08 August 1995
08 August 1995
08 August 1995
In This Issue:
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August 1995
Cover Stol)'
Low power AM transmitters can be used to hawk anything from pharmaceutical supplies to a new recording, but most often they are e mployed to sell
real estate. These lice nse-free, miniature broadcast stations have an enormous
potential whi ch is just beg inning to be tapped.
The most dramatic monitoring is often also the most tragic. This is one
suc h story.
Reviews:
DEPARTMENTS
How docs the new Radio Shack PR026 top- line portable scanner stack up
against the BC3000XLT-Uniden's top
of the line? (See p. I00) Has Grundig
take n the lead
wi th its
world band
Yacht Boy 305?
(Seep. 102)
How has Scan
Manager Pro
improved on
greatness? (See
p.104) What
has our reviewer so
excited about the JPS ANC--l noise
canceller? (Seep. 98) Why does Tandy
rate a .. , O" for its HTX-2 12 2-meter
mobile rig? (See p.90 fo r this and the
Ramsey SX-20 20- meter kit. ) Answers to
these questions and more inside the pages
of' MT!
letters .. ............................................... 4
Communications .................................. 6
Utility World ...................................... 32
Hurricane Season
Scanning Report ................................ 36
August Scanning
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Publisher
Bob Grove, WA4PYQ
Editor
Rachel Baughn , KEAOPD
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L E T
My Shortwave Education
Joseph Gibson. Little Rock. Arkansas:
Your artic le A Rad ical Thought" in the
Letters' section was. in my opinion. the best
I have ever fo und dest:ribing short wave listening as a hobby. but a hobby with a distinctive pu rpo~e and potential to increase o nes
knowledge of the world around the listener.
'J have been pur ~ ui n g the hobby of shortwave li steni ng ~ in ce June 1938. That was
when one evening I fo und out that a switch in
the lower le ft hand corne r of the fa mi ly's
Atwater Kent console radi o changed the set
fro m a normal AM rad io into a shortwave
receiver.
"'All during my time in the US Air Force.
I took every opport unity to listen on whate ver
shortwa ve receiver Icould lind. I soon learned
I had one of the best learn ing tools at my beck
and ca ll- learni ng about governme nts. races.
their cultures. re ligion. music, and the ir countries."
OCanada
Howard Box. Oak Ridge. Tennessee:
"Greatly enjoy your coverage of vintage SW.
as well as contempor<U)'. and especially the
artic le on Canadian domestics. It cleared up the
mysteryofVED. which I had logged. but nc\er
heard anything about. On the other hand. the
figure for CFRX"s initiat ion must be a misprint. I have a clear log for it in the late 4os.
"'I have one remai ning mystery. Can any
readertell more about a very early CNN station
that broadcast to the moving trains for passengers listeni ng'' ..
Joel Rubin. San Francisco. Cali fornia: in
Table 7 ofthc May install ment on the Canadian
domestics. you had CKZU as inacti ve. It was
heard today I000 UTC. better than its parallel
690. (690 suffered from XETRA which beams
English sport s talk from Tij uana to San Diego/
L AT
John Diefenbach. Placentia. Cal ifornia:
"'Anicle on Canadian Broadcasting brought
back fond memories that began many years ago
in my home town of Tcnany. New Jersey. My
dad had an o ld Ph ilco broadcast-band radio that
inc luded a portion of short wave. I used this
radio to log many countries inc lud ing Israel.
Australia, Hungary. and. o r cou rse, Rad io
Moscow."'
Who's on First?
As you can te ll fro m the competing claims
for o ldest rad io stati on (sec p. 80 ) or as
in ventor of radi o. the co u r~e of radi o history
has been a roc ky one. /\ I Gross. W8PAL. is
hi mself a signi ficant player in that hi story.
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August 1995
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The Wild West pioneers didn' t have anything on the .. rough and tumble .. p i o neer~ of
radio!
Editor's Apology
Anapology is due to Will iam Cooper. whose
program "'The Hour of the Ti me." is aired on
WWCR. Mon-Fri at 0400 UTC. An editing
change I made to Glenn Hauser's article on
page 26 of the July issue wa~ ent irely in error.
Alt hough Mr. Cooper"s views arc controversial. white supremacy is de linitc ly not among
the principles he promotes. My rewording made
an assumption that shou ld not have made. I
w i ~ h to thank the reader who graciously call ed
it to my attention. and apologi1.e to both Will iam Cooper and to Glenn Hauser for my mistake.
We 11 pri nt more of your letters nex t month.
a~ our re ad e r~ write in to share thoughts and
experiences about these int e re~ t i n g monitoring
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Ham Saves the Day
Doug Burrows heard the mayday call
fain tly, but managed to hear the
latitude and longitude in--...,,_ /
forma tion from the
static. Burrows, of
Edmonton ,
A lberta, called
th e US Coast
G uard rescue
center in Sa n
Franci s co and
told them about the
yacht off the Californi a coast that had lost its rudder and was
drifting in 24-foot waves. A C- 130 Herc ules
and a Coast Guard cutter with helicopter were
dispatched.
Because of the difficult in receiving the
yacht's call, Burrows phoned a friend with a
120-foot antenna. Ben Poitras, manning a
ham station al the Edmonton Space and Scie nce Center, made contact with the yacht
Grenadier and relayed messages between
them and the Coast Guard. The sailors aboard
the Grenadier were lucky. They had a crew
member aboard who had j ust become a ham
operator.
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Tower Topples
When the 370-foot radio tower toppled, it
wasn't from high winds or a structural weakness: it was vandalism. A 17-year-old Burton, M ichigan, man was arrested for cutting
the guy wires to WCRZ-FM' s antenna tower.
The station is the top-rated FM station in
Flint, Michigan. Broadcasts were hastily
shifted to a makesh ift studio at a soybean
farm. A new antenna, costing the station
$ 150,000 was shipped wi thin days to get the
station back on the air.
Tap, Tap
In the wake of the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, Congress is moving forward on a request from FBI Director
Louis J. Freeh for more agents, improved
wi retap technology, easier access to credit
record s. roving telephone taps, and o ther surveillance techniques. The administration is
"'"Jo''"""'.:::,, asking fo r $ 1.25 billion to fund the Digital
Telephony Act. The Act, which requires communications companies to upgrade their digital systems so federa l agents can tap them,
was passed last year but not paid for. In
addition, the money wou ld help develop the
Clipper Chip.
The bill would also allow FBI agents en-
August 1995
Monster Gets
Stomped
Local residents of
Latvia called it "The
Monste r. " The monster
wa s a 230-foot radar
towe r, re inforced wi th
41 ,000 concrete blocks
and 8,000 tons of steel.
The structure was des igned to withstand attack from enemy sources,
like the US. Last month,
the Monster was indeed
demolished by forces from
the U.S.-a demolition team
hired by the Latvian government.
Within seconds the great tower that had
been a reminder_of Soviet occ upation was a
twisted heap. Skru11da, as the tower was called,
was a ke y part of the Soviet defense system ,
searching the skies for incomi ng American
bombers and mi ssi les.
COMMUNICATIONS
cies, two o f whic h were reallocated and onl y
use one side of the duplex frequencies. The
re maining freq s would be used for auditory
assislance syste ms, AMTS network control.
and the law enfo rcement tracking system.
No More FCC?
Newt G ingric h
is at it again. This
time the Georgia
Repub lican ha s
proposed
*
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\\
FCC in favor of a new
exec ut ive
branch known as
the Office of Communications Policy. Staffing wou ld be cul from 2,200 to 250 people
w ho would oversee freque ncy a llocat ions .
supervise telephone companies. settle d isputes and more. Under the plan, broadcasters
and other c urrent holders of FCC licenses
would be g ranted permanent claim to their
licenses at no c harge, while future licenses
wou ld be auctioned.
FCC Commissioner Jim Q ue llo says the
proposal is " too drastic and imprac tica l."
FCC Chairman Reed Hundt says, private
interests should not own I 00% of the action .'
One lhi ng lhe FCC wo uld like to see eli minated is the over 200.000 separate license
appli cations for the operation of ship. aircraft. and personal radio eq uipment they process per year.
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August 1995
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Pu 'u 'O'o, an active vent 011 Kilauea's East Rift has been continuously active for more titan ten years, pouring red
hot molten lava into the sea.
&
ven when you can ' t feel the earth move, you can sure hear it with your scanner. The
Big Island of Hawaii is more geologicall y active and experi ences more earthquakes
than the state of Califo rnia. Add to this that an earthquake may forete ll or even trigger
an eruption of the island !> Kilauea volcano-the worlds most ac ti ve volcano-and it 's easy to understand w hy keepi ng
close tabs on the islands geologic conditio n would be of sig nificalll interest. And radio. I di scovered. plays a major role.
On a rece nt visit to the Big Island I sto pped by the Hawaii Volcano Observatory. operated by the U.S. Geologic Survey
and located o n the rim of Kilauea s summit crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The observatory has an im pressive
visitor's center w ith exhibits explaining how volcanoes work . but of interest to me was the number of operating
se ismographs mo nitoring stability in various locations in the park.
Outside the o bsenatory o ne can t help but notice a large assortment of V HF and UHF yagis mo unted o n a sho rt tower.
Pull ing my Pro 43 o ut of my back pack. I began searching for signals; it did n t 1ake lo ng to find numerous te lemetry to nes
and buzzes.
Taking a chance. I went around the back of the bui lding. found the general offi ces, and po litely inq uired if there was
someone with whom I could discuss the observatory s radio systems. I was introduced to Ken Ho nma. one of the faci lity's
electroni cs technicians. who kindl y took 20 m inutes o ut of hi s busy sc hedul e to g ive me a be hi nd-the-sce nes tour.
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The author with a seismic station, located just above the 13,000 foot level 011 the slops of
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In addition to sendi11g data from this site, it relays signals from two other remote locatio11s.
Sca1111i11g from this altitude was very interesting, but the lack of oxyge11 made it difficult to
remember how to use my Pro 43. (No joke!) Below is a remote seismic statio11 on the crater
rim (note crater in background). The sensor is in the box weighted down with bricks. The
antenna mast is also visible.
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It is as nontechnical as possi ble and dedicated
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mail. $2.00 single copies.
The Longwave C lub of America, 45 Wi Idflower Road. Lev i11own, PA 19057. Publishes a monthly called the Lowdown. Conta ins MEDFER and LOW FER activities (medimn and low frequency experimenlers). Also
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The economy of many of these tiny shortwave operations is rat ha precari.ous. So when
the equipmenl breaks down for one reason or
anolher. !he period of inac1i vi1y may extend
for monlhs or even years.
In 1994, a Peruvian. unre ported for over
10 years, suddenly came back lo shortwave.
R. Jaen " La Vor. de fa Frontera." on 5005.6
kHz, relurned to lhe air in mid-November,
announcing shortwa ve and medi um wave.
wi th FM soon lo come.
Anothe r Pe ru vian. R. Hori:.onte. in
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initial freq uency. 5008.8 back in 1992. had to
be changed in order 10 avoid interference
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replace their SW 1ran smi11er with another
one. and also lo 1hrow in an extra FM transmilter for local cowragc.
In olhcr cases. a change of ownership
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is a signboard for the station.
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Honduras
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R. Condorconqui
4662
R. Soledad
4904.7
R. Lo Oroya
5049.7
R. Toyacajo
R. Diez
511 6.4
5179
R. Oriental
5235.4
R. Apurimoc
5305.2
R. Municipal de Paruro
5521.5
R. Sudomerica
5894.7
R. Poucortombo
R. Luz Universal
6090
6472
R. Luz y Sonido
6544.7
R. Centinelo
8324.1
R. Emisoro Alfa
New Frequencies
4549.4
R. N oylomp, Peru (ex4300.4)
4732.8
R. Lo Polobro, Bolivia (ex4903.9)
4886.6
R. Villa Rico, Peru (ex-4804.5)
5040. 1
Lo Vaz de Yopol, Colombia (ex
5050)
6238
Estoci6n Yurimoguas, Peru (ex
5046.4)
9660.4
R. Municipal Nor Peruono, Peru
(ex9655)
Reactivations
5005.6
5019.9
5054.6
5980
5994.7
6010.6
6018.3
6190
R. Jaen, Peru
R. Horizonte, Peru (ex5008.8)
Faro del Caribe, Costa Rica
R. Federoci6n, Ecuador
R. Loyola, Bolivia
R. America, Peru
R. Victoria
R. Oriente
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A n ever-increasi ng
number of stations seem to
be selling airtime to independent producers. A~ a result. the station management
docs not seem to care very
much about listener response.
That's something for the program producers. they appear to th ink .
To obtain a QSL from these " franchising"
stati ons is therefore next to impossible. There
is. however. a way around the problem. and
that is to write directl y to the program producer. asking hi m to greet you on the air on a
predetermined hour and day. as well as to
reply by mail.
Using this procedure. I' ve been able to
collect replies from three stations that apparently have not an swered anyone e lse: Peruvians R. Die::. (5 116.-1 kHz). R. Pa11canw11bo
(589-1. 7 kHz) and Eswci611 Y11ri111ag11as(6238
kHz).
When bu. in e~s is slow. some stations
look for alternati ve methods of financing.
The Ecuadorian Es1ere11 Carrizal, 3260 kH z.
has a mobile discotheque to lease. And the
Peruvian R. Die:. 5 116.4 kH z. was successfull y selling bingo cards in Nove mber and
December last year. Two balls were played at
regul ar intervals during the day. and on each
Satu rday morning. winners wou ld show up at
the station to collect their pri zes.
In most Latin American countries. especial ly in Guatemala. Ecuador. and Peru. many
stati ons seem to be keen on sell ing airtime to
roaming quacks (rnra11deros) and astrologers. who read listeners letters on the air.
subsequently in viting them to come and sec
them at their HQ. which usually is in a hos1el
in the center of the "educated and illustriou s ..
town which they happen to be visi ting at the
ti me.
In 1993. and to a slightly lesse r extent in
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Although the transmitters usually work pretty well, the lngrams have
experienced some of the vagaries of AM radio. For instance, the signal
sometimes deteriorates inexplicably when the transmitter is placed near
the Sandia mountains, which rise from the city's eastern edge. The
lngrams' solution is the sort of thing any old AM radio buff might have
come up with: add another 18 inches of wire to the antenna.
Albuquerque. they"ve found that 1430 kHz
usuall y works wel l. Locating transmitters
close together poses no problem. Each is
simpl y set 10 a different frequency.
The antenna is a three-meter length of
wire that connects to a ~el screw on the rear of
the transmitter. "We usually tape it to a wi ndow edge: Nancy Ingram ex plained.
Although the tra n ~ mitt e rs usually work
prett y well. the lngrams have experi enced
some of the vagaries of AM radio. For instance, the signal sometimes deteriorates inexplicably when the 1ransmi11cr is placed
near the Sandia mountains. which ri se from
the c it y" s eastern edge. The lngrams' solution
is the sort of thing any old AM radio buff
might have come up with: add another 18
inches of wire to the antenna.
"That solved lhl.! problem. Nancy Ingram
declared.
Future mode ls will come with a telescopin g ant enna. Also, the capac ity of the message chip may be ex panded from 90 seconds
to three minutes.
Kayne says selling the transmitters nationwide was simply ..loo vast 10 do by ourselves."
The solution was to offer franchises.
As of late March. Kayne said he d sold
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But what exactly is it, and what does
it mean for maritime com munications?
GMDSS is the Global Maritime Distress
and Saf ety System . It is inte nded to automate
and improve emergency commun ications for
the world's s hipping industry and to provide
an effecti ve Search a nd Rescue System on a
global basis.
From the point of view of the li ste ner,
GMDSS wi ll mean adding ne w freque ncies
and modes in order to keep track of high seas
activity. From the perspecti ve o f the maritime
industry . G MDSS will be a standardized protocol and means o f improv ing response to an
e me rgency. In theory. this use o f modern
technology sho uld be more reliable and faste r
than aide r modes and equipment. Only time
will prove or disprove this. Undoubtedly there
will be some trial and error involved in fi ne
tuning the entire system.
Thi s ai1icle is a general o ver-vie w of
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taken from the GMDSS Radio Office Handbook prepared by the Ame rican Radio Association in Scottsdale, AZ.
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Some Background
O ver ten years ago, the Internati onal Maritime Organization (IMO), an agency of the
United Nations, began work revising the
Safety of Life At Sea (S OLAS) Convention
to improve maritime safety.
Together with the IMO, the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) began updating the Inte rnational Radio Regu lations to
accommodate the ne w req ui re me nts o f
GMDSS.
Ships subj ect to the SOLAS Convention
are required to carry certain radio equipment
onboard for safe ty purposes a nd are termed
"Compulsory Ships," whereas other ships
fitted with the same equipme nt are termed
"Voluntary Ships." Compulsory Ships incl ude all passenger ships that carry more than
twel ve passengers, and all cargo ships of 300
gross tons a nd over, e ngaged in international
voyages.
T he bas ic concept ofGMDSS is that search
a nd rescue (SAR ) authorities ashore, and
shippi ng in the immediate vicin ity of a ~h ip in
distress, can be rap idly alerted to a distress
incident. The quality of communica tions is
greatl y improved through the use of satel li tes
and digital data transmi ssions.
GMDS S call s for the SAR to be coordinated from shore by a Resc ue Coordination
J.
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Key to Abbreviations
various shore based stations are upgraded.
GMDSS consists of several systems, some
of wh ich are new. but many of which have
been in operation for several years. These
include sate llite and new terrestrial data systems, as well as existing systems that will be
combined into one, overa ll program.
I Satellite Communications
lnmarsat provides a mean s of sending an
alert from ships using Ship's Earth Stations
(SES) or satellite Emergency Pos ition Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB s), plus it can
be used for two-way communications using
radiotelex and radiote lephone. Broadcast of
Marine Safety Information (MSJ) to ships
using radiotelex wi II al so be provided through
the lnmarsat system.
Another important feature of the Inmarsat
service is Enhanced Group Calling (EGC).
The dedicated message processor and printer
can be added to a Standard A orC receiver, or
it ca n be a stand-alone system with a separate
antenna.
The purpose of EGC is to e nable messages to be sent to a group of ships rather than
to call all ships within range. Messages can be
sent, for example, to ships w ithin a geographical area. Messages can be sent to one
ship or to all ships. The ability of EGC to be
selectively addressed has considerab le advantages as far as safety is conce rned. It
enables message s to be sent to ships in the
area nearest to a ship in distress, or it would
enable the RCC to select the fastest or nearest
ships to respond to a distress cal l.
ARO
II Navtex
A global network for the promulgation of
safety information is envisioned through the
use of three systems: The Navtex system , the
group calling feature of the Inmarsat system
(S AFETYNET ), and the terrestrial HF services (MSI).
PJI EPIRB
A near polar-orbiting satellite EPIRB se rvice (t he joint US-Russian COSPASSARSAT system) operates in the 406 MHz
band and provides a main me ans of distress
alerting and determining the location of the
beacon that has been activated. EPIRB s are
capabl e of be ing turned on manually or can be
automatically activated by floating fre e from
a s inking ship. Also, 121.5 MHz. along with
a strobe light, is built-in for both radio and
visua l locati ng.
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!lll SAfETYNET
To augme nt Navtex, lnmarsat is developing a similar service to provide safety information in mid-ocean areas outside Navtex
coverage. By using the EGC feature of
Jnmarsat, it is possible to di rect messages
such as local storm warnings to specific geographical areas. These messages could be
broadcast to the appropriate ocean region via
a Coastal Earth. Stat ion (CES) according to
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messages pertaining to its require ment s.
Format specifier:
Distress (Automatically
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Self Identifier:
9 digit number
Nature of distress:
1 of 9 from the
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Flooding, Collision,
Grounding, Listing,
Sinking, Disabled,
Abandoning ship, Undesignated distress
Distress coordinates: Position in Lat/ Long.
Time:
Time of ship's position
Telecommand:
Indicates whether the
subsequent communications will be R/T or telex
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6312.0
8414.5
f2577.0
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4125.0
6215.0
8291.0
12290.0
16420.0
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NBDP Telex Distress
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2174.5 kHz
4177.5
6268.0
8376.5
12520.0
16695.0
August 1995
fl A Gradual Adjustment
The timetable for im plementation of
GMDSS is as fo llows:
Navtex and satellite EP!RBs (406 MHz)
should apply to all ships not later than
A ugust I. 1993.
Between February I. 1992, and February
L 1999, existing ships can comply either
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of SOLAS.
After February l , 1999, all ships must
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ach year from June through November. resident s along the U.S.
coastl ine cast a wary eye seaward. watch ing for the development of
the most powerfu l swrrns on earth- hurricanes.
The job of forecas ting and track ing these mon~tcr storms is the
responsibility of the Nati onal Hu rrica ne Center <N HC) in Florida. The
center' s buildi ng was severely damaged in 1992 during hurricane Andrew. Since that time a new buildi ng has bee n constructed 10 house the
NBC and it b..:camc operati onal in June of this year.
From their new building (n ick named Bob s Bunker after formt.:r NI-IC
director Bob Sheet,). in Coral Gables. NHC personnel now work wi th the
latest in technology to in vestigate and forecas t these giants oft he weather
world.
The new building has a large array of satell ite an tennas bri st ling from
the roof. These include: 1wo gi ant 1.7 Gl-11. di shes fo r GOES weather
satellite products. NOAA APT/HRPT antennas. a transmit dish to se nd
weather information via the Galaxy 3 saicl l ite. a Ku-band satcl liie dish for
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But even w ith weathe r satel lites. complex radio co mmun i1:a1ions
syste ms. and sophi sticated computer technology. one thing has 1101
ehanged over the many yea rs that NI-I C has been in busincs,- thc need for
observations from wit hi n these storms. This is the job of the NOAA
research aircraft and U.S. Air r:mce Rese rve hurri cane hunters.
tomal<.:d instrumen ts carried on board the P-3s collect basic meteorological informat ion such as temperature. pressure. dewpoint. wind speed and
di reelion. and cloud information such as water droplet and ice particle
information. Ot her collected information includes sea surface temperatur<.: and dust.
Th<.: information collected is correlated with data from the aircraft' s
navigation systems to record specific condi tions at various locations. Data
arc di splay<.:d on board the ai rcraft for instan t analysis and are recorded for
later study.
These aircraft arc based at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center at
Mac Dill Air Force Base near Tampa. Florida. T hey have been in service
since 1975. A complete list of NOAA aircraft is presented in Table One.
You will frequ entl y hear NOAA .Q and 43 working the NHC (call sign
KJY74- Miami Monitor) in the short wave spectrum. Look for the Miami
Monitor working th<.:sc aircraft on the fo ll ow ing frequencies usi ng USB:
3407 (Alpha) 5562 (Bravo) 5610 (Charlie) 6673 (Delta)
8876 (Echo) 10015 (Foxtrot) 13267 (Golf) 1790 l (Hotel)
21937 (Indio)
122.925 MHz 123.050 MHz 134. l 00 MHz 304.800 MHz
(VHF/UH F oir to ground ond oir to oir)
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tornadn<.:s. Look for them on the fo ll ow ing frequencies working Boulder.
Co lorado. and Norman . Oklahoma:
NOAA operates two of th<.: world' s prcmi<.:r r<.:sea rcl1 aircraft. the
renowned NOAA WP-3D Orion (a variation ofihe U.S . Navy P-3 Orion).
34 16 5610 6682 8882 10093
On the average . each research aircraft logs about 400 hours a year, aiding
13267 17901 21937 1 23.050 MHz
scientists in better understanding hurri canes. studying lh<.: ocean curr<.: nl s.
and investigating the structures of severe
storms.
. TABLE 1: NOAA Aircraft Based at MacDill AFB
During hurricane season. the aircraftcall signs NOAA 42 and NOAA 4J- asRadio Callsign
Mission
Tail No. Aircraft Type
sume an operationa l role 10 hc.:lp suppor! the
hurricane center in monitoring and fore castAdvanced airborne environmental research
N42RF
Lockheed WP-30 Orion
NOAA42
platform
ing hurricane and scv..:re storm mov<.:mcnt s.
N43RF
Lockheed WP-30 Orion
NOAA43
Advanced airborne environmental research
Whe n a hurrica ne appears lo b<.: head ing for
platform
landfall in the J\tla111ic Ocean or the Gulf of
N47RF AC-500S Aero Comma nder
NOAA47
Flight check aero charts for obstructions
Mexico. the P-Js begin storm pe netrat ion
Various missions
N48RF Dehavilland DHC6 Twin Otter NOAA48
nights. fl ying into the eye of the storm.
Various missions
N485RF Dehavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter NOAA485
Through di reel satellitecommunications. lh<.:
NOAA49
Hurricane surveillance, weather research,
N49RF Gulfstream G-IV SP
global climate studies, air chemistry,
ai rcraft transmit imponant storm data to the
satellite validation, and remote sensor
NHC for use by forecasters in their storm
development. (In service July 1996)
prediction and warning acti vi ties.
NOAA51
Gamma radiation measurements
N51RF AC500S Aero Commander
The P-3s normally tly into hu rrican<.:s
N52RF Cessna Citation II
NOAA 52 Aerial photography
performing a research mission onl y. They
NOAA53
Aerial photography
N53RF AC690A Turbo Commander
tly rccon mi ssions only if the hurrican<.: is
NOAA59
Various missions (ship based)
N59RF McDonnellDouglos MD-5000
NOAA60
Various missions (Anchorage, AK)
N60RF Bell 212 Helicopter
over Cuba. for example . or if the USA r
Various missions (Anchorage, AK)
N61RF Bell 212 Helicopter
NOAA61
reservists based al Biloxi cannot.
NOAA 64
Various missions
N64RF Lake Renegade Seawall
These P-3s arc among the world 's lllLlSt
NOAA 65
Va rious missions
N65RF Lake Renegade Seawell
h<.:avily-instrum<.: nt<.:d research aircraft. !\u-
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I Military Stormtroopers
The flying folks at NOA/\ aren't the only ones that tackle these
destructive storms. The U.S. Air Force has been fl ying into them for years.
It used to be the active duty Ai r Force that fl ew hurricane hunting mi ssions,
but that all changed when the Ai r Force Reserve took over the mission. O n
November I. 1993, the 53rd Weather Reconnai ssance Squadron (WRS)
des ignation was activated and assigned to the 40Jrd Airlift Wing based out
o f Kees ler Air Force Base near Bil oxi. M ississippi. When the 53rd squadron
was acci vated . theirold s4uadron designation, the 8 I 5th Weather Squadron.
was decommissioned.
These Air Force reservists track hurricanes and tropical storms over the
Atlantic. Gulf of Mexico. and the eastern Pacific. During one hurricaneEmil y. in 1993-they flew over 230 hours to support data gathering for the
National Hurricane Center.
The aircraft flown for these hurricane track ing missions are modi tied Cl 30 air frames (WC-1 30E and WC- I 30H aircraft). They use the call sign
"Tear fo llowed by two nU1nbers.
Whi le most of the routine tracking information is now passed via
military satelli tes using data modes. some voict.: traffic from these aircraft
can still be monitored. Normally when flying their recon missio ns, the
aircraft can be heard on the U.S . Air Force Global Hig h Frequency System
(GHFS). Ai rcraft flying in the At lantic and Gulf can be heard working
MacDill Global in Florida. A irc raft fl ying out in the eastern Paci fic have
been heard working both Mac Di ll and McClellan. Listen for these "Teal"
fli ght s on the following G HFS frequencies:
I UW Pot Luck
Do n' t discard the o ld U.S. Navy HICOM frequencies; some Navy
traffic is still being heard o n these frequencies: 3036 6697 8976 9002
9032 11186 11263 11267 15027 15054 17985 23287
A nifty. li1tle known U.S Air Fo rce frequ ency you mig ht want to put
in your receiver's memories is 6826 kHz. You wi ll fi nd some airborne
command posts gather there fro m time tu time for training and real world
events.
An interesting set of USAF frequenc ies to listen in on is the Paci fi c
Air Force Command o Escort network. The net is used as a command and
cont rol network with the net control station located in Punamano AFS,
Hawai i. The net 's US B communications can be found on the following
frequencies:
3032 3137 378 1 4520 6712 (Alpha 2) 6944 (Sierra) 7 415
(Hotel) 9129 (Golf) l 0452 (Oscar) 10510 (Charlie) 11 697
(Foxtrot) 14755 17 414 (November) 17 464 (Popa) 18005 (Tango)
20737 (Lima) 21754 {Uniform) 2344 1 (Victor) 23689 (Whiskey)
26515
Other stations in the net include: Kadena. Japan: Owada, Japan:
o,an. Korea: Kunsan. Ko rea: and Kwangju. Korea. If we ever have any
more problems fro m North Korea, keep an eye on these frequencies.
Well. that is it forth is month. and now it is time to see w hat you have been
hearing in the Utili ty World.
August 1995
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ARQ
ARQ-E
ARQ-E3
FHWA
GHFS
HF
ID
Global HF Station
High Frequency
Identification
ARQ-M2
Buno
cw
DCS
EAM
EPA
Fox
FEC
FEC-A
FF
tion
lnmorsot
MARS
Meleo
MFA
MOD
MOI
M/V
NAS
NATO
NCS
PACTOR
POlARQ
RAF
RTTY
SITOR-A
All frequencies i11 kilohertz (kfl~). al/ 1i111es i11 UTC. All \'Oice
tra11s111 issio11s in 11glish 1111/ess othernise 1101ed.
3196.0
3450.0
4178.0
4470.0
4495.0
4742.0
4873.2
5154 0
52 11 .0
5431.5
5690.0
5775.0
5790.0
6265.5
6272.0
6272.5
6344.0
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Prague Meteo, Czech Republic. wilh 50 baud Synops RITY weather reports
at 2022. (Ary Boender-Net11erlands)
FUD-French Navy Toulon. France. calling FWF2 using 100 baud RITY at
0006. (Boender-Neth)
9GYS-MN Volta River at 0020 in SI TOR-Awith telex for vessel arrangements
in Tampa, FL (Rich Baker-Austintown, OH)
English female 3/2-digit number station in AM at 0120 noted parallel to 5046
(Fri UTC). (John Bellovich-Macclenny, FL)
Parchesi working Nightwatch 01, entering the net on S-304 in USB at 0027.
Also on 5700 (P-381) and 11244 (S-393). (Jeff Haverlah-Houston, TX)
SAM 203 (C-208, tail 86-0203) at 0304 in USB working Andrews (Mystic
Star). (Baker-OH)
AFA2NF-USAF MARS with 75 baud RITY chit chat. apparently attempting to
keep a net open at 1420. (Bill Mussen-Annandale, VA)
USN/USMC MARS stations in PACTOR mode at 0134 UTC. Message concerned the use of Internet lor MARS messages. (J.L. Metcalfe-KY)
USCG 1st District communications center, Boston, MA. working WGY 912 at
0438. KC2XKG (Rockwell Collins-Cedar Rapids, IA) working WGY912 (FEMA
Mt. Weather) at 0035. When WGY 912 asked KC2XKG for their agency and
ztp code, !hey were told that the information was classified. That really
cracked me up. All in USB. (Mike Schulsinger-Springfield, OH)
Oscar Sierra, NCS for NATO tracking net. at 0431 in USB working U1V. Deny
Flight frequency (Baker-OH)
W9H calling unid station for radio check. strange accent in USB at 1050.
(Harry Riddell-Rochester, NY) Military I sl10w l1ere is Canforce at Lahr, but
that l1as been sometime ago-Larry.
URO-Unid station with 75 baud RITY at 1630. KUL type station. (KUL-UK)
German female 3/2-digit number station in AM at 0345 (Fri UTC) . (Bellovich FL)
WZJD-SS Sea-Land Discovery at 0340 with AMVER position report. At 1750.
WM LG-MN Tyson Lykes with voyage 42 company report. Both using SITORA. (Baker-OH)
UIGU-Tanker MIT Ashkhabad al 0244 using SITOR-A with English telex to
Russocl1art Hamburg, Novoship Novorossiysk. (Baker-OH)
WSNB-SS Kenaiat 0608 using SI TOR-A, U.S. flag crude oil tanker with BBXX
weather observation telex. (Baker-OH)
WLO-Mobile Radio. AL, with SITOR-Btraffic list and Atlantic seas forecast at
0640. (Sue Wilden-IN)
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6604.0
6691.0
August 1995
6697.0
6712.0
6730.0
6735.0
6737.0
6739.0
6761.0
6830.0
6835 5
6862.0
6978.0
7445.0
7793.5
8052.3
8062.0
8125.0
8142.0
8165.0
8026.0
8157.0
8234.0
8335 5
8336.0
8370.0
8376.0
8378.0
8380.5
8398.5
8401.5
8407.0
8415.0
8435.0
8454.0
8475.0
8658.0
8680.0
8700.0
8701.0
8930.3
8967.0
8968.0
8971.0
8989.0
9014.0
9016.0
901 7.0
9023.0
9050.0
9145.0
9197.0
9250.8
9337.0
9994.0
10410.0
10493.0
10584.0
10893.0
10942.0
10953.0
11175.0
11178.0
11220.0
11244.0
11 247.0
t 1545.0
11569.D
11733.5
12134.2
12180.0
12193.0
12562.D
12565.5
12612.5
12691.5
13211.0
13347.7
13425.D
13440.0
13450.0
13777.5
13920.0
14352.9
14481.0
14492.0
14860.0
14977.0
14980.D
15000.0
15016.0
15860.1
16098.0
16153.0
16165.4
16760.0
17045.6
17146.5
17410.0
18585.0
19621.7
20700.0
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The World Above 30 MHz
-tl-!lillll~[ct;m!J;~ 1 - - - - - - - - - - Bob Kay, c/o MT, P.O. Box 98, Brosstown, N.C. 28902
August Scanning
also he ar a synthes ized voice. The space shutt le frequ encies are:
259.70 (AM). 296.80 (AM) and 279 .0. O ther space frequencies that
may be active include: 145 .840. 145.55. 12 1.75/ 130. 167- Russian
FM voice, 12 1.7511 21. I 25-Russ ian FM vo ice.
To receive signal s from space you need sensiti ve equipment and
mul ti-e lement ante nnas. Because of their di sta nt location , sate lli te
signa ls are re lative ly weak. You probably won' t be able to recei ve
the m w ith a rubbe r duc ky antenna. Howe\'e r. w ith a litt le imaginati on. you could bring along a multi -cle ment ante nna and temporarily
mount it in an open field .
Since we re speaking about antennas and capturing weak signal s.
August is also an excelle nt month tu c heck and winterize your
rooftop antenna system. Whi le it is still warm weathe r outs ide, you
should c heck the follow ing:
I ) Look fo r cracks and abras ions on your coax cable. Replace your
coax cable if it is five or more years o ld .
2) Weatherproof your ante nna connc<.:tion points. A good, low cost
tape sealant is available at Radio Shack.
3) Examine your antenna cle me nts and chc<.:k the ri veted connections fo r rust and corrosion. If the antenna is several years o ld, you
may want to dri ll out the ri vets and replace them with brass hardw are.
Also remember to d ean the area on the ele ment that contacts the
hard ware.
If monitoring your local shopping ma ll s and pre paring your
a ntenna system for cold weather during the month of August seems
somewhat premature, you couldn ' t be more wrong. August is the last
month of summer. The days are also growing shorter. By the end of
August a full month o f day light w ill be lost. So get outside while you
still can. get unde r the star~. or get on the roof. Monitor the malls or
li ste n to the space shuttl e. You can do it a ll during the last days of
summe r.
6
1
3
5
43
Contact Chief
Contect AHl atant To Chief
ContllC't Headrr:ar1er
1
47
Home
Contact News Medi
Grl Report
49
RMllo Repatr
51
57A
59
61
63
65
65B
65C
65D
65E
&SF
65 G
67
69
Cannot Answer
Clvll Defense Alert
E!lcort Or Pat1de
Money Eocort
Computer Down
Pick Up Another Unit
lnve1tlgatlon Or Follow Up
Request Delectlv e At Scene
Hootoge Negotl1Uon
SWAT
KOUnit
Vi ctim Advoc1te
Coroner
Pro.ecutor
Rush C1JI But No Emergenc y
Harcotlc1
85
91
99
Fuel St op
911 Hang Up I Contact In Person
Emergoncy Tolflc (All Stondby}
45
21
Prlaoner
23
25
27
29
29"
29B
31
33
35
37
39
Give locaUon
41
55
57
~i ~~~Pngcthe.".nk~
AEVtSED: OlOtt&
B
10
12
12A
1'
16
18
18A
20
20A
22
24
26
28
28A
28B
2BC
280
30
32
34
34A
36
36A
38
40
Asnull
AHll l Other Unit
Burglary
Burg lry In Progress
Bad Check!!/ Forgery
Structural
Pereon Poulbly ln1 lde
Explool on
Gombllng
Homicide
Juvcnfln
Runaway Or Unruly
larceny
Larceny In ProgrH
=~:~ft~~Gu"n
!52
Shooting
Robbery In P1ogr11a
Slel>bl ng Or CUtt1no
Stolen Car
56A Wanted V1hlcl1
Dorne1Uc Trouble
Neighbor Trouble
Drowning
Drunk
Aght
Fire
Vehlcle
N1ture Unknown
Oftlcor In Trouble
Prowler
Rope
Sex Offense
Someone Expo1lng Themtelvea
Robbery
54
56
Deed On Arrlval
4t
44
46
48
4BA
488
50
SOA
I
I
~ ~~~r.~ous Person
:A t'.'tfi~~t~1~"
68
70
72
74
76
78
BO
V1nd1U1m
Eocope Or Jill Breok
Llv11tock On Roodway
Emergency NotlllcaUon
Thre1t1 Or Har111ment
Hazardouo Sp ill
Mentel
A l11m Drop
Trolflc Jim Or Ro1d Blocked
82
DIHbled Vehicle
64
66
84 Open Door
84A Open Window
86 Trettlc Offense
::A ~g~~..,~~~~lV/Mlnl Bike Complolnt
90
Tire new Buckeye State Sheriff's Association standard radio codes for Ohio were sent in by A.R. Zabrecky.
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Treln Oer1llment
I Treasure Hunt
151 .715
15 1.835
151 .865
151.955
154.515
154.60
157.56
157.62
464.325
464.425
464.50
464.5125
461.40
463.2 125
463.7875
463.875
464.575
464.675
464.775
464.825
Armored Cars
151.625101 51 .985
152.30 to 152.48
460.65 to 460.975
461 .00 to 461 .975
462.0 to 462.925
464.00 to 46 4.975
159.495
159.765
159.81
464.85
464.875
467.1375
855.5625
Guide.
I Frequency Exchange
O ur first slo p for thi s mo nth is Maui, Hawa ii. Whe n youre tired
o f li stening to the data signals and worrying about earthquakes and
volcanoes (sec co ver feature) wc 11 hang o ut o n the beach and listen
to these freq uencies provided by our ano nymous host.
154.725 ..... Lohoino Police
154.77 ....... Ho no Police
154.965 ..... State rood crews
155.55 ....... Car to car
155.625 ..... Vice squad
155.67 ....... Police
155.73 ....... Lohoino Police
155.79 ....... Hano Police
155.955 ..... Fire
156.45 ....... Molson tugs
IL. When Bub turn s on his scanne r radi o. he re arc the frequencies that
he moni tors.
155.43 ....... Sheriff
39.38 ......... Sheriff car to car
154.52 ....... Sheriff
154.7 4 ....... Danville PD
154.83 ....... Danvi lle PD
Trave ling to the East Coa~ l. we"ll vis it w ith John Si ll. Herc arc
John"s favorite freque nc ies for Lynn, M assachusetts.
National
Scanning
Report
But don't take our word for it. Check it out
1-800-423- 1331 yourself. $3.00 cash will get you asample copy
P.O. Box 360,
Wogontown, PA
19376
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Realistic Pro:
Beorcot:
I Scanner Tips
During the month of August, back to school sales will lure tlwusamls
of shoppers to area malls.
The last stop on o ur August trip is Fairfax, Virginia. An ano nymous contributo r has sent in the fo ll owi ng:
150.85 ....... Bill's towing
151.655 ..... School Buses
151 .685 .. ... School Admin
151.805 .. ... School district
154.515 ..... Virginion News Poper
In Sono ma. C alifornia, a Loomi s Armored Car Serv ice Truck was
robbed as g uards were unloading bags of money. When th e robbery
ended , more than 19 sho ts were fired between the s uspects and the
g uards .
Witnesses to the daring. mid-afte rnoon robbery reported a woman
in a b londe wig running from the scene. The woman was later
confronted and identified by a citi zen w ho had heard he r description
over a scanner radio. (News clipping fro m John Shafer. )
In Virg inia Beach. Virgini a. two tee nagers sto le a stranger' s
identity and charged more than $ 11.000 dollars of me rchandi se on
credit cards. The scheme was discovered whe n a cit izen. li ste ning to
a scanner radi o overheard the two bragging about the scheme o n a
cellular pho ne. (News clipping from Virgi11ia11 Pilot.)
I Next Month
It 's back to school and back to spendi ng more time li ste ning to
your fa vorite freque nc ies.
I Cellular Patrol
The C hicago police department has distributed mo re than 250
cellular phones to town -watc h g roups to help fight cri me. The equipment a nd air time are donated by "Ameritech Corp.' '
Law e nforcement offic ial s said the new techno logy will impro ve
communi cations and pu blic re lations between police and the community. With the push o f a butto n, c rime fi g hters have immediate access
to pol icc-9- I - I .
According to the poli ce. ce ll ula r pho nes arc d iscreet a nd safer than
utiliz ing a C B radio. In o rde r to partic ipate in the prog ram, c itizen
groups must be screened and trained by the police. (News c lipping
from C hicago Trih1111e.)
ls it ce llu lar rcstorablc? How many ti mes have you loo ked at a
scanner radio and asked yourself that question ? Thomas Bernie.
President of Cellular Sec urity Grou p. has published a list of scanners
that can be unlocked to receive cellul ar freq uencies. Here's the
breakdown :
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p I ?;
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BEGINNER'S CORNER
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Worked All States award. you may even run across a foreign stat ion
o r two. O ld Uncle Skip has just two words for this. WORK IT!
Maki ng contact with folks in o the r parts of the world is a big part of
amateur radio. Tt also leads to some ot her great awards. Your next
award goal sho uld be Worked All Continents (WAC) This award is
g iven for making contact with stations in each of the six continents:
North America. South America. Europe, Asia. Africa and Oceani a.
Thi s award can be ach ieved with just Novice or Tech Plu s
privileges, but you' ll need to depend on a lot of li stening and a few
m ajor contest events to grab thi s award. given the limited frequenc ies
you have to o perate w ith. If you've been looking for a reason to
upgrade, I have two more words for you ... TWENTY METERS.
The 20 meter ham band comes to you when you qualify for your
General Class license. Twenty mi::tcrs is where you are go ing to head
to work the majority of your overseas radio contacts throu ghout your
ham radio career. During favorable propagation conditions. 20 meters
is open to someplace just about all the time. In add ition to getting 20
meters, you get the 160. 30. and 12 meters bands, as we ll as increased
frequencies on 80. 40. 15. and I 0 meters. The e nthus iasm and
ex pe rience surrounding the path to Worked All States is like ly to get
you fired up e nough to upgrade to Genera l Class. So get on board and
go afte r that DX, Compadre 1
Tht:: first continent for WAC is as t::asy as ha vi ng a chat with a
fri e nd nearby and swapping QS L cards. If s li ke getting North
A merica fo r free. The experience of sending out for the other live
cards from your contacts in other countries will give you a notion of
how playing the award game means honi ng your postal sk ill s a long
w ith your operating skill s. Remember. Bunkey. the whole time you
arc com municating with fo lks on the ham bands you are going to be
learning. Don ' t be a fraid to ask questi ons. T here is a ton of ex perience
ou t the re ready to help you inc rease the quantity of wallpape r hanging
in your shac k.
T he Worked A ll Continents award is sponsored by the International Te lecommun icatio ns Unio n (ITU ). Information o n getting your
WAC certi ficate can a lso be had from the AR RL as stated above for
the Worked All States award. Do n' t forget the SASE.
just need to get on the air enough and pu t your sig na l in the way of
enou gh folks in enough places arou nd the world. O ne of the fi rst thin gs
you will di scover whe n you peruse the DXCC coun tries list is that there
are countries. and there are "countries." For instance, if you have
succeeded in earni ng the Worked All States award mentioned earli er,
you already have three countries toward DXCC. You see, the DXCC
countries li st cou nt s the 48 contiguous United States as one country and
Alaska and Hawaii are addition al ''countri es: Y~rious island g roupings and governmen ta l ent ities also serve to increase the DXCC
country list.
Nothing substitutes for ti me at the dials searching out the vari ous
countries. You ca n push the process a long a bit by making you rse lf
available o n majo r contest weekends. T he ARR L DX contest in
February a nd March , the IARU HF World Championshi ps in Jul y, and
the CQ World-Wide DX Contest in October and November. a long w ith
a few others. c an run your totals up nicely.
As you travel around the bands you wi ll run across several DX
'nets th at specia lize in helping people make contact wi th rare DX. If
you hear a station o n these nets that you need. stick around. However.
you are likely to find that the time spent waiti ng in line to make that Net
contact can be better spent listen ing around the bands for other DX,
especiall y when you arc searching fo r you r fi rst I OOcountries. C hances
are. you will find waiti ng by the mailbox for those QSL cards mo re
difficult than catchi ng I 00 cou ntries. But when the cards fina lly do
come in. you w ill be able to quali fy for membership in a cl ub that every
ham wants to belo ng to . Who knows. you may even be one of the select
few who go o n to achieve 5 Band DXCC.
So there you have the big three awards for a begi nning ham to aspire
to (and my personal favorite. The Rag Chewers C lub). This just touched
the surface. There's W orked A ll Zones. Worked All Counties, the
DXCC Honor Ro ll. You'vegot to work 'em to earn 'em , so get cracking
and have fun! I' 11 see you on the bands . Iain ' t rare DX. but I' II be happy
to help you get into the Rag Chewers Cl ub.
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SHORT
Av{~6Ao snNG
ALBANIA Major per~onncl reduction at R. Tirana: abolished correCity !WO. I?.) Despite numerous fa lse slam. l'ara Ins Diexistas has
spontkm:e section and Eng lish service has onl y two staff members (R.
never been on the air on R. Rebcldc. I continue struggl ing to convince
the authorities of the value of our hubby (Manolo de la Rosa. La
Japan Ml'dia 1?111111d1rp via BBCM)
Habana. late May ) RHC SSB on 11 960 al 2200-2300 in English is 20
ARMENIA Since May 6. external broadcasts ID as Vo ice of ArmekW. with 1.25 kW residual carrier (Arnie Coro. RHC DXUL )
nia. someti111es adding Radio Agency but no lnnger mentioning A rak~: in
Armenian before English and other;,says Ycrcvan n e Khosum .. ("Yerevan
CZECH REPUBLIC In late May. R. Prague had very poor. di storted
calling.. ). At ~ ig n -off. "llayastani Dzayni Radiogort sakalutyuni.. Fax#
audio on I 1640at 1800.5930 atOOOO.alsu7345(Brian Alexan<ler.PA)
Te~ tin g ne w compressor unti l Ju ne 7. spec ial QS L ror th is only: was to
+7-8852-55 151 3 (BBC Monitoring)
go into permanent use Jul y I for improved moduBELGIUM Th is summc1.. s open house at RVI
lation and reception (Nora Mike>. R. Prague. via
is the Wavre transmitter site. Sat. Aug. 19. for its
Pete Costello) Compressor made things worse.
50th anniversary: sign up in ad vance (RV I mailbag)
loud
hum on 73 ~5 at *0258 in early June (Diane
BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA R. B-H.Sarajevo.
1
RADIO ""KKEY
Mauer. WT )
I I I I I I I
! I I I I I
added new I OkW AM 7 105. but also kept using US B
RFE/RL made their l a ~ l broadcasts from Munich
on 7 108. both on air most of the day (BBCM)
June 3. as move to Prague compl eted by remai ning
7108.08 US B fa ir al 0158-0230+ (Alexander. PA)
staff of 400. cut from 1500 (Reuters via Boston
BOUGAINVILLE Rebels fighting for indepenC1f'l1r1td1Pr0<1<Jt l o
Ill C'"""""'""'J84J
Globe via Malcolm Kaufman) fl s 300 ex -1100
dence must often resort to coconut oil to run generatJ.fJ41
S o "'"" Slfirllfu IOI II $1I190$
(AP via New York Times via Chet Copeland) 300
tor powering pirate Radio Free Bougai nville. Oil of
l11.Jd>o
fM I AC 104. I MHl
ex1200. Vladimir Ma t u~ovich. fo rmer director of
40 coconuts powers stat ion for one hour. But the
" Of. Orot/110 ~,,...._, IOJ S II
OlllO"O't:11 C1Jlr tS'
Russian service. wrote Cong re~' that programprice is hca,y. ;\ station supporter says four of his
firltOI JI 468 JJOOf1 10 1 1140 8011 tiit"" I t JJ91
f M 104, 1MH1 0.1i "'-rit1 d11 f.00 6 OO't
ming quality has deteriorated ' eriously in last two
friend~ harvesting coconuts were cxernted by the
years to become practicall y ind i ~ tin gu i ~ h able from
PNG army (/.A1 Ll'ttre. Reporters ~a n s frontieres via
Russian radi o: new' is slanted. ~o metime s outright
IFEX. via Brm:c Girard. USENET. via Pete Costell o
anti -A merican though we arc still payi ng for it (Washington Times
via George Thurman ) RFB on 3850 at 0900- 1 I00 when coconut power
editorial vi a Copeland ) Wi lli am Marsh. former RFE/RL director
available. less than 100 watts (Sam Voron. IARN via John Norfolk )
desc ribed transfe r to Prague as an ex pensive liasw leadi ng to poor
BRAZIL R. Mundial. 4974.97. carri es a Japanese mu sic program.
qual it y or broadcasting . ..catastrophic .. (CTK via BBCM) A wellRadio N iklw1. Mon -Sat 0800- 1000 (Yuji Omiya via Takayuki Inoue.
informed source in Munich tell s me that some RFE people took
l?c/i111p11go IJX via Radio Nll('\'O Mundo )
~ 100, 000 severance pay and the nex t day we re rehired by BIB/VOA
BULGARIA R. Varna heard Friday 2200-24000119775. mostly music.
(John Vodcni k, MD )
Bulgarian annou ncements. Normally on AM & FM onl y (BBCM)Also24
ECUADOR Al their request HCJB i' no longer carrying programs
hours on 15175. including English. French. German news al 08 15- 11 30
from TWR Brazil. which were in Portuguese and German . March/
[or -0830? 1. and maritime show 2200-2.mo (source unknown. REE
Apri l antenna experiment on 97~5 at OJ00-0500 was the steerable
Am igos de la 011da Coria. may be outdated)
aimed due north. better on eastern 'eaboar<l out signals dropped in
CANADA RCI i ~ on borrowed time and may disappear altogether due
Oklahoma because of its very narrow lobe: then went to curtain slewed
to severe CBC budget cu ts (Shawn Axelrod. IRCA DX Mo11i10r) In late
toward Kam;as City. but wi ll probabl y move it farther cast to cover
May. Andr.! Coure) announced on RCI Mai/hag that R c r ~ budget had
Boston and New York. hopefu lly not affecting Enid as it has a much
been extended at the present level. but for only one year (Diane Mauer.
wider pattern . As of June I we were switchi ng at 0500 from 344 to 324
WI) Still waiting to see if CBC budget cuts affect RCI: things may happen
(Rich McVicar. HCJB)
later in 1995 at RCI (A llan Fam ili ant. RCI , RN Media Network) RCI
New R. Buen Pastor. Saraguro. first heard J une 16 at 21 10 on
added a Sack ville frequency. 17870 fo r English at 2000-2 100: Skelton for
4830.23. most ly Quichua but Spanish ID 2 1 17. strong signal but
Europe 2200-2359 on 5995. 7 195 (Wil liam Westenhaver. PQ. World of
terri ble QRM fro m Tachira 4830 (Ri ch McV icar. HCJB Tire Latest
Radin )
Catch)
CHINA CRI on new 9560 at
R. Alianza. 5848.79 heard
0400 (Bria n Alexan<li:r. PA) Must be
All times UTC; All f requencies kHz; * before hr= sig11 on,
only on weekend afte rnoons
"mi ss ing .. Ca nada relay. supposed to
ajie r hr = sign off; II = parallel programming; + =
around I<)37 with Otavalefio folk
be on 118-rn thi s ~ummer . previously
continuing but not monitored; 2 xfreq 2nd har111011ic; Zmusic (McV icar. HCJ B TLC)
and still announced as 9595 (ghl
95 =.rnmmer season
Henrik Klemi:l7. has resigned as
COLOMBIA
R. Comunal.
monthl y reporter to DXPL si nce
Narilio. Amioquia. 2679.6~ = 2 x
certain DX publications have
13~0 - . heard 0050-0 I 02:20* (Rich Mc Vicar. Ecuador. Fine Tu11i11g ) New
qumed hi~ info without credit (DXPL) If I had re,i!!ncd for beill!.!
name for HJZI 15-50. Bmwta. heard on 3100 is MCI Radio meaning both
plag iarized. I would be long gone (gh)
~
~
Medio <le cumuni caci6n intern ac ional. and Mi siun. Cari s n~atica
EQUATORIALGUINEA R. Africa. 15186.5 before closing at 2300
Internac ional (Henrik Klemetz. ibid.. Dateline Bogot<i via RNM)
announces a Listener s clubat 1~0201 Parin /\ ve .. Suite 230. C~pcrtino.
COSTA RICA R. Alajuela. 5 119.68 = ~ x 1280 heard at 0400-0500
CA 950 I0-21 3'.! (Jim Frimmel. T X) Resembles broker Pan American
(Rich McVi car. HCJB TLC ) RFP I US address changed zip code so it' s
Broadca,ting address in WRTH (gh)
Box 20728. Portland. OR 97294. Two U11in 'rsitrofthc Air courses fo r 3rd
ETHIOPIA R. Ethiopia. 9705 at 0358-0445+ 1171 I0.05 and 9560
quarter are Global Spirit ual ity: and repeat or History of the UN-a
mi xed with China: so 9560 no longer used by V. or Peace (Brian
pcr~on al pe rspcct ive ( RFPI Ma ilbag) Tue- Fri 2230 and 2300 plus repeats.
Alexander. PA) [non] V. ofOromo Lihi:ration was last heard on WHRI
CROATIA C RZ English news on hour every hour 2200 through 0400
13760. April 28 al 1500-1 600: had bee n Tue & Fri (BBCM)
on 13830. 7370. 5895 (BBCM )
GABON R. Pakistan reports it has been invited to be relayed over
CUBA RHC s Spanish DX program introduced a new English
Moyabi with Islamic programming (BBCM )
announce r. sounded like Ed Lindell. who used to work for KKFI. Kansas
'Jilt
J 1 01 oiu11
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_B11_~-van-~-~-s_t_Log..;..;;;g__in~g--s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,..,jj[.faMfl\1,Idiil![i0040 UTC o n 7108 USB
BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA: Radio Bosnia Hercegovina. Serbian. Operatic
vocals to lady's ballad. Station ID at 0100, 0140, 0200 as "Radio Bosnia
Hercegovina." English country tunes ahd pop music from 0102-0140. (Ed
Rausch, Cedar Grove, NJ)
0240 UTC on 5065
UNITED STATES: WWCR . Tom Valentine's Radio Free America show,
discussing mysterious black helicopter sightings throughout 1he U.S. (Fr.
John Bellovich, Macclenny, FL)
0258 UTC on 9615
GERMANY: Deutsche Welle. English/ German. Interval signal to program
promo and time tips at 0300. German announcement and English world
newscast. (Susan J. Wilden, Columbus, IN)
0300 UTC on 3300
GUATEMALA: Radio Cultural. Station sign-on ID. call letter ID into religious
text and music. (Bellovich, FL)
0314 UTC on 9820
CUBA: Radio Havana. Mailbag program 10 ID. (Wilden, IN) Arnie Coro's
DXer's Unlimited program, suffering interference at 0443 on 6000 /112000.
(Bellovich, FL)
0315 UTC on 9445
TURKEY: Voice of Turkey. Program on terrorists, and how they finance their
activities. Turkish pop music program. (Bellovich, FL) Audible on 9445 at
2220, with feature on teachers of religious tolerance in the Middle Ages. (Bob
Fraser, Cohasset, MA)
0440 UTC on 9905
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Radio lnt' I. Discussion on Swiss exports to China,
and news of consulate general's olfice reopening after being closed since
1962. (Bellovich, FL)
0512 UTC on 7360
VIETNAM (NON): Voice of Vietnam via Tbilisskaya, Russia. International
news, IDs and feature on the various provinces of Vietnam. Focus on
successful Vietnamese painter. Great reception for 0527'. (Bellovich, FL)
0532 UTC on 6015
CANADA: Radio Austria lnt'I relay. News, national weather, and focus on
sexual abuse charges against an Austrian archbishop. (Bellovich, FL; Wilden,
IN) Radio Austria Int' I heard on 15540 at 2300. (Jerry Witham, Keaau, HI)
0606 UTC on 7255
NIGERIA; Voice of Nigeria. Station ID to promotional for African Hour and
African Writers programs. Listener's Letter's show at 0615. (Bellovich, FL)
0630 UTC on 9640
ANTIGUA: BBC relay. Very interesting program on the United Nations
entitled The Scourge of War. The program covered action in Pales1ine,
Korea, and Kuwait. (Bellovich, FL)
0631 UTC on 9860
AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. News on reoccurring problems within the
Rwandan refugee camps. (Bellovich, FL) Oklahoma City bombing discussion
on 9860 at 0700. (Wilden, IN) Report From Australia heard on 9580//9860 at
1040. (Fraser, MA)
0742 UTC on 9570
NEW ZEALAND: Radio New Zealand lnt'I. Interesting talk about their na1ional
role in world conflicts. Station sign-off at 0758. (Bellovich, FL; Stanley D.
Mayo, Winslow, ME)
1045 UTC on 6190
GERMANY: Radio Bremen. German. Pop music tunes to program announcement and station ID. (Giovanni Serra, Rome, l1aly)
1100 UTC on 17780
GABON: Japan Radio relay. Swedish and Italian announcement. News and
forecast to ID. Musical pause and featured programming in Swedish. Japanese song into Italian program at 1115. Station ID. frequency quote and
schedules. Feature Appuntamento Domenica/a by Michele Camandona, into
Italian service at 1130. (Serra, Italy)
1226 UTC on 15775
ICELAND: Rikisutvarpid/NBC. Icelandic. News format to interval signal.
Topical chat on Iceland, interval signal repeat, to closing ID at 1259. Signoff
at 1300. (Serra, Italy)
1242 UTC on 13625
FRANCE: Radio France lnt'I. News briefs, science quiz promotional. and
feature on major cleanup in the Baltic Sea. Discussion on human genetic
engineering at 1250. (Larry Zamora. Alamogordo, NM)
1356 UTC on 12005
ECUADOR: HCJB. Station ID and Quito address. Time tips at the hour to
Hope For the Heart program, discussing discipleship ministry. (Zamora, NM)
Studio 9 show heard on 15490 at 1725. (Wilden, IN ; Larry Van Horn,
Brasstown, NC)
1435 UTC on 9435
JAPAN: Radio Japan. Listener's letter segment of Radio Japan's Magazine
show. Commentary on subway gas attacks at 1450. Tokyo Pop-In program
at to 1500 ID. (Zamora, NM)
Tlumh
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_Th_e_Q_S_L_R_e.._po_rt
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____~Ji[.]~i-rdJiiitcl-Gayfe Van Hom
CZECH REPUBLIC
Radio Pr:iguc. 7 345 k Hz. l'ull data "storks"
card unsigned. Prog ram schedule enclosed.
Received in 23 days for an Eng lish rcpon.
Station address: Yinohrad ska 12. 120 99
Prague 2 . Czech Republic. (Charl ie
Washburn. North Perry. ME)
ME DIUM WAVE
KNZR, 1560 AM k Hz. Full data QSL on
s ta ti on kttcrhcad. signed by Randy
Warwick-General Manager. Coverage map
enclosed. Recc.ived in 60 days for an AM
reception report. Station address: P.O. Box
80658. Bakersfield, CA 93 380. (Mark
Redfox, Seatt le. WA)
WNJC. 1360 AM kHz. Original reception repo rt
returned and sig ned by Augustine M.
Cawley-Notary Public of NJ. siampcd with
NJ seal. Received in I 0 days for an English
AM report. address label (used on reply)
and mint s tamps \used on reply). Station
address: Box 5500 Deptford. Vineland, NJ
0~096 . (Walter Szczepaniak. PA)
WBCB. 1490 AM kHz. Note on station letterhead. signed by Dan Rosenthal. Received in
l 3 days for a taped English AM repon.
address label (used on re ply). and mint
stamps (used on reply). Station address: 200
Mag nolia Dr.. Levittown Fairless Hills. P A
19054. ( S z~zcpan iak. PA)
Radio Democracy, I 0 35 AM kHz. Airborne
radio st:1tion over Haiti. Partial data QSL
handwritten on 8.5''x I l" fu ll-color laserprintcd photo of the EC- IJOE plane from
which broadra>ts ori~inated. Verification
signed by Lt. Co l. J in; Zambo. Received in
4 months for wpcd AM rcpon. Siation addres: I93rd Special O perations Group/
DOOVi, Pennsylvania Air National Guard.
Middletown. PA l 7057-5086. ( Randy
Stcwan . Springfield. MO)
BSKSA. 152 1 AM kHz. Full data QSL card
signed by Suliman A. Al Samnan-Director,
Frequency Managc111cn1. Letter and SW
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frequency schedule e nclosed. Received via registered mail in 6 months after follow-up AM report,
and one U.S. dollar (returned with reply). Total time
almost l 5 months! Station address: Ministry of
Information, Engineering Affairs . Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. (Stewart. MO)
NETHERLANDS
Radio Netherlands, 6020 kHz. Full data Solar Eclipse
card. unsigned. Received.in 60 days for an English
report. Station address : P.O. Box 222, 1200-JG
Hilversum, The Netherlands. (Washburn. ME)
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Radio Netherlands via Bonairerelay, 6 165 kHz. Full data noral scenery" card. unsigned. Received in 44
days for an Eng lish report. Station addrcss:(pleasc
refer to Radio Netherlands address ) (Gerry
LeStr:mgc, East Brunswick. NJ )
NON-DIRECTIONAL BEACONS
EY, 2 33 kHz Chesapeake. Virginia. Full data prepared QSLcard sig ned by Heather Snyder. Received
in 52 days for an English utility repon and mint
stamps. Station address: Chesap.:akc Municipal Airpon , Chesapeake. VA. 23320 (Hank Holbrook,
Dunkirk, MD)
want to write in English, and the foreign languageequi valent is right there!
Gerry Dexter takes you th rough signal reports, taped report s. prepared
form cards, and tentati vc reports. Each
book is comb bound to lie llat as you
work al your typewriter or computer
keyboard.
Language LJ.1b is avai lable in Spanish, French, Portuguese. and Indonesian. and is considered The foreign
language reporting guide! For additional detai ls write, Ti arc Publications.
P.O. Box 493. Lake Geneva, WI
53 147 .
Biscay Ba y3SH2, 16384 kHz USB (Bulk Carrier). Full data prepared QSL card s igned by
Paraiso Ernesto-Radio Officer. QSL stamped
withship'sseal. Received for an English utility
report, one !RC, one U.S. dollar, and mint
stamps. Ship address: c/o Saint Navigation.
12th Flo or, 7-9 Atki Maouli, 185 35 Piraeus.
Greece. (Russ Hill. Oak Park, M l)
HMS Broadswo rd GUSS, 8240kHz USB (Fri gate ).
Full data prepared QSL card signed by Lt.
Lees. QSL stamped with ship's scat and ship
fact sheet enclosed. Received in 23 days for an
English utility report.one IRC. one U.S. dollar,
and mint stamps. Ship address: c/o BFPO Ships.
London, United Kingdom. (Hill. Ml)
Chemirnl Symphony 3EJG2, 4077 kH t. USB
(Chemical Tanker). Full data prepared QSL
stamped with ship' sseal. Received in'128 duys
for an English utility repon. one IRC, one U.S.
dollar, and mint stamps. Ship address: c/o
Yamaato Kisen K. K.. 7 50-2 Kuranukiura,
Nishi-uwa-gun. Ehime Pcrfcc1ure 796-05, Japan. (Hill. Ml)
Eastern and Pacific Times are already converted to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) at the top of each page. The rule is: convert your local time
to 24-hou r format; add (during Daylight Savings Time) 4, 5 , 6 or 7 hours for
Eastern. Central. Mountain or Pacific Time, respectively.
Note that all dates. as well as limes. are in UTC; for example, the BBC's
"John Dunn Show" (0030 UTC Sunday) will be heard on Saturday evening
(8:30 pm Eastern . 5:30 PM Pacific) in North America. not on Sunday.
2:
Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page for prime
listenin g hours- space does not permit 24-hour listi ngs except for the
"Newsline" listing. which begins on the next page.
Occasionally program listings will be fol lowed by "See X 0000." This
information indicates that the program is a rerun, and refers to a previous
summary of the program's content. The letter stands for a day of the week,
as indicated below. and the four digits represent a time in UTC.
T: Tuesday
H: Thursday A: Saturday
S: Sunday
M: Monday
W: Wednesday F: Friday
4:
Not all stations can be heard and none all the time on all freq uencies.
To help you find the most promising frequency, we've included information
on the target area of each broadcast. Frequencies beamed toward your area
will generally be easier to hear than those beamed elsewhere, even though
the latter will often sti ll be audible. Every frequency is followed by one of
these target codes:
am: The Americas
as: Asia
au: Australia
na: North America
pa : Pacific
ca: Central America
va: various
sa: South America
do: domestic broadcast
eu: Europe
al: Africa
om : omnidirectional
me: Middle East
Consult the propagation charts. To further help you find the right
frequency, we've included charts at the back of this section which take into
account conditions affecting the audibility of shortwave broadcasts. Simply
pick out the region in which you live and find the chart for the region in which
the station you want to hear is located. The chart indicates the optimum
frequencies for a given time in UTC.
RADIO PROGRAMS
Sundays
Mondays
0024
0030
0109
0124
0125
0200
0200
0200
0234
0245
0256
0315
0350
04 tO
0434
0507
0509
0524
0525
0510
0534
0535
0725
0610
0635
0915
0930
0940
1000
t 100
t 130
1137
t235
t235
1352
1425
t436
1635
1645
1725
1805
1920
1935
2005
2105
2115
2125
2145
2215
2235
2252
2300
2300
2300
2300
2325
2335
0000
0106
Ot25
Ot34
0330
0430
0445
0604
0520
0640
0700
0720
0800
t040
t2t5
t420
t435
t520
1840
t915
2130
2155
2239
WRMI: "Wa.,escan..
Deutsche Welle. oxers Wo1ld Meeting
Radio Japan . ..Media Roundup
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
KWHR (HaMrr): .. World of Radio"
Radro Nel'I Zealand Inn "Mailbox (bwkly)"
Radio Bulgarra "Radio Bulgana Calling"
WV/CR 1 "Spectrum..
Voice of Med (Malta). voM OX Corner"
Radro Korea. "Shortwave Feedback"
Radro For Peace Intl world of Radro"
Vorce ol Med (Malta). "VOM OX Corner
WWCR t spectrum
All India Radio: "OXers Corner (2.4f
Radio Bulgarra "Radio Bulgana Calling"
Voice of Med. (Malta)' voM OX Corner
All India Radio: ox-ers Corner (2.'4)"
voice of Med. (Malta). voM OX CornerAll India Radro. ox-ers Corner (2.'4)"
Radio Tallinn. "Radio Eslonra OX Program
All India Radio: ox-ers Corner (2.'4r
Radio Budapest Inn: "OX News..
Radio Exlenor de Espana: .. Dist.Unkn."
!~oes~~J:~Wavescan
0255
1147
t230
t249
t349
1349
1749
1900
1950
2049
2139
2149
2155
2239
2340
Wednesdays
0030
0049
0135
0149
0220
0249
0255
0300
0335
0349
0535
0700
0600
WRMI wavescan
Radio Sl'leden "Media Scan"
Radio Havara Cuba oxers Unlimlled"
Radio Sl'leden "Media Scan
RAE Argentina oxers Specrar
Radio Sl'leden "Media Scan
Radro Budapest Int'!: ox Tips"
Radio For Peace Inn: world of Radro ..
Radio Havana Cuba oxers Unlrm1ted"
Radio Sweden 'Media Scan
Radro Havana Cuba oxers Unlim11ed ..
HCJB (eu)' .. The Latest Catch ..
HCJB (eu) "Ham Radio Today"
0930
1030
t044
1100
1315
1530
1611
t 711
1720
1730
1600
1920
2010
2 t55
!~4U~~~y~gue
calling All Listeners
WRMI .. Wavescan
0030
Qt 14
0130
O152
0200
0235
0255
0314
0344
0530
0600
0752
0830
0930
0953
1053
1124
t 220
1353
1553
1753
1920
1942
1952
Fridays
0030
0053
0053
0120
0252
0430
0453
1145
1235
1245
t345
1346
1545
WRMI wavescan
Radro Netherlands Int I "Media Network"
Radro Netherlands Int'!: "Media Network"
Radro Budapest Intl ox News
Radio Netherlands Inn "Media Network"
BBC (as pac) wavegwde"
Radio Netherlands Intl "Media Network"
Radro f rn land: .. YLE Media Roundup"
BBC (am): waveguide"
Radro Fmland: "YLE Media Roundup"
Radio Finland: "YLE Media Roundup"
Radio Portugal Intl " Radio Portugal DX
(triweekly)"
Radio Finland. ' YLE Media Roundup..
1916
1925
1930
1945
2000
21 t5
22 t 0
2229
2345
Saturdays
OOtO
0030
Ot25
01 45
0210
0235
0400
0500
0500
07 15
07 t 5
0739
09 t0
0940
1000
t030
1200
I 215
1230
1245
1342
1347
1529
1629
1709
1730
1730
1730
t 730
1800
1925
t94 5
2045
2t30
2136
2200
2215
2236
2245
2300
2300
2345
August 1995
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MT Monitoring Team
Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager
North Carolina
Dave Datko
Jeff Demers
California
New Hampshire
Jacques d'Avignon
Propagation Forecasts
Ontario, Canada
newsline
"Newsline" is your guide to news broadcasts on the air. All broadcasts are world news reports unless followed by an asterisk, which
means the broadcast is primarily national news. All broadcasts are daily unless otherwise noted by the day codes.
0000 UTC
(!!;QQ EM !;QI, S;QQ EM EQil
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec)
China Radio l nt'I
Croatian Radio
Monitor Radio l nt'I [T-A]
Radio Australia
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Radio Ukraine l nt'I
Radio Yugoslavia
Spanish National Radio
Voice o f America (am)
Voice o f America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Russia
0003
Radio Pyongyang
0010
China Radio lnff
Voice o f America (ca) [T-A]'
0015
Radio Cairo
0030
All India
Nacional de Venezuela [T-S]
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio New Zealand lnt'I {M-F]
Radio Sweden [T-AJ
Radio Thailand [T-SJ
Voice of America (am) [T-SJ
(Special En glish)
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice o f Russia
0045
BBC (am)'
BBC (south as)'
0050
RAI Italy
0100 UTC
(!!;QQ EM !;QI. !i;QQ EM e1m
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Canada (North-Quebec) [SJ
Croatian Radio
Deutsche Welle
FEBC (Philippines)
HCJB
KVOH[W]
Monitor Radio l nt'I [T-A]
R Slovakia Inn [A]'
A Slovakia lnt'I [S/T-FJ
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
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Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand fnt'I
Radio Norway lnt'I [MJ
Radio Prague
Spanish National Radio
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America (am)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Indonesia
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
0110
Radio Australia [M-F]'
0113
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SI'
0130
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7250na
9655na
9420na
9860as
6175na
9695au
5980as
6145na
9675do
9620na
13665na
11750na
15180na
7300na
11810na
9440sa
15575sa
6135na
5975va
9410as
11750sa
13815am
9885na
9905na
6 t 75na
6195as
9590va
9605as
t 1955as 15360as
9430am
61 30am 7405am
13740am 15170as
17740as 21550as
7425na
12050na
15425na
9455am
15205am
13595na
5935am
9505na
9840na
7435am
9935na
11645na
13845am
15010na
9570na
7335as
7160na
9560na
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0115
0130
Mondays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0115
0130
Tuesdays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0115
0130
Wednesdays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0130
0130
Thursdays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0130
0135
Fridays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0130
Saturdays
0100
0100
August 1995
MONITORING TIMES
53
FREQUENCIES
02000300 twhla
02000300
Argentina. RAE
Australia, Radio
02000300 vi
02000300 vi
02000300 vi
02000300 vi
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000210
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000250
02000300
02000300 smtwh
02000230
02000230
02000300
02000300 vi
02000300
02000300
Russia. Voice of
11710am
9580pa
15365pa
17750as
4835do
5025do
4910do
9625do
600Sdo
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6120na
13670am
7385am
5895eu
6000na
9745am
9475na
7285as
11945as
4885do
7295do
5990do
5905as
151 15pa
4890do
5990na
11940na
9530af
12050na
9660pa
15415as
17795pa
13605pa
15510as
17860pa
9535am
9755am
9400am
7370eu
9820na
15540am
12150am
t3830eu
9830na
21455am
96t5as
11965as
4935do
9640as
12045as
15240pa
17715as
0200-0230
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000230 !Vlhfa
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300 thas
02000300
02000300
02000230
02300300
02300300
02300300
02300245
02300300
02300300
0250-0300
Philippines. R P1l1pmas
Sweden, Radio
Vatican State. Vatican R
15180na
15425as
5950na
15345as
5970sa
6195eu
9760as
5810am
7510am
9975am
17510au
5850na
6130sa
9455sa
17740as
5995am
t3740am
7425na
5745am
7490na
7355am
7465eu
5065am
6065na
7250na
6145na
9655na
6000na
7290as
21730as
17760me
7120na
6095na
11940am
9690as
7305as
9860as
11655as
9675do
6155na
9510na
9570na
9620na
13645as
11750na
13665na
11805na
13790na
15425na
t 5580as
9680na
tt740ca
1t825as
5975va
7325va
9915sa
6135af
9410va
11955as
6175na
9605as
15360as
7205as
It 705as
7215as
15250as
9430am
711 5as
9740as
21550as
7405am
15120am
9775am 11580am
t5205am
13595na
5935am
9505na
9840na
7160na
9870sa
9835na
15190as
7435am
150t0na
13730sa
11910na
t 7705as
17725as
17865me 21580me
9850na
7305na 9605na
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0200
0200
Mondays
0200
54
MONITORING TIMES
August 1995
0245
Tuesdays
0200
0200
Wednesdays
0200
0200
Thursdays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0205
0206
0230
0235
0240
Fridays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0205
0206
0230
0235
Saturdays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0205
0206
0230
0245
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FREQUENCIES
0300-0400
Australia. Radio
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0310
0300-0400
0300-0327
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0330
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0400
0300-0400 smtwh
0300-0330 l\'I
0300-0325
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0330
0300-0400
9580pa
15245as
17795pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
4830af
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6t60do
6160do
9690na
7385am
5055do
5895eu
6000na
5930na
9745am
9475na
6085na
9640na
3300do
9680na
11885na
4885do
7295do
9960na
9860as
t51t5pa
4890do
17760me
9620na
13645na
15580na
9660pa
15365pa
17860pa
13605pa
15510as
15240pa
17750pa
7255af
971 Ona
9400am
117t5na
7370eu
13830eu
9820na
9830na
7345na
15540am 21455am
6185na
9535na
11750na
11840as
11895ca
4935do
9615na
17810as
15230na
12000na
11655as
9675do
17865me 21580me
9665na
12050na 13605na
13665na 15180na 15425na
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0400
0300-0400
Thailand. Radio
Turkey. Voice of
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl
0300-0330
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400 tha
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0315
0300-0400
0315-0330 s
0320-0350
0330-0357
0330-0400 fas
0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400
0340-0350
0345-0400
3220at
5950na
15345as
9655as
9445na
7405na
t t875na
5970sa
99t5sa
3255at
6t80eu
9600af
t53 t0as
5810am
7510am
9975am
t7510au
5850na
6035af
7405af
7425na
5745am
7490na
7395am
7465eu
5065am
6065na
6095na
3306do
9420na
5865af
9480as
7290na
7120na
5050af
11945na
9610af
9420na
7245as
5955af
9680na
11 745as
11825as
11905na
15370na
9685na
9835na
9860na
6135af
15360as
5975va
6190af
9605as
7325va
15380as
6005af
6195eu
11760me
9760as
9455af
7105af
9575af
7280af
9885af
7340af
6175na
94 10va
12095at
13595na
5935am
9505na
7305na
3396do
9935na
7360af
7435am
4828do
11645na
9725af
12000na
9850na
13675na
11730af
9935na
15400na
11955as
11645na
21485na
15280as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
KWHR (Hawaii): Truth House. Evangelistic teachings by
E.G. Fultcher plus his global shortwave club.
0300 Radio for Peace Int I: CounterSpin. Fairness and
Accuracy in Media (FAIR) examines how the media
reports key s1ories.
0300 WHAi: Biblical Studies lns1itute (5.745). Bob Tref
evangelizes from Rapid City. South Dakota.
0300 WHAi Music (9.495). See S 0000.
0300 WWCR #3: Morning Walch Chapel. Terry Parker of
California teaches from the Bible.
0305 WV/CR '1: The View from Europe. Harvey Thomas
presents the European point of view on current events.
0310 WV/CR #1 : The Spoken Word of God. Alexander Scourby
with the King James version of The New Testament.
0315 WV/CR #1: America's Promise Ministries. Dave Barley
teaches the bible from Idaho.
0330 Radio for Peace Int I: RFPl's Mailbag. The latest news
and happenings at RFPI and responses to listener letters.
0330 WHAi: The Big Beat! (5.745). NEW! The latest reissues
of blues. R&B. doo-wop. rockabilly and other ioots
music.
0345 WWGR #1: A Study in God's Word. From North Carolina.
Hezakiah Smith reads Scripture.
0350 BBC (am): Human Interest. The Rhythms of Life
(6th.13th). It's everwhere; from the urban landscape to
the natural world.
0300
0300
Mondays
0300
0300
0300
0300
0300
0330
0330
Tuesdays
0300
0300
0300
0300
0305
0307
0330
0330
0345
Wednesdays
0300
0300
0300
0300
0305
0307
0330
0330
0345
0345
Thursdays
0300
0300
0300
0300
0305
0307
0330
0330
0345
0345
Radio for Peace Int I: This Way Out. A lesbian and gay radio
magazine.
WHR I: Radio Marti (9.495). See T 0100.
WWCR #1: Focus on the Family. See T 0300.
WWCR #3: Radio Free America (live). See T 0205.
WHAi: For the People (repeat) (5.745). See T 0206.
Radio for Peace Int I; Nm Dimensions Radio. See M 0300.
WWCR #1 : The Old Time Religion Hou r. See T 0330.
BBC (am) Science and Technology. Medicine 2020
(2nd .9th.16th). See T 0445.
WWCR #1: Bible Prophecy for Today. See T 0345.
Fridays
0300
0300
0300
0300
0305
0307
0330
0345
0345
Saturdays
0300
0300
0300
0300
0305
0307
0330
0330
0345
August 1995
MONITORING TIMES
55
FREQUENCIES
0400-0500
Australia. Radio
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0410
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0450
0400-0500 tvllfa
0400-0415
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500 smtwh
0400-0458
0400-0450
0400-0430 m
0400-0500 vi
0400-0430
0400-0500
Russia. Voice of
0400-0500
0400-0427
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0500
9580pa
15365pa
17795pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
9700na
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9650me
9560na
7385am
5895eu
6180na
9745am
6015af
7225af
3300do
7465na
4885do
9960va
7295do
15115pa
15180as
7480na
4890do
5990na
t 1940na
9620eu
13665na
3220af
7165af
9455as
9720as
6155af
9660pa
15415pa
17860pa
13605as
15510pa
15240pa
17750as
0400-0430
0400-0430
0400-0415
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500 smtv1hf
0400-0500
0400-0500 s
0400-0500
0400-0445
0400-0459
0400-0430
0400-0500
0415-0440
0425-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0457
0455-0500
0459-0500
Yugoslavia. Radio
Nigeria. FRCNN oice of
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
11720na
1t835me
9730na
9400am
7370eu
9820na
15540am
6120af
9565af
1t905me 15275me
11680na
13830eu
9830na
21455am
6185af
7150af
9765af
t 1765af
9435na
4935do
15230as
17765as
9675do
6155na
9510na
9570na
12010na
15425na
t2050na
15580as
9665na
15t80na
5955af
13715me
15425as
6135na
5050af
4976do
3255af
6190af
9600af
11 955as
15575me
5810am
7510am
9975am
17780as
7535eu
3985eu
6140af
7340af
7425na
5745am
7490na
9465eu
7395am
7465eu
5065am
6065na
9370eu
9580na
3306do
5990me
3326do
13535as
15440af
6165na
3200af
9905na
7265af
15300af
61 00na
7255af
9570pa
9885na
5026do
5975va
6195va
9610af
12095va
17640af
9815am
9840af
5995eu
6873af
9885af
9905na
6005af
7160af
11730af
15280as
6180eu
9410va
11760me
15310as
6010eu
6040eu
7170me 7200eu
11965me 15205me
13595na
5935am
9505na
7435am
1t870na
3396do
7275eu
4990do
9590na
5055af
6070af
7280af
7405af
61 85na
9580na
9575af
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0430
0430
0445
Mondays
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0430
0430
0430
0445
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0406
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0400
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0406
0430
0430
Saturdays
0400
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0500-0530
0500-0600
Australia. AF Radio
Australia. Radio
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0530 mt11hl
0500-0600
0500-0510
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 as
0500-0550
0500-0600 mtwll/VI
05000600
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0500-0600
05000525
0500-0600
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0500-0600
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
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13535as
9580pa
15245as
17795pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6050eu
7385am
5895eu
9820na
9745am
9585al
5960na
11705na
7125va
5975eu
11740as
4885do
9960va
6165na
9570pa
3326do
7255af
4890do
9895me
12010na
13370as
15580na
5955af
9660pa
15365pa
17860pa
7295eu
9400am
7370eu
6t 75na
61 IOna
11885na
4935do
13605as
154 15as
t 5430al
15240pa
17715pa
t7840al
t3830cu
6t85na
7230eu
t t955as
9680na
17810as
4990do
9675do
12040na
13665na
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
17640al
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVDH Los Angeles CA
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USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 mtwhla
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0530
0500-0520
0500-0600
0505-0600
0525-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
95t5na
9590na
12030na
13645na
0500-0545 f
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0515
0500-0502
0500-0600
12050na
15425na
9695af
15555me
9540na
6155al
6165cu
4976do
3255al
6190al
9600al
11955as
15310va
17885al
5810am
7510am
9975am
t 7780as
7535eu
5995cu
6873al
9575al
t5205me
7425na
5745am
7490na
9465cu
7395am
5065am
5985na
5865cu
4010eu
3306do
3200al
3366do
t5510as
6015na
11805eu
11810al
t 7790al
9535eu
5975va
6195va
9640va
12095va
15360as
6005al
7160al
9740as
15070me
15420al
6180eu
9410va
11760al
15280as
15575me
6040eu
7285al
t t 965al
6t40al
7405al
t 2080al
7435am
11580eu
9725al
11625al
6070al
9500al
9815am
6035af
7t70me
9630af
15600al
9495am
13595na
5935am
9985eu
7360at
3396do
5055al
4915do
15565as
15250af
17880as
1534031
17745af
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0515
0530
0530
0530
0530
Mondays
0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0515
0530
0530
0555
Tuesdays
0500
0500
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0530
0530
0530
0555
Radio for Peace Int I: The Food Nol Bombs Radio Netl'lork
(monthly). Nonh America's homeless problems and
government oppression al home and abroad.
WHAi: In Touch. See S 1200.
WWCR ;3: The Hour al Courage. See M 0530.
WHRI: In Search al Messiah. See M 0555.
Wednesdays
0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0515
0515
0525
Thursdays
0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0515
05t5
0525
0530
Fridays
0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0515
0515
0525
0530
0530
0530
0555
Saturdays
0500
0500
0500
FREQUENCIES
0600-0700
Australia. Radio
0600-0630
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0700 as
0600-0650
Australia, Radio
Australia. VLBA Alice Spg
Australia. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VLST Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle
0600-0615
0600-0700 mtwh/VI
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700 asmtwh
0600-0700
0600-0700 mtwhfa
0600-0635 s
0600-0700
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0630 m
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630 vi
0600-0700
Slovakia, AWA
Solomon Islands, SIBC
South Korea. R Korea Intl
t 1910pa
t 5365pa
9580pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
7385am
9820na
7345eu
9745am
958Saf
11915af
15225af
3316do
7125va
1195Sas
488Sdo
982Sdo
9960va
727Sdo
4760do
7295do
61 75as
9765me
9765me
9570pa
3326do
7255af
7295pa
4890do
12010na
13370as
I 5560as
7215eu
5020do
7205na
0600-0700
0600-0630
0600-0615 s
0600-0700
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
17640af
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, VOA Washington DC
0600-0630
06000700
06000700
0600-0700
06000700 smtwhf
0600-0700 a
06000700
0600-0700
06000610 mtwhfa
4990do
0600-0700
0605-0700
06300700
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Radio 3
Swaziland, Trans World R
Australia. Radio
9675do
12030na
13645na
15580as
13715af
9545do
11945na
0630-0700
0630-0655
063 1-0640
0640-0700
0640-0700
0645-0700
0645-0700
0645-0700 s
13605as
15510as
9660pa
13755pa
17715as
15415pa
15240pa
17795pa
9400am
15640eu
11960af
17820af
4915do
13790af
17875af
15185af
21680af
17810as
493Sdo
9750as
t 5295as
12040na
1366Sna
17570as
12050na
15425na
6155af
6165eu
15340af
4976do
6005af
7160af
9740as
12095va
15360va
17790as
5810am
7510am
9975am
17780as
7535eu
3985eu
6060eu
7325me
11965eu
6035af
11950af
7425na
5745am
7490na
9465eu
7455eu
5065am
5985na
4010eu
11740eu
5975do
5055af
5995as
15245as
6015na
6015eu
7225eu
7115eu
5865af
6120eu
15205pa
11775pa
9535af
7t 10do
6180eu
9410va
11760me
15070va
15400af
17885af
9815am
599Seu
6140af
740Saf
12080af
7405af
12035af
9885af
13635af
6190af
9600af
11940af
15280as
15420af
6195va
9640va
11955as
15310as
15575va
6035af
6873eu
9530af
15205me
9630af
12080af
6040eu
7170me
11 80Saf
15600af
9665af
9495am
13595na
5935am
7355eu
5865eu
152t0eu
6045do
6070af
6020pa
9925au
9550eu
7360af
9560eu
17720pa
15335pa
7435am
9985eu
7250eu
9645eu
9500af
6080pa
9650af
9860pa
9665eu
I 181 0eu
9660af
11755af
I 7805pa
11 625af
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0600
0600
0605
0615
0630
0630
0645
Mondays
0600
0600
0600
0604
0615
0615
0630
0630
0630
0645
Tuesdays
0600
0600
0600
0600
0615
0630
0630
0630
0630
0645
Wednesdays
0600 KWHR (Hawaii): Music. See S 0230.
0600 Radio for Peace Int I: Peace Forum. See S 0430.
0600 WHAi: The Radio Bible Hour. See M 0600.
0605 WWCR #1: Inspirations Across America. Bert Johnson.
0615 BBC (am): Popular Music. Ragga with David Radigan
(2nd.9th.16th). See S 0445.
0615 BBC (as pac): Background Current Affairs Feature. History
Today. See T 0530.
06 t5 WHAi: Faith Seminar of the Air. See M 0615.
0630 Radio for Peace Int I: University of the Arr. See T 2300.
0630 WHAi: Listen to Jesus. See M 0630.
0645 WHAi: The Voice of Praise See M 0645.
Fridays
0600
0600
0600
0605
06 15
0630
0630
0645
Saturdays
0600
0600
0600
0600
0600
0615
0630
0630
0630
0630
0645
Thursdays
0600
0600
0600
0600
0605
0615
0615
0630
0630
0645
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FREQUENCIES
0700-0800
Austraha. Radio
0700-0730
07000800vl
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800 as
0700-0730
07000715
0700-0800 mtwh/vl
0700-0800
Aus1raha. Radio
Auslraha. VL8A Ahce Spg
Austraha. VL8K Katherine
Auslraha. VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eql Guinea. R East Africa
Georgia. Georgian Radio
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
llaly. IRRS Milan
Japan. NHK/Rad10
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800 asml\'lh
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0730
0700-0716 ml\'lhf
0700-0759 as
0700-0800 vi
0700-0715 s
0700-0800
07000715
0700-0800 vi
07000800
07000800
07000715 mtwtfa
07000800
07000730
070007t5
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 smt11hf
0700-0800 a
0700-0800
0700-0745
0700-0759
0700-0800
0705-0800
07 t 70800 mt\'/hf
0730-0800
0730-0800
0730-0800 mtwhfa
0730-0757
0730-0745 s
0730-0800
0730-0745 mtwhf
0745-0800 s
0745-0755
0755-0800
5995pa
9710pa
17695as
13605as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
7385am
6135pa
9585af
t t805eu
3366do
7125va
5975eu
t 1955as
21610au
4885do
9825do
9960va
7275do
4760do
7295do
6175as
7115eu
5990do
9570pa
9570pa
4890do
11775pa
13370as
17695as
3316do
5020do
6155af
5950na
4976do
6190af
9740as
12095va
15400va
17830af
6005af
7160af
5810am
7510am
9785am
17780as
7535eu
7425na
5745am
7490na
9465eu
7455eu
5065am
5985na
13695af
5975do
5055af
6100pa
9660pa
6155eu
15410me
15640af
9375au
9700pa
4010eu
15210eu
3366do
9375eu
15200as
6020pa
9860pa
6080pa
15240pa
15415as
17795as
15605af
5995pa
9710pa
4835do
5025do
491 Odo
6010do
6005do
18191af
6020pa
9860pa
9580pa
15565as
9400am
11615as
4915do
7230eu
11740as 11850as
15335me 17810me 17815eu
4935do
9750as
17570as
9600af
11940af
15280as
17640af
9640va
11 955as
15360va
17790as
6195eu
9495am
13595na
5935am
7355eu
7435am
9985eu
6045do
6070af
9500af
9650af
17880as
13730eu
17870me
9425eu
9720au
7250eu
15570eu
4915do
9425eu
Australia. AF Radio
Australia, Radio
08000830 vi
0800-0830 vi
0800-0830 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900
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08000815
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 smlwhf
0800-0900
0800-0900
0805-0820 smlwhf
0805-0835
0815-0900 mlwtf
0830-0900 s
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900
0830-0857
0855-0900
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
7385am
9400am
11615eu
6135pa
9585af
1511 5au
17820as
3366do
15200as
7125va
4885do
4935do
9825do
6280me
9960va
7275do
4760do
7295do
9750as
6175as
71 15eu
9700pa
9720au
6100pa
15220me
15625eu
17900eu
9965as
4890do
9675do
11800as
9835as
15560as
17590as
17870as
3316do
9545do
5020do
7550eu
13670me
9410va
6190af
11955as
11940af
15280as
15310as
17640va
17830af
9640va
5810am
98 15am
9615as
7510am
9930as
7535eu
9425pa
7425na
5745am , 9495am
7490na
13595na
9465eu
5065am
5935am
5975do
6045do
7115eu
5055af
6070af
4990do
3326do
15170eu
15270eu
2310do
2485do
2325do
12065pa
9720pa
11990au
15640au
11830pa
15295as
11900as
1769Sas
13370as
17765as
9740as
12095va
15400va
I 7885af
11760me
15070va
15575me
7435am
7285do
9500af
9650af
13700pa
17485au
HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
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11645eu
9645eu
I 1740eu
11645eu
0800 UTC
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0815
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900
17590as
9545do
7110do
9410va
11760me
15070va
15575me
17885af
6180eu
11860af
9815am
15295as
9730do
9675do
15335pa
15560as
17870as
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0830
0800-0900 as
0800-0830
0800-0805 s
0800-0900
0800-0900 mlwh/vl
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0830
0800-0900
0800-0830
0800-0805
0800-0825
0800-0900
0800-0830 m
0800-0850
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
6080pa
17715as
9580pa
21 725as
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FREQUENCIES
0900-1000
0900-1000
Australia. AF Radio
Australia. Radio
0900-1000 vi
0900-1 000 vi
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000
0900-0925 mlwhfa
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 as
0900-0950
0900-0915 mtw11
0900-1000
0900-0915
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 mtwh/vl
0900-1000
)900-0948 vi
)900-1000
)900-1000
)900-1000 vi
1900-1000
1900-0930
1900-1000
1900-1000 mt\'/1f
1900-1000
1900-1000
1900-1000 vi
1900-1000
)900-1000
J900-1000 vi
0900-0930
0900-1000
Slovakia. AWA
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London
0900-0915
0900-0930
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900- 1000 smtwhl
0900-1000 a
0900-1000
0900-1000
0910-0940
0915-1000
0930-1000 mt\'lhla
0930-1000
0930-1000
0930-1000
15605af
5995as
9860pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
6035eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
11755pa
7385am
6135pa
9585af
6160as
15410al
21680as
3366do
9530as
15200as
11830pa
13680as
7125va
961 Oas
9825do
6280me
9960va
7275do
7295do
9720pa
6100pa
3326do
7255af
9965as
4890do
9835as
17695as
15620am
5020do
9885au
6190af
11940af
15280va
17705va
9575as
15360as
9410me
5810am
75 10am
9930as
7395sa
7425na
5745am
7490na
9465eu
9870af
5065am
5975do
9960as
6130do
6155eu
6160do
7260pa
11 690as
18191af
7240as
13605as
951 Oas
151 ?0as
15545af
17595af
9580pa
21725as
15440pa
9400am
9565af
17715as
11715as
17780as
12055as
21600at
4915do
11850au
15190as
13700pa
4990do
9675do
11800as
17765as
9545do
13685au
6195as
12095va
15400va
17830va
I I 765as
11900as
17870as
17515au
9740as
15070va
15575me
17885af
11955as
17590as
11750as
15190sa
17640va
9430as
1000-1100
1000-1030
1000-1030
1000-1015
1000-1100
1000-1030
1000-1 100
t000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1 100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1015 mtwhfa
1000-1030
1020-1 030 ml\'ltfa
1030-1100
t0301100
1030-1100
1030-1100
1030-1100
1030-1 100
1030-1100
13680eu
15640na
7125va
6280me
9960va
7295clo
5980do
7260pa
6100pa
4990do
7255af
9965as
4890do
11690as
9835as
15110as
17590as
6155do
. 6160eu
6165eu
4976do
6190af
11750as
15070va
15575mc
17885al
15280as
9815am
7510am
6095ca
5985pa
11720pa
6040am
7490na
5065am
5950na
6245eu
7250na
11740af
17870pa
7345eu
7160do
7260pa
11715na
11835as
13675eu
15650eu
17575eu
9720pa
9810pa
21505pa
11900as
15510eu
17870as
13370as
17560as
9410va
11940af
15310as
17705va
9740as
12095va
15400eu
17790as
7285do
9675do
11 BOOeu
15405as
17765as
9535eu
6195as
11760me
15190sa
17640va
17830as
7395sa
9430as
13625as
6165am 7405am 9590am
11915am 15120am 15425pa
9495am
13595na
5935am
11740eu
9840as
1521 Oaf
17550eu
12020as 15010as
17585me
9505eu
981 Opa
15120as
15320eu
17850au
15395eu
153 10as
11760me
9815am
7535eu
1000-1100
1000-1030
1000-1 100 mtl'lh/vl
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1030
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-11 00
1000-1 100
1000-1100 vi
1000-1100
1000-1100
13615pa
9495am
13595na
5935am
6045do
12000na
7295do
13730pa
7435am
7285do
9720pa
9810pa
21505pa
7240as
15170as
9580pa
21725as
9860pa
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1000-1100 vi
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-11 00
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
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10001100as
1000-1040
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13605as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11755pa
7385arn
6135as
9585af
6130do
15050as
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1100-t200
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1100t200
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11 00 1150
11001110as
11001200
11 001200 mtwh/vl
11001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
11 001200
11001200
11001105
11001150
11001120
11001200
11001200 11
11001200
5995as
97t0pa
15530as
23t0do
2485do
2325do
60t0do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5030am
9400am
6t35pa
12005am
9585af
15370af
t 7800af
3366do
13680eu
7125va
6120na
15170eu
9960va
7295do
5980do
7160do
6100pa
4990do
6576na
15625as
9965as
4890do
4740as
15405as
17755as
7240as
9860pa
15565as
7375am
951 Opa
13605as
972Sam
9580pa
15170as
13750am
96 t Oas
7285do
9977na
17900as
9675do
9835as
15510eu
17765as
17715af
Rl'landa. Radio
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Singapore.A Singapore Int
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
11001200
11001 102
1100t200
11001 t30
1100-1200
t 1001200
11001200
110Q.1.200
11001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
11 00 1200 s/vl
1100 1200
1100-1200
11001 t30
11301200
1130 t200
1130 1200 vi
1130-1200
1130-1200
11301155 s
11301200
1t30t200
t1 30t200
1145-1200
11551200 a
17765af
15350as
11335na
t 1900as
17560as
17775as
1100 1115
1f001 200
1100 1200
t 100t130
11001130
11940as
t7590as
17795as
6055do
6155do
9530as
11835as
6165eu
t7515as
7445as
7110do
5965na
9740va
12095va
17705af
6100au
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
5985as
9590am
t 1720as
7425na
6040am
7490na
t3770af
5065am
5950na
7250as
t3730na
15635as
6995as
11900na
tt745as
15260af
7115eu
6045eu
13740au
9955am
6055do
7115eu
15120as
9535eu
7195do
6190af
11750as
15070va
17830af
15190sa
9815am
7395ca
61 l Oas
9615as
11915am
t 7850au
t 3635as
t 5545as
6195va
941 0va
11 760me t 1765as
15310as t 5360as
15400eu
17790va
9355eu
6165am
9645as
15160as
9425au
7405am
9760as
t5425as
9495am
t 3595na
13845am t5685am
11830na
9840as
t5010as
17625as
11445as 15135as
15400na
11790as 11 875me f 1930me
17750me
7130eu
t5120as
7160eu
15240as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1100 KWHR (Hav1a1i): The Water of Life Broadcast. See S 0100.
1100 WHRI: Breakthrough. Rod Parsley conducls services from
the World Harvest Church in Columbus. OH.
1100 WWCR il : Words of Hope. Paul Bryson preaches from
Georgia.
1100 WWCR #3: The Overcomer Broadcast (live). Brother R. G.
Stair preaches about the las1days.
1115 WWCR #1 : Voice of Thunder Broadcast. Terry Steenburg
teaches from scripture
1130 WWCR #1: Staff of Life. Irene Armstrong.
1145 WWCR #1: Back to the Bible Baptist Church. Floyd Hendren.
Mondays
1100
1100
11 06
1130
11 31
t 145
1155
Tuesdays
1100
1tOO
1100
1106
1130
1131
1145
1155
Wednesdays
1100
1100
t 100
1t06
1130
1131
11 45
1t45
1155
Thursdays
1100
1100
1100
1t06
1130
1130
t t30
t 131
t 145
1155
Fridays
t 100
1100
t 106
1130
1131
1145
t 155
*1:
Saturdays
HAUSER'S H IGHLIGHTS
BANGLADESH: RB EXTERNAL
SERVICE
To Asia:
1230-1 300
English 9650, 7 185,
7105
13 15-1 345
Nepal i 9650, 7185,
4880
1400-1430
Urdu
1515-1545
Hindi
9650, 7185
To Mideast:
1600-1 630
Arabic
1630-1730
Bengal i 13615,9650
To Europe:
1745- 18 15
Voice oflslam in
English,
18 15-1900
English 15520, 9560,
7190
1915-2000
Bengali 15520, 9650,
7 190
All frequencies subject to variation
(BBCM)
15520, sli ghtly off channel, clashes with
HOB to Europe
. (Wolfgang Biischel, Germany)
August 1995
MONITORING TIMES
63
FREQUENCIES
12001300
Australia. Radio
12001300 vi
1200 1300 11
12001300 11
1200-1300
12001300
12001230
12001215
12001300 vi
1200-1300
12001300
1200 1300
12001300
1200-1300
12001300
1200 1300 mtwhf
1200 1300
12001230 vi
1200-1300
12001300
1200-1300
1200 1300 as
1200-1300
1200-1230
12001300
1200 t 300 mtV1h/VI
12001300
12001300
12001300 vi
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1230 mw
12001230 ha
12001300
12001206
12001230
12001230 s
1200-1300 vi
12001300 vi
12001300
5995pa
96 t Oas
231 Odo
2485do
2325do
60t0do
15445na
t5635as
1t940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9635am
8425na
1t795pa
8660as
5030am
6200am
12005am
9585af
9805eu
15195eu
11745as
15260af
13680eu
7125va
t 5270cu
9960va
7275do
7295do
5980do
7290na
7290na
6045eu
6100pa
4990do
13800as
9965as
4890do
6135eu
t 1815eu
6060pa
11800pa
6080pa
15565as
7260as
13650am
9715as
t 1660as
1211oas 15135as
9725am 13750am
15050am
15440am 21455am
12015na
12000na
7130eu
7160eu
7285do
15t70as
9675do
7145eu
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
Russia. Voice of
9540na
9800pa
15105as
151 lOas
15570as
17590as
17775as
17780as
Singapore, SBC Radio One
Singapore.A Singapore Int
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Taiwan. VO Free China
United Kingdom.BBC London
9575as
9740va
11 865va
11940af
15360as
15575me
21660af
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC
12001300
12001300
12001300
1200-1300 s
12001300 a
12001300
12001300
12001230
12061300 occsnal
12151300
12201229 vi
12301300
12301300
12301255 s
12301300
1230-1 300
12301300
12301300
12301300
1230-1300
12301300
12301300
1230-1300
12301300
f 2401250
12001300
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
17625as
11855am
9655as
t5440pa
t 1445as
7375am
9400arn
15t 15am
1200-1300
7270eu
9525eu
4740as
9895as
15405as
17600as
17795as
6155do
9530as
7285as
7130au
6190af
11365am
11955as
17640va
5810arn
7510am
9930as
6095na
6110as
15160as
7425na
6040am
7490na
9955am
11695af
5065am
5950na
7285eu
6100pa
17595as
4915do
15450as
7105as
13670na
9660as
11900na
6130do
4875do
15315na
9570as
11650na
6165eu
9675;is
9840as
15650af
4975as
11820as
15435as
17645as
17835as
5960as
11880as
15510eu
17755as
17870as
7150as
13370as
15560as
17765as
961 Oas
6195va
11750as
12095va
17705va
9410va
11760me
15070va
17830af
9515na
11765as
15310as
17885af
9425au
9760as
9455na
11715as
9815am
9355as
9645as
t5425as
9540sa
9495am
13595na
13845am 15685am
6015na
11830na 17750na
9715eu
15295cu 17815eu
71 B5as
965Qas
11855na
15400na
7295do
15195as
9640as
15240na
9535eu
13670eu
12020as
150t 0as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1200
1200
1200
1215
t 230
1245
1250
Mondays
1200
1200
t 200
1215
1215
t230
1230
1230
1230
1230
1245
1245
64
MONITORING TIMES
August 1995
Tuesdays
1200
1200
t 200
1215
1215
t 230
1230
t230
1245
1250
Wednesdays
t200
t200
1200
1215
1215
t230
1230
1215
1215
t230
1230
1245
1250
Fridays
1200
1200
1200
1215
1215
1230
1230
1230
1245
1245
1250
1200
Thursdays
1200
t 200
t 200
1215
1230
1245
Saturdays
1200
1200
t 200
1215
t 230
1245
1250
FREQUENCIES
13001 400
Australia. Radio
13001330
13001400 vi
13001400 vi
13001400 vi
13001400
13001335 mtwhla
13001320
13001400 vi
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400s
13001400
13001400
1300t400
13001330
13001400 as
13001330
13001400 mtwh/IJI
t3001 400
1300 1400 vi
13001400
1300t400
13001400
13001325
13001400 occsnal
1300f350
13001330 s
13001400 vi
13001400 vi
13001400
13001400
1300 1400
Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. Vl8T Tenl Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Brazil. Rad1obras
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halilax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RGI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Italy. IRAS Milan
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM/Kota Kinab
Malaysia RTM/Kuching
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia. Voice of
13001400
5995pa
11800pa
6060pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
13670na
15445na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11955na
7405na
6200am
12005am
17595as
9585af
3366do
7125va
9960va
7275do
7295do
5980do
7160do
6045eu
6100pa
9345as
9590eu
9965as
4890do
11995as
11940eu
9540na
I 3370as
I 7755as
6155do
7240as
9560pa
6080as
9510pa
9610as
17820na
9715as
11660pa 15440pa
9400am 15050am
15115am 21455eu
13001400
13001330.
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400 s
13001400 a
13001400
13001400
13001400
13301400
13301357
13301 400
13301400
1330-1400
13301400 tw
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301400
13351345
13451400
4915do
7130eu
7160eu
11740as
I 1850na
9675do
15365eu
9800pa
17675as
I 7780as
17720eu
9895as
17685as
17795as
11940as
17725as
17835as
9530as
7230as
6190af
9515na
11760me
12095va
17640va
21470af
5810am
11715na
7365as
7510am
6095na
6110as
15160as
7425na
6040am
7490na
9955am
11695al
5065am
5950na
17750na
6065af
6155eu
9535as
15315eu
21455eu
9400am
11900na
4915do
13732as
15315eu
9895as
11650na
13675eu
7285eu
9840as
15630na
11625as
7480as
6195va
9740va
11860af
15070va
17705va
2166Qaf
9815am
13635as
7180as
11365am
11865va
15310as
17830af
9455na
9355as
9645as
9760as
I 5425as
11875na
15105am
13595na
15545as
9410va
11750as
11940af
15575me
17885af
13625as
1171 5as
13845am 15685am
6015na
11830na 13695na
13730eu
11 795as
15'325eu
15450as
17820eu
17895eu
15400na
15120as
13700as
15240na
15320eu
9715eu
12020as
17525na
12050as
15150as
15395eu
15295eu
15010as
21605me
17815eu
15585pa
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1300
1300
Mondays
1300 Radio for Peace Int 1: Peace Forum (biweekly). See S
0430.
1300 Radio lor Peace Int I: World Goodwill Forum (biweekly).
See M 0500
1300 WHAi: Music. See S 0000.
1300 WV/CR 11: Hurricane Ann Whitman evangelizes lrom
West Virginia.
1315 WWCR #1: The Sower. See M 0500.
1330 WWCR #1: The Spiritual Warfare Broadcast. Five minutes
of evangelizing by Mickey Bonner.
1335 WWCR #1: The Bright Spot Hour. Music and meditation
by Harold Sightler of Greenville. South Carolina.
Tuesdays
1330
1330
1335
Radio for Peace Int I: The Food Not Bombs Radio Network
(monthly). See T 0530.
WWCR #1: The Spiritual Warfare Broadcast. See M 1330.
WWCR 11: The Bright Spot Hour. See M 1335.
Wednesdays
1300 Radio for Peace Int I: UNESCO. See T 0245.
1300 WHRI: Music. See S 0000.
1300 WWCR i1: Hurricane. See M 1300
1315 Radio for Peace Int I: RFPI Reports. Sec S 2345.
1315 WWCR 11: The Sower. See M 0500.
1325 Radio for Peace Int I: Hightower Radio. See W 0525.
1330 Radio for Peace Int I: WINGS. See W 0530.
1330 WWCR ~ 1 : The Spiritual Warfare Broadcast. See M 1330.
1335 WWCR #1: The Bright Spot Hour. See M 1335.
Thursdays
1300
1300
1300
1315
1315
1325
t 330
Fridays
1300
1300
1300
1315
t315
t325
1330
1330
1335
t 300
t300
t 300
GLEN MrLLER ON
WWCR:
Saturdays
1300
August 1995
MONITORING TIMES
65
FREQU ENCIES
1400-1500
14001430
Australia. AF Radio
Australia. Radio
14001500 vi
1400 1500 vi
1400 1500 vi
1400 1500
1400 1500 vi
1400 1500
14001500
1400 1500
14001500
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500 s
14001500
1400 1500
1400 I 500 as
14001500
14001420
14001500
1400 t 500 mtwh/vl
14001500
14001500
14001500
14001500 vi
14001 500
1400 1500
14001 500
14001500 mtwhfa
14001435 s
14001425 mtwhfa
14001500 s
14001 500
14001500 occsnal
14001405
1400 1500 vi
8743af
5995pa
11695pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11955na
7405na
6200am
9585af
71 lOas
3366do
13732as
7125va
9535na
15270na
9960va
7275do
7295do
5980do
7160do
11925me
11925me
11580eu
I 7575al
9890as
6100pa
4990do
9965as
10621af
7240pa
11800pa
17820na
11815as
9400am
9560as
15050am
15405as
4915do
15120as
17560as
11705na
11895as
13700as
9610pa
11915as
15150as
7285do
14001500
1400 1500
1400-1 500
14001500
14001500
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1 500
1400-1500
14001500
14001 500
14001500
1400 1500
1400 1500
14001500 a
14001500
14001500
141 5 1500 mlwtla
1430 1500
14301500 vi
1430 1500
14301500 s
1430 1500
1430 1500 mtwhf
14301500
14451500
11995as
9595as
11945sa
15320me
17710me
6155do
13595am
6190af
9515na
11865va
1531 Oas
17830af
5810am
11715na
7510am
9355as
61 lOas
15160as
7425na
6040am
7490na
t5420am
11695af
12160am
6015na
5025do
6060pa
11660as
8660as
6080am
15540am
3366do
5990do
21515me
11775as
7293as
6195as
9740va
11940af
15575me
21470af
9815am
7180as
11365am
12095va
17640va
21660af
721 Sas
9645as
15255as 15395as
11875na
15105am
I 3595na
941 Ova
11750as
15070va
17705va
9760as
15425as
13845am 15685an1
11830na 17750na
6080pa
7260as
9710pa
11695pa
11445as 15135as
12005am 15115am 15295am
21455cu
7185do
15335as
9950as
17720as
12000na
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Tuesdays
Sundays
1400
1400
1400
1401
1405
1430
1430
Mondays
1400
1400
1400
1402
1430
1445
Radio for Peace Int I: The Far Righl Radio Review. See M
0600.
WHAi: World Harvest (hve). An ho111 of Christian music and
information for WHAi supporters.
WWCR >'3 The Overcomer Broadcast. See S 1100
WWCR #1: The Grace Hour (live). Garf Stevens of Baltimore
answers hslcner ques11ons about religion.
KWHR (Hawaii): Music. See S 0230.
BBC (as pac): Popular Music. Ragga with David Radigan
(7tn,14th). See S 0445.
1400
1400
1400
1402
1430
1430
1445
Wednesdays
1400
1400
1400
1402
1430
1430
66
MONITORING TIMES
August 1995
Saturdays
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
Propagation Forecasting
1400 Radio for Peace Int I: My Green Ear th. See M 0230.
1400 WHRI World Harvesl (live). See M 1400.
1400 WWCR #3' The Overcomer Broadcast. See S 1100.
1402 WWCR r t : The Grace Hour (hve). See M 1402.
1430 BBC (am): Human Interest. From Nairobi to Bei1ing. See A
1245.
1430 KWHR (Hawaii): MUSIC. See s 0230.
1430 Raoio for Peace Int I: University of the Air. See T 2300.
1400
Fridays
Thursdays
1400
1400
1402
1430
1400
1430
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MONITORING TIMES
67
FREQUENCIES
1500-1600
Ausuaha. Radio
1500-1600 vi
1500- 1600 vi
1500- 1600 vi
1500- 1600
1500-1600 vi
1500- 1600
1500- t600
1500- 1600
1500- 1600
1500- 1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 s
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600as
1500- 1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 mtwh/vl
1500- 1600
1500- 1600
1500-1600 vi
1500- 1600
1500- 1600
1500-1600
1500- 1515
t500-1525
1500- 1600 occsnal
1500-1530
1500-1600
1500-1550
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1530
1500-1600
5995pa
9615as
11800pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11955na
11815as
6200am
608oam
21455eu
9585af
11580as
7230eu
7125va
9535na
15270na
7275do
7295do
5980do
71 60do
7293as
989oas
6100pa
4990do
7255af
9325eu
9965as
11995as
11775as
4940as
11775as
6060pa
9710pa
6080pa
11660as
7260as
11695pa
17820na
15165as
9400am 15050am
12005am 15115am 15540am
11915as
9950as
13700as
11955as
15355al
12000na
15150as
7285do
9977na
15335as
4975as
11 890as
13785eu
17720as
7305me
11910as
9595as
11945sa
1500-1600
1500-1 600 twhf
1500-1545 asm
t500-1600
1500-1600
t500-t530
1500-1600
1500-1530
1500- 1600
1500- 1600
1500-1600
1500- 1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500- 1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 1has
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1520-1530 mtwtt
1530-1600
1530-1 600
1530-1545
1530- 1600
1530-1600
1530-1600
1530 1600
1545-1600
12025as
15400al
17750me
322Qaf
9810as
12090as
6155do
9720as
t2075as
5965as
71SOas
t 1365am
I 1940af
17830al
11860al
13815am
15590am
9930as
9355as
61 l Oas
9700as
7425na
13760am
7490na
15420am
15665af
12160am
I 1705na
4965af
5925eu
11780as
11900na
7140as
I 1670me
I 1875as
9960va
9890as
I 1765as
9500as
t 5545as
6190af
6195as
9515na
9740va
I 1775va 11 865va
15070va 17705va
21660af
17880al 21490al
7125as
7215as
9645as
15205me 15395as
9760as
11875na
15105am
13595na
13845am 15685am
11830na 17750na
15400na
74 12as
9910as
15260as
I 7i50as
11585me
15150as
11 640as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500
Mondays
1500
KV/HR (Hawaii): Reach Out. Pasl or Jerry reaches out with Bible
leaching.
WHRI: Music. Sees 0000.
WWCR #1: Messianic M111utes. Ted Simon presents live
minutes of scriplural in1erpretat1on for Jewish listeners.
1510 WWCR , 1: Lile Issues John Wolke on evenls affecting
everyday living
1515 KWHR (Hawaii): The Sp11 11ual Warfare Broadcast Mickey
Bonner evangehzes
t 515 WWCR 11: The Living Wale rs Broadcast Falher Bob Guste
evangelizes from Louisiana.
1520 KWHR (Hawau): Today's Family Life. Reaching out to families
with hope and encouragemenl with Randy Carlson.
1530 KWHR (Hawau): Music See S 0230.
1530 W\VCR 1 : The Time o' Oehverance. Ben1amin Sm11h preaches
from 1he Time of Deliverance Evangehshc Church in
Philadelphia.
1545 BBC (eu): Popular Music. Ragga with David Rodigan
(71h.14th). See S 0445
1545 WWCR #1: Wisdom from Ille Word. From the New Covenanl
Church in Philadelphia.
1500
1505
68
MONITORING TIMES
A ugust 1995
Tuesdays
1500
1500
1505
1510
1515
1515
1520
1530
1530
1530
1545
Wednesdays
1500
1500
1505
1510
1515
15 t 5
15 t 5
1520
1530
1530
1545
Thursdays
1500
1500
1505
Fridays
1500
1500
1505
t510
1515
Saturdays
1500
1500
FREQUENCIES
1600-1615
1600-1700
1600-1700 vi
1600-1 700 vi
1600-1700 vi
16001700
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700
1600-1700
16001700
16001700
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1700
16001 700
1600-1627
1600-1700
16001700
16001700
E1hiop1a Radio
France, Radio France Intl
1600-1630
1600 1700
1600- 1650
1600 1700
1600-1615 mt
16001630whfas
1600-1630
1600-1700 m1whM
1600-1630
1600-1700
16001630
1600-1700 vi
1600- 1700
1600-1625
1600-1649 occsnal
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1630 s
1600 1630
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Iran. VOiRI Tehran
Italy, IRAS Milan
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ ln11
Nige11a, FRCN/Rad10
Nigeria, FRCNNoice ol
Norway, Radro Norway Intl
Pakistan Radio
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700
7155eu
5995pa
9710pa
1169Spa
2310do
248Sdo
2325do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
4130af
6200am
5930eu
6080am
21455eu
7165af
6175eu
15210af
11910eu
9735af
6170as
I 5595as
9370as
11580as
I 1580as
11875as
7125va
15270na
6280me
9960va
7275do
7295do
9895as
6100pa
4990do
7255af
11850na
7425af
13590af
9965as
7350eu
9760eu
6060pa
9770as
11800pa
6080pa
9860pa
7260as
11660pa
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600- 1700
1600 1700
1600-1630
1600-1700
16001640
16001700
1600-1615
11575as 15110af
9400am 15050am
17485af
12005am 15115am 15540am
9560af
1161Saf
15460af
11 965af
7225as
178 10as
15260as
11700af
15530af
17800af
9875as
1600-1630
1600-1700
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600- 1700
1600 1700
1600-1630
1600-1700
1615-1700
16151630
1630-1657
1630-1700
1630-1700 mlwhfa
1630-1645
1630-1700
V1e1nam. Voice of
Zambia, Chnslian Voice
United Kingdom.BBC London
Vatican S1a1e. Va1ican R
Canada. RGI Monlreal
Egypt Radio Cairo
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Sweden, Radio
USA. VOA Washington DC
1630- 1700
16401650 s
16451700 mtwhf
1645 1700
16501700 mrwhf
Zimbabwe, ZBC/Rad10 4
Rwanda, Radio
Canada. RCI Monlreal
Ta11k1stan. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
1201saf
13690as
11 675eu
11775as
11 990af
12025as
15540me 17570af
SAfrica, Channel Africa
SAfrica, Trans World R
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Soulh Korea, R Korea Intl
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Swaziland, Trans Work! R
UAE. Radio Dubai
United Kingdom.BBC London
7180as
9410va
11 77Sva
12095va
United Kingdom.BBC London
17750as
15150as
7285do
9485af
15555al
l 1570af
11 710af
9480eu
9880af
11630eu
11860af
15105as
17875af
3220af
9500af
6155do
5975as
972Gas
9500af
13675eu
3915as
9510as
15070va
5965as
17705va
11860af
13815am
15590am
6120as
9355af
3970af
9760as
7785af
742Sna
13760am
7490na
15420am
15665eu
12160am
1I 705na
21525af
9840eu
4965af
3255af
624Seu
7150as
15255af
4760do
6065eu
6040eu
17895af
3306do
6055do
9555eu
7245as
6145pa
11890as
1538Sas
21740af
7240af
11910as
15400af
11945sa
15480as
6480eu
15425as
9515af
9870af
15320eu
5975as
9515na
15400eu
6195as
21470af
11940af
1572Sam
15395me
6190af
9740va
17830va
11365am
15435me
6195va
11 750as
21660af
11 865va
7125as
13710af
7215as
15225af
17510af
61 lOas
12040af
13615na
15105am
13595na
13845am 1568Sam
11830na 17750na 21500eu
21745eu
12020eu 150\0eu
9630af
7250eu
9550as
9645eu
11810eu
15245me 15445af
19379me
3396do 4828do
17735af
11935eu
17820eu
15325eu
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1600
1600
1600
1615
1630
1615
Mondays
1600
1600
1600
1615
1615
1630
1630
1630
1645
1645
Tuesdays
1600
1600
1600
1630
1630
1630
1645
1645
Wednesdays
1600
1600
1600
1615
1615
1630
1630
1630
1645
1645
Thursdays
1600
1600
1600
1615
1630
1630
1630
1645
1645
Fridays
1600
1600
1600
1615
1630
1630
1630
1645
1645
Saturdays
1600
1600
1600
1600
1600
1615
1615
1629
1629
1630
1630
1645
1645
Augusf 1995
MONITORING TIMES
69
1700-1800
Auslralia. Radio
1700-1800 vi
1700-1600 vi
1700-1800 vi
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
17001800
17001800
1700-1800 as
17001800
1700-1727
17001800
1700-1800
1700- 1730
1700 I 800 ITill'lhivl
17001800
17001800
17001800 vi
17001800
17001800
17001750
1700-1800
17001800 vi
1700 1800
1700f800
1700 1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1730
17001720
17001800
1700-1715
1700-1745
1700-1730
1700 1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
1700 1800 sm1whl
1700-1800 as/vi
1700-1800
1700-1800 rnwf
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
17001800
1705-1800
1715-1800
17301800
17301800
17301800
17301800
17301800
17451800 mlVlhf
17451800
17451800
70
MONITORING TIMES
6060pa
9560pa
11695pa
2310do
2465do
2325do
7160eu
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
7405af
13750am
6200am
593Qas
6080am
21455eu
15255af
15210af
7125va
6150na
11930as
6280me
7275do
6100pa
3326do
9325eu
7485eu
9965as
6095eu
9480eu
11890as
15105as
17875af
3220af
9500af
13595am
9685af
4976do
3255a1
6195eu
9740as
15070'/a
9515na
3915as
6005af
13615am
15590am
6120as
9355af
3980eu
6110as
9525as
976Qaf
11920af
15205as
19379me
7425na
13760am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
17612at
12160am
21500eu
4965af
3306do
3366do
7160me
9665me
6020af
11830at
6065eu
7305af
4810eu
7190eu
74 12eu
I 1935af
3200af
August 1995
6080pa
9710pa
11860pa
9535as
6090pa
9860pa
7260as
11660pa
11575af
9400am 15050am
15640af
12005am 15115am 15540am
15460at
9535na
9580as
I 1840as
4990do
964Qaf
11570eu
997iaf
13785eu
7270eu
9880af
11960af
15400af
21740at
7240af
7285eu
11630eu
11990eu
15480as
11715me
12065me
17570af
15620am
9905eu
12075me 13635me
5965as
7180as
11750as
15400va
177i5va
9630af
6180eu
9410va
11860af
17830af
6190af
9510as
12095va
15725am
17510af
5900as
7150as
9645as
9770af
11945al
15410af
5990eu
7170as
9690af
11870as
12040af
15445af
6045as
7215as
9700eu
11895at
13710af
17895af
1361 Sna
15105am
I 3595na
13845am 15685am
21745eu
3396do
11780as
9605af
15340at
13605me
9695af
7480eu
9560as
9650me
13750as
1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900 vi
1800-1900 vi
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1825
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
18001900
18001900
18001900
18001900
1800-1900
1800-1830
18001830
1800-1845
1800-1830
1800-1900 irreg
1800-1900
18001900
18001830
18001815
1800-1900
18001900
18001900
18001900
1800-1900
f 800 1900
18001900
18001900
18001900
18001900
18001900 as/vi
1800-1900
18001900 mwf
1800-1900 Slh
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1830
16001900
18001900
1800-1900
183019001
1830-1900
18301900
Nelherlands, Radio
18301845
1830-1857
1830-1900
1830-1900
1830-1900
18331900
18401850
1845-1900 irreg s
1850-1900
Rwanda. Radio
S Africa. Trans World R
Slovakia. R Slovakia lnll
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London
Yugoslavia. Radio
Cote D' lvoue. ROTV
Greece. Voice of
Mali. RDTV Mahenne
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
4828do
11655af
15365af
15600af
9725af
9675eu
15520as
9950me
15075me
17805af
11625af
11960me
11620eu
7230eu
6060pa
9860pa
2310do
2325do
6010do
7190eu
5910eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6200am
6080am
21455eu
15255af
3366do
7412eu
11935af
7125va
4885do
11990na
6550eu
6280me
7275do
4760do
6020af
6100pa
3326do
5960eu
9965as
7350eu
11630eu
11890as
151 OSas
9500af
9200al
3200af
3255af
9410va
12095va
5965as
7180as
13615am
i 5385na
15590am
13625au
9355me
3980eu
9770af
13710at
17895at
7425eu
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
15745af
I 3720eu
12160am
21500eu
9840eu
9780as
4965af
3306do
5905eu
5035eu
5970eu
6015af
9895af
6055do
9525af
591 Seu
6005af
6100eu
11920do
11645af
4763do
11910pa
9730eu
6060pa
11660as
6090pa
I 1695pa
9560as
15520as
9580pa
11660pa
9400am 15050am
12005am 151 lSam 15540am
4915do
9650me
13750as
9950me 11620eu
15075me
4935do
9605af
11655at
4990do
13805af
15220al
9480eu
11675eu
11910as
15480as
9755as
9880eu
11715me I 1775as
11945sa 11960af
6180eu
9740as
15070va
7160me
6190al
11860al
15400va
94 lOas
6195eu
11955au
17830af
9510as
15665eu
6040eu
12040al
15410at
17510af
9760eu
13680at
15580at
15725am
13770me
4875af
11920af
15205af
19379me
13615na
13760eu
13595na
13845am 15685am
21745eu
12020eu 15010eu
3396do
7210eu
5260eu
9505eu
6020ar
15315af
6055eu
9630af
9720af
15650af
4835do
4828do
11840eu
5940eu
9605af
17605al
7345eu
5995do
11960eu
5960eu
9660af
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19002000 m1whf
19002000
Argentina, RAE
Australia. Radio
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19002000 vi
19002000 vi
19002000
19002000
19002000
f9002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
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19002000
19002000
19001930
19002000
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1900-1950
Finland. YLE/Rad10
Germany, Deulsche Welle
1900-2000
19001930
19001945
Gualemala. AWA
Hungary. Radio Budapesl
India, All India Radio
1900-1910
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1900-2000
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19001925
1900 1925
1900-2000
19002000
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19002000
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19002000
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19001930
19002000
19002000
19302000
19302000 mtwhfa
t9302000
19302000
t9302000
19302000
19302000a
1930-2000
1935-1955
19502000
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7260as
11660pa
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2485do
2325do
60t0do
15268eu
9700eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9440af
13750am
6200am
11920do
6080am
21455cu
9730eu
7t70af
11785af
5980am
3955eu
74 12eu
11935af
7465na
15640af
7125va
6150as
t 1850au
4885do
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9960va
7275do
4760do
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6015af
9895af
11910pa
7255af
4890do
9690eu
7350eu
t 1675eu
t5105as
6055af
15620am
5975eu
3200af
6165eu
7200eu
4976do
3255af
7160va
11955au
13815am
15590am
17775am
13625au
15665eu
3980eu
9770af
15410af
7425eu
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
15745af
13720eu
15745af
12160am
21745eu
9840eu
4965af
3306do
5945eu
9665me
7260af
7530as
6020af
11655af
6095eu
4976do
11835af
7275eu
4010eu
August 1995
6080pa
9560as
11695pa
6150as
9580pa
11880pa
7240pa
9860pa
11720eu
11515me
15460am
9400am 15050am 17910am
12005am 1511 Sam 15490eu
15440af
9670af
13690af
9735af
13790af
6140eu
9650me
13750as
9435eu
7130eu
9835eu
9950me 11620eu
15075me
11603na 11685na
7140au
9535na
11740af
9580au
4935do
6020af
15315af
9675do
9750eu
9480eu
11775as
15400af
9605al
17605a1
11810eu
9755as
11890as
15480as
6480eu
7275as
9655eu
5026do
6005af
9410va
12095va
11905eu
17510al
6040eu
11870as
15445af
13615na
13760eu
13595na
6190af
9630af
15070va
7375af
11920af
15580af
13695eu
9860af
11940eu
9865af
11910as
17570af
6195eu
97 40au
17830af
7415af
12040af
19379me
15375eu
13845am 15685am
12020eu
15010eu
3396do
6155eu
13730af
9022eu
13670eu
9605af
15315al
6135eu
5026do
4828do
9575eu
5882eu
17900eu
9860af
17605al
7285eu
11905eu
7250eu
9895af
20002100
2000-2100
20002100 vi
20002100 vi
20002100 vi
2000-2100
20002020
20002 t00 vi
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002027
20002 100
20002100
20002050
20002030
20002010
20002100
2000-2 100
2000-2030
20002015 mlwlilvl
2000-2100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
2000-2025
2000-2050
20002005
2000-2100
20002050
20002100 vi
20002030
20002030 mlwhf
2000-2100
2000-2100 vi
20002015
20002100
20002030
20002100
20002015
20002030
2000-2 100
20002100
2000-2100
20002100 as
2000-2100
20002100
20002 100
2000-2100
2000-2 100
20002100
2000-2100
20002100 as/vi
2000-2100
2000-2100 as
2000-2100
2000-2100
20002030
2000-2010
20002030
2000-2100
2005-2 100
20152100 f/vl
2015-2045 s
20252045
20302100
20302100
20302100 ml
2030-2100 as
2030-2100 asmlwh
2030-2100
2030-2045
2030-2100
20302100 nllwhf
20302100
2045-2100
20512100
I 1715eu
6060pa
9580pa
11855as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
15268eu
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5995eu
13670eu
6950eu
6200am
5930eu
6080am
15186af
7170eu
3366do
9375eu
5980am
9675as
7260af
7125va
4885do
11990eu
9960va
7275do
4760do
6020af
11655al
I 1910pa
3326do
7255af
6576eu
4890do
6095eu
6130af
7230eu
11630eu
12070eu
5020do
3200af
6065eu
9770af
9445eu
4976do
94 10va
3255af
6t95eu
9630af
11955au
13815am
15590am
17775am
15405as
13770eu
6040eu
13710af
17755af
7425na
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
13720eu
12160am
17845af
4005eu
4010eu
4965af
3306do
12085eu
7125va
3200af
7235me
11920na
15375af
5925eu
5935eu
11750na
9860af
9655eu
15400eu
9955am
9840eu
7412eu
I 1715pa
15115pa
6080pa
6150pa
9860pa
11 660pa
11880pa
7235eu
15150eu
9440af
9400am
11640pa
12005am
7260as
I 1695pa
11 985eu 13650eu
15325eu 17820eu
9920eu
1511 Oaf
15050am
15540am
9615eu
4915do
9022eu
4935do
9605af
15315al
9860al
17605af
9895af
4990do
9345as
9675do
6135eu
9780eu
9480eu
11675eu
9640al
9977na
7285eu
9815eu
9755as
11730na
15515af
9880eu
11890as
11 640af
13635af
6180eu
7325va
11 750sa
15070af
6190af
941 Ova
I 1835va
I 7830af
9545do
9655af
9885af
5026do
15070va
6005af
7160af
9740au
12095va
15725am
15665eu
7375af
7415af
15205me 15410af
19379me
13615na 15375eu
13760eu
13595na
9760af
15445af
13845am
2152Saf
7355af
5882eu
15685am
21745eu
9645al
I 1625af
7250eu
3396do
15095na
4828do
9710me
11960na
I 1800me
9895af
9755eu
1I 905eu
I 2020as
991Oau
15225pa
150 I Oeu
9950eu
11620eu
FREQUENCIES
2100-2200
Auslralia. Radio
2100-2130 vi
2100-2130 vi
2100-2130 vi
2100-2115
2100-2125
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2150
2100-2200
2100-2130
2100-2200
Guatemala. AWA
Hungary. Radio Budapest
India. All India Radio
2100-2200 f/vl
2100-2200
2100-2115
2100-2200
2100-2200 mtwhfa
2100-2125
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200 vi
2100-2200
2100-2200
Japan. NHKIRadio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia. Voice of
2100-2115
2100-2200
2100-2200 vi
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2t0021 10
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200 s
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2130 a
2100-2200
2100-2200 a
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2145
2100-2110
2100-2130
2100-2200
2115-2200
2130-2200
2130-2200 vi
21302200 vi
6060pa
9580pa
11880pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
5910eu
9700eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5995eu
13670eu
6950eu
3985eu
7385am
11705eu
15375af
15186af
7115as
11 765af
5980am
3955eu
7412eu
11715au
7125va
6035eu
11865as
9660as
6280me
4760do
9860af
15115pa
3326do
4890do
7195eu
7350eu
9820eu
11730na
12070na
3316do
6055eu
5020do
6480eu
6125eu
12085eu
4976do
4825eu
6090eu
9750eu
11875eu
3255at
6005af
7325va
11750sa
12095va
9630af
13815am
15590am
17775am
13770na
6040eu
9535af
15185pa
15580af
7425na
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
13740eu
9475am
17845af
21745eu
5882eu
6100na
3306do
9900eu
9610as
4835do
5025do
6080pa
9660pa
11955pa
7240pa
11660pa
7260as
11855as
7235eu
15150eu
9920eu
15110af
9400am
11690eu
15325eu
9670as
11785as
9735af
15135al
13650eu
17820eu
15050am
9765as
5935eu
991 Oeu
15225au
7250eu
9950eu
9835eu
11620au
7140eu
9580af
11850as
11915as
4990do
9675do
9570eu
9480i?U
9880ou
11750as
13615as
11655af
9690eu
9530af
11630eu
11890as
11940eu
9755as
11680eu
11980eu
9545do
15575eu
15095na
5026do
5905eu
7240eu
11610eu
11950eu
3915as
6180eu
9410va
11835va
15070af
15665pa
6160eu
9760eu
15205me
17725af
13615na
13760am
13595na
12160eu
21515af
4910do
6120eu
6175au
4760do
9710eu
6065eu
11920na
2200-2300
Auslralia, Radio
2200-2300 vi
2200-2300 vi
2200-2300 vi
2200-2300 vi
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2245
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2230
2200-2230
2200-2300 I/vi
2200-2215 as/vi
2200-2225
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2205
2200-2300 vi
2200-2300
2200-2215
2200-2300
2200-2235 vi
2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-2205
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2230 mtwhf
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300 as
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2245
2230-2300
2240-2250
2245-2300
2245-2300
2245-2300 mtwhl
2245-2300
9580pa
11660pa
11955pa
17860pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960am
13670am
9880eu
7385am
6180na
9900eu
15186af
5980am
7412eu
11715au
6175au
7215va
721 Sva
9710as
6280me
9960va
7295do
5980do
15115pa
3326do
4890do
9530af
3316do
11610am
5020do
5965eu
9675af
12085na
17750eu
7185me
11885na
6195eu
9890as
11955va
6180eu
13815am
15590am
17510as
13625eu
721 Sas
12080af
15305as
7340af
7425na
13760am
7490na
9955am
15420am
9852eu
9475am
17845af
9650na
9375au
3366do
9705as
15145as
9670na
6150as
9730eu
6010eu
7285eu
11780eu
6020eu
9560eu
11 825eu
3915as
6190af
9580as
11945as
5975na
6195va
9740va
11955va
15400eu
7375af
11870pa
15410al
17735pa
15375eu
74 15af
13710af
15445af
19379me
13845am
6185eu
3396do
4828do
9645as
15365pa
11755af
15400af
9645as
11855as
15365pa
9660pa
11880pa
17795pa
11960na
2200 UTC
11720eu
9895af
2130-2200 vi
2130-2200
2130-2200
2130-2200
2130-2200
2130-2200
2145-2200
9610as
11695pa
13755as
15050am
9910eu
15225au
9950eu
11800as
15330as
4990do
9675do
9720af
11730na
11750as
11 ?l Oeu
13605na
7325va
11750sa
9590va
11835af
11620au
9545do
15095na
21750eu
9445na
11970na
7110as
11695au
9410va
12095eu
15725am
13770am
9705as
13710af
17735as
7375'af
11820eu
15405as
9770as
15185au
17820as
7415af
13615na
17555sa
11760as
15290as
13595na
12160am 13845am
21525af
9665na
11845na
9425au
491 Sdo
11745as 13750as
9950as
11835na
7305as
15155na
9600au
11830pa
17860pa
August 1995
MONITORING TIMES
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FREQUENCIES
2300-0000
Australia. Radio
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
23000000
23000000 I/vi
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
23002330 as
2300-0000
23000000
23000000
9610as
11695as
17795pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
9700na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960am
15305am
5030am
7385am
9900na
7235as
11980as
5980am
9705as
15145as
7125va
5965eu
11850as
6280me
9960va
9530na
7295do
5980do
15115pa
2300-2305
2300-2350
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000
Nigeria, FRCN/Rad10
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice of
11720na
2300-2317
2300-0000
2300-0000
9755am
11 940am 13670am
2300-2330
2300-2330
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
23000000
7375am
9400am
9725am 13750am
15050am
9690as
I I 705as
9950as
11745as
13750as
6155cu
7140eu
9580as
2300-0000
23000000
23000000
23000000 as
2300-2330 mtwhf
2300-0000
2300-0000
23000000
2325-2336
2330-0000
23300000 irreg
2330-2355
23300000
23300000
2330-0000
23352345
9660pa
11855as
17860pa
t 1645as
13755as
t t660pa
15365pa
3326do
1t700na
4890do
7300na
11750as
3316do
11885na
5975na
7250as
11750sa
3915as
t 3815am
15590am
17510as
13625pa
7215as
I 1760as
17735as
7425na
5745am
7490na
9955am
9955am
7355am
9852eu
9475am
6550cu
9645as
9530eu
6030na
6020na
15140as
9840eu
9375sa
4990do
t3650na
9675do
9530na
9720af
11970na
6175na
7325va
I 1945as
t t 835eu
13605na
6195va
9580as
11955va
13770eu 17555sa
9705as
9770as
15185au 15290as
17820as
15375eu
11730na
7110as
9590va
9890as
15305as
13595na
12t60am 13845am
9850as
13605as
15180cu 15425eu
13800na
6165na
9845na
12020eu
11595sa
15240pa
15010eu
11645sa
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
2310
Mondays
23 1O
2310
23 10
2315
2325
2330
2330
2355
2310
2310
2315
2325
2330
2330
2355
Thursdays
2310
23t0
2310
2315
2325
2330
2330
2355
Fridays
Tuesdays
231 O
23 10
23 tO
23 t0
23 15
2325
2330
2330
2355
2310
2310
Saturdays
Wednesdays
23 t0
2310
2310
2310
2310
23 t 1
2321
2325
2330
2340
2346
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predicrion technique. In this case I would ;.ay: ..According to the trend of the
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the day because of a possible ionospheric storm that will cause sc\ ere auror.1:
The A and K can be taken into account if you are doing some .. nowcasting..
and have a program that will accept one or the other of thcsi: indices. If you do
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is a very interesting program to use. but it is definitely not designed for
"nowcasting." It uses IONCAP (with which some of you may be fami liar) as pan
of the algorithm. IONCAP had many glitcl1c>. most have now been c01Tcctcd in
VOA CAP. Neither this program. nor ASAPS uses the A or the K index: they are
strictly used for planning purposes and long-tcnn frequency management.
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I Reader Check-Ins
1 received several nice intercepts thi s
month. The first one comes in from someone
at NASA. forwarded 10 us by Keith Stein.
who is a staff member for our sister publication, Satellite Times.
170.2450
171.0450
408.4000
415. 2000
417.2000
41 8.0750
461 .8750
463.7250
Use
NASA HEADQUARTERS
AUDITORIUM WIRELESS MIKES
SAME
NASA HEADQUARTERS SECURITY
ALPHA 1 BRAVO 5
ALPHA 5 CENTRAL
ALPHA 7 DELTA 1
ALPHA 11 DISPATCH
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE
CAR 5,8,5 1,70,90
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ALPHA 4 DISPATCH
ALPHA 5 PAPA 16
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An unknow n contributor sent in the fo llowing from the Argonne National Laboratory at Lemont. II. Thi s is a n installat ion of
the Department of Energy. I have no idea
what each c hanne l is used fur. or what. if any.
subaudib lc to nes arc used.
Chon
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07
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162.2250
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164.3750
167.8500
168.4500
169.9500
170.0750
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172.850
172.875
172.900
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172. 150
172.175
166.175
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169.350
169.375
169.250
169.275
169.300
169.225
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I De-Railed?
Down my way here in South Florida, the
on ly passcngcrtrain we have left is AMTRAK.
I guess it is the same nation wide . I like trains
and spent my youth Ji ving three blocks from
the now-destroyed Florida East Coast Railroad terminal at West Pa lm Beach. I would go
over whe never I could lo sec the "snowbirds"
coming in.
Lately, I have begun to notice 900 MHz
antennas being erected every few miles a long
the AMTRAK line. I have seen the 900 MHz
allocations in the database fur some time, but
have never seen any radi o systems. I guess
they are now being installed. I wonder if this
new 900 MHz system will take away the
listening pleasure of those of us who still
enjoy monitoring on the I 60 MHz train c hanne ls?
That's it for this month. I' 111 gelling re ady
for At lanta- how about you? Hope to see
you there.
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169.200--SIMPLEX
168.200--SIMPLEX
The annual Fly- In al O shkosh, Wi scons in. has been held in the late summer/fall the
past fe w years . The Federal Administration
usuall y sel:-. up o n s ite a couple of days
befo re. with the ir own communi cations syste m. They ha\'e been using:
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Readers' Corner
Charles Bernth contributed the photo of
the Falcon 200 on s hort final at FRG
(Farmingdale, NY). as well as the company
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SATELLITE TV
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which is a completed fli g ht model Lband a nte nna for Phase 3-D. The antenna is based o n a sho rt-back fire desig n and uses ll am not making this up)
an a ll -a luminum wedding cake baking pan fo r a re fl ector. Don "t you wish
De fense contractors were that inven ti ve?
I News Brief
By the time yo u read this. the hopi.:s a nd
d ri.:ams for the im mediate future of Di recTV
and USSB will be dec ided with the launch of
DBS-3 scheduled for June. It joins DBS- !.
laun c hed Dece mber 1993, and DBS -2.
launched A ug us t 199-1 at 10 I degrees West.
The extra bird will a llow DirecTV to add
another
channe ls.
Inte lsat has enjoyed the successful launch
of both 7 05 (March 22) and 706 (May 17)
from the Ari ane launch facilit y in Ko urou .
Frenc h G uiana. The 705 sate llite is operatio na l at 50 degrees West. and the 706 satellite will he located at 53 degrees West. 705
carries programming to Latin America and
706 is said to be used for telephone traffic at
the ratt.: of 11 0.000 co nversation s simultaneously. 1 wonder what percentage of those
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Satellite-TV FREE
are not on cable. lngeniu s is still avai lable v ia th e DBS programme r.
Primestar. To get in touch with your
local Primestar franchise dealer call
800-966-96 15. You will be asked for
your Zip Code and then you ' II be given
the name and number of your local
Primestar company.
Install ation fees vary from location
to location. My experience is that it
wi ll cost from $ 150-$250 for the initial
install at.ion ; after that there wil l be a
month ly fee based on video services
Keith Baker interviews Dave Brody of the Sci-Fi
you use. Once you have Primestar you
network.
may cal l lngen ius and sign up for the ir
calls wi ll be unsolici 1cd requests to sig n up for information service. There is a one-time
a certain Jong dislance service.
c ha rge of $ I 00 for the installation kit which
The FCC has decided lo re-examine the includes the necessary hook-up cables and
i ~s uc of Zoning. Covenants. Condi lions. am!
software. From that point you wi ll be charged
Restrictions relating lo the erecting of satellite $59.40 per year for the service. This means
antennas. The Satellite Broadcasting and Com- that for $3 10 you can get a Primes tar satellite
muni cat i o n ~ Association (SBCA ). a prosystem. get hooked up to Jngenius with a one
TVRO indu s1ry lobby, is sai d to be en thusias- year subscriplion, and enjoy DBS style entic about the review, hoping the new rul es wil l te11ainmen1. By the way, lngeni us is not
make it easier for home dish owners to brush offered on DirecTV or USS B systems. Too
aside local covenants and restri cti ons.
bad.
One wonders, though. if the Commission
If you arc al ready a Primestar subsc riber.
may not see the ex istence of lhe wildly popu- what in the world are you waiting for"7 Dial
lar DBS di shes as an alternati ve whic h home thi s number now! 800-7 PC-NEWS. And T
owners could choose and whic h would satisfy mean it!
the restrictions. Such a dec ision.whil e a blow
And while we re at it. lngenius announ1:es
to the TYRO market. could be see n as a that technical suppon is available via the
comprom ise for zoning boards and would be Internet. You can E-mai l your support quesvery friendl y to DBS entities which arc domi- tions to [email protected]. They ask
nated by cable interests.
that you include a descripti on oft he problem,
0 Canada! Canadians are feeling really the version number of the lngenius soft ware,
feisty late ly. After a high seas donnybrook the make and model of your co mputer. and
with the Spanish they're ready to take o n your E-mail address. An E-mail response
anyth ing. Now. it' s Country Music Te lev i- will be sent no later than the next working
sion and DSS; next it' II be the shoppi ng chan- day . For the Internet deficient: call 800nel. Say, wha1ever happened to NA Fr A, eh? HELPOUT (S00-435-7688) and. finally.you
can fa x' em al 303-267 -4 172 .
In other Primestar news. Digital Music
I X*Press Update
Express (DMX) will add IO of its digital
Jn the April issue of MT the col umn lead
music ~e r vi ces to the Primestar aud io li newas on X*Press Information Services. now
up. This is an interim step to the addition of
known as Jngenius. Since the n a number of
all 120 DM X CD qual ity audio services
changes have occurred which should be noted.
which will be offered next year wi th the
A salesperson with whom I spoke at lngenius
lau nch of Primestar's new higher powered
indicated that the service had shi pped the last
DB S satell ite.
of the General Instrument lnfoCipher data
receivers (the box wh ich interfaces your
Nole: For more i1!f(1mwtio11 m1 1he qf"oreVC II RS and your PC) in May. Whi le no new
111e111io11ed Wea1herSa1 Ink, w1 excelle111.
T YRO services wi ll be added in the immedi q11ar1erlr p11blicario11 for rhe wemher sarelate futu re. current T VRO In genius customers
lire e111husias1. urile WemherSa1 /11k. c/u
will continue to be supported by the ~ervi cc.
B/11ebirdGrernho11ses. 482 I Jessie Dr.. Apex.
This means that ex isti ng ln foCi phcr I500R
NC 27502. or rn// 1/reir 24/dar FAX li11e al
data receivers have become very scarce items.
919-362 -5822. S11bscrip1io11.1 are $18/year
I hope that Jnge nius dec ides to continue to
USA $23/ri:a r foreiM" Edi1or Tom
develop its TY RO market and that the reGlembocki, K04BD. rn11 be reached ria 1he
sponse from thi s column has all owed them to
/11tem e1 01 tomgle@cybern etics.com
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How do you rate the timeliness of information in Below 500 kHz'! The Iota ls .fiH
each rnting (o111 (!/"II possible 25) are listed
belou.
Excellent: 13
Good: 10
Fair: 2
Poor: 0
How do you rate the accuracy of the information in Below 500 kHz'! The rotci/.1 .fiH
each ru1i11g (out ofa possible 25) are /isled
below.
Excellent: 16
Good: 9
Fair: 0
Poor: 0
I Loggings
Thi s mo nth' s loggings arc courtesy of
first-time contributo r Jill Dybka (TN). Jill is
using a Real ist ic DX440 receiver along with
its internal ferri te a ntenna . but has plans to
Beacon Loggings
ID
Freq
Location
DIW
Dixon, NC
198
203
DMZ
Dickson, TN
206
GLS
Galveston, TX
209
RN
McMinnville, TN
214
GYN
Gollotin,TN
216
CLB
Wilmington, NC
217
HZD
Huntingdon, TN
221
PED
Springfield, TN
236
GNI
Grand Isle, LA
245
LFB
Lafayette, TN
251
LUG
Lewisburg, TN
260
BVQ
Glasgow, KY
263
DYQ
Greenville, TN
263
FIO
Paducah, KY
289
FK
Hopkinsville, KY
300
C
Mobile Pt. Light Sta., LA
304
BN
Nashville, TN
317
MBT
Murfreesboro, TN
332
ULH
Tullohomo, TN
Jacksonville, FL
344
JA
353
FOA
Floro, IL
358
TNY
Fayetteville, TN
365
PCB
Mt. Pleasant, TN
368
BEQ
Bessemer, AL
379
TL
To llohosee, FL
379
BRA
Asheville, NC
382
VKS
Vicksburg, MS
391
SWZ
Smyrna, TN
391
DPP
Son Juan, PR
41 3
CBC
Anahuac, TX
417
EOG
Greensboro, AL
426
IZS
Montezuma, GA
426
FTP
Ft. Payne, AL
429
JNM
Monroe, GA
432
MHP
Metter, GA
521
TYX
Greencastle, IN
526
ZLS
Stello Moris, BAH
Loggings courtesy of Jill Dybko (TN)
spec ify the latitude and longi tude coordinates and the program does the rest. (You can
determ ine the exact latitude and longitude
coordinates for beacons fro m a directory ,
such as the Aero/Marine Beacon Guide.)
I Lost Manuals
Have you ever found a dream rig at a swap
meet. on ly to d iscover that the owner has lost
the a ll-im portant instruction manual? Dave
Schwinek, NW2T (NY) recently passed alo ng
a copy o f the W7FG Vintage Manuals catalog. It li sts manuals for many of the classics
such as Heath, Hall icrafters. Hammarlund,
National, and Coll ins. There are also manual s for popular test eq uipment. mil itary surplus. and a variety of station accessories. If
you're into vintage gear, you'll want to have
thi s catalog handy . The address is W7FG
Vintage Manuals. 3300 Ways ide Drive.
Bai1elsville, OK 74006. Their telephone number for inquiries is: (918) 333-7893; fo r orders: 800-807 -6146.
That s it for anot her month. 11 I see you in
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Ham DX Tips
When most people think of August they think (1f""Thc Dog Days and a month of ,cry hot weather.
But. if you DX the amateur bands you think of August as 'T he Mixed Bag Month'"-one that holds a
little something for everyone. as we hope these tips do.
AW ARDS Moniroring Times reader and frequent contributor John Reisnauer has he gun a new
awards program. The U.S. Islands Award Program. The program i~suc~ awards for contacts made with
U.S. islands located in rivers. lakes. as well as some salt water sources. Complete awards criteria. listing
of eligible islands. currently active ones. and applications can be obtained from John for 55 US or 8
IRC" s. Write John at: Rt 2 box 2161. Benton City, WA 99320. CA ROLINE ISLA NDS Henry Wong.
KH6YK (whose address is 2471 St Louis Dr. Honolulu. HI 968 16) will be spending his vacation on
Palau b land here from hne July to August 25th. Henry will operate all bands 160 to 6 meters plus
satel lit e~ in both CW and SSB using the callsign KC6YK. CHI NA BZ IHAM told several amateurs
at the Dayton Ham,ention that the People's Republic of China~ Radio Sports Association will be
hosting that country's first-ever ham radio convention slated for the 13th to 16th of October. Duri ng that
ti me frame the Association will also operate special events station BT I DX all bands and modes (SSB,
CW and RTIY) shortwave. As for the convention itself-times. locations. and how one can attcndthese detai ls have yet to be revealed. CONTESTS The week.:nd of the 5th and 6th wil l be the busiest
contest weekend this month with the R11111a11ia11 DX conrest taking place on the SW amateur bands.
Rumanian. YO-prdixed amateurs work the world 160 to I0 meters (no WARC hands) CW and SSB.
The exchange is callsign and conta<.:t number. The ARRL UH r comest will be 5 August at 1800 UTC
and end at 1800 UTC on 6 August. Operations will main ly he in weak signal portions (SSB and CW)
of the UHF and Microwave amateur bands. Popular frequencies to check are 22'.!. I I0 and 432. 110, and
you may find some FM operators on 223.500 MHz and 446.000 MH z. The exchange is Maiden Head
Grid Square and callsign. The SEAN ET (or Southeast Asia Net. which began several year~ ago as a net
for ham~ in and about Southeast Asia and latere\'olved into an international amateur radio ~oc i e ty). 1995
SSB DX comesr will take place on frequencies 40 to I0 meters. The exchange is call sign and contact
number. This contest often produces a number of rare South.:a!.t Asian locations. as amateurs in that pan
of the world look for contacts with the rest of the world. DX CONVENTIONS The 25th and 26th will
fi nd the New Orleans lnremario11al DX Co111e111io11 taking place at the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon
St in the French Quarter of that city. Programs wi ll incl ude presentations about recent DXpeditions to
Ghana. Thailand, Belize. Conway Reef. and South Georgia Island near Antarctica. as well as QSLi ng.
operating. antennae, and other DX related topics. Contact Michael Mayer. W5ZPA. 5836 Marcia Ave,
New Orleans. LA 70 I24orduring the day at 504-283-4143 orc\'cning' at 504-524-2 129 for more details
and costs. September 9th. the annual W9 DXCC Co11ve11tio11 will be held in Rolli ng Meadows, IL.
Contact K9EC. Michael Zeug, 9N3 17 Corron Rd. Elgin. IL 601 23 for detai ls. fees. and scheduled
programs and presentations. NETS The Mid1rest Uled Eq11ip111e11t Net meets on 7275 kHz Saturdays
at 1330 UTC. If you arc traveli ng in a motor home on your vacation you might want to check into the
/111em<llio11al Recreario1111/ Vehicle Net which meets 1130 UTC Saturdays on 7233 kHz. SAUDI
ARAB IA 7Z500 will be active from here till June of 1996. taking a year long work assignment here.
He operates mostly CW and has been logged on 10105 kHz<ll approximately 0330 UTCand 140 15 kHz
at 1830 UTC. QSL to WI AF. Harvard Wireless Club. 6 Linden St. Harvard Uni versity. Cambridge. MA
02 138 THAILA ND The Radio Amateur Society ofThailand (RAST. G. P. 0. Box 2008, Bangkok.
1050 1 Thailand) will put the special station HS50A on the air till May 1996. to honor the 50th
anniversary of the reign of King Bhumiphol Adulayade. who has the amateur call sign HS IA. Look for
this station to be active on all bands 40 to 10 meter!.. CW. RTIY. and SSB. Also during contests.
UGANDA Starting in August 5Z4FO will move from Kenya to Uganda and will be using the callsign
SX IMW. Since at the time of this writing. he has not obtained hi' new address. we do not have QSL route
at this time. But he plans to be acti\'e on SSB. and RTIY 20. 15. and I0 meters and possibly some 40
and 80 meters later on. USA AA4V is active weekends from the Isle of Palms (IOTA reference number
NA- I I0) off the coast of South Carolina. near Charleston Harbor. u&ing the IOTA frequency of 14260
kHz at 1345 UTC. His present address is: Stephen Riechyn. 47 10 Meadowood Rd. Columbia. SC 29206.
but he plans to move to this island and operate permanentl y from hen: soon ...
Enjoy the DX and if you do venture out into the heat (or. if you live in the Southern Hemisphere. the
cold!) do so cauti ously. 73 de Roh
August 1995
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QUTER LIMITS
THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED
Geor e Zeller
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For many years the North American Shortwave Association has been the largest shortwave hobby club in the Un ited States. Despite
the fact that they speciali ze in shortwave broadcast DXing. it has been odd that NAS WA 's The
Joumal printed pi rate QS L data. but no station
logg ings. During the summer. NASWA anno unced a policy change. Chris Lobdell will
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1)\
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4'-.
1)'\JW"
DC; Williams)
Vox America 6957 at 0030. Most DXers have
found their professionally produced mix of rock
music, humor, and political commentary ta be
entertaining. But, their announced policy that
$3.00 must be enclosed with reports for QSL's
has attracted some negative criticism, porticu
larly since the veries did not arrive right away.
Addr: Schenectady. (Rose; Harwood; Williams)
WBNY- 7412 at 1515. Jesse soys that the
Peoples Committee in Solidarity with Rodent
Freedom Fighters should spend a little more
money on their transmitter, since their signal
was pretty weak this spring. The Washington
maildrop offers audio tapes of some of the best
stations that use it; an SASE will get you d etails
and prices. Addr: Washington. (Rose)
WREC- 6955 at 0230. P. J. Sparx hos been
using cameo segments from other pirates on his
Radio free East Coast programming lately,
including Phil Muzik of KNBS and Rev. Billy Bob
Huxley from the Voice of Laryngitis. Addr:
Wellsville. (Wolfish; Williams)
WRDO Relay- 6955 at 2130. Sometimes a
pirate transmitter will simply relay programming
from a licensed broadcaster. We hod a late
spring example with this one, including a rock
oldies countdown show. We don't really know
wh ich pirate furnished the free relay in this ca se.
Addr: None. (Harwood; Frodge)
WRNK- 7445 at 0400. Peter Pirate's relatively
new station plays rock music, and then mentions
the complete playlist when the tunes are
finished. Barry says that they completely
clobbered the Israeli Mossad numbers station
that inhabits this frequency. Addr: Wellsville.
(Williams)
XEROX, Radio Duplicado- 6955 at 2200. QSL's
ore now arriving from Bart Samba's station,
which makes fun of on old hoax in the QSL
column in NASWA's old Frendx bulletin.
Appropriately enough, as we see this month, the
station' s veries feature a picture of longtime
NASWA QSL editor Sam Barto. Addr:
Wellsville. (Pearce)
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WHAT'S NEW?
by Larry Miller
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Understanding
ACARS
If you' ve caught the sq uawking sounds on 13 1.55 MHz and
concluded that they were data
burs ts. you'd be right. T he
squawks are from ACARS (Aircraft Communications Address-
August 1995
Magnetic Switch
Balun
Palomar Engineers has announced its new Magnetic Switch
Balun system for 500 kHz to 30
MHz reception. The system con-
Kantronics KPC-3
GPS Compatible
Everybody is hooki ng into the
Globa l Positioning System these
days. even Kant ronics. who has
announced that their KPC-3 TNC
now offers GPS capabi lity. To
receive and retransmit GPS data.
the KPC-3 con nects to GPS receivers via an NMEA-0 183 interface.
Fea iures includ e multiple
string parsing. storage of outgoing data in tracking buffers. times lotted locat ion broadc as t ing
based on the GPS clock. remote
access. and APRS compatibilily.
For more in formation on the KPC3 version 6 or for upgrading to
version 6. conlact Kantronics.
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ARRL Catalog of
Books and Goodies
Hams should be aware that the
new ARRL Publications Catalog
is out. This six-page listing includes books. videos. tapes. maps.
binders. log books. stationaiy. and
more for the radio amateur. If
you're a beginner. planning lo
upgrade your license. or just need
reference materials. this catalog is
worth your time. Contact the
American Radio Relay League.
225 Main Street. Newington. CT
06 1 I I or call 203-666- 1541 (fax
203-665-7531 ). Following arc
only a few of the great books to be
had ...
Nearly all hams can make use
of the digital mode~ on HF. If
you'd like to get started in the
digital realm. the ARRL's Your
HF Digital Companion by Steve
Ford. WB81MY. is the book to
buy.
Wril!en with the digital beginner in mind. this book focuses
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"Technospeak" is avoided. replaced by easy-to-understand language and a wry sense of humor.
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While FCC records arc read iIy
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directories and databases. comprehensive lists of amateur repeaters arc not. The singular exception is the Pocket Repeater
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Measuring Equipment
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For over forty years. BK Precision Market ing has offered high
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equipment lo service and maintenance personnel and to hams. BK
markets such things as the Multifuncti on DC/AC 600A Clamp
Meter for measuring AC/DC current and voltage. resistance. and
line frequenc y; thc 60 MHz Digital Storage Scope which fea tures
cursors. readouts, and RS232; and
a new line of Sweep Function
Generators with bandwidths from
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devices and more. contact BK
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Operation
It takes a little practice to use the device, but operation is fairly
simple. The gain of the unit is adjusted so that it visibly impacts
your receiver' s S meter. You are changing the local noise gain
from the indoor antennas so that it matches the outdoor antenna
noise strength. The phase control is then manipulated until the
indoor noise is phased 180 from the outdoor noise. This.ha~ two
wonderful effects. The S meter noise reading drops substantially,
and the audible noise in your speaker vanishes.
Thi s thing really
works! It is amazing! The
manufacturer claims a typical noise reduction of
40dB. r have noticed that
the terrible horizontal oscillator buzz from my lossy
local cable TV lines can
drop as much as 50dB on
my S meter.' The beauty of
thi s design is that the noise
is cancelled out before it
enters the AOC of the receiver. The result can be
dramatic. A weak DX signal that is completely buried by your
neighbor' s fish tank heater can jump right into the clear. Copy can
instantly leap from 0% to 100%.
The construction quality of the ANC-4 is up to the high
standards we expect from JPS. A nice side effect is that the unit can
be used as an active antenna when not connected to external
antennas. It automatically bypasses itself when used with an
amateur transmitter rated up to 150 watts.
Be advised that the ANC-4 is designed to attenuate local noise.
Sources of noise that are basically band noise such as lightning
static and QRM from other transmitters are not reduced by the
device. One quirk is that it works Jess well with the high-pri ced
Watkins Johnson HF- IOOO than it does with analog receivers,
since the HF-1000 DSP chip transmits RF! hash noise that is
picked up by the ANC-4, but that is phased differently from other
ambient noise sources. So, an ANC-4 can phase out either the HF1000 noise or your teenage neighbor's hair dryer, but not both.
I don't get excited about a shortwave product very often, and
I'm not in the business of endorsements. But, I highly recommend
the ANC-4 in the strongest possible terms. It really does reduce
local noise very substantially. The effect is not usually atte11ua1ion,
but it is instead eliminalion of highly annoying local interference
sources. Since almost all shortwave listeners are bothered by
noise, I think that the ANC-4 should become standard equipment
in every shack. It's priced reasonably and is widely available from
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SCANNER EQUIPMENT
Bob Parnass, AJ95
MONITORING TIMES
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or
II Different Audio
Due to the smaller s peaker. the PR0-26
audio is not nearly ascri spas the BC3000XL T.
but better than the muffled a udio o f the PR062 (sec February MTfo r a review o f the PR062).
The BC3000X LT pro vides separat e 1/8"
j acks o n top for external ~pea kcr and earphones. Stereo headphones work just fi ne and
audio is heard from both sides. no adapter
needed. The PR0-26 has o nl y o ne jack and it
is for o ld fa shi o ned monau ral headphones.
Sound is heard o nl y in one earpiece if stereo
head phones arc used-a drawback.
II Battery Consumption
T he BC3000 X LT is supp li e d w ith a
BP2500 rechargeable NiCd battery pack. Extra
packs are handy but e xpe nsive. The PR0-26
is powered by four AA penli g ht cells (not
s upplied). eithe r alkal ine or N iC d-we apprec iate the flex ibility. Our re view PR0-26
arrived during a tornado warn ing. With no
time to charge a NiCd pac k, we loaded the
PR0-26 w ith alkal ines a nd placed it into
service immediately . State police channe ls
were alive w ith to rnado sig htings nearby.
The cu rre nt cons umption of bo th the PR026 and BC3000X LT measured about the same
except for the LC D backl ig ht and me mo ry
backup. The PR0-26 backli g ht uses 33
milliamps versus on ly 20 milliamps in the
BC3000XLT. T he PR0-26 use s less than I 0
microamps of c urrent w hen turned o ff compared w ith 45 microamp s in the
BC3000XLT- both fi g ures are too s mall to
be s ig nifican1.
Th e BC3000X LT' s battery-save feature
can re duce cons umpti o n to a m ere 13
mil li a mps . The PR0-26 man ua l does not
mention a battery-save feature . and our measure ments d etect no balle ry--;ave actio n.
The same optio nal wall wan power s upply
used w ith the PR0-43 and PR0-62 scanners
works wi1h the PR0-26. There arc two small
The PR0-26 is al'ailab/e from Grove Emerprises (800-438-8155 )for $349. 95 plus shippi11g.
II RF Performance
Our PR0-26 is slig htly more se nsiti ve than
o ur BC3000XLTon the V H F-high ba nd and
arc they arc equall y sensitive in the 460 and
860 MHz bands .
Some PR0 -26 owne rs complain o f interferen ce problems o n the V HF- hi gh band. and
o ur PR0-26 has problems there. too. We
traced the cause to images. a proble m o ne
ho pes to avo id in a rece iver using up-con versio n. T he fi rst IF is approx imate ly 380 .6 9
MHz and o ur PR0-26 hears images o f UH F
sig nals 761.3 75 MH z below the ir transmitting frequency. so 929 .7 125 and 929.5625
MHz pag ing sig nals appear o n 168.3375 and
168. 1875 M Hz respective ly.
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MAGNE TESTS
SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW
Lawrence Magne
Editor-in-Chief
Passport to World Bond Radio
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M A G N E ' S
P R 0
D U C T
S U M M A R Y
MAGNETIC SWITCH
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I Drake RSA
Although Drake was expected to commence production of its new R8A receiver
sometime in May. as we go to press it is
running a month behind expectations. T here s
no official stanup date for production. but
presumably it will have taken place by the
ti me you read thi s.
We arc going to wait to test a production
unit before reporting on it in full y here. but our
initial and very tentati ve impression with a
test-producti on sample that we arc currently
evaluating is that the RSA s performance is so
c lose to that of the RS that the differences
border on the inaudible. However. the ergonomics. although sti ll far from ideal. are obviously improved.
Jn short. fornow it's hard to imagine much
good reason for replacing a perfect ly good RS
with an RSA-a relati vely costl y exc hangcalthough for first-time buyers the new version
is certainl y worth the extra ~ I 00 ove r the
original. Remember. that' s ba ed only on our
first qu ick peek. not the in-depth findings
fro m our laboratory and test panelists. which
we' II summarize in a fu ture issue.
I Lowe HF-250
Production of the Lowe HF-250. lhe replacement for the current H F-225. reportedly
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The bottom line is that the Grundig Yacht
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double convers ion but is clunky to tune. and
the Radio Shack DX-375. which tunes properly. but performs less well. The 305 has now
captured the leadership in thi s price class.
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(OMPUTERS &RADIO
John Catalano, PhD
1
Scon Contiol P~el SVVL MoneQ efl
Manage r 1.0. Thi s is a Windows- based
bands and database scan; and Area 5 (al
radio control and database that I considbottom ) - On-lin e keyboard/command
ered lo be a real value and very easy to
he lpfile .
use . Aft er my first e xpe rie nce wi th SW L
You can sec from Fig ure 2 that. w ith
Manager. I spoke with the nice peopl e at
the " User Database Scan'' fil e fo lder choFIGURE 1: Scan Manager Pro Help Assistant
KC4ZGL Ham Software a num ber of
se n, the right side o f the screen gives us
Main Screen
times. As I wrote in th at review , I thought
opcrat io nal choices. C licking o n the 'Scan
their first product was great. but. as usual , I
ing o ne or the individual to pic s listed in the Category" arrow brings u p frequen cy fil es to
w anted more.
scrol l box. can obtain detai led instructions . be loaded into the receiver. Via the Database
The instructio ns for the main program(s) arc command I have created a category ca lled
II Improving On Greatness
USAF, whic h is now the acti ve category. Whe n
called u p via the boxes o n the left of the sc ree n.
Thi s is o ne of the best "he lp" systems I have the scan is starred by pressing the space bar.
In my o pinion. the program had o ne g lareac h e ntry in thi s file is displayed w ith its
used.
ing omi s~ ion which pre vented il fro m qual ifyThe new program is really two programs: a frequency, mode, and comment s, and is also
ing as o ne of "the best of the be st": It d id no t
new ve rsion of SWL Manager, plus Scan sent to the receive r. Pressing the space bar a
have the abil ity to cont ro l o r read the o utput or
Manager. Both are run together ins ide of Scan second ti me stops the scan. The delay time
a decoderrfNC such as the PK-23 2. That's all
Manager 1.0 Pro. C lic ki ng o n the program betwee n entry loading is controlled o n the left
it lacked lo be considered a complete monitorstarts it runn ing. though I fo und it takes about s ide of scree n Area 3. The scan d irec tion can be
ing enviro nment. Well , Tony li stened careone minute from the lime you c lick on the changed with the up/down arrows next to the
fully and said he would get back lo me in a few
program unti l you can use ii. That seems frequency, also in Arca 3. T he basic fu nctions
months. The re sult is the program we wi ll
longer that any o ther program of its ty pe , are very simple to lea rn and easy 10 use .
review today. Scan Manager 1.0 Pro.
The number or categories and entries is
poss ibly due to the extensive use or graphics.
Out of the box I knew I had something very
The first time you run the program you limited only by your hard disk space. The
different from the orig inal program. h came
have to configure it 10 your receiver, and to e ntire database can be viewed and modified in
o n a si ngle disk. T he new program comes on
you r decoderrfNC. indicating w hic h serial a spreadsheet form by the F5 key . Direct modithree. high de nsity di sks for a to tal of approxifi cations can then be made , cell by cell , as if
pons arc being used and the ir parame ters. It is
mately 6 mcgs of hard d rive s pace 1 A lthoug h
a very sim ple procedure and can be changed at you were work ing in Lotus or Excel.
the program does not give minimum system
Altho ugh hi stori cally I have not been a fan
any time via pu ll-d own me nus and/or icons
requirements. I ran it successfull y o n my
located at the top o r the Main Screen (sec of Windows' programs . the graphi cal interface
small system. a :l86DX 33 w ith 4 Meg of
has been used by this prog ram 10 help the user.
Figure 2).
RAM and a VGA mo nitor. O r course. W inA nice touc h is the title box (no t s hown) not just for looks. This fac t alone makes this
dows 3. 1 is requ ired. Very little written docuw hic h appears next to any icon that the mouse program a leading edge prod uct in my opi nion.
mentat io n comes with the prog ram- in fact.
Where d id SWL Manager go? For shortarrow is over. This tell s you in words what
o nly a single page. Follo wing those printed
co mmand the icon (pic ture) bulton performs. wa ve broadcast liste ners the SWL Manager
installation instruc tio ns. the prog ram in stalled
Pretty nifty. since I kno w we a ll hate to dig out version 2.0 is perfect. The F6 key bri ngs the
very simp ly and qu ickly.
the instruction book in the heal o r a good DX now-famili ar screen with it s country flag, world
Opening W indows 3. I indi cates that. in
c hasing sess ion. Even digiti zed im ages of map location. and sea rch parameters sectio n.
additio n to Scan Manager I .0 Pro. Scan Man various receivers arc included with the pro- Not much has real ly c hanged from the $ 19.95
ager Pro Help A ssista nt is also available (sec
gram and a ppear whe n you ente r your receiver vers io n 1.0. but it 's hard to improve on perfecFigure I). Thi s program is a graphical interac ti on. For my comme nts on its use see o ur
type . The left s ide of Fig ure 2 shows a trusty
tive 'instruc tion booklet.'' The user. by c lickpreviou s disc ussio n in the December I994MT.
R- 7 1 in a ll its glory- reall y unnecessary. but
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I What About My
Suggestions?
09:45 LCL
QatalMse
<~nllgur :illon
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U<'ll
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Is there a T NC/Dccoder
C":Of'lBol-d:......,11-7~=6""'"""''-....,,-~"'='!lo
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et.dSe"wt!ll
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scree n in the new Scan Manager 1.0 Pro') Well. these guy;,
User Categories/Database
have even gone one belier. If
you have a favorite Windm\ ;,.based terminal program- say
f'-eq(d-11, ... ....
mrm llL'DI r , .. <:..,
AEA. s Pc Pakratt for WinifflfM#ft@
dows-with u press or the F2
key it wi ll appear. It can then
be sized and run ri ght alo ngside Scan Manager Pro. Sec
Figure 3. This works 1cry we ll FIGURE 2: Mai11 Screen of Sca11 Ma11ager 1.0 Pro
gi ving the user instant acce~;,.
to all fcmurcs and functions of both programs
record button.
at the same time. Once again. I say that from
What would I like to !'tee changed in !he
an ease-of-use point of view. thi s is the best
11e.rt version'/ Although adequate . I wou ld li ke
to see a hit more speed avail ab le in the scan
use of Wi ndows features th at I ha ve seen to
mode. In di sc u ss i o n ~ with the soft ware s audate in a radio-related software pac kage.
thor. he has purposel y o mitted any s4uclchIf you don' t have a T NC prog ram. Scan
Manager will default to the Windows port
drive11 . scan stop fea ture. I agree with hi s
manager. Not as slick a~ a ded icated TNC
obsen -;1tion that due to signal conditions on
~ hort wavc th is reaturcs use is qw..:stio nablc.
program. hu1 it works just fi ne.
But why should the program be aimed onl y at
~ hort w a vc'.' Although it can be used wi th most
I Are There Any Negatives?
short \\ ave recei vers and ham HF rigs. it canScan Manager 1.0 Pro is an ambiti ous
not be used ,,ith an y VHF/U HF scanners.
endeavor. It ha ~ cro~~.:d a number of boundPe rh a p~ th is will change with a new version.
ari es inclu ding: a Window;,.-based total moni I belie\'e the capability of ~O rtin g the datatoring cn\' ironment. si mult aneous Wi ndows
ha ~c ba.;cd on fi elds other than Category. (for
programs. h elpfil e~ in graphical and written
example, Commenls). would be a va luable
forms. and a uni versal approach that sequall y
fea ture. And con1inuing as the grumpy old
u ~e fu l to SWLer. uti lity li~tc n c r~. and hams.
man. the lo ng (one minute) load ti mes can b<.:
For me. it has met its original dc~ ign goab
irri tati ng. Picky. picky.
ve ry wdl.
The program beha\'e;, very we ll in the
I Thumbs fand Price) Up?
Windows environment. However. make sure
I wa~ \c ry imp res~cd with the $ 19.95 SWL
you remove all blank line;,. from the database.
i\ lanager 1.0: Scan Manager 1.0 Pro proves
If you do leave a blank. the progra m may
indicate .. invalid use of null .. and stop. unload
li!!litenin!! can strike twice. It is an excellent
p~ogram.~and at this ti me. one-of-a-k ind in the
it ~clf. and return to the Windows ~creen . To
Windows env ironment. The price or Scan
make sure that you will 1101 have a problem.
ju ~ t remove all hlank lin e~ u ~ ing the delc1e
Mannger 1.0 Pro. wh ich in c lud e~ SWL Manage r 2.0 and Scan Manager. is S69
plusS& H. Thi s is a good hit higher
C ~fl<r.itl11ull~
than the $ 19.95 that fir!>t caught
my attent ion. but is still priced
lower or equal to it;,. competition.
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DEMAW'S WORKBENCH
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS
Dou Demaw, WI FB
mu lti ba nd reeci ver. T his is h..:cause the overall gain of a rece iver (RF ampli fier throu gh
the last IF amp Ii ficr) vari ed from bnnd to
band . Therefore, it was not uncommon to
have muc h lower rece iver sens itivi ty on IO
and 15 meters thnn on 40 or 80 meters. Th is
resulted in lower meter readings at the high
end of the I-IF spec trum. despite an eq uivalen t. incomi ng signa l strength .
Prese nt-day manu fac turers use a variety
of mi crovolt references for calibratin g thei r S
meters. No two brands of receive r will register the same meter rending fo r the same input
signal level and antenna. Also. the meter
readi ng-' wi ll vary from band to band. even
though the input signa l magnitude at th..:
antenna jack is the same.
At this junctu re you are probably wondering if S meters have any practical U.'.e at all.
Indeed they do-at least in t..:rrns of making
relati ve measurements. Suppose. for example.
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If you have a receiver that lacks an Smete r. it is a simp le matter to bu il d the circuit
Notes:
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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
Bill Cheek
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adio waves appear to behave in mysterious and magical fashions. but they
perform strictly according to ironclad physical laws, just like free-fall in gravity. No one understands exactly why grav ity
works, just as we don ' t understand why radio
waves work. T his lack of comprehension does
not hinder us. however. from using basic math
to predict or calculate the measurable behavior of these phenomena. In a word, measurements and calculations of radio waves can
coincide with the same results.
A radio wave transmitted from Point B
weakens to a certain level at Point A. The
strength of a radio wave can be measured. of
course, but it can also be calculated. Measurements are expensive and time-consuming.
SPREADSHEET CALCULATIONS
Remember the Great Circle spreadsheet
calculation from June-95? It has a lot of blanks.
We will fill them in over the coming months,
starling below.
Free Space Loss, dB
Enter the Frequency (MHz) into Cell E 16. Enter
distance (mi), A-B, in Cell E47 or let the Great
Circle spreadsheet in MT, June-95, do ii for you.
Then enter the below formula exodly os shown :
E32 =36 6 t 20-LOG!E 161 t 2oLQG!E47l
Cell E32 then calculates and displays the free
space loss, dB, of the radio wove.
Free Space Received Signal level. uV
Enter Tx Power (watts) into Cell E23
Enter Rx Antenna Goin (dB) into Cell E18
Enter Tx Antenna Goin (dB) into Cell E21
Enter the below locmulgs exodly as shown:
E 19,
E27
E28
E35
E38
E41
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a ds =
10
4.1
0
l0 12d2
attenuation, decibels
power transmitted, watts
attenuation, decibels
distance between antennas, miles
I Practical Example
Let's cal cul ate the " free space" attenuation or a radio signal from an aircraft operating on 120 MHz at 35.000-ft and 75 miles
from your location:
a ds
ad8
ad!l
36.6+20Log 10 F+20Log 10 D
36.6+20Log 10 120+20Log!O 75
36.6+20(2.08)+20(1 .88)
36.6+41.60+37.60
115.8 dB (be/ow transmitted
power)
This means the sig nal at the receiver antenna will be about 11 6-decibels below whatever is transmittt:cl ! Now we can calculate
ac tual Received Power (P)
to determine if
1
communication is poss ible
Let" s ass ume the aircraft transmits 4-watts
into an antenna wit h 3-dB gain. and that your
receiver's antenna has 3-clB ga in. First, we
assess system gai ns. at +3 dB for each antenna. The 4-watts of transmitter power is 6cl B above a 0-cl B W reference of onc- wat t: (dB
= I OLo~Gai11 or loss = /0Log4/I = 6) .
So +6-dBW ofTx (transmitter) power added
to 6-dB of antenna ga ins eq uals 12-dB of
system ga in to offset some o r that 116-dB
free-space path loss. Net received power wi ll
be I 16-clB (loss) - 12-dB (gain) = I04-clB
be low I-watt or - 104-dBW.
/...1
where:
a ds
Frequency, M Hz
a ds
P,
a 0s =
where:
ads
P,
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P,
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Proceedings (!{ the IR E (now IEEE). October, 1947: Propagatio n or Rad io Freq uencies
above 30 Megacycles
10 Log 1 watt/Pr
10 Log 1/ Pr
Log 1/ Pr
Log 1/ Pr
I Brass Tacks
First convert receired po1rer to receil'ed
signal /ere/ (RS L). a more meaningful figure.
= E2
I Caveat
io
1.99 x 10
+son
son
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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS
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sure that thi.: foi I doesn 1 get near the metal
prong!> of the AC plug. Abo he ~ u rc that the
curd ha!> nu bn:aks in it~ i n~ula ti on where the
foil could contact the co1H..luc: tor!> in the cord.
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Q. What are CTCSS tones? Are they A. It i.., , im ply a ponahl.: cellular lelephon.:
present all during a transmission or in the 825-849 Ml-11 (tran , mit ) and 869-894
just at the beginning? Is it possible to Ml-1 7 (rccci>e) range.
detect their presence without special
equipment? (Lynn Gilliland,
Q. I miss the old shortwave receivDahlgren, VA)
ers with their analog dials and
A. CTCSS ( continu ou~ tone co ntrolled flywheel tuning. Are there any
squelch 'Y~lcm ). sumetim.:\ calkd ~ ubaud ibk available today? How did they
ton.: or .. PL.. (after the comme rcially trade- compare with today's digital ramarked Private Linc ~ys tcm ). all ows several dios? Were any of the old
d.:partmcnh to use the same frequency with- Hammarlunds, Collins, and
out ha ving to liste n lo each ot her. With lh.: Hallicrafters portable? Are they still
syst.:m. a subaudi bk (typicall y 60- 250 1-11)
available at reasonable prices, or
ton.: i' scnl cont inuously undcrneath the voi ce:
only as antique collectibles? {Ronald
onl y radi o~ with sque lch ~.:t 10 dc1ec11ha1tone
Schwartz, Madison, WI)
wi II allo\\ the rnicc to be h.:ard.
Mu~t two-way ra<lim (and ..,cann e r ~) ha,e
small 'peakers. ~u those ha ~~ notes arc not
easily heard. You rnuld allach a ' tcreo amplilicr tu the external audio jack of the scanner.
crank up the bass. aml hear the tone 10 dc1cr111inc its prese nce. An o'ci llo,cope could abo
be allached to rc veal the lone a' a conl inuou...
'i nc wa \ L' bclwcen ..,poken audi o.
A. Your 1ran~ mi11er ha~ dri ven the RF pr.:am plilier of your scanner inlll .. no n- linearity: a
di,1011ion wh ich ma~ I.!\ it act like a mixer.
Now the com bination of the 27 MHz CB plus
the incomi ng 1-30 M111 medium- and short'~ ave signals up-convert inln the sc ann~rs
lllning range .
T he fac t that you arc abo hearing the same
~ i g nab \.'. \'en highcr in fr..:q uency is a result of
addi tiona l mix ing produc t' " hid1. lik..: harmon ic,. repcal th..: prnc..:ss mer and o ver al
gradua lly reduced lc v.:b.
Q. After reading a recent MT article
concerning modifying a scanner, I
noticed that there was no warning
about being grounded before
touching any IC chips. Am I wrong,
or is that a good policy? {Ryan
McCarthy, North Babylon, LI, NY)
A.
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A.
A.
A.
You ca111. At least no one has ever repuned to us successfull y doing so. Motorola
uses a non-standard protocol. a form or packet
uata bursts. but without compatibility within
the industry. so no one is making a generic
decoder. or even including the Motorola protocol in a multi mode decoder.
powered wa lkie-talkie would not be very competit ive in this arena, and it would cost considerably more than a conventi onal AM transceiver.
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TX 78759. 5 12-345-0800
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Kingston. ON
Perseid Meteor Shower I Ph1hp Gebhardt VA3ACK. 40 Cameron St. A1ax. ON.
Canada. L 1T 2W2. 905-683-0330. Looking for skeds in 10-meter amateur radio
band for meteor scatter contacts.
Charlotte ARC I Buck Escou WB40TP. PO Box 33582. Charlotte, NC 28233-3582.
Charlolle. NC
704-522-4971 . Ext 3330 Loca!1on. Roll-A-Round Skato Center, 8830 East W. T.
Harns Blvd, Charlotte, NC
Bluegrass ARC. ARAL Centra l Kentucky I Bill OeVore N4DIT. 11 2 Brigadoon Pkwy.
Frankfort. KY
Lexington, KY 40517. 606-257-3343 .. Locdl1on. Westeon Hills HS. Exit 53 ott 1-64,
AdmS6
Cedar Rapids. IA
Cedar Valley ARC I Wayne Kolos1k NOUGK. 65 Samoa Dr. Hiawatha, IA 52233.
3 19-393-4224
Easton. PA
Delaware-Lehigh ARC I Robin Moseley WA3T. 137 I Highland Ct, All entown, PA
18 t 03. 6 10-820-0944
Ft Herkimer ARC I Will operate KB2UYI 1400 Z to 2200 Z to commemorate the
Frankfort. NY
Annual Herki mer County Fair. For certifi cate send OSUSWL and 9 X 12 SASE to
KB2UYI clo John Reed. 6 t 7 Jeffrey SI. Herkimer. NY 13350.
Lower Columbia ARA I Bob Morehouse KB7A00, PO Box 906, Longview, W A
Longview. W A
98632. 360-425-6076 (eves). Localoon: Cowlitz County F airgrounds, Talk-in
147.26. pl 114.8. 9am-3pm, Adm S3
Huntsville. AL
Alabama State Conven11on I Steve Jones WA4CDG. 823 Baylor Dr. Huntsville. AL
35802. 2058835479
Clark County ARC I Special Event slat1on at NW Antique Aircrafl Club Fly-In.
Vancouver. WA
Loca11on: Evergreen Flying F1<!ld, east of Vancouver. Look for W7AIA, Certificate
OSL: SASE lo CCARC. PO Box 1424. VAncouver. WA 98668
Tippecanoe ARA I R Bruce Stewart N9GKE 5 Adina Pl, Lafayeue. IN 47905. 317Lafayeue. IN
742-2367
MIT Radio Soc & MIT Electronics Research Soc I Steve Fineberg W1GSL, PO Box
Cambridge. MA
397082 MIT Branch, Cambridge. MA 02139-7082. Tailga te electronics. amateur
radio FLEA MARKET - 9am-2pm. Albany & Main St. AdmS2. Free parking . Talk-on
146.52, 449.725/444.725 - pl 2A - W 1XMIA
Waroen ARA I Al Van Slyke NSIKX, 3931 County Line Tnpk Rd. Southington, OH
Warren. OH
44470. 2 16-8893376
New Orleans Intern ational OX Convention I Weston Strauch W5VBX. 2238 Lake
New Orleans. LA
Oaks Pkwy. New Orleans. LA 70 t 22, 504-263-4143
Bridgewater. NJ
SC ARS Ham fesl I Eric Lund NW2P. PO Box 742, Manville, NJ 08835. 908-7538290. Location: Somerset County 4H Center. Milltown Rd. Talk-in 448. t 75New Mexico State Convention I Joe Knight W5POY. 10408 Snow Heights Blvd NE.
Albuquerque. NM
Albuquerque. NM 87112. 505299-4581
Duke City Hamlesl I Judith Moller WB5L YJ . PO Box 6552, Albuquerque, NM 87197Albuquerque, NM
6552. 505-821-2771. Location: New Mexico ANG Armory. 600 Wyoming Blvd NE.
Open 7am
Radio Amateurs of Greater Syoacuse I V1v1an Douglas WA2PUU. Box 88, Liverpool.
Syracuse. NY
NY 13088. 315-4690590
Danville. IL
Verm1hon County ARA I Gary Denison KA9SKS 14704 E 2750 N Rd. Danville. IL
217-759-7389
Livingston ARK I Ray Melosh N8CPO. 4349 E Allen Rd. H owell. Ml 48843. 5 17Fowlervollo. Ml
546-9209. Location: Fowlerville Fair Goounds. Talk-on 146.68-. 8am-3pm, Adm $4
Yonkers ARC Hamlest/Computerfest I John Costa WB2AUL. 195 Woodlands Ave.
Yonkers. NY
Yonkers. NY 10703, 914-9631021. Locauon Yonkers Municipal Parking Garage,
Main St. Talk-in t46.865. 9am-3pm Adm 55
Chicago ARC I George at 31 2-545-3622. or write CARC 5631 W lrvingpark Rd,
Oak Brook Terr. IL
Chicago. IL 60634. Location Park View Do Nootn from Cormack Rd, one block west
of RT 83. Talk-in 147.255+ & 444.825+, 8am-3pm. Adm $5
Wooostock. IL
Tri-County Radio Group I Robert N9KXG. 708-638-1678. or write TCAG PO Box
3107. Skokie, IL 60077-6107. Location. Mc Henry County Fairgrounds. Rt 47 and
Country Club Ad. Talk-in 146 52 (simplex), Open 6:30am
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Buckma ster Publishing ...... ...... .... .. 93
Cellular Security Group ................. 5
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Co mputer Aided Technologies ... .. .. 5,
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Dallas Remote Imaging ................ 11
Dotometrics ...... .... ..... ..... ... ... ....... 95
Delta Research ............ .. ...... .. .. .. .. 39
Droke .... .. ........... ...... ..... ..... ..... ... 51
DWM Enterprises .......... .. .... .. ...... 85
DX Computing ... .. .......... .. .... .. ..... 56
Electronic Distributors ........ .......... .. . 3
Electronic Equipment Bank .. .... .. ... 57
G ilfer Shortwave .......... ........ ... ... ... 5
Glenn Hauser ............................. 43
Grove Enterprises ............. 8, 18-19,
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Jacques d 1Avignon ... ..... .......... .. .. 66
Jade Products ...... .. ... ... .......... ...... 11
Javiation .... .... .... ... .. .............. .. .... 13
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KC4ZGL Ham Software .... .... .... ... 67
KIWA Electronics ... .. .. ......... .. 11 , 79
Lentini Communications .... ...... ... ... 23
Log ic Ltd . ........................... ......... 75
Microcraft ........................ ........... 93
M o nitoring Times ....... .. .. .......... ... 41
M otron Electronics ............... 24, 10 7
Notional Scanning Report .. .. ..... ... 37
Naval Electronics .. ......... .... .. .. ..... 39
OptoElectro nics ............... Cover II, Ill
O rchid City Software .... .. .... .. ..... .. 17
Palomar Engineering .. .. 89, 103, 111
Pi oneer Doto ....... ... ........... ... .. ... 105
Radi o Accessories ................... .. .. 59
Radio Control Systems ............... 101
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Satellite Times .... .. ... .. ....... .. ... 4 1, 6 1
Signal Intelligence ...... ..... ... .... ... .. 99
Skyvision ........................... ....... .. 87
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Software Systems Consulting ........ 75
Tiare .. ..... ... .. ... ......... .... ... .... ... .. 111
Timestep ...... ....... ...... .. ..... ... ...... .. 17
Tronsel Technologies ... ... .... ....... ... 81
Universal Radio ............ ... .. .... 6 7, 81
U.S. Radio ............ ........... .... .. .. . 107
U.S. Scanner Publications .. .. ...... .. 15
Vi king International .. .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . l 03
W orldcom Technology .. ... .. .. 24, 113
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