15425na
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15480as
9745am15155am
HCJB Quito, Ecuador
7510na
KTBN Salt Lake City
7112as
Nat'I Radio of Laos
7375na 13630na
R. for Peace lnt'I
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15485na 15525na
9480va 11690va
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11850na 11920va
12050va 13605va
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Radio Moscow
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9580as 9590na
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11735na
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15425va
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o 100-0200 twhfa
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9575am 11 aooam
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7295do
0100-0200
SBC Radio 1, Singapore 5052do 11940do
SLBS, Sierra Leone
0100-0200
3316do
01000200
9630na
0100-0200
Sri Lanka B'casting Corp. 6005as 9720as
6150na 9605na
0100-0105
Vatican Radio
0100-0200
Voice of America
5995ca 6130ca
9815ca 11580ca
01000200
Voice of America
6095va 6125va
7205as 7 405as
15160as 15250as
0100-0200
11752as 11785as
Voice of Indonesia
WHRI Noblesville, Indiana
7435am
0100-0200
WINB Red Lion, Penn.
15145na
0100-0200
WRNO New Orleans
7355na
0100-0200
0100-0200
WWCR Nashville
7520na
WYFR Okeechobee
6065na 9505na
0100-0200
01300200 mwf
Alma Alta Radio, Khazak. 5035do 5915do
0130-0200
9870sa 9875na
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Tashkent
7335na
0130-0200
0130-0200
United Arab Emirates R. 11795na 13695eu
0130-0140 mtwhfa Voice of Greece
9395am 9420am
0145-0200
Vatican Radio
7125as 9650as
0100-0125
0100-0200
0100-0130 sm
0100-0130
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0130
15580va
9720na
16190va
17730Va
21635va
15590va
11730na
17600va
17850va
21690va
15560am
11685na
11905as
15180na 15455na
15425as
9455ca 9775ca
15205ca
7115as 7170as
11705as 15120as
17740as 21550as
11855na 15440na
6135do
13730na
15320eu 15435eu
11 645am
11750as 11890as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
Tuesdays
0101 BBC: Play Of The Week. This month's drama:

"Mrs. Klein" (6th, starts at 0030 UTC); Joyce
Gary's "The Horse's Mouth" (through 27th).
0109 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. Opinion on current
issues.
0117 Deutsche Welle: Mailbag or Nickelodeon. Listener
leners, or listener requests for German music.
0130 Radio Australia: At Your Request. Dick Paterson
plays music requests.
0134 Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. An advanced
German language course for English speakers.
0105 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.

0109 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
0130 BBC: Folk In Britain. Great news: The latest in folk
music from Britain isn't every other week anymore!
0130 Radio Australia: Musidlnlormation. See S 0330.
0134 Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. Cultural,
science, and economic developments between the
U and Germany.
0145 BBC: Health Maners. New medical developments
and methods of keeping fit.
Mondays
0101 BBC: Feature/Orama. It's back - Mozart,
Strauss, Tchaikovsky, and Purcell are the "Opera
of the Week" (through 28th).
0109 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
0116 Deutsche Welle: Living In Germany. A weekly
look at the social scene in Ger many.
0130 Radio Australia: Musldlnformation. See S 0330.
0134 Deutsche Welle: Larry's Random Selection. Larry
Wayne takes a look at Germany from the lighter
side.
0145 BBC: Classical Music. Cameos of English
composers can be heard on "English Songsmlths"
(7th), followed by a re-run of "Cole Porter Among
Friends" (through December 2nd).
Wednesdays
0130 BBC: Talks. "Alter The War Was Over looks at
the aftermath of the Gulf War (through Nov. 20th).
0130 Radio Australia: M\)sidlnlormation. See S 0330.
0134 Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. See T 0134.
0145 BBC: Country Style. David Allan profiles the
country music scene on both sides of the pond.
Thursdays
0105
0109
0130
0130
0134
BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
BBC: Waveguide. See M 0530.
Radio Australia: Musidlnformation. See S 0330.
Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. See T 0134.
MONITORING TIMES
0140 BBC: Book Choice. A short review ola recently

released book.
0145 BBC: The Fanning World. Agricultural news and
technological innovations for farmers.
Fridays
0130 BBC: Seven Seas. Malcolm Billings presents news
about ships and the sea.
0130 Radio Australia: Musidlnformation. See S 0330.
0145 BBC: Global Concerns. An update on environmental issues.
Saturdays
0130 BBC: Short Story . Drama wrinen by BBC listeners
(except 5th: Seeing Stars, a monthly series on
astronomy).
0130 Radio Australia: Musidlnformation. See S 0330.
0134 Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. See S
1513.
0145 BBC: Jazz Now And Then. George Reid presents
a weekly - yes, weekly - mi xture of new
releases, old tracks, and interviews.
October 1991
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0200-0250
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0200-0300 as
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300 twhfa
0200-0300
0200-0230
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
ABC Brisbane
ABC Perth
BBC London
4920do 9660do
200
6070do 9610do
5975na soossa 6175na 6195eu
7135as 7325na 9410eu 9580as
9590na 9670me 991 Sna 11750sa
11955as 12095va 15260sa 15280as
15360pa 15380as 21715as
6160do
CKZU Vancouver
CSM World Svc. Boston 9455eu 9850eu 13760eu 17555eu
17865va
Deutsche Welle
7285as 9615as 9690as 11945as
11965as 15235as
FEBC Manila
15480as
9745na 15155na 17875sa
HCJBOuito
KSDAGuam
13720as
KTBN Salt Lake City
7510am
R for Peace lnt'I
7375na 13630na 15030na 21465na
Radio Australia
11ssova 11930va 15160va 15240va
15320va 17630va 17715va 17750va
17795va 21525va 21740va 21775va
Radio Budapest
6110na 9835na 11910na
Radio Cairo
9475na 9675na
9535ca 9755ca 11845ca 11940ca
Radio Ganada lnt'I
13720ca
Radio Cultura,Guatemala
3300do
Radio Finland
15185na 15430na
Radio Havana Cuba
11950am15140na
Radio Luxembourg
15350om
Radio Moscow NAS
4895na 11690va 11710na 11780va
11835va 11 ssona 11980va 12oosva
12osova 13605va 15140va 15290va
15315va 15320va 15410va 15415va
15425va 15480va 15540va 15550va
Radio Moscow NAS
9530na 9600na 9685na 9720na
11730na 11750na 15580va 15590va
15595va 16190va 17600va 17620va
17730va 17850va 17860va 17890va
21635va 21690va 21790va 21845va
0200-0300
0200-0230 sm
0200-0300
Radio New Zealand lnt'I 17770pa

Radio Noiway
15360na
Radio Romania lnt'I
5990am 61 SSam
1 1940am 15380am
0200-0230
Radio Sweden
9695na 11705na
0200-0300
Radio Thailand
4830as 9655as
0200-0300 smtwh RTM Malaysia
7295do
0200-0300
SBC Radio 1 , Singapore 5052do 1 1940do
0200-0300
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do
0200-0230
Sri Lanka B'casting Corp.
6005as
0200-0230
Swiss Radio Inn
6125am 6135am
12035am 17730am
0200-0300
V. of Free China, Taiwan 5950na 9680na
11860as 15345as
5995ca 9775ca
0200-0230 mtwhf Voice of America
15205ca
Voice of America
7115as 7205as
0200-0300
15160as 15250as
0200-0230 mtwhfa Voice of Kenya
4935do
0200-0300
WHRI Noblesville
7435na 9495sa
0200-0300
WINB Red Lion
15145eu
0200-0300
WANO New Orleans
7355am
0200-0300
WWCR Nashville
7520na
0200-0300
WYFR Okeechobee
6065na 9505am
0230-0300
BBC London
5975na 6005sa
7135me 7325na
9915na 11750sa
15260sa 15280as
0230-0245
Radio Pakistan
9545as 1511 Sas
Radio Pilipinas, Manila 17760pa 17840pa
0230-0300
Radio Tirana
0230-0300
9580na 11825na
0230-0300
0230-0300 s
Voice of Kenya
4935do
0240-0300
Radio 2, Zambia
6165do 7235do
0245-0300
Radio Korea
15575va
0249-0300
Radio Yerevan, Armenia 11675na 11790na
15485na
Vatican Radio
0250-0300
7305na 9615na
9570am 11630am
11905as
9720as 1S425as
9650am 9885am
9765pa 11740ca
9815ca
11580ca
11705as 1s11sas
17740as 21ssoas
15440na
6175na
9410eu
11955me
15360pa
17640as
21580pa
6195eu
9670me
12095va
21715as
1s1sona 15455na
11625na
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
Tuesdays

0213 Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. The latest news
from the world of sports.
0219 Deutsche Welle: Mailbag Asia. Musical requests
and answers to listener questions.
0230 BBC: Feature. Among the offerings this month,
"Second Time Around," a look at the British
antique business (13th) and "A Sight Worth
Seeing," Britain's famous landmarks (through Nov.
24th).
0230 Radio Australia: Fine Music Australia. Jocelyne
Terry presents the best in Australian classical
music.
0209
0230
0230
0234
Mondays
0209 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. A review of
major events in Europe, with Interviews and
analyses.
0230 BBC: Composer Of The Month. Profiles of famous
composers; this month, Maurice "Bolero" Ravel.
0230 Radio Australia: Music/Information. See S 0330.
0234 Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology. New
scientific and technological developments.
70
October 1991

BBC: Quiz. see M 1215.
Radio Australia: Music/Information. See S 0330.
Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. A
program on all topics relating to the environment in
industrial and developing countries.
Wednesdays
0230 BBC: Development '91 . Aid and development
issues for developing nations.
.......;rt J
. ~:.~
~- -- ~
BBC's "The Litmus Test" host Michael Scott
MONITORING TIMES
0230 Radio Australia: Book Reading. See S 0030.

0234 Deutsche Welle: In sight. See T 1534.
Thursdays
0230 BBC: Sports International. Live play -by-play,
interviews, features, and discussions from the
sports world.
0230 Radio Australia: Music/Information. Sees 0330.
0234 Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. See M 0116.
Fridays
0209
0230
0230
0234

BBC: Drama. See H 1130.
Radio Australia: Music/Information. See S 0330.
Deutsche Welle: Spotlight on Sport. See W 1534.
Saturdays
0223 Deutsche Welle: Panorama. A review of the major
news events of the week.
0230 BBC: People And Pol/tics. The background to the
British political scene.
0230 Radio Australia: This Australia. See S 0430.
0234 Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See F
1534.
[11 :00 PM EDT/8:00 PM PDT]
0300 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0330
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0350
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0400
ABC Brisbane
ABC Perth
BBC London
4920do 9660do
9610do
3255af 5975na 6005af
6180eu
6190af 61 95eu 7135me 9410eu
9600af 9670me 11760me 11955me
12095eu 15280as 15310as 15360pa
15380as 15420af 15590af 21715as
BBC London
9915na 6175na 7325na 15260sa
11750sa 6005sa
BBS Bahrain
6010me
CFCX Montreal
6005do
CFRX Toronto
6070do
CKZU Vancouver
6160do
CSM World Svc, Boston 9455na 9850na 13760na 17555na
17865va
Deutsche Welle
6085na 6145na 9545na 11a1ona
11890na 13610na 13770na 15205na
15425na
HCJBQulto
9745na 15155na 21545na
KTBN Salt Lake City
7510am
KVOH Los Angeles
9785na
R. for Peace lnt1
7375na 13630na 15030na 21465na
Radio Australia
11 880va 11930va 15160va 15240va
15320va 17630va 17715va 17750va
17795va 21525va 21740va 21775va
Radio Beijing
9690am11715am 11715am 15100am
15110am17705am
Radio Cairo
9475na 9675na
Radio Cultura, Guatemala 3300do
Radio Havana Cuba
11950am 151 40am
Radio Japan
15325na 17825na 21610na
Radio Moscow NAS
4895na 9530am 9600am 9685am
9720va 11675va 11730am 11780va
11800va 11850va 11980va 12035va
12050va 13605va 15140va 15280va
15315va 15320va 15410va 15415va
15425va 15450va 15480va 15540va
15550va 15580va 15590va 15595va
16190va 17560va 17600va 17620va
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Tuesdays
Sundays
0309
0313
0315
0330

0310 Radio Australia: Back Page. Brendon Telfer looks
at sports In the Aslan/PacHlc region.
0315 BBC: Sports Roundup. News from the world of
sports.
031 7 Deutsche Welle: Mailbag or Nickelodeon. See S
0117.
0330 BBC: From C>.Jr ONn Correspondent. Reporters
comment on the background to the news.
0330 Radio Australia: Musle/lnformatlon. Overnight
music, interspersed with news.
0334 Deutsche W elle: German by Radio. See S 0134.
0350 BBC: Write On ... Listener letters, opin ions, and
questions.
0352 Radio Netherlands: Rembrandt Express. See S
0052.
.Mondays
0309
0313
0315
0316
0330
0330
0330
0334
Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.

Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 1313.
BBC; Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. See M 01 16.
BBC: Anything Goes. See S 1430.
Radio Australia: Musie/lnformatlon. Sees 0330.
Radio Netherlands: Happy Station.
De utsche Welle: Larry's Random Selection. See M
0134.
0330
0334
0337
0352
17710va 17730va
17890va 21635va
0300-0400
Radio New Zealand lnt1 17770pa
Radio Prague
5930na 7345na
0300-0330
0300-0400
Radio Tanzania
5985af 9685af
0300-0400
Radio Thailand
4830as 9655as
0300-0400 smtwh RTM Malaysia
7295do
0300-0400
SBC Radio 1 Singapore 5052do 11940do
3316do
0300-0400
SLBS, Sierra Leone
0300-0400
Sri Lanka B'casting Corp. 9 720as 15425as
0300-0400
TIFC Costa Rica
5055ca
Trans World Radio Boniare
0300-0400
9535am
0300-0400
V. of Free China, Taiwan
5950na
0300-0315
Vatican Radio
7305na 9615na
0300-0330
Voice of America
6095va 15160va
17865va
0300-0400
Voice of America
6035af 7405af
15115af 17715a l
0300-0400
Voice of Kenya
4935do
0300-0400
WHRI Noblesville
7435na 9495sa
0300-0400
WRNO New Orleans
7355am
0300-0400
WWCR Nashville
7520na
0300-0400
WYFR Okeechobee
6065na 9 505na
0310-0325
Vatican Radio
9635na
0330-0400
BBC London
3255af 5975na
6190af 6195eu
9915na 11740af
12095eu 15280as
17885af 2 1715as
0330-0400
Radio Australia
11880va 11930va
15320va 15530va
17795va 21525va
0330-0400
Radio Netherlands
6165am 9590arn
0330-0400 twhfa
Radio Portugal
9600sa 9705na
0330-0400
Radio Sweden
9695na 11705na
0330-0400
Radio Tirana
9580na 11825na
0330-0400
11945na 1367 5na
UAE Radio, Dubai
0340-0350 twhfas R National de Venezuela 9540om
0340-0350 mtwhfa Voice of G reece
9395am 9420am
0350-0400
RAI. Rome
11905as 15330as

BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
BBC: John Peel. Newly released albums and
singles from the contemporary music scene.
Radio Australia: Musie/lnformation. See 0330.
Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: The Research File.
Wednesdays
0309
0313
0315
0330
0330
0334
0337
0352
Deutsche Welle: European J ournal. See M 0209.

Radio Australia; Sports Report. See S 1313.
BBC: Discovery. An in-depth look at scientific
research.
Radio Australia: Musie/lnformatlon. See S 0330.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Images.
Thursdays
MONITORING TIMES
11685na
11765af
11905as
11930am
9680na
11625na
15195va 17810va
9575af 11635af
21600af
6005af
9410eu
11760me
15310as
6180eu
9600af
11955me
15420af
15160va 15240va
17630va 17715va
21740va 21 775va
9765na
11765sa
15400na 15435na
11645am
17795as

0337 Radio Nethe rl ands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
0352 Radio Nethe rlands: Feature.
Fridays
0309
0313
0315
0330
0330
0334
0334
0337
0352

BBC: Focus On Faith. Comment and discussion
on major issues i n various religions .
Radio Australia: Musie/lnformation. Sees 0330.
Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. See To 134.
Radio Netherlands: Media Network.
Saturdays
0309
0313
031 5
0330
0330

BBC: Sports Roundup. See 0315.
BBC: Assignment. A weekly examination of topical
issues , from Batman to the Amazon.
0330 Radio Australia: Musie/lnformatlon. See S 0330.
0309
0313
0315
0330
17850va 17860va
21690va 21790va
0334
0337
0352

Radio Australia: Musle/lnformation. See S 0330.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315 .
BBC: The Vintage Chart Show. Paul Burnen with
past Top 20 pop music hits.
Radio Australia: Women In Politics. Interviews with
women politicians.
Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. See S
1513.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. Sees 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Dutch Rock.
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0400-0500
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0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400 -041 5
0400-0500
0400-0450
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-042 5
0400-0500
0400-0450
0400-0500
0400-0500
ABC Brisbane
ABC Perth
BBC London
4920do 9660do
9610do
3255al 3955eu 5975na 6160eu
6190al 6195eu 7105af 7230eu
941 Oeu 9600al 9610af 9915na
11760me15070Va 15260as 15310as
15420af 15590eu 17685al 2171 5as
BBC London
6005af 6175am 11750Va 11955me
12095va
BBS Bahrain
6010me
CFCX M ontreal
6005do
CFRX T oronto
6070do
CKZU Vancower
6160do
Croatian Radio, Zagreb
7315am
CSM World Svc, Boston 9455na 9840al 13760na 17555as
17760as
Deutsche Welle
6145af 7150af
7225af 9565af
9765af 11765af 11890al 13610af
13770af 15425af
HCJBQuito
9745 na 15155na
KTBN Salt Lake City
7510am
KVOH Los Angeles
9 785am
R. for Peace lnt'I
7375na 13630na 15030na 21465na
Radio 2, Zambia
6 165do 7235do
Radio Australia
11880va 11930va 15160va 15240va
15320va 15365pa 15530va 17630Va
17715va 17795va 21525va 21 740Va
21775va
Radio Beijing
11685am 11840am
Radio Canada lnt1
15275me
Radio Canada lnt'I
11925as
Radio Cultura, G uatemala
3300do
Radio Cultura, Guatemala
3300do
Radio Havana Cuba
5965am 9505am 9750am 11760am
11820am 11950am
Radio Moscow
9530na 9600na 9685na 11675va
11780Va 11asova 11980Va 11995va
12055va 13775va 15140Va 15210va
15280Va 15315va 15415va 15450va
15480Va 15525va 15535va 15540va
15550va 15590va 17560va 17600va
17620va 17635va 17640va 17710Va
17730Va 17850Va 17860va 17890va
21475va 21 565va 21625va 21630va
21690va 21725na 21790va 21845na
Radio Moscow NAS West Cst
9635na 12050na 13605na
13645na 15180na 15410na 15425na
15455na 15580na 15595na 16190na

Nethe rlands
6165am 9590am
New Zealand lnt'I 17770pa
Norway
11865na
Prague
5930na 7345na 11685na
Pyongyang
15160as 15230as 17765as
Romania lnt'I
5990am 6155am 9510am 9570am
11830am 11940am
0400-0500
Radio RSA
5960al 11860af 11920al
0400-0500
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
11720eu 15160af 17825af
0400-0430
Radio Tanzania
5985af 9685al 11765af
0400-0430
Radio Thailand
4830as 9655as 11905as
0400-0410
RAI, Rome
11905as 15330as 17795as
0400-0425
RAI, Rome
5990me 7275me
0400-0500 smtwh ATM Malaysia
7295do
0400-0500
0400-0500
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do
0400-0430
Sri Lanka B'casting Corp . 9720as 15425as
0400-0430
Swiss Radio lnt'I
6135am 9685am 12035am 13635me
0400-0430
Trans World Radio Bonalre
9535am 11930am
0400-0430
Voice of America
5995eu 6040eu 6140eu 7170eu
7200eu 11825eu 15115eu 15205eu
0400-0430
Voice o f America
6035af 9575af 11835af 15350af
17715af 21sooar
0400-0500
Voice of America
5995va 6 140va 7170va 7200va
7405va 9715va
0400-0500
Voice of Kenya
4935do
0400-0500
Voice of Turkey
9445na 17880as
0400-0500
WHRI Noblesville
7435na 9495sa
0400-0500 smtwhf WMLK Bethel
9465eu
0400-0500
WRNO New Orleans
7355am
0400-0500
WWCR Nashville
7520na
0400-0500
WYFR O keechobee
6065na 9505na
0430-0500
BBC London
3255af 3955eu 5975na 6005al
6160eu 6190af 6195eu 7230eu
9410eu 9600af 11760me 12095va
15070Va 15260as 1531 Oas 15400af
15420af 15590eu 21470af 21715as
0430-0500 mtwhf NBC W indhoek, Namibia 3270af 3290al
0430-0500
Radio Nigeria
3326do 4990do
0430-0500 s
Radio Zambia lnt'I
9505af 11680af 17895af
0430-0500
TWA Swaziland
5055af 5965af 9655af 11750af
0430-0500
Voice of America
3980eu 5995eu 6040eu 6140eu
7170eu 7200eu 11825eu 15205eu
0430-0500
Voice of America
6035af 9575af 15115af 17715af
21600af
0432-0500
FEBA Seychelles
17810me
0450-0500
Radio Havana Cuba
9750am 11760am 11820am
0400-0425
0400-0500 smtwhf
0400-0430 sm
0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0430
Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0413 Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S 0213.
0419 Deutsche Welle: International Talking Point. A
round-table dscussion on major trends and events.
0430 BBC: Pop Music. "'B' Side Bear looks at back
sides - of famous records, that is (through 27th).
0430 Radio Australia: This Australia. Documentaries
about the land "down under.
0434 Deutsche Welle: People and Places. Interviews,
stories, and music beamed to Africa.
0445 BBC: Talks. Try your hand with Colin Ford at
"Masterin g Photography" (through Nov. 10th).
Mondays
0409 Deutsche Welle: European J ou rnal. See M 0209.
0430 BBC: Off The Shelf. This month's serialized
readings indude George E liot's "Silas Mamer"
(1st-18th); Car1o Levi's "Christ Stopped At Eboll" (
through November 1st).
0430 Radio Australia: Matters Of Faith. Dallas Adair
examines the doctrines and beliefs of Asian/Pacific
faiths .
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0434 Deutsche Welle: Africa in the German Press. A

look at what German papers and weeklies have to
say about Africa.
0445 BBC: Andy Kershaw's World Of Music. Exotic
music from the world over.
Tuesdays
0430 BBC: Off The Shelf. See M 0430.
0430 Radio Australia: World Of Country Music. A look at
country music from all around the world.
0434 Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. Reports and
background to the news from correspondents.
0445 BBC: Europe's World. Life In Europe and its links
w ith the rest of the world.
wednesdays
0 409
0430
0430
0434
0445

BBC: Off The Shelf. See M 0430.
Radio Australia: Music.
Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0434.
BBC: Country Style. See W 0145.
MON1TORING TIMES
Thursdays
0409 Deutsche Welle: European J ournal. See M 0209.
0430 BBC: Off The Shelf. See M 0430.
0430 Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S
1113.
0434 Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0434.
0445 BBC: From Our own Correspondent. See S 0330.
Fridays
0409
0430
0430
0434
0445

Radio Australia: Communicator. See S 1430.
BBC: Folk Jn B ritain. See T 0130.
Saturdays
0409
0423
0 430
0430
0434

Deutsche Welle: Panorama. See A 0223.
BBC: Jazz Now And Then. See A 0145.
Radio Australia: Business Hori zons.
Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. See T
0234.
0445 BBC: Worldbrlef. See F 231 5.
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ABC Perth
BBC London
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15070as 15310as 15400af 15420af
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5975na 15280as
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BBS Bahrain
6010me
CFCX Montreal
6005do
CFRX Toronto
6070do
CKZU Vancouver
6160do
CATV Buea
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CSM World Svc, Boston 9455eu 9840eu 13760eu 17555eu
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Deutsche Welle
5960na 6120na 9700na 9670na
11705na 11890na 13610na 13790na
HCJB Quito
9745na 15155na
KTBN Salt Lake C ity
7510am
KVOH Los Angeles
9785am
Malawi B'castlng Corp.
3381do
NBC Windhoek, Namibia 3270af 3290af
R. tor Peace lnt'I
7375na 13630na 15030na 21465na
Radio 2, Zambia
6165do 7235do
Radio Au stralia
11880Va 11930va 15160va 15240va
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9750am 11760am 11a2oam
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21610na
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Radio Thailand
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Radio Zambia lnt'I
9505af 11880af 17895af
ATM Malaysia
7295do
SBC Radio 1 , Singapore 5052do 11940do
SLBS, Sierra Leone
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TWA Swaziland
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Vatican Radio
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21650at
Voice of America
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9575af
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Voice of Kenya
4935do
Voice of Nigeria
7255af
WHRI Noblesville
7435na 9495sa
WINB Red Lion
15145eu
WRNO New Or1eans
7355am
WWCR Nashvllle
7520na
WYFR Okeeehobee
5985na 11saoam 15566eu
Radio Botswana
5955af 7255at
Radio canada lnt'I
6050eu 6150eu 7295eu
11n5eu 17840eu
3366do
Radio 2, Accra, Ghana
Radio 1 , Accra, Ghana
4915do
BBC London
3255af 3955eu 5975na
6180as 6190at
6195eu
9410eu 9600af 9640na
12095va 15070as 15310as
15420af 15590va 17885af
BBC London
15280as 21715as
Cameroon Radio-TV
4850do
Gulzhou PBS Guiyang China
3260do 7275do
Radio Romania lnt'I
15340af 15380af 1n2oaf
17790af 21665af
TWA Swaziland
5965af 11750at
UAE Radio, Dubai
15435as 17830as 21700as
Voice of America
3980eu 5995eu 6040eu
6140eu 7170eu 7200eu
15205eu
Radio Buea, Cameroon
3970do
1n30af
6140eu
15205eu
7170Va
9715va
15115af
9750eu
6005af
7230eu
11760me
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17745af
6060eu
11825eu
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0509
0509
0513
0517
0530
0530
0534
0540
0545
BBC : Twenty-Four Hours. Analysis.

Radio Australia: Back Page. See S 0310.
Deutsehe Welle: Mallbag/ Nickelodeon. See S 0117.
BBC: Wor1d Business Review.
Radio Austra.la: Interaction. M.Jltlcultural Australia.
Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 0134.
BBC: Words Of Faith. Various faiths.
BBC: Letter From America. Alistair Cooke.
Mondays
0509
0509
0513
0516
0530
0530
0534
0540
0545
BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.

Deutsche Welle: Commentary . See S 0109.
Deutsche Welle: Living In Germany. See M 0116.
BBC: Waveguide. how to hear the BBC better.
Radio Australia: Musidlnformation. See S 0330.
Deutsehe Welle: Random Selection. See M 0134.
BBC: Words Of Faith. See S 0540.
BBC: Recording Of The Week. Classical releases.
Tuesdays
0509 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
0509
0513
0530
0530
0534
0540
0545

BBC: World Business Report. See M 2305.
Radio Australia: Points Of Law. See M 1530.
BBC: T he World Today.
Wednesdays
0509
0509
0513
0530
0530
0534
0540
0545

Radio Australia: Connections. See S 1530.
BBC: The World Today.
Thursdays
0509
0509
0513
0530
0530
0534

Deutsche Welle: European Jou rnal. See M 0209.
Radio Australia : AgriNews. See T 1530.
MONITORING TIMES
0540 BBC: Words Of Faith. See S 0540.

0545 BBC: The World Today.
Fridays
0509
0509
0513
0530
0530
0540
0545

Radio Australia: Lane's Company. See T 1430.
Saturdays
0509
0509
0513
0530
0530

Radio Australia: Music .
Radio Australia: Arts Roundabout. The arts in
Australia, past and present.
0534 Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. See S
1513.
0540 BBC: Words Of Faith. See S 0540.
0545 BBC: The World Today.
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BBC London
5975na 7150pa
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BBS Bahrain
6010me
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CFCX Montreal
6005do
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CFRX Toronto
CKZU Vancouver
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ELBC Monrovia, Liberia 7275do
HCJBQuito
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KTBN Salt Lake City
KVOH Los Angeles
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Nar i Radio of Laos
7112as
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9585af
A. For Peace lnt1
7375na 13630na
4915do
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Radio 2, Zambia
6165do 7235do
Radio Australia
11880va 11930va
15320va 15365va
177g5va 21525va
Radio Douala, Cameroon 4795do
Radio Georgia, Tbilisi
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Radio Havana Cuba
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Radio Korea
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Radio Latvia, Alga
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Radio Pyongyang
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Radio Selia, Bulgaria
11720eu 15160af 17825af
Radio Thailand
4830as 9655as 11905as
Radio Zambia lnt'I
9505af 11880af 17895af
ATM Malaysia
7295do
SBC Radio 1 , Singapore 5052do 11940do
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do
5965af 7200af 11750af
TWA Swaziland
V. of the Mediterranean
9765eu
6185eu 6248eu
Vatican Radio
VOA Europe
3980eu 5995eu 6040eu
6095eu 6140eu 7170eu
11805eu
0600-0700
Voice of America
6035af 6125af 7405af
9575af 15115af 17715af
0600-0625
Voice of Kenya
4935do
0600-0700
Voice of Malaysia
6175as 9750as 15295as
0600-0700
WHAi Noblesville
7435eu 9495sa
0600-0700 smtwhf WMLKBe!hel
9465eu
0600-0700
INWCR Nashville
7520na
0600-0700
WYFR Okeechobee
5985na 7355eu 9660af
15566eu
0600-0630 s
3935do
ZLXA New Zealand
0615-0630 s
4750do
Radio Bertoua, cameroon
0625-0700
Voice of Kenya
4935do
0630-0700
BBC London
5975na 6180eu 6190af
7230eu 941 Oeu 9600af
11760me 11940af 11955as
15070Va 15310as 15400af
15590va 17830as 17885af
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BBC London
7150pa 15280as 15360pa
21715as
0630-0700
Radio Finland
6120eu 9560eu 11755eu
0630-0700
Radio Polonia
7270eu 9675eu
0630-0635 mtwhf ATV Congolalse
7105do 9610do
0630-0700
Swiss Radio lnt'I
15430af 17570af 21770af
0630-0700
Vatlcan Radio
11710af 17730af 21650af
0630-0700 smtwhf ZLXA New Zealand
3935do
0635-0700
TWA Monte carte
9480eu
0640-0700
TWA Monte carte
9480na
0645-0700
Ghana B'castlng Corp.
6130af
0645-0700
Radio Romania 1nr1
11940au 15335au 17720au
21665au
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0609 Deutsche Welle: Commentary . See S 0109.
0613 Deutsche Welle: Spons Report. See S 0213.
0619 Deutsche Welle: International Talking Point See
S0419.
0630 BBC: Jazz For The Asking. Digby Fairweather
plays listener requests.
0630 Radio Australia: Fine Music Australia. See S 0230.
0634 Deutsche Welle: People and Places. See S 0434.
Mondays
0609
0630
0630
0634

BBC: Feature. See S 1401 .
Radio Australia: This Australia. See S 0430.
Deutsche Welle: Africa in the German Press. See
M 0434.
Tuesdays
0630 BBC: Rock/Pop Music. Tommy Vance brings the
dressing to the always hard-rocking "Rock Salad"
(through December 3rd). Rock on!
0630 Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia.
Wednesdays
0630 BBC: Meridian. Events In the world of the arts.
0630 Radio Australia: Pacific Women. Conversations
with Pacific women about their lives and concerns.
Thursdays
74
October 1991
MONITORING TIMES
0630 BBC: Sports lnternatlonal. See H 0230.

0630 Radio Australia: At Your Request. See S 0130.
Fridays
0609
0630
0630
0634

BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia.
Saturdays
0609
0623
0630
0630
0634

Deutsche Welle: Panorama. See A 0223.
Radio Australia: Just Out. See M 0030.
Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. See T
0234.
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KVOH Los Angeles
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Radio Japan
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Radio Moscow
17560va 17570va
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7315va 11730Va
11995va 12010va
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Program monitor, John Carson,

Oklahoma, shares this OSL from Radio
Moscow highlighting the People's
Friendship House.
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TWR Monte Carlo
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TWR Swaziland
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0700-0800
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WHRI Noblesville
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WWCR Nashville
0600-0900 smtwhf ZXLA New Zealand
3935do
0627-0900
KTWRGuam
11605as
0630-0900
BBC London
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9660eu 9760eu 11860af 11940af
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15360pa
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0830-0900
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9560as
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11735va
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5975eu 6045eu
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Radio Pyongyang, N Korea
9977am
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Swiss Radio lnt'I
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TWA Bonaire
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Voice of Vietnam
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WWCR Nashville
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WYFR Okeechobee
5950na 7355na 11580ca
Radio Nepal, Katmandu 5005as 7165as
Hunan PBS Changs ha China
4892va
Radio Bo1swana, Gaborone
5955af 7255af
BBC London
5965na 6045eu 6180eu 6190af
6195eu 9410eu 9515na 9660eu
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11760me 11940af 12095eu 15070va
15220na 15310as 15420af 15575me
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Radio Austria lnt'I
6155eu 13730eu 15430as 21490na
Radio Beijing
8425as 11445as 12450as 15135as
Radio Finland, Helsinki 15400na 21550na
Radio L eso1ho, Masseru 4800do
Radio Ne1herlands
5955eu 9715eu 17575eu 21480eu
21520eu
Radio Sweden
11960as 17740as 21570pa
Radio Thailand, Bangkok 4830as 9655as 11905as
ATM Malaysia
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Va1ican Radio
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Voice of America
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Sundays
1109
11 13
1115
1130
1130
1130
1134
1135
Deutsche Welle: Arts on 1he Air.

Radio Korea: Echoes of Korean Music.
BBC: The Ken Bruce Show. See S 0030.
Radio Australia: One World. Michael Wagner.
Radio Netherlands: Happy Station.
Radio Korea: Shortwave Feedback.
Mondays
1109 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. A current
affairs program with worldwide repons.
1113 Radio Australia: Music.
1120 Radio Korea: Seoul Calling. Music and features.
1130 BBC: Composer Of The Month. See M 0230.
1130 Radio Australia: Land And Culture.
1134 Deu1sche Welle: Hello Africa. Musical requests.
1137 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1145 Radio Korea: Spons Roundup. Sports in Korea.
1152 Radio Netherlands: The Research Fiie. The latest
developments in science and technology.
Tuesdays
1109
1113
1115
1120
80
Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne.

Radio Korea: News Commenlaly. See S 0015.
Radio Korea: Seoul Calling.
October 1991
1130
1130
1134
1137
1140
1145
1152
BBC: Megamix. Topics for young people.

Radio Australia: Business Horizons.
Deutsche Welle: Hello Africa.
Radio Korea: Let's Learn Korean!
Radio Korea: Korean Cultural Variety.
Radio Netherlands: Images. An arts magazine.
Wednesdays
1109
1113
1115
1120
1130
1130
1134
1137
1140
1145
1152
Deutsche Welle: Newsllne Cologne.

Radio Australia: Science Fiie.
Radio Korea: Pulse of Korea.
Radio Netherlands: Feature. Topical programming.
Thursdays
1109
1113
1115
1120
1130

BBC: Drama. "Scenes From A Marriage, Ingmar
Bergman classic (through November 7th).
1130 Radio Australia: AgriNews . See T 1530.
1134 Deutsche Welle: Hello Africa.
MONITORING TIMES
1137
1140
1145
1152

Radio Korea: Focus This Week.
Radio Netherlands: Media Ne twork. Jonathan
Marks surveys communications developments.
Fridays
1109
1113
1115
1120
1130
1130
1134
1137
1145
1152

Radio Korea: Let's Sing Together. A sing-along.
Radio Australia: Connections. See S 1530.
Radio Korea: Listeners' Forum. Listener opinions.
Radio Ne1herlands : Dutch Rack.
Saturdays
1109
1113
1115
11 20
1130
1130
1134
1135
1137
1152
Deutsche Welle: Africa This Week.

Radio Korea: Sites and Sounds. See S 0020.
Radio Australia: Maners Of Faith. See M 0430.
Deutsche Welle: Mailbag Africa.
Radio Korea: From Us to You. See S 0035.
Radio Netherl ands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
Radio Netherlands: Aslascan . A live m agazine.
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ABC Perth
AWR Costa Rica
BBC London
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CKZU Vancouver
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CSM World Svc, Boston 9475am 9495am 13625am 13760am
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KTBN Salt Lake City
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4915do
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Radio Australia
5995va 6080va 7240va 9580va
9710va 11720pa 11800va 11930va
21520pa 21720va
Radio Beijing
8425as 11 sooas 11660as 11 aSSas
15450as 17855na
9635am 11855am 17820am
Radio canada lnt'I
Radio Jordan
13655me
Radio Korea
9750na
Radio Mogadishu, Somalia
6095af
Radio Moscow
9600na 11900na 11940Va 1202sva
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15220na 15375va 15460na 15480va
1ssoova 15540va 15550va 17610na
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Radio New Zealand

9700pa
Radio Nigeria
4990do 7285do
Radio Norway
17820me21695as
Radio Polonia, Warsaw
6095eu 11815eu
Radio Romania lnt'i
15365as 15390as 17720as
Radio Tanzania
5985af 9684af 11765af
Radio Tashkent
7325as 971 Sas 15460as
Radio Thailand
4830as 9655as 11905as
Radio lambia lnt'I
9505af 11880af 17895af
RTM Malaysia
7295do
SBC Radio 1, Singapore 501 Odo 5052do 11940do
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do 5980do
TWR Bonaire
11815am15345am
Ulaanbaatar R. . Mongolia 11850as 1201 Sas
V. of Gambodia
9695as 11938as
Vatican Radio
17865as 21515as
Voice of America
6110as 9760as 11715as 15155as
15425as
4935do
Voice of Kenya
7255af
Voice of Nigeria
9465am
WWCR Nashville
15690na
12160am15690am
WWCR Nashville, TN
WYFR Okeechobee
5950am 601 Sam 11 saoam 17750am
Radio Bayrak, Cyprus
6150va
Radio Cairo
17595as
9750am
Radio Korea
Radio 2, Accra, Ghana 7 295do
BBC London
6045eu 6180eu 6190af 6195ca
9410eu 9515na 9660eu 9740na
9750eu 9760eu 11760me 11940af
12095eu 12170as 15070eu 15220na
15310as 15420af 15575me 17640Va
17705eu 17790af 17885af 21470af
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Radio Bangladesh
Radio Finland
15400am21550am
Radio France lnt'I
9805eu 11670eu 15155eu 15195eu
21635na 21645na
Radio Sweden
1171 Sas 17740as 21570as
Voice of America
61 10as 9760as 11715as 15155as
15425as
9840as 12020as 1501 Oas
Voice of Vietnam
Voice of Greece
15550am 15650am 17525am
6055eu 7345eu 9505eu
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1201 BBC: Play Of The Week. See S 0101.
1227 Radio Australia: Tanslono Results. And tonight's
winning numbers are.
1230 Radio Australia: Soundabout. Young, contemporary music from Australia and around the world.
1230 Radio Korea: Echoes of Korean Music.
Mondays
1215 BBC: Quiz. This month, hear "My Word" {through
December 9th), the ever-popular quiz about
words.
1230 Radio Australia: Soundabout. See S 1230.
1235 Radio Korea: 8eoul Calling.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
Tuesdays
1215 BBC: Multltrack 1: Top 20 . See M 2330.
1230
1230
1235
1245
1255
Radio Australia: Soundabout. See S 1230.

Radio Korea: 8eoul Calling.
Wednesdays
1215
1227
1230
1230
1235
1235
1245
1255
BBC: New ideas. See M 1615.

Radio Australia: Tanslono Results. See S 1227.
BBC: Talks. See M 1635.
Radio Korea: Lers Learn Korean!
Thursdays
1215
1230
1230
1235
BBC: Multitrack 2. See W 2330 .

MONITORING TIMES

Fridays
1215 BBC: Feature. Interrupted by the Gulf War, "1992
And The European Vision" is re-aired this month
{through 25th).
1230 Radio Australia: This Australia. See S 0430 .
1235 Radio Korea: Let's Sing Together.
Saturdays
1215
1227
1230
1230
1235
1245
1250
BBC: Multitrack 3. See F 2330.

Radio Australia: Tansiono Results. See S 1227.
Radio Australia: Women In Politics. See A 0330.
October 1991
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7180as 15220na 17640va 1n0Seu
BBC London
1nooar 11aa5at 21470af 21660af
6010me
BBS Bahrain
21a1ona
BAT, Brussels
6005do
CFCX Montreal
6070do
CFRX Toronto
CKZU Vancouver
6160do
CSM World Svc, Boston 9425as 9495pa 13625pa 13760pa
15610pa
11685pa
FEBC Manila
11asoas
FEBC Manila
11925am15115am 17890am 21455am
HCJB Quito
9815eu
7510
KTBN Salt Lake City
4915do
7295do
Radio Australia
5995va 6080va 7240Va 9580va
9710va snova 11720va 21720va
Radio Beijing
9670as 11600as 11660na 11855na
Radio Cairo
17595as
11955am 17820am
Radio canada lnt'I
1n25eu 1n40na 21605as
Radio Finland
15400na 21550na
Radio Jordan
13655na
13655na
Radio Jordan
9750na
Radio Korea
7175va 7315va 7370va 9785va
Radio Moscow
9885va 11685va 11840na 11900am
12025va 12030Va 12070Va 15110va
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15480va 15500va 15540va 15550va
15590va 15595va 17560va 17595va
17630va 17635va 17655va 17670va
1nsova 17805va 17810va 17815va
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21645va 21690va 21715va 21740va
ABC Penh
BBC London
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4990do 7285do
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15230as
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Radio Romania Int'!
Radio Sweden
11960as 17740as 21570as
5985af 9684af 11765af
Radio Tanzania
ATM Malaysia
7295do
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do 5980do
Swiss Radio lnt1
6165eu 9535eu 12030eu
TWRBoniare
11815am15345am
Voice of America
6110as 9760as 11715as
15245as 15280as
4935do
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Nigeria
7255af
WHRI Noblesville
11790
9465
15690
WWCR Nashville
5950am 6015am 11saoam
WYFR Okeechobee
Radio Voice of Lebanon
5me 6549.5
Voice of Kenya
4935do
9565as 11760as 15335as
BBC London
5975eu 6045eu 6180eu
6 195ca 9410eu 9515na
9740as 9750eu 9760eu
11 a2oas 11940af 12095eu
15220na 15310as 15420af
BBC London
11aoas 17640va 1no5eu
17885af 21470af 21660af
BAT, Brussels
21810na
7112as
Nat'I Radio of Laos
15430as
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Ganada lnt1
6095as 9535as 9700as
Radio Finland
15400na 21550na
Radio Republlk Indonesia 3385do 6070do
Radio Tashkent
7325as 9715as 15460as
7480as 11695as 13635as
Swiss Radio lnt'I
17830as 21695as
UAE Radio, Dubai
13675eu 15320eu 15435as
Voice of America
6110as 9760as 15155as
Voice of Turkey
9675eu 1n85as
Voice of Vietnam
9840as 12020as 1501 Oas
Radio Moscow
Radio Nigeria
Radio Norway
Radio Pyongyang
13650as
17850eu
15155as
1nsoaf
6190af
9660eu
11750as
1507ova
15575me
1n90af
11795as
15570as
21605as
15425as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1313 Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 1313.

1330 Radio Australia: Just Out. See M 0030.
1313 Radio Australia: Spons Report. Results and

repons on sporting events from the world over.
1330 Radio Australia: Fine Music Australia . See S 0230.
Thursdays
1300 Radio Korea: Focus This Week.
Mondays
Fridays
1300 Radio Korea: Listeners' Forum.
Tuesdays
1300 Radio Korea: Korean Cultural Variety.
1313 Radio Australia: Spons Report. See S 1313.
Wednesdays
Saturdays
1300 Radio Korea: Pulse of Korea.
Radio Korea's Abn f/ong-Soo in.lerviews a

competitor at the 1988 Summer Olympics in
Seoul
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21790va 21845va
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4990do 7285do
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Radio Tanzania
5985af 9684af 11765af
RTM Malaysia
1400-1500
7295do
1400-1500
1400-1500
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do 5980do
1400-1500
Sri Lanka B 'castlng Corp. 6075as 9720as
Swiss Radio lnt'I
6165eu 9535eu 12030eu
1400-1430
1400-1500
VLW6 Wanneroo, Australia
6140
1400-1500
Voice of America
s11oas 7125as 9645as 9760as
15160as 15205as 15395as 15425
1400-1500 mtwhf Voice of Kenya
4935do
1400-1500
Voice of Nigeria
7255af
1400-1500
WHRI Noblesville
9465na 15105na
1400-1500
WRNO New Orleans
15420na
1400-1500
WWCR Nashville
12160na 15690am
1400-1500
WYFR Okeeci1obee
6015na 11580sa 17750af
1405-1430
Radio Finland
6120eu 11755eu 11820eu 15165eu
21550eu
BBS, Bhutan
1415-1500
5023do
1420-1500
Radio Jordan
9560??
1430-1500
BBC London
5975eu 6045eu 6160eu 6190af
6195as 9410eu 9740as 9750eu
9760eu 11750as 11 e20as 11940af
12095eu 15070va 15310as 15575me
17640Va 17705eu 17790af 17860af
1430-1500
BBC London
7180as 21470al 21660af
1430-1500
Gulzhou PBS Guiyang China
3260do 7275do
1430-1500
Kol Israel, Jerusalem
15590am17590am
1430 -1500
Radio Austria l nt'I
6155eu 11780as 13730eu 21490va
1430-1500 mtwhfa Radio Douala, Cameroon 4795do
1430-1500
Radio Netherlands
5955eu 13770eu 15150eu 17575eu
17605eu 21480eu
6135eu 9540eu 11815eu
1430-1455
1430-1500
Voice of Myanmar
5990do
3970do 7105do
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Ne! Mongo4PBS Hohot China
1440-1450 mtwhfa R Nacional de Venezuela 9540om
1445-1500 smwha Ulaanbaatar R., Mongolia 9575as 13780as
1445-1500
Vatican Radio
6248eu 9645eu 11740eu
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BBC London
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5975eu 6045eu 6180eu 6190af
6195as 9410eu 9660eu 9740as
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11940af 12095eu 15070eu 15310as
l 5575me 17640va 17705eu 17790af
71 BOas 17860af 21470af 21660af
BBC London
BBS Bahrain
6010me
BRT Belgium
21s1ona
Cameroon Radio-TV
4650na
6005do
CFCX Montreal
CFRX Toronto
6070do
CSM World Svc, Boston 9530pa 13625pa 13760pa 15610pa
21670pa
11650as
FEBC Manila
FEBC Manila
11665pa
11925na 15115na 17890na 21455na
HCJBQuito
6260me
KTBN Salt Lake City
7510WW
3361do
7375am 13630am 15030am 21465am
R. for Paece lnt'I
Radio 1, Accra, Ghan'a
4915do
adio 2, Accra. Ghana
7295do
Radio Australia
5995va 6060va 7240va 9560va
971 ova 11720va 17630va
4200as 11s15as 11855na 15165na
Radio Beijing
Radio Canada lnt'I
11935eu 15305eu 15315eu 15325eu
17795eu 17620eu 21545eu
17820
Radio Canada lnt'I
11955
21715am
Radio France lnt'I
11910as 17650as 21770as
Radio Japan
9535am 11815as 11665as
Radio Juba, Sudan
9540do 9550do
Radio Korea
9570as
Radio Moscow
7370va 9765va 11765va 11840na
11650va 11670va 11905va 12025va
12030va 12050va 15140va 15160va
15205va 15375va 15560va 17570va
17635va 17655va 17670va 17610va
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
Tuesdays
1401 BBC: Feature. This month, hear the EC's Youth

Orchestra on "European Harmony" (6th), followed
by eastern European music on "Eastern
Approaches" (through November 3rd).
1415 Radio Korea: Echoes of Korean M.Jsic.
1430 BBC: Anything Goes. Variety of music.
1430 Radio Australia: Communicator. The latest
developments in the media and oomms. world.
1430 Radio Netherlands: Happy Station.
1405
1415
1420
1425
1430
1430
1437
1440
1445
1445
1452
Mondays
1405
1415
1420
1425
1430
1430
1437
1440
1445
BBC: Outlook. Conversation and controversy.

Radio Korea: News Commentary . See S 0015.
Radio Australia: Stock Exchange Report.
BBC: OH The Shelf. See M 0430.
BBC: Talks. Martin Redfern returns with re-runs
of his "Journey To The Center Of The Earth"
(through 26th).
1445 Radio Australia: Word Of Mouth. Oral histories of
Australians.
1452 Radio Netherlands : The Research File.

Radio Australia: Stock Exchange. See M 1425.
Radio Australia: Lane's Company. Terry Lane.
Radio Korea: Let's Learn Korean! See M 1140.
BBC: Classical Music. See M 0 145.
Radio Korea: Korean CulllJral Variety.
Radio Netherlands: Images .
Wednesdays
1405
1415
1420
1425
1430
1430
1437
1440
1445
1445
1452

Radio Australia: Innovations. Desley B lanch.
BBC: Good Books. Recommendations of books.
Radio Netherlands: Feature.
Thursdays
MONITORING TIMES
1425
1430
1430
1437
1440
1445
1445
1452
Radio Australia: Stock Exci1ange Report.

BBC: OH The Shelf. See M 0430 .
Radio Australia: Monitor. Science.
Radio Korea: Let's Learn Koreanl
BBC: Recording Of The Week. See M 0545.
Radio Netherlands: Media Network.
Fridays
1405
1415
1420
1425
1430
1430
1437
1445
1445
1452

Radio Korea: Let's Sing Together.
BBC: OH The Shelf. See M 0430.
Radio Australia: Science File.
BBC: Talks. See S 0445.
Radio Korea: Listeners' Forum.
Saturdays
1401
1415
1420
1430
1435
1437
1452
BBC: Sportsworld with Paddy Feeny.

Radio Australia: Interaction. See S 0530.
Radio Nethertands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
Radio Nethertands: Aslascan .
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17655va 17670va 17755va 17775va
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21625va 21645va 21690Va 21740va
21785va 21790Va 21645va
Radio Netherlands
1500-1525
5955eu 13770eu 15150eu 17575ee
17605eu 21 480eu
1500-1600
Radio Nigeria
4990do 7285do
1500-1530 as
Radio Norway
15355na 17790na
1500-1600
Radio Pyongyang
9325va 9640Va 9977va 11760va
1500-1530
Radio Romania lnt'I
11940as 15250as 15335as 1n20as
17745as 17775as
1500-1600
7230af 15210af
Radio Tanzania
1500-1530 sa
5985af 9664af 11765af
RTM Malaysia
7295do
1500-1600
1500-1600
SBC Radio 1 Singapore 5010do 5052do 11940do
1500-1600
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do 5980do
1500-1600
Sri Lanka B 'castlng Corp. 6075as 9720as
1500-1515 smwha Ulaanbaatar R., Mongolia 9575as 13780as
Voice of America
7125as 9645as 9700as 15205va
1500-1600
15260as 15395as
1500-1600
7165af
Voice of Ethiopia
4935do
1500-1600
Voice of Myanmar
5990do
1500-1600
Voice of Nigeria
725Saf
1500-1600
WHRI Noblesville
15105na 21640sa
1500-1600
WANO New Orleans
15420na
1500-1600
WWCR Nashville
15690am 17525am
1500-1600
WYFR Okeechobee
11 seona 11830na 17750af
1523-1530
R. Ventas Asia, Manila 15140as
1530-1600
6190af 6195eu 6195as
BBC London
7180as
9410eu 9740na 9750eu 11750as
11775na 11940af 12095eu 15070va
15260as 15310as 15400af 17640Va
17705eu 17880af 21470af 21660af
1530-1600
Radio SWeden
17875na 21500na
1530-1600
Radio Tanzania
5985af 9664af 1176Saf
1530-1600
9580af 11825af
Radio Tirana
1530-1600
9505af 11680af 1769Saf
Radio Zambia lnt'I
1530-1600
Sudan Nat1 B'casting Cor 9540do 9550do 11635do
1530-1600
Swiss Radio lnt1
13685af 15430af 17830af 21630af
1530-1600 mtwha Vatican Radio
6185eu
11645eu 15550am 1752Sam
1545-1600
Vatican Radio
1171 Sas 15090as 17670as
1500-1530
1500-1530
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6190af 6195eu 6195as 9410eu
9740na 9750eu 9760eu 11750as
11775na 11940af 12095eu 15070Va
15310as 15400af 15420af 15575me
7160as 15260na 17640va 17705eu
BBC London
17790af 17860af 17660af 21470af
21490af 21660af
6010me
BBS BahraJn
Cameroon Radio-TV
4850do
6005do
CFCX Montreal
CFRX Toronto
6070do
CSM World Svc. Boston 9530pa 13625pa 13760pa 15610pa
21670pa
Deutsche Welle
973Saf 11965af 13610af 17735af
17765af 21600af
FEBA Seychelles
11665af
FEBA Seychelles
9590as 15330af
FEBA Seychelles
9590as 11665as 15330as
FEBCManila
11665as
HCJBQuito
11925na 15115na 17690na 21455na
9615as
KNLS Anchor Point, Alaska
KTBN Salt Lake City
15590na
KTWR Guam
11650as
R. for Peace lnt'I
7375am13630am 15030am 21465am
4915do
7295do
Radio Australia
5995va 6080va 7240va 9580va
9710va 9770va 11720Va 12000va
13745va 17630Va
Radio Bangladesh
4880do
Radio Beijing
4200as 11e1Sas 11855am 15165am
Radio canada lnt'I
11935eu 15305eu 15325eu 17820eu
21545eu
Radio Canada lnt'I
11955
17820
Radio Japan
11665am21700eu
Radio Moscow
6065va 7315va 9665va 11695va
11640na 11890va 11900Va 11995va
12005va 12015va 12025va 12030va
12050va 12070va 15140Va 15180va
15205va 15375va 15465va 15480va
15500Va 15540va 15560va 15580va
BBC London
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
Tuesdays
1509 Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. News and

developments concerning the world's major
religions.
1513 Deutsche Welle: Through Ger man Eyes. German
journalists provide a perspective on world events.
1515 BBC: Concert Hall. Classical music recordings
from the world's great concert halls.
1530 Radio Australia: Connections. Trevor Robertson
presents education Issues of the Asian/Pacific
region.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Pop from Germany. A look at the
German pop music scene.
1509 Deutsche Welle: Newsllne Cologne.

1513 Radio Auslralla: Music Of Radio Australia.
1515 BBC: A Jolly Good Show. Dave Lee Travis
presents listener rock music requests.
1530 Radio Australia: AgrlNews. News about agriculture
of the Asian/Pacific region, with Denis Gibbons.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Insight. An in-depth feature,
giving the background to political events and
international developments.
Mondays
1509 Deutsche Welle: Newsllne Cologne. See M 1109.
1513 Radio Australia: Pacific Sunrise. Business and
export development In the Pacific basin.
1515 BBC: Feature/Orama. See M 0101 .
1530 Radio Australia: Points Of Law. Geraldine Couns
reports on the law and society in Oceania.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Monday Special. An interview or
report on an event or development with special
relevance for Africa.
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1515 BBC: Music With Manhew. Brian Manhew with

dassical music selections.
1530 Radio Australia: Business Horizons.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Spotlight on Sport. Background
stories and coverage of Important sporting events.
Fridays
Wednesdays
1509
1513
1515
1530
1534
1509
1513
1515
1530
Saturdays

BBC: Talks. See M 2315.
BBC: Comedy Show. In this month's comic
ottering, "It's A Funny Old World" (3rd/1 Olhl171h/
24th); Halloween brings a comic look at the month
just past, "Two Cheers For October" (31st).
1530 Radio Australia: Maners Of Faith.
M 0430.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Living In Germany.
M 0116.
see
see
Thursdays
1509 Deutsche Welle: Newsllne Cologne.
MONITORING TIMES
Deutsche Welle: Newsllne Cologne. See M 1109.

BBC: Music Review. See H 2315.
Radio Australia: Land And Culture.
Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. A look at
the economic scene In Germany and around the
world.
1509 Deutsche Welle: Africa Highlight. A weekly feature

on an important topic concerning Africa.
1513 Deutsche Welle: Development Forum. Reports
and Interviews on projects and progress in Africa
and Asia.
1515 BBC: Sportsworld. SeeA 1401 .
1530 Radio Australia: One Worid.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology. See M
0234.
[12:00 PM EDT/9:00 AM PDT]
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FREQUENCIES
1600-1630
1600-1630
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1650
1600-1630
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1635
1600-1610
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1630
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1610
1600-1700
1540af 3915as
6195eu 9410eu
9750eu 11750as
12095eu 15070eu
17695eu 1no5eu
7180as 15260na
BBC London
21660af
BBS Bahrain
6010me
9705eu 9720eu
BSKSA Saudi Arabia
CFCX Montreal
6005do
CFRX Toronto
6070do
CSM World Svc, Boston 11 saoas 13625as
21640af
6170as 7225as
Deutsche Welle
15595as 17610as
HCJB Quito
11925am15115am
KSDAGuam
11960as
15590am
KTBN Salt Lake City
KTWRGuam
11650as
3381do
4915do
7295do
5995va 6060va
Radio Australia
9560va 11910va
13745va 17630va
Radio Beijing
4130af 11575af
Radio canada lnt'I
11935eu 15305eu
21545eu
Radio France lnt'I
6175eu 11705af
17620af 1n95af
Radio Korea
5975om 9670af
Radio Lesotho
4800do
Radio Moscow
6065va 7305va
9480va 9665va
11 765va 11640na
11940Va 11995va
BBC London
5975as
9630af
11 n5na
15400af
17860af
15310as
6190af
9740me
11940af
17640va
17880af
21470af
1600-1700
1600-1630 as
1600-1630
1561 Oam 17555am

15105as 15415as
21660as
17690am 21455am
6080va 7240Va
120oova 13605va
15110af 15130af
15325eu 17620eu
12015af 15530me
17650af
7330va 7370Va
11630Va 11730va
11890va 11900va
12005va 12015va
1600-1 630
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1605
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1640
1600-1610
1600-1630 mtwhf
1600-1630
1600-1700
1600-1700 mtwhf
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1630
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
12035va 12050va 15165va 15375va

15480va 15500Va 15505va 15525va
15555va 15560va 17570am 17610am
17655va 17670va 1n65va 1n65va
17n5va 1m5va 1na5va 11a1oam
17650va 21475va 21480va 21490va
21615na 21645na 21690va 21740Va
21790Va 21645va
4990do
Radio Nigeri a
21705me
Radio Norway
13665me 15605me 17555me 17695af
Radio Pakistan
21480af 21530me
Radio Polonia , Warsaw
6135eu 9540eu
Radio RSA , Johannesburg
7230af 15210af 1nooaf
Radio Tanzania
5965af 9664af 11765af
9505af 11680af 17895af
Radio Zambia l nt'I
3316do 5960do
SLBS, Sie rra Leone
Sri Lanka B'castlng Corp. 6075as 9720as
TWR Swaziland
9600af
UAE Radio, Dubai
11795af 13675eu 15320eu 15400af
21605eu
Vatican Radio
1171 Sas 15090as 17670as
Vatican Radio
6248eu 7250eu 9645eu 11740eu
15210eu
Voice of America
3980eu 7125as 9645as 9700va
15205va 15260as 15395as
Voice of America
9 575af 11 920af 15410af 15580af
17800af 21625af
Voice of Kenya
4935do
Voice of Nigeria
7255af
Voice of the SOmall Peep 6320do
Voice of Vietnam
9640eu 12020eu 15010eu
WHRI Noblesville
15105am17630am
W RNO New Orleans
15420
15690am
WWCR Nashville
continued
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1609
1615
1615
1630
1634
1635
1645
1645
Deutsche Welle: Arts on the Air.

BBC: Feature. See S 0230.
Radio Korea: Echoes of Korean Music.
Radio Korea: Shortwave Feedback.
BBC: Lener From America. See S 0545.
Mondays
1609
1615
1615
1620
1630
1634
1635
1637
1640
1645
1645
1645
1652
Deutsche Welle: New sline Cologne.

BBC: New Ideas. Innovative developments.
Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S oo 15.
Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report.
BBC: Talks. Hear "Tales Of Earth And Water"
about Indonesian travels (7th); "A Small Maner Of
Taste" looks at the rather oxymoronic matter of
English cuisine (through December 2nd).
Radio Netherlands: Newsl ine. See S 0037.
BBC: The World Today. lnrl topics.
Radio Korea: Sports Roundup.
Radio Netherlands: The Research File.
Tuesdays
1609 Deutsche Welle : Newsllne Cologne.
1615 BBC: Megamix.
1620
1630
1634
1637
1640
1645
1645
1645
1652

Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 13 13.
Radio Korea: Korean Cultural Variety.
Radio Netherland s: Images.
Wednesdays
1609
1615
1615
1620
1630
1634
1637
1640
1645
1645
1645
1652

BBC: Rock/Pop Music. See T 0630.
Radio Korea: Let's Learn Korean !
Radio Netherlands: Feature.
Thursdays
1609
1615
1615
1620
1630
1634
1637

BBC: Network UK. Issues and events.
Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 001 5.
MONITORING TIMES
1640
1645
1645
1645
1652
Radio Korea: Let's Learn Koreanl

Radio Netherlands: Media Networf<.
Fridays
1609
1615
1615
1620
1630
1634
1637
1645
1645
1645
1652

BBC: SClence In Action. Latest Innovations.
Radio Korea: Let's Sing Together.
Deutsche We lle: Asia-Pacific Report.
Radio Korea: Listeners' Forum.
Saturdays
1609
1615
1615
1620
1623
1630
1634
1635
1637
1645
1652
Deutsche W elle: Talk.Ing Point. See S 0419.

BBC: Sportsworld. See A 140 1.
Radio Korea: News Commentary. See 80015.
Radio Korea: Sites and sounds. See S 0020.
Deutsche Welle:Forum. See A 1513.
Deutsche Welle: Religion. See S 1509.
Radio Netherlands: Airtime Africa.
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WYFR Okeechobee
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Alma Ata Radio
BBC London
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5955al 7255af
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3915as 5975as
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6196eu
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1700 UTC
1630-1700
1630-1700
1630-1 700
1630-1700 mtwhfa
1630-1700
1630-1700 mtwhf
1630-1700
1630-1700
Radio Austria
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada lnt1
Radio Nell1erlands
ATV Morocco
RTV Rwandiase
Voice of America
6155eu
15255al
71 SOas
6020af
9525eu
15335ar
3330
3980eu
9700va
15260as
11780as 13730eu 21490eu

9555as
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9580va 11910Va
13745va 17630va
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Radio Cairo
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7235eu 9555eu
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Radio Japan
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7305va 11630va
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12015va 12030Va
15185va 15375va
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17720va 17775va
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6020af 15570af
Radio Nigeria
3326do 4990do
Radio Norway
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1700-1728
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1700-1730
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Radio Pakistan
11570eu 15550eu
Radio Ponugal
15425me
Radio Pyongyang
9325va 9640va
Radio RSA , Johannesburg
7230af
Radio Sweden
6065eu 9615eu
Radio Tanzania
5985af 9684af
Radio Zambia tnt'I
9505af 11880af
RTV Morocco
15335af 17595af
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do 5980do
TWA Swaziland
3200af 9520af
Voice or America
3980va 6040va
9700va 9760va
15245eu 15260eu
1700-1800
Voice or America
9575af 11920af
17800af 21625af
4935do
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Voice of Nigeria
7255af
1700-1800
WHRI Noblesv11te
15105
17830
1700-1800
WMLK Bethel
9465eu
1700-1800
WRNO New Orleans
15420
1700-1800
WWCR Nashville
15690
1700-1800
WYFR Okeechobee
13760am21500eu
1706-1 800
3366do
1715-1745
BBC London
9560ca 21660ca
1715-1730
3970do
1728-1800
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do
1730-1800
BBC London
3255af 7160me
3915as 5975as
6190af 6195eu
9740me1 1775na
15260na 15310as
17640Va 17695eu
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Radio Bayrak, Cyprus
6150Va
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1730-1800 a
Radio Latvia. Riga
5935eu
1730-1800
Radio Romania lnt'I
11940af 15340af
17805
1730-1800
Radio Tirana
9580eu 11825eu
1730-1800
TWR Swaziland
3200af
1730-1800
VaUcan Radio
17710af 17730af
1740-1800
Cameroon adlo-TV
4850do
1745-1800
RTV Madagascar
3232do 3286do
9977Va 11760Va
15210af 17790af
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11760eu 15205va
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12095eu
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BBS Bahrain
6010me
BSKSA Saudi Arabia
1800-1900
9705eu 9720eu
1800-1900
cameroon Radio-TV
4850do
1800-1900
CFCX Montreal
6005do
1800-1900
CFRX Toronto
6070do
1800-1900
CSM World Svc, Boston 13625as 15610am
21640af
Kol Israel
1800-1815
11587eu 11675na
17630va 17685va
1800-1900
KTBN Salt Lake City
15590
1800-1610
3361do
1800-1900
1800-1900
R. for Peace lnt'I
13660 2 21566 2
1800-1900
4915do
Radio 1 Accra. Ghana
1800-1900
7295do
Radio Australia
1800-1900
5995va 6060va
9560va 9860va
1800-1640w
Radio Bertoua, Cameroon
4750do
1600-1630
Radio Cairo
15255af
1600-1830
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Radio canada lnt'I
1800-1900
Radio Ivory Coast, Abldjn 11920af
1800-1900
Radio Korea
15575eu
1800-1900
Radio Moscow
6065va 11655va
11650va 11900va
15230Va 15330va
15415va 15520Va
15595va 17600Va
21585va 21740Va
1600-1900
Radio Mozambique
3265af 4655af
1800-1900
Radio New Zealand lnt'I 1s120pa
1800-1900
Radio Nigeria
3326do 4990do
1800-1830 as
Radio Norway
17755na
1800-1900
Radio Piliplnas, Manila 21455pa
1800-1830
Radio SWeden
6065va 9655va
1800-1900
Radio Tanzania
5985af 9664af
1800-1900
Radio Zambia lnt'I
9505af 11660af
1800-1900
Radiobras, Brasilia
15265eu
1800-1830
RTV Congolaise
3265af 4 765af
SLBS, Sierra Leone
1600-1900
3316do
1800-1645
lWR Swaziland
3200af 9600af
1800-1900
VOA Europe
21705eu
1800-1900
Voice of America
3980eu 6040va
11760eu 15205eu
1800-1900
Voice of America
9575af 11920af
t7800af 21625af
1800-1900
Voice of Ethiopia
9662af
4935do
1600-1830
Voice or Vietnam
9640eu 1202oeu
1600-1900
WHRI Noblesville
13760na 15105sa
1600-1900
WMLK Bethel
9465eu
1800-1900
WRNO New Orleans
15420na
1600-1900
WWCR Nashville
15690na
1600-1900
WYFR Okeechobee
21500na
1615-1900
Radio Bangladesh
12030as 15255as
1615-1830
Radio Voice of Lebanon
5me 6549.5
1830-1900
BBC London
3255af 3955eu
6190af 6195eu
9600af 11750as
15400af 17660af
5975as 6180eu
7160me 7325af
97 40me 11750as
15310as 15400af
17555am 21545af
15550na 17575af
1830-1900 BRT Brussels

1830-1900 Radio Afghanistan
1830-1900 as
Radio canada lnt'I
1830-1900 Radio Finland
1830-1900 Radio Netherlands
1830-1655 Radio Polonia, Wars aw
1830-1900 Radio Sofia, Bulgari a
17780af 17825af
1830-1900 Radio Sweden
1830-1900 Sri Lanka B'casting Corp.
1830-1900 SWiss Radio lnt'I
1830-1900 VOIRI. Teheran, Iran
1640-1650 mtwhfa R National de Venezuela
1640-1650 Voice of Greece
1645-1900 Ghana B'casting Corp.
1645-1900 RTV Guinea
1645-1900 s
RTV Mali
1645-1900 lWR Swaziland
21815af
7310eu 9635eu
15260eu 17820eu
6120eu 9550eu 11755eu 15185eu
6020af 15570af 17605af 21665af
5995eu 6135eu 7265eu
11660eu 11720eu 11765af 15330eu
6065va 15270va
9720eu 15120eu
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6035eu 9022eu
9540om
11645af 15650af
6130af
4900af 7125af
4783do 5995do 7265do 11960do
3200af
25945am
6080va
11910Va
7240va
17620af
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11995va
15335va
15535va
17655va
21750Va
9616af
11640na
12050Va
15375va
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17670va
21645va
11900va
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1so10eu
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7325eu 9410eu
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This painting reproduction depicts one of the peaks of the famous

Lushan MounJains near Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. The artist,
Li Zhenping, is a retired staff member of Radio Beijing.
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1900-2000
9705eu 9720eu
1900-2000
BSKSA, Saudi Arabia
4850na
1900-1945
Gameroon Radio-TV
1900-2000
CFCX Montreal
6005do
6070do
CFRX Toronto
1900-2000
1900-2000
CSM World Svc, Boston 13625as 17555am 21545af
211soam
9760af 11785af 11s1oat
1900-1950
Deutsche Welle
15350af 15390af 17810af
1900-2000
Ghana B'casting Gorp.
6130af
HCJB Quito
15270eu 17790eu 21455eu
1900-2000
29590eu
1900-2000
KTBN Salt Lake City
15590
1900-2000
1900-2000
R. tor Peace lnt'I
136602 215662 25945am
1900-2000
Radio 1 Accra, Ghana
4915do
1900-2000
7295do
1900-2000
Radio Algiers
9510me 9535me
1900-2000
Radio Australia
5995va 6060va 6080va
9580va 9860va 1191 Ova
13605va 13745va
1900-2000
9440af 11515at
Radio Beijing
1900-1930
Radio canada lnt'I
5995eu 7235eu 13650eu
17875eu 21675eu
1900-1930 mtwhf Radio Canada lnt'I
13670af 15260af 17820af
1900-2000
Radio Havana Cuba
17705eu
Radio Moscow
7305va 11630va 11765va
1900-2000
11890va 13605va 15185va
15375va 15540va 15560va
1555va 17670va 17695va
1900-1925
Radio Netherlands
6020af 15570af 17605af
1900-2000 smtwhf Radio New Zealand lnt'I 15120pa
1900-2000
Radio Nigeria
3326do 4990do
Radio Norway
1900-1930 as
15175eu 17750pa
1900-2000
11660eu 11720eu 11 765af
17780af 17825af
1900-1915
Radio Tanzania
5985af 9684at 11765af
1900-2000
1900-1 930

BBC London
6180eu
7325eu
11750pa
17880af
21640af
13790af
21480eu
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120oova
15325eu
11840na
15330va
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21685af
15330eu
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Radio Zambia lnt'I
RAE Buenos Aires
15345eu
RTVMorocco
15335af
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do
9875eu 11790eu 15375af 15395eu
Sri Lanka B'casting corp. 9720eu 15120eu
lWR Swaziland
3200at 3240at
VOA Europe
21705
Voice of America
3980eu 6040va 9525as 9700va
9760va 11760va 11870as 15180as
15205va 15245as
Voice of America
9575at 11920at 1S41oat 15580at
1900-2000
17800at 21625at
1900-2000 mtwht Voice of Kenya
4935do
1900-2000
Voice of Nigeria
7255af
1900-1 930
Voice of Vietnam
9840eu 12020eu 15010eu
1900-1930
6035va 9022va
1900-2000
13760
WHRI Noblesville
17830
1900-2000
WMLK Bethel
9465eu
1900-2000
WRNO New Orieans
15420
1900-2000
WWCR Nashville
15690
1900-2000
WYFR Okeechobee
15355af 21615eu
1910-1915
Radio Botswana
3356af
1920-1930
3970do
Radio Buea. Cameroon
Voice of Greece
1920-1930
7430
9395
BBC London
3255af 3955eu 6005af 6180eu
1930-2000
6190af 6195eu 7160me 7325eu
9410eu 9600af 9630af 11750pa
12095eu 15070eu 15400af 17880af
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KFBS Saipan
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5945eu 6155eu 1201ome 13730af
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4815af 7230af
1930-2000
Radio Canada lnrl
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15325eu 17825eu 21675eu
1930-2000
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Radio Romania lnt'I
1930-2000
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Radio Sweden
1935-1955
RAI, Rome
7275eu 9710eu 11800eu
1935-1945
RTV Togo
5047af
1940-2000 smwha Ulaanbaatar R., Mongolia
11850eu 12015eu
1950-2000
Sudan Nari B'casting COr
9540do 9550do 11635do
1950-2000
Vatican Radio
9645va 11625va 15090va
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000 s
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
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VOA's London News Center staff

members (from left to right): Paul
Francuch, Christine Furne/I, Suresh
Kotecha, Mike Batho, Edie Smith, Rod
James, and Gil Butler.
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13605va
15540va
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2000-2100
2000-2030
2000-2100 s
2000-2100
2000-2030
2000-2100
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2000-2100
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Radio Zambia Int'!
SLBS, Sierra Leone
SWISS Radio lnt'I
lWR Swaziland
Ulaanbaatar R.. Mongolia
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9345va 9640va 9977va

7145eu 9690eu 9750eu 11940eu
9505af 11880af 17695af
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3985eu 6165eu 9535eu
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2000-2100
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4935do
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2000-2100
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2000-2100
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15420
2000-2100
WWCR Nashville
15690
WYFR Okeechobee
2000-2100
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2005-2 100
Radio Damasrus
12065na 15095na
2010-2100 sa
Voice of Kenya
4935do
2015-2030
V. de la Rev., Benin
4870af 5025af
2015-2045 sth
V. of the Black Cockerel 9700af
9395eu 11 645eu
2025-2045
RAI, Rome
7235me 9575me 11800me
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6160eu 6190af 6195eu 7180pa
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Radio Korea
6480eu 7550af 15575eu
2030-2100
Radio Netherlands
7285af 9860af 9895af
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6065na
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All India Radio, Deihl
7412eu 9665eu 9910eu 11620eu
2045-2100
1171 Seu 15265eu
2045-2100
11765eu 17780af 17625af
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6248eu 7250eu
Monitoring Post Pin-Up
Karl Holt, Delhi NY, shows us his radio shack

which includes his prize radio, a Zenith Royal
10000 Trans-Oceanic.
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3955eu 61 SOeu 15340pa
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9590na 9410eu 7325eu
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BBS Bahrain
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CFCX Montreal
CFRX Toronto
6070do
CSM World Svc, Boston 9455as 13625pa 13770am
15665eu 17555sa
Deutsche Welle
9760as 9765as 11785as
15350as 15360as
King of Hope. Lebanon
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KVOH Los Angeles
17775
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R. Nacional de Angola
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Radio 1. Accra, Ghana
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Radio 2 , Accra. Ghana
7295do
Radio Australia
6060va 11880va 11930va
15160va 15240va 15320va
17795va 21740va
Radio Beijing
4130eu 9920eu 11500eu
Radio Budapest
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John Flake, Charlotte, NC, received this QSL

from Radio Korea.
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Radio N1gena
3326do 4990do
21002130 mtwhf Radio Portugal
15250eu
2100-2130
Radio Romania lnt'I
7145eu 9690eu 9750eu
11940eu
2100-2130
11765eu 17780af 17825af
2100-2200
Radio Zambia lnt'I
9505af 11 aaoaf 17895af
2100-2200
SLBC Sri Lanka
15120as
21002200
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do
21002200
9875af
21002130
Swiss Radio lnt'I
12035af 13635af 15525af
2100-2130
swiss Radio lnt'I
3985eu 6165eu 9535eu
21002115
TWR Swaziland
3240af
2100-2110
Vancan Radio
6248eu 7250eu
21002130
Vatican Radio
1771oaf 17730af 21650af
2100-2200
Voice of America
3980eu 6040va 9700va
11760va 11870as 11960va
15205va 15245as 17735as
2100-2200
Voice ol America
15410af 15580af 17800af
21625af
2100-2200
Voice of Turkey
9795eu
21002200
WHRI Noblesville
13760
17830
21002200
WANO New Orleans
15420
21002200
WWCR Nashville
15690
2100-2200
WYFR Okeeehobee
15566af 17612af 21525eu
21102200
Radio Damascus
12085na 15095na
2115-2130 mtwhf BBC London Caribbean Apt.
17715ca
211 52130s
R. Repubhk Indonesia
6070do
2115-2200
Radio Cairo
9900eu
2130-2200
BBC London
3255af 3955eu 5975ca
6180eu 6195as 7325eu
9590na 11750pa 12095eu
15260sa 15340pa 15400al
2130-2200
BBC London Falkland Is Sv
13660sa
2130-2200
HCJBQulto
17790eu 21455eu 21480eu
2130-2200 smtwhf King of Hope. Lebanon
6280me
2130-2200
R. Alma Ata, Kazakhstan 3955as 4400as 5035as
5960as 5970as 9505as
15315as 15385as 17605as
17730as
2130-2145
3970do
21302200
Radio Canada lnt'I
11aaoaf 151 SOaf 17820af
2130-2200
Radio Finland
6120eu 11755eu
2130-2200
Radio Tirana
9580eu 11825eu
21402150 mtwhfa R Naclonal de Venezuela 9540
2145-2200
Cameroon Radio-111
4850na
17810as
7330va
11630va
11840na
12060va
15455va
15580va
21565va
11660al
11a1oeu
9885eu
9760va
15185as
21485af
21615eu
6005af
9410eu
15070na
25950eu
5260as
15215as
17715as
2200 UTC
FREQUENCIES
7412eu 9665eu 9910eu 11620eu

11715eu 15265eu
BBC London
2200-2300
5975na 6195as 9410eu 9570pa
9590na 9915ca 11750sa 11945as
11955as 12095na 15070na 15260sa
15340as 15400af 17830as
Cameroon RadiolV
2200-2215
4850na
CFCX Montreal
6005do
22002300
CFRX Toronto
6070do
2200-2300
CSM World Svc, Boston 9465na 13625as 15300af 15405as
22002300
15665af 17555sa
KGEI San Fransisco
15280sa
22002230 s
2200-2300
15590
KTBN Salt Lake City
2200-2300 sa
2200-2300
R. for Peace lnt'I
13630ca 21465ca 15030am
4915do
2200-2300
7295do
2200-2300
11 ssova 11930va 13705va 15160va
Radio Australia
22002300
15240va 15320va 17715va 17795va
21740va
2200-2210
4000do
Radio Beijing
11990eu
2200-2300
9900eu
Radio Cairo
2200-2245
Radio canada lnt'I
5960na 9755na 11905as 13670ca
2200-2230
Radio Damascus
12085na 15095na
2200-2210
5960eu 11735na
22002245
2200-2300
721Seu
Radio Havana Cuba
2200-2300
Radio Kiev
5960eu
2200-2300
Radio Moscow
1494eu 9800va 11520va 11675va
i 171Ona 11985va 12050va 12060va
15355va 15425va 15560va 15580va
15595va 17655va 21690va
22002300
22002300
Radio Nigeria
3326do 4990do
Radio Norway
21705va
2200-2230 as
22002230
Radio Prague
5930eu 6055eu 7345eu
2200-2230 a
Radio Republik Indonesia
3385do 4805do
2200-2230
Radio Sweden
6065va
22002215
Radio Zambia lnt'I
9505af 11880af 17895af
2200-2225
RAI, Rome
5990as 971 Oas 11 sooas
2200-2300 smtwha RTM Malaysia
7295do
22002218
RlV Congolalse
4765do 5985do
2200-2300
SBC Radio 1, Singapore 501 Odo 5052do 11940do
22002300
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do
2200-2300
UAE Radio Abu Dhabi
9600na 11965na 13605na
22002300
V. of Free China, Taiwan 17750eu 21720eu
6095as 7120va 9770as 11 760as
2200-2300
Voice of America
15185va 15215va 15255as 15290as
15305va 17735as 17810as 17820as
17885va
2200-2300
WHRI Noblesville
13760na 17830sa
2200-2300
WANO New Orleans
13720na
2200-2300
WWCR Nashville
15690na
22002300
WYFR Okeechobee
17612af 21525eu
2205-2300
7125as 9615as 11830as
Vatican Radio
22302300
Kol Israel
9435na 11587na 11605na 15100eu
15640eu 17575sa
2230-2300
5995eu 6135eu 7270eu 9675eu
6100eu 9625eu 97 10eu
Radio Vilnius, Lithuania
22302300
4765do
22302300 mtwhf RlV COngolalse
2230-2300
Swiss Radio lnt'I
6190eu
2240-2225
Voice of Greece
11645am
2245-2300
11660eu 11710na 15110eu
15370eu 17825na
22002230
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stations? Send them to us and
we'll use them as space permits.
We'll copy them and return them
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91
2300 UTC
FREQUENCIES
2300-0000
2300-2330
2300-2325
2300-0000
2300 -0000
2300 -0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-2305
2300-2305
2300-0000
2300-2330
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
AWA Costa Rica

BBC London
9725ca 11825ca
5975na 6175na
9410eu 9570pa
11750sa 11945as
15070na 15260sa
BAT. Brussels
5910eu 9925eu
CFCX Montreal
6005na
CFRX Toronto
6070do
CSM World Svc, Boston 9465na 13625as
15665af 17555sa
KSDAGuam
15610as
15590na
KTBN Salt Lake City
R. tor Peace lnt'I
7375na 13630na
Radio 1 . Accra, Ghana
491 5do
Radio 2. Accra, Ghana
7295do
Radio Australia
11880va 11930va
15240va 15320va
21740va
Radio canada lnt'I
9755na 11730ca
15235sa
Radio Japan
11735eu 11815am
17810pa 21610as
Radio Moscow NAS
11690na 11710na
12050na 13605na
15425na 15480na
15580na 15590na
17655na 17735na
21690na
Radio Orion, South Africa
4810af
6195as
9590na
11955as
15340pa
15515af
7145as
9915sa
12095na
15400af
15300af
15405as
15030na 21465na
13605va 15160va
17715va 17795va
13670na 11940ca
15195as 15230am
11780na
15140na
15550na
15595na
17850na
11985na
15355na
15560na
16190na
17890na
2300-0000
2300-0000
Radio Pyongyang
11700na 13650na
11660eu 11 710na
15370eu 17825na
2300-0000
Radio Thailand
4830as 9655as
2300-0000 smtwha ATM Malaysia
7295do
2300-0000
2300-0000
SLBS, Sierra Leone
3316do
2300-0000
9600na 11965na
UAE Radio, Abu Dhabi
2300-2330
Vatican Radio
6185eu
2300-0000
Voice o f America
7120as 9530va
11905va 11960va
15290as 15305as
17820as 17885va
2300-0000
Voice of Turkey
7225eu 9445na
2300-0000
WHRI Noblesville
9495na 13760sa
2300-0000
WANO New Orleans
13720na
2300-0000
WWCR Nashville
15690na
2300-0000
WYFR Okeedlobee
5985na 11915na
2305-2355
Radio Polonia
5995eu 7270eu
231 5-0000
9535as 9910as
15110as
2330-0000
BBC London
5975na 6175na
9570pa 9590na
11945as 11955as
15260sa 17830as
2330-0000
Radio canada lnt'I
5960na 9755na
2330-0000
Radio Sweden
96951a 117051a
2330-0000
Voice of Vietnam
9840as 12020as
15110eu 15330na
11oosas
11940do
13605na
9770as 11760as
15185as 15225va
15445va 17735as
9685eu 17880as
11715as 11745as
6195as 7145as
9915sa 11750sa
12095na 15070na
13670na
15010as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
2305
2313
2315
2330
2330
2315 BBC: Good Books. See W 1445.

2330 BBC: Multitrack 2. Graham Bannerman presents
new pop records, interviews, news, and contests.
2330 Radio Australia: Business Report.
S 2330.
BBC: World Business Review. See S 0530.

BBC: Lener From America. See S 0545.
BBC: Feature. See S 1401 .
Radio Australia: Business Report. A look at the
day's business developments.
see
Thursdays
2305 BBC: World Business Report. See M 2305.
2315 BBC: Music Review. News and views from the
world of classical music.
2330 Radio Aus tralia: Business Report.
S 2330.
Mondays
2305 BBC: World Business Report. The latest news
from the markets worldwide.
2315 BBC: Talks. "Science Or Fiction?" explores the
realm where science ends and fantasy begins
(7th): "Mediawatdl" samples the media and
communications field (through December 30th).
2330 BBC: Multitrack 1: Top 20. Tim Smith presents the
smash singles on the UK pop music charts.
2330 Radio Australia: Business Report. See S 2330.
see
Fridays
2305 BBC: World B usiness Report. See M 2305.
2313 Radio Australia: Music/Information. See S 0330.
2315 BBC: Worldbrief. A roundup of the week's news
headlines and developments.
2330 BBC: Multltrack 3. News and releases from the
British alternative music scene.
Tuesdays
2305
2313
2315
2330
BBC: World B usiness Report. See M 2305.

BBC: Concert Hall. See S 1515.
Radio Australia: Business Report. See S 2330.
Wednesdays
Saturdays
Harold Smirh presenJs "American Magazine"
on lhe English service of KNLS.
2305 BBC : World Business Report. See M 2305.

92
Ocrober 1991
MONITORING TIMES
2305
2310
2313
2315
2330

BBC: Book Choice. See H 0140.
Radio Australia: Back Page. Sees 0310.
BBC: A Jolly Good Show.
T 1515.
Radio Australia: At Your Request. See S 0 130.
see
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fllllillllllit~--How to use the propagation charts

Propagation charts can be an invaluable aid to the DXer in determining which frequencies are likely to be open at a given lim e. To
use the propagation charts, choose those for your location.
Then look for the one most closely describing the geographic location of the station you want to hear.
Conditions for areas EAST of the Mississippi and

Europe
Middle East
MHz.
50.00 - . -,- ,- , -. ~,-------,

. .
40.00 ....!--~+tuF !
30.00
..., . 1
50.00 .------ - - - - - - - ,
i. .
2000 ... 1....1"'.'.:....
MHz.
50.00 .---- - --
------,
.,.. ,........,.
40.oo ....:.,--r-J.,..
;
j ~
l. .~.,. .t ;.:...y. l. r. i
;
liuF
.. .;;. . f ., .. i:... :i..+ .:.
~
30.00
l::
1 j
,- , MUF :.
. L.L.... .:. . ~ ;+::~

....
: : ~ l !.
.
!j
Africa
MHz.
--:--+ MUF
20.00
10.00
. :...
....; \,~'
' .
.....
.
.. ... .......
' ... ...... ... '
;
.
---~
'.
!'"J~'./: ~ 1:
0.00 ~-~----~
0 4 8 12 16 20 24
.i.,
12 16 20 24
UIC
UIC
South Africa
Central Asia
MHz.
50.00 .----- -- -------,

..
MHz.
50.00
~--~- --~
MHz.
50.00 .-----..,-,.......,..---,.......,.--,-,---.
,_' lkur:.
:_,_, MUF
40.00 .. - ---~ LUF... ......LL
40.oo ... :--T-i..tiur++.
. '
20.00
0.00
50.00
:
:
:
:
6 t l l "'' ' ' I
- i. ._ l
r:. , ,
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: ~ x i\ .
f,'-J.. ,
i, :, :,
l :: l l:
l
.
~-_
: __;'_'_
~ ~_l_i_ _, _1_
1 "-~;
12 16 20 24
UTC
Far East
.-----~----~
,- ' MUF
LUF
40.00 --:,
30.00 .... : ...... ;..
+. ;.:.
i . i :: .
20.00 ..
f .~ ...;....: .; ..! .
i: ;
i ..
'
' ~ ...: :
~> ; \
. .....
:
0.00
0
MHz.
Australia/Pacific
50.00
'
: :: .
.
12 16 20 24
UTC
October 1991
12 16 20 24
UIC
MHz. Central/South America
40.oo ..1__ ___... ~~{.L;
40.00
30.00 ....;
30.00
- . -~-,---~
20.00
:
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50.00 .---
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20.00
r i
10.00 ,. ; .; ..). : ; ; . ; . : ! :
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i i ; i
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MHz.
. .
. .
30.00 .........; ..;.....;. ...7...
30.00
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10.00
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: ;
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10.00
:\ :
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16 20 24
Jlc 16
:
:
' .
20 24
Once you've located the correct charts, look along the horizontal axis of the graph for the time that you are listening. The top line
of the graph shows the Maximum Usable Frequency (MUF) and the lower line the Lowest Usable Frequency (LUF) as indicated on the
vertical axis of the graph. The strongest signals will be near the MUF.
While there are exceptions to every rule (especially those regarding shortwave listening), you should find the charts helpful in
determining the best times to listen for particular regions of the world. Good Luck!
...
Conditions for areas WEST of the Mississippi and

Europe
50.00 .---. -, -,- -,-,-~
i :
q. \. t~r.'. ' ;l. :. .
40.00 ....
30.00
j.. TT
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1
20 24
South Africa
50.00 .-------,---.,......-,
!- l-~ . ~Jr: Li++i 1
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0 4 8 12. 16 20 24
. ' .
j ++++:
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12
UTC
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50.00 .--- -- - - - - - ,
40.00 ..
30.00
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0 4 8 12. 16 20 24
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MHz.
50.00
Central/South America
~------~
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40.00 ...
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30.00
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10.00
20 24
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: : ....... : :
16
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MHz.
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MHz.
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Central Asia
Indian Ocean
50.00
30.00
20.00
50.00 ,......,...
: ...,.:....,,....,...
! ..,......,, ..,..
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UIC
MHz.
MHz.
40.00 ...
MHz.
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20.00
10.00
Africa
Middle East
MHz.
MHz.
12 16 20 24
UIC
October 1991
95
magne tests
Lawrence Magne
Editor-in-Chief
Passport to World Band Radio
HOT DX: Japan Radio's NRD-5350
Herc's the snazziest-look ing communicaThe only signi fican t design gaffe is that the reasonably well, although it's not equal to that
tions receiver you' re likely to come across, and NRD-535 's clock doesn 't display separately from on the R8.
it's loaded with all sorts of practical features: a the frequency readout, even though if you cut a
two-level noise blanker and level control, all- jumper wire on one of the circuit boards it
For example, the '535's passband shift moves
mode squelch, tunable notch fil ter , passband displays seconds numerically-a plus for snar- the passband of the receiver away from center
shift control, variable bandwidth control (nar- ing station IDs exactly at the hour.
frequency to avoid adjacent-channel interferrow bandwidth only), RF gain control, and a
ence. Problem is, if the passband is shifted too
bright, colorful nuorescent display.
far, the '535's synchronous circuitry loses lock.
Superb Performance
That tends to defeat the synchronous detector 's
Exacting Tuning
Performance is world class. The '535 is potential for expanding the amount of high audio
unusually adept at pulling in tough DX, in part frequencies that can be heard while keeping the
and Frequency Readout
because internal receiver noise is low. Other receiver relatively fre e from interference.
laboratory
measurements show this to be a firstTuning is in ulc:ra-exacting l Hz increments,
wh ile the frequency reads out to the nearest 10 rate receiver, as well. As with the R8, there are Bandwidths to Be Improved
Hz. That readout is quite accurate, but can be no lapses in performance engineering. It's a topThe R8 excels in bandwidths-four audio
improved by the addition of an optional CGD- notch receiver in virtually every respect.
bandwidth filters, in all-but initial samples of
135 high-stabili ty crystal oscillator accessory.
Take the AGC. One of the biggest bugaboos the '535 had only two for the AM mode used by
in
tuning
tropical DX is thunderstorm static. On shortwave broadcasters. The wider fi lter was a
Excellent Ergonomics
the '535, the AGC can be switched off, which whopping, essentially useless, 10.5 kHz, with
for DXing
keeps it from desensitizing the sign al during the narrower being 2.3 kHz, useful only when
static bursts.
there's a great deal of interference. This shortErgonomically, the '535 is among the best
coming made the ' 535 a disappointing performer,
models we've laid our hands on, especially for
Synchronous Detection Included indeed.
DX bandscanning. Much of that ergonomic exccllcncc results from the controls and how they
However, later samples have been improved
In North America, the only version sold is
operate. For example, all 200 presets may be
that with "ECSS" synchronous selectable side- to have a wide bandwidth of only 5.8 kHztuned as VFOs (i .c .. they can be fi ne tuned by the
band, which reduces fading distortion. It works much bcucr. And Japan Radio tells us that by the
main tuning dial), and they store just about
ti me you read this that the 5.8 kHz bandwidth
everything, including mode.
96
October 1991
MONITORING TIMES
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- s.rr~,,...n/,f
[ ..
will be continuously variable from S.8-2.3 kHz.
The narrow bandwidth is already variable from
2.3-0.S kHz, and is scheduled to remain so in the
new version. If you purchased an older version,
contact Japan Radio and they will give you the
necessary user-installable parts to upgrade to the
latest standard-a commendable practice we
wish more manufacturers would follow.
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AOR's newest release is the AR2800, a
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About the size of a mobile CB radio, the
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bollom-mountcd speaker encourages under-thcdash mobile installation.
Power is provided by a 12 voll wall adaptor
(included) or the vehicle ballcry; a DC cord and
mounting bracket arc provided, as arc an anachablc whip and a wire till bracket for desktop use.
Frcqut:ncy coverage is a wide 500 kHz-600
MHz and 800-1300 MHz with selection of wide
FM. narrow FM , AM and SSB modes. A front
panel BFO (coarse and fine tuning knobs) allows
adjustment of SSB signals to intelligibility.
The unit exhibits high sensitivity, typically
0.35 microvolts (12 dB SINAD--signal to noise
and distortion) on VHF (NFM) and 1 microvolt
AM (10 dB SIN AD). A front panel cluster of 33
keys, switches and controls avoids the necessity
of confusing dual-function keys.
Up to ten separate search ranges allow automatic hunting for active frequencies. Memory
locations arc permanent (non-volatile RAM)
and require no replaceable banerics. Ten 100channel banks provide 1000 memory locations.
Any channel may be selected for priority
monitoring, and a backlit LCD has 21 annunciators to alert users as to the status of the scanner's
various functions. A rear-panel AF squelch lets
the scanner skip over signals which have no
modulation.
A lockout function permits the user to temporarily om it any channel(s) , or even banks of
channels, from the scan sequence. The lockout
feature may be used during the search sequence
to eliminate up to 100 undesired frequencies
from stopping the search.
A hold/delay key may be used to hold the
search sequence from continuing in order to
monitor a search-stopped frequency.or as an allchanncl delay during the scan sequence.
The tuning knob incrementally selects frequencies or memory channels. Any tuning increment from 5 to 955 kHz (divisible by 5 or 12.5)
may be selected.
A five-segment LED bargraph shows relative signal strengths. The antenna connector is
the preferred BNC type.
98
October 1991
Our Impressions
The AR2800 is a highly compact, lightweight, full-featured scanner at an affordable
price. It offers considerable receiving flexibility
unavailable elsewhere under $900.
But the wealth of functions is tempered by
the scanner's mediocre performance. We found
a myriad shortcomings along with its many
offerings.
"Birdies" arc severe; these self-generated
oscillations were found all through the spectrum,
many blocking reception on our favorite frequencies.
One "wandering birdie" in the 151 MHz
range was reminiscent of earlier AOR products
that were plagued by unstable oscillations that
drifted unpredictably, blocking reception for
several seconds on a channel until it moved to
another. In the earlier product, it was cured by
judicious aftcrmarkct engineering.
Multiplex noise, an annoying buzz sound
generated by the microprocessor, could be heard
on many ranges in the AM mode, often at very
high levels. An external antenna didn't help.
The plastic cabinet affords no shielding;
many signals were clearly receivable with no
antenna connected whatsoever.
The LCD has poor visibility and low-level
backlighting, m aking it hard to see in norm al
conditions, especially looking down from overhead.
On single sideband, the BFO (not a product
detector) drifts continuously, requiring frequent
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readjustment. The drift problem decreases somewhat as the radio's temperature stabilizes over
time.
In most ranges, entering a new frequency
defaults the tuning to 12.5 kHz, a liule-used step.
If you attempt to reset to 5 kHz while the dial
shows a 12.5 kHz offset frequency, it will lock
up and you have to re-enter your receive
frequency.
A 100-channcl memory bank filled with
active frequencies means that one complete scan
could take several minutcs--or hours. And there
arc ten such banks. 20 channels per bank are
about all that arc practical, otherwise listeners
miss an enormous amount of critical traffic.
Since the 2800 is basically a VHF/UHF
scanner with extended frequency coverage,
selectivity on shonwave is terrible, with reception affected by strong signals far from the tuned
frequency.
One may wonder if the front panel was
designed by myopic midgets. Teensy, concentric tuning knobs, extra-small pushbuuons and
micro-miniature slide switches are awkward for
normal-size fingers to use, and printed legends
less than 1/16" in height are extremely difficult
to read.
In order lo improve access to the display and
controls, and bcuer hear the two- inch, bouommounted speaker on a tabletop, the unit is tilted
by an ill-fitted wire bracket which fell off
repeatedly when we attempted to hold down the
cabinet to keep it from skidding when we
pushed the buuons.
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manufactured for Radio Shack by GRE, how can we compare it with
the new AOR AR2800? Keeping in mind that they are considerably
different in their intent, let's take a quick look.
The lower sensitivity, 40-channel memory banks (400 channels
total) and better shielding of the PR02006 makes it a good choice
for metropolitan scanner listeners, especially those using external
antennas.
The tuning dial, extended frequency coverage and SSB mode
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to trade performance for compact, low cost, full-featured convenience.
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which offers considerably better performance than the AR2800, but
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the shortwave performance of separate communications receivers.
MONITORING TIMES
October 1991
99
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Doug Demaw
Local and Remote

Antenna Switching
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Anatomy of a Quality Switch

What are the design guidelines for a proper
antenna switch? First, it must be capable of
handling the RF power applied to it. Th.is means
it should not arc between the contacts or from the
switch contacts to the case or ground. Phenolicinsulation switches are okay for receiving antennas. Ceramic switches arc best for transmittingantenna switches.
Secondly, the overall switch assembly should
not disrupt the SWR along the feed line. Th.is
means that the antenna switch should present the
same impedance as the coaxial line (50 or 75
ohms) that we use with it. Th.is criterion is not
especially significant from the BC band through
21 MHz, but it can cause unwanted losses and
mismatches at 28 MHz and higher, especially in
the VHF spectrum. Finally, the switching mechanism should be contained in a metal box that is
attached to a quality earth ground. Th.is is not
only a safety factor but a preventive measure
against dirt and moisture entering the switching
circuit.
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Figure 1: A manually operated antenna selector switch. S1 is chosen for the number of
antennas in use. As shown here, S1 is a single-pole, six-position wafer switch . See teX1
for details about switch selection.
from your transmitter can be found by taking the
square root of the power (watts) divided by the
impedance of the circuit in ohms (typically 50
ohms). Thus, if you have a 50-ohm antenna
system and 100 watts of transmitter output power,
the RF current will be 1.41 amperes.
The switch or relay contacts should be rated
at 2 amperes or greater in order to provide
sufficient reserve current rating. The RF voltage
(RMS) developed in this example is 70.7 (square
root of the power times the resistance). The
switch or relay should be rated for twice or
greater this voltage in order to accommodate
peak-peak voltages, which can rise to 199.4 for
100 watts at 50 ohms. I would choose a switch
or relay that is rated at 250 volts or greater.
The conductors that are used between the
coaxial connectors and the switch or relay contacts must be short and direct if we are to
minimize the disruption of the line impedance at
HF. Stray inductance caused by long leads of
small cross-sectional area must be avoided. I like
to use strips of flashing copper that are 1/4 or 3/
8 inch wide for my connecting leads. The shield
braid from RG-58 or RG-59 coax cable is suitable also.
Short lengths of RG-58 or RG-8 may be
substituted for the copper strips or shield braid
if your switch box is large enough to accommodate them. If you use coax line for your leads,
be sure to ground the shield braid at each end of
these lines by making it common to the metal
box that houses your unit. Try to locate relays
with fairly short leaves or arms for use in your
remote antenna switcher.
Practical switches
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ANT 2
How to Ensure Electrical Quality

Your antenna switch or relays need to have
good insul ating material, as discussed earlier.
The contacts need to be capable of passing the
RF current of your transmitter without heating
and subsequent burning and piuing. RF current
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Most amateurs and SWLs erect two or more

antennas in order to provide coverage of several
pet frequencies. Some of us may even desire two
or three antennas for a narrow band of HF
frequencies in which we specialize.The arrangement enables us to have antennas that provide
communications over various path lengths. For
example, we may wish to have one 75-meter
antenna for high-angle commnnications (out to,
say, 500 miles) and another one for DX work
(several hundreds or thousands of miles).
In any event, it becomes an annoyance to
disconnect one antenna and attach another to a
receiver or transceiver, especially if it must be
done several times in a s ingle day or evening.
The practical answer to this problem is the
installation of an antenna-selector switch.
Numerous commercial antenna switches are
available, some of them quite costly. Low-cost
switches are often of inferior quality. Here is
some information you can use if you choose the
practical alternative of constructing your own
antenna switch.
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Figure 1 shows a simple manual or local

antenna switch. It may be mounted on the wall
near your radio. The coaxial connectors you use
should match the male connectors on your feed
lines. Some SWLs prefer RCA phono jacks,
whereas ham operators generally use S0-239
(UHF) or BNC jacks.
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My manual switch nnit contains an Ohmite

power tap switch that has a single-pole, sixposition format. It has a diameterof 1-3/4 inches
and is 1/2 inch thick. The large contacts handle
high current and the insulation can sustain very
high RF voltage. I use an Ohmite no. 111 -6
switch. These are available new from Newark
Electronics for approximately $15. I bought
mine for 75 cents at a radio flea market. I suggest
you shop around for a bargain-price ceramic
switch. My switch is housed in a 2 X 3 X 5 inch
aluminum Minibox.
Figure 2 shows the circuit for a three-pole
remote antenna switch. Two 12-V de relays are
used for selecting three antennas. Th.is circuit
enables you to use a single 50-ohm coaxial feed
line for three antennas. The power supply and
control circuits are built in a box that is used in
the radio room.
Kl and K2 of Figure 1 should be mounted
on a sheet of clear Plexiglass or similar insulating material if the remote switcher is used for
transmitting antennas. Th.is helps prevent arcing
between the relay frame and ground. In a like
manner, RF chokes are used to isolate the relay
field coils from RF voltages for transmitting
applications. These measures are not necessary
for antennas you use for only receiving.
The remote switch box should be sealed
against dirt and moisture. I use a home-made box
that I made from sections of double-sided PC
board. The U-shapcd alwninum press-fit lid is
attached to the box with four no. 6 sheet-metal
screws. The lid is sealed around the box by
means of bathtub caulking cement.
My control cable is Belden no. 8444 with
four conductors. I use 100 feet of this cable. It
is buried in the ground from the house to the base
of my tower. Any four-conductor cable that has
no. 22 or heavier wires is suitable. Radio Shack
phone cable may be used if you wish to keep the
cost low. The level of soil acidity will determine
the longevity of buried cables.
I use surplus 12-V de relays for Kl and K2
in Figure 2. I bought the pair for 50 cents a piece
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a low-cost imported phenolic wafer switch. It
needs to handle less than 200 mA when both
relays are engaged.
The remote switcher can be powered by a
simple, unregulated de supply. A Radio Shack
12-V transformer and 1-A full-wave bridge rectifier will suffice. Use 100 to 1000 uF of capacitance as a filter at the output of the rectifier.
Alternatively, you may use a 6-V transformer
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Certainly, there are opportunities for variations in the methods I have described for antenna
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MONITORING TIMES
October 1991
101
experimenter's W'orkshop
Bill Cheek
On Your Mark:
A Precision Frequency Standard
A yardstick or tape measure is fine to gauge
the dimensions of your shack or even the lengths
of coaxial cables and antennas. If your
measurements are off a little, no big deal. Let's
see, a quarter-inch error in 20 feet comes to .1
percent. Not bad.
But make a .1 percent error in the
measurement of a radio frequency and you could
miss the mark entirely. For example, at 7 MHz
a .1 percent error is plus or minus 7 kHz. At 70
MHz the error is plus or minus 70 kHz and at 700
MHz, it is plus or minus 700 kHz. In all three
cases a. I percent error is enough for you to miss
catching a desired signal.
Suppose word gets around that a certain
pirate broadcaster fires up on 7350 kHz every
Saturday evening. If your receiver readout or
measurement methods are off by plus or minus
7.3 kHz, you might miss the fun. Forget fun
altogether if you 're working VHF or UHF with
a .1 percent error.
So how can you know with a high degree of
assurance where your receiver is tuned or how
accurate your frequency counter is?
If you have a modem transceiver, shortwave
or scanner receiver with adigital readout, chances
are the display is a lot more accurate than .1
percent-perhaps closer to .001 percent, so no
problem, right? For the most part, no.
But what about those older rigs and current
low budget models with analog tuning dials? Or
what if you've turned some screws inside your
cherished digital wonder and accidentally
tweaked the internal frequency standard out of
its precise setting?
An experienced hobbyist or technician might
use a frequency counter to confirm dial settings
or to reset a maladjusted Master Oscillator. This
will not necessarily restore accuracy. Who's to
say that the frequency counter is any more
accurate than what is to be measured? As a
matter of fact, most hobby-grade and some labgradc frequency counters are not particularly
accurate, especially a few months after leaving
the factory.
Write this down: most all things drift,
including oscillators, electronic component
values, receiver dial readouts and even the earth's
rotation. Monitoring enthusiasts need a special
kind of yardstick with which to periodically
check the accuracy of receiver dials and frequency
counters. One very good way to check the dial
accuracy of a shortwave receiver is to tune
WWV's reference standard carriers at 2.5, 5, I 0,
15 and 20 MHz. Standard carriers of othernations
can be used for this purpose, too, but there are
problems with this method. One is Murphy's
Law, which says just as soon as you need a WWV
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A: This circuit not required if other source of regulated +Sv available.

B: Bottom view of TX1824 TCXO; metal case tabs grounded.
C: N-ch JFET; not mandatory, but ideal to isolate TCXO from output.
D: All parts available from Radio Shack; wiring not critical. but all leads shou ld be as short as possible and
assembly should be installed in metal shielded box for best results . Add other enhancements as desired ,
Including On/Off switch, LED, output jacks. etc.
Figure 1: Wiring Diagram for 1O MHz Frequency Standard

signal, propagation conditions won't permit it to
be tuned in at that moment. Also, WWV signals
can't help with VHF/UHF rigs for obvious

reasons. Further, WWV signals are not
particularly useful for directly cali brating
frequency counters.
The solution to your frequency measurement
problems is to set up a subsidiary of WWV right
in your shack. Some of you already have one and
don't yet know it. A TCXO (Temperature
Compensated Crystal Oscillator) will do the job
and it docsn 't get much simpler or much better
than that. TCXOs are self-contained crystal
oscillators with special components to offset the
forces that cause frequency drift. A TCXO can
add new dimensions to your frequency
measurement capability.
Time was when you pretty much had to build
your own TCXO unless you had a small fortune
to spend on one ready-made. Now, at least one
company makes an inexpensive small, metalshielded, scaled TCXO which has a rock-solid,
s table, accurate 10 MHz signal good enough to
calibrate all but laboratory-grade frequency
counters and virtually all receiver dial readouts,
digital and analog. That company, known in
Japan as Tokyo-Denpaand in the USA asT.E.W.,
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manufactures a TCXO under part #TX1824N

(10.0000 MHz). Measuring only 10 mm high by
18.5 mm long by 12 mm wide, this little beauty
requires only three connections: (I) ground, (2)
10 MHz output and (3) +5 volts DC power. See
Figure 1 for how to wire one up with a few simple
extras to make it a most useful, stand-alone, all
purpose frequency standard.
This TCXO comes calibrated from the
factory, although there is a hole in the top of the
shielded can to access a trimmer capacitor for
precise setting if you have a more accurate
reference standard. See the sidebar for the U.S.
distributor of this inexpensive TCXO and for a
source of information on how you can easily
calibrate it if necessary.
I said that some of you already had one of
these TCXOs and didn't know it. Indeed, one
lurks on the PLL board as X-301 inside Realistic
PR0-2004, PR0-2005 and PR0-2006 scanners.
It' s the Master Reference Oscillator for the
Phase Locked Loop and for all frequencies
generated within these scanners. I measure and
test this TCXO in every PR0-2004/5/6 which
crosses my bench and have found virtually every
one to be within 0 to 15 Hz of 10 MHz, even in
older PR0-2004s. In one case the error was 22
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Hz and in another, 46 Hz. I believe opcratormistweaking was the cause in both instances.
It is with some experience and a high degree
of confidence that I recommend this TCXO as
a precision frequency standard for your shack. It
does not drift with changes of temperature, and
if provided with a regulated +5 volts as shown
in Figure 1, then it will be as stable as the Rock
of Gibraltar. In fact, the only thing out of your
control that can make this TCSO drift is age, and
that' s a factor of years. Check the sidebar for a
source of in formation on how to easily tap the
output of your scanner's TCXO so that you don' t
have to buy a separate one. Otherwise, all that's
left to do is ae{}uire one of these TCXOs, install
it with the circuit shown in Figure 1 and leave
it powered up ful l-time for use as a frequency
standard to periodically check receiver dial
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Refer to Figures 2 and 3
an d cut th e wood to
dimension. The angled
comers on the back are
necessary to allow room
for the external antenna.
Finishing nails and a little
wood glue will affix the
back board to the base
board.
Bend the aluminum
Figure 2
brackets to fi t the back edge of your desk or table

and then screw the wood base to the front parts
of the brackets. Install the bracket assembly on
your desk and then bend the base part upward to
an angle that suits your needs and tastes.
Place the radio on the base. Lean it against
the back plate and make final adjustments as
needed. Finish the wood parts with varnish, stain
or paint as desired. Voila! A stable platform for
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5/6 and calibrating and using the TXl 824 TCXO:
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October 1991
103
antenna topics
W. Clem Small, KR6A, CET
A Passive-Repeating
Antenna System
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ANTENNA
Lately I've seen ads for passive-repeater

antennas to be used with hand-held cellular
phones. These repeaters are simply antennas
which arc put on the outside of a vehicle, or in
one of its windows, where the repeater antenna
has a chance to capture some signals which
cannot get inside the car. The signals picked up
by the capture antenna are fed to a second
antenna located inside the car at the base of the
repeater antenna. This second antenna captured
re-radiates the captured signals so that they are
available within the car for use with a hand-held
cellular phone.
This repeating action is done by the passivercpeatcr antenna with nothing other than two
antennas coupled together. This means there are
no transistors, ICs, or signal amplification: thus
the name pass ive-repeater antenna.
Down in the Valley

Seeing these antennas advertised made me
think of a design for a passive-repeating antenna
system I had seen Jong ago for bringing signals
over a hill into a valley. The repeater consists
merely of two halfwave dipoles connected by a
fccdl inc (sec Figure lA). One antenna, the capture antenna, is located out of the valley over the
crest of a hill , while its fecdline runs back over
the hill to a second antenna in the valley. The
captured signal thus brought into the valley is
then re-radiated into the valley via this second
antenna. Radio reception that was formerly not
available in the valley now becomes possible.
Using a passive repeater to transmit out of
the valley is also possible, it just works in the
reverse direction compared LO reception. To be
quite honest, using a passive repeater is not as
satisfactory as moving the hill out of the way, but
it is a lot more practical.
Turning Things Inside Out

This idea can be utilized in many situations
in monitoring and amateur radio. For instance,
in si tuations where incoming signal levels are
very low ins ide a metal building you can use an
outside capture antenna linked via a feedline to
an antenna inside the house near the operating
position. This would allow you to use a handhcld scanner or transceiver al your operating
position inside the metal building with only the
whip antenna attached, as in normal hand-held
use.
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It's Easy to Make

The basic idea of a passive repeater can be
used for any band, although they are more practical at HF and higher frequencies due to size
constraints. To give the basics for making your
own passive repeater, we 'JI follow the steps for
constructing one for use with a hand-held HT on
a frequency of 146 MHz in the two-meter amateur band.
1. Make two identical dipole antennas for
146 MHz. Their length is determined by the
formula below. This is the finished length of the
antenna. If you use wire clements for your antenna, you will need Lo add a few inches to that
length to accommodate wrapping the ends of the
wire around the insulators you use. If you use
tubing for the elements, then there is no end
insulator and the tubing is bolted to a center
insulator. Therefore, when using tubing, the
elements are cut to the length found with the
formula.
Total dipole length for the fmished antenna
is:
L (in feet)= F~z
SEE THE
In view of the possible low-signal levels of

the re-radiated signal, it is probably best to use
75-ohm cable for the connecting feedline, although other impedances might work okay. For
the same reason, you should use a good quality,
low-loss line at VHF, and definitely at UHF
frequencies. Twinlead's loss is less than that of
coax. Connect the feedline to both antennas as
shown in Figure lB.
3. Mount one antenna where it is well exposed to the signals you wish to receive; mount
the other antenna inside the building close to
where you will be utilizing the hand-held
transciever or scanner. Neither antenna should
be close to the metal walls.
For most communications on the higher
bands, vertical positioning of both antennas (vertical polarization) is likely to produce better
results.
4. Position yourself near the indoor antenna
and check out the antenna' s capabilities. Good
luck, and let me know of any unusual or interesting results you get.
Hints and Tips Department
For example, al 146 MHz, the overall length

Long-time MT reader Dick Hedlund, who
of a halfwave dipole antenna is: L = 468/146 lives in Honolulu, writes to say that he has
MHz = 3.2 feet or 3 feet 2.4 inches.
devised what he calls the "suck' em up" antenna
2. Get enough coaxial cable or twinlead by putting a small Radio Shack 1 discone antenna
cable to run between the two locations you intend on Lop of his MAX 8002 groundplane antenna. In
for your antennas. Remember the longer you his words: "I put it on top of MAX's top element.
make the run between antennas, the more loss sans rubber bushing, rests in 259 hole, and voila!
there will be in the feedlinc connecting the two - all freqs respond from scanner low to 900
antennas, so don't make the run longer than plus."
necessary.
And Gregory Dome, of San Antonio, Texas,
writes to say that the Slinky toy (you know, the
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coiled spring that "walks" down stairs) makes a

great indoor antenna. Once popular as a novelty
antenna on the HF bands, the Slinky must be
stretched out along a wall or across a room, etc.
He also rem inds us that electric fence wire
is a good substitute for antenna wire, and, in
Texas, it costs him only $8 for a quarter mile.
Wow, you can make a lot of antennas with that!
Recently the telescoping antenna broke off
my cordless phone. It was broken right at the
base, but the remainder of the bouom of the
antenna, which extends down into the cordless
phone, is a hollow tube. TI1e price of a new
replacement antenna was more than I wanted to
pay, so here ' s the solution I came up with.
Take a piece of single-conductor houscwiring or other wire which is stiff enough not to
lose its shape too easily. Cut a piece about a foot
long. Trim the insulation off the bottom few
inches, just enough to go to the bouom of the old
antenna base tube in the cordless phone. Make
the trimmed bare wire portion "wavy" by pulling
several bends in it. Keep the waves small, so that
it can still be forced gently into the old antenna
base tube, and check to see that the waves arc big
enough to hold it in well.
Since I used wire with white insulation, it
even m atches my phone and looks good. And,
although it is much shorter than the original
telescoping antenna which came with the phone,
it works out just fi ne. If you want to add a
finishing touch, you could hold the wire, top-tip
downward, and dip the Lip into contact cement
a few times , drying it between dips, to make a
neat professional-looking tip cover.
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Last Month:
Last month I asked you: "What is a passive
repeater, what is passive about it, and what docs
it repeat?" Well, the answer is prcuy well covered in this month' s column, isn't it? So, on to
this month' s riddle.
This Month:
What's the difference between a Marconi
antenna and a Hertz antenna? What arc these two
antennas , anyway?
So, that's it for th is month. Get the answer
to this month's Radio Riddle and much more in
your next month 's issue of Monitoring Times.
Till then, Peace, DX, 73
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MONITOR ING TIMES
O clober 1991
105
ask bob
Q. My scanner presently goes no
higher than 512 MHz. Can it be

modified to receive the 800 MHz
cellular frequencies? (numerous)
A. No. Scanners that have no 800 MHz band

coverage lack any components which allow 800
MHz capability; to hear that frequency range on
such a scanner, an external converter is necessary.
Bob Grove, WA4PYQ
A. Probably so, assuming that the scrambling is

digital. The only consumer descramblers ever
made were voice inversion (analog), and even
they are urtlawful to sell, build, own or use under
the Electronic Communication Privacy Act
(ECPA '86).
Q. My surplus receiver (a BC-348)
Q. Why do East Coast listeners get
A. The audio power of a BC-348 is adequate for

an external speaker if the impedance is properly
matched. Go to Radio Shack and purchase their
#32-1031 line matching transformer (SS.95); it
has a wide range of taps to match virtually any
audio requirement.
better shortwave reception than

West Coast? (Clyde Copeland, Jr.,
San Francisco, CA)
Q. Why are the bandwidths and

tuning increments on my scanner
different for low, high, and UHF?
(Huson Wilken, Oswego, NY)
doesn 't have enough audio power to

drive a speaker. Could you print a
schematic for a simple amplifier?
(A lan Mark, Pembroke, MA)
A. There's no international conspiracy; it's just

that the big European international broadcasters, Q. Will an attic antenna be safer
in order to reach their target audiences more
effectively, beam their signals across the short- from lightning than a rooftop
path Atlantic, not across long-path Asia and the antenna? (Bill Silvey, Shelby, NC)
A. Bandwidth is measured as the span of fre- Pacific. If it's any consolation, you should hear
quencies in which signal loss is no greater than the Pacific-rim Asians better than the East Coast A. Yes, but not because the roof will help much.
3 dB at each end. Low band (30-50 MHz) is 20 does!
The fact that it is farther from the cloud means
MHz wide; high band (144-174 MHz), 30 MHz;
that the lightning must build to a higher voltage
and UHF (406-512 MHz), nearly 100 MHz. Q. What is meant by ''propagabefore it strikes, so it is more likely to strike a
Designing filters for different bandwidths at
higher object like a tree, power line, or 1V
tion"? How do signals "bounce"?
different frequen cies does not result in consisantenna.
(Paul Siegmann, Marshfield, WI)
tent characteristics.
The tuning increments vary with the FCC
Q. Is a four-foot ground rod adstandard channelization plan: low band, 20 kHz; A. Propagation refers to the method by which a
high band 15/25 kHz; and UHF, 25 kHz. Some radio signal travels through space; "bouncing" equate to drain static buildup on
ranges are offset by 12.5 kHz from their simple, may be involved. Several hundred miles over- my antenna system? (Clyde
whole-number steps (165.2375 rather than head the remaining atmosphere is electrically Copeland, Jr., San Francisco, CA)
165.225 or 165.250 MHz).
charged by the sun' s radiation; this charged
layer, the "ionosphere." is capable of absorbing A. If the soil is damp, yes. Generally speaking,
certain wavelengths of radio energy, while reQ. Many military receivers like my
two eight-foot ground rods separated by about 8flecting others. The phenomenon is seasonal
R392 have poor sensitivity (8
10 feet are recommended for effective groundbecause of the sun's varying elevations and
ing, both for transmitting and receiving. Dry,
microvolts); how would they work
distances. Solar eruptions ("flares") also alter
sandy soil makes the worst ground.
for pulling in DX on a 108" CB
these characteristics.
Radio waves may also reflect from large
whip? (Alan Mark, Pembroke, MA)
surfaces like buildings and mountains, as well as Q. Is there any way to reduce the
awful buzzing interference to
A. About as well as you would cxpecL These follow the contours of the earth's surface.
older receivers were designed either for shortrange communications, or to be used with giant
antenna complexes, so they didn't need high
sensitivity. Use a decent length antenna (50-75
feet) and you will hear something.
While it is true that at shortwave frequencies (3-30 MHz HF range) atmospheric noise is
so great that sensitivities of under 1 microvolt
are unnecessary, weak signals will elude short
antennas on receivers which require several microvolts of signal strength.
Q. My shortwave receiver has a
lithium backup battery for the

memory. When it fails, is it necessary to have it replaced? (Clyde
Copeland, Jr., San Francisco, CA)
A. I'm afraid so, Clyde; if it weren'tanessential

part, I can assure you the frugal Japanese manufacturer wouldn't have put it in there! Backup
batteries provide constant power to the microprocessor control circuitry when AC power isn't
Q. Is cordless telephone eavesdropping coming to an end with the turned on or was interrupted from the mains.
Without this power, the receiver's memory and
introduction of scrambled phones? control instructions would be lost. Usually bat(A. G., Baltimore, MD)
tery replacement at the factory is about a $25 job;
it can be done by a local technician as well.
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MONITORING TIMES
shortwave reception caused by

touch lamps? (Pete Dulac, St.
Mary's, GA)
A. Yes. Unplug the lamp, then carefully remove

the felt bottom from the lamp which reveals the
control box. Remove the box and pry off the lid.
Solder one .01 microfarad, 600 volt disc capacitor across the solder pads which connect to the
line cord, and one more across the cord that goes
up to the lamp switch assembly.
It may be tempting to completely eliminate
the interference by using a hammer; however, if
you intend to keep the lamp, simply cut the
module away from the two cords and splice the
cords together so that the normal manual switch
controls the lamp.
Questions or tips sent to "Ask

Bob", c/o MT, are printed in this
column as space permits. If you
desire a prompt personal reply,
mail your questions along with
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Q. I was told two "tips" for better

antenna performance: (1) place a
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antenna; the receiver will see a
higher impedance and perform
better. (2) Decouple the antenna
with a small capacitor between the
antenna and ground terminals of
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I tried both tricks and nothing
happened. How come? (John
Mayson, Atlanta, GA)
A. Not surprising. There are many myths in

radio; you have just discovered two of them!
A resistor can do nothing but waste energy,
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series with the antenna, less signal voltage will
arrive at the receiver because it is dissipated as
heat in the resistor. When connected from
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ground.
A capacitor shunted between the antenna
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meter slightly (but not enough to make a difference in reception), but at all other frequencies it
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Here's a better tip: Don't use either tip!
Q. Why do agencies that scramble

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A. Scrambling reduces intelligibility and range.

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LETTERS
continued from page 3
Thomas Jefferson Would

Have Owned a Scanner
J ames J. Brodell, NOMKK, Denver, CO
become more commonplace, creating "a 'CB' like atmosphere in all the radio applications? Are
the specialized radio bands, such as those used
for the shuttle mission, going to be the next
target?"
New technological solutions have definitely
created new headaches. But even though some
days may catch you wishing you could time
travel to the '30s, you never know when that
same technology will open up a new world.
Peter Warnecke (Vallejo, CA), a relatively
new subscriber, says, "This is the first magazine
that I' ll put aside and save forreference." An offand-on SWL for years, Peter says that since
talcing up scanning he's having to reread all the
MTs to catch the articles he skipped before. He
still "skips the TV/SatComm stuff."
That's OK , Peter. All in good time! Even
Walt Breville, who declares "I will never EVER
get a computer!" may eat his words someday.
Can't attend the MT Convention? Don't

despair; opportunities for rag-chewing, DXing
and browsing the Oea markets still exist this fall.
The best way for a hobbyist to celebrate
Thanksgiving Day in Canada is DXing, of course.
The Ontario DX Association's amateur radio
station, VE30DX, will be camping out at Lake
Couchiching, 75 miles north of Toronto, October 12-14 (Canadian Thanksgiving weekend).
If you can catch them on 80 through I 0
meters, there will be a special QSL card issued
for reception reports. The club can be heard on
its own net at noon on Sunday (7 .068 MHz LSB)
or on the ANARC net (7.240 MHz) at 10 a.m.
Send reports to VE30DX, P.O. Box 161, Station
A, Willowdale, Ontario, M2N 5S8.
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Ot.1oll('1 12 14, 1991 Long fOfd Milh, 0 111.-uio
If you miss Bob Grove in Knoxville, he will

be a speaker at the Chattanooga ham fest October
26. For more information write Arthur Parry Jr,
WB4BGX, 1100 Hubbard Road, Signal Mountain, TN 37377.
Bob will also be participating in a forum at
the Surveillance Expo in Washington, D.C.
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October 1991
Scanning the police and fire frequencies is

much more than a diversion from the usual
commercial television mush. Scanning has profound rights and obligations linked to the U.S .
Constitution and the fundamental rights of citizenship.
In fact, a valid argument could be constructed that every citizen should own and use
a scanner in much the same way citizens are
urged to cast ballots on election day. If
Thomas Jefferson were aliv e today . he would
have his scanner tuned to the local police and
fire frequencies .
Jefferson . if you remember . was one of the
guys who was scared to death of big government. The history of American has been the
conflict between aristocratic landowners and
the working class. The question boils down to
who will run the country : the people, or special
interests who (because of their money and
power) can easily influence official actions.
If you agree that citizens must shoulder
the obligation for making informed decisions
on government, you also must agree that the
citizen has an obligation to gather all possible
information on the effectiveness of government, hence the scanner.
One cannot listen to police and fire calls
for more than a few minutes without developing a deep res pect for public employees. Yet,
pol ice have enormous power which is not always used for good.
The KGB aside, there are times and cities
in this country where police have run amok. In
Denver. policemen formed their own burglary
ring and gained nationwide attention in the
1950s. Many southern departments were
enemies of the Civi l Rights Movement. In Chicago , television viewers saw in 1968 what was
later called a police riot. In Los Angeles, police
officers now stand accused of beating a
defenseless black motorist.
Over the last 30 years, police have significantly decreased blatant racial characterizations.
In part, this is because younger, better-trained
officers have taken over. But the change also
is due to an increase in citizen monitoring with
more etticient scanners backed up by archival
taping at headquarters.
With high stakes involved, including the
survival of democracy, the obligations of the
scanner hobbyist are far from passive. Morally. guilty knowledge makes an individual guilty.
So the citizen-hobbyist must be prepared to
act when public officials lurch out of control.
In each city there are a handful of mon itors
who keep the news media informed of major
police and fire developments. Some hobbyists
might think major news organizations are crackerjack scanners. On the contrary, newspaper
police reporters have a police radio, but few
have any more skills than turning on the box .
Establis h credibility with the local newspaper by providing frequent news tips. When
serious issues arise. the reporter will be more

inclined to listen to and respect the person
who has provided good information in the
past.
Newspaper executives generally are not
aware of how complex the near-term future
will be. Few have ever heard of computerassisted dispatch, trunk systems or scramblers.
Those who have heard found too late that
these technical advances hurt their newsgathering capability. So they need help.
Take Harrisburg, Pennsy lvania, for example. The police there have instituted a
scrambler system which sounds "like a Slinky
would if a Slinky could talk," according to Ted
Anthony . a police reporter at The Patriot-News.
He blames publicity-shy officials, who at one
time claimed the very act of scanning police
frequencies was illegal until a call to the FCC
set them straight.
The newspaper, as a result of the scrambler devices, already has missed major news
stories, including a drug buy which degenerated into a shootout, said Anthony .
Soon Harrisburg wi ll introduce a hall-million-dollar computer-aided dispatch system
the newspaper is not prepared to monitor.
In addition to informally helping news reporters, scanner hobbyists can take the lead
in requiring cities to show justification before
introducing devices which cut down or eliminate citizen oversight of law enforcement.
A convincing case can be made that police
officials should require strong reasons before
they allow patrol officers to broadcast on a
scrambler. That they do not want anyone else
to hear is not sufficient cause.
The First Amendment provides the theoretical framework for a constitutional right to
monitor public frequencies . Implicit in the right
of a free press is the right to gather information
about government activities. Newspapers frequently exercise and defend the right to gather
information.
Scanner hobbyists generally do not characterize their hobby in terms of constitutional
rights. They should. The Founding Fathers
wanted to make sure citizens had enough
information to make public decisions. And they
wanted to make sure a large government
bureaucracy did not abridge these rights.
A parallel may be found in public records
laws of most states which require police
records to be open to viewing by the general
public. Very specific laws outline those records
which may be withheld: the names of confidential informants and details of secret police
procedures. for example.
The same should be true with confidential
broadcasts: the police should have a legitimate reason specified by written policy in
order to scramble broadcasts.
Otherwise, the citizen will be denied information legitimately needed (and constitutionally
protected) to perform the oversight mandated
by a democracy.
Imagine Jefferson, the man whose fiery
pen constructed the not-too-subtle Declaration of Independence. What would he say if his
police department wanted to scramble its routine broadcasts?
INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
November 14-26. If curiosity ornecessity makes
surveillance of interest to you, Surveillance Expo
'91 will concentrate on communications and
computer security and investigations technology. For information on attendance, contact
Marilyn Roseberry, American Technology
Assoc., P.O. Box 202S4, Washington,DC20041;
202-331-112S.
During our family vacation in San Francisco
this past summer, I was startled to pass a store
(too quickly to grab a photo) with
COUNTERSURYEILLANCE spelled out in neon
lights. Your city may also possess a "Spy Store."

Surveillance and countersurveillance are becoming a part of modem life, it seems, not just a
concern of government organizations and private investigators.
Check out the Convention Calendar for other
goings-on in your area. Ifl don'tcatch you at the
MT Convention, see you next month with pictures and more good monitoring times.
- Rachel Baughn,
Editor
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October 1991
111
Closing Comme nts

Is It High Noon for Scanners?
It seems that our Congressional represematives
are intent on shooting themselves in the foot again. In
1986 the Cellular Telecommunications Industry
Association (CTIA) lobbied heavily for, and won
approval of, the unenforceable and self-contradictory
Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Now our
elected officials are deciding whether to outlaw
scanners that cover cellular frequencies.
Overlooked are the facts that millions of scanners
which receive cellular have been in use for over a
decade; that non-scanning receivers which receive
cellular will still be permitted; that test equipment
receives those frequencies; that TV sets and even
some VCRs can tune in cellular phone calls; that noncellular services like Experiment.al and Part 15
(unlicensed) services and equipment share those
frequencies; that readily-available converters are
routinely added to scanners that don ' t have cellular
coverage; and so on.
The bill, HR 1674, a revision of Title 47 USC
302 (the 1934 Communications Act) is entitled, 'The
Federal Communications Commission Authorization
Act of 1991 ".
In contention is Section 8: Interception of
Cellular Telecommunications which directs the FCC
to deny type acceptance to any scanning receiver
which can receive, or can be readily altered lo
receive, scrambled or unscrambled cellular telephone
calls.
The benefit to cellular marketing would be the
reinforcement of the mistaken notion that cellular
phone calls are more secure than other radio phones
because new scanners won' t receive those channels,
even though millions of existing scanners and TV
sets still would.
But more insidious are the long-term ramifications of Section 8 which establishes a dangerous
precedent for freedom of the airwaves.
112
October 1991
MONITORING TIMES
Law enforcement agencies could then request the

removal of public safety frequencies to avoid
interception by criminals, an issue now very much
alive in Washington. The airlines could plead that
their communications should be protected from
possible terrorist or hijack monitoring. Other services
would surely follow.
We are all for the reasonable expectation of
privacy. But in an information age where our
Social Security and credit card numbers, as well as
family, financial and other records are bought and
sold daily, the average American is learning to be
wary whenever he di vulges personal information,
by phone or any other medium. Corporate giants
should not be entitled to legislative protection that
the average American is not.
Security is an individual's own responsibility.
The government doesn' t shackle every citizen
because he may be a potential thief; it mustn't
deafen every citizen because he might overhear
something he shouldn' t.
Bob Grove,
Publisher
NOW IS THE TIME TO BE HEARD!

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