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Old definitions are becoming obsolete now that
you can listen to the "radio" on computer!
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LF - The Last Frontier? .................................... 16

by Robert Williams
In our youth many of us were dedicated radio experimenters, trekking across
the winter air-ways via crystal kits and super-regenerative sets. One place where
experimentati on and new discoveri es are sti ll ali ve and well is in the 1750 meter
band ( 160-190 kHz, or longwave). Build your own LF receiver and rediscover the
thrill of receiving s ig nals from homebrewers just like you.

(over Story

Radio in Cyberspace .............................. 20

The Worldwide Reach

by George Wood

of Radio France
Internationale
by Jacques d'Avignon

T he Info rmation Super Hig hway is coming to a terminal near you . Soon you ' II
be able to access the world's radio and TV networks, as you DX Cyberspace on
your PC. Or- lo use the latest buzzwords- let's go "Net surfing on the Infobahn."

Just when the rest o f the world, it

seems, is putting all its eggs in the
satellite basket, RFI bas diversified
its approach so that it can reach the
world by whatever medium works
best to reach the target audiencemediumwave, shortwave, or satellite.
It hasn't been an easy 63 years, but
RFI continues to follow its mandate:
to promote the French language, and
to sell France to the world.
1n a sidebar story, d ' Avignon describes the innovative ALISS shortwave transmitting/receiving antenna
developed by RFl's common carrier
service, TDF, in partnership with
Thomcast. The innovative modular
approach of the ALLISS could revolutionize shortwave broadcast technology. See page JO.

~lt111tJr11di11 24
by Brian Webb
T he Northridge Earthquake was just subsiding. Owner of two communications receivers, Brian Webb found himself without a func tioning radio. His
preparatio ns for " next time" now include this inexpensive little radio from Radio
Shack. In fac t, it performed so well, Brian decided to see what else it could do ...

Tuning in to a US. Customs Chase ..............................' 28

by Kerry Holliday
You just never know what you might overhear when you rune in to your local
pol ice channels .. . !

Aggressive New Motorola Stance ....................... 30

by Jorge Rodriguez

Pulling No
Punches
Direcl Broadcast Satellite
systems are the
latest rage; bul
what's the point?
asks columnisl
Ken Reitz. Who
wants 500
c hannels of the
programming
currently offered
at the prices it's
c urrenl ly available? Tune in to
the Satellite TV column and sec why
he's sticki ng to his o ld eyesore C-ban<l
dish.
Your November issue o f
Mo11itori11gTi111es brings a cellu lar mod
for the BC855XLT, the winter Engli sh
la nguage shortwave broadcast schedules, dirccli on- finding 1echniqucs and
much , much more !

DEPARTMENTS
Letters ............................. ....................... 4
Communications .................................... 6
Utility World ......................................... 32
Scanning Report .................................. 36
Scanner Gifts
Preventing Equipment Theft

Ha//icrafters SX-20

Editor
Rachel Baughn, KE40PD

Art Director
John Bailey

Advertising Svcs.
Beth Leinbach
(704) 389-4007

Business Manager
Kelly Davis

Computers & Radio ........................... 102

Hoka Code 3 and 30

DeMaw's Workbench ......................... 106

External Antenna Coupling

Experimenter's Workshop ................. 108

Notch Filters

Low Pass Filter for CTCSS

Antenna Topics .................................. 11 O

Federal File ........................................... 82

Groom Lake; Forest Fires

Radio Direction Finding

Ask Bob .............................................. 112

High Seas ............................................. 84

Missing at Sea
Satellite TV
The 500 Channel Myth

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

How Low? Receiver Specs

Hint: BCB55XL T Restoration

DXTests ............................................. 115

Club Cirult .......................................... 116
Special Events ................................... 117
Stock Exchange ................................. 118
Closing Comments ............................ 120
Signaling Our Punches in Haiti

P.O. Box 98 , 300 S. Highway 64 West,

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American Bandscan ............ .......... ...... 80

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Magne Tests ....................................... 100

Shortwave Broadcasting ..................... 42

QSL Report ........................................... 46
Shortwave Guide .. ................... ............ 47
Propagation Charts .............................. 74
Radio Reflections ................................ 78

by Grove Enterprises, Inc., Brosstown, North Carolina , USA.

Copyright 1994. Second closs postage paid at Brosstown, NC, ond
additional mo iling offices. Short excerpts may be reprinted with
appropriate credit. Complete articles may not be reproduced without

Owners
Bob and Judy Grove

6 Meters; Ramsey FX-50

Outer Limits ......................................... 92

What's New .......................................... 94
Scanner Equipment ............................. 98

Beginner's Corner ........ ....................... 40

MONITORING TIMES (ISSN: 0889-5341) is published monthly

Address :

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

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Editorial Staff
Frequency Manager ... Gayle Von Horn
Frequency Monitors ... B.W. Battin
... Dov id Datko
Program Manager ... Jim Frimmel
Beginner's Corner ... T.J. Arey, WB2GHA
Plane Talk ... Jeon Baker, KIN9DD
Computers and Radio ... John Catalano
Below 500 kHz ... Kevin Corey, WB2QMY
Experimenter's Wkshp ... B.ill Cheek
DeMaw's Workbench ... Doug DeMow, W l FB
American Bondscon ... Joe Eisenberg, WAOWRI
Federal File ... John Fulford, WA4VPY
Digital Digest ... Bob Evans
Hom DX Tips ... Rob Gerardi, N9LAG
SW Broadcasting ... Glenn Hauser
High Seas ... James R. Hoy
Scanning Report ... Bob Kay
On the Hom Bonds ... Ike Kerschner, N31K

Propagation
Mogne Tesls
Communications
What's New?
Satellite TV
Antenna Topics
SW Broadcast logs
QSL Corner
Utility World
Outer Limits

... Jacques d' Avignon

... Lawrence Magne
... lorry Miller
... lorry Miller
... Ken Reitz, KC4GQA
... W. Clem Sma ll, KR6A
... Gayle Vo n Horn
... Gayle Von Horn
... lorry Von Horn, N5FPW
... George Zeller

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HTHAT T HING W I LL N EVER F1'

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L E T T E R S
.~vJacq11es a'Avigtton1t~ports: on
Radio France In,ternational this
month from'a:first-hand visit to
Paris. But, it was a lucky
happenstance that produced this
picture ofMT's editor hamming
it UP, .with RF!:!! ~c~enc~ repor,ter
. We were b!Jth waiting for the
launch of the space shuttle
Columbia/ For the full report of
my impressions as a first-timer at
a space shuttle launch-plus
articles by twQ, more experienced
shuttle monito_rs-rsee the Novi
Dec edition ofSatellite Tim~s.
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Hot Issues in SW Broadcasting

One of the challenges faced by all broadcasters is how to strike a balance in programming that will attract and satisfy listeners as
well as accomplishing the sponsor's (government, sectarian, or commercial) goals. Jeff
White of Radio Miami International responds
to some of the questions and criticisms the
station has received from the hobby press (but
not, he says, from his listeners, so far) over
WRMI airing the controversial neo-Nazi programming of Canadian Ernst Zundel. Jeff
begins, "You correctly portrayed the situation (Oct " Letters") as a 'First Amendment
dilemma."'
Zundel's status on WRMI will be based on
what Zundel says in his programs, says Jeff,
not on who he is or what he has said elsewhere. White goes on to address a larger
question: "My concern is that if we begin to
censor or reject programs because of their
content, it could set a bad precedent. One of
the problems that exists right now in international shortwave broadcasting is the lack of
stations willing to sell airtime; and those
which do, are often very selective about what
type of programs they will accept. I know
from experience that it's not easy to find a
station willing to air even a non-political and
non-religious program, at any price.
"On the other hand, even though the First
Amendment guarantees Zundel the right to
broadcast his programs, it doesn't require
WRMI or any other shortwave station to
broadcast them. (Though we do have a contractual obligation for a certain period of
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time.) So the question becomes: Are these

programs offensive to a large number of listeners? WRMI has always pledged to be a
station run by shortwave listeners for shortwave listeners. So we have perhaps a greater
responsibility than most stations to provide
programming that listeners want to hear.
"Therefore, we have asked listeners to
give us comments about the Zundel programs
which are aired on WRMI (Saturday at 1900
UTC in English and Sunday at 1900 in German, on 9955 kHz) .... If we receive a large
number of complaints from listeners about
any program we air, we will seriously consider taking it off the air. If we don't receive
complaints, we have to assume people either
like the program or are neutral."
"I know this is an unusual circumstance on
shortwave, since most stations are owned by
governments or religious or political organizations which only broadcast material that
they agree with. So far, WRMI, WRNO, and
to a certain extent WWCR are the only shortwave broadcasters in the US (and pretty much
the whole world) which are truly commercial
in nature, and which offer virtually anyone,
anywhere, the opportunity to broadcast their
views on international radio.
"Our goal is to commercialize WRMI as
much as possible. This is a difficult process on
shortwave, as the medium has traditionally
been used mainly for political and religious
programming. This means that for the time
being, many ofour 'commercial' clients will
be religious and political organizations and these are two subjects which inevitably
lead to controversy. But that's what short-

wave is all about, isn't it? I've been a shortwave listeners since 1972, and I listen because I can hear programming and viewpoints
that are unavailable anywhere else."
"For the good of all of us, I think we have
to take very seriously this unique degree of
freedom of expression which is available in
the United States. Balancing freedom of expression and listeners' desires is the sometimes awkward responsibility of a private
shortwave broadcaster. We welcome all listener comments on this matter." Address to:
Jeff White, General Manager, WRMI, 8500
SW 8 St., Suite 252, Miami, FL 33144. Fax
305-267-9253.
As pointed out in a New York Times article
by David Binder, where else but on a shortwave station would you find "such loony
juxtapositions" as readings from Qaddafi's
Green Book interspersed with Michael Jackson recordings? Or is that becoming a thing of
the past? Given the current climate of reevaluation and receptiveness to new solutions
by broadcasters, the whole radio spectrum is
in flux.

Maritime Madness?
This co mes from Dick Dillman of
Greenpeace out of San Francisco:
"An enonnous number of false distress
alanns (more than 97%) have resulted from
the installation and improper operation of
GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress Satellite
System) equipment aboard vessels. The situation is so bad [says an article in Ocean Voice,
the publication of Inmarsat], that fa lse distress alerts are severely threatening the continued existence ofsearch and rescue facilities for mariners. '
"This will come as no surprise to current
and fonner radio officers (among whom I
count myself). We have always pointed out
that the presence of a single individual with
the responsibility for ship's communications
is essential to the safety oflife at sea. I myself
thought the danger was that captains and
mates would not be able, through lack of
training or the press of other duties, to send .a
distress message in a timely manner. This
would threaten the safety of an individual
ship. Now it turns out that inadvertent distress
alerts threaten not an individual ship but the
entire world-wide organization of search and
rescue.
"I understand that the pressures of cost
reduction and smaller crews (in itself a safety
hazard according to many) probably means
the end of the radio officer aboard ship. But
it's sad to see that the loss of this individual
threatens the safety of ships and crew in a way
few of us anticipated."
(Continued on page 114)

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COMMUNICATIONS
Satellites and The Great Satan
Every country needs an enemy. It gives a
people something to rally behind. Ir there is
no enemy, one is often created. Jn !ran, the
enemy is the West.
Iran continues to frame almost its enti re
existence in terms of an ongoing war against
the Un ited States. Accordi ng to Iranian clerics, the U.S. fi rst co nducted a mil itary campaign aga inst Iran

(whi ch they say it lost).

then a 'political" war. and an
economic war (ongoing). Now,
they say. the Great Satan has embarked
on a cultural war.
Western satellite-delivered TV shows, says
Ayatollah Mohammad Emami-Kashani, have
been a psychological and spiritual blight on
the youth of Iran. "Many of our people have
had life drained out of them by these programs: they have become wretched and lost
their mental balance."
Against this official govern ment position
are reports such as the one carried by the
opposition Voice of the Mojahed. ln Tehran s
Ekbatan district. they say that residen ts angri ly turned away government officials who
had come to forcibly confiscate their satellite
dishes. A short time later. the police arrived
on the scene and opened fi re. Fighting continued until midnight and several people were
arrested, although there were no reports of
casualt ies.
On the always-present other hand. Iran
apparently feels no compunction about exporting its culture. IL just signed an agreement
with Albanian Radio-Television in which that
coun try wi ll act as an inte rnational "bridge"
for the broadcast of Muslim re ligious programs.

Another Network Ray Victim

A 46-year old Charlotte, North Caroli na.
man. convi nced that the three TV networks
were sending ''rays" through his TV, decided
to take matters into his own hands. Wi ll iam
"Manny" Tager bought a used Ford Taurus,
and headed north. Along the way, he stopped
for a hairc ut and a Chinese-made AK-47.
Arriving in New York City, he made his
way to the street-level, glass-enclosed studio
of the Today show and tried to enter. A
security guard, spotting the riIle, slammed the
door in Tager's face. but a stagehand. trying
to fl ag down a police car, was fatall y shot in
6

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

the back. Police arrested Tager without incident.

Tager said that ABC, CBS. and NBC had
been watching him for 20 years, buggi ng his
home. tapping his phone and sending rays
th rough the TV set. The dead stagehand, he
said, was a "network goon."

Breaker, Good Buddy

A long-standi ng di sagreement between two
CBers led a 66 year old Pennsylvania man to
ope n fire, killing one perso n and
wounding anothe r. According to reports. Ru sse ll Hryhor and Davis
Brungard were talking on the radio
when Marvin Ross-also known by
the "handle'' of"Brooklyn 99"- broke
in and started argui ng with Hryhor.
Those monitoring the con versation
said Ross accused Hryhor of theft
and welfare fraud. Hryror suggested
that they meet to iron out the matter and gave
Brook lyn 99 his home add ress.
The three met and the dispute escalated
when Hryhor demanded an apology from
Ross. Ross responded by saying. "I don' t
want to hear your s_" and opened fire with
a handgun, ki lling Hryhor and wounding
Brungard. Brungard. bleedi ng. was able to
retu rn to his car where he attempted to ram
Ross' s vehicle. At least one of the ve hicles ran
over Hryhor' s body as they fl ed.
Ross is being he ld without bai l and is
charged with first and th ird-degree murder.

CB Send-Off?
David Carroll was a long-hau l North Carolina trucker whose marriage was fa lIing apart.
At 32, Carroll had just separated from his wife
and three daughters.
One day. he pulled his rig into the parking
lot of a convenience store and parked. Contemplati ng sui cide, he took a gun from under
the seat. Police. alerted by bystanders. arrived
at the scene.
Unable to get Caroll to accept a cellular
phone. police negotiated with the trucker by
CB. Carroll's wife and kids soon came, trying

desperately to convince him to give up the

gun. But as police and family members worked.
they were conti nu ally harassed by passing
truckers on nearby Interstate 40 who taunted
Carroll. sneering that he didn 1 have the guts to
pull the trigger.
Carroll did. He died at I :25 pm after a threehour stand-off.
" I guess they thought they were being
fu nny," said an office r at the scene. " Maybe
they thought this guy wasn' t serious. It turned
out he was."

Hoaxer Ordered to Pay Restitution

A 'cah Bay, Washington. man who led the
U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard on a wi ld
goose chase in 199 1. has been order to pay
$ 17 ,000 in restitution.
Steven Lee McCarty pied gui lty in June to
transmitt ing a false distress call. In April of
1991, McCarty broadcast a call for hel p, saying that his vessel was sinking. He repeated his
charade fo r over an hour, and both U.S. and
Canadian fo rces were deployed.
Restitution wi ll be divided between the two
countri es with the U.S. Coast Guard receiving
$6.783 and the Canadians gelling $ 10,305.
Sending a hoax distress call is a felony
punishable by up to six years in prison. a
criminal line of up to $250,000, and a $5,000
civil fine.

The Little Station That Could...

Just about every rad io hobbyist I've met
would love to own his or herown radio station.
The most obvious obstacle is always moneystations aren't cheap to buy or start.
In Freeland. Washington. that's not stopping David Ossman and Dick Mahan. Seven
days a week, 20 hours a day, their Whidbey
Information Radio is on the air-but only for
people waiting to board the ferry in Mukilteo.
Broadcasting at one-tenth of a wall. station
literature says that its signal is "strong and
clear for only about as far as you can sidearm
a clam...
The station went on the air in January on
16 10 AM and I02. 1 FM. Its entire broadcast
consists of a single half hou r program. repeated throughout the day. The program is
a mix of interviews, l'catures.
and whatever else strikes
station personnel's fa ncy.
Station officials admit that
theiroperation is small. Says
Ossman, "What 1 think is
that we are the fi rst Burma
Shave signs on the information superh ighway."

COMMUNICATIONS
Little Station II
Last summer, Danny Buch, vice president
of promotions fo r Atlantic Records, had an
idea. Every day, thousands of commuters sat
in traffic outside the New Jersey side of the
Holland Tunnel.
This is a captive audience, thought Buch,
o f massive proportions. Some 1.9 million
people use river crossings each day to get to
the island of Manhattan and virtually all of
them spend some time sitting in the ir cars
going nowhere .
So Buch planted a low-powered AM transmitter at a nearby gas station and half a dozen
interns wearing sandwhich boards advertise
the frequency outside the entrance to the
tunnel. Commuters who li stened to the broadcast were treated to music by one of Atlantic's
new bands, B-Tribe. After the tunnel broadcasts began, B-Tribe enjoyed a 19 percent
increase in sales "and there's no other place
that could have come from. Where we can go
with thi s is pretty staggering," says Buch.
Atl antic is looking to establish stations at
other New York City tunne ls and bridges and
may began using the idea in other cities.

dios. Motorola claimed Harri s was using copyright and trade secret info rmati on so that he
could monitor "secret" law enforcement communications. Harris says that the data, codes
and equipment he uses are available on the
open market and that Motorola 's action is an
effort to censor the 1995 edition of his book,
Frequency and Intelligence Directo1)'(see p.30
for more on this story).

Buying Beeb History

Looking fo r a solid investment opportunity
that' ll also give you a piece of international
radio history? Three of the BBC World Service domestic relay frequencies in New Zealand
are for sale.
Auckland's 1386 channel, Wellington's
1233 kHz, and the Chri stchurch I 01 7 kHz
channels are apparently going to the hi ghest
bidder.
lt has been reported that although the channels carry the BBC, they are in fact pri vately
owned. Serious inquir ies, however, could probably be initiated through the British Broadcasting Corporation in London.

pany. It says, " If you don ' t want your conversation printed in the dail y newspaper, then
avoid us ing a cellular phone."

"Communications" is written by Larry Miller from

material supp lied by the follow ing staff of reporters:
Nigel Allen (v ia Roger Cravens). location unknown:
Dav id Alpert. New York, NY; Harry Baughn,
Brasstown, NC: M.L. Cauthon Ill , Bremerton. WA:
David Chapchuk. Scranton. PA: Peter Esky. Los A ngeles. CA: John Henault. Brooksville, FL; Stephen
Kaatz, Huntington Woods. Ml: Fred Kelly, Jr.. Houston, Texas: Gene Sawyer. Temecula, CA: Marvin
Schmeal, Telli ngton, AB; Lou Shirley, NJ; Ric hard
Sklar. Seattle. WA; Dan Stork, Tamarac. FL and
Phi lip Yasson. Portland. OR.
Thanks for the near record tum-out, folk s! Other
publications quoted include the Associated Press.
Na1ional Scanning, Sate/lire Times. \Vall Srreer Journal, World Bru11dcas1 Information and W5 Yl Repon.
You. too. can join the Communications monitoring
team hy watching your local newspaper for stories
about radio. Send them to Larry Miller, Monitoring
Times. Communications Department. P.O. Box 98,
Brasstown. NC 28902. And thanks '

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M OTOROLA

Costs Motorola Millions

Prosecutors in Oklahoma have iss ued a
federal arrest warrant fo r John Davi d Astacio,
a 41 year o ld "computer wonk" who is accused, among other things, of reprogramming
Motorola radios so they can pick up " restri cted" police and fi re channe ls. When police raided Astacio's employer. Tulsa Sec urity Patrol, they found software that could be
used to reprogram the radios. Motorola had an
attorney present at the raid. Astacio is currently mi ssing. Tulsa Security Patrol owner
Larry Gass is apparently also under investigation.
According to local newspaper reports, the
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Pat Scha d, a Motorola spokeswoman, said
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Motorol a is also on the move in Florida
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The Wall Street Journal now says that bar

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watch what they say on their cellular phones.
"It's only a matter of time before a client will
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Savvy companies have long been alert to
the dangers of inadverte ntly disclosing business intelligence over a cellul ar phone," says
the Journal. In March of 1990, it reports Peter
Lynch, the mutual-fund executive in Boston,
was overheard talking about his fo rthcoming
resignation on a ce llular phone. In 1988, a
li stener overheard the chairman of Popeye's
Fried Chicken d isclosing plans to take over
rival C hurch's Fried Chicken.
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Radio fRance lnreRnacionale

t a time when most broadea~ lers a re looking very
c lose ly at the ir sho rtwave
se rvices trying lo define
w hat the role is for this service that some say is passc ...
Radio France Internationalc
has embarked on a ve ry e laborate and aggressive program lO cover most of the world with
thei r programs.
S ince RFI only produces programs. and
does not tran smit them. it must work very
c losely with T DF (Tc led iffusion de France)
for the ir actual transmission . RF! no longe r
ow ns any transmiuers in France or anywhe re
else. a nd con tracts with TDF- whal we call
in North America a "common carrier"- to
supp ly the necessary too ls. TDF c an su pply
shortwave (sec sidebar story) o r FM tran smitters. satell ite transponders. or other means, to
best dcl iver the c lient's message.
But. as you wi ll sec. France has been no
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10

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

Rocky Beginnings
May 6. 1931. was a most important clay in
the history of Fre nch shortwave broadcasting. The first "official'' broadcast was transmitted from Paris from a studio built o n the
grounds of the Expositi o n Coloni a le . No. you
did not he a r the national a nthem as a n ident ifica tion sig nal. as you would today-the
rooster crowing "Cocorico, cocori co'" was
the ID signal for this new service.
Why d id France decide to broadcast on
shortwave al that parti cu lan ime? L ike al l the
colonial powers of the day. France had man y
colonies, overseas provinces, and other types
of intcrestsal l around the world: many French
nat ionals lived or worked in these far removed areas. For exampl e. France had inte rests in Asia (I ndochi na). in many cou ntries of
Africa (Congo and o the rs), in North America
(Guadeloupe and St. Pierre et Mique lo n). and
in the South Pacific (T ah iti ) etc. ll became
importan t for France to keep in to uc h w ith its
natio nals around the world. and reassure them

that "Metropo le'' had no l fo rgotten them.

S hortwave was also the perfect medium to
bring to the local population the news, no t
o nly from France, but also from Europe and
the world.
W hat was the content of these fi rst broadcasts 'l Mostly econom ic news, arti stic ne ws,
and c urre nt affairs: economic news to keep
the French traders and planters abreast of
what was going on in the world; anislic news,
so that the expatriates would sti ll feel part of
the large fam ily of France. There was even a
small orchestra for li ve concerts.
The transm itter used then and for many
years lo come was located just outside Paris
and had been built specifically for the "Postc
Colonia l de l"Etat Franyais"-two 15 kW
transm iltcrs with two ante nnae. These ante nnae were suspe nded from th ree 300 ft. towers-"st ate-of-the-art" in I 931 .
The signals from this site were not o nly
well heard in most of the Frenc h areas of Asia
and Africa. but a lso in o ther cou ntries of the
world. according to the lelters rece ived in

Paris. This c reated some problems: c ritics of

the shortwave transmissions said that the
service was forthe Fre nch population at large
a nd money was being spe nt so that other
countries coul d hear this new serv ice . ..
"This is not what this station was supposed to
do with the taxpayers' money!" It would
appear that nothing has reall y changed over
the last fi fty years: the same a rgument has
recently been re peated- and not only by
France!

The World Goes to War

Betwee n 1932 and 19 39 the s tation
changed its name to Paris Mond ial. increased
its coverage, added many fore ign languages
programs. installed new transmjtte rs, and
became deeply involved in the ri tual o f prewar propaganda. It is interesting that many
countries started transmitting propaganda on
shortwave during the period leading to World
War Il. The BBC started its transmi ssions
during this period ; G ermany was using shortwave to sell their ideas; a nd- a little-known
fact- Rad io Moscow had the highest power
and the largest num ber of hours on the air of
any.
Toward the e nd o f this prewar period, the
French shortwave broadcasting program became a very hot po litical issue and each
successive Frenc h governme nt wanted to do
something diffe re nt with Paris-Mondial. Directors came and went, staff was hired and
de-hired regularly, and the money set aside
for new transmitters and equi pment was continually being reallocated to other tasks. Despite this atmosphe re of confusion, the stati on carried on its mandate .
In mid-May 1940. the in vasion of France
began ; the staff fro m Par isMondi al had to leave
Paris and carry o n
broadcas ting fr om
v ario u s c it ies in
France until mid-June.
T he sta ff working on
foreign la nguage programs was he lped to escape from France. T hose
that had to remain in the country
during the occupation kept a very
low profi le and lived with the underground groups.
T hroughout the remainder of the
wa r, some broadcasti ng took place from
a station called Voix de la France. Thi s
propaganda station was operated unde r
the watchful eyes of the German army and
tried to cover the world with propaganda.
The transmi tters used were the same that

had been used be fore the war by ParisMondial. This equipment was destroyed in
late August 1944 , as the German army began
its retreat.
T wo stations in Africa atte mpted to maintain inde pende nt French broadcasts during
the war years. One was located in the CongoRadio Brazzaville -and the other in Algeri a- Rad io F ra nce. Ne ws to feed the
Brazza ville station was intercepted on site by
the rad io operators and was used to prepare
the news programs that were beamed not only
to France. but also to other French colonies. It
is said that the equipment used at the
Brazzavill e transmitte r site had been manufac tured in the USA and "somehow" fo und its
way to Afri ca !
Radio France in Algiers was more a c ultural station staffed by mus icians, artists, reporters a nd uni versity professors that had
managed to escape from France in early 1940.
Pos~WarReconstruction

The war ended in 1945 and it was time to

re build RF!. Not only was it necessary to
re bui ld the technical side of the ope ration, but
the se rvice essentially had to be restarted
from the ground up, incl udi ng find ing ne w
staff. T he postwar years have not been easy
for RFI , nor were they easy for the various
governments that " tried" to get France back
on track in the first few years fo llowing Oday . As RF! was part of one or another gove rnment department during this period , its
staff had to accept new directors a nd upper
management as they were named by each
ne w gove rnment. The re is a story o f one new
director being intro-

duced to the staff during a formal meeting,

who. because o f the visibly hostile attitude of
the staff present, decided to quit on the spot.
T his gesture won him the admiration of the
surprised staff!
For many years the shortwave services
from France were part of the larger governme nt ope rated broadcasti ng complex, ne ver
really possess ing autonomy. A clear mandate
and some degree of independe nce were needed
for the broadcast service before it could really
ope rate we ll without a lways having to look
over its shoulder to see what the government
of the day was up to. It would appear that the
shortwave services, in particular, were not
conside red essential and the budget would be
" readj usted" on a regular basis as the money
was needed fo r other tasks.
Finally, Radio France Internationale, as
we know it today, was born in 1975, a ndgiven
a proper name! Its goals were clarified and it
gained a certain amount o f autonomy. At the
same time, TDF became the common carrie r
for RF!.
By the mid and late '80s, ne w areas of the
world were ope ning as broadcast targets, and
ne w techniques were becoming available to
fi ll the gaps and increase the quality of RFI ' s
world wide coverage. A lthough RFI had lost
its relay station in Brazzav ille in the mid50's, the modern equipme nt at the TDF's
lssoudun/ A ll ouis transmitter complex in central France had been able to provide coverage
to most of the world.
A 500 kW radi o station bui lt in Moyabi.
Gabon, in 1979 started renting time to RFI in
198 1 to enhance RFI' s coverage of the Afri can contine nt and South America. Around the
same period, TDFbuilt a new tran sm itter si te
in Montsinery, Frenc h Guya na. This new
station he lps RFl increase the efficie ncy of
the coverage of certain areas in North Ame rica
and Africa.
RFl!TDF also enters into reciprocal agreements with Japa n to use the transmitter site
in Ya mata, Japan ; and with China to use
some transmitter ti me in Xian, Pe king and
Kunming. In Russia. RFI has access to the
transmitter in Lrkutsk. With these transmitti ng a nd relay sites RF! now has fu ll
and adeq uate coverage of the world via
shortwave, except fo r A laska and the
southwest part of Australia. Figure I
illustrates RF l's present shortwave
coverage.
A t the Allouis/Issoudun TDF
transmiuer s ites in France, the fol lowi ng tran smitt ing capabilities for
shortwave arc available to carry
RF! progra ms:

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11

FIGURE 2

FIGURE 1

RFI 8HOlfTWAW ITATIOHI AtCJ RE.AYI

12 transmitters of l 00 kW
54 curtain antennae
8 transmitters of 500 kW
35 curtain antennae
l ALLISS 500 kW transmitter/rotating antenna
module. Thi s module is the first one installed in
Fronce and eventually many of the present
transmitters and curtain antennae will be re
placed by this new system. See the sidebar
story.
l additional ALLISS is installed but is on standby
status only.

On MW, ctt1es in North America and

Europe get some selected RFI programs:
Montreal, Moscow, Washin gton and Paris
are being fed in this fashion. The following
cities can also listen to some feed of RF! on
cable: Berlin, Chicago, Copenhagen, Minneapolis/Saint-Paul, Tokyo, Osaka. Many cities and towns in the Netherlands and in the
province of Quebec are also fed RF! programs on cable.

One more tool is now added to the a lready

large and elaborate transmission system: sate llites are being used to cover the world. RFI
can now be heard on one or more transponders of the following sate llites: Intelsat 505 ,
Intelsat 601 , Eutelsat, An ik E2, Spacenet,
Panamsat and Palapa. If you look at the various composite footprints of these satellites
(Figure 2), you w ill see that very few areas of
the world cannot receive RFI programs via
satellite. RFI now has the world covered
using one mode or the other. Radio France
Internationale is no longer simply a shortwave broadcaster; it is now using all possible
tec hniques to fulfill its mandate.
What is the future for RFI? I personally
believe that RF! will not be much different in
I0 years from what it is now. The only potential changes I can see w ill be those d ictated by
a changi ng world political environment. For
now, RFI is fulfilling its assigned role in the
world broadcasti ng community, and will remain a major player in the shortwave broadcasting fie ld.

(See sidebar stOI)', pp. 14- 15)

The French Guyana s ite is equipped with

the following operational equipment:

TDF, Teled1ffus1on de FRance

4 transmitters of 500 kW
12 curtain antennae
1 TOUCAN module.

The TOUCAN in French Guyana is the

same system as the new ALLISS installed in
Allouis/l ssoudun. But for technical reasons,
in particular due to the high heat and extreme
humidity of this site, the 500 kW transmitter
is not located in the base of the rotating
antenna, but is built in a separate transmitter
building instead .

Looking Ahead
A new era is starting for RFl. Its main
current objective is to promote the French
language worldwide by every means possible. In addition, RF! is tasked with helping
to train new broadcasting personne l, espec ia lly for the French-speaking African countries. Thirdly, RFI continues to broadcast in
16 other languages to sell France to the rest of
the world.
To fulfill this role, RF! has to look to new
techniques to ensure its presence e verywhere
around the globe. Since city dwelle rs do not
normally li sten to shortwave, RFI feeds its
programs on the FM band. This is done in
many c ities in Africa (Dakar. Cotonou,
Brazzaville, etc.), Europe (Paris, Berlin, Sofia,
Moscow, Oslo etc.), and North America (New
York, Ottawa, Washington).

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MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

TELEDIFFUS ION DE FRANCE is the "common carrier" that supplies the necessary tools for RFI to transmit its programs. But in what else is TDF involved in? In the
field of broadcasting, TDF is the carrier fo r many, if not most, of the TV and radio
programs in France and overseas. Certain areas of the world are still French territories
or "departments. The radio and TV programming in these overseas areas are produced
by RFO, Radio France Outre-mer, but the actual transmissions arc done by TDF using
fac ilities built and operated by them.
TDF not only offers transmission facilities to French companies, it also rents its
faciliti es to foreign broadcasters that wish to use them for relay purposes. Japan and
China are using thi s service dai ly.
Cable TV, as it is known in North America, is not yet as prevalent in France as it is
here. TDF is presently installing TV cable in many areas of France and carryi ng on
research in this field.
Two other areas where TDF is involved are the RDS and synchronous FM
transm issions. The synchro FM system is used on the super highways of France so that
the driver does not have to change frequency along the way to receive necessary highway
information. The system uses the same frequency. with many transmitters. By usi ng the
synchro FM system, no drop-off of the s ignal is experienced, and no heterodyne whistle
is heard.
Radi o Data System is another area where TDF is doing some research. This system
is already in use in certain urban areas of Europe and North America to transmit digital
traffic information to the car radio. TDF is studying the possibility of using a simi lar
system on shortwave so that your receiver will know what station you are listening to.
The RDS will also tell your radio which other frequenc ies are presently in use fo r this
station, and even help your receiver decide which frequency to automatically tune to
obtain the best signal.
The new shortwave transm itters being installed by TDF cou ld transmit this data. But
we will be facing the following situation: w ill the receiver builders/designers have the
necessary equipment on the market before the transmi tters start transmitting the data, or
wi II the broadcasters start sendin g the data before the receivers are avai lable? Only time
wi ll tell!

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The ALLlSS Anrenna/TRansmirceR module

By Jacques d'Avignon
Since the start of shortwave broadcasting in the early I 930's, it has
been c ustomary for a trans mitting station to be made up of the
fo llowing compone nts: transmitter, large c urta in-type antenna(e),
feed lines, antennae switching matrix , and, if necessary. the antenna(e)
baluns and dummy load. Each of these components was built as a
separate unit and then assembled into a transmitting syste m.
One of the major problems with this type of installation is that the
antenna syste m is mechanically fixed ; it has to be built favoring a
specific direction. A ny desired c hange in the required trans mi ssion
azimuth is accomplished by inserting delay lines in the various parts
of the curtain to slew the main horizontal transmission lobe. The
maximum slewing angle possible with electrical slewing is abou t 30
degrees from the original boresight azimuth. If the broadcaster wants
to drastica lly modify the azimul11 of the main transmiss ion lobe
because a new target area becomes important, it is necessary to bu ild
a new antenna with a ll its assoc iated circuits . T his is not only
extremely costly, but one must also possess or acqu ire adequate
acreage fo r such a construction.
Overt he last few years. Thomcasl, togel11er w ith TDF (Tc lediffusion
de France), has devel oped not only a new steerable antenna syste m,
but a comple tely new concept of building a transmiller site. All the
components described in the beginning paragraph a rc bui lt into one
module, and the rotating ante nna can cover the fu ll 360 degrees in 3
minwes or less. In addit io n, both sides of this ante nna curtain structure
can be employed for two different frequency ranges. Almost the only
limitation on the bui lt-in flex ibi lity of this system is that both s ides of
the antenna cannot transmit at the same time, nor can the antenna be
rotated du ring transmissions.
This modular ante nna and transmitte r have been developed by
Thomcasl/TDF to replace some aging transmillers and curtain antennae at l11e A llouis/Issoundun
sites ofTDF. T he name of the
new antenna/transmitter module ALLISS is deri ved from
Allouis/Jssoudun s ites where
the first modules are being insta ll ed.

Taking A Closer Look

This rotating antenna can
be built and tuned to cover two
very specific frequency ranges:
4 to 15 MHz and 6 to 26 M Hz.
In the first model , one side of
the rotati ng c urtain antenna can
tran smi t in the range4-6 MHz
and the other in the 9-15 MHz
range. The second version o f
the a nte nna uses one s ide to
transmit from 6 to 11 MHz and
the reverse side to cover 11 to
26 MHz. O nlyone sideofthese
rotating curta ins can be used

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MONITORING TIMES

A QSLfrom Telediffusion de
France confirming reception of
the Radio France Internatio11al
signal.
November 1994

at one ti me.
The transmitte r building supports the complete antenna structure
and houses the transmitter. the dummy load. the antenna balun and the
antenna switc hing unit. The total mass of the bui lding housi ng the
transmitter and ancill ary equipment is over 7,000 tons wi thout the
antenna; the ante nna structure adds another 200 tons to the total mass
of this module.
The ante nna structure itself is a large curtain 275 feet w ide and 275
fee l high, and has been built 10 survive w inds of 125 mph. Depe nding
on the model of antenna-high or low HF-the c urtai n is composed of
four dipoles in width and as many as six dipoles in height. These
dipoles and the antenna matching uni t, built inside the central antenna
support, are s pecifically des igned for a low SWR over a wide bandwidth. With this arrangement it is also easy to cont rol the radiation
an gles: the horizonta l angle can be slewed 30 to 60 degrees, and the
vertica l radiation angle can be varied between approximately 3 and 25
degrees.
The e ntire operation of the transmitter/antenna module can be
completely cont rolled from a re mote location. si nce each stage of the
transmi tter a nd antenna start up, sw itc hing, and loadi ng operation are
computer con trolled.
Someone is sure to ask what is the forward gain of these antennae
and what is the front to back ratio. Wel l. accordi ng lo the document
supplied by Thomcast, the front to back ratio is greater tha n 20 dB al
any frequency for which the antenna is designed. The forwa rd gain
varies according to the frequenc y used and the configuration of the
radiation pattern. but the gai n ranges from 16 to 22 dBi-quite
acceptable! If you feed this ante nna with a 500 kW tran smitter. you can
imag ine the Effective Radiated Power.
The dummy load for the 500 kW transmitter is a bath o f sal t water.
Obv ious ly, the reci pe for this "soup" is calcul ated to present an

accurate and constant 50' n impedance to the transmitter at all

de~ign fr~ue.ncies.J:lle.~axial conductor is a solid line of ~tii

14 inches m d1apiet;t built m the centre post of the antenn~jlittam(,
in the same are~1~here the ba~n transformer is locateqr)
During theiscussions ori this antenna at the EgXC meeting, _,
in Paris, someone (who shall remain nameless!)pt<:ed the,re re-,,~
sentaves from Thomcast if anyone had ever yi~d using this'
1k\
antenpa for receiving purposes. Apparently,o one has-dorfe.,i .
..,(;, ,
buy r _c an see great possibilities for a suf,e~ n,x;<fJe!~..,<ta'y . ; . , : " i,
sli6rtwave listening or a ham operating week:ep.dftila,ve ~Cfy
put my name down to be advised if any of ~es~teifuae are,ever
d~clared "surplus" and need a good home rt ai'\l'lookipg for a very
large piece~fland with no p9wer lines around" 'preferably in a salt
water mars~~d som~9rfe who has tlg~-Af'6ney tO transport and
build one of the~ modtl1es. You can always dream...
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;If
.

Over the ne~ w years (1995,-1997), IDF will be revampm_g "' 1

its complete
'\ souq':'n sites, and when the remodelli
' ;
completed t
~~~~ ,an~~pna lineup at each si~e
as follows,
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,

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Allouis
,,. 11 ALUSS module covering 6-26 MH,z;, ,
,,
"/' 1 ALUSS module covering 4-6 MHz &ila~~l'.$ MHz
All transmitters in these modules ore 500 kW

lssoudun
8 transmitte~Y''kW 36 curtain antennae
IP'

By the end ofthis year, Montsinery in Fre!J.cliGuyana will have

the following setup:
.,

4 transmitters, 500 kW wi~.curtain antennae

I TOUCAN antenna with a 500 kW transmitter. This setup is the
same as an AWSS module,but the transmitter is not built in the
base of the antenna.
,,r1ll)flf'

,,.

T"t . flag til ~f}J?

b,as~of~ anunna

s/he transmitter
, the dummy
the antenna
and switching
. The 7,000-ton
ture (shown
in cross section)
rts and

Diagram above .imulates the radio wave dispersal patten&

for the steerttbte'ALLISS antenna.
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15

By Roberl Williams

our youth many of us were dedicated radio experimenters,

trekking across the winter air-ways via crystal kits and superregenerative sets, nightly explorers ofthe first magn itude with
our mail-order JOO-in-One's and our roof-top antemw farms. In
those days to actually listen in by radio to someone across the
street, across the country, or in a distant land (orfar-away planet)
was the essence of the dream.
In pursuit of this dream ( a11d to the daily dismay of elders) we
diligently amassed ever growing collections of discarded popbottles (a worthy enterprise at 2 cents apiece), towering volumes
of irreplaceable sci-Ji and popular-something-magazines, and
coveted the occasional priceless 1nilitary surplus radio chassis.
Few of us actually managed to conjure up our magic box-that
homemade a111plitude-modulated class 'C' three-tube IO Watt
radio transceiver; and what 1f we had actually managed to get our
11

1750 Meter Band

The Low Frequency (LF) radio band,
generally referred to as longwave in the o ld
days, extends from 30 to 300 kilohertz (kHz).
LF has historicall y been the realm of maritime coastal ship-to-shore communications
a nd locali zed marine radio pos itioning transmi ssions. The FCC confirms that, while the
1750 me ters ( 160 to 190 kHz) has been
largely deserted since the late 1950's, this
portion of the LF freq uency ba nd is still open
to un lice nsed experimental and hobbyi st
transmissions, though at greatly restric ted
power levels and max imum measured ante nna lengths.
Restri ctio ns no tw iths tanding, these
longwave frequencies are actively operated

16

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

unlicensed signal out there ON THE A IR ? We always knew, deep

in the pits of our stomachs, that the everpresent and allseeing
Federal Communications Commission (the radio police) would
surely desce11d upon us in full governmental force.
I recall that the idea of having to attend the 6th grade in black
and white striped pajwnas on Alcatraz or Devil's Island was
enough lO curb ma11y a youthful e11deavor.
Winter nights too numerous to count have si11ce come and
gone. So111e.fulfilled the dream through study and eventual Amateur Radio Licensing, some found delight in Citizens Band, many
turned to Shortwa ve Listening as the purist's form, and ofcourse,
some ofusjust discovered new arenas for exploration. Hormones
and automobiles may have accounted for our changing interests,
but I believe tha t those once youtl~ful radio experimenters may live
on in many of us still.

and may offer us the last best opportunity in

the 20th centu ry for "oldtime" radio experimentation and exploration. 1750 me ters may
in fact be that youthful radio experimenter's
last fronti er.

LF Equipment
Hobbyist transmissions on 1750 meters
are restricted to a max imum trans mitter final
amplifier power leve l of I Watt with a transmi ssion antenna le ngth of about 50 feel ( 15
mete rs), including the feedline. No restrictions exist on the mode of trans mi ssion used
(CW, MCW, AM , DSB, SS B, F M, e tc.).
However, no restric tions exist on the use or
the le ngth of the a nte nna of 1750 mete r band
receivers. T herefore, successfu ll y listening
in on the 1750 meter band simply requires a

receiver capable of handling these low frequencies as well as the transmission modes
most commonly used the re.
There are equipment manufact ure rs that
produce commercial and specialty line 1750
meter equipme nt. Few co mmercially available general coverage or shortwave receivers
can tune down through the 1750 mete r band
or conve rt the signals commonly found there.
Those that can, usually cost on the hi gh side.
So, unless we have that red Radio Flyer
loaded with ancient popbottles buried in the
bac kyard (both high-do ll ar collector items
today) the money fac tor may be a subtle
de terrent to our radio exp lorations rekindled.
Thankfu lly, though, the most ful fi ll ing rewards have always come from building and
operating " homebrewed" equipme nt.

A 1750 Meter Band

Direct Conversion Receiver
As an ini ti al entry into 1750 meter LF
operation. a homcbrcw receiver set that is
easy on the parts count (the money factor) as
well as being simple in construction and operation seems the answer. Towards th is end I
have always preferred solde rless breadboard
c ircuitry, using inexpensive or readily avail abl e co mponent s, si mpl e s ing le la ye r
handwoun<l ferrite toro id core inductors. and
RF transformers (when necessary). plus the
venerable old #216 9-Volt Battery fo r powering the c irc uitry. I believe you will find that
the s imple 1750 meter Direct Conve rs ion Receiver desc ribed here fulfills these requirements ni cely.
Almost any transmission mode can be
used on 1750 meters, but the most common
are CW (Continuous Wave Morse Code) a nd
SSB or DSB (S ingle or Double Side Band
Voice). So, any receiver destined for 160 to
190 kH z success should be. at a minimum.
CW and Side Band capable- this one is.

The Circuit
Designed around the Direct Conversio n
receiver principle, thi s four-trans istor circuit
will a llow the reception of Continuous Wave.
Single and Double Side Band. as \\e ll as most
othcrcommon transmission modulation methods- and all this while keepi ng the receiver' s
parts count and circuit complexi ty to a min imum. T he receiver's electronic c irc uitry is
shown sche matically in Figure I. A compl ete
listing of receiver parts hard ware is included.
The receiver contains a 1750 meter Vari able Frequency Osci ll ator circ uit (VFO). a
Direct Conversion Detector c ircuit (DCD).
and a direct coupled Audi o Power Amplifier
c irc uit w ith dual-diode Automatic Noise Lim iter.
T he VFO-a simplifi ed common-collector series-resonate Colpitts osci Ilator- is tuned
with a standard AM radio type 365 pF dualstator tuning capaci tor. The VFO provides a
fairly stable RF signal whi le allowing continu ou ~ receiver coverage of the entire 1750
me ter band.
T he receiver's rad io frequency input is
applied d irectly to the DC D. Th is is a tuned
narrow bandwidth input c ircuit requiring no
radio frequency preamplifi cation. The narrow
bandwidth aspect of this rece iver's input aids
in limiting the effects o f strong radio or noise
signals occurring outside the 1750 meter band.
Thi s he lps to keep the rece iver from being
overdriven.
S ince receiver a ntenna lengths are unrestricted by the FCC, and becau se one-quarter

wavelength at 1750 meters is over 1300 feet Receiver Construction and Testing
(that s about one-quarte r mi le!), the antenna of
Preferring solderless breadboard c ircuit
cho ice for this receiver is the long, long. longcrbuil di ng as the quickest method to prototype a
thc-bcttc r end-feed longwirc type. The anc ircuit and get it on the air. I have provided a
tenna is transfom1er-coupled in this c ircuit.
compone nt layout building diagram of the 1750
Antenna transformer wi nding data is described
meter receiver's vertical-bus breadboard c iralong with the wi nding data for the VFO' s 700
cu ity. This is shown in Figure 2. This receiver
H inductor in Figure I .
was designed to make vertical-bus breadboard
Se lected l 750 mete r signa ls present at the
construction as easy and painl ess as possible.
w ire antenna are amplified and mixed. a long
However, the vertical-bus component laywit h the VFO output signal. in the DCD ci rout shown can be easi ly adapted to various
c uit. The detector's usa ble o utput- the sum
common predrilled s ingle-sided "Universal PC
and difference frequency produc t conversion
Boards.. if you choose. In ei ther case, just
of the received RF and VFO- is the receiver' s
mimic the bui lding diagram' s receiver compoaud io. The DCD outputs thi s directly-connent layout while mak ing sure tha t you observe
ve rted audio signa l to the Audio Power Ampli proper ci rcuit continuity. If built using the
fier (A PA). The APA inc ludes the Automatic
component parts at the values listed and s hown
Noise Limiter ci rcuitry.
sc he maticall y you shou ld have no problems
The APA, a two transistor direct-coupled
lat e r with thi s simpl e receiver.
cascade audio powe r amplifie r. w ill output
The o nly important testing requirement for
noise- limited recei ver a udio to any inexpenthe 1750 mete r band receiver is to ensure VFO
sive high impedance ( I Ok Ohm or higher)
oscill ati on at the correct frequencies of operamonaural crystal earphone.

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17

FIGURE 2
tion. Although standard electronic circuit testing approaches using frequency counters and
oscilloscopes can be used. basic testing of the
receiver" s YFO can be easily accomplished
with the aid of any portahle or table-top AM
Radio having a Digital Tuning display.
First, wi nd the VFO's 700 H inductor
and the DCD's Antenna Transformer as described in the inductor winding data. Then
construct the receivcr s YFO and DCD ci rcuitry. but without including the DCD ferrite
toroid core Antenna Transfom1er. When these
sections are completed. test the YFO for proper
operation by simply placing the AM Broadcast Band radio set near the VFO circuit s 700
H ferrite toroid core inductor.
With 9 Volt Ballery power applied to the
YFO circuit through the ON/OFF switch located on the rear of the 5k Ohm volume
control potentiometer, tune the AM radio to
about 760 kHz on the dial and listen to the
audio output fo r a hissing sound. This should
be easil y identifiable whe n the 1750 meter
receiver" s 365 pF tuning capacitor is adjusted
at or near minimum capacitance.
When the VFO's half of the dual 365 pF
capacitor is at minimum capacitance-about
5 pF- the YFO should be oscill ating at or just
below 190 kHz. A harmonic of 190 kH z
occ urs at 760 k.Hz ( 190 x 4 = 760). Note that
you can also try thi s technique at 570 kH z on
the AM dial ( 190 x 3) if 760 kHz AM is too
noisy. or if a local station exists at that frequency. Either way, when you have accomplished this. mark the 190 kHz spot on the

What Can I Hear on 1750 Meters?

Following is asampling of the many 1-Watt CW
beacons operated by experimenters around the
country. For more frequencies, follow the "Below
500 kHz" column iri Monitoring Times, join the
Longwave Club of America to get their bulletin The
Lowdown (45 Wildflower Rd., Levittown, PA 19057),
and purchase the Longwave Beacon Guide ($15
from Ken Stryker, 2856-G West Touhy Ave, Chicago, IL 60645).
L!!~i!ll!!nllilb

Northwest
Tacoma, WA
Morro Bay ,CA
Southwest
San Jose, CA
Hasel. TX
Midwest
Lancaster, IL
Duluth, MN
Northeast
Centertown. NY
Boston, MA
Southeast
Hilton Head, SC
Warner Robins.GA

18

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TAL

187.3 kHz
187.6 kHz

MEL
TEXAS

183.5 kHz
184.5 kHz

BA
RM

186.4 kHz
189.8 kHz

TFO
BOS

182.5 kHz
188.5 kHz

ABC
JOH

188.9 kHz
184.5 kHz

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YFO tun ing capacitor so you can

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Determining across-band tuning
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Marking the tuning capacitor al I0
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and 160 kH z. is perhaps the easiest.
You could incrementyourYFOtuning to scale 5 kHz of I kHz steps, or
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Having confirmed proper YFO
operation across the 1750 meter
band, remove the 9 Volt power from
the circuitry and complete the construction of the DCD by adding the
Antenna Transformer. The remaining APA and Automatic Noise Limiter circuit sections should now also
be constructed. Again, ifthe building diagram 's receiver component
layout is fol lowed, while maki ng
sure to observe proper circ uit continuity. you should have no problems making final on-the-air confirmati on of proper receiver operation.

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T184 grey Mix #3 single-layer closewound 98 turns of No. 24
long wire antenna (and a good Earth
enameled wire; (2) 700 uH OCO Ant. Xfmr-Same core and
ground) connec ted to the 1750
winding data as with VFD inductor; (3) Secondary (Antenna
meter receive r's antenna input
side)-10 turns of No. 24 enameled wire, closewound and
centered on the remaining 25% of the unused area of the T184
points and 9 Yoh power applied,
Antenna Transformer core.
you wil l immediately discover the
number one drawback to all low
frequency radio communications: NOISE,
Listening in on the 1750 meter band in
lots and lots of noise. High levels of both
your area may require the patience of Job and
natural and manmade static is typical on 1750
real perseverance (or maybe just a tendency
meters. So much so that some have considto insomnia). On its best day (or night) Jong
ered LF useless during daytime hours. The
range on LF can ' t begin to rival the HF ham
upper half of the band, 175 to 190 kHz. is
or shortwave bands, or e ven just a mail check
most popular fo r daytime operation because
on the old CB. But. 1750 meter operation can
noise levels tend to be lower. but the levels of be an inexpensive source of hours of really
manmade noise in your area will be the prigreat fu n... just li ke in those days of young
mary fac tor that determines your daytime
and dedicated experi menters, silently trek160 to 190 kH z success.
king across the winter airways via crystal kits
As you will di scover, it is during the late
and super-regen sets: nightl y explorers of the
evening hours (especiall y in winter months)
first magnitude with mail-order l 00-in-One' s
when the 1750 meter band is at its very best.
and roof-top antenna farms ...
In fact. I predict you will find that LF longrange communication ex perimentation, conGood luck ro you in the radio experiducted during the dead-of-night, can be very
menter '.1 Last Frontier.
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" Info rmation Superhighway: .. Cyberspace," and .. lnfoba hn" are concepts thrown
around loosely nowadays for the emerging
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and nerds(and radi o freaks) is suddenl y mainline. The Internet is on the cover of Time
magazine, and Bill Clinton is only an E-mail
away at [email protected]
The business war is on to see who wi ll rule
cyberspace. Computer and media companies
are buying each other up or building strategic
all iances to see who' ll be providing the programming of the future, who' II be bringing it
into your home on fiber optic links, and
who' 11 make the fancy decoder box that goes
on top of the TV.
But radio is already in cyberspace. and 1he
tex t-based systems of yeste rday arc being
replaced with the sound and vision files of
tomorrow. Today you can literally use your
PC to tap into radio programming from the
Voice of America, Canada. Ireland. and

20

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

.. Internet Talk Radi o ... or the latest Reuters

teletex t business news. courtesy or CNN.
Video isn't far behind. and more is on the
way.

Bock to the Beginning

Where is Cyberspace? One defi nition is
that it s the place where a telephone call takes
place ... a very non-specific geography. a universe out there consisting of electrons moving along wires or photon ~ slipping down
th reads of fiber optic cables. Never mind the
futuristi1: models: cyberspace itself is as old
as the telegraph.
Computers and radio hobbyists are by no
means strangers. Applications grew from
simple logging programs, to orbital calculators for amateur satellite ent husiasts. Then
home computers were used fo r decoding
RTTY , SSTV, and WEFA X weather sate ll ite
photos, and for controlling the new generation of digital receivers and transceivers.
However. computers crossed a major
threshhold with the introduction of the computer bulletin board.
SWLs soon set up their own boards. or
had theirown sections on larger boards. On Ii ne
services followed suit. like CompuServe with
its HamNet Forum. Then the FidoNct made

it possible to share mail between BBS. s using

cheap calli ng rates in the middle of the night.
Suddenly your home BBS was plugged into
one or more international conferences, like
the SWL Echo. only a local phone call away.
It was at this poi nt that broadcasters finally discovered computer communications:
now liste ners can send reports to stations. or
perhaps download schedules and electronic
bulletins like Sweden Calling DXers.

Enter the INTERNET

The Internet is the global network of computer networks that seems to be turnjng into
the backbone of the much-vaunted "Information Super Highway.. (someti mes known as
the "lnfobahn by hackers and cyberfreaks).
It began li fe as the Defense Department's
Arpanet. linking defen se contractors. government agencies, and academics. However,
more and more un iversities bought PCs and
terminals and wired them up into campus
networks. Soon. just about any uni versity
instructororstudent in the industrialized world
was wired into the system.
Business has fo llowed. seeing that the
In ternet is the easiest and cheapest way to
maintain worldwide communications; and
now the doors are bei ng opened to private

individuals, without benefit of academic affiliation or a job at the right company. Today
there are between 20 and40 million Net users
in 137 countries around the world. There's
one new user every two minutes.
What's out there? A vast and confusing
multitude of services. There's E-mail to everyone else connected, gigabytes of files about
everything under the sun available for the
downloading, multiple-user games, and hundreds of conferences (Newsgroups) running
the gamut from astronomy and nuclear physics, to Hollywood gossip and advice for cat
lovers.
For radio enthusiasts there are a number
of interesting Newsgroups:
rec.radio.shortwave
rec.radio.info
rec.radio.broadcasting
rec.radio.noncomm
rec.radio.pirate
rec.radio.swap
rec.radio.cb

rec.radio.scanner
rec.radio.amateur.
equipment
rec.radio.amateur.misc
rec.radio.amateur.policy
alt. radio.networks.npr
alt.radio.pirate
alt.radio.scanner

Here, hobbyists gather and exchange information, similar to the activity on the SWL
Echo or the HamNet Forum on CompuServe,
only magnified. What makes the Internet
even more interesting is the growing presence of broadcasters.
Many stations have Internet mailboxes,
sometimes directly on net servers, sometimes
through gateways to other services, such as
CompuServe, MCI Mail, or America Online.
National Public Radio and the NBC Nightly
News are on the Net. NBC uses the Internet to
automatically send transcripts or summaries
of special programs to interested viewers.
One recent correspondent received the reply:
" .. .If you want a summary of the five-part
series Almost 2001 that is running this week,
please se nd an e -mail messa ge to:
summary @nbc.ge.com There are further email addresses to receive transcripts of particular scripts or information about particular
stories.
International broadcasters are on the Net
as well. Thorsten Koch' s excelle nt The
Internet Guide to Shortwave Broadcasters
lists E-mail addresses for 16 stations (see
sidebar for a partial list). The Voice of
America is starting to make extensive use of
the Internet, with a number of addresses for
different purposes. These include one for
program schedule requests and general messages from inside the United States ([email protected]) and another for reception
reports from inside the United States (qslusa.gov).
The VOA also makes news and schedules
available through what is called a gopher

factsheets, and importantly,

on- line dialog with program-makers."
Internet users from outside the UK will be able to
A Guided Tow otUie Cyller-ToTI>
access information about
the BBC, and will be ad~
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Initially the service will
be text-only, but sound and
image files will be included
later. The BBC Ne tworking Club is connected to
the World Wide Web, a
new way of organizing the
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"The BBC Networking Club is connected to the World
accessible by greatly
Wide Web, a new way of organizing the Internet to make
simplifing Net navigation.
it more accessible."
Con nection to the Web,
server. This allows users to browse for reusing special interface software such as Mosources using a system of menus, bypassing
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material is available at gopher.voa.gov
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A major station which is about to establish itself on the information super highway
in a big way is the British Broadcasting Corporation. Right now the Write On program on
World Service announces cry ptic a ll y
" .. .Internet subscribers can find the BBC address on the shortwave users bulletin board."
But the entire BBC is getting involved in
the Internet in a much bigger and more concrete way, by setting up something called the
Networking Club. According to the Networking Club 's Project Director Peter Ryding, it
will allow members who join to have access
to a computer bulletin board called "Auntie"
(the BBC is often referred to affectionately in
Britain as "Auntie Beeb"), as well as access to
the Internet.
"The BBC is the first media organization
to offer low-cost access to international computer networks," Ryding says. "The club offers the public and educational institutions
access to BBC program schedules, background information about BBC programs,

Tune into Internet Radio

But this is still on ly the beginning. The
digital traffic traveling along the fiber optic,
satellite, and telephone links of the Net originally was text-only. But as capacity expands
and faster multi-media computers, equipped
with sound and video boards, come into common use, sound and image files, including
video, are appearing. These require far more
resources than text files.
A typical MediaScan/Sweden Calling
DXers on line bulletin is somewhere between
I0 and 20 kB (based on a radio program of at
least I0 minutes in length). A GIF image file
with a color photo that fills a computer screen
can be between 150 and 200 kB. Compare
that to a WA V sound file of a a recent
MediaScan program: at maximum compression, in mono, with 8 bit sampling and I I kHz
bandwidth, the file is more than 9 MB!
One major advantage of the Internet over
your local BBS and even large online systems
like CompuServe is that capacity is in place or
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Radio For Peace International (Costa Rico)
[email protected]
Radio Havana
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Radio HCJB (Ecuador)
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[email protected]
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Italian Radio Relay Service
CompuServe 100020, 1013 (Internet
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Netherlands
MCI Moil 338-2983 (Internet
338 [email protected])
Radio New Zealand International
[email protected]
Radio Sweden
[email protected]
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BBC World Service

[email protected] (lnt'l
Audience Correspondence)
World Wide Web: http://
www.bbcnc.org.uk
Monitor Radio International (WCSN, WSHB,
KHBI)
Letters and reception reports:
[email protected]
Technicol questions: [email protected]
Also, you con reoch personnel of the
individual stations:
WCSN: Bob "Stes" Stessel, Station
Manager, [email protected]
KHBI: Doming Villar, Station Manager
[email protected]
WSHB: Ed Evans, Senior Station
Manager, [email protected]
Judy Cooke, QSL coordinator
[email protected]
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
[email protected] (David Walcutt)
Spectrum DX program at WWCR Na shville
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

languages. including English, are now available over the Internet. Every hour there's an
updated VOA English newscast ready for the
down loading.

The Internet Multicasting Service

Then there is Internet Talk Radio and the
Internet Town Hall, two broadcast stations
found 011/y in Cyberspace. They' re both pa.rt
of the Internet Mu lticasting Service. Here are
some excerpts from the service's description
of itself in an online FAQ (Frequency Asked
Questions) file:
"We' re the first stat ion in cyberspace, a
source of news and infonnation for the Internet
community. We run two channels: Internet
Talk Radio is a science and technology channel and the Internet Town Hall is devoted to
public affairs.
'A n hour of programming is 30 Megabytes. We' 11 lypically publish anywhere from
30 minutes to 90 minutes of programming per
day. We put the files onto UUNETwhich acts
as a main distribution point for large regional
networks around the world, such as llJ in
Japan, NASA. EUnct in Europe, and many
others.
" If you are a UUNET customer, you simply use anonymous ftp to ftp.uu.nct. If you
belong to some other network. you'll look for
the files on your local file server.
'The source files are in the Sun .au format, which is almost identical to the PC .wav
format. If you use SOX, you can easily convert the fi les to a. wav file and play them using
any of your standard sou nd utilities.
our flagship show on Internet Talk Radio is Geek of the Week featuring in-depth
inlerviews with members of the technical
community. We' ve talked to all sorts of famous engineers about topics such as the next
generation of TCP/IP, resource di scovery
protocols, network security, and how to put
toasters on the Internet.
"We also syndicate two radio shows from
the public radio world. TeclzNatio11: Americans and Technology features great interviews by Dr. Moira Gunn. a forrne r rocket
scientist at NASA. So1111dpri111 is an NPR
show that features thoughtful looks at importa nt topics.
What about the Internet Town Hall channel?
we have our own broadcast booth in the
National Press Club. joining C-SPAN and
National Public Radio as the official licensees for the National Press Club Luncheon
series. Speakers ranging from Miss Manners
to Yassar Arafat to the Dalai Lama appear on
this series."

To get the entire FAQ file , you can send

a blank E-mail message to: [email protected]
Radio Sweden has also signed onto the
d igital radio superhighway. For several years
tex t files based on the scripts of th e
MediaScan/Sweden Calling DXers program
have been uploaded to Usenet newsground ,
CompuServe and s imilar online systems, and
many telephone and packet radio-based BBS
systems. But now, thanks to funet in Finland,
there's an archive of MediaScan programs as
SOUN D.
The programs are available for file transfer (ftp) at ftp.funet.fi in the library/pub/
sounds/RadioSweden/mediascan (note that
the case of the letters is important). VOA
programs are also stored in /pub/sounds (US
law precludes distributi ng VOA programs to
users within the United States, but anyone on
the Net can access fu net.fi).
The MediaScan programs are also bei ng
relayed as partoflntemet Talk Radio, and are
available from their site at ft p://town.hall.org/
radio/Sweden
The next step is live radio on the Net.
There's already been at least one experiment.
In August the BBC Radio Five Live domestic
service weekly program about computers,
The Big Byte, was carried not only live on the
radio and by sate llite to Europe, but also live
on the Internet! Users in Australia and Japan
actually monitored the programs in realtime
and sent back aud io files of greetings that
were played in the ongoing li ve broadcast.
The future promises more access to audio
and video programming in realtime in the
Internet. Groundwork is being laid by an
ongoing experiment in developing multimedia applicati ons on the Net called MBONE.
Kauto Huopio, who uploads the MediaScan
programs and electronic bu lletins and s imilar
material into funet , wri tes:
"The experimental ' multimedia network
on top of Inte rn et' is ca ll ed MBONE,
Mu lticast Backbone. MBONE has capabilities at present to send two videoconferencinggrade video streams and several audio channels through the Internet. It is an experiment,
but there are regul ar broadcasts, for example,
from In ternet Multic ast ing Service and
NASA. When they have the shuttle up, fo r
instance, I can go to our uni versity workstation class and see the shuttle video from
NASA Select and hear the audio.
" MBONE needs at present UN IX workstations; PCs with MS-DOS/Windows are at
present out of the question. There are even
entertainment broadcasts; just a couple of
days ago Telecom Finland sent a jazz concert
from Pori Jazz to the Internet!"
The In formation Super Highway is s ti ll

More Good Waypoints through Cyberspace

Thorsten Koch ([email protected]) compiles a very
useful !11temet Guide to Shortwave Broadcasters. Thorsten writes: "Originally, this is a
list I have compiled for the German DX club ADDX e.V." The Internet addresses of
broadcasters, clubs, and specialists have been authorized by the owners of the addresses.
Some gopher, ftp, and Usenet news info is also included. T he list is available through:
1) regular updates throu.gh Usenet's rec.radio.info and rec.radio.shortwave, and
2) on ftp server ftp.funet.fi: /pub/dx/text/generaJ.lists/Guide.ADDX
MediaScan contributor Ralph Brandi comments: "Next time you go net.surfi ng, you
might want to check the fo llowing World Wide Web link: http://itre.uncecs.edu/radio/
'This is a s hortwave and sate !lite page put together by Pete Costello, [email protected],
and housed on a computer run by Jay Novello, [email protected]. It's still a work in
progress, but it contains access to things like date and time servers for locations around the
world, solar forecasts, sound clips of broadcasts, schedules and the like, broadcasters'
official ne t sites, like CBC and VOA, and the rec.radio.shortwave FAQ (that's my part).

under construction, and one day today's

Internet will seem like "the old route" you
someti mes see running alongside the Interstate. Ultimately, people sitting in front o f
PCs may be able to tune into virtua lly any
radio (or television) station in the world, and
have it playing in the background (v ideo in a
small square on the screen), as they work on
their regular applicati ons.
The di vidi ng line between PC and TV will
grow very narrow, and the very concept o f

" broadcasting" will have to be redefi ned or

thrown out, when the bandwidth pouring into the
screen can access thousands of video and audio
sources from around the globe.
But that' s sti ll some time away. For the ti me
be ing, the Internet is turn ing into a very interesting place to be for radio hobbyists. whether they
want to communicate with each other, access
their favorite stations, or become their own programmers.

lntemet/ Fidonet via Ku Band Satellite

NASA/AMSAT Satellite Tracking Elements

Boardwatch/ Conned/ USA Today Doors

Astronomy Databases

Weather Information Door

Real Time Weather Satellite Images

BBS: (214) 394-7438

Voice: (214) 394-7325

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November 1994

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23

As an emergency radio, Radio Shack's inexpensive

AM model offers
compactness
and good
performance

By Brian Webb

t 4:32a.m. on January 17, 1994, l was

roused out of bed by the Northridge
Earthquake. A few minutes later, a
second quake struck. From the south I saw a
bright flash, then the lights went out. As time
passed, it became apparent that southern California had been hit hard .
I wanted to hear the news, but my
$900 communications receiver, which I
had counted on as my source of news in an
emergency, was dead. It came from the '
fac tory only capable of running on 110
VAC.
In the early morning g loom , I tried to
hook up my backup communications receiver, which can run off 12 VDC, to my
car battery. I had trouble fi nding the power
cable and junction box. Then I had to
string out an simple longwire antenna.
The whole affair was so cumbersome that
I gave up.
T here I was, in the aftermath of a
disaster, with no source of news. Meanwhi le, one of my frie nds was casually
listeni ng to the news on a cheap, battery
powered radio. The unit' s portability, low
cost. and above all, its self-contained
power source, appealed to me. That morn ing I resolved to be better prepared for the
next e mergency by having at least one
portable, battery powered radio.

The Minimum Specs

Before purchas ing an emergency receiver. I gave some thought to the spec ifications that wou ld be preferable in an

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my home in Thousand Oaks, 135 miles to the

north. If a major earthquake should hit the
region, Los Ange les stations could be knocked
off the air and San Diego could be the only
re liable source for news. The recei ver would
also have to be small so it could be easily
carried around without getti ng in the way.
Fourth, and most important, it would have
to be battery powered. And fina lly, I
decided the radio should sell for under
TABLE 1
$ 13.
At the local Radio Shack outlet I
Distant stations logged in Thousand Oaks, CA,
looked
over the selection of portable rewith the Flavoradio.
cei vers. The least expensive model--0nly
Power
Freq.
$6.99, in fac t-was the Flavoradio, a
(kHz)
Callsign !kW1
Location[ Comments
product that's been on the market more
than
a decade. I figured that the ti ny
51 7
NAvrEXT Transmission
?
?
receiver would probably fit the bill, and at
Sa.n Francisco, CA
KSFO
560
5
Fresno, CA
580
KMJ
5
$6.99 it was no great loss if it didn' t. I
San Diego, CA
600
KOGO
5
settled for"blackberry" -the closest thing
610
KFRC
5
San Francisco, CA
620
KTAR
Phoenix, AZ
5
to black (th ere arc three models of
Window Rock, AZ
660
KTNN
50
Flavoradio
which are identical except for
San Francisco, CA
KNBR
680
50
the color of the case).
Las Vegas, NV
720
KOWN
50
San Francisco, CA
740
KCBS
50
San Diego, CA
760
KFMB
5
A Surprising Perfonnance
Reno, NV
780
KROW
50
810
KGO
50
San Francisco, CA
Once home. I decided to test my
840
KVEG
25
North Las Vegas, NV
890
KDXU
10
Saint George, UT
receiver before storing it with my other
Seattle, WA
1000
KOMO
50
emergency supplies. Inserting two AA
Casper, WY
1030
KTWO
50
batteries, I turned the set on. The fi rst
Eugene, OR
1120
KPNW
50
1140
Sacramento, CA
KHTK
50
order of business was to see how well it
1140
KXNO
2.5
Las V~os, NV
would bring in KFMB (760 kHz) from
Salt La e City, UT
1160
KSL
50
San Diego. The station was loud and
Wasco, CA
1180
KERI
10
Sanlo Rosa, CA
1350
KSRO
5
clear. As a matter of fact, the midget
1360
KPOP
5
San Diego, CA
pulled in San Diego much better than my
1530
KFBK
Sacramento, CA
50
1560
KNZR
10
Bakersfield, CA
o ld Ze nith RE94 Y table radio. T he
1731
Repetitive Pulsed Signal
?
Flavoradio already appeared to meet my

November 1994

emergency rad io. First, it would have to be

able to receive the AM broadcast band, since
most of the news is heard on mediumwave
stations and they can often be heard over great
distances at night.
Next, the radio would need sufficient sensitivity to pick up San Diego AM out lets from

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caster from Las Vegas.
It seemed reasonable that if it could pick
The signal strength was
up San Diego so we11, the unit should also pu11
good. wh ich was s uin distant AM DX. Slowly, I moved the tuning
prising considering the
knob to 770 kHz, the freq uency of KKOB in
mode s t
s tati on 's
Albuquerque, NM. KKOB had an exce11ent
power.
On the fourth
signal, again better than what I was hearing on
the old Zen ith. With more tuning around ,
night KTNN, the
Navajo s tation
more fam iliar, distant s tations were heard.
T he fo11owin g evening's testing came across
from Ar izona.
a strong signal with Native American singing.
came in again
It was KTNN (660 kHz) from the Navajo
with a group of
Reservation in Window Rock, AZ. The signal
in-stu dio gue sts disc ussing Native American culwas so strong that it sounded like a local
station.
ture, and the Hoop Dance and Eagle
The Flavoradio's good pe rformance inDance. The show ended with a song in
trigued me. I wondered how good this reEnglish and Navaj o by the group Red T huncei ve r really wa s and what kind of
der. Then the fom1at switched to Country and
mediumwave DX could be heard on a basic
Weste rn music.
radio with a little persistence. I decided to put
An hour later 50 kW KTWO from Casper,
the unit through its paces and to test my theory
Wyoming, was heard. KTWO, at 925 mi les,
that successfu l DXing is more dependent on
was the most di stant station heard on the
the DXer's pers istence than it is on the quality
Flavoradio. Three nights late r I logged KV EG.
of the equipment used.
840 kHz, from North Las Vegas. I was suprised
The testing regimen was set up 10 evaluate
to be able to hear KVEG at all because I live
the Flavoradio's performance under different
only a few mi les from the towers for KCTQ
conditions. During the day, I c hecked to see
which is parked on 850 kH z. On the same
how we11 l could hear fringe stations-those
night I listened to the Wednesday Beatles
AM outlets I 00 miles or more distant. At
program on KFRC from San Francisco. T he
night, l carefu lly searched the mediumwave
Boss Radio form al uses j ingles and a program
style fro m the late 60's and early 70's. I was
band for DX stations. An R-5000 receiver was
used to tune in the s tation bei ng heard on the
transported to the days of AM radio from the
Radio Shack unit to determine the frequency.
years l was growing up in southern Cal ifor The 1994 World Radio and TV Handbook and
nia. Besides having good programming,
1984 edition of the North American Radio-TV
KFRC also had a decent signal for a 5 kW
station 3 10 miles away.
Station Guide assisted in identifying the staThe Flavoradio had enough sensitivity to
tions heard.
Over the 17 day period, some loggings
receive a 5 kW station from 400 mi les away,
and a 50 kW station from as far away as 925
were of spec ial interest. On the first night, I
tuned the radio to the bottom of the band to see
mi les. In terms of selecti vity, the unit also
if I could hear any of the local low power
performed well. The internal ferrite antenna
was fa irly directional and a11owed interfering
traveler's information service (TIS) transmitters on 530 kH z. No T IS stations were heard.
stations and sources of radio noise to be
but, to my supri se, a U.S. Coast G uard
reduced by rotating the radio.
NA VTEXT rad iotele type transm ission came
Although the Flavoradio proved to be
through on 5 17 kHz. T he R-5000 had logged
somewhat less sensiti ve than the R-5000, it
some times provided the best reception of
thi s transmission previously-probably from
NMC near San Franc isco. On the fo11owing
distant stations because the directional annight I tuned the Flavoradio beyond the top of
tenna allowed inte rfere nce to be minimized.
the broadcast band, and found a repetitive,
T he R-5000, with its 65 foot
pulsed signal on 173 1
longwire antenna. received evkHz. The station , beerythin g: the des ired station,
lieved lo be some type
othe r stations on the same freof navigation beacon,
quency, and the ambient elecwas weak but readible.
trical interference.
A station calling it All told , a total of 27 di sse lf Cas ino Radio was
-- ....- _ tant stations .were logged. Of
heard on the third night. It
- d -~-r--- ;i}gf.::::. these , eleven we re from outwas later iden tifi ed as
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KXNO, a 2.5 kW broad~:;'!:..~
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course of the evaluation. six
states besides California were heard-

26

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

Not bad for a radio that

costs less than $7 1 Verification fellers and QSL cards
were received from several
of the stations in exchange for
reception reports. A listing of
all of the distant stations logged
is presented in Table I.
Although t he Fla voradio
proved to be a fairly good receiver,
it was by no means exceptional. The
fact that 27 di stant stations were heard
on such an inexpensive radio te nds to
support my belief that successful DXing
is more a matter of persistence than it is
of having the best equipment.

Flavoradio - a real Lifesaver?

As a receiver, the Flavoradio has several
points in its fa vor. To begin with, it 'scompact
and can be easily retrieved and carried during
an emergency. The unit is also self-contained
with the power source and antenna carried
internally. Power consumption is low and a
pair of alkaline AA balleries can last for
several days before needing replacement. The
radio is ready to operate instantly and is easy
to use.
Furthermore, it receives the AM broadcast band with sufficien t sensitivity to pick up
low power stations from long distances, even
during the daytime. Selectivity is good and
the directional antenna minimizes inte rference. These feat ures, while important for
DXing, may not be of much importance in an
e mergency. The Flavoradio has a durable
plastic case and is rugged enough to withstand prolonged field use.
The radio does have its shortcomings, of
course. The most obvious is that the earphone
jack is on the back of the case, which makes
using an earphone with the radio in your
pocket awkward. Second, determining the
frequency is difficult due to the small size of
the tuning knob. Thi s would be a moot point
during a n e mergency because, instead of trying to tune to a specific frequency. you'd be
searching for any station with news. Also. the
tuning is somewhat tricky, but it's something
that can be easily learned.
The Flavoradio o ffe rs a lot of performance for under seven dollars. Not only is it
we11 suited for use as an emergency receiver,
it 's also a good basic mediumwave DX receiver for use at home or on the road. Its low
price and good performance also make it a
good first radio for an as pi ring DX listener.
Of course, it s a lso well suited for its intended
purpose-j ust casual broadcast li stening for
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Listening to U.S. Customs

Loud, Clear, and Local

By Kerry Holliday, WA6BJH

"A ll Customs units go to Alpha 2, all Customs

units go to Alpha 2. "

l~al

was od_d. l had been li stening to what I thought was a police helicopter
lor ten mmutes. now. The signal was on the local police mutual aid
frequenc y, ca lled CLEMARS, fo r California Law Enforcement M utua l
Aid Radio System. But I sho uld have realized that it was a Federal government
helicopter. A state or loca l agency would have used phone tics ''Adam ," not
''Alpha."
I didn ' t wait to figure it out. I went out to my ham shack to get my copy of
Government Radio Systems (a primarily Cali fornia-based d irectory by Robert
Kelty). The only A2 US Customs Service freque ncy in the book was listed for Los
A ngeles. and I was in Woodl and, 350 miles to the north . I tried it anyway. Sure
enough, a ll the Customs agents, including the aircraft , went over to A2. The
Customs Service was fo llowing a target car south on Interstate 505. They were 15
miles west of Woodland; the signals were strong.

Pl\Otocour1esy or Bill Mason, U S Cusloms Servce

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MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

"Target vehicle is continuing

south on 1-505. going under the
overpass now. is out from under
the overpass. and is con tinuing
south ."
My wife and I don't normally use
ex terna l ante nnas on our scanners. T he
flex an tennas on our 2 meter hand-helds work
fine for local police and lire. And the aircraft
was close, so we didn't need an external
anten na. But as the aircraft and cars proceeded sou th along 1-505, we reali zed that we
would soon lose them.
"Can t we do any beuer with the reception?" Kathleen asked.
"Let me get the other antenna."
The "other antenna" was a home-made
di scone on 20 feet of TV mast. I kept it out at
the ham shack and used it on packet radio.
Now I moved the anten na to the fro nt of the
house and snaked the coax into the living
room. T he signals were much better on the
di scone.
We got out our road map of Yolo and
Solano Coun ties and fo llowed the a ircraft's
progress south along 1-505.
"Target vehicle is approaching a small
river ... said the observer. "he' s now across the
river and continuing south."
'Putah Creek." I said.
''Thar must be a real parade out there o n I505." Kathleen said. ''There's almost no traffic out there. Wouldn't he notice if all those
people were follow ing him? Especially a be1icopte r?"
"The aircraft said that the lead car is back
a quarter of a mile. That's not too c lose. But
I think that if I was smuggl ing something, I'd
be looking in the air."
"Well," she said. " I hope they don't lose
him in all the traffic when they get to Interstate 80."
''Maybe he'll stop at the Nut Tree Restaurant.
He didn't stop at the Nut Tree and the
a ircraft didn ' t lose him in the traffi c on Interstate 80. We knew that at five in the afternoon
the traffic would get much worse as they got
c loser to San Francisco.

Green Va lley R oad . Texas Street.

Vacaville. Fairfield. The aircraft called out
the interchanges and the cities as the parade
moved closer to San Francisco.
" It sounds like he's moving right along,"
Kathleen said.
"From the way it sounds, and from the
interchanges they're passing, they mu st be
doing seventy," I said.
"I hope the Highway Patrol doesn't pu ll
them over.'"
'Tm sure they' re coordinating."
"Wou ldn't it be funn y if they got into an
aircraft speed trap and they al l got pulled over
by a herd of California Highway Patrol Mustangs?" Kathleen chortled.
The parade continued west. As they started
down the hill into Vallejo, the aircraft sparked
our interest again.
"All Customs units, he's pulling off into
the rest area just outside Vallejo. He's pull ing
into the parking lot, now; he's parking in the
back of the lot."
"That must be interesting. What do they
all do, j ust pull in and park?" Kathleen said.
"The real problem," I said, "is that the
restroom at that rest area has only two stalls.
so if they all need to go at once, there 's going
to be a mad rush."
But that wasn't the real problem.
"I'm getting kind of low on fuel," we

heard the aircraft say. "l can be back on point

in fifteen minutes." We couldn ' t hear any of
the cars.
Where would he go? The road map showed
only two possibilities: Napa County Airport
and Travis Air Force Base. He didn't say
where he was going.
"OK," said the aircraft. "Be back in fifteen minutes."
"How will they fo llow him without the
helicopter?"' Kathleen asked.
"The Customs agents must know how to
tail people. I'm sure that's part of their training."
We heard nothing on the freq uency for
over fifteen minutes. We thought they might
have switched channels or gone out of range.
But then we heard the aircraft again.
"OK," said the aircraft. "We have an
eyeball on him now. He's going between
some oil tanks now."
"That's the Tosco Refinery," I said, "just
past the Carquinez Strait Bridge."
How did the aircraft find the target car so
easily in the traffic on Interstate 80? Good
eyes? Maybe, but my bet is that they had a
small tran smitter hidden on the car. It would
be easier to find the car that way.
Ten minutes later, the aircraft said, "We
can't get below this cloud deck. You'll have
to take it yourselves."

And with that, the chase seemed over. I

went out to take care of some errands.
But the adventure was not quite over.
When I got home, Kathleen said, "I heard
them on the Bay Bridge and the last I heard he
had gone south on U.S. 101 and then parked
somewhere in Burlingame. I heard the Customs agents running license plates for all the
cars near where the target car was parked."
And that was the end. We watched the
news and read the papers, but there was
nothing about a Customs bust. It may be in the
news one day ; I hope we recogn ize it when we
see it.
Why was this operation in the clear? That's
a good question . I know that the Customs
Service has encryption equ ipment, because I
when we firs t heard the aircraft, the observer
said something about "transmitting in the
clear." I assume that one of the decoders was
broken. With that, everyone had to work in
the clear.
We learned a few things from listening to
the parade. We now have a beam antenna.
The rotator is an ''armstrong rotator," but that
wi ll change afterthe next hamfest. We learned
that encryption systems, like a ll e lectronic
equipment, are subject to Murphy's Law.
But most importantly, we learned that you
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Aggressive

New
Motorola
Stance ...
By Jorge Rodriguez

s.canner hobbyist and author of a book and articles on the hobby of

radio monitoring was arrested
in July for prowling. Francis
James Harris, known to many
in South Florida as Jay Harris.
was arrested July 22nd inside
a trash dump s ter a t th e
Motorola fac ility in Plantation,
Florida. Harris is " Editor-in-Chief' of an unusual
frequency book, Frequency and Intelligence Directory, and an article
in Monitoring Times, "Gathering Communications Inte lligence" (June
1994).
Harris' dumpster diving-the practice of looking through discarded trash for useful information or items-has been goi ng on fo r a
long time, by his own admi ssion. Reliable sources close to Motorol a
claim when Harris first went in, Motorola placed large c hains and
padlocks on the d umpsters. Harri s obtained keys for the padlocks and
continued hi s intelligence gathering pastime. The company moved the
dumpsters into a fenc ed area and posted No Trespassing s igns . The
fe nce did little to deter Ha rris. and fin ally in July Harri s was arrested
for trespassing. He was charged with prowling unde r a Ft. La uderdale
c ity ordinance.
In his possession, when he was arrested, was a hand held Motorola
STX-82 1 800-MHz. two-way rad io. which Harris tried to conceal.
The radio was tuned to Ft. La ude rdale Police District I. ''When Harri s
saw the offi cer's marked car he ducked into the dumpste r in an attempt
to hide ... He threw the radio to the bottom of the dumpste r to try and
hide it," re ported arresting offi cer He ndric ks.
The radio was discovered programmed with nearly everything in
the Sunshine State, including most South Florida police departme nts
a nd private Motorola syste ms. It was confiscated and placed into
ev idence. Since then, it has been tested by Motorola and found to be
full y capable of transmitting on the several systems for whic h it was
programmed. Motorola " read" everything that was in the radio and
was not pleased with what they found . They conside r much of the
programming to be proprieta ry.
On Aug 26th, Attorneys for Motorola, accompanied by U. S .
Marshalls, searched Harris' home a nd business. The search was
directed by a Court Order o f Seizure by Judge William J. Zlochby a nd
came out of a Federal civil case filed in A ugust by Motorola (Motorola,
Inc . v. Frequency Intelligence Administration; Francis J. Harri s ... ). In
the case, parts of which are sealed , Motorola claims Harris and hi s
Freque ncy Intelligence Administration have infringed on Motorola

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MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

Moto rola frequently publishes

ll"a mings against tampering with
proprie tary software. La te ly ,
Motorola has been sho wing the
bite behind their bark.

Results in
Arrest and
Suit ofRadio
Hobbyist
copyrights fo r several Radio Service Software Programs and M otorola trade marks.
Radio Service Software (RSS) is the
software Motorola and its authorized dealers use to program the new generation of
two-way radios manufac tu red by the compa ny. For years, Motorol a has announced it
would defe nd its right to its inte ll ectu al prope rty and has even advertised warnings. The ads are featured freque ntly
in professional two-way radio magazines. Jn the ads, Motorola warns
that " tampering .... the ft and unauthorized copying of Motorola ...
sofl ware is illegal." The company pro mises to "combat l unauthorized
copying ! by aggressively ... enforcing its proprietary rights to its
software ... " The ads also carry a to ll -free telephone number fo r
informing Motorola of illegal acti vities concerning their software.
"Whistle blowers" are promised anonymity.
At Harris' home, authorities and M otorola found computers with
copies of " lab versions of Radio Service Software" (RSS) which
Motorola does authorize for use or distribution to a non-Motorola
e ntity. Du ri ng the searc h, they also found a DES Key loader whic h is
used to e nte r code keys for encrypted communications on Motorola
radios a nd is rarely sold to the public sector. Several Motorola radios
also were seized. as were d isks, with handwritten markings recognized as RSS programs, including one labeled ''ST X LA B TOOLS."
Agents also found "System Keys" to 43 systems; Syste m Keys are
proprietary Motorol a software whic h allow a n owner of a Motorola
trunking radio system to alte r the fleet and radio IDs.
Before the raid, agents for Motoro la purchased a copy of Harris '
Frequency /111el/ige11ce Directory which was described to the Court as
contai ning "considerable information concerning radi o freque ncies,
c hannel des ignators ... in formation concerning certain law enforcement, including U. S.A. Customs . US Marshall's O ffi ce, etc."
Harris has reportedly contacted the American Civil Li berties
Union for help in defending himself against t11e charges brought by
Motorola. He has been quoted in the press as saying that "The trade
secrets are not as secret as Motorola claims they are,'" and that the data,
codes. and equ ipment are widely avail able to the public. Motoro la
refused to comment on the matter and has yet to prove Harri s has
violated any law or infringed on any trademark or copyright. The case
is still on-going, and it may be months in this climate of secrecy before
it ' s all sorted out.

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The HF Communications Spectrum

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Larry Van Hom, NSFPW

Occupation of Haiti

he long predicted in vasion (oops-occupation) of Haiti is now

a reality, and with it, some of the best HF military communications in recent memory has been reported by our Utility World
readers. Utility enthus iasts from a ll over the country have enjoyed
many days of"in-the-clear" communicati ons on various HF frequencies from the naval forces off the coast of Haiti. Those readers that
have a modem and who accessed the Grove BBS before, during , and
after the operation, were tipped off almost as it happened.
Due to the large volume of mail, faxes, e-mail, and phone call s
from a large number of listeners, this colu mn cannot hope to print all
the intercepts we have received relating to the Haiti operation. We
will attempt to summarize the information that has been received to
date.
I would like to thank the fo llowing monitors who prov ided such
great insight, information , and, of course, freq uenc ies: S teven Barrow, Tim Braun, Craig Clifton. Roger Cravens, Richard Dale, Todd
Dokey, Larry Fow ler, Edward Griffin, Bob Grove, Ross Lane, Phil
Lewis, Brian Scott, and Bob Thomas. To each of you, thank you for
the tremendous job you did in keeping up with a very fluid and
fasc inating communications event. Special thanks go out to John
Bickel, Jeff Haverlah, and Bob Lewallyn for their exceptional dedication in monitoring during that long Septe mber weekend.
As Bob Grove noted in his Closing Comments in thi s issue,
communications on some of these frequenc ies continue eve n as we
prepare this col um n. By the time thi s reaches you, activity may still
be heard on some or all of the frequencies noted below.

U.S. Navy Haiti Operations

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Fox Tango Network: voice coordination for Link 11 Air
Coordination
Fox Tango Network: JTF4 Caribbean voice coordination net
Task Force: ship to ship enroute to Haiti
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MONITORING TIMES

PossibleLProboble ID
Naval Vessel (FW)
Naval Vessel (LCU-63)
Foxy (Foxtrot Charlie)
Naval Vessel
Naval Vessel (Foreign)
Naval Vessel
Naval Vessel
Naval Vessel (Foreign)
Unknown
Guantanamo Boy, Cubo
Naval Vessel
USS Mt. Whitney
USS Monsoon (PC-4)
with Seals aboard

November 1994

M5Q
8BZ
FOL
7HU
7SQ
S9Y
OVY

November
Oscar
Popa
Romeo
Sierra
Tonrco
Uni orm
Victor
Xroy
Yankee
Zulu

6KO
GOZ

-----------Hotel Victor
Xroy Charlie

-----------------------

Golf Popa
Juliet! Yankee
Victor Mike

------------

-----------Foxtrot Mike
Limo Foxtrot
Hotel Yankee

Bravo Sierro .......... Naval Vessel

(Task Force Commond Ship)
Charlie Delta ......... Coast Guard Cutter
Charlie Echo .. ....... Coast Guard Cutter
Charlie Mike ......... Coast Guard Cutter
Charlie November . Coast Guard Cutter
Charlie Quebec ..... Coast Guard Cutter
Charlie Po po ..... .... Coast Guard Cutter
Charlie Romeo .... .. Coast Guard Cutter
Charlie Sierra ....... Coast Guard Cutter

Unknown
Naval Vessel (FW)
Naval Vessel
Naval Vessel
Naval Vessel
Naval Vessel
Naval Vessel
Naval Vessel
Naval Vessel
Naval Vessel
Naval Vessel (probably
another PC vessel)
Unknown
Ghost 02 (aircraft)

Charlie Uniform .... Coast Guard Cutter

Charlie Whiskey .... Coast Guard Cutter
Charlie Zulu .......... Coast Guard Cutter
Foxtrot Charlie ...... Coast Guard or Naval
............................. Vessel
Foxtrot Whiskey .... Air Controller aboard
............................. Naval Vessel
Gold Finch 715 ..... P3C Aircraft
November Limo ..... Novol Vessel (Foreign!
Seohowk 01 .......... Novol Aircraft

Whiskey Reports
These reports were used by ships not linked into the Alligator
Playground (Link 11 ) in order to pass their positions to the rest of the
Task Force. CR, CN, etc. passed thei r whiskey's to Foxtrot Charlie.
The format was Latitude-Longitude-Corpin (Course ldeg]/Speed
[knotsJ) .
This was by no means all the activity heard on HF freque ncies
during that weekend . Some monitors reported hearing the C- 130
aircraft carrying the 82nd Airborne to Haiti using the call sign Cobra
##.These were the aircraft that- when the deal was fina lly struck in
Port-Au-Prince-had to be called back, as they were al ready en route .
Several monitors al so reported activity o n Mystic Star channels
from SAM 972 (the aircraft carrying Carter, Nunn. and Powell).
Unfortunately, one listener heard a pri vate conversation on Mystic
Star between Carter, who was en route back to Washington, and the
ambassador in Haiti. T he monitor provided CNN with a complete
transcript of the conversation. The next morning, the former Pres ident
was hit with questions about that conversation by the CNN anchor
Bernard Shaw, who said they got the transcript from a ham radio
operator. A real dumb move, to say the least.
To each and every one of you who contributed information,
especially the regular gang on the Grove BBS (message conference 10
- Utility World), Bravo Zulu to a ll for a job well done. The third
weekend of September will probab ly be one of the most memorable
in ut ility monitoring hi story for a long time to come.

Where Have All the Ruskies Gone?

Ute World Regular, Robert Hall of South Africa, drops in thi s
month to ask the question, "Where have all the Ruskies gone?" Robert
explains below.
'Since I began with RTTY some five years ago. there have been

many c hanges-in partic ular, a reduction in press transmissions.

Whe re once one could find TASS on a dozen different frequencies at
almost a ny time of the day, now we have to make do with the deadly
dull stuff from KCNA-Pyongyang. MAP-Rabat. or the absolute
pits-AT A-Ti rana and XNA-Bcijing! Granted. for those seeking
inte lligible news, there is still ANSA-Ro me , and MENA-Cairo puts
out a reasonable bulletin now and agai n. But the RTTY press liste ning
seems not nearly so inte resting today as it was three or four years ago.
All the news agencies now use satellite communications. Thi s in tum
feeds newspa pers, TY, a nd radio.
" Even w hen the ba nd seems dead there has always been the
alternative (for Russian communications) of tuning in to Russian
mercha nt marine communications. With well over 6,000 ships operating withi n certain narrow freq uency bands, and invariably at a
sta ndard 50/1 70 normal speed/shift, the re has been no di ffic ulty in
logging different sh ips and callsigns throughout the day. S ignals
come in strong ly from as far afie ld as Murnnansk and Vladi vostok, and
in the Black and Caspian seas, mostl y on and arou nd 22360 kHz. But
they are a lot more difficu lt to fi nd nowadays!
"The Russians have a signal book of free transm issions for sailors
which fo llows somewhat formal a nd endearing the mes ... I kiss your
hands and Jeer Ekaterina Plisetskaya. etc. Perhaps the Ekaterinas,
Svetlanas. Nanushkas. a nd O lgas are going without their goodwill
messages nowadays, or maybe Russian shipping has re-equipped
with satellite communications. But thi s seems unl ikely. I still hear the
occasional signals, but they have more to do with catches of cod than
the ki ssing of fee t!
" P.S-1 can now expose my above theorizi ng as complete bunkum, having j ust logged no less than I 0 Russian ships sending hugs
and kisses within thirty minutes, all be tween 16790 and 16803 kH z,
and during their Sunday lunch between I 200- I230 UTC. So now we
know whe re the Ruskies are!"

RAF Update
Sir Locksley (Robin Hood) in the UK has sent us an update to some
Royal Air Force freq ue ncies we recently publ ished. Readers should
note the fo llowing changes to your RAF Stri ke Command (STC ICS)
freque ncies and designators:
2591 .0 ....... Sierra Tango
5178.0 ....... Romeo Echo

5713.0 ....... Bravo Echo

8965.0 ....... Charlie Hotel

Russian Naval Station Changes Frequencies

Mart in Potter in O ntario has been monitoring the Russian Navy
station UMS at Petropavlovsk a nd Murnnansk . He recently reported
that up until August I, I 994, he had been hearing the regular UMS
broadcast on 7008.0, 14 17 1.0, and 2 1284.0 kH z. Then, some time
around Septe mber I, transmissions on 14 I 71.0 kH z ceased and he
found regular broadcasts on 10490.0 and 13449.0 kHz instead.
Current frequencies for UMS are 7008.0, 10490.0, 13449.0 and
2 1284.0 khz, so the Russians are no longerusingonly ham freq ue ncies
for these broadcasts. Martin notes that the present shift of these FS K
signal s is 200 Hz.
A typical UMS broadcast format incl udes a short burst of 25 Hz
mark-space reversals (50 baud) im med iate ly befo re each message, in
addition to the peri ods of I 8 Hz reversals sent during idle periods. He
also notes that Morse code call sign R DL is still being used instead of
UMS during the Morse messages, w hich are occasionally incl uded in
these broadcasts.

Russian Maritime Station Update

Some additional information has been received fro m Robin Hood
on marine coastal station, Novorossiysk Rad io, and its callsigns . UFN
appears to be the mai n station for ocea n-going vesse ls owned by
Novorossiysk Shipping Company (NOYOS HIP). They operate CW/
SS B/S ITOR and 50 baud Cyrillic RTTY. The "collecti vccallsig n" to
company ships is "4KN." The other station in Novorossiysk is UGW
(recently c hanged from UNQ). They operate CW and RTTY mostly
for fishing vessels owned by such outfits as Yugryba Novorossiysk.
UG W 's collective callsign is 4LA7.

Frequencies:
UFN
cw ........ 4245.0, 8571.0, 8663.0, 12891.0, 13040.0, 17141.0,
22501 .0, 22596.5 kHz
SSB ........ 8761 .0, 13101.0, 13191.0, 17242.0, 17389.0 kHz
SITOR ..... 4211 .0, 4213.5, 8423.0, 8432.5, 12597.5, 12602.0,
16839.5, 22386.0, 22397. 5, 26 11 4.5 kHz
50 baud RTTY uses the CW frequencies listed above.
UGW
CW .. .... .. 8704.5, 12660.5, 16980.0 kHz
50 baud RTTY on 12660.5 kHz

KFS Super-Station Network Expands

Ship radio offi cers on vessels in the G ul f of Mex ico will notice an
improvement in service from the Supe r-Station network of public
coast stations. KFS World Communications has announced that
WNU-S lidell Radio, Louisiana, has added an additional c hannel in
the four megahe rtz marine band.
KFS World Communications, based in Half Moon Bay, California, is a maritime communications serv ice provider that provides H F
radio commun ications to the marine community. The company operates Palo Alto Radio (KFS) near San Francisco, Californi a, a nd S lidell
Radi o (W NU) near New Orleans, Louis iana.
The S uper-Stati on ne twork utilizes remote control equipme nt and
data lines be tween WNU and the KFS centralized facility in Half
Moon Bay, Cali fornia. T his connection allows s hips at sea to contact
eithe r station fo r messages .
Traffic lists sent by both stations a re identical and include every
message on hand. so that ships need listen to only one broadcast.
Listeners should look for the selcals I I 09 (WNU) and I 094 (KFS)
when tuning in these S ITOR broadcasts. All of the twelve ITU
channels li sted below are avail able whe n ships contact the ne twork.
ITU
Ch#

Call
filgrr

Location

Shore
Transmit

Ship
Transmit

40 1
403
603
627
803
819
12 19
1257
1647
1657
2203

WNU
KFS
KFS
WNU
KFS
WNU
WNU
WNU
KFS
WNU
KFS

Louisiana
California
California
Louisiana
California
California
Louisiana
Louisiana
California
Louisiana
California

421 0.5
4211 .5
63 15.5
6327.0
84 17.5
12580.5
12588.5
12607.5
16829.5
16384.5
22377.5

4172.5
41 73.5
6264.0
628 1.0
8399.5
12478.0
12486.0
12505.0
16706.5
1671l.5
22285.5

Now it's time to see what you have been hearing this month in the
wide and wonde rful world of the utility bands.

November 1994

MONITORING TIMES

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Larry Van Horn
Abbrevia tio ns used in this co lumn
AF2
AFB
ARO

Air Force Two

Air Force Base
Synchronous
transmission and
automatic repetition
teleprinter system
ARO-E
Single channel ARO
teleprinter system
ARO-E3
Single channel ARO
teleprinter system
ATC
Air Traffic Control
CAMSLANT Communications Area
Master Station, Atlantic
CCG
Canadian Coast Guard
Coast Guard
CG
Communications
Comm
Continuous Wave
cw
(Morse Code)
DE
From
OF
Direction Find
Cuban intelligence
DGI
agency
DSN
Defense Switching
Network
EAM
Emergency Action
Message
Fax
Facsimile
FEC
Forward Error
Correction
FEC-A
One-way traffic FEC
teleprinter system

FF
ID
KCNA
LDOC
LSB
Meteo
MFA
MWARA
NAT-C
PAP
PTI
RTIY
SAM
Satcom
SI-ARO
SITOR-A
SITOR-B
Unid

us

USB
USCG
USMAG

French Forces
Identification
Korean Central News
Agency
Long Distance
Operational Control
Lower Sideband
Meteorology
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Major World Air Route
Area
North Atlantic MWARA
area C
Polska Agencja Prasowa
Post, Telegraph and
Telephone Administration
Radioteletype
Special Air Mission
Satellite Communications
Siemens simplex ARO
teleprinting system
Simplex teleprinting over
radio system, mode A
Simplex teleprinting over
radio system, mode B
Unidentified
United States
Upper Sideband
US Coast Guard
US Military Assistance
Group

All frequencies i11 kilohertz (kH::.), all times i11 UTC. All 1oice
transmissions in English 1111/ess otherwise noted.
2743.0
2749.0
2872.0
3292.0
4028.0
4524.5
4601.5
4665.0
4740.0
4873.0

5182.0
5283.2

5297.0

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Israeli Mossad number station with English 5-digit groups in AM at

0338 (Wed). (Bill Fernandez-MA)
VCS-CCG Halifax, NS, Canada, with weather broadcast in English
and French in USB at 0542. (Fernandez-MA)
Shanwick working many aircraft fl ights in USB at 0545. NAT-C
MWARA. (Fernandez-MA)
Spanish female 4-digit number station in AM at 0411 (Fri).
(Fernandez-MA)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0608 (Sun).
(Fernandez-MA)
Juliet working Charlie Whiskey in USB at 1313. (Wendy Quinn-East
Windsor, CT) We have two young ladies with logs in this month's
column. Nice to see you and Janet. Hope you check in often-Larry.
Numerous 4 letter/number callsigns noted in CW and USB voice
scrambling between 1952 and 2025. (Ary Boender-The Netherlands)
VLB14B05-lsraeli Mossad number station with marker and no text
afterward in AM at 0338 (Wed). (Fernandez-MA)
English female number station repeating 684/32, no text followed in
AM at 0341 (Wed). (Fernandez-MA)
KUL-unid station noted using 75 baud RTIY, "3/772 646464" plus
5 letter groups at 1857. (Boender-Neth) We now believe t11ese are
Cuban DGI number stations. Anybody in Europe have any idea what
country this station is in? We will have more on these DGI number
stations in a future column-Larry.
German female 3/2-digit number station in AM at 2242. (FernandezMA)
Medicine Warrior 79, 23 working Warthog 60, Dustoff 60, Spearhead 18, and Medicine Warrior 95J. Medicine Warrior 79 notified
other callsigns of movements of VIPs at an airfield. In LSB at 1324.
(Harry Riddell-Rochester, NY)
German female 3/2-digit number station in AM at 0424 (Fri).
(Fernandez-MA)
MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

5300.5
5335 0
5530.0
5547.0
5598.0
5628.0
5680.0
5694.0
5696.0

6501 .0
6528.0
6731.0
6738.0

6769.0
6795.0
6830.0
6840.0
6882.5
6912.5
6952.0
7379.0
7525. 0
7580.0
7609.0
7633.5

7635.0
7741.0
7861.0
7936.0
8047.0
8055.0

German 4-digit numbe r station in USB at 0446. (Kevin Hecht-Devon,

PA)
US Navy FT network working Haiti ops in USB at va rious times.
(Numerous reporters)
Unid station, identified as Nancy Adam Susan then 5 letter groups
in USB at 2000. (Boender-Neth)
San Francisco ATC working New Zealand 51 at 0516 in USB.
(Gordon Levine-Anaheim, CA)
New York ATC working Santa Maria ATC, passing flight information
in USB at 0850. (Levine-CA)
Honolulu ATC working Singapore 5, Ph ilippine 103 in USB at 5628.
(Levine-CA)
USCG Rescue 1501 working CG Rescue 1714 (HC-130s) in USB at
1509. (Mike Comer-Titusville, FL) Welcome back, Mike, hope to see
you here often-Larry.
Royal 167 calling Rainbow Rad io (Tors Cove, NF) but no answer in
USB at 0233. (Fernandez-MA) Probably misdialed. Should be 5604.0Larry.
Delta 39 attempting to work CAMS LANT. Had just left Guantanamo
Bay for local patrol in USB at 1058. Had just taken their radio guard.
Xray 9 November working CAMSLANT, airborne from Gitmo for
patrol in local area at 1102. (Henry Brown-MA) Welcome back,
Henry. Try our new internet address: [email protected].
net-Larry.
NMN-CAMSLANT Chesapeake, VA, working SWUJ in USB regarding dead Cuban in a raft in USB. (Riddell-NY) See 8763.0 log-Larry.
Rag doll calling Rimshoe and other callsigns, weak in USB at 1145.
(Riddell-NY)
AF2 working Andrews AFB with phone patch traffic on F-432 in USB
at 0405. (Jeff Jones-Tracy, CA)
Suspicion on with EAM to 44XIAX aircraft. A minute later Suspicion
using Mac Dill as ID. Then Ivory 42 (C-130 out of Dyess AFB/MacDill
answers his Mainsail broadcast. Phone patch made to Raymond 1O
(Tyndall AFB) in USB at 0039. (Fernandez-MA)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0100. (Tom MazanecMaple Heights, OH)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0300. (MazanecOH)
Andrews working SAM 300 in USB at 1215. (R iddell-NY)
Spanish female 4-digit number station in AM at 0300. (MazanecOH)
Four or five QSOs on at the same ti me. Some stations females, all
in Spanish and simplex in USB at 2308. (Fernandez-MA)
VEV working Compactor with comm checks in USB at 1108. Also
heard L7K working 3GA (Riddell-NY)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0200. (MazanecOH)
English female 5-digit number station at 0215-0230 in AM . (R ick
Sumner-Olney, IL) Thanks for checking in, Rick; love those number
station logs, keep tl1em coming-Larry.
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0000. (Sumner-IL)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0200. (MazanecOH)
Cutter Gallatin wo rking unid station regarding the number of immigrants picked up in USB at 0943 (Cuban refugee ops). (Brown-MA)
Stealth advising Tradition they are slightly off frequency on Naval
Gunfire Support frequency. Also heard Big Storm, Lightning 32,
Heavy Metal 45 and Gunslinger 32. At various times from 2151 in
USB.
Two unid stations sending tactical traffic about helo support tor an
exercise and then onwith regular com ms inUSB at 1544. (FernandezMA)
Cut1er Forward working 39 (Probably Delta 39) in USB at 1106.
(Brown-MA)
CW number station with 5-letter groups off at 0425. (Comer-FL)
USN type voice sc rambling in USB at 1403. (Comer-FL)
Andrews call ing 970 in USB at 0130 on F-752. (Phil Smith- Indianapolis, IN)
Acrobat wo rking Declination setting up duplex voice/data circuits on
the following frequency combinations in LSB at 0550: 8055.0(" ?)/
6910.0 (Alpha 5?); 8055.0(*?)/ ? (Alpha 03); 8055.0 (?)/9190.1

8010.0
8080.0
8165.0
8546.0
8560.0
8600.0
8675.0
8763.0

8967.0
9007.5
9027.0
9032.0
9041.5
9060.0
9130.0
9223.5
9395.0
10125.0
10191.0
10244.9
10298.0
10364.4
10365.0
10410.0
10470.5
10780.0

10858.0
11046.8
11153.0

11176.0

(Alpha 08). (. Indicates designator is probably an Alpha or Bravo

designator). Acrobat mentioned. "you send out, we receive then
send out to Albany." (Jones-CA)
Big Storm. Ike and Flinch working each other in USB. See 8080.0.
(Comer-FL)
At 1826 in USB, Lakewood calling Ike with local track count. Also
had Big Storm in here. Also had Victorious in here needing someone
on Ike in CIC to monitor this net. (Comer-FL)
KUL-Unid station with 75 baud RITY "1/369 " plus 5 letter groups
at 0730. (Boender-Neth) Cuban DGI station-Larry.
OBC3-Callao Radio, Peru, with hand sent V CW marker at 0852.
(Jack Dix-Yonkers, NY)
US Navy Fleet Coordination channel used for Haiti Operations in
USB, 24 hours a day befo re and after the occupation. (Numerous
Reporters)
URD-St. Petersburg, Russia Radio with 50 baud RTTY messages at
1547. (Boender-Neth)
UDB2-Unid marine coastal station with V CW marker at 1003. (DixNY)
Pilot station Port Canaveral, FL, working unid vessel with questions
on off-loading that vessel's RHI with forklift to cradle. ETO officer
advised . He will have OOD ready upon docking at Dolphin Lee
Marina at 1423 in USB. (James Hugunin-IL)
Saudi 005 working Jeddah LDOC, changed frequency to 6658 for
phone patch in USB at 2208. (Boender-Neth)
Callsigns Mercedes, Chieftain, Furball, Furball-mobile, Icicle, Spanky,
Cubby, and North Star coordinating troop/aircraft maneuvers. Mentioned UH-1 helo's and F-18s in USB at 0011. (Jones-CA)
Andrews AFB working SAM 206 with signal checks in USB at 0011
in F-146. (Jones-CA) Same at 1319. (Riddell-NY)
RAF Architect working Ascot 5595 with phone patch to Lyneham
airbase in USB at 2215. (Robin Hood-UK)
Mike working 08, Coast 4, Golf, Ashley 08. Sounded like an FT net
in USB at 2030. (Riddell-NY) Probably was-Larry.
RCU73-Novosibirsk Meleo, Russia, with 50 baud RTTY transmission at 0048. (Boender-Neth)
EZl-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 2301, parallel to
11565.0. (Dix-NY)
Retail working Slapstick, asked to advise on Satcom in USB at 1727.
(Comer-FL)
HMFA 84-KCNA Pyongyang, North Korea, with 50 baud RITY news
in French at 2158. (Boender-Neth)
Cl02-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 0046/0245 (Daily).
(Hecht-PA)
MFA Rome, Italy, with ARQ-E 5 letter groups to several eastern
European embassies at 1020. (Boender-Neth)
RFTJF-FFPort Bouvet, Ivory Coast, with 839 HZ strange shift AROE3 at 1654. (Robert Hall-RSA)
Austrian embassy Tel Aviv, Israel, with SI-ARO messages inGerman
at 1158. (Boender-Neth)
RFTJDA-FF Libreville, Gabon, idling with strange 823 Hz shift in
ARO-E3 at 1705. (Hall-RSA)
AHE Lyon working AHE Zenica with phone patches in USB at 0905.
AHE Osijek working AHE Lyon in USB at 0925. (Boender-Neth)
KUL-U nid station with 75 baud RTTY, 1/396 plus 5 letter groups at
0715. (Boender-Neth) Another frequency for KUL Cuban DGI somewhere in Europe-Larry.
FDC-Metz-Frascaty Air, France, with VCW marker at 2151. (Dix-NY)
Cape Radio calling Trackstar in USB at 1446, switched them to net
8, found them on 3120. (Smith-IN) Noted 0439, switched them to
7412.0. (Comer-FL) All this was up for classified DOD launch from
Cape-Larry.
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 1405. (Quin n-CT)
Swedish ARO with plain language message about medical evacualions at 0722. (Hood-UK)
Andrews working SAM 300 with phone patches to Pentagon regarding Cuban refugee problems in USB at 1800-2359. (Janet WhitneyAlexandria, VA) Nice to have you aboard, Janet; please feel free to
check in often-Larry.
Air Force Rescue 30 working Andrews in USB at 2219. Bold 87
working Ascension in USB. Phone patch to DSN 579 ---- 'Plantalion'. Asked what frequency was Plantation on as F1 and F4. no
contact. Passed two new designators of F8-23271.0 and F9-18027.0.
(Welsh Dragon-Wales) SAM 204 working Andrews req uested a
discrete frequency, Andy passed F-965 at 1500 in USB. Moved to

11 178.0
11214.0
11216.7
11220.0
11226.0
11229.0
11246.7
11410.0
11423.6
11488.0
11545.0
12130.0
12216.0
12223.0
12697.0
12990.0
13044.0
13089.0

13169.1

13217.0
13438.0
13470.0
13950.0
14980.0
15728.0
16196.0
16216.0
16270.0
16821.0
17170.0
18134.8
181 78.0
18290.0
20348.5
20933.5

11466.0 (F-965 ) at 1504. (E. Manon-Pasadena, MD) Welcome, Mr.

Manon; hope you check in often-Larry.
Ghost 1 calling PJK in USB at 2204. Is PJK Suffisant, Netherlands
Antilles naval station? (Comer-FL) Sure is-Larry.
Com puter/radar maintenance working Darkstar about equipment
problems in USB at 2026. (Bruce Libey-Duluth, MN)
MFA Cairo, Egypt, with SITOR-A Arabic traffic at 1906. (Hall-RSA)
Andrews working SAM 974. Discussed malfunctioning secure communication equipment which Andrews attempted to fix via radi o. In
USB at 1313. (Whitney-VA)
Nightwatch worki ng Rest Camp on X-905 in USB at 2155. (SmithIN) SAM working 206 in USB at 21 16. (Riddell-NY). Nightwatch 01
working Andrews in USB at 11 43. Moved to X-904. (Quinn-CT)
Andrews calling SAM 202 in USB at 0043 on F-823. (Smith-IN)
Same at 2105. (Riddell-NY)
MFA Cairo, Egypt, with SITOR-A Arabic traffic at 1903. (Hall-RSA)
Missionary calling Jawbreaker fo r a radio check in LSB at 2345.
(Jones-CA)
SOL242-PAP Warsaw, Poland with SITOR-B Polish news at 1859.
(Hall-RSA)
Andrews AFB working Trout 99 on secondary F-103. (Jones-CA)
English female 5-di git number station in AM at 1844. (Hall-RSA)
MFA Bonn, Germany, with ARQ-E idler at 1850. (Hall-RSA)
MFA Warsaw. Poland with 75 baud RTTY news in English at 1440.
(Boender-Neth)
ZFO-Bulgarian embassy, Havana. Cuba, with 75 baud RITY RY and
message in Bulgarian to PNO at 1955. (Boender-Neth)
UFZ-Unid marine coastal station with SITOR-A idler at 1108. (DixNY)
UIS-Unid marine coastal station with V CW marker at 1402. (D ixNY)
VRX-Cape D'Aguilar Radio, Hong Kong , with CW CO marker at 1050.
(Dix-NY)
NMN-CAMSLANT Chesapeake, VA, working unid vessel (callsign
SWUJ) at 2100 about proper handling of dead male found adrift in
boat now in tow. USCG will meet ship at mouth of Yucatan.
(Hugunin-NJ ) Gayle's cal/sign book shows the Greek motor vessel
Stella for cal/sign SWUJ-Larry.
8BY-Unid station in CW send ing "VVV DE 8BY" followed by 3
number groups ended at 2100. Who? (Roger-Cape Cod, MA)
Nothing real firm, but best information based on DFs is a commercial station in Indonesia-Larry.
Andrews AFB working AF2 on F-251 with signal checks in USB at
1940. (Jones-CA)
DGN43-PIAB Bonn, Germany, (Bonames) with FEC-A German news
at 2003. (D ix-NY)
RKU71- Moscow Meleo, Russia, with fax weather chart at 1744.
(Hall-RSA)
ACB Unit 1 working unid station in LSB at 1310. US MAG. (RiddellNY)
RAU-Unid station with 646464 then QRU using 75 baud RTTY at
1410. (Boender-Neth) This also fits the Cuban DGI station format.
First time I have seen this one; probably another European-Larry.
MFA-The Hague, Netherlands, with CW marker at 1520. (BoenderNeth)
RFFEDT-French Forces Buro Turquiose, France, with ARO-E transmissions. RFFKDl -Kisangani Air, Rwanda with ARO-E message for
RFFEDT at 1315. (Boender-Neth)
Oostende Radio with USB phone patches to YJC, YPF, YSY, YKI at
1100. (Boender-N eth)
OMZ-MFA Prague, Czech, with 75 baud RITY messages at 2035.
(Boender-Neth)
VRX-Cape D'Aguillar Radio, Hong Kong, with SITOR-B traffic list,
new call? (Hall-RSA) Looks like it, based on my notes and intercepts-Larry.
CI02-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 1348. (Dix-NY)
MFA Cairo, Egypt, with SITOR-A Arabic traffic at 1136, unlisted.
(Hall-RSA)
CI02-ls raeli Mossad number station in AM at 0048. (Hecht-PA)
Andrews AFB working SAM 204 with signal checks on F-633.
Checked this designator out of four locations in USB at 1942.
(Jones-CA)
9RE203-PIT Lumumbashi, Zaire, with ARQ-M2 French traffic at
1150. (Hall-RSA)
SOV293-PAP Warsaw, Poland, with 100 baud FEC message in
Polish at 1425. (Boender-Neth)
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Bob Kay, c/o MT, P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, N.C. 28902

Scanning Gifts

n a few weeks, millions of Ameri cans wi ll crowd into shopping

malls lo observe a yearly tradition- Black Friday! B lack Friday
is the day after Thanksgivi ng, and the beginn ing of the hol iday
shopping season. when merchants hope to finall y get their books into
the black.
If you ' re a typica l consumer, you' ll spend hours looking for
individual gifts at budget prices. Wouldn ' t it be he lpful if you had a
li st of specific ite ms for each person? I'm not talking about a shopping
li st that contain s items costing several hundred dollars. As a scanning
buff, a twenty- fi ve foot roll of RG-6 coax cable for example, is more
interesting (and probably less expensive), than a tie or shirt.
If you're nodding your head in agreement, here's my proposal:
Prior to the stan of the sho pping season, hold a fam ily meeting and
exchange personalized shopping lists. Is there a carpenter in the
family? If so. his/her " wish list" wi ll probably contain dozens of items
that can be found in local hardware and lumber supply stores.
As scanner buffs, our lists will contain items that can be located in
Radio Shack stores and in mail order catalogs. To be effecti ve, your
li st must identify the name of the item, where it can be found, and the
price. Don' t have time to make a li st? No problem. Below is a budgetpriced list, in ascending order by price, that contains a variety of
scanning related items.

GihUst
I' II be the first to

admit that circulating

a personalized
shopping list seems to

Trying to stretch your holiday shopping budget? Check out

this list of ideas that start at 99 cents.

Name

Location

Price

Name

Location

Price

Crimp Connector
Cot #278-223

Radio Shock .......... $.99 cents

Nationwide

CD to Cossette Adopter Radio Shock .... ...... $19.99

Cot #12-1951
Nationwide

Coax sealant lope

Cot #278- 1645

Radio Shock .......... $2.49

Nationwide

Pocket Multimeter
Cot#22-1 71

Radio Shock .......... $24. 99

Nationwide

BNC Connector
Cot #278-103

Radio Shock .......... $2.99

Nationwide

Scanner Multicoupler
#CPL-SC

Grove Enterprises .. $29.95

(704) 837-7081

Pliers, Long Nose

Cot #64- 1844

Radio Shock ......... $3.49

Nationwide

All Bond Roaf Antenna

Cot#20-014

Radio Shock ........ .. $ 29. 99

Nationwide ...........

Cutters, Diagonal
Cot # 64-1841

Radio Shock ........ .. $4.49

Nationwide

Calculator / Planner
Cot #65-857

Radio Shock .......... $29.99

Nationwide

Soldering Pencil
Cot #64-2055

Radio Shock .... ...... $9.49

Nationwide

Naval Amplified
Speaker #SPK-11

Grove Enterprises .. $29.95

(704) 837-708 1

Mini Speaker, Clip-on

#SPK-9

Grove Enterprises .. $9.95

(704 837-7081 )

Scontenno by Antenna Grove Enterprises .. $39.95

Croft #ANT-7
(704) 837-7081

RG-6 Coax Coble

50', Cot #12-1951

Radio Shock .......... $ 10.00

Nationwide

Magnetic Mobile
Antenna #ANT-4W

Grove Enterprises .. $49.95

(704) 837-7081

Pro Crimping tool

Cot #278-243

Radio Shock .......... $15.99

Nationwide ...........

Scanner Beam
#ANT-1

Grove Enterprises .. $59.95

(704) 837-708 1

No-Tenno Invisible
Antenna #ANT-20

Grove Enterprises .. $19.95

(704) 837-7081)

Uniden Scanner Radio

BC-855XLT #SCN-8

Grove Enterprises .. $169.95

(704) 837-708 1

be an audacious
suggestion. However,
the rules are changing.
In today 's fast-paced
society, a personalized
shopping list is
acceptable and often
requested. If you don't
agree, simply use the
list to shop for the
scanning hobbyist i11
your life. See you in the
Mall!

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Treasure Hunt
One of the most popular monitoring targets is the 800 to 1200
megahertz band. Other popular names include: microwave mobile
band and 800 megahertz band. Regardless of what you prefer to cal l
it. there seems to be one common question: What's up there to hear?"
We al l know that cellular phones are between 870 and 896 MHz.
But, in addition to the cellular frequencies, there are dozens of
additional agencies that are operating radio equipment between 806
and I 200 megahertz.
For the November/December Treasure Hunt, I' m offering an
8.5x 11" frequency allocation chart that wi ll take the guess work out
of monitoring this popular band. Can' t find the " Private Microwave
Service?" A quick glance at the chart will tell you that the frequency
range is between 952. 10 and 952.70 MH z.
Here are the clues:
I)

2)
3)
4)
5)

Name the company that is offering a CD-ROM frequency database with mapping.
I ordered a CHT-1 from Grove. What did I get?
I ordered Cat #22- 104 from Radio Shack. What did I get?
The Radio Shack Pro-43 has an "instant weather" feature. True or
False?
The frequency of 156.80 belongs to what agency?

Everyone who e nters the November/December Treasure Hunt

wi ll receive the frequency allocation chart. However, you must
incl.ude a# I 0, SASE. Entries that do not include an SASE will not be
honored. Send your entries to the Treasure Hunt, P.O. Box 98,
Brasstown, NC 28902.

Frequency Exchange
Our first stop this month may be a little confusing. We' re going to

Suffolk County, New York, via Miramar , Florida. Why? Harvey

Bernstein li ves in Miramar, but he routinely travels to Suffolk County.
So, we're going to Florida to pick up the freque ncies for New York.

Suffolk County Fire

Nassau County

42.96 ......... Fire Academy

45.20 ......... Amityville Village
46. 10 ...... ... County Wide Dis
45.88 ......... Mutual Aid
patch
46.30 ......... Fireground & training 5
46.12 ..... .... Divisions 5, 8 & 9
watts maximum
46.20 .... ..... Divisions 2, 3 & 4
46.34 ... ...... Fire scene
46.22 ...... ... Unit to unit
46.36 ..... .... Districts 1 & 5
46.30 ...... ... Unit to unit &
46.38 ........ . Fireground (countywide)
fireground
46.44 ......... Districts 3 & 4
46.32 ......... Divisions 1, 6 & 7
46.46 ......... Dispatch
154.04 .. ..... Garden City fi re
46.48 ......... Districts 6 & 7
units
153.83 .. .... . Fi reground & training 10
154. 115 ..... Dispatch-Atlantic
watts maximum
Beach rescue
154. 145 .... . Coram fire Dept.
460.55 ....... North Patchogue Fire Dept. 453.325 ..... Fire marshal/Haz
Mat units

Queens
(Volunteer Fire Departments)
47.50 ... ..... . Rock Away Point
154.40 ....... Paint Breezy
154.57 ....... Point Bree
154.60 ....... Roxbury

Harvey ' s complete three page list contains fire frequencies for the
Long Island Expressway, Nassau County, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens
and Staten Island. If you want the li st, it' s free for a# I 0 SASE. Send
your request to the Frequency Exchange. P.O. Box 98 Brass town, NC
28902.
S ince we' re already in the warm state of Florida, let's check out
an anonymous invitation that lists the Nationwid e Fast Food frequencies.

McDonalds

Arby's

35.12
67.775
70.245
71.105
154.49
154.58

30.84
31 .00
154.57
457.55
479.250

Hardee's

461.0375
463.2875
466.0375
468.2875
469.5125

30.84
31.00
35.02
151.685
151 .805
464.0 125/
469.0125

31.00
170.305
457.5375
457.5875

Taco Bell

Wendy's

Burger King

30.84
154.57
465.8875

33.16
33.40
154.5 15

30.84
457.55
465.8875
467.775

Grab your coat. Our next stop is the home of Lou Gabrielson, in

Amityville, New York. According to Lou, the following Amityville

frequencies do not appear in frequen cy books. (Not all of them agree
with Harvey Berstein 's li st, either. You decide.)
33.10 ..... .... ........... Highway Dept.
45.20 .............. ...... Fire
45.50 ................... . Fire/ Police auxiliary
45.58 ..... .... .......... . Fi reground
153.83 ................. . Fi reground
154.1 15 ...... .... ...... County District Attorny
155.32 ....... .... ....... Ambulance to Hospita
155.58 ....... ..... ...... Police (same as 6th
precinct but low power)
159.15 .................. Car to car

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Miscellaneous Fire
154. 19 ....... Staten Island
453. 10 ..... .. Syasset
458.6125 ... New Hyde Park
477. 1625 ... Glenwood Landing
465.5875 .. . Long Beach Fire
(mobile repeater)
465.60 ....... East Meadow

Kentucky
Fried Chicken

1-800-423-1 331
P.O . Box 360,
Wagantawn, PA

19376

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(continued)
That's enough of w inter. Grab a li ght weight wind breaker; we' re
headed for Benicia, California. The fo llowing freq uencies were
provided by Mike Owyang.

42.02 ......... California Highway

Patrol (CHP) mobile
42.60 ......... CHP base
l 51.4 l 5 ..... Fish & Gome
151 .925 ..... Morine World Africa
Theme Pork
154.905 ..... CHP mobile extender
155.40 ....... Medical Net EMS
155.49 ....... Solano Sheriff
155.91 ....... Vallejo Police
155.94 ....... Benicia Fire

155. 97 ....... Vallejo Police

156.00 ....... Solano Fire
46 1.3375 ... Morine World Africa
security
46 1.575 .... . Morine World Africa
operations
46 1.7375 .. . Morine World Africa
operations
461. 9625 ... Morine World Africa
show productions
482.9875 ... Vallejo Fire

If you're look ing for a way to extend the summer season, you' ll
love our next stop. Welcome to Walt Disney World, Florida. The
a nonymous contributor cl aims that Walt Disney World is moving the
majority of its radio communications to 800 megahertz. The frequenc ies listed below, he says, are sti ll in use.
453.825 ..... Fire Dept.
461.70 ....... MGM
462.475 ..... Monorail
462.575 ..... Operations
462.625 ..... OperotionsMogic Ki ngdom
462.65 ....... EPCOT
464.20 ....... Landscape
862.55 ....... Operations

Old Frequencies Not Used

461.30
461 .60
462.250

462.775
464.06
464.80
467.250

New 800 Megahertz Frequencies, not identified.

85 1.3125
852.2375
852.7375

853.4625
854.7875

Florida monitors with Disney updates are encouraged to contac t

the Frequency Exchange. P.O. Box 98. Brasstown , NC 28902.
Liste ners living throughout the U.S. arc also invited to send in the ir
favorite freq uencies.

Computer Corner
Here's a freq uency "Grab Bag" that you can 't afford to miss. 1' m
offe ring three separate items on one 3.5 disk. Here's what I have: ( I)
The popular Radiolog shareware program. As most of you know,
Radiolog is easy to use and it can store. sort , and pri nt thousands of
frequencies; (2) 140 pages of rai Iroad frequenc ies for c ities throughout the nation ; (3) An exte nsive listing of federal freque ncies that are
used throughout the nation.
To receive the disk. send a formatted. high density, 3.5 disk with
return mailer and postage to Bob Kay , P.O. Box 173, Prospect Park,
PA 19076. If you don't want to provide the disk, mailer and postage,
I' II copy the three items onto a disk, lic k the stamps, and send it to your
doorstep for $5.00 dollars.

Scanner Tips
In League Ci ty, Texas, burg lars uti li zed two way radios to
coordinate the burglary of a drug store. The conversations between
the burglars were monitored by two sleepless scanner buffs on 154.60
MHz, at approx imately 3:30 am.
T he first li ste ner called police to report the robbery . Whe n the

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poli ce arrived, they arrested a person sitting in a van on suspicion of

burglary . When a second scanner buff provided a tape recording of the
c rime. police ide ntified the voices and charged several suspects wit h
burg lary of a building.

Radios Flunk the Breathalyzer Test

In New Jersey. a "driving under the influence" citation was
overturned because police failed to take precautions to keep radio
waves from inte rfering with the test.
Ten years prior to the inc ident, the New Jersey Supreme Court
ruled that police could use the model 900 breat halyzer so long as
poli ce banned the use of walkie ta lkies from the test area. In municipa l
court, one officer testified that his radio was off, but other officers
were not certain about hand-he ld radios that were in the test area.
The judge ruled that if the de fe ndant were charged w ith dri ving
under the influe nce, the charge must be supported on evidence other
than the breath test.

Cordless 900
The new 900 cordless phones operate between 902 and 928
megahertz. S ince frequenc y usage varies be tween manufacturers,
most folks simply search between the lower and upper frequency
range and note the frequencies that are active.
Unlike the 46/49 MHz band, the re are no spec ific operating
frequencies for cordless phones that operate in the 900 megahe rtz
range. The entire 902 to 928 band is open to a variety of signals. Did
you know that the nationwide calling freque ncy for amateur rad io
operators in the 900 megahertz band is 902.10 MHz? Hams share the
frequency wit h a variety of lower power gadgets for home and
commercia l use.
Attempting to isolate active frequenc ies wi thin the 900 band can
also be frustrating. Cordless man ufacturers are producing phones that
have the abi lity to sk ip between several dozen frequencies. The
feature won' t prevent you from hearing the acti on, but it does present
a proble m if you're bent on listening to speci fic freque ncies.
It also makes little sense to isolate the operat ing frequencies for
specific mode ls. Sure, you can list every freq uency that a particular
phone might use, but unless you' re try ing to monitor a single make
and model, it 's a wasted e ffort.
The best way to monitor the new 900 cordless phones is still to
simply search between 902 and 928 megahertz and resist the urge to
moni tor spec ific freq uencies.

Caller ID
Caller ID is available in Hill sdale, New Jersey. This service allows
the called party to visuall y see the phone num ber of the caller.
According to Dr. John Griffin , however, a caller can shie ld his or her
phone number by dialing *67 prior to di aling the phone number.
Persons utili zing caller ID can al so program the ir phones to reject
calls from those who shield their numbers . T he person calling will get
a recording ex plaining that their shielded call cannot be accepted.
If Caller ID is acti ve in your neck of the woods. let us hear from
you. Send your Ca lle r ID comments to the Scanning Report, P.O. Box
98, Brasstown. NC 28902.

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Uncle Skip's Guide to Monitoring

Skip Arey, WB2GHA

TJAREY@AOLCOM

Stop, Thief!

I usually prov ide overki ll and include

t was li ke something out of a Three
my amateur radio call sign and my
Stooges movie. I had gone into my
.,.
social security number. Some fo lks inoffice on a Monday morning to wade
through a pile o f paperwork left over from
clude their driver's license number if
the prev ious week. (I swear it breeds and
it's not too long.
grows over the weekend. ) While plodding
The point of the exercise is to
through the various proposals and plangive enough personal identity to your
equipment so that someone might think
ning statements, l like to listen to the local
j azz station on FM. For this reason I keep
twice before trying to walk off with it.
a low cost radio on my desk at work. Or I
If they do walk off with it anyway, it
gives law enforcement some clues to
should say, " kept." That particular day I
reached up to tum the radio on and fou nd
match up the stolen merchandise with
its rightfu l owner.
myself trying to dial in empty space. Some
Okay, I know what you're
person or persons unknown had decided
to li ft my radio over the weekend. I must At sixty pounds, the R390A is as close to theft-proof
thinking; this ki nd of action severely
affects the esthetics of your gear and
have made quite a picture trying to tune in as radios get.
a radio that wasn't there. Why anyone
also presents some potential problems
would want to take what amounts to a ten-dollar bargain basement
if you ever plan to sell the equipment. I can 't really argue with these
facts. but the reality is that you have to do what you can to prevent your
AM/FM rig with a scratchy audio gain potentiometer is beyond me. I
guess they figu red they needed it more than me .
gear's theft and to assist in its recovery if it ever does get stolen. As
Since l was not severely out of pocket by this theft, I decided to
foresthetics, do your e ngravingon the back orthe bottom, maybe even
chalk it up to experience and recover my losses by turning the whole
inside the battery case if you have enough room. This will keep things
mess into a column. (Now you know where a ll my great ideas come
relati vely good looki ng.
You can get around the resale problem by presenting the new
from. The point of thi s exerc ise is that the radio that was stolen could
have been more valuable. So how can radio hobbyi sts protect themowner with a bi ll of sale relinquishing all your rights to ownership of
selves from radio rip-offs?
the piece of equipment. This wou ld serve to prove to folks why he or
she has somethi ng with your name on it. Besides, if the gear is stolen
My searc h for ideas began at my local constabu lary. In addition to
providing exciting action for you to tune in on your scanne r, your local
and 'returned" to you, you can easily get it back in the hands if its
police department can provide you with tons of information about
current owner.
protecting you and yours from theft.
Let's start by assuming the worst. O ne of your radios has been
Smile for the Camera
stol en. A side effect of the increasing ly portable nature of our hobby
Now that you have all your gear properly engraved, run down to
is that radios can easily "disappear"' from desks, briefcases, cars, etc.
the drug store and get a roll of film for your camera. Take ind ividual
Taking steps to identify your equipme nt will go along way in making
pictures of each piece of equipment. T hese don' t have to be studio
recovery possible. It can even serve to deter a dirtball or two if it is
portfolio quality. All you want to do is make sure the equipment is
obvious enough.
easy to recognize in the photo.
When you get the pictures back from the developer, prepare fo r
Electric Pencil
writer' scramp. On the back of each picture write down the equipment's
Head ou t to your local hardware outlet and pick up a low cost
name, model a nd serial number. Add to this the piece o f equipment's
electric e ngrav ing tool. One of these units should cost between $ 10 and
dimensions because pictures don't always communicate actual size.
$ 15. It is worth every penny. Use your electric engraver to carefully
Also li st where you engraved the item and what you engraved on it.
carve some appropriate identification infomiation on your radio or
Finally, list the value of the item. If anything does come up missing,
other thievable item 's case. Before you go writi ng on your rig, practice
these pictures and essential facts are just what law enforcement needs
on a couple of pieces of scrap plastic and aluminum. Once you get the
to attempt a recovery. These items will also help you figure out things
hang of an engraver it is easy to use, but initially they tend to get away
for your insurance company.
from an inexperienced hand.
Some folks like to go a step further and make a video tape of their
Okay, what are you going to write on your radio that will send terror
equipment, complete with running commentary. This is probably of
into the hearts of any thief who sees it? Start with the obvious. Carve
limited use, because the police can't easil y reproduce and carry
your name into the rig. Next, l always engrave the radio's serial
around a video tape while they are on the j ob. True, it is yet another
number, since thi s is usually only stuck on the equipme nt in the fo rm
fo m1 of identification, but do it in conju nction with the engraving and
of a piece of plastic or metal tape that is all too easy to remove. Then
photographs, not in place of them.

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Did Someone Say Insurance Companies?!

While we are on the subject of insurance companies, you need to
contact yours and make sure your gear is covered. In the height of the
CB boom of the ?O's, many insurance compani es ex pected people to
get special "riders" to cover personal radio equipment, especially if
the equipment was portable or automobile mounted. There is no
standard practice today---coveragc varies widely, so it may be worth
a call to your agent to check things out for yourse lf.
If you are a member of the American Radio Relay League
(ARRL) you can take advantage of a radio eq uipment insurance
program that they provide for their m e mbe r~. You can get more
infonnation by writing The American Radio Relay League. 225 Main
Street. Newington, CT 06 111-1 494. The W5 YI Report says a new
gro up, Ham Radio Insurance Associates, Inc (P.O. Box 20 1,
Canonsburg, PA 15317) also insures radio/computer equipment.

Lers Get Serious

authorities wi ll guide you toward the best way to prepare your abode
against ravaging barbarians.

How's Your Car?

Bash and grab tactics apply to cars, too. If the bad guy sees a n
interesting piece of gear in the dash, a brick through the window and
a deft hand with a crowbar is going to get the thieves whatever they
want. So the obvious solution is not to leave anything where people
can see it. If your equipment is locked in the trunk, your car is less
likely to attract the wrong kind of interest. Some modern mobile ham
gear is designed to be operated from a trunk or under-the-seat location.
All the controls reside in the microphone or in a snap-off dash panel
that can easily be thrown in the glove box when you get to your
desti nation.
The best sol ution of alt might be the latest wave of handheld
receivers and transceivers. Regard less of what aspect of the radio
hobby gets you excited, modem microcircuitry has allowed someone
to market a handheld hobby device for your area of interest. By using
this type of equipment, you don't even have 10 leave your rig in your
trunk. You can just clip it on your bell and get on with your life.

Now that you have marked and identified all of your equipment,
let's take a look at keeping it from getti ng stolen in the first place. We
had bellcr start with the obvious.
Never. never, never leave your equipment where someone can
Truth Stranger than Fiction!
steal it. l know; that is really obvious all right. But you wi ll be
I had a friend who liked to do his DXing with a Collins R390A
surprised how many times I've heard things like: "I j ust put it down
surplus receiver. The R390 is a great rig with only one drawback. It
for a minute." "I only left my desk 10 get a cup of coffee." "h was too
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Struck Speechless
In Papua New Guinea, which experienced a major volcano eruption
toward lhe end of September, Rabaul stayed on the air late, and lhen had
to go silent as they left with the other evacuees; NBC was heard at 20000700 on 9675, then 4890 kHz carried lots of messages, according to a
report by Arthur Cushen of New Zealand.
The VOA's silencing of the Bethany, Ohio, site, is a man-made
closing. The Cuban-American National Foundation was understandably upset when !Old of the planned closing, since it was the Bethany
site which had beefed up Marti broadca~ts. Jn two lobbying trips to
Washington, engineer John Vodenik and others visited many senators
and congressmen and their staff, hoping to delay the VONRFE/FL

consolidation past recess before elections. VOA is top-heavy with

managers who are not broadcasters at heart, says Vodenik. Relying o n
overseas relays is risky-VOA Sri Lanka is surro unded by military
guards to prevent takeove r by losing party in recent e lecrion. The
"friendly" Philippine government took pack part of an antenna field,
so VOA has to replace two antennas. However, VOA Asst. Dir. Joe
Bruns made it official: Bethany will close. the staff are receiving
notices Nov I, and are to be out by Jan 4: black-bordered last-day
QSLs will be issued; please send 2 IRCs or $2 for costs to John
Vodenik. 104S. Forest Ave., Mason, OH 45040(John Vodenik, OH)
Listen to World of Radio for news regarding the last day broadcast.

simulcasting C IQC-600 in English and replaced it with another station

ALGERIA R. A lgiers Int ' I. English 1600- 1700 o n 17745.2, with
under same ownersh ip, CKOl-96.9 in French (""Cest Quoi?")
j azz. news. barely audible but in the clear weekdays when Portugal
Po litical motives possible, but maybe just to make available a much
is not dominating frequency (Bri an Alexander. PA)
higher-rated statio n on SW: management would not say why. lfand
ANGUILLA Defunct KGEl's newer antenna goes to Dr.
Gene Scott's new SW here (A.Peterson, Radio News B111/eti11 )
when Expo baseball resumes, this and all other Montreal programming in English will no longer be avai lable. Listener reaction will
AUSTRALIA A ustralian Defence Forces Radio changed to:
be passed on to management if sent to program d irector Ted Silver,
Malaysia, one hour at 0 I 00, 0430. I 000 o n 13525 USB; to Rwanda
1200 McGill Co llege Ave., Suite 300 , Montreal. QC H3B 4G7.
from NWC, at 0800 on 15606, 18 19 1.5, 1400-1600 on I 0621 .5 and
C RTC was not aware of the switch. and there is some question as
8743 (Radio Netherlands Media Network)
to its legality: the 6005 transmitter with modulation problems and
BANGLADESH Dhaka in English at 1745- 1815 on 7 190 and
weak signal is not well -suited to music format (Sheldon Harvey.
9647 ex-9688 (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, via Wolfgang BUschel)
PQ)
BELARUS Minsk has new weekly English. Tue 1845 o n Voice of
60 I0, 6020, 7210, I I 960. presumably shifting to 1945 (BBCM via
Friendship
CHILE I hope 10 resume broadcasting KGEI programs via Chile
.......
o n a similar 19-meter frequency via existing facilities, depending
RNMN) Maybe also to us at 0045 on 7150? See Oct.
o n financing: back-up possibility from a Central American site in
BELGIUM RVI. W-94 in English to us: 1400 (Sun 1330) on
13675, no lo nger a parallel to Asia then; 0300 on 6035. and S. America Nicaragua, where land has been offered free, El Salvador where authorities
9930 (via Steven C line. Diane Mauer. Bob Thomas) 13675 clashes with say there are no problems, Costa Rica or Guatemala (Pastor Jose Ho lowaty)
COLOMBIA CARACOL. s Amanccer en America. UT Sun 0530Dubai un less they moved (Cline and Brian Alexander)
BENIN Altho ORTB was previously reported missing from 4870 on I 045 on 6150, 5075 invites reports fro m abroad. even in English to be
one occasion, there are many reports of it since including: several times in acknowledged during fi rst ha! hour and entered in drawi ngs for prizes; to
French between 2100 and 2300* (Kev in Hecht, PA)
A.A. 48984. Bogota ( Henrik Klemetz, ibid) R. Nueva Vida, 5569. 7 around
BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA R. Yugoslavia has two sites. Stublinc I 030-1300. moved from Tibu to Bucaramanga where the A.A. is 3068
in Serbia, and just a few mi les away Bijeljina in Bosnia. But the latter is (Klcmetz. HCJB DXPL) Clandestine with message from FARCtoColomunder BoSerh control. Despite break
bian president on 6626.2 at0030-005 l *
in relatio ns. no change in broadcasts.
but no ID. (Henrik Klemetz, Bogota,
All times UTC; all frequencies kHz. *Asterisk before/after
Two 500 kW at Bijeljina stil l carry
Play-DX) Same HJUW on 3000
time station sig11-011/sig11-off; II parallel; + means co11ti1111i11g
program s from both s ides, per
sounded like L V de la Selva at 11 06bill nor monitored; = 2 x indicates 2nd harmonic
Monten eg ro newspape r (C hri s
1 I 19 on 3080, L V de! Petr61eo,
offollowing frequency.
Barrancabermeja, I0 15-1 10 I. 2 x 1540
Greenway, BBCM via RNMN)
BOUGAINVILLE Shortly after peace settlement. a PNG statio n (Fernando Viloria. Venezuela. via Santiago San Gil)
COSTA RICA To replace 2 I.f65. RFPI has been trying 17905 USB
began from here on 3875. until 1300* all in Pidg in. UT+ I0 time. and PNG
anthem; quite strong, and R. Free Bougainv ille no longer heard on 3880 afternoons: also tested 15050-USB in addition to 15030-AM, 9400-USB,
(Arthur Cushen, NZ) RFB was chang ing from 3850 to 3855 at 0830-1030 7385-AM. For fourth quarter. World of Radio remains at: Fri. 2000. Sat.
(Sam Voron, IARN via John Norfolk )
0400. 1200. 1800. Sun. 0200. I000, 2300. Mon. 0700. Tue. 1900. Wed.
BRAZIL DW relay for W-94: 2300-0050 in Spanish on I 1810; 0100- 0300. 1100. When tape arrives by Thursday and some other program is
0300 in German on 6075, 9640; both us ing 2 x 250 kW. OW uses up to fou r late. W.0.R. may be inserted. such as at 2230. For 12 weeks each starting
transmitters at different sites o n 6075 at different times (Wolfgang BUschel. Oct. 4, two University of the Air courses are running: Jo 11rneyof the Mind
Germany)
Through the Ages with Prof. W inifred Grace Barton. Tue. 2230, repeated
CAMEROON Garoua. 5010 has English news 2 100-21 15 (Bob Thu. 2300 and Wed. 2230 rep Sat. 2300; and Well Mind, Well Earth:
Padula, A11.1"tm lian DX News)
Education for Integrity with Dr. Michael J. Cohen, Tue. 2300 rep Thu.
CANADA In early Septembe r, CFCX on 6005. Montreal, ceasi.:d 2230. Wed. 2300 rep Fri. 2300: al so avai lable via tape. For info on costs,

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blackouts, 6 hours on, 6 hours off. likely affecting smaller stations without
conte nt. registration, write PO Box 20728, Portland, OR 97220; fax 503generators (Don Moore. Radio N11evo Mundo) That was in August; better
225-52 16; phone 503-252-3639.
in September as R. Internacional, 4930.6. no longer mentioned having to
On RFPI' swish list: a 70-kW generator to compensate for local power
use emergency power (Henrik Klemetz. Colombia) Sani R., reactivated
outages; anten na switching mechanism. Has full-t ime staff of five plus
after 2 years absence, on 6299.22 at 0110-0303* ads, j ingles ( Brian
interns and volunteers; many callers to ann iversary Fiesta asked for more
Alexander. PA) R. Copan, 15675, Mailbag now done by Dave Wi lliams
programs about Costa Rica . Spanish weekdays expanded to 1300- 1700,
2nd & 4 th Sat 2200 next to his own Radio Waves at 2215-but first
so English programs prev ious day only at 1700-2 100 get second
week running late, so Waves was bumped. He says it's fine for a
repeat 0900- 1300. Working on grants to get I 00 kW transmitters in
lo ng term. Far Rig ht Radio Review planned to try mo nthly li ve call - /NDONESIA Nazi to be on WRMI, but critic izes gh's criticism (gh)
INDONESIA Duri ng visit here, I heard RRI Banjarmasin
in o n special UT Sat 0230ed itio n with 800 number, presumably 404with news in Eng li sh at 0930 on 3250, not // 5970. Also visited
RFPI , such as Oct 8 (RFPl Fiesta, Mailbags)
CROATIA Zagreb much stronger o n new 13640 than II 13830 ;t

< VOi in Jakarta; note that thei r address is now PO Box I 157 in
Jakarta (Maarten van Delft, World of Radio)
at 2005 (Joe Hanlo n, PA & gh)
;
IRAN (non) V. of Mojahed, from Iraq 1720- 1750 on new
CZECH REPUBLIC R. Prague's existence is up forrev iew. lt's
:!;
unkown whether they' ll be active next year. This is mentioned ~
A
~ 4460, 4725, 5445, 5485, 7000. 7060 and others. V. of Human
regularly on the ir broadcasts . It's probably a good time for listeners ~ . - ; Rights & Freedom for Iran, from Egypt on 9350, 11470, 15145 all
to write in supporti ng the station's efforts. It may have a bearing "'?c-~
~ drifting, 0240-0455, 0600-0638, 1630- 1825 (Rumen Pankov,
o, a,.o' 0
Bulgaria via Busche!)
(Bob Thomas. CT) US Congress and Senate have approved RFE/RL
IRAQ
(non) Republic of Iraq Radio, Voice of the Iraqi People,
moving from Mu nich to Prague (Czech press reports via B BCM) Labor
clandestine reportedly from J iddah, Sa'udi Arabia, 1300-0 JOO in Arabic
cost in Prague will be one fourth what it was in Munich, dropping
on 15135v, 13670v, 9570, 9560-alternate (BBCM) V. of lraqi People. in
operating costs fom $208 million to $75 million in 1996, says Bonnie
Arabic from Sa 'udi Arabia, 1200-1350 on 15683, 16085, 1400-1900 on
Mihalka, RFE/RL spokeswoman; broadcasting from Prague expected to
7 11 5, 9560; only jamming heard on 16085 (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria via
start June 30, 1995 in all 21 languages (Andrew Borowiec, Wash ington
BUsche l) V. of Rebell ious Iraq, 7070v has shifted an hour later for winter,
Times via Chet Copeland) Token rent of 3 cents per day (David Rocks,
approx:
0430-0700, 0830-1030, 1200- 1520. 1600- 1830 (B BCM)
M iami Herald via Aaron Pilchick)
ITALY R. Mariquita, new on 41 15 with musical programs, multi linECUADOR New stat ion Good Shepherd Radio expected on 48 15
gual IDs expected, heard v2000-0 I OOv, reportc/oGAMT , PO Box 3, Sue.
by March; antenna ofdouble-lazy-H design for vertical radiati on has been
10, 1-3 1100 Treviso; o ne !RC o r US$ appreciated (L. Basso, T reviso,
installed, I kW Collins modified AM transmitter, waiting on stud io
Play-DX)
construction and license. Is at Saraguro, to serve people speaki ng that
JAPAN R. Japan General Service in English changes made Sept. 25
Quechua d ialect for firs t time; missionaries recently made inroads thanks
include: to N. America 0 100, 0300 and 0500 on 9565 ex-9680; 0700
to cholera outbreak (Claude Beechy, HCJB DX Partyline) HCJ B he lped
Gabon on 15335 ex- 15380 (R. Japan Media Roundup via John Norfolk)
fix severed cable. put R. lnteroceanica, 4840 back on a ir. HCJ B's 30-kW
From Oct 31 expect usual RC! relay switch on 5960 from 0 I00 to 0300
SSB moved from 21455 to 17490, reports wanted, but 2 1455 maintained
(gh)
as propagation beacon using sesquikilowatt Gates SSB, special QS L
KAZAKHSTAN R. France Internationale' s mailbag program
(HCJB DXPL)
announced
relays added to Mideast/Asia via Almaty (George Thurman)
EQUATORIAL GUINEA F. Africa back o n I9m after many years
KOREA SOUTH RKl's new 250-kW transmitter is being used on
on 4 1. 15 190 with gospel in English at 0730. 2200-2300* (BBCM)
7275, non-d irectional. 0215-0400, 0800-1500, 1600-2345 (Tooru
ETHIOPIA VOE dropped Amharic in external service, moved
Yamashita, RJMR)
English to 1600- 1700 on 9460, 7 165 (BBCM)
KURDISTAN R. Irana Kurdistana from Iraq on new 4290 0200FINLAND YLEW-94 to us: I230on 15400, 11 735; 1330and 1430
0400, 1600- 1800 (Rumen Pankov. Bulgaria via BUschel)
on 15400, 17740 (YLE & Joe Hanlo n) Also English audible at 2330 to
LITHUANIA (non) R. Vilnius W-94 0000-0030 on 7150 ex-9530
Latin America on 96 15 ( Han lon & gh)
via Russia, all English UT Sun & Mon, back to ham QRM (gh)
FRANCE RF! with no Eng lish al start of W-94 (Joe Hanlon, PA)
MONACO TWR, Engl ish to UK changes 23 Oct. to 0740-0920
Next day announced 13625, 15530, 17575 at 1200 but this and other
(Sat. 0935, Sun. 0945) o n 7 11 0, ex-7385 (via Gigi Lytle, Wolfgang
foreign languages on strike (gh)
BUschel) So ends the overlap clash with RFPl
GEORGIA un!D regional service o n 7 108 at 0330-0430 & 1200NETHERLANDS R. Nederland has d ropped French and Po rtu1400. weak with Caucasian language and music, must be Abkhaz Radio
guese, and previously Arabic. but Indonesian continues, along with
(Rumen Pankov. Bulgaria. via Busche!)
Dutch, English and Spanish. (RNMN and Radio-11/ace via Mauer,
GERMANY Larry Wayne retired again from OW with his fina l
Moats. C line, Hecht)
Random Selection Sep 26; we 11 miss him! N.Am. weekend schedule at

VO'gf

0 1. 03 and 05 adjusted to: UT Sun, Inside Europe, Dewsclr: Warum

N ie/rt? UT Mon, Mailbag, (except World DX Meeting last weekend of
month). Living i11 Germany, De111sch: Warum Nic/11 ? Over the years. four
Jezzies (Karz What Am) had Larry (gh) Asian service at 0200 via Portugal
now good here on 6 130 (Joe Hanlon, Pk) Radioropa Info, Daun, 24 hours
on 5980. or alternate 5975 in German; has national news at : 15 and :45.
international news at :00 and :30, also on satellite, a commercial station
(BBCM) No mention here that SW site is in Czech Republic (gh) actually
0400- 1500 on 5980. 1500-2200 on 5975 (Eugene, RV I Radio World via
C line)
GUAM A WR-Asia, KSDA W-94 shows only three Engl ish hours,
but all now daily: 1500 and 1600 on 9370, 2300 on 11 980 (v ia Peterson)
HONDURAS Drought led to hydro power shortage and rolling

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

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Programming , opinion, equipment, satellite monitoring.
Samples $2.50 each (outside North America US $3 or 71RCs)
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the Global Forum (continued}

N EW Z EALAND
.... UAUHOS ...noow. .."'.....,...."""""
to do good work and it shows every once in a while. but most broadcasts
Print Disabled Radio,
~Print Disabled
Radio
are boring, poorly presented and not considerate of aud ience needs.(Larry
TURNING PRINT INTO SOUND
Levin, fi nally on longNebron, CA, USENET via T hurman) SRI W-94 via French Guiana in
2XA, 1602 kHz.1kw.
awaited new 5960ZLXA, 3935 kHz.1kw.
English: 0 100-0130and0400-0500on 9905; 0900on 9885, 2000on 9770:
'""'
N.Z.UDIO..,..,,.,_,,.........,IHC. __ Gabon relay only on 6135 at 2000-2200 starti ng with English and to be
USB+carrier, heard at
0545 read ings mixed
cancelled at yearend . All overseas broadcasts except 1300-1445 use 9885,
DW, 0550 clear, 0600* off abruptly (Craig Seager, NSW. Astralian DX from Switzerland direct except as above. New 6205 at 1700- 1845, 22 15News) RNZI from Oct. I: 1650- 1850 on 9655. 1850-2050 11735, 2051 - 2400. Beijin relays 1300-1445 starting with English are on 7480 and new
0715 15 11 5, 0716-1206 9700. Occasionally for sports or cyclones 9700 to 7250 (Swiss Telecom)
TAIWAN ( non) Little change in VOFC relays via WYFR
1306,9655 1307- 1650.1 5 11 5/9700switchover ti mevariesatweekends due to domestic programming breaks (Adrian Sainsbury , RNZI
except to Europe, 2200-2300 W-94 on 58 10. 9850 (gh)
Mailbox) Kiwi Radio, 7455 USB, Hastings Napier area, busted by
TURKEY VOTW-94 in English: I 330- 1400SW Asia on 9675.
Commerce Commission during its 17th birthday broadcast Sep 6 .-,--.,...._-,,..-, 2 100-2200 Europe o n 9400. 2300-2400 Europe on 117 10, ME on
7 185, N. Am. o n 9445. 0400-0500 N. Am. on 9445 (TRT) actually
(Arthur Cushen, World of Radio)
NORWAY R. Norway, W-94. English on Suns.+ UT Mons. ,
50 minutes at 21, 23, 04
initial sked: 0800 15175, 1200 11850. 15 165, 13009590, 18007120,
UKRAINE RUI retimed to 0100 in English, heard on 7 150,
11 940, 1900 5960, 72 15, 9590, 13 14; to Americas 0000 6 115 S.
9685 (Joe Hanlo n, PA)
Am .. 6120 N.Am .. 0200 9560. 0500 5905 (Olav Grimdalen, NRK
U A E Abu Dhabi, English 2200-2400 on 11885. 9770, new
via Bruce MacGibbon, RJMR) Out-of-band for first time due to low sunspot 9605 (Brian Alexander, PA)
band congestio n, also 5905 at 0 100 and 0200, 59 10 at 0100. 9480 at 1500
U S A WORLD OF RADIO as expected after DST ends Oct. 30:
(Grimdalen via Joe Hanlon. PA, W. 0.R.)
WWC R: Fri. 2215 on 15685, Sat. 0700 on 7435, Sun. 0500 on 7435, 0700
PARAGUAY SW situat ion here: 6025.0, R. Nacional inactive for two on 5810, Mon. 0000 on 7435, Tue. 1330 on 15685; W HRI: Fri. 2301 on
years, with 5 kW transmitter running I kW, plans to move to 25mb, 73 15, Sat. 0600 on 73 15, 9495, Sun. 0130 on 7315; KWHR : Sat. 0600 on
probably 11955 and increase to 8 kW. 9735. 1, R. Nacional at 0745 (Sun. 9930, Mon. 0330 on 175 10. See also COSTA RICA.
WWC R -3 replaced 15610 with 17525 for Worldwide Country Radio
0845)-0400, 100 kW Harri s running at 40%. 11940.0. R. Encarnacion, with
500-W Paraguayan Telectron transmitter, now simulcasting MW 0755- 1600-2100: plan to move 58 10 to 5890 evenings delayed. Spectrum got
0400 daily. 152 10.0, R. Cardinal AM stereo plans to commence new SW repeat UT Mon. 0400on58 10 in addition to Sun. 0200: if still in effect, o ne
service here, Ex-R. Guarani freq uency, but as of last Feb. had license but no hour later duri ng standard time (gh) WWCR risking suits, license denial by
transm itter. Inactive for years: 5935, 5995, 60 14.9, 61 10 (Takayuki Inoue running Kurt Saxon-a man in New Zealand shot 13 people and himself
after getting ammo info from him; and Saxon has broadcast detailed
Nozaki, Reldmpago DX via RNM)
PERU R. Tayacaja. 5049.7 at +2300-0000+, and R. Municipal instructions on making fire-bombs (James Latham. RFPI FRRR)
Cangallo, 5050.5. testing from *2350 both audible in temporary absence of
Prophecy Countdown revealed that they had again failed to raise the $5
Ecuadorian (Henrik Klemetz, Colombia) Latter heard past 0100. R. Nor, million to purchase WCSN by another dead line, Aug. 31. The amount was
Peruana. Chachapoyas, on 9660.4 ex-9655 at + 1500- 1700+, strong inter- due in an escrow account to avoid default, but once again Christian Science
ference from Rumbos. Venezuela, 9660. Estacion Laser, Rioja on 4538.0v Church OKed a delay unti l mid-November. by when the total is due and
ex-4705 +2300-0015+ (Klemetz, Play-DX) un!D with Ti ngo Maria ads, must be borrowed if not raised: FCC licen se transfer also expected second
nonstop music on 8324.1 at 1527- 16 1 I (R ich Mac Vicar, Ecuad or, HCJB week of Nov . (gh) Pastor John Osborne also reported log-periodic will be
The Latest Catch)
delayed until spring o r summer of 1995: plan to buy a curtai n for S.
PORTUGAL The two-year old RFE/RLNOA relay at Maxoqueira, America later. no mention of second transmitter (Jim Moats, OH) Oct I
6 x 500 kW, is not in the W-94 schedule, maybe mothbal led (Wolfgang was datefor P.C. programming exclusivelyonWCSN,8ormorehoursper
Biischel. Germany)
day (John Osborne, WVHA) First foreign language Arabic at 1800 Sun/
RUSSIA Checking the feeder list in our Feb. column, only 16299.96 Tue/Thu on 9930. D-XTRA --letters, DX, and news planned Tue at 2300 on
could be heard, 1330- 1430 Radio Rossii, very good on USB (Chuck 7465 (Gordon Simkin, WVHA)
Bolland, FL) Starting W-94, R. Moscow dropped ten languages fro m
A friend and I checked WEWN, 7425 for neig hboring hi ss. We hear it
on wideband. but eli minated on narrow bandwidth. The ..hiss"' is probably
Europe, Africa, Asia, down to 36 total (RJMR via Mauer. Biischel)
RWANDA (and non) DW hoped to resume some relays from here in art ifact of inadequate or misopcrated receiver, combined with strong
Oct. with two of fou r transmitters once main electricity supply was back; signal's sidebands in crowded spectrum (C. Marshall Loring Jr., CA)
WRMI, 9955, continued carryi ng Nazi programming Sat. & Sun. 1900
from August ran national service only on 6055 with Diesel generator: four
Gern1an technicians had returned and 15 of former 50 local employees in Engli sh, Gennan. Jeff White says he was unaware of nature of programengaged again. All technical fac ilities intact and in good shape, but private ming when contracted. but will not cancel it unless Zundel says something
houses plundered (Peter Stinger, DW on ORF KW-Panorama, via Busche!) in English o n WRMI offensive to a large number of people. His previous
R. Gatashia, from a hill near Bukavu. Zaire, on 6 120 at 0700-1 000. 1400- self-identificatio n as a Nazi and his well-known record in Canada do not
1700. strictly neutral programs. UN and ICRC financed (FITAY via matter.
Augmented R. Maii f schedu le due to Cuban crisis in Sept., mostly via
Biischcl) R. Amahoro via Gabon. Ethi opia as in Oct. p. 47, gives address as
Amani (?)Centre, Rue d u Noye 332, l 040 Brussels, Belgium; sponsored by Bethany: 0000-0200 I 1910, 0200-0300 6190, 0300-0600 6 120, 0600non-profit organizations including Amnesty International which had oper- 1200 6055. 1200- 1400 11730. 9615, 9600. 1400-1900 11740, 1900-2100
ated in Rwanda, took refuge in Europe (BBCM)
11 765, 2 100-2200 11750, 2300-2400 11950 (John Vodenik via Diane
SEYCHELLES FEBA S-94 until 5th Nov. shows only two frequencies Mauer)
More broadcast auxiliaries monitored by ski p: WTOL-TV , ch. 11,
for English at 1500--9810 at 1458- 1600: and 11870 at 1458-1 555 (Sat.
1550, Sun. 1558); also Fri. 0457-0552 on 17725 (gh)
Toledo, OH, at 2 11 5 on 26350; WI SN-T V, ch. 12,Milwaukee, WI, at 1035
SWITZERLAND Most of SR J' s features at 0430 are re-runs of [sic] o n 26 150: WECT, ch. 6., W ilmington. NC, at2 145 on 25452. all FM
weekend features of years ago. Annou ncers have been house-trained not to (A lan Roberts, PQ. CIDX M essenger)
give address or ask for feedback. I fi nd SRI very sad' They have the abil ity
Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn!

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Ga_B_:':-\11-a~-~-o~-s_tLog
__g_in_g_s_________bMa&ft.jJiillct-Log of the Month
Welcome to the premiere of a new regular feature. Each month we will highlight one logging, that, in the editor's opinion, is the
best logging submitted. Judging will be based on accuracy of frequency, and program details. Loggings may be from international
broadcasters, or some rare and exotic catch! DX season has begun, so please send in your loggings!
The first "Log of the Month" goes to Bob Fraser of C9hasset, Massachusetts, who is a consistent monthly contributor. Here is his
featured logging:
BRAZI(: Radio Nacional, Radiobras, 1900 UTC, 15265 kHz. Featured programming Brazilian Panorama, including a discussion that
Argentina plans to levy an import lox to protect their local ind ustries, which unfortunately will affect Brazil's trad e.

Thanks, Bob, and congratulations!

0000 UTC on 4930.6
HONDURAS: Radio Internacional. Spanish. Station ID and promo. Frequency quote to pop vocals. Commercial product jingles with phone numbers. (Don Taylor, Green Cove Springs, FL)
0000 UTC on 4915
GHANA: GBC. Station ID, followed by Africa news topics. Usual low
modulation, with fair signal quality. (David Williams, Pinson, AL)
0020 UTC on 9540
SPAIN: Radio Exterior Espana. Report that North Korea no longer poses any
nuclear threat. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA)
0253 UTC o n 9200
SUDAN: Radio Omdurman. Arabic. Station sign-on at 0253. Sudanese
anthem to ID and announcer's program information. Holy Koran reci tations
heard on II 7200. (Frank Hillton, Charleston SC)
0305 UTC on 4915
PERU : Radio Cora. Spanish. Regional talk to Andean folk music and
newscast. Peru's Madre d e Dlos heard on 4950 at 1040. Spanish pops and
romantic ballads. Tentative ID on Peru's Radio Ancash at 0640, 4991.
(Taylor, FL)
0310 UTC o n 3380
GUATEMALA: Radio Chortls. Spanish. Music program of regional tunes.
Guatemala's Radio Tezul tlan noted on 4835 at 0230; Radio Kekchl's
religious programs at 1105 on 4845. (Hillton, SC)
0358 UTC on 5050
TANZANIA: Radio Tanzania. African drum rhythms to time pips signal and
time check at 0400. "Radio Tanzania" identification, followed by English
newscast. (Sam Wright, Biloxi, MS)
0440 UTC on 4950
ANGOLA: Radio Nacional. Portuguese. Announcer's talk about Launde at
tune-in. ID at 0455 to station interval signal and newscast. Station recheck
at 2350 on 3375. Portuguese talk to U.S. pop vocals, weak signal on /14950,
7245. (Wright, MS)
0529 UTC on 4765
CONGO: ATV Congolaise. French. Station ID to African drum rhythms. Poor
signal for political speech in unknown dialect. (Williams, AL)
0545 UTC on 5030
COSTA RICA: AWA. Spanish. Excellent signal for talk and music. Station
sign-off at 0549. English at 0000. (Williams, AL)
0600 UTC on 7255
NIGERIA: Voice of Nigeria. News about President Mandela, and discussion
about "Junk-Journalism." (Williams, AL)
1123 UTC on 3905
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: (New Ireland) Radio New Ireland. Pidgin. Announcer's
news items on PNG , barely audible under numerous amateur radio operators. Brief signal peak for pop/rock vocals, DJ's music titles and news update
al 1130. Additional check of PNG stations audible this hour; 3205, 3235,
3260, 3275, 3290,3315,3345, 3365,3375.(GVH/NC)
1134 UTC on 3385
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: (New Britain) Radio East New Britain. Pidgin.
Country tunes sung in Pidgin! News script at 1140, with interference at 1142
from possible lndo station. (GVH/NC)
1228 UTC on 6070
CANADA: CFRX Toronto. Announcer duo's morning show and sports chat.
Traffic update, talk show promo and national news. U.S. news briefs to
regional commercials. RCI Montreal audible on 11855.11 9635, 17820, with
discussion on Cuban refugee agreement. (Hillton, SC)
1240 UTC on 15195
FRANCE: Radio France lnt'I. Update on new French/British airline Air
Liberty. Station ID and promo for Where magazine. World headlines heard
on// 13625, 15325, 17575. RFI noted on 17695 at 1413. European Sports
Roundup on 11 17560. (Fraser, MA)
1314 UTC on 15355
RUSSIA: Radio Moscow lnt'I. Station personality J oe Adamov answers

listeners questions on Russia's military, pirate radio, and foreign Investors.

Audible on// 15455, 15470. (Wright, MS)
1340 UTC on 11900
FINLAND: YLE/Radio Finland. Finnish Editorial program discusses Finnish
issue of environmental concerns. Great signal for // 15400. (Sean Smith,
Atlanta, GA)
1346 UTC on 13675
UAE: Radio Dubai. Great Arab Modem Poets with poetic interpretations.
National music to Arabic service at 1355. (GVHINC) Radio Abu Dhabi on
9770 at 2245. (Fraser, MA)
1348 UTC on 15630
GREECE: Voice of Greece. Greek pop vocals to IDl frequency quote.
Station sign-off 1552. Station audible on 9395 at 2000 with world news.
(Tom Banks, Dallas, TX)
1355 UTC on 15240
SWEDEN: Radio Sweden. Discussion on Swedish politics. Parallel 17870
weaker. Program preview, folk music to Interval signal melody. Swedish
service at 1400. (Smith, GA)
1405 UTC on 15460
BULGARIA: Radio Bulgaria. International news to editorial on Yugoslav!
Albanian foreign policy. National news update on// 17705. Recheck at
1905, audible on 17720119700. (Wright, MS) Program feature, From School
to College on 11 720 at 1930. (Fraser, MA)
1430 UTC on 15355
RUSSIA: Radio Moscow lnt'I. News in Brief to ID, 11 15455, 17760. Jazz
Show program, featuring Big Band jazz tunes. Recheck at 1520 with II
frequencies audible as; 15320, 15425, 17760. Check at 2230 on 15290,
with Audio Book Club. (Fraser, MA)
1435 UTC on 17840
ANTIGUA: BBC relay. Book narration, on II 9515 (Sackville). Various
transmitter sites for II frequencies 9410, 9740, 11820, 11940, 12095,
15070, 15575, 17640, 17880, 21660 to 1445. Promo for Play of the Week.
Additional BBC check at 1715, audible on /1 11750, 12095, 15070, 15260,
15400, 15420, 17880. (Wright, MS)
1450 UTC on 17890
ECUADOR: HCJB. Contemporary Christian vocals, audible on /117490,
21455. Discussion on 1st Corinthians" to book promo. ID/frequency to time
check and Great Ideas program segment. (Banks, TX)
1716 UTC on 15070
UNITED KINGDOM: BBC. Composer of the Month program, featuring
Alexander Borodin. Additional BBC monitored as; 1940 on 12095, 2230 on
9915, Sports Roundup at 2245 on 9915. (Fraser, MA)
1910 UTC on 11620
INDIA:,All India Radio. Closing national headlines at tune-in. Pop vocal
music, on /19650, 9950. Program comments to instrumental sitar music.
Recheck at 2017 on 7412, I/ 11620. (GVHINC)
1959 UTC on 9435
ISRAEL: Kol Israel. "This is Israel" to locaVUTC time checks. World news
to magazine program. Heard on 117465, 11603. National market report to
news headlines. (Banks, TX)
201 0 UTC on 15505
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Radio lnt'I. Commentary on economics, heard on
II 9770, 9885, 13635. Station correspondent reporting from Rangoon,
Myanmar, on Thailand/Myanmar border disputes. (Wright, MS)
2240 UTC on 4712.5
BRAZIL: Radio Abaroa. Portuguese. Fair to poor signal during regional
morning show. Bolivia's Radio Centenarlo on 4855 al 1040. Moderate
signal quality for Andean music. (Hillton, SC)

Thanks to our contributors - Have you sem in YOUR logs?

Send to Gayle Van Horn, c/o Monitoring Times.
English broadcast unless othen vise noted.

November 1994

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_Th_e_Q_S_L_R_epo"--rt____________,fa.UiA&iiilCJ--Gayte Van Horn

What Time Is It?

II A

tthe tone, twelvehours52 mi nutesCoordinated Uni versal Time."

Spend some ti me bandscanning at 2, 5. IOor 15
MHz, and that phrase wi ll sound fa miliar. Known
as Standard Frequency and Time Signal Stat ions.
these broadcasts arc valuabl e to shortwave listeners for obtaini ng accurate time, as well as radio
propagation condi tions.
The most prominent ti me signal station in
North America is WWV in Ft. Collins, Colorado.
and WWVH in Kak aha. Hawaii. Both stations

AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC
United 902, (Aircraft N609UA/Boeing 767200/ER) 6640 kHz USB. Full data prepared
QSL card verified. Received in 20 days for an
English utility repon. QSL address: United
Airlines. P.O. Box 66100. Chicago, IL 60666.
(S teve Mc Donald, Port Coqu itlam. BC
Canada)
Canadian 74, (Aircraft C-GCPC/DC L0-30/
ER) 4675 kHz USB. Full data prepared QSL
card verified. Received in 56 days for an
English utility report. QSLaddress: Canadian
Airlines, Chief Pilot (DC- 10 Oeet). I Grant
McConachie Way. Richmond, BC V7B IV I.
(McDonald. CAN)
Finnair 134, (Aircraft DC 10-30ffail #"OHLH B") 5598 kHz USB. Full data prepared
QSL card signed by R. Kaole. Received in 34
days for an English util ity report. QSL address: FINNAIR. Mannerheimintie 102, SF00250 Helsinki 25. Finland. (McDonald. CAN)
New Zealand 90 (Aircraft "ZK-NZW"/Boeing
747-200) 5643 kHz USB. Full data prepared
QSL card verified. Received in 13 days for an
English utility report. QSL address: Air New
Zealand, P.O. Box 73 11 1, Auck.land Intl Airpon. Auckland. New Zealand. (Mc Donald,
CAN)
AUSTRIA
Radio Austria Int' I, 60 15 kHz. No data station
card, unsigned with thank you note. Received
in 32 days for an English repon. StaLion address: A- 1136, Vienna. Austria. (John Neves,
New York, NY)
BELGIUM
Radio Vlaanderen lnt' I. 5910/13655 kHz. No
data QSL card unsigned. Station stickers and
program schedule included. Received in 123
days for an Englis h repon. Station address:
P.O. Box 26, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. (Le
Roy Long. Edmond, OK: Neves, NY)

46

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November I 994

broadcast propagation and solar activi ty data al 18

minutes after each hour. as we ll as mari ne storm
warn ings at 8, 9, and I0 minutes past each the hour.
Add itional worldwide time signal stations
broadcast in Morse code. while others may be heard
as only a li me pip. CHU in Ottawa. Canada. uses
continuous voice transmissions in English and
French.
If you have some spare "ti me,'" consult your
1994 edition of Wo rld Radio TV Handbook for a
complete list of stations.

SCOTLAND
Stonehaven Marine Radio (GN04), 2780.7
kHz. Full data QSL. signed by W.A. SmithRadio Officer. Station brochure. BT! network
schedule, and personal letter included. Received via air in 269 days total (67 days after
follow-up), for I IRC (returned), and address
label (used). Station address: c/o BTI Radio
Station, Donnottar Mains. Stonehavcn. Scotland, United Kingdom AB3 2TL. (Mike
Hardester, Jacksonville, NC)

SHIP TRAFFIC
Helen Kr1111.w1-LANN4. 156.8 MHz USB
(Product Tanker). Photo of vessel received
with personal note. Received in 35 days for an
English utility repon and one U.S. dollar. Ship
address: c/o Norwegian Crew Manageme nt
NS, Hoffsveien 65, P.O. Box 15. Smestad
0309. Oslo 3 Norway. (Hank Ho lbrook.
Du11kirk, MD)

Docror Lykes-3ELF9, 156.65 MHz USB (Bulk/

Container). Full data prepared QSL card verified. Received in 70 days for an Eng lish utility
repon and U.S. mint postage. Ship address:
Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Inc., 300 Poydras
St., New Orleans, LA 70 130 . (Holbrook. MD)
Perseus- IBRU. 156.45 MHz USB (Bulk Carrier). Full data prepared QSL card verified.
Received in 58 days for an English uLility
repon and one U.S. dollar. Ship address: Societa
ltaliana Radio Mari t im~. Piazzale G. Douhet
25, 00144 Rome. Italy. (Holbrook, MD)
London Higliway- 156.65 MHz USB (Pure Car
Carrier). f'ull data letter for 74th Japanese ship
verified. Received in 92 days for an English
uLility repon and one U.S. dollar. Ship address:
Kobe Kisen Kaisha Ltd.. Iino Bldg 1-1. 2
chome. Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku. Tokyo
100, Japan. (Holbrook, MD)
SOUTH KOREA
Radio Korea, 9650 kHz (via Sackville/RCI).
Full data "Special QSL'" for reception of both

DX Report Edition 100 and the speci;1l relay

oftheSomoa Broadcasting Service. Received
in 151 days for Radio Korea air/lener report
form. Station lapel pin and program schedule
received. Station address: (Hardester, NC)
SWEDEN
Radio Sweden. 9850 kHz. Full data scenery
card signed by Eli Adler. Program schedule
and station sticker included.Received in 11/
12/ 15/30 days for an English rcpon. Station
address: S- 105 IOStockholm, Sweden. (Long,
OK: Neves, NY)

STANDA R D FREQUENCY/flME
SIGNAL STA TIO NS
Nat' I Bureau of Standards-WWV, 10.000/
15.000 MHz. Full data sketch/station logo
card, signed by Engineer-in-Charge. Received
in 12 days for an English repon and one mint
stamp. Station address: East County Rd.58,
Ft. Collins. CO 80524. (GVH/NC)
Nat'I Bureau of Standards-WWV H. 10.000/
15.000 MHz. Full data color sketch/stati on
logo card, signed by Engineer-in-Charge.
Received in 14 days for an English report and
one mint stamp. Station address: P.O. Box
4 17. Kekaha. Kauai. HI 96752. (GVH/NC)
CHU. 3.330n335 MHz. Full data color portrait card of Sir Sandford Fleming. unsigned.
Received in 28 days for an English utility
repon and Canadian mint stamp. Station address: National Research Council, Ottawa,
ONT, Canada KIA OR6. (GVH/NC)
YVTO. 6. 100/5.000 MHz. Full data station
logo card signed by Cn. German Romero
Ocando. Received in 32 days for an English/
Spanish repon and I IRC. Station address:
Observatorio Cagigal. Apt. 6745, Annada
84-DHN, Caracas 103, Venezuela. (GVH/
NC)

English
Language

How to Use the Shortwave Guide

1:

Co nvert your time t o UTC.

Eastern and Pacific Times are already converted to Coordi nated Uni
ve rsa! Ti me (UTC) at the top of each page. The rule is: co nve rt your local time
to 24hour fo rmat; add (during Standard Time) 5, 6, 7 o r 8 hours for Eastern,
Central, Mountain or Pacific Time, respective ly.
Note that all dates, as well as times , are in UTC; for e xample, the BBC's
"John Dunn Show" (0030 UTC Sunday) will be heard on Saturday evening
(7: 30 pm Eastern , 4:30 PM Pacific) in North America, not on Sunday.

2:

Choose a program o r statio n you want to hear.

Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page for prime
listening hours- space does not permit 24-hour listings except for the
"Newsline" listing, which begins on the next page.
Occasio nally prog ram li stings will be followed by "See X 0000. " This
inform atio n 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
T: Tuesday
H: Thursday A: Saturday
M: Monday
W: Wednesday F: Friday

3: Find t he frequenci es fo r th e p ro gram or station y ou

wa nt to hea r.
Look at the page which corresponds to the time you will be listening.
Comprehensive frequency information for Engli sh broadcasts ca n be found
at the top half of the page. All freq uenc ies a re in kHz .
The frequency listing uses the same day codes as the pro gram listings;
if a broadcast is not daily, those day cod es will appear before the station

name. Irregul ar broadcasts are indicated "tent" and programming wh ich

includes languages besides Eng lish are coded "vi" (various languages).

4:

Choose the m ost promi sing freq uencies for the t ime,
location and c ondi tion s.

Not all stations can be heard and none all the time on all frequencies.
To help you find the most p ro mising freque ncy, we've included information
on the target area of each b roadcast. Freq uencies beamed toward your area
will generally be easier to hea r than those beamed elsewhere, even though
the latter will often still be audible. Every frequency is fo llowed by one of
these target codes:
am : The Americas
as: Asia
au: Australia
na: No rth America
pa: Pacific
ca: Centra l America
sa: South America
va: various
do: domestic b roadcast
eu: Europe
om: omnidi rectional
af : Africa
me: Middle East
Consult the propagation cha rts. To further help you find the right
frequency, we've included cha rts at the back of this sectio n which take into
account conditions affecting the aud ibility of shortwave broadcasts. Simply
pick out the region in which you live and find the cha rt for the region in which
the statio n yo u want to hear is located. The chart ind icates the opti mum
frequencies for a give n time in UTC .

Four times a year MT publishes the following list of programs containing news and information relating to shortwave radio. For

RADIO PROGRAMS brevity. only peak listening times are included. Please direct corrections and additions to Jim Frimmel, c/o MT.
Sundays
0023
0038
0 !09
0110

Radio Exterior de Espana: rns1ance

Unknown
Radio Vtaanderen Inn "Radio
Worl d"
HCJB: o x Partyline"
Voice of Ameri ca (anvca):

communications Wor1d0 123

Radlo Exterior de Espana: ~oistance

0124

Deutsche Welle: oxers W or1d

Mee ting
Radio Havana Cuba: ~oxers
Unhmitecr
WHAi #2: "Wortd of Radio"
Radio For Peace Int'!: 'World of
Radio"
Radio Romania Inn: wox M ailbag
Vatican Radio : wVatican Onthe-Air"
WWCR #3: "Spectrum"
Deutsche We lle : "DXe rs World
Meeting"
Rad io H avana Cuba: wOXers
Unlimited"
Radio Australia: ~Feedback"
Voice of Tur11ey: ox Comer"
WWCR #1: "World of Radio"
HCJB: "DX Partyline "
Radio Exterior de Espana: "Distance
Unknown"
Deutsche Welle: ox ers World
Meeting
Radio Japan: Media Roundup"
KWHR (Hawaii): 'Wortd o f Radio"
Radio Australia: "Feedback"
Radio Havana Cuba: wOXers
Unlimited"
WWCR #3: "World o f Radio"
Ra dio Japan: "Media Roundup"
Radio Australia: "Feedback"
Radio K orea: "Shortwave
Feedback"
FEBC (Philippines): ox Report"
Radio For Peace Int'!: 'Wortd ol
Radio
Radio Japan: "'M edia Roundup "
Radio Korea : shortwave
Feedback"
Radio Korea: shortwave
Feedback"
Radio Korea : "Shortwave
Feedback"
Vatican Radio: "Vatican OntheAir"
Voice ot Israel: "Calling All
Listeners
Voice of Israel: box Comer"
Radio J apan: "M edia Roundup
Radio Korea : "Shortwave
Feedback"

Unknown~

0130
0130
0200
0245
0259
0300
0324
0330
0410
0418
0500
0509
0523
0524
0525
0600
0610
0630
0700
0720
0810
0835
0940
1000
1120
1137
1235
t 308
1354
t 407
1419
t 425
1436

1515
1635
t 725
2012
2023
2038
21 10
2125
2235
2245
2253
2300

KSDA (Guam): "DX Asia waves"

Radio Korea : "Shortwave Feedback"
Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
Voice of Israel: "Calling All Listeners"
Voice o f Israel: "DX Corner"
Radio Kore a: "Shortwave Feedback"
Voice o f America (as): "'Communications
World"
Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
Radio Korea: "Shonwave Feedback"
Radio Bulgaria: "Radio Bulgari a Calling
Vatican Radio: "Vatican On-the-Air"
Radio For Peace lnrt: "World ol Radio"

Mondays
0000
0 125
0330
0430
0545
0620
0640
0700
0720
0739
1009
1045
t 315
1410
1420
1500
1520
2010
2241
225 1

WWCR # 1: "World of Radio"

Radio Japan: "Media Roundup
KWHR (Hawaii): wortd of Radio"
Radio New Zealand Inn: "Mailbox"
Radio B ulgari a: "Radio Bulgaria Calling
Voice o f Med. (Malta): "VOM DX Comer"
Radio K orea: "Shonwave Feedback"
Radio For Peace ln t'I: "Wortd of Radio"
Voice o f Med. (Malta): "VOM OX Comer"
Radio Vlaanderen Inn: "Radio World.
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I: "Radio World"
Radio Bulgaria: "Radio Bulgaria Calling"
Radio Bulgaria: "Radio Bulgaria Calling
Radio Vtaanderen lnt'I: "Radio Wortd"
Voice of Med. (Malta): "\/OM OX Comer"
Radio For Peace Intl "World of Radio"
Voice of Med. (Malla): "VOM OX Comer'
Voice of Israel: "Calling Al1 Listeners"
Voice of Israel: "Calling All Listeners"
Voice ol Israel: ox Comer"

Tuesdays
t 24 7
1330
1349
t 349
t449
1734
t849
t900
2049
2050
2136
2235
2249
2349

Radio Sweden: "Media Scan"

WWCR #1: "Wortd of Radio"
Radio Romania lnl'I: ~For Radio
Amateurs'"
Radio Sweden: "M edia Scan'"
Radio Sweden: "Media Scan
Radio Sweden: "Media Scan'"
Radio Sweden: "M edia Scan
Radio For Peace In t'!: "World of Radio"
Radio Sweden: M edia Scan
Polish Radio: 'Polish Radio OX Club"
Radio Havana Cuba: "DXers Unlimited"'
Radio Havana Cuba: "OXers Unlimited"
Radio Sweden: "Media Scan
Radio Sweden: "Medta Scan

Wednesdays
0035
0049
0149
0220

Radio Hav ana Cuba: "O Xers Unlimited"

Radio Sweden: "Media Scan"
Radio Sweden: "M edia Scan
RAE Argentina: "OX' ers Special"

0235
0249
0300
0349
0 435
0535
0700
0800
0930
1030
1100
1315
1611
1730
1800
1810
1820
1920
21 1O

Radio Havana Cuba: oxers Unlimited"

Radio Sweden: 'Media Scan"
Radio For Peace lnt'I: "World of Radio"
Radio Sweden: "Media Scan"
Radio Havana Cuba: "DXers Unlimited"
Rad io Havana Cuba: oxers Unlimited"
HCJB: "The Latest Catch"
HCJB: "Ham Radio Today
HCJB: "The Latest Catch"
HCJB: "Ham Radio Today
Radio For Peace Int'!: "Wortd of Radio"
FEBC (Philippines): ox Report"
Radio Prague: ..Calling AU Listeners~
HCJB: "Ham Radio Today"
HCJB: "The Latest Catch"
Radio Prague: 'Calling All Listeners
Polish Radio: "Polish Radio DX Club"
RAE Argen11na: oxers Special"
Radio Prague: ' Calling All Listeners

Thursdays
0014
01t 4
0130
0130
0152
0200
0314
034 4
0530
0600
0752
0830
0952
1124
1152
1320
135 2
1552
1620
1752
1952
2210

Radio Prague: calling All Listeners

Radio Prague: 'Calling All Listeners"
BBC: w aveguide "
HCJB: "Ham Radio Today"
Radio Netherlands Int'!: 'Media Network"
HCJB: "The Latest Catch"
Radio Prague: "Calling All Listeners
Radio Prague: 'Calling All Listeners
HCJB: "Ham Radio Today"
HCJB: "The Lates t Catch"
Radio Nether1ands Inn "Media Network"'
Radio New Zealand lnrt : "Mailbox
Radio Nethertands Intl 'Media Networ11
Deutsche Welle: " OXers World Meeting
Radio Nelhertands Inf!: "Media Network"
Polish Radio: "Polish Radio OX Club"
Radio Nelhertands Inf!: "Media Network"
Radio Neth erlands lnt'I: 'Media Network"
Polish Radio: "Polish Radio DX Club"
Radio Nethertands Int'!: 'Media Networ11
Radio Neth ertands lnt'I: "Media Networ11"
Radio Prague: call Ing All Listeners

0010
0045

2240

Radio Australia: "Feedback"

Radio Bulgaria: "Radio Bulgaria
Calling"
Radio A ustralia: "Feedback"
RAE Argentina: oxers Special"
Radio Portugal ln l'I: "Aad to Portugal
OX"
Radio Budapest lnt'I: "DX World"
Radio For Peace tnrt: 'World of
Radio"
KWHR (Hawaii): wortd ol Radio"
WHA i t : "Wo~d of Radio"
WHA i #2: "World of Radio"
WWCR # 1: "World of Radio"
BBC: "Wav09uide"
HCJB: ox Partyline
Radio V laanderen Int'! "Radio
Wortd''
KWHR (Hawaii): 'World of Radio"
FEBC (Philippines): ox Dial"
HCJB: o x Partyline"
Voice of Ame rica (as): "Commun icalions World'"
BBC: "Waveguide"
Radio For Peace Inn: "World ot
Radio"
Voice ol Ame rica (as): communica
t1ons WorlO
Radio Romania lnt'L ox Mailbag
Radio Bulgaria: ~Radio Bulgaria
Calling'"
Radio Tashkent: ox Program
Voice of Turl<ey: ox Comer"
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Spanish National Radio
Voice of America (am/as/ca)
WWCR #3 (S]
0003
Radio Pyongyang
0009
BBC'
China Radio lnt'I'
0010
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]'
Voice of America (ca) [T-AJ'
0015
Radio Cairo
0030
Radio Havana Cuba [T-AJ
Radio Moscow
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
[T-SJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]
Radio Sweden [T-A]
Radio Thailand
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I
Voice of America (am) [T-S)
(Special English)
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of America (ca) [SJ
(Special English)
0050
RAI Italy
0055
Vatican Radio [S-W-FJ

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0100 UTC
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Radio Prague
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Radio Yugoslavia [M-AJ
Spanish National Radio
Swiss Radio l nt'I
Voice of America (am/as/ca)
Voice of Indonesia
0110
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Radio Havana Cuba [S!T-FJ'
Radio Japan [A]'
0130
BBC (as) [T-A]"
Radio Austria Int'!
Radio Havana Cuba (T-A]
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Sweden [T-AJ
Radio Tirana
Voice of Greece
0145
BBC (ca) [T-A)'
0155
Voice of Indonesia
0200 UTC
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BBC
CBC Northern Quebec Service
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Christian Science Sentinel [A)
Deutsche Welle
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Radio Canada l nt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S ]
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'l IM-AJ
Radio Norway lnt'I [MJ
Radio Romania lnt'I
Voice of America (am) [T-AJ
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
WINB[T-AJ
0203
Voice of Free China
0210
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)'
0215
Radio Cairo
Radio Nepal

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0230
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Radio Moscow [T-A)
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Pakistan
Radio Portugal lnt'I [T-A)
Radio Sweden [T-A]
Radio Tirana
0300 UTC
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EQI. !l;QQ
BBC
CBC Northern Quebec Service
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Sentinel [AJ
Deutsche Welle
KVOH [T-AJ
Monitor Radio lnt'I [T-F)
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-AJ
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Voice of America (af) IA-SJ
WHRI #2 [T-AJ
WINS [T-A]
WWCR #3 [T-A)
0301
Voice of Ameri ca (af) IM-F]'
0303
Voice of Free China
0309
BBC'
China Radio lnt'I'
0310
Radio Havana Cuba [S!T-F)'
0315
Radio Cairo
0320
Radio Philipinas [M-AJ
0330
BBC (af)'
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Budapest lnt'I
Radio Dubai
Radio Havana Cuba [T-AJ
Radio Japan [A)'
Radio Moscow
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
[T-S]
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Prague
Radio Sweden [T-AJ
Voice of America (af) [M-F]
(Special English)
0340
Voice of Greece

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0355
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BBC
BBC(af)
CBC Northern Quebec Service
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
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Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba IT-SJ
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'l IAJ
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Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Tanzania
Radio Ukraine lnt'I
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America (af/me)
Voice of Turkey
WHRI #2 [T-t-VAJ
WINB[M-A)
WWCR#1 [SJ
WWCR #3 [T-A)
0403
Radio Pyongyang
0409
China Radio lnt'I'
0410
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]'
0411
Channel Africa [TJ
0425
RAI Italy
0430
Channel Africa [AJ
Radio Havana Cuba [T-A]
0431
Channel Africa [T/H/F]
Voice of America (al) IM-F]'
0440
BBC (af) [A-M]"
0445
BBC (af) [T-F]'
Radio Yerevan
0500 UTC
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Channel Africa
Deutsche Welle
HCJB
Monitor Radio l nt'I [T-F)
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Radio Bulgaria

AM

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Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [S-FJ
Radio Norway lnt'I [M]
Spanish National Radio
Swiss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Vatican Radio [T/F]
Voice of America (af/me)
Voice of Israel
WINB[M-AJ
WYFR (Satellite Network) [T-A]
0510
Radio Australia [M-F]"
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SI'
0530
Channel Africa [S-FJ
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Dubai
Radio Finland
Radio Havana Cuba [T-AJ
Radio Moscow
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of Nigeria
0555
Radio Japan [AJ
0600 UTC
(2;QQ
EDI. l l ;QQ
BBC
BBC (al) IA-SJ'
BBC (af) [M-F]
CBC Northern Quebec Service
Channer' Africa
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [T-FJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt' I [M-F]
Radio Havana Cuba
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Yemen
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Swiss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Voice of America (al) [A-SJ
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Malaysia
WINB[T-A)
0601
Voice of America (al) [M-F]"
0603
Radio Pyongyang
0609
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0810

Radio Havana Cuba [SfT-F]

Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]'

0627

0830

BBC (at) [M-F]'

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Radio Austria lnt'I [T-S]
Radio Moscow [M-A]
Radio Netherlands lnt'I

0630
Radio Austria lnt'I [T-S]
Radio Havana Cuba [T-AJ
Radio Japan [A]'
Radio Moscow
Radio Yemen
Vatican Radio [H]
Voice of Nigeria (M-F]

0631
0632
Radio Romania lnfl

0640
Vatican Radio [T)

0645
Radio Romania lnfl
Voice of Nigeria [M-F]'

0655
Voice of Med. (Malta) [M-FJ

0700 UTC
{J;QQ AM EDI, 1;?;QQ AM eQD
BBC
Monitor Radio lnt'I [T-FJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand l nt'I [M-F]
Radio Prague
Vatican Radio [M-AJ
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
WWCR #1 [S-H]

0855
Voice of Indonesia [A-H]

0900 UTC
!S;QQ AM EQI, 2:QQ AM eQD
BBC
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Sentinel [T/F]
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio fnrl [T-FJ
Papua New Guinea [M]'
Radio Australia
Radio Finland
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]
Swiss Radio lnt'I

0909
China Radio lnt'I

0930
FEBC (Philippines)
Radio Japan [A]'
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Yerevan [SJ

0940

Radio Australia
Radio Ghana [A-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio Moscow
Radio Mozambique
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Pakistan
Radio Singapore fnt'I
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Swiss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Vatican Radio [M-A]
Voice of America (as/ca)
Voice of Israel
WWCR #1 [M-F]
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-A]

1103
Radio Pyongyang

1110
Radio Australia

1130
Radio Japan [A]'
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
[M-AJ
Radio Netherlands lnl'I
Radio Prague
Radio Singapore lnl'I
Voice of Asia
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-F]

0945

0703

0955

Radio Pyongyang
Voice of Free China

Radio Japan

0705

1000 UTC
{;QQ AM EDI, J;QQ AM eQD

BBC ("Newshour")
CBC Northern Quebec Service
[A-S]
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Sentinel [A]
KNLS
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-F]
Papua New Guinea
Polish Radio [A]
Polish Radio (M-F]'
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I [M-F]
Radio Ghana
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio Norway lnt'I [SJ
Radio Romania lnt'I [M-A]
Radio Singapore lnt'I
Radio Tanzania [A-SJ
Radio Tashkent [SJ
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Kenya
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-F]

1301
Radio Romania lnt'I [SJ

FEBC (Philippines) [S-F]'

1310

1445

Radiobr~s [M-FI

BBC (as) [M-FJ (Special English)

Voice of Myanmar (Burma)

1200 UTC
l!!:QQ AM EDI, S;Q!! AM eon
BBC
CBC Northern Quebec Service
[A-SJ
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Sentinel [A]
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-FJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio France lnt'I
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand l nt'I [H-T]
Radio Norway lnt'I [SJ
Radio Singapore lnt'I
Radio Tashkent
Voice of America (as)
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-AJ

1324
HCJB[M-FJ

1450

1328

All India Radio

Radio Cairo

1455

1330

All India Radio

Radio Japan [A]
Voice of Med. (Malla) (M-F]

Radio Singapore lnt'I

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

1010
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]'

1230

1030

HCJB [M-F]'
Radio Austria lnt' I
Radio Bangladesh [S-M]
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Finland [M-A]
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands l nt'I
Radio Singapore lnt'I
Radio Sweden [M-F]
Swiss Radio l nt'I (eu)
Voice of Vietnam
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-FJ

1400 UTC
{lQ;QQ AM EDI, Z;QO AM Ptm

BBC
Christian Science Sentinel [T/F]
KNLS
Monitor Radio lnt'I [T-F]
Radio Australia
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Pakistan
Voice of Indonesia [A-HJ
Voice of Malaysia

0803
Radio Pyongyang

Radio Austria l nfl [M-AJ

Radio Dubai
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Voice of Nigeria

1045
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]
Voice of Nigeria [A-SJ'

1100 UTC
{7;QQ AM EDT, 4;QQ AM e1m
BBC
Channel Africa
Christian Science Sentinel [A]
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-F]
Papua New Guinea

Radio France lnl'I [T) '

Radio Romania lnt'I [MJ

1440

1355

0800 UTC
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1431

1309

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China Radio lnt'I'

IA!
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FEBC (Philippines)
Radio Canada l nt'I
Radio Finland
Radio Moscow
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
IM-AJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Romania lnt'I [T-SJ
Radio Sweden [M-F]
ATM Morocco [SJ
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)

China Radio lnt'I'

China Radio lnt'I'

0750

HCJB [M-F]

1430

Deutsche Welle [M-F]'

0755

Radio Finland

Radio Nepal

1424

1145

HCJB[M-FJ

0731
0745

Radio Japan [M-F]'

1415

1435

1209

BBC (af) [A]'

HCJB
Radio Japan [A]'
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I

China Radio 1nr1

1410

Voice of Greece

1009

Radio Australia [M-F]'

0730

BBC
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Sentinel [A-SJ
FEBC (Philippines) [M-F]'
HCJB
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-F]
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Tanzania
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I [M-AJ
Swiss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Voice of America (as/ca)
Voice of Kenya

1409

Radio Pyongyang

All India Radio

FEBC (Philippines)
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Dubai
Radio Finland [M-A]
Radio Moscow [M-AJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Singapore lnt'I [S-F]
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Radio Tashkent [M-AJ
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I [S J
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Turkey
Voice of Vietnam
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-F]

Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-FJ

0710

Radio Moscow
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I [M-A]
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Israel [S-HJ
WWCR # 1 [M-F]
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-F]

1303

Voice of Greece
Deutsche Welle [M-F]'

1300 UTC
{l,!;QO AM EQI, ;QQ M'! eon

1203
Radio Korea
Voice of Free China

1204

1240
Voice of Greece

1258

All India Radio [M/W/FJ

BBC
BBC (as) [M-F]'
CBC Northern Quebec Service
[SJ
China Radio lnl'I
Christian Science Sentinel [A]
Monitor Radio lnl'l [M-F]
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada lnt'I [SJ
Radio France lnt'I
Radio Ghana
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan [A]
Radio Korea

1500 UTC
(l l ;QQ AM EDI, !!;QQ AM e1rn
BBC
BBC (at) [M-F]
CBC Northern Quebec Service
[A-SJ
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Sentinel [A]
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnl'I [M-FJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I [SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio Moscow
Radio Omdurman
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America (as/me)
WWCR #1 [M-F]

1503
Radio Pyongyang

1505
Radio Algiers [M]

1509
China Radio l nl'I'

1510
Radio Japan [M-F]'

1525
BBC (al) [S]'
Radio Veritas [T-F]

1530
All India Radio
Deutsche Welle [M-F]'
FEBC (Philippines)

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Newsline

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Radio Japan (A]'
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Portugal lnt'I [MFJ
Voice of Nigeria (M-HJ
WYFR (Satellite Network) (MFJ
1540
Radio Veritas (AMJ
1550
Voice of Med. (Malta) [FJ
1555
Radio Japan [AJ
Radio Veritas (AMJ
Voice of Med. (Malta) (MHJ
1600 LJTC
(12;QQ fM lil:!I. l!;QQ AM fl.ill
BBC
CBC Northern Quebec Service
(A-SJ
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Senlinel [AJ
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I (M-F]
Polish Radio (A]
Polish Radio [M-FJ'
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I (SJ
Radio France lnt'I
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Radio Tallinn (MFJ
Radio Tanzania
Voice of America (af) (ASJ
Voice of America (as/me)
Voice of Ethiopia
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Nigeria (MF]
WRNO(WJ
WYFR (Satellite Network) (AJ
1604
[M-FJ
1609
BBC'
China Radio lnl'I'
1611
Radio France lnt'I (T]'
1612
Vatican Radio (S -F]
1630
(MF)'
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Dubai
Radio Moscow
Voice of America (al) (MFJ'
Voice of America (as/me)
(Special English)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)
Voice of Ethiopia
1645
BBC (as)'
1700 lJTC
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BBC
BBC(af)
CBC Northern Quebec Service
(AJ
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Sentinel (A]
HCJB
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Radio Australia

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MONITORING TIMES

Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (MFJ'
Radio Pakistan
Radio Tirana
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America (atlas/me)
WRNO(M-F)
WYFR (Satellite Network) (M-AJ
1703
Radio Pyongyang
1709
China Radio lnt'I'
1710
Radio Australia'
1715
Radio Sweden (M-FJ
1725
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (F)'
1730
Radio Moscow [S-F]
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Romania lnt'I
Vatican Radio (F)
Voice o f America (af) (S J
1740
BBC(af)'
1745
All India Radio
Radio Canada lnt'I (MFJ
1755
Radio Japan (A]
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (MHJ'
1800 UTC

(;z;QQ fM EQT, ll ;QQ AM POD

All India Radio
BBC
CBC Northern Quebec Service
[A]
Christian Science Sentinel [AJ
Monitor Radio lnt'I (MFJ
Polish Radio (AJ
Polish Radio (M-F]'
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Moscow
Radio Mozambique
Radio New Zealand lnt'l (MFJ'
Radio Norway lnt'I (SJ
Radio Omdumian
Radio Prague
Radio Tanzania
Radio Yemen
Voice of America (af) (ASJ
Voice of America (al) (M-F]'
Voice of America (m e)
Voice of Kenya
WHAi #1 (M-F]
WINB(M-F)
WWCR #3 (S-F]
1805
Radio New Zealand lnt'l (MF)'
1815
Radio Bangladesh
1830
Radio Kuwait
Radio Moscow
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
(MAJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Sweden (MFJ
Radio Yemen
Voice of America (af) (A-SJ
(Special English)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)
1835

November 1994

Radio New Zealand lnt'I (F)'

1840
Voice of Greece [MAJ
1855
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (M-H]'
1857
BBC (al) (M-F)'
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BBC
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Sentinel [AJ
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-F]
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Portugal lnt'I [M-FJ
Radio Romania l nt'I (T-S]
Radio Tirana
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I
Spanish National Radio
Swiss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Voice ol America (af/as/me)
WHRI #1 (M-F]
WINB (MF)
WWCR #1 (MFJ
WWCR #3 (SF]
1901
Radio Romania lnt'I (MJ
1909
China Radio lnt'I'
1910
All India Radio (W]
Radio Australia [MFJ'
1930
BBC (al) (S]'
D_eutsche Welle [TF]'
R Slovakia lnt'I
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Japan (AJ'
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
1933
Deutsche Welle (M]'
1935
RAI Italy
1955
Radio Japan (TW/S]
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2000 lJTC
(~;QQ fM EDT, 1 :QQ PM Pt!D
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China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Sentinel (AJ
Deutsche Welle
KVOH(A-SJ
Monitor Radio lnt'I (MF]
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest l nt'I
Radio Finland
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (S-FJ
Radio Norway l nt'I (SJ
Radio Tallinn (MIHJ
Radio Yugoslavia
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Vatican Radio (M-T]
Voice of America (af) (AS]
Voice of America (af) (MF]'
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Indonesia
Voice of Israel
Voice of Nigeria JM-FJ
WH Ai #1 (MF)

WINB(MFJ
WWCR #3
2003
Radio Pyongyang
2007
Radio Damascus (MFJ
2009
China Radio lnt'I'
2010
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (S-H]'
2025
RAI Italy
2030
Polish Radio [A-SJ
Polish Radio (M-F)'
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow (A-SJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Sweden (M-FJ
Radio Thailand
2045
All India Radio [A]
Radio Yerevan
2055
Voice of Indonesia (M]
2057
Radio Kuwait
2100 lJTC

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All India Radio
BBC ("Newshour")
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Sentinel (Al
Deutsche Welle
KVOH (SJ
Monitor Radio lnt'I (MF]
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Damascus (F]
Radio Havana Cuba (M-A]
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand l nt'I (AHJ
Radio Prague
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Yugoslavia
Spanish National Radio
Voice of America (af/as/me)
Voice of Greece (M-AJ
Voice of Turkey
WINB[M-F]
WWCR #3 (S-FJ
2109
China Radio l nt'I'
2110
Radio Damascus (SMJ
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (S-H)'
2112
Radio Damascus (F]
2115
BBC (ca) (MF]'
Radio Damascus [T]
2120
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada lnt' I (AJ
2130
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada lnt'I (SJ
Radio Havana Cuba [WJ
Radio Havana Cuba (]'
Radio Moscow
Radio Nacional de Venezu ela
(MAJ
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Radio Korea

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BBC
CBC Northern Quebec Service
[A-SJ
China Radio lnt'I
Ch ristian Science Sentinel (AJ
Monitor Radio lnt'I (MFJ
Radio Au stralia
Radio Budapest l nt'I
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba (MAJ
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Prague
Radio Ukraine lnt'I
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I (M-FJ
RAI Italy
Voice of America (as)
WWCR #3 (S-FJ
2203
Voice of Free China
2209
China Radio lnt'I'
2215
All India Radio (M/W/FJ
Radio Cairo
2230
Radio Havana Cuba (M-F]'
Radio Moscow (M-F]
Radio Sweden [MFJ
Radio Yerevan
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Israel
2240
Radio Cairo
Voice of Greece (SFJ
2300 lJTC

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BBC
Christian Science Sentinel (A]
Monitor Radio lnt'I (M-FJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Turkey
WWCR#3(S]
2303
Radio Pyongyang
2315
Radio Cairo
2330
Radio Canada l nt'I (A-SJ
Radio Finland
Radio Japan (AJ'
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands l nt'I
Radio Sweden (M-F]
Radio Yerevan
SLBC (Sri Lanka) (MJ
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Voice of Greece (SFJ
2355
Radio Japan

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Australia, Radio
Australia, Vl6A Alice Spg
Australia. Vl6K Katherine
Australia. Vl8T Tent Crll
Bulgaria. Radio
Cambodia, Natl Voice of
Canada, CBC N Quebec See
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
Ghana, GBC Radio 2
India, All India Radio

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Italy, IRRS Milan

Lebanon, Wings of Hope
Malaysia, ATM Kota Kinaba
Malaysia, ATM Sarawak
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Palau, KHBN Voice of Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines, FEBC Manila
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl

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Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia

Spain, R Exterior Espana
Thailand. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

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USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Salt lk City UT
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA, RBosnia H via WHRI
USA, VOA Washington DC

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USA, WCSN Scotts Cor ME

USA, WEWN Birmingham Al
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Red lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Australia, Radio

0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100

Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int

Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Iran, VOIRI Tehran
Netherlands, Radio

0030-0100
0030-0100
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00500100

Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo

Sweden. Radio
Thailand, Radio
Italy, RAI Rome

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SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0010
0010
0015
0030
0030
0030
0040
0045

0040

Voice of America (am/ca): Agriculture Today. A weekly

program about food, farming, and agricultural research.
Voice of America (as): VOA Sunday Morning. News
closeups in a magazine format.
BBC: Good Books. Recommendation of a book to read.
BBC: The John Dunn Show (6th.20th.27th). A melodic mix
of songs old and new.
BBC: Play of the Week. Redevelopment (13th). A
rebroadcast of a 1989 play by Vaclav Havel. The Czech
Republic's reigning president.
HCJB (am): Musical Mailbag. HCJB staffers have a good
time reading listener letters and playing music.
Voice of America (am/as): Words and Their Stories (Special
English). The origin and use of common words and phrases
in American English
Voice of America (am/as/ca): People in America (Special
English). A program designed for those learning to speak
English.

Mondays
0010
0010

Voice of America (am/ca): Encounter. See S 1210.

Voice of America (as): VOA Business Report. News from
around the world affecting business and finance.
0015 BBC: Music Feature. Top Scores (7th). See S 0445.
0015 BBC: Feature. It's Your Business (14th.21st.28th). See S
0445.
0030 BBC: In Praise of God. Weekly programme of worship and
meditation.
0030 HCJB (am): Mountain Meditations. See S 1330.
0030 Voice of America (am/ca): Spotlight. Extensive reports and
inteiviews on people, places. and events of interest to
listeners in the Caribbean and Latin America.
0040 Voice of America (as): Development Report (Special
English). Helpful information for developing nations.
0045 Voice ol America (as): This is America (Special English).
Informative reports on life in the United States.

Tuesdays
0010
0015
0030
0030

52

Voice of America (am/as): VOA Business Report. See M

0010.
BBC: A Jolly Good Show. Dave lee Travis presents your
record re quests and dedications in his own unique way.
HCJB (am): Focus on the Family. See M 1330.
Voice of America (ca): Music USA (Standards). See M
1130.

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

0045

Voice of America (am/as): Development Report (Special

English). See M 0040.
Voice of America (am/as): This is America (Special English).
See M 0045.

Wednesdays
0010
0015
0030
0030
0040
0045

Voice of America (am/as): VOA Business Report. See M

0010.
BBC: Concert Hall. See S 1515.
HCJB (am): Focus on the Family. See M 1330.
Voice of America (ca): Now Music USA. See T 1130.
Voice of America (am/as): Science Report (Special English).
Developments in the world of science and technology.
Voice of America (am/as): Space and Man (Special English).
Reports about outer space or about the human body.

Thursdays
0010
0015
0030
0030
0040
0045

Voice of America (am/as): VOA Business Report. See M

0010.
BBC: The Greenfield Collection. This classical music
program replaces Ray on Record.
HCJB (am): Focus on the Family. See M 1330.
Voice of America (ca): Now Music USA. See T 1130.
Voice of America (am/as): Science Report (Special English).
See W 0040.
Voice of America (am/as): The Making of a Nation (Special
English). Chapters from U.S. histroy in special English.

Fridavs

0015
0030
0030
0030
0040
0045
0045

BBC: Music Feature. Family Affair (26th). NEW. Spotlighting

the best-known familie s in pop music, starting with the
Jacksons.
BBC: From the Weeklies. Review of the British weekly press.
HCJB (am): Focus on the Family. See M 1330.
Voice of America (ca): Country Music USA. See F 1130.
Voice of America (am/as): Words and Their Stories (Special
English). See S 0040.
BBC: The Learning World. See M 0615.
Voice of America (am/as): Tuning in the USA (Special
English) See S 0045.

MUSIC ON WRNO
JAZZ 30 (Dixieland)
La Voix de Louisiane
(French; Cajun/Zydeco)

,0030Wed,
0430 Sat,
0130 Sun
0100 Mon/
Wed,
2000 Sun
0545 Sat

0010

Voice of America (am/as): VOA Business Report See M

0010.
0015 BBC: Music Revie w. News and views from the world of
music.
0030 HCJB (am): Focus on the Family. See M 1330.
0030 Voice of America (ca): Now Music USA. See T 1130.
0040 Voice of America (am/as): In the News (Special English).
Focus on a person, organization, or issue in news reports.
0045 Voice of America (am/as): American Stories (Special.
English). Readings of short stories by American authors in
slow English.

Music of Carl Klang

Music & the Word
(Mormon Tabernacle Choir) 2300 Sun
Reelin the Years (Rock)
Various
Rock Over London
Various
Special Live Concerts - such as the 10-hour
Farm Aid II broadcast in Sept.

Saturdays

For program schedules or QSLs, send SASE

or 2 IRCs to WRNO WORLDWIDE. P.O. Box
100, New Orleans, LA 70181 USA

0010 Voice of America (am/as): Newsline. See M 0110.

0015 BBC: Feature. Tip of the Tongue (5th.12th, 19th). NEW. Keith
Haivey looks at the state of the English language in the
fields of popular psychology, politics and illness.

FREQUENCIES
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Australia, ADF Radio

Australia, Radio

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Australia, VLBA Alice Spg

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

0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0127
0100-0200
0100-0150

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Germany, Deutsche Welle

0100-0200 m
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200 vi
0100-0110
0100-0200

Guatemala, Radio Cultural

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

0100-0130
0100-0130
0100-0125
0100-0200
0100-0200 vi
0100-0130
0100-0200

Laos, National Radio of

Netherlands, Radio
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines, FEBC Manila
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl

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9580pa
13605as
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Slovakia, AWR Europe

Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl
South Korea, R Korea Intl
Spain, R Exterior Espana
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

0100-0200

United Kingdom.BBC London

0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130 twhfas
0100-0200

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

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

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USA, WCSN Scotts Cor ME

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

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9935na
11655as
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13845am
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13730sa
15650au
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SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0101

0109
01 10
0110
0130
0130
0130
0145

BBC: Plays of the Week: The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

(6th). A coal miner's wife has a secret admirer. Candide
(20th). A classic play by Voltaire. Three Hotels (27th). An
executive has the unpleasant task of getting rid of
employees.
HCJB (am): OX Partyline. Rich McVicar and Karen Schmidt
share 35 minutes of DXing updates.
Voice of America (am/ca): Communications World. A look at
the people. technologies, economics. and politics involved
in modern telecommunications.
Voice of America (as): VOA Sunday Morning. See S 0010.
HCJB (am): Science. Scripture and Salvation. Proving
scientific principles with the Bible.
Voice of America (am): Press Conference USA. Reporters
interview an interesting personality on a subject in the
news.
Voice of America (ca): Press Conference USA. See S 0130.
HCJB (am): What in the World. Reflections on happenings
in the news.

Mondays
0101

BBC: Features. Freedom's Crusader (71h). Recalling the

extraordinary fife of Voltaire, one of the first true liberals.
Pop on the Line (14th,21st,28th). Music stars answer
callers' questions. (Guests to be announced on Multitrack).
0109 HCJB (am): Saludos Amigos. An international friendship
program with listener contributions.
0110 Voice of America (am/ca): New Horizons. See S 1110.
0110 Voice of America (as): Newsline. News. correspondent
reports, interviews. and opinion.
0130 Voice of America (am/ca): Issues in the News. See S 1130.
0130 Voice of America (as): VOA Monday Morning. See S 0010.
0145 BBC: Music Feature. Wood, Guts and Brass. Michael Oliver
continues to talk to the makers of musical instruments.
0145 HCJB (am): Quest. A service of HCJB and the Far East
Broadcasting Corporation.

Tuesdays
0100
0105

HCJB (am): Studio 9. World news, features and interviews

with Ralph Kurtenback and Curt Cole.
BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.

0110
0110
0110
0130
0130
0130
0145
0155

HCJB (am): Features and Interviews. Twenty minutes of

magazine programming on Studio 9.
Voice of America (am/ca): Report to the Americas. The
latest news affecting the region. as well as a roundup of
sports, financial news, and the weather forecast.
Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: Folk Routes. fan Anderson extends the range of folk
music to include country, cajun and blues.
HCJB (am): You Should Know. Len Kinzel looks inside and
beyond wo~d headlines.
Voice of America (as): VOA Tuesday Morning. See S0010.
BBC: Health Matters. Keeps track of new developments in
the world of medical science. as well as ways of keeping
fit.
Voice of America (am/ca): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

Wednesdays
0100
0105
0110
0110

HCJB (am): Studio 9. See T 0100.

BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
HCJB (am): Features and Interviews. See T 0110.
Voice of America (am/ca): Report to the Americas. See T
0110.
0110 Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 01 10.
0130 BBC: Feature. Turkey: An Ethnic Mosaic (2nd.9th,16th). A
look at the over 40 different ethnic groups that inhabit
Turkey. Crisis in the Family (23rd.30th). NEW. See how
families cope with crises in this series of eight programs.
0130 HCJB (am): El Mundo Futuro. The world of science and
technology and a "Computer Corner'' segment.
0130 Voice of America (as): VOA Wednesday Morning. See S
0010.
0145 BBC: Country Style. With David Allan.
0155 Voice of America (am/ca): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

Thursdays
0100
0105
0110
0110
0110
0130
0130

HCJB (am): Studio 9. See T 0100.

BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
HCJB (am): Features and Interviews. See T 0110.
Voice of America (am/ca): Report to the Americas. See T
0110.
Voice of America (as): Newsfine. See M 01 10.
BBC: Waveguide. Hear Worfd Service better.
HCJB (am): Ham Radio Today. John Beck with features,

0130
0140
0145
0155

tips, news, and helps for radio amateurs.

Voice of America (as): VOA Thursday Morning. See S 0010.
BBC: Book Choice. Short book reviews every week.
BBC: The Farming World. Reports on new developments
from around the world.
Voice of America (am/ca): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

Fridays
0100
0105
0110
0110
0110
0130
0130
0130
0145
0155

HCJB (am): Studio 9. See T0100.

BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
HCJB (am): Features and Interviews. See T 0110.
Voice of America (am/ca): Report to the Americas. See T
0110.
Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: On the Move. A weekly program about travel and
transport with Malcolm Billings.
HCJB (am): What's Cooking in the Andes?. Peruse the foods.
cooking, and culinary cultures of Latin America with Karen
Schmidt.
Voice of America (as): VOA Friday Morning. See S 0010.
BBC: Global Concerns. Update on environmental issues.
Voice of America (am/ca): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

Saturdays
0100
0105
0110
0110
0110
0130
0130
0145
0155

HCJB (am): Studio 9. See T 0100.

BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
HCJB (am): Features and Interviews. See T011 0.
Voice of America (am/ca): Report to the Americas. See T
01 10.
Voice of America (as): VOA Saturday Morning. See S 0010.
BBC: Worfdbrief. Roundup of the week's news headlines.
plus everything from sport and finance to best-sellers and
weather.
HCJB (am): Musica del Ecuador. Jorge Zambrano presents a
unique mix of Ecuadorian music. (Highly rated in Passport
1994)
BBC: Jau Now and Then. George Reid presents a mixture of
jau for all ages.
Voice of America (am/ca): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

November 1994

MONITORING TIMES

53

0200 UTC

9:00 PM EST
6:00 PM PST

FREQUENCIES
0200-0300

Australia. Radio

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

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

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

0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
02000300
02000250

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl

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

0200-0230
02000300 vi
0200-0230 mtwhfa
02000300 smtwh
0200-0230
02000300
02000300
0200-0230 m
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300

Hungary, Radio Budapest

Italy, IRAS Milan
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
Myanmar. Radio
Nethe~ands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Romania, R Romania Intl

0200-0300

Russia, Radio Moscow Intl

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17860pa

9535am

13605as
15510as
17880as

9755na

15240pa
17750as

7265as
9815as
11910na

Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo

Taiwan. VO Free China

0200-0300

United Kingdom.BBC London

02000230
0200-0300
0200-0230
02000300
0200-0300
02000300

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

02000300
0200-0300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0215-0255
02300257
0230-0300 s
02300245

USA. WCSN Scotts Cor ME

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Nepal. Radio
Albania. R Tirana Intl
Kenya. Kenya BC Corp
Pakistan. Radio
Portugal. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Vatican Slate. Vatican R

11845na

9400am 15030am
9820na
12005am 21455eu
6130as
9690as
9835na

02000300
0200-0300

9515as

11655as

9510na

9570na

11830na

02300300 twhla

7205at
9695at
15425na

7295na
11665na
17570as

9530na
12050as
17655au

02300300
0250-0300

6005as
5950na
11825as
5975na
7235me
9630at
15260sa
9815am
7510am
17775am
1751Oas
5850na
5995sa
9740as
15120sa
17740as
7465am
5825eu
7315am
11950am
7490na
7355am
5810am
6085na
6065na
5005do
9580na
4935do
7290as
21730as
9550na
9705na
6155na
6095na

9720as
7130as
t 5345as
6175na
7325na
9915am
15360as
13740am

9430ca
6130sa
9775sa
15205sa
21550as

15425as
9680na

11740ca

6195me
9410eu
11750sa
17790as

7155me
9590na
11955me

7205as
11580sa
15250as

7405sa
11705as
15340as

7425na
13595na
7435am

13845am

9505na
7165do
11840na
15190as

17705as

17725as

9570na
11840na
9850na
7305na

9600na

9635na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0200
0210
0230

0230

HCJB (am): Sounds of Joy. Contemporary Christian music.

Voice of America (as): VOA Sunday Morning. See S 0010.
BBC: Features. Creeds, Councils and Controversies (6th). A
tour-part examinations of Turkey's religious past and
present. The Struggle tor Oil (13th.20th.27th). A series of
live programs tells the story of oil from 1859.
HCJB (am): Solstice. A musical program from New Zealand
tor young people.

0210
0210
0215
0230
0230
0230

midweek update of the latest in shortwave listening.

Voice of America (am): Focus. See M 1110.
Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 01 10.
HCJB (am): The Book Nook. A new book-reading program
hosted by Marita Regier.
BBC: Sports International. Live commentaries and
interviews. features and discussions.
HCJB (am): Sounds of Joy. See S 0200.
Voice of America (as): VOA Thursday Morning. See S 001 0.

Mondays

Fridays

0200

0200
0210

0210
0230
0230
0230
0235

HCJB (am): Radio Reading Room. Readings from new

Christian books.
Voice of America (as): Newshne. See M 0110.
BBC: Composer of the Month. Sir Edward Elgar is featured
du ring November.
HCJB (am): The Headlines of the Week. Happemngs in
Ecuador and HCJB.
Voice ot America (as): VOA Monday Morning. See S 0010.
HCJB (am): HCJB Today. HCJB missionaries share
experiences, catch up on events, and play music.

HCJB (am): Unshackled. See W 0200.

Voice ot America (am): Focus. See M 1110.

0210
0230
0230
0230

Voice of America (as): Newshne. See M 0110.

BBC Thirty-Minute Drama. See H 1130.
HCJB (am): Woman to Woman. See H 0630.
Voice of America (as): VOA Friday Mormng. See S 0010

Saturdays
0200
02 10
0210
0230
0230

HCJB (am): On-Line. A magazine program ot music.

politics. arts. and science in Europe.
Voice of America (am): Focus. See M 11 1O
Voice of America (as): VOA Saturday Morning. See S 0010.
BBC: People and Politics Background to the British political
scene.
HCJB (am): On Track. See F 0630.

Tuesdays
0200

HCJB (am): Master Control. A magazine program of current

topics. lifestyle issues, and Christian themes.
0210 Voice of America (am): Focus. See M t 110.
02t0 Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 01 to.
0230 BBC: Quiz. Counterpoint. See M 1215.
0230 HCJB (am) Sounds of Joy. See S 0200.
0230
Voice of America (as): VOA Tuesday Morning.
See S 0010

Wednesdays
0200
0210
0210
0230
0230
0230

HCJB (am): Unshackled. Pacific Garden Mission's radio

drama.
Voice ot America (am): Focus. See M 11 tO.
Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M Ot 10.
BBC: Andy Kershaw's World of Music. Recordings of
diverse music from around the world.
HCJB (am): Blues. Rags, and All That Jazz. Bill Rapley
selects some of the best in traditional jazz.
Voice ot America (as): VOA Wednesday Morning. See S
0010

Thursdays
0200

54

HCJB (am): The Latest Catch. Richard McVicar presents a

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

Radio Sweden QSL courtesy of John Reves of New York.

0300 UTC

10:00 PM EST
7:00 PM PST
FREQUENCIES
0300-0400 twhfa
0300-0400

Argentina. RAE
Australia. Radio

0300-0400 vi
0300-0400 vi
03000400vt
0300-0400
03000400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400 vi
0300-0400
03000327
03000400
0300-0330
0300-0350

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

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

03000400
0300-0400 vi
03000400

Guatemala. Radio Cultural

Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan, NHK/Radio

0300-0330
0300-0400
03000400s
03000400 smtwh
03000325
03000400
0300-0350
03000400 vi
0300-0400

Japan. NHK/Radio
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
Lebanon, Wings of Hope
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
Nethertands. Radio
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl

11710na
9580pa
15365pa
t 7860pa
4835do
5025do
49t0do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9690na
7385am
5055do
6010na
5930na
9745am
9475na
6045na
9640na
3300do
7125eu
5960am
15325am
11865na
4935do
9960me
7295do
9860as
15115pa
6522eu
9675do
5940na
9620na
t 1665as
13615na
t5410na

9660pa
15415as

9780na
9400am

13605pa
15510as

t5240pa
17795pa

t t715na
t5030am

9820na
7345na
12005am 21455eu
6085na
9650na

6120na

9535na

9565as
t 1875am 15210am
1781 0am 17845am
11895na 15230na

11655as
9345eu
7205na
9685na
t1690as
15265as
t5425na

7295na 9530na
9750na 9880as
12030as 12050as
15375as 15385as
t5535as 16190as

0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400

S Africa. Channel Africa

Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo
Taiwan. VO Free China

0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0330

Thailand, Radio
Uganda, Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

0300-0400

United Kingdom.BBC London

0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

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

0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400
0300-0345
0315-0330 sh
0320-0350
03300400
03300357
03300400
03300400
0330-0400
03300400
03300357

USA, WCSN Scons Cor ME

USA, WfWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WANONew Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Greece, Voice of
Vatican State. Vallcan R
Austria. A Ausma Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Hungary, Radio Budapest
Nethertands, Radio
Sweden, Radio
Tanzania. Radio
UAE. Radio Dubai

03400350
0345-0400

Greece. Voice of
Tajikistan, Radio

17605as
3220af
9720as
5950na
15345as
15370na
4976do
6175na
15360as
3255af
6180eu
7325eu
11955as
9815am
7510am
9785am
17510as
5850na
7105af
9575af
7465am
7425na
7315am
11950eu
7490na
7355am
5810am
6065na
15440na
9420na
5865af
9870sa
5930eu
5970na
6015na
6155na
5050af
11 945na
21485na
9420na
7245as

t 7675as
5955af
t 5425as
9680na

17720as
t 1745as

t t825au

7235me

7325na

9915sa

5975na
6190af
9410eu
15280as

6005af
6195eu
t 1730af
153t0me

6175eu
7230eu
t 1760me
2171 Sas

9455af
7265af
9885af

t1695af
7280af

7340af

t3595na
5935am
9505na

7435am

9935na
7360af
13790sa
9440eu
9835na
6165na
9850na

15650au
9725af

t 3675na

15400eu

9935na

15650au

1t540af
11910na

17890eu

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0300
03t0
03t5
0330
0330
0350

HCJB (am): Sports Spectrum. News from the world of

sports.
Voice of America (af): VOA Sunday Morning See S 0010.
BBC: Sports Roundup. The latest sports news.
BBC: From Our Own Correspondent. BBC correspondents
comment on the background to the news.
HCJB (am): Songtime Weekend. Evangelical teachings and
music from Boston.
BBC: Write On. Air your views about Wor1d Service:
write to PO Box 76. Bush House. Strand, London WC2B
4PH.

Mondays
0300
0300
03t5
0315
0330
0330
0340
0345

HCJB (am): The Sower. Michael Guido presents music and

inspiration.
Voice of America (af): Daybreak Africa. Magazine program
of African news, sports, features. and correspondent
reports.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
HCJB (am): The Word Today. A discussion of Biblical
themes.
BBC: Anything Goes. See S t 430.
HCJB (am): Sounds of Joy Wortdwide. Dave Freeland
hosts a program of Christian music.
Voice of America (af): Development Report (Special
English). See M 0040.
Voice of America (af): This is America (Special English).
See M 0045.

Tuesdays
0300
0300
0315
03t5
0330
0330

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

Voice of America (af): Daybreak Afnca. See M 0300.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 03 t 5.
HCJB (am): Rendezvous. Dick Saunders presents Bible
study and evangelism.
BBC: John Peel. Tracks from newly released albums and
singles from the contemporary music scene.
HCJB (am): Let My People Think. See S 1500.

0340
0345

Voice of America (al): Agriculture Report (Special English).

Developments and reports on farming and agriculture.
Voice of America (af): Science in the News (Special
English). Recent scientific developments.

Wednesdays
0300

HCJB (am): Psychology for Living. Christian advice on

issues of today.
0300 Voice of America (af): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
0315 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
0315 HCJB (am): Rendezvous. See T 03 t5.
0330 BBC: Discovery. In-depth look at scientific research.
0330 HCJB (am): Stories of Great Christians. Radio drama with
Chnst1an theme from the Moody Bible Institute.
0340 Voice of America (af): Science Report (Special English).
See W0040.
0345 HCJB (am): Wonderful Words of Life. Messages from the
Salvation Army.
0345 Voice of America (af): Space and Man (Special English).
See W0045.

Thursdays
0300
0300

HCJB (am): CBS Presents. Christian act1vit1es in the

Caribbean.
Voice of America (al): Daybreak Afnca. See M 0300.

0315
0315
0330
0330

BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.

HCJB (am): Rendezvous. See T 0315.
BBC: Assignment. A weekly examination of a topical issue.
HCJB (am): The Living Word. See T 1100.

Fridays

0300 HCJB (am): Connecting Points. No information available.

0300 Voice of America (al): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
03t 5 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
0315 HCJB (am): Rendezvous. See T 0315.
0330 BBC: Focus on Faith. Comment and discussion on the major
issues in the worlds of faith.
0330 HCJB (am): Christian Brotherhood Hour. See Ht 100.
0340 Voice of America (af): Environment Report. See F 1t tO.
0345 Voice of America (af): American Mosaic (Special English).
See F t 115.

Saturdays
0300
0310
0315
0315
0330
0330

HCJB (am): Science. Scripture and Salvation. See S Ot 30.

Voice of America (al): VOA Saturday Morning. See S0010.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.

HCJB (am): Rendezvous. See T 0315.

BBC: The Vintage Chart Show. Each week a classic Top 20
from the past with Paul Burnett.
HCJB (am): Adventures in Odyssey. Lively childrens dramas
from the "Focus on the Family" team.

'l'HANK YOU

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO TIIlS MONTil'S SHOR1WAVE GUIDE:

Gerald R. Brookman, Kenai, AK; Jeff Camden, Tulsa, OK; Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA;
Clyde W. Hannon, Anniston, AL; Kevin Hecht, Devon, PA; Rev. Michael G. Mayer,
Dover, DE; Jim Moats, Ravenna, OH; NASWA Journal; BBC Summary of World
Broadcasts; Grove Enterprises BBS; Internet Shortwave Newsgroup via Lany Van
Horn.
November 1994

MONITORING TIMES

SS

11:00 PM EST
8:00 PM PST

0400 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0400-0500

Australia. Radio

0400-0500 v1
0400-0500 v1
04000500v1
0400-0500
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0450

Auslraha. VL8A Ahce Spg

Ausiraha. VL8K Katherine
Auslraha, VL8T Ten! Crlc
Bahrain. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec See
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreal
China. China Radio lnll
Costa Rica. RPeace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Germany, Deutsche Welle

0400-0500 twtfa
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500
04000500s
0400-0500 smlwh
0400-0425
0400-0500
0400-0450
0400-0500 vi
0400-0430

Guatemala. Radio Cultural

llaly, IRRS Milan
Kenya. Kenya BC Corp
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
Nethe ~ands , Radio
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Romania. RRomania Intl

0400-0500

Russia, Radio Moscow lnll

9580pa
15365pa
17860pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9650me
11680na
7385am
6010na
9745am
6015af
7225af
3300do
7125eu
4935do
9960me
7295do
6165na
15115pa
6130as
9675do
6155na
11940na
5940na
11765af
15180na
17675as
21B45as

9660pa
15415pa

11905me
11840na
9400am
9550na
12005am
6045na
9565af

13605as
17750as

15240pa
17795pa

11925me 15275me
15030am 21465am
9820na
21455eu
7160af
6065af
9765af

9590na
15230as

17755as

9510na

9570na

11830na

7205na
12010as
15425na
17805as

9620na
12030as
16190as
17890as

9785na
12050af
17655af
21670na

0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500

S Africa, Channel Africa

Slovakia. AWR Europe
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo
Swaziland. Swazi Radio
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll
Tanzania, Radio
Turkey, Voice of
Uganda, Radio
Ukraine, R Ukraine lnll

0400-0500

United Kingdom.BBC London

0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

0400-0500
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500 sm1whf
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0458
0425-0440
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0445-0500 I

USA. WEWN Bmrnngham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRNONew Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Italy, RAI Rome
Australia. ADF Radio
Bulgaria, Radio
Ecuador. HCJB Qu110
Nigeria. Radio
Swaziland, Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo

3220af
9455as
9720as
6155af
6135na
5050af
9445na
4976do
9685na
15180na
3255af
6190af
12095eu
21715as
9815am
7510am
9785am
9930as
7535eu
5995eu
7265af
7425na
7315am
11950eu
7490na
9465eu
7395am
5810am
6065na
9770eu
5990me
13525as
9700na
12005am
3326do
3200af
11620na
9720na

5955af
11610as
15425as
9860na

9885na

11620na

9860na
15580na
5975na
6195eu
15280as

11720na

12030na

6005af
941 0af
1531 Oas

6180eu
11760me
15575as

11695af
6040eu
7280af

6140af
7405af

7170me
9575al

13595na
5935am
9505na

7435am

7275eu
11720na
21455eu
4770do 4990do
5055af
7125af

7200af

15425na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0400

HCJB (am): Joni and Friends. Joni Erickson-Tada presenls

help and advice especially for l he disabled.
0405 HCJB (am): Hour of Decision Evangelist Billy Graham's radio
program.
0410 Voice of America (af): VOA Sunday Morning. See S 0010.
0410 Voice of America (eu): VOA Sunday Morning. See S 0010.
0430 BBC. Seeing Stars (61h). A d1scuss1on of as1ronom1cal
observa11ons and special events for 1he near future
0430 BBC: Short Story. Listeners send in their short stories. The
Goose (from the U.S.) (131h). Klang Klang the Tikk1wala (from
India) (201h). My Brother Jacob (from New Zealand) (23rd).
0430 HCJB (am): Afterglow. Don Johnson plays religious music.
0445 BBC: Feature. It's Your Business (16th.23rd.30th). Examining
issues thal affect businesses of all sizes.
0445 BBC: Music Feature. Top Scores (6th). Examining the works
of some of the best music arrangers.

0410 Voice of America (af/eu): Newsline See M 0110.

0430 BBC: Ott the Shelf. See M 0430.
0430 HCJB (am): N1gh1sounds. See M 1100.
0430 Voice of America (af): Daybreak Africa See M 0300.
0430 Voice of America (eu): VOA Wednesday Morning. See S
0010.
0445 BBC: Country Style. See W0145

Thursdays

0400 HCJB (am): lns1gh1 for Living. See M 1130.

0410 Voice of America (af/eu): Newsline. See M 0110.
0430 BBC: Off !he Shelf. See M 0430.
0430 HCJB (am): Nighlsounds. See M 1100.
0430 Voice of America (af): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
0430 Voice of America (eu): VOA Thursday Morning. See S 0010.
0445 BBC: From Our Own Correspondent. See S 0330.

Fridays
0400
0410
0430
0430
0430
0430
0445

HCJB (am): lns1gh1 for Living. See M 1130.

Voice of America (af/eu). Newshne. See M 0110.
BBC Off the Shelf. See M0430.
HCJB (am): Nightsounds. See M 1100.
Voice of America (af). Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
Voice of America (eu). VOA Friday Morning. See S 0010.
BBC: Folk Routes. See T0130.

Saturdays
0400 HCJB (am): Insight for Living. See M 1130.
041O Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Saturday Morning. See S
0010.
0430 BBC: Jau Now and Then. See A 0145.
0430 HCJB (am): Nighlsounds. See M 1100.
0445 BBC: Worldbrief. See A 0130.

Mondays
0400 HCJB (am): Songs in the Night. See S 1100.
041 0 Voice of America (af/eu): Newsline. See M 01 10.
0430 BBC: Off the Shelf. Daily readings from the best of world
literature.
0430 HCJB (am): Aflerglow Classics. See S 1100.
0430 Voice of America (af): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
0430 Voice of America (eu): VOA Monday Morning. See S 0010.
0445 BBC: Features. Turkish Portraits (71h). Profiles of a Turkish
filmmaker. I've Go1Something10 Tell You (14th.21s1.281h).
NEW Children express their views about family life in these
refreshing perspectives.

Tuesdays
0400
0410
0430
0430
0430
0430
0445

HCJB (am): lnsighl for Living. See M 1130.

Voice of America (af/eu): Newsline. See M 0110
BBC: Off the Shelf. See M 0430.
HCJB (am) N1ghtsounds See M 1100.
Voice of America (af): Daybreak Afnca. See M 0300.
Voice of America (eu): VOA Tuesday Morning. See S 0010.
BBC: On Screen. Film reviews and movie news from around
lhe world.

Wednesdays
0400

56

HCJB {am): Insight for Living. See M 1130.

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS:

CANADA

More changes will be coming from Radio Canada International after Daylight
Savings Time, but some changes were begun in September as follows:
New weekday newscast at 1745-1759; multi-target hour at 2030 shi fted to 2100.
Weekday Peacekeepers serv ice 0600 ex-0500. CBC shortened The Inside Track to
half an hour, Sat 2304, rest of hour filled with another airing of Royal Canadian Air
Farce at 233 1. Replacing Open House is a spiritual show with wider scope, Tapest1y , Sun 2304. Weekend content of the 0100 and 0200 broadcasts swapped-0200
repeats the 2 100, and 0 100 carries comedy UT Suns, Quirks & Quarks Mons. From
Oct 31 both an hour later: 0200 on 6120, 9535, 9755, 11725, 11 845; 0300 on 6000,
9725, 9755 (RCI via Bill Weste nhaver; CBC Radio Guide via Tim Flannery)

12:00 AM EST
9:00 PM PST

..

.- .. .- . .

. . ' .

0500 UTC

.
_ .

FREQUENCIES
0500-0530
0500-0600

Aus1ralia. ADF Radio

Australia, Radio

0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
0500-0530
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0530 mtwhf

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RGI Montreal

0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 as
0500-0550
0500-0515
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea, R East Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Israel, Kol Israel
Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio

0500-0600
0500-0600 s
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0550
0500-0530 m
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600

Kenya, Kenya BC Corp

Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
New Zealand, RNZ Intl
Nigeria. Radio
Nigeria, Voice of
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl

0500-0600
0500-0553 f

S Africa. Channel Africa

Seychelles. FEBA Radio

13525as
9580pa
15365pa
17795as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
9700na
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6050eu
17840af
7385am
6010na
11925am
95B5af
5960na
7465na
7125eu
5975eu
9725am
17810as
4935do
9960me
7295do
15115pa
3326do
7255af
9640me
5905na
9675do
7205na
9760na
15180na
17570af
5995af
17725me

9660pa
15415as
17860pa

13605as
17715pa
17880as

15240pa
17750as

0500-0600
0500-0515 t
0500-0600
0500-0530
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600

Spain. R Exterior Espana

Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Swaziland. Swazi Radio
Swaziland, Trans World R
Uganda, Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

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

0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 mtwhfa
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0545
0500-0530
0510-0520
0525-0600
0530-0600

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN

USA, WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Botswana. Radio
Ghana. GBC Radio 2
Australia. Radio

0530-0600

Austria, R Austria Intl

0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0545 as
0530-0600
0530-0600
0542-0600 a

Georgia. Radio
Romania, R Romania Intl
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Swaziland, Trans World R
Swaziland, Trans World R
UAE. Radio Dubai
New Zealand, RNZ Intl

11720na

6150eu

7295eu

9400am
9820na
21455eu

15030am

6045na
9435na

6120na
17545as

6185na

7230eu
11740as

9565as
11885na

9680pa
15410as

4770do

15430af

4990do

9977af
9620na
9880as
15425na
17675as
9695af

96B5na
12010na
15590na
21670na

9750na
12050na
16190as
21725as

9540na
9720na
6155af
5055af
4976do
6190af
9640na
15310as
15575as
9815am
7510am
9785am
17780as
7535eu
5995eu
6873af
9665af
15205me
7315am
11950am
7490na
9465eu
7395am
5810am
5985na
9870af
7360af
3356af
3366do
9660do
17860pa
6015na
17870me
11910as
11810af
9580na
7125af
9500af
15435as
9700pa

15425na
7125af

7200af

6195eu
11760me
15360as
17830as

9410eu
12095eu
15400af
17885af

9600af
15280as
15420af

6035af
7170me
9700eu
15600af
9495am

6040eu
7405af
11825af

6140af
9530eu
12080af

13595na
5935am
11580eu

7435am

9725af
4830af

11570af
7255af

11625af

1551 Oas
17880as
6155eu

15565as

17715as

13730eu

15410me

15340af
11870na

15380af

17790af

9650af
17830as

21700as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0500
0509
0510
0530
0545

KTBN: Real Videos. Music videos with a Christian theme.

HCJB (am): DX Partyline. See S 0109.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Sunday Morning. See S 0010.
KTBN: Leon and Friends. Christian rap music.
HCJB (am): What in the World. See S 0145.

Mondays
0500
0509
0510
0530
0545

KTBN: Praise the Lord. Music. talk, and guest evangelists

from the PTL Network.
HCJB (am): Saludos Amigos. See M 0109.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See M 0010.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Monday Morning. See S 0010.
HCJB (am): Quest. See M 0145.

Tuesdays
0500
0500
0510
0510
0530
0530

HCJB (am): Studio 9. See T 0100.

KTBN: Praise the Lord. See M 0500.
HCJB (am): Features and Interviews. See T 0110.
Voice of America (al/eu): VOA Business Report. See M 0010.
HCJB (am): You Should Know. See T 0130.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Tuesday Morning. See S 0010.

0530
0530

HCJB (am): Ham Radio Today. See H 0130.

Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Thursday Morning. See S
0010.

Fridays
0500
0500
0510
0510
0530
0530

HCJB (am): Studio 9. See T0100.

KTBN: Praise the Lord. See M 0500.
HCJB (am): Features and Interviews. See T 0110.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See M 0010.
HCJB (am): What's Cooking in the Andes?. See F 0130.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Friday Morning. See S 0010.

Saturdays
0500
0500
051 O
0510
0530
0530

HCJB (am): Studio 9. See T 0100.

KTBN: Behind the Scenes. See S 0600.
HCJB (am): Features and Interviews. See T 0110.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Saturday Morning. See S 0010.
HCJB (am): Musica del Ecuador. See A 0130.
KTBN: Let's Have Church. Mike Purkey conducts the services.

HCJB (am): Studio 9. See T 0100.

KTBN: Praise the Lord. See M 0500.
HCJB (am): Features and Interviews. See T 0110.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See M 0010.
HCJB (am): El Mundo Futuro. See W 0130.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Wednesday Morning. See S
0010

Thursdays
0500
0510
0510

HCJB (am): Studio 9. See T 0100.

HCJB (am): Features and Interviews. See T 0110.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See M 0010.

The football season is~wrapping up,

and you can follow foU.r tea.ms anywhere
you go with WRNO: on Saturdays listen
for the LSU Tigers, Texas A&M Aggies,
and U of Florida Gators; Sundays you
can follow the New Orleans Saints. (All
times Central.)
Nov5

LSU vs Alabama

7pm

A&M vs Texas

1pm

7355 kHz
15420

Nov6

Saints vs Vikings

12pm

15420

Nov 12

LSUvs So Miss

7pm

A&M vs Louisville

4pm

7355
15420 .

Nov 13

Saints vs Falcons

12pm

15420

Nov19

LSU vs Tulane
A&MvsTCU

7pm
1 pm

7355
15240

Nov20

Saints vs Raiders

3pm

15420"

Nov 26

LSU vs Arl<an.sas

Nov 28 (Mon)

Saints vs 49ers

1 Pill
8pm

Connaclw to your racalwr's or scanner's speaker /aclc.

Dec 4

Saints vs Rams

3pm

7355
15420"

Recorder turns on only when MessogeCatc.her ,,ears odivity

Includes: -MessogeCotcher Unit
-Power Supply, Cobles & Plugs
All thla and a good nlghra aleep for

Dec 11

Saints vs Falcons

7pm

7355

Dec 19 (Mon)

Saints vs Cowboys

8pm

7355

Dec 24 (Sat)

Saints vs Broncos

3pm

15420"

Wednesdays
0500
0500
0510
0510
0530
0530

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MONITORING TIMES

57

1 :00 AM EST
10:00 PM PST

0600 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0600-0700

Australia. Radio

0600-0630
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vt
0600-0700
0600-0700
06000700
0600-0700
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700 as
06000650

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

06000630
06000615
06000700 vi
06000700
06000625
06000700 vi
0600-0630
0600-0700 s
0600-0700
0600-0700 smtwha
0600-0700
0600-0700
06000700
0600-0700 as
06000700
06000700
06000650
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700

Ghana. GBC Radio 1

Ghana, GBC Radio 2
Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
Kiribati, Radio
Laos. National Radio of
Lebanon, Wings of Hope
Liberia, Radio ELWA
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
Malaysia. Voice of
Malta, V of Mediterranean
New Zealand, RNZ Intl
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria. Radio
Nigeria. Voice of
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Radio Moscow Intl

9660do
17715as
13605as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
73B5am
9820na
11925am
9585af
6100af
15185af
4915do
3366do
7125eu
9680as
4935do
9825do
71 16as
9960me
4760do
7295do
6175as
9765me
15115pa
9700pa
3970do
7255af
15180as
9675do
7205na
15010as
15470me

11910pa
17880as
15240pa

9400am

13755pa

15510as

15415pa

17795as

11860as

9750as

4770do

11765af
21705af

13790af

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

USA, KAIJ Dallas 1X

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

06000700
0600-0700
06000700
06000700
06000700 smtwhf
06000700
0600-0700
06000700
06250700
06300700

USA. WEWN Birmingham. AL

USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Yemen, Yemeni Rep Radio
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
Australia. Radio

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

Austria. R Austria Intl

Vatican State, Vatican R
Romania. R Romania Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl

21610as

15295as

4990do

15230as
9865eu
15180na
15540as

S Africa. Channel Africa

Slovakia. AWR Europe
Solomon Islands. Sf BC
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Swaziland, Swazi Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London

15030am

21455eu
9565af
17820af

0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
06000615
06000700

12010na 12050na
15190eu 15425na
15560me 16190as

l 7675as
21670na
15220af
13715as
5020do
11945na
6155af
6070af
3985eu
6005af
9600af
11955as
15360as
17830as
9815am
7510na
9785am
17780as
7535eu
6035af
7170me
9665af
12035af
7425na
7315am
11950na
7490na
9465eu
5810am
5985na
9780do
4935do
9580pa
21725as
6015na
7360af
7225eu
11775pa
17805pa

17860as 17890as
21725me

21625as

9545do
15155na
9500af
6165eu
6180eu
9640na
12095eu
15400af
17885af

9650af
6195af
l 1760me
15280as
15575eu

9410eu
11940af
15310as
17790as

6040eu
7325me
11805af
12080af

6060eu
7405af
11825af
15205me

6140af
9530af
11950af
15600af

5935am
7355eu

7435am
11770eu

13695af

9860pa

11880pa

15415as

9725af
9550eu
15250pa

11625af
9665eu
15335pa

15570af
11810eu
17720pa

9495am
13595na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0600
0600

HCJB (am): Solstice. See S 0230.

KTBN: Behind the Scenes. TBN news. letters. and reports
with Paul Krause.
0610 Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Sunday Morning. See S 0010.
061 5 BBC: Letter from America. Alistair Cooke shares his
in1m1table view of contemporary American life.
0630 BBC: Jazz for 1he Asking. Record requests with Malcolm
Laylock.
0630 HCJB (am): Musical Mailbag. See S 0030.
0630 KTBN: Highway to Heaven. Jett Van Horn offers advice to
juveniles.

Mondays
0600
0600
0600
0610
0615
0630
0630
0630
0630
0645

HCJB (am): Radio Reading Room. See M 0200.

KTBN: Dwight Thompson. Dwight Thompson
Voice of America (af): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
Voice of America (eu): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC The Learning Wo~d. News and views about worldwide
education.
BBC features. See S 1401.
HCJB (am): The Sower. See M 0300.
KTBN Roberts Liardon. from Embassy Christian Center.
Costa Mesa. CA
Voice of America (eu): VOA Monday Morning. See S 0010.
HCJB (am): Glorious ln1entions. Paul Bell of HCJB examines
principles to guide you in facing life in our times.

Tuesdays
0600
0600

HCJB (am): Master Control. See T 0200.

KTBN: Jack Van lmpe Presents. Reponing and interpreting
international news.
0600 Voice of America (af): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
0610 Voice of America (eu): Newshne. See M 0110
0615 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
0630 BBC: Music features. Sampling Made Whole (1st).
Examining 1he process of mixing pop recordings and
detecting illegal ones. Megaphones to Microphones
(8th. 15th.22nd.29th). NEW. This six-part series examines
the history and evolution of the "crooner".

58

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

0630
0630

HCJB (am): Sounds of Joy. See S 0200.

KTBN: This is Your Day! Evangelizing and healing by Benny
H1nn from the Orlando Christian Center.
0630 Voice of America (eu): VOA Tuesday Mornino See S0010.

Saturdays

Wednesdays

0610

0600
0600
0610
0615
0630

0615
0630
0630
0630

0630
0630
0630

HCJB (am): Unshackled. See W 0200.

Voice of Amenca (af): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
Voice of America (eu): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
BBC: Meridian Documentary. One ol three topical
programmes weekly about the world of the arts.
HCJB (am): Blues. Rags. and All That Jazz. See W 0230.
KTBN: This is Your Day! See T0630.
Voice of America (eu): VOA Wednesday Morning. See S
0010.

Thursdays
0600 HCJB (am): The Latest Catch. See H 0200.
0600 Voice of America (al): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
0610 Voice of America (eu): Newshne See M 0110.
0615 BBC. The World Today. See M 1645
0615 HCJB (am): The Book Nook. See fl 0215.
0630 BBC: Spans International. See H 0230
0630 HCJB (am): Woman to Woman. Focus on topics of
concern.
0630 KTBN: This is Your Day! See T 0630.
0630 Voice of America (eu): VOA Thursday Morning. See S
0010.

Fridays
0600
0600
0600
0610
0615
0630
0630
0630
0630

HCJB (am): Unshackled. See W0200.

KTBN: Dean and Mary. Dean and Mary Brown with music
that ministers.
Voice of America (al): Daybreak Afnca. See M 0300.
Voice of America (eu): Newshne See M 011 0.
BBC: The World Today. See M 1645
BBC: Meridian Books. See W 0630.
HCJB (am): On Track. Good comtemporary music and
helpful thoughts.
KTBN: This is Your Day! See T 0630.
Voice of America (eu): VOA Friday Morning. See S 0010.

0600
0600

HCJB (am): On-Line. See A 0200.

KTBN: When Someone Loves You .... Jess Moody
sermonizes.
Voice of America (al/eu): VOA Saturday Morning. See S
0010
BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
BBC: Meridian Repons. See W 0630.
HCJB (am): On Track. See f 0630.
KTBN This is Your Day! See T 0630.

HAUSER'S IIJ.GfillGHTS:

AUSTRIA

Radio Austria International's Winter

schedule in English to North America:

Time UTC
1230
0130
0530 and 0630
To Latin America al

Frequencies
13730
9655
60 15 via Canada
2330, 0130, 0330
9870, 13730

(via Gigi Lytle, Diane Mauer, Bob Thomas,

Kevin Hecht)
French DX program UT Suns 0030 on 9655
(Hecht)

0700 UTC

0800 UTC

2:00 AM EST/11 :00 PM PST

3:00 AM EST/12:00 AM PST

FREQUENCIES

0700-0800

Australia, Radio

0700-0730
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0727
07000800

Australia, Radio
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJ B Quito

07000800 as
0700-0730
0700-0715
0700-07t5
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800

Eqt Guinea, R East Africa

Georgia, Radio
Ghana. GBC Radio 1
Ghana. GBC Radio 2
Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio

0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
07000800 smtwha
0700-0800
0700-0730
0700-0715
0700-0800 as
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0715

Kenya. Kenya BC Corp

Kiribat1, Radio
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. ATM Radio 4
Malaysia. Voice of
Myanmar. Radio
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. Radio
Nigeria. Voice of
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl

0700-0800

Russia. Radio Moscow Intl

0700-0715 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0735
0700-0730

Sierra Leone, SLBS

Solomon Islands, SIBC
Swaziland, Swazi Radio
Swaziland, Trans World R
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl

0700-0800
0700-0800

Taiwan. VO Free China

United Kingdom.BBC London

07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800 smtwhf
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0745
0700-0710 mtwhfa

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State, Vatican R

0717-0800 mtwhf
07300800
0730-0800
0730-0757
07300745 sh
0730-07 45 mtwhf
07300800
0735-0800 m~llf
07400800 m~vhf
0745-0800

New Zealand, R NZ Intl

Australia, Radio
Belgium, A Vlaanderen Int
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Greece. Voice of
Iceland. Natl BC Service
Netherlands, Radio
Swaziland. Trans World A
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Guam. KTWR Agana

6080pa
11880pa
15565as
21715as
15415as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6150am
7385am
7345eu
9600eu
21455eu
9585af
11910as
4915do
3366do
7t 25eu
5975eu
15335me
4935do
9825do
4760do
7295do
6175as
9730do
15115pa
9700pa
3326do
7255af
4890do
11775pa
17805pa
7205na
9890eu
17695na
3316do
5020do
6155af
6070af
3985eu
15430af
5950na
6005eu
7325eu
11760me
15070eu
15400eu
17885af
9815na
7510na
9785am
17780as
7535eu
7425am
7315am
11950na
7490na
9465eu
5810am
11770af
7355eu
3950eu
9645eu
9700pa
9660pa
5985eu
15605as
9425eu
9265am
9720pa
6070af
7120eu
15200as

9580pa
11910pa
17695as

9860pa
13605pa
17750as

11720pa
15240pa
21595as

17795as

9725am
9400am
9505eu
9745pa

7230eu
15410as

9750as

4770do
15250pa

15030am
11990eu
11835eu 11925pa

11740af 15270al
17810me 216t0au

15295as

4990do
15335pa

17720pa

0800-0830 vi
0800-0830 vi
0800-0830 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
08000830

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito

08000900 as
0800-0805 s
08000805 s
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0830
08000900 smtwha
0800-0825
08000900 mtwtf
08000825
08000900 mtwhf
0800-0900
08000850
0800-0830 m
0800-0848
08000900 vi
0800-0900

Eqt Guinea, R East Africa

Ghana, GBC Radio 1
Ghana. GBC Radio 2
Guam, KTWR Agana
Indonesia, Voice of
Italy, IRAS Milan
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
Malaysia, Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. rt NZ Intl
Nigeria, Radio
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia. Radio Moscow Intl

08000815 vi
08000900 vi
0800-0900
08000830
0800-0900

Sierra Leone. SLBS

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

0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900 sm~vhf
0800-0900
08300900 vi
08300900 vi
08300900 vi
08300900
08300900
0830-0900
08300900
0845-0900

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Binrningharn AL
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Australia, VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8TTent Crk
Austria, R Austria Intl
Nethertands, Radio
Slovakia. AWA Europe
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
Guam. KTWR Agana

7270na
9750eu
9530eu
15220me 15480me t5535na
17710af 17755af 17835af
9545do
9500af
6165eu

9650af
9885af

13635af

6180eu
9410eu
11940af
15280af
15575eu
21660af

6190af
9600af
11955as
15310as
17790as

6195eu
9640na
12095eu
15360as
17830as

9350am
9495am

13615arn

4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
5030am
7385am
9600eu
21455eu
9585al
4915do
3366do
15200as
9675as
7125eu
4935do
4760do
7295do
6175as
7120eu
9720pa
9700pa
3326do
11335na
15175as
17900eu
4890do
7315af
15105me
15540me
3316do
5020do
7550eu
15575af
7325eu
11955as
15360as
17885af
9815arn
7365as
7510am
9930as
7535eu
7425sa
73 15arn
t t 950na
7490na
9465eu
5810am
2310do
2485do
2325do
6155eu
9720pa
7180as
11990au
11840as

6150am
9400am
9745pa

9725am
15030am
t1835eu 11925pa

11752as

9750as

15295as

11895pa
4990do
13760na

15180as

15230as

9750af
12010eu
15125me 15500na
17695na 17890as

12020eu
15535na

21520eu

9545do
13670eu
9410eu
12095eu
17640eu
21660af

9640na
15070eu
17790af

11760as
15280as
17830as

13615au
9350na
7355am
13595na
5935am

7435am

13730eu
9895pa

15450as 17870au
13700pa

17535au

21705au

13595na
5935am
13695af

7435am

3975eu
11740eu

6245eu
15210eu

17880as
9925au
17535as
11645eu

21705pa
15650eu

7250eu
15570eu

t 1895pa
9500af

0800 UTC
0800-0900
0800-0900

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15606af
5995pa
9710pa
17880as

18191af
6020pa
9860pa

6080pa
15565pa

9580pa
17715as

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0900 UTC

1000 UTC

4:00 AM EST/1 :00 AM PST

5:00 AM EST/ 2:00 AM PST

FREQUENCIES

09001000

Australia. Radio

0900 t 000 vi
0900 t 000 vi
0900 t000 vi
0900t000
09001000
09001000
09001000
0900 1000
09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
0900 t000
0900 1000 as
09000950

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VLBT Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, AWR Afa1uela
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea, REast Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle

09000915 mtwtf
09000915
09001000
09000915
0900 1000 vi
09001000

Ghana. GBC Radio 1

Ghana, GBC Radio 2
Guam. KTWR Agana
Guam, KTWR Agana
Italy, IRRS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio

09001000
09000920 m1w1f
09000930
0900 tOOO mtwhf
09001000
0900 1000 mtwtfa
0900 t 000 vi
09001000

Malaysia, ATM Radio 4

Monaco. Trans World Radio
Nethertands, Radio
New Zealand. RNZ Intl
Nigeria, Radio
Palau, KHBN Voice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Radio Moscol'l Intl

0900 I 000 vi
09000930
09001000

Solomon Islands. SIBC

Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London

09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
0900 1000 vi
0900 1000 vi
09001000
090().1000 smtwhf
09001000
09100940
09200935 sh
09200935 a
09200945 s
09301000
09301000
09301000
09400950

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monil or Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Mongolia, R Ulaanbaatar
Greece. Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Canada, CKZN St John's
Nethertands, Radio
Philippines. FEBC Manrla
Greece, Voice of

9510as
t5170as
231Gdo
2485do
2325do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
11755pa
6150am
7385am
9745pa
9585af
6160as
15410af
21650as
4915do
3366do
11840as
15200as
7125eu
9680as
15270au
7295do
7120eu
9720pa
9700pa
3326do
9830as
4890do
9680eu
12070eu
15290as
15440eu
15580as
21515eu
5020do
9885au
6190af
11750as
15070eu
17640eu
t 7885af
9815am
7510am
9930as
7395sa
9350na
7315am
11950na
7490na
9465eu
5810am
11850au
15650au
7120eu
7120eu
6160do
7260pa
11690as
15650au

9580pa
21725as

15440pa
9725am
9400am
11925pa
9565af
17780as
21680as

9750as

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS:

10001100
10001t00
10001 tOO vi
10001 tOO vi
10001100 vi
10001100
10001030 mtwhla
1()()().1100
10001 100
10001100
l OOOt 100
10001100
10001100
10001100
10001100
10001t00
10001 tOO
10001100 as
10001100

Australia, ADF Radio

Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Cosla Rica, AWR Alajuela
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea. A East Afnca
India. All India Radio

10001100 vi
1000 1100 vi
10001100 mtwh
10001030
10001100
10001050
10001100 mtwhfa
10001100 vi
10001100
10001100

Italy, IRAS Milan

Malaysia, RTM Kota Krnaba
Malaysia. RTM Radio 4
Nethertands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBN Voice of Hope
Papua Nel'I Guinea, NBC
Philippines, FEBC Manila
Russia. Radio Moscow Intl

12020eu
1521 Oeu
15380eu
15540eu
17760eu

10001100
10001100

S Africa. Channel Afnca

United Kingdom.BBC London

13685au 21820au
9410eu 9740as
11940af t2095eu
15310as 15575me
17790af 17830as
21715as

10001100
10001100
10001100
10001100
10001 tOO

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

10001100
10001100 vi
10001100 vi
100().1100
10001100
10001100
10001030
10201030 mlwtfa
10301100 mtwhfa
10301100 vi
10301100
10301100
10301 100

USA. WEWN Burningham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Vorce of
Va~can State. Vatican R
Austna. R Austria Intl
Malaysia. ATM Sarawak
Netherlands. Radio
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
UAE. Radio Dubai

9860pa

13605as

17710pa
15030am
21455pa
117t5as
17800af

11815as

12055as
21600af

15195as

13700pa
4990do
11805eu
13650eu
15345eu
15495eu
17595eu
21540eu
9545do
11640au
6195as
11760me
15t90sa
17705eu
2t660af

7535eu
12160eu
7355am

11900af
15190eu
15355ria
15500na
17605eu

13615pa

17555as

13595na
12050au
17525au

9720pa

9810pa

MO NITO RING TIMES

November 1994

9860pa

15170as

15510al

17595al

21725as

15440pa 1771 Opa

5970am 9725am
9400am 15030am
11925pa 21455pa
15180as

17387au

17895as

9720pa

9810pa

21505pa

11900af
15355na
15485eu

12010eu
15380eu
15500na

12020eu
15455na
17760na

6195as
11750as
15070eu
15575me
17830af

7160as
9410eu
11760me 11940af
15190sa 15310as
I 7640eu 17705eu
17885af 21470af

17765as
9675do

7535na
13625pa
7405am 9590am
15120am 15425pa

17555as
11720pa

7355am
13595na
15685am
12025as
11740af
13730eu
7160do
9810pa
15120as
15320eu

15010as
15210af
15450as

21730me
17870au

17850as
15395eu

21605eu

21505pa

17525au

EGYPT

R. Cairo's new 2300-2430 broadcast to us on 9900 contai ns

similar but not identical programming to the 0200-0330 on 9475.
News is at 2315 and 0015.
Holy Koran and Interpretation Sun. and Fri. 2305.
Listeners Mail Sun. and Wed. 2345.
Tourism in Egypt Tue. 2335.
Cairo Magazine Thu. 2325 [sic, means 2355?].
Islam in Daily Life Fri. 2335.
American in Egypt UT Sat. 0005.
From Maspero With love Sat. 2345.
Stamp Collectors Club UT Sun. 0005
(via Bob Thomas, CT)

62

13525as
9580pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
6035eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11 755pa
5030am
7385am
9745pa
9585af
15050as
21460as
7125eu
5980do
7295do
7260pa
9700pa
15340as
9830as
4890do
11690as
11705na
15105na
15470na
17780af
17810af
6190af
9740as
12095eu
15400eu
17790me
21660af
9815am
7510am
9930as
7395sa
5985pa
11915am
9370as
7315am
11950na
7490na
5935am
5950na
10059as
6245eu
6155eu
4950do
7260pa
11835au
13675eu

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS:

MALTA

Voice of the Mediterranean, 1400- 1500 on I 1925 (repeat

programming the next day at 0600-0700 on 9765), included
these programs one week in July; perhaps typical of other
dates:
Sun., Nice 'n ' Easy 45--in fo about Malta.
Mon., WHO Report, Poetic Interludes, Mailbag.
Tue., Ecological Panorama.
Wed., Going Places.
Thu., Malta's Cultural Calenda1~ DX Comer.
Fri., Great Women, Let's TalkAninuils.
Sat. , Studies in Maltese Folklore, These We Have Loved
(v ia Paul Gager, BDXC Communication)

1100 UTC

6:00 AM EST
3:00 AM PST
FREQUENCIES
1100-1200

Australia, Radio

1100-1200 vi
1100-1200 vi
1100-1200 vi
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1130
1100-1200
1100-1150

Australia, VLSA Alice Spg

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

1100-1115
1100-1130
1100-1200 vi
1100-1200
11001200v1
1100-1200
11001200vl
1100-1200 mlwhf
1100-1150
1100-1120
1100-1200 miwhf
1100-1200v1
1100-1200

Ghana, G9C Radio 1

Israel, Kol Israel
Italy, IRRS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kota Kmaba
Malaysia. ATM Radio 4
Malaysia. ATM Sarawak
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Pakistan, Radio
Palau, KHBN Voice of Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl

9510pa
13605as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5030am
7385am
9745pa
15115am
15370af
21600af
4915do
15640na
7125eu
6120na
5980do
7295do
4950do
9700pa
6576na
17900as
9830as
4890do
11705af
12020eu
15255as

9580pa
15170as

9710pa
15565as

9860pa
Rwanda. Radio
Singapore, SBC Radio One
Smgapore,R Singapore Int
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

1100-1200

United Kingdom, BBC London

1100-11 30
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
US>\ KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA Monitor Radio Intl
US>\ VOA Washinglon DC

11335na

1100-1200
1100-1200vl
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1130-1157
1130-1200

USA WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WHR I Noblesville IN
USA WJCR Upton KY
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA WYFR Okeechobee FL
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Iran. VOIRI Tehran

11900as
15105as
15355eu

1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
1145-1200

Netherlands. Radio
Soulh Korea. R Korea Intl
Sweden. Radio
V1e1nam. Voice of
Rwanda, Radio

5970am
9400am
11925pa
17890am
15410af

15030am
21455pa
21455pa
17765af 17800af

15650eu

17575eu

9680as

15295as

7160do
9977na
21520as
9675do
11800as
13615na
15320as

17760na
1t00-1115
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1130
11 00-1130

11990as
15120as
17710as

6155do
9530as
11835au
6165eu
1751 5as
5965na
7160as
9740as
12095af
17640eu
5965na
9815am
7510na
9930as
7395ca
5985as
9615as
15120am
9350na
7315am
7490na
5810am
5950na
7345eu
9525me
11930as
6045eu
11715na
13775as
10059as

17825as
6055do

21630af

15120as
9535eu

17850as
13635as

5975na
9410eu
11750as
15070eu
17885af
6110as

6190af
9515na
11760me
15310as
21660af
15400eu

6195na
9660eu
11940af
15575as

7535na
6110as
9760as
15160as
9370as
9850am
13595na
5935am
11830na
9505eu
11715me

9355as
7405am
11720as
15425as

9425pa
9590am
11915am

15505as

17790sa

15685am
11990eu
11790as

11910as

7130eu
15120as
12025as
6055do

15240au
15010as

SELECTED PROGR AMS

Sundays
1100

HCJB (am): Afterglow Classics. Don Johnson plays classical

religious music.
1100 HCJB (pa): Songs in the Night. Music and inspiration from
Chicago's Moody Church.
1110 Voice of America (as): New Horizons. The world of science.
medicine. and technology.
1110 Voice of America (ca): Critic's Choice. News from the world
of the arts.
1130 BBC: Play of the Week. Redevelopment (13th). See S 0030.
1130 BBC: The John Dunn Show (61h,201h,271h). See S 0030.
1130 HCJ3 (am): Morning Song. Music and thoughls to start !he
day.
1130 Voice of America (as): Issues in the News. Members of the
Washinglon press corps discuss current topics.
1130 Voice of Amenca (ca): Studio One. Dramatized, semi
dramatized. and narralive documentaries.
Subjecls
range from personality profiles 10 reviews of historic events.

Mondays
1100
1100
1110
1110
1115
1130
1130
1130
1130

HCJB {am): Let My People Think. See S 1500.

HCJB (pa): Nightsounds. Christian music and thoughtful
words from Bill Pearce
Voice of America (as): Development Report (Special
English). See M 0040.
Voice of America (ca): Focus. The major figures and issues
that shape our world.
Voice of America (as): This is America (Special English).
See M 0045.
BBC: Composer of the Month. See M 0230.
HCJB (am): Insight for Living. Chuck Swindoll applies the
Bible to life today.
Voice of America (as): Music USA (Standards). Classics of
American popular music.
Voice of America (ca): VOA Monday Morning. See S 001 O

Tuesdays
1100

HCJB (am): The Living Word . A sermon from Soulheast

Christian Church.
1100 HCJB (pa): Nightsounds. See M 1100.
1110 Voice of America (as): Agriculture Report (Special English).
See T0340.
1110 Voice of America (ca): Focus. See M 1110.
11 15 Voice of America (as): Science 1n the News (Special

1130
1130
1130
1130

English). See T 0345.

BBC: Megamix. Compendium of music. sport. fashion
health, !ravel. news and views for young people.
HCJB (am): lnsighlfor Living See M 1130.
Voice of Ame11ca (as): Now Music USA. Rock and soul
music from old favoriles to the latest hits with per1ormer
profiles.
Voice of Ame11ca (ca): VOA Tuesday Morning. See S 0010.

Wednesdays
1100
1100
1110
1110
1115
1130
1130
1130
1130

HCJB (am): Back to God Hour. The Christian Reformed

Church looks at life in light of !he histo11c Ch11s1ran faith.
HCJB (pa): Nighlsounds. See Mt 100.
Voice of America (as): Science Report (Special English). See
w0040.
Voice of America (ca): focus. See M 1110.
Voice of America (as): Space and Man (Special English). See
w 0045.
BBC: Meridian Documentary. See W 0630.
HCJB (am): Insight for Living. See M 1130.
Voice of America (as): Now Music USA. See T 1130.
Voice of America (ca): VOA Wednesday Morning. See S
0010.

1t00

HCJB {am): Haven of Rest. Evangelizing and The Haven

Quartet.
HCJB {pa): Nightsounds. See M 1100.
Voice of America (as): Env1ronmen1 Report (Special
English). A flve-minule report on a specific environmental
sub1ec1
1110 Voice of Ame11ca {ca): Focus. See M 1110.
1115 Voice of Ame11ca {as): American Mosaic (Special English)
Reports about music. books . movies. and sludenl life 1n
the U.S.A.
1130 BBC: Me11d1an Books. See W0630.
1130 HCJB (am): lnsighl for Living. See M 1130.
1130 Voice of Amenca {as): Counlry Music USA. Currently
popular lunes w11h a generous spnnkhng of old favoriles.
On Fnday broadcasts of Music, U.S.A.
1130 Voice of Ame11ca {ca): VOA Frtday Morning. See S 0010.
1100
1110

Saturdays
1100
1100
1110
1130
1130
1130

Thursdays
1100

HCJB (am): Ch11stian Brolherhood Hour. Christtan messages

of inspiralion.
1100 HCJB (pa): Nightsounds. See M 1100.
1110 Voice of America (as): Science Report (Special English). See
w0040.
111 O Voice of America (ca): Focus. See M 1t10.
1115 Voice of America (as): The Making of a Nalion {Special
English). See H 0045.
1130 BBC: Th1rty-Minule Drama. Dealh Comes Staccato
(3rd.1O!h,16th). A female p11vate eye invesl igates a case
involving a young musician and a small eleclronics
company. Six feet Under (301h). Three elderly hospilal
pat1en1s lake desperale measures to get !he lreatment they
need.
1130 HCJB (am): lnsighl for Living. See M 1130.
1130 Voice of America (as): Now Music USA (Top Ten). Top !en
pop music hits of the week in the U.S.A.
1130 Voice of America (ca): VOA Thursday Morning See S 0010.

1130

HCJB (am): Hour of Decision. See S 0405.

HCJB (pa): Afterglow. See S 0430.
Voice of America (as/ca): Agriculture Today. See S 0010.
BBC: Meridian Reports. See W 0630.
HCJB (am): Words of Hope. David Bass provides !he
message.
Voice of America (as): Press Conference USA. See S
Ot30.
Voice of Ame11ca (ca): Music USA (Slandards). See M
1t30.

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1200-1230

Australia. Radio

1200-1300 vi
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1215
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
12001300 mtwhf
1200-1300

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VLBK Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Brazil, Radiobras
Cambodia, Natl Voice of
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RGI Montreal
China, China Radio Intl

1200-1300
12001300
12001256

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl

Ecuador, HCJB Quito
France. Radio France Intl

12001230

Iran, VOi RI Tehran

1200-1300 vi
12001300
12001300 vi
12001300
1200-1 230
12001300
12001206 mtwhf
1200-1230 s
1200-1300 mtwhf
12001230 a
1200-1300 vi
12001300

Italy, IRAS Milan

Jordan, Radio
Malaysia, ATM Kola Kinaba
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
Mongolia, R Ulaanbaatar
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Palau, KHBN Voice of Hope
Palau, KHBN Voice of Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia. Radio Moscow Intl

5995pa
9610as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
15445na
11940as
600Sdo
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9635na
965Sna
15440pa
7385am
15115am
9805eu
15195eu
9525me
11930as
7125eu
9560eu
5980do
7295do
11850as
6045eu
9700pa
11850as
9830as
9830as
4890do
9540af
15105af

6060pa
11800pa

6080pa
15565as

11855na
9715as

17820na
11660as

9400am
17890am
13625af
15325af
11715me

9580pa

11795pa

15030am
21455pa
13640af 15155eu
15530ca 17575na
11790as 11910as

12050as
7130eu
15165au
9675do
11 705as
15280af

11985eu
15295as

12055eu
15335af

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

Singapore. SBC Radio One

Singapore.A Singapore Int
South Korea, R Korea Intl
Taiwan, VO Free China
United Kingdom.BBC London

1200-1300
12001300
1200-1300vl
1200-1300
12001300 s
1200-1300

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

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

12001300
12001300 vi
12001300
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1230
1207-1300 occsnal
1215-1300
1220 1230 vi
12301300

USA, WEWN Binmingham AL

USA. WHR I Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan, R Tashkent
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
Australia, Radio

1230-1200
1230-1300
12301300
1230-1300 mtwhfa
1230-1300
1230-1300
1230-1300
1240-1250

Austria, R Austria Intl

Bangladesh, Radio
Canada, RGI Montreal
Finland, YLE/Radio
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo
Sweden, Radio
Vietnam. Voice of
Greece, Voice of

15350af
15485eu
6155do
9530as
7180as
7130au
6190af
951Sna
11760me
15220na
17790af
9815am
7510am
9930as
9425pa
9955am
611 0as
15160as
9350na
7315am
7490na
5810am
5950na
728Seu
9700pa
17595as
4915do
5995pa
15565as
6155eu
9548as
9660as
11735na
6075as
15240na
10059as
9425af

15355na 15440eu
15500na 15525af

t5470me
t7760na

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6195na
9740as
11940af
1531Oas
17885af

716Qas
9760eu
12095af
15575as
21660na

9410eu
11750as
15070eu
17640eu

9455am

13625as

9645as
15425as
9985ca
9850am
13595na
13845am
6015na
9715eu

9760as

11715as

15695na
1568Sam
11830na 17750na
15295eu 17745eu

6060pa

7260as

13730na
13615as
15195as
15400na
9720as
17870na
12025as
11645af

15450as

11800pa

15425as
15010as
15650af

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1200
1201
1210
1230
1230

HCJB (am): Kids' Corner. Mr Lizard and friends present a

program for children.
BBC: Plays of the Week. See S 0101.
Voice of America (as): Encounter. A discussion program
presenting opinions on the issues facing America and the
world.
HCJB (am): Your Story Hour. Dramatized children's stories.
Voice of America (as): Studio One. See S 1130.

Mondays
1200
1209
1210
1215
1230
1230
1238
1245
1246

HCJB (am): Morning in the Mountains. Magazine program of

music, features, news, and inspiration.
BBC: Words of Faith. People of all faiths share how their
scripture gives authority and meaning to their lives.
Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: Quiz. Counterpoint. A wide-ranging musical quiz.
HCJB (am): Latin News. Regional news summary.
Voice of America (as): Magazine Show. Interviews and
features about life in America.
HCJB (am): A Reading from God's Word. A short break for
bible reading.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
HCJB (am): Guidelines. A five-minute commentary on living
from Harold Sala.

Tuesdays
1200
1209
1210
1215
1230
1230
1238
1245
1246

HCJB (am): Morning in the Mountains. See M 1200.

BBC: Words of Faith. See M 1209.
Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: Multitrack: Hit List. See M 2330.
HCJB (am): Latin News. See M 1230.
Voice of America (as): Magazine Show. See M 1230.
HCJB (am): A Reading from God's Word. See M 1238.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
HCJB (am): Guidelines. See M 1246.

Wednesdays
1200
1209
1210
1215
1230
1230
1235

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HCJB (am): Morning in the Mountains. See M 1200.

BBC: Words of Faith. See M 1209.
Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: New Ideas. See M 1615.
HCJB (am): Latin News. See M 1230.
Voice of America (as): Magazine Show. See M 1230.
BBC: Feature. Among My Souvenirs (2nd.9th): Bred in Tooth

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

1238
1245
1246

and Claw (16th,23rd,30th). See M 1635.

HCJB (am): A Reading from God's Word. See M 1238.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
HCJB (am): Guidelines. See M 1246.

Thursdays
1200
1209
1210
1215
1230
1230
1238
1245
1246

HCJB (am): Morning in the Mountains. See M 1200.

BBC: Words of Faith. See M 1209.
Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: Multitrack: X-Press. See W 2330.
HCJB (am): Latin News. See M 1230.
Voice of America (as): Magazine Show. See M 1230.
HCJB (am): A Reading from God's Word. See M 1238.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S0315.
HCJB (am): Guidelines. See M 1246.

Fridays
1200 HCJB (am): Morning in the Mountains. See M 1200.
1209 BBC: Words of Faith. See M 1209.
1210 Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 0110.
1215 BBC: Features. Heritage (4th, 11th,18th). The Australian

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1230
1238
1245
1246

Museum in Sydney, lronbridge Museum in Shropshire,

England, and the city of Prague. Teenagers (25th}. NEW.
This first of two programs examines teenage life before the
sos.
HCJB (am): Latin Ne\'IS. See M 1230.
Voice of America (as): Magazine Show. See M 1230.
HCJB (am): A Reading from God's Word. See M 1238.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
HCJB (am ): Guidelines. See M 1246.

Saturdays
1200 HCJB (am): A Visit With Mrs. G. Bible stories for children.
1209 BBC: Words of Faith. See M 1209.
1210 Voice of America (as ): Communications World. See S 0110.
1215 BBC: Multitrack: Alternative. See F 2330.
1215 HCJB (am): Critter County. Christian Wyrtzen and her
friendly critters present a children's program.
1230 HCJB (am): Adventures in Odyssey. See A 0330.
1230 Voice of America (as): Weekend Magazine. A look at people
and places in the U.S., featuring music and popular culture.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.

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1300-1400
1300-1400
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13001400
1300-1400 vi
13001400
13001330
13001330
13001400 vt
13001400 m!Whfa
13001400 11
13001400
13001325
13001306 occsnal
13001350
1300-1330 s
13001400 mtwhf
13001400
1300-1400
13001400
13001400

13001400
1300-1400
13001400

Australia. Radio
Australia, Radio
Australia, VL8A Alice Spg
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8TT ent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Brazil. Radiobras
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec See
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RGI Montreal
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. A Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Ghana. GBC Radio 1
Italy. IRAS Milan
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. RTM Kota Kinaba
Malaysia. ATM Radio 4
Nethertands. Radio
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
North Korea. A Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Palau. KHBN Voice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines. FEBC Manila
Romania. A Romania Intl
Russia. Radio Moscow Intl

Singapore. SBC Radio One

Singapore.A Singapore Int
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo

5995pa
6060pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
15445na
17625au
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11955na
971 5as
7385am
15115am
17595as
4915do
7125eu
9960me
5980do
7295do
6045eu
9700pa
13760na
9590eu
9830as
4890do
11995as
11940eu
7305as
11705eu
15355na
15470me
17590eu
6155do
9530as
6075as

9610as

7240as
6080as

11800pa

17820na
11660as 15440pa
9400am 15030am
17890am 21455eu

7130eu
15230na
9675do
15365eu 17720eu
9560as
9755as
11960as 15125na
15360eu 15440
15480as 15485eu
17755eu 17760na
9720as

9895eu
15320me
15455rne
15500na

13001330

Switzertand. Swiss A Intl

13001400
13001400 vi
13001 400
13001400
1300 1400
13001400 s
13001 400

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

13001330
13071400 occsnal
13301400
13301400 s
13301400

Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Austria. A Austria Intl
Belgium, A Vlaanderen Int
Canada. RCI Montreal

13301400 mtwhfa
1330 1400 tw
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301355
13301400
1345 1400 vi
13451400

Finland, YLE/Rad10
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
India, Ali India Radio
Laos. National Radio of
Nethertands, Radio
Sweden. Radio
Switzerland. Swiss A Intl
Turkey, Voice of
UAE, Radio Dubai
Vietnam. Voice of
Myanmar. Radio
Vatican State. Vatican R

6190af
9410eu
11750as
11940af
15310as
17705eu
17885af
9815am
11715na
7365as
75 10am
7535na
9955am
6110as
15160as
9350na
9465am
7490na
9475am
5950na
13695na
7285eu
9655pa
15450as
13675na
9535as
15325eu
15400na
4915do
13750as
7116as
9895as
15240na
6165eu
9675as
13675eu
10059as
7185do
9500au

619Sna
9515na
11760me
12095eu
15420af
17790af
21470af

7160as
9580as
11765as
15070eu
15575me
17840na
21660af

7180as
9740as
11820na
15220na
17640eu
17880af

9455na

13625as

9645as
15425as
15695na
15105am
13595na
13845am
6015na
17750na
9715eu

9760as

15295eu

i 7745eu

11795as
17820eu
17740na

11935eu
17895af

15315eu
21455eu

11805as

15685am
11550as 11830na

15120as
13700as
17870na
9535eu

15150as

15320eu
12025as

15395as
1501 Oas

12050as

15585pa

21605as

15425as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1300 HCJB (am): Telling the Truth. Stuart Briscoe presents a
religious program
1310 Voice of Amenta (as): Critic's Choice. See S 1110.
1330 HCJB (am): Mountain Med1tat1ons. A mixture of music and
devotional thoughts in an Andean setting.
1340 Voice of America (as): Words and Their Stories (Special
English). See S 0040.
1345 Voice of America (as): Tuning in the USA (Special English).
See S 0045.

Mondays
1310
1330
1330
1340
1345

Voice of America (as): Focus. See M 1110.

HCJB(am): Focus on the Family. Psychologist James
Dobson on everyday family matters.
KTBN: A Call to Action. Jay Sekulow takes an in-depth look
at law and justice issues facing Christians.
Voice of America (as): Development Report (Special
English). See M 0040.
Voice of America (as): This 1s America (Special English).
See M 0045.

Tuesdays
1300
1305

KTBN: Joy Interviews with Chnstian authors.

HCJB (am): Towards Tomorrow. Science program
produced in New Zealand
1310 Voice of Amenta (as): Focus See M 1110.
1330 HCJB (am): Focus on the Family. See M 1330.
1330 KTBN: Alivei. Jesuit Pnest Michael Manning teaches
Christian pnnc1ples.
1340 Voice of Amenta (as): Agncullure Report (Special English).
See T0340.
1345 Voice of Amenta (as): Science in the News (Special
English). See T0345.

Wednesdays
1300 KTBN: Joy. See T 1300.
1310 Voice of Amenta (as): Focus. See M 11 10.
1330 HCJB(am): Focus on the Family. See M 1330.
1330 KTBN: Kids Club. Variely program for children.
1340 Voice of America (as): Science Report (Special English).

1345

See W 0040
Voice of Amenta (as): Space and Man (Special English).
See W 0045.

Thursdays
1300
1310
1330
1330

KTBN: Joy. See T 1300.

Voice of America (as): Focus. See M 1110.
HCJB (am): Focus on the Family. See M 1330.
KTBN: Doctor to Doctor. Helen Pensanti hosts this program
about health.
1340 Voice of America (as): Science Report (Special English).
See W 0040.
1345 Voice of America (as): The Making of a Nation (Special
English). See H 0045.

Saturdays
1300

HCJB (am): Children's Bible Hour. Songs and stories for

children.
1300 KTBN: The Filling Station. Teach111g children christian values
for daily living
1310 Voice of Amenta (as) Focus. See M 1110.
1330 HCJB (am): Morning 1n the Mountains. See M 1200.
1330 KTBN: Kids Club. See W 1330.
1340 Voice of America (as): In the News (Special English). See f
0040.
1345 Voice of Amenta (as): American Stories (Special English).
See F 0045.

Fridays
1300
1310
1330
1330
1340
1345

KTBN: Joy. See T 1300.

Voice of America (as): Focus. See M 11 10.
HCJB (am): focus on the family. See M 1330.
KTBN: Revivals 111 the Land Today Walt Mills
Voice of Ame11ca (as): Environment Report (Special
English). See F 1110.
Voice of Amenta {as): Amencan Mosaic (Special English).
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Jacques d'Avignon
965 Lincoln Drive
Kingston On K7M 4Z3 Canada

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co11tributed by John Neves of
New York.
November 1994

MONITORING TIMES

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6.00 AM PST

FREQUENCIES
14001500
14001430

Australia. ADF Radio

Australia, Radio

14001500 vi
14001500 vi
14001500 vi
14001500
14001430 mtwhfa
1400 1500 vi
14001500
14001500
14001500
14001500
14001500
14001500
14001500 s
14001500
1400 1500 vi
1400 1430
14001500
14001420
14001500
1400 t 425 smtwh
1400 1500 vi
14001500

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Int
Canada, CBC N Quebec See
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RCI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
France, Radio France Intl
Ghana. GBC Radio 1
India. All India Radio
Israel. Kol Israel
Italy. IRAS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio

14001500 mtwhfa
14001500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
14001500s
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500 occsnal
14001430 mtwhf
1400-1500
1400-1455

Lebanon, Wings of Hope

Malaysia, ATM Kata Kinaba
Malaysia. RTM Radio 4
Malaysia, ATM Sarawak
Malta. V of Mediterranean
Morocco. ATV Marocaine
Myanmar. Radio
Nethertands. Radio
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Palau. KHBN Voice of Hope
Philippines, FEBC Manila
Poland. Polish A Warsaw

8743af
5995pa
11800pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
13675na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11955na
7405na
7385am
15115am
11910as
4915do
13750as
15640na
7125eu
9535na
11955na
9960me
5980do
7295do
4950do
11925eu
17595af
7185do
9895as
9655pa
9830as
11995as
6135eu
118t5eu

10621af
7240pa

17820na
11815as
9400am
17890am
17560me

9610pa

15165as
15030am
21455eu
17695eu

15120as
15650au
9750as

11705na

13700as

15150as

7145eu

7270eu

1400-1500

Russia, Radio Moscow Intl

1400-t500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500

Singapore, SBC Radio One

Slovakia, AWR Europe
South Korea, A Korea Intl
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo
United Kingdom.BBC London

1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

1400t500
1400t500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1415-1500
1415-1425
1430-1500

USA. WEWN B11mingham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Bhutan, Bhutan BS
Nepal, Radio
Australia. Radio

1430-1500
1430-1500 mtwhfa
1430-1500
1430-1500
1435-1445
1445-1500
1445-1500

Ecuador. HCJB Quito

Finland, YLEJRadio
Myanmar. Radio
Romania, R Romania Intl
Greece, Voice of
Guam. KTWR Agana
Mongolia. R Ulaanbaatar

9710pa

11840as

9525eu

6065eu
9755na
11705na
15140as
15455eu
6155do
13595as
5975as
6075as
6195as
9660eu
11820as
15260af
17640af
17880af
15725am
11715na
7510na
9355as
6110as
15160as
9350na
9465am
7490na
9475am
6015na
5025as
5005do
5995pa
9710pa
11800pa
6080do
15400na
5990do
11775as
15630na
11580as
7260as

7280eu
9820eu
1t960na
15210na
15485eu

7315as
9890eu
15105eu
15320na
15500na

9560as
9895na
15125eu
15355na
17760na

7275as
9720as
7180as
9740as
11940af
15310me
17705eu
21660af

15425as
9410eu
9750eu
12095eu
15400af
17790af

9515na
11750as
15070eu
15575me
17840af

7215as
t 5205as

9645as
15395as

9760as
15425as

15105am
13595na
13845am 15685am
11550as 11830na 17750na
7165do
6060pa
9770as

6080pa
11660as

7260as
11695pa

17890am 21455eu
17740na
15335as
17520na

17720as

t 3780as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1400
1401

1410
1430
1455
1455

HCJB (am): Moody Presents. Christian messages from the

Moody Bible Institute.
BBC: Features. Turning Point (6th). Learn about the Whirling
Dervishes of Turkey. Help! I'm Going to be a Parent
(13th,20th,27th). Parents from different cultural and ethnic
backgrounds express their hopes and concerns about
becoming parents.
Voice of America (as): The Concert Hall. Classical music and
inten11evis with Ame11cas great artists and conductors.
BBC: Anything Goes. A variety of music and much more wilh
Bob Holness.
Voice of America (as): VOA Editorial. Comments expressing
the official position of the U.S. Government on various
subjects.
Voice of America (as): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

Mondays
1400
1405

HCJB (am): Key Life. Steve Brown presents religious advice.

BBC: Outlook. An up-to the-minute mix of conversation.
controversy and color from around the world.
141 O Voice of America (as): Asia Report. Correspondents reports
and background on the news. with emphasis on events in
East and South Asia.
1415 HCJB (am): Our Daily Bread. A daily devotional program from
Radio Bible Class.
1430 BBC: Off the Shelf. See M 0430.
1430 HCJB (am): Thru the Bible. J. Vernon McGee presents a
bookby-book study of the Bible.
1445 BBC: Music Fealure. Top Scores (6th). See S 0445.
1445 BBC: Feature. irs Your Business (14th.21st.28th). See S
0445.
1455 Voice of America (as): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

Tuesdays
1400
1405
t410
1415
1430
1430
1445
1455

66

HCJB (am): Key Life. See M 1400.

BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
Voice of America (as): Asia Report. See M 1410.
HCJB (am): Our Daily Bread. See M 1415.
BBC: Off the Shelf. See M 0430.
HCJB (am): Thru the Bible. See M 1430.
BBC: Music Feature. Woods. Guts and Brass. See M 0145.
Voice of America (as): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

Wednesdays
1400
1405
1410
1415
1430
1430
1445
1455

HCJB (am): Key Life. See M 1400.

BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
Voice of Ame1ica (as): Asia Report. See M t410.
HCJB (am): Our Daily Bread. See M 1415.
BBC: Off the Shelf. See M 0430.
HCJB (am): Thru the Bible. See M 1430.
BBC: Good Books. See S 0015.
Voice of America (as): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

Thursdays
1400
1405
1410
1415
1430
1430
1445
1455

HCJB (am): Key Life. See M 1400.

BBC Outlook. See M 1405.
Voice of America (as): Asia Report. See M 1410.
HCJB (am): Our Daily Bread. See M 1415.
BBC: Off the Shelf. See M 0430.
HCJB (am): Thru the Bible. See M 1430.
BBC: The Learning World. See M 0615.
Voice of America (as): VOA Editorial. See S t455.

Fridays
1400
t 405
1410
1415
1430
1430
1445
1455

HCJB (am): Key Life. See M 1400.

BBC: Outlook. See M 1405
Voice of America (as): Asia Report. See M 1410.
HCJB (am): Our Daily Bread. See M 1415
BBC: Off the Shelf See M 0430.
HCJB (am): Thru the Bible See M 1430.
BBC: Global Concerns. See F 0145.
Voice of America (as): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

Saturdays
1401
1410
1430
1455

BBC: Sportsworld. The weekly sports magazine.

Voice of America (as): Music USA (Jazz). Willis Conover
hosts the VOA jazz hour.
HCJB (am): Sounds of Joy. See S 0200.
Voice of America (as): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

Australian Defence Forces Radio, Broadcasts directed to remaining guards

at Butterworth, Malaysia, air at 0430-0530 live on 18735-USB, repeated at
0930 on same, and 2400 on 13525 via 40 kW Belconnen ACT navy unit.
Broadcasts are being tested toward forces in Rwanda, 1700-1900 daily on
10375.5, 10429.5, 10458, 10650 USB, from 60 kW NW Cape navy unit.
Defence Forces Radio contain lots of sport, top-40, and voice messages from
home (Hugh MacKenzie, ADFR on R.NMN)

1500 UTC

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

Australia. Radio

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

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

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

1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600

Guam. KSDA/AWR Asia

Guam. KTWR Agana
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
Italy, AWA Europe
Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio

1500-1600
1500-1600 mtwhfa
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1515
1500-1525

Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. ATM Kota Kinaba
Malaysia. ATM Radio 4
Malaysia, ATM Sarawak
Malta, V of Mediterranean
Mongolia. R Ulaanbaatar
Netherlands. Radio

5995pa
9710pa
11800pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
15460as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11955na
7405na
7385am
6080do
7195af
17800af
9370as
11580as
15250as
7230eu
7125eu
9535na
15355af
9560eu
9960me
5980do
7295do
4950do
11925eu
7260as
9895as

6060pa
9770as

6080pa
11660as

7260as
11695pa

1500-1600 occsnal
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1530
1500-1600

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

North Korea. R Pyongyang
Philippines. FEBC Manila
Romania, R Romania Intl
Russia. Radio Moscow Intl

1500-1543
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1530
1500-1600

Seychelles. FEBA Radio

Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Sri Lanka. SLBCColombo
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London

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

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1525-1530 twhf
1530-1600
1530-1600
1530-1600 mtwhf
1540-1555 asm

USA. WCSN Scotts Cor ME

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHR I Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Philippines. Veritas Asia
Austria, R Austria Intl
Netherlands, Radio
Portugal. Radio
Philippines. Veritas

17705as

17820na
11815as
9400am
17890am
9735af

9750as

15165as
15030am
21455eu
11965af 15145af

11915as

7160do
13780as
13700as

15150as

11 955na

9655pa
9325eu
11995as
11 775as
6065eu
9755af
11940as
15425eu
15550eu
9810as
11870as
6155do
6075as
11960as
6190af
9515na
12095eu
15400af
17880af
15725am
15590na
9930as
9355as
6110as
9700as
15665eu
9350na
9465am
7490na
13845am
11705na
15140as
6155eu
9895as
21515me
Asia

9640af

9977af

13185eu

15335as
9505eu
9820na
15105na
15470as
17760na
11870as

17720as
9540eu
9560eu
11875eu
9895as
15180eu 15320as
15500na 15540eu

9720as
13635as
6195as
9740as
15070af
15420af
21470af

15425as
15505as
7180as
11750as
15260na
17705eu
21490af

7125as
9760as

7215as
9645as
15205me 15395as

9410eu
11940af
15310as
17840na
21660af

17510eu
15105am
13595na
15685am
11830na 17750na
9880me
15150as

11780as

13730eu

15140as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1500
1500
1510
1515
1530
1530
1530

HCJB (am): Let My People Think. Addressing questions

of today's thinking Christians.
KTBN: Life Today. James Robison tells how to cope wi1h
today's problems.
Voice of America (as/eu): New Horizons. See S 1110.
BBC: Concert Hall. Classical music concerts.
HCJB (am): The Urban Alternative. A program tor innerc1ty America from Dallas.
KTBN: Winning Walk. Ed Young sermonizes from
Houston, TX.
Voice of America (as/eu): Studio One. See S 1130.

Mondays
1500
1500
1510
1515
1530
1530
1530

HCJB (am): Gateway to Joy. Contemporary women's

issues from a Biblical perspective.
KTBN: Breaklhrough. Rod Parsley conducts services
horn the World Harvest Church in Columbus, OH.
Voice of America (eu): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: Features. See M 0101 .
HCJB (am): Back to the Bible. A mix of music and daily
Bible study.
KTBN: Today with Marilyn. Marilyn Hickey teaches.
Voice of America (eu): Magazine Show. See M 1230.

Tuesdays
1500
1500
1510
1515
1530
1530
1530

HCJB (am): Gateway to Joy. See M 1500.

KTBN: Breakthrough. See M 1500.
Voice of America (eu): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: A Jolly Good Show. See T0015.
HCJB (am): Back to the Bible. See M 1530.
KTBN: Today with Marilyn. See M 1530.
Voice of America (eu): Magazine Show. See M 1230.

Wednesdays
1500
1500
1510
1515

HCJB (am): Gateway to Joy. See M 1500.

KTBN: Breakthrough. See M 1500.
Voice of America (eu): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: From Our Own Correspondent. See S 0330.

1530

1530
1530
1530
1530

BBC: Special Features. Two Cheers tor October (2nd).

Humorous sketches based on last month's events in the
news. Two Cheers for November (30th). A satirical look at
November's events in the news.
BBC: Music Feature. Music. Mirth and Memories of
Childhood (9th, 16th, 23rd). An anthology of words and
music recorded before an invi1ed audience.
HCJB (am): Back to the Bible. See M 1530.
KTBN: Today with Marilyn. See M 1530.
Voice of America (eu): Magazine Show. See M 1230.

Thursdays
1500 HCJB (am): Gateway to Joy. See M 1500.
1500 KTBN: Breakthrough. See M 1500.
1510 Voice of America (as/eu): Newsline. See M 0110.
1515 BBC: The Greenfield Collection. See H 0015.
1530 HCJB (am): Back to the Bible. See M 1530.
1530 KTBN: Today with Marilyn. See M 1530.
1530 Voice of America (as/eu): Magazine Show. See M 1230.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS:

SWEDEN
Radio Sweden's winter scheduleto North
America:
1330-1430
11650, 15240
0230-0330
9850, 6200
Latin America in English:
0030
6200, 6065
(via Bob Thomas, Diane Mauer)
(1 1650 clashes with KFBS in Russian until 1400
- gh)

Fridays
1500
1500
1510
1515
1530
1530
1530

HCJB (am): Gateway to Joy. See M 1500.

KTBN: Breakthrough. See M 1500.
Voice of America (as/eu): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: Music Review. See F 0015.
HCJB (am): Back to the Bible. See M 1530.
KTBN: Today with Marilyn. See M 1530.
Voice of America (as/eu): Magazine Show. See M 1230.

Saturdays
1500
1500
1510
1515
1530
1530
1530

HCJB (am): Words of Hope. See A 1130.

KTBN: Joy Junction. Fun and games for children from the
Christian Television Network (CTN).
Voice of America (as/eu): Newsline. See M 0110.
BBC: Sportsworld. See A 1401.
HCJB (am): Hour of Decision. See S 0405.
KTBN: Circle Square. A program for children in a hotel
setting.
Voice of America (as/eu): Press Conference USA. See S
0130.

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11:00 AM EST
8:00 AM PST

FREQUENCIES
16001700
16001630

Algeria. R Algiers Intl

Australia. Radio

16001700 vi
16001700 vi
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700
1600 1700 vi
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700 vi
16001627
16001700
160()-1700
16001700

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Canada, CBC N Quebec See
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Ethiopia, Radio
France, Radio France Intl

16001630
16001650

Georgia, Radio
Germany, Deutsche Welle

16001700
16001700
16001627
16001 700 v1
16001630
16001630 mll'lhfa
16001625
16001649 occsnal
16001630

Guam, KSDA/AWR Asia

Guam, KTWR Agana
Iran, VOIRI Tehran
Italy, IRRS Milan
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Pakistan. Radio

16001700

Russia, Radio Moscow Intl

11715eu
5995pa
9710pa
11800pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11575af
7385am
5930as
6080do
7165af
6175eu
17650me
11910eu
6170as
9585as
9370al
11580af
11790eu
7125eu
9560eu
9960me
9895as
9655pa
9470me
15675af
7260na
9755na
11840na
12065eu
15425af

17745eu
6060pa
9770as

6080pa
11660pa

7260as
11695pa

15110af 15130af
9400am 15030am
7345eu
13580me
15350eu 21455eu
9450al
11700af 12015af 15530me
17795al 17850af
7225as
11795as

7305as

9525as

15150as
11570al
17660as
9505na
9880eu
11875af
13665as
17760eu

13590al

15555as

9540na
11630eu
11940eu
15105na
17875eu

9560na
11745eu
12050na
15180na

16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001645
16001700

S Africa, Channel Africa

South Korea, R Korea Intl
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo
Swaziland, Trans World R
UAE. Radio Dubai
United Kingdom.BBC London

160()-1700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

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

16001700
16001700
16001700 vi
16001700
1600-1700
16001700
16001700
16001700

USA, WCSN Scotts Cor ME

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

16151645
16301700

Sweden, Radio
Australia, Radio

16301700
16301700
16301700
16301700
16301700

Austria. R Austria Intl

Canada, RCI Montreal
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Liberia, Radio ELWA
United Kingdom.BBC London

16401650 s
16451 700
16451700
16501700 mtwhf

Rwanda. Radio
Afghanistan, Radio
Tajikistan, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl

4945al
5975as
6075as
9500al
11795al
3915as
9410eu
11 750as
15310as
17880al
15725am
15590am
6120as
9355al
3970af
9700as
13710af
15395as
15665eu
13615na
9465am
15715eu
7490na
15420na
13845am
11705na
21525af
6065eu
6060pa
9860pa
11780as
7150as
15255af
4760do
3255af
9630af

11770al
9720as

15425as

13675eu
6190al
9515na
12095eu
15400al
21470al

15435eu
6195eu
958oas
15070al
17640al
21660al

21605eu
7160as
9740as
15260na
17840al

21640af
61 10as
9760as
15205as
1541Qaf

7125as
11920af
15225af
15445af

9645as
12040af
15320af
17895af

17525am
11830na 15355eu
21615eu

17750na

6080pa 7260as
11660pa 11695pa

9710pa
11800pa

15105am
13595na

9550as
5965as
15420af
6055do

5975as

7180as

9635as
7245as
9655pa

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1600 HCJB (om): Songtime Weekend. See S 0330.
1610 Voice of America (as/eu): Encounter. See S 1210.
t615 BBC: Features. See S 0230.
1630 HCJB (om): Afterglow. See S 0430.
1640 Voice of America (as/eu): Words and Their S10ries (Special
English). See S 0040.
1645 BBC: Letter from America. See S 0615.
1645 Voice of America (as/eu): Tuning in the USA (Special
English). See S 0045.
1657 Voice of America (al): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

Mondays
1600
1610
1615
1630
1635

1638
1640
1645
1645
1646
1655

68

HCJB (om): Morning in the Mountains. See M 1200.

Voice of America (eu): Focus. See M 1110.
BBC: New Ideas. Window on the world of technology,
innovation and new products.
HCJB(om): Latin News. See M 1230.
BBC: Feature. Among My Souvenirs (7th). Various
personalities tell which possessions they would rescue
from their burning house. Bred in Tooth and Claw
(14th.21st.28th). NEW. A series ol four programs that look
at the way animals rear their offspring and live as families.
HCJB (om): A Reading from God's Word. See M 1238.
Voice of America (eu): Development Report (Special
English). See M 0040.
BBC: The World Today. Examines thoroughly a topical
aspect of the international scene.
Voice of America (as/eu): This is America (Special
English). See M 0045.
HCJB (om): Guidelines. See M 1246.
Voice of America (al): Sports Journal. Complete sports
news for African listeners.

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

Tuesdays
1600 HCJB (om): Morning in the Mountains. See M 1200.
1610 Voice of America (as/eu): Focus. See M 1110.
1615 BBC: Megamix. See T 1130.
1630 HCJB (om): Latin News. See M 1230.
1638 HCJB (om): A Reading from God's Word. See M 1238.
1640 Voice of America (as/eu): Agriculture Report (Special
English). See T 0340.
1645 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
1645 Voice of America (as/eu): Science in the News (Special
English). See T 0345.
1646 HCJB (om): Guidelines. See M 1246.
1655 Voice of America (af): Sports Journal. See M 1655.

Wednesdays
1600
1610
1615

HCJB (om): Morning in the Mountains. See M 1200.

Voice of America (as/eu): Focus. See M 1110.
BBC: Music Features. Sampling Made Whole (2nd);
Megaphones to Microphones (9th,16th,23rd,30th). See M
2315.
1630 HCJB (om): Latin News. See M 1230.
1638 HCJB (om): A Reading lrom God's Word. See M 1238.
1640 Voice of America (as/eu): Science Report (Special
English). See W 0040.
1645 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
1645 Voice of Amenca (as/eu): Space and Man (Special
English). See W 0045.
1646 HCJB (om): Guidelines. See M 1246.
1655 Voice of America (at): Sports Journal. See M 1655.

Thursdays
1600 HCJB (om): Morning in the Mountains. See M 1200.
1610 Voice of America (as/eu): Focus. See M 1110.
1615 BBC: Nell'lork UK. Issues and events affecting the lives of
people throughout the UK.

1630 HCJB (om): Latin News. See M 1230.

1638 HCJB (om): A Reading from God's Word. See M 1238.
1640 Voice of America (as/eu): Science Report (Special English).
See W0040.
1645 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
1645 Voice of America (as/eu): The Making of a Nation (Special
English). See H 0045.
1646 HCJB (om): Guidelines. See M 1246.

Fridays
1600 HCJB (om): Morning in the Mountains. See M 1200.
1610 Voice of America (as/eu): Focus. See M 1110.
1615 BBC: Science in Action. The latest in science and
technology.
1630 HCJB (om): Latin News. See M 1230.
1638 HCJB (om): A Reading from God's Word. See M 1238.
1640 Voice of America (as/eu): Environment Report (Special
English). See F1110.
1645 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
1645 Voice of America (as/eu): American Mosaic (Special
English). See F11 15.
1646 HCJB (om): Guidelines. See M 1246.

Saturdays
1600
1610
1615
1640
1645
1655

HCJB (om): Morning in the Mountains Weekend. See M

1200.
Voice ol America (as/eu): Communications World. See S
0110.
BBC: Sportsworld. See A 1401.
Voice of America (as/eu): In the News (Special English).
See F0040.
Voice of America (as/eu): American Stories (Special
English). See F0045.
Voice of America (at): VOA Editorial. See S 1455.

1700 UTC

1800 UTC

12:00 PM EST/9 :00 AM PST

1 :00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST

FREQUENCIES

17001713
1700-1800

Albania. R Tirana
Australia. Radio

17001800 vi
1700-1800 vi
17001800vl
1700-1800
17001800
17001BOO vi
17001800

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Azerbaijan, Voice of
Bahrain, Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec See
Canada, CFCX Montreal

17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001BOO
17001BOO
17001BOO
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800 v1
17001800
1700-1800 v1
t 7001BOO
1700-1713 mtwhfa
1700-1800
17001800 mtwhf
1700-1750
17001750
17001755
1700-lBOO

17001800
1700-1800
t7001730
1700-1715
17001730
17001800

Canada, CFVP Calgary

Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HC
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio
Lebanon, Voice of
Liberia. Radio ELWA
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Pakistan, Radio
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Russia. Radio Moscow Intl

S Africa. Channel Africa

Slovakia, AWR Europe
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo
Swaziland, Trans World R
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London

1700-1 800
1700-1800
17001800
17001800
17001800

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

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

17001800
1700-1800
1700 t800v1
1700-1800
17001800
1700-1 BOO smtwhf
1700-1800
1700-1 800
1700-1800
1715-1730 mtwhf
1720 1730 mtwtf
1730-1800
17301800
1730-1800
1730-1800
1745-1800
1745-1800

USA. WCSN Scotts Cor ME

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN me
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Swaziland, Trans Wortd R
Estonia, Estonian Radio
Netherlands, Radio
Romania, R Romania Intl
Sweden, Radio
Vatican State, Vatican R
Bangladesh, Radio
India, All India Radio

Intl
6060pa
9710pa
11880pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
7160eu
6010do
9625do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
7405af
7385am
6080do
15255af
7200af
15250as
7125eu
6150na
6550eu
4760do
9655pa
964Daf
7485eu
7285eu
6120eu
9560eu
11840na
15180na
17760eu
4945af
13595as
6075as
7120af
9885af
3255af
6190af
9515na
11940af
15400af
15725am
15590am
7425as
13625af
6040eu
9645as
12040af
15410af
15665eu
13615na
15105am
15715eu
7490na
9465eu
15420am
17525am
21500eu
7120af
5925eu
6020af
11830af
6065eu
11625af
7190eu
7412eu
11 935af

7155eu
6080pa
9860pa

9570af
9400am
15350eu

9535na

9760eu
7260as
9580pa
11660pa 11695pa

11575af
15030am
21455eu

9580as

9977af
13785al
11570eu
9525eu
6970eu
9505na
11715af
9880na
11960af 12050af
15190na 15425eu
17875as
15625as
9720as

15425as

13635me
3915as
6195eu
9630af
12095af
15420af

15635af
5975as
7160me
9740as
15070af
17880af

21640af
6110as
9700eu
13710af
15445af

7125as
9760af
15205as
17895af

9510eu
11745eu
15105na
15580na

6180eu
9410eu
11750as
15260af

Australia, Radio

1800-1900 vi
18001900 vi
18001900
18001900
18001900
t8001900
18001900
1800-1900
1800-1900
lB00-1900
1800-t900
1800-1827

Australia. VLBA Alice Spg

Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Brazil, Rad1obras
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague

6060pa
11660as
2310do
2325do
6010do
15268eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
7385am
5930eu

Italy, IRRS Milan

Kuwait. Radio
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Nethertands, Radio
New Zealand, RNZ Intl
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl

1800-1900
1800-1845
18001900

Swaziland, Trans World R

Swaziland, Trans Wortd R
United Kingdom.BBC London

1800-t900
1800-t900 v1
1800-1900
18001900
1800-1900
1800-1900

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
18001900
18001900
18001900
1800-1845
1800-1900
1815-1845
1830-1900

USA, WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR OkeechobeeFl
Yemen. Yemeni Rep Radio
Bangladesh. Radio
Nethertands, Radio

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

Rwanda, Radio
Greece, Voice of
Mali, ROTV Malienne
New Zealand. RNZ Intl

HAUSER'S llIGHLIGHfS:

13595na

11655af
15365af 17805af
15390me
9950me

11620eu

6080pa
9580pa
9860pa
11695pa 11880pa

9400am
7345eu

1800-1900 v1
18001900
1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1849 mtwhf
1800-1850
1800-1830 s
1800-1900

15030am
11640eu

6080do
15255af
7200af
4915do
3316do
7412eu
11935af
7125eu
11990na
4760do
6020af
9655pa
9640as
7120eu
6120eu
11745as
15180na
9200af
3200af
9500af
3255af
6190af
9630af
15070af
15725am
15385na
15590am
13625as
9355pa
4985af
11920af
17800af
13615na
9485am
15715eu
7490na
9465eu
15420am
13845am
21500eu
9780do
7190eu
6015af
9895af
6055do
15630af
4783do
11735pa

15350eu

21 455eu

9650me
15075af

9950me

9605af

11 655af

13750as
11930af
7260na
12015as
15190na

15435as
9880eu
12050na
15400na

11630eu
15105eu
15425na

5975as
6195eu
9740me
15400af

6005af
7110as
1t940af
15420af

6180eu
9410eu
12095af
17880af

13770me
6040eu
12040af
17895af
15695eu
13760am

15665eu
9700eu
13680af

21640af
9760eu
13710af

11620eu

18930sa

13595na
15685am 17525am
9688eu
6020af
15315al

9605af
17605af

15650af
4835do

17525af
5995do

9860af

7215as
11920af
15395as

1800 UTC
18001900

Ecuador, HCJB Quito

Egypt, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
Ghana. GBC Radio 1
Ghana. GBC Radio 2
India, All India Radio

11930as

15695eu

9605al
15340af
9655af
11625af
9647eu
9650me
15075af

1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1900 vi
18001815
t800-1815
18001900

SOUTH AFRICA

Channel Africa's winter English langauge schedule:

0300-0500
9585,5955
0500-0600
7185, 11900
1000-1100
17810
1100-1200
9730
1500-1800
7225
1600-1700
15240
(SENTECH via Bill Westenhaver; last one is good here - Hanlon. PA)
Domestic SW: R. Oranje
1555-0450
0455-1550
Afrikaans Stereo
1600-2300 & 0300-0455
0500-1555
Radio 2000
2300-0300
(SENTECH via Bill Westenhaver)

November 1994

3230
7270
4810
7285
4810

MONITORING TIMES

69

1900 UTC

2000 UTC

2:00 PM EST/11 :00 PM PST

3:00 PM EST/12:00 PM PST

FREQUENCIES
19001927
19002000

Albania. R Tirana Intl

Austraha. Radio

19002000 vi
t9002000 v1
17001800
17001800
17001800
19002000
19002000
1900-2000
19002000

Austraha. VL8A Allee Spg

Austraha, VL8K Katherine
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl

19002000
19002000vl
19001950

Ecuado1, HCJB Quito

Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

19001910 mtwhfa
19001945

Greece. Voice of
India. All India Radio

19002000 v1
19002000

Italy, IRRS Mrlan

Japan. NHK/Radro

19002000
19002000
19001925

Kuwait. Radio
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Netherlands. Radio

19002000
19002000
19002000
19001930 s
19002000 vi
19001955
19001930 mtwhf
19002000
19002000
19001915
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000 vi
19002000

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

Nigena. Radio
Nigeria. Voice of
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Portugal. Radio
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia. Radio Moscow Intl
11745eu
12050eu
155BOaf
17560af
Rwanda, Radio
Slovakia. AWR Europe
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Swaziland. Trans World R
Thailand. Radio
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

19002000
19002000
19002000 as
19002000
19002000
t 9001930 a
19002000

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

19002000
t9002000 vi
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19101920
19302000
19302000
19302000

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Botswana, Radio
Austria. R Austria Intl
Iran. VOIRI Tehran
Nethertands. Radio

19302000
1930-2000
19302000 s
19351955
19402000

Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia

Slovakra. R Slovakia Intl
USA. Radio Mram1 Intl
Italy, RAI Rome
Mongoha. R Ulaanbaatar

7260eu
6060pa
7260as
t 1660pa
2310do
2485do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
Radio Intl
7385am
21465am
6080do
7200af
7t 10af
11810af
15425af
7450eu
7412eu
11935af
7125eu
6150as
9680as
11990eu
4760do
6015af
9895af
11735pa
3326do
7255af
5960eu
4890do
5995eu
9780eu
9690eu
6120eu
13665eu
17605eu
6055af
15625as
11775af
3200af
4830do
4976do
3255af
7160me
t 1955as
17BBOaf
t5725am
t5590am
17775am
13625as
13770me
9955am
3980eu
9700af
12040af
15445af
13615na
9485am
15715eu
7490na
9465eu
15420am
13B45am
15355eu
3356af
5945eu
9022me
6020af
11655af
6100eu
5915eu
9955am
7275eu
15345eu

9730eu
6080pa
6150as
7240pa
9560as
9580pa
9860pa
11695pa 11880pa

Australia. Radio

200021 oo vi
20002100 vi
20002100 vi

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk

70

MONITORING TIMES

6060pa
95BOpa
11855as
2310do
24B5do
2325do

November 1994

Bahrain. Radio
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CFCX Monireal
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. ChinaRadio Intl
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
Ghana. GBC Radio 2
Hungary. Radio Budapest
India. All India Radio

9440af
9400am

11515af
15030am t5350eu

15350eu

21 455eu

9665af
11865af

9765af
13790af

t1785af
t5145af

20002100
20002100
20002100 vi
20002050
20002030
20002030
20002030
20002100

9380eu
9650me
15075af

9950me

11620eu

20002100
20002030

Indonesia, Voice of
Israel. Kol Israel

7140au

9535as

9580au

6020af
15315af

9605af
17605af

9860af

20002100 vi
20002010 mtwhf
20002100
20002100
20002010
20002025

Italy, IRRS Milan

Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
Kuwait, Radio
Liberia, Radio ELWA
Mongoha. R Ulaanbaatar
Netherlands, Radio

4770do.

4990do

72t5pa

9590af

7270eu
9B15eu
9750eu
7170na
15105af
17760eu

7285eu
11975af
11810eu
7260eu
15180eu
17B75af

20002050
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100 vi
20002100

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

Nigeria. Radio
Nigeria, Voice of
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia. Radio Moscow Intl

17680af
11940eu
96B5eu
15425na

3240af
9655eu

9700eu

11905eu

20002100
20002100 vi
20002100
20002045 s
200020t5
20002030

Slovakia. AWR Europe

Solomon Islands, SIBC
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Swaziland. Trans World R
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl

6180eu
9410eu
12095af

6195eu
9630af
15070af

7110as
9740me
15400af

20002100 vi
20002030
20002100

Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London
United Kingdom.BBC London

20002100
20002100 vi
20002100
20002100 as
20002100
20002100
20002100

USA. KA!J Dallas TX

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

20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002045
20002030
20002010
20052100
20102100 sa
20152045 s
20252045
20302100

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vancan State. Vatican R
Vabcan State. Vatican R
Syna. Radro Damascus
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
Swaziland. Trans World R
Italy, RAI Rome
Canada. RCI Montreal

20302100
20302100
20302100 mtwhfa
20302t00
20302100
20302100
20302045
20302100
2050-2100
20512100

Egypt, Radio Cauo

Nethertands. Radio
Palau. KHBN Voice of Hope
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
South Korea, R Korea Intl
Sweden. Radio
Thailand. Radio
Vietnam, Voice of
Vatican State. Vatican R
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

15665eu

21640af

6040eu
9760af
1371 0af
155BOaf
18930sa
9590am

7415af
11870as
15180pa
17BOOaf

9525pa
11920af
15410af

13760am

13595na
156B5am
21615af
4830af
6155eu
9745me
9605af
15315af
9720af
7345eu

17525am
7255af
9B80me
9B60af
17605af

13730af
9895af

9440eu

9575eu

2000 UTC
20002100

20002t00
20002100
20002100
200021()()
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100

6080pa
6150pa
7260as
9B60pa
11660pa t 1695pa
11880pa

6010do
9700eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6160do
6t60do
9440af
15110af
7385am
60BOdo
7200af
5960eu
4915do
3366do
3955eu
7412eu
11715pa
9675as
7405na
17575af
7t25eu
4935do
11990eu
4760do
11790eu
6020af
11655af
11735pa
3326do
7255af
6576eu
4B90do
7260eu
9750eu
11675na
12050na
17605na
6055as
5020do
9720eu
3240af
3200af
3985eu
9B85af
4976do
7160me
7325eu
15260sa
15725am
15385na
15590am
17775am
11980as
9355eu
3980eu
9760af
15445af
13615na
9485am
15715eu
7490na
9465eu
15420am
13845am
17612af
15355eu
7355af
3950eu
12085eu
4935do
3200af
7235me
5995eu
15315af
15375af
9860af
1t980as
9580eu
5965eu
6065af
4830do
10059as
3950eu
15115pa

11720eu

11715af

9920eu

11500eu

9400am
21455eu

15030am 21465am

7285eu
6110eu
7220eu
9910au
9950eu
15225pa
11752as
7465na 9435eu

11850eu
9605af
9860af
15315af 17605af
4770do

4990do

9345eu

9977eu

9620na
9665na
9B80na
9B95na
11715eu 11730as
t 3665as 15425eu

l 1620eu
11603na

9895af

96B5na
11630eu
11750na
155BOna

9545do
15120eu
6135af
13635af

6165eu
15505af

9770af

9630af
9410eu
15400af

9740tne
12095af
17880af

17880af
15070af

13770eu
6040eu
7415af
9700eu
13710af 15205me 15410af
15580af 17800af 21485af
13760am
13595na
15685am 17525eu
21525af 21615eu
9645af
5882eu
15095na

11625af

9710me 11800me
7235eu
13650eu 13670me
15325me 17820me 17875af
9895af
9620eu
11870eu
5975eu 9640eu
9655me
9655eu 9700eu
12025as 15010as
5882eu

9870eu
11 905eu

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2100 UTC

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4:00 PM EST/1 :00 PM PST

2200 UTC
5:00 PM EST/2:00 PM PST

FREQUENCIES
21002200

Australia. Radio

2100-2130 v1
2100-2130 vi
21002130 vi
2100-2106
21002200 vi
21002200
21002200
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
21002200
21002130

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

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

2100-2200
21002130
21002200
21002200
2100-2127
21002200
21002130 mt
21002150

China. Chma Radio Intl

China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Estonia. Estonian Radio
Germany. Deutsche Welle

21002200

India, All India Radio

21002200 v1
2100-2200

Italy, IRRS Milan

Japan. NHK/Rad10

2100-2115
21002200
21002200
21002125
21002200
21002200
2100-2200 mtwhfa
2100-2200 vi
21002200
2100-2200

Japan. NHK/Rad10
Lebanon. Wings ol Hope
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Nethe 1lands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. Radio
Palau. KHBN Voice ol Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia. Radio Moscow Intl

21002130
21002115 v1
2100-2200 v1
21002200
21002200
21002130
21002105
21002200
2100-2200

Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia

Sierra Leone. SLBS
Solomon Islands, SIBC
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo
Syria. Radio Damascus
Turkey. Voice of
United Kingdom.BBC London

21002200
21002200
2100-2200 s
21002200
21002200
21002200

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

21002200
2100-2200 vi
21002200
21002200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200
21002200
21002145
21102200
21152200
21152130 mtwhl
21302200

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashvllle TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Syna. Radio Damascus
Egypt. Radio Cairo
United Kingdom.BBC Carib
Australia. Radio

21302200 v1
2130-2200 v1
21302200 vi
2130-2200 as
21302200
2130-2200

Austraha. VL8A Allee Spg

Austraha. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Latvia. Radio
Poland, Pohsh R Warsaw
Sweden. Radio

72

MONITORING TIMES

6060pa
11855as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5995eu
15325al
9920eu
1t7t5al
7385am
15165eu
5930eu
15375af
5925eu
6185as
9765as
7412eu
11715eu
7125eu
6035as
9750me
9660as
9960me
4760do
9860af
15115pa
7255al
11980as
4890do
7225eu
7115eu
9640eu
9880eu
11920na
15580na
7265eu
3316do
5020do
6480eu
6125eu
9720eu
12085eu
9400eu
3255al
6180eu
9410eu
15260sa
15725am
15590na
17775am
13720as
9355na
6040eu
11870pa
15410af
17800af
13615na
13760am
15715eu
7490na
9465na
15420am
13845am
15566eu
21615eu
12085na
9900eu
61 lOam
9580pa
15365pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
5935eu
5955eu
6065eu

November 1994

6080pa
11880pa

7235eu
17820af
11500eu
15110af
9400am
17760eu
7345eu

7240pa
11955pa

7260as

13650me 13670me
17850af 17875af
15030am 21465am
9420eu

9615al
9670as
11785as 13690as
9910au
9950eu
15225pa

9690af
15425al
1t620eu

6185as
11925eu
11915as

9680al

9625af

9895af

9675do
11940eu
9690eu
9750eu
9470eu
9530af
7300eu
9665na
9750eu
9820eu
11730na 11750na 11770na
13665eu 15180na 15425na
16190na 17675as
9595eu
9545do
15575eu

22002300

Australia, Radio

2200 2300 vi
2200-2300 vi
22002300 vi
2200-2230
22002300
22002300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2230
22002300
22002230
2200-2300
22002300
22002300
22002227
22002245
22002300 vi
2200-2230
2200-2230

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Kathenne
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreal
Canada, RCI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace lnU
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Afnca
Hungary, Radio Budapest
India, All India Radio

22002300 vi
22002225
2200-2300
22002300 vi
22002300 smtwha
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
2200-2250
2200-2300 mtwhfa
22002300 vi
22002 125
22002300

Italy, IRAS Milan

Italy, RAI Rome
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia, RTM Kola Kinaba
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. Radio
Nigeria. Voice of
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBN Voice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland, Polish R Warsaw
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl

22002215 vi
2200-2300
22002235 vi
2200221 0
22002300
22002300

Sierra Leone, SLBS

Slovakia, AWR Europe
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Syria. Radio Damascus
UAE, Radio Abu Dhabi
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

22002300

United Kingdom.BBC London

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

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

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

2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
22002300
22002300
2200-2300 vi
22002245
22302300

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Israel, Kol Israel

2230-2300
22302300 a
2240-2250 smtwhf
22452300
22452300
22452300

Sweden. Radio
USA. Radio M1am1Intl
Greece, Voice ol
Ghana. GBC Radio 1
Ghana. GBC Radio 2
India. All India Radio

15120eu
15095na
3915as
6195eu
11955as
15370as

13770eu
6125eu
13710af
15445af
21485al
18930sa

5975na
6005al
71 lOas
7325eu
12095al 15070eu
15400na 15575eu

13840pa
7415af
9760eu
15185pa 15205me
15580af 17735pa

13595na
15610am 15685am
17612al 21525al
15095na
15390am 17715am
9645as
9660pa
11695pa
17860pa

22452300 mtwhl
22452300
6135eu

7285eu

USA. Voice ol the OAS

Vatican State. Vatican R

9580pa
11855as
15365pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
5910eu
9700eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6t60do
6160do
11705as
5960na
3985eu
7170eu
7385am
9550na
5930eu
9900eu
15190al
3955eu
7412eu
11715pa
7125eu
9710as
9960me
5980do
7295do
15115pa
3326do
7255af
9325eu
t 1980as
9675do
5995eu
9620na
11710as
11920ca
15425na
3316do
11610as
5020do
5810eu
9605na
4825eu
7150eu
11950eu
3915as
7180as
9590na
11955as
15400af
15725am
15590am
17510as
7510eu
6035as
t t 760as
17735as
13615na
9485am
15715eu
7490na
15420am
12160am
17612al
7405na
15640sa
6065eu
9955am
9425au
4915do
3366do
9705as
15145as
9670na
6150as

9645as
9660pa
11880pa 11955pa
17795pa 17860pa

6035eu
11645eu

11695pa
13755as

11720na

11845am 11875am 15305am

9755na
13670am
9400am

15030am

7345eu

9485eu

6110eu
9910au
15225eu

7220eu
9950eu

11800as

15330as

4770do

4990do

11620eu

13185eu
6135eu
9665na
11730as
11960as
17570as
9545do
9850eu
9770na
6010eu
7285eu
12030eu
3955eu
7325eu
9915am
1209531
15575eu

13625as
721 Sas
15185au
17820as

7285eu
9750na
9880as
11760as 11790na
12050na 15290as
17605na

11915eu
11885na
6020eu
9640eu

6090eu
11780eu

5975na
9410eu
11695as
15070eu

6195eu
9570as
11750sa
15260sa

15405as
9705as
15290as

17555sa
9770as
15305as

13760am
13595na
13845am 15685am
21525al
7465eu
9435sa 11603na

9950as
17800as
11730na
7305as

11745as

15110as

15155na
9600au

11880pa

6:00 PM EST
3:00 PM PST

.. . . .

2300 UTC

...

FREQUENCIES
23000000

Australia, Radio

23000000 vi
23000000 vi
2300-0000vf
23000000 vi
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000 as
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000

Australia. VLBA Alice Spg

Australia, VLBK Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada, CBC N Quebec See
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada. ACI Montreal
Canada, ACI Montreal
Costa Rica. A Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Guam. KSDA/AWR Asia
India. All India Radio

23000000 vi
23000000

Italy, IRAS Milan

Japan, NHK/Rad10

23000000
23000000 vi
23000000 smtwha
23000000
23002350
23000000 mtwhfa
23000000 vi

Lebanon, Wings of Hope

Malaysia. RTM Kota Kinaba
Malaysia. RTM Radio 4
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
North Korea, A Pyongyang
Palau, KHBN Voice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC

9580pa
9850as
15365pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960na
11940am
7385am
6080do
9900na
11980as
9705as
17800as
7125eu
5965eu
9680as
9960me
5980do
7295do
15115pa
11700na
11980as
9675do

9610as
9660pa
9645as
11695as 11855as 13755as
17795pa 17860pa

9755na
13670na
15235am
9400am 15030am 21465am
21 455eu
9950as

11745as

t5145as

6155eu

6185as

9625as

13650na

23000000

Russia, Radio Moscow Intl

23002400
23000000
23000000

Turkey. Voice of
UAE. Radio Abu Dhabi
Un~ed Kingdom.BBC London

23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

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

2300-0000
23000000 vi
23000000
23000000
23002400
23000000 vi
23302345 s
23300000
23300000
23300000 m
23300000
2330-0000
2330-0000
23352345 smtwhf
23450000

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Armenia. Radio Yerevan
Austria, R Austria Intl
Netherlands. Radio
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Sweden. Radio
USA. A Bosnia H via WHAi
Vietnam. Voice of
Greece, Voice of
Bulgaria, Radio

9620na
11750as
15425na
17890as
7185me
9770na
5975na
9590na
15260sa
13740am
15590na
17645as
7510eu
6035as
11760as
17735as
9985eu
7315am
15715eu
7490na
15420am
5810am
11 790eu
9870sa
6020na
15425na
11910as
7315am
10059as
9425sa
9700na

9685na
12050na
17570as

9750na
12065na
17610as

9445na
1188Sna
6175na
9915am
15370as

11710eu
13605na
6195eu 9570as
11945as 11955as

13625as
7215as
15185au

15405as
9705as
15290as

11820sa
9495am

13615na

11 665as
t 5410as
17690na

17555sa
9770as
15305as

13595na
13845am 15685am
11960eu
13730sa
6165na

12025as
11595sa
11720na

15010as
11645sa

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
2300
2310
2310
2330
2330
2350

KTBN: Higher Dimensions. Carlton Pearson and the

Higher Dimensions Choir.
Radio Japan: Hello from Tokyo. The weekend magazine
program.
Voice of America (as): VOA Monday Morning. See S
0010.
BBC: Features. See S 1401.
KTBN: The Word for Today. Chuck Smith sermonizes
from Calvary Chapel.
Radio Japan: Viewpoint. Opinions of a guest
personality.

2330
2350

Voice of America (as): VOA Friday Morning. See S 0010.

Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 2350.

Fridavs
2300
2310
2315
2330
2330
2350

KTBN: Praise the Lord. See M 0500.

Voice of America {as): Newsline. See M 0110.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 2315.
BBC: Multitrack: Alternative. Latesl developments on the
British music scene.
Voice of America (as): VOA Saturday Morning. See S 0010.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 2350.

Saturdays
2300
2310
2310
2330

2330

Mondays
2300
2310
2315
2330
2330
2350

KTBN: Praise the Lord. See M 0500.

Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 0110.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. The weekday
magazine program.
BBC: Multitrack: Hit List. The UK Top 20.
Voice al America (as): VOA Tuesday Morning. See S
0010.
Radio Japan: Close Up. Featuring a Japanese person of
note.

Tuesdays
2300
2310
2315
2330
2330
2350

KTBN: Praise the Lord. See M 0500.

Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 0110.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 2315.
BBC: Omnibus. Each week a hallhour programme on
practically any topic under the sun.
Voice of America (as): VOA Wednesday Morning. See S
0010.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 2350.

Wednesdays
2300
2310
2315
2330
2330
2350

KTBN: Praise lhe Lord. See M 0500.

Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 0110.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 2315.
BBC: Mullitrack: XPress. New pop records, interviews,
news and competitions.
Voice of America (as): VOA Thursday Morning. See S
0010.
Radio Japan: Close Up. See M 2350.

Thursdays
2300
2310
2315
2330
2330

KTBN: Praise the Lord. See M 0500.

Voice of America {as): Newsline. See M 0110.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 2315.
BBC: Special Feature. Two Cheers for October (3rd).
Sec W t530.
BBC: Music Feature. Music, Mirth and Memories of
Childhood (10th, 17th.24th). See W 1530.

HAUSER'S HIGlll..IGHTS:

KTBN: PowerPoint. Jack Graham provides the message.

Radio Japan: This Week. A weekly variety show.
Voice of America {as): VOA Sunday Morning. See S 0010.
BBC: Music Features. A Tapestry of Sounds (5th. t 2th).
Turkey's musical heritage. The Story of Western Music
{19th.26th). NEW. Tracing western music lo lhe present
day, featuring the Romantic period.
Radio Japan: The Week in Review. Looking back at the
events that made the news last week.

NETHERLANDS

English to N. America has changed some frequencies for the winter:

TlmeUTC
~
2330
6020 & 6165 (both 8onaire - 8)
0030
same plus Madagascar 11655 and 9840
0330
6015 & 6165-8
New broadcast to W. Africa
2030
9895 & 9860 from Flevo (F)
Other broadcasts:
0730
9720 & 118958
0830
9720-8, 13700-lrkutsk.
0930
9720-8, 981 O& 7260 from CIS, 21505-F except Sat.
1030
9810,7260
1130 & 1230
6045,7130
1330, 1430, 1530
9895 & 15150-M
1330 & 1430
also 13700
1730
11655-F, 6020 & 9605-M
1830
17605 & 15315-8, 9605 & 6020-M, 9895, 9860 & 6015-F
1930
17605 & 15315-8, 9605 & 11655-M, 9895, 9860 & 6020-F
2130 and 2230
1386-Kaliningrad
0030 & 0130
7305, 5905
0130 & 0230
11655, 9860
Spanish to Europe canceled, but still to Americas:
1130&1200
9715&6020-8,22306020-F, 15315& 11730-B
2330 dropped
0230
6020-F, 6165 & 15315-B
0430
6165 & 5995-B
(RNMN and Radio-En/ace via Mauer, Moats, Cline, Hecht)
November 1994

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73

Propagation conditions: Eastern United States

How to use the propagation charts:

Propagation charts can be an invaluable aid lo the DXer in determining which

frequencies are likely lo be open al a given time. 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 lo hear.

SOUTH AMERICA
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211

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Propagation Conditions: Western United States

Once you've located the correct charts, look along the horizontal axis of the graph for the time you are listening. The top line of the
graph shows the maximum usable frequency (MUF), the heavy middle line is the frequency for best reception, or optimum working
frequency (OWF), and finally, the bottom line is the lowest usable frequency (LUF). You wi ll find the best reception along the heavy middle
line. Circuits labeled (P) cross the polar auroral zone. Expect poor reception on these circuits during ionospheric disturbances.
CENTRAL AMERICA

WESTERN EUROPE (P)

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12

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CENTRAL AFRICA

CENTRAL AFRICA

ao
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1941 Hallicrafters Super Skyrider, SX-28

By Linton G. Robertson

his one probably brings back some fond

memories among the readership! This
old box certainly has a lot of class, and
was, in 194 1, THE premier general coverage
receiver. With 15 tubes. a very solid steel
chassis and a steel front panel 1/8 thick, this
baby was 80 lbs. of very expensive fun. Even
today. it can give a very good account of
itself. I use it as the main SWL AM receiver
in my shack every day of the year.
Frequency coverage is basically BCB to
about 43 MHz, AM and CW only, although
SSB is decodable by roll ing back the RF gain
and cranking up the AF to suit. The stability
is something that does not come up to present
day standards, but after a 40 minute warm up
period the drift stabilizes enough to copy CW
and SSB wi thout havi ng to touch up the
tuning every few minutes. As a matter of fact.
given a good warm-u p the stability is + or 500 Hz over an hour's time.
And talk about variable selectivity! The
SX-28 has SIX selecti vity positions, three
tuned IF and three phased crystal positions
that allow you to phase a 455 kH z crystal
peak/notch all over the place. The crystal
depth is, for a set this old, astoundingly deep;
it's better than anything I' ve ever heard in a
Hammarlund or other comparable make to
date.
Other controls on the front panel are: Tone.
Bass in/out. AF gain, RF gain, antenna trim,
A YC on/off/BFO, rece ive/standby, crystal
phasing (one of the fe w 1 ve tried that actuall y
works and works well , although aligning it
can cause you to start drinking seri ously),
va riabl e ANL, BFO p itc h, main and
bandspread tuning.
Opening up the top of the set one is confronted with a shield compartment around the
RF/IF strip that looks like it could turn a .45
caliber bullet. The interior layout is very
orderly and well-thought out. as is the underside o r the chassis, a real mark of how much
somebody up there in engineering cared about
what they were doing.
The front panel color seems to vary depending on what particul ar run was done; I' ve
seen 'cm in gray and black. The one I restored
has a nice, glossy black panel that has an
engraved wrinkle pattern that simulates, well,

78

MONITORING TiMES

November 1994

almost a tine leather! This is very nicely set

off by arrows and the words "Super Skyrider"
in red, and the words Model SX-28, the
Hallicraftcrs Inc, Chicago, USA'" in white, as
are the control legends on tie front panel.
And the dial ? Throw the switc h, and man ,
that soft glow from the amber-colored dials is
absolutely the last word.
The restoration of this set was probably
one of the most ambitious projects 1have ever
undertaken. More than once during the process of this 1stopped and asked myself if I had
bitten off more than I could chew ! It took
three months; every spare moment was put
into replac ing all the wax caps, pounding out
the dented cabinet, stripping. filling and replating corroded parts.
As the c hassis on this set is or a design that
does not lend itself easily to getting at those
little, devilish capacitors and resistors down
underneath the multi-section wafer switch
assembly that runs the length of the unit, the
entire wafer switch assembly had to be disassembled. Restoring a set like this is something I'd seriously think about before doing
again. Maybe, some day, if stuck on a di stant
planet wit h nothing to do...
The audio on the SX-28 has been criticized
from time to time for being narrow. Personally. 1 wonder what the reviewers have been
listening with (their feet?), as the audio from
THIS baby puts anyth ing I' ve heard in the
communications receiver category. solid state
or tube. to absolute shame. Perhaps they
weren' t using a matching speaker. or didn't
have the two 6Y6/GT's properly platematchcd for good push-pull operation ... in
any case, if you're interested in good AM
audio, tune in a SWBC station in the clear, or
an BCB AM station, and crank 1hc selectivity

switch over to " BROAD IF", the

tone to 11911 , and the Bass to
"TN", and I guarantee you'll hear
every tweet, whistle, plunk and
boom.
Overloading? You've got to
be kidding! This thing has a front
end that laughs at Deutsche Welle,
sneers at HCJB, and chuckles
merrily at WYF' R. While the overall selectivity is not as good as
today 's sets, this is somewhat offset by the fact that the front end or
the set seems virtually immune from overloading. Images are, for all practical purposes,
non -existent. I think I may have heard the
ghost of one once, up around 25 MHz, but that
was it.
The main tuning knoh has a lock-andclutc h assembly that lets you make darn sure
that you don 't go knocking your favorite DX
stati on off the di al in an inadvertent swipe at
the fro nt panel while reaching for that DXdoughnut. Both main tuning and bandsprcad
knobs look a bit like water valve handles, and
really make the front panel di stinctive.
The schematics say, "November, 194 1,"
on them; just one month later, WWII began.
and the SX-28 and the later SX-28A had a
very successful run in the war. After the war,
many amateurs coveted the sets, and hung on
to them for decades. One older ham said to me,
" Man. if you had one of these things, you were
a very special person. You also had a lot of
visitors to your shack!"
The tube complement is what you ' d expect
from a real room-heater like thi s (I like to keep
my coffee warm on it):
1ST RF AMP: ............. .... ............. ........... 6AB7
2ND RF: ..................................... 6SK7 (all runs)
MIXER: ................................................... 6SA7
OSCIUATOR: .......................................... 6SA7
lST IF AMP &
NOISE LIMITER: .......................................... 6L7
2ND IF AMP: ........................................... 6SK7
DETECTOR AND
S METER: .................................................. 6B8
AVC AMP: ................................................ 6B8
NOISE AMP: ........................................... 6SK7
NOISE RECTIFIER: ...................................... 6H6
BEAT OSC: ................................................. 6J5
1ST AUDIO AMP: .................................... 6SC7
AUDIO OUTPUT: ............................ 6V6/GT (2)
RECTIFIER: ................................................. 5Z3
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''Trap" Some Good DX

ith the static levels low

this time of year. AM DX J
1
sho uld be nea ring its
peak. Listening during the "gray
Iineperiods just before sunri se and
just after sun set should bring in some
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L3
the snow cover is deep-that makes
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rods nice and damp. too.
However. you may be experie ncing some di sappoint ment if you li ve in a
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problem when strong local signals mask what
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image.. reception will cause a station to
appear on a frequency offset from its transmission frequency by twice your radio's IF

For out-of-the ordinary opportunities

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(i ntermediate frequency)-inevitably right in
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signals throughout your radio's range. For
example. supposing you have two very strong
stations spaced close together. such as I0 1.9
and 102.7. This pair is 800 kH z apart: so.
eve ry 800 kHz (.8 MHz). you might find one
or the other appearing. although weaker than
the original signal.
A very strong signal near the stati on you
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overload and distortion.
A II three of these problems are caused by
the presence of very strong signals. All three
can be greatly reduced by using a notch filter.

80

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

L2

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C2

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WAOWRI 3-Section Notch Filter

300-oh m antenna terminals. The

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As you slide the foil up and down
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to be effective. This also works for
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prone lo loss of sensitivity in strong
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local TV signals.

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A Three-Section Trap

As DXers. we have always thought we

should get as much signal as possible to the
I have designed a filte r that is a bit more
receiver. That is not always true, as too much elaborate. bu t very effective in aiding DXing.
signal can produce the unwanted side effects This fi lter is a three section trap that allows
di scussed above. Notch filters work by greatly each section to be individually tu ned to the
reducing undesired signals without affecti ng same or any other freque ncy. By tun ing all
other frequenc ies. They vary as to how much three sections to one freq uency, a single ofbandwidth they red uce and how deep the fe nding station can be made easier to live
notch is. The deeper the notch, the more with. You can tu ne two sections to one station
signal is eliminated.
and the other to a second signal or all three to
Notch fi lters can be built in a variety of different stations. Depending on your locaconfigurati ons, or they can be purchased. tion, and the power and freq uency of the
Notch fi lters requ ire no power supply and can offending signals, the best combi nation of
usually be tuned 10 reduce one or more fre- notches can be found.
quencies. There are no expensive parts, and
There are a variety of parts that ca n be used
they ca n be made with very little in vestment to construct this ci rcuit and a nu mber of ways.
in time or money.
too. I prefer to use air variable capacitors fo r
The simplest FM notch filter is a bit broad, C4, 5, and 6. although compression trimmers
but very effective in removing intermod. This can be used. Although air variables arc more
filter is commonly cal led a "slUb... It is con- expensive, they are easier to mount. Use of a
structed by simply using a piece
of300-ohm TV twin- lead. cut to
1/4 Wave Stub Filter
the lengt h of 1/4 wave at the
desired frequency. To fi gure this
length, you simply take 468 and
divide it by the freq uency in
RECEIVER
megahertz. Then divide the answer by 2 and you have the Ieng ch
in feet.
Stri p off enough insul ation
on one end to be able to twist and
1/4 WAVELENGTH
preferab ly solder the two leads
together. Then, wrap the exposed
wires in e lectrical tape. At the
FO I L ~
other end you expose a length of
the two wires adequate to make
connection to you r receiver's

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metal encl osure is required, obtainable at

Radio Shack. The wire used is simply 18
gauge enameled or regular insulated wire.
The coils are formed by wrapping the wire
around a ballpoint pen. CI , 2, and 3 are
ceramic disks.
The least expensive place to find air variable capacitors is at your local ham radio flea
market. You can also check with Surplus
Sales of Nebraska for this part. They are at
1502Jones St, Omaha. NE 68 102. (402) 3464750.
Use the shortest leads possible when building your notch filter. Tuning is accomplished
by adjusting one stage at a time, while listening to the frequency you want to hear. Simply
adjust for maximum desired signal with a
minimum of interference.
Another way to concentrate on a particular
signal is to tune just off of the offending signal
until the signal strength meter begins to fall.
Adjust the filter until you get minimum deflection on the meter. Remember, you can
tune one stage to one station and the next to
another, or more than one to a single frequency.
You wi ll be amazed at how well your
reception improves with the assistance of a
filter! If you enjoy engineering, you can play
with the values in this ci rcuit for notching
strong local TV signals and other offending
signals in the VHF region.
I am looking for good AM broadcast notc h
filter circuits. If you have a good, inexpensive
circuit that can be easily built, send it in to
share with your fellow DXers. I will try as
man y as possible and choose the best to be
published in a later column .

Ploying Fox and Hounds

If you are TV DXing or even just keeping

PARTS LIST
C1,2,3 5 pf (anything from 3 10 pf okay)
Radio Shack #272 120
C4,5,6 15 110 pf variable capacitor (con
be anything reasonably close)
SSN#CAV-ZUlOOAS
L1 , 2
Two tums #18 wire, 3/8" inside
diameter, close spaced, Radio Shack
#278- 1217
L3,4,5 Seven 1/2 turns #18 wire, 3/8"
inside diameter, close spaced, some
as above
J 1,2 Chassis mount type "f" connector
Radio Shack #278-212

Suitable metal box lo hold all components

Radio Shack #270-239
Knobs for variable capacitors Radio Shack
#274-415

-.

Skipping In
Danny Oglethorpe of Shreveport, LA, got
this TV DX/

Passband
monitoring

CBFT 2 Montreal PQ
CKND 2 Minnedosa MB
KCWC 4 Landers WY
KVVU 5 Henderson NV

Norvaf Pagenhardt of Scotland, MD, sent

in a wonderful tape of DX including
these catches/
KSPZ 92.9 Glenwood Springs CO
"Oldies 92. 9"
KGOR 99.9 Omaha NE "FM 100"
KQKQ 98.5 Council Bluffs, IA "Sweet 98"
KZEN 100.3 Central City, NE "KZ-100"
and many others from all over the
central US.

track of your local stations. you may feel a bit

confused. The network affiliations in many
ci ties are changing dramatically. While it was
very rare in the past to see Fox network
programming on anything but UHF stations,
Fox is now appearing in major markets on
low VHF channels. The other networks, long
found only in major markets on VHF, are
showing up on UHF, replacing Fox. A new
network is soon to be launched by Paramount,
to add to the confusion.
As the networks scramble to get the best
possible affiliates, it wi ll become more diffi cult for DXers to easily identify stations by
their network programming. So. watch the ID
very carefully and re member th at these
changes do not come graduall y. In markets
like Phoenix, as many as fo ur stations can be
affected by these network changes. Many of
these stations changing affiliation may also
change their ID logos and slogans, etc. This
will be an exciting time to watch for changes
in your local market and during DX openings.

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81

fEDERAL FILE

John Fulford, WA4VPY

A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

Strange Events in the Desert...

t has bee n nea rly a year since we ' ve

discussed the supe r-secret Groom Lake
complex. also known as Area 51 , and
"Dreaml and." Recent movements in Congress lo de-mothball the SR-7 1 Blackbird
aircraft. more strange sightings, and efforts
by the Air Force LO increase the buffer zone
have again brought the area into the news.
The fo llowing background is based on material submitted to the column by reade r Joe
King o f Re no. Nevada.
"Drcamla nd"-whe re fantas ies are no
more far-fet ched than reality- is located in
the northeast part o f the Nell is A ir Force Base
Complex. a 3.5 million acre facility that
stre tc hes north from Las Vegas about I00
mi les.
Thi s complex was c reated when the
Lockheed U-2 spy plane was developed in the
early 1950's. It was rejuvenated for testing
the U-2s replace me nt- the SR-71 Blackbird. The area reportedl y houses a dozen
So vie t M lG -2 1 and four M IG-23 fighter j ets.
It was the testing base for the F- 117 A prototype S tealth fi ghte r and the B-2 S tealth
Bomber.
There arc several re ported, but unknown
airc raft docked the re. It is the alleged base for
the tear-shaped TR-3A "MANTA" tactical
reconnaissance pl ane. which was used 10 fl y
support for the Stealth li ghte rs in the Gu lf
War. It is also the alleged base for the deltawinged "AU RORA: w hich can supposedly
fl y at approx imately eight times the speed of
sound. These proj ec ts arc reportedly done
under the master proj ect S KU NKWORKS.
In 1984 the Ai r Force illegally seized
89 .000 ac res of land northeast of Groom Lake
as a ''buffer zone." No e nvironmental impact
statement was fi led. but in 1987 Congress
approved the seizure. Currentl y. the Air Force
is seeking the clos ure of an additi onal 4000
acres around the range, which would comple tely stop any observation of the base.
N umerous televis ion programs and published articles have covered the topic, and we
will not go into a re hash of these he re. For the
newcome r to the subject, however. the Reno
Ne vada Ga::,e11e-Jo11mal o f Sunday, July 24,
1994. did one o f the best reports I have ever
seen.
What docs thi s have to do with Federa l
Monitoring, you might ask? Well , this is a top

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secret governme nt installation which the government, fo r all practical purposes, will not
admit exists . There have already been numerous photo essays on the area. What has not
been done is a radio spectrum analysis of the
area. An interesting project would be to take a
spectrum analyzer to the area to document the
radio em issions from the area.
If you should decide to unde rtake this ad-

TABLE 1
Groom Lake Area Frequencies
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
(This oversees PROJECT
SKUNKWORKS)
SECURITY
142.200
The most popular frequency to
monitor. This is used by the roving
guards in the white Jeeps
141 .550
Backup channel
409.025
Possible base use
167.700
Reported, but use unknown
PROJECT SKUNKWORKS-Aircraft liaison
to control tower/ ground
252.400 264.100 264.600 275.200
283.700 289.400 292.100 345.400
349.300 379.700 382.600 407.400
407.500
The 407 MHz frequencies are narrow band
FM and are used on the bose Aigh~ine.
All of the others are in the AM mode.
554th RANGE GROUP-GROOM LAKE
238.300 259.400 268.200 293.500
389. 100
SENIOR SMART PROJECT (formerly known
as DREAMLAND)
253.400 255.800 392.100
DARK STAR-The AWACS aircroft used at
Groom Lake
376.200 391.800
GROUND INTRUSION SENSORS
496.250 496.275 496.300
VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CAMERASMonitor the perimeter of the area olong
with the ground sensors
210.010-Wide band video
The above frequencies are courtesy of:
Frequency Intelligence Directory by Jay
Harris, 1995 edition-forthcoming.

mittedly ris ky project, be sure to keep a monitor radio on 496.250, 496.275, and 496.300
MHz. These are the frequencies used by the
ground seismic sensors to alert the roving,
heavily armed guards in the wh ite vehicles,
that you are in the area. See the insert fo r
frequencies reported to be in use by both the
ground a nd the airborne transmitters .
You never know what you might hear.
Strange happe nings. involving alien aircraft,
have been reported in thi s area s ince the
I940' s. Si nce the Freedom of Information
Act was passed , information has continued to
leak out of Washington, D.C., circles concerning the c rash 80 mi lcs outside of Ros we II,
New Mexico, in 1947 of a so-called " fl ying
sa ucer." Supposedl y one "alien,' three feet
tall with an I.Q. of 200 and an earth li fe
expecta ncy of 375 years survived and has
been li ving near the Nevada test site with two
others brou ght in on an e xcha nge basis.
Now there have been recent reports by Las
Vegas news stations o f strange sightings once
again. The ' fl ying saucers'' reported over the
years could be stages in the e volution of the
A URORA aircraft, whose vapor trai ls have
been seen in the vicinity of Groom Lake,
Nevada; Aclanta, Georgia: and over northe rn
Scotl and. One monitor reported hearing a
tra nsmission o f an unidentified and unseen
aircraft in the Groom Lake area requesting a
fli ght level of 680. That s 68,000 feet- higher
than anything flies , that I know of!
If we, or " they." have anything fl ying out
there, they still have to communicate. Follow
the listed freque ncies in Table l and then
branch out in your tuning. Let us know what
you hear.

Federal Level Security?

Back to earth. a reader who wishes to
remain anonymous se nt in the following:
D uring the World Cup Games in Chicago.
the Chicago Po lice Department officers ass igned to the de tail inside Soldier Field used
6 channe l VHF Motorola HT600 radiosNot 100 inte resting by itself, but these fre quencies had " DOD SPECIAL EVENTS"
property decals on the bac k of the radios. The
following confirmed freq uency lineup is:

Ch. 1-148.925
Ch. 2- 139.275
Ch. 3-141.100
Ch. 4- 142.375

Ch. 5-148.775
Ch. 6-140.325

Agency of the Month:

United States Attorney

A ll of the c hannels were s implex. Some

radios had well- worn decals from a previous
event, be lieved to have been in Buffalo, New
York. The frequenc y of 140.200 was designated as the " JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER'' net.
With the upcoming 1996 Olympics in
Atlanta looming on the horizon, look for
more of these Department of Defense frequencies to be in use at the Ol ympics.

Channel
01

The U.S. Attorney is the prosecutor for the

federal government in all federal cases, both
civ il and criminal. Anywhere there is a federal
court house, there will be an office of the U.S .
Attorney. Their radio system is coming online nationwide. The freq uency layout is as
follows:

Frequency
416.1750
415.8500

Use
RPTR OUT
CONTROL/
MOBILE INPUT
OPERATIONS
02
SIMPLEX
416.1750
03
TACTICAL
410.8500
04
410.0750
TACTICAL
A ll the above use a pri vate line tone of 156. 7
Hz.

Well, that's it for this month. 73's-Jolm WA4VPY

Bureau of Land Management .

'

This has been one of the most deadly

summers in recorded history fo r the men and
women of the Bureau of Land Management.
Thi s agency. a division of the Department of
the Interior, is responsible for the total management of approx imately 270 million acres
of public lands and its resources, both above
and below ground.
Some of the men and women of the Bureau of Land Management are assigned to the
fire-fi ghting division. These are the smokejumpers and s moke-caters who risk their
li ves to extinguish the forest fires in our
national forests. This year over a dozen of
these firefighters were killed when they were
caught inside of a fi restorm.
The Boise lnteragency Fire Center is
jointly managed by the U.S. Forest Se rvice
and the Bureau of Land M anagement. The
most common radio frequ encies used are
listed in Table 2.
Following is a li st of frequen c ies that have
bee n active during the recent rash of forest
and w ildfires in Arizona. sent in to us by John
M oran of Tempe.

TABLE 2
Boise lnteragency Fire Center
CH.

Cl
Cl
C2
C2
C3
C3
C4
C4
C5
C5

Incident Command System

CHAN

or02
03

Phoenix Sky Harbor Frequencies:

ATIS--121.200
Clearance-118.100/269.200
Ground-121.900/121.850
Tower-R 8L/26R 118.700/385.400
Tower-R 8R/26L 120.900/254.300
Departure North/East Bound-119.200/
379.800
Departure West/South Bound-124. l 00/
269.600
Approach (Final)-126.600/393. 100
Approach Northwest-] 28. 650
Approach South-126.800/256. 900
Approach-120.700/239.00
Approach-123.700/363.00

Albuquerque Center:
124.50 NE
125.40 SE
125.25 SW

135.15 SW
128.45 NW
132.90 NE

USE
FREQUENCY LMODE
COMtMNDNET 168.7000 SIMPLEX
COMMAND NET 168.7000 RPTROUT
170.9750 CONT/MOB
COMMAND NET 168.1000 - RPTR OUT
170.4500 CONT/MOB
COMMAND NET 168.1000 SIMPLEX
COMMAND NET 168.0750 RPTR OUT
170.4250 CONT/ MOB
COMMAND NET 168.0750 SIMPLEX
COMMAND NET 169.8750 RPTR OUT
172.2500 CONT/MOB
COMMAND NET 169.8750 SIMPLEX
COMMAND NET 169.1 750 RPTROUT
171.5000 CONT/MOB
COMMAND NET 169.1750 SIMPLEX

04

FREQ.
411.8750
417.3000
411 .8500
417.3500
411.8750
417.5000
411.9250
417.8000

USE
CONT/MOB
RPTROUT
CONT/ MOB
RPTR OUT
CONT/MOB
RPTR OUT
CONT/ MOB
RPTROUT

Division of Fire, Aviation and Safety

CHAN

or02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10

FREQ.
170.0500
166.7250
166.7750
168.2500
168.4000
166.6125
169.7500
168.5500
167.9500
167.1000
168.4750

USE
CONT/MOB
RPTROUT
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX

Nationwide Disaster System

CHAN

or02

FREQ.
49.910
49.810
49.810

USE
CONT/MOB
RPTROUT
SIMPLEX

Division of Law Enforcement

CHAN

or02
03
04
05
06
07

FREQ.
167.0000
166.9750
166.3750
167.0750
166.4875
166.3750
166.4875
166.6750
166.2625

USE
SIMPLEX
CONT/MOB
RPTROUT
CONT/MOB
RPTR OUT
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX

Logistics Operations
CHAN

or02
03
04
05

FREQ.
41.270
41.550
49.610
46.630
49.770
46.810
49.910
46.990

USE
SIMPLEX
SIMPLEX
RPTR OUT
CONT/MOB
RPTROUT
CONT/MOB
RPTR OUT
CONT/MOB

Air Operations Channels

USE
AIR CONTACT
AIR TACTICS l
AIR TACTICS 2
AIR TACTICS 3
AIR TO GROUND
AIR SAFETY
COMMON

FREQUENCY
168.5500
166.6750
169.1500
169.2000
167.9500
172.6000

NOTE: All frequencies in MHz.

Cont.-Control station
Mob.-Mobile station or handheld transmit
Rptr. oul--Repeater out

November 1994

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83

HIGH SEAS
EMBARKING ON MARITIME LISTENING

'

James R. Ha

Missing at Sea

n June 19 six persons left Basseterre,

St. Kitts. for a morni ng of fishi ng.
O ne of them was the St. Kitts ambassador to the Organization of A merican States.
The si x le ft in a 25 foot cuddy cabin, offshore
day cruiser. T hey have not bee n seen since.
No trace o f that vessel has ever surfaced- no
debri s, no oil s lic k, nothing .
O ur column this month fo llows the reasoning process and the in formation that go
into a maritime search and rescue e ffort,
w hich is very much like searching fo r a
needle in a haystack . If you' ll fo llow the
story to the e nd, there may be a role in thi s for
radio monitors, too.
T he Maxi II carries two 150 horsepower
outboard motors , and has a 125 gallon fue l
capac ity. She is 24 feet eight inches long
with a maxim um beam of eight fee l. For a
morning's fi shing she is more than adequate
and she is we ll suited fo r coastal trips. G ive n
this information. one of the fi rst th ings one
would want lo consider is, what is the total
range of the boat? How fa r could it trave l
under power?
Marine engines generally cons ume approximately 0. 1 ga llon per hour per horse
power. In the case of the Ma.xi II this would
mean approximately 15 ga llons per ho ur for
each engine. Running w ith both e ngines, her
fue l supply would last approximately 4 hours
and 10 minutes. If one assumes that the
vessel makes 20 knots, then her range wo uld
be approx imately 83 nautical miles.
At this junc ture, one must begin to model
several scenarios based upon differe nt assumptions. If her engines fu nc tioned . how
far could she be expected to go? At what rate
the Maxi fl would drift if without power, and
in w hi c h direction? Wi thout knowing j ust
how long the engines fu nct ioned, and prec isely where the Maxi began to drift, one
must do some guess ing .
F irst let's tackle the w ind. Accordi ng to
the Pilot Chart for the North Atlantic , during
more than e ighty perce nt o f the the mo nth of
June , the w ind blow s fro m the east or southeast at force 4. T his would cause the vessel to
drift to the west or northwest at a rate of
approximately one and a half knots or less.
The situation in Jul y favours winds at force
4 fro m the east or northeast well over eighty
pe rcent of the time. In e ither month the wind

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November 1994

can be expected from the east sixty lo seventy

pe rcent of the time.
A second force w hich can ac t upon the
vessel are the ocean c urrents. The currents set
slightly north of westerly at a rate of0.7 knots.
In July the c urrents set in the same genera l
direc tion, but at 0 .5 knots in the northern
Lesser Antilles, a nd at 0.8 knots in the southern part of the Lesser Antilles.

Plotting a Course
Now we are ready to ask the questio n:
where is the Maxi II? O ne has to assume that
whatever happened to the vessel, her engines
became disabled. If this were not the case she
should have been able to ge t to some safe
harbour. If hereng ines were sound but she lost
her steering gear, the vessel could still be
successfully steered by inde pendently varying the speed of each engine. Thi s is a common
practice o n tw in screw (propeller) vessel s
w hic h have lost the ability to steer.
From what point could she have started to
drift? Good seamanship dictates that you lea ve
a sa fety margin in case of proble ms. Usually
o ne figures on one third of the fu e l out, one
third bac k. and one thi rd in reserve . Thi s
would mean that the vessel could be up to
about 28 miles fro m Basseterre. W hen she left
Bassete1Te. the ocean c urrent would reduce
her westerly trave l by up to a mile and add a
mile lo he r easterl y trave l over the course of
her hour a nd twenty min ute or so outward trip.
Thi s assumes she trave ls at a cru ising speed of
twenty knots. If she trave lled at a lesser rate of

speed, she would be further

aided or impeded by the current, but her distance through
the water would be inc reased
by a sma ll amou nt.
Th is puts a poss ible starting point anywhere from
twenty seven miles west to
twe nty nine miles east of St.
Kitts, and roughl y twenty
e ight miles north or south of
the island. The w ind would
not be a maj or factor, except
lo increase fuel consumption.
Nonethe less, this adds up to
over 400 square m iles of
ocean.
Had the vesse l gone to the west of the
island and e ncountered diffi c ulty, she would
likely have drifted bac k toward the island
w ith the w ind and current. If she were to mi ss
the is land, she would the n carry in the same
manner as though she had sta rted from eithe r
the north or south side of the island.

Unpowered and Adrift

Now let's look at w here she might drift.
For the sake of discussion we ' ll assume that
the vesse l encountered difficulty e ither twenty
miles north or south of St. Kitts . We w ill also
assume that she e ncountered her problem at
IO:OO AM on June 19th.
By midnight she would have drift ed about
thirty miles in a direc tion slightly north of
west. At this point Maxi II would be c lear of
land and nowhere nearany shipping lanes. By
midnight of the 2 1st, she would have drifted
another 104 mi les. At th is point the vesse l
would li ke ly lie somewhere to the southeast
of Puerto Rico and a lso the shi pping lanes
be tween the Panama Canal and Gibraltar. By
midnight o f the 22nd, she might have been
j ust east of Puerto Rico and driftin g either
north or south of that is land depend ing on
from whe nce she started .
Around Puerto Rjco the current slows down
to half a knot north of the island and 0.6 knots
south of the island. On the northerly route her
drift would be about 48 miles and to the south
it would be 50 mi les in a westerly direc tion.
It is at thi s point that the argument for a
dri ft along the northerly track begins to ap-

pear unlikely. By the end of July this course

wou ld have either brought the Maxi II ashore
intact or she should have been found on the
northern shores of Puerto Rico or Hispaniola.
The island of Hispaniola is the home to both
the Dominican Republic and Haiti. A drifting
vessel would be likely to be found by the
innumerable naval vessels e nforcing the trade
embargo on Haiti, especiall y if that vessel
were on the northern s ide of the island.
It seems much more likely that Maxi II, if
no trace has yet been found. wou ld be on a
more southerly track. By midni ght of June
26th, she likely crossed the shipping lane
which runs from the Panama Canal, passes
between Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, and heads
toward the Eng li sh Channel. By the 29th, s he
could have been in the vicinity of the shipping
lane which goes between Jamaica and the

TABLE 1: Caribbean Maritime Stations

Slallon N~mu

.c.aum

Bridgetowr, Radio
(Barbados)

8PO

Fort de France Radio

(Martinique)
Havana Radio (Cuba)

FFP
CLA

Havana Radio (Cuba)

CLT

Kingston Radio

6YI

Loize Radio
(Puerto Rico)
Port au Prince Radio
(Haiti)
St. Thom2s Radio
(U.S. Viigin Islands)

WCT

.cw

Sfill

6379.5 kHz
8449.3
12709
16947.6

2182 kHz
2582
2723
4375
8764
8791
13113
17359
2545

4225
4235
6337
6454
8496
8573
8690
12763.5
12748
12792
13062
16961
17165.6
22610.5
22649

4357
4408
8743
8750
13158
17317
17323
22750

3535
6470.5
8465
13065
16947.6

2182
2198
2447.5
2582
2694
2760
2182
2587
2590
3535
4369
4402
6513
8752
13146

2530

2738
WAH

2182
2506
2585
4357
6510
6513
8728
8743
13077
13080
17245
17248
22762

San Juan Radio

(Puerto Rico)
Santo Domingo Pilo1 Radio
(Dominican Republic)

NMR

11201

HIA

Willemstad Radio
(Netherlands Antilles)

PJC

2638
2738
8642
2550
4370
6510
8725
13095
17260

4334
6491.5
8694
13042.5
17170.4

Cape of Good Hope, south of the Domin ican

Republic.
By the beginni ng of August, the wind wi ll
usually be blowing from either the east or
northeast at force 4. This would tend to carry
the Maxi II on a more southerly track. As the
vessel drifted toward Jamaica he r track cou Id
take many turns. depending on exactly where
she was. She could, in fact, have been drifting
much more s lowly than I have estimated here
if the wind was less. In fact, the weather thi s
summer has not been severe and Maxi !f's
drift could have been much s lower.

Looking for Clues

So what does this have to do with radio?

Maxi II carri ed only a ha nd held VHF radio.

This attests to the use to whi ch the owners pu t
her-short trips not fa r from shore. Its
range would be limited and the batteries
wou ld have a short life. They would
therefore use it sparing ly, unless there
was a method of using the vessel s power
supply-something which is unusual
for maritime VHF hand held radios.
In mid August a weak distress signa l
was in fact heard on VHF near Honduras. It is conceivable that the sender of
that s ignal could have been someone
aboard Max.i II. The signal was quite
weak and came from a vesse l which had
been drifting in the Caribbean for several weeks. However, as this column is
being wri tten no further word has been
heard, nor any wreckage found.
Since they would be better able to
see a passing ship than vice versa, it is
likely that this is the use to which the
radio wou ld be put. Unless the Vt'sscl
drifts within a reasonable distance of the
shore, it is unlikely that a blind distress
call would be made for fear of running
down the batteries .
Obviously, from North America. one
can ' t expect to hear calls on VHF channel s; however, there is traffic on HF and
MF when searches are being conducted.
Man y vessels carry MF and HF equipme nt, and will be in communication
with s hore stations directing the search.
These can provide interesting listening.
Among the Caribbean stations worth
monitoring are those listed in Table I.
While I ha ve listed Port au Prince Radio, it is unknown whether or not the
station is operational. Recent reports
indicate the building still exists; however, there is no known operator.
Other maritime stations abound , especiall y in South and Central America

(Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica,

Nicaragua, Honduras etc.) but I did not list
them, because of their heav ier load of routine
and emergency traffic.
Why is it worth ment ioning the Maxi II,
beyond the opportunity it gave us for an
academic exercise? It is stil l possible that
someone listening to maritime traffic may
learn something of the vessel indirectly. A
reference could be made during a telephone
call or during a conversati on between two
captains. Even something heard by a monitor
may be of use; much can be deduced by
pieci ng together bits of information. lf nothing else, the experience can also show us
what can happen from a simple morn ing
cruise.
The in itial search was called off after four
days by the French offi cials in Martinique
and also by the Americans; however, a second search was started in Honduras in mid
August. The currents in the Caribbean are
such that the boat cou ld have gotten near
shore and then have been carried out by the
next curre nt, or tide.
Those aboard are well ab le to take care of
themselves and are good seamen. Even three
months later there is stil l hope forthe survival
of the crew of the Maxi II. One of the c rew,
ironically, had just fin ished reading Steven
Callahan 's Adrift, wh ich tells of the e ighty
day "adventure" Callahan had while drifting
about the ocean in a life raft. 1 hope I can offer
an equally happy ending to this story.
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your endeavour during 1995.

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SATELLITE TV
Ken Reitz, KC4GQA

ADVENTURES IN THE CLARKE BELT

The 500 Channel Myth

ave you eve r been to an antique auction and found yourse lf caught up in
the fre nzied bidding? The urgency of
the auctioneer's voice and the c le nched-jaw
de termination of the othe r bidde rs may force
you to react in a way that you ordinarily
wouldn't. Before you know it. you' vej ust bid
$500 for a manure spreade r a nd you don ' t
even own a trac tor!
Somewhe re- and researchers are looking
around Marshall McLuhan s grave forcluesthc press annoum:cd that the fu ture for television would inc lude 500 channels. With that
little, and totally pointless, fac toid crowding
the ir already limited minds, public relations
ex perts fo r every te lev ision re lated company
went to work. Before anyone could get a
ratio nal answer to the question, " Just what are
we going to sec on all these channel s?" the
televi sion industry started the bidd ing war.
The Tele phone Conglomerates. always
eager to find a new way into your c heckbook,
announced tha t through an intricate network
of fi ber optic cables (whic h had not been la id)
500 c hanne l dc livery and a di a l tone would be
at your doorste p in a few short years. The
Cable Cong lomerates, feari ng thei r worst
nightmare (that they would fa ll out o f your
c heckbook). announced that, with the he lp of
syste m fin e-tuning and dig ita l compression.
your 500 channels could be just a year a way.
The n came the S ate lli te Conglomerates (some
of whom were al so Te le phone and Cable
Conglomerates), a nnounc ing that the game
was over: we ' ve got compression , I 50c hanne ls and we' re here now, so, PAY UP!"

Real State of the Art

Forget the publicity promises and the sales
pitc hes. What' s really out the re and what' s
really happening? There are basically fi ve
ways to enjoy television. First is the o ld
fashioned over-the-ai r method in which one
buys a T V set. a ttaches some form of outs ide
ante nna, and becomes entertained/in fo m]ed/
nau seated (depe nding on o ne'sex pectations) .
Thi s me thod is by far the c heapest, with a
complete system (a used T V set and the
dinkiest a nte nna Radio S hack sells) for under
$ I 00. Number o f c ha nne ls receivable will
vary between one very snowy. unwatc hable
pic ture to more than twenty if you li ve in a
metropolita n area. Mo nthly fee : zero.

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bodies mainta ins that Direct

Broadcast Sate ll ites can ope rate
only on the highe r e nd of the Ku
band using c irc ular polarization.
Primestar works out o f the
traditional ITU region 2 Ku band
(on Satcom KI . 85 degrees West)
w ith its horizontal and vertical
polari zations. Kl 's 45 watt pe r
transponder output was big stuff
back in 1985 when it launched.
but pa les compared to DB S l' s
120 watts. T his difference in
output has required Primestar to
market its system with three foot
DBS is all the hype in department stores these days.
diamete
r dishes compared with
Is it worth it? (Photo by B. W. Battin)
DirecT V and US SB's 18 inch
a ntenna-a big diffe rence to an industry obThi s method frees up untold disposable
sessed with dish size.
inco me for more intriguing and far more
Until j ust recently Primestar programm ing
costly hobbies such as SWL/scanning/amawas transmitted with an e ncrypted analog
teur radio or horse rac ing.
signal. Now they use General Instrument 's
Digiciphcr syste m which features 5: I video
The Cable Option
compression. By the time you read this
Next is the genuine. old-time. d inosaurPrimestar will offer 77 channels w ith pric ing
breath , cable T V. He re, depending o n the
sta rti ng at $30 a nd up.
decrepit condition o f your loca l system, anyUSS B, corporate grandchild of broadcastwhe re from I 0 to 150 chan ne ls of something
ing tycoon Stanley Hubbard, offers the fewcan be delivered. (Even ifth at some thing .. is
est services of the DBS crowd. Using the
j ust a billboard announc ing that something
sa me sate llite as com pet itor Di recT V.
really inte resting is on the next c hannel).
Hubbard hopes to eventua lly weigh in at the
More soph istica ted systems offer pay-pe rsa me cl ass as Primes ta r a nd D irecTV.
view movies and a modest line-up of audio
DirecT V made a big sp lash earlie r thi s year
services. most o f whic h are avail able to anywith its big ad campaign for its li ttle dish.
one w ith a decent FM receiver. M onthly fee:
$ 15-$75 depending on the severity of your
DBS Up Close and Personal
PPV habit. Big drawback: fee incre ases ap1 had the opportunit y at the end of August
pear to be linked to your income taxes. i.e.
to view the DirecT V system in operation at
always ri sing.
our local Sears store. Here the fr iend ly salesma n was enthusiastic about this new age of
The DBS Option
satel lite T V. A little too e nthusiastic I thoug ht.
Next is DBS. He re's w here the fe ver pitc h
'"You' ll want to get rid o f the big eyesore d ish
gets c ranked up. There are basically three
you 've got now and get in on this!"
players. To be sure. the re are twice that numMy wife asked how many c hannels it
be r who are trying to get in on the scheme and
received. 'Oh, 150!.. he exclaimed. "Well.
arc making even more noise and promi ses,
actually." I said, pointi ng to the display sign.
but fo r now the re are onl y three actual ly up
only these services arc o ffe red at this ti me."
and running companies: DirecT V, USSB,
'"Yeah, but, you'll have 150 soon!" he inand Primestar.
sisted.
Primestar launc hed first, several years
W hile watc hing a movie on the system I
ago and is technically not a true DBS broadnoticed the screen would appear to freeze for
caste r. T his is because the inte rn ati onal gova second as if it were somehow stuck. " Why
e rning body which governs these sorts of

'

is it doing that?" I asked. " I didn ' t see a nything." the friendly salesman answered. As
for the picture itse lf, it was about as good as
something you might tape off the air for
view ing late r. The images were not c ris p, a nd
the detai l we' re used to on our big eyesore
di sh was lacking. If your cable syste m ga ve
you pictu res thi s dull you'd probably call
the m up to complain.
Why is e veryone clamoring to get these
systems? This is where the auctioneer comes
in . 1 call it Cabbage Patc h Doll Syndrome
(C PDS). Re me mber w hen the re were actua l
riots at toy stores as hyste rica l adults fou ght
each other over 20 stuffed dolls? Right now
DBS is the same. Egged on by public relations expe rts, the med ia is eagerl y offering
glowing reports on this new technology and,
by my read ing, very little c rit icism.
Consumers , who hear that unit production
has been c hoked o ff, line up for the limited
qua ntities and hope they are n't le ft out in the
techno-cold. The DirecT V system sells for
$700 plus $200 installation, plus $30 and up
per month for services which are identical to
local cable systems.

The MMDS Option

Multi-c hanne l Multi -poi nt Distributi on
Service (MMDS)-sometimes called wireless cable -is an olde r and fading method of
de li vering television signals. Due to its limited transmitting capabilities it' s doubtful that
it will ever enter the 150 plus channe l race.
But that was never its ni che. MMDS serves
less popul ated rural a reas whi ch would have
waited forever for cable service. There a re
r0ughly one te nth the numbe r o f MMDS
syste ms as cable-TV systems in th is country.
Installatio n costs arc typicall y $200 with
monthly fees comparable to cable fees in the
area for virtually identi cal fare .

The TYRO Option

Finally. there' s the TY RO , comm only
cal led "sate ll ite TV ," option. A nyone readi ng
this column for the last six years knows that
this is the fa vored of the fi ve. But, even so, it's
not for everyone. First, the cost factor is
prohibiti ve for many people. Local deale rs
I' ve talked with indicate that for every I0
hou seholds who inquire about a TYRO install ati on and require fin a nci ng, only one
meets with bank approval.
Secondl y . there is the o ld stumbling block
of dish size. C ity dwelle rs, many s uburbanites. and those in quaint little hi storic towns
find it too hard to fight c ity ha ll fo r the right
to watch TY. And, too, ma ny people are j ust
inte rested in ente rtainme nt. They could care
less about SCPC. data. subcarriers, wild news,

sports fe eds, and a ll the othe r things that

make this a fascin ating hobby for some o f
us .

Where are the Other 350 Channels?

I knew you' d be coun ting. Yes, it' s true:
Cable, DBS, MMDS, a nd over-the-air T V
haven't got it. Fact is, none of these a re even
close to a 500 c hanne l un iverse. But here,
w ith a backyard di sh w ith C and Ku band I
ha ve access to over 500 chan nel s of video,
audio, or data exclusive of digitally transmitted services .
G ranted . only about 150 o r these channels are full time and many inc lude re ligious
channels of eve ry stripe, an absurd numbe r
of shoppi ng channe ls, and countless sports
and ne ws feeds for virtually every local TV
station and school. Still , what did you e xpect?
If you look at a sate llite T V programming
guide it's not long be fore you see striking
similarities: na me ly, that many of the channels a re running the same programs. In a true
500 c hanne l uni verse at 24 hours per day.
the re wou ld be a need for 12,000 hours o f
programming. That's the equi valent of fifteen months of one netwo rk 's daily programming. And that's just one day !
Point is, that it is not likely to get any
better than it is rig ht now. Sure. there' ll be a
lot of packaging and re-pac kaging o f the
same stuff we've been seeing since the early
I 950 's. But w ith a TY RO syste m you call
the shots, pic k the programming, choose
what you' ll liste n to a nd when- and what's
mo re, you ' ll pay less in the long run ! So.
w hat a re you waiting fo r? Instead of paying
$900 for a limited value DBS system with
poor video and aud io, fo r the same money
you can get yourself a real sate llite T Y
system and see what everyone else is missing !

year will see anothe r wave o f older satellites

running out of gas . Long te rm tran sponder
space is said to be at a pre mium.
Even though Anik E2 has been restored it' s
still not at 100 per cent. Past c ustome rs are
hanging onto the ir replaceme nt transponders in
case Anik E2 fa ils again.
In the "New Channe ls We Can 't Li ve
Witho ut De pt.": A string of Supersta tions are
coming on line inc luding WFLD-TY (Chicago), KOMO-TV (Seattle). KPIX-TV (San
Francisco), and K NBC-TY (Los Angeles).
Other channe ls of note: BET JAZZ, Galaxy 7/
2 1 (from the fo lks who give us Black Entertainment Television (BET): The Talk Channe l,
unknown location; Home & Garden T elev is ion. G 1120; CNN International, Galaxy 11 15:
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a re C band with ASC havin g some Ku inhabitants.
There is quite a scramble to get ne w
locations for the services they carried , but a
few things are ha mpering progress. First.
the de mise of A nik E2. the n the delay of
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BELOW soo KHZ

DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin Care, WB2QMY

How Low Will It Go?

new ly authorized or on the air:

electi ng a ne w receiver can be a c hallenging task. T here are so many mode ls

to c hoose from, each with an array of
sometimes confusing features. O nly a careful
study of the spec ifications, and some time
spent read ing re views will he lp you be sure of
your c hoice.
lflo ngwave coverage is one o f your criteria
for that ne w (or used) rig, this month's column
is meant for you ! I' ve compiled a list of many
receive rs from leading manufac ture rs wh ich
inc lude coverage below 530 kHz. (See Table
I.)
I' ve divided the table into two receiver
categories: Tab letops and Portables. T abletop
units wi ll of course have the greatest number
of features but are far more costly than portables. On the other hand, an inex pensive
portable may be pe rfectly s uitable for casual
liste ning to local beacons, or for chasing beacons when you ' re on the road. Be aware,
however, that some portables lac k a BFOsome thing that' s important fo r serious DXing.
My intent is not to rate the receivers on their
performance-that j ob is best left to the fo lks
who do that sort o f thing professionally . What
the table will do is show you whic h se ts
include longwave cove rage, and w hat the exte nt o f coverage is. As always. be sure to c heck
the fu ll spec ifi cat ions o f any radio you are
interested in.

More Shutdowns
It shouldn ' t come as a surprise, but the
Coast Guard has formall y anno unced its pl ans
to decommi ssion several more mari time beacons- this time in the 5th District (M id Atlantic Seacoast). The following stations arc scheduled to be shut down 110 later than December
3 1. 1994- bette r log 'em w hile you can:
FREQ
322 kHz
325 kHz
324 kHz
306 kHz
310 kHz
316 kHz
293 kHz
314 kHz
303 kHz
314 kHz

ID
"Bl"
"CM"
"WI"

"HI"
"SP"
"AC"
"OC"
"Ol"
"OA"

"CP"

LOCATION
Barnegat Inlet, NJ
Cope Moy, NJ
Wachapreague Inlet, VA
Hatteras Inlet, NC
Smith Paint, VA
Atlantic City, NJ
Ocean C i~, MD
Oregan In et, NC
Oak Island, NC
Cave Paint, MD

The re is a bright side to these shutdow ns.

With fewer beacons on the air, the band is

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TABLE l

FREQ
200
239
247
260
346
356
395
407

Sample Listing of Longwave

Receivers
Longwave
Freq. Cov.

Receiver
TABLETOP RECEIVERS
Watkins-Johnson HFlOOO
AOR 3030
Drake RS
JRC NRD-5350
Kenwood R-5000
Kenwood R-2000
ICOMR-7 1A
Lawe HF- 150
Lawe HF-225
Yaesu FRG-100

5530 kHz
50530 kHz
100530 kHz
90-530 kHz
100530 kHz
100530 kHz
100530 kHz
30-530 kHz
30 kHz-530 kHz
50-530 kHz

PORTABLES
Grundig Satellit 700
Grundig Yacht Boy 400
Songean ATS-803A
Songeon ATS-81 SCS
Songean ATS 808
Sany ICF-SW77
Sany ICF-SW7600
Sony ICF-SW55
Sony ICF-2010

150-353 kHz
144-353 kHz
150-530 kHz
150-530 kHz
150-530 kHz
150-530 kHz
150-530 kHz
150-530 kHz
150-530 kHz

opened fo r reception of more distant stations,

especially if any of the above happen to be
local "pests" to you. These types of c hanges
are one good reason to keep a close ear to the
band.

And Now the Good News

W hi le the
Coast G uard is
busy shutting
down beacons,
the F AA has
actually estab1is he d so m e
new o nes. Ken
S try ke r, Un identified Beacons Editor fo r
The Lowdown
re ports the fo ll ow in g U.S.
beaco n s a re

ID
AOC
BPW
VED
EPM
GHW
AQP

cwv
AKT

LOCATION
Arco, ID
Osceola, AR
Leesville, LA
Eastport, ME
Glenwood, MN
Appleton, MN
Claxton, GA
Appleton, WI

NA VTEX Revisited
Back in July, I described a s imple way to
decode NA VTEX teleprinter broadcasts on
5 18 kHz with a computer and an RTTY tenn inal unit. As a tugboat captain. Doug Robertson
(CA) is a regular user of NA VTEX a nd he's
c hecked in with some more inte resting facts
about the service and the commercial equipmen t used to receive it.
Doug says that the least ex pe nsive
NA VTEX rece iver he's seen costs around
$820 (List price $995). He adds that the only
real differe nce between one of those specialized units and the setup described here in MT,
is that the commercial system automates the
message gathering process.
For instance, the NA VTEX receiver decodes the trans mi ssion. whic h contains a S tation 1D, message content code, and a message
seria l number. The microprocessor within the
rece iver can be set to display only the messages relevant to the user, and only from the
desired stations. A lso, with the serial numbe r
embedded in the message, transmissions that
have already been received can be screened
out. In this way. the mar iner is not flooded
with messages that do not apply to hi m.
Doug reports having received NA YTEX as

TABLE 2
Selectec/ NA VTEX (51 8 kHz} Stations
Station
Identifier
Q
c
w
I

x
0

Location

Trans. Times (UTC)

Long Beach, CA
San Francisco, CA
Astoria, OR
Kodiak, AK
Adak, AK
Honolulu, HI
Guam

0045,0445,0845, 1245, 1645,2045

0000,0400,0800, 1200, 1600,20 00
0 130,0730, 1330, 1930
0300,0700, 1100, 1500, 1900,2300
0300,0700, 1100, 1500, 1900,2300
0040,0440,0840, 1240, 1640,2040
0 100,0500,0900, 1300, 1700

TABLE 3
Beacon Loggings
fug,

ID

194
216
241
245
257
280
289
293
307
322
323

TUK

3M

JA
CKK
l
BRA
HYX
ZBB
COG

364
36B
379
385
396
428

CLB
SFZ
YZE

FFF

cox
CB
MP
R
H
BSD

Location
Nantucket, MA
Wilmin~ton, NC
Smithfie d, RI
Gore Bay, ONT.
Plhmouth, MA
C othom, MA
Cape Henry, VA
Montauk Pt., NY
SnuG Harbor, ONT
Sea s Island, NS
Davids Head,
Bermuda
Jacksonville, FL
Miami, FL
Toronto, ONT
Asheville, NC
Saginaw, Ml
Bimini, Bahamas
Orange, VA

far away as 500 miles at ni ghttime. He furth er

improved his reception by installing a giantsize grounding plate to the underside of hi s
boat. The ground plate also helped improve

B~ Y0 N0

LORAN reception.
He included a recent update to the
NA VTEX schedule for the
West Coast, Alaska. Hawaii.
and Guam. T able 2 shows
the new schedule , along
with the IDs a nd locations
of the transmiuing stations.
This
m o nth 's
loggings are from A l
of
H e mm a lin
Middletown. RI. As a
newcomer to the low
band , A l says he
hasn't had this much
fu n in years! For receiving equipment,
he splits his time
between a Drake
R8 and a Yacsu
FRG 100, both of
whic h are connected to his antenna through a Grove Tuner. Power-line
noi se can be a problem at Al's location, so he
oriented his antenna at right angles to the
powerlines for minimum noise pickup. A

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the lowest freque ncy s ignals heard in the radio spectrum, and you can hear them if your
receiver will tune low enough.
Omega is a very long range navigation system operating on I 0.2, 11.33 and 13.6 kHz.
The system consists of e ight stations (designated A through H) which trans mit in
absolute phase, but on a time shared basis. O mega receivers compute the user's position
by analyzing the phase of the received s ignals and determining an accurate line of
position (LOP). Although an O mega receiver can work we ll with data from j ust a few
transmitting sites, the more sites that are received, the better the accuracy.
Global coverage is achieved using powerful I 0 kW transmitters that emit a short
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B

Location
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Liberia
Hawaii
North Dakota

Station

-E-

Location
Lo Reunion
Argentina
Australia
Japan

F
c
G
H
D
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If you'd like to know more about Omega, orother Coast Guard navaids. you may want
to check out the Coast G ua rd bu lletin board system (BBS) at (703) 3 13-59 10. Thi s is a
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a brief update o n Omega status. These broadcasts report propagation anomalies and
maintenance shutdowns for indi vidual stations.

Below is a nice QSLfrom beacon "JA "

in Jackso11ville, FL (344 kHz). Submitted
by Allen R enner
sampling from his
extensive log is presented in Table 3.
November is the
month that long-wave
DXing rea ll y kicks
into hi gh gear. Th e
noise is gone. signals
are stronger, and with
fewe r outside tasks to do,
there's more time for liste ning. Now is a great ti me
to rediscover the excitement of low band DXing.
As always. I ' d e nj oy
hearing from you. Let me
know w hat you' re hearing,
what equipment you use, a nd
feel free to ask any questions
you may have about the band.
You can reach me by writ ing to: Below 500
kH::., c/o MT, P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC
28902. Happy Thanksgiving 10 all.'

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ON THE HAM BANDS

Ike Kerschner, N31K

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Six Meters

have often mentioned in this co lumn that

six meters is a sparsely occupied band.
The majo r reason for this has been the
severe T V! that it can produce in fring e areas
of TV c hanne l 2.
The advent of cab le TV. however, has
large ly removed thi s obstacle, which has e ncouraged a lo t of hams to re-occupy our
lowest VHF band ... A very good thing. 1
mi g ht add, since lac k of occupation and losing frequenci es go hand in hand.

you plan to operate. T he un it provides switching for 12 frequencies (I o nly programmed six
at present in mine): however, it is possible to
leave one switch posi tion open and use it to
cx1emall y program additi o nal freq uenc ies into
it ( mo re o n this in a later co lumn).
T he unit uses the Rad io Shack 19-3 I 0
speakerrn ike. The Radio Shack uni t is okay,
but I do not like the sound of the audio fro m it,
and made a minor modificatio n to a llow me to
use a externa l speaker.

Advantages of Six FM

How's It Work?

Six meterFM acti vity is taking off in many

areas of the country as more fo lks find o ut
how much fun it is to be on six instead of two
meters. Unlike two meters, s ix provides lots
of opportunities for real DX (i.e., coast to
coast and overseas) us ing simpl e equipment
and antennas. In addition. the shadow e ffect
is not as troublesome on s ix as it is on the
higher freq ue ncies. and s implex operation in
hilly te rrain is muc h easier.
Listening on the six meter ca ll ing freq ue ncy (52. 525 MHz) brings more contacts
as the popularity of thi s band grows. It is often
surpri sing what o ne will he ar o n this frequency. For example, one eve ning a few
weeks ago l heard 11 states in a peri od offo ur
or fi ve hours of monitoring. The best DX was
Texas, about 1600 miles from this QTH 1
The increased acti vity is d ue in part to
severa l reasons, fi rst, as mentioned, the specter of TY i no lo nger hangs over us: second,
some manufacture rs, realiz ing the potential
of six, have started producing gear for thi s
band agai n.

The Ramsey FX-50

I have had a multi-band rig that covered
six fo r several years. a nd had occas io nall y
worked s ix FM. I wanted to buy someth ing
strictly fo r FM, but did not care to pay the
price mos t of the gear was going fo r. As a
consequence. when Ramsey E lectronics announced the ir FX-50 six me ter FM transceiver kit at a price of $ 149.00. I dec ided to
o btain o ne.
When the kit arri ved I was surpri sed at
severa l thin gs. First was the in struc tion
manu al, second, the qua lity of the parts and
the excellent pc board.

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November 1994

My completed FX-50 kit has six of

twelve possible channels programmed in
it (front right).
The man ua l is an educati on in itse lf. Unli ke the o ld Heath man uals. Ramsey takes you
through a course in FM transceivers as you
build. It thoroughly exp lai ns the fun ctio n and
operation of each stage of the rig. If you
understand basic electronics: thi s manual wi ll
g ive you a good working know ledge of how
VHF FM transce ivers function.
The kit can be completed successfu lly by
the first-time kit builder. provided he can do
a decent job o f solde ring and is wi lling to take
time to read and unde rstand each stage of
construction. If you are no t sure, then get
someone who has buil t a few ki ts to help you.
You will need a good solderi ng iron (25
wa tt s with a fin e tip) and a few basic tools. To
align the unit. a ll that is needed is a good
digital volt ohm me ter, a 5 watt 50 o hm
dum my load. and a VHF RF power meter o r
"rf voltmeter" (your vom can se rve as an rf
voltmeter by simpl y adding a d iode in series
with the posi tive lead).
A freq uency counter or accurate receiver
is a lso required. W hile no t everyone has a
frequency counter. it shou ld no t be difficu lt to
find a local ham who has o ne and is w illing to
lend a hand.
Whe n building the kit, I d id read the manua l
as the rig progressed from stage to stage .
Total time to bui ld the unit from open box to
operating rig was abouc 25 ho urs . If you arc
new to electronic constructio n, a llow double
this time . I found no problems bu ilding the
unit except fo r a wire that I broke acc idently.
Programmi ng the FX-50 re4uires you to
insta ll d iodes in a matrix for each freq uency

Power output from my particular unit reads

just a bit below five watts on a Bird wattmeter.
Audio output is 2 watts. which is more than
adequate.
I do not presently have a six meter vertical
antenna (verti cal po larization is required in
most areas for s ix meter FM). I do have a C ushC raft R-7, w hi ch "sort of' loaded up on six ,
although very inefficient ly.
The fi rst contact with theFX -50was throug h
a repeater about 70 miles away . T here is a two
meter repeater on the same tower and I could
no t open it with 25 watts to a Ringo Ranger!
That even ing several contacts were m ade
on 52 .525 simplex with loca ls. The re is a
52.525 remote base about 50 mi les from here
and most of the contacts were thro ug h th is
base with the othe r stations be ing o n either two
meters or 70 cm link.
The fo llow ing morni ng a station in Flo rida
was worked on si mpl ex followed by o ne in
Georgia and another in V irg in ia on a very
weak band opening. Later the same day I heard
several "3" callsigns in QSO and called them;
they were 300 miles away in the Pittsburg h
area of Pa. Several contacts fo llowed in Ohio
and Michigan. Just wait ' ti l I get a good antenna up !
Fort he $ 149.00 price tag this is one impressive littl e rig. I highly recommend this unit to
anyone wanting to get started in si x meter FM.
The FX-50 does not have a lot of be lls and
wh istles: however, it does have built in provision for connecti ng your T NC for packet operation.
I suggest purchasing the cabi net kit Ramsey
offers rather than roll ingyourown. The Ramsey
cab inet looks good and of course everything
fits into it perfectly. The cabinet wi ll add
another 29 dollars to the pri ce. But even at

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$ 180.00 the FX-50 is a bargain!

The FX-50 is available from RAMSEY
ELECTRONICS, 793 Canning Parkway,
Victor, New York 14564 or phone (7 16) 9244560. See ya on 52.525 !

WAS via Special Event

Some of the local gang started trying to
work all states (WAS) by working onl y special event stations. I especially like this idea
and have been working on the project myself.
Although many spec ial event stations are
advertised each month in the ham magazines,
it is a difficult task. The difficulty lies in the
fact that generally the special event stations
are active on Iyon weekends. and often are not
very loud.

Other problems include not g1vmg specific frequencies, but simpl y stating operation in the general class subbands. They should
give specific frequencies plus or minus fi ve
or 10 kHz. Other stations limit operation to
only one or two bands; wh ich effectively
reduces the area they cover. If you are running a special event station, by all means
operate all bands from 80 to I 0, on both SSB
and CW if possible.
Working special event stations is not only
fun, it is usually educational as most of the
stations provide infomrntion about the particular event they are celebrating.
That 's all for November. Speaking of celebrating-have a good Thanksgiving. 73 de
Ike, N31K

The Ramsey cabinet looks good and of

course everything fits into it perfectly.

:A. ward Winning Antenna

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Ham DX Tips
This is the time of year when excellent DX can show up o n the lower HF bands, so
don' t forget to check in on them as we enter the second month of the contest season.
AUSTRALIA VK5BC (H.F. Lloyd, Box 473, Berri , SA 5343, Australia) has been on
1830 kHz CW (w ith some LSB ) between I 030 and 1150 UTC. CONTESTS Starting
the month is the ARRL CW Sweepstakes starting on the 5th and ending on the 6th. Next
comes the Japan International DX contest the 1 Ith and 12th. The ARRL SS B
Sweepstakes take place on the 18th and 19th. Rounding out the month on the 25th and
26th is theCQ WW CW contest. Contest acti vity will take place on all HF bands, except
I0, 18, and 24 MHz. MT ATHOS RTIY DXers can now add this super rare DXCC
country to their logs by looking on or near 14083 kHz at 1145 UTC most days for
SY2ASP/A (Monk Apollo, Dochiarou Monastery GR-630 87, Mt Athas. Greece)
PARAGUAY ZP6CW (Doug Wooley, P.O. Box 73. Caapcupe. Paraguay) plans to be
active in the 75 meter LSB "DX Window" (3790 to 3800 kHz) most evenings over the
next few weeks. PHILIPPINES Active here for the next 11 mo111hs will be DU7/
SMOCNS (Thomas Bevenheim, Ronda, Ccuba 6034, Philippines). As he is on a semi rare JOTA island he is expecting to be active on the IOTA frequencies on 14260, 2 1260.
and 28460 kHz often around 11 00- 1300 UTC. ST KITTS A DXped ition, making thi s
country not only more acti ve on HF SSB, but on six meters as well , wi ll occur between
the 19th and the 25th. WB8GEW (Adrian P. Fallert, 27 Verlynn Ave., Hamilton, OH
45013) will be active as V47NF 160 to JO meters SSB, whi le WZ8D (John Walker,
1930 Meredith Dr, Loveland, OH 45 140), a noted VHF/UHF SSB/CW DX er, will set
up a beacon on 50055.5 kHz using the callsign V457WZ. John will be acti ve as well
on six meters using that same callsign. Check around the ''international callin g"
frequency of 50 110 kHz if you hearthe beacon. TA.JIKSTAN There are two chances
fo r RTIY DXers to land thi s country. First, EY8WW is on or near 14080 kHz at 0200
UTC daily. Near 0500 UTC you can capture EY8MM operating on 14083 kHz. QSL
both to their QS L manager: DL8WN Michael Kaiser, Rosenga11en Str I3A, D-55596,
Waldboeckelheim, Germany. TURKMENISTAN EZ5AA offers this difficu lt catch
on 7005 kHz CW daily starting around 0 I 00 UTC. QSL requests should be forwarded
to his QSL manager: W5BWA, Huie A Miler, 58 12 Hiawatha Dr., Alexandria, LA
70452. UGANDA 5X IF can be found operating SSB arou nd 14 185 daily between
2300 and 0 I00 UTC. His QSLing chores are handled by WO I DQC, Peter Munroe, 4 1
Cherlyn. Holliston, MA 01 746.
Hope you have an excellent Thanksgiving Day. and of course don' t fo rget the
veterans on Nov 11 (Remembrance Day in Canada). 73 de Rob

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91

OUTER LIMITS
THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED

George Zeller

Puerto Rican Anti-Castro Clandestine Busted

~ FREEDOM ~

ccording to a San Juan Star article

should have a good shot at this one as
by Marty Gerard Delfin. Frenta
~
long as the Haitian political situation is
Nacional Cubano was busted by
a::a:o~T
tense.
the FCC on July 27. This anti-Castro
~A.VE
clandestine station was operating on 7020
Taiwan Pirate Confrontation
kHz wilh several kilowatts from HaciMany semi-commercial pirates have
enda Las Carolinas, a cattle ranch near
been operating openly for some time in
Salinas. Puerto Rico.
the Republic of China. However, 14
The FCC acted after it received comprominent pirates were raided by Taiplaints about the clandestine from the
wan police on July 28. Hundreds of taxi
Cuban government. Interestingly, the bust
dri vers, whoareamongthepirates' most
coincided with an announcement by Presivisible supporters, took to the streets in
dent Cl inton that the United States was
protest.
increasi ng the volume of its Radio Marti
The taxi dri ver demonstrations led
broadcasts to Cuba.
to violence, which is highly unusual in
The Postal Service mangles a Freedom 40 QSL
The Star reported that the transmitter
Taiwan. Most of the pirates support opwas located on property ow ned by
position groups such as the Democratic
Hundt's restructuring, saying, " If it ain ' t
Domingo Sadurni Sr., a Cuban exile who is
Progressive Party, which al leges the currently
broke. don' t break it." Baker defended her
known in Puerto Rico as an influential ''millicensed stations are a government monopol y.
lionaire-developer." Sadurni is a me mber of credentials, pointing out that "I was picked
The ruling Kuomintang has responded by
the board of the conservati ve Cuban American
for my management skill s, not for being a
promising expanded broadcasting licenses.
lawyer or an engineer." She told Crains that
National Foundation. The powerful CANF,
Many of the banned pirates returned to the
"We
see
this
more
as
a
management
job."
headed by Jorge Mas Canosa, also operates the
air after the large street demonstrati ons in
Pirate DXers have a strong interest in th is
anti-Castro quasi-clandestine La Voz de la
their favor. A reward has been posted for the
personnel switch. Smith has officially been
Fundacion.
apprehension of two men who stabbed the
responsible for all of the pirate station busts
Interestingly, the FCC did not seize the
Government Information Office official who
in the United States for the last 13 years. So
station's transmitter. although the Siar reports
was responsible fo r the pirate raids. We Lhank
far it is unclear if Baker will institute any
that the FCC has not ruled out a "heft y fine."
several MT readers who sent in various press
The newspaper quotes an anonymous Cuban
changes to the FCC' s enforcement practices
accounts of the events, includi ng Michael
toward unlicensed broadcasters.
national, who speculated that either Sadurni set
Csontos, Patrick Crumhorn. Scott Edwards.
up the station because he disagrees with some
and Marylin Jaco.
CANF poLicies, orthat ''the stati on is a front for
Radio Democracy
the CIA." FCC field office engineer Jeff Young
The September issue of MT contained
Strange French Pirates
said that the FCC decides whetherto confiscate
Jim Pogue's excellent, timely article about
equipment on the basis of the "type of interferMany MT readers have noticed a surpristhe United States' airborne Radio Democence it caused."
ingly regular schedule of French language
racy clandestine. The airborne clandestine
pirate transm issions on 69 12 kH z. The fretransmits from Air Force EC- I30E aircraft
New FCC Bureau Chief
que
ncy supports a very unusual chit-chat net
near Hai tian airspace on I035 kHz.
that may be coming fro m fishern1e n or perFew people heard the station at first, but
According to Crain 's Cle 1e/a11d Business.
sons in the transportation industry. But, one of
better signal reports are now pouring in.
FCC Chairman Reed Hundt has restructured
the net members is a pirate at heart, playing
One of the first was noted by Dave Valko of
the agency by naming new personnel to head
singing French folk runes on the air.
and
most of the organization s six bureaus. As part
Dun lo. PA. in Fine Tuning issue 11748. Since
I first noted the station on August 29 while
then, MT readers Mike Hardester of Jackof the reorganization, longtime Chief of the
listening to the reactivated Europirate Radio
sonvi lle, NC. and Rob Keeney of Overl and
Field Operations Bureau Dick Smith has been
Dublin on 69 10.6 kHz, but it appears that this
Park, KS , both sent in clear logs of the
replaced by Beverly Baker. Four of the FCC's
station
is often active on a daily basis. Yolanda
bureaus are now headed by women.
station. Programming appears to consist
Lewis of Elgin, IL. Rob Keeney. and many
Baker, formerly an FCC attorney. is the first
mainly of announcements to listeners in
others have been logging it. Yolanda says
what seems to be Creole.
Field Operations Bureau Chief who is not a
some of the conversations are not French, but
professional engineer. Smith, who had been
I have checked for the station on an
the second language has not yet been identialmost da ily basis. I regularly hear a heterochief since 1981. has been reassigned to be the
fied. No ID for this one so far, but it makes
dy ne on I035 kHz, but audio on ly appears
head of the FCC's Office of Engineering and
interesting listening. Signals have been good
Technology.
occasionall y in northern Ohi o under good
throughout much of North America.
conditions. Southern and East Coast DXers
FCC Commissioner Jim Quella criticized

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November 1994

QSL Controversy
A slight hubbub erupted during the late
summer ove r the QSL policies of pirate sla-.
tions. Pirates have hi storically been ve ry good
veri fiers in response lo receptio n reports from
listeners. Most of the m still welcome le tters
from liste ners. But. both e nds of the QS L
process were briefl y strained by developments
at Freedom 40 and Spam Radio. Both stations have been logged in recent issues of MT.
The Freedom 40 ope rator announced al
first that he would onl y verify re ports accompanied by xerox copies of five QSL' s from
stations operating during the mass ive 'S hortwave Liberation" pirate transmi ssion outburst
(covered last month). But. in an interview with
MT, Freedom 40 said that it was only trying to
promote acti vity among pirate s tations. The
stati on operator assured our readers that if
Freedom 40 was your lirsl pirate station, he
wi ll welcome your reception report.
We have proof that Freedom 40 is now
verifying reports. M y own QSL is pic tured thi s
month. Unfo rtunate ly, it a rri ved in a plastic
envelope from the Boston office of the Uni ted
States Postal Service, who apologized for rippi ng off the lower ri ght hand corner of the nice
card <luring mai l process ing.
T he content o f Spam Ra<lio's QS L caused
anothe r controversy. The station rel iably verifies reports with a photo sheet that cannot be
desc ribed in a fami ly publication such asM011itori11g Times. In fac t. the picture is sufficiently
disgusting that it would not be printable in
more ri sque magazines e ithe r. In fact, the skin
magazines would not even discuss the subject
matter of the Spam Radio QS L.
MT reader David Chapc huk of Scranton.
PA, received one of the notorious veries after
he sent in a reception report through the
Faribault mai ldrop, as I did. Be advised that if
you do the same, you may not be pleased with
the forthcoming results in your mail box.

What We Are Hearing

Radio For Peace lnterna tional's move to
7384.7 kHz has tu rned out to be permanent. so
most pirates are now us ing other freq ue ncies
in the 41 meter band. No standard frequency
has e merged. but spots near 7475. 7405. 7445.
and 7470 kHz have been popu lar among pirates when other stati ons arc not bl ocking the
cha nnel. Even the old stan<lby 74 15 kHz is
seeing some activity at times.
Mai ldrop stations used for correspondence
by North American pirate stations reported
this 1nonth incl ude PO Box 452. Wellsville.
NY 14895; PO Box 605, Huntsville, AL 35804;
PO Box 17534, Atl anta, GA 30616; PO Box
2024. Faribault, MN 5502 1: PO Box 146,

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Chapclwk 's excellent Russian Radio

Magic verie
Stoneha m, MA 02 180; and PO Box 146 1,
Perm 614036, Russia. When writi ng to a pirate
stat ion, you should enclose three mint 29e
stamps to USA addresses and $ I US to fo reign
addresses fo r re turn postage.
Bob Dylon Rodio- 7466 at 0200. The music on this
one obviously is dominated by Bob Dylan songs, but
William notes that they mix in comedy from sources
like the Marx Brothers and Notional Lampoon. Addr:
None, but verifies ACE bulletin logs. (William T.
Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL)
He Mon Radio- 7 415 at 0200. Although it's not
guaranteed, the station sent in a reminder that He
Mon was active on Halloween in 1993. Perhaps we
should look fo r him again on Halloween this yeor. The
holiday is traditionally a big one for pirate activity.
Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (He Mon, QTH unknownl
K-2000- 7472 at 001 5. This station always produces
on elaborate and hilarious parody of the shortwave
DX hobby. After a period when they were refusing to
verily valid reception reports, their QSL' s ore now
arriving in the moil. Addr: Stoneham. (George Zeller,
Cleveland, OH)
North Americon Pirate Relay Service- 7385 at 0215.
Richard T. Pistek is the source of relays for many
pirate stations, quite a few of which ore otherwise
very difficult to heor Europirotes. David recently
picked up a NAPRS QSL. Addr: Wellsvi lle.
IChopchuk)
Radio Airplane- 7385 at 0315. Captain Eddy still
uses his airplane for in-flight transmissions. There is
apparently no trvth to the rumor that the Defense
Deportment gave him the Radio Democracy contract
in Haiti. Addr: Wellsville. !Alexander Pangburn, Alto
Loma, CA)
Radio Azteca- 7.d 13 at 2300. Brom Stoker produces
on extremely funny parody of shortwave DXing and
DXers. The station hos developed a friendly rivalry
with K-2000, where the programming format is
similar. Addr: Wellsville. !Robert Ross, London,
Ontario)
Radio Doomsday- 7470 at 0200. In a major
development, Nemesis committed suicide during a
September 4 broadcast. It is therefore possible that
this station's operations will diminish. Addr: Wellsville,
but announces that they will no longer reply.
(Pangburn)
Radio Magic- 5750 at 0300. This Russian pirate
maintains a relay relationship with NAPRS. One of
their recent transmissions suffered from Germon
numbers station interference on this unusual
frequency. David is happy to report that he received
the QSLpictured this month! Addr: Perm. IChopchuk)
Radio Outhouse- 7385 at 0330. The crvde, good ole
boy humor on this station from on Arkansas outhouse
transmitter hos proven popular with pirate listeners.
What does this tell us about the programming
preferences of pirate DXers? Addr: Still none.
!Pangburn)
Voice of Journey- 7385 at 0200. This one features
music by the rock bond Journey via on RBCN

transmitter relay. Addr: Atlanta. !Direct from the

station)
Voice of Laryngitis- 7385 at 0000. Aker returning
from a vocation in Romania, Gigi found QSL #340
in her mailbox from this station's longtime verie
signer Stan Huxley. Addr: Wellsville. !Gigi Lytle,
Lubbock, TX)
WEED 7415 at 0400. Their slick pro-marijuana
rack and comedy shows ore still entertaining, but
their QSL verifications have recenrly been arriving
without any data an them. Addr: Huntsville. (Ross)
WKND 74 15 at 2330. Radio Animal hos returned
to the air offer a long period of infrequent activity.
Even better, Steven fou nd that he is dusting off aid
reception reports and sending out QSL's! Addr:
Blue Ridge Summit. (Steven Cline, Indianapolis, IN)
WllS- 7413 at 1345. Jock Boggan' s unusual
station programs actual interval signals from
licensed shortwave broadcasters. Their amusing
slogan is, ''You're listening to the greatest interval
signals from the 60's, 70's, and 80' s." Addr: Blue
Ridge Summit. !Zeller)
WRFW 7378 at 2345. Also known as Radio Free
Wisconsin, this operation has resumed activity
lately. They mix rock and blues music with drama,
sometimes including relays of actual old time radio
broadcasts from decades ago. Addr: Faribault.
(Zellerl
Xray Yankee Zulu- 7378 at 0000. Sometimes this
one relays programming from other pirates, but it
mainly stands out as a digital pirate that transmits
in RTIY mode. Get out rour equipment catalog to
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by Larry Miller

BOOK REVIEWS AND NEW PRODUCTS

Reel-Talk
One of rad io moniioring' s
more enduring schisms pits
"pure" DXers aga inst " pure"
program listeners. Theoreticall y, 1he pure DXer tunes in
a station only long enough to

Reel-Talk combines an AMFM radio, a slow-speed !ape recorder. and a timer into one unit.
Not unlike a VC R, you simply
program the station you want to
hear, the time you want to record,
and pul in a tape. Each tape allows you to record up lo fo ur
hours. We haven't had the opportunity 10 test a unit-Stogner has
promised 10 send a Reel-Talk
along-but looks like a great idea.
Reel-Talk measures 6.5 inc hes
square at the base a nd 12 inches
tall. has a fe ature-packed radio
and costs$99.95 plus$ l 5.00shipping and handling. It comes with
a 14 day money-back guarantee
anda90day limited warranty. To
order call 1-800-766-8255.

Radio After Dark

grab a n ID and enough detai ls for

a reception re port and-whamthey're gone.
On the other hand, the pure
program listener isn' t moved by
the facl 1ha1 he's hearing a 250
watt daytimer in Porto Clydo,
California, al his location in Boston, Massachuselts. He"s tuning
in to hear a special rcpon on Quil l
Pens of the American Revolution.
As radio faces inc reasing compe1i1ion for !he attention of the
average person, ii has been forced
to come up with new programming. From Kids Radio to Rush
Limba ugh , 1here s someone,
somewhere. doing something to
try and get you to listen-but not
always al the mos! convenie nt
time.
Dale Stogne r is preside nt o f
Reel-Talk, Inc. and he has an
answer. He's come up with a
device that can best be desc ribed
as a VCR for radio.

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The National Radio C lub 's

aud io magaz ine, After Dark. has
been gelling quite a fol lowing.
I' ve even seen mentions of ii in
the professional broadcast j ournals. The reason for its popularity is clear-this is greal stuff.
Volume 4 of Ajier Dark is
now available. While you may
already be familiar with the lcadoff article-Mindy Drayer reads
Wayne Heincn's excellent MT
an icle. A Walking Tour o f
WWV- there's lots more. Also
featured are Fred Vobbe's interviews with Wolfman Jack a nd
Kahn Communications owner
Leonard Kahn. Kahn is one of the
inventors of AM stereo.
The tape also features articles
from around the country and
around the world. Finally. the re's
the icing on the cakebandscans (actual off-air record ings) of AM and FM
stations from various U.S.
cities.
After Dark IV is now
avai lable from !he NRC fo r
only $9.50 and !hat's posl- Tuning
paid, and thal ' s a grcal dea l.
Their address is P.O. Box
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handling. Call 1-800-351 -7226

or write Official Sca nner Guide.
P.O. Box 525. Londonderry, NH
03053. Tell 'em MT sent you.

The Magic Eye

Scanning New
Hampshire
The new 7th edition of the
Ojjicial New Hampshire Frequency Guide is here with 352
pages of vita l information. Doing the honors this time are John
Bo lduc and Scoll Rice.
There are some interesting
new frequency additions. like
coverage of New Ham pshire
Racetracks, including NH International Speedway. The re's also
complete updating of notification system frequencies, and complete updating of all public safety
and business freque ncies (like
Manchester' s new 800 M Hz
trunked system-not buil! yet,
but soon 10 come on line.)
One thing we particularly like
was the inclus ion of PL tones in
the by-frequency section. Thi s
will be a big help in identifying
unknown stations.
Ojjicial New Hampshire is
$2 1.95 plus $3 .05 shipping and
Peak Lewi ln<ficalor

If you have a Lowe HF- 150,

Japan Radio NRD-525, Yaesu
FRG- 100 or a ny other radio that
has poor signal strength displays,
you might want to check out a
new self-contained tuning accessory from K.i wa Electronics.
Craig S iegenthaler has des igned a limited edition unit us ing the old ''magic eye" (or "green
tuning eye") of the 1930s, 40s
and 50s.
The IUning eye (pi ctured below) wi ll have two switchable
inputs that arc se lectable from
the front panel. One can be attached to the receiver's IF for
effective signa l strength metering. (Connection to the receiver
is mad e by a s pring-loaded
microclip. In struction s show
w here the clip is attached for pickup of the IF s ignal.)
The other inpul can perform
as an audio level display. Any
signal from 20 Hz to 20 MHz can
be displayed on the tuning eye.
The Kiwa Electronics Tuning
Eye is available as a lim ited edition unit. At press time, a formal
price has not been set, bu! you
should expect to pay somewhere
in 1he $200 range. For the latest
price in fo1ma1ion and specs, contact Craig at Kiwa Electronics,
612 South 14th Ave., Yakima.
Washington 98902, or call 509453-5492.

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Books and equipment for announcement or

review should be sent to "What' s New?" c/o
Monitoring Times, P.O. Box 98, 300 S. Hwy 64
West, Brasstown, NC 289202.

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Look ing for a cheap, second
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Prices start at $25.00.
To get a copy ofG&G' s most
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Voice Clone
Magnetic Balun
Palomar Engineers has introduced a new Magnetic Dipole
Balun specificall y designed for
shortwave listeners. Called the
model MDB -2, it repl aces the
center insulator and provides the
pro per balance-to-unba lance
con version for coax ial cable. The
balun act ion preve nt s no ise
pickup on the cable shie ld, thus
giving quieter reception.
The balun also connects both
sides of the antenna to the cable
shield (at DC and power line
freq ue ncies) and this e li minates
charge buildup on the antenna.
All static charges flow to grou nd,
not through the rad io. The balun
is ru stproof, weatherproof and
has an S0-239 connec tor for
coax.
You can gel your Pa lomar engineers MDB-2 Magnetic Dipole
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Radio Freebie
I'm always on the look out for
radio freebies fo r readers of
Monito ring Times. They' re not

easy to come by. But this month

we've got a nice one.
KN LS, the Gospel broadcaster
out of Anchor Point, Alaska , has
put together a new book called
DX Propagation fo r Beginners.
The author, Carl Mann, is a DXer
of some 30+ years experience who
spends his workday as a news
reporter in Omaha, Nebraska.
T he book is especially appropriate now that we' re at the low
end of the l l year propagation
cycle. There are fi ve chapte rs,
inc lud ing '"Introduction to Propagation," "Groundwave, Skywave
and the Ionosphere," 'T he Solar
Cycle" and "Using Propagation
Knowledge."
Says K NLS' Mike Osborne,
"Carl has written DX Propaga1ion f or Beginne rs in a simple,
straight-forward sty le that beginners will find easy to understand.
However, the book has suffi cie nt
depth to provide a propagation
refresher for even the most experienced DXers."
DX Propagation for Begin ners is free. KNLS does ask that
you send two 29 cent stamps to
coverthe cost of postage. (If you
order from outside of the United
States, send two IRCs instead.)
The address is DX Propagation
for Beginners, Station KNLS,
Anchor Po int, Alaska 99556. Tell
'em that Larry M iller sent you.

You ' re a ham radio operator.

You li ke contesting. But, oh, having to repeat your call letters hour
after hour! It's enough to make
you want to sell your rig and take
up something less strenuous.
MFJ has come to the rescue
with the 432 Voice Keyer.
According to the Mississi ppi
manufacturer , the 4 32 Vo ice
Keyer allows you to operate the
major portion of a contest without ever hav ing to open your
mouth. Now you can pre-record
up to 20 seconds of those tough.
hard-to-say phrases li ke. ''CQ
Contest, this is AA5 MT," "The
QTH is Pennsy lvania," or the
tongue-twisting "You're 5-9,"
and play them back over the air.
Best of al l, the '432sEEPROM
technology will keep your messages stored for up to ten years
without any battery backup so
you could- theoretically-continue to contest even after your
own death. Is that heaven, or
what?
The MFJ-432 Vo ice Keyer is

easy to use-just plug it in. In ternaljumpers let you customize

the 432 to your Kenwood, Yaesu
or !COM rig.
To get your 432 Voice Keyer,
call MFJ at 1-800-647- 1800 or
wri te P.O. Box 494, Mississippi
State, Missi ss ippi 39762. The
price is $99.95.

Inexpensive
Satellite Receiver
Module
If you' re looking for an inexpe ns ive , bu t ve ry e ffec tiv e
wideband FM receiver module
for 137 MHz weather fax reception- and who isn't after the last
issue of Satellite Times came
out?-you m ight want to check
out Hamtronics' new R 138 recei ver.
T he R 138 is crystal controlled. It has four channe l osc illators, which allows you to select a particular satell ite by simply grounding the desired control li ne with an external switch.
Crystals are available for all the
common satell ites.
Other notable features include
good sens iti vity (typical ly 0.2
v), a squelch circuit that indicates when a satellite is heard,
and you can use a DC output
from the squelch to start a tape
recorder when the satellite passes
overhead.
The price of the R 138 is just
$99 .00 in kit form-people with
kit - b ui l d in g e x p e r i e n ce
shouldn' t have too much trouble
with thi s one; however. a signal
generator is required for alignment. A wired and tested uni t is
a vai lab le
fo r
$ 169 .00.
To order, or for more in for-

VOICE KEYER

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HAMTRONICS R138

mation, contact Jerry Vogt at 17 16-392-9430

or
writ e
Hamtronics, 65-F Mou l Road,
Hilton. NY 14468-9535.

Needed Advice
We're big fans of Passport' s
Radio Database Intern ati onal
White Papers. After all. wi1h recei ver prices now lowering in at
levels of over four lhousand dollars, it pays to shop around fo r a
little advice. And that's what the
Wh ite Papers provide.
The most recent White Paper
offe rs 24 pages of in-depth information on the Drake SW8, a
'portatop" receiver reviewed by
Jock Elliott and Larry Magne.
Whi le we don' t want to give
away the end of the story. we can
say that the SW8 fared well. Find
out more fo r yourself by sending
$5.95 to In ternational Broadcasting Service, Ltd., P.O. Box 300.
Pen n's Park, PA 18943 .

doesn t appear to be any space

for program details but, we' ll
leave the hands-on review of
'.'vfi lesto ne
Tec hno log ies
Logmaster II Radio Log-Keeping System to John Catalano if hc
picks it fo r review in a ruture
computers and Radio" column.
If you' d like to check uut thi s
one out on yourown, se nd $29.95,
which includes a comprehensive
manual and free telephone support, plus $5.00 shipping to 3 140
S. Perioria St.. Unit K-1 56, Aurora. Colorado 800 14-3 155 or call
303-752-3382.

Logmaster II
We received some information on a new piece of software
that the publisher bills as ..a full featured application for the automation of Amateur Radio and
SWL log keepi ng. The printed
info rmation leads us to question
its use to SWLs. For exa mple.
there's a list of lields and fi eld
sizes and we don't see one fo r
station name-just a I0 character
field for cal Isign. There also

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November 1994

900 MHz News

Comin' At You

We don't know for sure. but

we're guessing that the new 900
MHz cordless phones just aren 1
moving as quickly as manufacturcrs had expected. We' re basing our guess on the fac t that
Uni den h a~ announced that they
arc marketing new lower cost
units. Another is offeri ng a
manufacturer' s rebate.Also noteworthy is the fact that these lower
cost uni ts are analog. not di gi tal,
and can be received on scanners.
Still, the new lower-cost introduction still rings in at a suggested retail price of $349.95-a
far cry from the $39. 95 for the 49
MHz units you can find for sale
in department stores.
Fi nall y. Panasonic is now marketinga 900 MHz cordless phone/
fax combination. It would be interesting. I think. to see
if the fax is also transmilted ove'. the base. rr
so, does this mean that
the properly-equipped
scanner li stener cou ld snatch
fa xes from the air as well? Just a
thought.
While the fax/phone combinati on is designed for home-oflice use. you probably won't be
hearing too many of them either
way. They're priced at S 1.149.95.

New technology is coming at

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grasp; lt'sjust that it seems to be
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One way to stay on top is
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a fu ll spectrum of new communications technologies, CTU is designed for professionals, academics, government leaders and hobbyists. Thirty-eight thought-provoking descriptions of new technologies and their applications
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SCANNER EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Bob Grove, WAP4YQ

Digitech Loop Recorder

igitizcd audio is becom ing a staple in

the consumer e lectron ics industry.
Used in toys. compute rs. communications and home entertainme nt equipment, it
affords considerable flexibility not available
in analog recordings.
The model LR- 1400 Loop Recorder fro m
Digitech is an example of how thi s high
technology can be applied to communi cations. Unencumbered by c lunky cassettes or
bu lky CD drives, this recorder is a chi p!
Have you ever had the experience of missing a few key words during reception-perhaps an address, a name, a ca ll sign, or location ? How about amateur commu nicat ions
when a brief CW message zooms past-did
you ever wish you could hear just that quick
transmission over again? Now you can.
For V HF/U HF applications . the di gital
loop recorder is a dandy way to preserve data
bursts for later demodulation. to catc h unexpec ted CW repeater IDs for replay and callsign
ide ntification. or for unatte nded recordi ng of
a rare transmission on a monito red freque ncy
for later playback and identific ation.
For signa l inte lligence work. transmissions may be digitally stored and repeatedly
played back for decryption or other analysis.
More practical for hams. however. would be
its use for recording "CQ" and callsigns for
Fi e ld Day or othe r contests.
The LR- 1400 cleverly connects to any
audio output-earphone. recorder. or external speake r jac k-on your receiver, scanner,
or transceiver. It has its own internal speaker.
but a jack is provided to interconnect with a
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Its small footprint (5.25" square and only
1.5'' high) can find a spot in any radio installati on and. at only 16 ounces. it's a lightweight as well.
Operating as a full -featured. microprocesFtAOIO

LR1400

FIG. A SOURCE AUDIO MUTED DURING PLAYBACK

sor-controlled. digital , continuous loop record er, the Dig itec h LR - 1400 ca n be
pushbutton-activated to record 5, I 0 or I 5
seconds worth of audio, then played bac k any
number of times. The contents o f the message
arc stored in non-volati le RAM ; even with
powe r di sconnected , the message audio will
remai n indefi nitely-until overwritte n (recorded over).
T here is even a rear-panel prov is ion wh ich
allows the message to be repeated over and
over-endless ly, if you are a masochi st. Frequency response is I 00-3400 Hz, making
voice and data the primary appl icati on.
O ther rear-pane l provisions include a volume-adjustable , line-level (0-400 m V) output
for feeding the recorded audio to other equipment (transmitter. recorde r, PA system , etc.);
a mi ke input (60 mV nom.) fo r custom audio
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and a 12 VDC power jack (AC ada ptor is
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c ircuit wh ich sinks up to 800 m A (positive
open-collector c irc uit).
Headphone operation is also available
...,.... from a front-panel 118" (3.5 mm) jack: a
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MAGNETESTS
SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

Lowrcncc Mogne

Editor-in-Chief
Passport to World Band Radio

Bolong HS-490
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UTC Clock Shows when
Radio Off

ust when you thought "Made in China"

was fading away from the shortwave
scene, along comes another Chinese radio. This latest example of
Asian engineering is manufactured
by a joint venture between Xin Hui
Electronics and Shanghai Huaxi n
Electronic Instruments. Called the
Bolong HS-490-and probably sold
under various other names, as well-it
sells in Beijing shops for around the
equivalent of $42. It' s a fai rly new
model, so it should be showing up on our
shores before long.

Fairly Full Coverage, but Limited

Tuning Aids
The compact '490 is digita lly synthesized,
being tuned by ten memory presets fo r shortwave, with another ten presets for AM and
FM. The only other tuning aids are multispeed up/down slewing and by-frequency
scanning. T here's no keypad or tuning knob.
The '40 covers the AM broadcast band,
FM, plus shortwave from 2.3-6.2 and 7. 12 1.85 MHz. FM is in stereo through earbuds,
which come standard with the radio, but only
mono through the speaker.
Normally, s hortwave frequencies display
in either the XXXXX kHz or XX.XXX MHz
format. However, the '490 shows the tuned
frequency as XX.XX MHz for even-numbered channel (e.g., 11850 kHz appears as
11 .85 MHz) or XX.XX5 MHz fo r odd numbered channels(e.g., 11855 kHz appears as
11. 855 kHz). That's an annoyi ng oddity found
almost exclusively on Chinese- made sets,
but you get used to it quickly enough.

AM Tuning Lacking
In the Americas, AM stations are spaced
I 0 kHz apart; elsewhere, that s pacing is 9
kHz. With the '490, AM channel spacing is
permanently set at 10 or 9 kHz, depending
upon where in the world in the radio was
meant to be sold. This means that if you travel
where the spacing standard is different, you ' II
have trouble receiving at least some of the
stations on that important band. A related
drawback is that the set doesn' t cover the new

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The ' 490's World Time

clock is helpful, especially
as it is tied into an alarm/
sleep time r. Yet, that clock
doesn't gi ve the time when
the radio is on, which is when
you really need it. The radio
has an illuminated display, which
is unusual in this price class, and
an AC adaptor-also rare at this
price, and very useful-but no signalstrength indicator.
1615-1705 kHz expanded AM band. In the United States,
this long-awaited band expansion is scheduled to take effect shortly.

Few Tuning Aids

The radio' s ergonomics are okay, although
you' ll miss such tuning aids as a keypad. The
limited number of tuning options means that
you' ll need to cultivate your resources of
patience if you expect to tune this radio often.
However, it tunes only in 5 kHz increments,
which makes channe l-by-channel tuning
handy for any but the relative ly few stations
which operate significantly off channel. Even
these offbeat frequencies are audible, though,
as the radio's sole bandwidth is wide enough
to capture them.
A small point is that, unli ke most cheap
radios, the '490 comes with a telescopic antenna which rotates on its swivel. T his allows
it to be properly angled when you lay the radio
down, plus it means that the antenna is less
likely to break when hit accidentally.
T here' s also a lock switch. However, another oddity found only on Chi nese radiosapparently designed by fo lks with little "reallife" understandi ng of shortwave-is that it
doesn't work as a power lock to prevent the
radio from switching on accidentally in transit. If you' re stuffing thi s radio away in your
suitcase, be sure to remove the batteries first.
(However, for air travel keep those batteries
wi thin easy reach, as you may have to prove to
suspicious security personnel that the radio
actually works.)

Pedestrian Performance
How well does the ' 490 perform?
To begin with, selectivity is mediocre,
although it'sjust a bit betterthan the norm for
"el cheapo" models. Its audio quality is similarly uninspiring, but adequate. But there's
nothing adequate about its low-cost singleconversion IF circuitry, which generates obnoxious images (false "repeats") of signals
900 kHz higher.
Newcomers to the testing of shortwave
radios tend to d ial around to see whether the
radio being checked out can pick up a station
another radio can't, or pick it up better. Trouble
is, nearly any radio can pick up a few stations
better than nearly any other radio, so by using
this approach nearly any radio can be made to
seem better than nearly any other radio.
The proof of overall performance, then, is
not how a radio performs in a single given
si tuation or variable in order to justify one's
purchase. Rather, it is how the radio performs
under a wide variety of reception conditions.
For worthy overall performance, singleconversion radios just don ' t hack it. True, you
can find any numberof channels where image
interference won't rear its head. But you can
a lso find a number of channels that are significantly degraded by this fo rm of "ghost"
interference.
At the '490's price, you don't expect to
find multiple conversion IFs. But you also
have to be prepared to put up with reception
that is not so clear as it would have been had
the radio been equipped with double conver-

sion. Grove, MFJ. and other firms offer tunable devices 10 help reduce images. but these
real ly aren1 practical for walkaround portable operation.
The '490's sens iti vity 10 weak s ignals is
about average for a low-cost digi tal radio. To
help in thi s regard. the radio comes with a
passive tape- measure- type outboard a ntenna,
an accessory ordinarily found only on morecostly models. Even then. this is no DX device-and may not even satisfy sophisticated
West Coast li ste ners for li stening to major
stations.
The radio"s dynam ic range is in the same
okay league. being adequate for use prelly
much anywhere in the world- provided a
sign ificant outdoor antenna isn 1 used. FM
reception is a lso unins piring. having Jillie in
the way of selecti vity and on ly a '"so-so"
capture ratio. Additiona lly, the stereo fu nction on FM doesn1 work- al least on our
unit.

Overall: Inexpensive, Basic, but

Reasonable Value
In al l. the new Bolong HS-490 is your
basic low-cos! digital portable, but with more
features and accessories than you would expect for the pri ce.
h 's hard 10 im.igine many MT readers
using ii as their main receiver. However, fo r
traveling. you don" t want somethi ng so costly
1ha1 you "re afraid that ii might be stolen or
lost. For 1his.1he Bolong makes good senseprovided listening 10 the AM band isn't important 10 you.
How do you obtain a Bolong. s hort of
going 10 China? Cha nces are that it is. or
shortly w ill be. sold in Nort h America under
that name or some other designation. and the
price should no! be all 1ha1 much greater than
it is in Beijing. Use our photo of the radio as
your guide, and remember that whoever imports it may or may not se ll ii with the full
complimcn1 of accessori es we found.
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(OMPUTERS & RADIO

John Catalano, PhD

RADIO-RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Place Your Bets"

HOKA Code 3 and Code 30 vs. the PK232

ast month we took our fi rst look at the

long awaited HOKA Code 30. See last
month's column for hardware req uirements and installation details. This month
we 11 add to our knowledge of the Code 30
and compare it to its little brother. the Code 3.
vers ion 5. We'll continue to use a PK232MBX (with the latest ROM upgrade) as
the base for decod ing comparisons.
First, I'd better tell you the price of the
Code 30, which I just di scovered from its US
distributer. Hold on to your hats: This baby
comes in at around $2795. "Where do you put
the decimal point?!.. I asked. when told the
price.
HOKA 30 takes the dubious di stinction of
being the highest priced product to be reviewed in this column. Even its litt le brother.
the version of Code 3 we used. weighs in at a
hefty $795. Now let the race begin. "Decoders to your gates!"
At the gate. the $350 PK-232 is in the fast
lane, since it has its own self-contained microprocessor and only requires the PC for
display and command entry. The HOKAs use
the PC's micro for the majority of the control
and processing. Therefore. the PK can be
used inside programs such as Scancat. Scorpio and Ham Windows, while the HOKAs
cannot si nce they tie up the PC themselves.
The Code 3 is contained in a neat little
plastic box (Fig I). All that has to be connected is: I !Ovac.audioviaan RCA jac k. and
serial connection to the computer via connection of the 9 pi n DIN. This differs from the
Code 30 which had no external "box." but
required the installation of an expansion card
inside the computer.
The software installation and running procedure is very similar to the Code 30--even

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FIGURE 1

with the same poorl y conceived (from the

user's standpoint) copy protection scheme.
Once agai n. the time consuming PC calibration is required (sec last month). According to
HOKA the major difference between rand
''30" is that 30 uses digital signal processing
hardware. whi le 3 uses con vent ional analog
circuitry. Can we "see" a difference? How do
they compare to the PK-232MBX in decoding real-world shortwave signals? Let' s sec.
The track: For this review we used frequencies supplied by HOK A and their USA
distributor plus our own database. The total
amount of decoding time which went into this
re view exceeded 110 hours spread over two
and one-half months and on different days
and times. Wi th the exception of the physical
location. this should represent typical conditions.
"At the.first tum-ease r~f use. ii s HOKA
3 leading by a key. Code 3 is manipulated
via menu screens and .. F" keys. The basic
operation is very simple and requires almost
no user intervention. Simply press F l which
brings up the Measurement Shift-Baudrate
screen shown in Fig 2. Tune your receiver so
that the peaks are on each side of the zero
(middle) of the horizontal line. When the
baud rate in the upper right corner stabilizes.

press F3 and the classification of the signal

will begi n, as shown in Fig 3.
If the program can figure out the type of
signal you are tuned to. it will ind icate it at the
bottom right of the screen along with its confidence level and tell you to hit enter. The
decod ing screen is then displayed as shown in
Fig 4. On medium to strong stations it' s as
good as any other decoder. But it' s also very
qui ck and foolproof.
..As they headfor /he next fllm ... "' On weak
signal s the Code 30 was significantly better
th an the 3 and even better than the PK232MBX. For overall weak signal handling
the 30 is in the lead with the PK right on its tai l.
The 3 is a few lengths behj nd the pack.
For sheer horse power (ouch.') . the HOKAs
are showi ng their muscle with the PK fading.
The re is no question that the HOK As' potential for decoding different types of signals is
nothing short of phenomenal. Fig. 5 shows
two-thirds of the signal types that 3 can decode. As an analysis instrument-displaying
signals and analyzi ng thei r aud io structureHOKA leaves the rest in the dust. But, how
many signals are encrypted and sti 11can not be
read after decoding? How many of these differe nt decoding modes wi ll be used or be
usable, more than I0% of the time? Winning
a battle is not the same as winni ng the waror the horse race.
'"As the decoders enter 1he final tum the
Code 30 's muscles are rippling. 1he Code 3 's
strides a re effortless. bu/ the PK-232 is coming 011 j{ISI." After over I 00 hours of testing
and countless "Yes. I'll be down for dinner in
just another minute: the findings are surpri sing, even to me.
First, let s define the term ..decode," so we
are speaking the same language. To decode a
signal type means to understand ho1v the information is put on the radio signal. At this,
HOKA 30and. toa lesser degree, Code 3. have
no peers. However, increasingly, the information that is put on the signal is encrypted before
it goes on. So in this case. decodi ng the signal
type sti ll results in non-readable text.
The surprise was that after tuning in over
200 different signals with mainly the Code 30
and the PK-232. there was NO difference in
the numberof ''understandable"' signals wh ich
resulted 1 The Code 30 easily identified about

ten signals in which the PK eithe r had trouble

deciding on the mode, or required re tuning
using the Code 30 screens. But even the Code
30 still did not produce unde rstandable text.
Do you fancy yourself an amateur code
breaker? You have a better, and more profitable, chance at hitting the lottery. The refore,
although the mode was identified and being
decoded, it sti ll resulted in no message information, calling into question the value of the
extra modes. "So as we head for the wire the
field is all bunched up!"

"And At The Wire It's ... "

As with most things in life there are no
panaceas; no perfect answers. What happens
at this fini sh line depe nds more on you and
your needs or wants than the decoders. They
are all exce llent and have their different
strengths and weaknesses.
"The Code 30 has so much muscle ir has
decided to nm pasr the wire and go for another lap. " There is no question that the Code
30 can do things that other decoders cannot.
Such as, put you into personal bankruptcy at
$2795! Code 30 is not a decoder, in my
opinion. It is a signal analysis tool more fit for
the environment of a government S lGlNT
agency. For me, a nd I th ink for most. the price/
usefulness ratio is much too high.
The Code 3 has many of the most used
features of the Code 30 and is a lmost a quarter
of the price. But at $800 I believe it is sti ll
over-priced, although-relative to hardware
based decoders-it may not look like it. That' s
because Code 3 uses the al ready purchased
hardware of your PC. Both HOKAs' strengths
are in the ir software, and to m y mind $800 is
still muc h too high for what is basicall y software. Ifthe Code 3 were $400 doll ars it would
sweep the decoder market, a nd should still
make a hand some profit for it s software
authors.
"Uh -oh ... Code 3 jusr s111111bled mid-srride
... " We found that the Code 3 ' s ma nual and
screen instructions do not quite match real ity.
For example, in the insta llation of 3, the
screen te lls the userto run CODE 3. When you
do this you get an error message and the
program does not load. We found the on ly

way to start the program was to run CODE US.

Clearly, thi s is just a fact of the produc t
being in trans ition and evolvi ng, as a ll good
programs will. T his is fu11her indicated by the
diffe rence of ve rsion numbers on the dis k
(v5) and on the manual (v4). But for th is kind
of money one would expect a correct manual.
We found other instances of problems in
the manual which ranged from making working copies with the insane copy protect ion
sc heme wh ich HOKA insists on putting on
the 3 a nd the 30, to trying to access an option
(the Synop decodi ng model) which was supposedly inc luded but wasn't.
As for the PK-232MBX, it keeps chugg ing along. Yes, it has a limited number of
decode modes. However, 1 guess it decodes
close to 90% or the " understandable" signals
on shortwave. It has very good weak signal
capability; can be used ins ide monitoring
soft ware standards li ke ScanCat. making for
a nearl y total monitoring environment: is
usefu l to SWUHAMs by providing tran smitting mode capability. And. fina lly. it costs
around $350.

Post Race Show

If you are a real utility signal chaser and
get a kick out of identifying modes (admitted ly. of some significance), even if you can't
understand the communications -if you have
money left over a fter you take care of your
fami ly. community obligations, and doing
your part for the welfare of humanity-then
the Code 30 is for you. Or, if you are a small
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FIGURE 5

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DEMAW'S WORKBENCH
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS

Doug Demaw, W I FB

External Coupling to Broadcast Band Receivers

n a past issue of Mo11itori11 g Times

(Sep 93), I descri bed a method for
resonating short wire antennas by
means of a ferrite loop from a junked
transistor rad io. This in volved plac ing
the loop antenna in series wi th a 365-pF
variable capaci tor and inserting thi s inductance and capac itance between the
receiver antenna jack and the end of a
random length wire. The system was
then tuned 10 resonance al the listening
frequency (550- 1600 kHz), which resulted in a sharp increase in signal

FIGURE 1

once around the built-in loop.

The free end of the coupling wire
(inside the radio) should not be grounded.
Rather, it is left tloating to ensure very
light coupling. This has long been known
RADIO
LOOP
as "gimmick coupling.'' If the coupling is
too great, a myriad of unwanted shortwave signals will appear across the tuning
range
of the BC-band radio. This is beRAD I O
cause the nonresonant wire responds to
signals from LF to VHF. The typical mixer/
oscillator stage in these radios can't di scriminate against strong HF signals because the oscillator is rich in harmonic
stre~~~:I~ ~~~d~~. l:~r~.T reader from E~~~:NAL
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WIRE ANTENNA
energy, allowing the mixer to respond to
Maine. wrote 10 te ll us of a scheme he Most of th e parts for the ideas presented here can
high freq uency energy above the standard
uses to couple short wire antennas to be gleaned from junked transistor radios.
BC band.
AM BC-band receivers that do not have
The ru le is to use only the degree of
an antenna jack. The same coupling system is
sion superheterody ne recei vcr.
coupling needed to increase the BC-band
Theconvcrte rand BC-band receiver must
used to resonate a sho11 piece of wi re (less
signal strength without allowi ng spurious HF
than 1/4 wavelength at the frequency of intersig nals to appear in the receiver output.
be enclosed in a metal shield box whe n th is
est) which is used as an antenna. The details
is done to prevent unwanted pickup of AM
BC-band stations that would otherwise aparc provided in Figure I.
Some Final Thoughts
pear as QRM among and on top of the HFA ferrite BC-band radio loop antenna is
This article is written to encourage experiplaced near the built-in loop of the radio.
band signals. The shield box should be conmenti ng among those of you who stay up late
Through mutual (inductive) coupling, the signected to an earth ground for best resu lts. A
to log distant AM BC-band stations. There
simple converter circuit is given as an exnal energy fro m the resonat ing loop is transarc times when even the si mplest. low-cost
ferrcd to the internal fe rrite loop of the BCample in Figure 3.
BC receiver can deliver amazing performance
band receiver. The closer the two loops are to
Signals arc tuned in by adjusting the main
if it is used with an ex ternal antenna. Most of
one another, the greater the degree of coutuning dial on the BC-band receiver. This
the parts for the ideas presented here can be
pling.
provides a tuning range of 1. 15 MHz in any
gleaned from junked transistor radi os. All
shortwave band.
you need is some wire and solder to carry out
The major inconvenience assoc iated with
Other Applications
your experiments.
this technique results from the operator's
The general tec hnique shown in Figure I is
Donald Kidder mentioned in his letter that
need to repeak the converter output tuned
also useful for coupling a preamplifier to a
velcro strips are handy for connecti ng the two
circuit fo r maxi mum HF signal response
BC-band radio that has no antenna jack. The
ferrite loops together when using the circuit
each time the BC-band rece iver di al is
addition of a preamplifier can enhance weak
in Figure I. He also reported being able to
changed. The same is true of the preamplisignal reception when you are logging DX
copy Boston during the day from his Ashland,
fier in Figure 2.
stations in the standard broadcast band. A
Maine, home (roughly 350 miles) while using
circuit that illustrates a preamplifier and its
the arrangement in Figure I.
Gimmick Coupling to Loops
coupling method is presented in Figure 2. The
MPF 102
amp lifier has a signal gain of approximately
PREAMPLIFIER
Auaching an external end-fed
550 - 1600 kHx
IOdB .
wire antenna to a BC-band re- SHORT
Yet another application for loop mutual
ceiver that has no provisions for ANT
coupling makes it possible fo r a shortwave
an external antenna is a difficult
L OOP
and frustrating task. The simlistener to use an existing AM BC-band radio
to monitor high-frequency AM broadcasts. In
plest practical method calls for
this instance an HF-band conve11cr utilizes
placing the end of the anten na
the external loop of Figure I as its tuned
near the built-in loop antenna.
circuit (intennediate freq ue ncy) at the output
One to three inches of the anof the preamplifier. This tuned circuit is
ten na wire can be taped to the
FIGURE 2
+
coupled to the loop within the receiver, which
internal loop. Alternatively, the
12 v
makes the overall system a doublc-converend of the antenna can be wrapped

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MAGNETIC LONGWIRE
When using the converter described in Figure 3 it is important to understand that 11 MHz
signals will appear when the BC-band radi o is
tuned Lo 550 kHz. You will hear 9.95-MHz
signals at 1600 on the radio dial. WWV broadcasts on 10 MHz wi ll appear at 1550 on the
tuning dial.
JFETs other than the MPFI02s wil l work
fine in the circuits of Figure 2 and 3. For
example, you may use 2N44 I6s or 40673
MOSFETs. Tf the laucr type are employed,
simply tie gates I and 2 together to make the
hookup the same as for an MPF I02.
In all three circuits it is necessary Lo place
the external ferrite loop antenna near the loop

FIGURE 3
9.95-11

in the BC-band radio. The preamplifier and

Figure I circuit may situated outside the BCband radio cabinet if the latter is made of
plastic. However, proper signal transfer will
occur only if the two ferri te loops are close to
one another and in parallel.
The small variab le capacitors taken from
junked BC-band receivers may be used for
C l of Figure 2 and C2 of Figure 3. These are
two-section capacitors. The smaller section
usuall y has 75-pF of capaci tance, so use the
larger secti on fo r these circui ts. The Figure 2
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Output to
Frequency

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below 300 Hz and above 3000 Hz. The trick

here is to intercept and acqu ire the Baseband
Audio Signal at a point before it goes into the
receiver's audio bandpass filter stage.
No problem.... .just go to the detector/discriminator where the freshly detected audio
signal is at full bandwidth, equal to the passband of the receiver's last 1.F. section (usually about 15-kHz in most scanners, but not
less than 6 kHz in even the best ones). At this
point in the receiver. the audio signal contains
everything, from CTCSS tones to noise, to
voice signals, to you-name-it. Attach a frequency counter to the output of the detector/
discriminator and it wi ll go hawg-wild trying
to display everyth ing that's there. So what to
do?
"Just" filter out the noise and undesired
bandwidth to leave only the small CTCSS
slice of audio spectrum-about 40 Hz to 250
Hz. give or take. Years ago. that prospect was
either impossible or costly beyond measure.
Thanks to the development of the required
operational amplifiers (op amps) on fiftycent IC chips, the job of sharply filtering a
desired pass band becomes as easy as a trip to
the parts house or a call to your favo rite mail
order supplier.
The heart of our CTCSS Decoder/Display
project is the frequency counter, of course,
but the brain of the project is the simple Low
Pass Acti ve Filter that can be whipped up in

less than an hour if you have everything

handy. The circuit is a 3-pole Butterworth
active fil ter (for those who care, and fo r those
who don ' t. it is a modern. high performance
method of precisely shaping a desired passband). Our Low Pass Filter is designed to pass
frequencies from just above DC to about 250Hz or so with 300 Hz as the top limit.
When the Low Pass Filter is connected to
the ou tput of your recei ver's Detector/ Discriminator. it will completely reject voice
sig nals and above. but will allow the
"subaudible" signals. such as CTCSS to be
passed and amplified for easy feed to an
external frequency counter. If a CTCSS tone
is present in a signal. the frequency counter
will lock onto and di splay that tone with an
accuracy of I Hz or so. Since CTCSS tones
are spaced about every 3 Hertz between 67 Hz
and 203 Hz. you' ll not have any trouble
determ ining which tone is di splayed at any
given time.
The active part ofthe circuit is the LM-358
dual op amp. readily avai lable in 8-pin, DIP
packages for construction on perfboard. You
can also use the LM-324 quad op amp, 14-pin
DIP (RadioShack,#276- 1711 ), but the pinouts
will differ from those shown in the diagram
here, obviously. My prototype uses the LM358 on a perf board about J" x 2" with room
to spare. Your layout should remain fairly
faith ful to the physical layout of the sche-

ground and Pin 5 of the LM-358

TABLE 3:
(or to the wiper arm of VR-2) and
Audio Pins
CTCSS Resources
adj ust VR-2 (B IAS) for a reading
of exactly +3.50 volts. T his sets
SCA~t:m~
t:lFM CtilP
SYM
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each
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BC800Xl.T
10
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Synergetfos
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IC-401 TK10421M-2
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NJM3359D-A
IC-3
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BC2500Xl.T
IC-201 TK10930V
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criminator chip. a version of which
Thatcher, AZ 85552
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IC-9
MC3361BP
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is used in all modem VHF-UHF
{602) 428-4073
MR8100
IC-3
NJM3359D-A
10
receivers.
Shinwo SROOl
A-502
MC3357
9
Solder di rectly to this pin
lcom R- 1
IC- 1
TK10487M
12
(the ch ip is rugged) unless you
fi nd a belier place. Refer to Table
phono j ack, BNC j ack, or other standard jack
matic diagram. Use s imple point-to-point
I for a guide to the more popular s~anne rs, the
wiring on the bottom side of the perfboard
relevant NFM chi p. and Baseba nd Audio sig- of your preference . Prepare a shielded conal Pi n in cacli. If your receiver is not shown axial cable (RG-58 will be j ust fi ne) with
a nd few. if any. jumpers will be needed.
Construction is not critical, but try to keep
in Table I , the n get a servi<.:c manual and appropriate connectors on each end to go
the input area separate from the output. Do
sche matic fo r your receiver and scrutinize it between your receiver and freq uency counter.
not substitu te parts, especia ll y the critical
for one of the chips shown in Table l . While You could even use a Rad io Shack audio
ones. Res istors should be as small as possible.
the li st of receive rs is certai nl y not compre- patch cable with appropriate adapters on
1/4 -wall or less, either carbon or metal film
hensive, the list of NFM chi ps used , is. If your each end!
To start up, tune to a frequency where the
types. Capacitors, with exceptio n of C6 and
receiver predates these "receiver on a chip"
chips, you wi ll have to find the FM detector- user(s) are known to employ CTCSS. When
C8, shoul d be of the monolythic style, small
a signal comes in. observe the frequency
usually a discrim inator-and tap its output.
as possible. Ceramic disk capacitors will work
Drill a 1/4" orother appropriate hole in the counte r. If a stable CTCSS reading between
but are not as neat or as small as the newer
monolythics. C6 can be an electrolytic, but
rear panel of your scanner and insta ll an RCA 65 Hz - 205 Hz is not displayed withi n 2-5
seconds, adjust VR-1 (GAIN) either way
tantalum is always preferred as a specuntil the frequency counter locks onto the
trum coupling dev ice.
TABLE
2:
Do not use any more gain than necessignal.
An IC socket is highly recommended
sary to lock and display the CTCSS freParts List
for the op amp so the chip can be easily
quency.
replaced if there is a serious error in
If you know what you're doing and have
your work. Tri mmer potentiometers are
OescripliooNolua
SYM
the
right equipment, you can inject a I 00 H z
not critical, but the I 0-turn p recision
LM-358 Dual OpAmp, 8-pin DIP
U-1
tone
into the INPUT of the fi lter and use an
types are best. The important thing is
Capacitor, 0.01-F, mooolythlc
C-1,9
oscilloscope or AC voltmeter to detect the
that their adjustment sc rews be accesCopocitors, 3300-pF (.0033-F), mono
C2-4
output and adjust VR-1 for a reading of250s ible after the board has been installed.
Copocitor, 220-pF, monolythic

cs
m V to I -volt, max. This is not a c ritical
Capacitor, 0.47-F, tantalum
C6
Capacitor, 470-pF, monolythic
operation, and once set, the gain usually
C7
Installation
ca
Copocilor, l 0-F, oloctrolytic
needs no additional tweaking.

Install the Low Pass Fi lter someResistors, 1-meg

Rl.2
That's about it, folks. The Low Pass Filter

where convenient in the receiver; locaR3,5

Resistors, .f 70-k
can operate full time, and you need only
tion not critical. Fi rst wire the ground

R4
ResistOf, 560-k
connect a frequency counter as desired to
traces on the Fi lter to ground in the
R6
Resistor, 10-k
read the subaudibles that might be present in
R7
Resistor, 150-k
receiver. T hen connect the DC power
the signal of interest. Let me know if you
Trimmer Potentiometer, 1-Mog
VR-1
lead from the Filter to a source of +8v
would like to sec a n artic le on other neat
Trimmor Potentlomoter, 4 7-k
VR-2
to +12v in the receiver. For the PR0things
that can be done with the output of the
P
erf
board,
solder,
22-30go
wire,
Misc
2004/5/6 series, a good place is the
Low Pass Fi lter. such as a "tone decoder"
mounting hardware, otc
+8.2v supply located at the emitter of
circuit to ''intell igently" do one thing when a
Q-32. Nex t, with power applied to the
Critical values - do not substitute
certain tone is present and something else
Filte r, attac h a vo ltm eter between
when that tone is not present.

TABLE 1: NFM Discriminator Baseband

November 1994

MONITORING TIMES

109

ANTENNA TOPICS
W. Clem Small, KR6A, CET

BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

Radio Direction-Finding at Work and Play

adio direction tine.ling (RDF) has many

exci ting uses, includi ng he lpi ng locate ships in distress at sea. allowing
the FCC to search out illegal (pirate) tran smiuers. and allowing law enforcement personnel lo track a wanted criminal via a small
hidden transmil!er surreptitiously attached to
the criminal's vehicle. Using a bug-detector
to hunt certain bugging devices is another
kind of RDF which often involves highly
sophisticated radio equipme nt.
RDF also comes in handy to track and
study wild animals who have been trapped,
filled with a radio-transmiller collar. and released back to their wi Id habitat. On the other
hand, RDF forms the basis for the harmless
sport of "fox hunting''-a hidden-transmitter
hunting sport enjoyed by ham radio operators
worldwide.
Another kind of RDF in volves using a
receiver with a direc ti onal antenna to track
down sources of static, noise. or other interfering signals which may be spoiling your
radio moni toring; The "transmitter" in these
situations is often fou nd to be some malfunctioning electrical appliance or power line
whi ch is unimenti onall y transmitting unwanted signals.

The RDF Loop:

There arc various kinds of RDF antennas;
the most common is the loop anten na. The
directional pallern of a simple loop antenna
has two nulls" or din.:ctiuns of very low
responsiveness (fig. I A). The loopstick antenna found in almost al l portable AM broadcast receivers has this bidi rectional null pattern. As you rotate such a receiver you will
hear a drop in signal strength as you pass
through a null in the ante nn a's response pattern.
With bidirectional nu lls it is not possible to
determine which of the antennas two nu ll
direc t ion ~ i!> toward the direction of the received station. However. a loop antenna can
be modified tu produce only one null by
maki ng the loop electrically asymmetrical
(fig. I B and IC) or by add ing a second anten na ("sense antenna"). With one nu ll an
unambiguous determination of the direction
of the transm itting ante nn a from the RDF
an tenna can b1.: made.

110

MONITORING TIMES

NULL

BIDIRECTIONAL

m~

C
-WIRE

NULL

UNIDIRECTIONAL
LOOP

-ANTENNA

NULL -

'

PLUG

FIG. 1. Directional pauerns of a simple loop (A) and a unidirectional loop ( 8 ). Schematic and
pictorial diagrams are given for the unidirectional loop (C).

Lers Make One:

The completed antenna is shown in fig.
I C.
I. Make a 9-1/4" di ameter loop of wire. I
used number 12 insulated house-wiring

wire, because it is stiff enough to be selfsupporting.

2. At the top cente r of the loop attach a
variable capacitor or trimmer capacitor to
the pole and solder its term inals to the ends
of the wire. A knob attached to the capacitor shaft allows easy retuning of the antenna. I used a capaci tor wi th a maximum
value of 70 pf; the frequency range of my
antenna is 25 MHz to 57 MHz which
covers the CB band as well as the I 0-meler
and 6-meter ham bands. Larger loop diameters. multip le-turn loops and/or larger
values of capacity decrease the maximum
and minimum frequency of the ante nna's
coverage: smaller loop diameters and/or
lower capacitance increase its maximum
and minimum frequency.
3. At the bottom center of the loop solderone
end of the wire to the center conductor of
the coaxial feed line; solder the other wire
to the coax braid. Tape or otherwise al!ach
the coax to the pole. I used 72-ohm coax.
but any impedance shoul d work OK for
runs of 15' or less.

November 1994

Using the Loop:

Because skywave signals often give erroneous RDF indications, thi s antenna is most
useful with local (groundwave) signals. To
start out. RDF some stations whose di rections
you already know. so that you can determine
where the null "poi nts" from the antenna. To
do this, al!ach the feed line to your receiver's
anten na input. hold the antenna pole upright
and tune the receiver to a signal; then peak the
signal using the variable capacitorofthe loop.
Now rotate the pole to turn the antenna through
all the compass directions until you determine
the direction of lowest signal strength in the
antenna's response; this is the null direction.
Keeping the antenna centered on the null,
allach a pointer to the antenna pole indicating
the known direction of the transmitting antenna which you are RDFing. Now, whenever
an antenna's signal is in your antenna' s null,
the pointer wi ll show the bearing toward the
tran smitting antenna.
You can pinpoint the location of any unknown transmitting antenna by tak ing an RDF
bearing from two or more widely separated
locations and drawing their RDFbearing lines
on a map: each line origi nates at the point on
the map from which a bearing was taken, and
is drawn in the direction of the RDF bearing.
The unknown antenna wi ll be found at the

location indicated by the inte rsection of the

lines.

A Free Transmitter-Hunt Game:

You can have a trans mitter hunt without
buil ding an RDF antenna or transmitte r to
hunt' Jus1 take two AM broadcast receivers;
tum them on and sci them side-by-side . Tune
one receiver (he rea fter called the " transmitte r") care full y across the entire band. If the
01her recci ve r (hereafter cal led the "receive r" )
is set 10 an appropri ate freq ue ncy, ii should, at
some po int as you tune the tran smi!!er, receive a s ignal (a noise or hum) coming from
the transmitter. That signal is coming from a
ci rcuit called the "local osc illa1or" of the
transmiuer. If you hear no signa l in the receiver, then !Une it to a di ffe rent portion of 1he
A M broadcast band and repeat !he process
just described.
Once you hear a s ignal from the tra nsmitter, move !he receiver a way from the tran smitter. Rotate the receiver and find a null in i!s
response. Leave the receiver in this posi!ion
a nd put a piece of !ape on the receiver case
with an arrow to indicate the direction toward
the transmitter. Turning the recei ver 180 degrees should reveal another null. Note how
these null s indica!e the direction from !he
receiver to the transmiuer.
Now have someone hide the transmitte r in
!he room. The game is 10 find it w ith your
knowledge of the antenna's directiona l nulls.
If the signal is quite weak, whi ch it probably
w ill be, you may have to roam around the
room j ust to find the signal at first. For use in
this game, !he receiver should be battery
ope rated and tuned 10 the transmitter before
the hunt starts . Using severa l receivers tuned
10 !he tran smitter lets you and your fri ends
have a ''fox hunt" ri ght in your li ving room !
By the way. !his RDF technique is not
limited to fun games; a deadly version is
sometimes utilized to locate e nemy troops in
war. Even whe n the ene my has a "radio
blackout'' (all transmitters si len!), it is sometimes possible to RDF the signals emitted
from the local oscilla1ors of the receivers !
I

RADIO RIDDLES

By utili zing appropria!e til te r c ircuits in

each transmitter ' s feed to the antenna it is
possible to effective ly have tw o or more transmitters transmit from a single ante nna. And
we'll likely see more of this pract ice in the
future. Radio World, a j ournal fo r broadcast
radio e ngineers, recentl y re ported that the
practice of two or more broadcast stations
utili zing a single antenna is like ly to increase
due to " LMA and duopoly consolidations, the
coming ex panded A M band. and the overall
c ut back in AM station operati ng expenses ...."

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111

ASK BOB

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Q. What are the actual frequencies

used in the 500 kHz mediumwave

broadcasting band? (Robert Brock,
Phoenix, AZ)

A.

In the United States, mediumwave AM

broadcasters are spaced every I0 kH z from
540 to 1600 kHz. In Europe there are two
domestic bands- the grad ually-dying 150350 kHz longwave band, and the 520- 1620
kHz medium wave band- all AM. but with 9
kHz channel spacing in the latter range.
On automobile trips, you wi ll occasionally

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

see road signs suggesting you tune to 530 or

1610 kHz Travelers In formation Service
(TIS ) stations-usually solar/battery powered low-wattage transmitters broadcasting
tape loops of traffic, road, and facili ties conditions. With the impending expansion of the
broadcast band to 1700 kHz, a decision awaits
as whether to move the 1610 kHz authorizati on to 1710 kHz or down to 530 kHz.

Q. I see frequent references to

11

subaudible tones" used by various

agencies. What are these and what

are they used for? (Ken Dooley,

Bloomington, IL)

A.

It is common for several departmen ts

within an agency to use the same radio frequency for communicating. But when police
dispatchers have to listen to road crews. and
firefighters must put up with chatter from the
EMS doing a radio check, the distractions are
fatiguing.
Continuous Tone Controlled Squelch System (CTCSS), variously called Private Line
or "PL" (Motorola trademark), or more de-

Bob's Tip ol the Month

Cellular Restoration
for Later-Model
BC855XLT
While we have covered previously the
cellular restoration on the orig inal Un iden
BC855XLT scanner, later models, with
the circuit board labe led "PH- I20AF,"
require a different procedure.
Before attempting this procedure, confirm that your model contains the PH120AF circuit board. You will need a
Phillips screwdriver; small needle-nose
pliers or tweezers; I Ok @ 1/4 or 112 watt
resistor; desoldering tool or solder wick;
and a small soldering iron and rosin core
solder to perform the modification.
As always, while we have made every
attempt to verify the procedure to be described, we assume no liability for personal injury or equipment damage resulting from thi s project.
(I) Remove the power and antenna
from the scanner.
(2) Remove the cabinet screws and
open the radio.
(3) Locate the circuit board attached to
the top panel and remove the screws holding it down.
(4) Locate the chip j umper shown in the
illustration; apply heat from the soldering
iron and remove it carefully, using a
desoldering tool or solder wick. Save the
chip in case you wish to restore the radio
to original condition for warranty repair
later.

112

MONITORING TIMES

November 1994

DISPLAY
AND KEYBOARD

BC-855

Install 1OK pull up Resistor

Make sure resistor leads are not shorting other parts

(5) Cut enough lead to route the !Ok

resistor between points A and C, or alternatively, 8 and C. Scrape a small area of
the green solder mask off point "A," as
shown in the diagram, leaving bright copper. Solder one end of the resistor to this
point. Alternatively, this lead may be soldered to point"B," the top ofthe unlableled
chip resistor.
Solder the other resistor to point "C,"
the upper solder pad from which the chip
was previously removed.

Check to be sure the resistor leads

don ' t touch any other components, and
that there are no accidential solder bridges
or flecks on the board.
This completes the restoration. Reverse
steps I, 2 and 3 to reassemble the radio.
Test it by entering a cellular frequency
between 869 and 894 MHz . Remember,
however, that it is unlawful to monitor any
mobile telephone conversations.
We would like to thank Artsci, Inc. of
Burbank, California, for contributing this
month's hint.

Do You Have Questions?

Questions or tips sent to" Ask Bob,"

do MT, are printed in this column
as space permits. If you desire a
prompt, personal reply, mail your
questions along with a self-addressed stamped envelope (no telephone calls, please) in care of MT.
scriptivcly. "sub-audible tone," is a method
o f generating a low-pitc h tone (even lower
than speech frequencies) w hich is transmitted along with the voice. On ly those radios
eq uipped with a squelch set for that tone will
hear transmissions. (see Bill Check project
in this month's "Workshop.")
There are dozens of standard tones to
choose from, quietening receivers not only
from sister agencies sharing the same transmitte r. but from other nearby licensees w ho
might be sharing the same frequency.

Q. I live in a condo down in a

gully, with overhead power lines

close by on all four sides, and I
can't put up on outside antenna.
How can I improve my shortwave
reception? (Neal Wilson, Manchester, CT)

A. You're kidding, right?! I'll bet you' re in

tho.: same fraternity that sends those prank
le tters to Ann Landers! But, just in case
you' re serious and don' t want to move or take
up a new hobby. here goes.
Fortu nately. dis tant shortwave s ignals often arrive fro m high angles ("skywave"). so
the gully may not pose a problem. If not the
roof. can you access an att ic crawl space?
Stay away from wires and metal ductwork or
metal roofing, and erect anywhere from 20 to
75 fe et of wire as high as possible. Near its
center, cut it and insen an in sulator: connect
RG-58/L coax- shield to one side, center
conductor to the other-and run the cable to
your receiver.
If that is impractical. you may wish to
purc hase a shortwave ampli fied loop antenna suc h as sold by Worldcom Tec hnology
(PO Box 3364, Ft. Pierce. FL 34948; ph. 407466-4640) or Palomar Eng inee rs (Box
462222, Escondi do, CA 92046; ph. 6 19-7473343). Mounted near an outside wall or window, this system can also help null out power
line noise.

Q. Can I improve the selectivity on

my receiver by replacing the f.F.
fi/ter{s)? If so, where can I get the

filters ? (Richard Dailey, Pittsburgh,

PA)
A. You can improve the selectivity (adjacentfrequency rejection) of any receiver by s ubst ituting narrower-bandwidth filters. but there
are several consideratio ns:
What is the opt imum bandwidth? Too
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In our September column , Jerome Kaye
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stations in the medium-wave broadcast
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V irginia, offers yet another possibi lity.
Simply stated, a receiver mixes its internally-generated oscillator signal with the
received signal to produce an inte rmediate
frequency (IF) like 455 kHz which. in turn,
is processed (detected) for its audio.
lfthe oscillator is not properly designed,
its harmonics can also mix, producing phantom duplicates of the received signal on
various frequencies. For instance, when
our example receiver is tuned to 1600 kHz,
its oscillator would be on 2055 kHz to
produce the 455 kHz IF (2055 mi nus 1600
equals 455).
If the third harmonic of the oscillator,
6 165 kHz, is also present, then an incoming
shortwave broadcaster on 57 10 kHz will
also be heard at that dial setting (6 165
min us 5710 equals 455).
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harmonic mu ltiple. For example. if you are
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(Continued from page 4)

Sunrise-Sunset
Will the sun never set on a definitive formula to calculate sunrise
and sunset times? We've received four more "solutions." Robert
Dehoney of Is le of Palms, SC, provided a 12-line BASIC program
to do the calculation as outlined in the formula by Bob Elston in the
Sept. Letters. He says, ''To avoid a lot of GOSUBs and IF..THENs,
I expressed the declination as a function of the (approx) number of
days since Dec 2 1st. The tests I have run show the accuracy to be
within 10 minutes."
5 ...... CLS
I 0 ...... PRINT "MONITORING TIMES 9/1994 sunrise/sunset
calculation"
20 ...... INPUT "Enter west longitude and north latitude, both as
decimals ',LON.LAT
30 ...... INPUT "Enter day and month (e.g. 28,7) ",D,M
40 ...... Pl=3. 14159 :L=D+l3/3*7*(M- l)+IO :LA-U365*2*PI
50 ...... 'L is the approx number of days since Dec 21 st, (most
negative declination)
60 .... .. A=-PJ/180*22.S*COS(LA) Calculates approx declination
in radians
70 .... .. X=TAN(A)*TAN(LAT*Pl/180) :Y=-ATN(X/SQR(lX*X))+l.5708
80 ...... SR=LON/15+Y/15*180/PI
90 ...... SS=LON/15-Y/15* 180/PI :IF SS<O THEN SS=24+SS
JOO ...... PRINT "SUNRlSE is at "INT(SR)"hr,""INT((SR, INT(SR))*60)"min, UTC"
110 ...... PRINT" SUNSET is at "INT(SS)"hr,"INT((SSINT(SS))*60)"min, UTC"
120 ...... END
That' s great - the only trouble is, Kenneth Pulliam of Pfafftown,
NC, says Bob Elston's formulas on which the above calculations are
based are incorrect. He says, "The term ARC-COSINE (of A) means
'the angle whose cosine is,' and thus A must be a number between 0
and I and cannot be the angle of declination of the Sun. The fi rst term
of the equation is a correction from UTC to local noon ( 1115 of an
hour per degree of longitude), and so the UTC at the end of the
equation is incorrect.
"The second part of Ihe equation is l /2 the length of the day, which
in the original example is computed as 5.78 (but which should be
6.02, found in a book on sundials and confirmed by a log of weather
related data kepi by my wife). Unfortunately my book on sundials has

Siding with Silver

Linton Robe rtson stands by the account
he gave in August's "Radio Re nections" or
McMurdo Sil ver's career, despite some disagreement fro m two readers in October. In
response to one wri ter's claims that Silve r's
radio were built hy Howard Radio, Robertson
says. "Not all of them! Quoting from Radio
Ma1111fact11rers of the 1920s by ... Alan Douglas, '. .. i11 April of 1934 Howard moved back
to McMurdo Silversplant at 173 1 Belmont. ..
Silver left Belmont A ve1111e in J1111e of 1934 bw
Holl'ard remained there through 1948 111aki11x co1111111111icatio11s receivers, reportedly
some of McM11rdo Silver's later Masterpieces. '

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November 1994

lots of tables but no formulas."

H-mm-m, interesting, but where docs that leave us? Back at the
beginning, says Bill Madson of Jonesboro, Maine. He says the
original formu las work just fine. "I use them as I travel the world on
a freighter, listening to obscure SW stations."
Well, I'll bet Bob Eldridge, VE7BS, didn ' t get this much
attention with his original article! Here are the formulas as they
appeared in 73 magazine in October, 1984.

+ ~:.l (tan a x tan latitude N)

15
15
SUNSET = longitude W _ ~:.l Ctan a x tan latitude N)
15
15
a = inclination of Earth 's axis to direction of the Sun
SUNRISE longitude W

Roy Lavender of Long Beach, CA, sums up his opinion: "Fooey

on formulas for sunrise and sunset. For those who want the info
without the pain, send in the money fo r Merlin's Calends. The
enclosed print screen (see below) is correct for my local airport."
Merlin's Calends is an unusual program for modern druids
we've heard recommended before. It costs $13 (airmail overseas),
or 19,95 Dutch Guilders, or 6 Pound Sterling, from Merlin - Silver
Circle, P.O. Box 473, 3700 AL Zeist, The Netherlands.
Date
31 Aug
1 Sep
2 Sep
3 Sep
4 Sep
5 Sep
6 Sep
1 Sep
8 Sep
9 Sep
10 Sep
11 Sep
12 Sep
13 Sep

1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994

Dawn
4 :08
4 :09
4: 10
4 : 11
4 : 12
4 : 12
4 : 13
4 : 14
4 : 15
4: 16
4: 17
4: 18
4 : 19
4:20

Rise
4:35
4:36
4:37
4 : 37
4:38
4:39
4:40
4:41
4:42
4:43
4:43
4:44
4:45
4:46

Noon
11 :07
11 :06
11 :06
11 :06
11 :05
11 :05
11 :05
11 :04
11 :04
11 :04
11 :03
11 :03
11 :03
11 :02

Set
17: 38

17: 36
17:35
17: 33
17:32
17:30
17 :29
17 : 27
17:25
17 :24
17 : 22
17:21
17: 19
17: 18

Dusk
18 :04
18:03
18:01
18: 00
17:58
17 :57
17:55
17:54
17 :52
17:50
17:49
17:47
17:46
17:44

Midn
23 :07
23:06
23:06
23 :06
23:05
23:05
23:05
23 :04
23:04
23:04
23:03
23:03
23:03
23 :02

I'm sure there are many shareware computer programs to calculate sunrise/sunset times for you. Or, you can uti lize a simple slide
rule that' s also been around for a long time-the DX Edge-just
recently picked up by the Grove Enterprises catalog. It's obvious,
however, that there are some who-like those who like to build their
own eq uipment-like to "figure it out themselves."

"Please note thal the on ly sets even in

questi on are the later o nes. Howard also provided RCA li cense coverage to small manufacturers during thi s period, notabl y Bi II
Halligan of Hallicraftc rs. The fac t re mains,
Silver DID have his own plant , and Howard
moved into Sil ver' s plant, not vice versa."
Robertson avers that although Si lver receivers went to the Antarctic with Byrd as
broadcast receivers (as stated in the article).
not for communi cati ons, it was an honor
nonetheless. The state ment that Hallicrafters/
Howard put sets together for Scoll came from
another recogn ized authorit y, Don Patterson
of Radio Age magazine, says Robertson.
Robertson says he could have exagger-

aled the height of the Silvercabinel he sawhe j usl knew that "This thi ng was BIG."
Linto n's wife. who stands 4 ft. 11 in .. says
upon reflect ion that shes s ure it was at least
as tall as she is."
As I said last month , ''De Bate Goes On" ...

Good Home for Used Equipment

Ronald Fine is a volunteer who works with
a com munity of mentally challenged adults
called Orchard Village in Skokie, Ill inois.
Within thi s community o f about 200. residents learn job and living s kills wilh the goal
of becoming se lf-sufficient. Mr. Fine teaches
them amate ur and shortwave radio. "We also
(Co11ti1111ed 011 page 115)

D X

T E S T S

These special test broadcasts provide a unique opportunity to

hear and identify the following stations. If you hear their broadcasts, please let the engineer know at the address provided. More
information on DXing the broadcast band can be found in DX
Monitor, the publication of the International Radio Club of America
(IRCA, P.O. Box 1831 , Perris, CA 92572-1831 , USA) and DX
News, the publication of the National Radio Club (NRC, P.O. Box
5711, Topeka, KS 66605-0711 ). Both clubs are devoted to the
hobby of hearing distant stations on the standard AM and FM
broadcast bands.For a sample of either publication, send one 29
cent stamp ($1 US or l IRC overseas) to the addresses above. The
following tests were arranged by J.D. Stephens for IRCA.
November 1-30 - CJSB-540, 1504 Merivole Rood, Ottawa, ON K2E 6Z5,
Canada, will conduct a DX lest every day and night during the month of
November. CJSB will insert Morse code IDs duimg their regular rock format
programming, and this will rvn 24 hours per day. This will run until CJSB /eaves
the air, which according lo CJSB's engineer, will be mid-December. Reception
reports may be sent to: Mr. Jeff Ruck, Chief Engineer.
Monday, Nov 7 - WVLD-1450, 1000 West Gordon St, Valdosta, GA 31601 ,
will conduct a DX test between 12 & 5 om EST. The test will include Morse code,
lest tones, and voice IDs. Reception reports may be sent to Mr. Tom Moog, Chief
Engineer.
Monday Nov 7 - KYCA-1490, 600-6th St, Prescott, AZ 86301 , will conduct a DX
lest between 2:30 & 3 am EST. The test will include Morse code, test tones, and
voice IDs. Reception reports may be sent to: Mr. Al Hortzell (N7UKQ) Chief
Engineer.

Monday Nov 14 - WGNY-1200, P.O. Box 2307, Newburgh, NY 12550,

will conduct a DX test between 12 & 12:30 am EST. The lest will include test
tones and Morse code IDs. Reception power will be 10 kW using a nondirectionol antenna pattern. Reports may be sent to Mr. Shown C. McGrath,
Operations Engineer.
Monday Nov 21 - KDDD-800, P.O. Box 555, Dumas, TX 79029, will
conduct a DX test between 1 :30 & 2 om EST. The test will include test tones
and Morse code IDs. Reception reports may be sent to Mr. Granville Murphy
(W50VD) Chief Engineer.
Monday Nov 21 WFRM-600, Box 309, Coudersport, PA 16915, will
conduct a special DX test between 2 & 2:30 am EST. The test will include
march music, Voice IDs, and Morse code IDs. This lest will be simulcast on
WTRN-1340 (Tyrone), WFRM-FM 96.7 (Coudersport), ond WGMRFM
101.1 (Tyrone}. Special thanks to WFRM/WTRN General Manager and
!RCA member Cory Simpson for his help in arranging this test. Reception
reports may be sent to Mr. Robert Lynn, Chief Engineer.
Monday Nov 28 CJGX-940, 120 Smith St East, 4th Floor, Yorkton, SK,
S3N 3V3, Canada, will conduct a DX test between 1 & 1:30 om EST. The
test will include test tones, voice IDs, Morse code ID, and country music.
Power will be 10 kW using a nondirectionol antenna pattern. Reception
reports may be sent to Mr. Kelly Osmok, Chief Engineer.
Monday Nov. 28 WM.AM-570, P.O. Box 609, Marinette, WI 54143, will
conduct a DX test between 1 & 1:30 om EST. The test will include test tones,
voice IDs, and Morse code IDs. Reception reports may be sent to Mr. Dave
Scott, Operations Manager.
Monday Nov 28 - WVK0-1580, 4401 Carriage Hill Lone, Columbus, OH
43220, will conduct a DX test between 1:30 & 2 om EST. The test will
include Morse code IDs and urban contemporary music. Reception reports
may be sent to Mr. John Marocchi, Chief Engineer.

(Continued from page 114)

discuss satellites, as well as other facets of
electronics. We have an old Hallicrafters
SRI 50 SSB transceiver on the air as a club
station as well as other very old pieces of
donated equipment. When equipment becomes inoperative my residents (which total
19) become very sad and you can see it in their
eyes, but when it's working, they have a
'ball.'
"Considering that my project cannot get
federal or state funding we look for donations.
If anyone wants to donate equipment, we will
supply them with a tax letter. My group has
recently taken an interest in aircraft radio, but
has nothing to listen to except my personal
pocket scanner. Another thing we are looking
for is a portable frequency counter, because
the Hallicrafiers easily goes out of band."
If you can help in this worthy project, write
or call Ronald Fine at 7917 N. Luna Ave.,
Morton Grove, IL 60053; (708) 966-49 12.

From the Editor

After receiving two separate reports of a
rumor that the center shortwave guide is being discontinued in Monitoring Times , I wish
to set the record straight: at no time have we
ever considered discontinuing the "English
Language Shortwave Guide"! I can only assume that someone misunderstood the reference to the quarterly guide to Radio Programs- which appears on page 47 and is a

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It's just hard to keep up with demand on
this popular product!
half-page list of programs about radio (DX
programs)-as meaning the entire 28-page
section was becoming quarterly.
The transition between summer and winter scheduling, and from Daylight Savings to
Standard Time, presents a challenge for any
radio publication. Our monitoring team does
a great job of producing an accurate guide
through the use of advance printed and overthe-air station schedules whenever available.
These schedules can then be verified in later
issues of the magazine. Why not join in the
team effort, by giving the MT monitoring
team the benefit of your monitoring times?
Rachel Baughn, Editor

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All Ohio Scanner Club: Dave Marshall, 50 Villa Rd ..

Springfield, OH 45503-1036. Ohio and surrounding
states; VHF/UHF/HF utilities. Net Mon 9:30pm
146.940. American Scannergram. $18 U.S, S21 Can/
Mex, $28 WN. $3 sample. Annual summer meeting.
American SW Listener's Club: Stewart MacKenzie,
WDX6M, 16182 Ballad Lane, Huntington Beac h, CA
92649, (714) 846-1685. Western US, Pacific, Asia.
SWBC, utilities, longwave, clandestine.S WL .$20 US,
$22 Can/Mex. $1 sample ($2 WN}. Meets 1st Sais
10am address above.
Association of C landestine En thusi asts (A.C.E.):
Kirk Baxter. P.O. Box 11201. Shawnee Mission. KS
66207. US, Europe and Middle East; Pirate and
clandestine. The A.C.E. $18 US, $19 Can/Mex, $25
WN.

Association of DX Reporters (ADXR): Reuben

Dagold, 7008 Plymouth Rd., Baltimore, MD 21208.
International; Utilities. ham band. OSLing, MW, LW,
and SWBC. OX Reporter. $19 US, $29 Can/Mex,
$22WN. $1 or 5 IRC's sample.
Association of Manitoba DX'ers (AMANDX):
Shawn Axelrod, 30 Becontree Bay, Winnipeg,
Manitoba, R2N 2X9 Canada, (204) 253-8644.
Manitoba; LW, MW, SW, and VHF/UHF. Meets
monthly. $2.
Bay Area Scanner Enthusiasts: Bruce Ames.
P.A.O., 105 Serra Way #363, Milpitas. CA 95035.
(408)2673244. Western U.S.; 25+ MHz. Listening
Post (bimonthly). Meets 2nd Mons. 7:30 Milpitas
Police Admin Bldg. $25 US, $2 sample, or SASE for
info.

North American Club Listings A-L

Bayonne Emergency Radio Network (BERN): Ray
Baron/Bob Frasca, P.O. Box 1203, Bayonne, NJ
07002-6203, 1-800-286-2876. Metro NJ , NY; Fire/
disaster, pub safety.
Bearcat Radio Club: Larry Miller, Box 360,
Wagontown, PA 19376, 1-800-423 1331. National.
Scanning only. National Scanning Report (bimonthly). $17.50 or $29.90, $5 more Can. $3 sample.
Boston Ares DXers: Paul Graveline. 9 Stir ling St.,
Andover, MA 01810-1408, (508)470 -1971 , 50 mile
radius Boston; 3-30 MHz. Meets 3rd Fris 7:30pm, Bull
Billerica Facility, 300 Concord Rd ., Billerica.
British Columbia Shortwav e Listening Club
(BCDX): Box 500, 2245 Eton St., Vancouver, BC
Canada V5L 1C9, (604) 255-8987 fax. Shortwave.
LOGJAM. Meets 3rd Thurs. 7pm at 920 Davie St.
Canadian lnt' I DX Club: Sheldon Harvey, 79 Kipps
St., Greenfield Park., Quebec, Canada J4V 3B1 ,
(514)462-1459. Canada nationwide/membership
open to all; General coverage. The M essenger. $26
Can , $25 US, $US28 or $Can35 ww. $2 sample.
Meets 2nd Tues 7pm Montreal ; several annual
events.
Capitol Hill Monitors: Alan Henney. 69 12 Prince
Georges Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912-5414. (301)
270-2531 /5774 fax. DC, MD, No.VA. So.DE. Scanner
bands. Frequency Forum BBS 703-207-9622 (8-N-1)
Net 1st & 3rd Mons 7:30pm 146.91. Capitol Hill
Monitor. $8. Meets irregularly.
Central Florida Listener s Group: David Grubbs

You are invited to p ost your amateur radio net in

this b imonthly listing if its primary emphasis is
devoted to the radio monitoring hobby (n ot
amateur radio).
Capitol Hill Monitors
146.91 MHz 1st & 3rd Mon 7:30pm ET, DC, Md,
N .Va, S.Del; Scanning and amateur radio
Frequency Forum BBS 703-207-962218-N-1]
Net Mgr: N3RDC, John Korman
Call Alan Henney 301 -270-2531 or John Korman
301 -299-5455 for info
Newsletter $8; 6912 Prince George's Ave, Takoma
Park, MD 20912-5414
Central Florida Listeners Group
146.730 MHz, Sun 8pm ET, Central Florida; any
radio communications outside amateur bands
Net Mgr: N4EF
Telephone gateways announced ; CFLG BBS
conference on LASER BBS 4076470031
Call Mark Kuziv, KC4ZVK, 407-933-7 163 for info
Larkfiel d 's ARC SW-Scanner Net
147.210 MHz, Fri 8pm ET, Long Island, NYC, NJ,
Conn; Shortwave BCers & utes, MW. amateur
radio, scann ing
Net Mgr: Hank Lukas, N2GCN
Open to all amateurs on air; by letter for scanner
listeners
Contact: P.O.Box 115, Plainview, NY 11 803-0115
Montreal DX Listeners Net
146.910 MHz, Sun 8:15 pm ET, Montreal PO area;
MW SW, & Scanner
Net Mgr: Sheldon Harvey VE2SHW
Telephone gateways announced
Monitoring the Long Island Sounds Net
146.805 Tues 8pm ET, Long Island, NY; Primarily
scanning
Net Mgr: WB2RVA, 2134 Decker Ave, North
Merrick, NY 11566
Monlx SW and Scanner Listene rs Info Net
146.835 MHz, Thurs. 9:30 pm ET; Cincinnati{TriState Area; All band

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Central Indiana Shortwave Club: Steve Hammer,

2517 E. DePauw Road, Indianapolis, IN 46227-4404.
Central Indiana; SW broadcasting, p irates, and the
offbeat. Shortwave Oddities.
Central VA Radio Enthu siasts: Richard Rowland,
POB 34832, Richmond , VA 23234-0832. Metro
Richmond and vicinity. VHF/UHF. SASE. No
newsletter. no dues. Meets quarterly i n Richmond.
Chicago Area DX Club: Edward G. Stroh, 53
Arrowhead Dr.. Thornton, IL 60476. 300 mile radius
of Chicago; DXing all bands. OX Chicago. $17, $1
sample. Meets irregularly.
Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association
(CARMA): Ted & Kim Moran, 6219 N. Greenview,
Chicago, IL 60660-1815. Chicago & midwest. Public
safety & general coverage. SCUG/CARMA BBS
(708)852-1292. CARMA Newsletter. Meetings (Sats)
and newsletter bi-monthly on alternate months.
Colorado Shortwa ve Listeners C lub: Rob
Harrington NONNI, P.O. Box 370593, Denver . CO
80237-0593. 303-756-9455. Longwave, shortwave.
Colorado Shortwave Listener (4x) 35 cents each.
Meets 1st Sundays.
Communications Research Group: Scott Miller,
122, Greenbriar Drive, Sun Prairie, WI 53590-1706.
Wisconsin area. Scanning.
DecalcoManla: Paul Richards, P.O. Box 126,
Lincroft. NJ 07738, (908)591-2522. W orldwide AM,
FM and collecting radio related items. OecalcoMania .
$10 US. $11 Can/Mex, $16 Eur, $17.50 Asia/Pac.

Listeners' Nets

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N4EF, 956 Woodrose Court, Altamonte Springs, FL

32714-1261 ; (407) 296-2055 Andy Fountain. Central
Florida; All bands. Net on 146.73 MHz Sun 8 pm.
Meets 2nd Sats 12 noon. Conf#10 on Laser BBS
(407)647-0031.

November 1994

Net Mgr: Mark Meece, N81CW, (5t3) 777-2909 (no

colleci calls)
Open to all amateurs; Telephone gateways to net
mgr up to 1/ 2 hr before net; The Listening Post BBS
(513) 474-3719
New York DX Association
146.880 Mon 9pm ET, NYC area; "DC to Light"
Net Mgr: Charles Hargrove N2NOV, 723 Port
Richmond Avenue. Staten Island, NY 10302-1736
Voice mail 1/2 hr before net: 212-978-3375;
Compuserve 73167,312
Northeast SW Listeners and Scanners Net; Rip
Van Winkle Society
147.21 MHz (WB2UEB) Wed 8pm, Albany, NY. area.
Net Mgr : Ray Loeper N2RAD
Rocky Mountain Monitoring Net
147.225, 224.980 Denver; 145.460 Boulder ; 145. 160
Colorado Springs Sun 20:00; communications
monitoring
Brian Gould, KBOMEP, Mt. News Net
Scanner and Shortwav e Listeners Net; AOSC
146.940 Mon 9:30pm ET. SW Ohio; Scanning, SW,
AM-FM-TV DX
Net Mgr : N80AY.
Open to licensed amateurs: no phone or mail
gateways
Shortwave Listeners Net, Association of North
American Radio Clubs
7.240 MHz LSB. Sun 10am ET, Eastern US :
Shortwave broadcasts and utilities
Net Mgr: KW3F, 238 Cric klewood Circle, Lansdale,
PA 19446
Telephone gateways announced
Southern Wisconsin SW Listeners Net; MARA
147. 150 MHz. alt 146.760 MHz. Madison, WI, area
First Sun 8pm CT. Shortwave, scanning, de to
daylight. equipment notes and comments.
Net Mgrs: N9LTD, KA9SRU, N9EWO
Contact: N9EWO. Dave Zantow, 1609 Ontario Drive,
Janesville, WI 53545

Drake SPR4 lnt'I Club: Bill Swiger, Rouie 1, Box

142A, Bridgeport. WV 26330. Worldwide; Drake
SPR4 owners.
Fire Net: Tom Kravitz, Box 1307, Culver City, CA
90232, 310838-1436, internet [email protected].
All of California; fire, EMS, tied in with nationwide
notification net.
Global DX Club: David Williams, P .O. Box 1176,
Pinson. AL 35126-11 76. Worldwide; all bands. Radio
Waves (bi-monthly) . $1 sample. Meets monthly.
Houston Area Scanners & Monitoring Club: Glen
Dingley, 909 Michael, Alvin , TX 77511 , (713) 3881941 . 75 mile radius of Houston, TX; scanning & SW.
Paging network . HASMC Newsletter. Meets Jan &
June.
Hudson Valley Monitors Association (HVMA) :
Patrick Libretti, P.O. Box 706, Highland, NY 12528.
Mid-Hudson valley and surrounding cou nties; VHF/
UHF, public safety. The Hudson Valley M onitor .
International 11 Meter Alliance: Allen Newton, Rt 1
Box 187-A, Whitney, TX 76692, (817) 694-4047.
Public safety. traHic handling , all bands. esp . 11
meters.
lnt'I Radio Club of America (IRCA) : Ralph
Sanserino, P.O. Box 1831, Perris, CA 92572-1831.
Worldwide; BCB/AM DX. OX Monitor (34 x) $25 US.
$27 Can/Mex, $28.50 WN. $.29 or 2 IRCs sample.
Lo ngwave Club of America: Bill Oliver, 45
Wildflower Rd., Levittown. PA 19057, (215) 945-0543.
Worl dwide; Longwave only. The Lowdown. $ 18 US,
$19 Can/Mex, $26 WN.

SPECIAL EVENT CALENDAR

Date
Nov 5

Location
Eustis FL

Club/Contact Person
Lake Co ARA I Steve Eshom, AC4KN, PO Box 216,
Zellwood, FL 32798 (904) 345-5414
Nov 5-6 Stone Mt, GA Hamfest & Computer Expo, Alford Memorial Radio Club/
P.O. Box 1282, Stone Mt. GA 30085-1282. Location:
Gwinnett Co Fairgrounds, Lawrenceville. Sat 9-5; Sun 93:30. Talk-in 146.16/76, PL tone if on 107.2. $8 gen admission. RV hook-ups.
West Texas ARC / Robt Jordan N5RKN, 1521 E 13th,
Nov 5-6 Odessa, TX
Odessa, TX 79761 (915) 335-7980
Nov 6
Southfield, Ml Oak Park ARC / Andy Penn, 28771 Fairfax, Southfield, Ml
48076 (810) 559-0147
Nov 12 Montgomery, AL Montgomery ARC/ Huey Fourquet KB1 RH, 517 Deerfield
Dr, Montgomery, AL36109 (205) 416-4882
Plymouth, MA Mayflower ARC I Jim Ford NM1 F, 194 Rocky Hill Rd,
Nov 12
Plymouth, MA 02360 (508) 747-2224
Nov 12
W. Monroe, LA Twin City Ham Club I P.O. Box 1871, W. Monroe, LA 712941871, Lynn Tiller (318) 322-3129. Location: West Monroe
Convention Center
Nov 12
Myrtle Bch, SC Beachfest Hamfest and Computer Show, Grand Strand
ARC I P.O. Box 2135, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578-2135. Robert
Battle (803-236-2887) or Gordon Mooneyhan (803-2933839) . Location: Myrtle Beach High School. 9am-4pm. $6
gen admission. Talk-in 147.120(+)
Nov 19-20 Ft. Wayne, IN Allen Co Amateur Radio Technical Society I ACARTS , P.O.
Box 10342, Fort Wayne, IN 46851, Don Gagnon (219-4843317) . Location: Allen Co War Memorial Coliseum Exposition Center. Sat 9-4; Sun 9-3. $5 general admission. Talk-in
146.88(-)
Nov 19-20 Tampa, FL
Suncoast Convention / Fla Gulf Coast ARC, P.O. Box 2423,
Clearwater, FL 34617-2423. Charlotte Frazier (813) 7336937. Location: Florida Expo Park Expo Hall, 9am-5pm Sat,
9am-3pm Sun.
Nov 19
Macomb, IL
LaMoine Emergency ARC I Don Johnson KA9SQB, 702
Washington, Macomb, IL 61455-2023. Location: Grand
Ballroom, Western Illinois Univ. Student Union. 8am-3pm.
Socorro ARA, Tech ARA I David Finley N1 IRZ, 1202 Ladera,
Nov 19
Socorro, NM
Socorro, NM 87801 (505) 835-1218 Location: Finley Gym,
9am-5pm. Talk-in 146.68 (-)Free admission.
Benson, NC
Johnston AAS /William Lambert AK4H, 8917 NC Hwy 50N,
Nov 20
Benson, NC 27504 (919) 894-3352
Evansville, IN EARS/ Martin Hensley, 1506 S. Parker Dr, Evansville, IN
Nov 26
47714 (812) 479-5741
Nov 26
Litchfield , IL
Central Illinois/St Louis Area ATV Club I Scott Millick K9SM,
907 Big Four, Hillsboro, IL 62049 (217) 532-3837
Nov 26
Chalmette, LA New Orleans VHF ARC/ Duncan McCarthy N5NBI, 2537
Prancer St, New Orleans, LA 70131 -5127 (504) 361-2171
Dec 2-3 Dothan, AL
Wiregrass ARC I Walter Haymon WA6MWS, 266 Ashley
Circle, Dothan, AL 36301 (205) 793-3978
Dec 3
Mesa, AZ.
Superstition ARC I Joe Bonfante WA6MVW, 1432 N. 67th St.
Mesa AZ 85205 (602) 832-6594
Minden ARA I Geo Winford AA50L, 111 Fuller St, Minden,
Dec 3
Minden, LA
LA 71055-3420 (318) 377-5019
Dec 3
N. Olmsted, OH Fall Hamfest I North Coast ARC, P.O. Box 30529, Cleveland, OH 44130, Dan Sarama KB8A (216) 267-5083.
Location: St. Clarence Church, 301016 Lorain Rd (between
Stearns and Barton) . $4 general admission. Talk-in 145.29,
224. 76 rptrs.
Chenango Valley ARA / Robt Levin N2KYZ, 25 Hillview Dr,
Dec 3
Norwich, NY
Norwich, NY 13815 (607) 334-9503
Monitoring Times is happy to run brief announcements of radio events op en to our
readers. Send your announcements at least 60 days beforethe event to:
Monitoring Times Special Events Calendar
P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902-0098

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
Advanced Electronics Appl ications ...... 3
Alpha Delta .................................... 49
Amsoh ... .. ....................................... 89
The Antenna Ha ndbook ... ........... .... 67
Antique Radio Classified ...... ..... ..... 111
ARRL ............... .... ...... ....... ....... ........ 79
Atlantic Ha m Radio .. ... ... .............. ... 97
Austin Antenna ............ .. .......... ........ 27
BBC World Service .......................... 60
Buckmaster Publishing ..................... 85
Cellular Security Group ...... .. ..... 31, 7 7
Command Post ..... ................ .......... 23
Communications Electronics ............... 5
Computer Aided Technologies ............ .
... .................................... 79 , 105, 107
Consumerlronics ............ .. ............. l 0 1
Da ll as Remote Imaging ... ................ 23
Data metrics ........... ........ ...... ............ 71
Davis Instruments ....... .. ...... ............. 71
Delta Researc h .............................. l 05
Digitech Concepts .......... ................... 7
Drake, R.L. Co ... . ........ .............. 60, 77
DWM Enterprises ...... ...... . .. .. ....... ..... 89
DX Computing .... ...... .. .. ..... ....... ...... 64
Gilfer Shortwave . ..... .... ........ ............ 31
G lenn Hause r ......... ........................ 43
GRE America .................................. 27
Grove Enterprises ......... .. 8, 13, 61 , 63,
............. .. ................... 67, 76, 97, l 04 ,
ICOM America ...... . ................ Cover IV
Index Publishing .. ............................ 3 1
Jacques d'Avignon ........................... 65
KIWA Electronics .. .. ........ ................. 91
Klingenfuss ............................. 7 1, 105
Lentini Communications .................. 93
Marymac Industries ........... .. ........ .. 11 3
Microcraft ....... ..... ....... '. ................... 9 7
Mil Spec C om munications ............... 115
Matro n Electronics ..... ...... ...... l 0 l , 111
Nationa l Scanning Report ................ 3 7
OptoElectronics ................... Cover II, 9
Orchid City Software ....................... .. 7
Palomar Engineering ....... 91, 101 , 107
Pio neer Data ..... .... ....... ............... .... 97
Pioneer Hill Software .... .. .... ............. 81
QSO Software ........... . ..................... 41
Radio Accessories ..... .... ................... 5 7
Radi o Control Systems ............. ........ 99
Radioware Corp . .... ....................... 113
Ramsey Electro nics ... ........ .... ... .. ...... 19
R.C. Distributing .... . ........... ...... .. ..... . 87
R.D.I. White Papers ...... ..... ...... ...... 101
R.D.X. Laboratories .......... ........ ........ 7 1
Satellite Ti mes ................ ....... .......... 51
Salman ................. ........... ...... ..... ... . 87
Scrambling News ...................... ...... 97
Skyvision ... ...... ... ........... .... ......... ..... 8 7
Software Systems Consulting .......... 1 05
Startek lnt'I ........ ........ ........... ....... .... 39
Transel Technologies .... .. ................. 9 9
Universal Radio .............. .... .. ... .... .. .. 7 7
U.S. Radio ..... ....... ....... ............... .. 103
U.S. Scanner Publications ........ .... .... 23
V-Commu nications ... ........ ............. 10 7
Viking Internationa l ................. .. .. .. 11 l
Watkins-Johnson ........ ..... .. ..... Cover Il l
World com Technology .. .. ....... l 01 , 11 5

November 1994

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Drake R-8. Excellent, 5 months old. $700 OBO. AOR

Portable 800MHz scanner with military and SW. $ 175.
Frank (3 18)443-8803.
WANTED: Unused cardboard program cards for SSBI
Searsband Optical Scanner or information where I can buy
them. Gary E. Coakley. 90 llampton Avenue. Imperial, PA
15126.
For Sale: Mint Condition. AOR-3000A. 4 months old with
LA-320 loop w/4 element. SI ,225. Call Ron (813)775-5555.
Wanted: Scanners/SW Receivers for new ehildrens club.
(203)2884477.
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S4200. Call Ron, (602)742-5703
SONY AIR 8 Synchronous Receiver 150-2194 GZ, Sl50.
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WANTED: MOTOROLA Flip phones and EXPO walkie

talkies (Ull F/ DPL preferred). Also looking for Yupiteru
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FOR SALE: BEARCAT BC200XLT w/cellular. S205

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ICOM-IC229H Two Meter Transceiver (50w), RF-CONCEPTS 2-417 (175w) Linear Amp w/Pre-Amp. ASTRON
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Kenwood R-5000 with voice synthcsilCr, ROI white paper,

mod/review book. manual. service manual, and SP-430
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PR0-43, cellular restored, military aviation. very nice, $230.

With box, manual. extra battery holder. Jonathan Gerlach
(303)893-5680, daytime. Must Sell .

Ilighes1 price paid for used scanners! (614)544-5842 (0395)

13EARCAT BC800XLTS 190. BC IOOXLT S 130. $300 for

both. Mint Condition. Original boxes. (603 )226-0841.

Mint AR-3000 receiver. $500. Call W81SG. (616)73 15600 days or leave message.

Wanted: information/service to speed up the scan rate on my

AOR IOOOXLT. Charles Braseth. I06 Reeves Coun. Grand
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For Sale: Satellite Subcarrier Receiver. New-2-channel. for

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Bob Grove
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Signaling Our Punches in Haiti!

Shortwave listeners were astounded.
The President had openly announced
the impending invasion of Haiti to
restore the democratically-elected
government, and clear-voice U.S. Navy
communications came up on special
frequencies assigned to the mission
(see this month's Utility World).
With no attempt to encrypt the
contents, messages constantly updated
vessel positions and bearings; lists of
callsigns were repeated with their
cross-referenced callsigns on other
channels; vessels were openly identified by their commissioned names
rather than customary trigraphs; frequencies and locations were passed
without code names; names of officers
were given, as well as special-purpose
attachments; frequencies were maintained without change, 'round the
clock, for weeks at a time and, at this
writing, are still in use.
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that had not been heard for a decade or
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code names, just good old English.
So why did they do it? The military
has in place untold wealth of encryp-

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MONITORING TIMES

November1994

tion equipment; NSA computer-generates

callsigns on a mission-by-mission basis,
often every 24 hours; voice scrambling is
already in place on all Navy vessels.
It has been suggested that the radio
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magnitude of monitoring which goes on;
maybe they were concerned for radio
incompatibility among the multinational
forces mustering for the invasion; or was
what we heard so low level that other,
more urgent, communications were being
conducted by secure satellite?
Perhaps the answer is as simple as
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inviting active listening. After all, it was
most desirable that the Haitian junta
parliament be abandoned by intimidation,
not by violent confrontation. As part of
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extent of firepower speeding toward Port
Haitien.
Regardless of the reason for such open
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