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Vol. 15, No. 10 October 1996

The Inventor of Radio Was 20
By Leon Fletcher
... Nathan B. Stubblefield? There has been a lot of

debate over Marconi's claim to the title, "father of
radio," but among the list of contenders, Stubblefield is
not a name that generally comes to mind. Yet, a convinc-
ing case for him can be made -or could have been, had
his business sense been as keen as his sense for inven-
tion.
The AWR Story 24

By Adrian Peterson
On October 1st, twenty -five years ago,

Corer Story the first official broadcast of Adventist
World Radio was launched over a short-
wave transmitter at Sines, Portugal. Adrian
Who's Playing Hell Peterson, himself a player in its develop-
with HAARP? ment, traces the course the broadcaster
took to its current worldwide reach.
An Investigative Report
By Wayne Mishler
There's always been something a

little spooky about radio waves -a Anyone for a Fox Hunt? 28
phenomena we can't see, which we By Arthur Lee
control just enough to make use of,
and upon which so much of modern Call it a "bug," a "fox," or a hidden trans-
society depends. Combine these mitter -trying to be the first to find it can be as
waves with other elements such as
much fun as a scavenger hunt. Although it's an
aurora and ionosphere -which we
can't see, either, but we're fairly sure activity generally enjoyed by hams, anyone
are essential for life on this planet, who can hear the frequency can join in! Here
add words like heating and bombard- are some tips to help you win.
ing, and you have all that's needed
fora humdinger of a Halloween story.
In this MT investigative report,
Wayne Mishler sets out to counter Bug Hunt, Expo Style 18
the witch hunts with an objective
look at the High frequency Active By Bob Burdick
Auroral Research Program.
(HAARP). Is the project the monster
How I out -foxed the fox at the '95 Grove Communications Expo!
it is supposed? Turn to page 8 for this
major story.
Cover photo of the HAARP an-
tenna array is by Al Grillo, Anchor-
age, Alaska.
Reviews: DEPARTMENTS
We're going mobile this month. The
BayGen Freeplay wind -up wonder goes Letters 4 Federal File 80
anywhere without power cord and Communications 6 Looking Back at the Olympics
without batteries. In fact, your editor Grove Expo Update 18 Satellite TV 82
took it on a PCS Front Line 32 Universal's SCPC-200
pontoon boat last Emerging PCS Technologies Experimenters Workshop 84
summer, listening
to the local AM Scanning Report 34 Directional Scanner Beam
station, then Wanted: Used Scanners Computers & Radio 86
shifting to jazz and Utility World 38 WiNRADiO: Win -Win?
afro -pop from Maritime Net; CAP Callsigns Special Events /Club Circuit 88
Canada and South America on SW. But Shortwave Broadcasting 42 What's New 89
is this a serious radio or a passing toy? QSL Report 46 Review: LF Engineering SkyMatch
Magne tackles that question in his English Lang SW Guide 47 Magne Tests 94
review this month. Propagation Conditions 67 BayGen Freeplay
Parnass goes mobile in Scanner Beginner's Corner 68 Scanning Equipment 96
Equipment with the Radio Shack PRO - Uncle Skip Rethinks Antennas
2046. Are you a serious monitor who's Radio Shack PRO-2046
Below 500 kHz 70 DeMaw's Workbench 98
on the road a lot? Then this scanner may
be for you. Check out the specs. Longwave Intrigue Simple Receiver for the Beginner
Bob Grove, who rarely recommends American Bandscan 72 Antenna Topics 100
active antennas, found himself duly TV by the Numbers HF Groundplane Antenna
impressed with the LF Engineering Outer Limits 74 Digital Digest 102
SkyMatch, for coverage from VLF to Radio Patria Libre Returns Review: Hoka Code -3 Gold
VHF! See his review on page 92. On the Ham Bands 76 Ask Bob 104
Also see reviews on the Universal Plotting the MUF
SCPC -200 satellite audio receiver on p. New monitoring target
Plane Talk 78 Stock Exchange 106
82, Hoka Code -3 Gold on p.102, and
WiNRADIO (part 2) p.86. Radio Beacons Closing Comments 108
The Pendulum Swings
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L E T T E R S
Blowing in the Wind columnist at the MT/ST table at the Grove
I read Bob Grove's Closing Comments in

this issue with mixed feelings. I know of no
Expo this month!
Just the FAX, Ma'am

SKY WALKER
other publication or business which has pub- equipment at reasonable prices. The Na-
lished such a comprehensive summary of We have had inquiries about additional tional Weather Service Southern Region
where our hobby and our business stand ways to acquire the JV -FAX program used office has just purchased the SkyWalker/
today. It's a little like standing on a hilltop in by Brian Webb in his August weather fax Wilmanco system from us, to be used by the
a hospital gown ... On the other hand, there article. Mike Rausch tells us it's available Tulsa Forecast office in a demonstration
are those who will be convinced it must be several places on the Web, including the project on Cavanal Mountain in eastern
a whitewash of our true situation: it isn't. ARRL site and ftp: //ftp.funet.fix/pub/ham. Oklahoma ... The National Weather Service
The truth regarding the radio hobby is not If you are a reader without Internet access, in Silver Spring, Maryland, after extensive
all good -nor is it all bad. A recent phone MT has obtained a copy of the program. testing of several packages, has purchased
conversation with columnist Ken Reitz re- Send $3 plus a 3 -1/2" IBM high density two more units from us, one for Hawaii and
minded me that the next ten years or so are disk, and we' 11 mail one out to you. one for Puerto Rico. Our equipment also
likely to be an unprecedented era for radio. John Mayson of Palm Bay, Florida, has feeds the Tulsa and Miami, Oklahoma, sta-
There are still plenty of analog transmis- another mode of wefax reception he says is tions.
sions to enjoy. We can still experience the even easier: Paul Hitchcock of Berkeley, "If you would like to have a complete
excitement of building a crystal set or reno- California, "wrote some software that al- update on everything that is happening in
vating an old tube receiver and have our lows a person to receive faxes through a PC the EMWIN world, check out our new web
handiwork rewarded by the reception of live sound card. The only item you may need to site at www.webczar.com /skywalker.
signals. On the other hand, we live in an era buy is the patch cable to run between the You'll find a full description of EMWIN,
of tremendous strides in digital technology, radio and the MIC input of the sound card. I WeatherNode software, transmitting sites,
making possible a quality and quantity of use this software and it works great. My only equipment specs, and links to all the key
communication never dreamed of, even in warning to would-be users is they must be players. If your questions are not answered
our own youth. For a brief time we have the completely out of Windows for this soft- there, drop us an e-mail.
opportunity to experience the best of both ware to work. The software is available at "We'd appreciate it if you would let your
worlds -let's make the best of it! ftp: / /www.cdrom.com/pub/hamradio/ local Emergency Management people know
Bob Grove makes reference to the flex- grzii/misc/wxman2.zip how to find our site. We believe you will all
ibility and diversity of Grove Enterprises "Similarly there is software allowing you find it useful." (Jack Long, SkyWalker Data
and its staff. Much the same has been true of to receive SSTV through a sound card. It is Systems, 7303 W. 35th Street, Tulsa, OK
Monitoring Times -as modes of communi- available at: 74107, 918-445-1488)
cation change, so does the content of the ftp : //www.cdrom.com/pub/hamradio/ We've been gratified to see the increase
magazine. I'm proud to say we're "flexing" oak /arrl/bbs/programs/sstvbl.zip" in equipment available to private citizens
again, with the addition of a significant new John invites readers to visit his radio for access to National Weather Service in-
column: PCS Front Line. The author of this related web page at: formation, including a system from ST ad-
regular department is Dan Veeneman, whose http: / /www.spacecoast.net /users/ vertiser Swagur Enterprises (608 -592 -7409;
professional background includes an engi- jmayson/radio.htm www.execpc.com/ swagur/). Our best ad-
neering degree from Northwestern Univer- In the same August issue, Ken Reitz vice is: shop around.
sity, management and technical positions in wrote about the National Weather Services
the computer industry, including local and Emergency Managers Weather Information
Thanks for the Break
wide -area networks, Internet connectivity, Network (EMWIN) and how the public can
and security and encryption services. Of tap into this informative data stream. Refer- In response to reader requests, we are
interest to MT readers is the fact that, on the enced in the article was Zephyrus Electron- now providing a 6 -month subscription op-
side, Dan also edits a quarterly newsletter on ics, which sells a complete package for tion. Here's one response we received to the
cryptography. EMWIN reception. We received the follow- offer: "I commend the powers- that -be for
Dan is interested in emerging personal ing information from Jack Long of their starting the 6 -month subscription of-
communication systems from both the user SkyWalker Data Systems which also sup- fer. Things have been a bit tight for me
and the professional perspective. Once you plies weather reception systems. lately, so it really did make the difference
have read his opening article, I guarantee the "EMWIN is spreading rapidly across the concerning my renewing. All I can say is
concept of "PCS" will begin to take shape, country. There are five VHF stations broad- thanks to you all for providing an excellent
even though the systems themselves are casting in Oklahoma now, with more com- magazine, and continued best wishes!
likely to remain fluid as technology, legisla- ing on line every month. Our site plan, with Cheers," Frank
tion, and customer requirements change. frequencies already assigned, calls for a
Dan will help us keep on top of what's hot, total of at least 15 in Oklahoma alone. Continued best wishes to our readers as
what's not, who's proposing projects, and "The rapid growth results from the avail- well from Monitoring Times, your personal
who's disposing spectrum space. I'm also ability of the signal on the GOES satellites at source for communications information.
happy to announce you can meet our new no cost to users, and high quality download -Rachel Baughn, mteditor @grove.net
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Raucous Rock and Roll in sponded with a lawsuit. Motorola, said the
light glitches at Logan International Airport
Tidewater and at the Boston Regional Air Traffic Con- suit, was neither licensed nor authorized by
trol Center in Nashua, New Hampshire. Air the NBA to provide play-by -play.
WKOC -FM, a station in the Norfolk/Vir- A U.S. Federal Judge agreed, ruling that
traffic controllers there direct planes over
ginia Beach radio market, recently changed some 270,000 square miles from Lake Erie to Motorola' s conduct constituted "commer-
to the identical rock format played by WNOR- cial misappropriation" and ordered them to
100 miles out into the Atlantic. On average
FM, also in the same radio market. As with stop marketing the $200 "toy." There was no
once every two days some piece of equipment
any such competition between stations, you breaks or shuts down. Outages last anywhere word as to whether any damages were
can expect some fireworks. In Norfolk/Vir- awarded.
from seconds to more than a day.
ginia Beach, however, things apparently over-
According to Robert Charette, a computer -
heated and spilled out onto the streets in the
risk analysis consultant, "probability theory Scanner Music
form of fistfights. says that one of these days everything will go
Within days of the change, WNOR disc According to reports received at Monitor-
wrong at the same time." In the meantime, to
jockey Tommy Griffiths sued ex- partner keep the system running, the controllers have ing Times, a British band is making a name
Henry Del Toro, who now anchors the morn- for itself by using a radio during its perfor-
purchased parts on their own rather than wait-
ing show on WROX -FM, also in Norfolk/ mance. Called "Scanner," the band actually
ing for replacements to be ordered. "It's easier
Virginia Beach market. Griffiths says that incorporates a scanner tuned to pick up cellu-
to go to Radio Shack for a transistor or resis-
Del Toro repeatedly called Griffiths a drug lar phone calls into its music. Because the
tor," said one controller.
addict on the air. transmissions are live, each performance is
Then there was the remote broadcast by different. Check their home page at http: //
WNOR at a K -Mart. Who shows up but Yo, Yonkers! Use Your Head! www.obsolete.com/scanner/ for dates and
several WROX staffers. According to According to the New York Times, Yon- places of their American tour.
WROX' s owner, the WNOR staff "went bal- kers, New York police will soon be using a
listic." When the smoke cleared, warrants new digital system that will make it impos- "And then she ordered some pizza
had been issued against two WNOR employ- sible to scan. Part of the decision to go digital and beer, yeah, yeah, yeah ..."
ees, including program director Harvey Kojan, was to keep information away from crimi-
who allegedly assaulted WNOR's William nals. Lieutenant Daniel Daly of the "and a side order of..."
Russ. WNOR promotions assistant William department' s planning and management di-
Fiveash, in turn, allegedly assaulted WROX's vision says that "there are often cases where
Tammy McClanahan. WNOR General Man- car thieves or burglars carry scanners tuned to
ager Jeff Scarpelli, however, says that "no police frequencies. This alerts them to the
attack took place." whereabouts of the police. They won't be
able to do that anymore."
Future Scanner Action Nor will we be able to help you, Lt. Daly.
Next time you're scanning the air bands
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According to the Boston Globe, a major fail- Two accused robbers are today behind
ure in air traffic control in at least one region bars, thanks to a local scanner listener in
may be just a matter of time. Canton, Ohio. Authorities credit Madison
Over the past several years, says reporter County Supervisor David Richardson with
Matthew Brelis, there have been more than helping to chase down the pair. Armed with a
scanner, Richardson followed the two at high Hang 'Em High!
"Boston Control, I'm not questioning speeds down twisting country roads before
your authority, but isn't this holding the two were captured by deputies. Use a CB over the legal power limit in
pattern you have me in a tad congested ?" "It think it was above and beyond the call Beloit, Wisconsin, and you could get hit with
of duty," said Joe Pennington, who owns the a $10,000 fine. City council there unani-
business the two men are accused of robbing. mously approved a measure that they say will
stop CB interference with people's tele-
phones, televisions, and stereos. Beloit city
Playing Ball officials took the action because they said
Early last year, Motorola, the multi-na- that FCC agents are not conveniently avail-
tional communications giant unveiled able to arrest CB users."
SportsTrax, a wireless pager -like device that "CBers who protested the action says that
delivers baseball scores, base runner posi- they will now be the victims of a witch -hunt.
tions, innings, and outs on a diamond display. "Now if people get the slightest bit of inter-
Motorola also reportedly engaged in negotia- ference, they'll be looking for the first an-
tions with the NBA for basketball, as well, but tenna they see," said local radio operator
no deal was reached. Robert Smith.
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he planned to introduce legislation to help Weiner is not taking any chances this officially reallocated within a year and
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dios. Feingold wants federal law amended to were both closed down by the FCC. He's to the FCC, Chairman Reed Hundt en-
let municipalities enforce FCC regulations on been sending press releases to the FCC and dorsed the goals saying that "we stand
radio frequency interference. has hired an independent laboratory to under the rainbow...looking at a pot of
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being outfitted, "we're not even going to The FCC previously auctioned off the
is Coming! allow a microwave oven." old TV channels 70 -84 for cellular use.
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says Weiner, is to bring environmental from TV channels 60 -69.
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We're all in big trouble. This could be the
big one. Yes, the media is already warming up "The radio
for another overhype. This time the big story Communications is written by Larry
spectrum? It's
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entitlement programs, either. This time the ington Press Corp, the Monitoring Times
world is on the brink of disaster from -solar Media Monitoring Team: Mr. Anonymous;
storms. Bob Grove, Brasstown, NC; Harvey
In an article headlined, "A Solar Storm Graves, Akron, OH; Russell Hood, Europa,
Warning," reporter Lee Bowman warns in the MS; Clay Irving; T.R., Yonkers, NY;
Cleveland Plain Dealer that "a billion -ton Maryanne Kehoe, Atlanta, GA; Kevin John
wave of super-hot, electrically charged gas Klein, Appleton, WI; Wesley Nelson,
from the sun [will] crash into the Earth's
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time people in Florida notice a spectacular
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too late," says Bowman, "The Storm of the Walter Szczepaniak, Philadelphia, PA and
Millennium may be well under way." David Zantow, Janesville, WI.
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Wfto's Playìqg Hell with
The day io caribou waked backwards

The IRI antenna array in Alaska, electronically solarized to suggest the ultimate power of the
planned transmission tests. The structures that resemble umbrella frames are the antennas used to
direct HAARP transmissions upward. The shelters at ground level house the transmitters used to
generate HAARP's signals.
An MT Investigative Report
By Wayne Mishler
The Pentagon's controversial HAARP project has drawn fire from television broadcast-
ers, writers, publishers, and concerned citizens. Some say it could wipe out worldwide radio
communications and disrupt the ionosphere to the point of destroying aircraft and missiles
in- flight. It has been called a star wars weapon in the making, a devious military plot to
control minds and dominate the world, vandalism in the sky, and the beginning of the end
of the Earth. In some cases the tension has approached panic stages.
What is this monster? Is it really capable of doing these sinister things? To learn the
truth, MT launched into an investigative research project. We talked to people who actually
work with HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. We gathered
comments and information from people who live near the project. We searched the Internet
for different viewpoints and facts that we could verify. We talked with the United Nations
and international science communities. We approached the story with an open mind and
asked hard questions. In this article we share with you what we learned. Our findings may
surprise you.
Barrow
ALASKA The HAARP site is located at 62 degrees

23.5 minutes North, and 145 degrees
For years to come, Alaskans will be 8.8 minutes West. This places it about
telling their grandchildren about the
ARCTIC CIRCLE 160 miles northeast of Anchorage,
day the caribou walked backwards Fairbanks about 13 miles northeast of
in Glennallen, a small town 147 miles Nome Glennallen (near Gakona), and
northeast of Anchorage. A resident tele- NORTON SOUND about 160 miles southeast of
phoned that strange story to theAnchorage Fairbanks.
GAKONA
Daily News, and identified the cause. It was,
of course, that newfangled HAARP transmit- Anchorage
Juneau
ter the government had built down the road at
Gakona. They'd heard it was capable of mind
GULF OF ALASKA
control. Here was proof: moonwalking cari-
bou.
There was, however, a flaw in their theory. BRISTOL BAY
Kodiak
"It hadn't fired. It was not operating. To make

those [kinds of] conclusions [at that time] was The most Ionospheric heaters around the world have
wrong," admitted one of the HAARP project' s visible part of the IRI been probing the ionosphere since the 1950's.
strongest critics, Alaska resident Nick Begic'i, / is its huge antenna array But HAARP is different because it has the
son of the former U. S. Rep. Nick Begich, which sits on a gravel pad 1000 capability of steering its RF beam, operating
and co- author of a it.... wide and 1200 feet long. When corn - on more frequencies, and using a greater array
critical book entitled pleted, the array will include 180 antenna of scientific instruments to measure the re-
Angels Don't Play This HAARP. towers, each 72 feet high. The towers are sults of its experiments.
Wrong or not, that premature report of mounted at the intersections of gridlines 80 The beam can be steered or aimed at
dancing caribou typifies the public's reaction feet apart. At the top of each tower are two specific regions of the ionosphere-the lay-
to the HAARP project. "Some people are very dipole antennas. One of the dipoles is adjusted ered portion of the atmosphere that stretches
frightened," the Anchorage Daily News re- to operate in the 2.8 to 7 MHz range; the other from about 35 to 500 miles above the Earth.
ported. And no wonder. Anyone who hasn't in the 7 to 10 MHz range. The ionosphere is created by solar winds
been in a coma or cave the past year has The two dipoles are mounted horizontally striking the Earth's outer atmosphere. The
undoubtedly heard or seen at least some of the like a large "X" at the top of each tower. Only ionosphere is in a constant state of change,
hyped press coverage leveled at the HAARP one of the dipoles on each tower can be in dependent on solar activity. When conditions
project. Critics warn that it will irreparably operation at any given time, depending on the are right, the layers of the ionosphere can
damage the Earth's magnetic field and possi- output frequency. A metal screen stretches reflect (or propagate) radio signals back to
bly destroy the ionosphere, leaving Earth- between the towers 15 feet off the ground, Earth, making possible world -wide radio corn-
lings to wriggle and fry with no protection forming a continuous reflector for the anten- munications. The layers also absorb some of
from the Sun. The stories sell books and boost nas. During transmissions, the screen "catches" the signals. How deeply a signal can penetrate
television ratings, and there' s no question that downward- directed RF energy and re- directs into the ionosphere depends on a number of
writers and reporters have exploited the obvi- it upward. This intensifies the beam and helps factors, including frequency of the signal. In
ous opportunity. to protect people and animals on the ground other words, different layers of the iono-
The Anchorage Daily News, which sets on from intense RF fields when the transmitters sphere can be excited by varying the fre-
the doorstep of the HAARP facility and takes are in operation. quency of the radio signal.
phone calls from fearful residents, expresses On the ground beneath the antenna array An RF beam is essentially electromagnetic
concern over "the danger of confusing people" are 30 transmitter shelters. Each shelter houses energy. When an RF beam strikes the iono-
about the capabilities of this controversial 12 diesel -powered transmitters which can be sphere, some of the signal is reflected back to
facility. switched to drive either the low -band or high - Earth, some penetrates the ionosphere and is
band dipoles. Each trans-
The Truth about HAARP mitter is capable of gen-
erating 10,000 watts of RF
HAARP is a government- coined acronym
power. Collectively as a
for High frequency Active Auroral Research
system they can send 3.6
Program. It is essentially a system of high
million watts of raw RF
frequency (HF) transmitters and directional
output to the antennas.
antennas known as the Ionospheric Research
The transmitters can be
Instrument (IRI). It is located on a govern-
adjusted in amplitude and
ment-owned 33 -acre clearing in a black spruce
phase to focus the RF sig-
forest near Gakona, about 160 miles east of
nal into a narrow upward
Anchorage. The Gakona site was chosen pri-
beam with about 30 deci-
marily because of its location in the auroral
bels of gain. This produces
zone where ionospheric fluctuations are preva-
an effective radiated
lent and most conducive to scientific experi-
power of about 3.6 billion HAARP engineers (lower left) examine the main antenna
ments. array.
watts.

wide communications.
The ionosphere's ability
to reflect, distort, and ab-
sorb radio signals cer-
tainly affects the quality
of civilian and military
communications, navi-
gation, surveillance, and
remote sensing systems.
Long -range HF
radio signals usually
The entrance to the HAARP facility is "hop" many times from
located at mile 11 on the Tok highway, ground to ionosphere to
near the village of Gakona, in the ground in their journey
southeast quadrant of Alaska. around the world. In the
process, they are subject
Temporary trailers house the control center for 80 km, and radiate toward to amplitude fading. This is caused by inter-
the HAARP development prototype as well as all Earth. Theoretically they ference between signals that take different
currently installed diagnostic and scientific instruments. could be modulated to paths from transmitter to receiver. The effects
The antenna masts in the background are (left to right) carry intelligence. Poten- of the ionosphere are not limited to HF radio.
the spectrum monitor HF antennas, the spectrum tial uses include improved Satellite links must pass through the iono-
monitor VHF/UHF tower, and the X-band aircraft communications with sub- sphere en route to and from the Earth. Be-
detection radar tower. marines, and geophysical cause of their typically higher frequencies,
exploration. satellite links are especially susceptible to
lost in space, and the rest is absorbed. The To date HAARP's transmitters have oper- absorption in the ionosphere.
energy in the beam that is absorbed changes to ated in tests at power levels far below their Because space -based civilian and military
heat in the gaseous molecules of the iono- capability. Currently the transmitters are si- systems must transmit through the ionospheric
sphere. In this sense, a strong radio signal can lent. No doubt they will be fired up periodi- shield, their quality of performance depends
be an ionospheric heater. The more powerful cally in additional tests. But the facility is not on monitoring and using to best advantage
the signal, the greater the heating effect. Sci- scheduled to go into full operation until some- ionospheric conditions. But, scientists want
entists theorize that targeted portions of the time in the year 2002. to go beyond passive monitoring and fore-
ionosphere can be raised in altitude by in- casting. They want to find out whether "con-
creasing the temperature of its ionic mol- The need for ionospheric research trolled modification" of specific portions of
ecules. The ability to understand, predict, and the ionosphere can enhance the performance
HAARP is fundamentally an ionospheric perhaps even enhance ionospheric propaga- of these systems. Results from tests by other
heater with steerable beam. In operation it tion could have profound effects on world- ionospheric heaters around the world have
will attempt to excite targeted por- suggested that the ionosphere can
tions of the ionosphere so that scien- be controlled. However, the only
tists can measure the results with test way to find out if ionospheric heat-
instruments. One of the test instru- ing can be used to improve commu-
ments is a radar device that will mea- nications is to conduct scientific
sure densities of affected electrons, experiments on a small scale and
temperatures of affected electrons and monitor the results.
ions, and Doppler velocities in the HAARP experiments are in-
stimulated region, and compare them tended to stimulate and control
with those in the unstimulated por- plasma processes in tiny localized
tions of the ionosphere. The HAARP regions in the ionosphere, measure
facility includes a huge inventory of the results, and use this data to im-
other sophisticated test instruments, prove the planning of space -based
including ELF (extremely low fre- systems in the future.
quency) and VLF (very low fre-
quency) receivers. The military connection
Scientists will attempt to use the The HAARP facility is located in a clearing in black
To be sure, the U. S. military has
IRI to generate ELF signals by heat- spruce forest, as shown in this aerial view of the
more than a passive interest in the
ing the ionosphere. Research at other prototype. The smaller pad in the lower left corner
larger pad contains the 48- outcome of HAARP, which could
facilities indicates that this is pos- contains two riometers. The
have a vital impact on U. S. national
sible. These low frequencies are ac- element developmental prototype of the main antenna
security. The HAARP site is owned
tually byproducts of the ionospheric array. The aircraft detection radar is located out of view
by the U. S. Department of Defense,
heating process. The ELF signals are off the lower left corner of the photograph. The mountain
of the background Mt. Sanford of the Wrangle -St. and operated under the auspices of
created in the HF- excited regions in is
the Pentagon jointly by the Air Force
the ionosphere at an altitude of about Elias Park.
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Phillips Laboratory and the Navy' s and solar-terrestrial research." Of-
Office of Research. ficials overseeing the project deny
One area of military interest cen- that the facility is designed for mili-
ters on improving the performance of tary operations. On the surface there
existing communication, surveillance, is no question that at this point it is
and navigation systems. But there are a research facility intended to an-
other unexplored possibilities that swer scientific questions about the
military officials expect to emerge ionosphere's relationships to the
from HAARP research. These include Earth and the Sun. Nor is there any
new technologies to detect under- question that much of the research
ground objects, communicate to great could be used for developing im-
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erate infrared and optical emissions. technologies.
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or not offending nations were hoard- shortwave listening
ing underground nuclear weapons.
Military officials could use iono- The Spectrum Monitor uses three antennas to monitor There may be cases where
spheric technology to look deep in- the electromagnetic environment in the vicinity of the propagation could be affected by
side the Earth or its oceans to see for HAARP Installation. One of the antennas consists of two the IRI. For example, if an SWL in
themselves. crossed dipoles mounted 25 feet above ground. They the U.S. is monitoring aradio broad-
Studies of the ionosphere are nec- receive signals in the 2 -30 MHz range. The antenna cast originating overseas with a
essary to unlock the underlying prin- elements are 15 feet long and fed by low loss heliax signal path over Alaska, and the
ciples necessary for developing and coaxial transmission line through a wideband balun and IRI is operating at the time, it is
perfecting such complex and far - impedance transformer. possible that propagation of the
reaching technologies. There is an old broadcast could be interrupted.
military axiom that says, in essence, that su- freedom of movement and commerce on the Certainly the IRI transmissions will
periority goes to "whoever gets there fastest sea and in the air for everyone. The ability to be heard on HF transmitters. They will prob-
with the mostest." If the ionosphere does hold prevent domination of the ionosphere by any ably be short bursts of pure CW or possibly
secrets to enhance military operations, the individual nation or group of nations is obvi- modulated CW.
nation that unlocks them first could have a ously essential to that mission. "There will be a wide variety of experi-
global military advantage. The basic mission The government claims that HAARP is "a ments, each one demanding a different duty
of the U. S. Navy and Air Force is to ensure major Arctic facility for upper atmospheric cycle, modulation type," says HAARP engi-
neer Ed Kennedy. "A lot of ionospheric re-
search is conducted with CW-only type trans-
missions. This would appear to be only a
carrier signal with no modulation to someone
tuning through the band."
But there may be times when HAARP
produces some interesting listening. "HAARP
has been suggested as an element of a disaster
communication network in Alaska. Under
these conditions, there might be voice modu-
lation. But there are no experiments planned
with voice," Kennedy explains.
The HAARP antenna array is essentially a
directional high -gain antenna. As with any
antenna of this type, there will be a primary
lobe accompanied by side lobes of lesser
strength. These side lobes could strike the
ionosphere at angles that would allow them to
be reflected rather than absorbed by the iono-
sphere. In such a case, the side lobes could be
propagated like ordinary HF radio transmis-
sions. If so, they could be detected around the
world.
"Since the predominate transmission di-
rection is straight up, the area where we might
Inside the transmitter shelters there are six transmitter cabinets with two expect [radio] interference is in Alaska," says
transmitters in each cabinet: one for each of the two frequency ranges in which Kennedy. "We measured signal strengths
HAARP will operate. [while testing] the program. Using computer-
controlled spectrum analyzers, we found few Science magazine
occasions when the signal caused interfer- article entitled Mys-
ence. The Alaskan ionosphere is very bad [for tery in Alaska. Both
radio propagation] as most Alaskan hams will portrayed HAARP
testify." as a dangerous ex-
The HAARP program maintains a special periment with a de-
telephone line (907) 822-5497 dedicated to vious military
receiving calls of suspected radio frequency agenda.
interference (RFI). When the IRI is in opera- The highly criti-
tion, this telephone number rings in the con- cal article appeared
trol room and a person will answer it. When in the September
the facility is shut down, the phone is con- 1995 edition of
nected to an answering machine with an an- Popular Science. It
nouncement that no testing is being con - portrayed HAARP
ducted. We called this number in preparing as having a "secret
this article and reached the answering ma- agenda" with ex-
chine. otic military goals.
A committee with local and national repre- It explains in vivid
sentatives has been formed to review RFI detail how the fa-
complaints. The first meeting was held last cility would HAARP technicians work at computers inside the operations
year in Glennallen. There are representatives achieve these goals, center. All of the equipment on the HAARP site is controlled
from the local community, the Aircraft Own- alluding to the from this room, which also contains displays for the various
ers and Pilots Association, ALASCOM (tele- Eastlund papers scientific observation instruments. The aircraft detection radar
phone service), Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., (described below). display is located out of view in the corner of the room.
American Radio Relay League, Coast Guard, The article predicts
Federal Aviation Administration, U. S. Fish that HAARP will
& Wildlife Service, Alaska Fish & Game be able to turn the ionosphere into a system of
Department, HAARP environmental liaison virtual mirrors and lenses capable of reflect-
officer and operations staff, the National Pack ing its powerful beam back toward Earth, and
Service, Naval Research Laboratory, and even concentrating its power like a magnify- LOOP ANTENNA
Alaska Military Command, ing glass focuses sun rays. But we found
In addition to reviewing RFI complaints, nothing secret about HAARP. The project is
these representatives and others will oversee not classified. Its planning, construction, and
the future operations of the HAARP facility operational theory are matters of public record.
within their respective fields of expertise. But The facility is open to public inspection.
critics say this is not enough. Angels Don't Play This HAARP was co-
authored by Begich and Jeanne Manning of
The HAARP controversy Vancouver, British Columbia. The book warns
that HAARP is intended to "massively dis-
The controversy surrounding HAARP turb" parts of the atmosphere. The transmis- Super medium wave reception.
stems primarily from its potential for altering sions, Begich says, could create an electro-
Low noise.
Sharp directional nulls cut cochannel
and exploiting the ionosphere for military magnetic pulse similar to that of a nuclear interference.
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transmitter similar to, but many times larger times the power that had ever been beamed accuse the government of lying about the
and more powerful than the HAARP facility. skyward before. Critics feared the effects that startup date of HAARP and about the power
This transmitter was never built. It exists only this could have on the Earth and its inhabit- level at which it will be operated. Some say
on paper. ants. Excerpts from the patent underscored the facility is already in full operation, and
their concerns. For example, according to the that its power levels are much greater than the
The Eastlund proposal patent, Eastlund' s technology theoretically government will admit.
Like HAARP, Eastlund' s transmitter would could: We checked. At this writing, the only people
have been located in Alaska, and would have at the HAARP site was a caretaker and a few
functioned as an ionospheric heater. But the Control weather by altering upper atmo- technicians working on the antennas. The
Eastlund project would have been more than sphere wind patterns. transmitters were not operating.
30,000 times larger than HAARP with power Change molecular compositions of spe-
to distort the upper atmosphere through brute cific regions of the Earth's atmosphere, HAARP is small part of worldwide
force. His transmitter and antenna site would increasing levels of desired elements, such study
have covered 1,600 square miles (more than a as ozone.
Beam electrical power directly from a Critics warn that HAARP is the largest
million acres.) "You can [with my plan] lift device of its kind, operating with inadequate
part of the upper atmosphere," Eastlund said.
"You can make it move, do things with it."
power plant in the Alaskan gas fields to
consumers without using power lines
wireless power transmission.
- external oversight, and therefore a threat to
mankind. But we've learned that in the grand
Eastlund described how he could "surgically" scheme of things HAARP is a relatively small
distort the ionosphere to disrupt global com- Confuse aircraft and missile guidance sys-
tems. element of a worldwide effort to probe and
munications. He told how he could generate study the Earth's outer atmosphere. There are
enough turbulence in the ionosphere to de- Destroy high -altitude missiles in flight.
Knock out "enemy" radio communica- a number of facilities similar to HAARP op-
stroy missiles in flight. By lifting and moving erating unnoticed around the world. Accord-
regions of the ionosphere, Eastlund theorized tions without affecting "friendly" commu-
nications. ing to a U.S. government report, at least one of
that he could redirect the jet stream to alter these facilities, operated by the International
global weather patterns, incinerate airborne Create electromagnetic pulses capable of
destroying sensitive electronic equipment, Radio Observatory in Sweden, is many times
pollution, and repair the ozone layer. more powerful than HAARP will be when in
Eastlund patented the processes that he similar to those produced by nuclear ex-
plosions. full operation in the year 2002. The Swedish
envisioned for his Frankenstein -like creation. facility, according to the report, transmits 10
The patent for altering the Earth' s atmosphere megawatts with an antenna gain of almost 35
reportedly was sealed in secrecy by the gov- Because of similarities between Eastlund' s
plan and the HAARP facility, critics put them decibels. This would produce an ERP of nearly
ernment. The device supposedly could have 32 billion watts. This facility reportedly has
in the same category. They warn that HAARP
generated one watt of heat per cubic centime- been operating with little attention in the
is the first of many steps the government will
ter in the ionosphere, more than a million press.
take toward building Eastlund' s device. Many
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Such high RF power levels stagger man's called for increased international coopera- are using Soho to explore the Sun's from its
imagination. But in comparison with the Sun, tion. A new program was created in 1970 to innards to its outer atmosphere (corona), where
which creates and regulates the ionosphere, help member nations develop space technol- temperatures are measured in millions of de-
they are minuscule. HAARP engineers main- ogy. Additional programs were developed grees. Images obtained via Soho's visible -
tain that any source of energy large enough to during the 1970s addressing telecommunica- light coronagraph LASCO (a telescope used
destroy or permanently damage the ionosphere tions, weather forecasting, disaster warning to observe the Sun's corona) show the Sun
would have to be greater than the Sun itself. and relief, environmental monitoring, and releasing billions of tons of gas into the solar
remote sensing for agriculture, forestry, geol- system. Such events disturb the whole system
E International Space Law ogy, cartography, oceanography, and other and can affect the Earth' s own environment.
uses. The Sun's flames are literally lapping at
The United Nations regulates through in-
The UN Office for Outer Space Affairs the Earth's doorstep. This generates a space
ternational space law what any member na-
follows scientific and technical developments wind of ions, electrons, and protons which
tion or group of member nations can do in
relating to space technology. It collects and reach Earth at speeds of 1.5 to 3 million
space. This law is based on five treaties and
provides technical information. It also ad- kilometers per hour. The only protection that
four sets of principles to which members have
vises member nations on matters of space stands between us and this onslaught is the
agreed.
The UN's interest in peaceful use of space
development. Earth's magnetosphere -a distant magnetic,
For anyone interested in space law, there ionized extension of our atmosphere which
was first expressed in 1957, soon after the
are several books and collections of reports slows and deflects the stream of particles
launching of Russia's Sputnik -1. This interest
available from two different sources. One of emitted by the Sun.
has grown steadily with the development of
the sources is Editions Frontieres, B.P. 33, 91 "By the end of the [Soho] mission we shall
space technology. The focal point of UN
192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, telephone (33 1) 69 know the Sun far better than we do now," says
action is the General Assembly's Committee
28 51 35, fax (33 1) 69 28 86 59. The other Roger Bonnet, ESA director of science. "And
on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, set up in
source is: Kaigai Publications Ltd, Tokyo we shall be able to comment with much more
1959.
International, P. O. Box 5020, Tokyo 100 -31 confidence on important but puzzling aspects
In 1966, the Committee and the General
Japan, fax 03 3292 4278. The titles available of solar behavior that affect our lives on the
Assembly negotiated the Outer Space Treaty,
include Space Debris and the Corpus Iuris Earth, whether in short-lived magnetic storms
which went into effect in 1968 and has been
Spatialis, International Space Law in the or long -lasting changes of climate."
ratified by 91 countries. The basic principles
Making, The United Nations Space Treaties Another project, called the Cluster, would
contained in this Treaty were later elaborated
Analysed, and The Protection of Astronomi- have given international scientists specific
by the Committee in five other legal instru-
cal and Geophysical Sites. data about the Sun's interaction with the
ments: the astronaut rescue agreement (1967),
Earth's outer atmosphere, if the experiment
the liability convention (1971), the registra-
International studies of Sun and had not perished in the failed launch of Ariane-
tion (of launched objects) convention (1974),
Earth 501 in June 1996. A cluster of four special
and the Moon agreement (1979). The Com-
satellites would have taken readings from
mittee has also negotiated direct broadcasting A common link between HAARP and in-
different vantage points in space to give sci-
principles (1982), remote sensing principles ternational studies is that they are concerned entists a three -dimensional view of the phe-
(1986), and principles on the use of nuclear with the Sun's impact on the Earth's atmo- nomena that occur where the solar wind strikes
power sources (1993). sphere and environment. Ionospheric heaters the near -Earth environment.
The Outer Space Treaty itself provides that such as HAARP probe and study the iono- Cluster would have gathered information
space exploration will be carried out for the sphere from Earth. Others scrutinize solar about the magnetic storms, electric currents,
benefit of all countries. It seeks to maintain phenomena from outer space. and particle accelerations that take place in
space as the province of all mankind, free for One such study is being conducted from a the space surrounding Earth. These phenom-
exploration and use by all nations and not relatively new solar space observatory, called ena are believed to play a role in the aurora in
subject to national appropriation. This would Soho, a joint project of the European Space the polar regions, power outages (brown-
seem to preclude the U.S. or any other mem- Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics outs), breakdowns in telecommunications
ber nation from controlling or manipulating and Space Administration (NASA). systems, satellite malfunctions, and possibly
the ionosphere to the detriment of the world. Soho is a project of international coopera- even changes in Earth's climates.
One of the Committee's special interests tion between ESA and NASA. The spacecraft There is little doubt that the world' s study
has been remote sensing of the Earth. This was built in Europe and equipped with instru- of the stormy relationship between the Sun
could be extrapolated to include any attempts ments by scientists on both sides of the Atlan- and Earth will continue on a cooperative ba-
to "X -ray" the Earth with ELF radio waves, tic. NASA launched Soho on December 2, sis. Ionospheric heaters, including HAARP,
which is one outcry from HAARP critics. 1995, and provides ground support from an will contribute to that information base. In the
ELF waves generated by HAARP in the iono- operations center near Washington. Soho ar- process, science will be advanced and new
sphere will penetrate the Earth and its inhab- rived at its vantage point -1.5 million kilo- technologies developed. That's life. Critics
itants. Critics fear this will interfere with meters above Earth -in February of this year. are not likely to slow the process. Like it or
human brain waves and possibly damage the It was formally commissioned on April 16.
not, some of these technologies will probably
Earth. But this type of activity is regulated by The international space community expects be put to military use. Whether that is good or
international law. many years of service from it. bad for the Free World depends on whose
The first UN conference on the exploration Scientists from several experimental teams military puts them to use first.
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Bug Hunt, Expo Style
By Bob Burdick
Metamorphosis by Kafka? Oh, sorry,

not that kind of bug! You mean the
electronic type ... spies ... intrigue
... that sort of stuff.
Well, no, not quite. An annual highlight of
the Grove Communications Expo is the hid-
den transmitter hunt. John Fulford and com-
pany sure know how to frustrate us fox hunt-
ers. All to the bemusement of the hotel guests.
In fact, there was a sense of the absurd to be
wandering around a hotel looking for a spy
transmitter just after listening to last year' s
keynote speaker Joe Adamov of Radio Mos-
cow speak. The incongruity gives one pause
to think. The familiar voice from Moscow How it all begins: "Gentlemen, raise your scanners!"
Mailbag told of the serious conditions both On command, the army of eager hunters, Harry Baughn (yes, the editor' s spouse) comes
during and after Soviet rule. Congenial and scanners and frequency counters in hand, was in and we make eye contact silently saying
nervous laughter rang out as he used satirical let loose on the hotel. A group of us decided to "it's here!" Outside others say no it's not and
-
jokes to illustrate the quandary of Russian
citizens people like you and me. At first we
did not know what to expect from a man
track the "High" bug and quickly zeroed in on
the main lobby. Strong signal indications were
registered between the main desk and the
we affirm, this time out loud, "it's here!"
Enticed by the sound of our joined voices
transmitted by the bug, the others enter. No
whose former job was to tell us that life in restaurant. People were climbing fixtures and more time for electronic wizardry. Think:
Soviet Russian wasn't so bad. His speech was leafing through potted plans to no avail. Fluo- where would you hide it? On the verge of
well worth the entire trip to the Expo! rescent light fixtures were also producing discovery, common sense and decisiveness
Actually I had a choice of two bug hunts: false hits. will decide the contest. Look at that tray of
one earlier in the day outdoors, the other Another clue to find the elusive device: it is dirty dishes and glasses on the floor in the
indoors after Saturday evening's banquet.
Opting for the evening hunt, I recalled a hunt
two years ago during which this hunter came
on WFM. That has to be it on 139.985. The
signal is strong near the restaurant entrance
walk away and it fades. "Clink" What was
- corner. That' s the only hiding place here (no
smoke detectors present). Harry and I dive
into the pile and a shift of a napkin reveals a
within inches of finding the bug. My scanner that? It sounded like a glass. The restaurant? styrofoam cup with a black object hidden
was close enough to the bug to cause feedback No, couldn't be. I heard that sound in both under ice. Lifting the object wrapped in a
when another participant grabbed it. He rec- ears: the right through the scanner earphone, protective shell of black electrical tape I know
ognized the "bugged" smoke detector used in and the left open to the air. It's nearby and I've found the object of the search. (Sorry,
the previous year's hunt. someone's around it. We've already looked Harry.)
But back to the contest. We were given everywhere here. Suddenly several hunters Back downstairs the rest are off searching
some ambiguous clues. The assignment: find run upstairs. Last clue -it's on the next level for the Low Band bug as I investigate the
two transmitters: one VHF Low between 35- overhead. Optoelectronics- donated M -1 counter that is
40 MHz and the other VHF High in the 138- Hurrying upstairs I begin to visualize where my prize. Joe Adamov walks by and inquires
140 MHz range. It was located somewhere on my mind tells me the clink came from. Pro- of a companion what we are all doing. When
what can be considered the main level of the ceeding past a few searchers I enter a door as told, he lets out a knowing, ironic chuckle
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The Inventor ofRadio Was ...
Marconi?
Poppov?
or wouldyou
Relieve...
By Leon Fletcher
Nathan B.
All Photos Courtesy of Pogue Library Archives,
Stubblefield with
Murray State University
a loop that seems
to be the antenna
for what may ou may think that Marconi invented
have been an radio, but don't try to tell that to folks
induction -type in Murray, Kentucky.
telephone system. There, on the campus of Murray State Uni-
versity, is a memorial naming Nathan B.
Stubblefield as the actual inventor of radio. In
front of Stubblefield's home and on the side of
the state highway through town there are addi-
tional monuments honoring him for inventing
radio. The first broadcast station in Murray is
still operating with its original call, WNBS-
letters selected to memorialize Stubblefield. On
April 29, 1991, Kentucky Governor Wallace G.
Wilkinson issued a proclamation stating that
"...Stubblefield is the true inventor of radio and
should be so recognized internationally as
such..."
Murray radio talk show host Joe Pat Jones
told me recently, "Most of the people here in
Murray think Stubblefield was a genius and that
he was the first to broadcast voice without
wires."
Nathan B. Stubblefield?
But outside of Murray, Buchannan, when he was 21
Stubblefield is remembered by years old. Another curious re-
few radio enthusiasts, hams, his- port: The Kentucky Encyclope-
torians, or anyone else. "He is dia states, "Though (they had)
completely ignored in most books ten children, Nathan and Ada
covering the history of radio," Kay were not a close couple."
according to the official journal Apparently they argued fre-
of the Antique Wireless Associa- quently. They separated several
tion. times. Soon after their youngest
child left home, Ada May moved
A True Eccentric out and settled in relatively far -
off Arkansas.
Stubblefield's life was filled
with many strange conflicts, con-
His Career Begins
fusions, and contradictions-ac -
tually, from the day he was born In 1885, when he was 25
to the day he died. years old, Stubblefield success-
He was born near Murray in Two pieces of his communications gear displayed by fully transmitted the human
1860.Orin 1859-depending on Stubblefield and his son Bernard. Note the rods sticking in the voice over what he called a "Vi-
which reference you want to be- ground in the right foreground. brating Telephone." It was pat-
lieve. His birthdate was either No- ented three years later, in 1888.
cousin had a drug store with a magazine rack,
vember 22 or December 27; again, research- Marconi's patent was granted in 1896.
and from it Nathan "borrowed" current edi-
ers disagree. Stubblefield waited until 1892 to present
tions of magazines such as Scientific Ameri-
Folks don't even agree about that `B" in what was apparently his first public demon-
can and Electrical World, trying to expand his
the middle of Nathan B. Stubblefield's name. stration of transmitting voice without wires.
knowledge. He often hung out at the offices of
Some say it stood for Beverly, others say it's One observer was Dr. Rainey Wells, an attor-
the local newspaper, The Calloway Times,
for Bedord, and still others claim it was for ney, politician, educator, and founder of
Bowman, his mother' s maiden name.
searching for reports about what would be-
come "electronics."
Murray State University -a
more reliable
Whatever his middle name, residents of witness would be hard to find. Wells wrote:
Stubblefield made his living as a fanner.
Murray certainly thought he was eccentric. "One day he invited me out to his farm for
One account claims he was "especially re-
Nathan's sister, Aline, said he was a "moody a demonstration of some kind of wireless
nowned for the quality of his orchard fruit and
genius." His schoolmates considered him an outfit... He had a shack about four feet square
"odd ball." His grammar school teachers rated
him a poor student. When he was just 15 years
time farming but mostly (he was) reading"
mainly about developments in exchanging
-
melons." Another source states he "spent some
near his house from which he took an ordinary
telephone receiver such as we have today, but
old, he quit school. entirely without wires. Handing me these
messages without wires. A third account says
But he was studious. As a youngster, he (sic), he asked me to walk some distance away
he spent as little time as he could raising
spent much of his time studying all the science and listen."
vegetables and selling them to support his
books he could find. He was intrigued with Dr. Wells walked into an adjacent apple
family.
electricity, telephone, and telegraph. His orchard, beyond the range of hearing
He married a nearby resident, Ada May
Stubblefield's voice directly.
"I heard `Hello, Rainey' come booming
FIGURE 1: Stubblefield's application for a patent, submitted April out of the device. I jumped a foot and said to
5, 1907, included this drawing of how a person aboard a river boat CO
myself, `This fellow is fooling me. He has
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and mud for walls, dirt for the floor, tin for the
roof. Friends and relatives left food at his
door. He was a hermit.
Still he continued to conduct experiments,
often scrounging for parts. Neighbors saw
strange lights and heard weird sounds coming
from his shack.
In mid- March, 1928, he told a friend, Obid
Daniel, that he was feeling weak. "If you
don't see smoke from my fire for a day or so
you'd might come and knock at my door."
A few days later, Daniel noticed there was
no smoke coming from Stubblefield's chim-
ney. Daniel went to the shack, looked in, saw
Stubblefield spread out on the dirt floor, dead.
Today, one of the few researchers who
FIGURE 2: Showing how wireless telephone could be used by someone in a continues to search for information about
railroad car, this drawing was another in Stubblefield's application for a patent; it Stubblefield is Dr. Robert Henry Lochte, As-
was granted on May 12, 1908. sistant Professor of Journalism, Murray State
University. In gathering material for this ar-
wires someplace.' I moved a few feet to the Stubblefield was on a roll- briefly. He ticle, I talked with him -a staunch believer
side but all the while Stubblefield kept talking was offer $40,000 for his invention; he turned that Stubblefield was the first to invent radio.
to me...but there were no wires, I tell you." it down. Later he was offered $500,000, but Launche has written extensively about the
Stubblefield was a very suspicious fellow. he rejected that, too. Instead, he accepted strange inventor and summarizes his findings
His son Bernard was the only person allowed stock in a company incorporated in distant into four "schools of thought:"
to see all of his experiments. He wired the area and tiny Prescott, Arizona, the Wireless Tele-
around his home so bells rang whenever any- phone Company of America. Its prospectus I Stubblefield's "discoveries are inconse-
.
one came within a half -mile. He waited, some- claimed it had "been organized with a capi- quential and can be ignored."
times for years, to obtain copyrights on his talization of $5,000,000. But the outfit sold 2. "He did invent a wireless telephone, but
inventions, apparently afraid they'd still be only one of Stubblefield's systems, to the used conduction and/or induction rather
stolen. He delayed public presentations of his Gordon Telephone Company of Charleston, than the electromagnetic waves now called
innovations. South Carolina, which wanted to communi- radio frequencies."
Finally, on January 1, 1902, Stubblefield cate with its offshore islands. 3. "...Stubblefield transmitted voice and mu-
staged a giant demonstration to bring to the Stubblefield had been taken. The company sic first. Any argument to the contrary is an
attention of the American public his wireless was a hoax, formed to sell stock, not tele- exercise in semantics."
communications. Some 1,000 people attended. phones. And Stubblefield had lost the rights 4. " ...(he) was a talented and diligent inventor
A reporter for the St. Louis Post -Dispatch to his own invention. who lacked the business acumen and en-
wrote: He went back to work in his shop, to refine trepreneurial spirit to develop the com-
"I placed the receiver to my ear and lis- his apparatus and then prove to the U.S. Patent mercial potential of his discoveries."
tened. Presently there came with extraordi-
nary distinctness several spasmodic buzzings
and then a voice which said, `Hello, can you
Office that his new equipment was unique.
In 1907 he began a new project
Telephondelgreen, a home school. It offered
- That last view, says Dr. Lochte, "seems to
be the proper perspective."
After Nathan B. Stubblefield died at age
hear me ?" the standard "Three R's" -and added "Three 68, on March 28, 1928, collapsing from star-
That story created national interest. Two E' s ": Etiquette, Easop' s (sic) Fables, and Eth- vation, alone except for his cat, there was even
months later, on March 20, 1902, Stubblefield ics. Other subjects included fruit growing, then one more odd incident added to his
was in Washington, D.C. to present another and technical courses in magnetism, tele- biography. County corner Horace Churchill
demonstration. From the steamer Hartholdi graph, telephony, and such. wrote in his report of the death that
in the Potomac River, Stubblefield sent wire- Stubblefield's "cat had licked out his entire
less messages to receivers ashore. There, sev- The Start of His End eyeball sockets."
eral congressmen and public officials heard (Happy Halloween!)
the messages. The Washington Times and Four years later, Stubblefield was broke.
Local businessmen, who'd already lost their
other newspapers reported the event.
investments in two of his projects, were reluc-
Triumphantly, Stubblefield returned to his ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
home in Murray and presented another dem- tant to finance him again. Creditors seized his
Leon Fletcher, an extra class amateur ra-
home and farm. In 1913, his house burned; all
onstration. Written invitations were sent. Still, dio operator (call: AA6ZG), is a fulltime
of his equipment was destroyed. Still, he
Stubblefield was a proud farmer: in his adja- writer and Emeritus Professor of Speech,
wrote to a relative, "... my ambition is not
cent orchard, apples were "tied upon the trees Monterey Peninsula College. His publica-
gone."
so they would show up in the pictures," one tions include 12 books and more than 500
He moved out of town, into the country.
guest reported. articles.
His living conditions were primitive: he built
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By Dr. Adrian M. Peterson
wenty -five years ago, on October 1, 1971, the first official broadcast of Adventist World Radio
was launched over a shortwave transmitter located at Sines in Portugal. The occasion of this
historic first broadcast of the new Voice of Hope was on a Friday afternoon using a 250
kW transmitter which was owned and operated by a commercial company, Radio Trans
Europe. This shortwave station was, at the time, a comparatively new facility that had begun
carrying a relay service for Deutsche Welle just a few months earlier.
No advance publicity heralded the launch- pendent shortwave broadcasts began during
25th ing of the new Adventist World Radio, and the the difficult days of World War II, when the
Anniversary first broadcasts from this new international renowned Voice of Prophecy with Dr. H. M.
QtiL radio voice caught the radio world by sur- S. Richards was aired over the shortwave
prise. The authoritative DX program, Sweden transmitters of the Voice of America (OWI-
Calling DXers, reported the first broadcasts, VOA) in conjunction with the programming
noted on 9670 kHz as "unidentified," and of AFRTS, the American Forces Radio Ser-
similar monitoring reports were printed in the vice. Similarly, Radio Australia, Australia
Australian DX News and elsewhere. Subse- Calling, carried an Australian version of the
quent monitoring revealed that these "uniden- same program. These American and Austra-
tified" broadcasts originated with the new lian broadcasts were on the air for about 18
The 25th Anniversary QSL card for
Adventist World Radio, which had been months.
AWR. Shown on opposite page are launched by the new radio personalities, Allen Throughout the intervening years, the
QSLs from European sites (top to and Andrea Steele. Adventist denomination was on the air with
bottom) Portugal, Malta, Andorra, and In actual fact, the Adventist denomination shortwave programming over a multitude of
Italy. had been on the air with shortwave program- stations located in Europe, Africa, Asia, and
ming for nearly thirty years as individual Latin America. In addition, the denomination
operations at different locations. These inde- has also owned and operated a small cluster of
low powered shortwave stations located in unit (operating at about 3 kW) began on
Indonesia and several countries of Latin September 8, 1979. AWR obtained a 10 kW
America. Collins transmitter and installed it at Radio
Twenty five years have come and gone Andorra where it was put into service during
since the first fledgling broadcasts in 14 lan- the following year.
guages were launched over Radio Trans -Eu- However, at this stage, radio interests in
rope. To mark the 25th anniversary of the now Spain and France entered the picture, and the
well -established shortwave outreach of shortwave service from Radio Andorra was
Adventist World Radio, we take a look at each terminated. AWR programming was on the
of the many locations that have been on the air air over Radio Andorra for only about two
with AWR programming. years. The Collins transmitter was later re-
moved and transferred to a new AWR facility
in Italy. A commemorative QSL card was
issued by AWR depicting the main building
of Radio Andorra.
Portugal
As mentioned, the first broadcast by Luxembourg
Adventist World Radio was over a 250 kW Over a period of many years, AWR had
transmitter of Radio Trans -Europe in Sines, been on the air over Radio Luxembourg on
Portugal. The inaugural schedule showed 14 MW and FM as well as shortwave. At
European languages, generally in half-hour first these broadcasts were under the
time blocks. auspices of the England -based Voice
In subsequent years, AWR utilized two of of Prophecy, but later they came un-
the transmitters at Sines, sometimes in paral- der the auspices of Adventist World
lel, but often with independent programming. Radio. These short programs were on
The AWR service from RTE -Sines was on the the air for several years; at one stage,
air for nearly 21 years, discontinued only AWR was issuing QSL cards for these
when AWR transferred its programming to broadcasts.
stations located in the Russian republics and
Slovakia. The final AWR broadcast from
Italy
Sines took place on Sunday July 5, 1992.
The very first shortwave broadcasts in
Malta Italy on behalf of Adventist World Radio
were in the form of test broadcasts which took
Eight years after the launching of place over Radio Milan International for a
AWR programming over RTE -Sines, period of thirteen weeks. These test broad-
a similar service began over the short-
casts were for the purpose of ascertaining the
wave transmitters of the Deutsche viability of a shortwave station in this part of
Welle relay station located at Cyclops the world. By this time, Greg Hodgson was
on the island of Malta in the Mediterra- the manager for AWR- Europe.
nean. This station also contained three The 10 kW Collins transmitter from An-
shortwave transmitters at 250 kW and .N,t by might, ua- ay ¡K.urc Lut dorra was installed at a villa near Forli in
u,Y Lord l
a bevy of curtain antennas, though the northern Italy and reactivated with test broad-
whole facility was dismantled earlier casts beginning January 30, 1985. The an-
this year. The AWR usage of two of these tenna for AWR -Forli is a rotatable, yagi-style
units began in 1975 and concluded about nine log periodic which allows for quick reorienta-
years later in 1984. tion towards any of the target areas in Europe,
During the 1975 worldwide convention of Mediterranean, and North Africa. This sta-
the Adventist denomination in Vienna, Aus- tion is still on the air today -usually on 7230
tria, daily reports from the convention were kHz-eleven years after its inauguration.
broadcast by the AWR services over the DW Just recently, the Italian government passed
relay station in Malta. A special limited edi- a special law which enables AWR to erect a
tion QSL card was issued for these broad- large shortwave station in Italy. When the
casts. license is finally issued, AWR intends to
begin construction work for this modern sta-
Andorra tion on a large tract of level ground that was
Eight years down the road, an experimen- reclaimed from the Adriatic during the
tal service was launched for AWR by man- Mussolini era. This station is likely to utilize
ager Ron Myers over the shortwave transmit- four transmitters, most likely 100 kW, with a
ter of Radio Andorra at the Valley in Andorra. bevy of antennas. No dates have yet been
The AWR broadcasts over this low powered established for the projected new facility.
Z
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Slovakia w
E Left: a 1984 DX contest QSL
The large shortwave station operated
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A special QSL signed and
by Slovak Telecom at Rimayska Sobota,
near the Hungarian border, contains four
transmitters at 250 kW and more than a
u. W
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1977.
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score of antennas for its almost worldwide U _2
coverage. The first test broadcast was aired

on January I, 1994, over transmitter num-
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8 and 9. AWR is on the air from Rimayska Date 10 sty,. qry.._.. _.
April 30, 1950. The broadcasts from this 4a...tirnr....
Sobota for coverage to Europe, Africa, and Time .A
low powered kW shortwave transmitter
1 Deer AWR Listener,
Asia. Thank you for your reception repon which has bean checked against
were on the air until the end of the follow- mg programme logs and le hereby verified ag.{ones!.
The transmitter in the AWR network that
ing year. rréTeaso,w
gives the widest and most reliable coverage is
However, nearly simultaneously,
designated in AWR circles as AWR -RS I O at
Adventist programs were also launched on in Agat went on the air in February 1987. The
Rimayska Sobota. In fact, it is quite probable
the commercial service of Radio Ceylon, us- station was constructed under the manage-
that this transmitter can be heard in every
ing the transmitter base at Ekala, just north of
country of the world at some time each day ment expertise of Allen and Andrea Steele,
Colombo. The first broadcast from Ekala went who had transferred to Guam after a stint of
carrying AWR programming. The name,
on the air on October of the same year, 1950.
1
management service at an educational FM
"Rimayska Sobota," means "Roman Sabbath."
In 1975, when Adrian Peterson was trans-
Another shortwave transmitter base in station in the United States.
ferred from Colombo to Poona, India, KSDA is on the air daily with its four
Slovakia is located at Velke Kostolany, nearer
Adventist World Radio in Asia was orga- transmitters,usually carrying independent pro-
to their capital city, Bratislava. This station
nized. The studios were in the building which gramming in Asian languages. Several spe-
contains two transmitters at 100 kW and AWR
housed the denomination headquarters at cial QSL cards have been issued on behalf of
is on the air over unit VK02 for coverage of
Salisbury Park on the edge of Poona. At the AWR -Asia, including one for a special series
several countries in continental Europe. The
time there was a cluster of half a dozen short-
name "Velke Kostolany" means "Great of test broadcasts to the South Pacific in the
wave programs on the air from Ekala in sev- earlier part of 1995.
Church."
eral Indian languages.
Over a period of time, programming was
Russia Siberia
increased to a total of 25 programs in ten
In the European areas of the former Soviet languages, including the DX program, Radio The huge shortwave radio stations located
Union, AWR has utilized, as far as can be Monitors International. These programs were at Novosibirsk in Siberia were former jam-
determined, eight different shortwave trans- beamed to the Indian sub -continent, Middle ming facilities containing up to 100 transmit-
mitters at five different locations. The usage East, Africa, and Japan. Listener reports indi- ters at three different locations. Several inter-
of the Russian stations, located at Samara, cated a significant carry-over signal in South national radio stations have utilized various
Yekaterinburg, and Moscow, began in 1992. America. transmitters at this major site; Adventist World
Actually, the station designated as "Moscow" In 1985, when the new station on Guam Radio went on the air over a pair of 100 kW
is really two separate locations: Taldom and was under construction, the name of the unit units in 1982. The AWR broadcasts from
Kurovskaya. These units all radiated with a in southern Asia was redesignated as AWR - Novosibirsk were on the air for a couple of
power output in the range of 100 -250 kW. The Southern Asia. This service left the air at the years, but were discontinued because of the
usage of all of these stations was terminated in end of 1989, when programming was trans- logistic difficulties in programming an iso-
1994, except for three transmitters located at ferred to the new KSDA on the island of lated station from such great distance.
Samara, which are still carrying AWR pro- Guam. A whole series of QSL cards
gramming. was issued on behalf of AWR-
The Russian stations have usually been (Southern) Asia from the offices in
programmed from the Adventist Media Cen- Poona, India.
ter located in Tula, 200 miles south of Mos-
cow. A large, four -storied building contains Guam
radio studios and offices. In addition, these
The large and delightfully located
studios are feeding Adventist Voice of Hope
AWR station on the island of Guam
programs on a daily basis to a network of
lies against the edge of the beautiful
1,000 radio stations throughout Russia.
blue Pacific. This station contains
four shortwave transmitters at 100 1d%enlitit
Sri Lanka
A sï4 kW each, together with a bevy of
four curtain antennas, all beamed
towards various areas of mainland
Storid Radio
tiia
The first broadcast on behalf of the Asia. A painting of the transmitter site at KSDA,
Adventist denomination in Southern Asia went The first broadcast from KSDA Guam, by Engineer Elvin Vence.
pïa One of the volcano series of
AWR QSLs from Radio
Lira.
Gabon
It was back in 1983 that a daily one hour
program with a magazine format first went on Peru
the air over the huge transmitter of Africa No Another shortwave station
1 in Gabon. The powerful 500 kW facility operated by the Adventist de-
gave AWR- Africa a very wide coverage for nomination is located at
its programming in French and English. This Celendin, in northern Peru. This
service for the African continent was devel- AWR -Latin America procured the facili- unofficial station broadcasts in Spanish in the
oped by Daniel Grisier. When the large trans- ties of the infamous Radio Impacto and had 3 MHz band. It identifies as Radio Adventista
mitters at Rimayska Sobota became available the transmitters refurbished and modified at Mundial, though it is not officially a part of
for AWR programming in 1994, the service the Elcor factory in San Jose. These were then the AWR network.
over Africa No 1 was terminated. The pro- installed at the old Radio Impacto base lo-
gramming of AWR -Africa may still be heard cated near Cahuita on the Atlantic coast. Cur- Thus, over the past 25 years, Adventist
from the European stations in the AWR short- rently, there are five shortwave transmitters World Radio has been on the air from a total
wave network. on the air at the Cahuita facility, 20 kW and 50 of 44 different shortwave transmitters located
kW. Programming for thesé units comes from at 18 bases in 11 different countries. All of
atin A weriea the Bella Vista studios over a two -hop micro-
wave relay.
these units have a combined total output in
excess of 5.1 megawatts. Two transmitters
have seen service at different locations: a 10
Guatemala Peru kW Collins in Andorra and now at Forli; and
a 5 kW Elcor at Alajuela, now projected for
When the 5 kW shortwave transmitter for installation at Juliaca in Peru.
TIAWR at Alajuela left the air in 1992, it was For the future, Adventist World Radio
slated for transfer to Guatemala as a second looks towards setting up a four -transmitter
unit for TGMU. However, because of the facility at Argenta on the Adriatic coast of
exigencies in Guatemala, this transmitter in- Italy, and establishing a shortwave facility at
stead went into storage at Cahuita. Current Lake Titicaca in Peru. Currently, the AWR
plans call for the unit to be refurbished and
network is on the air for the proclamation of
transferred to Peru, where it will be co -sited the Gospel in some 35 languages, but the goal
Adventist ®®orid ['Radio with a new AM station located on the campus is 100 languages by about the turn of the
lATIA AMERICA of the Adventist college near Lake Titicaca. It century.
will give regional coverage in the Quechua To mark the 25th anniversary of Adventist
In Guatemala City, Union Radio was pro- and Aymara languages. If the new shortwave
cured by the local administration of the Sev- World Radio, an enlarged worldwide DX
service is successful, other shortwave trans- contest will be conducted during the anniver-
enth -Day Adventist Church and re- established mitters may be installed at this location.
in the multi- storied headquarters building. sary month of October, for which a special
In some ways, the Peru facility of Adventist
Union Radio returned to the air in 1980 as the QSL certificate and QSL stamps have been
World Radio replaces the station projected designed. Special anniversary programs have
local unit of Adventist World Radio. Cur- for installation in Paraguay. This Paraguayan
rently, this station is on the air over three been prepared, as well as a special listener -
facility has not yet eventuated because of the designed anniversary QSL card.
transmitters: MW, FM, and shortwave. It op- difficulty in transferring international fund-
erates with 3 kW on 5980 kHz under the ing between countries in South America.
s
Guatemalan callsign, TGMU.
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Fox Hunt?
Whether you call it a bug, a fox, or direction -finding, this game can be
practiced (with varying techniques) all across the spectrum. Sure, you
can call it preparation for real -life situations, but it's also just plain fun.
By Arthur R. Lee WF6P
hat could be more fun than to Bruce Hawkins quite advanced in that its
hunt for a hidden transmitter? (AC6DN), a mem- transmitter time is con-
The answer -"Finding it!" ber of the Santa trolled by a computer chip.
Known in amateur radio certain circles as a Cruz county ama- Most foxes are merely a
"fox," a transmitter emanating a signal from teur radio club has small, hand -held transmit-
an undisclosed location can present a signifi- conducted dozens ter operating from a well -
cant challenge to the fox hunters. So how does of these hunts. His hidden spot. The object of
one conduct a fox hunt, either as the fox or the fox, contained in a the "game" is to be the
hunter? waterproof box, is
-
first to locate the transmit-
ter and win the prize
whatever may be offered:
recognition in the club
newsletter, a wedge of
pizza, or a simple pat on
the back. Whatever the
prize, the search is the fun.
On some of the early
searches, Bruce simply sat
in his car and operated his
2 -meter hand held on low
Inserting the
power, simplex. Hunters would then start at a
handheld in the
given point and drive around town, directing
can makes it
their antennas on various compass headings
more directional
as they went, looking for the strongest signal.
(above).
While many of the "big time" city -to -city fox
hunters use elaborate antenna systems such as
To shield his hand -held receiver, Bruce Hawkins, AC6DN,
roof-mounted beams, Bruce's hunts are con-
sometimes uses a potato chip can wrapped in aluminum foil. Hunter
ducted on a local basis where the only equip-
can sometimes use the handy dipole antenna for broad searches.
ment required is a simple 2-meter hand -held
receiver. Special search techniques have been
developed which quickly narrow the hunt
down to a manageable area.
The Fox
Bruce's equipment consists of a 2 -meter
transmitter, a six ampere hour 12 -volt gel cell
battery, and a computer chip timer. All of this
is contained inside a surplus ammunition box
with a hefty water seal. A small hole is drilled
in the top of the can through which a stub,
flexible antenna is inserted. The hole is sealed
with a silicon sealant to keep foreign material
and water out. To prevent unauthorized tam-
pering or theft, a lock is used to chain the unit
to a tree or other anchoring post.
The black box is well marked with a promi-
nent label. The large- letter notice glued to the
can indicates its contents, purpose, frequency the bounds of a large city park or other public
For real "pros," a digital voltmeter
of the transmitting device, and the name and
home phone number of the owner. The chip
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"toughie." Our local club
keeps the hunt within a five
air mile radius.
When in the broad
search range, some hams
use their small, home -built
dipole antennas. These act
as a loop, and the null or
decreased signal tells you where the transmit- can to further shield the signals. The volt
ter is not. Like all loop radio direction finding meter is slipped down inside of the can. When
equipment, it can tell you from which of two the open end of the can is facing in the direc-
directions the signals might be coming. tion of the strongest signal, follow the signal.
However, nearly all hunters use a method The digital voltmeter is coupled to a radio
known as "body blocking," where the re- frequency detector circuit which converts RF
ceiver and vertical antenna is held close to the voltage to direct current (DC). This special
body and the hunter's body blocks off the device is used for searching at less than 100
signal from behind. The hunter rotates his
body until the signal comes in strongest
then heads in that direction. Some hunters use
- feet.
For beginners, the removal of the standard
"rubber duckie" antenna and replacement with
a compass, rulers and maps, but for simple a short section of paper clip enables the hunter
searches, these implements are not needed. to turn the gain down and pick up the direction
A bent paper clip can be used to short of the strongest signal. Closer in, the paper
out the antenna lead, allowing the In Close Range clip is also removed. This is usually done
receiver case to become very sensitive For advanced hunters, a helpful device is a when almost on top of the fox.
to signal strength and direction. potato chip can sold (with chips!) by the Of course, the object of the game is to
Pringle's company. This aluminum-shielded locate the fox before anyone else. Like many
can makes a fine container to keep out radio marathon runs open to the public, most of us
There are two purposes in fox hunting: would be happy to just finish the race. In a like
having fun, and a more serious purpose, learn- waves. A slot is cut in the can through which
digital volt meter readings can be seen. Addi- manner, finding the fox is a reward in itself,
ing how to locate an inadvertently left open whether or not you are the first.
microphone or key which is transmitting an tional aluminum foil is wrapped around the
unwanted signal. In extreme cases, hams have
tracked down intentional "jammers" and cau-
tioned them against such conduct or notified
the FCC.
The Hunters
So, how does one participate in a fox hunt
as a hunter? First of all, you must have a
receiver capable of receiving the signal fre-
quency. You need not have a license, only the
fox operator must be licensed. We operate at
a maximum of five watts on a simplex fre-
quency; usually 145.565 MHz. The hunter
turns his receiver to the selected frequency.
Then, it is a matter of determining from
which direction the strongest signal is ema-
nating. This usually takes about six different
initial "cuts" to zero -in on the general loca-
tion. This can be done by driving, bicycling,
or walking in such a manner so as to follow the
increase in signal strength. For big time
searches, automobiles are used. One ham club The "exploded" view of the fox. Shown are the black box and placard, cable and
in Los Angeles county was very professional lock, two meter Kenwood 02AT transceiver, gel cell and controller. A HP 95 Palm
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Emerging PCS Technologies

There is a revolution underway, and your telephone is in the in each of the five regions, effectively creating four more nationwide
middle of it. Changes in technology and regulation are creating service providers.
opportunities for companies to introduce what has come to be The narrowband PCS frequencies are already being used for their
known as PCS, or personal communication services. Initially PCS will expected purposes, namely voice messaging, two-way paging, and other
look a lot like existing cellular telephone, but will grow into an low bandwidth one -and two -way services. One interesting application
interconnected network bringing voice, data, and even video to wireless yet to appear is a pinpoint location service which will allow owners to
users. Two -way voice and data messaging over fully digital networks precisely locate objects or vehicles containing a PCS transmitter.
are just the first stages of what will become the PCS revolution.
GEOGRAPHIC NUMBER OF
AUCTION TYPE AREA LICENSES
FCC Auctions
50/50 kHz paired Nationwide 11
But first, some background. In the United States, the authority to 50/12/5 kHz paired
allocate commercial radio spectrum lies with the Federal Communica- 50 kHz unpaired
tions Commission (FCC). In the past, the FCC granted licenses either 50/50 kHz paired Regional 30
by lottery or by having a judge determine which potential licensee 50/12.5 kHz paired
50/50 kHz paired Narrowband MTA 357
would "best serve the public interest."
50/12.5 kHz paired
When the FCC granted cellular telephone licenses more than a 50 kHz unpaired
decade ago, they gave out two licenses in each metropolitan statistical 12.5 kHz unpaired
area (MSA). The existing local telephone company received one, and 50/12.5 kHz paired Narrowband BTA 986
the other was awarded by lottery. Businesses who received those 12.5 kHz unpaired
licenses did not pay very much for them, but most made quite a bit of 12.5 kHz unpaired Narrowband 2176
money over the following years, either by actually building a cellular Response Channel
system, or by selling their license to someone who would. MTA and BTA
In 1993 Congress changed all that. The Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act authorized the FCC to sell portions of the spectrum to raise TABLE 1: Narrowband PCS Licenses
money for the United States Treasury. At the same time the unexpected
popularity of cellular telephones and pagers created additional demand
Broadband PCS
for radio spectrum from the wireless industry. The FCC responded by
announcing an auction strategy for regional and nationwide personal Broadband PCS is the bulk of the spectrum allocation. Although the
communications service licenses in three basic categories: broadband FCC does not regulate the specific services offered, most license holders
PCS, narrowband PCS, and unlicensed PCS. are either offering or planning to offer two -way voice services. This will
The area that each license covers is identified as either a major bring some competition to the existing "duopoly" of cellular providers,
trading area (MTA), basically a large city or metropolitan area; or a as well as creating new services.
basic trading area (BTA), which is essentially a set of highly populated The FCC allocation for broadband PCS lies between 1850 and 1990
counties or regions. The FCC used Rand McNally's Commercial Atlas MHz. Twenty MHz of that block is set aside for unlicensed applications,
and Marketing Guide as a starting point to define 51 MTAs and 493 with the remaining space broken up into six frequency blocks, A through
BTAs in the United States and possessions. F (see figure and table 2). No single licensee is allowed to hold more
1
than 40 MHz in any particular market, but the blocks are laid out such that
I Narrowband PCS a bidder may "aggregate" adjacent blocks to reach 40 MHz.
Narrowband PCS lies in three 1 MHz slots of the 900 MHz band
at 901 -902 MHz, 930 -931 MHz, and 940 -941 MHz -and was the first
- The auctioning of the A and B blocks, completed in 1995, garnered
more than $7 billion for the U.S. Treasury. The FCC had previously
granted three A block licenses under "pioneer preference" in the New
group to be auctioned off. In the summer of 1994 the FCC awarded
York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C, areas, leaving 48 A blocks
eleven nationwide licenses, split between 50/50 kHz paired (for two -
and 51 B blocks to be auctioned. Eighteen bidders won the 99 licenses.
way service), 50/12.5 kHz paired (also for two -way), and 50 kHz
The C and F blocks are referred to as "Entrepreneur's Blocks," and
unpaired (one -way only). This generated more than $600 million for the
were set aside to be bid on only by smaller firms who fall below certain
U.S. Treasury.
financial thresholds. The C block auction suffered some controversy and
In the fall of 1994 the FCC auctioned 30 regional licenses, six in
is undergoing a Supreme Court challenge in the way the auction was
each of the five regions of the United States. Two licenses in these
handled; however, by the time you read this the 493 BTA licenses should
regions are 50/50 kHz paired and four are 50/12.5 kHz paired. Eleven
have been awarded.
of the 30 licenses were won by businesses owned by women or
Auctions for the D, E, and F blocks, each of which contain 10 MHz
minorities, and four bidders managed to win the same frequency block
of bandwidth, are scheduled to begin in late summer 1996.
Broadband PCS Frequency Allocation Since a digital connection is standard, data messages can flow as
easily as voice, and this is where the existing cellular providers will have
Block A D B c
to play catch -up. In addition to normal voice calls, the system also
supports text messaging. For an additional monthly charge, users can
1850 1865 1870 1885 1890 1895 1910 send and receive up to 100 brief text messages using the short messaging
Unlicensed service (SMS) feature, similar to alphanumeric pagers.
FIGURE 1 Caller ID is also built in to the system, so a Sprint Spectrum user may
1910 1930 decide not to answer a call based on the caller ID display. That caller ID
Block A D E c information is also saved when the answering machine feature is used.
If a Sprint Spectrum user's handset is off, or if a call is not answered, the
1990
system will automatically switch to an answering machine feature and
1950 1905 1970 1975
record the message, the time the call came in, and the caller ID
1930 1945
information. Sprint Spectrum users can dial an 800 number or a service

BLOCK LOWER BAND UPPER BAND SIZE MARKET STATUS number on their handset to retrieve those answering machine messages.
A - 1865 MHz
1850 1930 - 1945 MHz 30 MHz MTA Awarded
Also, when a Sprint Spectrum handset is powered up, the network
B - 1885 MHz
1870 1950 - 1965 MHz 30 MHz MTA Awarded
C - 1910 MHz
1895 1975 - 1990 MHz 30 MHz BTA Awarded will deliver any pending text messages and inform the user of any voice
- 1870 MHz 1945 - 1950 MHz 10 MHz BTA Open
D 1865
- 1890 MHz
1885 1965 - 1970 MHz 10 MHz BTA Open messages waiting in the answering machine service.
E
F - 1895 MHz
1890 1970 - 1975 MHz 10 MHz BTA Open Sprint Spectrum has also been aggressive in their pricing. Subscrib-
ers have a relatively simple set of choices to make, based on the amount
TABLE 2: Broadband PCS Licenses
of time they expect to be talking each month and what features they'd
like to use. Each "package" is typically less expensive than the compet-
f Unlicensed PCS ing cellular price, especially since Sprint Spectrum does not charge for
calls that last less than one minute. Also, some features are simply not
Unlicensed PCS lies between 1,910 and 1,930 MHz. Low power,
available with cellular: Caller ID and call forwarding are already
short range applications, such as local area networks, cordless private
included with a Sprint Spectrum account; call waiting and text messag-
branch exchanges (PBX), and cordless telephones, are expected to make
ing are available for an additional monthly fee.
their appearance using this band. Since no coordination is necessary
Usage patterns reflect the difference in pricing. Typical cellular
other than limits on transmit power, manufacturers are free to introduce
calling patterns peak during morning and evening rush hours and are
products almost immediately, rather than waiting for signalling and
relatively low at other times. Roughly 80 percent of cellular calls are
modulation standards to emerge.
placed from the cell phone (going mobile to landline), the implication
being that most cellular subscribers don't give out their number.
PCS Pioneer
Network traffic for Sprint Spectrum, in contrast, rises during the
One early PCS provider is American Personal Communications morning rush hour and stays high for the rest of the day, and about 50
(APC), based in Bethesda, Maryland. In 1995, partnering with Sprint percent of calls are placed from the handset. Because of a better cost
Spectrum L.P., APC introduced Sprint Spectrum, the first PCS -based structure, customers are using the Sprint Spectrum network more often,
communication network in the United States, offering wireless tele- and relying on their PCS handset to stay in touch throughout the day.
phone, paging, and voicemail services. Additional PCS voice systems are operating in Hawaii and Utah,
Utilizing more than 300 Ericsson PCS- 900 base stations to commu- 1 with more to come. The challenge that all PCS operators face is not just
nicate with Nokia, Ericsson, and Motorola handsets, Sprint Spectrum is fielding this new technology, but to actually turn a profit doing so.
proving to be a popular alternative to existing cellular services, and now
serves more than 80,000 customers. Handsets are sold at more than 200 FEATURE SPRINT SPECTRUM TRADITIONAL CELLULAR
retail outlets in the Baltimore -Washington, D.C., area, and activation is Voice Digital Analog
accomplished simply by calling an 800 number, unlike starting a cellular Paging Yes No
Voicemail Yes Add -on
account. Caller ID Yes No
Each handset holds a subscriber identity module (SIM), which is a Messaging Yes Requires additional equipment
smartcard containing serial numbers, the user dialing directory, and text Cell Site Range 2 - 3 miles 5 - 10 miles
messages. Moving the SIM from handset to handset allows customers to TABLE 3: Spectrum vs. Cellular
quickly and easily change equipment in different service regions. At
present, Spectrum customers can take their SIM cards to Europe, rent a Welcome
general system mobile (GSM) phone, and make and receive calls as if
they were back in the Washington, D.C. area (except for the roaming If you've made it this far, you already have an idea of what this
charges, of course). column will be like. The focus will be on the emerging technology that
Sprint Spectrum uses a standard known as PCS -1900, which is drives personal communications services. Future topics will include
essentially GSM operating at 1900 MHz. GSM operators currently offer cellular systems, paging services, data transfer networks, and other new
service in more than 90 countries, typically in the 800 -900 MHz range. communications ventures, looking at both the technology and the
In the United States this band is allocated to traditional cellular service, business of putting advanced techology in the hands of consumers like
so cell sites and handsets have been modified to operate at 1900 MHz. you and me.
All communication between the handset and cell sites is digital, as Speaking of me, I'd like to say thank you to the staff of Monitoring
opposed to traditional cellular service where the voice channels are Times for welcoming me on board, and I look forward to working with
broadcast as analog. The data stream is also encrypted, so besides them. I also look forward to hearing from you. Send comments,
providing a clear, static -free audio connection, it also enhances security questions, ideas, and even criticisms to me, via electronic mail, at
by making electronic ID theft (cloning) and eavesdropping much more dan @decode.com. If you come to the Grove Expo, look for me at the
difficult. MT/ST booth. Until next month, happy monitoring!
The World Above 30 MHz
Richard Barnett
ScanMaster@aolcorn, Compuserve at 102354,3643
Wanted: Your Used Scanners

Scanning, for most of us MT subscrib-
ers, has been a wonderful hobby since Remember that sense of
we were kids. Growing up, we would wonder when you
go to a friend's house, and there, in a encountered your first
workshop or on a night -table, we would get scanner? Shown is the
our first glimpse of a scanner. Regency R806 crystal
mobile scanner.
Your friend's dad might have been a
volunteer firefighter, or just a curious guy,
but whatever the case, he was the first in the
neighborhood with a police scanner. It
might have been a Regency eight -channel
crystal unit, with those big old red LEDs
or perhaps a Bearcat Three, black -faced,
-
with eight small LEDs, rhythmically flick-
ering away as the scanner searched for an
active channel. You were hypnotized by
those lights, and mesmerized by what you
heard when those lights stopped. You ran
right home, and at the dinner table that
evening, you told your mom and dad all
about that scanner. You dropped hints left
and right about Christmas, Chanukah, or
your upcoming birthday. You went to sleep
that night watching red LEDs dance across your eyes. kids and their parents. We also don't know if the core hobbyists have
Well, all right, maybe you just went into a Radio Shack store last old scanners that they're willing to donate. That' s where you come in:
year, plunked down your American Express card, and bought your Are you are interested in participating in this cause?
first scanner on a whim at age 35. But, I was actually one of those Perhaps we are being premature in announcing this campaign.
fortunate kids who lived that early magical scanner moment. I'll never We may find that there is little interest on the part of either of these
forget those first transmissions of my local police department. There two groups. We may find that there are few of us out there with the
was something incredible about hearing an officer on the other side of means to donate older radios. But our commitment to this cause is
the city talk about something as mundane as a car accident, or a fire, two -fold: we hope in some small way to help improve the lot of
or even a lost dog. It's hard to explain, but it has always stuck with me. others; and, at the same time, to put our hobby in a better light -to
Now, I would like to give something back to this hobby, and I hope show that scanners are beneficial to society-and to grow the hobby
a good number of you will join me. A small group I am overseeing here by encouraging new scanner devotees.
in Massachusetts is investigating the possibility of providing used There are many other questions that will need to be answered
scanners to hospitalized and bedridden kids. We feel that scanners will before the program could get underway. Are scanner donations tax
offer an exciting, even fascinating diversion for these children. We're deductible? How would we distribute the scanners? Are there volun-
hopeful that scanners can generate that same fervor in those not as teers willing to program scanners and then, in turn, show those
fortunate as the rest of us. And, as we all know, what's terrific about receiving the radios how to operate their new equipment? Will the
scanning is not just the entertainment of radio transmissions, but also manufacturers participate by providing new or used scanners to the
the fun of tracking down new frequencies, of figuring out radio jargon, program? (I'm confident they will-we already have made some
of following a chase from town to town-all of which makes scanning calls.) Will the magazines grant some free starter subscriptions?
a good exercise of intelligence as well. If the program becomes very popular, could we encourage police
We have identified one other group as being worthy of scanner officers, firefighters, and EMTs to participate by talking to these
donations: Neighborhood Watch associations. Few things can keep groups about their profession, and what their radio communications
you as well informed of crime in your area as a scanner. While many, are all about?
if not all, of these associations may already be scanner- equipped, If you have any comments, pro or con, about this program, I'd be
we're interested in doing the research and studying their needs. very interested in hearing your thoughts. If you have any ideas on how
We're just in the early stages of our research on this effort. We to make this successful, please contact me via e-mail at
don't know for sure what the interest level may be on the part of the ScanMaster@ aol.com or call me at 1- 800 -722 -6701 if you don't have
e -mail access. We would love to get this program started this holiday If you have read some of the Kansas columns, you probably noted
season. portions of NPSPAC frequencies routinely listed there. Since all the
If you have old scanners you're willing to donate, or if you're agencies involved may allow other agencies on their systems (prima-
interested in helping in any other way, please contact me immedi- rily on trunked systems), you will never know just who may pop up
ately. Please do not send any radios until we have answered some of on a frequency. Here are some of the known frequencies for the state,
the questions listed above, however. as well as some NPSPAC frequencies for non -state agencies:
856- 860.4875 Kansas state trunked system in Topeka, Shawnee

The Electronic RCMA7 County agencies, KHP, KDOT, KBI, etc.
Everyone in this hobby of ours was saddened by the demise of the 856- 860.7125 Kansas state trunked system in Manhattan (haven't
heard from anyone out there who can confirm this
RCMA (the Radio Communications Monitoring Association). As we one yet)
experience what is, hopefully, the bottom of a cycle that will hope- 856- 860.9625 Johnson County trunked system: Johnson County
fully soon spin upward -a sine wave of sorts -the RCMA has fallen agencies, KHP
victim to this current deep trough. A few of the volunteer editors of 856 -860.7625 Kansas City, Kansas, trunked system: KCK all city
services, KHP
the RCMA are, however, keeping the spirit alive by posting their Ellis County trunked system: Ellis County agencies,
856- 857.7125
monthly column electronically, in such places as the "Scan -L List." KHP
Below is an example of one of those columns, reprinted with the 856- 860.2625 Sedgewick County trunked system
permission of its author, Andy Barber. This column, which would 856 -860.4625 Sedgewick County trunked system
have appeared in the August '96 issue of RCMA, is an outstanding 856- 860.7375 Sedgewick County trunked system
856- 860.9625 Sedgewick County trunked system: Sedgewick
example of the kind of detail and care that went into so many of the County agencies, Wichita agencies, KHP
monthly reports. 866.0125 Mutual Aid
"Friday, April 12th, I found a previously unused, undocumented 866.5125 Mutual Aid
frequency. Normally such an accomplishment is accompanied by 866.6750 KHP Bonner Springs
868.6750 KHP Eskridge (Topeka area)
bragging, chest pounding, and other infantile displays which are KDOT Bonner Springs
868.1750
perfumed in order to show one' s feeling of personal omnipotence. Of 866.1000 KDOT Olathe
course, I was not so subtle. My immediate concern was to brag to Bob 866.7125 KDOT Osawatomie
KS -001, who routinely unearths such information before me. My 866.9750 Unassigned in NPSPAC manual: KDOT -type traffic
wife was in mid-blink as I left the room to make the phone call to him, heard (unsure)
867.2000 KDOT in Waverly
so she completely missed my exit.
"Anyway, the frequency is 867.3375 KNNJ875 licensed to Dou-
glas County (Kansas) Sheriff. Detective work revealed that Douglas
County has been testing the equipment, and that it will most likely be
their dispatch channel in the future. Douglas County dispatch and
mobiles already have the ability to talk with troopers and dispatch on
h e e k-'The Ultimate Scanner
Bill Cheek has written the most advanced book on
the Kansas Highway Patrol's new 800 system, so it makes sense that scanner mods in print today. Includes COMPLETE
they would go 800 for their own communications. It should eliminate instructions on rolling your own computer interface!
the need for a low -band radio and an 800 radio in each car. 1995, 244 pages in large format, $29.95
"My point of going overboard about this discovery is to illustrate
that anyone can stumble across something like it. Patience is the key.
In this case I searched from 866 to 868.9875 MHz for weeks until the
Ge11Nld1' Fraitb Damien Thorn
An exposé by one of Nuts and Volts' most popular
frequency came to life, and then spent several days listening to it. The
columnists. Everything you were afraid to find out
NPSPAC (National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee)
about this troubled business. 1996, 250pgs, $24.95
manual indicated it was licensed to Douglas County, so I called them
and they were able to confirm it.
"Those of you who are fortunate to have several scanners could
T he Phone Book u,veiess Microphones
Surveillance Transmitters
dedicate one to a search while the other radio scans your normal M. L. Shannon is a true expert on RF surveillance
frequencies.... and privacy penetration. He even helps you find
This might be a good time to recap the Kansas 800 system, and devices listening to you, and shows you how to
what has been discovered so far. Kansas is developing a statewide 800 trace them! 1995, 109 pages (large format), $19.95
MHz system for all state agencies...KDOT, KHP, KBI, Fish & Game,
etc. It will be a quilt-work of different types of sub -systems, includ- 1 ']h it lblbìuni.t MI, (dlteInnls
ing: Joshua Bagby (of Penthouse fame). Your computer can
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868.9875 range for any Kansas agency to use...state, county, or local.
continued)
868.8625 KHP in Lawrence

"PRO -2006: Right now I regularly use a 2006 that I have modified
866.6875 KHP Olathe
868.9250 KHP Corning highly. In addition to the diode cuts, I have added Bill Cheek's HB-
867.3375 Douglas County 232 computer interface, an `S' meter, and a total of 25,600 channels.
I also love the excellent receiving qualities of this unit. This is my
Other NPSPAC frequencies: Johnson County 866.6125 favorite unit that I have today, but ranks second for my all-time
Jackson County 866.2000 Johnson County 866.6375 favorite.
Jackson County 868.5000 Johnson County 866.6625 "PRO -2001: About 15 years ago, someone gave me a PRO -2001
Jackson County 866.5375 Johnson County 866.7875
Jackson County 868.7500
because it had been dropped and stopped working. While the case was
Johnson County 866.8875
Jefferson County 866.2375 Johnson County 867.8250 nearly undamaged, I found that one of the circuit boards inside had
Jefferson County 868.4750 Johnson County 868.1000 been cleanly snapped into two pieces due to the fall. I spent many
Jefferson County 866.4875 Johnson County 868.1250 painstaking hours soldering little wire jumpers across all of the broken
Jefferson County 868.7250 Johnson County 868.2000 traces, and this scanner has been running flawlessly 24 -hours a day
Johnson County 866.2625 Johnson County 868.3500
Johnson County 866.3375 ever since.
Johnson County 868.3750
Johnson County 866.3625 Johnson County 868.4500 "Uniden MR -8100: I still own this unit, and dearly love the
Johnson County 866.3875 Johnson County 868.5250 alphanumeric display and the computer interface. I also like the
Johnson County 866.5375 Johnson County 868.7000 unique vertical case style. If it wasn't that the receiver is so prone to
Johnson County 868.7750 interference, this may have been my all time favorite.
"BCT -7: A scanner in a class of its own, to say the least. In addition
"Keep those scanners searching the 866 to 868.9875 range and for using it while traveling, it is also used heavily in my shack for
report what you find. It looks like the Kansas system is coming searching out those ùnknown' frequencies that are being used in my
together quickly..." Andy (andyb @qni.com) area.
"Patrolman # ?: I don't remember the exact model number, but at
Your All -time Favorite Scanner one time I owned a Radio Shack unit that had seven crystal -controlled
Ray Matthews responded to our question in the July issue:
channels and the eighth channel had an analog tuner. The best of both
worlds!
"Hi Richard! An interesting question ... What is /was my all time "But my all time favorite scanner ?? It was a Sears unit! Again, I
favorite scanner? I have been a scannist ever since I was about 12 years don't remember the exact model number. But it was a LARGE 16-
old, which is almost 30 years ago now. I first got hooked on public channel programmable unit that used optical cards to do the program-
safety monitoring when I was given a Radio Shack `Patrolman Mini' ming. This was very similar to the old SBE Optiscan units, except that
I never really had an SBE that worked worth a damn, plus it was only
VHF receiver and located my local police department. Then I learned
10 channels and the cards used stickers for the programming. The
about scanners, and owned my first 4- channel handheld soon after-
wards. Since then, I have probably owned over 50 different scanners, Sears unit was 16 channels, and the cards had perforated circles that
including names like Teaberry, Kris, Robyn, SBE, and Johnson, as you would punch out. No more sticky fingers!
well as the more common units. So what are/were some of my "At the time I owned this unit, I traveled frequently around about
favorites? a seven -county area. So I had the unit mounted in my car (it took up
the whole dash!) and would simply swap cards as I went from county
to county. I also had separate cards I would use at home, depending
on my listening requirements at the moment.
"Unfortunately, this scanner was stolen from my car one day while
I was out on my travels, and I have never seen it (or another one like
it) since. But I would love to get my hands on another one of these
units, and am always looking for them at the swap meets."
Ray sounds like the perfect candidate to help us with our donation
program! Thanks for the great letter, Ray. I hope it will inspire other
MT readers to respond with their favorite scanner thoughts as well.
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Who is Herb?
of the more frequently asked questions that I have received
One memories. Table 1 gives a complete list of marine simplex frequencies
over the last few years is, "Who is Herb and what is the on HF.
Southbound II ?"
While this column has mentioned Herb and the Southbound II on
several occasions, we have never had the complete story until now.
i CAP Changes Callsigns
Several years ago, Herb Eric Hilgenberg, on board the vessel On June 10, 1996, the USAF Civil Air Patrol changed nearly all of
Southbound II, was monitored by some marine band utility buffs using their long- standing tactical callsigns. According to Malcolm Kyser,
the Canadian maritime call sign VA-4219. He would show up nightly CAP Communications Chief, "Since we have become more involved
on marine simplex frequencies in the 6, 8, and 12 MHz bands to pass in interagency operations, we started seeing more conflicts with our
out weather information to ships and vessels in the Atlantic, Carib- tactical callsigns. Since we now come under the NTIA instead of the
bean, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific. FCC for radio management, it was time to also update and register our
Herb had HF fax and other radio equipment capability that allowed tactical callsigns."
him to accumulate weather information and pass it to the ships These new tactical callsigns are now registered with U.S. Air Force
monitoring his net from his location in Bermuda. In return, vessels communications authorities instead of the FCC, which assigned the
from all points of the globe would pass to Herb their local weather old KPB callsigns to the CAP many years ago. The old KPB callsigns
information and location. are no longer valid.
Last year, Herb's employer downsized and his position was cut. "The list you have for publication in MT is about 95 percent
He has since returned to Canada. Even though he is now landlocked, accurate. We still have a few changes that need to be made down the
Herb still runs his nightly nets on 12359 kHz starting around 2000 road," Kyser said. Utility World will keep MT readers informed of the
UTC. His weather nets have also been heard on other marine simplex latest changes as they become available.
frequencies and he's been heard as late as 0300 UTC. There have also been some interesting changes in CAP frequencies
Most frequently, the request is for an address through which ute in recent months (both HF and VHF). To expedite getting the informa-
monitors can contact Herb. Herb holds Canadian amateur radio tion to you, we have included the VHF frequencies in this column.
license VE3LML. Based on that call, here is the most current address If you would like to learn more about the Civil Air Patrol and their
I have available: VE3LML, Herb Eric Hilgenberg, 5468 Hixon
communications, a visit to their web site on the internet is a must. This
Avenue, Burlington, ON, Canada L7L3S2. is by far the finest government web site for communications buffs we
Even though he now signs VAX- 498 /coastal on the air these days, have visited to date. Our hats are off to the CAP and their fine
maritime vessels worldwide can still be heard most evenings in North communications folks for a job well done on a useful and very
America calling for their old friend of the sea -Herb on the South- informative web site. The URL for the CAP is: http://www.cap.af.mil/
bound II. If you like what you see, be sure to drop the webmaster some e-mail and
tell them MT send you.
TABLE 1: Maritime Simplex Channels

TABLE 2: New CAP Ground Tactical Callsigns
4125 4146 4149 4417 6215 6224
6227 6230 6516 8219 8294 8297 Note: The "CAP flight" callsign is still required for aircraft use. A three or four
12290 12353 12356 12359 16420 16528 digit number will follow the callsign "CAP flight." The first one or two digits will
16531 16534 22159 22162 22165 22168 be the charter number of the unit to which the aircraft is assigned (1 -52). The
22171 last digit or two will be assigned at random or could be the last tail numbers of
the aircraft, depending on local usage (e.g., CAP Flight 5201).
Maritime Simplex Channels National Headquarters HEADCAP

National Headquarters
Monitoring the maritime simplex channels like the ones men- Special Use AVENGING SPIRIT
tioned above can provide the ute hobbyist with some of the most
interesting intercepts in the spectrum. These "CB channels of the Northeast Region CAP STONE
Connecticut CHARTER OAK
marine bands" are busy with activity twenty -four hours a day. These Maine DOWN EAST
frequencies are a great place to start monitoring marine voice commu- Massachusetts PATRIOT
nications. New Hampshire ABENAKI
Just bear in mind one of my general listening rules when tuning in New Jersey RED DRAGON
New York WHITE PEAK
these marine simplex channels: go low at night and higher in the
Pennsylvania PENN CAP
daytime (unless you live along a coastline). These frequencies are a Rhode Island NARRAGANSETT
lot of fun to monitor and well worth your time to put in your receiver Vermont VERMONT CAP
Florida FLORIDA CAP New Mexico SHIP ROCK
Middle East Region MIDDLE EAST
Delaware DIAMOND FLIGHT Georgia GEORGIA CAP Oklahoma OIL WELL
NAT CAP Mississippi MISSISSIPPI CAP Texas TEXAS CAP
National Capital
South Carolina SAND LAPPER Puerto Rico PUERTO RICO CAP
Maryland FREE STATE Tennessee TENNESSEE CAP Rocky Mountain Region .. ASPEN GOLD
Colorado BLUE MESA
North Carolina CAP KITTY HAWK
North Central Region NORTH CENTRAL Idaho STAR GARNET
Virginia JEFFERSON
Kansas YELLOW BRICK Montana BLACK GRANITE
West Virginia HILL CAP
Minnesota STAR FISH Utah UNCLE MIKE
CAP GREAT LAKES Missouri MISSOURI CAP Wyoming HIGH PLAINS
Great Lakes Region
Illinois RED FOX Nebraska RED CLOUD
North Dakota PEACE GARDEN Pacific Region WESTERN
Indiana RED FIRE
Kentucky JET PILOT South Dakota GRASSLANDS Alaska SOURDOUGH
Michigan RED ROBIN Iowa IOWA CAP California YOSEMITE
Ohio RED THUNDER Hawaii FIREBRAND
Wisconsin BLUE MOUND Southwest Region CAP WEST Nevada SILVER STATE
Arizona RED ROCK Oregon BEAVER FOX
SOUTHEAST CAP Arkansas WILD WOOD Washington SPOTTED OWL
Southeast Region
Alabama ALABAMA CAP Louisiana CAJUN CAP
TABLE 3: Civil Air Patrol Frequencies
(Frequency assignments are in flux. This list is not to be taken as definitive.)
The carrier frequenciesof 4582.0 kHz and 7635.0 kHz are designated as the national Maximum Power: squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, re-
emergency frequencies. Additional assignments in the HF and VHF are indicated below gions, wings: 1600 Watts
with authorized usage, modes and power restrictions.
7635.0 kHz All regions; Defacto HF "guard "; National Emergency and Calling
2371.0 kHz All regions. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power: squadrons Frequency; National Net. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power:
and groups: 400 Watts; national, regions, wings: 1600 Watts squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, regions, wings: 1600
Watts
2374.0 kHz All regions. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power: squadrons
and groups: 400 Watts; national, regions, wings: 1600 Watts 7920.0 kHz All regions; to be used by nationally approved Clover stations only.
Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power: squadrons and groups:
4273.0 kHz All regions. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power: squadrons 400 Watts; national, regions, wings: 1600 Watts
and groups: 400 Watts; national, regions, wings: 1600 Watts
14902.0 kHz All regions; Nation -wide general usage; National Command Net.
4466.0 kHz Northeast and Southeast Regions. Modulation/Band: USB HF; Maxi- Modulation/Band: USB HF; Maximum Power: squadrons and groups:
mum Power: squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, region, 400 Watts; national, regions, wings: 1600 Watts
wings: 1600 Watts
18205.0 kHz Alaska only. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power: squadrons
4469.0 kHz Northeast and Southeast Regions. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maxi- and groups: 400 Watts; national, region, wings: 1600 Watts
mum Power: squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, region,
wings: 1600 Watts 20873.0 kHz All regions. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power: squadrons
and groups: 400 Watts; national, regions, wings: 1600 Watts
4506.0 kHz North Central Region. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power:
squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, region, wings: 1600 26.617 MHz Authorized for packet. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power:
Watts 150 Watts; 250 Watts in Hawaii.
4509.0 kHz North Central Region; Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power: 26.620 MHz Authorized for packet. Modulation /Band: AM /DSB HF; Maximum
squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, region, wings: 1600 Power: 5 Watts. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power: 150
Watts Watts; 250 Watts in Hawaii.
4582.0 kHz Pacific and Middle East regions; All regions- National Emergency and 143.75 MHz Repeater input frequency; aircraft use discouraged. Modulation /Band:
Calling Frequency Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power:
. FM VHF; Maximum Power: 50 Watts.
squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, region, wings: 1600
Watts 143.90 MHz Repeater input frequency; aircraft use discouraged. Modulation /Band:
FM VHF: Maximum Power: 50 Watts.
4585.0 kHz Pacific and Middle East regions. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum
Power: squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, region, wings: 148.125 MHz Often used as repeater output; may be used for simplex operation on
1600 Watts a non -interfering basis. Modulation /Band: FM VHF; Maximum Power:
Land or Mobile station: 50 Watts; Air station: 10 Watts.
4601.0 kHz Rocky Mountain and Great Lakes Regions. Modulation /Band: USB HF;
Maximum Power: squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, region, 148.1375 MHz Primary ground -to- ground simplex. Modulation/Band: FM VHF; Maxi-
wings: 1600 Watts mum Power: 50 Watts.
4604.0 kHz Rocky Mountain and Great Lakes Regions. Modulation /Band: USB HF; 148.15 MHz Often used as repeater output; May be used for simplex operation on
Maximum Power: squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, region, a non -interfering basis; old primary simplex frequency. Modulation/
wings: 1600 Watts Band: FM VHF; Maximum Power: Land or Mobile station: 50 Watts; Air
station: 10 Watts.
4627.0 kHz Southwest Region. Modulation/Band: USB HF; Maximum Power:
squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, region, wings: 1600 149.5375 MHz Primary air -to- ground simplex. Modulation /Band: FM VHF; Maximum
Watts Power: Land or Mobile station: 50 Watts; Air station: 10 Watts.
4630.0 kHz Southwest Region. Modulation /Band: USB HF; Maximum Power: 149.895 MHz National packet frequency. Modulation /Band: FM VHF; Maximum
squadrons and groups: 400 Watts; national, region, wings: 1600 Power: 50 Watts
Watts
149.925 MHz Old repeater output; old packet; used near Canada. Modulation /Band:
7341.0 kHz All regions; National HF packet frequency. Modulation /Band: USB HF; FM VHF; Maximum Power: 50 Watts.
Utility Loggings Pi UTILITY WORLD
Larry Van Horn
Abbreviations used in this column 5110.0 Unid station at 0656 with ANDVT traffic. (Baker -OH) The Bookshelf units
have been reported here flying over Bosnia, but propagation looks a little
AFB Air Force Base KCNA Korean Central News Agency
late for that-Larry
AM Amplitude Modulation MARS 5211.0 KPS 396 -Unid in Orlando, Florida, standing by on FEMA's F -11 at 2105.
Military Affiliate Radio Station
ANDVT Advanced Narrowband Digital MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Found some old FEMA VHF listings with KPS series, but I'm not sure
Voice Terminal MHz Megahertz
ARC American Red Cross about this one. (Jack Metcalfe -KY) Jack, I show KPS 396 as a U.S.
m/v Motor Vessel
ARO Synchronous transmission and MWARA Major World Air Route Area Customs Service station in Memphis, Tennessee -Larry
automatic repetition teleprinter NAS Naval Air Station 5320.0 NOY8 -USCG Group Corpus Christi at 0252 working Shark 1339 (aka
system. NAVSECGRPACT
ARO -E Single- channel ARO teleprinter
USCGC Key Biscayne WPB -1339 on DEA mission)
Naval Security Group Activity
system NCS
5711.0 Cape Radio working station 21 at 2243. They made a schedule to meet the
Net Control Station
ASCII American Standard Code for RAF Royal Air Force next morning on 10780.0 to set up working frequencies. (Metcalfe -KY)
Information Interchange 5796.5
RTTY Radioteletype Deffley working Footrope for radio check at 2150. Identified this fre-
CAMSLANT Communications Area Master SAM Special Air Mission (89 Aiir quency as primary and alternate as P204. (Fernand Vaillancourt-St.
Station, Atlantic Wing)
CAP Civil Air Patrol Selcal Selective Calling
Pamphille, PQ)
CFARS Canadian Forces Amateur Radio SITOR-A Simplex teleprinting over radio 6411.0 At 0346, unid station in SITOR -B with a tirade against Carnival Cruise
Service system, mode A Lines and other U.S. shippers who flag their vessel in Panama and Liberia
COMSTA Communications Stations SITOR-B Simplex teleprinting over radio
COMSUBGRU Commander, Submarine Group to avoid OSHA rules and to avoid paying workman's compensation. Off
system, mode B
CW Continuous Wave (Morse code) SWED-ARO Adaptive Swedish diplomatic abruptly at 0401 and into CW. (Sue Wilden -IN) /show KLB-Seattle Radio
CWO Communications Watch Officer simplex ARO teleprinter on 6409.7 and WLO- Mobile Radio on 6416.0. Take your pick -Larry.
DEA Drug Enforcement system
Administration
6501.0 NOJ -USCG COMSTA Kodiak, AK, at 0532 working USCGC Sedge (WLB-
Synap (Synoptic) Report of surface
DSN Defense Switching Network (old 402), not heard on 6200. (Baker-OH)
observation from a land
Autovon system) station 6586.0 New York Aeradio working Navy WV 071, destination Washington, D.C.
EAM Emergency Action Message TACI Tanker Airlift Control Center This is my first military aircraft I have heard working New York Air.
FEC -A One-way traffic FEC teleprinter Unclass Unclassified
system (Merritt Ashmore -St. Petersburg, FL)
Unid Unidentified
FEMA Federal Emergency USAF U.S. Air Force
6712.0 Dover with a "comms test" at 0247. Dover AFB, I guess. (Metcalfe -KY)
Management Agency USAV U.S. Army Vessel Good catch Jack. My records show that this is the first time on that
FF French Forces USB Upper Sideband frequency for them -Larry.
GHFS Global HF System USCG U.S. Coast Guard
ID Identification 6715.0 Kiwi Bird calling Nightwatch 01 at 0224. (Haverlah -TX) Probable Z-160-
USCGC U.S. Coast Guard Cutter
ITU International Telecommunica- USN U.S. Navy Larry.
tions Union UTC Universal Time Coordinated 6717.0 SAM 375 working Andrews with signal check on F -875 at 0038. (Fowler -
JTF Joint Task Force VIP Very Important Person MA) SAM 375 is a USAFC -20H, tail no 20375 (92- 0375), from the 89 Air
Wing at Andrews (c /n 1256, ex-N438GA) -Larry.
6719.4 R5S advising Habitat "Ops Normal" at 1847. At 1716 heard R5S working
All times are in UTC, all frequencies in kHz, and all transmissions are in Habitat on 337.3 MHz, then calling Bigfoot on 364.2 MHz as Navy VJ 105
USB unless otherwise indicated with position near Hoquiam, WA. Believe that 337.3 is Habitat base
frequency, possibly NAS Whidbey Island. (Cawby-WA)
6730.0 SAM 375 working Andrews with signal check on F -267 at 0035. (Fowler-
122.3 OUA- Danish Navy Stevns, Denmark, with DE CW marker beacon at 1248.
MA)
(Ary Boender- Netherlands)
6739.0 Offutt GHFS, NE, with a 20/20/20 character EAM set over a nine minute
129.1 DCF49 -BMPT Bonn, Germany, with 200 baud encrypted ASCII traffic and
period at 0419; very unusual for the set to conclude with a 20- character
test at 1141. (Boender -Netherlands)
string rather than a 26- character string. (Haverlah -TX)
438.0 OXZ- Lyngby Radio, Denmark, working various vessels in CW at 1113.
6761.0 Mash 83 calling Mainsail at 2356, no response. SAM 375 working
(Boender -Neth)
Andrews for phone patch at 0053. (Fowler -MA)
4009.5 NNNOBVM -Navy MARS NCS for 1 N5B traffic net at 2324 using SITOR-
6826.0 Spanish female 5 -digit numbers station in AM at 0314. (Edward Schwartz -
B sending Ship's Active List, also sent using 75 baud RTTY. (Richard
Chicago, IL)
Baker-Austintown, OH)
6910.0 Alpha 81 Sierra calling Alpha 81 at 1901. A81S with a good signal, A81
4020.0 Army MARS Net with AAT3JG as net control at 2131 in LSB. (Keith Stein -
was weak. They never heard each other. Possibly National Guard or U.S.
Woodbridge, VA)
Army. (Metcalfe -KY)
4145.7 Hotel One Tango calling various trigraphs callsigns such as Kilo Six India
6993.0 Andrews working SAM 28000 in the clear and with ANDVT at 0108.
at 0535. (Jeff Haverlah- Houston, TX) Noted same over 24 hour period.
(Haverlah -TX) SAM 28000 is USAF Boeing VC -25A, Selcal AE-FP from
(Jeff Jones -CA)
the 89 AW at Andrews-Larry.
4417.0 Quebec Kilo, unid USN? At 0122 working 3Q in reference to getting a
6959.0 English female 5 -digit number station (Lincolnshire Poacher) using AM
number "off the deck" and passing it on. (Baker -OH) My noted on this
at 2132, parallel to 12603 kHz. Off at 2145 (Sunday UTC). (Mark Fine -
one indicate it is a Coast Guard channel -Larry.
Remington, VA)
4466.0 2239Z Empire 4, Empire 14, Empire 74, Empire 517 conducting some
7914.9 USAF MARS stations AFA2QG and AFA2DB using SITOR -B at 0043.
kind of net with Empire 521 as net control at 2239. (Stein -VA) This is a
(Metcalfe -KY)
CAP net with units from New York. Their new callsign is White Peak now-
8020.1 HMF 85 -KCNA Pyongyang, North Korea, with English news (aweful
Larry.
tripe!) using 50 baud RTTY at 1806. (Robert Hall -Capetown, South
4472.0 Motorist working Nightwatch 01 on (self -IDed) Z -130 ay 0648. (Jones - Africa)
CA)
8025.5 Foxtrot Tango, USN Link 11 coordination net working others with track
4486.0 ARIA Control and NASA 12 working ARIA 1 and ARIA 2 during the
info. FT nets widely held to be associated with Joint Inter-Agency Task
Pegasus /FAST launch countdown at 0745. Launch was scrubbed due to
Force -East (JIATF -E or ex -JTF4) Caribbean operations. (Baker -OH)
spacecraft problem. Also heard on 6889.0 (Stein-VA)
8026.0 SAM 974 working Andrews at 0456. (Haverlah -TX) SAM 974 is a USAF
4495.0 Harmonic calling Nightwatch 01 on Zulu 125 at 0124. (Haverlah -TX)
C -137C, tail no 86974 (58- 6974), Selcal AE-KP from the 89 AW at
Baked Pie working Nightwatch 01 on self IDed Zulu 125 at 0441.
Andrews -Larry.
(Matthew Cawby -Mount Lake Terrace, WA)
8156.0 Bahamas Self Defense Force at 2258 with SS2 working MT (C6MT ?). At
4593.5 AFA1FQ running a "directed, but informal net" at 2305. Other stations
0210, SS2 calling "Coral Harbor" (SDF headquarters). (Baker-OH)
checking in AFA1HP, AFA1AZ, AFA11M. (Stein -VA) This is a U.S. Air
8225.0 ELKI6 -m/s Fantasy at 0420 working WOO -AT &T coastal station with
Force MARS net from their region one -Larry.
radiotelephone traffic. (Baker -OH)
4604.0 Red Fox 4 (Indiana CAP) at 2344 working Red Fox 130 with radio checks.
8369.5 LYAF -m /v Marijampole calling OXZ- Lyngby Radio with move to 8350.0
(Baker -OH)
working frequency in CW at 0713. (Robin Hood -UK)
8371.0 ULFU -T/KH Fedor Varaksin with crew messages in SITOR -B at 0731. Larry.
Vessel call changed to UCKU in ITU but still using old call ULFU. (Hood - 12359.0 Almost daily from 2230 -0030, Southbound //sends weather to various
UK) "sailing ships" in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Do you
8391.0 HSIP -m/v Heritage using SITOR-A with telex traffic. (Baker -OH) know who this guy Herb is? (Ashmore -FL) See this month's content
8773.0 SVN48-Athens Radio, Greece, at 0347 with voice marker, female in section for more information-Larry.
Greek with announcement of dialup services offered by Hellenic Tele- 12485.5 TCKO -m/v Omer Kaptanoglu at 1631 in SITOR -A with messages.
communications Organization (OTC) separated by a door bell like "ding (Baker -OH)
dong." (Baker -OH) 12495.5 SQEB -m/v Huta Zgoda at 2216 with a SITOR -A message. (Baker -OH)
8783.0 HEB28 -Berne Radio, Switzerland, at 0514 with female giving English ID. 12508.0 YLBR- TK Klements Gotvaldsat 2150 with a SITOR-A message. (Baker -
(Baker -OH) OH)
8825.0 Santa Maria Aeradio (NAT -E MWARA), Azores, at 0032 working Liberte 12535.0 USSL -T/KH Sergey Buryachuk working US05-lzmail Radio with 50
852 (selcal AL -HJ, DC -10 registratior F- GPVB). (Baker -OH) baud RTTY traffic at.0720. (Hood -UK)
8963.0 Oriole (probably the USS Oriole-Larry) working a GHFS station with a 12573.5 UYTB -RTMKS Rybak-1 at 2303 in 50 baud RTTY with administrative
phone patch to a commercial number (904 area code) then a 960 DSN traffic to Kaliningrad. (Baker-OH)
number that involved Mayport, Florida. (Haverlah -TX) 960 is the DSN 12574.9 EMJW- Russian ship Novodrutsk with 50 baud RTTY to Vladivostok.
prefix for the Naval Station in Mayport -Larry. (Hall -RSA)
9014.0 Reach 0275 working Raymond 7 with a phone patch to Hilda (TACC) 12578.9 UFZ- Vladivostok Radio, Russia, with 50 baud RTTY traffic for various
West, looking for the status of a tanker from the 927th Aerial Refueling ships. (Hall -RSA)
Wing at 0144. Also Darkstar November and Gemini 93 calling Raymond 12625.5 UCE- Archangel Radio with SITOR-B traffic for UTQZ- Yevgeniy Gnu friev
7 without response at 1851. (Haverlah -TX) at 0711. Vessel call changed to UCNG in ITU, but still using old call.
9016.0 Mongoose working Nightwatch 01at 0318 he entered the net through (Hood -UK)
the challenge process. It has become obvious that the challenge process 12858.6 KPH -San Francisco Radio, CA, with SITOR -B broadcast of charges and
changed back on July 1, 1996, as these units used and the Nightwatch traffic list at 1500. (Hall -RSA)
nets are still using three alpha character challenge groups instead of the 13242.0 Overwrite working Nightwatch 01 at 0546. (Haverlah -TX) This is Zulu
old 2 alpha character group system. (Haverlah -TX) SAM 375 working 215 -Larry.
Andrews at 0050. (Fowler -MA) 13248.0 SAM 201 (USAF C -20B tail no 86 -0201) at 0018 working Andrews VIP
9017.0 SAM 375 working Andrews at 0058. (Fowler -MA) with phone patch to Andrews Metro for Pax River weather. (Baker -OH)
9057.0 Nightwatch 01 working Overwrite and then moved to Zulu 240 (un- 13450.0 Spanish female 3/2 -digit number station in AM at 0125. (Nicklaw -NC)
known) at 1620. (Haverlah -TX) 13903.0 BND- Germany, with 96 baud ARQ -E encrypted traffic at 1038. (Boender-
9270.0 Andrews VIP checking SAM 26000 out of Offutt AFB location on primary Neth)
F -517 at 2216. (Jones -CA) 14441.5 NNNOCUB -US Navy MARS station aboard the USS Arthur W. Radford
10033.0 Connie Ops LDOC Miami, FL, on 0238 working unid flight 943 with selcal (DD -968) at 2239 calling for any stateside station. At 2042, NNNOCZR-
check HK -DL. (Baker -OH) USNS Powhatan (T -ATF -166) working NNNONWV -NAVSECGRPACT,
10057.0 San Francisco Aeradio (CEP -5 MWARA) at 2205 working Northwest 72 Sugar Grove, WV. (Baker -OH)
after moving from a lower frequency. (Baker -OH) 14479.5 CSY -Santa Maria Air, Azores, with 50 baud RTTY aeronautical mes-
10201.0 MKK -RAF London, UK, sending test tapes at 2310 using 50 baud RTTY. sages at 1210. (Hall -RSA)
(Baker -OH) 14780.0 Victor Echo Xray working Charlie India Xray 204 with data and maybe
10204.0 Vagabound working Narcotic at 1608. Narcotic seemed to be high up in ANDVT comms at 0015. (Jones -CA) VEX -CFB Penhold, AB, at 0205
the net chain of command, and he was a heavu user of Navy communi- working unid CIX204. Request he try channel and passes 12185. They
cations lingo. (Haverlah-TX) move to channel 5 and pass another frequency 11605. They also tried
10493.0 KCI 615 -ARC Fallas Church, VA, on FEMA's F -26 at 2103. This call was channel 4- 10920.0, channel 3- 10284.0, and channel 2- 9292.0 kHz.
previously listed as a FEMA VHF call. (Metcalfe -KY) (Baker -OH) Based on all this Rick, I am now convinced that these are
10535.0 RDL- Russian Navy Moscow, Russia, with 50 baud encrypted RTTY at not CFARS stations. The bandplan and use of ANDVT isn't right. Also
1102, "RDL RDL RDL then encrypted messages." (Boender -Neth) the CIX prefix doesn't fit. They are probably regular Canadian Forces
10551.3 GFL23- Bracknell Meteo, United Kingdom, with 75 baud RTTY synop communications units-Larry.
messages at 1059. (Boender -Neth) 14912.0 DFZG -MFA Belgrade, Serbia, with 75 baud RTTY news at 1413. (Boender-
11053.0 SAM 201 working Andrews at 0447. (Haverlah -TX) SAM201 is a USAF Neth)
C -20B, tail no 60201 (86- 0201), Selcal AF-GP from the 89 Air Wing at 15046.0 Nightwatch 01 working WAR 46 on self -IDed Zulu 230 at 2028.
Andrews-Larry. Trout 99 working Andrews VIP with phone patch to Air Nightwatch 01 was making a phone patch to a 227 DSN that IDed as
Force ops. Secondary frequency 6730.0 at 0412. (Jones -CA) "Command Center." (Haverlah-TX)
11055.0 Awareness with test count on this frequency parallel with all the main 15733.0 SAM 375 calling for Andrews, but receiving no response at 2353.
GHFS channels at 0047. This was followed at 0050 with Offutt transmit- (Jones -CA)
ting an EAM parallel with all the main GHFS channels. (Fowler -MA) 15821.9 SAM -MFA Stockholm, Sweden, message traffic at 1405 using 100
11175.0 At 1743, Offutt GHFS was up with an "Eyestrain, Eyestrain. request you baud SWED -ARQ. (Boender -Neth)
echo... ", but disregarded the broadcast, and followed it with "Eyestrain, 15942.0 MFA Bratislava, Slovakia, news bulletins at 0950 using 100 baud RTTY.
Eyestrain. Do not answer" and into the trigraph timestamp authentica- (Boender-Neth)
tion of a Foxtrot broadcast. Also had Bravo Six Foxtrot working MacDill 16118.0 HBD46-Swiss Embassy Havana, Cuba, at 18320 with SITOR -A 5- letter
with a phone patch to 573 DSN number (King Bay) at 2038. Party at group message trafffic. (Baker -OH)
King's Bay IDed as COMSUBGRU 10 CWO, for an exercise "Esteem 16143.7 RFLI -FF Fort de France, Martinique, at 2155 using 192 baud ARQ -E3.
Highly Alpha" message. (Haverlah -TX) AAEH working Andrews GHFS at (Baker -OH)
0415. (Gordon Levine -Anaheim, CA) AAEH is the USAV Macon (LCU- 16685.5 KJLV -m/v Sea Lion at 1618 using SITOR -A with telex traffic. (Baker -
2003) from the U.S. Army 97th Transportation Detachment-Larry. OH)
11214.0 SAM 375 working Andrews at 1649. (Haverlah -TX) 16696.5 DZAB -m /v General Cabal at 1448 with SITOR -A AMVER traffic. (Baker -
11220.0 Blade 01 working Andrews VIP for phone patch to Hawaii at 0140. Is OH)
Blade 01 still a Travis callsign? (Jones -CA) 16701.5 YLCZ- TKH Akademikis Botszhars at 2032 in SITOR -A with messages.
11466.0 SAM 375 working Andrews with signal check on F-965 at 0043. (Fowler - (Baker -OH)
MA) 16908.0 MFA Ankara with plain language message to Kishasa using 144 baud
11494.0 Nightwatch 01 working Chinaware at 0546. (Haverlah -TX) This is Zulu FEC -A at 1416. (Hood -UK)
205 -Larry. 17001.5 NMN -USCG CAMSLANT Chesapeake, VA, at 2025 in SITOR -A, CW ID,
11535.8 HMF 49 -KCNA Pyongyang, North Korea with 50 baud RTTY English most likely set up here for USCGC Eagle as this is not regular SITOR
news bulletins at 0815. (Hall -RSA) channel for them. Eagle seems to get all her unclass traffic via this
11660.0 Spanish female 3/2 -digit number station in AM at 0117. (J. Nicklaw- method. (Baker -OH)
Asheville, NC) Same noted at 1535. (Sue Wilden -IN) 22412.0 WLO- Mobile Radio, AL, at 1859 in SITOR -A working C6RT -m /v Celtic
12070.0 Nightwatch working Gilcrest on self IDed Zulu 211 at 0321. (Cawby -WA) Sea with telex traffic. (Baker -OH)
Thanks a bunch Matthew, we have been looking for that one for a while-
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Shortly after the equinox, this was a convenient date for shortwave find something of use in this
stations broadcasting to and/or from Europe to change not only column, but if you are just start-
times, but frequencies. Britain, however, stayed on DST until the ing shortwave listening, you
fourth Sunday in October. This has meant that some, but not all may need to do some additional
broadcasts from Europe suddenly would come in an hour later (by reading and listening. I suggest
real time) at the end of September, and then jump back to the same you try Bill Matthews' "Tech-
clock time as previously when the US made its time change. nical Corner" on Radio Korea
Now in a show of Euro -unity, they are all keeping DST a month International's Shortwave
longer, which in most years will coincide with North America Feedback alternate Sundays.
where it lasts until the last Sunday in October. It's really not technical at all, as
The coordination in Europe, of course, had nothing to do with he explains basic aspects of
shortwave broadcasting, and the confusion is far from over: What shortwave listening. He' s found
about propagational changes? We expect some stations will find on thé Canadian relay at 1036 UT on 11715, (switching to 1135 on
it inconvenient to wait an extra month as the nighttime maximum 9650 after DST is over).
usable frequency drops, so look out for frequency, if not time BBC's revived Waveguide also deals with basics, especially
changes, to be implemented when necessary. regarding BBC reception.
Additionally, some stations stay at the same Universal time Several webpages include info for beginners, such as:
year-round--others do that with some programming, but don't do http: / /itre.ncsu.edu/radio/ and http: //www.clark.net/pub/
it with programming destined to DST -observing areas. Of course, cwilkins /rfpi and http: / /www.mcrest.edu /moore/
all this could be avoided if everyone just abolished DST! patepluma.html.
ALGERIA RTA in English 1850 -1855 on 15160.35, distorted (Don Phillips, UK, George Thurman) Before this, Amazon ser-
DSWCI DX Window) Presumably 1800 -1900-gh.//15240.9 (Alex Koutamanis, vice on 6180, 11780 also missing (Matthias
Holland, Cumbre DX via DSWCI SW News) Gatzke, Germany, WWDXC Top News)
ANGOLA VORGAN heard on new 9765 at 1120 -1210 (Vashek Ko zinek, RSA, http : //www.cdsid.com.br/radiobras/
DSWCI DX Window) So that answers last month's question - gh. (Thorsten Koch)
AUSTRALIA Budget cuts to ABC next financial year will require RA to lose 10 staff Last month's "R. Marumby" item on
and almost certainly lose some services (Neil Deer, RA comptroller for 11724.9 is not the station in
resources, VOA Communications World) RA heard on split freqs several Florianópolis on 9665, but a slogan or
times: 17763 at 0300 -0558 *, next day back on 17795;15272 at 0500 sports, MW ID used by R. Novas de Paz, Curitiba,
next day 15240 (Ernie Behr, Ont., DXLD, W.O.R.) Notice these are both 32 kHz heard last year on 6080 and 9515 with
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off-gh. Brandon site now relays BBC 2200-2300 on 9660, 12080 (Bob Padula, both IDs (Ernie Behr, Ont., World of Radio)
Electronic DX Press) No longer via Shepparton 11695 (Arthur Cushen, RNZI CANADA Look for the independent film Johnny
Mailbox) see also TASMANIA Shortwave set in near future post- breakup Canada about a clandestine radio
BOLIVIA Rdif. La Voz de los Lípez, Uyuni, Potosí, heard again from 1000 or 1030 broadcaster. In July it was playing at the Film Forum, South Village, NY (NY
to 1135* in Quechua on 4777.0, varying in evening to 4777.4, closing between Times via Malcolm Kaufman)
2230 and 2300; announced as an experimental broadcast by this field RCI's Canada and the World, monthly live show mentioned last month, was
workers' union station (Emilio Pedro Povrzeni Argentina, Latinoamérica DX
,
on Sun broadcasts in July, but third Sat in August at 2006, not Sun (gh, OK)
via Radio Nuevo Mundo) Seems to be La Voz de Nor- Lipez, moms until 1050 CBC's Cross -Country Checkuphas good topics, higher grade of callers than US
drowned by Indo (Henrik Klemetz, Dateline Bogota') Some other DXers talk shows; check 9625 at 1259 Sun for preview of the 2009 -2200 show (Chet
thought this was R. Los Andes, Tarija -gh. R. San Miguel, 4925.1, had Copeland, DC, W.O.R.)
program for foreign listeners, Bolivia al mundo, UT Thu 0200 -0225, offered COLOMBIA R. Macarena expected to be back on 5974.3 with the purchase of a new
QSL (Klemetz, op. cit.) $3000 tube (Henrik Klemetz, Dateline Bogotá) We'll know it with the renewed
BRAZIL RadioBrás back on 15445 after more het on BBC -gh.
than a month's silence, at first in Portu- All times UTC; All frequencies kHz; * before hr = COSTA RICA RFPI has been building a cubical
guese, next day Aug. 12 in English at 1200 sign on, * after hr = sign off, // = parallel quad for 41mb, measuring 36 x 140', 3
with no mention of absence (Dave Jeffery, programming; + = continuing but not monitored; 2 x elements atop 170' tower (RFPI Mailbag)
NY) Also back the same day in English to freq = 2nd harmonic; Z-96 = Summer season; W-96 = RFPI carries gh's monthly 15-minute DX
Europe at 1800 on 15265 (Kjell- Ingvar Winter season; [non] = Broadcast to or for the listed report in Spanish, Mundo Radial, some-
Karlsson, Sweden, rec.radio.shortwave via country, but not necessarily originating time in these weekly half- hours: Mon 1530,
there.
Wed 1330, Sat 1330, on 6200, 7385,15050-
USB. During early evening, RFPI may use 7380 instead of 7385 to avoid 7250, 7180 (BBCM)
interference (gh) IRAQ [non] V. of the Iraqi Communist Workers' Party, in Kurdish 1530 -1630,
ECUADOR R. El Buen Pastor has been authorized to move to 4815 as hoped, ASAP Arabic 1630 -1730 on 4000. This party, founded three years ago, differs from
when new crystal received; has been on 4830.2 clashing with R. Táchira, the old Iraqi CP. V. of Rebellious Iraq, with addresses in Iran and Syria, 1200-
Venezuela (HCJB Latest Catch) 1430 on 6030 -6090v but announced as 6350- 6650v, in Arabic, Kurdish; one
EGYPT R. Cairo on 9175 in Arabic around 1600 -1700, heardfor4 +years, unlisted, hour later in winter (BBCM)
not //12050 or MW sites (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DSWCI DX Window) IRELAND United Christian Broadcasters QSL admits 6200 is from Ireland, 100
Probably another mixing product -gh. watts, plans increase to 2 kW. Also has big plans to broadcast via Luxembourg,
[non] R. Egypt of Arabism (Arabic: Idhaat Misr al- 'Urubah), hostile to Russia, Ireland, or Isle of Man (Harald Kuhl, Germany, DSWCI DXW and
Egyptian government, and previously part of Iraqi domestic service, now WWDXC Top News)
3rratic 2030 -2100 on 11895, unconfirmed at 1000-1030, 1300-1330; previ- KALININGRAD Correcting last month's item under DENMARK, this Russian oblast
ously used 11815, 13780 (BBCM) between Poland and Lithuania has not changed name. An unrelated city of
ETHIOPIA [non] V. of the Tigre Revolution reactivated on new 5500 ex -7515 from Kaliningrad near Moscow did change to Korolyov (R. ABC/Denmark, DXW)
`0330 with same echoed ID (Ed Rausch, Cumbre DXvia The Four Winds) Also KYRGYZSTAN Bishkek's English news at 2310 -2315, followed by Russian and
here, non -stop music to 0359 (gh, OK) Still on both freqs (Finn Krone, German, on both 4010 and 4050; then programming splits (DXWvia HCJB The
Denmark, DXW) Also both heard at 1500 -1600* but from what site? (N. Latest Catch) One hour later in winter -gh
Pashkevich, Russia, ibid.) LESOTHO BBC relay QSL says will close Sept. 30; reply came from Martin J. Rigby,
FINLAND YLE to NAm at 1200 -1400 planned to replace 11900 with 11735 // G4FUI, c/o British High Commission, P.O. Box 521, Maseru 100 (Ed Rausch,
15400, but date unclear-perhaps Oct. 27 it not already. Weekly Survey of NJ, NUvia DXW) Best try at *0300 on 3255, 6190; previously reported that R.
Finnish Media Scene observed Thu 1242 -1246, ex -Fri (gh, DX Listening Lesotho, from same site would also go off SW, *0300 on 4800 (gh)
Digest) LIBERIA ELWA's parent organization SIM has re-
GUAM KSDA plans to use 7540 at 1600 -1800 for W -96 season (Internet via ceived several unconfirmed reports that Charles
Michael Bethge, WWDXC via BC -DX) Ever further out of band -gh. KTWR will
guild a fifth SW transmitter here and additional antenna, pending FCC
Taylor's forces stole their 10 kW transmitter,
now used as ELCN on 5100 (Hans Johnson, //4
approval; and plans to maintain studio in Hong Kong after reversion to China, Cumbre DXvia DXW) Isaac P. Davis at LCN says
in keeping with promises of religious freedom (TWR via BBCM) reports can be faxed to him at 231 -226 -003
HONDURAS La Voz de la Mosquitia, 4910v, has been off since June and may not (Rolf Lövström, Norway, DXW)
be back until January, according to Larry Hooker of Global Outreach. Two MALTA [non] VOM via Russia 9765, 12060 continues beyond test period, Mon -
Viking ham transmitters were sent back to US for repair, and an ex -US military Sat 1900 -2000 English, 2000 -2100 Arabic; Sun 1900 -2000 English, 2000-
transmitter in Honduras is also broken. Maybe SWLs should donate a ham 2030 French, 2030 -2100 German (Eugene Gebreurs, RVI Radio World via
transmitter (Hans Johnson, Cumbre DX via DXW) Steven Cline) And UT Sun 0100 -0400 on 15480 in English, French, German,
HUNGARY R. Budapest new home page is: http: //www.eunet.hu/radio Internet Arabic, to Australia (also tried 17590 a while -gh), giving address of High
address is: angoli @kaf.radio.hu(note: sixth character is a one) (EDXP) Commissioner of Malta, Canberra ACT (Paul Bailey, Hobart, ibid.)
INDIA All AIR 22mb operations are 500 kW from Bangalore- 13700, 13732, MÉXICO XERMX decided to use 9705, not 5985 after 2300 in
13750 (Alok das Gupta, Electronic DX Press) summer, but may have reversed by now; is using two old but
INDONESIA Despite announcement that Kangguru2was over last month, it kept reliable 10 kW transmitters and two vertical "umbrella" non -
appearing Tue 1230 on RRI, freqs kept changing, such as 15150 (Sheldon directional antennas with 4 dB gain; two rotatable log- periodic
Harvey, PO) Suspect RRI reruns, 9565 but mixed with CRI, jamming, and antennas with 14 dB gain are out of service because of an
Martí (gh, Gigi Lytle) Several new high -powered transmitters online for RRI, arcing problem, but hope to have them repaired by yearend
monitored at 0900 on all these in parallel: 9565, 9640, 9680, 11750, 11785, (Encuentro DX, Sat 1800, Sun 1530, Mon 0000, Fri 0100) Radio MéxIco
11885, 15125, 15150, some clashing with Asia/Pacific stations. Analysis of NETHERLANDS RN has started carrying two minutes of ads per international
modulation signatures reveals this deployment: 100 kW Harris -Gates on hour, helps pay the bills, but only in Dutch (RNMN) XERMX-OC
9680,15125,15150; 250 kW Marconis on 9565, 9630,11750,11775,11885; NIGERIA [non] R. Democrat International dedicated a day in mid -July to the
250 kW Thomson -CSF on 11785, 9525 (Robert Jones & Bob Padula, EDXP memory of one of non -Pres. Abiola's wives, who had been murdered,
via Thurman) renaming the station R. Kudirat (Eric Lund, Sweden, DXW) It was this
INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non] Lightwave Mission Broadcasting, aboard the indomitable woman who urged us to establish a radio voice (Wole Soyinka,
ship Electra, plans to start broadcasting in late fall well before Christmas, from NALICON via Swarthmore webpage) Defence Info Dir Brig -Gen Fred Chijuka
territorial waters 6.5 miles offshore a host country and with its approval. Also said he hopes the people behind R. Democrat International know it's a
plans to use nearby piece of land for satellite programming downlink, treasonable offence (Nigerian The Guardian via BBCM) Have a look at these
including Yesterday USA from Dallas, and perhaps Gold Coast Broadcasting sites: http : //www.sccs. swarthmore.edu /org /nigeria /radio.htmbrendingwith
from London, both 24h. Two 50 kW SW, and two 25 kW SW, plus AM MW; ... /rkudirat.html (Francis Mougenez, WWDXC Top News)
the host country gets use of FM. One SW will be kept open for block time sales. PAKISTAN R. Pakistan reactivated 4949.9 at *0052 -0110; was Peshawar 10 kW
The ship is larger than the Furyor Sarah, almost 200' long, 35 -40' wide, 14' until 1992, but now as strong as 100 kW 4790, so what is site now? (Harald
draft; 14 -15 cabins or staterooms, crew capacity 65. More on http: // Kuhl & Anker Petersen, Germany, WWDXC Top News)
www.tv36.com(Scott Becker, LMB, W.O.R.) Unclear how they are financing
such an expensive project, vaporware? See last month: now three conflicting
reports from LMB on size of vessel -gh.
IRAN[non] V. of Southern Azerbaijan is new eland at 1530 -1630 on 12090, weak
but clear, no jamming yet; Azeri: Bura JanubiAzerbaijan Sasi. Aimed at Azeri DX Listening Digest
population in NW Iran; had phone number in Netherlands, 31- 703 -192189,
but likely transmitted from ME. On cassette tape claims the Farsis are More broadcasting information by country compiled
oppressing the Azeri minority, demands autonomy, equal rights, participation by Glenn Hauser
in government, etc. (Chris Greenway, BBCM, DXW)
V. of Mojahed around 1815 on 4450, 4650, 5150, 5450, 5750, 6175,
7075 -Some freqs lagged behind others by a fraction of a second, and were
Review of Intern :tonal Broadcasting
constantly changing to avoid jamming. V. of the Worker on 3940 at 1505 in satellite monitoring.
SW Programming, opinion, equipment,
Persian, gone after 1525. V. of the Movement of the Mojahedin of Iranian
Baluchestan (Persian: Jonbesh -e Mojahedin-e Baluchestan Iran -e Taban) is Samples $2.50 each (outside North America US $3 or 6 IRCs)
believed to be from Iraq, with a Baghdad PO box, intermittently at 1300 -1430 10 issue subscriptions $26 in USA, or both for $49
on 11875, unconfirmed at 0600 -0745; previously used 15340, 11970, 9545, Glenn Hauser, Box 1684 -MT. Enid. OK 73702
GLOBAL FORUM
the Global Forum (continued)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA June-July bandscan from DX site in the Washington islands (William Miller, Boston Globe via Louis Rossetti, Malcolm Kaufman) SW
showed these stations inactive: 3305, 3365, 3395. Irregular: 2410, 3275, transmitters in UK to be privatised; owners will be able to lease time to third
3325, 3345, 3385, 3905. Heard every day: 3205, 3220, 3235, 3245, 3260, parties, not just BBC; however, this does not apply to BBC relays overseas
3290, 3315, 3335, 3355, 3375, 4890 (John Bryant, Fine Tuning) (VOA CW) Waveguide was expected back on BBCWS from mid -Sept for 8
PERU R. Naylán, Lambayeque, at 0050 -0125 with tropical chicha music, on weeks, back to basics for new SWLs, probably repeated 6 months later (BBC
5342.4 (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, The Four Winds) Could be R. Naylamp, Write On)
ex -4154 (Hans Johnson, ibid.) R. Mi Frontera, 6420.3 at 0035 -0120 new UKRAINE RUI's new DXKIub program, UT Fri 0040 on 7150, aired the same show
somewhere in the northeast (Arrunátegui, DXW) unID at 1430 on 9505 in UT- at least three weeks in a row (gh)
5 zone, mentioned AM -1470 (Tim Hendel, AL) Must be R. Tacna, Peru, only USA WEWN became first major station in the 43mb, 6890 from 0300; before that
200 watts and occasionally active here, AM frequency checks (gh, W.O.R.) hour on new 7395, super -splattering neighbors VOA 7405, RFPI 7385, from
Estación Wari, Ayacucho 3280.6 heard in long- awaited reactivation, 1000- 2200; also still 7425 part of that
1040 when Ecuadorian was off (Henrik Klemetz, Colombia, NU via DXW) R.
Interoceánica, new stn testing on 6096.3 at 2230 -2350 from Puno dept. (Levi
Iversen, Paraguay, DXW) AWR's new 5 -kW SW station in Juliaca should be on
period. Started early Aug. but must have
been last- minute choices, as no sign of
the freqs in Sept. Gabriel's Horn. Those «-
EWTN
"A'-"."° "6""-' K
by yearend, authorized one 25mb frequency, in Quechua, also Spanish, wishing to express views to Mother An- W E W N
Aymara (AWR Current) gelica herself about WEWN's un- neighborliness can try her live call -ins UT
PHILIPPINES FEBC Manila retimed its morning English to Asia on 15450 to 0100- Thurs 0000-0100 at 1- 800 -221 -9460, (one UT hour later after DST) (gh, OK)
0300 ex- 0000 -0200 (Alok das Gupta, India, EDXP) Radyo Pilipinas external WHRI started new Softronics interactive webpage: needs work, and numer-
service in Tagalog to Australia 1730-1930 on 15190,11890,11815; English ous frequency misprints give 9945 instead of 9495 (gh, W.O.R.) DXing with
& Tagalog to Asia & America at 0330 -0400 on 17730, 15330, 13770 (BBCM) Cumbreas of Sept: Fri 2230 UT 5745 kHz, Sat 0500 5760 & 7315, 1300 6040,
0230 -0330 no longer listed, so this must replace it -gh. 1730 9495, 2230 9495, Sun 0330 5745,163013760; KWHR Sat 0200 1 751 0,
POLAND HFCC registrations show the only frequency and the only hour of all 0500 17780, Sun 1830 13625, Mon 0330 17510 (DWC as corrected by gh's
Polish Radio broadcasts beamed 316° toward us is 11815 at 1200 -1300, monitoring) Tom Valentine's Radio Free America moved to WHRI for weekly
indeed the best chance for us to hear Warsaw. All the others are at much lower UT Mon 0100 -0400 on 5745 (DWC) Probably simulcast on WWCR -4 2390
azimuths (gh) (Adam Lock, WWCR)
RUSSIA V. of Russia has had to lay off 30% of its staff, down to 1000 employees, WWCR news: Tom Valentine, one of the original far-right talkhosts, decided
reduced to 32 languages, 77 hours a day (VOR webpage via Bruce Atchison) to quit WWCR 5065 at 0200 -0400 weeknights due to declining income (John
News for Polar Regions, from Moscow, sked in July was 1400 -1430 Tue & Thu T. Wagner, Gigi Lytle) William Cooper attacked WWCR on his broadcast for
on 7135 (one hour later in winter). V. of Assyria (KaleA/turaia) from Moscow not letting him have earlier hours vacated by Tom Valentine, and said he was
Sat 1500 -1600 on 9880, 9730, and from 1530 also on 7325 in Russian, Arabic, leaving WWCR for some "network" (Gigi Lytle, TX) The Big Backyard, Oz
Persian, English to ME; Tue -Fri at same time on 9880, 7325 is Islamskaya music is on 3215 UT Sun 0315 -0345 (Adam Lock, WWCR) America's Greatest
Volna- Islamic Wave -in Russian, irregularly also in Arabic, Tatar (BBCM) R. Heroes, Sat 2000 -2100 on 9475 (WWCR webpage)
Samorodenko, Moscow pirate may soon be official; has two transmitters in WORLD OFRADIOon WWCR as of early Sept: Thu 2030 UT 15685 kHz, Fri
ranges 3919 -3924, 4873 -4877, and 9419, 9770, 15345, usually on weekends 2215 9475, Sat 1130 9475, Sun 0100 7435/2390, 0800 3210, 1900 12160,
2000 -0230 (VOR DX Klub via Paniview) University Network, Dr. Gene Scott: 2130 9475, Mon 0330 5065, 2030 15685, Tue 1230 15685, Wed 1130 15685.
Novosibirsk 0300-1000 12065, 1000 -1600 12050; Krasnodar 0300 -0700 From Oct. 27 one UT hour later, and some freqs may change (gh)
13645; Samara 0700-1300 15550, 1300-1600 1 3645 (DGS HQ via Jim Moats, WRNO started using 7395 in the mornings for additional far -right or far -
W.O.R.) Catholic programming, from 1500 or earlier; and sometimes running past
SLOVAKIA AWR will cease using the Velke KostolanS2 site Oct. 27 and replace it 1600 when Limbaugh was supposed to be on 15420 (gh)
with Jülich, Germany. Hurry to QSL VK on this non -English sked: 5905 at WGTG has new show North of 49 UT Suns 0300 -0400 on 9400, non-
0400 -0500,1300 -1700. AWR will continue via the other site here, Rimayska religious about Old Time Radio (K. Scott, rec.radio.shortwave via Thurman)
Sobota (AWR via Diane Mauer) Promotes FM micro -broadcasting -gh. Look for WGTG to show up on 6950
SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa clash with Nederland on 9590 resolved by moving soon (Kirk Trummel, hard -core dx via DXW) Those wondering about "CIA
to 9675 at 0500-0555 in English (J. Marks, RN, rec.radio.shortwave via mind control" and other far -right programs on WGTG should read "Con-
Thurman) SENTECH is probing for business in Malawi, Botswana, Zambia, spiracy Theories and Paranoia" in the Sept -Oct Skeptical Inquirer (via Gigi
Angola, Mozambique, like the termporary relay of R. Tanzania last year Lytle, TX)
(Sentalkvia Andy Sennitt, DXW) Series of radio plays is being performed before live audiences at the VOA
Afrikaans Stereo will reduce work force by 20% because of budget cut by Auditorium through Nov. 20 -21 at 7:30 pm, to be broadcast on public radio
a third over next three years, to make it comparable to black language stations and later on VOA. Sold out, but try at the door or info from 202 -357 -3030
(Beeld via BBCM) Will relaunch in Oct with new name R. Sonder Grense (Melissa Dease, Washington Times via Chet Copeland) USIA attorneys have
(Without Borders), or just RSG (SABC Intercom via Andy Sennitt, DSWCI ruled against sending VOA Guide to Americans, due to §501 of the Smith -
DX14' Still SW ? -gh Mundt Act. USIA is being sued over this issue prohibiting domestic dissemi-
TAHITI RFO's last SW xmtr,15167.3v was still there in mid -July, 0300 -0500+ but nation (VOA Communications World)
barely audible, probably <500 watts instead of 20 kW (Ernie Behr, Ont., DX Broadcast auxiliaries heard during August sporadic E opening: 26150
Listening Digest) WJRT-TV Flint, MI; 26250 WSOC -FM Charlotte, NC; 26350 WMAR-TV Balti-
TASMANIA Techno Shortwave, lassie pirate on 4795, mainly music around more, MD (Alan Roberts, PQ, W.O.R.)
*0930- 1330 *, uses 40 watts from 50 km off east coast, making it legal (Paul [non ?] Stocks & Funds TV Network, home -shopping, plans to add hourly
Bailey, Hobart, Australian DX News) SW broadcasts to expats in Africa, Latin America by mid -Oct, leasing time
THAILAND R. Thailand 1400 -1430 on 9830 contained Travel Thailand, bike tour from some station (VOA CW)
and tourist info (Alok das Gupta, India, EDXP) Any particular day of week ? -gh VENEZUELA R. Amazonas Intl, 4939.5 at 0113 put spurs on 5189.7 and stronger
TINIAN The Maxoqueira, Portugal, transmitters possibly moving here are 500 kW, 4689.4 (Henrik Klemetz, Dateline Bogotá)
not 50 (gh) No indication yet that construction has commenced (Robert VIETNAM [non] VOV via megawatt Tbilisskaya, Russia at 0100 -0300 with four
Jones, EDXP) English segments was expected on 5940 ex -7250 from Sept. 1 thru winter
U KO G BA N I "What is going on is the greatest act of cultural vandalism that I (Kevin Hecht, rec.radio.shortwave via DX14) 7250 had no audio for 17
have ever seen," said John Tusa, former managing director of the BBC World minutes, just loud hum, then tone and Vietnam finally came on at 0122 (Randy
Service, in reference to its proposed reorganization. In a mounting campaign Stewart, MO)
of criticism, some 1500 or 2000 WS staff signed petitions of protest, and
almost 250 MPs backed a House of Commons motion opposing the changes. Until the Next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn!
Broadcast Loggings GLOBAL FORUM
Gayle Van Horn
0002 UTC on 9410 0945 UTC on 9580

CYPRUS: BBC WS relay. World news and features to 0100. (Silvi, OH/ via e- AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. Australia Today with report on ATMs in
mail) BBC's Oman relay on 15310 at 0321. (Edward H. Hamill, Burlingame, Aussie supermarkets. (Fraser, MA; Hamill, CA)
CA) 1100 UTC on 11335
0006 UTC on 6020 NORTH KOREA: Radio Pyongyang. News to Korean music and feature on
NETHERLANDS: Radio Netherlands. Commentary on the rise of drug use the DPRK leader. (Silvi, OH) Audible frequency 13785 at 1515 with book
among Netherlands teens, on // 6165 from Netherlands Antilles relay site. excerpts and national anthem at 1530. (Swenson, WA)
(Sue Wilden, Columbus, IN; David Swenson, Chehalis, WA) 1240 UTC on 11890
0014 UTC on 7345 OMAN: Radio Oman. Arabic. Programming announcements alternating with
CZECH REP: Radio Prague. Report on the national army's substitution pop music. Arabic songs// 15375 at 1249. (Serra, Italy /TFW)
service. All You Need is Love tune to station address quote, interval signal, 1245 UTC 15530
and multilingual IDs. (Brandon Artman, West Chester, PA) Monitored 2234 on FRANCE: Radio France Int'l. PlanetEarthon the dangers of sunken Russian
11600. (Swenson, WA) nuclear subs in the North Atlantic. (Fraser, MA)
0019 UTC on 5953.76 1310 UTC on 13610
BOLIVIA: Radio Pio XII. Ouecha. Regional programming and music moni- BELGIUM: Radio Vlaanderen Int'I. CurrentAffairs show on improvements to
tored to 0032. Bolivia's Radio Illimani 4945 heard 2332 -0325; Radio Santa the barge canals. (Fraser, MA)
Cruz 6135.03 at 2302. (M. Molano, Spain /P/ay DX) 1415 UTC on 7405
0045 UTC on 6747.14 CHINA: China Radio Int'l. Story on fisherman protection to item about
PERU: Radio San Ignacio. Spanish. Clear channel of regional programming Colombia's president. (Boulde, CA/TFW)
and IDs. Peru's Radio Satelite 6725.5 at 0110 -0415, with strong signal. (D. 1500 UTC on 9515
Monferini, Italy/P/ay DX) CANADA: BBC WS Sackville relay. World news and sports update to
0120 UTC on 15115 program Greenfield Collection of classical music. (Wallesen, IL)
NEW ZEALAND: Radio NZ Intl. Health program to ID at 0125. (Hamill, CA) 1524 UTC on 12085
Musical program from the Christchurch Band. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA; MONGOLIA: Radio Ulan Bator. Sports report on equestrian and archery
Frank Hillton, Charleston, SC) competition in Mongolia to 1530`. (Swenson, WA)
0121 UTC on 15130 1603 UTC on 15010
USA: Voice of Free China relay. Spanish service with conversation and VIETNAM: Voice of Vietnam. Weak signal for news and Vietnamese music
features. (Hamill, CA) Heard in Spanish on 17845 at 2343. (Wilden, IN; Tom program. (Swenson, WA) Heard on 7250 at 0156.0227. (Silvi, OH) VOV
Banks, Dallas, TX) heard on 9840 at 1605. (Serra, Italy/TFVI)
0130 UTC on 6090 1724 UTC on 6280
SWEDEN: Radio Sweden. Feature on Swedish food and feature on leading LEBANON: Voice of Hope. Religious sermon in English to ID, "this is the
chefs. (Elmer W. Wallesen, La Grange Park, IL) Sixty Degrees North heard Voice of Hope for all the Middle East." Pop song to brief religious passage,
on 15240 at 1143. (Fraser, MA) ID /station address: (Serra, Italy/TFVV)
0130 UTC on 9655 1753 UTC on 8000
AUSTRIA: ORF /Radio Austria Int'i. English service sign-on with IDs and ERITREA: Voice of Sudan (Clandestine). Music to ID and brief comments at
interval signal. National news topics covering unemployment, a new law for 1802. (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece/TFVV)
the social security system, and weather forecast. Report From Austria 2003 UTC on 3380
program. Excellent signal for this North American service. (Gayle VH, MALAWI: MBC. Chichewa. Possible news reporting format to 2005. Afro
Brasstown, NC) pops alternated with announcers talk. (Serra, Italy /TFV1)
0201 UTC on 4824.4 2004 UTC on 15420
PERU: (Tent) La Voz de la Selva. Spanish. Fine lite music to possible ID. Male USA: WRNO. Ragtime and New Orleans jazz music show. (Wilden, IN)
chat monitored in LSB to avoid interference. Peru's Radio Ilucan with 2010 UTC on 11690
Andean music on 5620.91 at 0117. (Giovanni Serra, Anzio, Italy /The Four CANADA: Radio Canada Intl. Sports report with heavy RTTY interference.
Winds) (Wilden, IN)
0209 UTC on 3290 2015 UTC on 11750
NAMIBIA: NBC. Continuous various pop and afro pop songs, //3270 with ASCENSION ISLANDS: BBC WS relay. Seeing Stars featuring the Galileo
static and utility ORM. (Serra, Italy/TFVt) probe of Jupiter, and inter -stellar clouds. (Fraser, MA)
0303 UTC on 15370 2030 UTC on 4777
THAILAND: Radio Thailand. Newscast to report on a gas separator plant in GABON: RTV Gabonaise. French. Sports roundup to African highlife music.
Thailand. RTTY interference on frequency. (Swenson, WA) (Don Aspinall, VA via e -mail)
0305 UTC on 15180 2100 UTC on 15675
RUSSIA: Voice of Russia. Station ID and news for this Komsomolsk Amure HONDURAS: Radio Copan International. Monitored to 0015, including
transmitter site. (Wilden, IN) VOR noted on 15455//12010 at 0331. (Hamill, musical variety program and multilingual IDs. (Frank Reisch, Dallas, TX;
CA) Swenson, WA)
0311 UTC on 11725 2107 UTC on 15095
TURKEY: Voice of Turkey. Commentary on terrorism to report on health SYRIA: Radio Damascus. News and Views program condemning Israel's
benefits of yogurt. (Swenson, WA) Turkey's Relations With the Balkan premier. (Swenson, WA)
Countries program on 9655 at 2240//11810. (Fraser, MA) 2116 UTC on 3366
0334 UTC on 7520 GHANA: GBC. Radio 2 in English 2116 -2212, continuous pop songs,
MOLDOVA: Radio Moldova Intl. English news with poor modulation to station afropop and lite music. ID and announcements. (Serra, Italy /TFW Hilton,
IDs. (Silvi, OH) SC)
0340 UTC on 11920 2130 UTC on 4870
MOROCCO: RTV Marocaine. Arabic. Conversations to regional music and BENIN: Radio Dif du Benin. French. Announcer's news text to indigenous
station ID. (Hamill, CA) African music. (Aspinall, VA)
0342 UTC on 9935 2300 UTC on 6025.1
GREECE: Voice of Greece. National news topics to station ID 0347. Spanish BOLIVIA: Radio Illimani. Spanish. Station ID and lengthy promotional to
service commencing at 0349. (Swenson, WA) regional music. (Pedro Arrunategui, Lima, Peru /TFW)
0416 UTC on 9935 2305 UTC on 4449.26
BULGARIA: Radio Bulgaria. Fair signal for program on European unity to ID BOLIVIA: Radio Frontera. Spanish. Station jingles to local ads. Additional
at 0422. (Swenson, WA) Events & Developments heard on 9700 at 2120. Bolivian's noted as; Radio Movima 4472.86 at 2338; Radio Santa Ana
(Fraser, MA) Station audible on 11720 at 2100. (Aspinall, VA) 4649.08 at 2345; Radio Eco 4702.45 at 2355; Radio Abaroa 4719.32 at
0431 UTC on 11870 2328 -0037. (R. Puppo, Italy /Play DX)
YUGOSLAVIA: Radio Yugoslavia. Fine signal quality for report on the Tesla 2334 UTC on 5100
museum. (Swenson, WA) LIBERIA: Liberian Communication Network. Monitored to 0111 with news
0850 UTC on 9525 and music. Frequency drift 5102 -5104. (Silvi, OH) Signal fading noted with
INDONESIA: (Java) RRI -Voice of Indonesia. Talk from Ministry of Foreign IDs at 0143 over pop music. Frequency quote and music program noted on
Affairs and Ministry of Finance, to discussion about a housing project near subsequent rechecks. (James DeYoung, Arlington, VA/via e -mail)
Jakarta. Frequency /time quotes to ID. Presumed Indonesian at 0900. (Brian
Boulde, Fairfield, CA/TFVI)
0924 UTC on 6160
GERMANY: Deutsche Welle. Newsline -Koln story about maids in Sri Lanka.
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News headlines from German newspapers on Algeria and Zimbabwe. (Boulde,
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FREQUENCIES
0000-0030 Australia, Radio 11855as 13605pa 13745as 17750as 0000-0100 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5965as 5970sa 5975va 6175na
0000-0100 vi Australia, VL8A Alice Spg 2310do 6195as 7265as 7325va 9410as
0000-0100 vl Australia, VL8K Katherine 5025áo 9590va 9915sa 11750sa 11955as
0000-0100 vl Australia, VL8T Tent Crk 491 Odo 0000 -0030 United Kingdom, BBC WS 7110as 9580as 11945as 15280as
0000-0015 Cambodia, Natl Voice of 11940as 0000 -0100 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am
0000-0100 Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do 0000 -0100 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590am
0000-0100 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 0000 -0100 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17510au
0000-0100 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 0000 -0100 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 7535na 9430sa 15665as
0000-0100 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 0000 -0100 USA, Voice of America 5995am 6130am 7215va 7405am
0000-0100 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 9455am 9770va 9775am 11695am
0000-0100 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 13740am 17735va 17820va
0000-0100 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 0000 -0030 USA, Voice of America 6873va
0000-0100 China, China Radio Intl 9710na 11655na 11695na 11715na 0000 -0100 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825eu 7395na 15375sa
0000-0100 Costa Rica, Adv World R 7375am 9725am 13750am 15460am 0000 -0100 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
0000-0027 Czech Rep, Radio Prague 5930na 7345na 0000 -0100 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745am
0000-0030 Egypt, Radio Cairo 9900na 0000 -0100 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
0000-0015 vl Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp 3366do 4915do 0000 -0100 USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
0000-0045 India, All India Radio 7155as 9705as 9950as 11620as 0000 -0100 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 7355am
11660as 0000 -0100 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 3215am 5065am 7435am 13845am
0000-0100 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 6280eu 9960eu 0000 -0045 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6085na 11855ca
0000-0100 Malaysia, Radio 7295do 0003 -0010 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5895eu 7165eu
0000-0100 Malaysia, RTM Kuching 7160do 0030 -0100 Australia, Radio 13605as 13755pa 15240pa 15365pa
0000-0100 Netherlands, Radio 6020na 6165na 9845na 15510as 17795pa 17860pa
0000-0100 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 15115pa 0030 -0100 Ecuador, HCJB 9745am
0000-0050 North Korea, R Pyongyang 11335na 13760na 15130na 0030 -0100 Iran, VOIRI 6050na 9022na 9685na
0000-0100 Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9965as 0030 -0100 Kazakhstan, R Alma Ata 6230eu
0000-0100 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 9675do 0030-0056 Lithuania, Radio Vilnius 9560na
0000-0100 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7125na 7240na 7250na 0030 -0100 Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC 15425as
0000-0030 mtwhfa Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia 9580na 11870na 0030-0100 Sweden, Radio 6065am
0000-0100 Spain, R Exterior Espana 9540na 0030 -0100 Thailand, Radio 15370na
0000-0030 Thailand, Radio 9690as 0035 -0040 India, All India Radio 7110do 11830do 11870do
0000-0100 Thailand, Radio 9655as 11905aí 0038-0055 1 &3rd m Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7275na 7465ca 9560sa
0000-0100 Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl 7150na 9550na 9560na 0050 -0100 Italy, RAI Intl 6005na 9675na 11800na
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays 0030 UK, BBC London (as pac/south as): Waveguide. NEW! The Saturdays
0000 Australia, Radio: World News. World and Asia/Pacific region program for international radio listening returned for an 0000 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
news. eight-part series beginning September 15th. Simon 0000 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See T 0000.
0000 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading Spanwick offers advice on buying the best radio and other 0000 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship.
Fellowship. A Bible read -along program. topics. See S 0000.
0010 Australia, Radio: Charting Australia. A program intended to 0030 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0006 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See T
strengthen Australia's links with India and to present the 0520. 0006.
issues of the subcontinent. 0049 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See T 0049. 0010 Australia, Radio: Feedback. See S 0410.
0030 Australia, Radio: Correspondents' Report. A round -up of 0052 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. 0030 Australia, Radio: Indian Pacific. Christopher Kremmer with
global stories with Hamish Robertson. See T 0052. news and analysis from across the Pacific and Asia.
0030 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Family Bible Study. See M
Mondays Thursdays 0520.
0000 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0000 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0049 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See T 0049.
0000 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Sunday from the Mother Church. 0000 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News, See T 0000. 0052 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. See T
From the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, MA, 0000 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading 0052.
USA. Fellowship. See S 0000.
0000 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605. 0006 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See T
0011 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320. 0008. HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
0010 UK, BBC London (south as): Soundbyte (3rd,10th,17th).
Tuesdays See M 0615. R. AUSTRALIA:
0000 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0011 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
0000 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. Five minutes 0030 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Family Bible Study. See M Recommended frequencies in N. America:
of the latest world news at the beginning of the hour. 0520.
0000 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading
0030 -0400 13755 1230 -1700 11800
0049 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See T 0049.
Fellowship. See S 0000. 0052 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. 0030 -0600 17795 1230 -2100 9580
0006 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. News, See T 0052.
analysis, commentary, interviews and features in a magazine 0054 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Millenium. Part I (17th), 0030 -0800 15365 1430 -2100 12080
format. Part II (24th). See A 2354.
0011 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
0400 -0730 11880 1530 -1830 6060
0054 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Peter the Great. Part II
0030 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Family Bible Study. See M (3rd), Part Ill (10th). See W 1154. 0600 -1230 9860 1700 -2130 11880 & 9860
0520.
0049 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. Listeners make their Fridays 0730 -1200 9580 1830 -2200 7240
views known by telephone or letter to host Lisa Dale. 0000 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0800 -0900 6020 2130 -2400 17860, 17795,
0052 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. As 0000 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See T 0000.
published in the Christian Science Monitor. 0000 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading 13755
Fellowship. See S 0000.
Wednesdays 1200 -1700 5995 2200-2400 15365
0006 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See T
0000 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0006. [apparently selected due to beam angles, not
0000 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See T 0000. 0011 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
0000 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading 0030 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Family Bible Study. See M
taking into account propagation or interfer-
Fellowship. See S 0000. 0520. ence]
0006 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See T 0049 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See T 0049.
0006. 0052 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
0011 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320. See T 0052.
(R. Australia webpage, Aug. 5 update)
9:00 PM EDT
6:00 PM PDT p otoouTc
FREQUENCIES
0100 -0130 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl 5930na 7300na 9440na
Australia, Radio 13605pa 13755pa 15365pa 15415as 0100 -0200 Spain, R Exterior Espana 9540na
0100-0200
15510as 17795pa 0100 -0200 Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC 15425as
2310do 0100 -0130 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 6135na 9885na 9905ca
0100-0200 vl Australia, VL8A Alice Spg
0100 -0200 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5970sa 5975va 6175va 6195as
0100-0200 vl Australia, VL8K Katherine 5025de
7265as 7325va 9410as 9560va
0100-0200 vl Australia, VL8T Tent Crk 4910dc
9590va 9915va 11750sa 11955as
0100-0200 vl Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625dc
Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005de 15360as
0100-0200
0100-0200 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070dc 0100-0200 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am
Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030dc 0100-0200 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
0100 0200
01000200 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130dc 0100-0200 twhf as USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA 9975am
6160dc 0100-0200 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17510au
0100 0200 Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160dc 0100-0200 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 7535na 9430am
0100-0200
9535am 9755am 11715am 0100-0200 USA, Voice of America 5995am 6130am 7115as 7205as
0100-0159 Canada, R Canada Intl 6120an
7405am 9455am 9635as 9775am
13670am
11705as 11725as 13740am 15170as
01000200 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7380am 15050am
9820na 9830na 15205as 15250as 17740as 17820as
01000200 Cuba, Radio Havana 6000nä
6200nä 7345na 0100 -0200 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825eu 7395na 7425na
0100 0127 Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB 9745am 21455va 0100 -0200 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
0100-0200
6040nä 6085na 6145na 9640nä 0100 -0200 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745am
01000150 Germany, Deutsche Welle
11740na 0100 -0200 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp 3366da 4915do 0100 -0200 USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
0100 -0115
Hungary, Radio Budapest 9840nu 11870na 0100 -0200 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 7355am
0100 -0130
Indonesia, Voice of 9525nä 0100 -0200 mtwhf USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 5850eu
0100-0200
9022na 0100-0200 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 3215am 5065am 5935am 7435am
010D -0128 Iran, VOIRI 6050na
Italy, RAI Intl 6005na 9675na 11800na 0100 -0200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6065na 9505na
010D -0110
5960na 11790as 11840as 11860as 0100 -0130 Uzbekistan, R Tashkent 7190as
0100 -0200 Japan, NHK/Radio
11885as 11890as 11910as 17810as 0100-0126 Vietnam, Voice of 5940na
9960eu 0103-0110 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5895eu 7165eu
0100-0200 Lebanon, Voice of Hope
7295áo 0115-0130 f Greece, Voice of 7448na 9420na 9935na
0100-0200 smtwh Malaysia, Radio
s/vl Malta, VO Mediterranean 15480eu 0130 -0155 Austria, R Austria Intl 9655na
0100-0200
6020nä 6165na 9845na 0130 -0150 Greece, Voice of 7448na 9420na 9935na
0100-0125 Netherlands, Radio
0130 -0200 Netherlands, Radio 5905as 7305as 9860as 11655as
0100-0200 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 15115oa
0130 -0200 Sweden, Radio 7290am 9435am
0100-0130 m Norway, Radio Norway Intl 9560na
Papua New Guinea, NBC 9675do 0130-0156 Vietnam, Voice of 5940na
0100-0200 vl
Philippines, FEBC/R Intl 15450as 0138-0155 1&3rd m Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7465am 9560am
0100-0200
Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7240na 12010na 12050na 13665na 0140 -0200 Vatican State, Vatican R 5980as 7335as
0100-0200
15580na 0145 -0200 Albania, R Tirana Intl 6140na 7160na
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays 0103 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: News. See S 0103. Fridays

0109 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Press Review. See M 1639. 0100 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
0100 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
0110 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110. 0100 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Frequency Announcements. See S
0100 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Frequency Announcements. A
0110 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110. 0100.
summary of all Radio Slovakia English broadcasts.
0115 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Interview. See S 0110. 0100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Echoes. See T
0100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): School of the
0118 Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118. 0100.
Bible Hour. Bible teaching and quiz.
0120 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320. 0102 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Slovakia Today. See S 0102.
0102 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Slovakia Today. A current affairs
0126 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Sports. See M 1656. 0103 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: News. See S 0103.
program.
0109 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Regional News (2/4). Important
0103 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: News. World and regional news.
Australia, Radio: Book Reading. Serialized readings of the Wednesdays stories from Slovakia's provincial press.
0110
0100 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0110 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110.
best Australian novels.
0100 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Frequency Announcements. See S 0110 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
0110 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Interview. Discussion of a current
0100. 0115 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Science Feature. News about
topic with a visitor to Slovakia.
0100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Echoes. See T medicine, the environment and similar scientific
0130 Australia, Radio: The Europeans. Maria Zijlstra presents
reports and features on aspects of European politics, 0100. developments in Slovakia.
0102 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Slovakia Today. See S 0102. 0118 Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.
culture and society.
0103 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: News. See S 0103. 0120 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Front Page Daily Review. Major 0121 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Education Feature. An update on
Mondays 0107
educational developments in Slovakia.
0100 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. news items in today's major Slovak newspaper.
0100 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Frequency Announcements See S 0110 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110.
0100. 0110 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110. Saturdays
0118 Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118. 0100 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
0100 USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230.
0120 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320. 0100 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Frequency Announcements. See S
0132 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Slovak Music. See S 1630.
0100.
0107 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Listeners' Tribune (biweekly). See
Thursdays 0100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Echoes. See T
S 1635.
0100 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0100.
0108 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: School of the Bible Hour. See
0100 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Frequency Announcements. See S 0102 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Slovakia Today. See S 0102.
S 0100.
0100. 0103 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: News. See S 0103.
0110 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110.
0100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Echoes. See T 0110 Australia, Radio: Oz Sounds. See S 1310.
0110 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. A one -minute spurts
0100. 0110 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Cultural News. The arts in
update.
0102 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Slovakia Today. See S 0102. Slovakia.
0'18 Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. A two-minute wrap -up
0103 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: News. See S 0103. 0120 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Slovak Kitchen (biweekly). Learn
of Australian sport.
0107 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Front Page Daily Review. See W how to cook Slovak style.
OI20 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
0107. 0120 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Slovak Lesson (biweekly).
0145 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Guidelines. See S 1250.
0110 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110. Everyday Slovak for travelers.
Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110. 0130 Australia, Radio: Australia Today. See S 1130.
Tuesdays 0110
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Millenium. Part I (19th),
0114 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Business News. See W 1644. 0154
0118 Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118. Part II (26th). Helene Michaud reports on how different
0100 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Frequency Announcements. See S
0120 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320. countries will made the turn of the century.
0100.
0122 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Feature Report. See W 1651. 0154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Peter the Great. Part II
0100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Echoes. Repeats
(5th), Part Ill (12th). See W 1154.
of sermons from the Family Radio archives.
0102 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Slovakia Today. See S 0102.
0200 UTC sNORTUIRVE GUIDE 10:00 PM EDT
7:00 PM PDT
ti
FREQUENCIES
0200-0300 twhfa Argentina, RAE 11710am 0200 -0300 Taiwan, VO Free China 5950na 7130as 9680na 11740ca
0200 -0300 Australia, Radio 11695as 13755pa 15240pa 15365pa 11825as 15345as
15415pa 17715as 17750as 17795pa 0200 -0300 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5970sa 5975va 6175va 7235va
0200 -0300 vl Australia, VL8A Alice Spg 2310do 9410na 9560na 9590na 9605as
0200 -0300 vl Australia, VL8K Katherine 5025do 9915sa 15360as
0200 -0300 vl Australia, VL8T Tent Crk 4910do 0200 -0300 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am
0200 -0300 Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do 0200 -0300 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
0200 -0300 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 0200 -0300 USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA 9975am
0200-0300 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 0200 -0300 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17510au
0200 -0300 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 0200 -0300 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 5850na 9430am
0200 -0300 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 0200 -0300 USA, Voice of America 7115as 7205as 7651as 9635as
0200 -0300 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 11705as 11725as 15170as 15250as
0200 -0300 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 17740as 17820as
0200 -0259 Canada, R Canada Intl 6010am 6120ca 9535ca 9755na 0200-0300 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825eu 7395na 7425na
11715am 13670am 0200-0300 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
0200 -0300 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7380am 15050am 0200-0300 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745am 7315am
0200 -0300 Cuba, Radio Havana 6000na 9820na 9830na 0200-0300 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
0200 -0300 Ecuador, HCJB 9745am 21455va 0200-0300 mtwht USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
0200 -0300 Egypt, Radio Cairo 9475na 0200-0300 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 7355am
0200 -0250 Germany, Deutsche Welle 7285as 9640as 9690as 11545as 0200-0300 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 2390am 3215am 5065am 5935am
11945as 11965as 12045as 0200-0300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6065na 9505na
0200 -0300 vl Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp 4885do 4935do 6150do 0200-0226 Vietnam, Voice of 5940na 7250as
0200 -0300 smtwh Malaysia, Radio 7295do 0203-0210 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5895eu 7165eu
0200 -0300 Mil Malta, VO Mediterranean 15480eu 0215-0225 Nepal, Radio 7165do
0200 -0300 Netherlands, Radio 5905as 7305as 0230-0300 Albania, R Tirana Intl 6140na 7160na
0200 -0225 Netherlands, Radio 9860na 11655na 0230-0259 Austria, Austria Intl
R 9655na 9870ca 13730sa
0200-0300 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 15115pa 0230-0300 Hungary, Radio Budapest 9840na 11870na
0200 -0300 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 9675áo 0230-0245 Pakistan, Radio 7290as 15120as 15485as 17705as
0200 -0300 Philippines, FEBC/R Intl 15450as 17725as 21730as
0200 -0300 Romania, R Romania Intl 5990na 6155na 7105na 9510na 0230 -0300 Sweden, Radio 6090na
9570na 11940na 0230 -0256 Vietnam, Voice of 5940na 7250na
0200 -0300 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7240na 12010na 12050na 13645na 0238 -0255 1 &3rd m Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7465am 9560am
13665na 15580na 0245 -0300 India, All India Radio 3945do 6045do 7110do 11830do
0200-0300 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 11610as 15135do
0200 -0300 South Korea, R Korea Intl 7275am 11725am 11810am 15575am 0250-0300 Vatican State, Vatican R 6095na 7305na
0200 -0300 Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC 15425as 0250 -0300 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays 0245 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Notes of Nostalgia. Traditional 0240 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Economic News Briefs. Five
0200 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. music of South Korea. minutes of financial news.
0200 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News. Ten minutes of world and 0245 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Tales from Korea's Past. The
regional news. Wednesdays history of Korea.
0200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Quiet Hours. 0200 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
Easy listening music on the spiritual side. 0200 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News. See S 0200. Saturdays
0210 Australia, Radio: Charting Australia. See S 0010. 0200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Open 0200 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
0215 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News Commentary. Opinion on Forum. See S 0605. 0200 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News. See S 0200.
developments in Korea and worldwide. 0210 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110. 0200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Open Forum.
0220 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Music Trap. The most popular 0211 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320. See S 0605.
music of South 0215 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News Commentary. See S 0215. 0210 Australia, Radio: Beat of the Pacific. See S 0510.
Korea. 0220 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Seoul Calling. See T 0215. 0215 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News Commentary. See S 0215.
0230 Australia, Radio: Correspondents' Report. See S 0030. 0240 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Economic News Briefs. See T 0220 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Sites and Sounds. A look at
0240 South Korea, R Korea Intl: From Us to You. Listener letters, 0240. Korea's tourist attractions and industry.
questions, comments and popular Korean music. 0245 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Korean Cultural Trails. See T 0230 Australia, Radio: Indian Pacific. See A 0030.
0645. 0230 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Let's Learn Korean! Korean
Mondays language lessons for native English speakers.
0200 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. Thursdays 0245 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Globalizing Korea. See M 1243.
0200 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News. See S 0200. 0200 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
0200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading 0200 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News. See S 0200.
Fellowship. See S 0000. 0200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Open
0210 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110. Forum. See S 0605.
0210 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Echoes of Korean Music.
HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
0210 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Selections of some of South Korea's finest. 0210 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News Commentary. See S 0215. RADIO SWEDEN PROGRAMS
0211 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320. 0211 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
0230 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Shortwave Feedback. Listener 0215 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Seoul Calling. See T 0215. M -F Sixty Degrees North and...
letters, opinions, and suggestions and news about shortwave 0240 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Economic News Briefs. See T Mon Sports Scan
radio. 0240.
0231 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230. 0245 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Reaching Forward. A look at
Tue Media Scan [weeks 1, 3]
0239 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Daily Grace. See S 1239. South Korea's advancements in technology. Wed Money Matters
0249 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Radio Worldwide. 0254 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Milldnium. Part I (17th), Thu Green Scan [environment] or
Behind the scenes at Family Radio. Part II (24th). See A 2354.
0254 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Peter the Great. Part II
Horizon [science & tech]
Tuesdays (3rd), Part Ill (10th). See W 1154. Fri Review of the News Week
Sat Spectrum [arts] or
0200 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News. See S 0200. Fridays Sweden Today [monthly]
0200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Open Forum. 0200 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
See S 0605. 0200 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News. See S 0200. Sun In Touch with Stockholm
0210 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110. 0200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Open [mailbag] or
0211 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320. Forum. See S 0605.
0215 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News Commentary. See S 0215. 0210 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Sounds Nordic [music & chat]
0215 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Seoul Calling. Music features, 0210 South Korea, R Korea Intl: News Commentary. See S 0215. [next UT day for evening broadcasts]
human interest items, and short interviews relating to Korea. 0211 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320. (R. Sweden via British DX Club)
0240 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Economic News Briefs. See T 0215 South Korea, R Korea Intl: Seoul Calling. See T 0215.
0240.
11:00 PM EDT
8:00 PM PDT SHORTWAVE GUIDE 0300 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0300 -0400 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3255af 3955eu 5975va 6005aí
0300 -0400 Australia, Radio 13605pa 13755pa 15240pa 15240pa
6175va 6190af 6195eu 9410na
15365pa 15415as 15510as 17750pa
9600aí 9605as 9895va 12095aí
17795pa
15310as
0300-0400 vi Australia, VL8A Alice Spg 2310do
0300 -0400 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am
0300-0400 vl Australia, VL8K Katherine 5025do
0300-0400 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
0300-0400 vi Australia, VL8T Tent Crk 491 Odo
0300 -0400 USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA 9975am
0300-0400 vi Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do
0300 -0400 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17510au
0300-0400 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do
0300 -0400 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 5850na 7535aí
0300-0400 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do
0300 -0400 USA, Voice of America 6035af 6080af 6115af 7105af
0300-0400 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do
7280af 7290af 7340af 7405af
0300-0400 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do
7415af 9575af 9775af 9885aí
0300-0400 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do
0300-0400 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825eu 6890na 7425na
0300-0400 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
0300-0400 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
0300-0400 China, China Radio Intl 9690na 9710na 11695na
0300-0400 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745am 7315am
0300-0400vI Costa Rica,Faro dei Carib 5055do
0300-0400 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
0300-0400 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7380am
9830na 0300-0400 USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu
0300-0400 Cuba, Radio Havana 6000na 9820na
7345na 0300-0400 mtwhf USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
0300-0327 Czech Rep, Radio Prague 5930na
21455va 0300-0400 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 7395am
0300-0400 Ecuador, HCJB 9745am
0300-0400 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 2390am 3215am 5065am 5935am
0300-0330 Egypt, Radio Cairo 9475na
9535na 9615na 0300-0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6065na 9505na
0300-0350 Germany, Deutsche Welle 6085na 6185na
0300-0310 Vatican State, Vatican R 6095na 7305na
9640na
0300-0400 mtwhfa Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
0300-0400 Guatemala, Radio Cultural 3300do
11840as 15230na 17810as 0300-0400 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 3396do
0300-0400 Japan, NHK/Radio 11790na
0303-0310 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5895eu 7165eu
0300-0400 vi Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp 4885do 4935áo 6150do
0315-0330 s Greece, Voice of 7448na 9420na 9935na
0300-0400 s/vl Malta, VO Mediterranean 15480eu
0320-0350 Vatican State, Vatican R 7360af 9660af
0300-0330 Mexico, Radio Mexico Intl 9705na
9860as 11655as 0330-0357 Czech Rep, Radio Prague 9480as
0300-0325 Netherlands, Radio 5905as 7305as
0330-0355 mtwhf Moldova, R Moldova Intl 7520na
0300-0400 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 15115pa
0330-0400 vl Philippines, R Pilipinas 13770as 15330na 17730as
0300-0400 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 9675do
15580na 0330-0400 twhf Portugal, R Portugal Intl 6095am 9570am
0300-0400 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 12050na 13645na
0330-0400 Russia,Voice ofRussia WS 7270na 9825na
0300-0400 S Africa, Channel Africa 3220af 5955af
0330-0400 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 9465af
0300-0400 Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC 15425as
11745as 11825as 0330-0400 Sweden, Radio 7115na
0300-0400 Taiwan, VO Free China 5950na 9680na
0330 -0353 UAE, Radio Dubai 13675na 15395eu 21605na
15345as
0330-0400 United Kingdom, BBC WS 961 Oaf 11730af 11955as 15280as
0300-0330 Thailand, Radio 9655na 11905na 15370na
0335 -0355 vl India, All India Radio 7110do 11830do 15135do
0300-0350 Turkey, Voice of 9655na 9685eu
0338-0355 1 &3rd m Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7165am 7465am 9565am
0300-0315 mtwhf Uganda, Radio 3340do
0340 -0350 Greece, Voice of 7448na 9420na 9935na
0300-0400 Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl 7150na 9550na
6135af 7235va 7325sa 0345 -0400 irreg Burundi, Radio Nationale 6140do
0300-0330 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5970sa
0345-0400 as Uganda, Radio 3340do
15360as
t9
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Sundays Wednesdays 0320
0330 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The End of the
0300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. Day. See T 0330.
0300 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See T 0000.
0300 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Bible Lesson. Lesson -sermons 0349 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See T 0049.
0300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Open Forum.
from the King James Version of the Bible and Mary Baker 0352 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. See
See S 0605.
Eddy's textbook. T 0052.
0300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Quiet Hours.
0006.
Sae S 0200.
0310 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
Saturdays
0310 Australia, Radio: Book Reading. See S 0110. 0300 Australia, Radio: Wodd News. See S 0000.
0330 Australia, Radio: At Your Request. Dick Paterson plays 0300 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See T 0000.
favorite music. 0300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Open Forum.
Day. See T 0330.
See S 0605.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See T 0049.
Mondays 0349
0352 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
0306 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Christian Science Sentinel Radio
0300 Australia, Radio: Wodd News. See S 0000. Edition. Discussions on how the Bible addresses the trends of
See T 0052.
0300 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Sunday from the Mother Church. thought of today.
See M 0000. Australia, Radio: Ockham's Razor. Robyn Williams with
0300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: A Treasury of Favorite Hymns. Thursdays 0310
straight, sharp talk about science.
See S 1500. 0300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
0330 Australia, Radio: Soundabout. Kim Taylor and friends bring
0300 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See T 0000.
0308 LSA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605. top new releases, a weekly chart countdown, and rock news
0310 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. from around the world.
See S 0605.
0320 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320. 0330 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The End of the
0336 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230. Day. See T 0330.
NK, BBC London (as pac/south as): Soundbyte (7th,14th).
0006.
0345
tee M 0615. 0310 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Leading Little Ones to God. See 0320 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
0348
S 1447.
International Callsign
i
Day. See T 0330.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See T 0049.
Tuesdays 0349
0300
0300
Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See T 0000.
0350
0352
UK, BBC London (eu): Waveguide. See W 0030.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
Directory
See T 0052.
0300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Open Forure.
See S 0605.
The most exhaustive list of tactical callsigns
0306 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. Seel
Fridays and their identifications ever assembled
0006. 0300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. for shortwave and scanner listeners in a massive
0300 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See T 0000. 250 page directory!
See S 0605. Now only $9.95 plus $6 UPS
Day. Discover life with meaning through music. 0306 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See T Order today from
0006.
0349 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See T 0049.
Grove Enterprises
0352 JSA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. See
t 0052.
0400 UT( SHORTWAVE GUIm
12:00
9:00
M
PM PDT
EDT
FREQUENCIES
0400 -0500 Australia, Radio 11880pa 13605as 15240pa 15365pa 6175va 6180eu 6195eu 7160aí
15415pa 17750as 17795pa 9410aí 9600af 11760va 12095af
0400-0500 vl Australia, VL8A Alice Spg 2310do 15280as
0400-0500 vl Australia, VL8K Katherine 5025do 0400 -0500 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am
0400-0500 vi Australia, VL8T Tent Crk 4910do 0400 -0500 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
0400-0500 Bulgaria, Radio 9700na 11720na 0400-0500 USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA 9975am
0400-0500 vl Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do 0400-0500 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17780as
0400-0500 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 0400-0500 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 7535eu 9840af
0400-0500 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 0400 -0500 USA, Voice of America 6080af 7170va 7180af 7265af
0400-0500 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 7280af 7405af 9575aí 11965va
0400-0500 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 0400-0430 USA, Voice of America 6145af 7340af
0400-0500 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 0400-0500 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825eu 7425na
0400-0500 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 0400-0500 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5760am 7315am
0400-0430 Canada, R Canada Intl 11835me 11905me 15275me 0400-0500 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
0400-0500 China, China Radio Intl 9560na 9730na 0400-0500 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu
0400-0500 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7380am 15050am 0400-0430 mtwhf USA, WRMI/R Miami Intl 9955am
0400-0500 Cuba, Radio Havana 6000na 6180na 9820na 9830na 0400-0500 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 7395am
0400-0500 Ecuador, HCJB 9745am 21455va 0400-0500 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 2390am 3215am 5065am 5935am
0400-0450 Germany, Deutsche Welle 5990aí 6015aí 6185aí 7150aí 0400-0500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 9985af
7225af 9565af 11765af 0400-0445 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6065na 9505na
0400-0500 twhfa Guatemala, Radio Cultural 3300do 0400-0430 Vietnam, Voice of 5940na 7270na 7400na 9840na
0400-0415 Israel, Kol Israel 7465na 9435na 17545au 12020na 15010na
0400-0500 vl Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp 4885do 4935do 6150do 0400-0500 Zambia, Christian Voice 3330af
0400-0500 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 9960eu 0400-0410 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
0400-0430 vUm-a Mexico, Radio Mexico Intl 9705na 0400-0500 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 3396do
0400-0458 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 15115pa 0403-0410 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5895eu 7165eu
0400-0450 North Korea, R Pyongyang 15180as 15230as 17765as 0415-0440 Italy, RAI Intl 5975eu 7275eu
0400-0430 m Norway, Radio Norway Intl 7520na 0425-0500 Nigeria, FRCN /Radio 3326do 4990do
0400-0500 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 9675do 0430-0500 Australia, Radio 15510pa
0400-0430 Romania, R Romania Intl 5990na 6155na 9510na 9570na 0430-0500 Australia,DefenseForcesR 13525as
11940na 0430-0455 Moldova, R Moldova Intl 7520eu
0400-0500 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 9895na 13790na 15580na 0430-0500 Netherlands, Radio 6165na 9590na
0400 -0455 S Africa, Channel Africa 3220aí 5955aí 0430-0500 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7345na 9895na
0400 -0427 S Africa, Trans World R 7165af 0430-0500 Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia 9580na 11870na
0400-0430 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 11600af 0430-0500 Swaziland, Trans World R 3200af 4775af 6070aí
0400 -0430 Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC 15425as 0430-0500 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 9905na
0400 -0430 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 6135na 9885na 9905na 0430-0500 United Kingdom, BBC WS 7150eu 15420af
0400 -0430 Tanzania, Radio 5050af 0430-0500 USA, Voice of America 5970af
0400-0415 Uganda, Radio 5026do 0438-0455 1 &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7520na 9565na 13805na
0400 -0500 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3255af 3955eu 5975aí 6005af 0459-0500 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 11905pa
SELECTED PROGRAMS
, ,
r
Sundays 0430 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. for the end of the day.
0400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0430 UK, BBC London (as pac /south as): The Health of Planet 0440 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Creation Moments. See M 0638.
0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Quiet Hours. Earth (6th,13th). Exploring the environmental problems we 0449 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Counseling. See M
See S 0200. face as we enter the next milennium. 0648.
0410 Australia, Radio: Feedback. Dennis Gibbons answers letters 0445 UK, BBC London (as pac /south as) Material World
and discusses new programs, reception problems, and (9th,16th,23rd). See M 1230.
questions about Australia.
0430 Australia, Radio: The Media Report. Agnes Warren presents Thursdays
the inside story on how the media operates and puts the HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
spotlight on media people and their activities. 0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Nightwatch. See T
RADIO MARTÍ
0400.
Mondays 0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605. 0000 -0400 7365
0400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0410 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: School of the Bible Hour. See S 0411 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411. 0000 -0600 6030
0100. 0430 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
0410 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110. 0454 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Millenium. Part I (17th), 0300 -0500 7405
0411 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. A magazine which provides a Part II (24th). See A 2354.
focus on the people and issues of the region. 0454 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Peter the Great. Part II 0600 -1200 6030
1
0415 Australia, Radio: What the Papers Say (Pacific). A review of (3rd), Part III (10th). See W 1154.
the Pacific press. 0900 -1200 5890
0430 Australia, Radio: International Report. Overseas and local Fridays 1200 -1400 9565
correspondents analyze regional and global issues and 0400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
events. 0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Nightwatch. See T 1200 -1400 7405
0400.
Tuesdays 0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum, See S 0605. 1300 -1700 11815
0400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0410 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Nightwatch. 0411
1300 -1700 13820
Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
Spiritual music and words of praise. 0430 Australia, Radio: international Report. See M 0430.
0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605.
1300 -2300 11930
0410 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110. Saturdays 1700 -2200 9825
0411 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411. 0400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
0430 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. 0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1700 -2400 13820
1100.
Wednesdays 0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605.
2200 -2400 15330
0400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0404 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Nightwatch. See T
0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Nightwatch. See T 0400.
2300 -2400 6030
0400. 0410 Australia, Radio: Book Reading. See S 0110.
0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605. 0430 Australia, Radio: The Health Report. A program that examines
0410 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110. health issues and makes complex scientific data
(Rick Seifert, OCB via DXing with
0411 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411. understandable. Cumbre)
0415 Australia, Radio: What the Papers Say (Pacific). See M 0415. 0430 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Evensong. Music
1:00 AM EDT
10:00 PM PDT HORTWflVE GUIDE 0500 UTC
FREQUENCIES
9600aí 9640va 9740as 11760va
0500 -0600 Australia, Radio 11880pa 13605as 15240pa 15365pa
11955as 15280as 15360va 15420aí
17715pa 17795pa
15575va 17640aí 17885af
0500-0600 vl Australia, VL8A Alice Spg 2310do
5025do 0500 -0600 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am
0500-0600 vl Australia, VL8K Katherine
4910do 0500 -0600 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
0500-0600 vl Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
13525as 0500-0600 USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA 9975am
0500-]600 Australia,DefenseForces R
6005do 0500 -0600 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17780as
0500-3600 Canada, CFCX Montreal
6070do 0500 -0600 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 7535eu
0500-0600 Canada, CFRX Toronto
0500-0600 USA, Voice of America 5970af 6035af 6080af 7170va
7195aí 7295af 9775aí 9885af
11675af 11965va 15205va
7295va 15430af 17840va 0500 -0600 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5760am 7315am
0500-0529 mtwhfa Canada, R Canada Intl 6050eu
0500 -0600 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
0500-0600 China, China Radio Intl 9560na
5030ca 6150ca 9725ca 0500 -0600 mtwhfa USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu
0500-0600 Costa Rica, Adv World R
7385am 0500 -0600 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 7395am
0500-0600 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl
0500 -0600 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 2390am 3210am 5065am 5935am
0500-0600 Cuba, Radio Havana 9820na 9830na
0500 -0600 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5985na 7355eu 9985eu 11580af
0500-0600 Ecuador, HCJB 9745am 21455va
6185na 9515na 0500 -0530 Vatican State, Vatican R 9660aí 11625af 15570af
0500-0550 Germany, Deutsche Welle 5960na 6045na
0500 -0520 Vatican State, Vatican R 5880eu 7250eu
0500-0600 vl Italy, IRRS 3985va
6110na 7230eu 11725as 11740as 0500 -0600 Zambia, Christian Voice 3330aí
0500-0600 Japan, NHK/Radio
11920na 17810as 0500 -0510 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 1 7220do
11885na 11895na 15230na 0500 -0510 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
0500-0530 Japan, NHK/Radio
4885do 4935do 6150do 0500 -0530 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 3396do
0500-D600 vl Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
0503-0510 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5895eu 7165eu
0500-0600 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 9960eu
0505-0600 Swaziland, Trans World R 3200aí 5055aí 9500af
0500-0510 mtwhf Malawi, MBC 3380do
6165na 9590na 0515-0530 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 6165eu 9535eu
11905pa 0525 -0600 Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp 3366do 4915do
0500-0600 New Zealand, R NZ Intl
3326do 4990do 0530-0559 Austria, R AUstria Intl 6015na
0500-0505 Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
9675do 0530 -0600 Kazakhstan, R Alma Ata 11705eu
0500-0600 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC
9825na 0530-0556 Romania, R Romania Intl 11810af 11940af 15270af 15340af
0500-0600 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7175na 7270na 7345na
5955af 9675af 17790af
0500-0555 S Africa, Channel Africa
7215eu 0530 -0600 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 11600eu
0500-0600 Slovakia, Adv World Radio
0530 -0600 Thailand, Radio 9655eu 11905eu 15115eu
0500-0556 Spain, R Exterior Espana 9540na
6070af 0530 -0600 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 5975do
0500-0600 Swaziland, Trans World R
0538 -0555 183rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7465va 13805va
0500-0515 Uganda, Radio 3340do
6005aí 0555 -0600 Malaysia, Voice of 6175as 9750as 15295au
0500-0600 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3255af 3955eu 5975va
6175va 6195eu 7160af 9410va
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays Wednesdays Fridays

0502 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0500 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0500 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
0500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading 0500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading 0500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading
Fellowship. See S 0000. Fellowship. See S 0000. Fellowship. See S 0000.
0512 Australia, Radio: Beat of the Pacific. Conversations witm and 0510 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110. 0510 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110.
music by indigenous Pacific music -makers. 0518 Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118. 0518 Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.
0517 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Mailbag. Letters from 0518 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0518 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Family Bible Study. See
around the world are read and answered. 0520. M 0520.
0532 Australia, Radio: The Australian Music Show. Kim Taylor 0520 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411. 0520 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
presents the music, people, and issues of the Australian 0530 Australia, Radio: Letters to the Editor. Mail from around 0530 Australia, Radio: Beat of the Pacific. See S 0510.
contemporary music industry. Australia to the nation's editors. 0546 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Radio Reading Circle.
0540 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Bible Quiz. Test your 0546 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Radio Reading Circle. See See M 1246.
knowlege of the Bible. M 1246.
Saturdays
Mondays Thursdays 0500 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
0500 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0500 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading
0500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading 0500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S 0000.
Fellowship. See S 0000. Fellowship. See S 0000. 0510 Australia, Radio: Oz Sounds. See S 1310.
0510 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110. 0510 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110. 0515 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Family Bible Study. See
051B Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118. 0518 Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118. M 0520.
0522 Australia, Radio: Indigenous News. News for and about the 0518 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0530 Australia, Radio: One World. Carolyn Court reports on
aboriginal people of Australia. 0520. environmental issues important to the Pacific.
0520 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Family Bible Study. Harold 0520 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411. 0546 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Radio Reading Circle.
Camping reads and interprets scripture. 0546 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Radio Reading Circle. See See M 1246.
0530 Australia, Radio: Pacific Religion. Coverage of religious M 1246.
issues of relevance to people of the Pacific region.
0532 UK, BBC London (as pac /south as): Bhangra Beat. DJ Ritu
introduces a second series playing the best of bhangra
music, both old and new.
0549 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Radia Worldwide. See M
0249.
Tuesdays
0500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading
Fellowship. See S 0000.
051D Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110.
0517 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Family Bible Study. See M
0520.
0596 Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.
0522 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
0546 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Radio Reading Circle. See
M 1246.
Old Bratislava, Radio Slovakia
0600 UTC GUIDE
2:00 AM EDT
11:00 PM PDT
FREQUENCIES
0600 -0700 Australia, Radio 9860pa 11880pa 12080pa 13605as 7145pa 7160aí 9410eu 9600af
15240pa 15365pa 15415as 15510as 9640af 9740as 11760eu 11955as
15530as 17715as 17880as 12095as 15280as 15310as 15360va
0600-0700 vl Australia, VL8A ALice Spg 2310do 15420af 15575va 17640af 17790as
0600-0700 vl Australia, VLBK Katherine 5025do 0600-0700 USA, KAIJ Datas TX 5810am 9815am
0600-0700 vl Australia, VL8T Tent Crk 4910do 0600-0700 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
0600-0633 Australia,DefenseForces R 13525as 0600 -0700 USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA 9975am
0600-0700 vl Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do 0600-0700 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17780as
0600-0700 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 0600 -0700 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 7535eu
0600-0700 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 0600-0700 USA, Voice of America 5970aí 6035aí 6140af 7195af
0600-0700 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 9630a1 11805af 11950af 11965af
0600-0700 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 12080af 15205af
0600-0700 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 0600-0630 USA, Voice of America 6080aí 9435af
0600-0700 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7385am 15050am 0600-0700 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825eu 7425na
0600-0700 Cuba, Radio Havana 9820na 9830na 0600-0700 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5760am 7315am
0600-0700 Ecuador, HCJB 9745am 21455am 0600-0700 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
0600-0650 Germany, Deutsche Welle 11915aí 13790af 15185af 15225af 0600-0700 smiwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu
17875af 0600-0700 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 7395na
0600-0615 Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp 3366do 4915do 0600-0700 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 2390am 3210am 5065am 5935am
0600-0700 vl Italy, IRRS 3985va 0600-0700 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5985eu 7355eu 9985af
0600-0700 Japan, NHK/Radio 11725as 11850au 17810as 0600-0645 vl/m-f Vatican State, Vatican R 4005eu 5880eu 7250eu 9645eu
0600-0700 vl Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp 4885do 4935do 6150do 15215me
0600-0700 vl Kiribati, Radio 9825do 0600-0630 Vietnam, Voice of 5925as 10060as
0600-0700 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 9960eu 0600-0700 Yemen, Yemeni Rep Radio 9780do
0600-0700 Malaysia, Voice of 6175as 9750as 15295au 0600-0700 Zambia, Christian Voice 3330af
0600-0700 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 11905pa 0600-0605 mtwhfa Zambia, ZNBC Radio 1 7220do
0600-0630 Nigeria, FRCN/Radio 3326do 4990do 0600-0630 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
0600-0700 North Korea, R Pyongyang 15180as 15230as 0600-0700 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 5975do
0600-0630 s Norway, Radio Norway Intl 7180au 7295aí 9590au 0603-0610 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5920eu 7165eu 9830eu 13830eu
0600-0700 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 9675do 0605-0700 Swaziland, Trans World R 5055af 6070af 9500af 9650aí
0600-0645 vl Romania, R Romania Intl 9550eu 9665eu 11815eu 0615-0630 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 6165eu 9535eu
0600-0700 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7175as 7270as 7345as 9895as 0630-0655 Austria, R Austria Intl 6015na
15470as 15490as 0630-0700 Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int 5985eu 9925au
0600-0700 S Africa, Trans World R 11730af 0630-0700 as USA, Voice of America 6080af
0600-0610 Sierra Leone, SLBS 3316do 0630-0700 Vatican State, Vatican R 11625af 13765af 15570af
0600-0630 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 13715af 0638-0655 1 &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7180va 7295va 9590va 13805va
0600-0700 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 5905am 0645-0655 as Monaco, Trans World Radio 7115eu
0600-0630 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 0645-0700 Romania, R Romania Intl 11740pa 11840pa 15250pa 15270pa
0600-0700 Swaziland, Trans World R 11730af 17720pa
0600-0630 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 9885aí 11860af 13635af 0655-0700 mtwhf Monaco, Trans World Radio 7115eu
0600-0700 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3955eu 5975va 6175eu 6195eu
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays Tuesdays Fridays

0600 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0600 Australia, Radio: Wodd News. See S 0000.
0600 Australia, Radia: World News. See S 0000.
0600 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Hymn Storytime. Focus on a 0600 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230.
0600 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230.
hymn and its message. 0610 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
0605 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. Harold 0610 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605.
0610 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S
Camping answers biblical questions from listeners. 0611 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
0605.
0610 Australia, Radio: Feedback. See S 0410. 0628 Australia, Radio: Pacific Weather. The latest weather on the
0630 Australia, Radio: Correspondents' Report. See S 0030. continent and in the region.
0630 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
0638 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Creation Moments. See M
Mondays 0638 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Creation Moments. See M
0638.
0648 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Counseling. See
0600 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230. 0650 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Basic Bible Study. Pastor
M 0648.
0605 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605. Henry Van Dyke explains Bible fundamentals.
0610
0611
Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411. Wednesdays Saturdays
0615 Australia, Radio: What the Papers Say. A review of the 0600 Australia, adio: World News. See S 0000.
Australia press. 0600 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230.
0604 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S
0630 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. 0610 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
0605.
0638 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Creation Moments. Revealing 0610 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605.
0610 Australia, Radio: Book Reading. See S 0110.
facts about life's beginnings. 0611 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
0618 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Mailbag. See S 0517.
0648 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Counseling. Advice 0615 Australia, Radio: What the Papers Say. See M 0615.
0630 Australia, Radio: Indian Pacific. See A 0030.
for parents about family living. 0630 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
0648 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Farm Radio. Useful tips for
farm families.
0638.
0648 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Counseling. See
M 0648.
Thursdays
0610 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605.
0638.
0650 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Basic Bible Study. See T
0650.
WYFR, Family Radio
0700 UTC 0800 UTC
3:00 AM EDT /12:00 PM PDT SHORTWAVE GUIDE 4:00 AM EDT /1:00 AM PDT
FREQUENCIES
0700 -0800 Australia, Radio 9860pa 12080pa 15240pa 15365pa 0800-0900 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do
15415as 15510as 15530as 17715pa 0800-0900 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do
17880as 0800-0900 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do
0700-0730 Australia, Radio 11880as 13605as 15245as 0800-0900 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do
0700-0800 vl Australia, VL8A Alice Spg 2310do 0800-0900 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
0700-0800 vl Australia, VL8K KAtherine 5025do 0800-0830 Chile, Radio Esperanza 6090sa
0700-0800 vl Australia, VL8T Tent Crk 4910do 0800-0900 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7385am
0700-0800 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 0800-0900 s Denmark, Radio ABC 7570eu
0700-0800 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 0800-0830 Ecuador, HCJB 11615eu
0700-0800 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 0800-0900 Ecuador, HUB 9445pa 21455au
0700-0800 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 0800-0900 as Eqt Guinea, R East Africa 15186aí
0700-0800 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 0800-0900 mtwhf Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 151860
0700-0800 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7385am 15050am 0800-0805 s Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp 3366do
0700-0727 Czech Rep, Radio Prague 7345eu 9530eu 0800-0900 Guam, TWR/KTWR 15200as
0700-0800 Ecuador, HCJB 9445pa 11615eu 21455au 0800-0900 Indonesia, Voice of 9525as
0700-0800 as Eqt Guinea, R East Africa 15186af 0800-0900 vl Italy, IRRS 7125va
0700-0800 mtwhf Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15186af 0800-0900 mtwhf Italy, IRKS 3985va
0700-0715 Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp 3366do 4915do 0800-0900 vl Kiribati, Radio 9825do
0700-0730 vl Italy, IRRS 3985va 0800-0900 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 6280eu 9960me
0700-0800 Japan, NHK/Radio 7230eu 11725as 11740as 11850pa 0800-0900 Malaysia, Radio 7295do
11920as 15165me 17810va 17815af 0800-0825 Malaysia, Voice of 6175as 9750as 15295au
21610as 0800-0820 mtwhf Monaco, Trans World Radio 7115eu
0700-0800 vl Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp 4885do 4935do 6150áo 0800-0805 a Monaco, Trans World Radio 7115eu
Kiribati, Radio 9825do 0800-0825 Netherlands, Radio 9700pa 9720au 11895pa
0700-0800 vl
0700-0800 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 9960eu 0800-0850 North Korea, R Pyongyang 15180as 15230as
0700-0800asmtwh Malaysia, Radio 7295do 0800-0830 s Norway, Radio Norway Intl 17860au
0700-0800 Malaysia, Voice of 9750as 15295au 0800-0850 Pakistan, Radio 15470eu 17900eu
6175as 0800-0900 vl Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9730as 9955as 9965as 15140as
0700-0710 Malaysia, Voice of
0700-0800 Monaco, Trans World Radio 7115eu 0800-0900 vi Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do
0700-0715 mtwhf New Zealand, R NZ Intl 11905pa 0800-0900 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 9835va 11800pa 12025as 15470as
0700-0758 as New Zealand, R NZ Intl 11905pa 15560pa 15580as
0700-0750 North Korea, R Pyongyang 15340af 17765me 0800-0810 Sierra Leone, SLBS 3316do
0700-0800 vl Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9965as 0800-0900 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do
0700-0745 Romania, R Romania Intl 11740pa 11840pa 15250pa 15270pa 0800-0900 South Korea, R Korea Intl 7550eu 13670eu
17720pa 0800-0900 United Kingdom, BBC WS 6190af 6195va 9410eu 9600af
Russia,Voice of Russia WS 15470as 15560as 17570as 17665as 9740as 9805va 11760as 11940af
0700-0800
0700-0710 Sierra Leone, SLBS 3316do 11955as 15070af 15280as 15310as
0700-0800 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 15400va 15575me 17640va 17790as
0700-0800 Taiwan, VO Free China 5950na 17830af 17885af
United Kingdom, BBC WS 3955eu 6175eu 6190af 6195eu 0800-0815 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3955eu 7145va 12095eu
0700-0800
7145va 7325eu 9410eu 9600af 0800-0900 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am 9815am
9640va 9740as 11760as 11940aí 0800-0900 USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK 9615as
11955as 12095va 15070va 15280as 0800-0900 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
15310as 15360va 15400va 15575me 0800-0900 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 9930as
17640va 17790as 17830af 17885af 0800-0900 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 7535eu 9845pa 11550pa 15665eu
0700-0730 United Kingdom, BBC WS 6180eu 11780eu 0800-0900 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825eu 7425na
0700-0715 United Kingdom, BBC WS 6005af 7160af 0800-0900 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5760am 7315am
0700-0800 USA, KAIJ Dallas D( 5810am 9815am 0800-0900 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
0700-0800 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am 0800-0900 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA 9975am 0800-0900 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 2390am 5065am 5935am 7435am
0700-0800
0700-0800 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 9930as 0800-0830 vl Vanuatu, Radio 3945do 7260do
0700-0800 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 7535eu 0800-0900 Zambia, Christian Voice 6065af
0700-0800 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825eu 7425na 0800-0805 mtwhfa Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
0700-0800 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5760am 7315am 0800-0900 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 5975do
7490na 13595na 0803-0810 as Croatia, Croatian Radio 5920eu 7165eu 9830eu 13830eu
0700-0800 USA, WJCR Upton KY
0700-0800 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 0805-0835 mtwhf Swaziland, Trans World R 4775af 9500af 9650af
0700-0800 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 2390am 5065am 5935am 7435am 0815-0900 mtwtf Nigeria, FRCN/Radio 3326do 4990do
0700-0745 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 7355eu 9985eu 0816-0900 mtwhf New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9700pa
0700-0800 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 13695af 0830-0900 s Armenia, Voice of 15270eu
0700-0800 vl Vanuatu, Radio 3945do 7260do 0830-0900 vl Australia, VL8K Katherine 2485do
0700-0800 Zambia, Christian Voice 6065aí 0830-0900 Georgia, Radio 11910me
0700-0800 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do 0830-0840 India, All India Radio 7250do 15185do 15260do
0700-0800 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 5975do 0830-0900 Netherlands, Radio 9720au 13700pa
0703-0710 mtwhf Croatia, Croatian Radio 5920eu 7165eu 9830eu 13830eu 0830-0900 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl 11990au 15460au 17550au
0705-0800 Swaziland, Trans World R 5055af 9500af 96500 0838-0855 1 &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 15220va 17855va
0710-0800 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 0855-0900 Guam, TWR/KTWR 11830pa
0730-0800 Australia, Radio 9580pa 9710pa
0730-0755 Austria, R Austria Intl 6155eu 13730eu 15410me 17870me
0730-0745 s Greece, Voice of 7450eu 9425eu 11645au
0730-0735 India, All India Radio 15185do 15260do
0730-0800
0738-0755 1 &3rd s
Netherlands, Radio
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
9700pa
7180va
9720au
7295va
11895pa
9590va 13805va Your Name
0745-0800
0745-0755
s Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece, Voice of
3366do
7450eu
15200as
4915do
9425eu 11645au in Lights!
0755-0800 Guam, AWR /KTWR
0758-0800 as New Zealand. R NZ Intl 9700pa
... or at least in ink within the Monitoring Times
0800
0800 -0900
UTC
Australia, Radio 6020pa

9860pa
6080pa
15530as
9580pa
17715pa
9710pa
Shortwave Guide. Please send us your "best
QSLs, that is -
catches" on the worldwide shortwave bands
and we will try to use them in future
-
0800-0900 vl Australia, VL8A Alice Spg 2310do
0800-0830 vl Australia, VL8K Katherine 5025do issues of MT Your QSLs will be returned.
0800-0900 vl Australia, VL8T Tent Crk 4910do
0800-0900 vl Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do
1900 UTC 1000 UTC
5:00 AM EDT /2:00 AM PDT 6:00 AM EDT /3:00 AM PDT
FREQUENCIES
0900 -1000 Australia, Radio 5995as 7240as 9510as 9580pa 1000 -1100 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 6280eu
9860pa 13605as 21725as 1000 -1100 Malaysia, Radio 7295do
0900-1000 vl Australia, VL8A Alice Spg 2310do 1000 -1100 vl Malaysia, RTM Kuching 7160do
0900-1000 vl Australia, VL8K Katherine 2485do 1000 -1100 vl Malaysia,RTM KotaKinabalu 5980do
0900-1000 vl Australia, VL8T Tent Crk 4910do 1000 -1025 Netherlands, Radio 9720pa 11895au 13700pa
0900-0930 mtwhfa Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int 6035eu 15545af 17595af 1000 -1100 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9700pa
0900-1000 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 1000 -1100 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do
0900-1000 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 1000 -1100 Philippines, FEBC /R Intl 11635as
0900-1000 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 1000 -1100 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7150va 9835oa 11655as 11800pa
0900-1000 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 12025as 15520as 17560as 17775as
0900-1000 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 17870pa
0900-1000 China, China Radio Intl 11755pa 15440pa 17690au 1000 -1030 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 6165eu 9535eu
0900-1000 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7385am 1000 -1100 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5965na 6190af 6195va 9410eu
0900-0930 Czech Rep, Radio Prague 15640me 17485af 9740as 11750as 11760as 11940af
0900-1000 s Denmark, Radio ABC 7570eu 12095eu 13745va 15070va 15190sa
0900-1000 Ecuador, HCJB 9445pa 21455au 15280va 15310as 15400aí 15575va
0900-1000 as Eqt Guinea, R East Africa 15186af 17640va 17705va 17790as 17830va
0900-1000 mtwhf Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15186af 17885af
0900-0950 Germany, Deutsche Welle 6160as 9565af 12055as 15225af 1000-1100 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am
15410a1 17800af 21600af 21680as 1000 -1100 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
0900-0915 mtwtf Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp 3366do 4915do 1000 -1100 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 9930as
0900-0915 Guam, TWR/KTWR 15200as 1000 -1100 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 6095na 7395sa
0900-1000 Guam, TWR/KTWR 11830pa 1000 -1100 USA, Voice of America 5985va 6165am 7405am 9590am
0900-1000 vl/as Italy, IRRS 7125va 11720va 15425va
0900-0930 mtwhf Italy, IRRS 3985va 1000-1100 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 7425na 15665eu
0900-1000 Japan, NHK/Radio 9610as 11850au 15190as 1000-1100 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
0900-0930 vl Kiribati, Radio 9825do 1000-1100 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 6040am 6185am
0900-1000 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 6280eu 9960me 1000-1100 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
0900-1000 Malaysia, Radio 7295do 1000-1100 USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
0900-0925 Netherlands, Radio 9720au 13700pa 1000-1100 as USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 13825va
0900-1000 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9700pa 1000-1100 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5065am 5935am 9475am 15685am
0900-1000 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 1000-1100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5950na
0900-1000 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7150va 9835pa 11800as 12025as 1000-1100 vl/m-f Vatican State, Vatican R 5880eu 11740af 15210af 17550a1
15580as 1000-1030 Vietnam, Voice of 5940as 7270as 7400as 9840as
0900 -0930 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 9885pa 13685pa 17515pa 12020as 15010as
0900-1000 United Kingdom, BBC WS 6190af 6195va 9410eu 9740as 1000-1100 Zambia, Christian Voice 6065af
11750as 11940af 12095eu 15070va 1000-1005 mtwhfa Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
15190sa 15280va 15400va 15575va 1030-1055 Austria, R Austria Intl 15450as 17870au
17640va 17705eu 17830va 17885af 1030-1057 Czech Rep, Radio Prague 7345eu 9505eu
0900 -0915 United Kingdom, BBC WS 6065as 7180as 9580as 11760as 1030-1100 Finland, YLE/R Finland 13645as 15235au
11955as 15310as 15360as 17790as 1030-1100 Guam, AWR/KSDA 9530as
0900 -1000 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am 1030-1100 Netherlands, Radio 6045as 9650as 12065as 13705as
0900-1000 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am 1030-1100 South Korea, R Korea Intl 11715am
0900 -1000 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 7395sa 7535eu 9430as 13840pa 1030-1055 UAE, Radio Dubai 13675eu 15395eu 17825eu 21605me
0900 -1000 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825eu 7425na 1038-1055 1&3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 9480eu 15220na
0900-1000 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5760am 7315am
0900-1000 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
0900-1000 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu
0900 -1000 as USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 13825eu
0900 -1000 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 2390am 5065am 5935am 7435am MT MONITORING TEAM
0900 -1000 Zambia, Christian Voice 6065af
0900 -1000 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 5975do
Next Reporting Deadline: October 18, 1996
0903 -0910 mtwhf Croatia, Croatian Radio 5920eu 7165eu 9830eu
0915 -1000 Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp 6130do 7295do Gayle Van Horn Jim Frimmel
0930 -0955 mtwhfa Austria, RAustria Intl 6155eu 13730eu 15450as 17870au
0930 -1000 Canada, CKZN St John's
Frequency Manager Program Manager
6160do
0930 -1000 Mongolia, R Ulan Bator 11850as 12085as swbcsked @grove.net DXComp @aol.com
0930 -1000 Netherlands, Radio 9720au 12065pa 13705pa
0930 -1000 Philippines, FEBC /R Intl 11635as
0938 -0955 &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Dave Datko, California Jacques d'Avignon
1 13800va 17855va
Propagation Forecasts
Loyd Van Horn, Brasstown, N.C. Ontario, Canada
1000 UTC monitor@limestone.kosone.com
1000 -1100 Australia, Radio 5995as 7240as 9510as 9580pa
9860pa 13605as 15170as 21725as
1000 -1100 vl Australia, VL8A Alice Spg 2310do
1000-1100 vl Australia, VL8K Katherine 2485do
1000-1100 vl Australia, VL8T Tent Crk 4910do
THANK You...
1000-1100 vl Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS MONTH'S SHORTWAVE GUIDE:
1000 -1100 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do
1000-1100 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do Capt. Ken Barry, Blackpool, England, Bob Fraser,
1000-1100 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do Cohasset, MA; Kevin Hecht, Devon, PA; Jim Moats,
1000 -1100 China, China Radio Intl 11755pa 15440pa 17690au
1000 -1100 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7385am
Ravenna, OH; Giovanni Serra, IThe Four Winds Rome,
1000 -1100 s Denmark, Radio ABC 7570eu Italy (via e- mail); Vern Weitzel, Australia (via e-mail)
1000 -1100 Ecuador, HCJB 9445pa 21455au
1000 -1100 as Eqt Guinea, R East Africa 15186af BBCMS; BBC World Media; BBC Summary of World
1000 -1100 mtwhf Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15186a1
1000 -1100 Guam, AWR/KSDA 9370as Broadcasts; MARE Tip Sheet, DX Hotline, New
1000 -1100
1000 -1100
India, All India Radio
Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl
13700as
13680eu
15050as 17387au 17890as
Zealand DX Times; Internet Shortwave Newsgroups.
1000 -1100 vl/as Italy, IRKS 7125va
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FREQUENCIES
1100 -1200 Australia, Radio 5995as 7240as 9510pa 9580pa 11760as 11940af 11955as 12095eu
9615as 9860pa 13605as 15170as 15070va 15220va 15310as 15575va
15530as 15565as 17640va 17705va 17830af 17885af
1100-1200 vl Australia, VL8A Alice Spg 231 Odo 21660af
Australia, VL8K Katherine 2485áo 1100 -1130 United Kingdom, BBC WS 9700au 15190sa 15400eu 17790va
1100-1200 vl
1100-1200 vl Australia, VL8T Tent Crk 491 Odo 1100 -1200 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am 9815am
1100-1200 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 1100-1200 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
1100-1200 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 1100-1200 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 9930as
1100-1200 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 1100 -1200 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 6095na 7395sa
1100-1200 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 1100 -1200 USA, Voice of America 5985va 611 Ova 6165am 7405am
Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 9590am 9645va 9760va 11720va
1100.1200
1100-1200 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 15160va 15425va
1100-1200 Costa Rica, Adv World R 7375am 9725am 13750am 1100-1200 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 7425na 15665eu
1100-1200 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7385am 1100-1200 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
1100-1200 s Denmark, Radio ABC 7570eu 1100 -1200 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 6040am 6185am
1100-1130 Ecuador, HCJB 9445pa 12005am 1100 -1200 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
1100-1200 as Eqt Guinea, R East Africa 15186aí 1100-1200 USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
1100-1200 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 9530as 1100-1200 as USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 13825am
Germany, Deutsche Welle 15370af 15410af 17715af 17800aí 1100-1200 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5935am 7435am 9475am 15685am
1100-1150
17860aí 21600af 1100-1200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5950na 11830na
1100-1200 Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl 13680eu 1100 -1130 Vietnam, Voice of 7285as 9730as
1100-1200 vl/as Italy, IRRS 7125va 1100 -1200 Zambia, Christian Voice 6065af
1100-1200 Japan, NHK/Radio 6120na 9610as 15350as 1105-1120 Pakistan, Radio 15470as 17900eu
1100-1200 Jordan, Radio 11970eu 1115 -1127 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 1 7220do
1100-1200 Malaysia, Radio 7295do 1115 -1200 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
1100-1200 vl Malaysia, RTM Kuching 7160do 1130 -1155 Austria, R Austria Intl 13730na
1100-1200 vl Maiaysia,RTM KotaKinabalu 5980do 1130 -1200 Bulgaria, Radio 13790as
1100-1125 Netherlands, Radio 6045as 9650as 12065as 13705as 1130 -1200 vl China, China Radio Intl 8660as 11445as 11700as
1100-1200 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9700pa 1130 -1200 Ecuador, HCJB 15115na 21455am
1100-1150 North Korea, R Pyongyang 6575na 9975na 11335na 1130 -1200 Finland, YLE/R Finland 11900na 15400na
1100-1200 vl Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9730as 9985as 15140as 1130 -1200 Iran, VOIRI 11875me 11930me 15260af
1100-1200 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 1130-1200 a Monaco, Trans World Radio 7115eu
1100-1200 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 4740as 11655as 15460as 15520as 1130 -1155 s Monaco, Trans World Radio 7115eu
15560as 17560as 17755as 17775as 1130 -1200 Myanmar, Voice of 5990do
17870as 1130 -1200 Netherlands, Radio 6045eu 7190eu
1100 -1200 Singapore,R Singapore Int 6015as 6155as 1130 -1200 Sweden, Radio 11650na 15240na
1100-1130 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 13635as 15415as 17515as 1130 -1200 f Vatican State, Vatican R 15210as 15570as 17550au
Taiwan, Voice of Asia 7445as 1135 -1140 India, All India Radio 9595do 11620do 11710do 15185do
1100-1200
1100 -1200 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5965na 6190af 6195va 7180as 1138-1155 1&3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7295eu 17740af
9410eu 9580as 9740va 11750as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays 1130 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1135 Australia, Radio: Book Talk. Jill Kitson presents an
1100 Australia, Radio World News. See S 0000. 1100. entertaining mix of reviews and critical discussion of new
1110 Australia, Radio Australian News. News about Australia. 1135 Finland, YLE Radio: Cultural Topics. An insight into the books.
1120 Australia, Radio Sports Bulletin. Ten-minute reports on culture of the Finnish people. 1135 Finlanc, YLE Radio: Variable Features. See W 1135.
Australian, regional and international sport. 1142 Finland, YLE Radio: Environment Report. Weekly look at 1139 Finlanc, VIE Radio: Media Review. Coverage of all aspects of
1130 Australia, Radio: Australia Today. The issues, the places, tie environmental issues in Finland. media news.
characters that make up Australia. 1145 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Karen's Kitchen. 1149 Finland, YLE Radio: Background to the News. See M 1149.
Good health from the American Cancer Institute. 1154 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Insight. A few
Mondays 1147 Finland, YLE Radio: Music. See M 1147.
1155
minutes of discernment from Joel Niederhood.
Finlanc, YLE Radio: Finnish Press Review. See M 1154.
1100 Aus radia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1150 Finland, YLE Radio: Health Topics. Medical news and
1100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. World developments in Finland.
news summary. 1154 Finland, YLE Radio: Finnish Press Review. See M 1154. Fridays
1105 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Walk with the 1100 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
King. Advice for everyday Christian living. Wednesdays 1100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M
1110 Australia, Radio Australian News. See S 1110. 1100 Australia, adio: World News. 0000.
See S 1100.
1120 Australia, Radio Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. 1100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1105 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Walk with the
1130 Australia, Radio Innovations. Desley Blanch reports on 1100. King. See M 1105.
Australian inventions and innovative practices. 1105 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Walk with the 1110 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110,
1130 Finland, YLE Radio: News. See S 1230. King. See M 1105. 1120 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
1130 UK, BBC London (am): Quiz Feature - Counterpoint. See F 1110 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110. 1122 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Bible Quiz.
0630. 1120 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. See S 0549.
1130 UK, BBC London (as pac): Quiz Feature - Counterpoint. See F 1130 Australia, Radio: Science File. Ian Wood examines the world 1130 Australia, Radio: Talking Politics. A roundup of events in the
0630. of science, medicine and technology. Australian Parliament.
1130 UK, BBC (south as): The Health of Planet Earth 1130 Finland, YLE Radio: News. See S 1230. 1130 Finland, YLE Radio: News. See S 1230.
L)ondon
See W 30. 1130 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1130 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M
1130 USA WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100. 1100.
1100. 1135 Finland, YLE Radio: Variable Features. General topics about 1136 Finland, YLE Radio: Starting Finnish. Finnish language lessons
1140 Finland, YLE Radio: Economic Comments in the Finnish life in Finland. for English speakers.
Press. See S 1248. 1149 Finland, YLE Radio: Background to the News. See M 1149. 1143 Finlanc, YLE Radio: Music Preview. A sampling of the music
1145 Finland, YLE Radio: Business Monday. See S 1235. 1153 Finland, YLE Radio: Finnish Press Review. See M 1154. to be heard on the weekend edition of YLE.
1147 Finland, YLE Radio: Music. A popular music selection 1154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Millenium. Part I (16th), 1149 Finland, YLE Radio: Background to the News. See M 1149.
currently heard in Finland. Part (23rd). See A 2354.
I I
1153 Finland, YLE Radio: Finnish Press Review. See M 1154.
1149 Finland, YLE Radio: Background to the News. An in -depth 1154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Peter the Great. Dheera
look at current affairs items. Sajan in this 3 -part series examines how the monarch Saturdays
1154 Finland, YLE Radio: Finnish Press Review. Editorial opinion opened Russia to the world and his fascination with Dutch 1100 Austra Radio: World News. See S 0000.
and reports on Finnish and world events. technology. Part II (2nd), Part Ill (9th). 1100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Music. See S
1230.
Tuesdays Thursdays 1110 Australia, Radio Australian News. See S 1110.
1100 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1100 Austra Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1120 Australia, Radio Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
1100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100 SA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M
U1100. 1130 Australia, Radio Business Weekly. See S 1610.
1100. 1130 Finland, YLE Radio: News. See S 1230.
1105 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Walk with the 1105 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Walk with the 1130 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): For the Record.
King. See M 1105. King. See M 1105. Community action news as reported by local AM station
1110 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110. 1110 Australia, Radio: Australian News. See S 1110. affiliates of Family Radio.
1120 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. 1120 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. 1135 Finlanc, YLE Radio: Focus. A Review of Finland's top news
1130 Australia, Radio: Arts Australia. Karen Leng presents reviews 1130 Finland, YLE Radio: News. See S 1230. stories.
and comment on current events within the Australian arts 1130 UK, BBC London (south as) Material World (3rd,1 Oth,17th). 1153 Finland, YLE Radio: Nunti Latini. See S 1252.
scene. See M 1230.
1130 Finland, YLE Radio: News. See S 1230. 1130 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100.
1200 UTC ¡NORw 8:00 AM EDT
5:00 AM PDT
FREQUENCIES
1200 -1300 Australia, Radio 5995pa 6060pa 6080pa 7260as 1200 -1300 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5965na 6190af 6195va 7180as
9560as 9615as 9710as 15565as 9410eu 9580as 9740va 11750as
1200-1230 Australia. Radio 9860pa 11760as 11940af 11955as 12095eu
1200-1300 mtwhf Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int 13610na 15070va 15220va 15310as 15575va
1200-1300 Brazil, Radio Bras 15445na 17640va 17705va 17830af 17885af
1200-1230 Bulgaria, Radio 13790as 21660af
1200-1215 Cambodia, Natl Voice of 11940as 1200 -1300 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am 9815am
1200-1300 vl Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do 1200 -1300 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
1200-1300 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 1200 -1300 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 9930as
1200-1300 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 1200 -1300 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 6095na 9355as 9430pa 9455sa
1200-1300 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 1200 -1300 USA, Voice of America 6110va 9645va 9760va 11715va
1200-1300 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 15160va 15425va
1200-1300 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 1200-1300 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 7425na 15665eu
1200-1300 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 1200-1300 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
1200-1259 Canada, R Canada Intl 9640am 11855am 13650am 1200-1300 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
1200-1300 China, China Radio Intl 7385na 7410as 9565as 9715as 1200-1300 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 6040am 6185am
11660as 11795pa 15440au 1200-1300 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
1200-1230 vl China, China Radio Intl 8660as 11445as 11700as 12110as 1200-1300 s USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
1200-1300 Costa Rica, Adv World R 5030am 6150am 9725am 13750am 1200-1300 as USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 13825va
1200-1300 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7385am 15050am 1200-1300 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5935am 7435am 9475am 15685am
1200-1300 Ecuador, HCJB 12005am 15115am 21455am 1200-1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5950na 6015na 11830na 17750na
1200-1300 as Eqt Guinea, R East Africa 15186aí 1200-1230 Uzbekistan, R Tashkent 7190as 9715as 15295as
1200-1300 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 9530as 1200-1300 Zambia, Christian Voice 6065aí
1200-1300 France, Radio France Intl 9805eu 11600as 11670as 13625am 1200-1300 mtwhf Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
15155eu 15195eu 15325af 15530ca 1206-1300 occsnal New Zealand, R NZ Intl 6105pa
1200-1230 Iran, VOIRI 11875me 11930me 15260aí 1215-1300 Egypt, Radio Cairo 17595as
1200-1300 Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl 13680eu 1230-1300 Australia, Radio 9580pa 11800pa
1200-1300 vl/as Italy, IRRS 7125va 1230-1300 Bangladesh, Radio 7185as 9548as
1200-1300 Malaysia, Radio 7295do 1230-1255 s Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int 13610na 15540as
1200-1300 vl Malaysia,RTM KotaKinabalu 5980do 1230-1300 Bulgaria, Radio 15620as
1200-1250 Myanmar, Voice of 5990do 1230-1259 Canada, R Canada Intl 6150as 15195as
1200-1300 Netherlands, Radio 6045eu 7190eu 1230-1300 mtwhf Finland, YLE/R Finland 11900na 15400na
1200-1206 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9700pa 1230-1235 India, All India Radio 4860do 6185do 17865do
1200-1230 s Norway, Radio Norway Intl 9590eu 13800eu 15305eu 1230-1300 w Indonesia, RRI Sorong 4875do
1200-1300 vl Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9730as 9955as 9965as 9985as 1230-1300 Mongolia, R Ulan Bator 9745as 12085as
15140as 1230-1300 South Korea, R Korea Intl 9570as 9640as 13670as
1200-1255 Poland, Polish R Warsaw 6095eu 7145eu 7270eu 9525eu 1230-1300 mtwhf Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC 15425as
11815eu 1230-1300 Sweden, Radio 13740as 15240pa
1200 -1300 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 4740as 4975as 15110as 15435as 1230-1300 Thailand, Radio 9655as 9885as 11905as
15510as 1230-1300 Turkey, Voice of 9445na 9630na
1200-1300 Singapore,R Singapore Int 6015as 6155as 1230-1300 Vietnam, Voice of 5940as 7270as 7400as 9840as
1200 -1300 South Korea, R Korea Intl 7285va 12020as 15010as
1200 -1300 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 6165eu 9535eu 1238-1255 1&3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 9590va 13800va 15305va 15480va
1200 -1300 Taiwan, VO Free China 7130au 9610as 1240-1250 Greece, Voice of 11645aí
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays 1200 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S 1218 USA, WYFR FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0520.
1200 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 0000. 1226 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): The Christian Working Woman.
1200 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S 1204 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Rise and Rejoice Radio See M 1226.
0000. Program. See M 1204. 1230 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
1210 Australia, Radio: Charting Australia. See S 0010. 1210 Australia, Radio: Australiana. See M 1210. 1230 USA, WYFR, FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100.
1230 Australia, Radio: Report from Asia. A weekly roundup of 1218 USA, WYFR FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0520. 1246 USA, WYFR FL: The Radio Reading Circle. See M 1246.
Asian events. 1226 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): The Christian Working
1230 USA, WYFR FL: Music. Recordings of music with a religious
flavor.
Woman. See M 1226. Fridays
1230 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. 1200 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
1239 USA, WYFR FL: Daily Grace. A word found in scripture and 1230 UK, BBC London (eu}:.Ouiz Feature - Counterpoint. See 1200
F USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100.
its meaning. 0630. 1200 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S 0000.
1250 USA, WYFR FL: Guidelines. A five -minute commentary on 1230 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100. 1204 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Rise and Rejoice Radio
living from Harold Sala. 1231 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Great Commission News. See Program. See M 1204.
M 1231. 1210 Australia, Radio: Australiana. See M 1210.
Mondays 1246 USA, WYFR FL: The Radio Reading Circle. See M 1246. 1218 USA, WYFR FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0520.
1200 Aus Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1226 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): The Christian Working Woman.
1200 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100. Wednesdays See M 1226.
1200 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S 1200 Australia, World News. See S 0000. 1230 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
0000. 1200 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100. 1230 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100.
1204 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Rise and Rejoice Radio 1200 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S 1231 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Great Commission News. See
Program. A mix of news, christian music, scripture, and 0000. M 1231.
advice to live by. 1204 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Rise and Rejoice Radio 1246 USA, WYFR FL: The Radio Reading Circle. See M 1246.
1210 Australia, Radio: Australiana. A variety of Australian topics Program. See M 1204. 1254 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Millenium. Part I (18th),
are discussed in these 20- minute segments. 1210 Australia, Radio: Charting Australia. See S 0010. Part II (25th). See A 2354.
1215 UK, BBC London (am): The Health of Planet Earth 1218 USA, WYFR FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0520. 1254 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Peter the Great. Part II
(7th,14th). See W 0430. 1226 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): The Christian Working (4th), Part Ill (11th). See W 1154.
1218 USA, WYFR FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0520. Woman. See M 1226.
1226 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): The Christian Working
Woman. Mary Welchel provides advice for Christian women.
1230 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. Saturdays
1230 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100. 1200 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
1230 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. 1231 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Great Commission News. See 1200 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Does God Love You ?. Words
1230 UK, BBC London (am): Material Wodd (7th,14th). Alun M 1231. for children.
Lewis examines how materials such as plastics have 1246 USA, WYFR FL: The Radio Reading Circle. See M 1246. 1200 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S 0000.
changed our lives. 1205 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Story Time. Saturday morning
1230 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100. Thursdays stories for children.
1231 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Great Commission News. 1200 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1210 Australia, Radio: Ockbam's Razor. See A 0310.
News from the missions. 1200 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100. 1215 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Adventure Pals. An
1246 USA, WYFR FL: The Radio Reading Circle. Readings from 1200 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S entertainment program for children.
the classics of American literature. 0000. 1215 USA, WYFR FL: The Mailbag. See S 0517.
1204 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Rise and Rejoice Radio 1230 Australia, Radio: Background Report. In -depth reports
Tuesdays Program. See M 1204. examining a broad range of influences that shape our world.
1200 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1210 Australia, Radio: Australiana. See M 1210. 1230 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Danger is the Password.
1200 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100. Entertainment for children.
9:00 AM EDT
6:00 AM PDT S HOTWAVE GUISE 1300 UTC
FREQUENCIES
9580pa 9410eu 9515va 9590va 9740as

1300 -1400 Australia, Radio 5995pa 7240as 9560pa
11750as 11760as 11940aí 12095eu
9610as 11800pa
15070va 15220am 15310as 15420af
1300-1330 Australia, Radio 6060pa 6080as 9510pa
15575va 17640va 17705va 17830af
1300 -1355 mtwhfa Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int 13610na 15540as
15445na 17885af 21470af 21660af
1300 -1320 Brazil, Radio Bras
15620as 1300 -1400 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5810am 15725am
1300 -1330 Bulgaria, Radio
1300 -1400 vl Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do 1300 -1400 USA, KJES Mesquite NM 11715na
1300 -1400 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 1300 -1400 USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK 7365as
1300 -1400 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 1300 -1400 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
1300 -1400 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 6095na 9355as 9385as 9455na
1300 -1400 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do
1300-1400 USA, Voice of America 611 Ova 9645va 9760va 15160va
1300 -1400 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do
1300 -1400 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 15425va
1300-1330 USA, Voice of America 11715va
1300 -1400 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
11855am 13650am 1300-1400 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 9580na 11875na 15665eu
1300 -1359 mtwhfa Canada, R Canada Intl 9640am
1300 -1400 China, China Radio Intl 7385na 9715as 11660pa 1300-1400 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
7410as 1300-1400 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 6040am 15105am
1300 -1330 China, China Radio Intl
1300 -1400 7385am 15050am 1300-1400 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl
1300 -1330 Czech Rep, Radio Prague 11660eu 17845af 1300-1400s USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
12005am 15115am 21455am 1300-1400 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 15420am
1300.1400 Ecuador, HCJB
1300 -1330 Egypt, Radio Cairo 17595as 1300-1400 as USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 15745eu
1300 -1400 as Eqt Guinea, R East Africa 15186af
1300-1400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5950na 11830na 13695na 17750na
1300 -1400 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 9530as
1300 -1400 Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl 13680as 1300.1400 Zambia, Christian Voice 6065af
1300-:330 vl /as Italy, IRRS 7125va 1300-1330 mtwhf Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
7295do 1303-1310 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5920eu 7165eu 13830am
1300-1400 Malaysia, Radio
7160do 1330-1355 Austria, R Austria Intl 6155eu 13730eu
1300-1400 vl Malaysia, RTM Kuching
1330-1359 s Canada, R Canada Intl 11855am 11935eu 15325va 21455va
1300 -1400 vl Malaysia,RTM KotaKinabalu 5980do
6045eu 7190eu 1330-1359 mtwhfa Canada, R Canada Intl 17820va
1300 -1400 occsnal New Zealand, R NZ Intl 6105pa 1330-1359 Canada, R Canada Intl 9535as 11795as
1300 -1350 North Korea, R Pyongyang 9345as 9640eu 11740as 15230as 1330-1400 Guam, AWR/KSDA 9650as
15430as 1330-1400 India, All India Radio 11620as 13750as
1300 -1330 s Norway, Radio Norway Intl 13800as 15340na 1330-1400 vl Italy, IRRS 3985va
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9730as 9955as 9965as 9985as 1330-1400 Netherlands, Radio 9895as 13700as 15585as
1300 -1400 vl
15140as 1330-1400 Sweden, Radio 9830as 13740na 15245na
11995as 1330-1355 UAE, Radio Dubai 13675eu 15395eu 17630eu 21605me
1300 -1400 Philippines, FEBC /R Intl
11940eu 15365eu 17720eu 1330-1400 Uzbekistan, R Tashkent 7190as 9715as 15295as
1300 -1356 Romania, R Romania Intl 9690eu
Russia,Voice of Russia WS 15460as 15560as 17755as 1330-1400 Vietnam, Voice of 5940eu 7270eu 7400eu 9840eu
1300 -1400
1300 -1400 Singapore,R Singapore Int 6015as 6155as 12020eu 15010eu
15425as 1335-1345 Greece, Voice of 15180na 15630na
1300-1400 mtwhf Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
13635as 15240as 1338-1355 &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 9590va 13800va 15305va 15340va
1300 --330 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 7230as 7480as 1
1345-1400 Vatican State, Vatican R 9500as 11625as 13765au

1300 --400 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5965na 5990as 6190af 6195va
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays introduced by Ivan Lloyd. 1330 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Family Bible
1300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1330 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Family Bible Study. See M 0520.
1300 USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK: Music/News/Commentary. Study. See M 0520. 1338 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Creation Moments. See M 0638.
1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Reading 1338 USA, VVYFR Okeechobee FL: Creation Moments. See M 1343 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy. See M 2345.
Fellowship. See S 0000. 0638. 1350 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Basic Bible Study. See T
1310 Australia, Radio: Oz Sounds. Twenty minutes of music 1350 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Basic Bible Study. See T 0650.
selections by Radio Australia announcers. 0650.
1330 Australia, Radio: The Europeans. See S 0130. Fridays
1333 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230. Wednesdays 1300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
1337 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Daily Grace. See S 1239. 1300 Australia, adio: World News. See S 0000. 1300 USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK: Music/News/Commentary.
1300 USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK: Music /News/Commentary. 1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M
Mondays 1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100.
1300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1100. 1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230.
1300 USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK: Music/News/Commentary. 1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230. 1304 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Rise and Rejoice
1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1304 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Rise and Rejoice Radio Program. See M 1204.
1100. Radio Program. See M 1204. 1310 Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230. 1310 Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310. 1310 USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605.
1304 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Rise and Rejoice 1310 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605. 1330 Australia, Radio: Music Deli. Paul Petran present music from
Radio Program. See M 1204. 1330 Australia, Radio: Blacktracker. Mal Honess with an insight a variety of cultures.
1310 Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. Reporting on the commercia into the music and performance of Australia's aborigines. 1330 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Family Bible
interrelationships of the Asia/Pacific Region. 1330 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Family Bible Study. See M 0520.
1310 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605. Study. See M 0520. 1338 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Creation Moments. See M 0638.
1330 Australia, Radio: The Australian Music Show. See S 0530. 1338 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Creation Moments. See M 1348 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Counseling. See M
1330 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Family Bible 0638. 0648.
Study. See M 0520. 1348 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Counseling. See M
1338 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Creation Moments. See M 0648. Saturdays
0638. 1354 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Millenium. Part I (16th), 1300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
1348 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Family Bible Counseling. See M Part II (23rd). See A 2354. 1300 USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK: Music/News/Commentary.
0648. 1354 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Peter the Great. Parti 1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Children's Bible
(2nd), Part Ill (9th). See W 1154. Hour. Songs and stories for children.
Tuesdays 1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605.
1300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. Thursdays 1310 Australia, Radio: Business Weekly. See S 1610.
1300 USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK: Music/News /Commentary. 1300 Austra ia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1330 Australia, Radio: The Australian Scene. A state by state look
1300 LISA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1300 USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK: Music/News/Commentary. at life in Australia presented by Denis Gibbons.
1100. 1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1330 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Adventures of
1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230. 1100. Captain Patch. Patch the Pirate takes the kids for a ride.
1304 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Risé and Rejoice 1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230. 1330 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Science Scripture and Salvation.
Radio Program. See M 1204. 1304 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Rise and Rejoice Proving scientific principles with the Bible.
1310 Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310. Radio Program. See M 1204. 1343 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy. See M 2345.
1310 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 060E. 1310 Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310. 1345 USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Allegra. See W
1330 Australia, Radio: Jazz Notes. The best of Australian jazz is 1310 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: The Open Forum. See S 0605. 1539.
1330 Australia, Radio: Australian Country Style. Graham Bell goes 1350 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Farm Radio. See A 0648.
up country.
1400 UTC GUUil 10:00 AM EDT
7:00 AM PDT
FREQUENCIES
1400-1430 Australia, Radio 7240as 9560as 9610pa 11695pa 9515na 9590va 9740as 11750as
1400-1500 Australia, Radio 5995pa 9580pa 9615as 11800pa 11865am 11940af 12095eu 15070va
1400-1500 vl Canada, C8C N Quebec Svc 9625do 15220am 15260na 15575va 17640va
1400-1500 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 17705va 17830aí 17840af 21470aí
1400-1500 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 1400 -1500 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815am
1400-1500 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 1400 -1500 USA, KJES Mesquite NM 11715na
1400-1500 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 1400-1500 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 7510am
1400-1500 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 1400-1500 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 9355as 12160pa
1400-1500 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 1400 -1500 USA, Voice of America 611 Ova 7125as 7215as 9645as
1400-1459 Canada, R Canada Intl 11855au 13650am 9760as 15255va 15395as 15425va
1400-1500 China, China Radio Intl 7405na 9530as 9785as 11815as 1400-1500 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 9580na 11875na 15665eu
1400-1500 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7385am 15050am 1400-1500 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
1400-1500 Ecuador, HCJB 21455am 1400-1500 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 6040am 15105am
1400-1430 Ecuador, HCJB 12005am 15115am 1400-1500 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
1400-1500 as Eqt Guinea, R East Africa 15186af 1400-1500 USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955na
1400-1500 France, Radio France Intl 7110as 15405as 17560me 1400-1500 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 15420am
1400-1500 India, All India Radio 11620as 13750as 1400-1500 as USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 15745eu
1400-1430 Israel, Kol Israel 12077va 15615na 1400-1500 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475am 12160am 13845am 15685am
1400-1500 vl Italy, IRRS 3985va 1400-1500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 11550as 11830na 17750eu
1400-1500 Japan, NHK/Radio 9535na 11705na 11895as 11915as 1400-1415 Vatican State, Vatican R 9500as 11625as 13765au
1400-1500 Jordan, Radio 11970eu 1400-1500 Zambia, Christian Voice 6065af
1400-1500 Malaysia, Radio 7295do 1400-1405 mtwhf Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
1400-1500 vi Malaysia, RTM Kuching 7160do 1415-1500 mtwhfa Bhutan, Bhutan BC Service 5030do
1400-1500 vl Malaysia,RTM KotaKinabalu 5980do 1415-1425 Nepal, Radio 7165do
1400-1430 vl Mexico, Radio Mexico Intl 9705na 1430-1500 Australia, Radio 6060na '6080as 6090me 11660eu
1400-1500 Netherlands, Radio 9895as 13700as 15585as 11695pa 12080pa
1400-1500 occsnal New Zealand, R NZ Intl 6105pa 1430-1500 vi China, China Radio Intl 8660as 9880as 11445as 15135as
1400-1500 vl Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9730as 9955as 9965as 9985as 1430-1440 India, All India Radio 3945do 6185do 9565do 9685do
15140as 1430-1440 mtwhf Indonesia, RRI Uj Pandang 4753do
1400 -1500 Philippines, FEBC /R Intl 11995as 1430-1500 mtwhf Portugal, R Portugal Intl 21515me
1400 -1500 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 4740me 4940me 4975me 7225me 1430-1500 Romania, R Romania Intl 11775as 15335as
9595me 11835me 11985me 15320me 1430-1500 United Kingdom, BBC WS 15400af
15350me 15540me 15560me 1438-1455 1 &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 13800na 15340as
1400 -1500 Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC 15425as 1440-1500 Myanmar, Voice of 5990do
1400 -1430 Thailand, Radio 9655as 9830as 11905as 1458-1500 Seychelles, FEBA Radio 9810as 11870as
1400 -1500 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5990as 6195as 7205as 9410eu
SELECTED PROGRAMS
1445 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Psychology for
Sundays Living. Christian advice on issues of today. 1430 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
1400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1450 Australia, Radio: Stock Exchange Report. See M 1450. 1430 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Headlines.
1400 Israel, Kol Israel: Israel News Magazine. The latest world and See M 1430.
regional news and cultural events in Israel. Wednesdays 1431 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Christian
1410 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. 1400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. Home. See M 1431.
1430 Australia, Radio: The Sports Factor. A program that 1400 Israel, Kol Israel: Israel News Magazine. See S 1400. 1440 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Helps for the
investigates the passions, controversies and politics of sport. 1400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Back to the Bible. Family. See M 1440.
1447 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Leading Little Ones to God. A See M 1400. 1450 Australia, Radio: Stock Exchange Report. See M 1450.
christian teaching program for children. 1410 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. 1454 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Millenium. Part I
1430 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. (18th), Part II (25th). See A 2354.
Mondays 1430 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Headlines. See M 1454 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Peter the Great. Part
1400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1430. Il (4th), Part III (11th). See W 1154.
1400 Israel, Kol Israel: Israel News Magazine. See S 1400. 1431 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Christian
1400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Back to the Bible. A Home. See M 1431. Saturdays
mix of music and daily Bible study 1440 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Helps for the 1400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
1410 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. Family. See M 1440. 1400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Family Radio
1430 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. 1450 Australia, Radio: Stock Exchange Report. See M 1450. Weekend. Easy listening Christ -centered music.
1430 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Headlines. A news 1410 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
break. Thursdays 1410 Israel, Kol Israel: Weekly Interview. A discussion of
1431 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Christian 1400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. current events with a prominent individual.
Home. Harold Hall with two and a half hours of guidance on 1400 Israel, Kol Israel: Israel News Magazine. See S 1400. 1430 Australia, Radio: The Health Report. See A 0430.
living and family, plus music and news. 1400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Back to the Bible.
1440 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Helps for the See M 1400.
Family. Advice and guidance for family living. 1410 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
1450 Australia, Radio: Stock Exchange Report. Financial news from 1430 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
Sydney and other exchanges. 1430 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Headlines. See M
1430.
Tuesdays 1431 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Christian
1400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. Home. See M 1431.
1400 Israel, Kol Israel: Israel News Magazine. See S 1400. 1440 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Helps for the
1400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Back to the Bible. Family. See M 1440.
PROPAGATION FORECASTING
See M 1400. 1445 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Psychology for
1410 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. Living. See T 1445.
1430 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. 1450 Australia, Radio: Stock Exchange Report. See M 1450. JACQUES D'AVIGNON, VE3VIA
1430 UK, BBC London (south as): Soundbyte (8th,15th). See M 965LINCOLN DRIVE
0615. Fridays KINGSTON, ON K7M 4Z3
1430 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Headlines. See M 1400 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. CANADA
1430. 1400 Israel, Kol Israel: Israel News Magazine. See S 1400.
1431 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Christian 1400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Back to the Bible.
Home. See M 1431. See M 1400. DISTRIBUTOR ASAPS PROPAGATION SOFTWARE
1440 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Helps for the 1410 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. E-MAIL: MONITOR @LIMESTONE.KOSONE.COM
Family. See M 1440.
11:CO AM EDT
8:0C AM PDT
1500 UTC
FREQUENCIES
1500 -1fÁ0 Australia, Radio 5995pa 6080pa 6090as 7260as 1500-1600 S Africa, Channel Africa 3220aí 7155af
9580pa 9615as 971 Opa 11660as 1500-1600 Seychelles, FEBA Radio 9810as 11870as
11695pa 11800pa 12080pa 1500-1600 mtwht Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC 9720as 15425as
1500-1600 vl Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do 1500-1530 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 12075as 13635as 15530as
1500-1600 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 1500-1600 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5990as 6190af 6195va 7205as
1500-1600 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 9410eu 9515na 9740va 11750as
1500-1E0 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 11865am 12095as 15070as 15220am
1500-1600 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 15400as 17705va 17830af 17840af
1500-1500 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 21660af
1500-1®0 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 1500-1530 United Kingdom, BBC WS 11860af 11940af 15420aí 17880af
1500-1559 s Canada, R Canada Intl 11855am 13650am 21490af
1500-1630 China, China Radio Intl 7405na 9535na 9785as 11815as 1500-1600 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815am 15725am
1500-1630 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7385am 15050am 1500-1600 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590am
1500-1E0 Ecuador, HCJB 15115sa 21455va 1500-1600 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 9930as
1500-1600 as Eqt Guinea, R East Africa 15186af 1500-1600 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 9355as 12160pa
1500-1600 Guam, TWR /KTWR 11580as 1500-1600 USA, Voice of America 7125as 7215as 9645as 9700va
1500-1E90 Italy, Adv World Radio 7230eu 9760as 15205as 15255va 15395as
1500-1600 vl Italy, IRRS 3985va 1500-1600 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 9580na 11875na 15665eu
1500-1600 Japan, NHK/Radio 9535na 11915as 11930me 15355af 1500-1600 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
1500-1600 Jordan, Radio 11970eu 1500-1600 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 13760am 15105am
1500-1600 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 6280eu 1500-1600 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
1500-1600 Malaysia, Radio 7295do 1500-1600 USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
1500-1600 vl Malaysia, RTM Kuching 7160do 1500-1600 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 15420am
1500-1600 vl Malaysia,RTM KotaKinabalu 5980do 1500-1600 as USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 15745eu
1500-1530 Mexico, Radio Mexico Intl 9705na 1500-1600 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475am 12160am 13845am 15685am
1500-1580 Mongolia, R Ulan Bator 9745as 12085as 1500-1600 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 11830na 17750na
1500-1515 s Myanmar, Voice of 5990do 1500-1600 Zambia, Christian Voice 6065aí
1500-1525 Netherlands, Radio 9895as 13700as 15585as 1520-1530 mtwhi Estonia, Radio 5925eu
1500-1600 occsnal New Zealand, R NZ Intl 6105pa 1530-1600 Australia, Radio 6060pa
1500-1550 North Korea, R Pyongyang 9325eu 9640eu 9975na 13785me 1530-1555 Austria, R Austria Intl 11780as
1500-1600 vl Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9955as 9965as 9985as 15140as 1530-1545 India, All India Radio 3945do 6185do 7140do 7410do
1500-16®0 Philippines, FEBC/R Intl 11995as 9530do 9565do 9685do 9910do
1500-1526 Romania, R Romania Intl 11775as 15335as 11740do
1500-1600 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 4740va 4940va 4975va 7305me 1530 -1600 Iran, VOIRI 7290as 9635as
9595me 9830va 9955af 9975aí 1530 -1600 Netherlands, Radio 9890as 12090as
11775va 11835va 12025af 12035va 1530 -1600 United Kingdom, BBC WS 7180as 11720as
15320me 15350va 1538 -1555 1&3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 11840va 13805va 15230va
1545 -1600 a Vatican State, Vatican R 9940as 11640as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
1530 Australia, Radio: Talking Politics. See F 1130.

Sundays Wednesdays 1530 Guam, TWR /KTWR: Thru the Bible. See M 1530.
1500 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1500 Australia, adio: World News. See S 0000. 1530 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Ask R.C.. See
1500 Guam, TWR/KTWR: The Worship Hour. No information 1500 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Good Tidings Hour. See S 1500. T 1540.
available. 1500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Christian 1547 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Family
1500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: A Treasury of Favorite Hymns. Home. See M 1431. Workshop. Technical tips for family life.
Recordings of religious music from Bob Jones University. 1510 Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310. 1555 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): A Visit with
1510 Australia, Radio: Oz Sounds. See S 1310. 1515 UK, BBC London (am): Soundbyte (2nd,9th,16th). See M the Family. See H 1555.
1530 Australia, Radio: Fine Music Australia. The best Australian 0615.
fine music performances and compositions are presented 1530 Australia, Radio: Science File. See W 1130. Saturdays
by Ivan Lloyd. 1530 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Thru the Bible. See M 1530. 1500 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
1530 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Family Bible Hour. A bible study 1530 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Ask R.C.. See T 1500 Guam. TWR /KTWR: Search for Truth. See T 1600.
program. 1540. 1500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): News. See M
1533 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Music. See S 1230. 1539 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Allegra. Story- 1100.
telling for children. 1504 USA, 'WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Family Radio
1537 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Daily Grace. See S 1239.
1548 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL: Guidelines. See S 1250. 1554 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Millenium. Part (16th),
I
Weekend. See A 1400.
1550 UK, BBC London (eu): Waveguide. See W 0030. Part II (23rd). See A 2354. 1510 Australia, Radio: Oz Sounds. See S 1310.
1554 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Peter the Great. Part II 1515 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Masterdesign. See S 1500.
Mondays (2nd), Part Ill (9th). See W 1154. 1530 Australia, Radio: Business Weekly. See S 1610.
1500 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1530 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Leading the Way. See S 1500.
1500 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Hour of Freedom. See S 1500. Th rada
1500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Christian 1500 Austra ia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
Home. See M 1431. 1500 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Hour of Decision. Evangelist Billy
1510 Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310. Graham's radio program.
1530
1530
Australia, Radio: Innovations. See M 1130.
Guam, TWR/KTWR: Thru the Bible. J. Vernon McGee
presents a book -by -book study of the Bible.
1500
1510
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Christian
Home. See M 1431.
Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Macintosh Software
1530 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Momsense. 1530 Australia, Radio: Book Talk. See H 1135.
SHORTWAVE NAVIGATOR
Advice for mothers. 1530 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Thru the Bible. See M 1530.
1530 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Ask R.C.. See T UTCLOCK
FREQUENCY VALET
Tuesdays 1540.
1500 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 1555 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): A Visit with the
FREQUENCIES /PROGRAMS /COMPUTER CONTROL
1500 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Telling the Truth. Stuart Briscoe Family. Family Radio interviews a listener.
presents a religious program. (DRAKE KENWOOD JRC
1500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Christian Fridays
Home. See M 1431. 1500 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. SEND $2 FOR DEMO DISK TO
1510 Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310. 1500 Guam, TWR /KTWR: Words of Hope. David Bass provides
1515 UK, BBC London (arn): Waveguide. See W 0030. the message. DX COMPUTING 232 SQUAW CREEK RD.
1530 Australia, Radio: Arts Australia. See T 1130. 1500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): The Christian
Home. See M 1431.
WILLOW PARK, TX 76087
1530 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Thru the Bible. See M 1530.
1540 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL (Satellite Net): Ask R.C.. 1510 Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Answers to questions about scripture and christianity.
12:00 M
1600 UTC vnoaIwevE 9:00 AM
EDT
PDT
FREQUENCIES
1600 -1700 Australia, Radio 5995pa 6060pa 6080pa 6090pa 1600 -1700 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3915as 6190af 6195va 7135as
7260as 9580pa 9615va 11660pa 9410va 9515na 9590na 9740va
11695pa 11800pa 12080pa 11750as 12095as 15070as 15400af
1600-1700 vl Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do 178300 17840va 21470af 21505af
1600 -1700 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 1600 -1615 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5990as 7180as 7205as 17705aí
1600-1700 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 1600 -1700 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815am 15725am
1600 -1700 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 1600 -1700 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590am
1600-1700 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 1600 -1700 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 6120as
1600 -1700 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 1600 -1700 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 9385af 11550eu 18930af
1600-1700 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 1600 -1700 USA, Voice of America 7125as 7215as 9645as 9700va
1600-1700 China, China Radio Intl 4130aí 11575as 15110af 15130aí 11880aí 11920af 12040a1 13710af
1600 -1700 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7385am 15050am 15205va 15225af 15255va 15395as
1600 -1627 Czech Rep, Radio Prague 5930eu 17485af 15410af 15445af 17895af
1600-1630 Ethiopia, Radio 7165af 1600-1630 as USA, Voice of America 6035aí
1600-1700 France, Radio France Intl 6175eu 11615me 11700af 12015af 1600-1700 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 11875na 13615na 15665eu
15210aí 15460aí 15530af 1600-1700 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
1600-1650 Germany, Deutsche Welle 7225as 9875as 13690as 1600-1700 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 13760am 15105am
1600-1700 Germany, Deutsche Welle 7185aí 9735aí 11965af 17800af 1600-1700 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
1600 -1700 Guam, AWR/KSDA 7540as 1600-1700 USA, WRMI/R Miami Intl 9955am
1600-1615 mt Guam, TWR/KTWR 11580as 1600-1700 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 15420am
1600 -1630 whfas Guam, TWR/KTWR 11580as 1600-1700 as USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 15745eu
1600 -1630 Iran, VOIRI 7290as 9635as 1600-1700 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475am 12160am 13845am 15685am
1600-1700 vl Italy, IRRS 3985va 1600-1700 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 11705na 11830na 15695eu 17750eu
1600-1630 Jordan, Radio 11970eu 21525af 21745eu
1600-1700 Malaysia, Radio 7295do 1600-1620 a Vatican State, Vatican R 5880as 7250as
1600 -1625 Netherlands, Radio 9895as 13700as 15585as 1600 -1630 Vietnam, Voice of 5940eu 7270eu 7400eu 9840eu
1600 -1650 occsnal New Zealand, R NZ Intl 6105am 12020eu 15010eu
1600 -1630 s Norway, Radio Norway Intl 11860eu 13800eu 1600-1700 Zambia, Christian Voice 3330af
1600 -1630 Pakistan, Radio 9425af 9515af 11570aí 13590af 1600-1610 mtwhfa Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
15555af 1615-1630 Albania, R Tirana Intl 7155eu 9740eu
1600 -1700 vl Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9955as 9965as 9985as 1615-1700 United Kingdom, BBC WS 9510as 11860af
1600 -1700 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7240eu 7350eu 7440af 9480eu 1615-1630 a Vatican State, Vatican R 9645eu 11810eu
9830va 9880eu 9955eu 9975eu 1630-1659 Canada, R Canada Intl 7150as 9550as
1600 -1655 S Africa, Channel Africa 9530af 1630-1700 Egypt, Radio Cairo 15255af
1600 -1700 S Africa, Trans World R 9500af 1630-1700 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 15620af
1600 -1700 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 13590as 1630-1700 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl 5915eu 6055eu 7345eu
1600 -1700 South Korea, R Korea Intl 5975eu 9515af 9870af 1630-1700 USA, Voice of America 11765af
1600 -1630 mtwhf Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC 9720as 15425as 1638-1655 1&3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 11860na 13800na 15540na
1600 -1700 Swaziland, Trans World R 9500af 1645-1700 mtwhf Canada, R Canada Intl 9555va 11935va 15325eu 17820eu
1600 -1640 UAE, Radio Dubai 11795me 13675eu 15395me 17825me 1650-1700 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15186af
1650-1700 mtwhf New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9875pa
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays 1600 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Search for Truth. Greg Neely evangelizes
1609 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Mission Network News. See
1600 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. from Ontario, Canada.
1600 M 1609.
1600 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Verse by Verse. See S 1500. USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100.
1610 Australia, Radio: Australia Today. See S 1130.
1600 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S 1600 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S 0000.
1604 1614 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Music. See S 1230.
0000. USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): On a Higher Plane. See M
1604. 1615 Guam, TWR/KTWR: The Macedonian Call. See S 1500.
1610 Australia, Radio: Business Weekly. Business and finance
1618 USA, WYFR FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0520.
developments in the Asia/Pacific region. 1606 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Freedom Under Fire. See M
1606. 1630 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
1615 UK, BBC London (af /am): Quiz Feature - Counterpoint. See F
1609 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Mission Network News. See M
1648 USA, WYFR FL: The Radio Reading Circle. See M 1246.
0630.
1630 Australia, Radio: Report from Asia. See S 1230. 1609.
1630 UK, BBC London (south as): The Health of Planet Earth 1610 Australia, Radio: Australia Today. See S 1130. Fridays
(6th,13th). See W 0430. 1614 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Music. See S 1230.
1615 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Shortwave Bible School. See S 1530. 1600 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Tempo. See S 1500.
1633 USA, WYFR FL: Music. See S 1230.
1618 USA, WYFR FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0520. 1600 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100.
1637 USA, WYFR FL: Daily Grace. See S 1239.
1630 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. 1600 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S
1645 UK, BBC London (af): Soundbyte (6th,13th). See M 0615.
1648 USA, WYFR FL: The Radio Reading Circle. See M 1246. 0000.
1645 UK, BBC London (south as): Material World (6th,13th). See
1604 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): On a Higher Plane. See M
M 1230.
1650 USA, WYFR FL: Guidelines. See S 1250. Wednesdays 1606
1604.
USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Freedom Under Fire. See M
1600 Australia, World News. See S 0000.
Mondays 1600 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Bread of Life. Brother Jack Meeks with
1609
1606.
USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Mission Network News. See
1600 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. music and teaching.
1600 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100.
M 1609.
1600 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Answers. Pat Robertson answers
1610 Australia, Radio: Australia Today. See S 1130.
questions of ethics and other matters. 1600 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S 0000.
1604 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): On a Higher Plane. See M
1614 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Music. See S 1230.
1604.
1615 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Wonderful Words. No information
1600 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S
1606 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Freedom Under Fire. See M
available.
0000. 1
1618 USA, WYFR FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0520.
1604 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): On a Higher Plane. Advice for 1606.
living on a higher level. 1609 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Mission Network News. See M
1648 USA, WYFR FL: The Radio Reading Circle. See M 1246.
1606 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Freedom Under Fire. Attorney 1609.
and author John Whitehead defends life, liberty, and family 1610 Australia, Radio: Australia Today. See S 1130.
freedom. 1614 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Music. See S 1230.
Saturdays
1609 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Mission Network News. News 1615 Guam, TWR/KTWR: The Macedonian Call. See S 1500.
1618 1600 Guam, TWR/KTWR: The Word Today. A discussion of
about Christian missions around the world from the USA, WYFR FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0520.
1630 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. Biblical themes.
International Bible Society.
1610 Australia, Radio: Australia Today. See S 1130. 1648 USA, WYFR FL The Radio Reading Circle. See M 1246.
1600 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S
1614 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Music. See S 1230.
Thursdays 0000.
1615 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Pacific DX Report. See S 1500.
1600 1604 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Family Radio Weekend. See A
1618 USA, WYFR FL: The Family Bible Study. See M 0520. Austra a, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
1600 1400.
1630 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430. Guam, TWR/KTWR: Friends in Focus. See S 1500.
1600 1610 Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
1648 USA, WYFR FL: The Radio Reading Circle. See M 1246. USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): News. See M 1100.
1615 Guam, TWR/KTWR: Hope for Today. J. Otis Yoder
1600 USA, WYFR FL: Family Bible Reading Fellowship. See S 0000.
evangelizes.
Tuesdays 1604 USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): On a Higher Plane. See M
1617 USA, WYFR FL: The Mailbag. See S 0517.
1606 1630 Australia, Radio: Background Report. See A 1230.
USA, WYFR FL (Satellite Net): Freedom Under Fire. See M
1649 USA, WYFR FL: The Bible Quiz. See S 0549.
1606.
1700 UTC 1800 UTC
1:00 PM EDT /10:00 AM PDT 2:00 PM EDT /11:00 AM PDT
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FREQUENCIES
1700 -1800 Australia, Radio 6060pa 6080pa 6090pa 7260as 1800 -1900 Algeria, R Algiers Intl 15160eu 15240eu
9580pa 9615as 9860pa 11660pa 1800 -1900 Australia, Radio 6080pa 6090pa 7260eu 9580pa
11695pa 11880pa 12080pa 9860pa 11660as 11695pa 11880pa
1700-1800 vl Canada, CBC N Ouebec Svc 9625do 12080pa
1700-1800 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 1800 -1830 Australia, Radio 6060pa
1700-1800 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do 1800 -1900 Bangladesh, Radio 7190eu 9568as
1700-1 0 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 1800-1825 Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int 5910eu 13645af
1700-1600 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 1800-1900 Brazil, Radio Bras 15265eu
1700-1::r0 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 1800-1900 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do
1700-1::r0 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 1800-1900 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do
1700-1::r0 China, China Radio Intl 5220af 7150aí 7405af 9535as 1800-1900 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do
11575aí 11910af 1800 -1900 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do
1700-1800 as Costa Rica, Adv World R 13750am 1800-1900 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do
1700-1800 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 15050am 1800 -1900 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
1700-1727 Czech Rep, Radio Prague 5835eu 15640af 1800-1900 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 15050am
1700-1:+r0 Ecuador, HCJB 15540eu 21455eu 1800 -1830 Egypt, Radio Cairo 15255af
1700-1800 Egypt, Radio Cairo 15255af 1800 -1900 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15186af
1700-1800 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15186af 1800-1900 India, All India Radio 7410eu 9650eu 9950af 11620af
1700-1730 France, Radio France Intl 6175eu 11615me 11700af 12015af 11935me 13750as 15075as
15210af 15365af 15460aí 15530af 1800-1900 vl Italy, IRRS 3985va
1700-1800 vl Italy, IRRS 3985va 1800-1900 Kuwait, Radio 11990na
1700-1.r0 Japan, NHK/Radio 6035na 9535na 9580as 11880as 1800-1830 mtwhfa Lebanon, Voice of 6550eu
1700-1800 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 6280eu 1800-1900 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 6280eu 9960me
1700-1800 mtwhf New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9875pa 1800-1900 s Morocco, RNM Marocaine 17815af
1700-1750 North Korea, R Pyongyang 9325eu 9640aí 9975af 13785me 1800-1825 Netherlands, Radio 6020af 7120af 11655aí
1700-1750 Pakistan, Radio 9400eu 11570eu 1800-1900 mtwhf New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9875pa
1700-1::r0 vl Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9955as 9965as 9985as 1800-1830 s Norway, Radio Norway Intl 7485äf 9590äf 13805af 15220äf
1700-1755 Poland, Polish R Warsaw 6095eu 7270eu 7285eu 1800-1900 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7350eu 9480eu 9830va 9880vä
1700-1800 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7440af 9480eu 9830va 9880eu 9955äf 9975af 11675eu
9955aí 9975aí 1800 -1900 Sudan, Radio Omdurman 9026af
1700-1755 S Africa, Channel Africa 3220af 7155af 1800 -1830 Swaziland, Trans World R 9500af
1700-1730 Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC 15425as 1800 -1900 Swaziland, Trans World R 3200äf
1700-1ar0 Swaziland, Trans World R 9500af 1800-1900 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3255af 3955eu 6180eu 6190af
1700-1730 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 9505eu 9885me 9905eu 12075aí 6195eu 9410va 12095eu 15070af
13635af 15400äf 17830af 17840ca
1700 -1800 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3955eu 6190af 6195eu 7150eu 1800-1830 United Kingdom, BBC WS 7150eu 7160va 9510as 11750as
9410va 9710as 9740as 11750as 1800 -1900 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815am 15725am
11760as 11860af 15070af 15400af 1800-1900 USA, KJES Mesquite NM 15385na
15420af 17830af 17840af 1800 -1900 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590am
1700 -1745 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3915as 7135as 9630af 12095va 1800-1900 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 13625au
1700 -1715 United Kingdom, BBC WS 9515va 9590na 1800 -1900 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 9385eu 11550me 13770eu 17510af
1700 -1800 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815am 15725am 1800-1900 USA, Voice of America 6035va 9760v5 9770va 11920af
1700 -1800 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590am 11975af 12040af 13710af 15410äf
1700-1800 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 13625as 15580af
1700 -1800 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 9385aí 11550eu 18930af 1800-1830 USA, Voice of America 11765äf
1700 -1800 USA, Voice of America 6035as 7125as 7215as 9645as 1800-1900 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 11875na 13615na 15745eu
9700va 9760va 11765af 11890af 1800-1900 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
11920af 12040af 13710af 15255va 1800-1900 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9495am 13760eu
15395as 15410af 15445äf 17895at 1800-1900 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490nä 13595na
1700 -1800 mtwhf USA, Voice of America 5990va 6045va 7125as 7150va 1800-1900 USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu
7170as 9550as 9770va 11870vä 1800-1900 mtwhf USA, WRMI/R Miami Intl 9955am
1700-1800 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 11875na 13615na 15665eu 1800-1900 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 15420am
1700-1800 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am 1800-1900 mtwhf USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 9930äf
1700-1800 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 13760am 15105ca 1800-1900 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475am 12160am 13845am 15685am
1700 -1800 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na 1800-1900 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 15695eu 17555eu
1700 -1800 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 1800-1830 Vietnam, Voice of 5940eu 7270eu 7400eu 9840eu
1700 -1800 USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am 12020eu 15010eu
1700 -1800 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 15420am 1800-1900 Zambia, Christian Voice 3330äf
1700 -1800 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475am 12160am 13845am 15685am 1800-1810 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 1 7220do
1700 -1800 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 15695eu 17555eu 1800-1857 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
1700 -1800 Zambia, Christian Voice 3330aí 1800-1900 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 4828do
1700 -1800 a Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do 1803-1810 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5920eu 7165eu 9830eu
1700 -1800 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 4828do 1830-1900 Albania, R Tirana Intl 7270eu 9740eu
1715 -1800 United Kingdom, BBC WS 7160va 1830-1900 Australia, Radio 7240pa
1730 -1755 Austria, R Austria Intl 6155eu 9665me 11780as 13730eu 1830-1900 Netherlands, Radio 6020af 7120äf 9860äf 11655af
1730 -1800 Guam, AWR/KSDA 7540as 13700af 15315aí 17605af
1730 -1800 Netherlands, Radio 6020af 7120af 11655af 1830 -1857 S Africa, Trans World R 9525af
1730 -1756 Romania, R Romania Intl 9550af 9750a1 11830aí 11940af 1830-1900 Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia 6100eu 9720eu
1730 -1800 United Kingdom, BBC WS 6180eu 1830 -1900 Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl 5915eu 6055eu 7345eu
1730 -1800 Vatican State, Vatican R 9660af 11625aí 15570af 1830 -1855 irreg Somalia, Radio Mogadishu 6710aí
1738 -17551 &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7485va 11860va 15220va 1830 -1900 South Korea, R Korea Intl 3955eu
7480eu 9965eu 1830 -1900 Sweden, Radio 6065eu 9655eu 11615me
1745 -1800 mtwhf Armenia, Voice of 4810eu 4990eu
1745 -1800 Bangladesh, Radio 7190as 9568as 1830 -1900 Turkey, Voice of 9445nä 9535na
1745 -1800 India, All India Radio 7410eu 9650eu 9950af 11620af 1830 -1900 United Kingdom, BBC WS 6005äf 9630af 9740va
11935af 13750as . 15075me 1830-1900 USA, Voice of America 12080äf
1745 -1800 mtwhf Swaziland, Trans World R 3200af 1833 -1900 Cote D' Ivoire, RDTV 11920do
1838-1855 1 &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7485eu 9590eu 13805vä 15220va
1840 -1850 Greece, Voice of 11645af 15150af
1845-1900 t Belarus, Radiosta Belarus 7180eu 7210eu 9875eu 11960eu
1845 -1900 irreg s Mali, RDTV Malienne 4783do 4835do 5995do
1850-1900s New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9875pa
FREQUENCIES
1900 -2000 mtwhf Argentina, RAE 15345eu 2000 -2100 Algeria, R Algiers Intl 11715me 15160eu
1900 -2000 Australia, Radio 6060pa 6080pa 6150as 7240pa 2000-2100 Angola, Radio Nacional 3355do 9535do
7260as 9560as 9580pa 9860pa 2000-2100 Australia, Radio 6060pa 6080pa 6150pa 7240pa
11660pa 11695pa 11880pa 12080pa 7260as 9580pa 9860pa 11660pa
1900-1930 Azerbaijan, Voice of 4957eu 11695pa 11855as 11880pa 12080pa
1900-1920 Brazil, Radio Bras 15265eu 2000 -2100 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do
1900-2000 Bulgaria, Radio 11720eu 2000-2100 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do
9700eu
1900-2000 2000-2100 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do
Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do
2000 -2100 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do
2000 -2059 Canada, R Canada Intl 5995va 7235va 11690va 13650eu
13670eu 15150eu 15325eu 17820eu 17870eu
1900-2000 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 2000 -2100 China, China Radio Intl 5220eu 6950eu 9440af 9920eu
1900-2000 China, China Radio Intl 6955aí 9440af 11515me 11715af 15110aí
1900-2000 Costa Rica, Adv World R 13750am 15460am 2000-2100 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 15050am
1900-2000 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 15050am 2000-2027 Czech Rep, Radio Prague 5930va 11600va
1900-1930 Cote D' Ivoire, RDTV 11920do 2000-2100 Ecuador, HCJB 15540eu 21455eu
1900-2000 Ecuador, HCJB 15540eu 21455eu 2000-2100 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15186af
1900-2000 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15186af 2000-2050 Germany, Deutsche Welle 7170eu 9615eu
1900-1930 mt Estonia, Radio 5925eu 2000-2030 Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp 3366do 4915do
1900-1950 Germany, Deutsche Welle 9735af 11740a1 11785aí 13690aí 2000-2010 Greece, Voice of 9420eu
13790af 2000-2100 Guatemala, Adv World R 5980am
1900 -2000 Guatemala, Adv World R 5980am 2000-2100 Indonesia, Voice of 9525as
1900 -1930 Hungary, Radio Budapest 3975eu 6140eu 7130eu 9835eu 2000-2030 Iran, VOIRI 7260af 9022eu
1900-2000 s Iceland, R Alpha & Omega 6110eu 2000-2100 vVfas Italy, IRRS 3980va
1900 -1945 India, All India Radio 2000-2100 vl Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp 4885do 4935do 6150do
7410eu 9650eu 9950me 11620eu
2000-2100 Kuwait, Radio 11990eu
11935aí 13750as 15075as
2000-2100 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 9960eu
1900-1930 Israel, Kol Israel 7465na 9435eu 11605na 15640sa
2000-2030 Mexico, Radio Mexico Intl 9705na
2000-2025 Netherlands, Radio 7120af 7205aí 7895af 9860aí
1900-2000 Japan, NHK/Radio 6035as 7140pa 9535na 9580as 11655af 15315af 17605a1
1900-2000 vl Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp 4885do 4935do 6150do 2000-2006 fa New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9875pa
1900-2000 Kuwait, Radio 11990eu 2000-2100 mtwh New Zealand, R NZ Intl 11735pa
1900-1930 as Latvia, Radio 5935eu 2000-2005 Nigeria, FRCN/Radio 3326do 4990do
1900-2000 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 6280eu 9960me 2000-2050 North Korea, R Pyongyang 6575eu 9345as 9640aí 9975as
1900-2000 m-s/irr Malta, VO Mediterranean 9765eu 12060eu 2000-2030 s Norway, Radio Norway Intl 9590au
1900-1930 Mexico, Radio Mexico Intl 9705na 2000-2100 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do
1900-2000 Netherlands, Radio 6020af 7120aí 9860af 9895af 2000-2025 Poland, Polish R Warsaw 6035eu 6095eu 7285eu
11655af 13700af 15315aí 17605a1 2000-2030 mtwhf Portugal, R Portugal Intl 6130eu 9780eu 9815eu 15515af
1900-1952 mtwhs New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9875pa 2000-2100 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7350eu 9480eu
1900-1958 ta New Zealand, R NZ Intl 9875pa 2000-2015 Sierra Leone, SLBS 3316do
1900-1956 Romania, R Romania Intl 9550eu 9690eu 11810eu 11940eu 2000-2015 Swaziland, Trans World R 3200af
1900-2000 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7350a1 7440af 9480eu 9880eu 2000-2030 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 6165eu 9870af 9885af 9905aí
17875aí 11640af
2000 -2015 Uganda, Radio 3340do
1900 -2000 South Korea, R Korea Intl 5975eu 7275as
2000 -2100 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3255aí 3955eu 5975me 6005af
1900 -2000 Swaziland, Trans World R 3200af
6180eu 6190af 6195eu 7325eu 9410aí 9630aí
1900 -1930 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl 6165eu
11750sa 11835va 11955as 12095eu 15070eu 15400aí
1900 -2000 Thailand, Radio 7210eu 9555eu 11905eu
17830af
1900 -1930 Turkey, Voice of 9445na 9535na 2000-2100 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815am
1900 -2000 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3255af 3955eu 5975me 6005af 2000-2100 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590am
6180eu 6190aí 6195va 9410aí 9630a1 9740aí 2000-2100 s USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA 17775am
15070aí 154000 17830af 2000-2100 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 15405as
1900 -2000 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815af 2000-2100 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 11550eu 13770eu 13840pa
1900-2000 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590am 2000-2100 USA, Voice of America 6035a1 7415a1 9760va 9770va
1900 -2000 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 13625au 11975a1 12080a1 15410a1 15580a1
1900-2000 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 9835eu 11550eu 13770eu 17510af 17725aí 17755aí
1900 -2000 USA, Voice of America 6035af 7415af 9525va 9760va 2000-2100 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 7425na 13615na 13695eu
9770va 11870va 11920aí 11975af 12040at 12080af 2000-2100 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
13710af 15180va 15410aí 15445af 15580a1 2000-2100 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9495am 13760eu
1900-2000 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 11875na 13615na 15745eu 2000-2100 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
1900-2000 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am 2000-2100 USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu
1900-2000 2000-2100 mtwhf USA, WRMI/R Miami Intl 9955am
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9495am 13760eu
1900-2000 2000-2100 as USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 9930aí
USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
1900-2000 USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu
2000-2100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 17555eu 17750eu 17845sa 21525a1
1900-2000 mtwhf USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
2000-2030 Vatican State, Vatican R 7365eu 9645eu 11625eu
1900-2000 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 15420am
2000-2030 Zambia, Christian Voice 3330aí
1900-2000 smtwhf USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 9930aí 2000-2005 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
1900-2000 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475am 12160am 13845am 15685am 2000-2100 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 4828do
1900-2000 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 17555eu 21745eu 2007-2100 fa New Zealand, R NZ Intl 11735pa
1900-1930 Vietnam, Voice of 5940eu 7270eu 7400eu 9840eu 2015-2045 as Swaziland, Trans World R 3200a1
12020eu 15010eu 2025-2045 Italy, RAI Intl 7110x1 11840aí
1900-2000 Zambia, Christian Voice 3330aí 2030-2100 Armenia, Voice of 9965eu 11615eu 11665eu
1900-2000 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 4828do 2030-2100 Egypt, Radio Cairo 15375aí
1930-1955 Austria, R Austria Intl 9655me 13730aí 2030-2100 Finland, YLE/R Finland 9855aí 15440x1
1930-2000 Iran, VOIRI 7260aí 9022eu 2030-2035 mtwhf Latvia, Radio 5935eu
1930-2000 Mongolia, R Ulan Bator 9745as 12085as 2030-2100 mwh Moldova, R Dniester Intl 11750na
1930-2000 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 2030-2100 Netherlands, Radio 9860af 9895af 11655a1
1930-2000 Poland, Polish R Warsaw 6035eu 6095eu 7285eu 2030-2100 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7240eu
1930-2000 Sweden, Radio 6065eu 2030-2100 Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia 7230au
2030-2100 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 9455aí
1935-1955 Italy, RAI Intl 7235eu 9670eu 11905eu
2030-2100 as Sweden, Radio 6065eu 9430eu 9655aí
1938-1955 1 &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7520af 11860aí 13805eu 15220au
2030-2045 Thailand, Radio 7210eu 9555eu 11905eu
1950-2000 Vatican State, Vatican R 4005eu 5880eu 7250eu
2030-2100 Vietnam, Voice of 5940eu 7270eu 7400eu 9840eu
1953-2000 smtwh New Zealand, R NZ Intl 11735pa
12020eu 15010eu
1959-2000 a New Zealand, R NZ Intl 11735pa 2038-2055 1 &3rd Denmark, R Denmark Intl
s 7485eu 9590me
2045 -2100 India, All India Radio 7410eu 9910au 9950eu 11620eu
11715pa 15225pa
2100 UTC 2200 UTC
5:00 PM EDT /2:00 PM PDT SHORTWAVE GUIDE 6:00 PM EDT /3:00 PM PDT
FREQUENCIES
2100-2200 Australia, Radio 6060pa 6080pa 7240pa 7260as 2130 -2145 United Kingdom, BBC WS 11680sa
9580pa 9660pa 11660pa 11855as 2136 -2200 smtwh New Zealand, R NZ Intl 15115pa
11880pa 11955pa 13605pa 13745pa 2138 -2155 1&3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7205na 9495na 9590au
2100-2/30 Australia, Radio 9860pa 11800pa 2145 -2200 a Greece, Voice of 9425au
2100-2125 Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int 5910na 2145 -2200 United Kingdom, BBC WS 5990as 7160as 9580as
2100-2200 Bulgaria, Radio 9700eu 11720eu
2100-2200 vl Cameroon, Radio Garoua 5010do
2100-2200 vl Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do
2200 UTC
2100-2200 Canada, CFRX Toronto 607odo 2200 -2300 Australia, Radio 9475as 9580pa 9610as 9645as
2100-2200 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 9660pa 11660pa 11695pa 11855as
2100-2200 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do 11880pa 11955pa 13745pa 13755pa
2100-2200 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 15365pa 17795pa 17860pa
2100-2200 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do 2200 -2300 Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do
2100-2200 Canada, R Canada Intl 7235eu 11690eu 13650eu 13670eu 2200 -2300 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do
15150eu 15325eu 17820eu 2200 -2300 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do
2100 -2200 China, China Radio Intl 5220eu 6950eu 9920eu 2200-2300 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do
2100 -2130 China, China Radio Intl 3985eu 11715af 15110af 2200 -2300 Canada, CHNX Halifax 6130do
2100 -2200 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 15050am 2200 -2300 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do
2100 -2200 Cuba, Radio Havana 13715eu 2200 -2300 Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
2100 -2200 Ecuador, HCJB 15540eu 21455eu 2200 -2300 Canada, R Canada Intl 5960am 9755va 13650va 13670am
2100 -2200 Egypt, Radio Cairo 15375af 13740va
2100 -2200 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15186af 2200 -2230 Canada, R Canada Intl 5960am 11705as 15305am
2100-2150 Germany, Deutsche Welle 7115as 9670as 9735af 9765as 2200 -2300 China, China Radio Intl 7110eu 9880eu
11755af 15135af 2200 -2300 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7380am 15050am
2100-2130 Hungary, Radio Budapest 3975eu 5935eu 7250eu 9835eu 2200 -2300 Cuba, Radio Havana 6180na
2100 -2200 India, All India Radio 7410eu 9910eu 9950eu 11620au 2200 -2245 Egypt, Radio Cairo 9900eu
11715au 15225au 2200 -2300 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15186af
2100 -2200 vl/fas Italy, IRRS 3980va 2200 -2215 Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp 4915do
2100 -2200 Japan, NHK/Radio 6035as 9535as 9560as 11850pa 2200 -2230 India, All India Radio 7410eu 9910eu 9950eu 11620au
2100 -2110 Japan, NHK/Radio 9570as 11685as 11715au 15225au
2100 -2105 vl Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp 4885do 4935do 6150do 2200-2230 Iran, VOIRI 6175au
2100-2200 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 6280eu 9960me 2200-2225 Italy, RAI Intl 5975as 9710as 11815as
2100 -2125 Netherlands, Radio 9860af 9895af 11655af 2200-2300 Lebanon, Voice of Hope 6280eu 9960me
2100 -2135 smtwh New Zealand, R NZ Intl 11735pa 2200-2300 Malaysia, Radio 7295do
2100 -2200 fa New Zealand, R NZ Intl 11735pa 2200-2225 mtwhf Moldova, R Moldova Intl 7520eu
2100 -2200 Nigeria, FRCN /Radio 3326do 4990do 2200-2300 smtwh New Zealand, R NZ Intl 15115pa
2100-2200 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 2200-2215 Nigeria, FRCN/Radio 3326do 4990do
2100-2156 Romania, R Romania Intl 5990eu 7105eu 7195eu 9690eu 2200-2230 s Norway, Radio Norway Intl 9485au
2100 -2200 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7240eu 7350eu 9480eu 2200-2300 vl Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9985as 11735as 13615as
2100 -2130 Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia 6100eu 6185eu 2200-2208 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do
2100 -2200 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 6055eu 2200-2300 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7240na 11860na
2100 -2130 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 9455af 2200-2215 Sierra Leone, SLBS 3316do
2100 -2200 South Korea, R Korea Intl 6480eu 15575eu 2200-2300 Slovakia, Adv World Radio 9455af
2100 -2157 Spain, R Exterior Espana 6125eu 11775af 2200-2205 Syria, Radio Damascus 12085na 13610eu
2100 -2110 Uganda, Radio 3340do 2200-2300 Taiwan, VO Free China 15600eu 17750eu
2100 -2200 Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl 5905eu 6010eu 6020eu 6080eu 2200-2300 Turkey, Voice of 9560na 9655va
9560eu 9735eu 9875eu 2200-2300 UAE, Radio Abu Dhabi 9605na 9695na 9770na
2100 -2200 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3255af 3915as 3955eu 5975va 2200-2300 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3955eu 5905as 5975va 6175va
6005af 6120as 6180eu 6190af 6195va 9590va 9915va 11750sa
6195va 7325eu 9410va 9740au 11835va 11955as 12095eu 15400af
11750sa 11835va 11955as 12095eu 2200 -2230 United Kingdom, BBC WS 9410eu
15070eu 2200 -2300 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815am
2100-2.30 United Kingdom, BBC WS 9630af 2200 -2300 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590am
2100-2200 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815am 2200 -2300 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 7510eu 13770am 13840as 15405as
2100-2200 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590am 2200 -2300 USA, Voice of America 7215va 9705va 9770va 11760va
2100-2200 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 11550na 13770eu 13840pa 15185va 15290va 15305va 17735va
2100-2200 USA, Voice of America 6035af 7415af 9760na 11870na 17820va
11965va 11975af 13710af 15185va 2200 -2230 mtwhf USA, Voice of America 6035af 7415a1 12080af 1371 Oaf
15410af 15445af 15580af 17725af 2200 -2300 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 7395na 11820eu 13615na
2100-2130 USA, Voice of America 11855af 12080af 2200 -2300 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
2100-2200 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 7425na 13615na 13695eu 2200 -2300 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
2100-2200 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am 2200 -2300 USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
2100-2200 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9495am 13760am 2200 -2300 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 15420am
2100-2200 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na 2200-2300 smtwhf USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 5850eu
2100-2200 USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 2200 -2300 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 7435am 9475am 12160am 13845am
2100-2200 USA, WRMI/R Miami Intl 9955am 2200 -2245 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 17845aí 21525eu
2100-2200 mtwhf USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 9930eu 2200 -2210 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do
2100-2200 s USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 9930af 2203 -2210 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5985eu 7165eu 13830am
2100-2200 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475am 12160am 13845am 15685am 2206 -2300 fa New Zealand, R NZ Intl 15115pa
2100-2200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 17555eu 17845eu 21525af 2210 -2300 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 9675do
2100-2105 Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2 6165do 2230 -2255 Austria, R Austria Intl 5945eu 6155eu 9880eu
2100-2200 vl Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC 4828do 2230 -2257 Czech Rep, Radio Prague 9430na 11600af
2103-2110 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5895eu 7165eu 2230 -2300 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7125na
2105-2200 Syria, Radio Damascus 12085na 13610eu 2230 -2300 United Kingdom, BBC WS 7325va
2115-2200 Egypt, Radio Cairo 9900eu 2238-2255 1 &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 9495na 11840au
2115-2130 United Kingdom, BBC WS 15390am 17715am 2240 -2250 Greece, Voice of 9425au
2130-2200 Australia, Radio 9610as 9645as 13755pa 15365pa 2245 -2300 Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp 3366do 4915do
17795pa 17860pa 2245 -2300 India, All India Radio 7155as 9705as 9950as 11620as
2130-2200 Guam, AWR/KSDA 15310as 11660as
2130-2200 Iran, VOIRI 6175au 2245 -2300 Vatican State, Vatican R 7305as 9600as 11830au
2130-2200 Sweden, Radio 6065eu 9430na 9655af
2300 UTC 7:00 PM
4:00 PM
EDT
PDT
FREQUENCIES
2300 -0000 Australia, Radio 9610as 9660pa 11645as 11660pa 2300 -2330 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3915as
11695as 11855as 13745pa 13755as 2300 -2315 United Kingdom, BBC WS 11835va
15365pa 17795pa 17860pa 2300-0000 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815am
2300-0000 Bulgaria, Radio 7480na 9700na 2300 -0000 USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590am
2300 -0000 Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc 9625do 2300-0000 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17510as
2300 -0000 Canada, CFCX Montreal 6005do 2300-0000 USA, Monitor Radio Intl 7510eu 13625pa 13770am 15405as
2300 -0000 Canada, CFRX Toronto 6070do
2300-0000 Canada, CFVP Calgary 6030do 2300 -0000 USA, Voice of America 7215va 9705va 9770va 11760va
2300 -0000 Canada, CKZN St John's 6160do 15185va 15290va 15305va 17735va
2300-2359 Canada, R Canada Intl 5960am 9755am 11940am 13670am 17820va
15305am 2300-0000 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 7395na 11820eu 13615na
2300 -0000 Costa Rica, Adv World R 5030am 6150am 7375am 9725am 2300-0000 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA 6950am 9400am
13750am 15460am 2300-0000 vl USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745am 9495am
2300 -0000 Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl 7380am 15050am 2300-0000 USA, WJCR Upton KY 7490na 13595na
2300-0000 Egypt, Radio Cairo 9900na 2300-0000 twhfa USA, WRMI /R Miami Intl 9955am
2300-2350 Germany, Deutsche Welle 7235as 9690as 12045as 2300-0000 USA, WRNO New Orleans LA 7355am
2300-0000 Guam, AWR/KSDA 11775as 2300-0000 s USA, WVHA Greenbush ME 5850eu
2300 -0000 Guatemala, Adv World R 11775am 2300-0000 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5065am 7435am 9475am 13845am
2300 -0000 India, All India Radio 9705as 9950as 11620as 13700as
15145as 2300-2315 Vatican State, Vatican R 7305as 9600as 11830na
2300-0000 Japan, NHK/Radio 5965eu 9535eu 9560as 11850pa 2303-2310 Croatia, Croatian Radio 5895eu 7165eu
2300-0000 Malaysia, Radio 7295do 2310-2315 Kyrgyzstan, Kygyz Radio 4010eu 4050eu
2300-2325 Moldova, R Moldova Intl 7520na 2325-2336 mtwhfa Lebanon, Voice of 6550eu
2300-0000 New Zealand, R NZ Intl 15115pa 2330-0000 Australia, Radio 9645as 9850as 13605as 15240pa
2300-2315 Nigeria, FRCN /Radio 3326do 4990do
2300-2350 North Korea, R Pyongyang 11700na 13650na 2330 -0000 Belarus, Radiosta Belarus 7250eu 12010eu 15180eu
2300-0000 vl Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope 9985as 11735as 13615as 2330 -2355 Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int 9925na 11690sa
2300-0000 vl Papua New Guinea, NBC 9675do 2330 -2359 Netherlands, Radio 6020na 6165na 9845na
2300-2356 Romania, R Romania Intl 7105na 9570na 9625na 11940na 2330 -0000 Vietnam, Voice of 5940as 7270as 7400as 9840as
2300-0000 Russia,Voice of Russia WS 7125na 7240na
2300-0000 UAE, Radio Abu Dhabi 9605na 9695na 9770na 12020as 15010as
2300-0000 United Kingdom, BBC WS 3955eu 5975va 6175va 6195va 2335 -2345 Greece, Voice of 9395sa 9425sa 11595sa
7295as 9580as 9590na 9915va 2338-2355 1 &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl 7275va 7490va 9485va
11750sa 11945as 11955as 2355 -0000 Japan, NHK/Radio 9570as 11685au
SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
2330 Guam, AWR/KSDA: The Bible in Living Sound. See M
2330.
Hello, Writers...
2300 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Wavescan. A program for DXers and 2345 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy. See M 2345.
shortwave listeners produced at AWR's British studio.
2310 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. Thursdays Do you have a topic you've
2320 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. John Westland conducts in -depth
interviews and presents information about world, regional and
2300
2300
Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
Guam, AWR/KSDA: Sounds of Inspiration. See M 2300.
always "thought about"
Australian issues. 2310 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. writing up for Monitoring
2320 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Pacific Island Journal. News and stories about 2315 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Discovering the Bible. See M 2315.
the Pacific Islands. 2315 UK, BBC London (af /am/eu): Soundbyte (3rd,10th,17th).
Times? Now is the time!
2330 Guam, AWR/KSDA: AWR Magazine. News and interviews on Asian
topics. 2320
See M 0615.
Given our full -spectrum
2345 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Digging Up the Past. A look at archeological 2330 Guam, AWR/KSDA: The Bible in Living Sound. See M coverage, plus the interest in
discoveries and research. 2330.
2345 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy. See M 2345. new technology on the one
Mondays hand and nostalgia for the
2300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. Fridays
2300 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Sounds of Inspiration. An adult Christian 2300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. past on the other, there is no
music program. 2300 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Sounds of Inspiration. See M 2300.
2310 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. 2310 Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310. limit to appropriate subject
2315 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Discovering the Bible. Recitation of scripture
in story form.
2315
2330
Guam, AWR/KSDA: Discovering the Bible. See M 2315.
Australia, Radio: At Your Request. See S 0330.
matter to write about. Bone
2320
2330
Guam, AWR/KSDA: The Bible in Living Sound. A dramatic look at
2330 Guam, AWR/KSDA: The Bible in Living Sound. See M up on your research, warm
2330.
the bible. 2345 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy. See M 2345. up your pen, and you, too,
2345 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy. Write for an adult bible 2354 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Millenium. Part
study program. (18th), Part II (25th). See A 2354.
I
can earn a little spending

2345 UK, BBC London (as pac): Soundbyte (7th,14th). See M 0615. 2354 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Peter the Great. Part il
(4th), Part Ill (11th). See W 1154.
money!
Tuesdays
2300 Australia. Radio: World News. See S 0000. Saturdays
2300 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Sounds of Inspiration. See M 2300. 2300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000.
Pitch your idea to the editor
2310
2315
Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
Guam, AWR/KSDA: Discovering the Bible. See M 2315.
2300
2310
Guam, AWR/KSDA: Wavescan. See S 2300.
Australia, Radio: Australia All Over. Join listeners across
at mteditor @grove.net or call
2320 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320. the island continent as Ian McNamara throws the 704-837 -9200 and ask for
2330 Guam, AWR/KSDA: The Bible in Living Sound. See M 2330. spotlight on lite in Australia.
2345 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy. See M 2345. 2310 Australia, Radio: That's History. Interpretations of past Rachel. Writer's Guidelines
Wednesdays 2315
events by Bill Bunbury/Steven Rapley.
Guam, AWR/KSDA: Pacific Island Journal. See S 2320.
are available on the MT
2300 Australia, Radio: World News. See S 0000. 2330 Guam, AWR/KSDA: AWR Magazine. See S 2330. homepage at www.grove.net,
2300 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Sounds of Inspiration. See M 2300. 2345 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Digging Up the Past. See S 2345.
2310 Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120. or for an SASE.
2315 Guam, AWR/KSDA: Discovering the Bible. See M 2315.
PROPAGATION CONDITIONS, UNITED STATES
What happened to the propagation pages?

you ask. Because of some necessary changes
OPTIMUM WORKING FREQUENCIES
in the format of Monitoring Times, the two- U.S. Midwest
page spread of propagation has been 25
revamped. What has been calculated are six MHz
circuits that cover most areas of the world.
The North American terminal of the circuits
has been located in the middle of the USA.
Normally, you will not find any major 20
discrepancies between the forecasted
frequencies for this location and those for
your own location.
Both the table and graph depict the
"Optimum Working Frequency" (OWF),
which is the frequency where you are more 15
likely to obtain the best reception -more than
90% reliability. This corresponds to the
heavier middle line plotted on the previous
graphs.
Sharp-eyed readers are likely to ask why 10
the OWF drops to zero occasionally on the
chart, whereas the previous graphs never did
show such a low value. If you refer to past
graphs you will see that at certain times, all
the curves did meet -MUF (maximum usable
5
frequency), OWF, and LUF (lowest usable
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 UTC
frequency). In such cases the LUF was the
controlling frequency: any transmissions
below this frequency were very unlikely to be
heard. However, since neither the MUF nor The increase in the MUF or OWF is becomes the preferred one, we could afford
the OWF fell above that frequency, it meant definitely not proportional to the increase in the space to calculate the six circuits, or
the chance of propagation at that time from SSN. For example: if, for a circuit to South targets, for both the East and the West Coasts.
that location was nearly zero. The tabular America in the month of August 1996, you We also need to get a consensus about
format reflects this by occasionally dropping calculate the MUF using an SSN of 20, you what is better suited to your needs: the MUF,
to zero, and the revised graphical presentation get a value of 12.9 MHz. Even if we double for a reliability of 50 %, or the OWF, where
is based on the same numbers. the SSN to 40, the MUF only rises to 13.8 your reliability on the circuit is 90% or better.
Remember, however: you should never MHz. The correlation is not a straight line! Send us a quick vote on a postcard, and, if
treat predictions as gospel. It's always worth The best practice is to use the forecasted you have the time, let us know how you use
a quick scan across the bands to check tabulated or graphed frequencies as a guide, propagation forecasts in your listening or
current conditions and catch those rare and and look around on each side plus or minus operating.
unpredictable band openings. about 20 %. In fact, the OWF that you will Once we have settled into a new format
find in this page is approximately 85% of the for the propagation page, I will discuss
MUF. various propagation -related topics each
IS THE SUNSPOT NUMBER CRITICAL?
month, such as the A and K indices and the
At times I have been asked what relation- latest flux value (obtained from the WWV
YOUR ASSIGNMENT
ship there is between the MUF on a circuit broadcast at 18 minutes past the hour and
calculated using a forecasted value of sunspot We need to know from you, the reader,
which format you prefer: (1) the tabular from WWVH at 45 minutes past the hour).
numbers (SSN) as opposed to using the real - We will discuss how to use these, as well as
time SSN value for the calculations (assum- format or (2) the composite graph. Both are
how polar paths affect your reception, and
ing they are different). illustrated on this page. If the tabular format
other related topics.
Till next month, good DX.
Optimum Working Frequencies, MHz

UT:»> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Midwe. f U.S. To:
SOUTH 'AMERICA 17.30 11.95 9.15 8.65 8.65 9.05 9.20 935 730 6.10 6.45 8.90 9.70 14.25 18.30 18.50 18.80 19.25 19.70 20.60 2130 21.85 21.80 20.65 17.30
EUROPE 9.00 8.55 8.65 8.55 8.65 8.60 8.35 820 8.55 8.50 0.00 0.00 10.50 12.00 14.70 15.90 15.80 17.60 18.00 17.40 1520 12.85 9.60 8.40 9.00
NORA AFRICA 9.50 9.55 9.90 9.55 8.95 8.75 8.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.20 16.45 17.65 17.70 17.85 16.55 11.0.00 0.00 0.00 9.90 9.65 9.50
SOUTIP AFRICA 16.50 12.70 10.40 9.80 9.30 9.00 9.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.80 18.30 19.20 19.20 19.50 20.30 20.70 21.30 22.20 21.10 19.80 16.50
FAR EAST /ASIA 17.90 16.30 13.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 ' 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.20 8.00 8.80 11.00 12.10 11.70 11.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.60 17.90
AUSTRAIIA/PACIFIC 19.90 19.80 15.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.60 9.80 10.10 10.20 10.40 10.20 10.20 12.30 12.80 11.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 16.80 19.20 19.70 20.20 19.90
BEGINNER'S CORNER
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO MONITORING SKIP AREY, WB2GHA
tjarey@mosquito.com
Uncle Skip Rethinks His Antennas

Eround this time every year I have ways requires a certain amount of climb-
been known to give the MT readers a ing and clamoring over precarious sur-
report on the radio -related aspects of faces. Take some time to think about
my summer vacation. Well, this year was a Guyed Mast safety first. Use sturdy, properly con-
little different. No whirlwind trip to Disney on Roof structed ladders that are long enough to
World. No adventures in the outer reaches reach your antenna connections without
of Alaska. You see, this year my long - forcing you to balance on the upper three
suffering spouse announced, "We are go- steps. Do not use or move metal ladders in
ing to remodel the house!" By this she the area ofpower lines, phone lines, CATV
meant we were going to spend our expend- lines, or any other wires or cables running
able cash on repairing the stucco exterior of into your house.
our Spanish style home. Your antennas should absolutely
Okay, so what does this have to do with never be strung in such a way that they
radio? Quite a bit, actually. First my out- might come in contact with your electri-
side antennas had to come down so the cal service or other services in any way.
workers could put up their scaffolding with- Also, take care when swinging your lad-
out hanging themselves on any of my strands der around. Don't try to move a ladder
of copperweld. No problem, I thought; I that is already extended. Chances are that
still have a few wires strung in the attic and the extended ladder' s point of balance
most of my gear is also rigged for portable will be out of your reach. This has made
antennas such as whips and rubber duckies. had to figure out how I was going to play radio
for some great slapstick comedies, but has
I'd just operate "undercover" for a while. in a house wrapped in steel.
probably maimed or even killed a few folks
Now the adventure begins. I came home The truth of the matter is that many of you
along the way. Take the time to reduce the
from work one evening to see the work crew in the radio hobby face just this same di-
ladder to its minimum size before moving it.
busily preparing the entire surface of my lemma. It doesn't have to come from a spouse's
This is yet another way to assure that the
house to accept its new coat of stucco. This desire to update the exterior. Many modern
ladder will not hit a power line, crash through
process involves covering every old stucco buildings make extensive use of metals in
a window, or fall on someone's head.
surface of the house with a sturdy wire mesh. their construction. Beams, studs, sidings, and
As I've said many times before, buy or
If you want to conduct an experiment to show even roofing materials can be made of metal
borrow a tool belt. Climbing up a ladder to do
what was happening here, take any portable which gets in the way of radio enjoyment.
work is hard enough without needing to fish
AM/FM broadcast band receiver, turn it on Many insulating materials used in post -en-
through your pockets for a screwdriver or a
and then wrap the radio in aluminum foil. ergy -crisis construction have metalized re-
pair of wire cutters. Plan to carry all the tools
Guess what? You will notice that you can't flective surfaces. In fact, I've been relatively
you are likely to need. This not only avoids
hear anything because the foil forms a shield lucky over the years not to have been faced
extra trips up and down the ladder, it prevents
that prevents the radio signals from getting with this problem head on in my own shack.
you from trying to use the wrong tool for the
Well, this has obviously changed, and now
through. These workers were turning my happy job-a situation that can often damage con-
I'm presented with an opportunity to rethink nectors and brackets
home into one great big Faraday shield! beyond repair.
To prove the effectiveness of this stucco my entire antenna farm in light of the new
You should never go climbing around, or
mesh as shielding, all I had to do was turn on construction. Given the shielding that my new
work up on a ladder without someone nearby
any of my monitoring receivers that were stucco job has provided, I'm going to have to
currently dependent on attached whips. All
signals were significantly attenuated, if they
go with external antennas for all of my equip-
ment. I'll also need to consider getting the
be on the ground -often right below you
they should wear a construction worker's
-
in case of trouble. Since this person is likely to
could be heard at all. The wires I had strung antennas as clear as I can of all this metal. The
hard -hat in case you drop something their
inside my roof were almost as useless, be- approach I want to share with you this month
way. Nothing is more likely to turn a signifi-
cause the shielding on the stucco mesh came is how to work with mast materials to get clear
cant other off to your hobby than getting hit on
up along three sides due to the sloping nature of metal monstrosities such as the building the head with
a fumbled pair of pliers.
of the roof. The proximity of the wire mesh to you're in. If you need to solder any connectors, do it
the attic wires also wreaked havoc with trans- at ground level. You may be trying to save
mitting. As the paratrooper said when his The height can get you down some steps, but you just do not have enough
backup chute also failed, "This just isn't go- Of course, let's start out with a few words control of a soldering iron or torch standing on
ing to be my day, is it ?" about safety, because antenna hanging is one a ladder. Hanging on to a roll of solder, a
But remember that old saw: There are no of those tasks that can present some danger if soldering iron, a connector, a cable, and a
challenges, there are only opportunities. I care is not taken. Antenna work almost al- ladder are tasks that would make an octopus
The professional weak
down to a distance of at least 60 percent of the
station for people who
nervous. Most connector work is usually a
three- handed process to begin with, so get mast height. Since I'm using a 30 foot mast on care about the weather.
your hard- hatted friend on the ground to lend top of a 13 foot roof line, my guys should
you a hand. extend out around 26 feet at the base. A look
at my handy -dandy map showed that this guy
Plotting your moves wire arrangement was possible if I moved the
mast to one side of the roof. This also resolved
I've always felt that great antenna loca- another problem by allowing me a more direct
tions are where you find them. My newly path to the earth for my ground line. onnects
stuccoed house presented an opportunity to If you're intending to do any HF amateur to Packet
practice what I have so often preached. I transmitting you need to go a step further. Radio!
started out by making a map of my property. Break out an old math book and compute the
I noted the location of trees and other high guy wire length using the Pythagorean Theo-
places that could serve as antenna runs. When Davis Instruments has a complete line of weather
rem (It' s easier than measuring the guys after stations affordable enough for home and hobby
you do this for yourself, don't forget to mark you put them up). If you don't have a book use. Connect the station to packet radio using
the location of any power lines or other dan- handy with this theorem, rent The Wizard of shareware program available on Davis' BBS.
gers in red. Measure the various distances and Oz video. In it the Scarecrow recites the Features Include:
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DXING THE BASEMENT BAND Kevin Carey, WB2QMY
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Longwave Intrigue
hile others lament the end of sum- Although PYD operates from a civilian places a strong emphasis on natural radio, and
mer, I'm looking toward the brighter airport, there may still some military usage of also includes a wealth of general interest low
side. Along with nature's beautiful the runways, owing to its former status as a frequency topics. Of particular note is a 10
display of colors and its crisp autumn air, come military base. Any future news concerning article series by Sheldon Remington on The Art
improved listening conditions on the frequen- PYD will be reported in this column. of NDB DXing. His in -depth series is excellent
cies below 500 kHz. This is a great time to reading for any beacon hunter. For a list of
begin exploring the longwaves. The Flip Side other LF- related Internet sites, refer to the June
This column is devoted to keeping you '96 column.
Every once in a while, I get reports of
informed of longwave news and providing you If building an antenna is in your fall plans,
strange IDs from beacons, consisting of too
with the tips you need for peak reception. This you might like to know about a recently discov-
many characters and a very long dash after the
month we have news of two solved mysteries, ered source for antenna wire. A 1/4 mile spool
ID. With these clues, I usually suspect Nega-
DX loggings, and other happenings from across of galvanized 17 GA wire is available from
tive Keying, a rare transmitter defect where
the band. Let's start with the mailbag. Central Tractor stores for around $10. Although
spaces become tones and tones become spaces.
intended for electric fences, its price, solder-
This results in an upside down image of the ID
PYD Found ability, and strength make it an ideal choice for
being heard over the air.
long LF antennas. As with any solid wire, care
Regulars with Below 500 kHz know that Jack Sippel (Kansas) recently heard such a must be used to avoid kinking this line.
West Coast DXers have been puzzled by mys- beacon and contacted me via the Internet with
tery beacon PYD (414 kHz) since 1993. De- his findings. The ID Jack heard was ERUIE
Loggings
spite efforts to locate this beacon through nor- appended with a very long dash. By plotting the
mal channels (databases, navigation aid bulle- Morse sounds on graph paper and filling in the This month's loggings are from Al
tins, charts, etc.) no success was had. None, inverse characters beneath it (see Figure 1), it Hemmalin (Rhode Island). He used a Drake R8
that is, until an MT reader decided to go into could be seen that this was actually GLY, a 25 receiver, Grove TUN -4 tuner, and a random
action. Armed with his low frequency (LF) watt beacon in Clinton, Missouri. wire antenna for these catches. Al notes that,
receiver and a loop antenna, Don Tonilcinson Jack took the technique a step further and with few exceptions, most of his intercepts
(California) set out to find this beacon once and hooked his receiver's audio up to a computer were from Canadian beacons during this par-
for all. sound card. He then ran a spectrograph of the ticular session. Typically, he gets a more bal-
His search led him to the Southern Califor- signal at a 5 ms resolution, which made a clean anced mix of northern and southern stations.
nia International Airport (formerly George Air visual record of the beacon's on/off keying. He
Force Base) in Victorville, California. Although could then clearly read the Morse characters Your loggings, photos, and QSL cards are
the terrain prevented him from actually seeing for GLY on the screen. To my knowledge, this always welcome at Below 500 kHz. Send your
the beacon, his DF bearings indicate that PYD is the first time a computer has been used to favorite picks to me at P.O. Box 98, Brasstown,
is probably co- located with the VOR -DME solve a negative keying mystery. NC 28902. I can also be reached via e-mail at
shelters at the intersection of the the address in the masthead of this column. See
North/South and East/West run- NEGATIVE KEYING (ERUIE) you in Atlanta at the Grove Expo!
ways.
Nice work, Don. With PYD
now found, the mystery remains E I- R-1
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TABLE 1: Selected Beacon Loggings

as to why the beacon is not listed
in any known directory or chart,
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FREQ ID LOCATION
and why no one (including the
212 TS Timmins, ONT
FAA) knows anything about the TRUE IDENTIFIER (GLY) 218 WK Wabush, NFLD
station.
221 HM Hamilton, ONT
A possible explanation was FIGURE 1: Negative keying can be solved by plotting the
235 9H Camp David, QUE
offered by Mike Hardester (NC) sounds you hear onto graph paper and then filling in the 239 FE Forestville, QUE
via the Worldwide Utility News inverse image below it. Be sure to allow three blank blocks 245 YZE Gore Bay, ONT
(WUN) group. Mike faced a simi- at the beginning, then fill in one block for a dot, and three 266 YFH Ft. Hope, ONT
lar situation a few years ago with blocks for a dash. Space the characters as follows: One 272 YQA Muskoka, ONT
CYV (526 kHz). He eventually block between individual Morse elements, three blocks 280 QX Gander, NFLD
pinpointed the beacon to a mili- between entire letters. 300 ABL Ambalema, Columbia
tary base and wrote for a QSL 336 PV Atlantic City, NJ
card from the station. He received his QSL, New Resources 344 CL Cleveland, OH
along with a note from the range officer that 346 YXL Sioux Lookout, ONT
A new World Wide Web site for longwave 353 HOT Higuerote, Venezuela
"CYV was not on FAA charts or supplements
listeners has been established at http: // 390 UCA Ciego De Avila, Cuba
because it is not part of an approved instrument
www.netcom.com/spmcgrvy/index.html. 410 BA Columbus, IN
approach and is inside a restricted area which
Maintained by Stephen P. McGreevy, this site
doesn't permit civilian VFR navigation."
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TV by the Numbers
In mid -July, the FCC and the television
industry took some steps that will change
the technical aspects of TV forever. The
first commercial digital TV station is now on
the air; a second station is under construction;
and a third channel plan has been put up for
consideration.
Digital TV got its start in the late 1980s.
Scientists began discussing the possibilities
of HDTV -a scheme for delivering crisper,
sharper pictures. In fact, such a system had
already begun in Japan, with signals delivered
by satellite. A sharper picture requires trans-
mitting more detail, a greater amount of pic-
ture information.
At first, research concentrated on ways of
fitting this additional information into the
existing TV channel without interfering with
regular TV broadcasts. Other experiments
sought a way of transmitting the additional
information separately from the regular broad-
cast, but in a "compatible" way, one that
would allow older TVs to receive the regular
broadcast indefinitely.
As the 1990s came along, so did the idea of Sue Wilden of Indiana sent these photos of a
typical small-town radio station, WINC -1400
digital TV. While it would he totally incom-
and 92.5 MHz Winchester, Virginia. This is
the station where late country music star
Domestic-band DX Club Listings Patsy Cline got her start. At right is an
excellent shot of WINC's AM antenna. The
It's been awhile since I've printed these white stick about 3/4 of the way up the right
addresses, and there has been a change at side is a two-way radio antenna of some
the WTFDA. These are the three largest kind, probably for WINC's news
North American clubs for AM/FM/TV department. You can't see them in this
DX enthusiasts. I encourage you to check picture, but four wires drop from the top of
this tower back to the ground. This `folded
them out:
unipole" construction is supposed to
improve the bandwidth of the antenna (and
International Radio Club of America the station's frequency response).
Box 1831
Penis, CA 92572 -1831
patible with existing TVs, it also offered some
National Radio Club major advantages. Of course, one of the big-
2840 S.E. Illinois Avenue gest advantages would be a better quality
Topeka, KS 66605 -1427 picture and sound. Not only would more de-
tail be transmitted, but because the signal can't ignore the compatibility issue. Existing
would be digital, there would be virtually no analog TVs will not receive an intelligible
Worldwide TV -FM DX Association
noise or interference. Finally, stations would picture from the new stations. Imagine the
P.O. Box 17333
be broadcasting a data stream rather than a uproar if, suddenly one day, all pre -1996 TVs
Asheville, NC 28816
picture. This data stream could represent a stopped working! There's really only one
high -definition picture-but it could also rep- answer: allow stations to continue regular
In all three cases, send a 32 -cent stamp
resent multiple regular pictures -or several analog broadcasts on their existing channels,
for a sample newsletter. Also, keep an eye
CD- quality audio channels -or even very high while allowing them to phase in digital broad-
on Club Circuit each month in MT; you
speed access to the Internet. casts on new, second channels.
might find a local club devoted to your
As great as digital TV sounds, stations At this point, the government and two -way
interests.
radio companies became very interested. If
every station's digital operation could be ac-
commodated on UHF channels, then when DX TEST BULL
analog TV is phased out, the VHF channels
could be re -used for other radio services. New
These special broadcasts provide a unique opportunity to hear and identify the following stations.
applications for two -way radio could be de- IF you hear these broadcasts, please report to the address provided.
veloped. And, the government could auction
the VHF channels, earning large amounts of Sat Oct 5 - WYTI -1570 (PO Box 430, Rocky Mount, VA 24151), will test at 2500 W
revenue without increasing taxes. nondirectional (5,000 if power increase is granted before the test date) 12 -12:30 am EDT. Morse
code IDs, test tones, voice IDs and bluegrass music. Send reception reports to: Mr. Earl Shelton,
In 1993, the FCC released a proposal for
Operations Manager.
UHF digital TV. Every existing station would
receive a second channel, most of them UHF. Mon Oct 7 - WAPF-980 (PO Box 1649, McComb, MS 39648), will test at 5000 W nondirectional
In a very few cases, an existing UHF station 2 -2:30 am EDT. March music, polkas, test tones, voice IDs, Morse code IDs. Send reports to: Mr.
would receive a VHF channel. They'd be Richard Watts, Chief Engineer.
expected to move their analog operation to Sat Oct 12 - KBNA -920 (2211 E Missouri Ave, Suite S -300, El Paso, TX 79903 -3838), will test 2-
VHF, use their existing UHF channel for 2:30 am EDT. Morse code IDs, test tones, voice IDs. Test time divided between 360 W directional
digital TV, and return the VHF channel to the and 1000 W nondirectional. Phone calls (none collect, please) will be taken during the test at
government when analog TV was phased out. (915) 779 -7550. Send reports to: Mr. David Stewart, Chief Engineer, e-mail
71210.2074@compuserve.com
This plan, however, had its problems.
Broadcasters weren't convinced it would pro- Mon Oct 14 - WAKK -1 140 (see WAPF for address) will test at 1000 W nondirectional 1:30-2:00
vide interference -free service to viewers. Two- am EDT. March music, test tones, voice IDs, Morse code IDs. Send reports to: Mr. Richard Watts,
way interests wanted some of the high UHF Chief Engineer.
channels for compatibility with existing cel-
Sat Oct 19 - KAMA -750 (see KBNA for address) will test at 10,000 W directional daytime pattern
lular telephone equipment. (Cellular phones 2 -2:30 am EDT. Morse code IDs, test tones, voice IDs. Send reports to: Mr. David Stewart, Chief
operate in what were TV channels 70 -83.) So Engineer, 71210.2074 @compuserve.com
in July, the FCC released a second plan.
The new plan calls for the short-term elimi- Sat Oct 26 - WHLY-1580 (2010 S. Michigan, South Bend, IN 46613) will test at 1000 W
nondirectional 6 -7 am EDT. Morse code IDs plus 50's "doo -wop" and 60's music. Send reports to
nation of ten more TV channels. Channels 60- Mr. Mike Shannon, Operations Manager, Mike1580 @aol.com (arranged by Lynn Hollerman and
69 would be auctioned, in most places (but the JD Stephens)
96 existing stations there could stay util
analog TV is phased out, and a few new digital These tests were arranged by J.D. Stephens for the International Radio Club of America Courtesy
stations would operate there as well). In the Program Committee. (Send 32 -cent stamp, or US$1 or 1 IRC if overseas, to P.O. Box 1831,
Perris, CA 92572 -1831 for sample IRCA bulletin.)
longer term, after analog TV is eliminated, the
UHF channels freed up would be used to
move digital operations out of channels 2 -6
NBC has filed another digital TV applica- countdowns, construction noises, and even an
and 52 -58. These additional 12 channels would
tion. Their station would operate from the "all Louie, Louie" format. One station in Syra-
also be auctioned, and all TV stations would
tower of WRC -TV in northwest Washington. cuse, New York offered its listeners "your
operate in channel 7 -51.
This station will use channels 27, 30, 34, and favorite parts from your favorite songs," play-
What does all this mean to you, the TV
51 ing 20 -30 second excerpts from Top -40
viewer? For a few years, not much. The tech-
records. If you hear something like this in your
nical standards are not yet final. In another
Bits and Pieces town, keep checking the station in question.
year or two, you may expect to see digital TVs
Something is about to change.
and VCRs hit the market. Congress has asked In mid -May, a Phoenix, Arizona, FM
If you live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, or
the FCC to begin issuing regular digital li- station adopted a programming format that close enough to DX its TV stations, expect
censes in 1997, and you should expect larger forced listeners to do a double -take. First, in some major changes. WQED- channel 13 has
stations to request these licenses and begin early May, KTWC -FM switched to Christ- negotiated a complicated deal to improve their
digital broadcasts by the end of next year. mas music. Then, the programming changed difficult financial position. First, they plan to
Strange- looking signals will begin appearing to sound effects -cows mooing, wind blow- swap their sister station, WQEX -channel 16,
on unused channels. Eventually, only digital ing, rushing water, etc. to religious group Cornerstone Television in
TVs will be sold, and analog broadcasts will Robert Brock of Phoenix wrote, asking return for Cornerstone's WPCB -channel 40.
be phased out. "Has KTWC gone insane ?" Then, they'll sell channel 40 to a commercial
Would you like to know what a digital TV It certainly sounds that way! But actually, firm, and split the proceeds with Cornerstone.
broadcast will look like on a regular analog this is fairly common in radio. It's called A simpler deal to simply convert channel 16 to
TV? So would I! But if you live near Raleigh, "stunting," and is generally done when a a commercial station was rejected by the FCC:
North Carolina, you have a chance to find out. station is about to change the type of music the channel had been reserved by the Corn -
On the same day the FCC released its new played. The purpose is simply to draw atten- mission for non -commercial service.
channel allocation table, the United State's tion to the station, and hopefully get some The days are getting shorter, and the DX is
first commercial digital TV station signed on free publicity from the local newspapers and getting better. What are you hearing? Write
the air. WRAL -HD operates on channel 32 TV stations. me at Box 98, Brasstown NC 28902 -0098, or
from a tower near Auburn, North Carolina. So Christmas music and sound effects aren't by email at: 72777.3143 @compuserve.com.
far, only test patterns have been transmitted. all that "stunting" stations will use. I've heard
OLITER LIMITS
THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED Geor.e Zeller
George. Zeller @acclink. corn
Colombian Clandestine Radio Patria Libre Returns

Despite negotiated settlements during in AM, upper sideband, or lower sideband.
the last two years between the Co- This is to certify that
All three are used.
lombian government and several rebel eeorge Zelter North American pirate stations listed here
opposition groups, the far leftist National Has Officially Heard use the following addresses: PO Box 452,
-
Liberation Army (ELN) has continued its
guerrilla campaign. Many DXers have won-
lad,0 kadS
Ou July 1, 1996 at 0154 UTC on 6955 KHZ
Wellsville, NY 14895; PO Box 109, Blue
Ridge Summit, PA 17214; PO Box 28413,
dered if this might lead to the return of the
, 4 Providence, RI 02908; PO Box 146,

And is hereby awarded this
ELN's shortwave clandestine voice, Radio tr,o QSL Certificate Stoneham, MA 02180; PO Box 605, Hunts-
Sy -:.ww.av6.min;oe...ppin .it
Patria Libre. -4 ville, Alabama 35804; PO Box 17534, At-
According to Henrik Klemetz of Colom- _4626_ X lanta, GA 30316; PO Box 510, 4010 Basel,
bia in Dateline Bogota, Patria Libre is back. Switzerland; 14 Stone Row, Coleraine,
He heard it announce a schedule of 1300 and
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1700 UTC on 6250 kHz, although the 1700 Boite Postale 130, F -92504 Rueil-
broadcast is unconfirmed. The frequency has Malmaision, Cedex, France; and Postfach
KAOS
varied in the past, so it would be a good idea RADIO 220342, D -42373 Wuppertal, Germany. For
to tune around. As darkness increases at most return postage, enclose three 32¢ stamps in
North American locations in the fall, the 1300 the envelope to USA addresses. $2 US or two
time slot is becoming more realistic as a ®B International Reply Coupons go to foreign
propagation path. maildrops.
Historically, the government sometimes
One:
-
n5 In.
6YCAT- 6950 at 0130. Kit Kat Marley's shows are
jams Patria Libre through cochannel broad- none I 9"
casts of a black clandestine, El Pueblo Re- , .<,.. 4) sksl,

I.A. A. KGK. KAOi.m...nh a N.
about cats in Jamaica. His transmitter is atop a
marijuana tree. Addr: Providence. (Rich and Talea
Jurrens; Katy, TX; Mike Prindle, New Suffolk, NY;
sponde. If you're tuning 48 meters for Patria
The "real" Radio KAOS QSL certificate Barry Williams, Enterprise, AL; John Mello, North
Libre, look for activity from either the rebel Scituate, RI; William Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL; Silvi)
and the "phony" KAOS verie.
station or the government jammer. Although Alan Masyga Project- 6955 at 2345. Alan Parsons
about the United States Postal Service. A Project rock music is mixed with "tributes" to DXer
Responde has been silent for the last couple of
Alan Masyga of Minnesota on this parody station.
years, it could return. large pile of reception reports from listeners Addr: Providence. (Ranier Brandt, Germany [!]; Neil
were delivered in a severely mangled condi- Wolfish, Toronto, Ontario; Howard E. Lyon, Oz;
Jurrens)
Radio Democrat International tion from one of his maildrops. Thus, if you Area 51- 6955 at 0130. This new one combines rock
sent a report to Bill during the summer, and if with sound effects. Addr: Wellsville. (Lyon)
As we pointed out last month, this fasci-
you have not yet received a QSL, Bill sends Bullfrog Radio- 6955 at 2300. QSL's from this rock
nating English language clandestine is now music pirate prominently feature a large frog. Addr:
his apologies. He promises a rapid QSL re- Wellsville. (Silvi; Williams; Jurrens)
scheduled daily at 2100 UTC on 6205 kHz.
sponse to listeners who resubmit their reports, Cat in the Hat- 6955 at 1900. Dr. Doolittle fans will
MT reader Lee Silvi of Mentor, Ohio, notes enjoy their Broadway musical renditions of Dr. Seuss
assuming that the Post Office does not shred
them regularly with their anti -Nigerian gov- stories. Addr: Providence. (Randy Ruger, North
them again. Hollywood, CA; Bill McLintock, Minneapolis, MN;
ernment broadcasts. Check them out.
David Chapchuk, Scranton, PA; Jesse Rose,
KAOS Official QSL Hampdon, VA; Lyon; Jurrens; Prindle; Mello; Silvi;
Greek MW Pirates Hassig; Wolfish)
Well, it's official. Joe Mama of Radio CHST- 6957 at 2230. Dr. Dumbo and Low Blow's
MT reader Zacharias Lianuas of KAOS is sending out plenty of the attractive
Canadian DX humor has earned rave reviews. They
poke fun at other Canadian pirates. Addr: None yet.
Thessaloniki, Greece, sends in a list of more
QSL certificates that we see this month. He (Bill Fleming, Liverpool, NY; Jurrens; Prindle; Rose;
than a dozen pirates that operate irregularly in Silvi; Wolfish)
confirms that the Maxwell Smart QSL sheets, Free Hope Experience- 6955 at 0115. Major Spook
the expanded mediumwave band between
which we also picture here, were distributed has had to spend some time differentiating himself
1620 and 1685 kHz. Powers vary between
by somebody not connected with the station. from a "fake" version that uses a slightly different call
250 and 5,000 watts. Here's a real DX chal- sign. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Williams; Lyon; Silvi)
Joe is philosophical about the hoax, noting Infinity Minus One- "The Gatekeeper" laughs
lenge for medium wave listeners, although that his pirate QSLs had been pirated. hysterically over rock music on this new operation.
Zacharias says that because of unfortunate Addr: None; will QSL The ACE logs. (Wolfish)
Greek postal laws, none of the stations pro- KAMP- 6955 at 0200. The "Krazy Alan Masyga
What We Are Hearing Project" is a parody of the other Alan Parsons/
vide QSLs. The internet at http: // Masyga parody pirate. Got that? Addr: Blue Ridge
compulink .gr/Users/zliangas/central.htm Your pirate logs are welcome via PO Box Summit. (Alan P. Masyga, not connected with station,
has more information on these pirates. 98, Brasstown, NC 28902, or via the e -mail Winona, MN; Wolfish; Jurrens)
KNBS- 6956 at 0015. Phil Muzik is the grandfather of
address at the top of the column. All frequen- the marijuana advocacy stations. He's been sponsored
RFS Mail Trouble cies are in kHz, with times in UTC. We have for eleven years by the California Marijuana
another record 53 stations reported here! Jerry Cooperative. Addr: Wellsville. (Vince Havrilko;
Bill O. Rights of pirate station Radio Free Tampa, FL; Pat Murphy, Chesapeake, VA; Silvi;
Yares of Pensacola, FL, asks if pirates operate Wolfish; Hassig)
Speech checks in direct with a complaint
VILA- 6955 at 0000. This station has announced a Providence. (McLintock; Wolfish) frequent in the old days, we seldom saw stations with
format shift to alternative rock music. Addr: Radio Sparks- 6950 at 2330. Pirates are uncommon regular activity like this. Addr: Still none. (Brandt;
Providence. (Wolfish) in Switzerland, but this Swiss rock music station has Mazanec; McLintock; Williams; Hassig; Lyon; Rose;
Live Wire Radio- 3910 at 0045. This rock music supplemented its IRRS Friday night show on 3955 kHz Jurrens; Carroll; Fleming; Silvi; Mello; Pearce)
station is a Europirate log, not from a North American with North American pirate relays. Addr: Basel. Weekend Music Radio- 6955 at 2300. This Scotland
transmitter. With winter conditions returning, 75 (Zeller) pirate is occasionally heard directly from Europe, but
meters should support great DX from Europe just Radio Three- 6955 at 2315. Like Radio 1, 2, and 9, since they now produce shows specifically for North
before and after local sunset on weekends. Addr: they feature rock, although of more recent vintage. American relay, their audience has expanded. Addr:
Coleraine. (Prindle) Addr: None, QSL's logs in The ACE. (Rose; Hassig; Coleraine. (Carroll; McLintock; Fleming; Rose; Wolfish;
Microdot Radio- 6953 at 0300. This one has returned Silvi) Lyon; Hassig; Silvi)
with rock music and a gruff voiced male announcer. Radio Two- 6950 at 0330. The low budget version of WUS- 6955 at 0330. Jack Bog an loves shortwave
Addr: Wellsville. (Jurrens) Radio One plays ancient rock oldies. Addr: broadcast station interval signals, so he retransmits
Mystery Radio- 6955 at 0030. They air eclectic Providence. (Paul Jablonowski, Greenfield, WI; Dick them on his pirate. The station anticipates sending out
programming with few identifications, so this station Pearce, Brattleboro, VT; Silvi; Pearce; Chapchuk) its 1,000th QSL later this year. Addr: Blue Ridge
name is sometimes accurate. Addr: Stoneham. Radio USA- 6955 at 0145. Mr. Blue Sky entered his Summit. (Silvi; Rose; Lyon; Wolfish)
(Chapchuk; Mello; Jurrens) leaky bathtub in the Olympic kayak race, but you WMPR- 6955 at 2230. "Missing Persons Radio" is
North American Pirate Relay Service- 6955 at 0100. didn't see him on the Gold Medal stand from Atlanta. often missing from the bands for months or years, but
Richard T. Pistek provides a relay transmitter on this Addr: Wellsville. (Monte Carroll, Nashville, TN; their rock music shows have returned. Addr: None,
side of the Atlantic for both European and domestic Mazanec; Fleming; McLintock; Murphy; Williams; rarely QSL's logs in The ACE. (Silvi)
pirate programs. Our reporters heard their relay of Prindle; Rose; Silvi; Lyon; Wolfish; Hassig; Jurrens) WPN, World Parody Network- 6955 at 0130. Lee
German pirate Sunshine Radio. Addr: Wellsville for Radio USA (fake)- 6955 at 2000. They identify says that he heard "parodies" and "music," which is
NAPRS, Cedex for Sunshine. (Tom Mazanec, Maple themselves as "The Real Radio USA," but this impostor their normal fare. Addr: Huntsville. (Pearce; Silvi)
Heights, OH; Brandt; Hassig; Wolfish; Lyon; Jurrens: is easy to spot. Its formula is attacks on pirate DXers WPRS- 6955 at 0000. Announcer Willy B. Quiet at
Silvi; Prindle) such as Andrew Yoder. Addr: None, sometimes "Worldwide Pirate Radio Station" programs various
Orson Wells Radio- 6957 at 0315. As the name verifies logs in The ACE. (Silvi) rock and novelty music on his new station, which was
implies, this station rebroadcasts old Orson Wells Radio Xanax- 6955 at 0215. Sedation is the mood on pretty active during late summer 1996. Addr: None
radio dramas. Addr: None. (Jerry Coatsworth, Merlin, "The Relaxation Station." This new pirate's rock music announced, Wellsville possible. (Rose; Williams;
Ontariio) reinforces the theme. Addr: Stoneham. (Lyon; Silvi; Jurrens; McClintock; Carroll; Wolfish; Lyon; Hassig)
Radio Azteca- 6948 at 2345. Bram Stoker's funny Rose; Wolfish; Fleming) WREC- 6955 at 0015. P. J. Sparx's Radio Free East
DX parodies have music from the old Bullwinkle Radio Zebulon- 6055 at 2030. Sidekick Pirate Coast, a regular pirate band occupant, has a
cartoon between bits. Addr: Wellsville. (Brandon Mordecai usually says little, but he's the butt of jokes traditional rock music and comedy combination. Addr:
Adman, West Chester, PA; Silvi; Wolfish) on this one. They claim to be "more popular than a Wellsville. (Chapchuk; Williams; Silvi; Ruger)
Radio Camouflage- Pat says that their QSL arrived Glenn Hauser anagram contest." Addr: Atlanta. WRRN- 6955 at 2345. The World Republican Radio
from SRS Sweden for a January 1996 relay via KDED. (Pearce; Hassig; Mello; Silvi) Network plugs Bob Dole during this election year,
Addr: It's confusing; try Providence. (Pat Griffith, RBCN- 6955 at 1930. Radio Bob has always proving that all political viewpoints are heard on the
Federal Heights, CO) transmitted comedy with a southern focus. With the pirate bands. Addr: Wellsville. (McLintock; Rose;
Radio CSA- 6955 at 0145. If there is a "classic games in Atlanta this year, he covered the "Coca Cola Hassig; Wolfish; Silvi)
country" music radio format, then this new station is Olympics." Addr: Atlanta. (Charlie, Henderson, KY;
an example. Addr: Wellsville. (Wolfish; Jurrens) Williams; Silvi)
Radio Free Euphoria- 6955 at 1330. WARR is not the The Fox- 6955 at 2200. This one's funniest production
only marijuana legalization advocacy station on the was probably its "Highway to God" religious parody,
pirate bands. Several others, such as this one, go bock
a long way in pirate history. Addr: Wellsville.
so they have been transmitting reruns. Addr: Blue
Ridge Summit. (Mello; Williams; Silvi; Lyon; G RlJ I1 DIG Ys-400
(Wolfish; Jurrens) Chapchuk)
Radio Free Speech- 6955 at 2245. Bill O. Rights Up Against the Wall Radio- 6955 at 1700.Owsley
continues his regular appearances on the pirate still programs late 60's and early 70's rock mixed with
bands, often with genuine comedy by people like Bill comedy. Addr: Providence. (Chapchuk; Mello; Silvi)
Clinton and Oliver North with wording spliced for a Up Your Radio Shortwave- 6955 at 0000. Their slick
humorous effect. This was Ray's first pirate; congrats! liberal political commentary and comedy station is well
Addr: Wellsville. (Ray Carmen, Canton, OH; Cathy produced, and thus is entertaining. As you might
Zyylka, North Tonawanda, NY; Prindle; Sivi; Murphy; expect, their views on the Republican National
Chapchuk; Lyon; Wolfish; Mello) Convention were negative. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit.
Radio Fusion Radio- 6955 at 2115. The fact that their ( McLintock; Jurrens; Chapchuk; Silvi)
signal has recently been heard worldwide, including Voice of Harlem- 6955 at 0000. Mike copied an
in Europe and Asia, has had no impact on their rap address from this rapper of 365 W 125th St., Box
"The compact model most preferred by our pan-
music programming. Addr: Providence. (Mazanec; 2194, Harlem, New York, NY 10026, but it is not yet elists for listening to major worldband stations...
Jurrens; Wolfish) confirmed. (Brandt; Williams; Jurrens; Prindle) audio quality is tops within its size class."
Radio Garbanzo- 6955 at 0145. Fearless Fred and Voice of the Blue and the Gray- 6955 at 2200. They Passport to Worldband Radio
his sidekick Harry are back, which is great news. tested in August, announcing that regular program- Here's everything you want at a price you can afford.
Garbanzó s programming is sometimes crude, but it ming in the fall will be devoted to the Civil War. Addr: The Grundig YB-400 covers LW, MW, FM and all of
always generates side-splitting laughter. Addr: Providence. (Mazanec; Carroll; Hassig; Prindle; Rose; SW. An illuminated LCD reads to 1 kHz on SW.
Wellsville. (Lyon; Silvi; Wolfish; Rose) Silvi; Lyon; Fleming; Wolfish; Jurrens) Enjoy smooth SSB with fine tuning knob. Tune your
Radio KAOS- 6955 at 0215. Joe Mama and Roger Voice of the Rock- 6950 at 0130. For two years in a favorite stations instantly with keypad entry or 40
Wilco feature rock, comedy, and parody on their row, Paul Art has used a portable ten -watt Radio memories. Other features include: dual digital clock-
active station, which has been heard nationwide. Animal "Grenade" AM transmitter to broadcast for timer with snooze and dial lock. Switches for: Wide-
Addr: Wellsville. (Williams; Jurrens; Silvi; Hassig; hours from an island offshore from Boston. Keep your Narrow, Local -DX and Hi -Low Tone. Supplied with
Mello; Ruger) ears open next summer! Addr: Providence. (Brandt; six M cells, carry case, wind -up antenna, manual
Radio Mauser International- 6948 at 2000. This Prindle; Silvi; Zeller) and Grundig Wave Guide. #0040 $199.95 ( +$6 )
veteran has returned with a self -described "rare" Voice of the Runaway Maharishi- 6956 at 0130. The Universal has a limited number of like -new Factory
broadcast of late 60's rock mixed with coded Maharishi demands that you listen to his rock and Reconditioned YB -400s. All accessories and same
messages to agents "trying to liberate the occupied comedy. The penalty for touching that dial and tuning one year limited warranty. #1704 $149.95 ( +$6 )
territory." Addr: Old address invalid; they're working away is unclear. Addr: Wellsville. (Mazanec; Hassig;
Rose; Williams; Silvi; Wolfish; Prindle; Lyon; Fleming;
'For a limited time, we will include a FREE radio
on a new one. (George Zeller, Cleveland, OH)
Radio Mirage- 6955 at 01 15. This Europirate joins Murphy) ,stand with your YB -400 purchase. An $8.95 value!,
the parade of stations producing broadcasts VOW- 6956 at 0000. The programming on this
specifically for relay in North America. Rock music is risqué station is rated XXX. Addr: None. (Rose) Universal Radio
their staple. Addr: Wuppertal. (Wolfish; Jurrens) VXWT, Voice of Bizarro World- 6955 at 1530. 6830 Americana Pkwy.
Radio One- 6955 at 1800. This original remains the Pirates are sometimes bizarre. This new one works at Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
slickest production of the various numbered rock it with commentary on events in the Northern South Orders: 800 431 -3939
oldies stations. Addr: Wellsville. (Silvi) District of Bizarro World. Addr: None. (Zeller). Info: 614 866 -4267
Radio Nine- 6955 at 0400. The progression of WARR- 6955 at 0200. Since its first appearance in FAX: 614 866 -2339
stations named Radio One, Radio Two, and Radio early July, this new pirate has been heard several http://www.universal-radio.com
Three has skipped a few numbers. The latest times on most weekends with its marijuana legaliza- Quality Communications Equipment Since 1942
incarnation plays Beatles music and other rock. Addr: tion advocacy format. When FCC busts were more
ON THE HAM BANDS
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO Ike Kerschner, N3IK
Plotting the MUF

Predicting propagation conditions before go-
ing on the air can be a great time- saver, and CENTRAL AMERICA
something hams have been doing for years. 40 MUF
You can use a chart like Jacques d'Avignon's
35
monthly forecasts, pictured here, but for a
really customized, up -to-the -minute forecast, 30
why not do it yourself with a shareware pro-
gram like the one we talk about this month?
25 r OWF
20 /
15
With the sunspot cycle at its low
IO
point, working DX has been fairly
difficult. It's not much fun to look 5 LUF
around the bands and find little or no activity 0 MUF= Maximum Useable Frequency;
from the further reaches of the world. And o 4 8 20 24
12 16 OWF= Optimum Working Frequency;
getting up early or staying up late to work a UTC LUF= Lowest Useable Frequency
particular area of the Earth can be a truly
frustrating experience if propagation is poor.
The answer to the problem is a handy rado, at 18 minutes past the hour (WWV treating each QSO (radio contact) like a con-
computer program called Bandaid. Bandaid transmits on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 MHz.). test contact. Quite a few of you responded to
is available via shareware, costs about three Solar information is also available via W 1 AW my request for comments, and I was frankly
dollars to try and $25 to register with Jim (ARRL headquarter's station in Newington, disappointed with the results. A slight major-
Dolson, WB8ZBD (Compuserve Connecticut) during regular bulletin broad- ity felt on -air contacts should be treated like
72411,1544). Once you use the program you casts. a contest, to be completed and gotten out of
will agree it is the best money you ever spent. Using the program is extremely simple and the way as soon as possible.
When Bandaid says no propagation is avail- takes only a few minutes to become familiar. Being a dyed -in- the -wool rag chewer, I
able to your target area, you can get some There is no documentation on the disk, but the was of course upset with the results; I do hope
sleep or take the kids to the amusement park program is menu -driven and self-explana- the small cross -section of hamdom that re-
without any regrets. tory. sponded is not an accurate measure of your
This program does several things for you. If you can't find a copy of Bandaid locally, readers' feelings on the subject.
I can provide a copy for you in DOS on 3 -1/2 I, for one, feel it is great to get to know the
First it will tell you the best frequency avail-
able to work a particular part of the world and inch high density disk. Send your name and hams you meet on the air. Yes, we may only
the best time. It gives you the highest possible address and $3.00 to me at: 6347 Chapmans meet a small percentage of our contacts in
frequency (HPF), maximum usable frequency Road, Allentown, PA 18106. The program is person; but I well remember some great vaca-
(MUF), frequency of optimum transmission available for Apple machines, but I do not tion trips that included visits to ham friends
(FOT), and lowest possible frequency (LPF). have the means to reproduce it for that format. never before eyeballed. Some of my greatest
Bandaid can print the information in a Don't forget that Jacques d'Avignon pre- thrills came when an Australian (VK) ama-
tabular or graphic format. Besides giving you pares forecasts as well for Monitoring Times teur that I had chatted with off and on for
extremely useful propagation information, it (see his new format on page 67). You'll note years paid a visit.
has a table of DX prefixes and will give you some differences in terminology among ama- Another great experience was a visit from
beam headings from your home to anywhere teurs, but the meaning is generally self-evi- a British (G) ham who was a merchant sea-
on Earth. dent. The forecasts can provide you with a man (radio op). We never talked on the air,
Of course, you must provide Bandaid with general indication of conditions, to which you but he sent me telegrams reporting my 160
some basic information: your call letters, lo- can plug in the current sunspot/solar flux meter signals from Africa, Near East, and
cation (latitude and longitude), and the daily numbers from your time standard station Europe aboard his ship (British hams could
sunspot number or solar flux (though 65 is the (WWV in mainland US). As you note the not operate 160 maritime mobile at that time).
lowest it seems to accept). The location of correlation between the numbers and your He paid a visit to the port of Philadelphia, and
your shack can be acquired several ways; a logs for the session, you will begin to notice a we had three great days getting to know one
good topographic map will do it, as will a pattern that you can use to predict conditions another, and a tour through his ship (MS
global positioning system (GPS) receiver.
or to adjust forecasts to actual conditions. Kumba), which introduced me to a entirely
Some communities have the information avail- new way of life.
able at city hall, too. Old Friends 1 Never Met Come on, folks, let's chew the rag! That's
The solar index (flux) can be obtained all for October; happy Halloween. 73 de Ike,
A few issues back I commented on present-
from WWV, located at Fort Collins, Colo- N3IK.
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MAKING SENSE OF CIVILIAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS Jean Baker, KIN9DD
Radio Beacons
Welcome aboard! By reader request, tended use. Service volume consists of the cludes all nearly all nondirectional radio
we will be devoting a portion of altitude and distance limits of the facility beacons and most commercial broadcasting
the column to a series of reports on where no interference will be received from stations in the United States.
radio navigation ground equipment (hence- adjoining aids with the same or closely spaced Although many pilots seldom use ADF
forth referred to as navigation aids or frequency assignments. As long as an aircraft' s equipment because of the somewhat simpler
NAVAIDS). footprint intersects the radius of the beacon's operation and interpretation of VHF/UHF
Of all navigational aids, aircraft today rely coverage area, it will generally hear the bea- Omni-Directional equipment(VORs-which
most heavily on radio navigation. Radio navi- con, regardless of altitude. we will address in a future column) there are
gation allows the pilot to fix the aircraft posi- Compass Locators Component of an instrument many advantages to its usage, including:
tion in any kind of weather, conduct it from landing system -under 25 1. A back -up navigation system in the event of
watts and 15 nautical miles omni -directional equipment failure.
one point to another, and assists in approaches 2. A means of monitoring position en -route and
radius (located near airports)
and landings under poor visibility conditions. MH NDB homing -less than 50 providing data for plotting Fixes.
One disadvantage of radio navigation is watts and 25 nautical miles 3. A navigation system for use in areas and
that it relies on equipment -both in the air- (medium high) altitudes where omni -directional "line of sight"
craft and on the ground -that is subject to H NDB homing-50 to less than signals are unreliable.
2,000 watts and 50 nautical 4. Radio communications (receiver only) on the
malfunction and interference. ground where UHF /VHF reception is
mile radius (high)
The first airborne radio was used to inform HH NDB homing -2,000 watts or impossible. Weather broadcasts and
the pilot of weather along his flight path. The more and 75 nautical mile clearances can be received, for example, at
gradual development of directional radio radius (extra high) points outside VHF /UHF "line of sight" range.
Some NDBs are capable of voice transmis- 5. Auxiliary and standby navigation info on
equipment made possible a system of radio instrument approaches. One of the most
routes, or beams, which eventually formed sion; those which are not will have a "W" common uses of ADF equipment is that flight
aerial highways. included in the class designator. On aero service station specialists can help lost pilots to
charts, the frequency will be underlined to find their bearings using a "DF Fix."
Types of Radio Navigation Systems indicate no voice capabilities. All class HH,
H, and MH NDBs transmit a continuous 3- Nostalgia Notes
Aeronautical radio navigation in the United letter identifier in slow Morse code except
States is accomplished using NAVAIDS fa- Thanks to all of you who shared their
during voice transmission.
cilities maintained by the FAA. Some of the "Connie" experiences with me following the
Compass Locator Facilities transmit a con-
more frequently used NAVAIDS include the May issue. I could have filled two more col-
tinuous 2- letter identifier in Morse, even dur-
following: umns with your letters. Now I'd like to hear
ing voice transmissions.
1. NDB: Nondirectional Radio Beacons from some of you who've had experience
2. Directional Radio Beacons (inner, middle, and with the DC -3 aircraft or its military counter-
outer markers) IN Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)
3. VOR: Very High Freq Omni Range (VHF)
part-the C -47. We' 11 run the column in about
4. TACAN: Tactical Air Navigation (UHF) Since NDBs do not furnish directional six months.
5. VORTAC: A combination of VOR and TACAN information to the pilot, but instead transmit a
The NAVAID equipment, both long and circular or nondirectional signal, the pilot Readers Corner
short range, is appropriately spaced along the needs to be able to convert the nondirectional
Barbara H., a flight attendant from Florida
airways to provide aircraft navigation guid- signal to a directional one. This information is
for a major airline, contributed the following.
ance. provided by the aircraft' s automatic (or air-
She says that she spends most of her free time
borne) direction finder equipment. This equip-
monitoring the airbands and taking flying
Non- Directional Radio Beacons ment senses the direction to a low/
lessons. Her goal is to become an airline pilot.
mediumwave ground transmitter and displays
Non -directional radio beacon is a term Thanks for the Miami International Air-
a bearing from the aircraft to the transmitting
used to describe a low or medium frequency port frequencies, Barb.
station. Aircraft ADF equipment consists of a
(L/MW) NAVAID intended for use in air- low /mediumwave re-
borne radio direction finding, instrument ap- ceiver and a 360 -de- Tower Clearance Delivery ATIS
Approach Departure Ground Control
proaches, and where more precise holding gree indicator. 120.320 119.450 118.300 121.800 120.350 117.100
patterns are required. NDBs are installed at or The ADF indicator 120.500 125.500 123.900 127.500 135.350 119.150
near airports to aid pilots in finding the air- 124.850 125.750 126.850
found in a cockpit is Airline UHF Company Frequencies:
port. Most non -directional radio beacons op- sometimes called a ra- Continental 460.650, 460.700, 460.775
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A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS John Fu/ford, WA4VPY
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Looking Back at the Olympics

e twenty -sixth Olympiad has come Olympic Air Tac controlled the airspace who carried a two -way radio was carrying
and gone from the City of Atlanta. In over the games and was operating on 120.300 either a trunked radio or a VHF handheld.
spite of the incident which marred the and 128.525 MHz. During practice exercises No federal activity was monitored in the
festive atmosphere, a good time was had by surveillance helicopters were heard on 123.025 512 -806 MHz range. This does not mean that
all -especially those that were monitoring and 242.4 MHz. there was no activity there. A lot of very short
the airwaves for new federal frequencies. The FBI conducted their operations on the range remote pickup frequencies were in use
The federal government made a stellar following frequencies: there for the wireless microphones. Due to
performance. In some ways they were almost their very low output power, one would have
167.2125 FBI Olympic Command Post to have been in the immediate vicinity to have
stealth -like. You knew they were there, but
167.3375 Simplex
you could not see them. You knew they were 167.3875 Simplex
heard them. There were reports of some uni-
there, because you could hear them through- 167.4875 Simplex dentified two -way traffic around 510 MHz.
167.5375/163.8675 FBI SWAT Team -duplex channels
out the federal spectrum of frequencies on the
167.7625 Simplex
radio. FEMA at the Olympics
Most of the federal activity occurred in the
The Department of State (Office of Secu- The Federal Emergency Management
136-144 MHz range. It would appear that the
rity) had their command post in Atlanta. They Agency (FEMA) also had a noticeable pres-
Department of Defense Special Events unit
did not operate on their usual frequency of ence in Atlanta. They
set up communications for this year' s Olym-
409.625 MHz, as is their normal practice were heard on their
pics just like they did during the 1984 games
throughout the county. They were found on usual VHF chan-
in Los Angeles, California.
417.8500 MHz. This might be a good channel nels. During the
The most consistent frequencies monitored
to put in your scanners for additional State time of the
were:
Department monitoring. Olympics, I re-
Military activities were found on a police ceived a letter
Frequency
138.2250 Olym pic Security: Ocoee River white water channel of 460.425 MHz. They were using from a reader on
rafting venue (repeater output) last name identifiers. the East Coast
138.5000 Morris Brown /Clark- Sheriff Department who wishes to re-
A source at the Olympics who wishes to
(repeater output)
138.8750 Mariott Marquis -Fulton County Sheriff remain anonymous reported that FEMA was main anonymous re-
Department operating a repeater in the 420 MHz amateur garding FEMA and some of their nationwide
139.0000 Scrambled channel band. The frequency was 420.075 MHz, which radio channels. Here is that list:
139.1750 Georgia Dome (exterior)
139.5125 Olympic Village-Red channel, input to
was digitally encrypted.
140.425. As we have seen in the land mobile spec- Disaster Response Portable Repeaters
139.7750 Aquatic Center/Georgia World Congress trum, and more recently in the 406/420 MHz 138.225/141.875 139.950/142.975
Center (Charlie channel) 138.575/141.950 139.950/143.250
139.8500 Aquatic Center
band, trunked radios are becoming more popu- 139.450/142.425 140.025/143.250
140.3125 Olympic Village-Gold channel (repeater lar. The following was the primary trunked 139.775/143.475 140.025/143.000
output) Input was 141.475 system used at the Olympics: 139.825/143.000 141.850/143.800
140.4250 Olympic Village -Red channel (repeater 139.925/143.000 142.375/143.050
output) Input was 139.5125
935.3875 935.4000 935.4125 935.4250
140.9750 Olympic Village-Blue channel, input to
936.3875 936.4000 936.4125 936.4250
141.225. This was for the Blue and Gold
937.3875 937.4000 937.4125 937.4250 Look for low power, simplex operations
rovers.
938.3875 938.4000 938.4125 938.4250 on the following VHF channels:
141.1000 In- transit, route operations (repeater
939.3875 939.4000 939.4125 939.4250
output) Input was 149.575
141.1750 Georgia Dome /Georgia World Congress 140.900 140.925 141.725 142.375 142.400 142.925
Center (perimeter) Additional traffic was also monitored on 142.950 143.625
141.2250 Olympic Village-Blue channel (repeater 938.925 and 939.8875 MHz.
output) Input was 140.975 There is limited FEMA activity in the 162-
141.2750 International Broadcast Center
A commercial trunk on 936.4375,
141.4500 In- transit, escort operations (repeater 937.4375, and 938.500 MHz was carrying 174 MHz range. A repeater pair has been
output) Olympic traffic. Additional simplex traffic observed during disaster relief operations on
141.4750 Olympic Village-Gold channel, input to 165.6625/164.8625 MHz. Also check out
was monitored on 939.450 and 939.900 MHz.
140.3125
A transportation trunk was monitored on 169.875 and 173.7875 MHz for handheld
141.5000 Olympic Village
141.5250 Olympic stadium 938.3875, 938.400, 938.4125, 938.425, and simplex operations.
141.9250 Aquatic Center perimeter security 938.4375 MHz. In the 406-420 MHz range there is also a
142.7000 Georgia Dome (interior) repeater pair that has been reported. In disas-
142.9250 Georgia Dome (perimeter) No activity was monitored in the 30 -88
143.0250 Fulton County Stadium (repeater output) MHz frequency range. This would preclude ter situations watch 418.050/408.400 MHz.
unknown repeater input frequency the use of the military PRC series radios, Look for short range, short term simplex
143.1500 Georgia Dome (interior)
which operate in that region. As was observed operations on 417.600, 417.700, 418.050,
149.5750 Repeater input to 141.100
on the television news, almost everybody 418.075, and 418.575 MHz.
The Feds on INMARSAT Bureau of Prisons rine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Quantico, Vir-
ginia, and the White House Communications
A fertile area for federal monitoring that is I also received some e-mail from a person
Agency Chevy Suburban vehicles (callsign
often overlooked by listeners is the downlink who wishes to remain anonymous due to his Roadrunner) which follow in presidential mo-
signals from the various geostationary association with the Department of Justice. He torcades. The EHF frequencies involved are in
INMARSAT satellites. HF enthusiasts have described the prison system at the Federal the 30 GHz range up to the satellite and 20 GHz
reported numerous occasions in which com- Correctional Complex in Allenwood, Penn- down to ground.
munications from FEMA field personnel men- sylvania. There are four federal prisons there,
tion INMARSAT operations during disaster all the way from a prison camp to a full
Those Crazy Gulf Towers Again!
relief missions. INMARSAT downlinks areas penitentiary. The complex uses a Motorola
follows: trunked system operating in the 406 -420 MHz I received a very interesting reply-again
band. The system has DES capability, but from someone who wishes to remain anony-
Inmarsat normally operates in the clear voice mode. The mous-regarding the towers out in the Gulf of
system also allows for system -wide communi- Mexico (see August Federal File). Through
1530 -1544 MHz Ship and Portable Operations cations. this person's contacts with the Air Force and
1544 -1545 MHz Aircraft Operations The prison camp operates in the 170 MHz the Department of Defense, the following has
3600 -3620 Mhz Shore Stations range on the usual Bureau of Prison channels. come out: It seems they are listed as part of the
This channel plan is: special Over the Water Navigational Range
The current constellation of INMARSAT and Calibration facility.
satellites in geostationary orbit are as follows n
i Frequency llte. Earlier this year, or late last year, Outside
(courtesy of Satellite Times magazine): 170.8750 Operations-simplex
01
magazine ran an article about a group of sailors
02 170.9250 Operations-secondary simplex
03 170.6500 Tactical -simplex who left port in Southwest Florida for a fishing
Inmarsat 3 F1 64.0 East
04 170.8250 Tactical -simplex trip in the Gulf of Mexico. They experienced a
05 170.9000 Tactical -simplex sudden storm and their boat overturned. All
xx 413.6625 Belt alarms
Inmarsat 2 F4 54.0 West but one was lost and he was found several days
Inmarsat 2 F2 15.5 West
later clinging to one of these towers.
The body alarms are simplex transmitters
The Air Force, FAA, Navy, etc., allegedly
If you would like more information on which are activated by a staff member when an
use these towers for navigational purposes.
monitoring INMARSAT satellites see Moni- emergency arrises. They send out an alarm
They are, however, a little bit like Groom
toring Times, February and March 1994 is- along with accompanying audio.
Lake...everyone knows they are there, but you
sues, Microwave Monitoring by John Wilson.
Complete INMARSAT receive systems can
also be purchased from Swagur Enterprises,
i Who is Cactus?
cannot find them on any government map or
sectional chart. Àlmost any sailor who has
I also received a letter from a reader who sailed the Gulf waters knows about them, but
P.O. Box 620035, Middleton, WI 53562 -0035,
was monitoring Air Force 2 when it recently he cannot find out any information about them.
Phone/Fax 608 -592 -7409 or via email at
landed in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. It seems It seems the microwave links seen on the
swagur @execpc.com. You can also visit their
that a reference was made to their Echo/Fox towers run from South Florida through the
web page at: http: //www.execpc.com/ network. The radio operator said he was secur- tower chain and up the west coast of Florida to
-swagur/. ing from the Echo/Fox net and going to CAC- around the Tampa area.
Another opportunity to learn more about TUS. What is CACTUS? It seems there are additional towers like
monitoring federal agencies via INMARSAT
CACTUS is the White House Communica- these which have been sighted in shallow wa-
will be at this month's Grove Communica-
tions Agency /Secret Service code name for ters off the coast of Louisiana and Texas. The
tions Expo in Atlanta, Georgia. Satellite Times
Camp David. Camp David has a communica- microwave links on the Texas towers link back
columnist Donald Dickerson will be conduct-
tions facility located near it that supports se- to the Johnson Space Center.
ing a forum during the Expo on how to get That' s it for the Federal File: 'til next time,
cure satellite communications with traveling
started in this exciting field of communica-
White House parties. This facility (the Camp 73 de John WA4VPY.
tions monitoring.
David downlink) is used by the White House
Besides FEMA, other United States gov-
secure switchboard (ROYAL CROWN) to
ernment agencies and departments known to
establish secure UHF satellite communica-
use INMARSAT satellites for communica-
tions include: American Forces Radio and
tions with the traveling President and Vice -
President.
SCANNERS ANO
Television Service (AFRTS); Bureau of Alco-

hol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF); Bureau of
The above is a reference to the UHF mili-
tary satellite link to the Vice President's party.
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to 500 KHz
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Investigation (FBI); Maritime Administration; In addition to the UHF military satellite

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2000 MHz 2036 MHz
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Universal's SCPC-200 Satellite Audio Receiver

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For satellite TV enthusiasts it's the reference LNB used in logging sta-
one of the more interesting as- tions, frequencies in the memory would
pects of the hobby, and yet, for always be off.
the vast majority of satellite TV own- A fourth problem involves the issue
ers, it is virtually unknown. I'm talk- of companding. In order to cram as
ing about single channel per carrier Universal's SCPC-200 satellite audio receiver: Successful much fidelity as possible into such a
transmissions -known to satellite TV design and engineering triumph for consumers. (All graphics narrow bandwidth, uplinkers use a sys-
courtesy Universal Electronics, Inc.) tem of compressing the signal as it's
tinkerers simply as SCPC.
These signals are not to be confused with Tuning In SCPC Signals being transmitted and expanding the signal as
satellite audio subcarrier transmissions. it's being received. This is called "companding"
Like audio FM subcarriers, SCPC signals and is done typically on a ratio of 1:1, 2:1 or
Subcarriers are "piggy- backed" on the video
aren't easily spotted. Without actually tuning 3:1. Signals compressed at 3:1 sound tinny and
carrier of the channel on which they are found.
around for them, you won't even know they're lack fidelity.
The best example of the latter is Mind Exten-
sion University, a full -time video channel on
there. Unlike FM subcarriers, your satellite And finally, there's the problem of band-
Galaxy 5 channel 21 carrying a variety of receiver won't be able to tune them in. A width. Frequency space on SCPC transpon-
educational programming. Riding along on separate receiver capable of tuning the ders is sold like real estate: the more territory
narrowband frequencies is needed. you take up the more you'll be charged. Trans-
the video carrier is a collection of audio ser-
In the early days of the TVRO hobby there missions made in a narrow bandwidth take up
vices known as "Super Audio." These are
were only two ways to receive SCPC chan- less frequency space than the same signal
stereo broadcasts of music aimed at subscrib-
nels. The first was to find a used commercial transmitted in wide band. The difference, on
ers on Jones Intercable cable TV systems.
By contrast, SCPC transmissions are very
grade SCPC receiver (new ones used to cost in hearing, is obvious. Wideband signals, re-
the $10,000 range) or use a homebrew set -up ceived in the narrowband mode, sound over -
narrow band radio signals, each sent to cer-
using a TV band radio, a scanner, or other modulated and distorted. Narrowband signals,
tain transponders on various satellites as a
single carrier. These signals have very little
receiver capable of tuning the second IF of received in the wideband mode, may not even
guard space between carriers, so it's not un-
your satellite receiver (typically 70 MHz in appear to be there.
usual to have 30 or 40 SCPC signals on one those days). This method, however, had prob-
lems, not the least of which was that you had
transponder. The left and right channels of a SCPC Solutions
no idea where on the band your radio was
stereo service are sent as separate carriers and
tuning. The best you could do was guess. Solutions to all these problems were ad-
require two SCPC receivers for stereo recep-
A second problem was frequency drift. dressed handily in commercial SCPC receiv-
tion.
SCPC signals are not intended for the cable Tuning narrowband SCPC signals has always ers. The problem was that these receivers, even
TV audience; they are generally radio net-
required stable TVRO components. The low on the used market, were priced beyond the
works whose transmissions are intended for noise block down converter (LNB), which range of most hobbyists. Recently, however,
affiliates of those networks. The most typical amplifies the signal picked up at the dish, there has been a rush to the marketplace of
needs to be very stable in order to keep the quality, consumer-grade SCPC receivers which
examples are sports networks, such as WGN
Chicago, which carries Cubs baseball games. receiver on frequency. When using the LNB answer all of the reception issues discussed
In season, football, hockey, basketball, col- to tune broad band video signals, any drift in above. One of these is the SCPC -200 audio
lege and professional sports are carried by the LNB goes completely unnoticed. Only receiver from Universal Electronics, Inc.
when enlisting your LNB in very narrow band Many MT readers will recognize Universal
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TO SATELLITE A third problem was all of the problems previously encountered,
UNIVERSAL RECEIVER
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Hooking up the SCPC -200 to your satellite system couldn't to compensate for the dif- rack handles indicate this is a quality piece of
be easier.
ference in your LNB and gear.
TRANSPONDER 3- LETTER
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To start, the SCPC -200's 14 -page installa- W 03 74.90 ;R-14 M 01,
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tion and operation manual is so thorough that
receiver. In my "frequency -drift acid test," I
you'll need little advance knowledge to get set it up on Minnesota Public Radio which is
started. There are diagrams explaining how WIDE OR FREQUENCY MEMORY on 24 hours a day. The next morning the
NARROW 50 TO 90 MHz CHANNEL
SCPC signals work; details on how to hook up BANDWIDTH SCPC -200 was sitting squarely on MPR: There
the receiver to your current satellite system:
.41 "NEXT' KEYS MOVE CURSOR was no drift through the entire night. In fact,
tips on tuning, storing frequencies in memory, I left it on MPR all day, returning to it again
and much more. Also includ: d with the manual A close look at the graphics on the LCD and again to check that it was still on fre-
is a nine -page Satellite Radio Guide, adapted panel. quency. It was, in spite of my eight year old,
from Universal's own quarterly publication the adjacent LCD panel. Here the alphanu- 40 degree LNB.
(a subscription form is conveniently supplied meric display indicates wide or narrow band-
on the last page). width; transponder channel being tuned; four- Drawing Conclusions
The SCPC -200's design is practical as digit, second IF frequency readout; a three -
well as appealing. The trim, 12-inch -wide letter broadcast service ID (which you write The SCPC -200 brings the world of com-
case is only 1 -3/4 inch high and 8 inches deep. in when adding to the memory bank); and
mercial SCPC reception to the shelves of the
The well- laid -out front panel keeps the func- memory channel indicator. Next to the LCD home entertainment center, and it does so
tions at a minimum, the information at a are three lights lined up perpendicularly with
with style and at a reasonable price. Now you
maximum, and the eye -appeal high. two red LEDs separated by one green LED. can enjoy drift -free reception of your favorite
The SCPC-200 is packed with useful fea- This simple tuning device indicates when the radio networks with crisp audio and the con-
tures Connections on the back allow the carrier is center-tuned. The on/off/volume venience of easily stored frequency memory.
SCPC -200 to function as a 950 -1450 MHz knob controls the external speaker. The clean design and competent construction
splitter. An "F" connector takes the signal Tuning in broadcast services couldn't be makes this unit a welcome addition to your
from your LNB, and another "F" connector easier. If you like, you can just tune around as satellite equipment. Price of the SCPC -200
sends it back out to your receiver. In addition, you would a shortwave radio and note any (RCV -28) is $399.95 plus $9.00 second day
one RCA connector for line -out allows you to interesting frequencies. But it won't be long air shipping and handling from Grove Enter-
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while another RCA connector can power any Universal includes a recent list of SCPC ser- Brasstown, NC 28902 -0098. Phone: (800)
small speaker you may wish to use. vices with your radio, but these services are 438 -8155, Fax: (704) 837 -2126 or via e-mail
The front controls are simplicity itself. Six included in each issue of Satellite Times maga- at: order @grove.net. You can also check out
round buttons control all of the receiver's zine as well. the Grove web site at http: //www.grove.net
functions, the results of which are shown on As you tune in signals, the SCPC -200 for their online catalog for more information.
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through microwave including police. fire. cellular phone sires. business.
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frequency assignments. and names provided. Ham radio stations not
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Roll Your Own Directional Scanner Beam

Mycolumn in the November 1991 from Anttron, the ProScan Base Model PS -B, certain distant stations at all, while the dual
MT showed how to make a so the apparent demise of the Grove Omni OCFDs a few feet below receive them with
wideband scanner antenna: an off- made a good excuse to swap antennas. full quieting so long as the combination is
center- fed -dipole (OCFD) similar to the Grove Back in front of the scanners, I saw pretty pointed at the distant stations with the active
Enterprises Omni II. Roll your own or buy much the same results as before. Say what? A antenna at the "rear" and the other antenna at
theirs: you get a darn decent antenna at a rock quick look at the Grove Omni revealed a little the "front." Keep in mind that this is relative,
bottom cost. corrosion (whaddya expect after 10- years ?), because the antennas can work at the same
This month, we're going to revisit the but otherwise, it looked pretty good. The time, each to a different scanner, with oppo-
OCFD antenna, with a twist: two of them. But Anttron PS -B couldn't have been faulty, so site results.
first, I need to tell you a little story of mystery, what was the matter? Basic tests of the coax You can turn this to an advantage if you
enlightenment, and discovery. and connectors didn't expose any problems. know what' s going on and how to capitalize
You see, I like off-center-fed -dipoles be- The scanners were okay, because swapping on this effect of interaction between two an-
cause they're cheaper than discones and other the antennas also swapped the results. Defi- tennas.
wideband omni antennas, and they work as nitely an antenna matter. What now?
well or better than any for all intents and The Theory
purposes. To boot, you can stick only so many Smelling a Rat
expensive diScones in a given space. That Forget a longwinded theoretical treatise
same space can accommodate double or triple scanned a few other test reference signals
I here-you can get that in the Radio Amateur's
the number of OCFD' s. If you're like me and and got conflicting results. Some signals came VHF -UHF Manual or the ARRL Antenna
run several scanners, you need several anten- in better on the homebrew OCFD, while oth- Handbook, or any number of other publica-
nas. ers were better on the Anttron PS -B. I rein- tions. But let's talk practical applications and
stalled the Grove Omni on another mast where basics for a moment.
it performed about halfway between the other It's well known that two antennas placed
The Mystery
two antennas. Hmmmm. Smelling a rat, I within a wavelength of each other can "inter-
Not long ago, I added one more antenna to replaced the homebrew OCFD with the Grove act" by distorting the radiation patterns of
my main mast, a home -made OCFD at the Omni, which then pulled in that elusive Santa each. This is an undesirable effect, especially
same level, but on the opposite side of the Barbara NOAA station. Aha: Directivity at where omnidirectional coverage is desired.
mast from a ten -year old Grove Omni. See play! Therefore, the old adage of a minimum sepa-
Figure -1 for a depiction of that arrangement. The mystery was solved and my suspi- ration of one wavelength between two or
At first, I didn't notice anything unusual. cions confirmed when my son rotated the more antennas is well founded. For VHF -
But later, I had two scanners fired up on a mast as I watched the two scanners. Sure UHF antennas, this is about 33 -feet at 30
NOAA weather station in Los Angeles, Cali- enough, the weak signal completely disap- MHz; .3.3 -feet at 300 MHz; and 16 inches at
fornia, about 150 -miles north of my post. (I peared from one scanner and reappeared on 1000 MHz.
use that distant NOAA station for a reference the other as the mast was rotated 180-degrees. The rule of thumb pretty well applies to all
signal because of its extreme distance from, More data was acquired in short order. The objects, not just to so- called antennas. Even
but good reception at my location.) I noticed antenna on the south side of the mast pulled in the presence of a metal mast can distort the
right off that one scanner received the signal northerly stations much better, while the an- radiation or sensitivity pattern of an antenna.
exceptionally well, while the tenna on the north side of the This is pictured in Figures 1 and 2 for the case
other scannerjust marginally FIG -1: MY MAIN -MAST mast was better for southerly of a single OCFD mounted close to the mast.
detected it. Most unusual. A signals. Wow! Neat! I should Figure 2 shows a typical skewed radiation
quick check disclosed that the have suspected directivity right pattern, where in the "forward" direction there
scanner with my homebrew off, caused by interaction (mu- can be as much as 2 dB difference from the
OCFD was the superior and
the Grove Omni, the lesser.
Another quick check of a
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assumption that the main mast
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opposite direction-enough to make the dif-
ference between hearing and not hearing.
Figure -2 shows how signals from the back
T
more distant NOAA station 8 1P would shield the two antennas half of the pattern can be less well received
in Santa Barbara showed good and prevent them from inter- than those on the front half.
signal on the homebrew Men Mea acting with each other. Not so. An exception to this rule of thumb is when
OCFD while the Grove antennas are mounted above and below each
Omni's signal couldn't break Getting Serious other. The separation can be much closer
the squelch. Without think- without ill effects, because antennas are less
ing further (dumb!), I assumed
I've been accumulating sensitive off the ends than off their broad-
data ever since and am utterly
the old Grove Omni had seen sides. Figure -1 shows the case of a single
better days. I had been want- amazed. The discone antenna
Single OCFD OCFD mounted below a pair of OCFD' s.
shown in Figure -1 can' t pull in
ing to try a similar antenna
FIG -4: MAKE AN OCFD (OR TWO)
FIG -2: RADIATION PATTERN
FOR ONE OCFD AND MAST
length for the mechanical strength of the
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The Anti -Theory It goes without saying that, for best results
with less guesswork, your scanner needs an S-
You can purposely disregard the "rule of For more info on the excellent Anttron
meter to show differences in signal strength.
thumb" and mount two scanner antennas fairly antennas, contact ANTTRON Antenna Divi-
When you make a change and see signal
close to each other to produce a predictable sion, PO Box 2744, Youngstown, OH 44507-
strength go up or down, this gives a "feel" of
and desirable interaction. One antenna and a 0744; info (216) 788 -9404, orders (800) 837-
whether you're going in the right or wrong
nearby metal mast has a skewed pattern, but a 5516; or fax (216) 788 -7709. See ads from
direction. My column and others here in Moni-
second antenna exaggerates that skew. The Grove Enterprises elsewhere in this issue for
toring Times have featured S -meter projects
result is poorer performance in one direction access to info on their line of antennas.
over the years. Research them, or contact me
and significantly better performance in the
by e-mail for specific suggestions for your
opposite direction. Figure -3 shows how two Conclusion
scanner.
OCFD's mounted similar to that of Figure -1
can differ by as much as 5 dB or more. You don't have to have two scanners to
The Antennas enjoy the advantages of antenna directivity. If
Mounted as shown and operated with two
scanners, this method can be deployed to let Although this article constantly refers to you have just one scanner, that's fine: just
one scanner "favor" a certain direction while the OCFD antenna, all antennas fall under keep the second downlead coax handy for
the other scanner favors the opposite direc- these guidelines. You can install two discone easy swapping when you want to "look" in the
tion. This means that not only can you "point" antennas, spaced about 30 to 60 inches apart other direction. A coaxial antenna switcher
the relative front of the array at a desired for much the same effect. The antennas don't would be a nice flourish if you can make or
distant transmitter, but you can can also "point" even have to be alike. One discone and one find a low -loss unit designed for VHF -UHF.
the relative back of the array at an offending OCFD, or one OCFD and another type of Now, if you are super -gutsy, you can model
transmitter to minimize or even nullify any omni antenna will work the same way. See a directional scanner antenna after an old tried
adverse effects. Figure -4 for details of rolling your own off - and true CB beam of yesteryear, called the
Suppose there is an offensive pager trans- center- fed -dipole. If you want more detail and "Super Scanner." Mount three identical
mitter near your location. You can arrange the theory, ask MT for a reprint of my November OCFD's 120 degrees apart around a mast and
antenna pattern so that its worst side points to 1991 column (send them $2 plus SASE). use a three -position selector switch to one
the offender. This can reduce or eliminate Another consideration when making a scanner or to three separate scanners. The
interference from that site and still let you "beam" antenna from two separate antennas active antenna will be the forward "pointer"
hear all there is to hear in other directions. is making the mast rotatable. You need to be referenced to a line between the two inactive
able to orient the antennas to a particular (reflector) antennas. The antennas' off-set
i The Method azimuth. I don't think a motorized rotator is
warranted, but you should make the mast free
from the mast shouldn't be too critical, but I' d
stick to 18 to 24 inches.
This "beam" or directional effect can be Contact me by e -mail for guidance, if
to turn from a comfortable ground or rooftop
calculated using some simple math. By and needed -and let me know of your results. I'll
position.
large, the method is to space the two antennas publish your name and design for posterity.
within a half wavelength of each other. Figure
1 shows a spacing of 46 inches -ahalf-wave
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COMPUTERS & RADIO
RADIO- RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS John Catalano, PhD
WiNRADiO: A Win -Win Situation?

e have waited long enough! With- relatively fast, and inexpensive hardware test old." I found that using WiNRADiO as a
out introduction let's get right to platform. (Anyway, I hate ripping apart my VHF/UHF scanner required careful setting of
this PC card receiver which covers main Pentium computer for hardware testing both of these parameters in order to optimize
500 kHz to 1.3 GHz... You heard right: 1.3 purposes.) results.
GHz, or 1,300 MHz, minus the parts that the We will use RG -8/U coax to feed a 200 For example, searching the weather band
FCC requires to be removed. This is the foot long -wire for monitoring between 0.5 without missing a station required setting the
ultimate all-in -one receiver: medium wave, and 35 MHz. For higher frequencies we'll signal threshold value around 40. This was
shortwave, VHF, UHF and beyond. How- switch to a discone fed with Belden 9913 also pretty good for searching the 2 -meter
ever, "Frequency coverage alone doth not a coax. By the way, for all of our discussions we ham band. But going to the commercial FM
receiver make." (A quote from William have kept WiNRADiO's sensitivity control band, the signal threshold had to be set to 70
Shakespeare's grandson Bill, I'm sure.) in the DX position, except where otherwise before a useful search rate could be attained.
Let's see how WiNRADiO operates. indicated. Okay. Let's get our ears on. However, once the proper setting is deter-
mined, the results are not bad.
A Quick Re-Cap of Computer Using WiNRADiO as a VHF/UHF This discussion of performance is not meant
Requirements Scanner to be a rigorous specifications test. My im-
In last month's column we had an intro- pressions of WiNRADiO's overall sensitivity
From the main screen (Figure 1), let's scan
duction to WiNRADiO. This month we will in the VHF band is pretty good when com-
the VHF NOAA weather band around 162
just look at my opinion of its operation after pared with Radio Shack, Yaesu, AOR, or
MHz. Although there are various methods of
having spent a few weeks getting to know it. other scanners. The UHF sensitivity appears
searching, we'll start with the simplest direct
As we saw last time, two software drivers to vary a bit across the frequency spectrum.
method of setting the start frequency on the
for WiNRADiO are included with the hard- There is no user -selectable selectivity con-
large frequency display. Then we'll set the
ware. The DOS version takes very little com- trol. However, with the wide frequency range
step frequency in the box on the right and then
puting power and will operate fine in a 16 bit and the relatively low price these factors are to
click on the double arrows, in the box below,
slot on a good of 286 with 640 kilobytes of be expected to some degree. Overall, as a
to start the search. You will have to manually
random access memory (RAM), 12 kilobytes basic, wide range, utility VHF/UHF receiver
change the direction of search when it gets to
it works very well. But as a scanner, the 20
of hard drive space, and at least DOS 3.0, but the end of your desired range.
remember, that's in the DOS mode. No fancy channels per second maximum scan rate needs
If you use the frequency range scan feature improvement.
graphics. No point and click operation. you don't have to be worried about going
Control from DOS is strictly entering com- outside of your scan range. This works well if
mands in text lines -not really the way most On To Shortwave!
the signals are strong and you enable the
listeners want to "cover" the spectrum. How- AutoStore. With the propagation on shortwave what it
ever, for a specific application such as moni- Getting WiNRADiO to stop on real signals is, and remains, regardless of the "flash" pre-
toring a fixed set of frequencies in a profes- is a bit of a balancing act. Using the squelch dictions of a turnaround, SWLing with any
sional application, a simple Basic program control on the right side of the panel is not all receiver is subject to the conditions of the day.
could easily be made to perform simple, cus- there is to it, as one would expect from using The sensitivity seems pretty good across the
tom functions. A list of command line func- a "regular" scanner. Clicking on "Setup" in whole range. In the AM mode, BBC on 9.515
tions are included in the 150 -page, well -writ- the box labeled Scanner (Figure 2), you will MHz gave excellent audio quality. But weaker
ten, instruction manual. see an option labeled "Scanning sensitivity shortwave broadcast stations exhibited some
But let's be honest: For just plain having (squelch)." Here you will find an important, problems with "phantom" interference. When
fun and enjoying the full spectrum, the Win- user -defined parameter called "Signal Thresh- the sensitivity control was set to "local," this
dows version is essential, removed some of the interfer-
and what we will use for Senesavtty ence. So what's up?
FFequency....
this review.
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New Antenna, Please
Our Hardware rr
Sometimes input amplifi-
Let's use a 386DX 33 Mode Scanner
ers of receivers designed to
MHz computer with 4 r
Volume squelch cover a very broad range of
megabytes of RAM, Win- frequencies can cause prob-
dows 3.1, and a VGA lems. Strong stations you are
World Time Local TIme
monitor. 386s are now
selling for around $125 Tuning
*SETTA labn.Nyies
Sgl,h OLL Power
not tuned to can be amplified
and interfere with your target
on the used market. This station. In military and pro-
makes them a very good, FIGURE 1 fessional receivers this inter-
station entries are possible in each file. The
number of files is only limited by your hard
disk space.
As a scanner, its 20 channels per second
scan rate really is not competitive in 1996.
Its signal filtering is WiNRADiO's main
limiting factor in the receiver mode. But if the
user is careful with the level of the input
Canhynr, ti1 .1nulug
signal, the results are acceptable. As a wide
coverage, computer controlled and contained
utility receiver, WiNRADiO is a unique and
useful monitoring product. If you are in the
market for a very wide coverage, computer
controlled, utility receiver, at a below $800
USD price (410 pounds sterling) WiNRADiO
f..._.._
is worth a serious look.
Scanning sensitivity lsguelcrh]l WiNRADiO is made by Rosetta Labs Ltd
Signal Ibgzhold' funent signal shnngth -
of Australia. Their home page on the net is
41 SO
.
http : //www.kiss.com.au/winradio/. It is dis-

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ference is stopped by having a whole bank of R Is It a Win Radio? Distributors who can be reached on (703) 938
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Oct 6 Huntington, IN Huntington Co ARS / Ray Tackett, KC9DZ, PO Box 284, Huntington, IN 46750, Bayonne Emergency Radio Network (BERN): Ray Baron /Bob
219- 786-0057 Frasca, P.O. Box 1203, Bayonne, NJ 07002- 6203,1-800 -286-
Oct 6 Woodbury, NY Long Island Mobile ARC / Mark Nadel, NK2T, 22 Springtime Lane, Levittown, NY 2876. Metro NJ, NY; Fire /disaster, pub safety.
11756,516 -796-2366 Boston Area DXers: Paul Graveline, 9 Stirling St., Andover, MA
Oct 6 Springfield, OH Independent RN Bernie Corbin, N8XKF, 6483 Brush Hollow Dr., New Carlisle, OH 01810 -1408, (508)470 -1971, 50 mile radius Boston; 3 -30 MHz.
45344-9148, 513 -882 -6559, Fax: 513 -882 -6559. Location: Clark Co Fairgrounds, Meets 3rd Fris 7:30pm, The Lexington Club, Rte 4/225 1/4 mi W
1/4 mi N of I -70 (exit 59) and Rte 41, 8am -3pm. Talk -in 145.45( -). $5 adm. of Rte 128.
Oct 6 Warrington, PA Mt. Airy VHF RC / Paul Drexler, WB3JY0, 24 Main Blvd., Ewing, NJ 08618, 609- Canadian Int'l DX Club: Sheldon Harvey, 79 Kipps St.,
538-1687 Greenfield Park., Quebec, Canada J4V 381, (514) 462 -1459, fax
Oct 11 -13 Mesa, AZ SW Div Cony / Robert Myers, W1XT, PO Box 17108, Fountain Hills, AZ 85269, (514) 671 -3775. Canada nationwide /membership open to all;
602-837 -6492 General coverage. The Messenger. $28 Can, $25 US, $US30 or
Oct 11 -13 Bakersfield, CA $Can38 ww. $2 sample. Meets 2nd Tues 7pm Montreal; several
Bakersfield ARA / Ed Harlander, KO6DY, 9204 Gig Harbor Ct., Bakersfield, CA
annual events.
93312,805- 589 -4163
Capitol Hill Monitors: Alan Henney, 6912 Prince Georges Ave,
Oct 11 -13 Houston, TX S Texas Cony, / Darrell Glueck, KK5LG, PO Box 890307, Houston, TX 77289-
Takoma Park, MD 20912 -5414, (301) 270 -2531/5774 fax. DC,
0307, 713-544 -4829. Location: Humble Convention Center. MD, No.VA, So.DE. Scanner bands. Frequency Forum BBS 703-
Oct 12 Tampa, FL Egypt Temple ARA / Joseph Fara, WA4ZYG,10408 Butia PI., Tampa, FL 33618, 207 -9622 (8 -N -1) Capitol Hill Monitor. $10. Meets irregularly.
813 -933-2322 Central Florida Listeners Group: Andy Fountain KD4OKJ,
Oct 12 Augusta, GA ARC of Augusta / Richard Sturgis, KR4XN, 4547 Cox Rd., Evans, GA 30809, 706- (407)898 -6784. Central Florida; All bands. Net on 146.73 MHz
860 -3828 Sun 8 pm. Meets 2nd Sats 12 noon. Conf#10 on Laser BBS
Oct 12 Nampa, ID Nampa Hamfest, Computer Fair /Jay M. Dyer, WA7VEF, 2013 South Powerline (407)647-0031.
Rd., Nampa, ID 83686, 208-467 -3245, Fax: 208 -466 -4526 Central Indiana Shortwave Club: Steve Hammer, 2517 E.
Oct 12 Alpena, MI Thunder Bay ARC / Tom Twite, K8CHS, 322 Maple St., Alpena, MI 49707, 517- DePauw Road, Indianapolis, IN 46227-4404. Central Indiana; SW
354-2469 broadcasting, pirates, and the offbeat. Shortwave Oddities.
Oct 12 Teaneck, NJ Bergen ARA / Bruce Lemken, WG2Y, 47 Furman Dr., Emerson, NJ 07630, 201- Central VA Radio Enthusiasts: Richard Rowland, POB 34832,
967-7041 Richmond, VA 23234 -0832. Metro Richmond and vicinity. VHF/
Oct 12 Bremerton, WA UHF. SASE. No newsletter, no dues. Meets quarterly in
North Kitsap ARC / Robert Tomas, N7KTP, 38119 Vista Key Dr. NE, Hansville, WA
Richmond.
98340,360- 638 -1659
Chicago Area DX Club: Edward G. Stroh, 53 Arrowhead Dr.,
Oct 12-13 Memphis, TN Mid -South ARA / Mary Moore, AC4GF, 5140 Woods Landing Cove, Memphis, TN
Thornton, IL 60476. 300 mile radius of Chicago; DXing all bands.
38125,901- 758 -0661, Fax: 901-332-9245 DX Chicago. $17, $1 sample. Meets irregularly.
Oct 13 Durham, CT CT State Cony / Bill Wawrzeniak, W1 KKF, 5 Shire Dr., Wallingford, CT 06492, 203- Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association (CARMA): Ted &
269 -8252. Location: Fairgrounds in Durham, Route 17. Talk-in 147.36/.96. 9am- Kim Moran, Box 2681, Glenview, IL 60025. Chicago & midwest.
3pm, $5 gen adm. (Steve Ford, WB8IMY, featured speaker) Public safety & general coverage. CARMA BBS (630) 852 -1292.
Oct 13 Oakbrook Terr, IL Chicago ARC / George Sopocko, WA9JEZ, 5631 West Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL Fax: (630) 612 -0609. CARMA Newsletter. Meetings (Sats) and
60634,312 -545 -3622 newsletter bi- monthly on alternate months.
Oct 13 W Friendship, MD Columbia ARA / Richard Frank, W9RZ, 12933 Kentbury Dr., Clarksville, MD 21029, Colorado Shortwave Listeners Club: Rob Harrington NONNI,
410 -531 -2933 P.O. Box 370593, Denver, CO 80237 -0593, 303 -756 -9455.
Oct 13 Mason, MI Lansing Civil Def Rptr. Assn, Central MI ARC / Jeff Oberg, KB8SXK, 4157 Sheffield Colorado residents. Longwave, shortwave. 35 cents plus SASE
Blvd., Lansing, MI 48911, 517 -393 -4713 for info or Internet YABX92A@prodigy.com.
Oct 13 Lincroft, NJ Shore Area Hamfest/NJ State Cony / AI Jackson, NK20, PO Box 635, Eatontown, Communications Research Group: Scott Miller, 122, Greenbriar
NJ 07724,908- 922-8121 Drive, Sun Prairie, WI 53590 -1706. Wisconsin area. Scanning.
Oct 13 Queens, NY
DecalcoMania: Paul Richards, P.O. Box 126, Lincroft, NJ 07738,
Hall of Science ARC / Arnold Schiffman, WB2YXB, 81 -22 250th St., Bellerose, NY
(908)591 -2522. Worldwide AM, FM and collecting radio related
11426, 718-343 -0172. Location: NY Hall of Sci parking lot, Flushing Meadow
items. DecalcoMania. $10 US, $11 Can/Mex, $16 Eur, $17.50
Park, 47-01 111th St., 9am. Talk -in 444.200 rptr, 146.52 simplex. $5 adm. Asia/Pac.
Oct 13 Lima, OH Northwest Ohio ARC / NOARC, PO Box 211, Lima, OH 45802, 419-647 -6321 DX Audio Service (National Radio Club): Ken Chatterton, P.O.
Oct 18 -19 Starke, FL ARC -Bradford Area / Lev Francis, K4SRA, 5751 SE 55th Terrace, Keystone Box 164, Mannsville, NY 13661 -0164, (315) 387-3583; http: //
Heights, FL 32656, 352 -473 -3511 wcoil.com:80/ -gnbc/ Worldwide. North American Broadcasters.
Oct 18 -20 Concord, CA Pacific Div Cony / Mt. Diablo ARC, Richard Schulze, AA6DL, PO Box 272613, DX-Audio Service (90- min.tape). Sample $3.
Concord, CA 94527-2613,510- 932 -6125 Fire Net: Tom Kravitz, Box 1307, Culver City, CA 90232, 310-
Oct 18-20 Atlanta, GA Grove Communications Expo `96 / Larry Van Horn, N5FPW, PO Box 98, 838 -1436, internet mpage @netcom.com. All of California; fire,
Brasstown, NC 28902 -0098, 704 -837 -9200 EMS, tied in with nationwide notification net.
Oct 19 Seneca, PA Fort Venango Mike and Key Club / Mary Housholder, N3QCR, 121 North Front St., Houston Area Scanners & Monitoring Club: Glen Dingley, 909
Franklin, PA 16323, 814-437-2036 Michael, Alvin, TX 77511, (713) 388 -1941. 75 mile radius of
Oct 19 Gray, TN Bristol, Kingsport, Johnson City ARCs / Wendell Messimer, K4ZHK, 175 East Houston, TX; scanning & SW. Paging network. HASMC
Newsletter. Meets Jan & June.
Highland Rd., Johnson City, TN 37601, 423 -928 -4407
Oct 19 -20 Hudson Valley Monitors Association (HVMA): Patrick Libretti,
W Palm Bch, FL Palm Beach Rptr Assn. / Wayne Cunningham, AD4AK, PO Box 461, Lake Worth,
P.O. Box 706, Highland, NY 12528. Mid -Hudson valley and
FL 33460 -0461,407- 697 -4231
surrounding counties; VHF/UHF, public safety. The Hudson Valley
Oct 19 -20 El Paso, TX International Hamfiesta / Clay Emert, K5TRW, 109 Pasodale Rd., El Paso, TX Monitor.
79907,915- 859-5502 International 11 Meter Alliance: Allen Newton, Rt. 1 Box 187 -A,
Oct 20 Salem, IL Centralia Wireless Assn / Alva King, WA9U, 776 Bethel Rd., Sandoval, IL 62882, Whitney, TX 76692, (817) 694 -4047. Public safety, traffic
618- 532-6606 handling, all bands, esp. 11 meters.
Oct 20 Cambridge, MA MIT RS, Harvard Wireless Club / Steve Fineberg, W1GSL, PO Box 397082, MIT Intl Radio Club of America (IRCA): Ralph Sanserino, P.O. Box
Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139, Nick Alternburnd, KA1 MQX, 617-253 -3776 1831, Perris, CA 92572 -1831. Worldwide; BCB/AM DX. DX
Monitor (34 x)$25 US, $27 Can /Mex, $28.50 ww. First -class
stamp or 2 IRCs for sample.
Send anouncements of events or club information to: Editor, Monitoring Times, P.O. Box 98,
Longwave Club of America: Bill Oliver, 45 Wildflower Rd.,
Brasstown, NC 28902 -0098. Fax 704 -837 -2216; e -mail mteditor©grove.net. See MT's homepage on Levittown, PA 19057, (215) 945-0543. Worldwide; Longwave
www.grove.netfor complete listings. only. The Lowdown. $18 US, $19 Can /Mex, $26 ww.
WHAT'S NEW?
PRODUCTS AND BOOKS OF INTEREST TO THE RADIO HOBBYIST by Larry Miller
Guest reviewers: Bob Grove, Rachel Baughn
it's a book with useful informa- PACKET, BAUDOT, ASCII,

Cherokee Handheld tion for any radio hobbyist. The Radio Data Code SITOR, NAVTEX, PACTOR,
Despite the sudden price is quite affordable: just $7.50 FAX, and SSTV. With the addi-
death of CB Maga- plus $2.00 shipping. You can get Manual, 15th Edition tion of an optional "HF package,"
zine, CB radio itself your copy by sending a check or As digital you' 11 be able to read nearly every
seems to be doing money order to Worldradio communica- uas
e decodeable system your receiver
very well, thank Books, P.O. Box 189490, Sacra- tions be- RADIO DATA CODE MANUAL
.,"Ih gib. can pick up.
you. Companies mento, CA 95818. Mention MT come more MT columnist Bob Evans re-
that heretofore ig- when you call. prevalent on ceived one of the first available
nored citizens the short- copies of Code 3 -Gold and has
band are now de- wave bands, reviewed it in Digital Digest. Look
voting space for Pager Handbook for encoded (but for it in this issue on page 102.
it in their ads. not en- You can contact Computer Aided
Long-time CB
the Ham crypted) Technologies for more informa-
manufacturers While all of us are familiar transmissions join the thousands tion and pricing at PO Box 18285,
are even intro- with, and many of us use, pagers, of abbreviated numeric designa- Shreveport, LA 71138, (318) 687-
tors previously heard throughout 2555; http: / /www.scancat.com/
ducing new items.
Occasionally, an entirely new
few of us have considered this
application to amateur radio. the high frequency utility spec-
trum.
- RB
product comes along. Cherokee is Nonetheless, they have many
the registered trademark of the valid uses, and Phil Anderson This newest edition of Radio
Spectrum Wall Chart
Wireless Marketing Corporation,
an Illlinois-based company that's
touting the new AH -27 handheld
WOXI is eminently qualified to
tell us how to do it. In Pager
Handbook for the Radio Ama-
Data Code Manual, 15th Edition,
by Joerg Klingenfuss contains 600
pages of listings for meteorologi- mag.
-,.
elk`tié
as "The World's Most Advanced teur, Anderson recommends the cal data and telemetry, NOTAM ffe i- :ili iw wAe+tt
40 Channel Portable CB Radio." popular POCSAG protocol, list- ship and aircraft designators, stan- MIVEMOLNIMIMPI
: = -
It's also quite possibly the small- ing the Motorola Bravo series as dard and non -standard teleprinter liiiii.MUMININ
est, measuring 5 x 2.25 x 1.5 the best choice. He then describes systems, Morse and non -Morse
inches, excusing antenna. the circuitry, assisted by quality telegraphy, and dozens of other
Aside from 40 channels, the line drawings, and includes data codes. Accurate and comprehen- There's a new edition out of an
AH-27 features instant channel 9 tables and simple crystal formu- sive, packed with useful refer- old favorite. For nearly a decade,
and 10, a five channel memory, las to make the task easier. ence information. Radio Data the colorful wall chart of the elec-
signal bargraph, dual channel Of course, there is a hook: Code Manual is by Klingenfuss tromagnetic spectrum has been a
watch, auto channel scan, and last Anderson's company, Kan - Publications, Hagenloher Str. 14, steady item at Grove Enterprises.
channel recall. It also has what the tronics-an excellent firm-pro- D- 72070, Tuebingen, Germany Printed by the National Telecom-
manufacturer calls "proprietary vides the mating KPC -9612 pag- (70 DM plus 15 DM overseas air munications and Information
battery life enhancement cir- ing encoder. The version 7.0 up- mail). Check with MT advertisers Administration, the entire chart
has now been updated and is in
cuitry" for extended talk time.
I'm not sure of the suggested
grade supports 512, 1200 and
2 4 0 0
for stock.
- BG stock. Measuring 40 "W x 30 "H,
the informative and very colorful
retail price for the Cherokee AH- b a u d
27, but EEB offers it for $129.95. transmis- wall chart shows what services
sion rates. Going for the Gold are allocated which frequencies
You can call EEB (1- 800 -368-
32701 for more information on Kantronics Digital data alphabet soup such from 9 kHz through 300 GHz-
the Cherokee line, or you can call can also as the above can be decoded by the entire radio spectrum.
the manufacturer direct at 800- provide the new Code 3 -Gold VHF and CHT -1 is $9.95 plus $2.50
259 -0959 or visit their web site at the refur- shortwave decoder software. Its shipping from Grove Enterprises,
http://www.wireless- bished US distributor, Computer Aided PO Box 98, Brasstown, NC
marketing.com pagers Technologies, announced that the 28902; ph. Toll -free 800-438-
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and
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renew software "uses the very best
of software detection technology,
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When The Big One Hits is a 56 crystals for ham and CAP fre- miniaturized electronics for the
quencies as well. A good start for hardware interface." The dedi- 500 Watt Mobile
page book designed primarily for
the amateur radio community that the digitally- inclined ham. Pager cated interface is required for the It's one thing to put a scanner
tells you what to do to prepare for Handbook is $14.95 from software to work, but the soft- in the car just
plug it into a $1.50
survival and safety as well as per- Kantronics, 1202 E. 23rd St., ware itself can be installed in cigarette adapter and you're on
form disaster communications Lawrence, KS 66046; ph. 913 - multiple PCs-addressing one your way. It's trickier to put a
criticism of previous versions. transmitter-like a CB or ham
efficiently. Written by Jerry
(KG6LF) and Jay (KN6BP) Boyd,
842-7745; fax 913 -842 -2021.
- BG The standard package decodes
ACARS, POCSAG, DTMF,
rig-in a vehicle. At the least. the
antenna is more critical. But just
imagine running get your copy of Go Mobile at spring mount and cable. It's just
a 500 watt trans- 500 Watts, you can call 800- $34.99 and you can order directly Crystal Radio
mitter out of your GO MOBILE
tTSOawAnS 259 -7331. from Firestik (602- 273 -7151) or Few items
car -be it ham or ,g ,
from your favorite dealer. in radio's
(God forbid!) Firestik's address is 2614 E. past evoke
CB-and you're What? No Ground Adams St., Phoenix, AZ 85034. the universal
in for some spe- Mention the good people atMoni- fascination
cial consider- Plane? toring Times when you call. with simplic-
ations. Firestik Antenna Company ity- voices
SGC, Inc., the has just introduced a new line of
company that runs those sharp ads
for the SG- 235'antenna coupler, has
"No Ground Plane" CB antenna
kits. The "no ground plane de-
Antennas Out of
from
vacuum
than the crys-
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the
produced an 80 -page booklet on the sign," unlike most other trans- Thin Air tal set. How a piece of galena,
subject, called Go Mobile at 500 mitting antennas, does not require From the presses at PW Pub- some wire and a set of head-
Watts. Go Mobile has chapters on a reflective metal ground plane lishing comes More...Out of Thin phones can receive radio signals
the basic layout of a mobile system, (i.e., a metal vehicle body) to Air, an anthology of antenna ar- remains an allure to all of us.
on power supply for a 500 watt mo- work properly. This means that ticles containing construction de- Crystal Radio: History, Fun-
bile system, on antennas and grounds, the antenna can be used almost tails on ham radio antennas from damentals, and Design by P.A.
on noise and vibrations, and on in- anywhere for a variety of appli- 1.8 to 430 MHz -verticals, Kinzie takes us on a nostalgic
stallation tips, particularly for the cations. So far they've been used beams, loops, dipoles, and even tour through the history of crys-
Jeep Cherokee, a Cadillac, a GEO on bicycles, motorcycles, fiber- reviews of antenna- related ac- tal radios, then opens up to an
Tracker, and a GEO Metro. Installa- glass motorhomes, and truck cabs, cessories. Over 100 well- illus- informative text with full instruc-
tion tips apply to any vehicle, and boats, hot air balloons, hiker's trated pages. tions on building an assortment
any manufacturer' s high frequency back packs, and even a shopping From PW Publishing Ltd., ofcrystal receivers of every imag-
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The book is marked $19.95, but There's a whole range of "No proach, Broadstone, Dorset, UK stage to multiple -tuned selective
you can get one free by mentioning Ground Plane" Antennnas; the BH18 8PW.
you saw it in Monitoring Times. To tallest is the 4-foot Firestik with BG - sets. Line drawings illustrate the
concepts. 121 pages.
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ph. 314-725-1172; fax 314 -725- advertisement for FM Micro amount of time for our review ers in the country operating out
Power Broadcasting in Moni- model. In fact, we had to make of a single location."
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tions. The ads say that you can
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secratir this aspect of our hobby, we sue.) release indicating such an ar-
called the company's number While we understand that rangement between it and U.S.
Dunifer is still on the air-and
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experience of early radio, or pass
(604 -642- 2859). We were an-
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with a staff of 100 volunteers
it' s apparent that the transmit-
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at the same time that U.S. Scan-
the experience on to others, send come out of Canada. The firm ter business is not the highest ner News is offering to take on
for a sample copy of the Early which offers the units is called priority for the group. the subscription debt of the
Days ofRadio Society. One of the R. Scott Communications, who, bankrupt RCMA, USSN writers
goals of this start-up publication when we later made contact, claim they have not been paid
is to pass along plans for building promised to send us more infor-
More Business Briefs for their work in nearly a year.
early radio sets and parts; no doubt mation and a review unit. Another One Bites The Dust. This comes on the heels of
radio restoration will also become We continue to receive com- The Oklahoma Comm Center yet another revelation that writ-
part of their publication as they plaints from customers who has been taken over by Tucker ers for at least two CQ Commu-
gain in contributors. Send your claim to have ordered transmit- Electronics. Oklahoma Comm nications publications have also
enquiry plus $2 to EDRS, 35 ter kits from Steve Dunifer's Center will be closed and the been left without pay-one of
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LF Engineering Active Antenna

By Bob Grove
e find considerable interest in active

antennas, but many of them work
very poorly. What is an active an-
tenna? It is a short (from a few inches to a few
feet) metallic element with an amplifier at its
base. Sometimes called an "E field" or "volt-
age probe" antenna, the short element detects
very small signal voltages which are then, in
turn, amplified and fed to the receiver.
While there are disadvantages-cost, power requirement, sig- The unit's AC adaptor was plugged into a convenient wall recep-
nal overload vulnerability, self -generated noise, environmental
deterioration-the advantages-small size and wide bandwidth -
are often overriding factors. With the good and bad points in mind,
tacle to provide power.
Our first (and lowest frequency) quarry was a local non- direc-
tional beacon (NDB) for aircraft, operating on a frequency of 335
we decided to take a look at one of the newest active antennas on kHz; it came thundering in, at least as loud as when monitored by
the market, the H -800 "SkyMatch" from LF Engineering Co. a 136 foot wire antenna.
Measuring just over two feet in length and a mere inch in Next, the medium wave broadcast band. A normally weak, 770
diameter; the 12 ounce, PVC -enclosed and fully- weather -sealed kHz, community station about 20 miles away came booming in-
antenna/amplifier assembly comes with 50 feet of small -diameter I double-checked my tuning to make sure I was on the right
RG -174/U cable fitted with an RCA plug to attach to the host frequency! Impressive: I'd never before heard them that loud here
control box. The package includes a stainless steel hose clamp to at the office. Similarly, two usually -S -9 AMers were 40 over. This
secure the active assembly to a mounting pipe or mast up to 2" in thing works!
diameter. A 24" RCA/RCA cable is also provided to attach the But how about intermod? After all, this is an active device, prone
control box to the receiver. Unless your radio is a Sangean, to generating interference from the mixing of powerful signals.
however, you will need to provide an antenna adaptor. Checking sum and difference frequencies between the two boomers,
The setup is powered by a 120 VAC wall adaptor (provided) or intermod was barely audible. Good news ... but such performance
optional 9 volt batteries (two required); current consumption is a might have been expected with a unit claiming 90 dB dynamic
mere 10 mA, and that includes the indicator LED. There is no need range. Of course there was plenty of interference from some two
for any controls (and none is provided) other than the on/off dozen computers, their related peripherals, and various pieces of
switch. test equipment running simultaneously at the office, but that can't
be blamed on the antenna!
IN Wide frequency coverage
The bottom line
The antenna has an incredibly wide frequency response, from
10 kHz through 50 MHz, down a mere 3 dB at those end points. For VLF and "sferics" enthusiasts who already have receiving
Just for kicks, we tested the unit clear up to 460 MHz and signals equipment for the basement band and are looking for a good
were receivable, although we would not recommend the unit as a antenna, this is the one. Broadcast DXers will also like the signal
substitute for a good outdoor scanner antenna, unless you are in a catching ability of the little powerhouse, and so will shortwave
major metropolitan area and any additional antenna is out of the enthusiasts who wish they had room for a big, outdoor antenna.
question. Scanner devotees will also find considerable satisfaction in the
Since the SkyMatch has signal delivery equivalent to a 100 foot SkyMatch through at least 50 MHz, and probably well into high
dipole, longwave, mediumwave, and shortwave signal strengths VHF. Most (probably all) commercial scanner antennas compro-
are impressive. The internal electronics automatically match the mise reception below about 100 MHz; the SkyMatch will provide
inherently high impedance of the active antenna to the low enormous improvement in the 25 -54 MHz part of the spectrum
impedance of the transmission line for excellent efficiency. As when compared with scanner antennas.
with any antenna, the SkyMatch should be mounted as high and But all good things must come to an end. The higher we go in
distant from electrical power lines and large metal surfaces as frequency-UHF and 800 MHz especially-performance degrades
possible. rapidly. Still, in a pinch, some reception is probably possible in
strong signal areas. Used within the limits of its intended frequency
Results were impressive range, 10 kHz through 50 MHz, the LF Engineering SkyMatch may
have no equal.
For a simple test, we placed the active antenna probe on a short
The H -800 SkyMatch active antenna is $109 including shipping
wood mount about 10' off the ground, just outside the office
from LF Engineering Co. (17 Jeffry Rd., East Haven, CT 06513;
building, and connected it to an inexpensive shortwave receiver.
ph. 203 -248 -8851).
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SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW Lawrence Magne
Editor -in- Chief, Passport to World Band Radio
BayGen Freeplay
he official history of BayGen starts with
a Eureka genesis. "In the middle of a
BBC documentary on AIDS in Africa,
inventor Trevor Baylis jumped up from his
chair and hurried to his research laboratory. If
poor communications in Africa was the big-
gest barrier to better health education, Baylis
reasoned, then he should find a way to im-
prove the information. And what was that
obstacle? Batteries!"
The rest you know, unless you've been off
on a year -long DXpedition tuning in Indone-
sian locals. Baylis had not so much invented a
battery-less radio as he did a publicity strategy
that would turn out to be one of the most
effective in recent times.
Freeplay generates stories, as well as

electricity
The device: a battery powered AM/FM/
SW portable, the Freeplay. Not good enough
for a hot story? Then produced in recently Airport nightmare, but great for of joke. It really works.
democratized South Africa, former home of emergencies Of course, nobody ever thought of the
apartheid. Still not enough? Made with the Freeplay to replace their Drake R8A. What it
blessing of none other than Nelson Mandela As a radio, the Freeplay, about $100 in the
does, instead, is provide certainty of opera-
(throw in a couple of titled Brits for good United States, is surprisingly large. Too large,
tion. For example, if you're out on a fishing
measure). Not enough, again? Then, manu- really, to take comfortably on airplane trips,
which may be just as well. You can imagine trip near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, you won't
factured by a workforce that is largely black. find yourself out of touch because a couple of
All this, and you still want more? Okay, okay. the scene at airport security when the X -ray
machine detects a large radio with a wind -up "AA" batteries petered out. And if you're in
The workforce includes many who California when the next Big Shaker comes,
are...handicapped. mechanism stuffed inside!
Its performance is, well, basic. Shortwave
you can reach for the Freeplay gathering cob-
Not only did this make for the ultimate in webs in your basement and be assured that it
"man bites dog" stories, it was some- coverage is limited to 3 -12 MHz, give or
will bring you news from near and far.
thing-perhaps the only thing -that take, and even AM stops near 1600
Survivalists, too, will almost certainly take
politicians from Newt Gingrich to kHz, well under the 1700 kHz upper
to the Freeplay like moss to a pond stone. One
Jesse Jackson could agree on. Here limit found in North America. The
can almost imagine all the arm- wrestling cham-
was genuine private enterprise Freeplay's performance is remi-
pions in rural Montana eventually being
solving genuine social prob- niscent of a cheap transistor
Freeplay users.
lems, all with the blessing portable from the Sixties,
and support of a caring gov- and its analog frequency
readout is straight out of Wind -up mechanism a potential
ernment.
Alley Oop. There is nary a headache
It's too early to tell
whether all this will produce bell nor a whistle to be On the other hand, beach sand is not likely
a viable model for free en- found. to help all that mechanical hardware do its
terprise as a vehicle for ad- While it's not the all - stuff. Much has been made in media reports of
dressing social issues, or time champ of selectivity the Freeplay's supposed robustness, but the
whether it will fade into or much else, we found it truth is less exalted. With any electro -me-
oblivion as just another story able to pull in tropical -band chanical device, the most likely place for
du jour. But there' s no ques- DX catches under the right failure is in the mechanical section, and the
tion that Trevor Baylis has conditions. So while the Freeplay is no exception. Its wind -up spring
caught the imagination of Freeplay is not in the run- system (see illustration) does not appear to be
much more than radio buffs ning for five -star status in built for a lifetime of regular use, and fixing it
and journalists hungry for a Passport to World Band is not the snap that has sometimes been sug-
juicy story. Radio, it isn't some kind gested. Once the radio's six -month warranty
spring
expires, be prepared for This equipment review is performed inde-

some serious diddling swiuw pendently by Lawrence Magne and his col-
should the spring leagues in accordance with the policies and
mechanism fail and procedures of International Broadcasting
you choose to replace Services, Ltd. It is completely independent
it.
of the policies and procedures of Grove
Enterprises, Inc., its advertisers and affili-
Looking ahead:
ated organizations.
flashk'ights to
cellular phones
Where will this
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Radio Shack PRO-2046 Mobile Scanner

The Radio Shack PRO-2046 is a 100
channel scanner designed for mo-
bile use. It is manufactured in the
Philippines for Radio Shack by Uniden and
descended from the Uniden /Bearcat
BC760XLT and PRO-2026 variant. Although
you might use a PRO -2046 in the house,
Radio Shack markets the PRO -2046 specifi-
cally for mobile use, and a mobile power cord
and mounting bracket are furnished.
While the older BC760XLT was also a
mobile scanner, it was more amenable than
the PRO -2046 to home use. Radio Shack does patent 5163161, assigned to Crum Develop- III Getting Physical
not include an AC power supply with the new ment Corporation of Indianapolis back in 1992.
PRO -2046. Furthermore, there are no rubber The PRO -2046 is housed in a black metal
feet and no tilt bale to prevent the bottom of Three Search Modes
cabinet, similar to, but wider than the
the metal cabinet from scratching furniture or BC760XLT. There's a lot of empty space
The PRO -2046 supports three types of inside the +7 inch deep PRO -2046. Most parts
to elevate the scanner so that one can hear the
searches: preprogrammed service search, di- are mounted to the main printed circuit board,
audio from the bottom -mounted speaker.
rect search, and band search. Up to 20 fre- with another board holding the keypad and
Frequency coverage is:
quencies may be locked out from a conven- display, and smaller boards for the PLL and
29.7 -54.0 MHz (5 kHz steps) tional or a service search. 800 MHz front end.
108 -136.975 MHz (12.5 kHz steps, AM Service search keys are provided for scan- A small, incandescent bulb, recess -mounted
mode) ning preprogrammed frequencies in catego- inside a rubber boot, provides backlighting
137 -174 MHz (5 kHz steps) ries named DOT, Police/Fire/Emergency, for the LCD display, as in the PRO -2040 base
406 -512 MHz (12.5 kHz steps) Highway, and Public Service. While there are scanner. The FM detector, squelch, and final
806 -956 MHz (12.5 kHz steps, minus no Air or Marine search keys, the 11 NOAA IF stage use the familiar MC3361CP chip
cellular phone bands) weather frequencies are searched by pressing (IC2). Baseband audio is available at pin 9,
a "WX" key. The actual preprogrammed fre- where we connected a CSI CD -1 communica-
Memory Features quencies are not listed in the owner' s manual, tions decoder unit to display CTCSS tones.
There are 100 programmable memory but should be. Several 800 MHz repeater
channels, organized in ten banks -a more input channels are preprogrammed, which is
an aggravation in my geographical area, where
Other Features
flexible arrangement than the BC760XLT's Our test unit, serial number 65000174,
five banks of twenty channels. Each channel many of them carry continuous data transmis-
sions. A key for cellular phone searching is worked pretty well. We measured the sensi-
can be locked out from the scan list, and a two tivity, image rejection, modulation acceptance,
second rescan delay is selectable on a per - not provided, of course, but images of phone
conversations are heard nearly full strength and audio output power, and the quantitative
channel basis. Empty channels are skipped results appear elsewhere in this review. The
automatically, but channels containing dupli- 21.7 MHz above their actual frequency.
A direct search facility permits searching sensitivity of our PRO -2046 is fair, and the
cate frequencies are not detected. Memory modulation acceptance and the audio output
information is purported to be backed up for up or down from the currently displayed fre-
quency. Most scanners worth their salt allow quite reasonable. Our unit has minimal image
14 days, which we didn't confirm. rejection, but it's in the same league as other
The Hyperscan scheme used in the PRO - the user to program upper and lower fre-
quency limits and search between them. The double conversion models.
2046 is not quite as fast as the Turbo Scan Although the data skip key can be pressed
employed in the Uniden BC3000XLT and PRO-2046, like the Uniden SC 150 Sportcat,
is more restrictive and enforces pre -pro- to skip over some data signals after a 3 second
BC9000XLT scanners. Our PRO -2046 scans pause, it is not designed for use in the AM
three banks of assorted frequencies at a rate of grammed search limits. The Band key steps
through the search limits by band: 29- 54,108- mode, and is ineffective on many data signals.
34 channels per second.
Turbo Scan technology, missing from the 137, 137 -144, 144 -148, 148 -174, 406 -450,
450 -470, 470-512, and 806 -956 MHz. One Keypad Tricks
PRO -2046, sorts memory channels within
each bank in frequency order. Presorted cannot search between 146.61 and 147.39 The owner's manual tells how to reset the
memory scanning allows the synthesizer to MHz, for example, and must choose the coarse scanner, clearing the memory channels, by
change frequency faster because the frequency 144 -148 MHz search limits instead. pressing the 2 and 9 keys while turning the
change is always in same direction. This fre- The PRO-2046 supports ten monitor memo- scanner on. By experimentation, we found
ries, which can be used for manually storing that pressing and holding down various other
quency sorting innovation, found in upscale
Uniden models, is covered by United States frequencies found during a search. keys while simultaneously turning on the PRO-
2046 produced the following results not docu- 2, 9, S /S: searches 53.0 -53.1 MHz demanding needs of the professional monitor
mented in the owner's manual: at one extreme, and the occasional interstate
2, 9, data: searches 51 1.9 -512.0 traveler at the other. Although the selection of
2, 9, Up arrow MHz service search frequencies is not as rich nor as
(squelch open): stores into memory flexible as found in the Uniden BCT -7, the
channels 2 -100 frequen- 2, 9, program: searches 136.0 -136.1
PRO -2046 we tested is easier to program,
cies successively MHz
works reliably, and will probably be reason-
incremented from ably priced when discounted on sale.
whatever frequency was Overall
programmed into channel
For professional use, the ultimate mobile
1 (overwrites previous Measured Specifications for PRO -2046,
contents of channels 2- scanner would have at least five watts of
Serial #65000174
100). audio output, like the Electra/Bearcat BC-
260. It would sport a fully lit keypad for night Intermediate Frequencies (IF): 10.85 and
2, 9, scan: stores test frequencies into use, as found in the old Regency M400 and 0.45 MHz
channels -20 and clears
1 M100 scanners, and either be very small or FM SINAD Sensitivity: see graphs
channels 21 -100. have a detachable control head, as do some of AM SINAD Sensitivity, measured
the newer VHF /UHF ham transceivers. at 120.1 MHz with a kHz tone
1
2, 9, E: lights all LCD segments at 60 percent modulation: 0.84 uV

The PRO -2046 suits the hobbyist well. It
and indicators Rejection of images 21.7 MHz
occupies a place in the market between the away: 43.5 dB at 40 MHz
15.5 dB at 155 MHz
1.2 8.5 dB at 460 MHz
less
1.5 dB at 860 MHz
sensitive 1.1
1.0 dB at 900 MHz
1.0 Rejection of images 900 kHz away: 78 dB at
40 MHz
0.9 12.5 kHz
Modulation acceptance:
0.8 Audio output: 1.6 watt at
10 percent distortion
0.7 Practical scan rate: 34 channels /second
0.6
3
0.5
0.4
PRO -2046 VHF NFM
more
0.3
0.2
SENSITIVITY
12 dB SINAD, 3 KHZ
PRO -2042
DEVIATION, Serial #65000174
sensitive 0.1 1000 Channel Base/Mobile
0.0 i . I I i
25 30 35 40 45 50 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175

Reg.
FREQUENCY (MHZ) 379 $499
less
sensitive
0.9
0.8
SAVE $25-110
0.7
PRO -26 200 Ch. $339
0.6 PRO -2026 Mobile $199
0.5 2 Meter Mobile $299
0.4 2 Meter Hand -held $219
PRO -2046 UHF NFM
0.3
SENSITIVITY Pioneer Data, Inc.
more 0.2 dB SINAD, 3 KHZ
12
sensitive 0.1 DEVIATION, Serial #65000174 1515 N. Pacific Hwy.
0.0 ¿I I I 1 I i
Woodburn, OR 97071
400 420 440 460 480 500 0 820 840 860 880 900 920 940 960
1- 800 -930 -5115
FREQUENCY (MHZ)
EMAW'S WORKBENCH
or CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS Dou. Demaw, W I FB
A Simple Receiver for the Beginner

O1
A11 Electronics Corp. has listed
a curious device in its cata-
logs for several years. The
LONG WIRE ANT
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I
ZN414Z
- - - - -n
RF AMP RF AMP DETECTOR
item is advertised as a complete re- RE AMP I
ceiver in one low cost TO -92 pack- 22 pF
age. This "pill" has but three leads. It 550 -1600 C I

--- pF
1
has 10 transistors on its substrate. kHz cl

After regarding this $2.25 item with
idle curiosity for three years I de-
LI L_
200 pF
3
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i
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HI -Z
PHONES
cided to buy two pieces and conduct

some experiments. This IC -like de- 'Nnn
vice is manufactured by Plessey Semi- T
0.01 pF
100K
U1 470
0.1 pF ..
conductors Ltd in the United King- +
dom. It is identified as part no: 1.5V
ZN414Z. EARTH
GROUND
The ZN414Z is made for use as a 3 1 2
broadcast (BC), band tuned -radio fre- FIGURE 1: Circuit for a simple TRF radio
using the Plessey ZN414Z 10- transistor IC. LI consists of
quency (TRF) receiver in hi -fi sys- 131 close -wound turns of no. 20 enamel wire on a
5-1/2 inch length of 2 -3/8 inch OD PVC tubing. LI
tems. It is not designed for service as has 420 microhenries of inductance for tuning from 550 to 1600 kHz with
a 200-pF variable capacitor
a superheterodyne receiver, although (see text for toroidal coil data). The audio amplifier in Figure 2 can be added for greater headphone
it can be used as the intermediate volume, and to permit using 8 -ohm phones. Omit RFCI if this is done.
frequency (IF) section of a superhet
radio. I discovered also that a direct-conver- the device. A transistor audio amplifier, such Receiving SSB and CW on 160 Meters
sion (DC) receiver can be made with this unit as that seen in Figure 2, is recommended for
if a local oscillator (LO) signal is applied to use with standard 8 -ohm hi -fi phones. Figure 2 shows how to add a variable
the output of the device, as shown in Figure 2. frequency oscillator (VFO) and an audio am-
A Basic TRF Circuit plifier to make the ZN414Z function as a
direct -conversion receiver. The coil dimen-
ZN414Z Characteristics Figure shows how to use the ZN414Z as sions have been changed for operation from
1
Maximum operating voltage is +1.6-volts. a TRF radio for the standard AM broadcast 1.8 to 2.0 MHz. RFC1 prevents the VFO
Therefore, a single 1.5 -volt AA, C, or D cell band. C 1 and Ll are tuned to the frequency of energy applied to the U 1 output from reaching
will suffice as the power source. Maximum interest. A high -Q (quality factor) coil is es- the Q1 audio amplifier. This unwanted RF
current drain is a mere 0.5 mA. This ensures sential for L1 in order to ensure sufficient energy would otherwise prevent Q1 from func-
that the battery will last almost through its selectivity for separating the stations. A large tioning correctly as an audio amplifier. C4
normal shelf life. coil with fairly heavy wire is needed to obtain helps to isolate the RF energy from
Q1, be-
The upper frequency limit for the ZN414Z a high -Q. In effect, the big coil and the tiny cause it is a bypass capacitor.
is listed as 3 MHz, but I was able to obtain ZN414Z are not unlike the "tail that wagged A VFO designed for the broadcast band
good performance, at slightly reduced overall the dog." The bulk of the physical size of the can be used with the Figure 2 circuit if the
gain, up to 4 MHz with my test circuits. The tuned circuit can be reduced if you are willing Figure 1 coil inductance is used. The net result
power gain from the antenna to a pair of to wind Ll on an Amidon Assoc. FT- 140 -61 is enhanced reception, caused by increased
earphones is 72 dB. The device has a built-in ferrite toroid core.' An inductance of 420 detector gain. This is called "conversion gain."
automatic gain control (AGC) circuit that has microhenries is required. Therefore, you will The tradeoff is that the BC stations will need
20 dB of amplitude control. need to wind 54 turns of no. 20 enamel wire on to be tuned for zero beat to prevent
a hetero-
The sensitivity of the overall circuit is a tad the toroid core. dyne (beat note) from being heard. Perfor-
low for weak- signal work. Full specified au- The input section of the ZN414Z is de- mance with the VFO is similar to
that of a
dio output occurs with a 50 microvolt RF signed for very high impedance. Consequently, regenerative receiver, which should also be
signal applied to the input tuned circuit. A the device does not load the tuned circuit and tuned for zero beat when copying AM signals.
simple transistor radio frequency (RF) ampli- spoil the Q. Please note that there are three RF
fier stage ahead of the ZN414Z would provide amplifier stages ahead of the detector. Only The ZN414Z as an IF Amplifier
good weak -signal response. five external components, other than the bat-
High- impedance earphones provide the tery and phones, are required for the Figure 1 The data sheet that comes with the ZN414Z
greatest audio volume. Headphones with an circuit. You should be able to tack the circuit from All Electronics shows how to use this
impedance of 64 or greater ohms are suitable together on a piece of perforated board, or device as an IF amplifier section in a superhet
if an external audio amplifier is not used with similar, and have it operational in an hour or receiver. An IF filter is used immediately after
less. the mixer in the superhet receiver. The ZN414Z
2N3904
RECEIVER
2.7 wH
AUDIO AMP
--
C
RFC 1 0.1 91
1.8 to 2.0 NHz
pF
B TI
U1
B OHM
C1
ZN414Z
0.1 F E 500 PHONES
ANT 10K
200 pF 1000
L2 470
PF 470
FIGURE 2: Example of how to
10 pF use the ZN414Z IC in a direct-
----n/V 56K conversion receiver circuit for
160 meters. RFC] is used to
100K 91
0.01 D1 isolate the VFO energy from the
PF
JJ D2
o input of Ql. Dl, and D2 in
+12 V series conduct at 1.4 volts to
CBE
provide regulated voltage for UI
VFO from the +12 -volt supply line. LI
1.8 to 2.0 MHz has 6 turns of no. 20 enamel
wire over the ground end of L2.
Winding L2 consists of 48 close-
wound turns of no. 20 enamel
is utilized after the filter to provide an IF drive for the VFO tuning capacitor will make on a 1.5 -inch OD by 2 inch coil
amplifier and detector with 20 dB of AGC. A tuning slower and smoother. Details for build- form. TI is a miniature 500- to
crystal- controlled beat frequency oscillator ing simple VFOs are given in Wl FB's QRP 8-ohm audio output transformer
(BFO) can be added to allow reception of CW Notebook and WI FB's Design Notebook. Both (Mouser). See text for references
and SSB signals, as is done with the VFO in are available from The ARRL, Inc.' to VFO design.
Figure 2. The BFO frequency must be 1.3 kHz Most of the parts needed for the simple
above or below the IF, depending upon whether receivers in Figures 1 and 2 can be purchased
upper or lower sideband reception is desired. by mail from Mouser Electronics.' The
A tunable BFO that uses a coil and capacitor ZN414Z is available from All Electronics MAGNETIC LONGWIRE
may be used to replace a crystal -controlled Corp.' or from Plessey distributors in the
BA LU N
TM
BFO. United States. However, you may wish to

"shop around" in the many surplus electronics
Construction Notes catalogs that are available. Don't overlook
Radio Shack for the basic components you
The 3 -MHz upper frequency limit of the will need.
ZN414Z minimizes the need to maintain short,
direct leads. This feature makes things easier
Closing Remarks
for the novice builder. However, it is always
wise to keep all RF- circuit leads short. This article is aimed at those of you who New! For SWL's using longwire antennas.
You may build the circuits described here have avoided experimentation because you Use coaxial cable from antenna to receiver.
Low noise reception from 500 KHz to 30 MHz.
on perforated board, or use point -to -point feel that building simple equipment is beyond Your longwire may be up in the clear but the wire
wiring with multilug terminal strips. your ability. There is considerable satisfac- to the radio conies down near the computers, light
dimmers, TV sets, fluorescent lights and other
Tuning capacitor CI can be burgled from a tion associated with building a receiver and sources of noise. This noise is added to the signals
discarded AM -band transistor radio. Most of hearing the signals it can bring to your ears. you are trying to hear.
these receivers have two -gang variable ca- Certainly the cost of the projects described Add Palomar's MLB -1 balun to your antenna and
use coaxial cable to your radio. Coax doesn't pick
pacitors with 75- and 125 -pF sections. All you here are affordable for even those who live in up noise. Reception is clearer and quieter. The
antenna impedance match is improved so your
need do is wire the two sections in parallel to "Poverty Gulch!" radio gets a stronger signal. Static charges go to
obtain a 200 -pF capacitor. Alternatively, you ground, not through the radio
Model MLB1 $39.95 + $6shippinglhandling in U.S.
can use a single -gang 365 -pF variable capaci- Notes & Canada. California residents add sales tax.
tor. If you use a capacitor from a transistor 1. Amidon Assoc., Inc., 3122 Alpine Ave.,
radio you may want to add a 1/4 -inch shaft to Santa Ana, CA 92704. Phone: (714) 850-
allow using a standard knob at the front panel. 4660. Catalog available. Send for FREE catalog that shows our complete line
of antennas, preamplifiers, filters and more.
Adapters can be made from dowel rod that has 2. AARL, Inc., 225 Main St., Newington, CT
been drilled and cemented to the orig.nal
smaller shaft with epoxy glue.
06111. Phone: (203) 666 -1541.
3. Mouser Electronics, 2401 Hwy. 287 N., PALOMAR
If you opt for the circuit in Figure 2, be sure
the VFO parts are mounted firmly to the
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346- 6873'for catalog or ordering.
ENGINEERS
BOX 462222, ESCONDIDO, CA 92046
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shifts if the receiver is bumped. The VFO
leads should be kept short and rigid. A vernier 5432 for parts or catalog.
ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS Clem Small, KR6A, CET
The HF Groundplane Antenna:

Mounted in the trees behind my home quarterwave on 40 meters. At this height the mum height is at 55.4 ft. If you can't
I have both a horizontal, halfwave signal's interaction with the earth under the measure the height of your tree or other tie -
dipole antenna and a quarterwave, antenna causes the antenna's reception pat- point directly, you might consider shoot-
40 -meter vertical, groundplane (GP) antenna tern to be directed mainly upward. This up- ing a fishing line over it with a slingshot or
(figure 1A). The dipole is mounted at about ward- directed pattern is most responsive to bow and arrow, and then pulling up a
the height of the center of the GP. Both signals arriving from relatively high angles, length of fishline to which you have at-
antennas perform quite well, and many of the and this means it is best for receiving from tached pieces of tape every ten feet. Count-
same signals can be heard using either an- stations relatively close -in- stations up to ing the number of these tape pieces be-
tenna. On some DX signals the performance hundreds of miles, rather than thousands of tween the treetop and the ground will give
of the GP is considerably better than the miles, distant. you a good idea of the height of your tie -
dipole. But the dipole pulls in some signals On the other hand, much of the GP's recep- point.
which the GP doesn't get, particularly close - tion pattern is concentrated at low- angles, and Actually, you can make the antenna
in signals. signals from distant (thousands of miles away) shorter than this formula indicates, but
On the other hand, the GP is definitely stations typically arrive at low -angles. Thus then you cannot droop the groundplane
better on long -haul DX. It's not as though the the GP is a good, non -directional DX antenna. radials to the optimum amount (see step 9).
DX comes rolling in when using the GP and This will give you an antenna feedpoint
none is heard when using the dipole, but, Let's Build An HF Groundplane resistance lower than the nominal 50 ohms
rather, that some DX signals which I don't Antenna in common use, and a higher SWR than if
hear at all on the dipole are actually good the droop angle were correct. For HF re-
copy on the GP. 1. To find the minimum height for the tie -
ceive -only antennas, where received -noise
The difference in performance between point for this antenna use the formula: H =
is moderate or high, this increase in SWR
the two antennas just mentioned is to be 399/ freq(MHz). For example, minimum
probably won't cause you any loss in sig-
expected. Consider that the dipole is about 30 height for a GP antenna at 15.25 MHz is H
nal readability -even if you make the radi-
feet above ground; this is close to a = 399/15.25 or 26.16 ft; at 7.2 MHz, mini-
als parallel to the ground.
B VERTICAL ELEMENT
INSULATOR
VERTICAL
ELEMENT
RADIAL
RADIAL
WIRE
COAX TO RIG
INSULATOR
COAX TO RIG ROPE
FIGURE 1: A groundplane antenna for HF operation (A), lead -in detail (B), and insulator detail (C).
°UNLOCK
2. The length of each element of the GP use, and never use the antenna in weather
antenna is a quarter wavelength. You will likely to produce lightning.
need one vertical element and two to four
radials; two is enough, but some prefer
The antenna is now ready to use. FULL
more. The length of a quarterwave in wire
is found from the equation: L = 234 /freq
(MHz). For instance, a GP for 7.2 MHz
will have elements 234/7.2 or 32.5 ft long.
RADIO RIDDLES
Last Month:
800
If you want to be able to solder your con-
nections together it's best to use copper
wire for the elements.
I said "Electric currents flow in or on
conductors, right? Well, what causes radio MHz
waves to leave an antenna, and fly off into
space ?" In reply, let me say that some scien-
3. Cut the elements to length, leaving about 2 tists feel that there is no good way to logically
to 3 inches extra on each end to provide explain radio wave emission. This is because
wire to wrap through the insulators. such phenomena are best dealt with using
quantum theory-a set of ideas usually not
4. Scrape the ends of the wire bright. Insert explainable in ordinary logical terms. On the
the ends in the insulators as shown in figure other hand, the traditional, technical explana-
1. Wrap the end of each wire back around tion which follows seems to have value in the
itself as shown, and solder in place. practical or applied sense, so let' s check it out.
As RF current from the transmitter flows
5. Attach the coax center conductor to the on the antenna, this electron movement in the
vertical element, and the coax outer con- wire creates an electromagnetic (EM) field
around the antenna. This field moves out from BC
ductor (shield) to the radials as shown in
figure 113. All radials are connected to- the antenna at approximately the speed of 200
gether at their top end and connected to the light. As the current flow in the antenna goes 26 205
coax shield at the bottom of the insulator to zero -as it does twice per cycle of RF 29 220
shown in figure 1B. current-the EM field begins to collapse hark 700
into the antenna.
34
As the RF cycle continues, current begins 37 760
6. Protect the open end of the coaxial cable
lead -in with coax sealant. For severe to flow on the antenna in the opposite direc- 39 855
weather you can cover the sealant with tion of the original current flow. This current 43 860
black plastic electrical tape. flow causes a new field to move out from the
46 890
antenna just as the initial field did, but with 2500
polarity opposite to the initial field. A portion 51
7. For pulling the antenna into place put a 3000
light rope over the high tie -point. If you use of the initial field which was some large 2004 8500
the slingshot- and -fishing -line mounting distance from the antenna when the initial 2005
technique, use the fishing line to pull the current went to zero did not have time to
9000
2006
rope into place. Also tie light ropes or cords collapse back into the antenna before this new
to the bottom ends of the radials. These field formed. This incoming portion of the 2022 ICOM
ropes will be used to position the radials. initial field is now repelled outward again by 2026 R1
the new field, and launched into space as a 2027 R100
8. Pull the vertical element into place, and tie radio wave. 2030 R7100
the rope in that position. 2032
This Month:
9. Using the light ropes on the radial ends,
2036 AOR
Now that we have the radio wave on its 2040 8000
position the radials so that they droop at way to your antenna, in the above answer to
about a 45 degree angle with the feedline as
last month's riddle, what happens when the
shown in figure 1A. Tie the ropes to some wave actually encounters your antenna? How Starting at only $Io.00
tie -point such as a stake driven into the Thousands of Satisfied Customers
does it change from being an EM wave propa-
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rect.
You'll find an answer for this month's
10.If you live where lightning is at all likely,
riddle, and much more, in next month's issue 508 -,4o -öí392 ì
of Monitoring Times. 'Til then, Peace, DX,

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DIGITAL DIGEST
BAUDOT AND BEYOND Bob Evans
revan s @as trot. magic. ca
"Going for the Gold"

The Hoka Code3 -Gold in Review
"Unlike many other hardware decoders, 0103.1E4.141 0411, 00000014 American, the only English choice you are
Code3 -Gold makes it very easy for the begin - given is UK.
11111F,S1041 1.191101F 111.1140.:111 101
ner and expert alike to decode signals. Simply The program launches automatically and
press [Fl ]. This starts a baud and shift mea- you now must configure the system before
surement screen. Once one is happy that you proceed. This process involves defining
Code3 -Gold is displaying sensible/reliable your monitor type, COM port, and Center
results press the [Enter] key. Code3 -Gold
F
4500 Frequency (CF). Hoka's explanation for de-
will then automatically analyse the Bitstream termining your receiver's CF is akin to in-
and if it is a system that it recognizes, auto- structions for calibrating an atomic clock! To
matically jump into the correct module and make matters worse, Hoka Netherlands, Hoka
VHF modes include:
begin decoding. It cannot get any easier than England, and Hoka' s American distributor all
ACARS /SITA, DTMF, FAX (Meteosat),
that!" Packet, and POCSAG/Super POCSAG. had different opinions -some conflicting.
(Code3 -Gold Software Decoder Manual, page 1) Calibration is necessary to set your radio's
Installation and Configuration mode to its appropriate offset frequency. For
example, for an NRD -535D, a signal tuned on
The hardware interface consists of a simple 13510.0 kHz in USB will be found on 13508.5
Hoka Electronics of the Netherlands
serial port dongle (a software - specific inter- if tuned in RTTY mode. Although much hocus-
revolutionized the decoding of digital
face) with a 9 pin connector on one end and a pocus is made of determining your radio' s CF,
signals when they first introduced the
25 pin connector on the other. Simply plug the in the final analysis, it's your choice, and only
concept of placing all the DSP software within
appropriate end into one of your COM ports affects the displayed frequency, not the de-
a PC -based software program, thereby har-
(ports 1 to 4 are supported). A short cable coding of the signal.
nessing the power of the computer as the FSK
from the interface ends in an RCA female
detector. Based on their professional (and
connector. Using an appropriate audio cable System Requirements
expensive) Code30 package, their new Hoka
(not supplied), connect this to the audio -out
Code3 -Gold offering extends the capabilities An IBM PC or clone with a 386DX40 (or
of your radio receiver.
of their current Code3 product. better) processor will do, although a 486 is
The interface requires very little audio
signal to drive the unit. Although it will work highly recommended, as is MSDOS v3.2 or
Modes later, with at least 512 kilobytes free DOS
well using the phones, speaker, or recorder
In addition to the standard modes found on output of your radio, you would be wise to memory and a spare serial port. Both VGA
most decoders today, the Hoka Code3 -Gold choose a source that can be varied, since some and SVGA up to 1024 x 768 are supported
also includes a plethora of specialty modes of these audio sources have a fixed output with up to 256 grayscale levels. It requires
not generally available to the digital monitor. level. I elected to connect it to the line out jack only 2 megabytes of hard disk space, but if
of my receiver and use the radio's RF control you choose the option of writing decoded
HF modes include: to adjust audio levels. The interface requires output to disk, you can significantly add to
ANNEX10 (aircraft SELCALs), ARQ -6 -70, no external power, which makes it an excel- this requirement. It will run in a Win 3.1x
ARQ -6- 90/98, ARQ -E, ARQ -N,ARQ -E3, lent choice for portable or in- the -field work DOS box, but does not run under Win 95 as yet
ARQ -S (SI -ARQ), ARQ -SWE (SWE -ARQ), with a laptop computer. (a Pentium will be required).
ASCII, Autospec, Baudot RTTY (IAT -2), Unlike previous Hoka offerings, the soft-
Baudot F7BBn (2 channel), Coquelet Mkl ware is not copy protected. You could, for Documentation
and Mk2, DCF 77 (Atomic Time), DUP -ARQ
example, load it on both your laptop and The unit ships with a 51 page user's manual.
(ARTAC), Facsimile (FAX), FEC -A (100A/
101 and Raw), FEC -S, GMDSS /DSC,
desktop computers. However, the program As both a product end-user and a technical
Hellscreiber, HC -ARQ, HNG -FEC, Morse will only run when the interface is plugged writer by profession, I believe the manual
(CW), Packet Radio (AX25), FACTOR, into the COM port. Given its capabilities, the leaves a great deal to be desired. You must
Piccolo MK VI, POL -ARQ, ROU -FEC (RUM - program and all its files only take up a mere read through 32 pages of information before
FEC), SITOR AUTO ARQ /FEC CCIR 476 -4 two megs of hard disk space. you encounter the installation instructions.
CCIR 626 Modes A & B, SITOR ARQ CCIR Software installation from the supplied Technical considerations are often presented
476 -4, CCIR 626 Mode B NAVTEX, SITOR diskette is straightforward. Insert the diskette in ambiguous tones (e.g. "when one is happy
RAW, Spread, SSTV (Martin -1), SYNOP into your drive, type install, and the program with "). The manual tries to encompass every
decoder (AAXX /BBXX with 10,000 automatically installs and decompresses it-
stations), TDM242 ARQ -M /4 -242 CCIR phase of the hobby including a three -page
self. Various prompts appear, including a dissertation on types of antennas. A detailed
242, TDM342 ARQ -M2/4 CCIR 342 -2,
TORG -10 /11 and Twinpiex.
choice of language. Although the diskette explanation of all the screen fields and mes-
labels the languages available, including sages would be more useful.
Performance Suggested Improvements company has an excellent reputation when it
comes to product support-a fact to which I can
For HF modes, I split the signal from the line Clean -up the program bugs, such as on- personally attest. See their advertisement lo-
out jack of my NRD-535D receiver, feeding one screen instructions to press various keys cated elsewhere in this issue. The Code3 -Gold
audio cable to a Universal M -7000 and the other that result in no action, and descriptions of lists at $595.00 plus shipping.
to the Hoka Code3 -Gold installed on an NEC function keys not applicable to the program
Versa SX/486/33 color notebook. For VHF (e.g., F4 to change alphabets) The Welcome Mat
modes, I substituted an ICOM R -7100 for the Addition of a screen buffer to permit
NRD -535D, and a Universal M -400 for the M- scrollback of previously decoded text. In MT Readers are invited to visit my radio -
7000. some modes (ACARS, for example) de- related Web Site (still undergoing construc-
Prior to shift/speed analysis, I found it neces- coded text appears so fast you can't read it. tion) at: http: / /www.magic.ca /- revans/
sary to adjust the input signal level, since the Your only resort is to save it to a disk file radio.html. And I'll look for you this month at
unit requires very low audio levels. If the audio the Grove Expo in Atlanta, where we' Il discuss
and then go back and review it later.
is overdriven, it is nearly impossible to get a more digital modes!
A option to inhibit the printing of spurious
correct shift/speed determination. Pressing the text characters, particularly in the 192/200
[F1] key displays the shift/baud rate tuning baud speeds of the various ARQ modes.
display. Signal averaging may be turned on or
off. The roofing filter can be varied to narrow
Automatic audio input level control. Cur-
rently, as signal strength varies, you must
ariahcat 9000XLT
the bandwidth to assist in tuning. Upon pressing tune each signal by going to the AD level
[Enter], the classification screen appears. When
scope screen. An interim solution would be
the confidence level percentage reaches 25 %,
to put a level indicator on the shift-speed
the unit automatically switches over to signal
measurement screen.
decoding, with options to print or save the
The provision for optional alphabets, par-
decoded text to disk. 500 Channel, Continuous Band Scanner
ticularly Cyrillic.
Automatic shift/Baudrate determination, 399.99 c.o.d. /cash
User definable defaults. Each time you $
mode classification, and decoding is generally
start the program you must set your prefer-
very fast and reliable for ARQ -M2, ARQ-E/3 BC890XLT $249.99
and SITOR A and B signals. Idling SITOR B is
ences: upper/lower case shift, multiple car-
riage inhibit, etc. BC760XLT $199.99
often wrongly classified as ARQ -E/E3. Auto- BC700 $159.99
matic tuning of Baudot RTTY signals, how- Completely rewritten user documentation,
focusing on product usability, with a com- BCT7 $159.99
ever, was hit and miss, with only about a 55%
correct determination. Even operating the unit prehensive description and explanation of BCT10 $169.99
in manual mode, it was not able to decode all screen fields and messages. BC3000XLT $379.99
RTTY signals that the M -7000 could easily BC230XLT $219.99
handle. Cyrillic RTTY traffic decoded in the The Bottom Line GMR100 $149.99
Latinized alphabet was prone to additional er- Despite Hoka' s introductory statement to
rors as the decoder momentarily faltered when- SA -1 Base Scanner Antenna $24.99
the contrary, this decoder is not meant for the
ever it detected a 3rd -shift character. SolarCon Mobile Antennas $14.99
novice. The quote "Once one is happy that
FAX, PACTOR, and Packet were easily tuned Valor 651 Mobile Antenna $17.99
Code3 -Gold is displaying sensible /reliable re-
from manual mode. Unfortunately, propagation sults ..." implies more than a cursory knowl-
conditions did not cooperate in allowing me to edge of baud and shift measurements relating to For A FREE Catalog Call:
test the decoder's capabilities on some of the
more elusive modes. Prior to returning to auto-
digital signals. 1.800.626.6343
The perfect digital decoder does not exist.
matic analysis, after a spurious classification This aside, the Hoka Code3 -Gold Version 1.2 COPPER ELECTRONICS, INC.
was made, the X key must be pressed several doesn't measure up to Gold Medal class just yet.
times or you will never be able to correctly auto - At best, it deserves the Bronze. To be fair, this 3315 Gilmore Industrial Bbd Louisville. Kentucky
classify another signal. The manual states this is the first iteration of what is sure to become a
key is used to return to the main menu. Obvi- popular decoder, and upgraded releases can
ously it performs more than this function -a only improve. While not perfect by any stretch
fact that is not documented anywhere (thanks to of the imagination, if you are looking for a
Shortwave PreAmp
Jim Springer of Computer Aided Technologies medium -priced decoder that supports a multi- The Kiwa SW PreAmp is a high performance preamp optimized for
for this tip). the SW frequencies. The important features include dual antenna
tude of modes, performs adequately in many of inputs (high and low impedance inputs for longwires, slopers etc.),
the Kiwa BCB Rejection Filter to eliminate any BCB interference and
The only VHF mode I tested was ACARS. them and exceptionally in others, and has the a low noise amplifier for outstanding low -level signal performance.
Here, this decoder is unique in that it identified potential to be the Gold contender as it matures,
Cain: 10 dB (1.8 to > 30 mHz) Noise Figure: e 4.0 dB
Third Order Intercept 1CP3 (without BCB Filter): +34 dBm
uplink, downlink, and squitter transmissions, as then you should consider adding the Hoka BCB Rejection Filter
well as NAK and ACK messages. However, the Code3 -Gold to your monitoring post.
The Kiwa 1¿Cß (Broadcast Band) Rejection Filter is also sold
seperately. This filter is extremely effective for reducing BCB
flight number remains buried in the message overload interference. The extremely sharp filter slope and low
passband insertion loss distinguishes this filter from other designs.
text. No description of any of the fields on the Input /output impedance: 50 ohms -3 dB @ 1.75 mHz -60 dB
Availability/Price/Support te 1.2 mliz Passband insertion loss: -05 dB te 3.0 ml-lz
screen is presented in the manual.
Kiwa Electronics
POCSAG reception requires you to tap into
the discriminator circuit board of your receiver -
a modification that is not very practical, since it
The North American distributor for Hoka is
Computer Aided Technologies (CAT) of
Shreveport, Louisiana. CAT has long been a nrl
612 South 14th Ave., Yakima WA 98902
509-453-5492 or 1-800-398-1146 (orders)
will void your radio's warranty. provider of quality interfaces for the scanner kiwa@wolfe.net (lnterneUEull catalog)
http://www.wolfe.net/-kiwa
and shortwave radio enthusiast. Jim Springer' s
ASK BOB
ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS Bob Grove, WA4PYQ
bob@grove.net
Weather Alert Tone Correction A. The Astro is an advanced, feature -packed designed for that purpose is best. If your
radio, allowing for a number of options to be radio is not equipped with an external an-
In our last issue we quoted an incorrect
selected for the user's tastes or requirements. tenna jack for FM, you may still use the
audio frequency provided to us by the Na- These keys allow menu selection of these
tional Weather Service for the severe external antenna by attaching the coax cen-
functions. ter wire (or one wire of TV -type twin -lead)
weather alert tone transmitted on NWS
VHF weather broadcast frequencies. An to the collapsed whip, and the shield of the
alert reader, Thomas Mitchell, pointed out coax (or other twin -lead wire) to a nearby
Q. Can I improve my AM and FM chassis "ground" connection like a screw
the correct frequency, 1050 Hz.
reception on my Sony ICF- SW7600 that goes into the metal framework, or the
Q. Is there an electrical difference
portable using simple materials? Is rim of an earphone jack.
there an optimum placement for my The rules of the game are the same for
between white and black coaxial
Sony AN- I active antenna? active and passive antennas: high as practi-
cables? (Tim Roger) cal, away from power lines or large metal
(Abdulrahman' O Almulhem,
Alhassa, Saudi Arabia) surfaces.
A. No. According to a prominent manufac-
turer, the signal -carrying innards and mois-
ture resistance are identical; only the vinyl A. For AM portables with internal ferrite
rod loop antennas, setting a Select -A -Tenna Q. Why doesn't NASA use the
jackets are different, resulting in somewhat
next to it makes a world of difference. Space Shuttle for military purposes?
better immunity from solar ultraviolet (UV)
degradation over time. Much improvement is also offered by run- (Robert Brock, Phoenix, AZ).
ning a long, random wire (50 feet or so)
from a high point down to the radio, wrap- A. The Department of Defense withdrew
ping several turns around it (top to bottom), from the Shuttle program following the
Q. On the Motorola "Astro" hand-
then connecting the close end of the wire to Challenger disaster.
held radios, there is a row of
buttons identified by dots and a good ground like a metal water pipe, long
rod driven into moist soil (hard to find in
arrows, one of which is marked Q. My Kenwood R5000 receiver
Saudi Arabia!), or even the third -wire
"HOME." What is the purpose of ground of a three -wire electrical outlet (but manual has a precaution about
these keys? (Archie Standon, NOT to a voltage -carrying terminal!). nearby transmitters when the
Eastchester, NY) For improved FM, an outdoor antenna receiver is still connected to an
Bob's Tip of
the Month New Telephone Target
"My phone system is completely secure, Mr.
Smith. I use wireless phone jacks!"
A recent column in CQ magazine (Au- receiver (RS#43 -161) receives the signals
gust 1996) coupled with an inquiry about from another household location.
the same device from a reader prompts The unit is intended to act as a carrier
this month's column. Are you aware that current ( "wired wireless") transmitter and
there is a new Radio Shack product that receiver combination, but at those frequen-
broadcasts your telephone calls all over cies, the power lines radiate as much signal
the neighborhood? It's not a cordless or as they conduct, possibly more.
cellular phone, it's the #43 -160 "Wire- Is monitoring this system legal? It isn't
less Phone Jack System." covered under the devices listed under the
It' s wireless all right, transmitting your Electronic Communications Privacy Act
conversations on approximately 3.03 (ECPA), nor is it cordless or cellular. Let us
MHz (FM mode) plus multiple harmon- know whether you hear any of these -or
ics (6.06, 9.09 MHz, etc.) throughout the similar -- devices polluting the airwaves with
HF spectrum and beyond! A companion "private" telephone calls.
antenna. Do I need to ground the tors of years ago. In any case, keep the
antenna connector? Use an antenna INDEX OF ADVERTISERS antenna line disconnected from the receiver
voltage protector? What is the when transmitting, and preferably ground
Antique Radio Classified 27 the antenna terminal on the receiver, and
proper way to protect the receiver
from front-end burnout? (Jerry
Atlantic Ham Radio 15 you probably won't suffer any problems
Austin Antenna 77 using amateur power levels.
Brookman, Kenai, AK)
Cellular Security Group 101
A. Low cost transistor radios may not be Communications Electronics 37

well protected from RF overload problems, Computer Aided Technologies ... 90, 91 Q. Recently, while vacationing in
but good receivers and transceivers are. Copper Electronics 103 Cape May, New Jersey, I heard
Conventional lightning arrestors may be Davis Instruments 69 the NOAA National Weather
good for harmlessly shunting to ground Delta Research 79 Service broadcast information
electric sparks with potentials above 60 Drake, R.L. Co. 93 received from various data buoys
volts or so. but this is way above an RF DX Computing 67 in the Delaware and Chesapeake
signal which would pin your S -meter (only Electronic Book Club 77 Bays. Can these buoys be heard
50 millivolts or so, 1000 times lower than Electronic Distributors 71
the lightning induced spark). directly? (Rob Martens,
Electronic Equip. Bank 11
Cinnaminson, NJ).
Fortunately, you have several protective
Erie Aviation 85
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Gilfer Shortwave 95
relay which can detach the receiver from A. No. The buoys transmit their data in
the antenna (or even ground the signal line), Glenn Hauser 43 the 400 -402 MHz range directionally
as well as surge- tolerant components that Grove Enterprises 31, 87 upward to the GOES satellite, from which
aren't quite as vulnerable as semicondac- plus special 16 -page Buyer's Guide it is relayed to Washington, DC, then
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Some dealers steadfastly hang on to the mistaken belief that freebies are frequently teasers, requiring the inquiree to
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As in recent years, the Expo will feature exhibits by top-

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a house between four trees, used cornstalks

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