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CONTENTS

Vol. 15, No.7

July 1996

Barry Goldwater's Relledions on Radio................... 12

By Deborah K. Howe
Barry Goldwater is best remembered fo r the 12 years he
s pent as U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona. However,
radio has had a claim on the interes t of thi s 87-year-old ever
since he was thirteen. K7UGA talks with MT about hi s
experiences and opi nions on ham and broadcast radio past
and present.

WGTG -America's Newest SW Station .................... 15

By John D. Stephens

Cover Storv

On the Road
withREAG
By Steve Berk

Getting an international shortwave broadcast station licensed, constructed. and on the a ir is an almost monumental tas k, not to mention the
ex horbitant cost. That' s what makes the ach ievement of the north Georgia
couple who singlehandedly put together shortwave station. 'With Glory To
God,'' so phenomenal. WGTG celebrates its first birthday this month.

Seat of Your Pants DFing....................................... 20

By John P Seibels

will

you be on the road over the 4th

of July? You may be among the
thousands of travelers who take advantage of REACT' s Safety Coffee
Break, or who use their services when
stranded with engine trouble. Radio
Emergency Associated Communications Teams, International, has
been helping motorists for the past
36 years.
Although Citizen's Band radio
has fallen from popu larity and
REACT' s membership has declined,
CB isn't the only means of communication used by teams and the need
for the service continues to increase.
See page 9 to learn more about this
non-profit organization which also
aids in Special Olympics and other
community events. Our cover design is by John Bailey.

It was the 4th of July-one of the busiest maritime

holidays of the year. The author tuned in the emergency
calling c hannel to moni tor the action. but what he heard
was BEEP, BEEP, BEEP ... The Coast Gua rd's closest
direction finding eq uipment was 70 mi les away, so thi s
DXer set out to find the interfering signal usi ng the
radios he already had in his car.

Bus Bar GrtJunding ............................................... 21#

By Arthur R. Lee
If your radio shack involves several pieces of equipment, you could profit
from tying them a ll in to a common grou nd with this "quick and dirty" busbar.

Absolute lightning PrtJtectitJn ................................. 26

By William A. Rhodes
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about lightning rods. But nearl y I00% protection for
you r antennas and equ ip ment from lightning strikes
and induced c harges is possible.

Reviews:

DEPARTMENTS

Brand n,ew to the

portable shortwave
receiver market is the
Sony ICF-SW40.
Selling at less than
$150 on the street, is
this radio reall y as reasonable as it
appears? Magne says, though it's no DX
machine, this may be the o ne to recommend to acq ua intances wanting to try
shortwave broadcast listening. (See page
98.)
T he Max system d iscone for portable
scanners has a snazzy appearance, but
how does it perform ? Bob Pamass
evaluates thi s unit and also tracks the
development of the service search concept
in scanners, of which the Beartracker
BCT-1 0 is the latest model. Though not
for everyone, this litt le scanner can be
very useful for mobile applicat ions. (See
page 100.)
Haske ll Moore tries his hand at his
second computer interface installat ion
with the Optoelectronics OS535, made for
use with the PR0-2035/2042 scanners.
This little board has more to it than meets
the eye! ( Page 96.)

Letters ................................................ 4
Communications ................................. 6
Grove Expo Update .......................... 18
Beginner's Corner ............................. 28

Inspired by Mildew
Scanning Report ............................... 30

Scanning into the Wild Blue Yonder

Utility World ..................................... 34
Monitoring the National Guard
Shortwave Broadcasting .................... 38
QSL Report ....................................... 42
English Lang SW Guide ..................... 43
Club Circuit ....................................... 67
Propagation Conditions ..................... 68
Below 500 kHz ................................. 70

Top End Tour

American Bandscan .......................... 72

A Station of my Own
Outer Limits ...................................... 74

Gov'ts Close Radio Stations

On the Ham Bands ............ ................ 76

Going Mobile
Special Events Calendar ..... ................ 77
DeMaw' s Workbench ........................ 78

Revitalizing Older Receivers

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

Houston Mission Control

Satellite TV ....................................... 84

lngenius' Xchange Revisited

Experimenters Workshop .................. 86

Cool Ways to Design Circuits-IV

Skylink .......................... ...... ............. 88

GPS accuracy? Maybe someday

Computers & Radio ........................... 90

Predictions/CD ROMs
What's New ..................................... 93

Review: Opto OS535

Magne Tests ..................................... 98

Sony /CF-SW40
Scanning Equipment ........................ 100

Max Discone/ Bearfracker 10

Antenna Topics ......................... ...... 102

The Legendary Dipole

Digital Digest .................................. l 06

Digital Comms on Air and Sea

Ask Bob ......................................... 108

Those Triangular Towers
Stock Exchange .............................. 11 0
Closing Comments .......................... 112

Radio Listeners:
Are We Really a Threat?

Plane Talk ........................................ 80

Oceanic Air Traffic Control

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A Toast for Two Larrys!

Two staff members celebrate signficant
milestones in their associati on with Monirori111: Times this month. Larry Van Horn edits
his IOOth utility World'" column in this
issue. Larry began as "Signals from Space'"
columnist in 1984, but his meti culous work
logging, researching, and reporti ng on HF
communi cations has earned him we ll-deserved respect in utilities as we ll. He reme mbers some of the memorable moments and
discoveries made over the years in his Jul y
column.
ot as immediately obvious (since the
natu re of his current columns gives him little
opportunity 10 editori ali ze). is the fact that
Larry Miller celebrates hi s tenth year with
Monitoring Times. This an ni versary has a
very special significance in the life of the
magazine as well, since it marks the incorporation or Miller's shortwave magazinc. lnrer11ational Radio . into the pri marily scanner
and utility oriented Moniroring Times. Larry
Mil ler hdd the posts of Shortwave Editor and
then Managing Editor. until Jul y 199 1. Currentl y. of course. he brings his inimitable
style and sense of the bizarre to the new and
to the news.

Rai se a glass of your fa vorite brew and join

me in a toast lo these two hobbyists whose
contributi ons to the evolu tion of Monitoring
Times are probably surpassed onl y by Bob
Grove himself.

Radio Free Berkeley

A Constituti onal Difference of Opinion
"When I opened my rece nt copy of Monitoring Times, I sat in total disbelie f as I read
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MONITORING TIMES

July 1996

E R S

your artic le, 'Free Rad io Berke ley ' ... (Author) Marcus Harton Ill, AE4EX, in my estimation did your magazine a disservice by not
onl y featuring . but glo rifyin g Ste phen
Dunifer" s role as a maverick radio pirate who
admilledl y thumbs his nose at the FCC and. in
essence. the many law abid ing radio station
operators who conform 10 the standards of not
only the law but common dece ncy.
" How would Mr. Harton (an Ex tra Class
amateur) fee l about others using an assumed
FCC Call designation? Or without any authority. c lullering and interfering with his air
waves with total disregard fo r regulations?
It "s hard to imag ine anyone who ta kes any
pride whatsoeve r with any legally earned
license. portraying such egomani acal behavior to be anything less than professionall y
degrading and di sgusting."
"MT even grants free adverti sing fo r the
commerc ial aspect of the operati on in terms
ofavailabili1 y of kits, and even the address fo r
more information. This is not representati ve
of the conduct or quality of publication one
would expect from MT."
- John W. King. Aptos. Califomia

Louis I-li ken, Dunifer's attorney, told the

court, ''The FCC docs not issue licenses fo r
stati ons under I00 walls. Even if Dunifer had
applied. it wou ld have been a futile act."'
The Federal Communi cations Commission says it" s a simple mailer of exclud ing
micro-broadcasters who clog the radio dial.
The rationale for not permi tting low-wattage
stat ions is that it is in the publi c's interest to
have fewer moderate-to-large-sized stations
rather than more sma ll operators. FCC attorney David Silberman said. With too many
stations. signals woul d interfere wi th each
other and create chaos.
The judge agreed to hear arguments showing that discrimination based on finances
resu lted in discrimination based on content.
One writte n declaration was by Robert
McChesney. a journalism professor at the
Universi ty o f Wisconsin, who wrote: ''The
content of broadcast information is largely
dctennined and affected by those who own
and sponsor the broadcasting station. The
content of non-government. non-corporalesponsored stations wi ll be substantiall y differe nt fro m othe r stations.""

'"Al issue is the principal of radio stati on

licensing. Stal ion licensing gives the public
reasonable assurance that certain technical
standards arc maintained and that we will
receive qua lity. interference-free broadcasts.
License requirements fo r stat ion technicians
assures us 1ha1 compe tent personnel mainta in
these required standards.
The free Radio Berke ley staff arc free to
rai se money for a I00-watt community station and apply for a license. A second choice
is to find a liberal local talk show host who
wi ll allow them on the air regul arl y. G iven the
libera l slant of many broadcasters. this should
not be a problem.
1 understand Judge Wilkens re luctance
to issue a restraining order. The case has not
yet bee n resolved and she be li eve~ there may
be a Con~tilution al issue involved .... This is
called due process.
- John Henry Harr,
Phildalphia, Pennsylvania

Reader Responses

Stan Lopes KB6LGV, of Concord. Californi a. submitled a newsclipping by staff

writer Emil y Gurnon from the Contra Costa
Times. which i ~ about 12 mil es away from
all those nakcs: interesting arg ume nt ~:
he adds.
Here are some of the hi gh li g ht ~:
Duni fcr supporters describe the case as a
ball le over contro l of the ai rwaves-the grassroots com mun ity versus corporate media giants.

March issue, "What's New'?" on

Yupiteru MVT-7200, p.93: "ACE Communications or Indianapolis sells the MVT-7200
only lo special grou ps such as government.
law enfo rcement. and telccomm organizati ons. While they"ll sell old AR-l OOOs, they
will not sell the AR-2700 and AR- 8000(even
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without cellular. to the right groups of people.
MVT-71 OOs and mod ified AR-8000s are sold
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Atlan tic Ham Radio sells all major
Yu pi teru. Uniden. and AOR radios. fro m
Toron to. They say US Customs is basicall y
interested in their money. about S65, not
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T he MVT-7 I00 and -7200 are akin to the
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with the AR-2700. AR-8000and MVT-7100/
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COMMUNICATIONS
FCC: RF/? Not Our Problem

Berkeley Pirate Wins Again

Interference has long been a bone of contentio n between the hobby radi o community
and the neighbors who sometimes mu st put
up with interference to their te levisions, radios, audio syste ms. te lepho nes, and ot her
home e lec tronics. The FCC receives thousands of such complaints every year. But no
mo re.
Now, in a landmark (sort of) decis io n. the
FCC has basical ly placed the blame for interference on the person receiving the interference(?!).
T o quote the W5YI Report, the FCC's
bullet in CIB-10 states that most interfere nce
( 1) is caused by the design or constructi on of
consumer e lec tronic products and not by the
radio o perato r and (2) is a tec hnical problem.
not a law enforce ment proble m. The bulle tin
then invites cons ume rs to fil e a complaint w ith the ma nufacturer, not the FCC!

Radio Free Berkeley, the 25-watt FM pirate Dav id that's in a protracted battle with
the federal Goli ath. has agai n won a stay of
exec ution. The stati o n, w hich now broadcasts
24 hours a day with a sta ff of I 00 volu nteers,
went before U.S . District Court judge Claudia
W il ken. As expected. the FCC said that unli censed stati ons are illegal and asked fo r an
injunction shu tting the fac ili ty down.
Dunifcr. RFB' s founder. argued that he is
unable to get a license because the FCC
doesn' t a ll ow stations under 10 watts o n the

FCC Cash Update

At the same time that the FCC is handing
off in volvement in RF! co mplaints, it contin ues to fl ood the federa l treasury with mo ney.
In 1993 whe n Congress first authorized the
selling of the public a irwaves to raise mo ney
for our bankrupt federal gove rnment, the co ngress ional
budget offi ce estimated its total take wou ld be 10.2 billi on.
It later lowered the fi g ure to
$8.1 billion. As of now, however, the figu re c locks in at $20
b ill io n . "We have ex ceede d a ll expec tation s," c rows FC C
chairman Reed Hundt.
Mea n w hi le, the
FCC's auct io n schedul e continues at a furio us pace with spectrum fo r Personal Commu nications Services in smalle r mark..:ts now on
the block .
ls any spectrum safe''
Hundt, feeling partic ul arly ge nerous. has
proposed that broadcast networks be forced
to give free airti me to president ial candidates.
W hat about hams'l Some of the ir al locations are sparsely used. With the doll ar value
now assigned these freque nc ies, can it be lo ng
be fore the wolves in Washingto n start li cking
the ir cho ps over the ham bands ' Sound farfetched? According to Worldradio , the Congressional Budget Office is already evaluating the ha m bands as well as seve ral ot her
services for the ir potential auct io n value.

MONITORING TIMES

July 1996

ai r.

Judge W ilken refused to issue the injuncti on and asked Dunife r to present fac ts showing that discrimi nation based o n fina nces
results in discrimination based o n conte nt.
And so. li ke the Energizer Rabbit, Radio Free
Berkeley j ust keeps o n going and going and
going. The station recently celebrated its threeyear a nni versary.

11edged ARRL-a ffi liated club. On ly a few

year s ago, the ARRL would n' t eve n take
their adverti sing.

Ham Helpers Part 3

Are we a lone in the uni verse or is there life
on other planets? The SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Inte lli gence) League wants to
know and is e nli st ing the he lp of ham radio
operators (and presumably anyone with a
general coverage receiver). A ll you need to
cond uct your own search for inte lli gent life
on other planets is a n a nte nna of nine feet o r
mo re. a radio of suffic ien t se nsiti vity. and a
computer w ith soft ware that the league provides.

Well ain't that grand-we

weren't important enough for
the Feds, so now we're being
monitored by some sort of
foodstuff!

Helping Ham Reaches Across a

Continent
The Cambria , a 44-foot Canadi an yacht,
was sa iling south west o f Jama ica when it
grounded o n a reef. The vessel q uick ly began
to sink. a large hole punched in its side. W ater
fl ooded in at an a larming rate and be fore lo ng,
the vessel was lying o n its side. T o make
matters worse, weather reports had predic ted
a storm in the area. Becau se the shi p was o n
its side, radio com muni cati ons were difficult
and the crew was unable to noti fy anyone of
their predicament.
In Encino, Cali forni a, ham radi o operator
Bob Karon was surfing the ham bands when
he came across a weak signa l. It was the
Cambria call ing a franti c Mayday.
Karon contacted the yacht. then the Coast
Guard in Los Angeles. Handed off to the
Mia m i station. Karon re ma ined the o nl y link
between the Coast Guard a nd the sinking
vessel.
Eventua lly. the Cambria's crew of four
was resc ued by a nearby freig hter who took
the castaways to Aruba. Karon. cal l letters
AA6RK . received a le tter of commendatio n
fro m the Coast Guard.

Ham Helpers Part 2

The Lambda Amateur Radio Club (LARC).
a group of "gay. lesbian. bisexual. and transge ndcrcd hams ." has had a fund raiser for
hurricane-devastated hams in Anguil a. The
group raised $ 1.050. LARC is now a fu ll-

Whi le the U.S. government was spending

$6 mill ion a year (before Congress c ut the
funding in 1993). the SETI League be lieves
that thou sands of radio ho bby ists. a ll wi th
their antennas pointed in the same direction.
can do the job for free.
Want to get in o n the funJ T here' s no mai l
address. but you can contact the SET I group
at the ir website: http://www.seti-inst.edu/

No Cordless Listening in Oregon

A re cordless phone ca ll s publ ic o r private ? The issue has gone back and forth in
Oregon for years. It came up when a Red mond
man was arrested on drug charges aft er a
ne ighbor with a scanner overheard and taped
hi s phone calls.
The case was thrown out at a pretrial
hearing whe n the judge ruled that the in formation o n wh ich the arrests were made was
illegally obta ined. That reasoning was overturned in March of I 993 when the Oregon
Court of Appeals ruled that cord less and
cellular calls are public because they are

COMMUNICATIONS
broadcast over radio. Most recentl y, the Oregon Supreme Coun ruled that not a ll radi o
transmissions are radio broadcasts and th at
cordless phone conversatio ns " are not intended for the whole community ."
Regardless. offi c ials concede that the rul ing has little effect other than to cause the
release of a man convicted o n drug c harges.
" In reality, people use scanners all the time ,"
says Beth Gi vens, project director at the Privacy Rights Clearing Hou se. "They li sten to
phone conversations , both cord less and cellular. Detection is almost impossible." Who are
these nasty people?

911 By Mail
It was 3:33 AM when 22 year old Tracy
Plamondon called Clark County, Washington, 91 1. He r o ld boyfri end, it see ms, was
wild with jealousy about her new beau. The
old boyfriend, N ick Waldrip, called and said
that was coming to Plamondo n's apartme nt
and kill the ne w boyfriend. Terrified, the
young woman called 911.
The dispatcher told Pla mondo n to mail in
a report.
T oo late. When Plamo ndo n re turned to her
apartment she fo und N ick W a ldrip inside,
lic king a Cabray 9mm machine pistol. Seventeen s hots were fired but fo rtunately. no o ne
was inj ured .
Clark County 9 11 chie f Thera Bradshaw
admits th at the dispatcher made a mistake in
trying to handle the complaint by mail. " We
are human. Sometimes we make m istakes:

Dit clah clit clah clit

Included in the T e lecommunicatio ns Act o f 1996
. I R.l.P.
was a I.Ill Ie-no t1.ce d provi\
sio n that put a nother na il
in Samue l Morse's co f- 11 :::;~~
fin. Ships equipped with .,~, t~;~.i,li!ilivWo>tN1 _.,),tw(
the Gl o ba l M a r itime
Distress and Safe ty System (GMDSS ) are no
longer required to carry manual Morse code
radi o te legraph equipme nt. Prev io usly. U .S.
nagged cargo vesse ls o f more than 1,600
gross to ns a nd a ll fla gged passenger vessels
had to have a Mo rse code in stall ati on o n
board.

8:71:

800

MHz

HSRN
A BC and NBC move over. A new network is o n the way - the Howard Stern
Radi o Network .
Ste rn . se lf-described "King of A ll Medi a,'' anno unced the ne w network as part of
a fi ve-year contract he inked with Infinity
Broadcasting.
S te rn spokesman Do n Buchwald says that
programming for the network wil l not be
develo ped 'i n a ny quic k fashi o n."
" W e're going to take as muc h time as
necessary unti l it reaches Howard's standards. whic h fo r radi o are hi gh.'' Qua lity.
Yes. q uality. Very qu ality.
Ste rn is curre ntl y carried in 24 maj o r
markets and is now loo king to import his
sexuall y-oriented radi o show into smaller
markets as well.

Lesh Talk
Iraqi TY. we are told, is usually prclly
boring . Lo w o n e nterta inment and high. as
reporter Craig W arg reports. on fa wning.
All of that changed for a brief period last
month whe n Uday Hussein started some on air fi reworks.
According to re po rts. the Iraqi dic tator's
son. "drunk as a lord and surrounded by
bodyguards." stormed into the Iraq i T V bui Iding brandishing a pistol and demanding to
make an impromptu speec h to the natio n.
Tho ug h a ny time anyone with a g un e nters
a TV statio n demanding airtime , it 's de licate.
when the dictator's son arrives and does so
drunk, it' s time for some very spec ial ha ndling . The sta ff o f the station called fath er
Saddam and soug ht hi s g uidance.
Father w isely suggested the station tape
Uday' s stateme nt. V iewers were later offe red
an apology that blamed the inte rru ptio n o n
" technical reasons ." The tape never a ired.

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Miller w ith help fro m Rache l Baughn a nd the
fo llow ing me mbers of the MT Co1111111111icatio11s Media Monitoring Team: Dave Alpert,
New Yo rk. N Y: Alto n Co ffey, Grand Prairie.
TX; Lou Gabrie lson. Amityv ille. N Y : Paul
Mc Do no ugh. Somerv ille. MA: Jim Moodie.
Portl and, OR : Fred Pierce. Sherman O aks.
CA: Ralph Quintero, Northlake. IL: Ric hard
Sk lar, Seattl e. W A : Walt er Szcze paniak .
Phi ladelphia. PA: Robert Thomas, Bridgeport , CT ; Arnold We iner. Brentwood . NY:
Phi l Yasson, Vancouver, WA ; and Matt
Young. Lex ingto n, O H.
We have also consulted the fol low ing publicatio ns a nd li st the ir names in apprec iation:

National Sca1111ing, Parade , Radio World.

Worldm dio. WS YI Report. For the !ex t o f
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By Steve Berk

Y:

Materials distributed by REACT

instruct motorists 0 11 how to call
f or help.

u do n t have to own a Citi zen' s Band (CB) rad io to know w hat REACT is a ll about. but
t he lps. T he 36-year-old public service oriented commun ications organizatio n is still very
much alive and we ll across the country and around the world. W ith its headq uarters in
Wichita, Kansas', REACT Inte rnatio nal, Inc. oversees team o perations in locatio ns such as the
United Kingdom. Canada, Australia. W est Indies. a nd Germany. just to name a few.
REACT - an acro nym fo r Radio Emergency As.rncia1ed Co1111111111ica1io11s Teams - is best
known for its moto rist assistance acti vity o n C B c hannel 9. Eve n those who do n t use C B radio take
advantage of o ne of REACT's more popular projects. the Safety C<~/j'ee Break. whic h is set up alo ng
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major highways across the country. especially during holiday trave l periods. Motorists are encouraged to stop for a free cup of
coffee and some relaxati on before continuing
on their tri p.
Local RE/\CT teams also have a major
role in providing essential communications
for community events such as parades and
civic acti viti es, and arc always behind the
scenes in a similar function for the March of
Dimes and Special Olympics.
REACT was founded in 1962 by Henry
" Pete' Krcer. who stopped to assist a fami ly
by using his C B radio to call for emergency
help. Krce r. with the help of the Hallicrafters
Radio Company. evenwall y formed what became one of the world s largest volunteer
emergency communications groups. In 1970
the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC). recognizing REACT"s efforts. designated channel 9 as the offi cial emergency
channel nationwide.
Ci tizen' s Band radio's popul arity reached
its peak in the mid 10 s. CB radios were fo und
in just about every 18 wheeler on the hi ghway, as wel l as in police cars and emergency
dispatch centers. Even Fi rst Lady Betty Ford
was on 27 megahertz. But by 1979 CB' s
popularity fe ll significantl y. and in 1983 it
was finally deregulated by the FCC.
Unfortunately. along with the decline in
CB rad io sales. REACT experienced a drastic
reduction in membersh ip as well. In 1989
REACT boasted a dues-paying membership
of 12.000 among 800 teams. Today that count
has dropped to some J.645 members and 439
teams in the Un ited States and Canada.
0

GMRS coordinator Ed Williford instructs a Special Olympic Committee official on

tlze proper use of tlze 900 MHz trunked radio, i11c/11di11g which system and sub
group the user needs to be 0 11.
I REACT to the Rescue

REACT teams stil l use C B radio to assist

motoris ts who rely on low cost communications for he lp. Instead of haphazardly listening to channe l 9 and trying to figure out what
to do in an emergency. REACT International
developed a traini ng program for CB Emergency Channel 9 monitors. A contract awarded
by the U.S. Department of Transportation's
ational Highway Traffic Safety Administration fu nded the training program. Pamphlets arc also circulated nationwide to instruct mot o ri ~ t s on proper procedures to use
when calling for help in an emergency.

Being a REA CT co1111111111icatio 11s volunteer isn 't all f1111 and gam es. H ere, the
GMRS coordinator is forced to pose with som e of the Houston Oilers Derrick Dolls.

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July 1996

Since REACT is a 50 I (c)(3) non-profit

public service organizat ion as recognized by
the Internal Revenue Service. team members
are not permitted to accept compensation from
motorists they assist in the field while under
their REACT ban ne r. However. donations to
the local team or to REACT international are
graciously accepted. but not solicited. The
non-profit status is also enjoyed by REACT
teams in Canada.
While the majority of REACT" s communicalions activity is still carried out on CB
radios, more serious and sophisticated communications channels are open on the General
Mobile Radio Service (GMRS ) bands in the
UHF spectrum.
UHF repeaters owned and operated by
REACT teams dot the country, providing
more reliable communications and greater
range. GMRS repeaters arc costly to erect and
maintain, so team members usually pay a
month ly fee as the repeater is also used for
personal communi cations between family
members and other teammates. In addition to
the GMRS fee. team members pay REACT
International an annual membership fee of
520 for the firs t member of a family and S 18
for each additional member. Local teams can
add to the yearl y dues for their own financial
stability.
Unl ike CB radio. GMRS still requires a
license whi ch is obtained for a $60 fee (no test
required) and is good fo r five years. Presently,
the FCC is conside ring the deregulation oft he
eight GMRS re peater freque ncies in favo r of
a proposed service called the Family Radio

The REACT team is reService. REACT teams around the country

are strongly opposed to the idea, fearing that sponsible forthe radios, and
team ~~mbers take painsunlicensed users, and the influx of radios
takingnieasures to guaranwould interrupt repeater communications used
s , return to
tee ~a.ch
for essential public safety messages . (See
MT' s Feb issue for more on GMRS and FRS.) Bro~n;cS\:,Root1n good condition and fully charged.
A compre hensive listing of the REACT
All REACT team m emrepeaters across the country can be found in
bers carry an identificat ion
the National Repeater Guide published by the
Personal Radio Steering Group (P.O. Box. card issued by REACT International. In many cases
285 1. Ann Arbor, Michigan48 l06). Although
the card will include a phonot offi ciall y dubbed so by the FCC, 462.675
tograph of the member.
MH z (467.675 for transmit) is the frequency
Motorists who are appreused as the motorist assistance channel nahensive about accepti ng
tionwide. REACT repeaters on thi s frequen cy
help from a stranger can
in many cases are operating on open squelch,
ask to see the REACT ID Ed Williford and Donna Lantz check out two of the
but the most common CTCSS tone for REBrown & Root 900 MHz trunked portables to Special
card .
ACT is 141.3 Hz.
lf two-way radio com- Olympic Committee officials at a celebrity fund raiser
As of 1976, REACT became a n indepenmunications
is one of your held at the Houston Astrodom e.
dent non-profit public service organization,
which makes it an excellent choice for loca l pleasures in life, along with
1 REACT lntemarional, P.O. Box 998,
a desire to be involved in your community and
bus inesses looking for a wo11hy cause for
Wichita. KS 67201; ph. 316-263-2.100;
tohelp other people, the n REACT is for you.
donations. In many communities across the
www.reactintl.org.
your
local
phone
book
under
RELook
in
land, REACT members work side by side
ACT, or you can contact REACT Internawith local law enforceme nt officers in the
' Houston Metro Emergency REAC7; P.O.
tional at 316- 263-2 100 fo r a REACT team in
interest o f public service and safety.
Box 736 1, Houston, TX 77248, 946-9099.
On its 20th anniversary in 1982, REACT your area.
International received the President 's Volunteer Action Award , one of many awards bestowed over the years for the volunteer work
team members perform.

:radfo'

How it works in Houston

Houston Metro Emergency, lnc.2 is team
# 4098, and is one of three teams under what
is known locally as the STAR council: South
Texas Area REACT.
Houston Metro is very active in Special
Olympics events and fund raisers . Being a
relatively small team charged with the responsibility of providing communications to
an organization like Special Olympics, Houston Metro relies on help from Brown & Root,
a Houston o il industry engineering and construction company. Brown & Root generous ly donates as many as 50 of their 900 MHz
trunked portables to Houston Metro, whic h in
turn assigns the m to the principals who supervise the Special Olympic events at the various
s ites around Houston.
Brown & Root also provides UHF radios
when needed, which they kindly program to
the Hou ston Metro team frequen cy (462.725
MHz) and CTCSS tone (141.3 Hz) the n reprogram back to their own frequen cy on return. Without Brown & Root's community
spirited help, Houston Metro wouldn ' t be
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Barry Goldwater's

~I

By Deborah K. Howe

enator BaITy Goldwater told me the other day that he

was probably the oldest ham alive. That may be a slight
exaggerati on, but at the age of 87 he is certain ly a
conte nder for the title . Just cons ider that he was bui lding rad ios
be fore vacuum tubes found their way into the commo n man 's
s hack.
Nonethe less, I like to thi nk of the Senator as at least the most
famous ham. After al l, what other amate ur radio operator has
been intimate with five U.S. presiden ts? He was so close that on
his adv ice one of them resigned hi s offi ce.
ln the past, Goldwater's radios have been a conduit for
presidential con versation. On one occasion , President Reagan
contacted him while the senator was piloting himself over hi s
home state of Arizona. ''Whe never I fl y I talk," Goldwater to ld
me. 'Heck. that's how I lea rned Sandy O ' Connor [a former
Ari zona state senator and the fi rs t woma n appointed to the
U.S .Supreme Court] was put on the S upre me Court. I was fl ying
rig ht there al 45,000 feet," the senator said as he pointe d up into
the cri sp desert a ir outside his li ving room window, "and I got a
call from Washington: ' The Preside nt wants to talk to you .'
They gave me a frequency and I tuned it in. I called for the
President and back he came. He says. ' I thoug ht you ought to be
the first one to know. I appoi nted Sandy O 'Connor to the
S upreme Court. ' 'Well ', I said , 'that' s wonde1ful because I'm in
s pitting range of m y town. I' m ri ght over the middl e of Phoenix."'
D id thi s conversation take place on an unclassified freque ncy? You bet it did. S hort wave listeners who may have been
scann ing the bands and happened upon this extraordinary Q SO
wou ld have scooped Dan Rathe r on th is momentous occasio n.
Besides ta lki ng w he n he fl ies, the se na tor e njoys scann ing air
traffic. " I can sit there and listen to the aircraft ... their conversations whe n they take off a nd land . I listen to the fig hter pi lots
going out of Luke ."

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July 1996

The antenna atop Senator Goldwater's shack.

"I've had hobbies all my life. In fact, it's hard to find something I haven't done. I've
kept busy...flying for thousands of hours, reading every kind of book, building hundreds
of model planes and ships, tinkering with different cars, taking thousands of photographs
and developing them, talking on my ham radio, camping, hiking, and canoeing across
the west, assembling one new gadget after another, writing many letters, collecting and
playing hundreds of Dixieland jazz records, swimming, and now soaking in the hot tub."

What's Boredom?
Another title for which the senator is a
contender is the 111011 with the 111ost hobbies.
" I've had hobbies all my life. In fact, it 's
hard to find something I haven' t done. I' ve
ke pt bu sy ... flyin g for thousands of ho urs,
read ing every kind of book, buildin g hun dreds of model planes and sh ips, tinkering
wi th different cars, taking tho usands of photographs and develo ping the m, talking o n my
ham radio, camping. hi king, and canoeing
across the west, assembling o ne new gadget
after another, writing many le tters, collecting
a nd p lay ing hundreds of Di xieland jazz
records. swimming, and now soaki ng in the
hot tub.''
He labels himse lf a weather 1111r. hi s interest in atmospheric cond iti ons having been
sparked decades ago. " l had a [see saw] whe n
I was a Boy Scout. It's a tric ky little gadget.
There are two buckets and if there's no rain
they' re perfectly balanced. When there's a
rainfall , o ne drop will fall down and hit this
side of the bucket. and when there are enough
raindrops in that s ide o f the bucket. it tilts, a nd
when it tilts it closes the circuit and te lls the
instrume nt there is l/10 of an inch . Now,
when the other side gets enough water, it goes
down, so it tells you another story. I used to go
crazy sitting there watching it.''
Today, in the corner of his li ving room,
nex t to a w indow that overl ooks a desert
studded with the kind of cactus that o nly
grows within hailing distance of the M ex ican
borde r. a Rain Bird dig itally reports the
weather. With the turn of a big black knob,
one can read the o utside te mperature, inside
temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed
and direction, and the rainfall. Watching the
rainfall in Phoenix?' Even the senator admits ,
" Well. w ith the weather here, you' re wasting

a lot of time . But we get storms and the n it gets

interesting.'' But most days the see saw remains in pe rfect balance.
Ham radio is the hobby that has he ld the
senator' s inte rest the longest. " I started w hen I
was a bout thirteen years old and I've kept at it.
I've been at it ever s inee the age of spark coi I
and a crystal set to receive . O n a real good nig ht
I could hear Los Ange les. but not very good.
Then the vacuum tube did away with the crystal se ts for receiving. The trouble w ith the
vacuum tubes- they we re quite a bit of money
in those days. I think it was about a dollar a
watt. So I pic ked cotto n one summer and made
eno ugh money to buy a ten watt tube. In those
days it was very easy to make the tube receiver.
but nowadays they' re so complicated- black
boxes w ith secret circ uitry.''

I Putting His Hobby to Work

Amateur radio is a pastime the senator has
put to good use. During the Vietnam war he
had a radio statio n through which he ran 300,000
pho ne patches connecting servicemen and
women with fa mil y and friends back home.
Under different, mo re benevolent c irc um-

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stances, the senator happened upo n a ca ll for

help. "Yes, I th ink I saved a couple off
Ensenada. I heard them one day sendi ng a
May Day- a May Day is an SOS. So I called
them on the freq uency they were otl. I said,
'What's your trouble?' They said, 'We don't
know whe re we are.' ' What's your last point
of knowledge? ' '' he asked.
W ith the little information they could give
him. he got out his map, and sent out an
emergency May Day to the Coast Gua rd to
whom he re layed the information. '" I don't
know exactly where this ship is, but he 's in
trouble. It's a sai l boat w ith not much w ind
and no power. And by God, that Coast G uard
found them and brought them into port. I' ve
had several cases. Out there on the water. you
know. you ' re out there all by yourself."

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Ham radio is the hobby that has held the senator's interest the longest. "I started when I was
about thirteen years old and I've kept at it. I've been at it ever since the age of spark coil
and a crystal set to receive. On a real good night I could hear Los Angeles, but not very
good. Then the vacuum tube did away with the c1)1stal sets for receiving. The trouble with the
vacuum tubes-they were quite a bit of money in those days. I think it was about a dollar a
watt. So I picked cotton one summer and made enough money to buy a ten watt tube."

When I mentioned to the Senator that there

are people who bel ieve in sai ling without
radios (they call themselves purists), he responded in hi s traditionally blunt style: "Oh,
I think they're out of their head s."

I Brought up on Broadcasting

some. though ... we've got one or two around

this state ... who sort of preach doing harm lo
other people. And the answer is. they have the
ri ght. When you ta lk about free speec h, it's
hard to get around. I think peo pl e have to be
care fu l. " Liberal words fro m the conscience
of the conservatives.
On the other hand. in regard to government
funding of public radio, he feels that there
shou ld be some control.
''Now. if you want to look at the whole
subject of public broadcasting. there's parts
of it that are so bad that you can say. ' Let's do
away with the whole thing. ' But I would
rather say. Let's get the offenders and clean
them up.' I say that because in Arizona we
have. I think. the finest public broadcasting
station there is over at Arizona State College.

They do a good job ...

And his view o n radio in general? ''Well. I
th ink the broadcast industry has been a great
asset to America. l think of peo ple being able
to s it in thei r living rooms listening to performances, and the whole subject of radio has
made li ving belier."

A lso to his credit. while in high school the

I K7UGA on the Air
se nato r helped build the first radio statio n in
Born into a new mill ennium during a time
Phoenix , KFAD, now known as KT AR. T he
senator used lo ha ng around the s ite. 'T d
when Marconi was still developing communication by radio waves, the senator didn 1
sweep the place o ut, picked up al I the dirt, and
hesitate lo jump feet first into the twentieth
they fin a lly got to building this [250 wall]
century. He easily made the leap fro m hometransmiller for the first broadcast station and
made cat-h air-whiskers and dainty-crystal
they let me he lp build it. I could pour the
receiv ing se ts to integrated circu itry by
solde r. And I don '1 even have a picture of
Kenwood. The senato r admits that " It 's kind
that." When KFAD first began. the radio
of fun talking to
s tation m ost l y played
people," and can still
records: "They hadn 't developed any talent. "
be heard o n the ham
bands under the call
The mention of talent
sign K7UGA.
o pened up a whole new
His favorite band
arena of questioning: the
is twenty meters,
senator's view o n the demostly because he lavelopment and evolution of
bels himself a ''lazy
talent in an era whe n shock
kind of guy"-he
jocks can be heard in every
doesn' t like to retune.
city. 1 asked if he knew of
'But I use everything
Howard Stern (the syndicated king of shock jocks).
from 80 to I0 meters,
and now I use 2 meters
"Yea h , and the g uy
and 6 meters, a nd any
that' s o n the Re publican ...
oddbal 1frequency that
Rush Limbaugh. I see nothcomes along." So if
ing wrong with that as long
you hear so meone
as they do n' t go into talkident ify himself as
ing about c lass ified mateBravo Alpha Romeo
rial. Now if a fellow started
Romeo Yankee, it just
talking about some of the
might be the most faperformance statistics of
America's most famous ham, K7UGA, would rather be pursuing one of lzis
the F- 14 and F-15, l would
1110us ham looking fo r
many hobbies than posing for the author's photo. Senator Goldwater has
a good rage hew .
say that was wrong and I
been interested in radio since he was thirteen.
wou ld report him. There are

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WGTG
America's
Newest SW Station

By John D. Stephens
Photos by Adrian Peterson
/

"With Glory To God"

Situated at the top of Georgia, WGTG is a " work in
progress"- an impressive labor of love by David
and Roseanne Frantz. Everything is home brew
here except the satellite dishes, from which the
station draws much of its programming. Story
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eorgia - home of the '96 Summer Olympics. Antebell um mansions, Newt Gingrich. mouth-waterin g peaches - and the newest shortwave
voice from the United States, WGTG.
WGTG. whose mono is '"Wi th Glory To
God," is owned and operated by Mr. David
Frantz and his wife. Roseanne. No large broadcasting organizations or worl dwide re li gious
denominations with big bank accounts are
behind thi s station - j ust the Frantzes. who
say that they're '"simply Christians who want
to glorify God ... This is just the first of many
things that make WGTG an un usual addition
to the airwaves.

I Radio with a View

Located in the ex tre me nonh central section of the state in the town of McCaysville.
just a couple of mi lcs from the point where the
borders of Georgia. Tennessee, and North
Carolina meet, WGTG sits atop an unnamed
mountain overlooki ng the Toccoa River. The
station s '"high country'" rural setting offers a
panoramic view of wi nding rivers. lush forests, and the Appalach ian mou ntain range.
At the beginning of the decade. Mr. Frantz
- who is also WGTG's engineer. as well as
a DXer and acti ve amateur rad io operator was working as a pilot. By his own admission.
he would have chuckled at anyone suggesting
he might someday be operating his own international broadcast station. However. according to Frantz. about two years ago he and
Roseanne felt a calling to '"go out and preach
the Gospel to the world'" via radio, and they
wasted no ti me in applying for a broadcasting
license.
The search for a location for their station
soo n began. The Frant zes picked th e
McCaysvi lle site because they were fa miliar
with the area. They also fe lt that the remote
location would greatl y reduce the risk of interferi ng with residents tele,ision sets. After

about six months. the construction permit for

WGTG was granted and the work began.

I Now That's a Do-It-Yourself Project!

As Mr. Frantz began shopping for tran smitters, he was dismayed by the hefty price
tag - up to 290,000 dollars - for transmitters that wou ld deliver 50,000 wntt s (t he minimum required by the Federal Communi cations Commission for U.S. shortwave out lets). After a great denl of soul-searchi ng. he
decided there was only one way to go- build
his own 1
Applyi ng his considerable technical experti se, Frant z produced a ri g which would be
the envy of many stations. Besides producing
the necessary 50 kilowatts. the microprocessor-conlrolled WGTG transmitter has autotune capability. and transmission frequencies
can be changed within seconds at the touch or
a button. With a memory storage capabi Iity of
up to ten different frequencies. the transmitter
can even be operated remotely via a touchtone telephone!
Even the station's antennas - a yagi and a
900 foot rhombic - are 'home-brew." The
rhombic was used fo r testing and is now in
service fo r broadcasts to all parts of the world.
The yagi. cut for the 19 meter band and
mounted on an 80 foot tower, was intended
for transmissions to Canada anti Mexico.

I Great Results on First Test Broadcast

At about 19.f5 UTC on Saturday. Jul y 29.
1995, WGTG's first test transmission aired.
Consisti ng of a tape loop stat ion identi ficati on by Frantz. the station's telephone number
and mai ling address were announced. Liste ners were invited to write or call in the ir reception reports.
Although the broadcast lasted onl y a couple
of hours. about 30 telephone calls were received from all over the United States. Canada.
and Mexico. Frantz re marked how surprised

With its facilities still under co11structio11, th e station is situated in a "high country"
rural setting offers a panoramic view of winding rivers, lush forests, and th e
Appalachian mountain range.
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July 1996

he was that so many people could receive

WGTG during that test, in spi te of the frequency in use (7355 kilohertz) and the time of
day. It boded well fo r the ir future broadcasts
reaching the intended target areas.
I Current Plans and Programming

What kind of programming can listeners

ex pect when tuning in to WGTG? According
to Frant z. ''The mat erial on WGTG wi ll be
Biblicall y-based. If you want to put a label on
it: fundame nt alist broadcasting ... just basicall y out of the Bible." Programs arc a mix of
self-produced and satellite-fed material. shows
prod uced by organi zati ons that lease transmitter time, and some programs on DX ing
and amateur radi o.
In iti ally, WGTG was authorized to conduct test transmissions on 7355 ki lohertz on a
limited basis only. Eventuall y. an appli cat ion
was fi led with the FCC for authority to test
seven days a week.
WGTG began a regular broadcast schedule last fall. As program lineups continue to
he established. Frantz notes th at there are still
"lots of odds and ends to fi nish up.'' and that
he's anx ious to "get everything 100 percent
complete ...
Currentl y. you' ll find WGTG on daily
from I000-0400 UTC using 9400 kil ohertz.
As with any shortwave broadcasting, times
and frequencies arc subject to change. Should
you hear the station. you may telephone Mr.
Frantz with your recepti on report at (706)
.f92-5944. Or. write to:
Mr. David Frantz (WA4SZE) - Engineer
cl o Radio Station WGTG
P.O. Box 11 31
Copper Hill, Tennessee 37517, U.S.A.
A second transmitter was being worked on
as this art icle we nt to press. although Frantz
remarked that j ust getting the fi rst transmitter
up and running was such a huge undertaking,
it might be some time before this comes to
pass. It is reported that Frantz hopes to broadcast arou nd the clock on 6960 if au thorized,
using a 7-element dual-band 517 MH z yagi.
The man y e nt ries in Glenn Hauser's "Global Foru m'' colu mn over the past year are
witness to the ups and dow ns of WGTG's
search for effccti ve frequencies and appropri ate programming. That column wi ll continue
to track the progress of this ambitious little
station.
WGTG is now se nding out very attracti ve
QSLcards whi ch any DXerwou ldbe proud to
have in his or her collection. And, while
you're at it, be sure to congrat ulate Mr. and
Mrs. Frantz on their first ann iversary of international shortwave broadcasting!

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Space: A New Frontier for the Grove Expo

By Larry Van Horn
Expo '96 Publicity Chairman

o t o nly is space a new fron tie r in

mankind's exploratio n of the uni verse. but it is also a new mo nitoring medium for most radio hobbyists. At this
year's Grove Communication Expo 96. the
sta ff of Satellite Times magazine wi ll present
many d ifferent facets of space mo nitoring
available to the rad io listener at foru ms sc hedul ed on Saturday and Sunday of the Expo
weekend.
The Society of Amateur Radio Astronome rs (SARA) wi II he conducting the fa ll confere nce for the ir members during the Expo
weekend. Members of SARA can attend the
conference for a $25 fee. SARA w ill a lso be
conducting radi o astrono my workshops, forums, and exhibiting at the Expo th roug ho ut
the weekend. Full registrants to the Grove
Expo are welcome to attend any of the in formatio n packed forums and workshops as part
of the ir registration fee. If you have an interest
in radio astronomy. thi s is a weeke nd you do
not want to m iss.
O ne of the c lu b exhi bitors a t thi s year's
Expo wi ll be the Atlanta Astrono my C lub.
Wit h all the re newed interest in visual astrono my thanks to the Hub ble Space T ele scope. the Come t Hyakutake, and Comet
Hale-Bopp. the Atlanta group wi ll be able to
provide registrants information o n all form s
of visual o bservat io n of the universe.
A full slate of space re lated se minars wi ll
be conducted d uring the Expo wee kend by
some of the most know ledgeable experts in
the field of space communications.
So, you d idn ' t w in the lottery, but you'd
li ke to gel involved in monitoring the sate llites? MT/ST columnist Ken Reitz ' sem inar
Get1i11g Started in Satellites is the place to
sta rt. Learn about receivers, ante nnas. and
feed lines. Find o ut what equipment you need
to tu ne in to broadcast, weather. and amate ur
satel lites, and how to do it o n a budge t! Ken s
forum is Saturday mo rning at 9:00 a .111.
In launching its GPS sate lli tes, the Departme nt of Defense has a lso launched a m ultibilli o n d o llar m arket that is still growing. GPS
e nables anyone wit h read ily available equi pme nt to learn thei r globa l position with incredible accuracy . ST co lumni st Steve Dye wi ll
ex plain the basic pri nciples behind GPS , and
w ill vividl y il lustrate it s appli catio n in indu stry and how it a lready affects our li ves. Hi s

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10:00 a. m. forum is entitled. GPS: The Simple

Science and an Exploding /11d11strr.
The former Soviet Unio n has an active
weather satellite and recon satell ite program
that can be monito red fro m your listening post!
Decodi ng o r weather sate llite imagery, te le metry. and othe r remo te sensing data will be
prese nted in a ''How-to" se minar at I :00 p.m.
by ST 's \lie11 From Abo1e co lumni st, Dr. Jeff
Wallac h.
Kei th Stei n, who writes the Satellite Listening Post co lumn will fo llow Je ff on the podium
at 2: 15 p. m. w ith a seminar that will provide a
basic overview of equipment used fort racking,
receiving. and record ing satellite transmissio ns.
There is a new utility band open to the rad io
e nth usiast. Not surprising ly it is found on a
sate llite - INMARSAT. As mo re and mo re
HF utility statio ns move to sa te llites. the
INMARSAT system , with it s un enc rypted
voice and data communications. is your ticket
to the futu re of utili ty DXing. ST columnist
Don Dickerson will c lose out the Saturday
forums with hi s talk, Monitoring INMARSA T.
SpaceNews ed itor and ST amateur sate llite
columnist John Magliacane will kic k off the

Sunday morning s pace forums with a broad overview of amateur radio sate llite communica ti ons at
9:00 a .m.
The buzzword in amateur
radi o c ircles in I 996 is the
pe nding launch of the most
sophi sticated amate ur sate llite ever constructed AMSA T -OSCAR Phase
:m. AMSAT Vice Pres ident for Operations, Ke ith
Baker. will present a forum
on the c urrent status of ham
radio's largest, most complex, and exciting satellite
ever built. Allendecs will
discover how easi ly they
wi ll be able to both hear
and use the new "bird" now
set for launch late I 996 or
early 1997.
There is more o n sate llite
TV than cable programming. During his forum at
I I :3 0 S unday mo rning .
Transponder co lumni s t
Tom Taylor wi ll explo re
th e wor ld o f Int e lsa t,
Gorizont. TDRSS. PanAmSat, inclined bi rds,
and much more. Learn about the video, aud io.
and d ata signals fro m over 20 sate llites, stretching from horizon to horizon that the programming guides never te ll you about. Many of
these satell ites can be received with a com mon TYRO sate llite system wi th lillle or no
modification.
If you are interested in sate llite tracki ng or
visually observing sate llites like the space
shuule o r Russian Mir space station, STs Dr.
T S Ke lso w ill conduc t se minars on both these
necessary and exc it ing to pics during the Expo
weekend.
Complete details o n the Expo 96 are avai lable at the Grove Inte rnet home page o n the
In ternet. Point your web browser to URL
address: http://www.grove.11et/hmpgexpo.html
for the latest in formati on and Expo updates.
You can also reg ister for the Expo and get
additional informatio n by sending e- mail to the
fo ll owing ad dress: expo96@grove.net. An
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If you are interested in electronic communications, the

G rove C ommunications Expo is your event of the year! Expo
'96 in Atlanta, to be held Oct. 18-20. unites you with hundreds
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exchange information, introduce new products, and
offer technical help. This is an outstanding opportunity
for you to move into the information age! T his year's
expanded program includes over 50 seminars, forums,
demonstrations and events in the fo llowing areas:

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prizes. Tours will be conducted to the Delta Communications

Center, Atlanta Fire Communi-cations, Atlanta/Fulton
County Communications Center and more.
Keynote speaker at th is year's banque t wi ll be Ron Parise,
NASA astronaut and astronomer. Parise, WA4S IR, has made
two trips into space aboard the shuttle and operated the shuttle's
amateur radio experiments (SAREX). Several special workshops,
fo rums and exhibits will be sponsored this year by the Society of
Radio Astronomers (SARA). which will be conducting the ir fall
conference in conjunction with the Expo!
This year's scheduled exhibitors include AMSAT, Bearcat
Radio Club, Cellular Security G roup, Computer Aided
Technology, Dallas Remote Imaging Group, Electronic
Distributors (EDCO), Grove Enterprises, OptoElectronics,
Radio Astronomy Supplies, Radio Progressive, Satscan
Electronics, Scan Master, Signal Intelligence, Sony, Swagur
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C omputers and the Internet

Shortwave and scanner monitoring
Satellite communications
Radio astronomy

As in recent years, the Expo will feature exhibits by topname vendors, a hands-on listening post, club booths and

Atlanta Airport Hilton

October 18-20, 1996
Registration is $55 per person (take$ I 0 off if you bring a fi rst-time
registrant with you). Rooms at the Airport Hilton available at the convention rate of $76 per night, single or double occupancy. Call 1-800-Hiltons.
For more information and schedules, set your web browser to http://
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''Seat of Your Pants''

By
John P.
Seibels K4AXV

The author attempts to track down a blaring

signal which has all but disabled local
Coast Guard communications and
is being monitored for well over
four hundred miles along the
eastern coast of the U.S.
What-and wherecould it be?

1 was to be a long
Fourth of Jul y weekend.
On this Saturday afternoon
a strong thunderstorm was rapidly approaching the coast of South
Carolina where my summer home is
located. As the lightning flashed against
the black clouds, I instincti vely flipped
on the power switch of my scan ner and
selected the bank of frequencies that held the
marine channels. From past experience I have
learned that the rapid onset of a severe storm such
as this one wi II send boaters into a panic, with much
animated radio chatter regarding their chances of
survival. Some imagined, some genuine.
At my location, in addition to the Atlantic Ocean in the
front yard. there are no fewer than six ri vers. one large bay.
the lntracoastal Waterway, and a Coast Guard station, all
within a couple of miles. Marine monitoring here is, lO say the
least, very active.
Immediately, my scanner stopped on 156.8 MHz, the calling and
emergency channel that everyone is supposed to monitor. Instead of
voice traffic though, an incessant beeping erupted from the speaker. What
the hell is that noise, I wondered? I had never heard anything like that on this
frequency before. Wow, maybe it's an Emergency Position Indicating Radio
Beacon (EPlRB) from a downed aircraft or a boater in serious trouble, l thought.
But no, those don't operate on channel 16 as far as I know. Maybe it was some
prankster playing his idea of a joke on this patriotic weekend. Some crime against the
government perhaps. Not as boldly violent as a bomb, but still potentially very
dangerous. After all, this was the primary VHF emergency channel we' re talking about
here.

Quickly I began monitoring channel 22A, the Coast Guard operations channel to see if they had anything to say on the subject. and
indeed they did. Their conversation s revealed that they were as
puzzled as I was to the origin oft he signal and what it meant. It was also
obvious that the signa l was very powerful. It was rendering channel 16
useless for any communi cati ons whatsoever.
Since the signal was so strong on my receiver with its discone
ante nna about fifty feet above ground. I dec ided to go to my car and see
if I could hear it on the scanner I have installed there. I! was present all
right, loud and cleru-, BEEP, BEEP. BEEP .... very potent and quite
annoying to listen lo for any length of time. I switched 10 channel 22A
again just in ti me to hear a Coast Guard boat say that his di rec ti on
findi ng equipment indicated that the signal probably originated from
somewhere on shore and since he was afl oat, it was unl ikely that he
could get very close to whatever or whoever was causing it.
The thunderstorm was passing over my location now and sheets of
rain blew across my wi ndshie ld.
My mobile scanner and my two-meter ham transceiver share a
quarter- wave whip antenna mounted on the rear quarter panel of my
car. I can switch the antenna between the two radios with a homemade
switehbox mounted under the dash. r tightened the sque lch control
about three-quarters of the way past its quiet point and the signal
dropped out. I switched the antenna away fro m the scan ner and opened
the sque lch to its most sensiti ve position. With the squelch ope n I could
barely hear the beeps above the noi se.
Aha. I thought. r now have a way to attenuate the signal and perhaps
by driving around and using just the length of cable from the scanner
to the switch as an antenna. I can get really close to the source. I staned
the car and began to drive westward. then south toward a marina where
boats were moored. Near the marina also was the Georgetown Coast
Guard Station.
First the signal strength increased and I had to tighten the squelch
a lmost 10 its maximum to qu iet the scanner. As I turned cast toward the
marina. though. the signal weakened and I opened the squelch more
and more to permit reception. This proved that the signal was not
originating from one of the marina's boats. so I again turned westward
away from the water.
I drove through the city and headed for the outskirts of town when
I began to notice a marked increase in signal strength. I could no longer
silence the sca nner wi th its squelc h control, so I switc hed the antenna
off and the signal was sti ll audible! Th is meant that r had to he getting
close to whatever was doing the transmitting.
I continued my system of adjusting the sq uelch control tighter and
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covered the maritime calling and emergency channel.
where the signal was the strongest. I could pin poi nt it no better than an
area about a quarter mi le long and wide. Not very close, even for
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around some more I found that

I was now able to condense
the search area to about fo ur
city blocks. More help was
needed so I tried tuning off
frequenc y s lig htly and
BI NGO! By tunin g from
156.800 M Hz clown in frequency in 5 kH z steps. I was
able to c lose in on the signal
firston 156.795.then 156.790.
I had the antenna d isconnected. AM mode selected.
and was using the squel ch to
vary the sensiti vity. These
methods taken one by o ne gave
me the equivalent of a step
attenuator fo llowed by a vari able attenuation t:Ontrol (the
squelch). and enabled me to
locate the phantom signal and
drive right up to its transmitter.

Armed with his PR0-2006 scanner, Motorola Radius UHF scanning transceiver, / COM 255-A
two meter transceiver, and a cellular telephone, the author is prepared for his next adventure in
DFing. (Antuna switch to Left of PR0-2006. )
signal pickup as much as possible. This helped a liule and I continued
roaming the neighborhood. crisscrossing the same streets. repeatedly.
hoping to see-well , to see what? I didn ' t even know what I was
looking for, with the possible exception of some boat on a traile r with
its marine radio gone berserk, emitting that raucous beeping sound that
was driving the Coast Guard nuts. Just how bad it was and how many
people were being affet:ted by it. I t:ould not imagine, but I was soon
to fi nd out!
It had been about two hours since I had first heard the signa l. The
storm had moved on. I dec ided lo stop at a pay phone and give the Coast
Guard a call to tell them the general area where I thought the signal
originated. thinking that they could handle it from there.

I The Lone Scanner Rides Again

The duty officer informed me that the station was completely
swamped by thi s phantom signal and that they had t:ontat:tcd the FCC
and had launched a helicopter from Charleston. SC. some seventy
mi les to the south. to try lO locate it. It was causing havoc with their
communication s and was bei ng heard fro m southern Georgia to north
of Fort Macon. NC. a di stance of over four hundred miles!
They were interested in gening any help they could from me and
wanted my home phone num ber so that the communi cations officer in
Charl eston could call and speak with me. I explained that I was at a pay
phone near where I thought the source to be and asked if they had any
land mobiles with direction find ing gear that could help. T hey d id not ,
so I hung up and decided that it was up to me and my scanner to pick
up the trail again.
I needed more allenuation in order to narrow the search area. but
how could I get it? I began to experi ment.
Switching receive modes from narrow band FM to AM proved to
be a big help as the signal once again faded into the noise. Upon driving

22

MONITORING TIMES

July 1996

I Collaring the Culprit

And just what was thi s

phantom? We ll. in the neighborhood I was driving around
in for an hour was a narrow dirt road leading into the woods. At the encl
of the road. hidden almost t:ompletely by the trees was a tall communications tower. As I approached it I could see that the gate to the
security fence was open and a pit:kup truck with antennas sprouting
from it was parked inside. No o ne was around so I walked to the small
bloc k building hou sing the equipment and knocked on the door.
A start led technic ian stuck hi s head out. I introd uced myse lf. I asked
if there was anything inside there that could be produci ng the signal in
question and to my surprise he answered "Y cah, the marine operator
transceiver is in here remote ly controlled from Miami. Florida. We had
a lightning stri ke on the tower when the thu nderstorm hit and I'm
trying to repair the damage it did to my paging terminals."'
I quickly explained the problem and he listened to the signal on my
scanner. then stepped over to the marine operator radio and pulled its
plug. Immediately the offending signal disappeared.
'" I don't maintain that th ing: he quickly explained. "but I' ll give
Miami a call and tell them their machine has been hit by lightning and
gone bonkers:
I'm not sure who he thought I was. maybe some FCC inspector. but
1 m reasonably sure that he didn' t reali ze that I was just a scanner buff
spending his Satu rday afternoon tracking down some errant signal in
the midd le of a thunderstorm! We parted company with an invitation
to visit hi s rad io repa ir shop sometime .
I returned to my t:ar and reconnected the antenna cables and
switched channel 16 back tn the narrow FM mode. It was just in time
to hear Georgetown Coast Guard announce that they were once again
monitoring for any emergent:)' traffic. On channel 22A. their helicopter was noting that the phantom signal had di sappeared some twelve
minutes earlier and they we re returning to Charleston. To this point no
one in the Coast Guard or the FCC h;,id a clue as to where the signal had
bee n coming from. or why it had started or stopped!

When I arrived home the w ife said that the Coast Guard had called
and wanted to speak with me.
" What ha ve you done now?" she asked .
.. Secre ts; l kidded her, 'Government secrets.'
I dialed the number in Charleston and asked fo r Officer Nancy
Witt. When I ide ntified myself and told her what I had done she said.
"Boy I could give you a hug ! You j ust made life bearable again for me
and doze ns of other radio ops up and down the coast. That noise was
unbe lievable-what was it again?"
I explained that the George tow n marine operator has a coast station
th at ope rates on channe l 16 to make contact with boats and ships a nd
the n sw itc h them to another c hannel. (the ir working c hanne l). Th at is
whe re the actual phone call takes place. The lightning from the storm
struck the tower and somehow caused the transmitter to cycle on and
off in about half-second intervals, all the while be ing modulated by a
tone it was getting from the phone li ne. Since this transceive r was
remotely controlled from M iami, it was unlike ly that Miami even
knew there was a proble m.
''We were just about out of business down he re," she went on to say.
.. Lightning from that storm vaporized the top three feet of our HF
ve rtical antenna, and with cha nne l 16 obliterated by that beeping noise,

we couldn ' t communicate with anyone. We' re all ve ry grateful for

your help. Next time I'm in Georgetown , I'll buy you a beer."
So what does a ll of this mean ? Did I decide to write this story to toot
my own horn ? No, actua lly I want to show that with a little understanding of how things work and a little ingenuity and luck, you can
improvise dev ices and me thods that w ill rival the big boys with all of
their soph isticated equipment. Sure, I might have been able to find the
stuck transmitter in half the time, or less, if! had a signa l strength meter
and a directional antenna to work with instead of just my ears and a
squelch control. Still , I was a ble to accomplish what I set out to do
be fore the Coast Guard he licopte r or the FCC were even in the
ne ighborhood .

I DFing Just for Fun

If you woul d li ke to simulate what I did and try your hand at "Seat
of Your Pants" DFing , give this a try: If you have a NO AA weather
station continually broadcasting in your area, why not use some of the
methods I used to locate the ir transmitter site? Even better, if you
already know whe re their transmitter is, ride around and observe their
signa l fadin g in and out while adjusting the squelch control and
shorte ning your ante nna. Sw itch from FM to AM if your scanner
a ll ows it and notice the e ffect. Pretty soon you 11 getthe fee l of how this
works a nd. if the situation ever arises whe re you need to find a phantom
tra nsmille r like I did , you ' ll be prepared.
Meanw hile, I'll just sit back, listen to m y scanner, and wait for
Officer Will to call me about that beer!
Roger that, Nancy?

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Bus Bar Grounding

Ensure a proper ground for your entire station
By Arthur R. Lee WF6P

The aurhor discovered thar, although he operated succes~fully with an ordinary ground, several improvemellls were made when a
common ground ll'as added. The same principle applies ll'hen 11sing multiple receivers and accessories for listening. The 11se of a
common ground ll'il/ reduce the porential for induced static and background hum.

robably one of the most often neglected

parts of a good ham stati on is the lack
of a suitable. common eq uipment
ground. I speak from experience. When operating fro m a second story apartment in Kansas, my ground strap consisted of a heavy
gauge wire running from my mobile rig down
the side of a brick building to a water pipe
buried in the snow outside. My power suppl y.
paddle. and keyer were all affected by the RF
in the shack.
I was operating from the stude nt housing
apartment where my son li ved while he was
attending university. and. needl ess to say, the
antenna had to be one o f a " hidden variety."
My simple antenna was a combination 15 and
20 meter dipole constructed fro m some very
fine wire suspended fro m the building with
monofi lament fishing li ne.
The antenna, although hastily constructed.
worked fine, and my contacts gave me good
signal reports in California, South America.
and Canada. My code speed increased dramatically due to our being snowed in for days
at a time. My wife and I stayed in the apartment. reading back issues of QSTand listening to code transmissions from WI AW. We
copied every code practice session sent out quite a feat. We had little else to do whi le our
son was attending classes.
We enjoyed hamming to its fullest. contacting hams on both HF and 2 meters. Local
hams in the town of Pittsburg were very
friendly, extending us every courtesy and
putting the welcome mat out for us. We visited their homes, enjoyed the ir meetings and
weekly breakfast get-togethers.
The major problem I encountered, however, was a mild case of RF burn whene ver my
lips touched the microphone. Also. if I was
transmitting and needed to adjust the RIT or
tum down the audio gain. there was that
unpleasant tingle and burning sensation in my
finger ti ps. It didn't hurt, but it wasn' t something I enjoyed. Also, on the higher frequencies, my keyer wou ld go crazy. sometimes
sending out an unin itiated string of "<lits."

24

MONITORING TIMES

July 1996

FIGURE 1: Quick and dirty busbar

(at rear of table/desk or on wallJ

Lots of Solder!

When I got back to my QTH in California.

I dug out a draw ing of a bus bar arrangement
that would help cut down voltage differential
and RF burns. This low-cost grounding device fits neatly at the rear of your operating
table and provides for mult iple attachments of
ground cables from indi vidual pieces of equipment. Designed by my dear fri end Rod Lowe.
KASN IM. of Caddo Gap, Arkansas, it illustrates how a length of copper tubing and
hardware store e lectrical fittings can be used
to tic all pieces of ham gear into a common
ground.
The pieces of this bus bar are all available
in the electrical department of most hardware
stores. Note that after mechanically attach ing
the connectors. a torch is used to solder each
for a good current path.

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By William A. Rhodes, W7KLA

his li ghtning protection scheme is one

I have adapted for locations where the
chances of direct and branch strikes
arc as frequent as wi nning the ~ma l l pots of
the lottery. T hat includes al l of us during
thu nderstorm season !

I Lightning Behavior at Various

Altitudes

Lightning ut the I I00 ft. Phoenix elevation

ulways co1H..:cntrates ncur smull storms. Average strikes range from bright cyan to brilliant
white. On the other hand. the Yarnell/Peeples
Va lley mountai n basins north west of Phoenix
arc above the -WOO foo t level und represent a
rat her isolated posit ion above the surro unding desert. Jn essence. the elevated. moistureric h basins become a spark-gap for overhead
storms and also fo r those exte nding out over
the dry desert at s tart of the monsoon season.
The color of lightni ng ut that altitude is
mostl y magenta to cyan. bu t strikes do not
confine themselves to the mother cloud. During large storms. many discharges are seen
with nickering finge rs over the area. But. one
evening. we learned 10 fear even the smallest,
most innocent look ing cumulus.
At our spread in Peeples Valley it was
twilight. The sky was crystal clear. except for
a localized cumu lus hovering low above the
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July 1996

mountain s about th ree mile s west. We were

stand ing in the open obse rving the de nse rain
s pou ting from it. Total silence prevai led unti l
a bolt jumped from the upper area. lra\clecl
hori zontull y acro~s clear sky. rurncd sharply
downward and ~tru ck a tree about a hundred
feet away. Thereafte r. when such innocuous
clouds appeared. we hid under the bed!
Reali;ring my co mmunicat ions equipment
needed bet ter protecti on here than at the Phoenix station, I instal led a 40' galvanized iron
pole in concrete attached to a nine foot standard ground rod. Herc is the rest o f the story.
I Discovery of the Lightning Free Zone

Early t h i ~ century. West inghouse and others ex perimented with art ificial lightning to
determine conditions required to protect power
tran smiss io n lines and open areas from di rc<:t
strikes. Thei r experime ntal setup fo r area
protection wa~ a min iat ure light ni ng rod ri sing from a grounded metal s urface. A d ist inct
area of i111111unity s urrounds the rod.
The cone of protectio n1 is given as a base
radius approxi111ately two times the heig ht of
the ax is of the cone. i.e .. the height of the rod.
But tests ru n in our laboratory wi th a I60 kV
Yan De Graa ff generator prov ided ample
proo f that absolute protection is not att ained
outside the rndius I: I with the rod. The refore.

if the rod is 40' high. the absolute area of

protection would be 80' diameter.
The difference was puzzling unti l fu rther
assessment po inted to power line design economics where probability of overhead strikes
is a pract ical compromise using the 2: I ratio.
The horizontal grounded li ne or rod heigh t of
the.: I : I ratio is too costly. because the height
must double . Our obse rvat ions confirm that
low angle strikes arc next to none in nature
over the relative ly small scale man-made objects in relation to the al ti llldes from which
lightning origi nates. He rc is why.
Referri ng to Figure I on p. 26, my test with
di scharges originati ng 90 (45 fro m vertical)
wi th cone angle d-d. produces strikes alternate ly at Band C of about 50/50%. Measuring
many photos of lightning/earth strikes revealed that bo lt ~ angled 45 become nearl y
vertical several hundred fee t above the surface.
There is an udmission in the literature that
approximately two to fi ve stri kes out of a
hundred wi ll fall inside the 2: I cone, with
some imping ing at the I: I bo undary. So. even
tho ugh the 2: I ratio is valid. the ratio I: I of
Figure I was chosen with an 80' diameter
cone base. Of cou rse 2: I sti ll ex is ts with its
cone diameter I 60'. bu t antennas must remain
inside I: I. After all. one wouldn' t buy a
parachute guaranteed to ope n ninety-fi ve percent of the ti me. 71w I: I cone diameter protects e1'e1ythi11g inside jiw11 direct strikes.
i11c/11di11g elimi11atio11 <~(b rush discharges.
Assuming such a lightning rod is adequately
grounded at its base. the zone inside d-d of
Figure I is absolute protection for humans.
However. a di rect strike could radiate an
inductive pulse into vertical antennas located
inside the cone. and to a mini mum degree
with horizontal s. The coaxial enclosure Eis
my co11tribwio11 to prevent this. (The combination was named the Rhodes Firecracker.) E
should end even wit h or above the highest
antenna with in the cone. The s hield rests on
the base with common ground termination
(Figures I & 2.) The s hield tube in my installation was 4" di ameter. thin wal l. painted
tubing.
Figure 2 s how~ cross sections of coax ial
tube E enclos ing the pole. Si nce absolute
coax ial concentrici ty is unnecessary. the top
~pace r F can be a loose.: tolerance gravity fit.
One inch thick Plexiglas was machined for
th i ~. Other weather tolerant insulati ng material wi II do because.: the voltage gradient along
pole A wou ld remain low du ri ng a direct hit.
Ground rod G shou ld be bonded to pole A
with copper strapping. And because coaxial
pipe E can never suffer the current of a direct
strike. any wire braid is adequme when at-

tached to the rod. Coaxial spacing at base HH can be of any material. Blocks could be
used instead of a ring. A portion of the outer
tube is cut away to expose the ground rod.

I Major Strike and Surge Protection

Arter a year or so. a maj or strike was

confirmed through disappearance of a I/4" X
6" lead/antimony bar mounted atop the pole.
Magnetic flu x changes radiating from the
coaxial shield were never detected anytime
during more than a decade of use.
Space limitations prohibit detai ling the
separate surge detec tor system; however, here
arc its requisites. It must be able to detect and
register: A) Stroke durations from 0 to l .45
seconds. 8) Leader and return discharges. C)
Discharges without returns. Amperage ranges
between zero to 160 K-amps.
Our detector - physicall y isolated from
the primary mast - contained fi ve components acti vated with a minimum of .013 volt at
20 microamps and overload protected. Detai ls arc available with an SASE.2
A Hy-gain'" J4 AVQ. IO through 40 meter.
vertical antenna was clamped to a driven pipe
about a foot above ground level and three feet
away from the mast. The antenna coax went
underground to the equipment location. Antenna height was about 20 feet and grounded
on the mast base. Horizontal antennas are
permissible if their extremes are kept inside
the cone.
In conclusion. operations in the mountain
basin were uneventful. Theory suggests antenna proximity with the 4" diameter coax

I Ground Rods

Effectiveness of a ground rod is dependent

on an earth connection with resistance not
greatly in excess of 50 ohms I. Jn soils that
permit it. the standard copper-plated iron rod
is dri ven 8 to I 0 feet into the earth. In sandy
soil it may be necessary to space two or more
rods a few feet apart and dri ve them deeper to
secure the desired resistance.
I Erecting the Firecracker

If concrete is chosen - and alternatives to

it are poor - a 40 foot pole above ground
level must be 45 feet long. The coaxial shield
with its spacers is first slid over the pole and
a clamp placed on the pole at the 6 foot leve l.
The hole is augured to 5 feet. The ground rod
is dri ven, leaving a few inches above ground
for bonding to the pole, and the assembly is
hoisted into the hole agai nst the ground rod,
plumbed, and copper strapped. 1-2-3 concrete
is poured and allowed to cure several days, the
clamp is removed, and the coax shi eld lowered to the concrete and ground-strapped.
The use of guy cables instead of concrete
assumes odd parameters. Absolute ly no conductive materials can be attached to the pole
above the coax shield. However, three eyelets
could be welded near the top of the tube and
steel cabl es - broken with strain insulators
- could be attached there and anchored to
utility screw-anchors with in the immune area.
I don't know what effect this might have on
antenna perfom1ancc.

l~I ~IWI

FIGURE 1:

The Rhodes Firecracker

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shield would shadow transmissions and reception, but careful records indicated the mast
didn't know it was supposed to cast a shadow.
DX operations were the ultimate in the superquiet environment wi th signal strengths not
auainable with identical TR-4 equipment in
the noisy Phoeni x area.
Notes:
1) Standard Handbook For Electrical Engineers,
A.E.Knowlton Ed., 8th
Edition, Mc GrowHill
2) Send SASE to William Rhodes, c/o Monitoring
Times, PO Box 98, Brosstown, NC 28902

Grounding Oddities
A chorocteristic of lightning which I found
in my references, but which is generally
ignored, is its refusal to negotiate sharp right
angles on its way to earth. Being acquainted
with several broadcast engineers in Arizona, I
was invited by one to visit a local "vertical
stick" to confirm this.
From one leg of an old tower, supported
on large ceramic insulators, a large copper
braid was attached and ran horizontally about
two feet, where it was clamped to a ground
rod protruding through a concrete slob. The
height of the horizontal braid was approximately twelve inches. About 40 years ago, a
bolt hod jumped off the clomp, traveled about
18 inches and went to eorlh through the
concrete, leaving a small melted crater with
crocks radiating from it. The impedance of the
sharp quarter-turn was the culprit.
The station ultimately corrected this by
bending the braid with a large radius to the
ground rod. The large pie-shaped insulator
prevented the bolt from bypassing the
horizontal braid.
Conditions in the Sonoran Desert, of which
Phoenix is a port, are different from the rest of
the notion. In irrigated areas normal ground
rods ore adequate. Dry desert areas require
surface or buried counterpoise for transmission purposes. They are very risky for
lightning. In reality, such antennas ore
hundreds of feet above normal ground
electrically, and this changes roCliation
patterns away from the accepted norm of
other areas.
Probably the worst condition exists on
South Mountain-another 1200 feet above
Phoenix. This is a bone dry, decomposed
granite and volcanic heap. On the crest reside
all our TV towers plus a dozen or so antennas
for other services.
I hove not inquired about their grounding
system, but since nearly all small thunderclouds over the transmitter site cause
transmission outages-with equipment
damage-I assume they haven't token core of
it. It would require enormous effort, but what is
needed is installation of a network of cables
connecting all towers to a common lead that
would go to waler on the desert Roar.
However, to get the conglomerate to
cooperate could be the most enormous effort
of all!

July 1996

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27

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17

Uncle Skips Guide to Monitoring

BEGINNER'S CORNER

Skip Arey, WB2GHA

tjarey@mosquito.com

Inspired by Mildew

ave you cvi.:r wondered how much work goes

into writing a monthly column for a magaz ine
such as Mo11iwri11g Times ? It 's a n interesting
process actually. Someti mes the column seems to write
itself, especially if it' s a topic surrounding an area of
radio ho bby interest that I am currently ex ploring. O n
othe r occasio ns it can be a real c hore. Call it writer's
block or whatever - sometimes the ideas come as hard
as pulling teeth.
Fo rtunate ly J ve found a neat source of inspirati o n.
More to the point , th is same source can keep an y
beginne r charged up and on the ri g ht track as they
explo re the wonderful world of radio monitoring: old

technology. How abou t a ham transm itter for S5.00 in

I 960' s dollars? I was sti ll able to pull the circuit together
for unde r twenty 1990. s do llars .
By the way. do n't be too ~u rpr i sed if you see some
fam iliarnamcs at1ached to those o ld articles suc h as Bob
G rove (Monitoring Times). Wayne Green (73 Amaleur
Radio Todav), o r Tom Kneite l (Popular Co111111u11ica1io11s). All three of these current radio hobby magazine
pub li she rs were known to w ri te an article or two in the
past.
Let s take a look at how to go about looking for o ld
radio magazines and then we ' II .. name names" and point
you in the directio n of the cream of the crop.

radio and elec1ro11ics maga::.ines!

The summer seaso n may bring a lot of noi se to the
bands. but it also signa ls the flea market season. I' m no t

POPULAR. ELECTRICITY
IN PLAl N ENCLISH

Vol Ill

Octob..r, 1910

No.6

just talking about rad io and com puter o riented shows.

e ither. Swap meets. garage sale s. and flea markets for
the non-rad io oriented public can al so turn up stacks of
radio inspiration if yo u rake the time to look around.
My significant o ther is none the wiser when she drags
me a long o n her Saturday mo rning garage sale e xc ursio ns. Little d oes she know I'm not just playing the
dutifu l hu sband ; I' m a dedicated radio hobbyist o n the
lookout for magazines w ith names such as Co1111111111icario11s World. Elec1ro11ics l//11s1ra1ed. o r simply Na-

dio.
Eve n thoug h there are several fine radio ho bby
magazines around these days (MT being one of the m).
some really g reat radio hobby resources were around in
years past that a rc. sadly . no longer available. Looking
for these fine magaz ines amongst piles of Sa111rday
1e11i11g Posis and Na1io11al Geographies is notju ~ t an
exercise in radio hobby nostalgia. They often co ntai n
articles and informatio n that remain usefu l even today.
T his is espec ially true if you lean toward cons tructio n
and experime ntati on. Uncle Skip s .. First Law of Old
Radio Magazines .. is: Tire older 1/re radio 111aga::.i11e.

1/re more co11s1r11c1io11 ar1icles r ou 11"ill find in ii.

As yo u read throug h the page s of o lder radio
magazines, you wi ll al so d iscover that radio doesnt
need to depend on the latest (and often most expens ive)

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I Sniffing Out the Oldies

Obviously. o lde r radio and electronics magazines
are likely to show u p at amateur radio .. hamfests." Those
back i~ ~ ucs of QST. CQ. and 73 do te nd to stack up. and
some fo lk ~ just bring the ir o lder issues to such shows to
unload along wi th their o the r asse mbled radio e xcesses.
lf youre looking for a spec ific article from a few years
back you sho ul d have no trouble finding a dozen o r more
folks more tha n willing to sell you that back issue. All
you have to do is pick the o ne that s the lowest price and
in best condi tion.
B ut wait: if you dig a bit deeper into those stacks, you
may eve n find some much o lder rad io magaz ines that
blessed with a sensitive
may be of interest and use .
nose. As I walk alo ng the isles of any ham fe st. I keep my
s noot tuned to that distincti ve odor of ag ing (and sometimes slightl y damp) newsprint. Following my nose, or
notic ing a pi le or box of o ld mags. ofte n leads me back
into the six ti es. fift ies , and even ear lier into radio's
hi sto ry.
O ne key to a magazine 's age that many newer
hobby ists miss is that most radi o hobby magazines
publi shed be fo re the mid- I 970's came in a smaller 6-3/
4" x 9- 1/4" format instead o r the curre nt 8- 1/3" x 11"
format. T his was broug ht about mainly by c hanges in
postal reg ul ati o ns. Keeping an eye o ut for the smallersized maga1.incs as you walk through those hamfests o r
any o ther Ilea market o r swap mee t w ill g uide you to
many great o ld magazines. al I worth a look.
Anyway. be it o ld news print odor o r small format
size . take time to root th rough those boxes and see what
you can turn up. My oldest find to date is a September
1910 issue of Popular Elec1rici1r. Unfortunately the
seller knew what he had and I had to pay a whole doll ar
and a half for the issue. r ve also tracked down issues of
QST and several o ther ho b by magaz ines fro m my birth

rm

month. just to sec what was going on in radio when I was born .
More practically. lean toward the magazines fro m the fifties and
sixties. especially if youre interested in some of the older vacuum
lube type receivers. In magazines of this era, you arc Iikely to discover
modifications and improvements that can be applied to any restoration
or use of such fine old radios. Keep in mind that many antenna designs
arc timeless and the antenna applications you discover in these older
magazines arc sti ll valid in the modern world. The electrical laws that
appl y lo characteri sti c impedance and resonance haven't changed
th rough the years.
On the ot her hand, when it comes to frequency lists, pay close
attention. The frequencies for amateur radio and shortwave broadcast
bands have changed over the years. You could find yourself operating
..out of band .. if you aren ' t careful. Keep a current source arou nd to
keep things sorted out.
Now let me remind you once again: Don' t limit yourself to radio
hobby flea markets and swap meets. My best source for old radio and
electronics magazines beyond the more common publications remai ns garage sales. For example. rm dedicated to collecting every
issue of a magazi ne called Elec1ro11ics llhts1ra1ed (more on this later).
I have 11e1er fo und an issue of this magazine for sale at any ham fest I
have ever attended and 1 ve been attending hamfests since Elec1ro11ics
Il/11s1ra1ed was still in publication. My entire collection has been
fou nd exclusively at garage sales .
I have a theory that theres a logical reason for thi s. Sellers
preparing fo r a n organi zed Ilea market or swap meet put a certain
degree of planning into the ir efforts. They bring what they think will
sdl with the goal of not bringi ng anything home.
Now. at garage sales. since there is no trave l involved, people tend
to put out cvery1/ti11g! You can almost imagine the scenario: Juni or
gels hooked on radio in the sixties. He buys up everything he can find
about the subject on the newsstand s. Junior grows up and goes ou t into
the world leaving behind a stack of old radio magazines relegated 10
a closet or attic. Junior" s parents retire and plan to move to smaller digs
making a garage sale in order. Mom finds the old magazines and puts
them out fo r sale. A forward thinki ng rad io hobbyist (like you and me)
buys them up. What coul d be simpler?
Now we come to the subject of mildewed magazines. You have to
we igh such purchases carefull y. Remember your reason for seeking
out these old mags in lhe first place-that is. useful information.
Mi ldewed and damaged magazines of this era are not likely to be
collectors' items. You may still want to take a look th rough these
publications to sec if they contain any artic les or informatio n of value.
If they do, you can always make photocopies of the useful stuff so you
don"t need to hang on to a deteriorating (and sme lly) magazine.
Magazines that you do choose to preserve, including your current
ones you plan to keep around for the next twenty years or so, can
benefit from the same technology that comic book collectors make use
of. Check your yellow pages for shops that cater to the comic book
crowd and you will find resources for 'acid free polypropylene bags
designed to store and help preserve news pri nt - just the thing for
keeping those old magazines uscful and for handing down all of Old
Uncle Skip's columns to future generations.

continuous publication since the earliest days of the radio hobby.

not quite as old, but
its general emphasis on construction articles make it worth tracking
down.
But. let" s turn our quest to some of those fine old publications that
can no longer be fou nd on modern magazi ne racks. These are a few
publications I make a point of seeking out when I travel to swap
meets. flea markets. and garage sales.

Thl.!~c would include CQ and QST. 73 magazine is

Electronics Illustrated
Publi shed by Fawcett as a spin off of their popu lar Mechanix
lllc1s1ra1ed. this was the Mo11i10ri11 g Times of the six ties and early
seventies. It was a general in terest magazine fo r the electroni cs
hobbyist with a very strong emphasis on shortwave listening. It was
always full of informati ve articles and interesting construction projects.
I recently modified an/ antenna design (fo r CB use) to set up my
10 meter Amateur Radio Emergency Services (A RES) station. This
is also where I fou nd the aforementioned article on the $5.00
transmitter. Many issues had great. si mple receiver construction
articles that wou ld still be great fun to try out against modern IC
technology. They were also known to publish occasional compilations of their best construction articles. These collections were sold
under the name Ele111e111a1y Elec1ro11ics-Prac1ical Electronics and
an.: great finds.
Elementary Electro11ics
This Davis Publications magazine stayed around until the early
eighties. Its glory days were the sixties and seventies. They seemed
to emphasize not only constructi on artic.:les, but also construction of
electronic test equipment. They once published a design for a parabolic microphone that made eavesdroppers out of many technically
minded teenagers. They were also oriented toward the shortwave
listener in many articles and columns.
Radio Electronics
This classic Gernsback Publication was first published in 1929 as
Radio Craft. Its earliest issues arc truly collectors items, mai nly for
the artwork that presented an optimistic view of the fu ture. Its more
modern issues reflected the same information as you arc likely to find
in the above magazines.
If the piles arc turn ing up olde r Gcrnsback publications. keep an
eye out for some of his other, more rare ti tles such as Modem
Eleclronics, The Eleclrical Experime/l/er, Radiu A111a1eur News,
Radio News, Prac1ical Electro11ics, Rudio Review. Shor/ Wa ve Crafl,
and Television News. Incidentally Hugo Gernsbac k is considered the
founder of modern science fiction and SF's highest award, the
.. Hugo." is named in his honor.
Ham Radio
This magazine (published into the early e ighties) took a more
technical route than most general interest ham magazines of its era.
The closest modern equivalen t would be the American Radio Relay
League's specialty publication QEX. Many of the construction articles were top notch and still have a great deal of relevance today.
Also. if you are interested in radio theory and engineering, you can
learn a great deal from this fine old publication that is still missed by
countless thousands of hams.

Magazines that aren't there anymore

Now let's take a look at a few old radio hobby magaz ines you
mi ght try to look for.
Obviously. back issues of any of the current magazines in print are
likely to yield usefu l info rmation. Some of these have bee n in

So, as your summer paths take you past places where folks sel I old
thi ngs, keep an eye out fo r these and other radio magazines. Keep in
mind that I still have a few holes in my Elee1ro11ics lllustra1ed
collecti on. Have fun.

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The World Above 30 MHz

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Richard Barnett
ScanMoster@ool.com, Compuserve at I02354,3643

Scanning into the Wild Blue Yonder

he summer months often mean trave l anc! vacation fo r many

people. and travel scanning can be one ol the most enjoyable
facets or o ur hobby (although wives and c hildren. might fcrve~tl y
disagree). While traveling on business or pleasure, ll s a kick to brmg
a scanner. if o nly to hear how communi cations are conducted m
different areas or the country.
Years ago. di spatch technique around the United States was much
more varied. Each region. and often each county. had its own o n-air
s ignature-a way of conversing \Vhich was comfortable fo r the local
sheriff o r even the curre nt dispatc her on duty. Oftenti mes, a local
te lepho ne answering service would conduct the dispatching chores.
as they took phone calls for ass istance from what was generally a rural
community. If Mabel was on duty that day. she might broadcast a call
to the local deputies... Mrs. Doohickic o n Elm Street says her
daughter Ju lie got somethin stuck in her car."
.
T oday. much of the town- to-town variety in dispatching has
disappeared. Mrs. Doohickie's ca ll for hel p would now likely be
directed to a county di spatch/E-9 11 center. where two or more
professional dispatchers mi ght conduct radio control fo r the she riff.
county fire, and county emergency medical services. T hat rather
loose call for he lp fro m years ago would today be re layed initia ll y on
the fire o r EMS channe l. rather than o n a sheri rl"s frequency. with a
much more mature and guarded dispatch call. such as . .. EMS 4.
respond to42 Elm Street for a reported child w ith a stick lodged in her
ear.'' Other information, such as cross streets. respo nse number, and
any additio nal medical data mi ght also fo ll ow.
Further communicatio ns may even be conducted o n a n MDT
(mobile data terminal) channel. Not on ly are the communications a
bit less interesting for us scanner buffs. we 're abo no.t hearing some
of the information we used to hear.
Dispatch regulations. E-9 11 procedures, and APCO (Associatio n
of Public Safety Commu ni catio ns Officials) standardization has
brought about a greater consistency in what we listen to as we monitor
local, county. and state public safety agencies. Standardi zatio n de mands a much hig her degree of training and provides improved
dispatcher e fficien cy. It 's unquestio nabl y for the best, but the good
old days of hokey. good-olc -hoy radio calls. wh ile maybe not dead.
are sure hard 10 find. You can still find the raucous . humorous
transmissions. w ith seat-of-the-pants dispatching technique. on your
loca l department of public works or hig hway frequency. It may not
inc lude police o r fire action. but at times-such as during a snowstorm- it sure can be fun.
One also finds while trave ling that there are still a few unique
features to radio operations around the country. including different
dispatcher accents. unu sual code lists (altho ugh ''plain speech'' is
becoming more prevale nt ). and even. to a limi ted degree. style.
He re in New England . males dominate in the dispatching role. In
Cali forn ia. fe male dispatchers tend to be more preva lent. South of the
Mason-Dixon line. many northerners would have a very difficult time
tryi ng to decipher the accents o n the air. In the New York area ... K.,
s ig nals the e nd of a transmi ss ion. e.g .. '' Unit 405 is clear of the scene,
K." Although 10-4,. or "received" is the standard in most regions of

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the natio n to indicate acknowledgment o r affirmative. New Hampshire uses 10-5" statew ide.
If you li ve in a region where un ique d ispatc hi ng procedures sti ll
dominate. give us a taste of your local lingo o r creati ve codes by mail
or by E-Mail (ScanMaster@AOL.COM).

Travel Scanning at the Airport

Monitoring police and fire agencies across the country and
li ste ning to the subt le vari ety in dispatc hing technique can be great
fun. but theres lots more you can do with a scanner whi le on -the-go.
If you travel by air, there arc some unique scann ing o pportunit ies
that you 11 no t want to pass up. As promised a few month s ago. we 11
cover scanning at 33.000 feet in a future article. but for now. lei s
di ~c u ss travel-related scann ing optio ns while on the ground .
If you' re not traveling yourself, but are just picking someone up
at the ai rport and you want to pass the time. you may want to try
findin g and following that plane you're waiting to arrive. Fi rst listen
for the flight o n the A ir Ro ute Traffic Cont rol Center c hannel as 1t
traverses the airspace of you r region.
Yo u probably know that ir your friend is coming in o n De lta flight
75 1, then the plane itself w ill be referred to overt he air as ''Delta 75 1."
Trv to catch the transmiss io n from the ARTCC as it hands-off the
!light 10 the Approach controllers at your local airport.
Afte r a short w hile, the plane wi ll be directed to the Tower
frequency, a nd . after landing. to the Ground frequency for instructions on w hich taxiways to take to the appropriate gate. General ly. the
exact frequencies wil l be broadcast to the pilots to e nsure that they
~ how up on the right channe l. Airline company channels. which can
be diflicu lt at times to obtain. may also be active. These c hannels are
com monly used to report minor problems with the plane so that
maintenance crews at the next stop can be ready to do the repair.
If you are yourself traveling. try progrnmming your po11able
scanner for use immediate ly after you exit the jetway at your
destination. At an a irpo rt, there are innumerabl e mo nitoring possi-

bilities that you' ll want to explore. If you 're stuck waiting for your
luggage. you w ill ce rtainly want to try the aircraft ground crew
channels. which are typically located from 460.650 through 460.875
MHz with 25 kHz spacing .
Aeronautica l Radio. Inc. (also known as ARINC). of Annapol is.
Maryland , provides the radio gear and licensing for a number of
a irl ines. This company has set up small trunked syste ms at airports for
use by airl ine company g round crews. refueling trucks, and others.
AR INC common ly li censes the fo llow ing channe ls : 856.8875.
857 .8875, 858.8875. 859.8875. 860.8875. Be sure to c heck these
frequencies at any major a irpo rt. The 460 MHz channels. wh ich
a lmost always o perate in the si mpl ex mode, can be very interesting as
gate agents, baggage hand lers, maintenance workers, and compan y
managers di sc uss a myriad or airline operatio nal details .
As a matte r of fact. another little game you could play would be
to follow yourse lf and your bags on your scanner as you move from
one mode of transportation and lodging to another. First baggage
ha~dlers on 460 MHz. then your rental car company courtesy van
(of ten o n a 151 M Hz or 460 MHz conventio nal channel or an 800
MH z trunked c hannel). then on to your hotel security. operations.
mainte nance. e ngineering and ho usekeeping frequenc ies (mostly
U HF sp linter channe ls where o ften o ne channel will be used by all
departments) .
Of course. you11 not want lo forge t airport police and fire
frequencies. At some airports . public safety function s are provided by
the local c ity. which will have stations ho used at the airport. In these
cases, the standard c ity police and fire frequenc ies m ight be used. or
separate c hanne ls may be desig nated fo r use at the ai rport. Herc in
Massachusetts, an entire S tate Police Troop has been ma ndated to
prov ide security at Boston's Logan Ai rpo rt. Logan F ire, wh ich is part
of Massport. is separate a nd di stinct fro m the Boston Fire Department.
Ai rport mai ntenance. parkin g operatio ns, and o ther airport functions too many to count. all may use the ir own frequenc ies. Typica lly
nowadays. one trunked system provides inte roperability for all airport departments . As with all trunked systems, monitoring these
departments can be a chall en12e 1
Herc s a li st of some of the~ion-ai rcraft (AM) radio users typica lly
found at airports:
Airport Operations (public/
government-run functions):
Police
Fire
Parking
Maintenance
Taxi marshaling
Aircraft Ground Crew Operations
(major airlines):
Baggage
Maintenance
Gate agents
Company operations
Independent Ground Service
Providers:
Baggage handli ng firms
Aircraft maintenance
Aircraft servicing (cleaning,
etc.)

Aircraft catering services

Refueling tankers
Private security at metal
detector gates
Wheelchair and electric cart
services

Frequencies for a ll the above radio users can be fo und in the local
and national scanner publications available through Grove and other
dealers.

Your All-Time Favorite Scanner

What is your
a ll -ti me favorite
scan ner? That' s a
question hobbyists oft en ask o ne
an o th er.
B ill
C heck, in his latest book The Ul1i111me Scanner. enOne possibility: U11ide11 BC9000XLT
tertainin g ly ponders thi s question and backs up his views with facts and time-tested
observations. While the favorite scanner question has been often
asked and addressed. it ' s someth ing that's worth revisit ing now and
then as new scanners are produced fo r the marketplace.
The quest ion is intriguing. in that it" s open to a great deal of
interpretation. O n the one hand . your answer m ight be the R-9000
(mo re of a communications receiver actually). as it offers the
greatest nu mber of features ever seen on a scanner. T he new base
unit from AOR. which we hear w il l ri val. if no t exc.:eed. the ICOM 's
specifications. will likely also be a scan ner that many wi ll look upon
as the g reatest of all time. Then again, how many canjusti fy spendi ng
around $5,000 for one of these radios'l Is it fair, when ranking the
g reatest sports cars of today, to Jump together a Mazda RX-7 , a Nissan
300-Z. and a La mborghin i Countach?
A mo re rea sonable price-to-performa nce sca le mi ght tell you that
the Radio Shack PR0-2004, the PR0-2006, or the Bearcat 9000. was
the best of a ll time . But, then again. the question he re is rea lly no t what
was the best scanner of a ll time, but what was your favorite scanner
of al l time? It 's in th is di st inction that you can more easil y n ush o ut
an answer.
Sure. maybe the JCOM is the best of a ll time. But your favorite
scanner might be one which you used when you were a volunteer
firefi g hter. and your hand-held Bearcat 200 fai th fully responded wi th
you to every call. Or. it might be the that first scanner you ever
received, back o n your I 5th birthday- a brand-spanki ng-new Bcarcal
2 10 (the firs t easily programmab le scanner) . These scanners might
not have had the most features o r the best sensitivity o r selectivity . but
they mi g ht have opened your eyes to the intriguing possibilities that
communi cations moni toring offered.

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{continued}
success j ust last year.
Scanner en thusiasts can stil l look forward to a great time at the
1996 Grove Commun ications Expo Octobe r 18 through 20. Located
near the Atlanta' s H art~fiel d lntern::itional Ai rport. it' s idc.:al for the
kind of scanning we've talked about in this column. T he.: Expo not only
covers topics of interest to scanner hobbyists. but also those in volved
with shonwavc. amateur. satellite. and other radio fields. Yours truly
will be speaking on public safety moni toring. A large number of
vendors will al so be.: showi ng off thei r wares.

I The Mailbag

The Bean:at I0 I was. for me. a prelly monumenta l moment in my

scanning experi ence. The ability to change frequencies on the fl y.
without having to run down 10 You Do It"' Electroni cs for a crystal.
was an energizing experi ence. How many of us sat mes meri zed while
playing with those little dip-switches o n the fro nt of the I 0 I? All the
while tossing through the pages of the owner's manual. looki ng up the
code fu r I 54.055 or some such freq uency '"U p Down Up Up Down
Down Down Up ....... ..
The I0 I was a remarkable piece o f enginee ring for its day. While
others were fuss ing with lit1le combs 10 program thei r radios. the I 0 I
had the competition beat by a mile. T he aforementioned Bearcat 2 10
was the li r~t easi ly programmable base mode l. but that radio was
limited 10 I 0 channels and. interestingly. never reall y was the object
of as much affecti on as that given the I 0 I . The Bearcat 250. howe,er.
which superseded the 2 10. was a smashi ng success. 250"s. which
debuted in the 7o s. arc still used by many people. The rauio suffered
from overheating. but if you were able to get replace me nt pan s. the
250 was a radi o you didn't trade-in. The 250 had great sensitivity and
features that were ad vanced for the ir day. The abi lity to rapid ly
program and scan 50 channels was fantastic.
In a Mo11i1ori11g
1'i111e.1 articl e. Bob
Bearcat 2 / 0XL
Parnass wrote an exhau sti ve review of
these great early mode ls as we ll as the earl y
c lunk ers. If you
have n' t rend Bob' s
excellent report. look
for his art icle on scanner collecting in the
May 1995 issue.
Personall y. other
favori tes include the
Bearcat 760 (a great mobi le). the Regency HX ponab les. the Radio
Shack PR0-43. and the BearTracker BCT-7. Of late. the AOR-8000
portable. and the !COM R-7 100. rei gn at the top of my all-time list.
So what i ~ your favori te ? Agai n. we re not look ing for the best
scanner you've ever owned. necessarily. but the radio which had the
greatest impact on you and why.

I Convention Update
Those of you who had been planning to allcnd no doubt al ready
know that the 1995 Natio nal Scanning/Northeast Scanning Convention has been cancd lcd fo r lack of support. Sadl y. it may be a sign of
the times. thoug h it's hard to understand. given its reportedl y great
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In the nex t issue we 11 try 10 catch up with the mai l. but we didn "t
want to let Gary W y~oc ki s leller langui sh too long. as it he lps to
answer our recent question abou t Buffalo s 420 MHz channels. Gary
writes:
Just got the May 1996 issue of MTinto my grubby lit1le hands and
ran across you r Scanning Report column. Being from the Buffalo,
NY, area I was immed iately drawn 10 the task of answeri ng your
question about the 423 MHz freque ncies al lolled tu the c it y of
Buffalo. Herc's what my intense research techniques (vi a database,
scanner, and ca r) have turned up:
423.850
423.875
423.900
423.925
424.050

WNPM873
WNMF545
WNMF545
WNMF545
WNMF545

424.075
424.225
424.350
424.375
425.250

WNMF545
WNMF545
WNMF545
WNKN75 1
WNKN75 1

425.375

WNMF545

Town of Tonawando Water Dept.

City of Buffalo Police
City of Buffalo Police
City of Buffalo Police
City of Buffalo Police Engineering
Dept.
City of Buffalo Police School Security
City of Buffalo Police
City of Buffalo Police (F4)
Buffolo ADI (Ambulance Dispatch)
Buffalo Fire/Ambulance Communi
cation Service
City of Buffa lo Police

'424.375 is the o nly one in the list that I listen to o n a regu lar basis.
as it is in my mobile scanner. AD I (ambulance dispatc h) is used to
di spatch all Rural/Metro Ambulance Compan y ca ll s in the city of
Buffalo. ADI coordin::ites wi th Rura l/Metro Ambulance ( 155.280/
425.425). Buffalo Fi re ( 154.190). Buffalo Police. and MERS (Medical Emerge ncy Radio Service). It's housed in the same communications facilities as M ERS ( 155.3251 155.340). wh ich is located in the
ER at EC MC (Eric County Medical Center) in Buffalo. On a side note,
MERS handles all comm unications between ambulances and the
hospital emergency rooms that they transport to.
1 know most of th e above info because, not onl y am I an avid
scanner listcner/SWL/ham operator. I am also a NYS EMT- I with the
South Wa les Fire Company and an employee of St. Joseph s Hospi ta l
ER:
Garr C. \Vy.wcki. N2 WLS. 11ysockig@gon.cc111i.l'i11s.ed11
Thanks. Gary. We may have more420 MHz Buffalo updates in the
near fulllre.

I A Sad Footnote
Wayne Wyall. Vice President of Sales of Uniden America Corporati on. passed away Thursday. May 23. Wayne played an important
role in the scanner industry. but more than that. he was a true
gentle man who won the immediate respect of everyo ne with whom he
dealt. He will be sorely missed.

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Monitoring the National Guard

his time of year with floods. hurricanes. and

other natural disasters on my mind, I got Lo
thinking about the floods in the midwest two
years ago. I rememberthat I handled a lot of phone
calIs on our technical lines from subscribers wanting the HF freq uencies used by the U.S Army
National Guard.
Since summertime seems to bring on more
than its share of natural disasters. this month s
UW column has a list of some of the HF Nati onal
Guard frequencies and callsigns that have been
monitored in Table I.
The State of Texas has its own Guard organization known as the Texas State Guard . Table 2 is

TABLE 1: State National Guard stations,

callsigns and frequencies
Hartford, CT ........... AAB 1CT
Washington, DC ..... AAB 1DC
Wilmington, DE ...... AAB 1DE
Johnston, IA ........... AAB 1IA
Springfield, IL ......... AAB 1IL
Indianapolis, IN ...... AAB 1IN
Reading, MA .......... AAB 1MA
Baltimore, MD ........ AAB 1MD
Augusto, ME .......... AAB 1ME
Lansing, Ml ............ AAB 1Ml
St. Poul, MN ........... AAB 1MN
Arlington, VA ......... AABlNGB
Concord, NH .......... AAB 1NH
Trenton, NJ ............ AAB 1NJ
Latham, NY ............ AAB 1NY
Columbus, OH ....... AAB 1OH
Annville, PA .......... . AAB 1PA
Providence, RI ......... AAB 1RI
Richmond, VA ... ..... AAB 1VA
Winooski, WI ......... AABlWI
Charleston, WV ...... AAB 1WV
Montgomery, AL ..... AAC2AL
St. Augustine, FL ..... AAC2FL
Atlanta, GA ........... AAC2GA
Frankfort, KY ......... . AAC2KY
Jackson, MS ........... AAC2MS
Raleigh, NC ........... AAC2NC

Son Juan, PR .......... AAC2PR

Columbia, SC ......... AAC2SC
Nashville, TN ......... AAC2TN
St. Croix, VI ........... AAC2VI
N Little Rock, AR ..... AAF5AR
Topeka, KS ............. AAF5KS
New Orleans, LA .... AAF5LA
Jefferson, MO ........ AAF5MO
Lincoln, NE ............. AAF5NE
Oklahoma City, OK AAF50K
Austin, TX .............. AAF5TX
Sacramento, CA ..... AAG6CA
Golden, CO ........... AAG6CO
Boise, ID ................ AAG61D
Helena, MT ............ AAG6MT
Bismark, ND ..... .... .. AAG6ND
Carson City, NV ..... AAG6NV
Salem, OR ............ . AAG60R
Rapid City, SD ........ AAG6SD
Draper, UT ........... .. AAG6UT
Cheyenne, WY ....... AAG6WY
Tacoma, WA .... ...... AAH6WA
Santo Fe, NM ......... AAW5NM
Phoenix, AZ ........... AAI..6AZ
Anchorage, AK ...... ABJ7AK
Tomuning, Guam .... ABJ7GU
Honolulu, HI ........... ABJ7HI

Frequencies:
4001.5 4035.0 4240.0 4244.5 4250.0 4520.0 4555.0 4580.0
4607.0 4608.5 4610.0 4780.0 4860.0 4867.0 4927.0 4960.0
5045.5 5087.0 5203.5 5205.0 5215.5 5432.5 6010.0 6766.0
6910.5 6992.0 7361.0 8038.5 8047.0 8056.0 8180.0 8622.0
9357.o 13722.s- 14350.5 14450.o 14653.o 20906.0
indicates o common NG channel nationwide

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a list of stations and frequencies recently reported

for this organization. Additional information on
the NG and Texas States Guard is welcomed al our
Brasst o wn addre ss or via th e inte rn et at:
s teditor@grovc.net.

I Ute News
Steve Bottom in Austral ia reported via the
two new Ansell

g WUN newsgroup the selcals for

~
j Australian airl ine 767 aircraft.
Zi

VH-BZF

767.300

VH-RMM 767.200

Will be used on internationol

flight's Asia areas Selcol LS-JR
To be used on the domestic
network - Selcol LS-CJ.

I Antarctica Communications Update

Speaking of Australia. MT publisher Bob Grove forwarded
this interesting bit of information regarding Australian Antarctic
communications from MT reader Dan Yemiola. Dan queried Mr.
Ian Bruce of the Australian National Antarctic Research Organization (ANARE) about current communication opportunities.
Herc is Mr. Bruce' s reply.
.. Australia operates Casey. Davis. and Mawson stations on the
Antarctic mainland and a station on sub-antarctic Macquarie
Island. The populations vary from as few as 1-l over some wi nters
up to over JOO during summer ships' visits.
communications between the stati ons and the rest of the
world is via Intelsat satell ite (63 degree east). Fi ve public phone
lines are provided in add ition to pri vate tie-lines and data connec-

TABLE 2: Texas State Guard callsigns and

frequencies
Lubbock, TX ...... ............. A6J
Amarillo, TX .............. .... B6P
Son Angelo, TX ............. B8E
El Paso, TX .. ..... ............ DOV
Son Antonio, TX ............ E7X
Dallas, TX ........ ........... G60
Wichita Falls, TX .... ...... KOW
Dallas, TX .................... M6R
Waco, TX .... ................. M9B
McAllen, TX ............... ... N 1B
Frequencies:
4441 .5 582 1.5 8158.5 816 l.5

Powderly, TX ............... Q9M

Terrell, TX ...................... Sl F
Port Arthur, TX ............... S2A
Fort Worth, TX ............... S2F
Abilene, TX ................... V4S
Corpus Christi, TX .... .... W8D
Fort Worth, TX .............. W8P
Bastrop, TX ......... .......... X30
Houston, TX .... ................ X5L
Austin, TX ...................... Z61

ti ons beLween the stati ons and our Headquarters at Kingston,

Tasmania. An Inmarsat A term inal provides a back-up .
.. An NEC NEAX 2400-SDS PABX is installed at each stati on.
This provides the telephone network connecting all work -places
and li ving areas . Inter- and intra-building connections are via
multi pair telephone cables .
.. An Ethernet LAN provides data transfer capabilities within
the station. and to the rest of the world via Kingston Headquarters.
Connection between bui ldings is vi a fibre optic cable, and thin wire
coax wi thin the buildings.
"There arc no police at our stations and fire response action is
carried out by the members of the expedition (who receive training
pri or lo departure from Tasmania). VHF marine band radio
(around 156 MHz) is used to talk lo al l expeditioners around the
station area. and to field parties in the local vicinity. The range of
the VHF is extended by solar and wind powered repeaters sited on
mountain tops. HF is used to commun icate with ficl<l parties
outside the range of VHF. lnmarsat Satcom C is also used.
in the past the stations maintained regular HF sched ules with
other Antarcti c stations. both Australian and foreign. With the
introducti on of satellite technology there is no longer a need for
regular, scheduled HF communicati ons. HF is sti ll use<l on an ad
hoc basis when necessary. A listening watch is maintained on
5400 kHz. 10 kW transmitters are installed at Mawson and I kW
transmitters are installed at the other stations."
Thanks to Bob. Dan Yemiola. and Ian Bruce for passing this
informatio n on to our U W readers.
Ute World Hits I 00

Yes. we have finall y achieved a major milestone in the history

of this column. You are reading the IOOth consecuti vc Utility
World column. That is eight years and four months of U W in these
pages.
Over the last eight years we have reported on a lot of " firsts"
in thi s column. In June 1988 we publi shed the first comprehensive
and complete list of SAC frequencies/designators. On the heels of
that column. was the discovery by Bill Battles and others of the
change in SAC frequency designators made in J 989. You read
abouL those changes first in this column. and we have documented
each frequency and designatorthat has been discovered ever since
in the pages of Utility World.
We have also revealed in these pages: the Single Lcller HF
markers' mission and locations; in-depth coverage of the HF
number statio ns; the USAF AWS Weather Broadcasts' locations
and frequencies; Mystic Star frequencies and designators: the
locations of KWA80 and HMC; new civilian aero frequencies;
new callsig n blocks for the CIS: Alligator Playground informati on: Cemetery. Gang Busters. and In fo rm nets; JCS GHFS
network: numerous new marine coastal statio ns: Night watch; US/
Canada military allotment bandplan for the HF aero nautical OR
(off route) frequencies: and the most extensive list ever published
or RAF STCICS frequencies/designators.
Over the past eight years we have also said goodbye to AFRTS
on HF: ZLW in New Zealand: the Coast Guard using CW and 500

Flash - Late Breal<ing Ute News

New Strategic Frequency

Designators Discovered
As this issue goes to press, MT Uri/if)' World regular reporters
Jeff Haverlah and Bob Lewallyn have discovered a new strategic
2000 series of frequency designator - the Zulu (Z) frequencies.
This new series of designators first appeared in use on May 30,
1996.
Ure World editor Larry Van Horn says that so far. only one
frequency has been discovered that might be part of the new
series - 11 18 1kHz.. Six designators have been mentioned over
the air and these include: Zl45, Z l80. Zl 85, Z200, Z2 1l, and
Z215.
This is the first major change to the DoD strategic 2000
frequency plans series since the old Strategic Air Command
designators/frequencies were changed in 1989. Monitors are
encouraged to watch the new aeronautical OR frequencies closely
and report any new additional Zulu frequencies to MT. More
details to come in next month's Uriliry World column.
kHz: the old Soviet Union; SAC, MAC, and TAC; Aero RTIY
fi xed stations, a large number of HF press services, Navy Hicom,
the USAF GCCS, and the SRI RTTY press service, to name a few
fro m the pages of UW.
In our JOO columns we have provided in-depth coverage of
con llicls and tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Haiti, Bosnia,
Desert Storm/Shield. and Somalia.
All of the above is thanks lo you. the readers of M onitoring
Times . It has been your continued support of this column with your
frequency lists and, in particular. your logs and intercepts that you
send in each month, that has made UW the leader in the field of
utility monitoring. Hundreds of monitors have contributed to this
effort over the last I00 columns. and to each of you I wo uld like
to express my deep appreciation. Without your contributio ns there
would be no Utiliry World column in Monitoring Times.
To those of you who have never contributed to this column, I
would like to in vi Le you to become a part of the action. It really is
easy. We can take your logs or frequency/callsign list via email or
snail mail. Takea look at the format in thi s mo nth 's logging section
and follow that. It is that simple. and we want to hear from you.
I' m especially interested in gelling logs from ute monitors that
are fluent in a second language and can intercept and translate
uti lity statio ns transmitting in languages other than Engli sh. We
could especially use some help from Lalin America in identifying
the large number of Spani sh-speaking stations heard on the utility
bands.
Again, thank you. and a heart y Bravo Zulu to the hundreds of
folks that have assisted this colu mn over the last I00. I hope to see
all of your names and others listed somewhere in the next I00 UW
columns.
Now it is time to check what you have been hearing th is month
in the Utility Wo rld Logs.

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Utility Loggings
Larry Van Hom
Abb revia tio ns used in t h is colu mn
AFB
ALE

Air Force Base

Automatic Link
Establishment
AM
Amplitude Modulation
ARO
Synchronous
transmission and
automatic repetition
teleprinter system
AROE
Single channel ARO
teleprinter transmission mode
ARO-E3
Single channel ARO
teleprinter transmission mode
ASW
Anti Submarine
Warfare
COMSUBLANT Commander Submarine
Forces, Atlantic
cw
Continuous Wave
(Morse code)
cwo
Communications
Watch Officer
OOE
Department of Energy
DTRE
Direction des
Telecommunications
des Reseaux Exterieurs
EAM
Emergency Action
Message
FAA
Federal Aviation
Administration
Fax
Facsimile
FECA
One-way traffic forward
error correction
teleprinter system
FEMA
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
FF
French Forces

GHFS
HF
ID
MAP
MARS
MFA
MOI
m/v
PAP
PIAB

PNA
RTIY
SAM
Se Iscan
SITOR-A
SITOR-B
SLHFM
Un id
U.S.
USAF

use

USCG
USN

Global HF System
High Frequency
Identification
Maghreb Arabe Presse
Military Affiliate Radio
System
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Ministry of
Information
Motor Vessel
Polska Agencja
Prasowa
Pressure- und
lnformanipulationsanstalt
dieser eurer
Bananenrepublik
Philippine News
Agency
Radioteletype
Special Air Mission
Selected Scan
Simplex teleprinting
over radio system,
mode A
Simplex teleprinting
over radio system,
mode B
Single Letter HF
Marker
Unidentified
United States
U.S. Air Force
Upper Sideband
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Navy

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New Travele rs Information Statio n located at Naval Surface Warfare Center,

Indian Head, MD. in AM at 0129. (Keith Stein-Woodbridge, VA)
HF Secure voice comms noted here at 0012. (Larry Fowler-MA)
U.S. Navy tracking net at 0123. (Fowler-MA)
VCN-CCG Cap-aux-Meules, Canada, at 0328 working unid vessel. (Rick
Baker-Austintown. OH)
VOJ-CCG Stephenville. NF, at 0210 with English/French weather. (BakerOH)
FUO-French Naval Toulon, France, with RY/SG 75 baud ATTY test tape at
1814. (Robin Hood-UK)
SPS-Witowo Radio. Poland. working unid vessel for phone patch in Polish
at 1819. (Hood-UK)
GND4 -Stonehaven Radio. Scotland. with SITORA signal at 0010. (Roger
Parmenter-Hyannis. MA)
.
.
.
Three unid operators (no IDs) at 0112 . Sounds like an Asian chit chat
channel. (Parmenter-MA)
MOI Dusseldorf, Germany, with ARQ-E traffic to police Hamburg (PHVNW)
at 2130. (Ary Boender-Netherlands)
Unid military at 0321 calling Bravo 28. (Baker-OH) This is a U.S. Army
MARS/Army training and contingency frequency-Larry.
Nightwatch 01 working WAR46 on self ID'ed S-302 at 0340. (Jeff HaverlahHouston. TX)
Nightwatch 01 working WAR46 with brief phone patch to DSN 271 number
for con nectivity check. (Haverlah-TX)
HWN-French Navy Paris with 75 baud RTTY test tape at 1322. (Boender-

~~~~an

female 5-digit Swedish Rhapsody interval signal number station at

1800. (Boender-Neth)
.
.
UIW-Kaliningrad Radio working P3GB6-Pamyat lly1cha in CW at 2152.
(Hood-UK)
PPOOlinda Radio, Brazil. with CW marker at 2155. (Hood-UK)
NMC-USCG Point Reyes. CA. wilh north Pacific ocean satellite image tax
sent at 0900. (Ronald Tull-Whitehorse, Yukon Canada)
U.S. Navy tracking voice coordination net at 0210. (Larry Fowler-MA)
TBU5-Turkish Navy at 0137 with CW marker "TBDJ de TBU5 tfc." TBDJ is
collective call to "any Turkish Navy ship." (Baker-O H)
SAM 375 al 0526 working Andrews on F-555. (Baker-O H)
Gonzales working Dude Ranch with numerous phone patches to Pam to

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775-xxxx number regarding arrival times. Mentioned "out at sea and will not
be back until next afternoon." Also have heard info on sonobuoy drops and
secure HF here. Who are these stations? (Fowler-MA) This is a U.S. Navy
EASTPAC ASW channel-Larry.
J7W working 3WX . IGM and 6WX at 2143. (Fowler-MA)
SKR working EWX2 , IGO and H4U at 2305 (Fowler-MA) .
.
Nightwatch 03 calling Nightwatch 01 at 1412. R1otgun working Pullover 111th
a "T-quad." Ticking and top of the minute timehacks followed at
1117.(Haverlah-TX) Anybody know what this T-quad stuff is ?-Larry
Apparent Link 11 data link ( 14 pulses) at 1649. (Haverlah-TX)
IMB32-Rome Meteo. Italy, at 0121 in 50 baud RTTY with weather. (BakerOH)
.
.
WLVD-SS Lurline (U.S. !lagged Ro/Ro container vessel) at 0327 in SITOR
A with telex on wind damage done by 40 knot wind. (Baker-OH)
7TCL-m/v Hassir Mel working 7TF-Boufarik Radio. Algeria, in SITORA
(Selca! 58105) at 1536. (Hood-UK)
UIDA-T/H Volgobalt 238 working UCW4-St. Petersburg in CW al 1752.
(Hood-UK)
.
.
ELSJ3-Liberian flagged oil tanker mil Alf1os in CW at 0158 with four
messages to unid coastal station . (Baker-OH)
Royal Navy fleet broadcasts using 100 baud RTTYat 1509. (Boender-Neth)
Lordship working Tabulate in voice and data at 061.0. (Haverlah-TX)
Andrews GHFS with repeat EAM at new Andrews pos1t1on after 0600 of H+30
transmission time. 7JD working Andrews with phone palch to COMSUBLANT
CWO for an "Exercise Esteem Higly Alpha" message. (Haverlah-TX) Anybody have something solid on this USN communications exercise-?Larry
SAM 518 (EC-135K tail no 59-1518) working Andrews GHFS at 1438.
(Jeroen Beijer-HZ Hengelo. Netherlands) Trout 99 working Andrews on F875 at 2305. (Fowler-MA)
E2H (French) working 9UN (American) at 0156. (Fowler-MAI
Offutt GHFS with an EAM message at 1552. (Mark Redfox-Seattle. WA)
Namesake with 26 character EAM simulcast on 6730. 8968 and 11244.
Picked up by GHFS at 1504. (Haverlah-TX)
.
Nightwatch 01 working Andrews GHFS at 0415. Andrewsadv1s.ed 01 to meet
them on "seven niner one nine five." (Haverlah-TX) Interesting frequency
they moved to, Jeff. That is a USAF TAGS (Tactical Air Control System) and
USOCOM joint operation frequency-Larry.
CI02-lsraeli Mossad numbers station at 2224. (Fowler-MA)
Altus command post calling "any Altus aircraft" at 0217. (Haverlah-TX)
Mike. Papa, and Echo Whiskey in a tracking net at 1323. Foxtrot heard
unsuccessfully calling the other stations on 6867 .0. Somebody was oil
frequency. (J.L. Metcalfe-KY)
SAM 29000 and Nightwalch 01 working Andrews at 0434 . (Haverlah-TX)
CW numbers station with message to401 . 5-digit groups at 1401. (BoenderNeth)
JMH2-Tokyo Meteo. Japan. with a satellite photo fax sent at 0710. (Tull
Yukon)
Long periods of encryption broken with occasional RYRY at 2016. 75 baud
RTTY. USN? (Metcalfe-KY)
Eng lish female 5-digit numbers station in AM at 2135. (Fowler-MA)
.
English female 3/2-digit numbers station in AM at 1415. (Takash1 Yamaguch1Nagasaki. Japan)
Dignitary working Nightwatch 01 with 01 passing 58 character EAM (preamble CREETN) to Dignitary at 1548 which station had trouble copying due
to selscan burst. (Haverlah-TX)
RFVITT-FF Dzaoudci. Mayotte Islands, in 96 baud ARO-E idling at 1510.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
U.S. Navy tracking net at 2330. (Fowler-MA)
Un id station with 50 baud ATTY repeating "RYs JFI D HJ RY HW PL AMSA
44" at 1012. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Uniform 3 calling Uniform 23 at 2300. This is a DOE lrequency, but these
stations sounded like U.S. military. (Metcalfe-KY) While the frequency may
be authorized to ODE usually the military guards nucs. This could be the
answer why transmissions on this lrequency sound like the military. Keep
in mind the military can show up just about anyw/1ere in the radio spectrum.
so this doesn't surprise me-Larry.
Patrick AFB. FL-Several weather fax charts sent at various times. (TullYukon) Interesting. Ronald: how do you know that the station sending
charts on this frequency is Patrick?-Larry
DGG91 L2-PIAB Bonn. Germany. with 96 baud FEC-A German news at 1458.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
RFVl-FF Le Port. Reunion Island. with 96 baud ARQ-EFrench messages at
1459. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
GFA23-Bracknell Meteo, England, with weather fax chart at 0350. (Tull
Yukon) Fax weather chart at 1820. (Parmenter-MA)
NAM-USN Norfolk. VA. with 0200 weather satellite image fax of the western
North Atlantic. Carribean. and the Gulf of Mexico. (Tull-Yukon)
An unid station here at 2356 v11th radio check. (Metcalfe-KY)
RFVl-FF Le Port . Reunion Island, with 100 baud AROE3 idling at 1459.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
.
Two Ukrainian ship operators having a private conversation using SITOR
A al 2159. (Hood-UK)
UIAA-Tuna Trawler TSM Obdorsk at 0023 viith 50 baud ATTY crew telegrams to Kaliningrad. (Baker-OH)
SAPP-m/v El Djazairworking SAT-Tripoli Radio (in English) using CW at

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0944. UYHX-T/H Yanka Kupalaworking US05-lzmail Radio in CW at 1705.

(Hood-UK)
KFS-Palo Alto Radio. CA, at 0627 with SITOR-B station info and traffic list.
(Baker-OH)
LSD836-Buenos Aires Radio. Argenlina. at 0632 in SITOR-B with "Lista de
traffico." (Baker-OH)
NMC-USCG Port Reyes. CA, SITOR free signal CW IDat 0437. (YamaguchiJapan)
NOJ-USCG Kodiak, AK, with fax weather char1s at various times. (TullYukon)
JJC-Kyodo Tokyo. Japan, with Japanese newspaper sent in fax mode, no
time given. (Tull-Yukon)
SLHFM 'F and C' at 1530 in CW. Rare to see two SLHFM on the same
frequency. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
RFFX -FF Versailles. France. at 0216 using 72 baud ARO-E idling. (BakerOH)
UGC-St. Petersburg Radio with SITOR-B news broadcasts at 1539. (BoenderNeth)
NMC-USCG Point Reyes, CA, with north Pacific weather satellite images
sent using fax around 0300. (Tull-Yukon)
Moscow Baseat 1633 working phone patch for SAM 29000 on the ALEnet
6721 was another ALE frequency which was used (actual voice, not just
tones). (Beijer-Neth)
Reach 90023 (self ID'ed C-5A) v1orking Andrews GHFS at 0228. Mission no
PJ816601 in support of Phoenix banner mission at 0240. (Mall Cawby-Mt
Lake Terrace, WA)
Magic Carpet Sierra working Habitat and Golden Grizzly at 2333. Golden
Grizzly advises he is XAF. Sierra 2 Echo working Habitat at 0952. Switched
to green to give position report. \Cawby-WA)
Darkstar November, Bandsaw Ju iet, and Dragnet Sierra at 1639, all very
weak. (Haverlah-TX) And all E-3 AWACS aircraft-Larry.
English lemale 5-digit numbers station at 2227. (Fowler-MA)
Spanish female 5-digit numbers station in AM at 0411 . (Redfox-WA)
Ascot 5685 working Portishead Radio. England, for personal phone patch
at 1308. (Hood-UK)
English female 5-digit Linconshire Poacher numbers station at 1006.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
Unid with 50 baud RTIY repeating "RY 44444 IGs OF OHBOs" at 0220 .
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
Muscular (USN or USAF) working WGY911-FEMA at Maynard, MA .. at
1701 . (Metcalfe-KY)
English female 3/2-digit numbers station in AM at 1315. (YamaguchiJapan)
AX134-Darwin Meleo, Australia. with poor fax chart at 1939. (Robert HallCapetown. South Africa)
WGY906-FEMA Denton. TX. and WGY912-FEMA Berryville, VA. in clear 75
baud RTIY at 1643. Both stations in voice comms on 10588.0. At 1703.
WGY908-FEMA Denver, CO, with RYRY. OBF and 1-0 counting test tape on
14778.3 kHz. also in clear 75 baud RTIY. Nice to see FEMA still testing in
standard modes. (Metcalfe-KY)
English female 3/2-digit numbers station in AM at 1115. (YamaguchiJapan)
Unid with 75 baud RTIY encrypted 5-letter groups at 1602. (YamaguchiJapan)
Un id with SITORA encrypted 5-letter groups at 1455. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
SAM 201 (USAF C-20B tail no 86-0201) at 1629 working Andrews on F365. (Baker-OH)
English female 3/2-digit numbers station in AM at 1510. (YamaguchiJapan)
Zodiac advising Hawkeye that new mission is to provide air defense priority
two for rest of exercise. Drip Pan and Hardball calling Zodiac every f 5
minutes with radio checks. One Way requests a maintenance vehicle . He
has a flat tire position 865 065 on the grid. (Cawby-WA) I have nothing in
my files on this one Matt-Larry.
At 1447 and 1449. Offutt with two 20 character EAMs "For Tabber" (sounds
like) and "For 6ABW." These EAMs heard over a two day period. Gold 11
working Andrews asking Andy for "HF traffic." Andrews advised that there
was no "current traffic." Another case here recently of a tanker looking for
the current EAM string. (Haverlah-TX) Well. that is at least one group of
military assets that EAM broadcast are definitely transmitted to-Larry.
Firehose working MacDill at 1925.(Haverlah-TX)
Space head calling Boomtown on self ID'ed Charlie Bravo at 1330. (HaverlahTX)
Blackhawk 01 in the blind, ET A plus seven to Buffalo at 2231. (Fowler-MA)
Trout 99 (C-135 tail no 61-2669 412 TW) working Andrews GHFS at 1120.
later switched to 11214 and inbound Ramstein. (Beijer-Neth) Nightwatch
02 working Nightwatch 01 at 1635. (Haverlah-TX)
WAR46 working Nightwatch 01 at 2002. (Haverlah -TX)
Andrews with two 20 character EA Ms "For Obtuse" at 1333. McClellan with
20 character EAM "For Torch Bearer" at 1250. (Haverlah-TX)
Astrojet at 1715 calling Nightwatch 01. Mainsail. No joy on S-311 . (BakerOH) Nightwatch net with Nightwatch 01 , Neonlamp. and Namesake (both
EAM broadcasters) at 1636. (Haverlah-TX)
English female 5-d igit Lincolnshire Poacher numbers station at 1510.
(Yamaguchi-Japan) Same at 1900. (Boender-Neth)
English female 5-digit Lincolnshire Poacher numbers station at 1110.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
English female 5-digit nu mber station in AM at 0300. (Haverlah-TX)
URTB-SS Gepardat 2052 in SITORA with one telex via Odessa Radio after
sending selcal KCPX. (Baker-OH)

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UTUN-TKH Akademik losif Orbli at 1927 in SITOR-A with position report.

(Baker-OH)
YLBDFridrihs Canders working YLO-Riga Radio using SITOR-A at 1000.
(Hood-UK)
UZWYTKH Kapitan Zamyatin at 2013 in SITOR-A. (Baker-OH)
ESAN-Valkla working UAT-Moscow Radio for position report to Tallinn
using SITOR-A at 0956. (Hood-UK)
RUF9-Krasnodar Rad io working UWPS-Omskiy 27in CW at 0814. (HoodUK)
UOK-Riga Fisheries Radio with CW marker and listening 8368.5/12552.5
in CW at 1246. Reports of the death of UOK seem wrong. (Hood-UK)
UATMoscow Radio with 50 baud ATTY news and traffic to the Mihail
Strekalowskij at 1332. (Boender-Neth)
UCW4-St. Petersburg Radio working UPll-Nevskiy 14 in CW at 1802.
(Hood -UK)
Unid 50 baud ATTY weather code at 0234. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
SAM 376 (C-135 tail no 60-0376) working Andrews GHFS at 1442. (BeijerNeth)
After a couple of selscan. WHX20-FAA Renton, WA, and KCP63-FAA
Longmont, CO, voice at 1652. (Metcalfe- KY)
English female 5-digit Lincolnshire Poacher numbers station at 1310.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
FJY2-DTRE Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, with 96 baud AROE3
idling at 0940. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
English female 5-digit Lincolnshire Poacher num bers station at 111 O.
(Yamaguchi-Japan )
Unid with 50 baud RTTY repeating " RVs OMZ-24 JTF-23" at 0710.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
S00291-PAP Warsaw. Poland. with SITOR-A Polish news at 1455.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
Headliner working Nightwatch 01 at 2001 . (Haverlah-TX)
English female 5-digit numbers station Lincolnshire Poacher in AM at
1600. (Boender-Neth)
Probable HBD20-MFA Berne. Switzerland, with SITORA German messages at 11 13. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
JWT-Norwegian Navy Stavangerwith SITORA news at 1357. (BoenderNeth)
UCBZ-RTMS Aloi/ with message to Novorossissk using 50 baud RTIY at
0840. (Hall-RSA)
PNA Manila with SITOR-B news in English at 1205. (Hall-RSA) Off
frequency for their normal 16798.0-Larry
GKP6-Portishead Radio. England. SITORA traffic from Montemar/Mvdeo
to Master CV Angela!V2WG at 1015. (Hall-RSA)
$VU-Athens Radio working SXSY -m/v The/is in SITORA at 1005. (HoodUK)
UGCSt. Petersburg Radio working UPARAkademik Shukovin SITOR-A
at 1009. (Hood-UK)
UIW-Kaliningrad Radio with navigation warning messages using 50 baud
RTTY at 1012. (Hood-UK)
KOAT-Unid calling HKMR in CW at 1215. Old mystery key still around.
(Hood-UK) You're right and it is one of the few true mysteries left on HFLarry.
UCEArchangelsk Radio. Russia. with strange speed/shift RTIY (50/856),
unable to decode. (Hall-RSA)
4XZ-Haifa Radio, Israel. with V CW marker at 1920. (Parmenter-MA)
LGX-Rogaland Radio, Norway, with CW traffic list at 1400. (BoenderNeth)
USU-Mariupol Radio. Ukraine. with 50 baud RTIY telegrams for several
ships. (Hall-RSA)
Coded weather at 1829 using 100 baud ATTY. Any ideas? (Metcalfe-KY)
Probably 5YE-Nairobi Meteo. Kenya see next log-Larry.
5YE-Nairobi Meleo. Kenya, with 100 baud ATTY RY/ID and weather codes
at 1042. (Hall-RSA)
English female 5-digit Lincol nshire Poacher numbers station at 1020.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
Cuban diplomatic station with 5-digit number groups at 1822 using 45
baud RTTY. (Metcalfe-KY)
Astrojet working Nightwatch 01 at 1255. (Haverlah-TX)
Offutt with a 20/20/26 character EAM set over a 1Ominute period at 2035.
(Haverlah-TX)
Egyptian Embassy Luanda, Angola, with SITORA traffic in Arabic for MFA
Cairo. (Hall-RSA)
Probable Portuguese Embassy in Kinshasha, Zaire, with urgent SITORA
traffic in Portuguese for MFA Lisbon. (Hall-RSA)
CNM78-MAP Rabat. Morocco. with French news a11115 using SITORA.
listed as MEA New Delhi. (Hall-RSA)
Probable HBD20-MFA Berne, Switzerland. with SITOR-A German and
French messages at 1148. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
CLP44-Cuban Embassy Harare. Kenya, with 50 baud RTIY traffic in
Spanish at 1520. (Hall-RSA)
Unid "Batang ABUSAYYAF' with SITOR-B English messages at 0610.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
RFHJ-FF Papeete. Tahiti, with 96 baud ARO-E3 idling at0635. (YamaguchiJapan)
RFVl-FF Le Port, Reunion Islands. with 100 baud ARO-E3 idler at 0935.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
NMC-USCG Point Reyes, CA with SITOR-B navigational warning messages at 0531. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
A9M-Hamata Radio. Bahrain, with SITOR free CW ID at 1145. (YamaguchiJapan )

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The Global Forum

Glenn Hauser, P.O. Box 1684-MT, Enid, OK 73702
fox: (405) 233-2948, or (704) 837-2216 ATT: Hauser

3225 (Hans Johnson. C11111bre DX via HCJB DX Partyline) Tu-Sa 0 I0ARGENTINA A:vt & FM stns relayed weekends on USB/LSB
0400 (gh)
13361. I 5780or20276. include: R. Continental, R. Ri vadavia. R. Mitre.
Following successful fund-raiser. RFPI began weekly live call-in Far
R. Libe11ad. R. Del Plata. R. El Mundo. R. America. FM IOU. FM
Right Radio Rel'ie1r. UT Weds 0200-0300 on 7385, 6205-usb. other
Feelings. FM Top 40, FM Radio Uno. FM Hit. FM Rock & Pop. Also
times being playbacks (gh)
on Mon 0200-0300 is R. Provincia de la Plata on 1336 1 with programs
TIA WR fina lly put La Onda Mw1dial DX program on at a defi nite
for Antarctica including English announcements (Comachioni via Lok,
time-S un 1315 on 9725, 13750 et al.-vcry elementary stuff like
DSWCI S W News) 1336 1-LSB also carries De Colecci611, music and
explaining SINPO and played same show two weeks running. Meancall-ins from LS 11-1 270. Sun 2300-0200 Mon to Antarctic bases (Jorge
while, Wavescan in English occasionally appears Sun 11 00 and/or 2300
Alloy via Lerner via Fleming, C11111bre, via RNM) Unaware of SW
on 9725 et al. with yet another new announcer. clueless on pronounciation
relays, stations won't believe your report unless tape included. Fee ling
of common SW terms and names such as Deutsche Welle ("douche
FM QSLed for me (Harald Kuhl. Germany. BC-DX via NU via Radio
1uevo Mundo)
well'')-and th is error-laden edition was repeated al least three weeks
running (gh)
With CRI Mali moved from 11 7 1S to I 1760, RAE is clear on 117 10
CUBA All fi ve winners of trips to Cuba in RHCs 35th ann iversary
with Engl ish weekdays 0200 (Kev in Hecht. PA, W.O.R. ) Includes DX
contest were fro m Latin America-so why even promote the contest in
program UT Thu 0235. but 0200 hour subject to preemption for ball
English? Essays necessarily judged subjecti vely, so political correctness
games in Spanish (gh) 11709.56 (Alexander, PA)
counts! Horrible buzz+/- 15 kHz from 11875 in Spanish at 0055 (gh)
AUSTRALIA One of RA s best frequencies, 9580, blocked this
English at 2 100-2200 on new 13715 and SSB on 13725; 0500-0700
season by WEWN at 1300- 1600 (S heldon Harvey, PQ) Not scheduled
WNAm back on 9820 as before0500to ENAm (Arni e Coro. RHC DXer.1
by RA, and not for NArn anyway. too far away and too many hops
Unlimited) Remember. whenever you hear RHC jamming-free. Cubans
required (Stan ley Leinwo ll. WEWN) Any American who has listened
do not have the same pri\ilege in listening to US transmitters (gh)
to SW the past 30+ years knows 9580 as a prime RA freq. and in fact is
[non] R. Marti has been authorized by Pres. Clinton to relocate from
in use from 1230, clashing with WEWN after 1304. WEWN has plenty
Washington to Miami. pan of a budget bi ll signed Apr. 26: a victory fo r
of other choices (gh. IV.O.R.)
Jorge Mas Canosa. lnvcstiga1ion into improprieties by US IA JG ceased
BANGLADESH RB English 1230-1300 this season on 7 I 85v.
and IG eliminated. oversight transferred to State Dept. Critics fear the
9548v; 18 15- 1900 7 190. 9568. 15520 (Weerakoon & Goonctilleke. Sri
move will sap the station's credibility by becomi ng a mouthpiece for
Lanka, UA DX via BC-DX via Thurman)
certain ex ile leaders (Chri stopher Marquis. Miami Herald via Aaron
BELGIUM RYi shifted 13605to 13610at 1300(Sun 1230) toavoid
Pilchick)
Australia; 2330 moved SArn xmtr off 9925 to 11690 (via John Norfolk.
CZECH REPUBLIC KNLS Alaska visi ted here among other sites
Joe Hanlon. Steven Cline. Bob Thomas) They didnt foresee trouble
looking for ex-jamm ing transm itters to reach European Russia. Islamic
from mi xing product of super-strong French Gu ianans on 13640/13625
nations rimming Med iterranean: funds still to be raised (M ike Osborne.
(gh)
KN LS via Hans Johnson. C11111bre DX via BC-DX)
BOUGAINVIUE R. Free Bougai nvi lle. Arawa. intennittent when
DENMARK [non! ROI via Norway at 1230 to SAm on 15480 exfuel is available on 3850v or 3880 at 0900-1100. [nonI Countering it is
11 840. also suitable for EN Am. incl English first Sun 1238 (Erik K\'lie.
PNG govt' s R. United Bougainville. Loloho. 3880v or 6010 at same
ROI via DX Window & via Joe Hanl on) Engli sh expanded to twice
time (BBC Monitoring)
monthly. Ist and 3rd Su ns from June (Bruce MacGibbon via Joe Hanlon)
CAMEROON R. Garoua hack on 5010 irregularly 18 10-2 150+,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC R. Quisqueya back on 6235.2 at 2216subseq uently gone again (Finn Krone, Denmark, AWR Slovakia
2355+ (Bob Hill, MA, HCJB TLC) Also heard including English IDs. no
Wa vescan)
longer Santo Domingo address but P.O. Box 363, Pue110 Plata (Jerry
CANADA Sheila Copps. Heritage Minister and Deputy Prime
Berg, MA. ibid.)
Mi ni ster. who championed RCI. had to resign in early May because of
ECUADOR HCJB is cancelling AN DEX club and bulletin due to
a campaign promise to do so if the GS tax were not repealed; she was
soaring costs of postage and other expenses; refunds being se nt (DXPL
expected to be re-elected in mid-June. but might not resu me ~ame
via John Norfolk)
portfolios. Replac ing her was Ms. Lucienne Robillard. Strikes contemFALKLAND ISLANDS [non] BBC special service to here audible in
plated against CBC would not affect RCI workers, under different
unions. but CBC programming from elsewhere might not be available
NAm, Tue & Fri only 2 130-2145 on 11680 (gh. OK. W.O.R.)
(Bi ll Westen haver. B. Cooley, W. 0.R.)
INDIA AIR now on Internet; access news free at: http://air.kodc.net
RCI at 2305 Sunday on I 3670. 9755. 5960, resumed Tapestrr
(BBC Monitori ng) The six 500 kW transmitters at Doddaballapur near
instead of Clnbal Village series on jazz (gh)
Bangalore arc each named fo r large rivers in India-Ganga. Cauvcry.
CKFX, Vancouver. I0 watts on 6080 is gone fo r good as manageNannada. Yamuna. Godavari. Kri shna (Adrian Peterson. Wa1esca11 via
ment decided not 10 spend CS I K fo r new transmitter (Hans Johnson.
NASWA Joumal )
DXing 1rith Cumbre)
INDONESIA Ka11g guru 2 audibil ity on
CHINA CRI sked announcement for
ENAm al 0356 on 9690 was totall y "fubar"
9680. Tue 1230. averaged every other week.
suspect frequency not always active, then
for evening. but gave rev ived morning a iring
All limes UTC; All frequencies kHz;* before hr=
three weeks running (gh) Same heard on
of I200 on 11795; confirmed bu! weak here,
sign on, * after hr = sign off; II = parallel
programming; + =continuing but not monitored;
15150 (W illiam Kitch ing, UK. World DX
target elsewhere? (gh, OK. W.O.R.)
2 x freq= 2nd harnumic; Z-96 =Summer season
Cl ub Contact) Seems 9680 & 15150 may
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alternate (David Clark. Ont.. Fine

T1111i11g) Greg Clough. host of thi s
Engl ish-teaching s how. sent listing of RR! provincial stat ions carrying it (Ron Howard. CA) From
wh ich we excerpt some in local
evenings when we might hear it:
Sarong 4875 Wed 1230. Semarang
3935 Mon 12 15. Banjarmasin 3250
Wed 1230. Pontianak 3995 Sun 0900. Tcrnate J345 Fri 08 15. Kcndari
3995 Wed 11 I0. Padang 4003 Fri 12 15. Greg sa id 0 1.1\ id furn.ling for
show renewed for only 4 months from June (gh. W.O.R.)
IRAN VOIRl on new 6050 to us at * 0027-0128 ~ . cx-60 1 5 . fai r leve l
but co- and adjacent-channel interfe rence: better on 9022 (Brian
Alexander. PA. W.O.R.) Also on new 9685 at OOJO (Ke vin Hec ht. PA
and Roben Yowell. OH)
IRAQ [non] V. of the Iraqi People. presumed on 9568.39//11710
two different days between 2131 and 235-1*' in Arabic. clo,i ng with
Koran (Brian Alexander. PA. \V.O.R. )
IRELAND Radiofax. missionary programs Sunday afternoon and
ni ght on 39 10. 6295. 12255 (Thomas Voclkncr. Church 011 Radio via
BC-DX via Thunnan )
ITALY R. Speranza. 6220. with music. religiou' talk. poor mod.
2339-0130+. peak ing at 0000 (Jerry Berg. MA. DX Wi11dmr )
NEXUS/lBA Milano faces financial crisis which may force us off
the air-government rules we must pay more than US$20K as annua l
license fee, as must the onl y two other legal pri vate It alian SW station ,.
We have agreed to cooperate with WRM I in promot ing international
public access radi o on SW (A lfredo Cotroneo, IRRS)
JORDAN Jordan R. in English. 11970 from 1400 pa' t 1500 when
RFE clashes: inc ludes pop music. interviews. quiz1.cs (Giovanni Serra.
Italy, The Four Wi11d1)
KAZAKHSTAN R. Almaty Int' I in Eng lish daily 0000-0030 on
6230 (Roger Tidy. England. W.0.R.)
KURDISTAN V. of Iraqi Kurdistan verified 4 184 with personal
letter from Nemat Sharif. Kurdistan Democratic Party. P.O. Box 2-1-13.
Merrifield. VA 22 116 (Vashek Korzi nek. RSA. Play- DX)
LEBANON R. Lebanon has selected Cont inental Electronics to
modern ize itself at a cost of $33 mill ion. including six new SW. A\11 and
FM transmitters (UPI via David Alpert) How many arc sw 1
LESOTHO BBC will close relay here at end of Sept. replaced hy
more on SW via S. Africa. Seems R. Lesothos own 4800 SW will also
close since is at same BBC site (BBCM ) Try BBC 3255 at 0300 Eng lish
news (Anker Petersen. Germany. BC-DX)
LIBERIA ELWA. 4760. heard in late April during renewed fighting
in Monrovia, but running out of fuel and staff hei ng evacuated (Hans
John son, DXing wi1h C11111hre) SIM officials fea r it's the encl of EL WA
radio, hospital (HCJB TLC) So much for Eternal Love Wi nn ing Africa
(gh)
LITHUANIA lnon] R. Vi ln ius. English at 0030-0 100 via DW
Gennany on new 9560. clashes with Ukraine: foreign service no longer
carriedon 971 Oear l ier(Sig i ta~Z ili o ni s. USA. DX Wi11dm1 via Thurman )
MAU CR! relay lease. expiring in 1998. has already been renewed
until March 2007 (Xinhua via BBCM )
MOLDOVA For reasons unknown. at least three- probably fourofthe fi ve I000 kW transmitters at the Grigoriopol' site. went oil the air
April 29 and were still off two weeks later. When power bilb an.: not
paid. normally the entire site is silent. but one transmitter remained:
7 125 with V. of Russ ia English 2230-0 I00. Russian to 0500: also 15-130
1000- 1800. I 1840 1830-2200 in Russian. Presumabl y rea so n~ were
technical. Missing freque ncies were 7230. 9620. 9665. 11 750. I I9.f5.
15340, 15400. 17855 (Kevin Hecht. PA. W.O.R.) At least cleared

I I750. I5-100 for BBC! (gh)

R. Dnestr Int" ! has new DX Herald program. th ird Sat. repeated Mon
at 2030 on I I750 (V OR DX Klub via BBCM) If and when back on ai r
NETHERLANDS RN Bonairc 9590 clashes with Channel Africa.
both in Engl ish between 0455 and 0525: coordinate! Also. instead of
publici zed crash-stan at 0230 on 9590. RN overlapped with BBC at
0228 (gh) Again thi s summer R Bonaire in Dutch at 2 I 30-2225 on
15315 . 15155 pur mixi ng producr on 14995 (Kevin Hecht. PA)
RN"s docu mentaries are now on primary hour Weds suc h as UT Thu
0052 and 0452. secondary hour Fri. such as 2352: .lulr 3, Lessons in
Revolution: .IC1lr 10 & 17. Preparing for Atlanta: .July 24 & 31. A11g11s1
7. Li vi ng on the Land. in Ireland. Scotland. Holland (011 Ta rgel via
Diane Mauer. Bob Thomas. Jim Moats. Steven Cline)
NEW ZEALAND R ZI adjusted sked to avoid QRM : 195J-2 I50
98 I0. 2 I50-2305 11735. 2306-0500 151 15 (RNZI Mailbox)
PERU R. LTC. 5980 [see last month] is testing with 600 watts:
reports welcomed and verified by fax to ( +5 I )5-1-322570 (Henrik
1> "t e .. et
'f
t c: d. "' d.
Klemetz. Colombia. Plar-DX)
~ '1,ij,,.. f~ El 11miciem LTC is newscast
..---~ ~'-'- name at I I00- 1-100. 0000-0200
('_
. l C IJ::io bu t stati on nam e is R.
..,omerc!a. Oi._ Comercial Collao. Juliaca. R.
Estacion Ve rnacu lar is tentati ve ID on 5453.7 to 0 105 * from San
Miguel. Cajamarca. weak. and endless huaynos (Klemetz. Da1e/i11e
/Jogoui via Radio N11e1'0 Mundo)
New stations heard: R. Ameri ca, San Pablo. Cajamarca. evenings on
5 139.78. awfu l audio (Klemetz & McVicar. HCJB DXPL) R. Los
Andes. Huarmaca. 6479.7 very good at 0200. R. Estac ion Uno, Pucara,
.laen, 5955 . I -0257*. R. Gotas del Oro, 4524v at I 040 (Henrik Klemetz,
Colombia, HCJB DXPL ) R. La Voz del Maraii6n, Cajabamba. 5604.1
-2329* one day. -0017* the next (Klemctz, Dateline Bogo16 via DXPL)
A WR projects new 5 kW SW station at Juliac.:a from early nex t year,
usi ng the Costa Rican transmitter previously planned to move to
Guatemala: instead of the Paraguayan site which has not eventuated due
to fund transfer problems. Will beam SE in Spanish. Quechua on
international bands; may add more outlets later (A WR Radio Nell's
811//e1i11 )
PHILIPPINES FEBC DX Dial Wed 13 I5 on 11995. repeated Sat
0940 on I 1635. 1440 on 11995 (Alok Das Gupta. India. ARDXC

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EDXP)

RUSSIA Radio NERRS (Northern European Radio Relay Service)

plans to get SW license by August for 200 kW via GPR-2. St. Petersburg: open to all but clandestine. political. disestabli shmentarian programs: info from fax +7 (8 12) 234297 1 (A)exei Osipov, ibid. )
!BRA Radio daily in Arabic * I900- I930* on I2020 with Cypru s
address (Bob Hill, MA. HCJB TLC)
ST. HELENA Info on R. St. Helena Day I996, Oct. 27 1900-2300 on
I I 092.5 ca n be found at: http://www.algonet.sc/-ltd/sthelena (John
Ekwall. hard-core dx via DX \Vi11d0tt")

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

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Programming , opinion, equipment, satellite monitoring.
Samples $2.50 each (outside North America US $3 or 6 IRCs)
10 issue subscriptions $26 in USA, or both for $49
Glenn Hauser, Box 1684-MT, Enid , OK 73702
July 1996

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the Global Forum {continued)

SERBIA R. Yugosla via announced summer sked in English: 1830 on
6100. 9720: 2030 on 7230: 2 100 on 6100. 6185: to u~ 0000 exc Sun on
9580. 0430 on I 1870. I also heard I 1870 at 0000 clashing with Budapest
(Kevin Hecht. PA ) And 9580 abu good at 0430 (gh)
SINGAPORE R. S inga
~:~ ._
pore lnt 'I. English at 1100
1400 on 60 15 now also on
6 155. domestic R. One fn.:q. RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
still heard before and after thi ~
0 ,..,,,,. ot R'o ,., ,..,
of Slfl9port Pu Lr~
(Sarath Weerakoon & Vic tor
Goonetilleke. Sri Lanka. UA DX via DSWCl)
SLOVAKIA AWR. new 7215. weak in English 05.+5-0559* (Brian
Alexander. PA) Good hen.: on UT Sun 0530-0558 for A WR Wa vescan.
best version to hear if you ca n. wit h additional DX tips (gh)
SOUTH AFRICA !see NETH ! Channel Africa. 9590. Sat 0515 has
mai lbox; menti oned new Hello Africa program magazine (Arthur
Cushen. RNZ I Mai/l)f)x)
Capital Radio. Trans ke i lost transmitters in a th understorm in late
1994. hard to repair. S. Afri can government now owns and put it up for
sale (Hans Johnson, C11111/m' DX via BC- DX)
SRI LANKA VOA reg istrations for new Chi law relay site show 500
kW on 6030. 7 105. 7270. 9705. 9770, 11805. I 1915, 11945. 15140.
15205, 17740. 17805. 17865 (ll FCC via BC-DX via Thurman) But
unlikely to be on for seve ral months yet (gh)
DW's reactivated Trincoma lee re lay registrat ions fo r 296 include
English: 0200 on 96 15. 0600 on 17820. 21680, 0900 on 11730. 17715.
1600 on 6170. 1900 on 7170. 96 70. 2 100 on I 1785. 2300 on 5980
(Wolfgang BLlschel via George Thurman)
SURINAM R. Apintic QSL letter says .+990.93
Q.:P,..0/
was a Phil ip~ 50-watt transm itter. 5-eleme nt
~
monoband doublet log-periodic with I0 dB gain (Ch
~\
Yervuu rt . GM via Randy Stewart. MO) But is the \\~
linear operating at full rated power? (Stewart)
<!,
~
SWITZERLAND SRI 296 no longer shows ~er
IO/Nf\
vices from Sarnen or Berumun ster s ites: two
Beromunstcr SW tran ~ mittc rs were di smantled by a North Korean
company: Sarnen st ill th..:re but future uncert ai n: two at Lenk face
environ mental co nc e rn ~ (S wiss Telecom via Mick Ogrizek. ARDXC
EDXP)
TAHITI RFO occa~ i o na l l y fair on I5 I 67 v 0200+ French with pop
music (Randy Stewart , MO)
THAILAND Or Sor. Royal Palace. still on 6 149 in splash from
Singapore, 11 30- 1200* (Sarath Weerakoon, Sri Lanka, UADX via
DSWCl)
R. Thailand via VOA Udorn. English 296: 0000-0030 As/Af9690;
0030-0 I00 E USA & 0300-0330 W USA 15370; 1900-2000 Eu 72 1O;
2030-2045 Eu 9555 (via Dave Jeffery)
TIBET Lh asa on new 7195. ex- 711O? at 1234 local program //5020.
6200. -1035. -1 820. 5950: I300 n.:lay Beijing (David Foster. Australia.
HCJ B TLC)
UKoGBaNI WYFR n:lay via BBC Skelt on Z96 1800- 1900 Arabic
on 9825 (BC-DX via ARDXC EDXP)
BBC WS may have to stop broadcasts to sub-Saharan Africa. central
Europe. Brazil later thi s year because of funding cuts (Reuter via David
Alpert: REE Dista11ce U11k1101rn via Diane Mauer)
Ran acros~ unpubl icized BBC test of ID Logic May 15-17 17.+5 on
13680, music alternating with data bursts. strong but site unknown; info
for li >teners. will try 10 decode on my M 7000 (Sheldon Harvey.
Quebec. W.O.R. )
UKRAINE RUI English at 2100 heard in Ukrainian instead on listed
frequenc ies: on ly reliabl e English is 0000 & 0300 on 7150 from a site

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ijj

with fo ur names- Mykolayi v. Kopani. Simferopol' . Yevpatoriya. not

all near each other (Ke,in Hecht. PA)
US A WWCR moved 3315 10 3230. but bothered by equall y strong
utility on 3233. and at ti mes RTTY ri ght on 3230. ,o two weeks later
moved to 32 15. One racist program has disappeared from WWCRHerald of Trnth (gh) More times fo r The Old Record Shop, Ke11 's
Co11111ry Classix-UT Sun 0330-0430 on 2390. Sun 2030-2130 on
9.+75. New music shows at tentative times: Juke Box Gold. Fri 21002200 on 12 160: polka show Sat I.+00- 1500 on 12 160. Rock the U11il'erse
added Sun 1700- 1800 on 9475 (Adam Lock. WWC R)
11'0/?LD OF RADIO re vi,ed times on WWCR. with more opportu
ni1ics for good recepti on: Thu 2030 & Fri 2 115 on 15685. Fri 22 I5 on
9-175. Sat I600 on 9-175. Sun 0300on 2:190, 0800on 32 I5. 0900on 5065.
1800 on 12 160, 2 130 on 9475. Mun 0430 on 32 15. 2030 on 15685. Tue
1230 and Wed I 130 on 15685. M1111do Radial. monthly Spani sh DX
report, fol lows the Fri 2215 airing at 2245 on 9475; also Wed 2 100 on
15685 (gh)
WY FR blows away HCJ B' s low-power SSB on 21455. 1600-2045
in Eu languages. Of all avail able I 3mb frequencies. why pick HCJB' s?
(Kevin Hecht , PA) Si mpl y don't care. and/or wanted lowest spot on
band for MUF barely poking up there -from same people who brought
you WEWN on Australia' s 9580 (gh)
Don't you believe that WNYW was sold to the Christian Science
Church and is prc.~ent l y WCS N. as ''Alice Brannigan" wrote in the June
PopCom. WNYW was owned by the LOS Church fo r a while. but was
ultimately sold 10 Family Radio and became WYFR: and two years ago
WCSN was sold to Prophecy Cou ntdown. became WV HA (gh)
WV HA somet imes c l o~e~ earlier than scheduled. Pastor Osborne
announced problem, with 6-11 MHz antenna. and at half power 250 kW
monthly electricity costs S7..t- IOK. Still difficult to make payments on
loan to purchase WY l-I A and it may have to be sold. (Jim Moats, OH.
\V.O.R.)
KAIJ. Dallas. fina ll y adjusted sked to end conOict with VOA on
13740- now only at 2300- 2400: 98 15 at 0 I00-1 300. 15725 1400-2200
(Jim Moats. OH. \V.O.R.)
WGTG. 9.+00 carries A WR Wmesca11 Wed 2130 (DX Wi11doir via
Thurman ) Not yet. hut Bill Matthews may voice it (WGTG via Hans
Johnson. DXi11g 1ri1h C11111bre)
WHR I founder Dr Lester Su mrall died April 28 at age 83. survived
by sons Frank. Stephen and Peter and 11 grandchildren (Indianapolis
Star via Steven Cline) Wi ll power struggle for s uccession ensue? (gh)
DXi11g 1ri1h C11111bre on Wl-IRI: Sat 0500 on 5760, 7315. 2230 on 9495,
Sun 0330on 5745: KWHR Sat 0200on 17510.0500on 17780.Sun 1830
13625, Mon 0330 on 17510 (Marie Lamb, USENET via Thurman) Also
sti ll heard Fri 2230 on 5745 (gh)
YOA's world-famous jauman Wi llis Conover died May 17 of
throat cancer at age 75 (NPR Weekend 1:;di1i1111) English at 1500-2200 is
on Greenville LSB feeders 10454. I9379(VOA via BC- DX via Thurman)
UZBEKISTAN R. Tashkent Z96 additional
to last month in English: 1200 & 1330 on 7285:
0 I00 on 7285. 5975. 5955 (Nagoya DX Club
via ARDXC EDXP)
VANUATU Verification letter from YBTC
signed by Allan Ka llfabun. Sales & Marketing
Con~u lt an t. ask..:d fo r USS 1-1 cash in next letter
for program"' !schedule? I (Eric Walton. BC. WDXC Co111ac1)
ZAMBIA Two new I00 kW Continental SW transmitters bought
with Chinese aid. were almost finished for ZNBC national coverage.
along with three new a nt en n a~ each fo r 60. -19. 4 1mb (Roger Stubbe.
Zambi a. 1-ICJB u11e.11 Catch)
U111i/ the Ne.r1. Best of DX a11d 7J de Glc1111 1

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Gay1e Van Hom
0002 UTC on 7240
RUSSIA: Voice of Russia. News focus on eastern European issues. Amateur
radio interference. VOA noted as; 1502 on 15400; 1924 on 11675. (Sue
Wilden, Columbus. IN) Focus on Asia heard on 9665 at 0026. (Jim Moats,
Ravenna, OH) VOA monitored on 7350 at 0353. (Stokes Schwartz, Madison,
WI) News heard on 9665 at 2228-2247. (George Knight. Garfield. NJ)
0045 UTC on 6725.52
PERU: Radio Sate lite. Spanish. Avisos and advertisements alternating with
brief local instrumental music. Atencion Santa Cruz' comunicados to station
IDs and canned promos. Peruvian music to "Radio Satelite que transmite en
todo et territorio nacional," and time check. Peru's Radio Cora heard in
Spanish on 4914.42 at 0322. (Giovanni Serra, Rome, Italy)
0106 UTC on 9905
FRENCH GUIANA: Swiss Radio International relay. Station information to
newscast and ID noting French Guiana relay station. (Maywoods DX Team,
KY: Loy Lee, Jim McClure. Dr. Joel Roitman, Chuck Everman . Eric Petty, Ed
Shaw, John Haffendorfer) Radio France lnt' I relay noted on 13625 at 1250
with Art in France, If 15530. (Bob Fraser. Cohasset. MA; Tom Banks, Dallas,
TX)
0110 UTC on 7115
YUGOSLAVIA: Radio Yugoslavia. Male/female announcer duo to English
newscast and ID at 0115. (Maywoods DX Team, KY) Station noted 23570035 on 7115. (Knight, NJ; Wilden, IN)
0120 UTC on 15240
AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. Network Asia with good signal quality, heard
on ff 13755, 15365, 17795. (Moats. OH) Station noted on 11880 at 0408.
(Wilden, IN; Banks, TX; Sam Wright, Biloxi, MS)
0130 UTC on 9540
SPAIN: Radio Exterior Espana. Spain's newspaper headline updates to
Spanish service at 0145. (Knight, NJ; Wilden, IN; Wright, MS)
0132 UTC on 15115
NEW ZEALAND: Radio New Zealand lnl'I. Cadenza classical music program
at tune-in. Frequency/ID quote to time pips and 0200 newscast. (Moats, OH;
Frank Hillton, Charleston, SC)
0133 UTC on 4702.25
BOLIVIA: Radio Eco San Norja (tentative). Spanish. Latin songs, possible
male talk under very heavy static. Bolivia's Radio lllimani heard in Spanish
on 4945.03 at 0114, with long economic commentary. Possible political
interview with Bolivian president. Station also heard this frequency at 0252.
(Serra, Italy)
0218 UTC on 4755
BRAZIL: Radio Educacao Rural. Evening DJ's lively format including Braz
pops and "Campo Grande" IDs. Brazil's Radio Clube heard on 3379.88 at
0241 ; Radio Cancao Nova heard on 9675 at 0310 with music program, IDs
and talk of Brazil. Radio Olf. Amazonas heard on 4805 at 2344. (Maywoods
DX Team, KY)
0234 UTC on 7205
GREECE: VOA relay. VOA Today show featuring updates on civil unrest in
Sri Lanka. Fair signal quality. (Moats, OH)
0240 UTC on 4960
ECUADOR: Radio Federacion. Spanish. Regional music and news to lady's
ID at 0251. Two additional Ecuadorian stations heard in Spanish as; Radio
Quito on 4919 at 0256, Radio Centro on 3289.8 at 1027. (Maywoods DX
Team, KY)
0320 UTC on 17864
PHILIPPINES: Radio Philippinas. Local news to world headlines at 0325.
Station ID at 0328 with anthem and 0330'. Distorted audio. (Jerry Witham.
Keaau, HI)
0329 UTC on 3396
ZIMBABWE: ZBC Corp. Religious hymns to announcers' text in local dialect.
ZBC's Radio 3 heard on 3396 at 0438 with talk and hilife music. ZBC's Radio
4 noted on 3306 at 0448 with Afro music, ads and "Radio Four" ID. (Maywoods
DX Team, KY)
0335 UTC on 9670
RUSSIA: Radio Mayak. Russian. Male/female chatter to "Radio Mayak" jingle
at 0445. Signal then degraded by co-channel transmitter testing. (Witham, HI)
0341 UTC on 4954.98
COLOMBIA: Radio Nacional de Colombia. Spanish . Romantic tangos to
0401. Musical program listing singers and musicians to "canned" ID. Colombia's
Ecos del Orinoco noted on 4905.47 at 0416. (Serra, Italy)
0350 UTC on 9585
QATAR: Qatar BS. Arabic. Middle Eastern music to announcer at 0355 with
mentions of Qatar, reception improving after 0400. (Witham, HI)
0500 UTC on 4775.4
PERU: Radio Tarma. Spanish. Peruvian flute music to station promos and
"Radio Tarma" ID. Peru's Radio Huanta noted on 4746.8 at 1057, with
religious text to ID. (Maywoods DX Team. KY)
0515 UTC on 5019
NIGER: La Voix du Sahel. French. Native drums to recitation segments.
Presumed news items to ID. (Van Horn, NC; Maywoods DX T eam, KY; Hilton,
SC)

0550 UTC on 5047

TOGO: Radio Lome. French. African hilife music to 0600 ID. National and
regional news topics to announcer's talk and live phone call-in. (Van Horn,
NC; Serra, Italy)
0600 UTC on 9825 use
KIRIBATI: Radio Kiribati. BBC sports news relay to ID and talk about Kiribati.
Heavy interference noted at 0614. (Maywoods DX Team, KY)
0715 UTC on 7180
NORWAY: Radio Norway. Report on Norwegian fisherman using cellular
phone to summon assistance, when he discovered himself adrift on an ice
flow! Station ID at 071 B. (Witham, HI)
1008 UTC on 17387
INDIA: All India Radio-Aligarh. Closing English news headlines to 1010 ID
into political commentary. Indian music to announcements, speech excerpts
and press review 1050-1055. Station ID to 1100', ff 13700, 15050, 17890.
(Serra. Italy)
1130 UTC on 4890
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: (Papua Territory) NBC. Country & Western music to
local time check. Michael Jackson's Black & White song to NBC ID. PNG's
(Admiralty Islands) Radio Manus noted on 3315 at 1139; and Radio East
Sepik (New Guinea) heard on 3335 at 1147. (Maywoods DX Team, KY)
1218 UTC on 4930.6
HONDURAS: Radio Internacional. Spanish. Local news with commercial
breaks. Station ID at 1230 with promos. La Voz Evangellca heard on
4819.76 at 1242 with religious music at ID at 1246. (Maywoods DX Team,
KY)
1220 UTC on 6135
SINGAPORE: Radio Singapore International. Pop music tunes to lady
announcer. Station ID and announcer chat. (Maywoods DX Team, KY)
1241 UTC on 9445
TURKEY: Voice of Turkey. English news to ID and classical music bridge.
Program Ancient Coin in Anatolia to Turkish pop songs, ff 9630. Turkish
service heard on 9560 at 1430 (Serra, Italy)
1400 UTC on 11970
JORDAN: Radio Jordan. Frequency quote to program preview. Interview
with embassy official on the nation's environmental concerns. Monitored to
1428. (Serra, Italy)
1800 UTC on 11990
KUWAIT: Radio Kuwait. Program feature, Islam, the Religion of Truth, Righi
and Justice-speaking on spiritual powers . (Fraser, MA) Station noted this
frequency 2035-2054. (Knight, NJ)
1824 UTC on 15475
GABON: Afrique Numero Un. French. African Makossa music followed by
station ID and world news . (Edward L. Mentee, Kansas City, MO; Knight, NJ)
Le Journal heard on 17630 at 1312-1314. (Serra, Italy)
1845 UTC on 13625
SWITZERLAND: Red Cross Broadcasting Svc. Feature on landmines. Fair
signal quality. (Moats, OH)
1907 UTC on 15540
ECUADOR: HCJB. News bulletin in progress at tune-in. OX Party Line at
1909 with feature on natural radio. Fair to good signal quality. (Moats, OH)
HCJB also noted at 1130 on 15115 with Wee Kids program. (Fraser. MA)
Saludos Amigos heard on 9745 at 011 3. (Wilden, IN)
1944 UTC on 7090
ANGOLA: A Voz do Resistencia de Galo Negro (tentative). Portuguese.
News, music breaks and canned announcements (with possible ID). World
news on the United States, possible ID and 2120 UTC on 9700 jingle, male
announcement m ixed with song and news. (Serra, Italy)
2120 UTC on 9700
BULGARIA: Radio Bulgaria. Report on a meeting of European bankers in
Sofia, heard on If 11 720. (Fraser, MA; Moats, OH)
2151 UTC on 15745
USA: WVHA. Prophecy Countdown to 2155 frequency change to 5850.
Station ID to Amazing Facts program. (Knight, NJ)
2245 UTC on 9655
TURKEY: Voice of Turkey. The Veiled World-the sultans' pages and their
entertainment at functions. (Fraser, MA)
2248 UTC on 9605
UNITED ARAB EMIRAT ES: UAE Radio. Relay of Capital Radio with 50's
oldies music show. Time check, ID/frequency quote and address heard with
fair quality on ff 9695. (Moats, OH) National news heard on 9770 at 2300.
(Wilden, IN)
2340 UTC 4815.01
BURKINA FASO: RD Nationale du Burkina. French. Pop, afropops and jazz
songs presented by male DJ , with talk and ID after each track. Dual IDs as,
"Radio Burkina. la radio nationale" or "Radio Burkina." Frequency quote
mixed with music, to balafon interval signal at 0000. ID repeat, national
anthem to 0003'. (Serra, Italy)

Thanks ro our conrrib111ors - Have you sem in YOUR logs?

Send to Gayle Van Hom, c/o Monitoring Times (or e-mail gay/e@grove.11et)
11gli.1h broadcast 1111/ess othen vise noted.

July 1996

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_Th_e_Q_S_L_R_e'--pa_rt_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~Ji[.]MJltliiB\iiilti-Gayle Van Hom, gay/e@grove.net

Top 'o the world to you!

Gree1ings from " the lop o f th e
world! " .. .says Mike O sborne of KNLS in
Anchors Poinl , Alaska. According to Mike,
who send s us h is recent stati on Q SL pol icy.
recepti on reports fo r KNLS w ill be verified
as qui ckl y as poss ible by either mai l. fax.
audio recording, or emai l. Al l QSLs w ill be
returned by surface mail.
To quali fy , a report must include the
d ate and ti me (UTC only) of the trans mission , the approximate frequency. and as many prog ram detail s as

ASCENSION ISLAND
BBC Atla ntic rd ay station. 17830 kHz. Full data
verification letter signed by Nicola Nicholls. Station
data sheet enclosed. Recei ved in 244 days for an
English rcpon. Station address: Eng lish Bay. Ascension lsl<1 nd, South Atlantic. (Swkes Schwanz. Mad ison. WI )
CHINA
China Radio International. 11 717 kHz. Full data QSL
card, p~rsonal letter and souvenir paper cuts.

Re-

ceived in 57 days for a taped English report nnd one

!RC. Statio n address: 2 FuxingmcnwaidjieSt., Beij ing.
Rep.
China. (Walter Szczepaniak, Philade lphia.
PA) Received same in 27 days for7405 k.Hz. (Eric M.
Walton. Vancouver. BC Canada)

or

ECUADOR
Radio Baha'i del Ecuador, 4950 kHz. Full data QSL
card with stationls stamp and verification Jett er on
station letterhead signed by William Rodriguez B.
Received in 63days for an English re port and one U.S.
dollar. Station address: Apartado 1-1. Otavalo,
lmbabura. Ecuador. (Darren White, Hattiesburg. MS)
Voz clcl Upano, 5040 kH z. Partial data Cerrificado de
Si11tonia Q SL card and veri ficati on letter on s t~tt ion
lette rhead signed by P. Do mingo Barrveco C. S tation
ca lendar enclosed. Received in 76 clays for a Spanish
report ;md one U.S. dollar. Station address: I 0 de
Agosto, Macas. Ecuador. (White. MS)
GUAM
Adventist World Radio/KS DA. 11980 kHz. Full data
Special Edition QS L card unsigned. plus program
schedule and A WR s Current news lcucr. Received in
3-1 days for an English report and mint stamps. Station
address: A WR-Asia, P.O. Box 7-168, Agat, Guam
96928. (Randy Stewart. Springfi eld. MO)
U.S. Coast Guard Station. 6501 kH z USB. Full dota
verification lcner signed by Mic hael Scott BailcyTcl/Comm/Spcc 3rd Class. Received in48days for an
English taped utility report. two IRCs. viewcard and
leuer. Station address: USCG Marianas Section-Guam.
PSC/176 FPO/A P96540-1056 USA. (Walton. CAN)
ITALY
RAl/Radio Roma. 6005 kH z. Partial data QS L card
unsig ned. Received in 64 days for a n English report.
two IRCs. one U.S. dollar and souveni r postcard.
Swtion address: RAI. Casella Postale 320. Centro.
Corrisponde nza, 00100 Ro me, Italy. (Terry Jones.
Plankinton. SD)
NEW ZEALAND
Radio New Zealand International. 11900 kHz. Part ial

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July 1996

you can suppl y. KN LS wil l provide o nly one

QSL for each report. regardless of the number
of entries. They do not provide QSLs for other
statio ns w ho may air World Chri stian Broadcasti ng programs.
Have you heard "the top of th e
worl d 'I" Co nta c t K NLS v i a e- mai l:
KNLS @aol. com ; fax: (615 ) 37 1-879 1;
phone: (615) 371-8791 ; s nail-mail: KNLS,
Anchor Point. A laska 99556 US A.; Internet:
http ://www.hax.com/WCB/AAAINDEX.HTM .

data QSL card. program schedule. station sticker, a nd

promotional booklet. Receive d in 22 days for an English
repon. two IRCs a nd one U.S. dollar. Station address:
P.O. Boz 123, Wellingto n. New Zealand. (Jones. SD)
PALAU
KHBN, 9965 kHz. Full data QSL card unsigned. Received in 24 days for an English report and two U.S.
dollars. Station address: High Adve nture Mi nistries,
KHB N. P.O. Box 66. Koror. Republic of Palau 96940.
(Wayne Childress. He lena, MT)
PANAMA
HPP/Panama lntclmar Radio, 12699 kHz USB. Full data
station logoQSLcard with illegible s ignature. Received
in 35 days for:m E nglish utility report. one U.S. dollar and
a preporcd QSL card (unused ). Station address: Casilla
2009. Balboa. Panama. (S tewan . MO)
PERU
Radio Sa1cli1e. 6726 kHz. P1111ial data Certificado de
Si11to11ia QSL. card with .ration stamp and full data
verifi cation leueron station letterhead signed by Sabino
Liao Chavez-Gerentc. Rccci vcd in I 04 days for a Spanish
repon and one U.S. dollar. Station address: E.l.R. Lida,
Gerente:. Jiren Cutervo 543. Provinc ia, Santa Cruz.
Cajamarca, Peru. (White. MS)
PHILIPPI NES
VOA Re lay. 11870 kHz. Full data QSL card uns igned,
plus a 1996 calendar. Received in 48 days for an Englis h
report. Station add ress: c/o QSL Des k. Room G-759, 330
Indepe ndence Ave. S.W., Washington, DC 20547.
(Childress. MT)
MADAGASCAR
Radio Net he rl ands relay st:ttio n, 9605 kHz. Full data
limited edition holiday lig ht QSL card unsigned. Received in 3 1 days for an English report and o ne U.S.
dollar. Station address: P.O. Box 222, I 200JG Hilversum,
The Netherla nds. (Patrick M . Griffith, Federal Heights,
CO)

l\IEDIUMWAVE
KXBT. 1640 AM kHz. Partial data QSL card signed by
Alan- AA6GM. Noted on QSL that KXBT is. "the fi rst
e xpanded band station west of New Jersey." Received in
8 clays for an English AM rcpon and one U.S. do llar.
Station address: 3267 Sonoma Blvd.. Vallejo. CA 94590.
(Griffi th, CO)
CBC/CBA Radio, 1070 AM kHz. Full data map/logo
QSL card signed by Sylvia Roy-Audience Relations.
Verifi cation on station lcucrhcad included as we ll as C BS
rad io schedule and Rlldio C11ide. Received in 62 days for
an AM report. S tation address: P.O. Box 950, 250

Archi bald St.. Moncion. NB Canada E iC 8N8

(George Knight, Garfield. NJ)
SEYCHEL.LF.S
FEBA Radio. 98 10 kHz. Full data QSL card signed.
Received in 28 da ys for an English report and 2
IRCs. Station address: Box 234, Mahe. Seychelles.
(Childress, Ml)
S HIP TRAFFIC

Seala11d Hawaii KIRF. 156.8/156.4 MHz (Container Vessel). Full data prepared QSL card verified, route sheet enclosed. Received in 29 days for
an English utility report and mint stamps. S hip
address: Sea-Land Service Inc .. P.O. Box 2000,
Eliz.1bcth. NJ 07207. (Hank Holbrook, MD)
Dixie Co11u11mulerW BS6455, 156.8/ 157 .025 MHz
(lntereoastal Tug & Barge). Full data QS L card
verified and photo of vesse l. Received in 16 days
fornn English utility report and mint stamps. Ship
address: c/o Dixie Carriers Inc.. P.O . Box 880.
Harvey. LA 70059. (Ho lbrook.. MD)
S LOVAKIA
Radio Slovakia Inte rnatio nal. 5930
kHz. Full data

IJappy 3rd Birthday glo be/ logo

card unsigned. Received in 22 days
for a taped English
rcportandone U.S.
do llar. Station address: Mytna I ,
8 1290 Bratislava.
Slovak Republic.
(Sze7,e paniak. PA)
SURINAME
Rad ioApintie. 4990.93 k.H z. Full data verification
on station letterhead. signed by Ch . E. VervuurtGeneral Manager. Tourist brochures e nc losed.
Received in 65 days fora n English report. casseue
tape and one U.S. dollar. Station address: P.O. Box
595, Paramaribo, Suriname. (S tewan. MO)
UNITED STATES
WVHA. 5850/15745 kH z. Full data curtai n antenna photo QSL card signed by David Evans.
Received in 12 days for a taped Eng lish repon and
letter. Station QSL address: c/o Prophecy Countdown. Inc., P.O. Box 1844. Mt. Dom. FL 32757.
( Kni ght. NJ)

How TO UsE THE SHORTWAVE GUIDE .

1:

Convert your time to UTC.

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

Choose a program or station you want to hear.

Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page for
prime listening hours-space does not permit 24-hour listings except for
the "Newsline" listing, which begins on the next page.
Occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X 0000: This
information indicatesthat 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.
S: Sunday
T: Tuesday
H: Thursday A: Saturday
M: Monday
W: Wednesday F: Friday
3:
Find the frequencies for the program or station you
want to hear.
Look at the page which corresponds to the time you will be listening.
Comprehensive frequency information for English broadcasts can be found
at the top half of the page. All frequencies are in kHz.
The frequency listing uses the same day codes as the program listings; if a broadcast is not daily, those day codes will appear before the

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

which includes languages besides English are coded "vi" (various languages).
4: Choose the most promising frequencies for the time,
location and conditions.
Not all stations can be heard and none all the time on all frequencies. To help you find the most promising frequency, we've included information on the target area of each broadcast. Frequencies beamed toward
your area will generally be easier to hear than those beamed elsewhere,
even though the latter will often still be audible. Every frequency is followed by one of these target codes:
am:
na:
ca:
sa:
eu :
at:
me:

The Americas
North America
Central America
South America
Europe
Africa
Middle East

as:
au:
pa:
va:
do:
om:

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.

HOT NEWS ...... .

WGTG Joins the Baker Brigade.
Patriot Radi o now dominates the
output of this Christian radio station
on 9400 kHz via a linkup wit h Dr.
Jeffrey A. Baker s Ameri Net
Broadcasting of Tampa. Florida.
(See this month 's background
feature on the building of WGTG. )
Most programs have a distinct
religious flavor while deal ing with
other matters such as hc::al!h.
finan cial matters, and survival
preparedness. This mo111h \
Selected Programs include
WGTG 's program s for the times
normally listed. The remainder of
the Mon-Fri schedule is as follows
(Sat-Sun ail religious):
1700 Science and Reason
1800 Blueprint for Survival
I 900 The Preparedness Hour
2000 Wellness Now
2100 Financial Surv. in the 90's
2200 Prophecy in the News

Asia
Australia
Pacific
various
domestic broadcast
omnidirectional

PROGRAMMING TIPS BY JIM f RIMMEL

Internet via a World Wide Web site
(http://www.cna.com.tw). The site
contains news in English and
Chinese and a photo service (IJ BC
Monitoring).
We note that the increase in
speed is over 500 percent'
However. thi s is a passwordprotected. pay service: you can get
temporary access for examination.
African News
For news from Pan African
News Agcncy (PANA). try internet
URL http://www.sacs.org.za/
lcvcl2/pana.htm. You'll find a
searchable database , transcriptions
from South Africa radio and
te levision and other items. Best of
all. this one is a free service.

BBC Worldwide Update

In a letter to subscribers. the
now-defunct magazine announced
the deci sion to close down was due
Internet Replaces RTTY Service. to rising production costs and
The offi cial Taiwanese Ce111rai
market research. Readers. they
News Agency (CNA) has dropped
advise. wanted a more listing-based
its radioteletype service. The
publication. BBC World11ic/e's
service. whieh used to transmit in
replacement will be called BBC On
English on four shortwave
Air Maga::.ine. The price will he
frequencies at 0045-0330 and 08 15- S3.50 pcr issue or $30 (US) for a
1 I00 UTC, ceased such transmisone-year subscription. Current
sions at the end of April. C NA now subscribers will receive extended
makes its material available on the
subscriptions based on their

expiration dat..:s or re fund s. BBC On

Air will contain up-to-date program
and frequency information for

li steners of BBC World Servicc as

we ll as BBC te levision. The lirst
issue (June ) was not yet rece ived as
of May 29th.

Up All Night
Can' t sleep during the hot weather or while on voction? Here's some
eosytoheor (in NAm) shortwave broadcasts with interesting programs:

UTC Times
0700-0730
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0900
0730-0830
07300900
0800-0900
0800-1000
0800-100 0
0800-1100
0830-1030
09000930
0900-0950
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000 1100
1000-1100
1000-1100

Broadcaster
Australia
BBC (Africa)
BBC (Asia Pacific)
BBC (Europe)
Costa Rico (RFPI)
Japan
Taiwan (VOFC)
Monitor Radio lnt'I
Netherlands
Australia
BBC (Europe)
BBC (Africa)
W'llCR #3
New Zealand
Netherlands
Switzerland
Germany
Australia
BBC (Americas)
BBC (Asia Pacific)
BBC (Europe)
Monitor Radio lnt' I
Costa Rico (RFPI)
Australia
BBC (Africa)
BBC (Americas)
BBC (Asia Pacific)
BBC (Europe)
Monitor Radio lnt'I

July 1996

fum.l

9.860
6.005
7.145
6.195
7.385
7.230
5.950
7.535
9.720
9.580
15.400
15.400
5065
6.100
9.720
9.885
6.1 60
9.860
15.190
9.740
15.400
7.535
7.385
9.580
17.830
5.965
9.740
15.070
7.395

ills..1

11 .880

llig_1

13.605

7.325

11.895
9.860

6.020

17.830

9.580

9.510

17.830
7.395
6.205
9.860

7.240

6.195

15.190

6.095

9.430

9.430

MONITORING TIMES

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Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager

North Carolina

swbcsked@grove.net

Dave Datko

Loyd Van Horn

California

Brasstown, N.C.

MT MONITORING TEAM

Jim Frimmel, Program Manager

Next Reporting Deadline

July 18, 1996

Texas

DXComp@aot.com

Jacques d'Avignon
Propagation Forecasts
Ontario. Canada
monitor@limestone.kosone.com

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 fM EDT, l;l:QQ PM POI)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec)
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl [T-A]
Radio Australia
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Radio Ukraine Intl
Radio Yugoslavia [M-A]
Voice of America (am)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) (T-A[

0001

Radio Norway Intl [M]

Radio Prague
Radio Sweden [T-A]
Radio Tashkent
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (am)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Indonesia [F]
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam

0101
Croatian Radio

0102
A Slovakia Intl"

0110
Radio Australia [M-F]'

0113
0130

Radio Cairo

0030

0145

All India Radio

Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Sweden [T-AJ
Radio Thailand [T-S]
Radio Vilnius [M-A)
Voice of America (am) [T-SJ
(Special English)
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia

Radio Tirana

0003
Radio Pyongyang

0010
China Radio Intl'
Voice of America (ca) [T-A)"

0015

0035
Voice of Iran

0045
BBC (amr
BBC (as pacr
BBC (south as)'

0050
RAI Intl Italy

0100 UTC
(!!;QQ fM !;OT, !i:QO PM eon
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Canada (North-Quebec) [SJ
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (am)
Monitor Radio Intl [T-A]
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl

44

MONITORING TIMES

Radio Havana Cuba (T-S)"

Radio Sweden [T-A]

Voice of America (al ) [M-F]
(Special English)
Voice of Russia

0215

0340

Radio Cairo
Radio Nepal

0355

0230

Radio Japan (W-M)

Voice of Free China

0213

Radio Austria Intl

Radio Budapest
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Pakistan
Radio Portugal Intl [T-A]
Radio Sweden [T-A)
Radio Tirana
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam

Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]"

BBC (as pac)
BBC (south as) [A-MJ
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Sweden [T-AJ
Voice of Greece
Voice of Russia [T-AJ
Voice of Vietnam

Croatian Radio

0203

0152
Vatican Radio

0155
Radio Canada Intl [T-A)
Voice of Indonesia [F)

0200 UTC
(]Q;QQ f M EDT, 7:00 PM
.fQI)
BBC (af) (Newsday)
BBC (am) (Newsday)
BBC (as pac) (Newsday)
BBC (eu) (Newsday)
BBC (south as) (Newsday)
Canada (North-Quebec)
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [T-A)
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl [T-AJ
Radio Romania Intl
RAE Argentina [T-A]
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHAi (Angel 2) [T-A)
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [T-A)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [T-A)

0201
Croatian Radio

July 1996

0300 UTC
(11 ;QQ fM Et!L !!;QQ fM
.fQI)
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) [S-FJ
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [T-A)
Radio Australia
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand lnll (M-A)
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Radio Ukraine Intl
Voice of America (af) [A-SJ
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
WHAi (Angel 2) [T-AJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [T-AJ
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [T-AJ

Voice of Greece

0400 UTC
(12:QQ AM EDT, !!:QQ fM
f DT)
BBC (al) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) [S-F] (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl (T-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
Radio New Zealand Intl (A)
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-F)"
Radio Norway Intl [M)
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Tanzania
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) (T-A)
WYFR (Satellite Network) (A)
ZBC Zimbabwe

BBC (as pac) (Newsday)

BBC (eu) (Newsday)
BBC (south as) (Newsday)
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (am)
Monitor Radio Intl [T-F]
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada Intl [M-FJ
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [S-FJ
Vatican Radio (AJ
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [T-A)

0510
Radio Australia (M-F]'

0513
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)"

0530
BBC (af) [A-SJ'
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [T-A)
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia

0555
Radio Japan (AJ

0600 UTC
(2;QQAM f;QL 11 ;QQ fM
f.QI)

Radio Cairo

BBC (af) (A-S)"

BBC (eu) [AJ (Newsdesk)
Radio Havana Cuba [T-A)
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of Russia

0320

0431

BBC (af)
BBC (am) (M-AJ
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [T-F)
Radio Australia
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl (M-AJ
Radio Norway Intl (SJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (al) (A-SJ
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) (SJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [M-F)

Radio Philipinas [M-A]

Vatican Radio [T-SJ

Voice of America (af) (M-F)"

0601

0330

0500 UTC
(l ;QQ AM EDL l Q;QQ fM

0603

.fQI)
AWA Latin America [TA)"
BBC (af) (Newsday)
BBC (am) (Newsday)

0613

0401
Croatian Radio

0403
Radio Pyongyang

0410
China Radio Intl'

0301

0413

Croatian Radio
Voice of America (af) (M-F)"

0425

Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)"

0303

AAI Intl Italy

Voice of Free China

0430

0310
China Radio Intl'

0313
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]'

0315

BBC (af) [A-SJ"

BBC (eu) [A)
Radio Dubai
Radio Havana Cuba (T-S)
Radio Prague

Voice of America (af) (M-F)'

Radio Pyongyang
Radio Havana Cuba (T-S)"

0615
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)

0630
BBC (af) [AS)'
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba (T-SJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Val ican Radio (HJ
Voice of Nigeria (M-FJ
Voice of Russia
0631
Radio Romania Intl
0645
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Nigeria [T-F)'
0655
Radio Japan [W-MJ
0700 UTC
{J;OQ AM EDT, 12:QQ

AM

fQil
BBC (af)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Monitor Radio Intl (TFJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [MAJ
Radio Prague
Voice of Malaysia
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
0703
C roatian Radio
Radio Pyongyang
Voice of Free China
0710
Radio Australia [MFJ'
07 15
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
0717
Radio New Zealand Intl [HJ'
0730
HCJB (eu)
Radio Austri a Intl
Radio Nether lands Intl
Voice of Greece
Voice of Russia [T-AJ
0750
Russia (Radio Pacific Ocean)
(AJ
0755
Radio Japan
0800 UTC
(4;QQ AM EQL l ;QQ AM
BBC (af)
B BC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
KNLS (Alaska)
Monitor Radio Intl (M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Norway Intl (SJ
Radio Pakistan
Voice of Indonesia [AHJ
Voice of Malaysia
Voice of Russia
0803
Croatian Radio
Radio Pyongyang
0810
Radio New Zealand Intl (MFJ'
0830
R Slovakia Intl [WMJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Russia
0832
R Slovakia Intl [T]'

er;m

0855
Voice of Indonesia (A-HJ
0900 UTC
(5;QQ AM f;;QL ll;QQ AM eQD
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (pac)
Monilor Radio Intl (MAJ
Papua New Guinea [M)'
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl (MAJ
Radio Prague
Radio Vlaanderen Intl [M-AJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
0903
C roatian Radio
09 10
China Radio Intl'
Radio Australia [M-F]'
0930
FEBC (Philippines) [MAJ
Radio Austria Intl [MAJ
Radio Finland
Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Russia
0945
Deutsche Welle (M FJ'
0955
Radio Japan
1000 UTC
(;QQ AM !;OT, ;l:OO AM POI)
All India Radio
BBC (af) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio New Zealand Intl [SFl
Radio Tanzania
Voice of Am erica (as)
Voice of Am erica (ca)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHAi (Angel 2) [AJ
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M
AJ
1010
China Radio Intl'
1015
Radio New Zealand Intl (MF]'
1020
Radio New Zealand Intl (HJ'
Val ican Radio (MAJ
1030
FEBC (Philippines) (M-F]'
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Dubai
Radio Finland
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Prague
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia
1045
Voice of Nigeria (A-SJ'

1100 UTC
{7;QQ AM EDL ~;QQ AM e1m
BBC (af) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Canada (North-Quebec) (ASJ
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl (MAJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Ghana [A-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl
(Newsdesk)
Radio Pakistan
Radio Singapore Intl
Swiss Radio Intl
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Russia
WGTG (Georgia) [AJ
WHA i (Angel 2) (AJ
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) (AJ
WYFR (Satellite Network) (M
F]
1102
Radio Mozambique
1103
Radio Pyongyang
1110
Radio Australia'
1130
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Finland [MFJ
Radio Korea
Radio Netherla nds Intl
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Sweden [MFJ
Voice of Asia
Voice of Russia
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M
FJ
1135
Voice of Iran
1145
Deutsche Welle [M-F]'
1155
Radio Japan [S Fl
1200 UTC
{!!;QQ AM EDT, S;QQ AM eQil
BBC (af) [MAJ
BBC(am)
BBC (a s pac) [MAJ
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [ASJ
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl [MAJ
Papua New Guinea
Polish Radio (AJ
Polish Radio (MFJ'
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio France Intl
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl [HTJ
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Tashkent
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
WGTG (Georgia) [MAI
WYFR (Satellite Network) (M
FJ
1203
Voice o f Free China

1204
HCJB (am) [MFJ
1210
China Radio Intl'
1215
BBC (af) (MAJ'
BBC (as pac) (MFJ'
BBC (eu)'
BBC (soulh as) (MAJ'
1230
HCJB (am) [MF)'
Radio Bangladesh (SMJ
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Finland
Radio Korea (S-W/ AJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl (S J
Voice of Russia (MAJ
Voice of Turkey
Voice of Vietnam
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M
FJ
1231
Radio France Intl [T]'
1240
Voice of Greece
1300 UTC
(l!;QQ AM EDL ;QQ AM eo!)
BBC (af) (Newshour)
BBC (am) (Newshour)
BBC (as pac) (Newshour)
BBC (eu) (Newshour)
BBC (south as) (Newshour)
Canada (North-Quebec) [ASJ
China Radio Intl
KNLS (Alaska)
Monitor Radio Intl (MAJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl [SFJ
Radio Ghana
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Radio Prague
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Tanzania [ASJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl [MAJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
Voice o f America (as)
Voice o f Kenya
Voice of Russia
WGTG (Georgia) [SFJ
WHRI (Angel 2) [M-FJ
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M
FJ
1303
Croatian Radio
Radio Pyongyang
1310
China Radio Intl'
Radiobras (M-F)'
1324
HCJB (am) [MFJ
1328
Radio Cairo
1330
All India Radio
FEBC (Philippines) (MAJ
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Dubai
Radio Netherl ands Intl
Radio Singapore Intl [TSI
Radio Sweden [MFJ
Radio Tashkent
Radio Yugoslavia

July 1996

Voice of America (as) (Special

English)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
1335
FEBC (Philippines) (MF]'
Voice of Greece
1355
Radio Singapore Intl (ASJ
Radio Singapore Intl (MF]'
1400 UTC
(lQ;QQ AM !;DI Z;QQ AM
PDTl
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) (ASJ
Chin a Radio Intl
Monilor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada Intl [SJ
Radio France Intl
Radio Ghana
Radio Japan
Radio Pakistan
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
WGTG (Georgia) (AJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (MF)
1410
China Radio Intl'
1415
Radio Nepal
1424
HCJB (am) (MF]
1430
FEBC (Philippines) [M-AJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Romania Intl
ATM Morocco [SI
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M
FJ
1431
Radio France Intl (T)'
1445
All India Radio
Voice of Myanmar (Bu rma)
1455
Radio Japan (A]
1500 UTC
{l 1 ;QQ AM EQL !!QQ AM
PDTl
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac) (ASJ
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) (ASJ
Channel Africa
C hina Radio Intl
Estonian Radio [MFJ
Monitor Radio Intl (MAJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl [S J
Radio Japan
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [MFl
WYFR (Satellite Networ k) (Al

MONITORING TIMES

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Radio Pyongyang
1510
China Radio Intl (W-M]'
151 1
China Radio Intl [TJ'
1530
All India Radio'
FEBA (Seychelles)
FEBC (Philippines) (M-AJ
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Portugal Intl (M-FJ
Voice of Nigeria (M-FJ
Voice of Russia
1535
Voice of Iran
1555
Radio Japan (AJ
1600 UTC
(12;QQ e M EDL 9:QQ AM
PDT)
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) [AJ
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [AJ
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl (M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio France Intl
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Norway Intl {SJ
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Radio Tanzania
Voice of America (al) {A-SJ
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Ethiopia
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHRI (Angel 1) [M-AJ
WHAi (Angel 2) (AJ
WANO (Louisiana) (M-FJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) {M-AJ
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
WYFR (Satellite Network) {MAJ
1610
China Radio Intl'
1612
Va tican Radio {S-FJ
1615
Radio Tirana
Vatican Radio
1630
Channel Africa {F]'
R Slovakia Intl (T-S)
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Dubai
Voice of America (af) (M-F]'
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)
Voice of Ethiopia
Voice of Russia (S-FJ
1632
A Slovakia Intl (M]'
1633
Deutsche Welle [M)'
1638
Deutsche Welle [T-F)'
1645
BBC (am) (S-F]'

46

MONITORING TIMES

BBC (as pac) [M-F]'

BBC (eu) [M-F)'
Radio Canada Intl [M-FJ
1700 UTC
(l ;QQ eM EDT, 10:00 AM
PDT
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) (M-AJ
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) (AJ
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio In tl (M-AJ
Polish Radio (AJ
Polish Radio (M-F]'
Radio Australia
Radio France Intl
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio New Zealand Intl (M-F]'
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WANO (Louisiana) {M-F]
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) {M-AJ
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) {M-FJ
1703
Radio Pyongyang
17 t 0
Cliina Radio Intl'
Radio Australia
1730
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl (M-F]'
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Russia
WHRI (Angel 1) [M-FJ
1740
BBC (al)'
1745
Voice of Armenia
1800 UTC
(2:0Q PM EDT, 11 :00 AM

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All India Radio

BBC (al) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Monitor Ra dio Intl {M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio New Zealand Intl (M-F]'
Radio Norway Intl (SJ
Radio Omdurman
Radio Tanzania
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Radio Yemen
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
Voice ot America (af) (A-SJ
Voice of America (al) (M-F]'
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHRI (Angel 1) {M-FJ
1802
Radio Mozambique
t 830
BBC (al) {A-S]'
R Slovakia Intl [T-S]
Radio Bangladesh
Radio Korea {S-W/AJ

July 1996

Radio Kuwait
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl (M-F]'
Radio Sweden (M-FJ
Radio Tirana
Radio Yemen
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of America (af) (A-SJ
(Special English)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
t 832
R Slovakia Intl (M]'
t 840
Voice of Greece (M-AJ
t 855
Radio New Zealand Intl (M]'
1900 UTC
(J:QQ eM EDT, J 2:QQ eM
fQI)
All India Radio
BBC (af)
BBC (as pac) (Newsl1our)
BBC (eu) (Newshour)
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Estonian Radio {M/HJ
HCJB (eu)
Monitor Radio Intl (M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand lnll
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Vilnius
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHRI (Angel 1) [M-FJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) (M-AJ
t910
China Radio Intl'
Radio Australia {M-F]'
Radiobras [M-F]'
1930
Deutsche Welle [M-F]'
Polish Radio {A-SJ
Polish Radio {M-F]'
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealan d Intl (S-H]'
Radio Sweden {M-FJ
t935
RAI Intl Italy
Voice of Iran
2000 UTC

(!l;!l!l eM i:;QL l ;QQ eM eon

BBC (af) (Newshour)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl {M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Norway Intl (SJ
Radio Portugal Intl {M-FJ
Radio Prague
Swiss Radio Intl

Swiss Radio Intl (eu)

Voice of America (af) [A-SJ
Voice of America (af) (M-F]'
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Greece (M-AJ
Voice of Indonesia
Voice of Nigeria (M-FJ
Voice of Russia
WHAi (Angel 1) (M-FJ
WHRI (Angel 2) (M-FJ
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
2003
Radio Pyongyang
2007
Radio Damascus (S-FJ
2010
China Radio Intl'
2025
RAI Intl Italy
2030
Radio Dnestr (Moldova) (M/WH/AJ
Radio Finland
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl [S-H]'
Radio Riga Intl {M-FJ
Radio Thailand
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of Armenia
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
2055
Radio Canada Intl [M-FJ
Voice o f Indonesia [MJ
2057
Radio Kuwait
2100 UTC
(5:00 PM EDT, 2;QO eM PQI)
All India Radio
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Havana Cuba [M-AJ
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl {A-M/
HJ
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Ukraine Intl
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of America (al )
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WHRI (Angel 2) (M-FJ
WWCR #1 (Tenn essee) [M-W/
FJ
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
2110
Chi na Radio Intl'
2113
Radio Damascus
2115
BBC (al)'
BBC (eu)'
2120
Radio Cairo
2130
Radio Cairo

Radio Havana Cuba [M-A]'

Radio New Zealand Intl [S-H]'
Radio Sweden (M-FJ
Voice of Russia (M-FJ
2 135
Voice of Iran
2200 UTC
(6:00 PM !;QT, J;QQ PM POD
All India Radio
BBC (al) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (New sdesk)
Canada (North-Quebec) (SJ
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl (M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Havana Cuba (M-AJ
Radio New Zealand Intl (A-HJ
Radio Norway Intl (SJ
RAI Intl Italy
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
WHRI (Angel 2) [M-FJ
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (S-F]
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) {S-F]
2203
Croatian Radio
Voice of Free China
22 t 0
China Radio Intl'
22 15
Radio Cairo
2230
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [M-A]'
Radio P rague
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia
2240
Radio Cairo
Voice of Greece (S-FJ
2300 UTC
(7:QQ eM EDL !\:00 PM PDT)
All India Radio
BBC (af) {S-FJ
BBC (am) {S-FJ
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) {S-FJ
Canada (North-Quebec) [AJ
Deutsche Welle
KWHR (Hawaii) (M-FJ
Monitor Radio Intl (M-AJ
Radio Aus tralia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl {F-AJ
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
WHRI (Angel 2) [M-FJ
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) {M-FJ
230 1
Croatian Radio
2303
Radio Pyongyang
2315
Radio Cairo
2330
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl {S-HJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
2335
Voice of Greece {S-FJ

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United Kingdom. BBC WS

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United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Sall lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio lnli
USA, Voice of America

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USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. \VAMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee fl
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Iran. VQIAI
Australia. Radio

0030-0100
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0038-0055 1&3rd m
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Ecuador. HCJB
Lithuania. Radio Vilnius
Netherlands. Radio
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
Sweden. Radio
Thailand. Radio
India, All India Radio
Denmark, A Denmark Intl
llaly. RAI Intl

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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0000
0000
0004
0008
0016
0025
0038
0053

0053

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: The Best of Mother Angelica

Live. Mother Angelica.
USA. WRNO. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
Brother R. G. Stair preaches about the last days.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Live in Prague. Jazz from one of
Prague's night spots.
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl: Ukrainian Oiary. The most important
events In Ukraine during the past week.
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl: Hello from Kiev. Weekly mailbag
program of letter-reading. responses. and music.
Netherlands, Radio: Music Break. Aveminules of music at
the end ot an hour's program.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. Correspondent reports.
interviews. and commentaries on current events.
Netherlands. Radio: Weekend. Maggie Ayre joins colleagues
from BBC World Service, Radio France International and
Deutsche Welle tor a weekly look at issues and themes
important throughout Europe.
Netherlands, Radio: Weekend. See S 0053.

Mondays
0000
0000
0004
0006
00 13
0019
0019
0025
0030
0035
0053

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Mother Angelica Live (encore).

Down 10 earth (and sometimes humorous) inspiration.
USA, WANO, New Orleans LA: Herald of Truth. See S0130.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S t 304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: The Week and Politics. See S
1236.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: From the Weeklies. See S 1243.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: What's Up. See S 1249.
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl: Music from Ukraine. Ukrainian folk
music.
Netherlands, Radio: Press Review. Summary of ttems in the
Dutch media.
USA. WRNO, New Orleans LA Amencan Dissident Voices.
Sees OtOO.
Netherlands, Radio: Sincerely Yours. See S l t 38.
Netherlands, Radio: Sounds Interesting. See S t 153.

Tuesdays
0000
0000
0004
0009
0015

48

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Pillars of Faith (love). Bishop D.

Foley takes telephone questions about Catholic doctrine.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S 0000.
Czech Rep, Radio Praguo: Current Attairs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl: Ukrainian Diary. See S 0008.

MONITORING TIMES

July 1996

0025
0038
0053

Netherlands. Radio: Press Review See M 0025.

Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Netherlands. Radio: Research File. See M 1153.

Wednesdays
0000
0000
0005
0020
0023
0025
0040
0053

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al : Mother Angelica Live Family

Night. A simulcast of the TV program.
USA. WRNO. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
SeeSOOOO.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Ukraine. A Ukraine Intl: Closeup. See T 0320.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: What's Up. See S t249.
Netherlands, Radio: Press Review. See M 0025.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Netherlands. Radio: Mirror Images. See T t 153.

Thursdays
0000
0000
0005
0010
0013
0020
0021
0025
0038
0054
0054
0054
0054
0054

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Mother Angelica Live. See M

0000.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S 0000.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Curren! Attalrs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: From the Archives. Sec W 1313.
Ukraine. A Ukraine Intl: Closeup. See T 0320.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: The Arts. See W 1321.
Netherlands. Radio: Press Revrew. See M 0025.
Netherlands. Radio: Newshne. See S 0038.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (1). Lessons In
Revolution (4lh). See W 1t54.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (2). Preparing 1or Allanta
- Part t (1 tlh). See A 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (3). Preparing for Atlanta
- Part 2 (18th). See F t454
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (4). Livmg on the Land Part 1 (25th). See F 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (5). Living on the Land Part 2 ( t Jul) A three part series. Pan 2 examines crotting
in the Sco1lish Highlands

Fridays
0000
0000
0005
0009

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Molher Angelica live

(encore). See M 0000.
USA, WHNO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S0000.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Curren! Affairs. See S t304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M t 309.

0017
0020
0025
0038
0053

Czech Rep. Radio Prague. I'd Like You 10 Meet. See H t319.
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl Closeup. See T 0320.
Netherlands, Radio. Press Review See M 0025.
Netherlands, Radio: Newshne. See S 0038.
Netherlands. Radio: Media Nell'lork. See H 0153.

Saturdays
0000

0000
0006
0007
001 1
0014
0018
0025
0038
0053

USA. WEWN B1rm1ngham AL: The Best of Mother Angelica

Live See S 0000.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast. See
s 0000.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S t304.
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl: The Week. The history and tradi1ion of
Ukrainian cullure.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M t309.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Calling All Listeners. See F 1314.
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl: Baroque. A program of Ukrainian
culture.
Netherlands, Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsllne. See S 0038.
Netherlands. Radio: A Good Life. See M 1253.

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Australia, VLBA Alice Spg

Aus1ratia. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Australia.DefenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toron10
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. A Canada Intl

01000200
01000200
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01000150

Costa Rica.RF Peace lnll

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

01000115
01000130
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01000110
01000200

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Hungary. Radio Budapes1
Indonesia. Voice of
Iran, VOIRI
Italy. RAI Intl
Japan. NHK/Radio

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Lebanon. Wings of Hope

Malaysia. Radio
Ne1herlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia ws

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Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia

Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Uni1ed Kingdom. BBC WS

01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Moni1or Radio Intl
USA, Voice of America

01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000130 m
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000120
01000200

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJGR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Vietnam. Voice of

0103-0110
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01300150
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01300200
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Croatia. Croatian Radio

USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Greece. Voice of
Austria. R Austna Intl
Greece. Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Vatican Stale. Valican A
Albania. R Tirana Intl

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7405am
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9955am
7355am
3230am
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5940na
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7465am
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7130na
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7265as
9915va

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5975va
7325va
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6175va
9560va
11955as

7115as
9635as
13740am
17740as

7205as
9775am
15170as
17820as

5065am

5935am

7435am

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7285as
9840na

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9815am

9430am
6130am
9455am
11725as
15250as
7425na

13595na

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9420na

9935na

9420na
7305as
7290am
9560am
7335as
7160na

9935na
9860as
9435am

11 655as

SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . .
Sundays
0100

0100
0100
0100
0105
0115
0115
011 5
0125
0130
0145

US . WEWN Birmingham AL: St Joseph Radio Presents. A

discussion of Catholic beliefs and prac11ces for all
denominations (repeat).
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: FIRE (Feminist lnt'I Radio
Endeavour). Featuring women's voices on every imaginable
topic.
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA: Strength for the Day. A lime of
medi1at1on.
USA. WANO, Nel'I Orleans LA: American Dissiden1 Voices.
The facist pom1 or view is expounded.
Switzerland. Sl'liss A Intl: Newsnet. Ten minutes of
comment and backgrounders lrom corresponden1s: 15
monutes on what's happening in Switzerland.
Switzerland, Swiss A Intl: Capital Leners (214). SAi's
bimonthly mailbag and listener contact program.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: The Name Game (1/315). A
chance for you to tes1 your knowledge of Switzerland and
win prizes.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Answers. Pat Robertson.
Netherlands, Radio: Program Info. Summary of upcoming
program schedules.
USA, WANO. New Orleans LA: Herald of Truth. Biblebased
solutions 10 personal and na1ional problems.
USA, WANO. New Orleans LA: Jazz. Nonstop modern and
progressive jazz.

Mondays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0104
0105
0106
01 13
01 19
0125
0138
0154

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: St. Joseph Radio Presen1s.

See S 0100.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: FIRE (Femonist lnl'I Radio
Endeavour). See S 0100.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Guidelines for Living. Bringing
the physical 1ru1h and physchological impac1 to living.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: World of Prophecy. Texe
Marrs and a guest discuss the evils and pitfalls of today and
the outlook for tomorrow.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Switzerland. Swiss A Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: The Week and Politics. See S
1236.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: From 1he Weeklies. See S 1243.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Vlhal's Up. See S 1249.
Netherlands. Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
Netherlands. Radio: Wide Angle. See S 1238.
Netherlands. Radio: Siren Song. See S 1254.

Tuesdays

0100
0100
0100
0100
0104
0105
0109
0120
0125
0138
0153

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: St. Joseph Radio Presents. See

s 0100.

Costa Rica, A Peace Intl: FIRE (Feminist Int'! Radio

Endeavour). See S 0100.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Guidelines for Living. See M 0100.
USA, KVDH Los Angeles GA: Strength for 1hc Day. A lime of
meditation.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Af1airs. See S 1304.
Swi12er1and. Swiss A tnll: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Music of Hope. Recordings ol
contemporary chnstian music.
Ne1herlands. Radio: Program lnlo See S 0125.
Ne1herlands, Radio: Newsfine. See S 0038.
Ne1herlands, Radio: A Good Life. Sec M 1253.

0121
0125
0138
0153

Fridal s
0100

0100
0100
0100

~~d~:.~~J~irmingham
AL: St. Joseph Radio Presents. See
s 0100.

0105
0105
0109
01 17
0120

0100
0100

0125
0138
0153

0100

0105
0105
0120
0123
0125
0138
0153

Cos1a Rica. A Peace lnU: FIRE (Fem1nis1ln1'1 Radio

Endeavour). See S 0100.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Guidelines for Living. See M 0100.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Streng1h for 1he Day. A time of
meditation.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. Sec S t304.
Sl'litzerland, Swiss A lnU: Newsnet. See S0105.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles GA: Music of Hope. Recordings of
con1emporary chns1ian music.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Whal's Up. See S 1249.
Netherlands, Radio: Program ln1o. See S 0125.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Netherlands, Radio: Afncan Season See T 1253.

!i~oUr!J~A~J~wrl
Birmingham AL: L1veV/ire (live). Live call-in
program.
0100
0100
0100
0105
0105
0110
0113
0120

Costa Rica. A Peace Intl: FIRE (Feminis1 lnt'I Radio

Endeavour). See S 0100.
Philippines. FE8C Manila: Guidelines for Living. See M 0100.
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA: S1rength for the Day. A time of
meditation.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Switzerland, Swiss R tnU: Newsnet. Sec S 0105.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: From 1he Art:hives. See W 1313.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Music of Hope. Recordings of
contemporary christian music.

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: The Arts. See W 1321.

Netherlands, Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
Notherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Netherlands, Radio: Media Network. Jona1han Marks and
Diana Janssen look at theworld of broadcas1ing. Top-rated.
A. WEWN Birmingham AL: St. Joseph Radio Presents.
See S 0100.
Cos1a Rica, A Peace tn11: FIRE (Feminist lnt'I Radio
Endeavour). See S 0100.
Phdippines. FEBC Manila: Guidelines for Living. See M
0100.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Strength lor the Day. A lime of
medrtation.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. Sec S 1304.
Swotzerland. Swiss A Intl: Nel'lsnet. See S 0105.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: I'd Like You to Meet. See H 1319.
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA: Music of Hope. Recordings of
contemporary christian music.
Ne1herlands. Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Netherlands. Radio: Research File. See M 1153.

~~OtUt~i~wN
Birmingham AL: St. Joseph Radio Presen1s.
See S 0100.
0100
0100
0105
Ot06
01 11
01 14
0125
0138
0154
0154

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: FIRE (Feminist lnt'I Radio

Endeavour). See S 0100.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Streng1h for 1he Day. A lime of
medi1a1ion.
Swi1zerland, Swiss R lnU: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Galling All Listeners. See F 13t4.
Nelherlands, Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Netherlands. Radio: From Sapphire 10 Laser. See F 1253.
Radio Netherlands: Documen1ary (1 ). Lessons in Revolution
(6th). See W t 154. (2). Preparing for Atlanta - Part 1
(13th). Howard Shannon looks al how Dutch athletes have
been readying themselves. (3). Preparing for Atlanta - Part
2 (201h). See F 1454. (4). Living on the Land - Part 1
(271~ . See F 2354. (5). Living on the Land - Part 2 (3 Jul).
See 0054.

Jvly 1996

MONITORlNG TIMES

49

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0200-0300

Argentina. RAE
Australia. Radio

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0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
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0200-0300
0200-0259

Australia, VLBA Alice Spg

Australia. VLBK Kalhenne
Auslraha. VLBT Tent Crk
Australia.DefenseForces R
Bangladesh. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St Jolrn's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0250

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

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

02000300 vi
0200-0300
0200-0300 smlwh
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300 vi
02000300

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp

Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl

02000300

Russia.Voice of Russra WS

02000230
02000300
02000300

Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia

Slovakia. Adv World Radio
South Korea. R Korea Intl

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Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC

Taiwan. VO Free China

0200-0300

United Kmgdom. BBC WS

0200-0300
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0200-0300
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0200-0300
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USA. KAIJ Danas TX

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

0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300
02000300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0203-0210
0215-0225
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0230-0259
0230-0300
0230-0255
0230-0245

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesvrlle IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashvrlle TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Nepal. Radio
Albania. R Tirana Intl
Austria. R Austria Intl
Hungary. Radio Budapest
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Pakistan. Radio

02300300
Philippines. R Prhprnas
0230-0300 twh
Portugal. R Portugal Intl
02300300
Sweden. Radio
0238-0255 1&3rd m Denmark, R Denmark Intl
02450300
India. All India Radio
02500300

Vatican State, Vatican R

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SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . .

~~Rd~Y.
~EWN Birmingham AL Prayer Quest. Father Thomas
Dubay of the Society of Mary talks about contemplation and
0200
0200
0200
0225
0230
0230
0238
0253

med1tal1on.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: World ol Radio. Glenn Hauser's
essential program for the shortwave listener.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA Counsel Talk. Open line radio
for those who want to meet problems head on
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: New Orleans Jazz Club. A
musical geography of New Orleans.
Netherlands. Radio: Program Info. See S 0125
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: RFPl's Mailbag The latest news and
happcmnos at Rf Pl and responses to listener letters.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: Prophecy Flash William F.
Dankonbring evangelizes from Californra.
Netherlands, Radio: NevtSline. See S 0038.
Netherlands, Radio: Weekend. See S 0053.

0200
0225
0230
0230
0238
0253

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: UN World Chronicle. A program

about United Nations development elforts
USA, WANO, New Orleans LA: Prophecy Flash See S 0230.
Netherlands. Radio: Program lnlo. See S012S
Costa Rrca. R Peace Intl. My Green Earth. An environment
program for children that explores the world ol animals.
plants. and cultures
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: Scnptures lor America. Peter
J. Peters exposes the world's evils.
Netherlands. Radio: Sincerely Yours. See S t 138.
Netherlands, Radio: Sounds lnteres1111g. Sec S t 153.

0200
0200

0225
0228
0230
0236
0238
0240
0244

so

USA. KVOH Los Angeles GA: World Changers Radio. Bill

Brighi and Bob Douglas.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA. The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S0000.
tlelherlands, Radio: Program Info. Sec S0125
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL A Homily for Today Various
presenters.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA. The Bible Reading ol the new
1n1ernat1onal version ol the holy book.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Hightower Radro. See S 2348.
Netherlands, Radio: Newshnc. Sec S 0038.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Earth and Sky. See S 2353.
Cosla Rica. R Peace Intl: Tropical Conservation Newsbureau

MONITORING TIMES

0200
0200
0200
0200
0225
0228

0236
0238
0240
0245
0253

July 1996

USA. WEWN Burningham AL: The Ca1ech1sm Explained.

See M 1400.
Costa Arca. R Peace lnll: The Far Right Radio Review. See S
0400.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: World Changers Radio. Bill
Bnght and Bob Douglas.
USA, WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S0000.
Netherlands. Radio: Program Info. See S 0 t 25.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: A Homily for Today. See T
0228.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: The Bible. Reading of the new
international version of the holy book.
Costa Rica. R Peace lnll: Hightower Radio. Sec S 2348.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Earth and Sky. See S 2353.
Costa Rica. R Peace lnll: UN Scope. A news program aboul
the Umled Nations and its related agencies.
Netherlands. Radio: Mirror Images. See T 11 53.

~~OU~~~J!.
R Peace lnll: Second Opinion. See T 0523.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: World Changers Radio. Bill

0200
0200

Tuesdays

Report A report on ecology in the western hemisphere.

Netherlands, Radio: Research File. See M 1153.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Today's Saints. A short
biography of a saint whose feastday is being celebrated.

Wednesdavs

0230

Mondays

0200

0253
0256

0225
0228
0230
0236
0238
0254
0254
0254

Bright and Bob Douglas.

USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S0000.
Netherlands, Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: A Homily for Today. See T
0228
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: The Bible. Reading ol the new
1ntemat1onal version of the holy book.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Hightower Radio. See S 2348
Netherlands. Radio: NevtSline. See S 0038.
Radio Nelherlands: Documentary (1). Lessons in
Revolution (4th). See W 1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (2). Preparing for Atlanta
- Part 1 (11th). See A 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (3). Preparing for Allanta
- Part 2 (18th). See F 1454.

0254
0254
0256

Radio Netherlands: Documentary (4). Living on the Land Part 1 (25th). See F 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (5). Living on the Land Part 2 (1Jul). See H 0054.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Today's Saints. See T 0256.

Fridays

0200
0200
0200
0215

0225
0228
0230
0236
0238
0240
0245
0253
0256

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Living Enrichment Center. See M

0400.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: World Changers Radio. Bill
Brighi and Bob Douglas.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S 0000.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Music of Hope. Recordings of
contemporary christian music.
Netherlands, Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: A Homily for Today. See T
0228.
USA, KVOH Los Angeles GA: The Bible. Reading of the new
international version of the holy book.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Hightower Radio. See S 2348.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Earth and Sky. See S 2353.
Cosla Rica. R Peace Intl: The Neumaier Report.
Poughkeepsie NY columnist. Or John Neumaier. comments
on a wide variety of socially relevant issues.
Netherlands. Radio: Media Network. See H0153.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Today's Saints. See T 0256.

Saturdays

0200
0200
0200
0225
0228
0230
0236
0238
0240
0253

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Making Conlacl. See S 0330.

USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: World Changers Radio. Bill
Bright and Bob Douglas.
USA. WANO. New O~eans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S 0000.
Netherlands. Radio: Music Break. See S 0025.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: A Homily for Today. See T
0228.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: The Bible. Reading ol the new
international version of the holy book.
Cos1a Rica, R Peace Intl: Hightower Radio. See S 2348.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Earth and Sky. See s 2353.
Netherlands. Radio: A Good Lile. See M 1253.

FREQUENCIES .

. ..

03000400

Australia, Radio

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03000400 vi
03000400 vi
03000400 vi
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03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
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03000400
03000327

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Aus1ral1a, VL8T Tent Crk
Canada CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFC X Monlreal
Canada. CFRX Toron to
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halilax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.Faro del Canb
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0300-0lOO
0300-0330
0300-0350
03000400
0300-0400
0300-0400 11
0300-0400
03000330 vi
0300-0325
03000400
0300-0400 vi
03000330
03000~00

Guatemala. Radio Cultural

Japan, NHK/Radio
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Nethe~ands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines. R Pilipinas
Russia. Voice of Russia WS

0300-0400
03000400
0300-0400

S Africa. Channel Africa

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Taiwan. VO Free China

0300-0330
0300-0400

Thailand, Radio
Turkey. Voice of

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03000315
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Uganda. Radio
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl
Umled Kingdom. BBC WS

03000400

United Kingdom, BBC WS

03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

0300-0400
USA. WEWN Birmingham Al
0300-0400
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
0300-0400
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
03000400
USA, WJCR Uplon KY
03000400
USA WANO New Orleans LA
0300-0400
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
03000400
USA. WYFR Okeechobee fl
03000315
Va11can State. Vatican R
03000400 vi
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
0303-0310
Croatia. Croatian Radio
03150330 s
Greece. Voice 01
0320-0350
Vatican State, Vatican R
03300357
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
0330-0355
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
03300400
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
03300400
Sweden. Radio
03300400 vi
Tanzania. Radio
0330-0400
UAE, Radio Dubai
0330-0400
United Kingdom. BBC WS
0335-0355 vi
India. All India Radio
03380355 I &3rd m Denmark. R Denmark Intl
0340-0350
Greece. Voice of
03450400 irreg
Burundi, Radio Nationale
03450400
Tajikistan. Ta11k Radio

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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0300
0300
0300
0304
0308
0316
0330

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: CounterSpin. fairn ess and

Accuracy in Media (FAIR) examines ho\'/ the media reports
key stories.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Music of Hope. Recordings of
contemporary christian music.
USA, WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast
(live). See S0000.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: live in Prague. See S 0004.
Ukraine, R Ukraine lnll: Ukrainian Diary. See S 0008.
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl: Hello from Kiev. See S 0016.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Making Contact. Fresh perspectives
on social and political dynamics in the US and around the
world.

Mondays
0300
0300
0300
0300
0304
0306
0308
0313
0319
0319
0334
0336
0343
0349

USA, WEWN Birmingham Al: The Holy Rosary with Father

Scallon. See S 1330.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl. New Dimensions Radio.
Conversations with innovative thinkers whOse ideas are on
the leading edge of change.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: World Changers Radio. Bill
Bright and Bob Douglas.
USA, WANO, New Orleans LA: Scriptures tor America. See
M 0230.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S t 304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: The Woek and Politics. See S
1236.
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl: Ukrainian Diary. See S 0008.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: From the Wee~:lies . See S 1243.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Whal's Up. See S 1249.
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl: Music from Ukraine. See M 0019.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Curren! Affairs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: The Week and Politics. See S
1236.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: from lhe Weeklies. See S 1243.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Whal's Up. See S 1249.

0300
0300
0304
0309
0320
0330
0334
0339

Wednesdays

0300
0300
0300
0305
0320
0323
0330
0335
0353

0330
0340
0343
0351

0300
0300
0300
0305
0309
0317
0320
0330
0335
0339
0347

0300

0300

0300

0305
0310
0313

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al: The Holy Rosary wrth Father

Scallon. See S 1330.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Alternative Radio. See T 0400.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Radio liberty. Stan Monteith
with the story behind thestory and lhe news behind the news.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast
(live). See S0000.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: I'd Like You to Meet. See H 1319.
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl: Closeup. See T 0320.
USA, WEWN Birmingham Al: Mercy Our Mission. See W
1630.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: I'd Like You lo Meet. See H 1319.

Saturdavs

0300

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: This Way Out. A lesbian and gay
radio magazine.
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA: Radio Liberty. Stan Monteith
with the story behind the story and the news behind the
news.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcasl
(ltve). See S0000.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: From the Archives. See W 1313.

Ukraine. A Ukraine Intl: Closeup. See T 0320.

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: The Arts. See W 1321.
USA. WEWN Birmingham Al: The Spirituality of the Catholic
Church. Fr. Keenan teaches.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: New Dimensions Radio. See M
0300.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: From the Archives. See W 1313.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: The Arts. See W 1321.

Fridavs

0300

!~oU~~al~N
Birmingham AL: The Holy Rosary with Father
Scallon. See S 1330.
0300

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: The Holy Rosary \'11th father

Scallon. See S 1330.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Steppin' Out of Babylon. Sue
Supnano interviews people who speak out against injustice

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: World of Radio. See S 0200.

USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA: Radio liberty. Stan Monteith
with the story behind the story and the news behind the
news.
USA, WRNO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast
(live). See S 0000.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Ukraine, A Ukraine Intl: Closeup. See T 0320.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: What's Up. See S 1249.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: RFPl's Mailbag. See S 0230.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep Radio Prague: What's Up. See S 1249.

0320
0321
0330

0300

Tuesdays

0300

and stand up for freedom and liberty.

USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA: Radio liberty. Stan Monteijh
with the story behind the story and the news behind the
news.
USA. WRNO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast
(live). See S0000.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl: Closeup. The most reliable
information about life in Ukraine.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Voices of Our World. Maryknoll
missionary Steve De Mott hosts this social justice magazine
program.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.

0300

0300
0306
0308
0311
0314
0336
0341
0344

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: The Holy Rosary with Father

Scallon. See S 1330.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: New Dimensions Radio. See M
0300.
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA: Radio liberty. Stan Monteith
with the story behind the story and the news behind the news.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast
(live). See S 0000.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Ukraine, A Ukraine Intl: BaroQue. See A 0018.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Calling All listeners. See F 1314.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Calling All listeners. See F 1314.

July 1996

MONITORING TIMES

51

FREQUENCIES .

...

..

04000500

Australia. Radio

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04000500 vi
04000500 vi
04000500
04000500 vi
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04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000430
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000~50

Australia. VL8A Allee Spg

Ausl raha. VL8K Katherine
Auslralia. VL8T Ten t Crk
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toron10
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada lnll
China. China Radio lnll
Costa Rica.RF Peace fnll
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deutsche Welle

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04000500
04000430 vl/m-a
0400-0455
04000458
0400-0450
04000430 m
04000500 vi
04000456

Gualemala, Radio Cultural

Israel. Kol Israel
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Mexico. Radio Mexico lnll
Moldova. R Moldova lnll
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway fnll
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania lnll

0400-0500

Russia.Voice of Russia WS

04000455
0400-0427
04000430
04000430
0400-0430
04000430

S Africa, Channel Africa

S Africa. Trans World R
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll
Tanzania. Radio

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Uganda. Radio
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United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monilor Radio lnll
USA. Voice of America

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USA. Voice of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI NobleSVllle IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLK Bel hel PA
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia. Chrisllan Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croa1ia, Croatian Radio
Italy, RAI lnll
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Ausl ralia. Radio
Ausl ralia,DelenseForces R
Nelherlands, Radio
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Swaziland. Trans World R
Sw11Zerland. Swiss R lnll
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Denmark. R Denmark lnll
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New Zealand. R NZ fnll

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15510pa
13525as
6165na
7130na
3200af
9905na
7150eu
7520va
4760do
9570pa

4976do
3955eu
6180eu
9410va
12095af
6180eu
9815am

9840af
6080af
7405af
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7340af
7425na
i 315am
13595na

3230am
9985af
9505na
9840na

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6190af
9600af
15280as

6005af
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l 1760Va
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9885af

5065am

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7275eu
4990do

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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0400
0400
0405
0415
04 15
0430
0430
0430
0435
0440
0445
0454

0400

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: The Far Right Radio Review. The
program thal analyzes l he growing phenomenon of far righV
hale programming on radio.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S 0000.
Switzerland, Swiss R lnll: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: Capital Letters (214). See S 0115.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: The Name Game (1/315). See S
0115.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl RFPI Reports Daily news program
of Latin American and Caribbean topics nol generally heard in
lhe mainslream media.
Swaziland, Trans World Ra: Program News. A preview of
coming programs.
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll: Network Switzerland. The top
Swiss stories and what's happening around lhe country.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Music. No information available.
Nel herlands. Radio: Newstine. See S 0038.
Swaziland. Trans WOrld Ra: Way to Life Hour. Oick Saunders
explores the Bible.
lletherlands, Radio: Weekend. See S 0053.

Mondays
0400
0400
0405
0430
0430
04-30
0437
0445
0453

0400

52

Costa Rica. R Peace lnU: Allernahve Radio. Feal ured speakers

crilique on mullicullurahsm. environment, racism.US foreign
policy, media, and indigenous rights.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Music of Hope. Recordings of
contemporary christian music.

MONITORING TIMES

0440
0445
0453

July 1996

USA. WANO. New Or1eans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.

See S0000.
Swilzerland, Swiss R Intl: Newsnel. See S 0105.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Program News. See S 0430.
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll: Network Switzerland. See S 0430.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Our Daily Bread. A daily
devolional program from Radio Bible Class.
Nelherlands, Radio: Ncwstine. See S 0038.
Swaziland, Trans World Ra: Your Tomorrow. See S 0435.
Nelherfands, Radio: Research Fife. See M 1153.

Wednesdays
0400
0400
0400
0405
0430
0430
0430
0435
0440
~45

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Living Ennchmenl Cenler. Mary

Mannin Morrissey leclures on practical suggestions for
everyday living.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: Herald of Truth. See S Of 30.
Switzerland, Swiss R lnll: Newsnel. See S 0105.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: RFPI Reports. See S 0430.
Swaziland, Trans World Ra: Bible College. See S 0435.
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll: Network Switzerland. See S 0430.
Netherlands. Radio: Sincerely Yours See S 1138.
Switzerland, Swiss R lnll: Capital Leners (214). See S01 15.
Netherlands, Radio: Sounds Interesting. See S 1153.

Tuesdays
0400

0405
0430
0430
0435

0453

Costa Rica. R Peace lnll: UN World Chronicle. See M 0200.

USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Music of Hope. Recordings of
contemporary christian music.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S0000.
Swi11erland, Swiss R lnll: Newsnel. Sec S0105.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: My Green Earth See M 0230.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Program News. See S 0430.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Network Sw1lzerland. See S 0430.
Swaziland, Trans Wor1d Ra: Our Daily Bread. See T 0435.
Nelherlands. Radio: Ncwsline. See S 0038.
Swazdand, Trans World Ra: Happy Side. See S 0435.
Nel herlands. Radio: Mirror Images. See T 1153.

Thursdays
0400
0400
0405
0430
0430
0430
0435
0440
0445
0454
0454

USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Music of Hope. Recordings or

conlcmporary christian music.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
Sec S 0000.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S0105.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Voices of Our World. See T 0330
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Program News. See S 0430.
Sw111erland. Swiss R Intl: Network Swiuerland. See S 0430.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Our Oait/ Bread. See T 0435.
Nelherlands, Radio: Newshne. See S 0038.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: The Sloryteller. See S 0435.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (1 ). Lessons in Revolution
(4th). See w 1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (2). Preparing for Allanta
- Part 1 (11th). See A 2354.

0454
0454
0454

Radio Nelherlands: Documentary (3). Preparing for Atlanta

- Part 2 (18th). See F 1454.
Radio Nelherfands: Documentary (4). Living on the Land Part 1 (25lh). See F 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (5). Living on lhe Land Part 2 ( 1Jul). See H 0054.

Fridays
0400
0400
0400
0400
0405
0430
0430
0430
0435
0440
0445
0453

Costa Rica. R Peace fnll: Micro-Power Radio in the U.S .. See

T 0530.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: The Food Nol Bombs Radio
Network (monthly). See T 0530.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Music of Hope. Recordings of
contemporary christian music.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast
See S 0000.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnel. See S 0105.
Cosla Rica. R Peace lnll: WlllGS. See W 0530.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Program News. See S 0430.
SwilZerfand, Swiss R Intl: Network Switzerland. See S 0430.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Our Daily Bread. See T 0435.
Nelherfands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Swaziland, Trans World Ra: Hope for Today. See S 0435.
Nelherlands. Radio: Media Network. See H Of53.

Saturdays
0400
0400
0400
0400
0405
0430
0430
0430
0435
0440
0445
0453

Costa Rica. R Peace fnll: World of Radio. See S 0200.

Radio Mexico Intl: The World of Mexican Art. See S 1500.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Music of Hope. Recordings of
contemporary chrisfian music.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S0000.
Switterfand. Swiss R Intl: Newsnel. See S 0105.
Cosla Rica. R Peace Intl: RFPl's Mailbag. See S 0230.
Swaziland, Trans World Ra: Program News. See S 0430.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Swiss Scene. People and politics.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Cnildren's Music. See S 0435.
Nelherfands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Storybook Room. See S 0435.
Nelherfands. Radio: A Good Life. See M 1253.

FREQUENCIES .. . . .
05000600

Australia. Radio

05000600 vi
05000600vl
05000600 vi
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
0500-0600
05000600
0500-0529 m~.vhla
05000600
0500-0600
05000600
0500-0600
05000600
05000550
05000600 vi
05000600

Australia. VL8A Allee Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Australia.Defenseforces R
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, Adv World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Italy. IRAS
Japan. NHK/Rad10

0500-0530
05000600 vi
05000600
05000600
05000510 mtwhf
05000525
05000600
05000505
0500-0600 vi
05000600

Japan. NHK/Radio
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malawi. MBC
Netherlands. Radio
New Zeiland. R NZ Intl
Nigena. FRCN/Radio
Papua Uew Guinea. NBC
Russia.Vorce of Russia WS

05000555
05000600
05000556
05000600

S Africa. Channel Africa

Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Swaziland. Trans World R

11880pa
15365pa
2310do
5025do
491 0do
13525as
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6050eu
9560na
5030ca
6205am
9505na
9745am
5960na
3985va
6110na
11920na
11885na
4885do
9960va
4760do
3380do
6165na
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6070af

13605as
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15240pa
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15245as
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17840va

6150ca
7385am
9830na
21455va
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9725ca

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05000600

Unrted Kingdom. BBC WS

05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600

15575va
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk Cily UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

05000600
05000600
05000600 mtv1hfa
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000530
0500-0520
05000530
05000600
05000530 vi
05030510
05050600
05150530
05250600
05300559
0530-0600
05300600
05300556

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN

USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Vatican State. Vatican R
Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croalia, Croatian Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Austria. R Austria Intl
Georgia. Radio
Kazakhstan. R Alma Ata
Romania. R Romania Intl

05300600
05300600 vi
05380555 1&3rd m
05550600

Slovakia. Adv World Radio

Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Malaysia. Voice of

3255af
6175va
7150eu
9640va
t5280as
t 7640al
58t0am
7510am
9975am
9930as
7535eu
6035af
9775al
5760am
7490na
9465eu
7395am
2390am
5985na
9660af
5880eu
7360na
6065al
3396do
5895eu
3200af
6165eu
3366do
6015na
11910eu
11705eu
11810af
17790as
11600eu
5975do
7465va
6175as

3955eu
6180eu
7160af
9740as
15310as
17885af
9815am

5975va
6190al
9410va
11760va
15360va

6005al
6195eu
9600af
t 1955as
15420af

6080al
9885al
7315am
13595na

7170va
t 1965va

7295af
15205va

3230am
i355eu
11625af
7250eu
9840na

5065am
9985eu
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5935am
11580af

7165eu
5055af
9535eu
4915do

11940af
17790af

13805va
9750as

t2030na

9500al

1527Qal

15340af

15295au

SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . .
Sundays
0500
0500
0530
0530

Costa Rica. AWA Alajuela: Your Story Hour. Dramatized

children's stories.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: Strength for the Day. A time of
meditation.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Voice of Prophecy. Write for an
adult bible study program.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Radio Bible Class. Bible teaching
and the Men of Praise providing the music.

Mondays

0500
0500
0500
0500
0530
0530

Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: The Quiet Hour. The Tucker Family
provides music and inspiration for both young and old
listeners.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Peace Forum (biweekly). A grab bag
of individual programs and special short series received by
RFPI.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Wortd Goodwill Forum (biweekly).
Lectures on the needs of humanity.
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA: Strength for the Day. A time of
meditation.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Voice of Propl1ecy. See S 0530.
Swaziland, Trans World Ra: Back to the Bible. A mix of music
and daily Bible study.

Tuesdays
0500
0500
0500
0500
0505
0506
05 t 7
0520
0520
0523
0525
0530

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: UN Caribbean Echo. Produced for

the Caribbean with news about United Nations activities in
the area and internationally .
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA: The Bible. Reading of the new
international version of the holy book.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M t 200.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S 0000.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Focus on God's Love. Music and
an inspirational message by Ted Duncan.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See M
1206.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Earth and Sky. See s 2353.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Voice of Prophecy. See S 0530.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Hightower Radio. See S 2348.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Second Opinion. Matthew
Rothschild. editor of "the Progressive". talks to a wide
variety of guests.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Earthwatch Radio. A short feature
that explores an environmental topic.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Micro-Power Radio in the U.S.. The
best programming of citizen-owned ra dio stations in the US.

0530
0530
0545
0549
0552

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: The Food Not Bombs Radio

Network (monthly). North America's homeless problems
and government oppression at home and abroad.
Swaziland. Trans Wortd Ra: Back to the Bible. See M 0530.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Heart Song. Music to waken your
day.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M t 249.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
Sec M 1252.

Wednesdays

0500
0500
0500
0500
0505
0506

05 t 5
0520
0523
0530
0530
0545
0549
0552

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: UNESCO. A feature program of the

United Nations focusing on world educational. scientific. or
cultural matters.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: The Bible. Reading of the new
ontemational version of the holy book.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M t 200.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S 0000.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Foc~s on God's Love. See T
0505.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International See
M 1206.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: UN Daily News. See M 2345.
Costa Rica, AWR AJajuela: Vorce of Prophecy. See S 0530.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Hightower Radio. See S 2348.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: WINGS. Women's news and
current affairs by the Women's International News
Gathering Service.
Swaziland, Trans World Ra: Back to the Bible. See M 0530.
Costa Rica, AWR Alaluela: Heart Song. See T 0545.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1252.

Thursdavs

0500

0500
0500
0505
0506
0515
0520
0525
0530

USA. il'vOH Los Angeles CA: The Bible. Reading of the new
International version of the hot/ book.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M t200.
USA. WRNO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast
(live). See S 0000.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Focus on God's Love. See T
0505.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See
M t206.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: UN Daily News. See M 2345.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Voice of Prophecy. See S0530.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Hightower Radio. See S 2348.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Vietnam Veterans Radio Network.

0530
0545
0549
0552

See S 0630.
Swaziland, Trans Wortd Ra: Back to the Bible. See M
0530.
Costa Rica. AWR A1a1uela: Heart Song. See T 0545.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1252.

Fridavs
0500
0500
0500
0500
0505
0506
0515
0520
0525
0530
0545
0549
0552

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Tropical Conservation

Newsbureau Report. See T 0244.
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: The Bible. Reading of the
new international version of the holy book.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M
1200.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See SOOOO.
Costa Rica, AWA Alajuela: Focus on God's Love. See T
0505.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See
M 1206.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: UN Daily News. See M 2345.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Voice of Prophecy. See S
0530.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Hightower Radio. See S 2348.
Swaziland, Trans Wortd Ra: Back to the Bible. See M
0530.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajueta: Heart Song. See T 0545.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1252.

Saturdavs
0500
0500
0500
0505
0520
0520
0525
0530
0530
0545
0545

Costallica, R Peace Intl: UN Perspective. See T 2330.

USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA: The Bible. Reading of the
new international version of the holy book.
USA. WRNO. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast.
See S 0000.
Costa Rica. AWA Alajuela: Focus on God's Love. See T
0505.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Voice of Prophecy. See S
0530.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: UN Daily News. See M 2345.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Hightower Radio. See S 2348.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Second Opinion. See T 0523.
Swaziland. Trans Wortd Ra: Young Lile. See S 0435.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Heart Song. See T 0545.
Swaziland, Trans World Ra: Visit with Mrs. G.. Bible
stories for children.

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FREQUENCIES .

. .. . ..

..

06000700

Aus tralia. Radio

06000700 vi
0600-0700 vi
06000700 vi
06000630
06000700 vi
06000700
0600-0700
06000700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
06000700
0600-0650

Australia. VLBA Alice Spg

Australia. VLBK Kalhenne
Auslralia. VL8T Ten! Crk
Aus1ra11a.DefenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Monlreal
Canada. CFRX To1onto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Cos1a Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0600-0615
0600-0700vt
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
06000700 mt11hfa
0600-0700
0600-0700
06000630
06000700
0600-0630s
06000700 vt
0600-0640 vi
0600-0700

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Italy. IRAS
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kinbat1. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. Voice ot
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FACN/Rad10
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia.Voice o1 Russia WS

0600-0700
0600-061 0
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0630 vi

SAfrica. Trans Wo1lcl R

Sierra Leone. SLOS
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Slovakia. Adv World RadlO
Solomon Islands. SIBC

9860pa
15240pa
15530as
2310do
5025do
4910do
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Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

Swaziland. Trans World R
Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

0600-0700
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk Ci~/ UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monilor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0700
06000700
0600-0iOO smtwhf
06000700
0600-0700
0600-0645 rntwhf

USA. Voice of Amenca

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R

15225af

4915do
11850au
4935do

06000700
06000630
0600-0700

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6150do

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9590au

9665eu
12040na
15470as
15580na

11815eu
12050na
15490va
17665va

13645na
15490va

06000700
Yemen, Yemeni Rep Radio
0600-0700
Zambia. Christian Voice
0600-0700 vi
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
0603-0610
Croatia Croatian Radio
0605-0700
Swaziland. Trans World A
0615-0630
Sw1tze~and. Swiss R Intl
06300655
Auslria. R Auslna Intl
0630-0700
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
06300700 as
USA. Voice of America
0630-0700
Valican State. Vatican R
06380655 1&31d m Denmark. R Denmark Intl
0645-0655 as
Monaco. Trans World Raclio
0645-0700
Romania. R Romania Intl

9545do
0655-0655 mtwhl

Monaco. Trans World Radio

9885af
11730af
3955eu
6195eu
9600af
11780eu
15070va
1542Qaf
17885af
5810am
75 10am
9975am
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6035af
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6080af
5825eu
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13635af

5935am

5975va
7145pa
9640va
11940af
15280as
15575va

6005af
7160af
9740as
11955as
15310as
17640af

6175va
9410va
11760va
12095va
15360va
1779Qas

6140va
11SOSva
15205va
9435af
7425na
7315am
13595na

7170va
11950af

7285af
11965va

3230am
7355eu
58BOeu

5065am
9985at
7250eu

5935am

7165eu
6070af
9535eu

9830eu
9500af

13830eu
9650af

13765af
7295va

15570af
9590va

t3805va

11840pa
17805pa

15250pa

15270pa

9815am

9645eu

9925au

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0600
0605
0630
0640
0645

Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Kerygma. See S 0435.

Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl. Vietnam Veterans Radio Network.
Bunging to hghl the real stories behind lhe V1emam War.
Monaco, Trans World Radio. Evidence.
Monaco. Trans World Radio. Christian Brotherllood Hour.

Mondays
0600
0600
0605
0630
0640
0645

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: The Far Right Radio Review. See S
0400.
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: Family Bible Hour. Ron Hughes
tells how to apply Bible principles to daily life.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Peace Forum. See M 0500.
Monaco, Trans World Radio: Arise!.
Monaco. Trans World Radio. Bible Focus.

Tuesdays
0600

0600
0600
0605
0606
0630
0640
0645
0649
0652

Cos1a Rica, R Peace Intl: RFPI Reports. See S 0430.

Swaziland, Trans World Ra: Gospel Tide Hour. See S 0435.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
Sw1tze~and. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl. Monitor Radio lntemalional. See M
1206.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl. New D1mens1ons Radio. See M
0300.
Monaco. Trans World Radio: Arise!.
Monaco. Trans World Radio. Bible Focus.
USA. Monilor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl. Rchg1ous Miele from the CSM. See
M1252.

Wednesdays
0600
0600
0600

54

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl. RFPI Reports. See S 0430.

Swaziland. Trans World Ra. Bringing Chnst to the Nahons.
Sees 0435.
USA, Monilor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.

MONITORING TIMES

July 1996

0605
0606
0630
0640
0645
0649
0652

Swilzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. Sec S 0105.

USA. Monilor Radio lnll: Monilor Radio International. See
M 1206.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: University of the An See T 2300.
Monaco. Trans World Radio: Anse!.
Monaco. Trans World Radio: Bible Focus
USA. Monilor Radio lnll: Lenerbox. See M 1249.
USA, Momlor Radio lnll: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M t252.

Thursdays
0600
0600
0600
0605
0606
0630
0640
0645
0649
0652

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: RFPI Reports. See S 0430.

Swaziland. Trans World Ra: The Haven of Rest Evangelizing
and The Haven Quartet.
USA. Momlor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Monitor Radio ln1erna11onal. See
M 1206.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: University of the Air. See T 2300.
Monaco. Trans World Radio: Arise!.
Monaco, Trans World Radio: Bible Focus.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Lellerbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1252.

Fridays
0600
0600
0605
0606
0630
0640
0645
0649
0652

Swaziland. Trans World Ra: The Wesleyan Houi. See S

0435.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnel. See S 0105.
USA, Moni1or Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See
M 1206.
Costa Rica. R Peace lnll: University ol the Air. See T 2300.
Monaco. Trans World Radio: Ansel.
Monaco. Trans World Radio: Bible Focus.
USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Lenerbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monito1 Radio Intl: Religious Article lrom the CSM.
See M 1252.

Saturdays
0600
0600
0605
0615

Costa Rica. R Peace !mt: Voices ol Our World. See T

0330
Swaziland. Trans World Ra: \'le Kids. A fastmovin;
program tor children.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: Capital Leners (214). See S

0115.
0615

Sw1tze1tand, Swiss R Intl: The Name Game (t/3/5). See S

0630
0640
0645

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: University of the Air. See T 2300.

Monaco. Trans World Radio: Arise!.
Monaco. Trans Wo~d Radio: Family Bible Hour.

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07000800

...

Ausualia. Radio

07000730
07000800 vt
07000800 vt
07000800 vt
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000730 m
07000727
07000800
07000800 as
07000800 mtwhf
07000715
07000730 vt
07000800

Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg
Australia, VL8K KAthenne
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace lnll
Costa Rica.RF Peace lnll
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
EQt Guinea, R East Africa
EQt Guinea. Radio Africa
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Italy. IRAS
Japan. NHKIRad10

07000800 vi
07000800 vi
07000800
07000800 asmtwh
07000800
0700-0710
07000800
07000715 mtwhf
0700-0758 as
07000750
07000800 vi
07000745

Kenya, Kenl'a Broadc Corp

Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. Voice of
Malaysia. Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
New Zealand. R NZ fnll
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
NMh Korea. R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Romania. R Romania ln11

07000800
0700-0710
07000800 vi
07000800
07000800

07000730
07000715
0700-0800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800 smtwhf
07000800
07000745
07000800
07000800
07000800 vi
0703-0710 mtv1hf
07050800
07100800 vi
07160800 mtwh1
0730-0755
07300800
07300745 s
07300735
07300800 11
07300800
07380755 1&3rd m
07450800 s
07450755
07550800
07580800 as

Russia.Voice of Russia ws
Sierra Leone. SLBS
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Taiwan. VO Free China
Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

United Kingdom. BBC WS

United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk Coty UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio ln11
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Papua New Guinea. NBC
New Zealard. R NZ ln11
Austua. R Austria ln11
Georgia. Radio
Greece, Voce of
India. All India Radio
llaly. IRAS
Netherlands. Radio
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece. Voce ol
Guam, AWR/KTWR
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

5995pa
9710pa
17715pa
11880as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
7385am
6205am
7345eu
5900pa
t5186af
15186af
3366do
3985va
7230eu
t t920as
2t6t0as
4885do
9825do
9960va
7295do
9750as
6175as
7115eu
9570pa
9570pa
15340af
9965as
11740pa
17720pa
t 5470as
3316do
5020do
5950na
3955eu
6195eu
9600af
11940af
t5280as
15575me
17885af
6180eu
6005af
5810am
7510am
9975am
9930as
7535eu
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
2390am
7355eu
13695af
6065af
5975do
5920eu
5055af
4890do
6t00pa
6t 55eu
t19t0eu
7450eu
t5185do
7t25va
9700pa
7t80va
3366do
7450eu
t5200as
6100pa

6020pa
9860pa

6080pa
15415as

9580pa
15530as

13605as

15245as

15365pa

5995pa
9710pa
2t725as
23t0do
5025do

9530eu
11615eu

21 455au

4915do
11725as
15165me

11740as
t78tOva

4935do

6t50do

11850pa
t7815af

15295au

17765me
11840pa
15560va

t 5250pa
t 7570va

6175va
7325eu
9740as
12095va
15360va
17790as

t 7665as

6190af
94 IOeu
t 1760as
15070va
t5'00va
17830af

t 1780eu
7160af
9815am

7425na
73t5am
13595n3
3230am
9985eu

5065am

5935am

7165eu
9500af

9830eu
9650af

t 3830eu

13730eu

15410me

17870me

9425eu
15260do

116~5au

9720au
7295va
4915do

11895pa
9590va

9~25eu

1t645au

Australia. Radio

6020pa
9860pa

6080pa
I 5530as

08000900 vi
08000830 vi

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Aus1ralia. VL8K Katherine

080008 10
08000900 vi
08000900
08000900

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Solomon Islands. SIBC
South Korea. R Korea lnll
United Kingdom, BBC WS

08000815
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
0800-0900
08000900
08000900
08000900 smlwhf
08000900
08000900
08000900 vi
08030810 as
08050835 mlwhf
08150900 ml\Jtf
08300900 s
08300900 vi
08300900
0830-0840
08300900
0830-0900
08380855 1&3rd m
08550900

Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. IVJCR Uplon KY
USA. IVMLK Bethel PA
USA. IVWCR Nashville TN
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. Croalian Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Armenia. Voice of
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Georgia. Radio
India. All India Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Slovakia. R Slovakia ln11
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Guam TWR/KTWR

4910do
15607af
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6090sa
1t755pa
6205am
1t615eu
5900pa
15186af
15186af
3366do
15200as
9525as
7125va
3985va
9825do
9960va
7295do
6175as
7115eu
7115eu
9700pa
6100pa
15180as
17860au
15470eu
9730as
4890do
9835va
t 5560va
3316do
5020do
7550eu
6190af
9740as
11955as
15400va
17830af
3955eu
5810am
9615as
7510am
9930as
7535eu
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
2390am
6065af
5975do
5920eu
4775af
3326do
15270eu
2485do
11910me
7250do
9720au
11990au
15220va
1t830pa

18194af

15440pa
7385am

I 7690pa

21455au

9750as

15295au

9720au

11895pa

15230as
17900eu
9955as
11800va
15580as
9545do
t 3670eu
6195va
9805va
15070af
15575me
17885af
7145va
9815am

9965as

15140as

12025as

15470as

9410eu
11760as
15280as
17640va

9600af
11940af
15310as
17790as

12095eu

9430pa
7425na
7315am
13595na

15665eu

3230am

5065am

5935am

7165eu
9500af
4990do

9830eu
9650af

1383Deu

15185do
13700pa
15460au
17860va

15260do
t 7550au

THANK YOU ..
Additional contributors to this month 's Shortwave Guide:
13805va

0800 UTC
0800-0900

Australia, VL8T Tent Crk

Auslralia,DefenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Chile. Radio Esperanza
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Ecuador. HCJB
EQt Guinea. R Easl Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Indonesia. Voice of
Italy. IRRS
Italy. IRRS
K1nba11. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans Wortd Radio
Nelhenands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Nor\'lay. Radio Norway Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

t 5270pa

9545do
5975va
7145va
9640va
11955as
t5310as
17640va

08000900 vi
08000900
08000900 vi
0800-0900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000830
08000900
08000900
08000830
08000900
08000900 as
08000900 mlwhf
08000805 s
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
08000900 m~:1hf
08000900 vi
08000900
0800-0900
08000825
08000820 mtwhf
08000805 a
08000825
08000900
08000850
08000830 s
08000850
08000900 vi
08000900 vi
08000900

9580pa
17715pa

Donald N. Aspinal l. Toano. VA: John Babbis. Sil ver Spring. MD: Brian
Bagwell. St. Louis. MO (via e-mail): Capt. Ken Barry. Blackpool.
England. C. Clifford Coffman. Hammond. IN: Paul R. Donegan. Glendale,
CA: Boh Fraser. Cohasset, MA: Kevin Hecht. Devon. PA: Frank Hillton,
Charleston . SC (via e-mail): George Knight. Garfield. NJ: Evan John
Konj icija. San Bruno. CA: Gregory Majewski. (via e-mail) Jim Moats,
Ravenna. OH: : Giovanni Serra, Rome, Italy (via e-mai l): Robert E.
Thomas IL Bridgeport, CT: Roger Tidy. London , England: Larry Van
Horn. Brasstown, NC (via e-mail); Jerry Witham, Keaau, HI: BBCMS;
BBC World Media: BBC S11111111ary of World Broadcasts: DX Ontario, Fine
7it11i11g: NA SWA Journal: Internet Shortwave Newsgroups.
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..

....

0900-1000

Aus1ralra. Radio

0900- 1000 vi
0900-1000 vi
0900-IOOOvt
0900-1000
0900-0930 m1whfa
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
09001000
0900-1000
09000930
0900-1000
0900 1000 as
0900 1000 mhvhf
09000950

Auslralra. VL8A Allee Spg

Aus1ralra. VL8K Ka1herine
Aus1ralra. VL8T Ten1 Crk
Aus1ralra.DefenseForces R
Belgium. A Vlaanderen In!
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toron10
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Cos1a Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Eq1 Gumea. R Eas1 Alrica
Eq1 Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0900-0915 m1vl11
0900-0915
09001000
0900 1000 vi/as
09000930 mtwhf
09001000
09000930 vi
09001000
0900 1000
09001000
09000925
09001000
0900 1000 vi
09001000

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guam. TWR/KTWR
11aly, IRAS
llaly, IRAS
Japan. NHK/Radio
Kiribali. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice of Russia ws

09000930
09001000

Switzerland. Swiss A Intl

Uni1ed Kingdom. BBC WS

09000915

United Kingdom. BBC WS

09001000
0900-1000
09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
0900 1000 sm1wht
0900-1000
0900 1000
0900-1000 vi
09030910 mtwht
0915-1000
0930-0955 mtwhla
0930-1000
0930 1000
09301000
0930-1000
09380955 1&3rd m

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk C11y UT
USA. Moni1or Radio ln11
USA. WEWN Birmmgham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croatia, Croatian Radio
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Aust11a. R Aus111a ln11
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Mongolia, R Utan Bator
Netherlands. Radio
Philippines. FEBC/R ln11
Denmark. A Denmark ln11

5995as
9860pa
2310do
2485do
4910do
15607af
6035eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
11755pa
6205am
15640me
5900pa
15186af
15186af
6160as
15410af
3366do
15200as
11830pa
7125va
3985va
9610as
9825do
6280va
9960va
7295do
9720au
6100pa
4890do
7150va
15580as
9885pa
6190at
111soas
15190sa
17640va
6065as
11955as
5810am
7510am
7395sa
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
2390am
6065at
5975do
5920eu
6130do
6155eu
6160do
11850as
9720au
11635as
13800va

7240as
13605as

9510as
21725as

18194at
15545at

17595at

15440pa
7385am
17485at
21455au

17690pa

9565at
1780031
4915do

12055as
21600at

11850au

9580pa

11so0va

12025as

13685pa
6195va
11940af
15280va
17705eu
7180as
15310as
9815am

17515pa
9410eu
1209Seu
15400va
17830va
9580as
15360as

9740as
15070va
15575va
17885af
11760as
17790as

7535eu
7425na
731Sam
13595na

9430as

13615pa

Australia. Radio

10001100vl
10001100 vi
10001100 vi
10001100
1000 1100 vi
10001100
10001100
1000 1100
10001100
10001100
1000-1100
1000-1100
10001 100
10001100
10001100as
10001100 mtwhf
1000 1100
1000 1100
10001100
1000 11 00 vi/as

Australia. VLBA Allee Spg

Australia. VLBK Katherme
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Austra11a.DefenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouve1
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Eql Guinea. R East At11ca
Eql Guinea. Radio Africa
Guam. AWR/KSDA
India. All India Ract10
Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl
Italy, IRAS

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5995as
9860pa
2310do
2485do
4910do
13525as
962Sdo
600Sdo
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11755pa
6205am
5900pa
15186al
15186af
9370as
13700as
13680e11
7125va

3230am

5065am

7165eu
7295do
13730eu

9830eu
15450as

5935am

July 1996

Smgapo1e. SBC Radio One

Swi1zerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS

10001 100
1000 1100
10001100
10001100
10001100

USA. KAtJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naatehu HI
USA. Monilor Radio Intl
USA. Voice ot Ame1ica

10001100
1000 11 00
10001100
1000-1100
10001100
1000-1030
1000 11 00
1030 1055
1030-1057
1030 1100
10301 100
10301100
10301100
1030 1055
1038 1055 I &3rd m

USA. WGTG McCays ville GA

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WWCR Nashville Tri
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia. Christian Voice
Aust11a. R Austria Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Finland. YLE/R Fmland
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Netherlands. Radio
South Korea. R Korea Intl
UAE. Radio Ouba1
Denmark. R Denmark Intl

9510as
15170as

17387au

11895au

13700pa

9835va
15520as

11655as
17560as

11800va
17775as

9535eu
6190af
11750as
15070va
15400af
17790as
9815am

6195va
11760as
15190sa
15575va
17830va

9410eu
11 940at
15280va
17640va
17885at

9430as
7405am

13840as
9590am

618Sam
13595na
5935am

9475am

15685am

9840as

12020as

15010as

7395sa
6165am
15425va

17870au
9505eu
15235au
9650as

12065as

13705as

15395eu
15220na

17825eu

21605me

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
CROATIAN RADIO

Wcbpagc now shows Engli sh news to Eu on 5920, new 7 165. 9830:

0703
M -F
0803
Sa/S u
0903
M -F
Evan John Konj icija. CA. alsu reports:
1303
5920. 7 165 Eu. 13830 Ams
2203
5985 lsil' 5895?1. 7 165 Eu, 13830 Ams

13705pa

9580pa
21725as

15440pa
738Sam
21455au

15050as

1000 11 00
10001030
10001100

6280va
9960va
4760do
7295do
7160do
5980do
9720pa
6100pa
4890do
11635as
7150va
12025as
17870va
6155do
6165eu
5965na
9740as
12095eu
15310as
17705va
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095ca
5985va
11720va
9400am
6040am
7490na
5065am
5950na
7360na
6065af
t 5450as
7345eu
13645as
9530as
6045as
t1715am
13675eu
9480eu

17870au

17860va

7240as
13605as

Lebanon. Voice of Hope

Lebanon. Wmgs ot Hope
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuchmg
Malaysia.ATM KotaK1nabalu
Ne1herlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ ln11
Papua New Gumea. NBC
Ph1hppmes. FEBC/R ln11
Russia. Voice o1Russia VIS

CROATIA:

1000 UTC
10001100

10001100
10001100
10001100
10001100
10001100vl
1000 1100 vi
10001025
10001100
10001100vl
10001100
10001100

15190as

9835va

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

.. .

15225af
21680as

13700pa

1208Sas
12065pa

17890as

100 kW:
0100-0500
0500-1 130
1130-2000
2000-2200
2200-0 100

5895
7165
13830
I 1635
7 165

Eu/NAm.
Eu/Au/As.
W. Am/Au.
NAm.
EN Am.

10 kW:
0100-0500
0500-0600
0500- 1130
0600- 1600
1130-2200

7 165
5895
9830
5920
7 165

Eu.
Eu.
Eu,
Eu.
Eu.

2.5 kW:
0500- 11 30
13830
SAm.
English news every hour frum 2 100 through 0500, al s

FREQUENCIES .

..

....

11001200

Australia. Radio

t1001200vl
1100 1200 vi
111l0-1200vl
11001200
11001200
11001200
t 100f200
t1001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
t 1001200
11001130
11001200as
11001200
t 100-t t50

Australia. VLBA Alice Spg

Australia. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Australia.OefenseForces R
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Af11ca
Eqt Guinea. Radio Af11ca
Germany. Deutsche Welle

t 1001200
11001200vVas
t1001200
t1001200
t100-t200vl
t t OOt200 vi
1tOO t t25
t tOOt200
ttOOtt50
t1001200v1
11001200vl
t t001200

Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl

Italy. IRRS
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuch1ng
Malaysia.RTM KotaKinabalu
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Palau. K'iBNN01ce of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1100t200
t1001200
11001 t30
1t001200

Singapore. SBC Radio One

Singapore.R Singapore Int
Swilzerland. Swiss R Intl
Taiwan. Voice of Asia

SELECTED PROGRAMS .

5995as
961 Sas
15530as
23t0do
2485do
4910do
13525as
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
7375am
6205am
5900pa
15186af
9530as
15370af
17860af
t3680eu
7125va
6120na
7295do
7t60do
5980do
6045as
6t00pa
6575na
9730as
4890do
4740as
15560as
t 7870as
6155do
6015as
13635as
7445as

7240as
9860pa
15565as

9725am
7385am
12005am

13750am

15410al
21600al

177t5af

9610as

15350as

9650as

12065as

9975na
9985as

11335na
15140as

11655as
16560as

15460as
17755as

1100
11 05
1115
1130
1130
1138
1153

Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Wavescan. Adventist World

Radio's OX/Media program.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: The Far Right Radio Review. See S
0400.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: The Gospel. A reading from
scripture.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Crtsis in Culture. Father George
Rutter examines a current issue.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: RFPI Reports. See S 0430.
Netherlands. Radio: Sincerely Yours. The Sunday
replacement for "Happy Station" that lets the listener
comment about the RN's programming.
Netherlands, Radio: Sounds Interesting. Robert Chesat takes
listener feedback and incorporates their ideas into the show.

Mondays
1100

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Living Enrichment Center. See M

0400.
1t 02 Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Family Matters. Five minutes of
guidance for parents.
1105 Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: Newsnel. See S 0105.
t 107 Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Music. Recorded selections of
Chrtstian music.
1112 Costa Rica, AWR Alapela: Today's Family Life. A sertes of
programs with advice for family living.
1122 Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Music. See M 1t07.
1130 USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Morning Prayer. A half-hour of
devotion lo begin the day.
1130 Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: RFPI Reports. See S 0430.
1132 Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: The Christian Wort<ing Woman.
Mary Welchel provides advice for Christian women.
1138 Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Your Story Hour. See S 0500.
11 38 Netherlands, Radio: tlewsllne. Sec S 0038.
1153 Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Family Forum. A program of
advice tor youth on everyday hv1ng.
1153 Nethertands. Radio: Research file. A program of science and
technology.

Tuesdays
1100
1102
1105
1t 07

6155as
15415as

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Alternative Radio. See T 0400.

Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Family Maners. See M 1102.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Music. See M 1107.

9580pa
15170as

17800af

13705as

15520as
17775as

175 15as

...

1t12
1t22
t 130
t 132
1138
11 38
1153
1153

11001130
11001200
t t001200
11001200
11001200
11001200

21660al
United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

1100 1200
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
1100 1200
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
11001200
USA. WJCR Upton KY
t 100 1200
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
11001200
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
11001 200
Zambia. Christian Voice
11001200
Pakistan, Radio
11051 120
Austria. R Ausllla Intl
11301155
Bulgaria. Radio
1130 1200
China. China Radio Intl
1130 1200 vi
Ecuador. HCJB
1130 1200
Finland. YLE/R Finland
11301200
Iran, VOIRI
1130 I 200
Monaco. Trans World Radio
11301200 a
Monaco. Trans World Radio
11301155 s
Myanmar. Voice of
11301200
Netherlands. Radio
1130 1200
Sweden. Radio
11301200
Sweden. Radio
11301200as
Vatican State. Vatican R
11301200f
India, All India Radio
1135 1140
1138 1155 1&3rd m Denmark. R Denmark Intl

Wednesdavs
1tOO

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al. Blessed Among Men and

Women. Fr. Hogan.
t t02 Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Family Matters. See M t t02.
1105 Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
1107 Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Music. See M 1107.
1112 Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Today's Family Life. See M 1112.
1122 Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Music. See M 1107.
1130 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Morning Prayer. See M 1130.
1t30 Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: My Green Earth. See M 0230.
1t32 Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: The Christian Working Woman.
See M 1132.
1t38 Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Your Story Hour. See S 0500.
1138 Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
1t53 Costa Rica. AWR Atajuela: Family Forum. See M 1153. .
1154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary (1). Lessons m Revoluhon
(3rd). Follow Holland's education system through the srortes
of children and teenagers.
1154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary (2). Preparing for Atlanta
- Part 1 (IOlh). See A 2354.
t 154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary (3). Preparing tor Atlanta
-Part 2 (17th). See F 1454.
1154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary (4). Living on the Land Part 1 (24th). See F 2354.
1154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary (5). Living on the Land Part 2 (31st). See H 0054.
1100

1t02
1105
1107
1112
1122

5965na
94 lOeu
11760as
t5070va
17640va

United Kingdom. BBC WS

Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Today's Family Life. Sec M t 112.

Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Music. See M 1107.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Morning Prayer. See M 1t30.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: The Christian Working Woman.
See M 1132.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Your Story Hour. See S 0500.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. Sec S 0038.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Family Forum. See M 1153.
Netherlands. Radio: Mirror Images. Weekly magazine of
music. the arts, culture, and European festivals, produced
and presented by David Swathng.

Thursdavs

..

1100 1200

USA. 'flEWN Birmingham Al. A catholic Challenge. Vatican

II and you with Allan Schreck.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Family Matters. See M 1102.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnel. See S 0105.
Costa Rica. AWR AJajuela: Music. See M 1107.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Todays Family Lite. See M 1112.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Music. See M 11 07.

6190af
9580as
11940af
15220va
17705va

15190sa
9700au
9815am
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
7395ca
6110va
5985va
9645va
9590am
15425va
15160va
7425na
9400am
6040am
6185am
13595na
7490na
5935am
7435am
11830na
5950na
6065af
17900eu
15470as
13730na
13790as
11445as
8660as
21455am
151 15na
11900na
15400na
I 1875me 11930me
7115eu
7115eu
5990do
7190eu
6045eu
11650na
15240na
13740am
15570as
15210as
11620do
9595do
17740af
7295eu

6195va
9740va
11955as
15310as
17830af

7180as
11750as
12095eu
t5575va
17885al

15400eu

17790va

9355as
6165am
9760va

9430au
7405am
11720va

9475am

15685am

11700as

15260al

17550au
11710do

15185do

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

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

.....

~~nd~y~WEWN Birmingham AL: Wortdv1ew. Current affairs.

1100

9510pa
13605as

1130
1130
1132
1138
1138
t 153
1t53

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Morning Prayer. See M 1130.

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: Voices of Our World. See T 0330.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: The Chrtstran Working Woman. See
M 1132.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Your Story Hour. See S 0500.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. Sec S0038.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Family Forum. Sec M 11 53.
Netherlands, Radio: Media Network. See H 0153.

Fridavs
1100
t 100
1100
1102
1105
1107
11t2
1122
1130
1130
1132
1t38
1t38
1153
t 153

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Say Yes. Dana with a time of

Inspiration and special music.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: MicroPower Radio in the U.S.. See
T 0530.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: The Food Not Bombs Radio Network
(monthly). See T 0530.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Family Matters. See M 1102.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: Newsnct. See S0105.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Music. See M 11 07.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Today's Family Life. See M 1112.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Music. See M 1t07.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Morning Prayer. See M 1130.
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl: WINGS. See W 0530.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: The Christian Working Woman. See
M 1132.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Your Story Hour. See S 0500.
Netherlands. Radio: Newshne. See S 0038.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Family Forum. See M 1153.
Netherlands, Radio: A Good Lile. See M 1253.

~~tUt~~i~WN Birmingham AL: Worldview. See S 1100.

11 oo

1100
1t05
t 115
t 115
t t20
1t30
1130
1130
1137
1153

Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Your Radio Doctor. A public service

program presented in the interest of health.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: World of Radio. See S 0200.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Ncwsnet. See S 0105.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Capital Letters (214). See S 0115.
Switzerland, Swiss R In~: The Name Game (113/5). See S
0115.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Family Forum. See M 1153.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Living the Word. See W 2300.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: The Quiet Hour. Sec M 0500.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: RFPl's Mailbag. See S0230.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Netherlands, Radio: Weekend. See S 0053.

July 1996

MONITORING TIMES

57

FREQUENCIES .
1200-1300

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

..

Australia. Radio

1200-1300
1200-1230
1200-1215
1200-1300 vi
120().1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
12001259
1200-1300

Brazil. Radio Bras

Bulgaria. Radio
Cambodia. Nall Voice ol
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl

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

China. China Radio Intl

Costa Ru:a. Adv World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East A111ca
Eql Guinea. Radio Africa
France. Radio France Intl

12001230
1200-1300
12001300 vi/a s
1200-1 300
12001300
1200-1300 vi
12001250
1200-1300
1200 1206
1200-1230 s
t 200-1300 vi

Iran. VOIRI
Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl
Italy. IRRS
Jordan. Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia.ATM KotaKinabalu
Myanmar. Voice ol
Netherlands. Radio
Nm Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope

t200-t255

Poland. Polish R Warsaw

t200-1300

1200-1300
t200-t300

Russia. Voice of Russia ws

Singapore. SBC Radio One

Singapore.A Singapore lnl

SELECTED PROGRAMS .

5995pa
9560as
11800pa
15445na
13790as
11940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640am
7385na
11795pa
8660as
5030am
6200am
12005am
15186al
9530as
9805eu
15155eu
11875me
13680eu
7125va
11970va
7295do
5980do
5990do
6045eu
6100pa
9590eu
9730as
t5140as
6095eu
11815eu
474Qas
15 t t0as
15520as
6t55do
60t5as

1200
1225
1230
t 254

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Sunday Mass Live. From Our

Lady of the Angels Monastery.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Your Story Hour. See S 0500.
Netherlands. Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
Costa Rica. AWR Ala1uela: II is Wntten. George Vandeman
examines Scripture.
Netherlands. Radio. Si1en Song. Oheera Su1an presents an
in-depth current affairs story that will capture and hold your
attention.

Mondays
1200
1200
1206
t210
t 225
t 235
t 238
t249
t 252
1253

USA. WEWN B11mingham AL: Daily Mass Live. See S 1200.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. Five minutes
of the latest world news at the beginning of the hour.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. News.
analysis. commentary. interviews and fealures in a magazine
formal
Costa Rica. AWR Ala1uela: Power to Cope. Advice for
Chrislian living.
Netherlands. Radio: Press Review. See M 0025.
Costa Rica, AWR Ala1uela: II is Wrillen. See S 1230.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S0038.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. Listeners make their
vi~11s known by telephone or lener lo hOst Lisa Dale.
USA, Monitor Radio lnll: Religious Article lrom the CSM. As
published in the christian Science Monitor.
Netherlands, Radio: A Good Life. Ginger da Silva hosts a
program about development in both rich and poor countries.

Tuesdays
1200
t 200
t200
t 206
12t0

SS

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Daily Mass Live. See S t 200.

Costa Rica. AWA Alajuela: ADRA Update. The latest info
from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency.
USA. Monitor Radio lnlJ Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA. Monitor Radio lnlJ Monitor Radio International. See M
1206
Costa Rica, AWA Alajuela: Wavescan. Seo S 1t OO.

MONITORING TIMES

6080pa
96 t Sas

7260as
9710as

t 1855am
74 lOas

13650am
9715as

11445as
6150am
7385am
t5115am

11700as
9725am
t5050am
21455am

121 IOas
13750am

11600as
t5195eu
11930me

t t670as
15325af
15260af

13625am
15530ca

13800eu
9955as

t5305eu
9965as

9985as

7t45eu

7270eu

9525eu

11655as
15435as
17775as

South Korea. R Korea lnll

S1ntzerland, Swiss R lnll
Taiwan. VO Free China
United Kingdom. BBC WS

1200 1300
1200-1300
12001300
1200-1300
1200t300

21660af
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio lnll
USA, Voice of America

1200 1300
1200- 1300
1200 t 300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300 s
t 200-1300
1200 1300
1200-1230
t 200-1300
1206-1300 occsnal
1215-1300
1230- 1300
1230 1255 s
1230-1300
t 230 t 259
1230-1300 mtwhf
1230-1235
1230- 1300 w
1230 1300
1230-1300
12301300 ml\'/hf
1230-1300
1230-1300
1230 t 300
12381255 t&3rd m
1240-1250
1258-1 300

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville lrJ
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami lnll
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Zambia. Chnst1an Voice
New Zealand, R NZ lnll
Egypl. Radio Cairo
Bangladesh, Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen ln1
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada. R Canada lnll
Finland. YLE/R Finland
India. All India Radio
Indonesia, RRI Sarong
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
South Korea. R Korea lnll
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
Sweden. Radio
Turkey. Voice of
Vietnam. Voice ol
Denmark. R Denmark lnll
Greece. Voice of
Gabon. Africa Number One

t 1660as

7t90eu

4975as
t5230as
17755as

12001300
1200-1300
120-0-1300
1200-1300

1t 785as
15510as
17870as

6155as

..... .

Sundays
1200

6060pa
9580pa
15565as

July 1996

7285va
6165eu
7130au
5965na
94 I Oeu
t1760as
15070va
17640va
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
6t10va
15160va
7425na
9400am
9400am
6040am
7490na
9955am
5935am
5950na
7190as
6065af
6100pa
17595as
7185as
13610na
15620as
6150as
11900na
4860do
4B75do
9745as
9570as
15425as
13740as
9445na
7360as
9590va
11645al
9580do

9535eu
9610as
6190al
9580as
11940af
t5220va
t7705va

6195va
9740va
t t955as
153t0as
17830al

71 SOas
11750as
12095eu
15575va
17885af

9430au
9760va

9455sa
t t715va

9475am
t1 B30na
97t5as

156B5am
t7750na
15295as

9815am

9355as
9645va
t5425va
15665eu

6185am
13595na
7435am
6015na
7285as

9548as
15540na
15195as
15400na
61 85do

17865do

t2085as
9640as

13670as

t5240pa
9630na
9840as
13800va

t203Qas
15305va

15480va

. . . . . .... . .. .. . .. .. ..
t225
1225
1237
1238
1249
1252
1253

Costa Rica. AWR Ala1uela: Voice of Prophecy. See S 0530.

Netherlands. Radio: Press Review. See M 0025.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Music. See M 1107.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M t 252.
Netherlands. Radio: African Season. Recent and on-going
developments in the African continent.

Wednesdays
1200
1200
1200
1206
1225
1230
1238
t249
1252
t253

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Daily Mass Live. See S 1200.

Cosla Rica. AWA Alajuela: Your Story Hour. See S 0500.
USA, Monitor Radio lnll: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA, Monilor Radio lnll: Monitor Radio International. See M
1206.
Netherlands, Radio: Press Review. See M 0025.
Costa Rica, AV/R Alajuela: It is Wnnen. See S 1230.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
USA. Monilor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio loll: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M 1252.
Netherlands. Radio: Sounds Interesting. See S t153.

~~OU~~~~N
Birmingham AL: Daily Mass Live. See S 1200.
1200 Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Music. See M 1107.
t200
t 206
1225
t 230
1238
t 249
t 252
1253

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.

USA. Monitor Radio !nil: Monitor Radio International. See M
t206.
Netherlands. Radio: Press Review. See M 0025.
Costa Rica, AWA Alajuela: Your Story Hour. See S 0500.
Netherland s, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M 1252.
Netherlands, Radio: Research File. See MI t53.

Fridavs
1200
1200
1200
1206

1207
1220
1225
1230
1238
1249
1252
1253
1254
1254
1254
1254
1254

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Daily Mass Live. See S t200.

Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Music. See M 1107.
USA. Monitor Radio loll: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Monitor Radio International. See M
1206.
Costa Rica, AWR Ala1uela: ADRA Update. See T 1200.
Cos1a Rica, AWR Alajuela: Voice of Prophecy. See S 0530.
Netherlands. Radio: Press Review. See M 0025.
Costa Rica, AWA Ala1uela: Power to Cope. See M 1210.
Nethert!nds. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M 1252.
Ne1herlands. Radio: From Sapphire lo Laser. Robert Green
introduces a new hall-hour format to this program about the
people who make. record and sell music.
Radio Nethel1ands: Documentary (1 ). Lessons in Revolulion
{51h). See w 1154.
Radio llethe11ands: Documentary (2). Preparing for AtlanlaPart 1 (12th). See A 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (3). Preparing for Allanla Part 21191h). See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (4). Living on the Land Part t (26th). See F 2354.
Radio Nelhel1ands: Documentary (5). Living on the Land Part 2 (2 Jul). See H 0054.

~~O
tUt~~~WN Birmingham AL: Daily Mass Live. See S 1200.
1200 Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Your Story Hour. See S 0500.
1200
1206
1225
1230
1238

USA, Monitor Radio lnll: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.

USA, Monitor Radio lnll: Christian Science Sentinel Radio
Edilion. Discussions on how the Bible addresses the trends of
lhought of today.
Netherlands. Radio: Prog1am Info. See S 0125.
Costa Rica, AWR A1a1uela: It is Written. See S 1230.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.

FREQUENCIES .

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13001400

Australia. Radio

13001330
13001330 mlwhfa
13001320
13001330
13001400 1!
13001400
1300 1400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001359 rntwhta
13001400
13001330
13001400
13001330
1300-1400
13001330
1300 1400 as
13001400
13001400
13001330 vi/as
13001400
13001400
13001400 vi
1300 1400 vi
13001325
1300 1400 occsnal
13001350

Au stralia. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Brazil. Radio Bras
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreat
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Carro
Eqt Gurnea. R East Afnca
Eqt Guinea. Radio Afrrca
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
Italy. IRRS
Lebanon. Wings ot Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysra.RTM KotaKrnabalu
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nor1h Korea. R Pyongyang

1300 1330 s
1300-1400 vi

Norway. Radio Norway Intl

Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope

1300-1400
1300-1356
1300 1400
1300 1400
1300 1400
13001400 mtwhf

Philippines. FEBCIR Intl

Romania. R Romania !nil
Russia.Voice of Russra WS
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Singapore.A Singapore Int
Sri Lanka. Srr Lanka BC

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6060pa
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6100pa
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6015as
15425as

7240as
11800pa
6080as
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9560pa

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13001330
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Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

United Kingdom. BBC WS

13001400
13001400
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1300 1400
13001400

17885af
USA. KAIJ Oallas TX
USA. KJES Me.squrte NM
USA. KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Vorce of America

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1300 1400
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13301400
13301400
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13301400
13301400
13351345
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1345 1400

USA, Vorce of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesvrlle IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Christian Vorce
Croatia Croatian Radio
Ausrna R Austna Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
Canada. R Canada !nil
Canada. R Canada Intl
Guam. AWR/KSOA
India. All Indra Radio
Italy. IRAS
Netheriands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
UAE. Radio Dubai
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Vietnam. Vorce ol
Greece. Vorce of
Denmark. R Denmark !nil
Vatican State. Vatican R

9510pa

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9715as

13650arn
11660pa

7385am
17845af
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15230as

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9955as

9965as

9985as

t 1940eu
15460as

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15560as

17720eu
17755as

6155as

7230as
5965na
9410eu
11750as
15070va
15575va
21470af
5810am
11715na
7365as
7510am
6095na
61 ! Ova
15425va
1t7t5va
9580na
9400am
6040arn
7490na
9955arn
15420am
15745eu
9475am
5950na
6065af
5920eu
6155eu
1t855am
t 7820va
9535as
9650as
11620as
3985va
9890as
9835as
13675eu
7190as
7360as
151 75na
9590va
9500as

7480as
5990as
9515va
11760as
15220am
17640va
21660af
9815arn

13635as
6190af
9590va
11940af
15310as
17705va

15240as
6195va
9740as
12095eu
15420af
17830af

9355as
9645va

9455na
9760va

13840as
15160va

11875na

15665eu

t5105am
13595na

12160am
t t830na

13845am
13695na

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13730eu
11935eu

13830am
15325va

t5685am
t7750na

21455va

11795as
13750as
13700as
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7285as
9840as
15650na
13800va
11625as

15150as
15245na
I 7825eu
9715as
12030as
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15295as

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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1300
1304
1305
1306
131 3
1319
1330
1338
1353

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Daily Mass Live (from 1300).

Sec S 1200.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. People and events
in lhe Czech Republic and editonal commentary.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S0105.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: The Week and Polrtrcs. See S
1236.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: From the Weeklies. Sec S 1243.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: What's Up. See S 1249.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL The Holy Rosary (Glorious).
Divine worship.
Netherlands, Radio: Sincerely Yours. See S 1138.
Netherlands, Radio: Sounds Interesting. See S 1153.

Mondays
1300
1304
1305
1309
1315
1330
1338
1340
1345
1353

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: The Holy Rosary (Joyful). See

s 1330.
Czech Rep, Radro Prague: Current AHairs. See S 1304.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. News items and
editorial comment from the Czech newspapers.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Fit for Living. Advice for a healthful
life.
USA. WEWN Brrmrngham AL: The Chaplet of Oivrne Mercy.
See S 1330.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Computer Corner. Five minutes of
news from the world of computers.
Philippines, FEBCManila: Commumcatron. A Serres of
devol ional thoughts with an impact.
Netherlands. Radio: Research File. See M 1153.

Tuesdays
1300
1305
1305
1323
1330

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: The Holy Rosary (Sorrowful).

See S 1330.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Czech Rep, Radro Prague: What's Up. See S 1249.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: The Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
See S 1330.

1338
1340
1353

Netherlands, Radio: Newshne. See S 0038.

Philippines. FEBC Manila: Computer Corner. See M 1340.
Netherlands. Radio: Mirror Images. See T t I 53.

Wednesdays
1300
1305
1305
1310
1313
1315
1321
1330
1338
1340
t 354
1354
1354
1354
1354

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: The Holy Rosary (Glorious).

See S 1330.
Czech Rep, Radro Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague From 1/le Arct1ives. An historical
look at the Czech people and their l~estyle.
Phihpprncs. FEBC Manila: FEBC DX Dial. A program for
shortwave listening.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: The Arts. Focus on an a particular
topic concerning Czech art.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: The Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
Sees 1330.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Computer Corner. See M 1340
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (1 ). Lessons in Revolution
(3rd). See W1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (2). Preparing tor Atlanta
- Pan t (10th). See A 2354.
Radio Nethertands: Documentary (3). Preparrng for Atlanta
- Pan 2 (17th). See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (4). Living on the Land Pan 1 (24th). See f 2354.
Radio Nethertands: Documentary t5). Living on 1he Lano Part 2 (31SI). See H 0054.

Thursdays
1300
t 305
1305
1311
1319

1330
1338
1340
1352

Fridays
1300

1305
1306
1311
1314
1330
1338
1340
1345
1355

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.

Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Czecll Rep, Radio Prague: Press Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: I'd Like You to Meet. A studio
interview wrth an interesting Czech personality.

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL The Holy Rosary (Sorrowful).

See S 1330.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Ncwsnct. See S0105.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Press Revrew. See M 1309
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Calling All Listeners tntorma1ion
about the Czech Republic, commentary on listener letters.
and occasional DX news.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: The Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
See S 1330.
Netherlands. Radio: Newstine. See S 0038.
Phil pprnes. FEBC Mamla: Computer Corner. See M 1340.
Philippines, FEBC Manila: Mailbag Letters arc read and
answered on lhe air.
Netherlands. Radio: A Good Life. See M 1253.

Saturdays
1300
1304
1305
1315
1315
1330

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: The Holy Rosary (Joyful). See

s 1330.

USA. WEWN Brrmingham AL: The Chaplet of Divine Mercy.

See S 1330.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. Sec S 0038.
Philippines, FEBC Manila: Computer Corner. See M 1340.
Netherlands, Radio: Media Network. See H 0153

1338
1340
1353

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL. The Holy Rosary (Glorious).

See S 1330.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Live In Prague. See S0004.
Sw1t2erland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Capital Letters (214) See S 0115.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: The Name Game (11315) See S
0115.
USA, WEWN Orrmrngham AL: Tt1e Chaplet of D.vine Mercy.
See S 1330
Netherlands, Radio: Newshne See S 0038.
Philippines, FEBC Manila Computer Corner. See M 1340.
Netherlands. Radio: Weekend. See S 0053.

July 1996

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14001500
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14001500
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14001500 vi
1400 1430 vi
14001500
1400 1500 occsnal
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Australia. Radio
Aus1ral1a. Radio
Aus1ral1a,DelenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Duebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada CKZU Vancouver
Canada R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Cos1a Roca.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Alrica
France. Radio France Intl
India. All India Radio
Israel. Kol Israel
Italy. IRAS
Japan. NHK/Radoo
Lebanon. Wings or Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.RTM KotaKinabalu
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice or Hope

14001500
14001500

Philippines. FEBCIR Intl

Russia.Voice or Russia WS

7240as
5995pa
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6005do
6070do
6030do
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6160do
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9890as
6100pa
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9610pa
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17560me

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11895as

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13700as

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9965as

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11835me
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7225me
11945me
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14001500
14001500
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Singapore. SBC Radio One

Sri Lanka. Sn Lanka BC
Un~ed Kingdom. BBC WS

14001500
14001500
1400 1500
14001500
14001500

2147Dal
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KJES Mesqui1e NM
USA, KTBN Salt Lk Cily UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

14001500
14001500
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14001500
14001500
1400 I 500 as
1400-1500
1400-1500

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

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

14001415
14001500
1415 1500 mtwhla
14151425
14301500

Vatican State. Vatican R

Zambia. Clirislian Voice
Bhutan. Bhutan BC Service
Nepal. Radio
Australia. Radio

1430 1500 vi
t 430 1440
l 430 1440 mtwhl
1430 1500 m1whl
14301500
14301500
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14401500
1458 1500

China, China Radio Intl

India. All India Radio
Indonesia. RRI Uj Pandang
Portugal, R Portugal Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Myanmar. Voice of
Seychelles. FEBA Radio

6155do
15425as
5990as
941Deu
11750as
15070va
17640va
21660al
13815am
11715na
751Dam
9355as
6110va
9760va
9580na
9400am
604Dam
7490na
15420am
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9475am
5950na
17750eu
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11940al
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17840va

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9645as
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115soas

13845am
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15685am
15130am

11625as

13765au

6D80as
12D80pa
9880as
6185do

6090me

11660eu

11445as
9565do

15135as
9685do

15725am

7125as
15255va
11875na
15105am
13595na

15335as
15340as
11870as

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Wednesdays

Sundays
1400
1400
1400
1425
1438
1440
1454

Philippines, FEBC Manila: The Bible Speaks. Music and

principles to live by.
Radio Mexico Intl: Mailbag. A typical mailbag program in
which letter.; from English-speaking listeners are discussed on
the air.
USA. WRND. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast. See
0000.
Netherlands. Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
Netherlands, Radio: Sincerely Yours. See S 11 38.
Phihppines, FEBC Manila. The Way to Life. Dick Saunders
explores the Bible.
Netherlands, Radio: Suen Song. See S 1254.

1400
1415
1425
1430
1435
1438
1440
1445
1453

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: The Catechism Explained.

Douglas Bushman discusses Calhohc dogma.
Radio Mexico Intl: Ant~nna Radio Summary. A 15minute
magazine ol news. finance. and culture.
Radio Mexico Intl: Orchestral Music. The music ol Mexico In
an easy listening format.
lletherlands. Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
USA. WEWll Birmingham AL: Crisis in Cuhure. See S 1130.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Guidelines for Living. See M 0100.
llelherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: The Way to Lile. See S 1440.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Words of Truth. A Bible study
program.
Netherlands, Radio: A Good Life. See M 1253.

Tuesdays
1400
t400
1415
1425
1435
1438
1440
1445
1453

60

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Pillars ol Faith (encore). Bishop

D. Foley.
Radio Mexico Intl: Antenna Radio Summary See M 1400.
Radio Mexico Intl: Orchestral Music. See M 1415.
Netherlands, Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
Philippines, FEBC Manila: Guidelines for Living. See M 0100.
Ne1herlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Philippines. FEBC Manila The Way to Lile. See S 1440.
Phihpp1nes. FEBC Manila: Words ol Tru1h. See M 1445.
Netherlands, Radio Alncan Season. See T 1253.

MO NITORING TIMES

1400
1415
1425
1430
1435
1438
1440
1445
1453

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Go Into the Whole Wortd. Father

Pablo Staub.
Radio Mexico Intl: Antenna Radio Summary. See M 1400.
Radio Mexico Intl: Orchestral Music. See M 1415.
Netherlands. Radio: Program Into. See S 0125.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Survey ol Theology. Bishop
Hastrich.
Philippines, FEBC Manila: Guidelines for Living. See M 0100.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: The Way to Life. See S 1440.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Words of Truth. See M 1445.
Netherlands, Radio: Sounds Interesting. See S 1153.

Thursdays

Mondays
1400

1400

July 1996

1400
1400
1415
1425
1430
1435
1438
1440
1445
1453

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Chris! the Light of the Nations.

See S 1530.
Radio Mexico Intl: Antenna Radio Summary. See M 1400.
Radio Mexico Intl: Orches1ral Music. See M 1415.
Ne1herlands, Radio: Program Info. See S0125.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: You and the God of Mere'}.
Father Groeschel.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Guidelines for Loving. See M 0100.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: The Way to Lile. Sec S 1440.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Words of Truth. See M 1445.
Ne1hertands, Radio: Research File. See M 1153.

Fridays
1400
1425
1435
1438
1440
1445
1452
1454
1454

Radio Mexico Intl: An1enna Radio Summary. See M 1400.

Netherlands. Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Guidelines for Living. See M 0100.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsllne. See S 0038.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: The Way to Lile. See S 1440.
Phihppines. FEBC Manila: Words ol Truth. See M 1445.
Netherlands. Radio: From Sapphire to Laser. See F 1253.
Radio Nethertands: Documen1ary (1). Lessons In Revolution
(5th). See W 1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documen1ary (2). Preparing for Atlanta Part 1 (12th). See A 2354.

1454

Radio Netherlands: Documentary (3). Preparing for

Atlanta - Part 2 (19th). Howard Shannon looks at the
last minute coaching jus1 days before !tying out.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (4). Living on the
Land - Part 1 (26th). See F2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (5). Living on the
Land - Part 2 (2 Jul). See H 0054.

1454
1454

Saturdays
1400
1400
1415
1425
1438
1440

Philippines. FEBC Manila: Communica1ion. See M 1345.

USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The Overcomer
Broadcast. See S 0000.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Far East Forum. A weekly
news magazine about politics, trade, and religion.
Netherlands, Radio: Program ln1o. See S 0125.
Uetherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: The Way to Lile. See S 1440.

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Australia.DelenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN S1 John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Georgia Radio
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Italy, Adv World Radio
Italy, IRRS
Japan, tJHK/Radio
Jordan, Radio
Lebanon. Wings ol Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM Ko1aK1nabalu
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Mongolia. R Ulan Balor
Myanmar. Voice of
Ne1herlands. Radio
Nel'I Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Romania, R Romania Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

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11660as
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11915as

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15050am

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15320me

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7305me
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15001600
15001530
15001600
1500 1600 mtl'lhl
15001530
15001600

S Africa, Channel Africa

Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Sn Lanka. Su Lanka BC
Switzerland. Sl'liss R Intl
Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

1500 1530

Unit~d

150(}1600
15001600
1500 1600
1500- 1600
15001600

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice ol America

15001600
1500 1600
15001600
15001600
15001600
1500 1600 as
15001600
15001600
15001530
15001600
1520 1530 m1villf
15301555
15301545

USA. WEWN Burningham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville ltl
USA, WJCR Uplon KY
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. IWHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vielnam. Voice of
Zambia. Chrislian Voice
Estonia, Radio
AuS1ria. RAustria Intl
Ind a. Alt India Radio

15301600
15301600
15301600
1538 1555 1&3rd m
15451600 a

Iran, VOIRI
Netherlands. Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Denmark. R Denmark lnU
Valican Slate. Va1ican R

Kingdom. BBC WS

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15540me
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9~ 75am

11550as
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500
1500
1505
1525
1530
1538
1553
1555

Radio Mexico Intl: The World ol Mexican Art. Focus on 1he

life ol a slar ol slage, screen or other art form.
USA, WRNO. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast
See S 0000.
Swi1Zerland, Swiss R ln11: Newsnet See S0105.
Nelherlands. Radio: Program lnlo. See S 0125.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Chrtst the Light ol the
Nalions. Father Brian Mullady examines the documents ol
the Second Va1ican Council.
Nelherlands, Radio: Sincerely Yours. See S 1138.
Ne1her1ands, Radio: Sounds lnteresling. See S 1153.
Philippines, FEBC Manila: Program Parade for Tomorrow. A
preview of 1he next day's broadcast

1555

Wednesdays
1500
1500
1505
1525
1530
1530

Mondays

1538
1545

1505
1525
1530

1554

1538
1553
1555

Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet See S 0105.

Nelherlands, Radio: Press Review. See M 0025.
USA. WRNO. New Orleans LA: Lile Is Worth Living.
Recorded talks of Bishop Fullon J. Sheen who is best
knoYm for popularizing religion 1hrough television and radio
(deceased 1979).
Netherlands, Radio: Newshne. See S 0038.
Nelherlands. Radio: Research File. See M 1153.
Phillpplnos, FEBC Manila: Program Parade for Tomorrow.
See S 1555.

Tuesdays
1500
1500
1505
1525
1530
15:v.J
1538
1553

USA. WfWN Birmingham AL: Living the Scnplure. Mother

Angelica examines a selection lrom 1he bible.
Radio Mexico ln11 Mailbag. See S 1400.
Switzerland. Swiss R ln11: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Nolherlands. Radio: Press Review. See M 0025.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Franciscan University
Conneclion. Father Michael Scanlon and guests speak from
Steubenville. Ohio.
USA. WRNO, New Orleans LA: Lile is Worth Living. See M
1530.
Nelherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Nelherlands, Radio: Mirror Images. See T 1153.

Philippines. FEBC Manila: Program Parade lor Tomorrow.

See S 1555.

1554
1554
1554
1554
1555

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Lile Issues. A prolife

program with Falher Pavonne.
Radio Mexico ln11: Tour Through Mexico. Explore the world
ot lan1as1ic cultures.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet See S 0105.
Nelherlands, Radio: Press Review. See M 0025.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Franciscan University. Fr.
Michael Scanlon.
USA. WRNO, New Orleans LA: Life is Worth Living. See M
1530.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Ann Shields. A program of
rellec1ions.
Radio Netherlands: Documenlary (1). Lessons in Revotulion
(3rd). See W 11 54.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (2). Preparing for Atlanla
- Part 1 (101h). See A 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documenlary (3). Preparing for Atlanta
- Part 2 (171hJ. See F t454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (4). Living on the Land Part 1 (24th). See F 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documenlary (5). t.iving on lhe Land Part 2 (31s1). See H 0054.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Program Parade for Tomorrow.
See S 1555.

Thursdays
1500
1505
1525
1530
1538
1553
1555

Radio Mexico Intl: The World of Mexican Art. See S 1500.

Switzerland, Swiss R Intl: Newsnot Sec S 0105.
Netherlands. Radio: Press Review. Sec M 0025.
USA. WRNO, New Orleans LA: Life is Worth Living. See M
1530.
Nelherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Netherlands. Radio: Media Net.vork. See H 0153.
Philippines, FEBC Manila: Program Parade for Tomorrow.
Sees 1555.

Fridays
1500
1505
1525
1530
t 538
1553
t 555

Radio Mexico Intl: Tour Through Mexico. See W 1500.

Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet. See S 0105.
Nelherlands. Radio: Press Review. See M 0025.
USA. WRNO. New Orleans LA: Life is Worth Living. See
M 1530.
Nelherlands. Radio: Newshne. See S 0038.
Nelherlands. Radio: A Good Lile. See M 1253.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Program Parade for Tomorrow.
See S 1555.

Saturdays
1500
1500
1500
1500
1505
1515
1515
1515
1525
1530
1538
t540
1553
1555

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Lile Issues. See W 1500.

Philippines. FEBC Manila: Radio Bible School. A Bible
teaching program.
Radio Mexico Intl: UN Caribbean Magazine. Produced for
the Caribbean wilh news about Uniled Nalions activilies
in the area and internationally .
USA. WRNO. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast
See S 0000.
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl: Newsnet See S 0105.
Radio Mexico ln11: Classical Music. Fifteen minutes of
orchestral music
Switzerland. Sl'liss R Intl: Capital Le"ers (214). See S
0115.
Swilzerland. Swiss R ln11: The Name Game ( 1/3/5). See S
011 5.
Netherlands. Radio: Program Info. See S 0125.
USA. WEWN Burningham AL Old Testament Prophets.
See M 1630.
Netherlands. Radio: Newshne See S 0038.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Mailbag. See F 1345.
Netherlands. Radio: Weekend. See S 0053.
Philippines. FEBC Manila: Program Parade for Tomorrow.
See S 1555.

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FREQUENCIES .
1600-1700

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Auslraha Radio

1600-1700 vi
16001 700
1600-1700
16001700
16001700
16001700
1600-1700
1600 1700
1600-1700
16001627
1600-1630
1600-1700

Canada CBC N Quebec Svc

Canada. CFCX Mon1real
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada CKZN S1 Johns
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. Gilma Radio Intl
Cosla Rica.RF Peace 11111
Czech Rep. Ratho Prague
E1h1opra. Radio
France Radio France lnU

16001650
16001700
16001700
1600-1615 ml
1600-1630 .1hfas
16001630
1600-1700 vi
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1630vl
1600-1625
1GOO i650 occsnal
1600-1630 s
1600-1630

Germany Deu1sche Welle

Germany. Deu1sclle Welle
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Guam. TWRiKTWR
Guam. TWR1KTWR
Iran. VOIRI
11aly. IRAS
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia Radio
Mexico. Radio Mexico lnll
Nelherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
NOl'llay. Radio Nor.vay Intl
Pakistan. Radio

16001700vt
16001700

Palau. KHBN Voice of Hope

Russia Voice of Russia WS

1600-1700
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1700

S Afnca Channel Afnca

S Afnca Trars World R
S1ngapo1e. S3C Radio One
Slovakia. Aclv World Radio

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11695pa
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6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11575as
6200am
5930eu
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6175eu
15210af
7225as
7185af
7395as
11580as
11580as
7290as
3985va
11970va
6280va
7295do
9705na
9890as
6100am
I 1840na
9425af
13590af
9955as
i240eu
9480eu
9975eu
11945me
17875af
7155af
9500af
6155do
13590as

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9580pa
11800pa

6080pa
9615va

15110al
15050am
I 7485af

15130al

11615me
15460af
9875as
9735af

11700af
15530af
13690as
I 1965af

6090pa
11660pa

12015af

15150as

11860cu
9515al
15555af
9965as
7325af
9830va
11630cu
12025af

13805eu
11570af
9985as
7350eu
9880eu
11675eu
15350va

1600-1700
1600-1630 m!Ylht
1600-1700
1600-1640
16001700

Sou1h Korea. R Korea ln11

Sn Lanka. Sn Lanka BC
Swaziland. Trans World R
UAE, Radio Dubai
United Km gdorn. BBC WS

1600-1615

Um1ed Kingdom. BBC WS

16001700
1600-1700
16001700
16001 i00
16001700

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Mom1or Radio lnU
USA. Voice of Amenca

1600-1630 as
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700 as
1600-1700
1600-1700

USA. Voice of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

16001630a
1600-1630
1600-1700
16151630
1615-1700
1615-1630
1630-1659
1630-1700
1630 1700
1630-1 700
1638-1655 1&3rd m
1645-1700 mlwhf
1650-1700
16501700 mtwl1I

va1ican State, Va11can R

Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia. Chnst1an Voice
Albania. R Tuana lnll
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Va11can S1a1e. Vatican R
Canada, R Canada 11111
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Slovakia. R Slovakia lnll
Denmark. R Denmark lnU
Canada. R Canada lnll
Eql Guinea. Radio Afnca
New Zealand, R NZ lnU

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...

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15400eu

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13815am
15590am
6120as
9385eu
7125as
1192031
15225af
15445af
6035af
11875na
9400am
13760am
7490na
15420am
15745eu
9475am
11705na
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9940as
7360na
6065af
71 55eu
9510as
7250au
7150as
15255af
15620af
5915eu
11840af
9555va
15186af
6145pa

95 1 5af

9870af

15~25as

13675eu
6t 90af
9515na
12095va
17840va
71SOas

15395me
61 95va
9590na
15070va
21470af
7205as

17825me
7t 35as
9740va
15400af
21660af
17705va

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7215as
12040af
15255va
t 7895af

17510af
9645as
13710af
15395as

18930af
9700va
15205va
15410af

13615na

15665eu

15725am

15105am
13595na

12160am
11830na
21745eu
11640af
9840eu
9740eu
11860af
9645eu
9550as

6055eu
11860na
11935va

13845am
15695eu

15685am
17750eu

12030as

11s10eu

7345eu
13805va
15325eu

15340vs
17820eu

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1600
1600
1604
1606
1613
1619

USA. WEWN 811mmgham AL Spamsh Mass (hve) Catholic

Mass 1n Spanish.
USA. WANO. New 01lea11s LA: The Overcomer Broadcast
See S 0000.
Czech Rep Radio Prague Current Affairs See S 1304.
Czech Rep Radio Prague The Wee< and Poh11cs. See S
1236
Czech Rep Radio Prague From lhe Weeklies See S 1243.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Whal's Up. See S 1249

Mondays
1600
1600
1604
1606
1606
1609
1630
1649
1652

USA WEWN B11m1ngham AL Ca1hohc World roday Glen

Tapley covers lhe headline stones ol lhe day frocn a
dis1inclly Calhohc perspeclive
USA. Mom1or Radio fn11. Mondor Radio News See M 1200
Czech Rep. Radio Prague. Curren! Alfaus. Sec S 1304.
USA. Mom1or Radio lnll Mon11or Radio ln1erna11ona1. See M
1206
USA. WRllO, New 01leans LA Rush Umbaugh Program.
Poh11cal 1alk on lhe conservalive side.
Czech Rep Radio Prague. Press Review. See M 1309.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL Old Teslamenl Prophe1s.
Fa1her Milch Pacwa of Loyola Un1vers1ty focuses on lhe life
of a prophel 1n each program
USA Monuor Radio Intl Le11erbox See M 1249
USA Mo1111or Radio lnll Rehg1ous Article horn 1ne CSM.
See M 1252.

Tuesdays
1600
1600
1605
1606
1606

62

USA WEWN Birm111glla111 AL Catholic World Today See M

160(
USA, Mom1or Radio lnll l/omtor Radio News See M 1200
Czec1 Rep Radio Prague Cu11en1 Affairs See S 1304.
USA. Momto1 Radio lnU Mon11or Radio ln1erna110nal. See M
1206.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: Rush Limbaugh Program.

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1610
1623
1630
t649
1652

See M 1606
USA. WEWN B1m11ngham AL Today's Fa1lh. Today in church
hislory followed by scnpture readings
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Whal's Up. Sec S 1249.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Today with Falher Ruller.
Fal her George Ruller w11h an hislorical perspec11ve on the
church and religion.
USA. Momlor Radio Intl Lellerbox S~e M 1249
USA. Mom101 Radio Intl Religious Article from the CSM. See
M 1252.

Wednesdays
1600

1600
1605
1606
1606
1610
1613
1621
1630
1649
1652

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Caiholic Wo1ld Today. See M

1600.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl. Monilor Radio News See M 1200.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
USA. MoOllor Radio Intl: Monilor Radio lntcrnallonal. See M
1206.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: Rush Limbaugh Program. See
M 1606
Czech Rep. Radio Prague Press Reviel'I See M 1309.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: From lhe Archives See W 1313.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: The Aris. See w 132 L
USA. WEWN Birnungham AL: Mercy Our Mission. Falhers
Hal Cohen and George Kos1ck1 talk about 1n1ercession.
USA. Momlor Radio lnll Letterbox. See M 1249
USA. Monllor Radio lnll Rchg1ous Amcle from 1he CSM. See
M 1252.

Thursdays
1600
160)
1605
1605
1606

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Calllolic World Today. See M

1600
USA. Momlor Radio lnll Mom1or Radio News See M 1200.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague Current Affa11s Sec S 1304.
USA. Monllor Radio lnU Monllor Radio lnterna11onal. See M
1206.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA" Rush Limbaugh P1ogram. Sec
M 1606

1609
1617
1630
1649
1652

Czech Rep. Radio Prague Press Review. See M 1309.

Czech Rep. Radio Prague. I'd Like You 10 Mee1 See H
1319.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: LivcWire (encore). Repeat of
live callin progra m.
USA. Monitor Radio lnU. Leuerbox. See M 1249.
USA. Moni1or Radio lnU: Religious Arllcle from lhe CSM.
See M 1252

Fridays
1600
1600
1606
1606
1606
1611
1614
1649
1652

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Ca1holic World Today. See M

1600.
USA. Monilor Radio lnU: Mo1111or Radio News. See M
1200.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See S 1304.
USA. Moni1or Radio fnll: Monitor Radio fnlcrnalionaL See
M 1206.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: Rush Limbaugh Program.
See M 1606
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: P1ess Review. See M 1309.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Calling All Lisleners. See F
1314.
USA. Monilor Radio lnll: Leuerbox. See M 1249.
USA. Momlor Radio tnll: Rcl:g1ous Article from lhe CSM.
See M 1252.

Saturdays
1600
1600
1604
1606
1630

USA. Monilor Radio lnU: Monilor Radio News. See M

1200.
USA. WANO. New Orleans LA: The Overcomer Broadcast
See S0000.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Live in Prague. See S 0004.
USA. Moni1or Radio lnll Chrislian Science Sentmel Radio
Edi1ion See A 1206.
USA, WANO. New Orleans LA: American Oiss1den1Voices.
See S 0100.

FREQUENCIES .
1700-1800

....

Australia. Radio

1700-1800 ~I
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800

Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc

Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl

t 700-1800 as
1700-1800
1700-1727
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1730

Costa Rica. Adv World R

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
France. Radio France Intl

I 700 1800 'II

1700-1800
1700-1730
t700-1800
1700-1730
1700-1800 mtwhf
1700-1750
1700-1750
1700-1800 vi
t 700- t755
1700-t800

Italy. IRRS
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Pakistan, Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1700-1755
1700-1730
t700-1800
1700-1730

SAfrica, Channel Africa

Sn Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

1700-1800

United Kingdom. BBC WS

1700-1745
1700-1715
1700-1800
1700-1800
t 700-t800
1700-1800
1700-1800

United Kingdom. BBC WS

United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1700-1800 mtwhf

USA, Voice of America

1700t800
t700t800
1700t800
1700-1800
17001800 smtwhf
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700 t 800
1700 1800
1700-1800 vi
t715 1800
t 730 t755
t7301800
t7301800
1730t800
t 730-1756
1730-1800
1730-1800
1738 1755 t &3rd m
17451800 rntwhf
1745- t800

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHMI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Chris1ian Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Austria. R Austria Intl
Georgia. Radio
Guam, AWRIKSOA
Netherlands, Radio
Romania. R Romania Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Vatican State. Vatican R
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Armenia. Voice of
India, All India Radio

t745-1800 mtwhf

Swaziland. Trans World R

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5050pa
9580pa
11695pa
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5220af
11575af
13750am
5200am
5835eu
15540eu
15255af
151 86al
6175eu
152103f
3985va
6035na
t t 970va
6280va
9950va
6145pa
9325eu
9400eu
9955as
6095eu
7440af
9955af
12065me
3220af
t5425as
9500af
9505eu
13635af
3955eu
9410va
117603s
154203f
3915as
9515va
138t5am
t5590am
6t 20as
9385ey
6035as
9700va
13710af
t5445af
5990va
7170va
11875na
9400am
13760am
7490na
9465eu
15420am
9475am
15695eu
4965af
4828do
7160va
6155eu
6080eu
9370as
6020af
9550af
6180eu
9660af
7485va
481 Oeu
74 t Oeu
11935af
3200af

50BOpa
9615as
11880pa

7150af

6090pa
9860pa

7405af

7250as
11560pa

1800-1900
1800-1900

Algeria. R Algiers Intl

Australia. Radio

9535as

1800-1825
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900

Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int

Brazil. Radio Bras
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
India. All India Radio

1800-1900 vi
1800-1900
1800t900
1800-1825
t 800-1900 mtwhf
1800-1830 s
1800-1900

Italy. IRRS
Kuwait. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Nethe~ands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Russia,Voice of Russia WS

1800-1900
1800-1830
t8001900
t800t900

Sudan. Radio Omdurman

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

1800t830
1800-t900
1800 t900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1800-1900
1800-1900
t8001900
t8001900
1800t900
1800 t 900 mtwhf
1800-1900
1800 t 900 mtwhf
1800t900
1800t900
1800t830
1800t900
1800-1900 vi
18021900s
180318t0
1815-1900
18301900
1830-1900
t8301900

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Yemen. Yemeni Rep Radio
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Morocco. RTVM Marocaine
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Bangladesh. Radio
Albania. R Tirana Intl
Georgia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio

18301857
1830-1900
1830-1900
1830t855 ureg
t830t900
1830t900
18301900
1830-1900
1833-1900
1838- I 855 t &3rd m
1840-1850
1845-1900 I
1845-1900 irreg s

S Africa. Trans World R

Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
Somalia. Radio Mogadishu
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sweden. Radio
Turkey. Voice of
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Cole o lvoire, ROTV
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Greece. Voice of
Belarus. Radiosta Belarus
Mali. RDTV Malienne

15050am
15640at
21455eu

116t5me
15460af

I 1700af
15530al

t2015af

9535na

9580as

t 1880as

9640af
11570eu
9965as
7270eo
9480eu
9975af
15400eu
7155af

9975af
9985as
7285eu
9830va
11775va
17875af

13785me

9880eu
t t960va

9885me

9905eu

12075af

6190af
9710as
11860af
17830af
7135as
9590na
157253m

6195eu
9740as
15070va
17840va
9630al

7150eu
11750as
1540Qaf

t5715eu
7125as
9760va
15255va
17895af
6045va
9550va
13615na

17510af
721Sas
11920af
t5395as
7125as
9770va
15665eu

12095va

9645as
t2040af
15410af
7150va
11870va

t5105ca
13595na
12160am
17555eu

13845am

9665me

t 1780as

7120af
9750at

11655af
1t830af

1t625af
1t 860va
4990eu
9650eu
13750as

15570af
t5220va
7490eu
9950af
15075me

15685am

13730eu

11940af

9965eu
11620af

11715me
6060pa
9580pa
11880pa
5910eu
15265eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6160do
6t60do
6200am
15540eu
15255af
15186af
7410eu
11935me
3985va
11990na
6280va
6020af
6t45pa
7485af
7240eu
9665va
9975af
11945al
9000af
9500af
3200af
3255af
6195eu
15400af
7150eu
13815am
15385na
15590am
13625au
9385eu
6035va
12040af
11875na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
9930af
9475am
15600eu
7360na
9780as
4828do
17815af
5920eu
7190eu
7270eu
6080eu
6020af
13700af
9525af
6100eu
5915eu
5710af
3955eu
6065va
9445na
6005af
11920do
7485eu
11645af
7180eu
4783do

July 1996

15150eu
6080pa
9860pa

.....
15205eu
6090pa
11660as

7260eu
11695pa

13645af

15050am
21455eu

9650eu
13750as

9950af
15075as

116203f

7120af

11655af

9590af
7350eu
9830va
11530af
11960af
9025af

13805af
9480eu
9880va
11675eu
15400eu

15220af
9505va
9955al
11765af

3955eu
9410va
15420af
7160va
15725am

6180eu
12095eu
17830af
9510as

6190af
15070al
17840ca
11750as

13770va
9760va
137 10af
13615na

15665af
9770va
154103f
15745eu

175103f
11920al
15580af

12160am
15695eu
9840eu

13845am
17555eu
12030as

15685am
17750eu

7165eu
9568as
9740eu

9830eu
15520as

7120af
15315af

9860af
17605af

9720eu
6055eu

7345eu

13760eu
13595na

11655at

9430va
9535na
9630af

9655va

9590eu
15150af
7210eu
4835do

13805va

15220va

9875eu
5995do

11960eu

9740va

MONITORING TIMES

63

FREQUENCIES .
1900-20COmtwhf
1900-20CO

.... ..

Argenuna. RAE
Australia. Radio

1900- 1930
1900-1920
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900200)
1900200)
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1930 mt
1900-1950

Azerba11an. Voice ol
Brazil. Radio Bras
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cote D' l1011e. RDTV
Ecuador. HCJB
Eq1 Guinea. Radio At11ca
Estonia. Radio
Germany, Deutsche Welle

1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-1945

Guatemala. Adv World R

Hungary. Radio Budapest
India. All India Radio

1900-1930

Israel. Kol Israel

1900-2000 vi
1900-2000
1900-2000 vi
1900-2000
1900-1930 as
1900-2000
1900-1930 vi
1900-2000

Italy, IRAS
Japan. N~K/Radio
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwait. Radio
Latvia, Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Mexico, Radio Mexico Intl
Netherlands. Radio

1900-1952 mtwhf
1900-1956
1900-2000

New Zealand. R NZ lnll

Romama. R Romarna Intl
Ru ss1a.Vo:ce of Russia WS

1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-2000

Soulh Korea. R Koiea Intl

Sl'laz11and. Trans Wo1ld R
Sl'lit1crland. Swiss R lnll
Thailand. Radio
Turkey. Voice of
Untied Kingdom. BBC WS

1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Sall Lk C11y UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Mon1!or Radio Intl
USA Voice of America

1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000 mlwhf
1900-2000
1900-2000 mlwhf
1900-2000 s
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-2000
1900-2000 vi
1930-1955
1930-2000
1930-2000
t 930-2000 vi
1930-2000
1930-2000
1935-1955
1938-1955 1&3rd m
1945-2000
1950-2000
1953-2000 sm!Wh

64

USA. WEWN B11m111gham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. IVYFR OkeechObee FL
V1e1nam, Voice of
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Au stria. R Austria Intl
Iran. VOIRI
Mongolia. R Ulan Balor
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
S11eden. Radio
Italy, RAI lnll
Denmark R Denmark Intl
Togo. Radio
Val1c.1n Stale, Vatican R
New Zealand. R NZ lnll

MONITORING TIMES

. . . .. ... . .

.
15335eu
6060pa
7260as
11660pa
4957eu
l 5265eu
9700eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6955me
13750am
6200am
11920do
15540eu
15186at
5925eu
9735af
13790af
5980am
3975eu
7410eu
l 1935af
7465na
15640sa
3985va
6035as
4885do
11990eu
5935eu
9960va
9705na
6020af
I 1655af
6145pa
9550eu
7440at
t 1675eu
15400eu
5975eu
3200at
6165eu
7210eu
9445na
3255at
6180eu
9630af
t 7830af
138t5at
t5590am
t 3625au
9385af
6035af
9770va
t37tOaf
t 5580af
11875na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
9930af
9930af
9475am
I 7555eu
7360na
4965af
4828do
9655me
7260af
9745as
4890do
6035eu
6065va
7235eu
7520af
5047do
4005eu
9810pa

July 1996

6080pa
9560as
11695pa

6150as
9580pa
11880pa

7240pa
9860pa

11720eu

9440af
15460am
15050am
21455eu

l t740at

l 1785af

13690at

6140eu
9650eu
13750as
9435eu

7130eu
9950me
15075as
11605na

9835eu
11620eu

7140pa
4935do

9535na
6150do

9580as

15615na

7t 20al
13700af

9860at
15315af

9895at
17605al

9690eu
9480eu
t t765af
17875af
7275as

I 1810eu
9665va
11785af

11940eu
11630al
11945at

9535na
3955eu
6t90af
9740va

5975me
6195va
15070af

6005af
9410va
t5400af

15725am

13770va
74 t5at
t t870va
15180va

15665eu
9525va
11920al
15410at

136t5na

t 5745eu

175t0af
9760va
12040af
15445at

13760eu
13595na

12160am
21745eu
9840eu

13845am

15685am

t 2030as

13730af
9022eu
12085as
6095eu

7285cu

9670eu
11860af

I 1905eu
13805eu

5880cu

7250eu

t5220au

...

2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100

Algena. R Algiers Intl

Angola. Radio Nacronal
Australia. Radio

2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
20002059
2000-2100

Canada. CFCX Montreal

Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
13670eu
15150eu
China, China Radio ln11

2000-2100
2000-2027
20002100
2000-2100
2000-2050
2000-2030
2000-2010
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2030
2000-2100 vUfas
2000-2100 vt
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2030
2000-2030 vi
2000-2025

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Eq1 Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece. Voice of
Guatemala, Adv World R
Indonesia. Voice of
Iran. VOIRI
llaly, IRRS
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kul'la11. Radio
Lebanon. Winos of Hope
Lilliuania. Radio Vilnius
Mexico. Radio Mexico lnll
Netherlands. Radio

2000-2006 fa
2000-2048 smtwh
2000-2005
2000-2050
2000-2030 s
2000-2 100 vi
2000-2025
2000-2030 mlwhf
2000-2100

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

Ne\'/ Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Rad10
No11h Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio NolVlay Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Po11ugal. A Portugal Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

2000-2015
2000-2015
2000-2030

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Swaziland, Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

2000-2015
2000-2100

2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100 mtwht
2000-2100
2000-2100 as
2000-2100
2000-2100

Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS
6180eu
6190at
9740va
t t750sa
15400af
I 7830al
USA. i<AIJ Dallas TX
USA. i<TBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KVDH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio ln11
USA, Voice of America
13710at
15410af
USA. WEWN Burningham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. IVJCR Upton KY
USA. \VMLK Bethel PA
USA. \VRMl/R Miami ln11
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL

2000-2030
2000-2030
20002100 vi
2005-2100
2007-2300 ta
2015-2045 as
2025-2045
2030-2100
2030-2"00
2030-2100
2030-2035 mtwhf
2030-2100 mwh
20302 100
2030-2100
2030-2100
2030-2100
20302100 as
2030-2045
2030-2100
2038-2055 I &3rd m
2045-2100

Vatican State, Vatican R

Zambia. Chrislian Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Syria. Radio Damascus
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
Swaziland. Trans World R
llaly. RAI Intl
Armenia. Voice ot
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Finland. YLEJR Finland
Latvia. Radio
Moldol'a. R Dn1es1er Intl
Netherlands. Radio
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Sweden. Radio
Thailand, Radio
Vietnam. Voice ot
Denmark. R Denma1k lnll
India. All India Radio

2049-2100 smtwh

New Zealand. R NZ ln11

2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100 s
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100

. ......

. ..
11715me
3355do
6060pa
9580pa
11855as
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5995va
15325eu
6950eu
t5110af
6200am
5930va
15540eu
15186af
7170eu
3366do
7430eu
5980am
9525as
7260at
3980va
4885do
11990eu
9960va
9710eu
9705na
7120af
11655at
9810pa
9810pa
3326do
6575eu
9590au
4890do
6035eu
6130eu
7070eu
11675eu
3316do
3200af
5165eu
11640al
3340do
3255at
6195va
11835va

15160eu
9535do
6080pa
9860pa
11880pa

6150pa
11660pa
12080pa

7260as
11695pa

7235va
t 7820eu
9440af

11 690va
17870eu
9920eu

13650eu

13815am
15590am
t 7775am
t 5405as
9570pa
6035af
t5580at
7425na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
9930af
9475am
15695eu
21525af
7365eu
4965af
4828do
I 2085na
t t 735pa
3200af
71 lOaf
9965eu
t 5375af
9855af
5935eu
t 1750na
9860at
7240eu
7230au
9455at
6065va
9555eu
7350as
7485eu
74IOeu
11715pa
1t735pa

15725na

11715af

15050am
11600va
21455eu
9615eu
4915do

9022eu
4935do

6150do

7205af
t5315at

7895at
17505af

9860af

4990do
9345as

9540at

9975as

6095eu
9780eu
9480eu

7285cu
9815eu
9880eu

15515af
11630eu

9870af

9885af

9905af

4976do
3955eu
7325eu
I 1955as

5975me
94 t Ova
t2095eu

6005af
9630af
15070eu

t3770eu
7415al
17725af
13615na

15665eu
9760va
17755al
13695eu

9770va

t3760eu
t3595na

12160am
17555eu

13845am
17750eu

9645eu

1t625eu

15685am
17845eu

I 5095na
97 t0af
t 1615eu

t t840af
I 1665eu

15440af
9895af
9665eu

11655af

9430va

9655va

9840eu
9590me
9910au
15225pa

12020eu
9950eu

11620eu

FREQUENCIES ... . .
2100-2200

Australia. Radio

21002110
2100-2125
21002200
2100 2200 'II
21002200
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200

Bahrain. R2dio
Belgium. RVlaanderen Int
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

21002200
21002130
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2 150

Cl1ina. China Radio Intl

China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

2100-2130
2100-2200

Hungary. Radio Budapest

India. All India Radio

2100-2200 vVtas
21002200
2100-2110
21002105v1
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2125
2100-2200 smtwh
2100-2200
21002200vt
2100-2156
21 00-2200

llaly. IRRS
Japan. NHK/Radio
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lebanon. Wings ot Hope
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCNIRadio
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romama Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia ws

2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2130
21 00-2200
2100-2200
2100-21tO
2100-2200

Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia

Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Spain, R Exterior Espana
Uganda. Radio
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

2100-2200

United Kingdom. BBC WS

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

United Kingdom. BBC WS

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

2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200 mtwht
2100-2200 s
2100-2200
2100-2200

USA. Voice of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Qi leans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WV/CR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

2100-2200 vi
2103-2110
2105-2200
2115-2200
2115-2130
2130-2200

Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Syria. Radio Damascus
Egypt. Radio Cwo
United K ngdom. BBC WS
Australia, Radio

2130-2200
2130-2200
2130-2200
213022CO

Guam. AWR/KSDA
Iran. VOIRI
Russia.Voice ol Russia IVS
Sweden. Radio

6060pa
9580pa
11880pa
6010do
5910eu
9700eu
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6t60do
7235eu
15150eu
5220eu
3985eu
6200am
9550eu
15540eu
15375af
15186af
71 ISas
1175Saf
3975eu
74 l Oeu
11 715au
3980va
6035as
9570as
4885do
6280va
9960va
4760do
9860af
11735pa
3326do
4890do
5990eu
7070eu
9665eu
11750eu
6100eu
6055eu
945Saf
6480eu
11 775eu
3340do
5905eu
7325eu
325Sat
6005at
6195va
11750sa
15070eu
9630af
1381 5am
15590am
13770eu
603Saf
9760va
1518Sva
17725at
11855af
7425na
9400am
949Sam
7490na
9465eu
995Sam
15420am
9930eu
9930af
947Sam
11650am
2152Sat
4828do
5895eu
12085na
9900eu
15390am
9610as
17860pa
15310as
6175au
7250eu
6065va

6080pa
9660pa
11955pa

7240pa
11660pa
1374Spa

7260as
11855as

1I720eu

11690eu
15325eu
6950eu
1171 Sat
15050am
13715EU
21455Eu

9670as
15135af
5935eu
9910eu
15225au

13650eu
I 7820eu
9920eu
15110af

13670eu

9735af

976Sas
983Seu
11620au

9535as
I 168Sas
4935do

9560as

11850pa

9895af

I 165Sat

6150do

4990do
719Seu
9480eu
9880eu

9690eu
9580eu
11630eu

6185eu

15575eu
4976do
601 Oeu
9560eu
391 Sas
6120as
7325eu
11835va

6020cu
9735eu
3955cu
6180eu
9410va
t 1955as

6080eu
9875eu
5975va
6190at
9740au
12095eu

15725am
13840au
6160va
11870Va
15410af
13710af
1361 5na

t5665eu
741 5at
t 1965va
I 5445af

9535va
13710af
15580af

13695eu

13760am
13595na

12160am
15695eu

United Kingdom. BBC WS

Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Greece. Voice of
United Kingdom. BBC WS

I 1680sa
720Sna
9425au
5990as

2200-2300

Australia. Radio

2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002245
2200-2300
2200-2215
2200-2230

Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc

Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio

2200-2230
2200-2225
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002215
22002300
2200-2225 mlwht
22002300 smtwh
22002215
22002230 s
2200-2300 vi
22002208 vi
2200-2300
2200-2215
2200-2300
2200-2205
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300

Iran. VOIRI
Italy. RAI Intl
Lebanon. Voice ot Hope
Lebanon. Wings ot Hope
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. Radio
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Rad10
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Palau KHBNN01ce ot Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia ws
Sierra Leone. SLBS
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Syria. Radio Damascus
Taiwan. VO Free China
Turkey. Voice of
UAE. Radio Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom. BBC WS

2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300

Uni1ed Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice ol America

2200-2230 mtwhf
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
22002300
2200-2300 mtwhf
2200-2300 s
2200-2300
2200-2245
2203-22 10
22102300 vi
2230-2255
2230-2257
2230-2300
22302300
2238-2255 I &3rd m
2240-2250
2245-2300
22452300

USA. Voice ol America

USA. WEWN Brrrningham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRND New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. W\VCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Austria. R Austria Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Russia.Voice ot Russia IVS
United Kingdom. BBC IVS
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Greece. Voice of
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio

2245-2300

Vatican State. Vatican R

9475as
9660pa
1I880pa
I 5365pa
9625do
600Sdo
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960am
5960am
71?0eu
7385am
6180na
9900eu
15186af
4915do
7410eu
I 1715au
6175au
5975as
6280va
9960Va
4760do
7295do
7520eu
I I 735pa
3326do
9495au
9985as
4890do
7070na
3316do
9455at
1208Sna
15600eu
9560Va
9605na
3955cu
6195va
11695au
12095eu
9410eu
13815am
15590am
13770va
7215va
15290Va
6035af
7425na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9955am
15420am
5850eu
5850eu
7435am
t 7845af
5985eu
9675do
5945eu
9430na
7125na
7325va
9495na
942Sau
3366do
7155as
I 1660as
7305as

949Sna

9590au

7160as

9580as

9580pa
11660pa
11955pa
17795pa

9610as
I 1695pa
13745pa
I 7860pa

9645as
11855as
1375Spa

9755va
11705as

13650Va
13670am

13740va
15305am

9910eu
15225au

9950eu

I 1620au

971 0as

11815as

2200 UTC

7250eu
9950eu

7105eu
7350eu
9710eu

2130-2145
213821551&3rd m
2145-2200 a
2145-2200

13845am
17555eu

15685arn
17845eu

7165eu
15095na
17715am
9645as

15365pa

9430va

9655va

15050am
9505na

4990do
11735as

I 3615as

7250na

9665na

I 1750na

1509Sna
17750eu
9655va
9695na
5905as
71 lOas
1I 750sa

9770na
5975va
9590va
11835va

6175va
9915va
1195Sas

15725am
13840Va
9705va
1530Sva
7415al
11820eu

1540Sas
I 1760va
17735va
12080af
I 3615na

1566Ssa
15185va
17820va
13710al

t2160am

13845am

13595na

9475am
2152Seu
716Seu
6155eu
11600at

1383Qam
9880eu

11840au
4915do
9705as

9950as

9600as

I 1830au

11620as

i 7795pa

July 1996

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FREQUENCIES .
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Australia. Radio

23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23002359

Bulga11a. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

23000000

Cos1a Rica. Adv World R

23000000
23000000
23002350
23002330
23000000
23000000

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Egypt. Radio Cairo
Germany Deutsche Welle
Guam. AIVR/KSDA
Guatemala. Adv World R
India. All India Radio

23000000
23000000
23000000
2300-2315
23000000
23002325
23002306
23002315
23002350
23000000 vi
23000000 vi
2300-2356

Japan. NHK/Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
L1bena. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. Radio
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Papua Nc.-1 Gumea, NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl

9610as
t t695as
15365pa
7480na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960am
15305am
5030am
13750am
7385am
9900na
7235as
t 1775as
11775am
9705as
15145as
5965eu
6280va
9960va
4760do
7295do
7520eu
11735pa
3326do
11700na
9985as
9675do
7135na

9660pa
1t855as
t 7795pa
9700na

t 1645as
t3745pa
17860pa

11660pa
13755as

9755am

11940am

13670am

6150am
15460am
15050am

7375am

9725am

9690as

12045as

9950as

11620as

t3700as

9535eu

9560as

t 1850pa

4990do
13650na
11 735as

13615as

9570na

9625na

11940na

23000000
2300-0000
2300-0000

Russia.Voice of Russia WS
UAE. Radio Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom. BBC WS

23002330
23002315
23000000
23000000
2300-0000
23000000
23000000

United Kingdom. BBC WS

United Kingdom. BBCWS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

23000000
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
23000000
USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
23000000
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
23000000
USA. WJCR Upton KY
23000000 lwhfa
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
23000000
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
23000000
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
23002315
Vatican State. Vatican R
230323t0
Croatia. Croa1ian Radio
23070000
New ZealaM. R NZ Intl
23102315
Kyrgystan. Kygyz Radio
23300000
Australia. Radio
23300000
Belarus. Rad1osta Belarus
23300000
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
23302359
Ne1h~rla nds. Radio
2330-0000
Sweden. Radio
23352345
Greece. Voice of
23382355 1&3rd m Denmark, R Denmark Intl
23550000
Japan. NHK/Radio

.... .
7070na
9605na
3955eu
71tOas
9590va
11955as
3915as
11835va
13740am
15590am
175t0as
7510am
721 5va
15185va
17820va
7425na
9400am
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5065am
7305as
5895eu
t5115pa
4010eu
9645as
7250eu
11690sa
6020na
6065sa
9395sa
7275va
9570as

7t25na
9695na
5975va
7295as
9915va

9665na
9770na
6175va
7325va
t 1750sa

6195va
9580as
1194Sas

11750na

13625as
9705va
t5290va

13770sa
9770va
15305va

15665eu
11760va
17735va

t t8 20eu

13615na

13815am

9495am
13595na

7435am
9600as
7t65eu

9475am
1t830au

13845am

9850as
12010eu
13800na
6165na

13605as
15180eu

15240pa

9425sa
7490va
I 1685au

9845na
11595sa
9485va

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
2300
2300
2315
2330
2340
2348
2353
2354
2355

Costa Rica, AWA Ala1uela: Wavescan. See S 1100.

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl World of Radio. See S0200.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: The Gospel. See S 1115.
USA, WANO. New Orleans LA: Unshackled. Radio drama from
Pacific Gardens Mission.
Netherlands. Radio: Wide Angle. See S 1238.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Hightower Radio. A commentary by Jim
H1gh1ower, the provocative progressive voice from Texas. on
nallonal issues.
Cos1a Rica. R Peace Intl: Earth and Sky. A shon earth science and
as1ronomy fea1ure.
Nelherlands. Radio: Siren Song. See S 1254.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Spiritual Awakening. Readings and book
reviews on a broad range of spirituallyorienled wrilings from
around the world.

Mondays
2300

2302
2310
2330
2335
2338
2345
2352
2352
2353
2355

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Get a Life in Christ. Father Benedic1

Groeschel.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Family Mane rs. See M 1102.
CoSla Rica, AWR Alajuela: The Amazing Facts Broadcast. Joe
Crews wilh unusual happenings which suppon Christian
philosophy.
Costa Rica. AWA Alajuela: The Christian Working Woman. See M
t t32.
Cos1a Rica, AWR Ala1uela: Bookmark. Joyce Gregory reads from
the book in the curren1 series.
Ne1her1ands. Radio: Newshne. See S0038.
Costa Rica. R Peace ln11: UN Daily News. A daily news feed from
the Uniled Nations News Service reponing on UN activiles around
the world.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Family Forum. See M 1t53.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: H1gh1ower Radio. See S 2348.
Netherlands, Radio: A Good Life. See M 1253.
Costa Rica. R Peace ln11: Spiritual Awakening. See S 2355.

2302
2310
2330
2330
2330

66

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Crisis in Cullure. See S 1t30.

Costa Rica. R Peace ln11: Univmity of 1he Air. Seffdirec1ed and
panlc1palory leanng of a variety of courses.
Costa Rica. AWA Ala1uela: Family Malters. See M 1102.
Costa Rica, AWA Alajuela: The Amazmg Facts Broadcast. See M
2310.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Franciscan University Conneclion.
See T t530.
Cosla Rica. AWR Alaluela: The Chrislian Working Woman. See M
1132.
Cos1a Rica. R Peace ln11: UN Perspec1ive. A weekly program of

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polilical, economic and social issues.

Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: Bookmark. See M 2335.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See s 0038.
Cosia Rica. R Peace Intl: Ull Daily News. See M 2345.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Family Forum. See M 1153.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Highlower Radio. See s 2348.
Netherlands. Radio: African Season. See T 1253.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Spiritual Awakening. See S
2355.

~~d~~~~irmingham
AL: Living 1he Word.
Dominican Fa1her Bryan Mullady on 1he subject ol 1he
2300
2302
2310
2330
2330
2330
2335
2338
2345
2350
2352
2353

Second Vallcan Council.

Costa Rica. R Peace 1n11: University of the Air. See T
2300.
Cos1a Rica. AWR Alajuela: Family Maners. See M t t 02.
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela: The Amazing Facts Broadcast.
See M 2310.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Franciscan University
Connection. See T 1530.
Cos1a Rica, AWR Alajuela: The Chnslian Working
Woman. See M 11 32.
Costa Rica, R Peace ln11: Dialogue. A University lor
Peace news magazine.
Costa Rica. AWA Alajuela: Bookmark. See M 2335.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Ann Shields. See W t 545.
Cosla Rica. R Peace ln11: UN Daily News. See M 2345.
Cosia Rica. AWR Ala1uela: Family Forum. See M 1153
Ne1herlands. Radio: Sounds ln1cres1ing. See S 1t53.

Thursdavs
2300
2300
2302
2310

Tuesdays
2300
2300

2335
2338
2345
2352
2352
2353
2355

2330
2330
2330
2335
2338
2345
2352
2352

USA. ~EWN Birmingham AL: Ch11s1 the Light of the

Nations. See S t530.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Unrvers1ty of 1he Air. See r
2300.
Costa Rica. AWR Alaiuela: Family Matters. See M 1102.
Cos1a Rica, AWR Alajuela: The Amazing Facts Broadcast.
See M 2310.
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Franciscan University
Connec11on. See T 1530.
Cos1a Rica. AWR Ala1uela: The Ch11s11an Working
Woman. See M 11 32.
CoSla Rica. R Peace Intl: UN Scope. See w 0245.
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela: Bookmark. See M 2335.
Nelherlands, Radio: Newshne. See S 0038.
Costa Rica. R Peace ln11: UN Daily News. See M 2345.
Costa Rica. AWR Alaiuela: Family Forum. See M 1153.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Highlower Radio. See S 2348.

2353
2355

Nelherlands. Radio: Research File. See M t 153.

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Spiritual Awakening. See S
2355.

Fridavs

2300

2300
2302
2310
2330
2335
2338
2345
2352
2352
2353
2354
2354
2354
2354
2354
2355

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Successlul Fathering in

the 90's. Steve Wood, Director of Family Life Genier
lnternalional. hos1s this new series.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Unrvers1ty of 1he Air. See T
2300
Cos1a Rica, AWR Ala1uela: Family Maners. See M 1102.
Costa Rica. AWR Ala1uela: The Amazing Facts
Broadcast. Sec M 2310.
Costa Rica. AWR Alaiuela: The Chrislian Working
Woman. See M 1132
Costa Rica. AWR Alaiuela: Bookmark. See M 2335.
lletherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Cosla Rica. R Peace Intl: UN Daily News. See M 2345.
Cos1a Rica. AWR Alajuela: Family Forum. See M 1153.
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: Highlower Radio. See S 2348.
Netherlands. Radio: From Sapphire to Laser. See F
1253.
Radio Netherlands: Oocumemary 11). Lessons in
Revolution (5th). See Wt 154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary 12). Preparing for
Atlanta - Pan 1 (12th). See A 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (3). Preparing for
Atlanta - Part 2 (191h). See F t454.
Radio Netherlands. Documentary (4). Livmg on the
Land - Pait 1 (26th). A !hree pan se11es. Pan 1 looks
at farming in 1he wes1 of Ireland.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary (5). Living on the
Land - Part 2 (2 Jul). See H 0054.
Costa Rica, R Peace lnll: Spiritual Awakening. See S
2355

Saturdavs
2300
2300
2300
2330
2339
2348
2353
2355

Costa 'Rica. AWA Alajuela: Your Slory Hour. See S 0500.

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl: This Way Out. See H0300.
USA. WANO, New Orleans LA: The New Rock
Counldown. Seleci1ons of old and new recordings and
hslener requests.
Costa Rica. AWA Ata1uela: Voice of Prophecy. See S
0530.
Ne1herlands. Radio. Newsline. See S 0038.
Cos1a Rica, R Peace lnll: Hightower Radio. See S 2348.
Costa Rica, R Peace lnll: Eanh and Sky. Sec S 2353.
Cosla Rica. R Peace lnll: Spiritual Awakening. See S
2355.

Club Circuit

NoRTH AMERICAN ewe L1s11NGs A-c

L1sTENERs' Nns
You are invited to post your North American amateur radio net in this bi-monthly
l isting if its primary emphasis is devoted to the radio monitoring hobby.
Central Florida listeners Group
146.730 MHz, Sun 8pm ET, Central Florida;
any radio communications outside amateur
bands
Net Mgr: Andy Fountain, KD40KJ
Telephone gateways announced: CFLG BBS
conference on LASER BBS 407-647-0031
Call Andy Fountain, KD40KJ, (407)898-6784
for info
Larkfield 's ARC SW-Scanner Net
147.210 MHz, Fri 9pm ET. Long Island, NYC,
NJ, Conn; Shortwave BCers & utes, MW,
amateur radio. scanning
Net Mgr: Hank Lukas, N2GCN
Open to all amateurs on air: by letter for
scanner listeners
Contact: PO.Box 115, Plainview, NY 118030 11 5
Li stening Post
147.03. 224.96, 447.725 (W3DID/R). Sun
8pm, Baltimore and metro area: non-amateur
transmissions DC to Daylight except ECPArelated items or tacticals
Net Mgr: Mike Agner KA3JJZ
Open to all amateurs on air; by maildrop at:
6710-F Ritchie Hwy #236, Glen Burnie, MD
2 1060: or email: ka3jjz@erols.com (home) or
rsfbmja@ mail.opm.gov (work)
Montreal DX Li steners Net
146.910 MHz. Sun 8:15 pm ET, Montreal PO
area; MW SW. & Scanner
Net Mgr: Sheldon Harvey VE2SHW
Telephone gateways announced
Monitoring the Long Island Sounds Net
146.805 Tues 8pm ET, Long Island, NY;
Primarily scanning
Net Mgr: WB2RVA, 2134 Decker Ave. North
Merrick, NY 11 566
Monix SW and Scanner listeners Info Net
146.835 MHz, Thurs. 9:30 pm ET: Cincinnati/
Tri-State Area; All band
Net Mgr: Mark Meece, N81CW. (5 13) 7772909 (no collect calls)
Open to all amateurs; Telephone gateways to
net mgr up to 1/2 hr before net; The Listening
Post BBS (5 13) 474-3719
New York DX Association
145. 190 (PL 141.3) Wed 8pm ET, Montclair,
NJ/NYC area; "DC to Light"
Net Mgr: Charles Hargrove N2NOV, 723 Port
Richmond Avenue, Staten Island. NY 103021736. Meet World Financial Center last
Sundays @ 4pm

The well-equipped
monitoring post of Ron
Bruckman, editor of
"Radio Monitors
Newsletter of Maryland."

Gateways: telephone (212) 978-3375 up to 1/2

before net. email: n2nov@planet.earthcom.net.
TCP/IP: n2nov@n2nov.ampr.org. BBS/packet
145.630 MHz or 718-876-7928 24hrs. Hams use
callsign as username, others use 1st initial and
lastname.
News Monitor Scan ner and SWL listeners Net
462.725 GMRS 24 hrs/day, Greater Cincinnati.
OH. area: All bands scanner and SW
Net Mgr: Bryan Hoffman, Unit 601 (KAE9858)
24 hr telephone gateway (5 13) 269-6720
Mail drop: News Monitor, P.O. Box 18072,
Greenhills, OH 45218
Closed repeater. Must have permission from rptr
owner or net mgr first. Must be licensed GMRS
user for this frequency.
Northeast SW Listeners and Sca nners Net: Rip
Van Winkle Society
147.21 MHz (WB2UEB) Wed 8pm, Albany, NY,
area.
Net Mgr: Ray Loeper N2RAD
Ont ario DX A ssociation - Listeners Net
442.375 (VA30DX: 103.4Hz CTCSS tone), Sun
8:30pm ET; Toronto a rea coverage; LW, MW, SW,
FM, VHF/UHF topics discussed
Net Mgr: Stephen Canney, VA31D
Open to all: repeater used daily by ODXA
members
Rocky Mountain Monitoring Net
147.225, 224.980 Denver; 145.460 Boulder;
145.160 Colorado Springs Sun 20:00: communications monitoring
Brian Gould, KBOMEP, Mt. News Net
Shortwave listeners Net, Association of North
American Radio Clubs
7.240 MHz LSB, Sun 10am ET, Eastern US
moves to 3.940 MHz after the 40m session closes
for an informal session. Shortwave broadcasts
and utilities. medium wave, longwave. Net info:
http://www.trsc.com/swl_nte.htm
Net Mgr: Tom Sundstrom, W2XQ, PO Box 2275,
Vincentown, NJ 08088-2275
Telephone gateways announced. Contributions
accepted via the Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
channel #swl while the net is in progress.
Southern Wisconsin SW listeners Net; MARA
147.1 50 MHz. alt 146.760 MHz. Madison, WI .
area
First Sun 8pm CT. Shortwave, scanning, de to
daylight. equipment notes and comments.
Net Mgrs: N9LTD. KA9SRU, N9EWO
Contact: N9EWO, Dave Zantow, 1609 Ontario
Drive, Janesville, WI 53545

All Ohio Scanner Club : Dave Ma rshall. 50 Villa

Rd., Springfield, OH 45503- 1036. U.S. northeast
of the Mississippi; VHF/UHF/HF utilities. Net Mon
9:30pm 146.940. American Scannergram. $18
U.S. $2 1 Can/Mex, $28 ww. $3 sample. Annual
summer meeting.
American SW listener's Club: Stewart
MacKenzie. WDX6AA, 16182 Ballad Lane.
Huntington Beach , CA 92649, (714 ) 8461685:
wdx6aa @aol.com. Western US, Pacific, Asia.
SWBC, utilities, longwave, clandestine.SWL.$24
US. $25 Can/Mex. S2 sample ($3 ww). Meets 1st
Sa ts 1Oam address above.
As sociation of Clandestine Enthu siast s
(A.C.E.): Ki rk Baxter, P.O. Box 11201, Shawnee
Mission. KS 66207. US. Eu rope and Middle
East: Pirate and clandestine. The A.CE. S20 US.
US$21 Can/Mex. US$27 ww.
A ssociation of Manitoba DX'ers (AMANDX):
Shawn Axelrod. 30 Becontree Bay, Winnipeg.
Manitoba. R2N 2X9 Canada , (204 ) 253-8644.
Manitoba: LW. MW. SW. and VHF/UHF. Meets
monthly. $2 .
Bay Area Scanner Enthus iasts: Bruce Ames.
P.A.0., 105 Serra Way #363, Milpitas, CA 95035 ,
(408)267-3244. Western U.S.; 25+ MHz. Listening
Post (bi-monthly). Meets 2nd Mons. 7:30 Milpitas
Police Admin Bldg. S25 US. S2 sample, or SASE
for info.
Bayonne Emergency Radio Network (BERN):
Ray Baron/Bob Frasca. PO. Box 1203. Bayonne,
NJ 07002-6203, 1-800-286-2876. Metro NJ, NY;
Fire/disaster. pub safety.
Boston Area DXers: Paul Graveline. 9 Stirling
St. , Andover. MA01810-1408. (508)470-1971. 50
mile radius Boston: 3-30 MHz. Meets 3rd Fris
7:30pm, The Lexington Club. Rte 4/ 225 1/4 mi W
of Rte 128.
Canadian lnt'I DX Club: Sheldon Ha rvey, 79
Kipps St., Greenfield Park. , Quebec. Canada
J4V 3B1. (514)462-1 459. Canada nationwide/
membership open to all; General coverage. The
Messenger. $26 Can. $25 US, SUS28 or SCan35
ww. S2 sample. Meets 2nd Tues 7pm Montreal:
several annual events.
Capit ol Hill Mon itors: Alan Henney, 6912 Prince
Georges Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912-5414,
(301) 270-2531 /5774 fax. DC, MD, No.VA, So.DE.
Scanner bands. Frequency Fo rum BBS 703-2079622 (8-N-1) Capitol Hill Monitor. $10. Meets
irreg ularly.
Central Florida listeners Gro up: Andy
Fountain KD40KJ, (407)898-6784. Central
Florida; All bands. Net on 146.73 MHz Sun 8 pm.
Meets 2nd Sais 12 noon. Conf#10 on Laser BBS
(407)647-0031.
Central Ind iana Shortwave Club: Steve
Hammer. 2517 E. DePauw Road. Indianapolis, IN
46227-4404. Central Indiana: SW broadcasting,
pirates, and the offbeat. Shortwave Oddities.
Central VA Radi o Enthusiast s: Richard
Rowland. POB 34832, Richmond. VA 232340832.
Metro Richmond and vicinity. VHF/UHF. SASE.
No newsletter. no dues. Meets quarterly in
Richmond.
Chicago Area DX Club: Edward G. Stroh. 53
Arrowhead Dr., Thornton, IL 60476. 300 mile
radius of Chicago; DXing all bands. DX Chicago.
S17. $1 sample. Meets irregularly.
Ch icago Area Rad io Monitoring A ssociation
(CARMA): Ted & Kim Moran, 6219 N. Greenview,
Chicago. IL 60660-1815. Chicago & midwest.
Public salety & general coverage.
SCUG/CARMA BBS (708)852- 1292 . CARMA
Newsletter. Meetings (Sais) and newsletter bimonthly on alternate months.
Colorado Shortwave Listeners Clu b: Rob
Harrington NONNI, P.O. Box 370593, Denver. CO
80237-0593, 303-756-9455. Colorado residents.
Longwave, shortwave. 35 cents plus SASE for
info or lnternetYABX92A @prodigy.com.
Communications Research Group: Scott Miller.
122, Greenbriar Drive. Sun Prairie. WI 535901706. Wisconsin area. Scanning.

July 1996

MONITORING TIMES

67

Propagation Conditions: Eastern United States

How to use the propagation charts:

Propagation cha rts can be an invaluable aid to the DXer in determining

which frequencies are likely to b e open at a given time. To use the propagation charts, choose those for your location . Then look
for the one mo st closely describin g the geograph ic location of the station you wont to hear. The Sun Spot Number used this month
for fo recasti ng purposes is 6.

30 ---~Brasilia

Costa Rica

30

25

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18

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JQbannesburg _

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18

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30 1

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UTC

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20

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Moscow

12

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30

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SOUTH AMERICA

CENTRAL AMERICA

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0

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15

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Propagation Conditions: Western United States

Once you've located the correct charts, look along the horizontal axis of the graph for the time you are listening. The top line
of the graph shows the maximum usable frequency (MUF}, the heavy middle line is the frequency for best reception, or optimum
working frequency (OWF}, a nd fi nally, the bottom line is the lowest usable frequency (LUF). You will fi nd the best reception along
the heavy middle li ne. Circuits labeled (P) cross the polar auroral zone. Expect poor reception on these circuits during ionospheric
disturbances .
CENTRAL AMERICA
_Costa Rica
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July 1996

MONITORING TIMES

69

BELOW SOO KHZ

DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin arey,
kevinc@mdsroc.com

Top End Tour

Hank /lo/brook (MD) received this QSL

from marine station EAS in Spain. It is
tire first transatlantic catch un 500 k H:
that I am aware uf

di~cover

ow d id you
the long waves?
For me. it wa!\ while tun ing across
the low end of the /\M band late one
night. Beacon I I E H /52~ kHz (Newark. O H)
w;), com in!! through loud aml clear. what's
this?" I th~u!.!111. :-.Mor!\e Code on the AM
band'!' My c~ rios ity took over. and within a
few days I had constructed a simple LF con\erter that a llowed me lo tune far below the
end-~top of my radio s dial.
1 ve been hooked on l he low band cver
si nce. but I' ve always held a special fondness
for that "in-be tween" range or 500 lo 5~5
kl-17- the roeu~ ofthi-, mnnth~ col umn.

beacon operatin g
VERiF!CATION OF RECEPT!ON
abow500 kHz. AfV'.!:RlFICACION DE R ECEPCION
ter that there arc
about 85 add iti onal
This card is verifkatiQn of r eception by.
,
.
entrie~. plus a numEsta tarjctn es erific:acion de reccpc10n a ... &\NK .. HO.LBROQ.K...... ..
ber of mil itary alStation CABO OE _PENAS RADIO Locat_ion
J.llANCO-C07.0N - (Asturias)
loca tio ns. Co m E:~t.~cion .... E...A..\ .......................... Locahdad ..............._ .. ....................~P.<!N)
parcd to the more
Frequency

. Power
20

traditional beacon
Frequcncia ........5.JUl...~.liZ ............ Pot.encm .............. -Q...!L............... ..
frequencies. this is
a lig htl y loaded
band. For that reason it is often possible to catch stations hundreds of
miles away wi thout
What Can You Hear?
the usual congesAl 500 kHr. vou can hear a fair amount of
tion and "dueli ng"
CW maritime ll.;1flie as th i!-. i!\ an international
LF in the News
that ocnirs below 500 kHL.
di),trcss and calling frequency. The number
The amount o f action you 11 hea r depends,
In the days foll owi ng the Balkan air tragof ships using it are dwi ndl ing. however. and
in part. on the AM band operation in your
cdy
that claimed the lives of Commerce Secthe US Coast Guard has discontinued its 500
area. For example. in Toronto. Ontario. there
retary
Ron Brown and several US business
kf-17 watch altogether. Catch the~e stati on!\
is a powerful AM station operating on 530
leaders. many newspaperscan-ied ~to ri es about
whi le vou can.
kH z. !\ listener near Toronto would have
what might have gone wrong on that flight.
Sta;ting al about 510 kl II.. you wi ll begi n
diffic ult y heari ng any but the strongest beaOne headl inc catchin g my atten tion read
to hear bcacon!\. The llero/Mari11e /Jeac1111
con s ignals above, say. 525 kHz. With a
'Plane Used 1930.s Technology to Land ."
Guide shows 1IES/511 kHr. as the first US
diret:tional antenna. however. this problem
You guessed it- the story concerned bcacould be minimized.
cnn~.
A relative newcomer to the top end
LOGGINGS
In my opi nion. the story placed unfai r
is N/\ VTEX. a 5 18 kHz te leprinter serIn keeping with our topend theme, all of the
blame on the beacon system be ing used. LF
vice for mariners. This serv icc is availlogg ings this month are at or above ~oo. kHz. ~here
Beacons were not intended to provide altitude
are also quite a few non-beacon entries 1.n the.list.
able in the US. Can ada and many other
data
or warn the pi lot about obstructions ahead.
Be sure to give these stations a try. The dial spinners
cou ntries around the world. NA VTEX
They were intended to provide a s imple means
this month are: Perry Crabil (VA), Mike Csontos
carrics marine safcty and na vigat ion in(NY), Hank Holbrook (MD) and Don Tomkinson
o f aLi muth direction finding that would assist
for mation as well as bulletins on missing
(CA).
a pilot in reaching his desti nation.
vessels. If you live near coastal waters.
It may be true that the flight area lacked
FREQ. ID
l ocation
!!)'.
you should have no troublc picking up
adcquate navi gati on services. bu t it serves no
500
EAS'
H.H.(MD)
Asturias, Spain
one or more of the NA VTEX s tations.
purpo~e to blame a tool that worked exactly as
Balboa, Panama
H.H.(MD)
500
HPP'
You can decode NAVTEX with a
it was designed . Beacons have helped countH.H. (MD)
500
HZLL'
New York, NY
ham/SWL demod ulator by se lectin g
WPGJ'
Jacksonville, Fl
H.H. (MD)
500
less pil ots relllrn ho me safely and continue to
WSKH' 34-57N 75-30W
H.H. (MD)
500
Modc B AMTO R (or S ITOR) and tuning
be an important back-up tool fo r the modern
510
??
Unknown,
carcfull y for thc data signal. This can
pilot. They havc been with us a long time. but
M.C. (NY)
Spanish voice
moni
toring
provide
for
some
interesting
I vicw that as a testimony to the ir usefulness
P.C. (VA)
512
HMY
Lexington, OK
and is a ni ce change of pace from beacon
513
PP
Omaha, NE
P.C. (VA)
and ~i mplicit y.
hum ing.
515
ONH
Jefferson City, MO P.C. (VA)
P.C. (VA)
515
OS
Columbus, OH
RadioMap ~
Our fina l stop is at 530 kl-17. whcrc
516
YWA
Petawawa, ONT
P.C. (VA)
1r,,1b1m11er IC 111
.1.rc.1 .irt
.mil mJ1._:,l 1'n a
yo u might be able to catc h one of the
t>c-.iu11lul
\ 11 lu ll .,,,1,,., riot
I CC 111. <'11'-C'J 1tr l111n \/ LF
P.C. (VA)
5 18
GCT
Guthrie Center, IA
thwu~h m '"'"".J\r 1n..l.-.lmi: roh"C. fir<'...~ltul.u J'ht>nc- '''<''. N ..11\C''"
Travclcr
s
Information
Servicc
(T
IS)
staP.C. (VA)
521
GM
Greenville, SC
u1.,!uflul. Mo...J.:""<''' ;u,.l -clc, 1c..J FAA tr.an\mlllcr II<'' Calllf..lh,
11 r~l.M'fl..:\ "'"'FnlTK'nl ,, .1nJ n.:anw:-.. JlfU\ lck\I l lJm r~1t ..1;:i1Hlf\\ not
tion!\. Despi te their low power. it is some521
INE
Missoula, MT
D.T. (CA)
uklud.rd
Y1l41 c hoo-.e tik: 111,,p \l'llfCI kl\:,11iofl
nC'1i:hhmh.,>il , 11car yo111
521
TVX
Greencastle, SC
M.C. (NY)
times possible to hear T IS stati ons a few
111h.'C, .u1 11nd port" ~tad 1 l1t11 .m>"" h.:-"" v.11hit1 the t tn11r.! 'it;:iit We .1Jjut
M.C. (NY)
523
JJH
Johnstown, NY
hu ndred mil es away. If you hear a weak
m.ap 1.11\C'U.(!'<' tor tKI n.".-!Jh1l11\. J.c:pc-nJ1nt: 1n 1r.1n mm r1 1tcJcrttl).
lr.\JllJ3bk to rhu rrofr,,1..in..h
hl.it>h,_ 1.,h lut HknUf)tn g
524
HEH
Newark, OH
M.C. (NY)
s ignal at 530 kHz that you can t idcntify.
ltN.C'I' "'-"'nC'.. ofr:lJ"11n1crtt1t'n..c ct, \.cnJ nc.vc"'l ' lft'C'l lnl~ft .tnJ
526
RWE
Camp Roberts, CA D.T. (CA)
tut
hi K11h(n
it~ like ly to be a T IS.
526
ZLS
Stella Maris, BAH
P.C. (VA)
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parts of the country. there are === iil S2t~Jll/
designate
it for hearing. A judge
II II I II
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obvious gaps in both the AM
""''
is assigned. and you have 20days
, 'I
and FM dials: one should cer'
'
I
'
to fi le a "Notice of Appearance."
tainly be able to get an FCC
You also have 30 days to make
license for a low-powcrc.:d station in one of ence. you can lile a Petit ion for Rulemaking.
minor amendments to the application. After
those gaps. Unfortu nately (for the would-be If the FCC s engineers agree. they. II add your the hearing. the judge decides which applicabroadcaster), or fortunately (for the DXer who frequency to the table. Cnfortunately. this
tion should be granted. Decisions may be
already has too many locals'). the process does 1101 mean you 11 automatically get the appealed to the Commissioners themselves,
license! Others may also appl y for this fre- and then lo the federal courts.
isn' t that easy.
When applying for a broadcast station, the quency. and your req uest will be considered
If youre really lucky. yours wi ll e ither be
Ii rsl thing you 11 need is money-lots of money. on an eq ual basis.
the on ly application. or the judge will fi nd
Once you have fou nd a freq ue ncy. you
As th e FCC says on their own Internet page
yours to be the best. and will grant it. Now
(www.fcc.gov/mm b/asd/gctstat.html ). al- need a copy of FCC Form 30 I , Applicati on (assuming the 01herappl icantsdon1appeal. .. )
most every applicant uses the services of con- fo r Constrn ction Permit for Commercial
the FCC issues a .. Construction Permit... ofsulting engineers and lawyers. As an engineer Broadcast Station. This form makes the IRS's ten refe rred to as a CP. For rad io. this is good
myself. I can tell you we aren't cheap - and Form I040 look like child's play ... Questions
for 18 months: 24 months for TY. You may
on the fo rm gather in fo rmation on the loca- also request a callsign at this ti me - if you
we all know about lawyers!
Whether you proceed on your own or with tion of the proposed lowers. the amount of don t. the FCC wi ll assign one at random. The
power to be u~cd. and the type of antenna. CP is a kind of guarantee that if you build the
p ro fe~siona l help. the next step is to fi nd a
frequency. On AM. you may choose any fre- They also ask non-technical questions to en- station accord ing 10 your appl ication. it wi ll
quency that doesn't interfe re with existing sure the applicant i!> qualilied to own a broad- receive a license when you' re done. It also
stat ions. In most cases. you ' II need to design a cast station - that they haven1 been con- conveys permission to test the transm itter on
di rectional antenna to prevent interference. victed of a fe lony. that they have enough the air.
The minimum power limit is 250 watts: don' t money 10 build and operate the station. and
Finall y. once you've built and tested eveve n bother applyi ng for a I0-watt AM sta- that they're a U.S. ci tizen. Three copies of the erything. you can begin broadcasting. Within
form. and a non-refundable fi ling fee of sevtion.
10 days. you must lile Fonn 302. 'Appl icaFM and TY stations arc onl y allowed on eral thousand dollars. must be sent to the
tion for New Broadcast Station License."
allotted frequencies. A table of allotted fre- Pittsburgh bank that handles fee collection. If This application is almost always granted.
quencies appears in the FCC reg ulations; if the fee is in order. the application is fo rwarded Once granted. you have a seven-year license
your town appears in th is table, you may apply to the Commission in Washington.
(for rad io: live years for TY) to broadcast.
Assuming you vc made it this far. the These terms wil l probably lengthen as a result
for any unused frequency shown. In a few
cases, frequencies have been open fo r many r:cc s engineering staff chec ks your applica- of the Telecom Act.
years. and the first application fi led will be tion fo r defects. (Did you specify the right
gran ted. assuming there are no serious de- frequency? Do
The
fects. In other cases. a .. fi ling window.. - a the tower coordi nates makl.:
peri od of ti me for accept ing applications ex ists. All applications fi led within this win- sense?) Yourc
given one opdow wi ll be considered for that freq uency.
21 Brookline Avenue
But, in most cases. all allotted frequencies portu nity to corBoston 15, Mau.
arc in use. Does this mean you're out of luck'! rect any errors
'
'
Not necessaril y. The table in the FCC regu la- round in the aptions doesn' t claim 10 contain all possible p Ii ca ti on: if
al lotments. FCC regu lations also incl ude a list there are still erserves
of
of required di stance separations between sta- rors. the applicaTl1c
Yankee
Network
disappeared
in
the
1950s.
Its t wo flagship stations
ti
on
is
returned.
ti ons. If you can fi nd a freque ncy that can be
allotted to your town without causing interfer- If it' s accepted are .1/il/ 011 the air, bu/ with differe11t calls.

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 Other ways of getting on the air

If the ex tensive process described above
<locsn1 talk you out of apply ing fo r a broadcast lice nse. the high filing fees and the high
c:osl of accepted equi pment will. Bu11here are
other ways to have your own station.
G.R. Gau le in Oregon operates KBN. 680
kH z in Lebanon. KBN uses a 5 watt transmitter. but requires no license. Instead of broadcasting through the air. ii uses the local power
lines 10 carry its signal! Such carrier current" stations were popular on college campuses for many years. but I don 1 hear much
abou11hem today.
These stations rely on Part 15 of the FCC
regulat ions, whic h allow incidental radiation
for a specific distance fro m the nearest part of
the "circuit. .. The transmitter is coupled to the
AC wiring. and 1ha1wiring becomes the "circuit.'' By placi ng your radio close enough 10
an outlet. you pick up enough of this incidental signal.
KBN-680 covers about a square-mile section of central Lebanon. The non-commercial station's programming includes traditi onal count ry music. news. and talk. Should
you hear ii (unli kely, unless you li ve in Leba-

non) the mail ing address is Box 2008, Lebanon. OR. 97355.
Those not technically inclined shou ld be
very careful about 1rying carrier-current communications. Of course. i1 ~ very dangerous
fo r amateurs to connect cquipme111 10 1hc
power lines. 11 s also easy lo violate Pan 15
and interfere with other stations.

Expanded-band notes
KXBT' s operation on 1640 has moved to
conform with the rece ntly-released expandedband table. Several DXers now report the
station operating on 1630.
Joe Kunz of suburban Minneapolis heard
KXBT early on the morning of April 17
abruptly going off the air al 0853 UTC. Condi tions were poor. soJoedidn 1 get the stations
location. Of course, we now know what KXBT
is. But this situation provides a good reason to
pl ug the specialty clu b(s) for domestic-band
DXers. Consider the National Radio Club
and/or ln1erna1ional Radio Club of America
for AM; the World Wide TY-FM DX Association fo r FM and TV. Addresses appear in
''Club Ci rcui1.'' or check www.anarc.org on
the Internet.

Classic Soul KXBT (AM)

Jams on Expanded Band
by Aliln Peterson
SAN FRANCISCO A new voice
:irrhcd on th e expanded AM band
Tuo.Jay. March 19. at 7 a .m. PST.
KXBT(AM) in Vallejo. Calif., became

only lhc SL'C."Ond radio st::ition (0 inaugu

rate regular broa<lc:u t:I in the new
expanded hand. and did so with n sl urstud~cd ce lebrit y,...,~

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Jersey,"' s.iid......,ll..IC:..0.:..1&.1
KXDT e ny in ccr
Alan McCrutliy. Tiic stn

tion sim11Ic:1sts n soul oldies fonnat on both

1190 kH1 mid 1640 kH7_ bul will soon move
00-.n IO 1630 KIU.
n1c 1alcnt l ineup OI the k ic ~<1ff celehr.i
tion '"':is e\'cry bit as c:<cHing ns the event
itself: Appe arances by J:unc s Brown.
Barry White . Manha Reeve> >nd Johnny
c;uiror' Watson helped "'dcome KXllT
10 the air. Brown put his personal stump
o r upproval on the new sign al wi th a
rousing ..h feel s good!"
Andy Sun1amorfa is the scncral manllger
of KXllT. and one or the p:utncrs. I le has
ow ned the Mation for ~bolll thn:c years.
"We km:w that lbc cxp::andcd band wa~
coming,'' Mid S;111tamoria. .. We knew 1he
FCC ".uld do oil i t cou ld 10 make
KXBT a full-tune station." Santarnaria

crcdi1cd FCC engiuccr Bill Bnll with

:lS!!.istance in gcttin~ up nud ru11ning in
the expan ded band.
" I le W:l.' \'Cry hel pful in i;i:uing through

Propagation cond itions have been poor for

much of the spring. They've recovered nice Iy;
there should be plenty of DX out there. Catch
your share. then let us know! Write P.O. Box
98. Brasstown NC 2890 I. or via the Inte rnet to
72 777.3 J43 @rompuserl'e.com

Bits and Pieces

New York City lost its

country- music station when
WYNY - 103.5 became rock
1he maze.~ said San1amaria. " It w;is my
station WKTU. Bui Long Isfi~'l time h.c1ving to gee something com
plica ted through 1hc commis~ion i10d I
land listeners now have a new
was pl c>San tl y surpri sed. I got the
outlet
fort he Nashville sound.
impreosion that the FCC " 1ry1ns bani to
honor the congrcss1on:il' mantlntc of the
WLI
E102.5 Bridgehampton
four AM day1imcrs 1h:n have prioricy:
began broadcasts in earl y
The congressional manda1c dircclcd any
co1uinoed on page J ...
Apri l and IDs as "East End
Coun try: The station shares
WBAZ- 10 I. Ts offices.
Clipping from Radio
Thanks 10 Mic hae l
World via Kevin ./.
Cson1os of Lima, New York.
Klein describes
for bri nging some historical
KXBT's expanded
perspecti ve 10 the column thi s
band programming..
month w it h th e WMJQ.
WCMr. and WRKO logos.
WCM F-96.5 is still a rock stat ion in Rochester. but WMJQ (92.5) is now coun1ry music
station WBEE-FM. The WYtJQ calls are now
on 102.5 MH z in nearby Buffalo.
Both Boston stati ons got in trouble with
the FCC in the early 1980s over questionable
billing practices. The AM station is now
WRKO. and the TV station is WHDH-TY.
Iron icall y. the WHD H-TY calls were previously used on channel 5 in Boston - until
1ha1 stati on lost its lice nse in another incident
in the early 1970s ! The WNAC calls now
reside on channel 64 in Providence, Rhode
Island.

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THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED

George Zeller
George.Zeller@acclink.com

Governments Close Community Radio Stations

ho rt wave p inttc radio, micropowcrcd

FM broadcaste rs. and otherunliccnscd
stations are a worldwide pheno me non.
North Ameri can DX c rs usuall y hear shortwave transmitters from our continent. but an
international Communi ty Radio movement
is increasingly in the news. Veteran DXer
Don Moore of Davenport , Iowa, sends in
several examples of recent conllicts.
Spanish government authoriti es recently
closed down Cont rabanda FM. which had
operated wi th a 24 hour schedule on 91.0
MHz in Barcelona. Radio T SF Coted. Azur
was c losed down in Grasse. France, by the
French Conseil S upcric ur de I' A udiovisuel.
an FCC equivalent. A bill is pending in the
Bra zilian legislature that would regu late
Brn7.il' s "Free Radio Stations that operate
throughout the country. Pirate and communit y radio s tations arc seldom popu lar with
the government , regardl ess of the ir location.
Don finds cont inu all y updated news about
int e rnati o nal Communit y Radio o n th e
AMA RC internet web page. You can e-mail
them via bgirard @pulsar.org.ec or head to
the ir http ://www.web.apc.org/a marc/
pulsar.html web site.
Radio FEUU has hecn a more s uccessful
operation in Montevideo. Uruguay. The I03.5
M Hz FM outlet is the voice of the Federac ion
de Estudia ntes Uni versitarios del Uruguay.
This rebel radio'' group advocates a budget
increase for uni ve rsity education in the country. Uruguay authorit ies had previously busted
a similar station. " El Puente." MT thanks
Horacio A. Nigro of Uruguay and Tikayuki
Inoue Nozaki of Japan via Don Moore forthis
item.

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battery powered Radio An imal "Grenade"
tran smitter.

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Lee Si lvi of Mentor, Ohio, sends in a real
shortwave log of La Voz del CID. the antiCastroclandcstinc o n 994 1 kH z. He heard it at
0400 UTC th rough C uban jamming .
If you have a s trong stomach. Rich and
Talea .Jurre ns of Katy, Texas. point out that a
large co lkc ti on of pic tures from the 1996
Winter SWL Festival in Ku lpsvillc. Pennsyl va nia. ha s bee n posted: http ://
www.crosslink.net/- mfine/swl_ fcst2.html
takes you to the pirate radi o pic tures.
Pirate Radio Directory
A few readers have inquired about the
1996 edition of "The Pirate Radio Directory
by Andrew Yoder and G eorge Zeller. The
eighth annual guide to pirate acti vity includes
station pro fil es. a broadcast guide to times
and frequ e nc ies used, plus an index of stations who were inacti ve in 1995 hut might
return in the future. Copies are a vailable for
$12.95 plus $2.00 shipping from the publisher, Tiarc Publicati ons . PO Box 493. Lake
Geneva. W I 53147. Several other Monitoring
Times adverti sers carry the book.

Clandestine Internet URL's

Pe te Costello suggests that DXers looki ng
for semi -clandestine material on the internet
should check the Radio Resistor' s Bulletin
s it e. us in g http: //kiwi.futuris.net/rw/
featurerrb.html as an address . Veteran
C leve land radio broadcaster Joel Rose says
that he 's had occasional trouble access ing
Harald Kuhl 's fin e c landcs1ine station schedule li st from Ge rmany. Fortunately. the Free
Radio Network posts Harald 's list among an
ex tensive li st o f internet lin ks to clandestine
materi al. As we've pointed out be fore. http:/
/www.clandjop.com/-jcruzan/frn.html
takes you to thi s exce lle nt s ite, frequ ently

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K-2000 a Big Winner

Last month we pointed out that K-2000
was the winner of the best overall station
award in the annual Pi rate Popularity Poll
conducted by The ACE. This elaborate. hilarious parody of DX crs and DXing has to be one
of the most interesting stations on shortwave
today, li censed or unli censed. The Warde n of
pirate station Cell Block 13 writes in to announce the results of his stati on s pi rate poll ,
which also awarded the big prize to K- 2000.
WREC ranked high in both polls. with the
Voice of the Rock getting honorable mention
by both poll ste rs for the ir marathon broadcast

The huge volume of pirate activity reported this month is record breaking! We
have logg ings of nearly four dozen different
short wave pirate broadcasters. All frequencies are in kHz, w ith times in UTC.
Pi rate stat ions welcome correspondence
to the following addresses: PO Box 452.
Wells ville. NY 14895: PO Box 109, Blue
Ridge Summit, PA 172 14: PO Box 284 13,
P rov id e nce . RI 02908: PO Bo x 146.
Stone ham. MA 02 180: PO Box 605, Huntsville. Alabama 35804: PO Box 17534. Atlanta. Georgia 30316: PO Box 25302, Pittsburgh. PA 15242: Boite Postale 130, Rueil ,
Cedex. France; and Postfach 220342, D-42373
Wuppcrtal , G erma ny. For return postage.
enc lose three 32e stamps in the envelope to
USA addresses. $2 US or two Internationa l
Reply Coupons go to forei gn rnai ldrops.
Altered States Radio- 6955 ot 0015. William Hurt's
most recent production combined parody ads with
music that hod been toped by o shortwave DXer. His
QSL' s picture dead rock stars. Addr: Merlin. (Jerry
Coatsworth, Merlin, Ontario; DickPearce, Brattleboro,
VT)

Cell Block 13- 6955 ot 0300. When he wasn't

conducting pi rote polls, Worden Cleaver broadcast o
fearful show forlote income lox filers. Addr: Stoneham.
(Jesse Rose, Hampton, VA)
Defiance! 90- 6956 ot 0100. This 1989 leftist pirate
reactivated unexpectedly with its critical commentary
on politics. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Andrew Yoder,
Blue Ridge Summit, PA; NeilWolfish, Toronto, Ontario;
Rose)
Free Hope Experience 6954 ot 1930. Major Spook
prog~oms rock or novelty music, spiced by discussions
of olfbeat subjects such as aliens and UFO's. Addr:
Blue Ridge Summit. (Jock McMahon, Depew, NY;
Dennis Myhand, Mercedes, TX; Jomes Oakley,
Oceanside, CA; Barry Williams, Enterprise, AL; Pot
Murphy, Chesapeake, VA; William Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL; John Mello, North Scituate, RI; Jurrens;
Pearce; Coatsworth; Silvi)
Friday Radio- 6955 ot 0000. Guess which day of the
week they use for broadcasting? If you need more
tha n one guess, maybe it's time for o nap. Addr:
Providence. (Robert Ross, London, Ontario; Pearce;
Yoder)
Jerry Rigged Radio- 6955 ot 1500. QSL's arriving
from this new one ore entirely written in the semo
phore alphabet, which is the code used to send
messages by Aogs. A deciphering code is included.
Addr: Providence. (Murphy; Wolfi sh; direct from the
station I
Jolly Roger International- 6955 ot 2200. This one
really sounds like o pirate. The announcer's gruff

voice stonds out in a fast paced production of rock,

jingles, and comedy. Addr: Wellsville. (Wolfish)
KAOS Radio 6955 at 0000. Their new QSLs picture
Maxwell Smart from the old Gel Smart TV show. To
QSL stations like this thot hove no address, you have
to send in loggings to either The ACE or the Pirate
Pages bulletins. Addr: None. (Bill McClintok. Minne
opolis, MN; Mike Prindle, New Suffolk, NY; Rondy
Ruger, North Hollywood, CA; Willioms; Wolfish;
Jurrens; Myhand; Coatsworth; Murphy; Silvi; Rose;
Hassig)
KDED You can still submit a brief toped segment for
their forthcoming "Open Microphone Show" that will
showcase musings from listeners. Addr: Providence.
(Ike Kelly, Houston, TX; Hassig; Myhand; Jurrens;
Wolfish ; Williams; Yoder; Rose; Pearce; direct from
the station)
KGDR 6955 al 2345. Grateful Dead Rodio hos
jo ined KDED as a tribute station to Jerry Garcia's
music. Addr: Providence. (Kevin Nouto, Grand Rap
ids, Ml; Ross; Hassig; Wolfish; Silvi; Coatsworth;
Murphy)
KQSB 6957 at 1545. This one hadn't been heard
since the mid 1980' s, but it resurfaced with a replay
of a decade old production. The announced Arcata,
California , maildrop has long been defunct. Addr: Try
Wellsville. (Wolfish)
Montana Audio Relay Service 69 55 at 0045. With
the Freemen and the Unabomber in the news, it was
inevitoble that a pirate would pick up on the Mantano
theme. This new one plugs the slate as the home of
strange groups. Their signal got all the way lo Europe!
Addr: Merlin. (Gorie Halstead, St. Albans, WV;
Ranier Brandt, Germany)
Mystery Radio 6955 at 0430. Pink Floyd rock and
new age instrumental music ore staples on this station.
Addr: Stoneham. (Wolfish)
N2YCM 6955 at 0530. Obviously using a stolen
ham radio callsign , their rock programs use a "Yan
kee Clear Mommy" slogan. Addr: None. (Jurrens)
Omega Radio 6950 at 21 45. Dick Tator plays heavy
metal music, ohen from Christian rock bonds. Addr:
Blue Ridge Summit. (Mello; Pearce; Murphy; Hassig)
Outlaw Radio 6955 at 03 15. Their sirens interval
signal and female a nnouncer make this one relatively
easy lo identify. Suggestive remarks are mixed in with
rock music. Addr: Providence. (Prindle; Wolfish; Williams; Rose; Jurrens; Silvi; Hassig; Mello)
Primitive Radio 6955 at 1415. Like many pirates,
Holden Caulfield plays rock tunes on his station. But,
his narrative poetry is unusual on the shortwave
bands. Addr: Wellsville. (Yoder; Wolfish; Coatsworth;
Jurrens; Williams; Pearce; Hassig; Rose)
Radio Angeline 6955 atO l 30. Jo Jo Katew's memorial lo his true love Angeline is a classic pirate station
from the 1980' s. Their interval signal is "Send in the
Clowns" on a music box. Somebody has been dusting
off these o ld shows lately. Addr: Old Washington
drop is defunct. (Yoder; Rose; Wolfish)
Radio Dead Man 6955 at 1930. A strange mix of
industrial and electronic music, Tree Frog Beer ads,
and other odd material is heard on this veteran pirate.
Addr: Announced address defunct. (Wolfish)
Radio Free Speech 6955 at 2130. Given their
relatively frequent broadcast schedule, most pirate
DXers hove heard Bill 0 . Rights, editorial director Earl
Pitts, and the parody sketdies that are on RFS. Addr:
Wellsville. (Nauta; Hassig; Silvi; Coatsworth; Wolfish; Murphy; Yoder; Prindle; Jurrens; Mello; Pearce)
Radio Fusion Radio 6955 at 1645. A handful of
pirate stations program rap music; this is one of them.
Look for a synthesized female voice who gives their
address. Addr: Providence. (Wolfish; Coatsworth;
Silvi)
Radio Garbanzo 6955 at 0330. Fearless Fred and
his sidekick Harry put together a fost paced blend of
rock music and comedy. These shows are always a
treat. Addr: Wellsvi lle. (Rose; Wolfish; Yoder)

Radio Marabu- 6955 at 0000. This Germon

Europirate, which usually transmits rock music shows,
uses North American transmitter relays and addresses.
Addr: Wellsville or Merlin. (Hassig; Yoder; Wolfish;
Pearce)
Radio One 6950 at 0030. Bobaloo's rock oldies
shows are slick professional productions that rival
similar efforts on commercial radio. Addr: Wellsville.
(Kelly; Yoder; Rose; Jurrens; Silvi; Willia ms)
Radio Titanic International 6955 at 0000. Of all the
European pirates who have relay relationships with
North American transmitters, this rock music outlet
probably is the most frequently heard . Addr:
Wuppertal. (Murphy; McMahon; Coatsworth; Hassig;
Ross; Silvi)
Radio Two 6950at0145. Like Avis vs. Hertz, Radio
Two has been stimulated by Radio One. The rock
oldies on #2 ore much alder, dating back to 1957.
Addr: Providence. (Wolfish; Yoder; Rose; Pearce)
Radio USA 6955 at 01 15. Having survived an FCC
bust and outlasting hundreds of other stations, Mr.
Blue Sky has been on with punk rock and comedy bits
for more than a dozen years. Addr: Wellsville. (Jurrens;
Pearce)
Razorback Radio Sta tion operator Ferrill T. Hogg
writes in to again confirm that his station hos nothing
to do with the 1980's pirate that used thi s some ID.
Addr: Stoneham. (Direct from the station)
RBCN 6955 al 0000. Rodio Bob's Communications
Network ohen broadcasts during the Atlanta Grove
Communications Expo, but his funny shows are heard
throughout the year. He sent MT two tickets for his next
show. Addr: Atlanta . (Pearce; Kelly; Mello; direct from
the station)
Secret Mountain Laboratory 6954 al 1430. This old
timer from the early 1980' s resurfaces occasionally
with a folk music program. If they announce the
ancient Hilo, Hawaii, address, ignore it. Addr:
Wellsville. (Yoder; Wolfish)
Sunshine Radio International 6955 at 1830. Here's
another Europirote that is sometimes heard in North
America via NAPRS. Addr: Rueil. (Wolfish)
Up Against the Wall Radio 6955 at 2330. Their
digital computer disk QSL won the 1996 award for
"Most Unusual QSL" in The Pirole Rodio Directory.
Dennis is happy to report that he received one! Addr:
Providence. (Myhand; Yoder; Peorce)
Voice of Idiot Drivel 6955 a t 2100. VOID Rodio hos
been mailing out the really nice QSL that we picture
this month. Most of their shows use an AM transmitter,
but some broadcasts ore in sideband or CW Morse
code. Addr: Pittsburgh or Merlin. (Philip Roczko,
Twinsburg, OH; Ross; Pearce; direct from the station)
Voice of Indigestion 6955 al 0500. Despite the
uncomfortable station name, their shows use a staple
pirate format of music and comedy, albeit with occosionol belches. Addr: None; sometimes verifies logs in
The ACE. (Coatsworth; Prindle; Wolfish)
Voice of Juliet 6955 al 0000. There has been some
controversy about the spelling of this station ID, but as
we see this month, their QSL ends the speculation.
Addr: Merlin. (Williams; Jurrens; Wolfish; Silvi; Pearce;
McMahon; Ross; direct from the station)
Voice of Freedom 6055 at 0200. This new one
transmitted an elaborate countdown , but then announced cancellation of their broadcast. Addr: None.
(Jurrens)
Voice of Laryngitis 6955 at 2100. Many people th ink

that this veteran station is the best pirate of

all time. Genghis and Stanley Huxley' sorigi
nol comedy productions are sponsored by
Friendly Freddie's Budget Burials, where
death is cheap. Addr: Wellsville. (Wolfish)
Voice of the Daleks 6955 at 0245. This Dr.
Who spinoff broadcasts speeches by a gruff
voiced Dolek military commander, who outlines his plans for ta king over the universe.
Addr: Stoneham. (Jurrens; Wolfish; Prindle;
Coatsworth; Mello; Ruger; Rose)
WEED 6955 at 1800. They ore among the marijuana
advocacy pirates. Like most such stations, their music
and comedy a re entertaining, regardless of your
opinion on their political stance. Addr: Huntsville.
(Rose; Williams; Wolfish)
WHO 6956 at 1700. Like the Voice of the Daleks, th is
station draws its inspiration from the British "Dr. Who"
television series. Addr: Wellsville. (Wolfish)
WUS 6955 at 2100. If you can't fi nd Jock Boggan's
interval signals on the pirate bonds, try Al Quaglieri' s
excellent web page a t http://www.albany.net/
-alcue/ for a dose of shortwave broadcaster tuning
melodies. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Coatsworth;
Wolfish; Rose; Silvi; Murphy)
WMOM 6955 at 2330. Dick snagged this new rock
music pirate. Not much is known about them yet.
Addr: None. (Pearce)
WPN, World Parody Network 69 57at0 130. Captain Squirtlong programs rock music and comedy,
with occasional comments on world events. Addr:
Huntsville. (Coatsworth; Pearce; Kelly)
WREC 6955 at 0130. P. J. Sparx has transmitted his
third anniversary program of rock and comedy on at
least two dozen occasions, so he's been widely heard.
Addr: Wellsville. (Silvi; Coatsworth; Ruger; Pearce;
Wolfish; Williams; Jurrens; Rose; Prindle; Kelly; Roczla;
Hassig; Murphy; McMahon)
WRV 6955 at 1830. Pete the Pirate at The Radio Virus
hos joined other pira tes who sometimes operate during daylight hours, given the currently low sunspot
counts. Addr: Wellsville. (Wolfish)

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ON THE HAM BANDS

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N31K

Going Mobile

ost hams at o ne time

or another decide they
want to go mobil e.
"Mobil e'' can mean operat io n
from your car, boat. a irpl ane.
mo torcyck. or bicyd c-your
c hoice. Mo bil e operation (or
simply "mobih.:" as hams call it).
can be a lot of fun, especiall y if
yo u have a long dri ve . or v isit a
lot of ham fri ends. Hams can
talk you in w hen you're in unfamiliar ter ritory. o r they ca n just
be good company as you re traveling fro m po int A to poi n t B.
Mobile today is largely carri ed out on V HF or UH F. Most
repeaters have an autopatch (teleThese 6 and 2 meter antennas fro m Hi-l'ar are the type of antennas used in th e early days of VHF
phone connect ion) so the mobile
mobile.
ham can al so make pho ne calls
from h is car or handi-talki.
To day's sma ll rigs fi t almost anywhere in
V H F bands now. and of course that is the
me nd a good grou nd connecti o n at the feed
the car. and require o nly 12 volts to operate.
mode most used o n HF.
point.
FM on V H F/UHF has re placed AM . and
To gain or not t o gain: High g ain an tennas
A lot o f HF hams are hav ing a lo t of fun
simple verti cal antennas make installi ng a
runnin g CW mobile. Of course. if yo u arc
arc available wh ich w ill prov ide extended
mo bile rig fai rl y easy o n o ur hi ghe r bands. A
goin g to use that mode, you s ho uld be able to
range to o ur mo biles. I like the 5/8 th wave
lo t o r hams gel in o n the fun wi thout the fuss
antenna on two mete rs and use o ne all the
copy code at a speed o f 15 w pm or so in you r
by mere ly connecting their handi -ta lki to an
time. If you arc going to operate a lo t o f head! Keep the CW exchanges s hort. and be
ex ternal ante nna.
simplex mobile or operate in the fringe areas s ure to locate the key at a spo t where you

I Antennas That Travel

The small antennas o n two meters and
h igher arc easy to mount o n a vehicle . The
mag net mo unt antenna is perhaps the most
popu lar way of mo un ting the ante nna o n a car.
While magne t mounts work okay at two meters
and hig her. I prefer a so lid permane nt mount
to provide a good ground plane for the a ntenna. As we go lower in fr!;!qucncy (i.e. six
mete rs and down), by all mean use a good
mo unt ... Yes. that means drill a ho le in the car.
Your VHF/U HF ante nna s ho uld , if possibl e, be mounted in the cente r of the vehicle
roof. Barring that. get it as hig h as poss ible. In
truth. that's the best place to mo unt a ny a nte nna . but o f course the lo nger antennas required for HF simpl y won' t go there !
O n glass antennas: Several companies
o ffer o n-g lass antennas for two meters and
h ig her. Having tried several o f these antennas. I can vouc h for the La r~en as being the
hcst o f those tried. Even so, I strong ly rccom-

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o f the re peate r. the gain antenna is a necessity.

Antennas for HF: Mobi le H F antennas,
for the mos t part , must be used wi th a ball
mount which is attached directly to the vehicle. e ither b y dri lli ng a ho le in the car o r by
insta lling a bumper mount. The b umper mo unt
is no t a bad c ho ice if it is good and so lid . and
you make certain it has good g round connectio n.
A nother opt io nal location for mo bi le antennas is the trailer hitch. I made a hitc h mount
myself b y fittin g a one-foo t piece of I" x I"
steel channe l into the trailer hitc h, we lding a
piece of heavy. co ld-rolled plate onto it , and
drilling the plate for a sta ndard ball mount.
Aga in . be sure you r ground connectio n is
solid.

I Modes
Si nce most ope ratio n is at V HF/U HF. FM
is the most popular mode used in mo bile
today. However. there is a lot o f SS B on the

won 1 have to take your eyes off the road .

Mobile packet is becoming popular in some
areas . too. Fo r the most part. I find packet in
the car to be dis tracting and difficult to operate , but many fo lks would say the same thing
about CW. Persona ll y, I can ' t read , type, and
drive at the same time!
Eve n SSTV has a few advocates o n mo bile. Most of these operators s imply send a
pre- recorded tape and record the received
s ig nal for future v iewing at the ho me statio n.
I do know of a hand ful of ham s running full
bore SSTV via mobile. bu t again it' s no t
someth ing I would ad vocate try ing while driving.
T he re ' s more to mobile. but I ho pe this is
eno ugh to con vince you to take the ri g a long
when yo u head o ut o n the road o r o n vacation .
There's no thing lo it, and you' ll be g lad you
d id. especia lly if you have a ny car o r mapreadi ng trouble along the way. I invite you to
w rite us with your mobile advent ures w hen
you get ho me! 73 de Ike, N31K

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Harrisburg RAC /Tom Hale, WU3X, PO Box 4 18, Halifax, PA 17032, 717-896-8087
Jackson County ARC I Charles Kimmerly, N5XGI, 19000 Busby Rd. , Vancleave, MS 39565, 601-826-58 11
Cass Hubbard ARC operating NOSFJ. WFOQ, KOVBM 1400-2000 UTC to celebrate Centennial of Walker, Minnesota. Op
on lower 80, 40, and 20 meters. For certificate send QSL and SASE to Cass Hubbard Amateur Radio Club, Gen Delivery,
Walker. MN 56484.
Salisbury, NC
NC Alligators Group I Walter Bastow, N4KVF, 3045 High Rock Rd. , Gold Hill, NC 28071, 704-279-339 1
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Murgas ARC I James Post, KA3A. 15 Monarch Rd., Wilkes-Barre. PA 18702, 717-825-3940
YL Radio League Conv I Second Area Young Ladies ARC, Wanda Traver. N2JBK. 48 Carroll St. , West Henrietta, NY
Albany, NY
14586
Goshen, CT
So Berkshire ARC I Robert Schoenfeld, KA1ARR, Spring Hollow Rd., Sheffield, MA 0 1257, 413-229-8695
Clinton, ME
ME Council of ARC I Robin Walls, N1 NFK, 34 Tutton St. , Brunswick, ME 04011 , 207-442-9405
Tidelands AAS I Carl W. (Bill) Steele, WA5WVP, PO Box 73, Texas City, TX 77592. 409-948-0308
Texas City, TX
Oak Creek, W I
S Milwaukee ARC I P.O. Box 102, South Milwaukee, WI 53172-0102, 414-762-3235. Location: Am Legion Post #434
grounds, 9327 S. Shepard Ave. 7am-2pm CDT. Talk-in 146.52s. Free parking, picnic, and camping . $5 adm (incl free
refreshments).
Indianapolis, IN
Central Div Conv I Rick Ogan, N9LRR, 5329 Lester St. , Indianapolis, IN 46208, 317-251-4407
Sugar Grove, IL
Fox River Radio League I Diana Skube, WD9API, 4 N 210 Locust Ave., West Chicago, IL 60185, 708-293-7485
Auga,NJ
Sussex County ARC I Dan Carter, N2ERH, 8 Carter Ln. , Branchville, NJ 07826, 201 -948-6999
Bowling Green, OH
Wood County ARC I Larry Reitz, WABCWD, 26785 Travy Rd, Walbridge, OH 43465, 41 9-837-2202, teckyreitz@aol.com.
Location, Wood Co. Fairgrounds. Talk-in 147.180+ or 443.275+.
Kimberton, PA
Mid-Atlantic ARC / Bob Haase. W3SA, 674 Valley View Rd. , Wayne, PA 19087, 610293-191 9
Pittsburgh. PA
North Hills ARC I John Sibenac. KE3PI, 2 16 Kinvara Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15237. 412-487-2740. Location: Northland Public
Library (10 mi Nor Pitt. on McKnight Rd). Talk-in 149.69/.09. Free adm. 8am-3pm.
Flagstaff (Ft Tuthill), AZ AR Council of AZ I John Lanza, KC71M. 1109 El Sonoro Dr. , Sierra Vista, AZ 85635. 520-458-7069
Ocala, FL
International Radio Club of America (IRCA) annual convention
MT State Conv / Bill Vodall, WA7NWP, Box 75, Kevin, MT 59454, 406-337-2222
East Glacier. MT
Pacific NW DX Conv I David Norton, AB90, 2612 NW 18th Ave., Camas, WA 98607. 360-834-01 40
Portland, OR
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Fulton Co Dr. Mahlon Loomis Committee will operate W2ZZJ to commemorate the 170th birthday of Dr. Mahlon Loomis, the
American radio pioneer, born at Oppenheim , New York. Operation 1300-2000Z on Gen class portion of 75. 40, 20 and 15
meters, and Novice 1O meter phone band. Also, on area 2 meter FM rptrs. For parchment certificate and literature send
QSL, contact# and #10 SASE (55 cents) to W2ZZJ, 5738 STHWY 29A, Stratford. NY 13470.
Belvidere, NJ
Cherryville Repeater Association I Marty Grozinski, NS2K, 6 Kirkbride Rd., Flemington. NJ 08822 , 908-806-6944
Utica ARC I Robert Decker, AA2CU, 2656 Oneida St. , Utica, NY 13501, 3 15-797-6614
Frankfort, NY
Northern Ohio ARS I Stan Zupan, AABIN, 32549 Walker Rd. , Avon Lake. OH 4401 2-2228. 216-933-4261
Wellington . OH
Jonestown Mt Rptr Assn./ Peggy Dile. N3JR D, RR #3, Box 95-18, Shickshinny, PA 18655, 7 17-864-3158
Huntington Mills, PA
Cambridge, MA
MIT RS, Harvard Wireless Club I Steve Fineberg, W1GSL, PO Box 397082, MIT Branch. Cambridge, MA 02 139, Nick
Alternburnd, KA1MQX, 6 17-253-3776
Washington, MO
Zero Beaters ARC I Dave Neal , NOPNG, 247 Chesterfield Ind. Blvd., Chesterfield, MO 63005-1201, 314-458-3254
Van Wert ARC I Louie Thomas. WDBLLO. 208 North Chestnut, Van Wert, OH 45891 , 419-238-2812
Van Wert, OH
Homer City, PA
Indiana County ARC I Gary Robison. K3SJX, 177 West Burrel St., Blairsville. PA 15717, 412-459-894 1
Oklahoma City, OK
Ham Holidays '96 / Hal Miller, KB1ZO. 9230 North Penn Place. Suite 209. Oklahoma City, OK 73120
Bloomington, MN
Central States VHF Conf I Chuck Munce, KOGJX, 4309 North Brookdale Dr .. Brooklyn Park, MN 55443. 612-566-1934
Tampa, FL
Univ of S Fla I Doug KD4HVC. 4202 E Fowler Ave CTR 2416, Tampa, FL 33620. 813-979-0033,
douglass@suntan.eng.usf.edu. Location: USF on Fletcher Ave between 1-75 and 1-275. 9am-3pm. Talk-in 146.94-, 147.24+,
442.275+. $3.75 admission.
Rockford ARA I Marsha Plasters, 3408 Ed-Vera Dr., Rockford, IL 611 09, 815-399-9233
Rockford , IL
Leesville, LA
W Central LA ARC I Jeff Shifflett, KC5GVS, 1102 Westwood Ave., Leesville , LA 71446, 3 18-239-9724
W Carolina ARS I Ron Carmack. KE4SSO, 70 Tipperary Dr. , Asheville. NC 28806, 704-665-9399
Asheville. NC
Columbia-Montour ARC I Dave Schack, WC3A, PO Box 73, Berwick, PA 18603. 717-752-6851
Berwick. PA
Oshkosh. WI ; W9ZL operated by Fox Cities ARC (Appleton, WI) from the Experimental Aircraft Assoc. Fly-In and ConvenSpec Event St
tion. from Pioneer Airport adjacent lo EAA Aviation Museum. Gen portions of HF bands, RTIY and CW as conditions and
operators permit. Send OSL & SASE to Wayne Pennings, WD9FLJ , 913 N. Mason, Appleton, WI 54914 for picture
certificate. (On grounds convention info on 146.520s: no QSLs please)
Timonium, MD
Baltimore RA TV Soc I Robert Koblish, N3HAT, PO Box 59 15, Baltimore. MD 2 1208 , 410-467-4634
Genesee Radio Amateurs I Thomas P. McCormick, N2VTN, 10920 Sandpit Rd .. Alexander, NY 14005, 716-591-2864
Alexander, NY
Ashtabula, OH
Ashtabula County ARC I Ken Stenback. AIBS. 722 Lyndon Ave .. Ashtabula, OH 44004. 216-964-73 16
TX State Conv I Joe Makeever, W5EBJ, 8609 Tallwood Dr., Austin, TX 78759, 512-345-0800
Austin. TX
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Rocky Mt Div Conv I Duane Anderson, KJ7HO, 443 East Brandt Ct. #30, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, 801-288-1859
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Springfield, MO
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High Point, NC
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Hamfesters RC I David Brasel. NF9N , 6933 West 110th St., Worth. IL 60482. 708-448-0580
Peotone. IL
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Wellesley ARS. Babson Wireless Club I Barbara Holdridge, N 1ICQ. 107 Church St., Westwood, MA 02090, 617 329-2628
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DEMAW'S WORKBENCH
ECTS AND TIPS

ou

emaw,

Revitalizing Older Receivers

~difficult

t'
to pass up a bargain whe n we
'cc an older tube type of receiver at a ham
radio fl ea market. or when a frie nd o ffers
one to us at modest cost. Nostalgia. the glow
or the tuhe filament s. along with large di als.
knobs and cabinets, bri ng visions of t he good
old days when the communi cations art wore
a differe nt face.
1\ great many receivers fro m the past arc
-.till avai lable. Among them arc the National
Radio. ll allicrafters. Coll ins Radio. a nd
Hammarlund products. Some or the very
early commerc ial receivers were of the regenerative type. such as the National Radio
SW-:-1. the Brctti ng 12. and the Crosley Super
Wa~ p . With the advent of the superhetcrodync tech nology came such rccci vers as the
RME69. Hall icraftcrss-38and S-20R. along
with the 1ational NC- I00.
The Hammarlund HQ- 129X came later
on. and was considered by many the top orthe
line amateur receiver. The Co ll i n ~ Rad io 75S I opened the door to high quality performance by virtue of good freq uency stability
and I-kH z reso lution of the frequency read out. Gelling one of these old chestnut s up and
ru nn ing can be a pleasurable and rewarding
workshop experi ence. T his art icle provides
sn me ti ps fo r breathing new li fe int o tired old
recci vcr..;.

A bove, the GPR-90

from it.1 first ad in
QS T magazine,
October 1956.

A t left, the National

NC-/ 88feat11red a
clean f ront panel
lay out with broad
horiw 11tal tuning
display.

Belo w, the National

HR0-60 recei ver
seem ed to be "all
business."
At right, th e I 0-tube

Ha111marl11ncl f/Q-100
superheterody ne had
autom atic noise limiter,
electrical ba11dspread and
Q-multiplier.

I First Things First

Your recent ly acquired bargain-price receiver should he turned on and checked fo r
signs of li fe before you move nhead with the
fi ~cr poi nts of rev italizati on. Make certain
that the fil aments of all of the glass tu bes arc
lit. After a I0-mi nute warmup you may carefull y touch the metal tube ~ (if any ex ist) to
ensure that they are ali ve. If ~o . they wi ll be
warm or hot to the touch.
The next step is allowi ng the tu bes to coo l.
after which they should be checked for emissio n. shorts. leakage. and transconductam.:c
hy means of a tube tester. If you dont have
access to a tube checker. you ca n substi tute
new tubes for the old ones. one at a time.
whi le ob~crv ing the recei\'er performance
(volu me of a signal heard in the ~pea ker) . A
~ i gn a l generator is a great help for thi s performance test. Best results wi ll he had while
mak ing the fo regoing tests at 2 I or 28 MHz.

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July 1996

since most older receivers tended to .. run out

of gas at the high e ncl of their frequency
ranges.
When you arc sat isfied that all of the
vacuu m tubes are okay. turn off the rece iver
and allow it to cool down. At that time it is
\\'i se to remove the tubes. one by one. and
squin a quality grade of contact cleaner into
the tube-socket pi ns. Work the tube up and
dow n in the soc ket a few times to ensure that
any fi lm and corros io n build-up is removed.

I Power Supply Check is Next

Turn on the receiver and set the audio gain
control at mini mu m. Listen with your car
near the speaker (or u ~e headphones) to determine if hu m is audible. It may be quite
loud . If so. the filt er capacitors in the power
supply ha ve probably d ried out and lost thei r

capacitance. This condi tion will cause moderate to loud hum. Replace the capacitors with
new units of eq ui val ent or grentcr capac itance
and vol tage rati ngs.
If the recti fier tube nashes and arcs when
you tu rn on the recei ve r. chances are that the
fi ltcr capacitors are shorted. or that a short
circ uit exists somewhere beyond the power
supply. Short circ ui t~ must be located and
remedied before further work is done to the
receiver. Unplug the receiver from the wall
and trace the B+ paths whi le using an ohmmeter set for the low-ohms range. It may be
necessary to disconnect the various legs of the
B+ circuit in order to pinpoint the section
where the short ex ists. Final Iy. chec k the power
~upp l y output voltage (after any needed repa irs). Typical output vo ltage will be in the
225 to 250-volt de range.

I Visual Inspection and Capacitors

This i~ a proper time to use your magnifying g lass to inspect each resistor and capacitor
under the chassis. Look for burned or discolored resistors and replace each suspicious unit
that you spot. Examine the fixed-value capacitors for 001.ing electrol yte or broken pigtails.
Replace all "iffy" capacitors with new unit s.
preferably disc ceramic parts with a 500- or
600-volt rating.
In fat:t. a thorough revitalization is best
accomplished when you replact: a ll of those
old tubular paper capacitors wi th new di skceramic units. Ha ving done thi s many times
myself. I can say that some receivers reall y
came ali ve bct:ause the original capacitors
were leaky and some had changed \'aluc with
time. Furthermore. disk ceramic capacitors
are less inducti ve. and therefore are more
effecti ve for bypassing critical points in the RF
circuitry.

I Noisy Controls
Noisy t:ontrols and switches arc frequently
encountt:red in old receivers. The thin carbon
coating inside the potentiometers wears out
and cau ses dead spots in the range of the
control. al ong wi th an annoying "scrat ching"
noise when the controls are adj usted. Applications of con tact cleaner to the inside of the
controls offers temporary relief from thi s problem. but the malady will relllrn later on.
Worn controls should be replaced wit h new
units of equi valent resistance and taper. Controls with an audio taper are required for the
audio and RF ga in circuits. Linear-taper controls arc suitable for tone controls and S-meter
adj ustment potentiometers.
Band -~cl ct: tor switches in old radios often
have worn or dirty contacts. The various wafers on these switches should be sprayed with
a contact-restorer type of cleaner, then worked
back and forth through the switch range several ti mes to remove oxidation and possible
tobacco-s moke film . Dirt y switch contacts
become resisti ve. and this condition can have
a marked effec t on overall receiver performance . After cleaning the switch cont acts it is
a good idea to place a drop of light oil on the
bearings of the ~wi tch detent mechanism. Avoid
allow ing the oil to reach the wafer-switch
contacts.
I Receiver Alignment

Most operating manuals for older receivers

conta in a sec tion that describes the ali gnment
procedu n..: for the various padders and trimme rs . It is import ant to fol low the
manufacturer s instructions during thi s step of
revi tali zation. If no booklet is availab le. use a

well calibrated signal generator. or a signal

from your modern transcei,cr (lowest output
power possi ble. and don't connect it to your
recei ver! ) to adj ust the oscillator for correct
dial calibration on each band. The RF amplifier trimmers or coil slugs can then be peaked
for maximum ~ig nal response in the center of
each frequency range selected by the band
switch. The receiver S meter may be used as
an indicator when peaking these circuits.
The trimmers or slugs in the IF (intermedi ate frequency) transformers shou ld be adjusted for maximum signal response as the
last step in al ign me nt. If the receiver has a
BANDSET and BANDSPREADdial, be sure
to set the BANDSPREADdial forthe low end
of its range before w mmenci ng alignment.

at the tube sockets to \'erify that each stage is

operating properly. Many of the manuals for
old receivers contain a voltage chart that can
be re J'crrcd to while using a de voltmeter.
If the voltage is substanti all y lower than
specified at some point in the circuit. look for
a droppi ng rcsistorthat has increased in ohmic
va lue. Check al so fora leaky (pa11ially shorted)
bypass capacitor in the suspec ted leg of the
circuit. Specificall y. check the bypass capacitor that is on the tube side of the dropping
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any value from I0 ~tF to 22 Fat I6 VDC or
greater wi II suffice .
Fuzzy or distorted audi o output can be
caused by a defecti ve speaker. A bad speaker
can be checked by using headphones to sample
the audio. If the out put is clean. remove the
speaker and examine the cone for rips and
tears. If the com: appears okay. push the apex
(center) gently up and down with your finger.
If you hear a scratc hing sound. chances arc
that the voice coi I is rubbing on its metal core.
T he cone should move freely without any
evidence of rubbing. The cure for this problem requires replacing the speaker.
If the dial cord is fra yed or broken you may
replace it with high quality. fabric-based. casting-rod fishing line. I recommend blac k silk
line for this job. Lubricate all of the dial-cord
pulleys and tuning shaft s. but avoid getting oil
on the dial cord or pulley slots.
The bearings ofthe tuning capacitors shou ld
be sprayed liberall y with contact cleaner to
ensure that a good electrical connection prevails between their rotors and frames. Dirty
bearings can cause frequency jumping and
drift.
Soiled cabinets (smoke film and such) can
be cleaned by applying Fantasti k or a similar
household cleaner. A coating of Pledge or
equ ivalent household wax will provide a sheen
after you have removed the grime.
I Summary Remarks

Certainl y. much more can be in volved in

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PiLANE TALK
MAKING SENSE OF CIVILIAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Jeon Boker, KIN9DD

Whats New in Oceanic Air Traffic Control

elco me aboard! Is a trip across the

ocean in your summer plans? Oceanic Air Traffic Control is a very
differen t ballgame from domestic ATC operations. In the December colum n. we dropped
a few hints that Oakl and Air Route Traffic
Control Ce nter was in the process of updating
and installing new state-of-the art equipment
in their oceanic sectors. Today. with info rmation provided by Oakland Center's Larry Clark.
we' II sec how this equ ipment wi ll change and
update oceanic operations. Fi rst. though, some
background info rmation is required in order
to understand what 's o n the hori zon.
Oceanic systems are presently located at
three air route traffic control centers : Anchorage, AK : Oakland , C A. a nd
Ronkonkoma, NY. Projections indicate a
50% increase in North Atlant ic traffic and a
100% increase in Pacific trave l over the next
decade. Becau se of these projections. system
capac ity has become a conce rn.
Most recently. oceanic ai r traffic cont rol
~ystem~ were comprised or manual operatio ns. large separation s t a n dard~. and cumbersome communications-alI o r which contribute to syste m Iimitations. The majority of high
density oceanic air traffic uses track systems
wit h defined waypoinls. Occani l: ATC monitors traffic via hourly positio n reports and
manuall y tracks this information on paper
flight strips. T his system can not eas ily accommodate user needs such as preferred routing. flight profi les. or requc~ t ed changes.

I Upgrading one step at a time

The starting point for the oceanic system's
evolution to the end-state was the Oceanic
Display and Planning System (see Plane Talk.
February 1995 fo r a more detai led description
of OD/\PS). Th is system was designed to
prov ide the initial level of auto mati on and
ass ist the controller ;is a planning too l. limited
to fli ght strips and a situatio na l display of
estimated aircraft positio n.
Planned oceanic system e nhancements will
prov ide l:apabilities equi valent to or exceeding those current ly available wi thi n the US
domest ic system to improve the system s perfo rmance and meet the projected growth in
de mand. These enhancement s will evolve
through an incremental approal:h.
Today, oceanic operati onal equipment is
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CRT Display fo r the Ne w OA S System

ment wit h integrated equipment known as the

Oceanic Automation System. or OAS. The
development of these re place ment s as the
OAS interim syste m platform is well underway. using open system architecture which
a ll ows the easy integration of new technolog i e~ as they become ava il able. At Oakland
Cen te r" ~ Oceanic Operations. a Telecommun i cation~ Processor repl acing the old Flight
Data Input/Output device has al ready been
installed. and a prototype Oceani c Data Link
(ODL) is on line at one of t he oceanic sectors.
There are very agg ress ive plans to have
ODL in all eight occanil: secto rs by midi 997. Software development i~ on an ongoing basis to get that component completed:
also. the Plan View Display (traffic display) is
to he replaced with a Sony color Situation
Display by the end of thi s year.

I Automated air-ground data comms

T he prototype Oceanil: D<ita Link is a
significant software enhancement to the telecommunications proce!>sor (TP) rnrrcntl y in
use. It provides direct communications to
FANS- I (Future Air Navigati on System)
equipped aircraft. as we ll as to other OAS
ground systems. Auto mated message capabilities from the oceani c co nt roller are the
fi rst step in providing con tro ller communicat i o n ~ to the ai rcraft via data link. This fu nction
red u ce~ communication d el ay~ and prov ides
a digita l message capability to other facilit ies
and fl ight infonnation reg i on~. The prototype
OD L aut omated message capab il ity uses
message sets that foll ow international st<indard s.

The corresponding equi pmen t package for

ai rrn1 ft (FANS- I). developed by Boeing and
Ho neywell. is being installed in some of the
747-400 se ries. Not a ll of the airl ines whose
fleets include 747-400s have purchased th is
very ex pens ive equ ipmen t. Un ited had to
modify 24 of thei r 747-400s-a costly modification! It takes at least three days to install.
and it hurts the airline to have an aircraft out
of service fo r that length of ti me. Nonetheless.
the airli nes believe tlrnt the benefi ts will outweigh the costs in the long run.
The Oceanic Data Li nk will provide the
fo undation for Automatic Dependent Sur,ei llance (A DS) data communications between the US and foreign centers. and ultimately. will allow reduced ~eparat i o n standards over oceanic airspace. A new generation of su rve illance capabi lities will enable
the O/\S to receive and process prec ise satellite position data via ADS waypoint messages
that can be automatically generated by the
aircraft fl ight management systems. This will
provide impro,ed waypoi nt repo11 al:curacy
and minimize the potential for human error in
the reporti ng process.

I Better ground-ground coordination

/\ n ongoi ng acti vity to prov ide ground-togrou nd communications is the Ai r Traffic
Services lnterfacility Data Communications
(AIDC) System. which provides better ATC
contact and coordination between Alaska and
Russ ia. Al DC uses a digi tal satell ite li nk to
i n c rea ~e the s;ifety. capac ity. and effic iency
nf int ern ati o nal routes over the Russi an Far
East airspace. Prototype controll er workstations instal led in the control centers at Anchorage and Anadyr (Russian Far East) and
Pet ropavlovsk-Kamchasky (RFE) allow ai r
traffic controllers to compo~e and transmi t
fl ight plann ing and coordination data to other
air trarlil: faci lities.
The new equi pment will take Ol:can ic Ai r
Traffic Contro l well into the 2 Ist century with
installation completed around I998 - I999.
and preparations on the way to completion fo r
the automated dependence ~ u rvei l lance and
data link era by then.
ext month we 'll fcalllrc a look at a new
devicl.! that"s bei ng tested fo r domestic ATC
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MENT COMMUNICATIONS

Eavesdropping on Mission Control

s you are most likely aware,

Mo11itori11f? Times has a siste r publi ca ti o n- Sate//ite
Times. It is an excellent magazi ne fo r
the s pace buff in all of us. The current
S!T' issue has a very thorough breakdown of th e complete freque ncy manage ment system used at the Kennedy
Space Center and the associated mi litary launch areas in Flori da. Patrick
Air Force Base and Mali bar. I am not
going to draw fro m that list in this
column. but I do recommend you send
in your $2 and an SASE for a copy of
the article if you're not a subscriber. Bob
Grove deserves a lot of credit fo r the time and
effo rt he put into verifying these frequencies.
What I am goi ng to examine thi s month is
from an associated column in the same issue.
The ti tle of the feature is "M ission Control Touring NASA's New Facili ty in Houston"
by Haske ll Moore. NASA 's new Mi ss ion
Cont rol Center is in a ne w wing of the bui lding adjacent to the old Miss io n Control in
Building 30. For an examinatio n of the complex I refer you to Moores excell ent articl e.
What we arc going to look at arc the frequencies used at the Miss io n Cont ro l facility.

Mission Control Center

Frequency Usage
123.125 NASA air operations with Ellington
AFB (AM)
154.280 Mutual aid with surrounding cities
155.265 Civil defense with surrounding
cities
155.370 Intercity police
164.200 Johnson Space Center (JSC)
security net
164.700 Construction net rptr in/ out
170.350
164.9875 NASA admini strative net
168.000 Environ/main! net rptr in /out
169.000 Bldg 1
168.450 M edical net rptr in I out 170.375
169.000 Environ/mo int net rptr out / in
168.000 Bldg 1
170.100 Public affairs net rptr out I in
17 1.000
170.350 Construction net rptr out I in
164.700
170.375 Medical net rptr out / in 168.450
170.750 Aircraft operations
171.000 Public affairs net rptr in I out
170.1 00
17 1.150 NASA select audio feeds
172.300 NASA transportation net in / out
173.8125
173.6625 Pointi ng net
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If you are ever in the Houston area,

you can visit the Johnson Center. which
is located 25 mi !es south of downtown
Houston. There arc many tours you can
go on and a good time is guaranteed.
Their telephone number is (71 3) 2442 100.
Which pen is mightier?

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173.6875 Procedures net

173.81 25 NASA transportation net out / in
172.300
235.400 NASA air to ground (AM mode)
407.1750 NASA medical net in / out
409.1750
409.0250 NASA paging
409. 1750 NASA medical net out I in
407.1750
429.6725 Bridge crane ops (Isn't this the
shared amateur band?--hm-m-m )

As was pointed out in the SIT article. NASA

also shares a I0 channel trun ked system along
with other fede ral gove rnment users in the
Houston area. Thi s ties right in wi th a trend I
pred icted over a year ago when the trunked
system was first noti ced in the Miami .
Florida. area. At fi rst the FBI had a cou ple
of uni ts on it. The n the Se c n~ t Service got
a little ex tra money and added some radios up there. Now the spectrum is filling
up. Gi ven this pallern. it see ms likely that
anyone mon itoring all of the output chan nels of the Houston trunked system will
hear a lot more than just the Mission
Control Center.
With that little bit of inte ll igence out
of the way. here is the breakdown of the
Houston trun ked system.

Federal Trunked System in Houston

Channel
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10

O utput
406.350
407. 150
407.950
408.550
408.750
408.950
409.150
409.550
409.750
409.950

Input
41 5. 150
415.950
416.750
416.550
417.550
417.750
417.150
41 8.350
418.550
417.950

I received some very interesting

t intercepts from a monitor who. because
~ of his position. wishes to remain anonyl mous. In the recent March column I did
a very bri ef sy nopsis of the federal
prison system. The fo llow ing additional information comes fro m the federal prison in
Manchester. Kentucky.
The prison has an automated fe nce alarm
on 170.925 MHz. There has neve r been any
voice tra ffi c monitored on thi s frequ ency, but
o ne can hear the alarm soumling if the fence
is tripped-by birds fl yi ng th rough the beams.
sittin g o n the fence. etc.
Atthe federal medi cal facilit y in Lex ington, Kentucky. the frequency of 170.875 MH z
is the primary frequency and the frequency of
170.925 MHz is the secondary. Voice traffic
has bee n monitored on both channe ls. The

call sign is KVL3 l l. For several months in

1995 a single tone of approximatdy I 000 Hz
was st:nt out on 409.2500 MH1. about once
eve ry five minutes. Suddenly thi s went away
and has not returned.
A~ for normal tactical procedures. the radio~ containing the riot tac tical freque ncies
are kept under lock and key and are on ly
brought out during an emergency. None of the
radios carried by the guards have the emergency freque ncies in them. T hi s allows the
pri son offi cials to carry on communi cations
in the event the prison is taken over and the
normal radios are captured by the inmates.

I Keep 'em guessing

In prev ious columns we have discussed the
poss ibi lit y of government agerH.:i.:s utili zing
radio frequencies outside o f the normal federal allocat ions. In thccarly J 980's. the Postal
Inspectors in the Miami. Florida. area were
reported to be usi ng a set of frequencies which
did not foll within the normal federal allocation. When postal authorities were questioned
about them. they became nervous and put up
a blanket denial of the syste m.
Sources that have proven rdiable in the
past inform thi s writer that the fo llow ing
frequenc ies (MHz) were. and still may be, in
use for very sensitive operati ons. The equipment was kept in the Atlanta area and shipped
ou t wh..:n it was needed.
Postal In spection Frequency Pool ( 1111reri,/ie<I)
547.2275 549.2000
549.2250
549.5000 549.5250
549.7000
549.7250
It is unknown what. if any. repeater pairs
were in use and which were the simplex
channels. It is even unknown the exact uti lization of these channels ... Two way voice?
Package tracking? Hidden body trans mitters?
... Still , it might make good monitoring in a
congested area where there is no corresponding television channel on that freq uency.
As an update, here is the current radio
frequency allocation for the Postal Inspectors
and the Postal Security Force.
Poslal Jnsp eclors
Chon
Frequency
01
407.7750
414.7500
02
414.7500
03
407.7250
415.0500
04
415.0500
05
408.0500
413.6000
06
413.6000

Use
RPTR INPUT
RPTR OUTPUT
SIMPLEX
RPTR INPUT
RPTR OUTPUT
SIMPLEX
RPTR INPUT
RPTR OUTPUT
SIMPLEX

Postal Security Force (Sec11riry aro11nd post

ujfices. e/c. )
Chon
frequency Use
01
41 8.3000 SIMPLEX
02
41 6.7750 RPTR INPUT
418.3000 RPTR OUTPUT
The private/line lone for the above is YZ.
ror those of you li vi ng in the Southern
California area, here is a list of submiss ions I
have received on frequencies used by postal
fac ilities not fitting in the above band plan.
All of the sites listed are in the Los Angeles
area.
So Calif Posla/ Band Plan
Frequency Location
170.6000 Bell postal facility
170.1250 Main L.A. post office facility
163.3750 Pasadena center
410.1000 Pasadena center rptr input--out is
406.2250
406.2250 Pasadena center rptr output--in is
410.1000
166.2250 Von Nuys sorting center
164.9875 Pasadena transportation center
410.3250 Roil operations---Chonnel 1
410.3500 Roil operations--Chonnel 2
162.2250 Tronsportation net
410.2000 Tronsportotion rptr input---out is
414.7250
414.7250 Transportotion rptr out--input is
410.2000
418.1000 Maintenance network
164.9625 Airport moil facility

I Disaster Preparedness
A reader s ubmitted three frequencies for
the Department of Hea lt h and Human Servic.:s. The first, fort he National Earthquake
E111ergen cy Network, is 164.1000 MHz. The
other frequencies arc fo r the B ethesda Medical Center : 4 11.4500 M HL and 4 13.4250
MHz. It is unknown if these arc repeater pairs
or si mplex channels.
T he Nalional Emergen cy Training Center operates on the follow ing freq uenc ies:
163.1000
166.2250
168.3500
169.6000 MHz .
The National Emergen cy Warning Syste111 allocated the follow in g frequ cncic~ to its
Regional E 111erge11cy Operations Center:
Net 1:
173.1875 rptr input / 167.9750
rptr output
Net 2:
167.9750 MHz simplex
Net 3:
169.8750 MHz simplex
Net 4:
167.9250 MHz simplex
T he Civil Defense Nalio11a/ Warning Syste111 uses the following:
164.8625
165.6625 MHz

Last but Not Least

Frequencies fo r two re lati vely unknown
age ncies were submitted to me thi s mo nlh.
The first is the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration. Th i ~ agency carries
o ut programs and studies that arc aimed at the
reduction of economic losses due to motor
vchic.:l e crashes. admin istration of the federal
odometa law. issu ing theft pre vention standards, and the issuance of average fue l
economy results.
N ational High way Traffic Safety Ad111i11istralion
Chon
Fr~uency
Use
01 36.1 50
RPTR INPUT
40.970
RPTR OUT
40.970
RPTR OUT
36.150
RPTR IN
40.260
SIMPLEX
02

The ~econd agency is the Maritime Admin istration. This is the age ncy that is responsible fo r the maintenance of the United States
Merchant Fleet through the Merchant Mari nes. For those of you that have rclati vcs that
fought in Worl d War II, ask them about the
im portance of the merchant fleet in the North
Atlan tic tryi ng to outfox the U- Boats wh ile
carrying gasol ine on unarmed ships!
'vfaritime Ad111i11islration
freq uency
Use
166. 1500
NATIONAL ASSIGNMENT
169.0750
NATIONAL ASSIGNMENT
165.5875
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
REGIONALOFFICES
16.565
NATIONAL DEFENSE
RESERVE FLEET (short wove
freq)

That wraps it up it for thi ~ month. I look

forward to receiving some good monitoring
reports from readers who arc in the At lanta
area during the Olympics. Ab o. the Grove
Communicat ions Ex po '96 is just a l'cw months
away . Hope to see you ther.:.

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never embraced it. partl y hecause publ icity- co111inuo usly 2-l h o u r~ a day i1110 your peryou
in three categories. You get international.
good or bad-eluded it. and partl y because it sonal computer. Urgent new!> bulleti ns and
national. and state weather reports. The Interfull
length
art
i
cle~
arc
rccci,ed
at
your
home
was never more than a headline senice. In
national report give' you temperatures. conaddition. there was no way to save docu- just as they are at the new,paper office. You
di
tions. and two day forecasts fo r a II the major
ments. though there was a thermo-style printer be the ed itor!
it
ies of the world. It also displays importa nt
c
You dec ide which service' you want and.
available at one time.
news
stories of a meteorolog ical interest.
if
you
like.
you
can
create
fi
les
and
save
The service which call s itself lngeni us
Eart hquake reports arc fou nd here. too.
certain
articles
to
those
files.
You
can
print
started as X*Pres In fo rmati o n X*C-hanoe
The nati ona l category gives detailed
nearl y a decade ago. Origina ll y. the servi:e anyth ing that looks inte resti ng or delete that
weather
summaries of the nati ons weather
was avai lable to eabk and sate lli te TV view- whi ch doesn' t.
cond
iti
ons
with forecasts, as we ll. for a hunImagine hav ing wi re 'crvices from the
ers who signed up and paid for the proprietary
dred different ci ties in the U.S. The slate
followi
ng
installed
in
your
home
and
operatdata rece iver and soft ware. After that the
category a ll ows you lo eavesdrop o n National
service was avai lab le 24 hou rs a day. year ing 24 hours a day: Reuters (U.S. and World
news). !tar-Tass (Russia ), Deutsche Prcsse- Weather Service su mmaries for every slate in
rou nd fo r an annual subscription fee. The data
the Union. Herc. you' II get full forecasts and
receiver, called the lnfoCiphcr I 500R. was Agentur (Germany). Kyodo News lnt crnacl imatolog ical data for specific regions of
tio
nal
(Japa
n).
Xinhu
a
(C
hin
a).
Notimex
made by General Instrument. For reasons
each state.
kn ow n o nl y to G I. prod uctio n o n th e (Mexico. in Spani , h!). Agcnce France Pressc
There is so mut:h weather informat ion availlnfoC ipher was halted and the last uni ts were (France)-and t h at'~j u st for news. You a lso
able
you' ll wan t to tai lorthiscategory to those
get complete fi nancial news from Reuters
sold in mid- I 995.
states of part icular interest: if you arc planinc
luding
stocks.
commod
ities.
currencies.
See ing the DBS hand wri ti ng on the wall.
ning to trave l o r have friends or re latives in a
honds. market report s from around the world.
lngeni us signed lo have the data signal transparticular
place. you can see what it's like
rnilled o n the Prirnestar sy~ t em and. accord- and you can even track your own stock port where
they
arc. This is particularly useful in
fo lio fro m the thousa nd s listed on the NYSE.
ing ly. Primestar receivers had the necessary
the
wi
nter
and
d uring the hurricane season
ASE.
OTC.
and
NAS
DAQ
with
only
a
15
data receiver built in. Ex isting C-band lngenius
(hu rricane tracking informati on is displayed
minute
de
lay
(the
pro'
ca
n'
t
beat
that
!).
You
custo mers continue to he served via a data
as soon as it s i s~ u ed by the National Hurristream o n Galaxy 5 chan ne ls 5 (CNN) and 6 abo get business press releases direct from
Cen ter in Mi ami).
cane
(TBS). but the emphasis for the fu ture is with the Business Wire.
Pri mes tar.

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JnfoCipher 1500R data receiver. You' ll have

to find the latter used, remember; they' re not
making them any more but they are sti II serving the C-band market.

Really. that's just fo r starters: there' s entertainment. Holl ywood type news, lifestyle"
and fashion reports, soap opera updates, even
TV schedules. You would need to be fou r I Bottom Line
people using as many computers to get and
If you' re currently a cable subscriber and
use everything avai lable on this service in one
want to subscribe to XChange, call their toll
24 hour period.
XChange gives you movie. music. and free number to order the lngenius Interface
Kit. Current price for the cable kit is $ 150. If
book revi ews; opi nions and editorials; trends
and events. and more. There's a category to you' re a Primestar customer you' II need to
alert subscribers to new services or changes in cal l the order number and get the software and
manual. Start-up cost for Primestarc ustomers
service as they happen.
is
currentl y $ 100.
ln addition. XChange transmits a variety
If you re nowhere near a cable system and
of software for your personal use. Software
for utilities. entertainment, games, updates. have been toy ing with the idea of getting a
and demonstrations are all fed via the data satelli te TV system. XChangc may be j ust
what you've been waiting for. XChange is not
stream during the early morning hours- typically from midnight to 6 a.m. Eastern time. available on DirecTV or USSB , nor will it be
The software is usually sent compressed and on the DISH network or AlphaStar, when it' s
launched. Primestar has XChange pretty well
comes with registration instructions.
XChange software allows subscribers to locked up. But, it's not a bad deal: typically.
tai lor the news toward their own interests. Primestar costs only $ 150 for the complete
XChangc can search all news stories fo r key- system installed and roughly $30 per month
words entered by the subscriber. Alarms can for their basic services. A one year subscripbe set to alert the user every ti me a story is tion to XChange is on ly $59.40 per year.
There' s an even better deal in store for
fi led containing the keyword. Simi larly, alarms
most
cable customers. After she ll ing out the
can be set with your personal stock portfolio
lo alert you to hi ghs or lows or unusual activ- $ 150 for the interface kit and ~oft ware. a one
ity in any of your 250 tracked securities. You year subscription will be $59.40 or FREE'
can e ven create chart windows to display a Accordi ng to an Ingenius sales representagraph of historical data for any given ticker tive, most cable companies provide XChange
symbol ... all or which can be printed at any as part of their basic package, and there will be
no subscri ption c harge. Cable customers
time.
XChangc is part of the Cable in the Class- should call lngen ius and find out where their
room project. If you are a teacher. you' II want local cable system stands. For more informato take advantage of thi s program as thou- tion abou t XChangc call l -800-7PC-NEWS.
sands of schools around the U.S. already
have. XChange offers. through the data stream, I Satellite News Notes
lesson plans and teaching materi als for use in By the time you read this. and barring any
the classroom.
more lau nch disasters, there will be two new
satelli tes in the Clarke Belt. Hughes' Galaxy
I Basic Requirements
9 (a 24 channel, 16 watts per channel) CTo be able to receive XChange services at hand-onl y satellite wi ll replace the fading
your home. here's what you'll need: an IBM Telstar 303 at 123 degrees west. It is thought
or compatible PC with a 386 or higher micro- that it will eventually be moved to a currently
processor (I' ve even used an antique 8088 unused slot between Galaxy 5 and Satcom
machine with no problem); at least 4 MB of C3.
The other new kid on the Belt is General
random access memory: a hard dri vc with at
least 6 MB space available; e ither a 5.25" or Elcctric' s GE i which wi ll be located at 103
3.5'' floppy drive: an RS-232 serial communi- degrees west. This sate llite features 24 Ccations port configured as COM I, COM2, hand c hannels with between 12 and 18 watts
COM 3. or COM4; VGA or higher graphics per c hannel and twenty-four 60 watt channels
adapter: Microsoft Windows version 3.1 or in the Ku band. Design lifetime of both these
later (again, r ve used the DOS version with satellites is expected to be I 5 years. That
the 8088 with no problems); lngcnius Inter- should gi ve you an indication of how long Cface Kit (program di sk/manual. data receiver. hand services will continue to be provided.
connecting cables); cable TV installation, or General Instrument is said to be readying
Primestar installation. or (if you' re reall y the release of its di gital receiver (temporar ily
lucky) a C-band installati on with a used dubbed the Triple Play") for analog, VCll

encrypted. and Digicipher capable receiver.

There's no word on what the retai l price will
be forthis unit. but one imagines that il will be
comparable to the current top-of-the-I inc models and sell in the $ 1,500 to $2.000 ra nge.
In the Old-Wine-ln-New-Boulcs Dept:
Heavy advertising for the DISH network has
been seen on many TV screens. This is another in the 18 inch satellite TV parade and
j o in s DirecTV , USSB . Prim estar a nd
Alphastar in its hope to serve an apparentl y
unli mited and TY-starved market in the U.S .
Programming line-up will be virtuall y identi cal to everyone else's: the pricing scheme wi ll
start at $ 10 per month for a minimum of I0
basic services and sky-rocket to match the
monthl y balance of your checking account.
with just enough left over to pay the electric
bill.
The big pay-off on this scheme is fo r the
dealer who sell the units and the programming to go wi th it. Dealers can earn up to 11
per cent of your monthly bill for up to five
years. It' s a great incenti ve to make sure you
sign up fo r the most programming you can
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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
Bill Cheek

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Internet:

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Cool Ways to Design Circuits-Part 4

his month we put it all together in the

exciting conclusion to rollingyourown
printed circuit boards. If you 've been
pay ing attenti on. you can produce professional qua lity printed circuits in onsie-twosie
lots. or by tht: dozen, with only a very modest
in vestment in soft ware and hardware. See
Figure- I for examples that we re produced
with the DynaA rl Dcsigos Toner Tran sfer
System.
Review my last three columns for gory
detai ls of the soft ware. proced ures, and an
overview of the Toner Transfer System. With
no further ado. let' s do it.
I Toner-Transfer System
The Toner Transfer System is a process
whereby you print a I: I mirror image of your
design on speciall y treated TTS paper with
(prel"Crabl y) a laser printer and, by heat and
pressure. tran sfer the printed image from the
paper to the copper surface of the circ uit
board. Whe n the water soluble coating on the
paper is di ssolved. the paper is released from
the loner image whi ch remains adhered to the
copper. The circuit board is then ready for
etching!
The toner. if properl y transferred. adheres
10 the copper. in a reverse mirror (normal)
image. thereby pre venting the etchant solution from removi ng the coppe r wherever the
toner exists. Simple enough wncepl.
Toner Properties: The ioner powder used
in laser printers and most copiers is a sophisticated mixlll re of plastics and carbon. Under
the right heal. the toner melts and adheres like
glue to surfaces after it solidifies. Melted
toner sticks best to rough surfaces (paper) and
less so to smooth surfaces. This is why the
pri nted mi1TOr image has to be on speciall y
coated papt:r.
Soaked in wate r after the heat and pressure
step. the coating on the papt:r dissolves, and
the paper fl oats away leavi ng the toner image
on the copper board. Ad hesion is en hanced if
the coppe r surface i~ first roughed with #320#600 wet e mery cloth.
I The Process
Printed Images: I said the printout of your
design was best dont: wi th a laser printer. but
ir you don't mind an ex lra step or two. you can
use an ink-jet or eve n a dot-matri x printer.

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Sec Figure 2. Print your

design in the upper left corner
of a regular sheet of 8-1 /2" x
11" paper. You have to print
several times to regular paper.
anyway. in order to adjust the
size of your ci rcuit lo I: I proportions. When you are sati slicd with the size and quality,
then cu t a piece of TIS paper
slightly larger than the actual
design and tape it by its upper
t:dge over the proof print.
"Iron-On" Sample
Manually feed the paper back
Test Pattern
into your printer. and print it
one more time so that the deThe important thing is that your blacks be
sign is printed on the precut TI'S paper. That
black and your whi tes. white. If you use a dot
way. you don't have to use a whole sheet of
matrix printer. you may need to touch up the
expensive paper: a li ttle can go a long way.
irnagt: with a black fell-tip pen to ensure solid
Then. carefully remove the TTS paper from
blac ks. Then. make a copy of your printout on
the larger sheet or regular paper.
the TIS paper with a xerographic type of
Preparing the Board: Use fi ne steel wool
copier that uses plain dry toner (most copiers
or an abrasive pad to polish the copper surface
of the board unti l it is bright and shiny. al most
are o f thi s type now). Your final product
befo re the transfer must be a toner-based
mirror- like. Then wet a piece or #320-#600
e mery cloth and thoroughl y roughen the copimage on TIS paper.
The TTS Paper: There arc at least three
per surface wi th circular motion. When the
surface has been uni form Iy du Iled/roughened.
different papers that can be used in a toner
transfer process. but onl y one works to a
thoroughly rinse the board under running water
co n s i ~ t e ntl y high quality. The least sati sfacfo r a minute or so. Then lay it between layers
tory of the bunc h is a transl ucent film called
of clean pape r or cotton towels to blot the
TEC-200. I nt:ver could gel 100% of my
moisture from it. Lay it aside.
Prepa ring the TTS Image: You don' t
images transft:rred to the copper board -bits
and pieces of the toner always
remained stuck to lht: lilm. so I
qu it in frustration.
FIG-2: MAKING TTS PAPER LAST
The nex t- which I have not
tested- is callt:d PnP Blue: it' s
Narro w lop m argin
also translucent with an opaque
blue fi lm and a powdery tex ture.
You iron it onto the copper board
and peel it off. like TEC-200. The
blue film comes off. leavi ng the
toner on the board. Some people
OynaArt Oeslgn's TTS
on the Usenet newsgrou ps claim
paper, cut to size and
tap ed to regular paper
PnP Blue works fine. However. 1
saw complaints about it. too.
My choice is the special coatt:d
(TfS) paper from DynaArt DePrint y our circu it onto the
pre.cut, taped ITS paper!
signs. TIS is cxpensivc. as arc the
Narrow
le~
margin
TEC-200 and PnP Blue papers,
but it is much less error prone. and
there are ways to economicall y
stretch it to the max, as follows:

FIG-1: POSSIBILITIES?

away or is not stuck to the copper,

you can fill in these areas with a
Sharpie'" PCB resist pen.
E tching the Board: At th is point,
you' re pretty much on yourown. The
Toner Transfer System process is
done. l strongly recommend you use
ammonium persulfate or sodium
persulfate instead of the more common ferric c hloride. But whatever it
takes to e tc h the board is the next
step: Go for it.
Hints - Tips - Kinks : The Toner
Transfer System works best on 114oz or 112-oz PC board (most board
A 2" x 3' circuit board S inserted into the front of the SuperFuser
stock is I-oz rate d. which dissipates
A few m1nJtes later u comes oUl the back and drops 1n10 a water tray
heat a little too fas t for good adhesion
oft he to ner.) Other heat/pressure syshave to take thi s extra step. but it can add a te ms may work better than an iron. A smooth
measure of qua lity. "'Bakerize'' the image by surface of thick steel plate laid on the TIS
directing a fl ow of ex treme ly hot air onto the paper/copper and heated in a n oven to400 for
back s ide of the TIS paper-hot enough to several minutes might work. A super-clean,
char the paper if he ld too long is about right'
roughened board with uniform pressure and
I use a heat shrinking gun . but a blow torc h heat on the l TS paper are the keys to a good
he ld at some distance may work.
transfer of the toner image.
"Bakerizing'' is a term coined. I think . by
Don Lancaster, to defin e a process of remeltI Going Professional
ing toner-based images on paper to make
DynnArt Designs can make life even easier
the m sharper and blacke r. This process also
re moves all moisture from the paper and for the dedicated homebrewer and profespreshrinks it before it is heat-pressed onto the sional prototyper. Firs t in honorab le mention
is the ir S upcrFuser (Fi gure 3)-an ingenious
copper board .
In any event, if you can direct a source of mac hine with heaters and pressure rollers into
hot air onto the back side of the TIS paper so which you insert the PC board and TIS paper.
that the paper j ust begins to turn a very light Emerging out the other side. it drops into a tub
tan , thi s wil l me lt the toner on the opposite of wate r for perfect transfers every time.
T heir WaveMastcr Zero Force Etc hing
side and cause it to more even ly spread onto
the TIS paper tha n the print or copy process System (Figure 4) is a sel f-contained syste m
of tank . tluid heaters. pumps. and dry acrylic
alone.
Transferring the Image: Lay the TIS platform on whic h the board to be etched is
paper, image s ide down. onto the copper sur- laid. T urn the pumps on, a nd the board is
face of the board . Fire up a steam iron (with- continuously washed by the etchant fluid unout the stea m! ) to its highest setting. After it ti l the pumps arc stopped . Then the etchant
has heated, lay the iron onto the
paper and press downward w ith a
firm, unmov ing pressure. You
may have to experime nt, but 20lbs or so of pressure seems about
right. Ho ld thi s position for one to
two minutes.
Whe n you remove the iron. the
TIS pape r should remain Oat and
apparently stuck to the copper
board. Do NOT remove the paper
or even attempt to dislodge it.
Instead. gently immerse the board
into a bowl of water and let it sit
unti l the paper noats away about 1-2 mins. T he toner image
should be I00% adhered to the
The WaveMaster 1s a safe and portable PCB etching system that
copper with none left on the pacomes with quality pumps, heaters. and protected electncal 'Mnng
per. If some of the toner flo ats

dra ins back into the bottom of the tank leaving

the board dry and easi ly retri eved-a very
safe and fun ctional PCB e tching system!
Th e econo mi ca l SuperFu se r a nd
W aveMastc r can repay their cost with profit
to spare on the very first prototype job. The
cost is modest for the near-prod uction qual ity
that can be achieved by the hobby or pro
"desktop engineer." For more info rmation on
the T oner T ransfer Syste m, contact:

DynaArt Designs
3535 Stillmeadow Lane
Lancaster, CA 93536-6624
Voice: (805) 943-47 46 [9am-6pm, PST)
FAX: (805) 943-3776
E-mail: dynaart@netporl.com
WWW: http://www.dynaort.com

I Computer Upgrade Update

Nov 95 to Feb 96 columns featu red a series
on upgrading and roll ing your own persona l
computer. 486 motherboards were e mphasized for the sake of low cost and simplic ity.
But technology waits fo r no man or woman.
Times are c hanging.
A me ri can M icrodevices (A MD ) has
brought to market the ir 5K86 series of Pe ntium
co mpatible CPUs, and they are loaded for
bear wi th good prices ! If you know a litt le of
what you' re doing. it may ma ke economic
and technical sense to upgrade your ag ing 386
or 486 to AM D' s 5K86/P-75 or 5 K86/P-90.
The main caveat is that you must use a
5K86 compatible motherboard, of which a
number have been tested and approved now.
C heck w ith your dealer. I just built a real
""TurboW ho p per" w ith a BioStar MB8500TAC motherboard and is that board ever
sweet ! Built into the MB-8500TAC are primary and secondary IDE ports for up to four
hard drives and CD-ROMs; up to fo ur tloppy
drives; two high speed 16550 UART serial/
com ports; one bi -directiona l paral le l port; a
PS/2 mouse. and a n in fra red port! The only
required acid-on is a video controll er card of
choice. preferably PC I-bus.
Street prices fo r the BioStar buard s hould
be less than $ 140 and the 5K86 CPU at around
$ I 00. Adel a $ 100 PC l video card and you
might be all set w ith a bargain screamer if you
can salvage RAM. keyboard. muuse. monitor. and di sk dri ves rrom an older machine. (I
just retired the last of my 386 com puters. and
maybe so should you!)

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SKYLINK

EXPLORING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY

Wayne Mishler, KG5BI

e-mail: mish/er@ool.com

GPS Accuracy? Maybe Someday

tis wide ly reported that the Global Positioning System, (which.

ofcourse. guides co mmercial airliners and eme rgency vehicles and is
ce nt rally involved in other crucial
services). is heing sabotagcd by its
creator. the U. S. Dcf'cnse Department. The reports allege that the Pentagon is inten tionally degrad ing the
accuracy ofGPS sig nals received by
other users in ordcr to ach ieve strategic superiority.
The Rand Corporation. commissioned by the Clinton ad ministration to study
the effects of intentional mi litary degradation
of GPS. urges that the S IO billion global
navigation system be full y released by the
government and allowed to be the world's
standard.
However, the Pn.:sidcnt will all ow the Pentagon to continue degrading GPS while new
technology is deve loped to main tain military
su periority, according 10 both the Associated
Press and the Wall Street Journal. This takes
on special sign ificance in light of Rand 's
projection that the satellite-navigation industry will grow from S I billion to $8.5 bill ion in
revenues by the e nd of this cenlllry. Restoring
the system's accuracy wou ld also help relieve
foreign skepticism of thc precision and longterm avai lability of GPS, says one industry
spokesman.
The Assoc iated Press predicts that the Pentagon in its own good time will fully re lease
GPS and give the general public a far more
accurate system than exists today for use in
aircraft. cars, trucks, trains. and emergency
vehic les.

I Golfers - your game is looking up!

Imag ine drivi ng your golf cart up to you r
ball on the fairway and read ing distance to
green, along with hazards to avoid and caddie-like tips for the nex t shot. on an in-cart
display screen via GPS sate ll ite links. It's
coming soon to a golf course near you.
The California-based Trimble Corporation and ProShot, Inc .. annou nced at the 1996
PG A Me rchandi se Show that they have
formed a strategic partnership to develop
GPS applicati ons fort he golf industry. Trimble
has the GPS technology that ProS hot needs
for its patented Om niG ol f system. OmniGotr
includes three separate co mpon en t ~:
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A computer system wi th in-cart LC D

display that measures distance from cai1 to
green and apprises golfers of hazards and tips
fo r the upcoming hole:
A cart-tracking system in the clubhouse
monitoring the position and progress or all
carts on the course:
And a communications link for relay ing
messages from the clubhouse and the cart' s
disp lay screen.
"Not only will the system provide beneficial information to its u ~crs, but it wi ll put
GPS into the hands or many consu mers who
may have only heard about (wi reless) technology ... says William Bone. chairman of
ProShot Golf.

I New speeds attained in data

transmission
The INTELSAT company recently tested
live. digital. two-way transm issions at the
unprecedented rate of 155 million bits per
second. In computer language. it typically
takes eight hi ts to fo rm a character of the
alphabet. Assumi ng an average of fi ve characters per word. the transmission speed attained in this test equates to about fo ur mi Ilion
words per second. This new increased transmission rate prom ises to blaze a trai l for a
number of new satelli te-based services including wideband data network ing. improved
video applications. and super-computer links.

I Satellite phone system to be

launched
Hughes Space and Communications International. Inc .. has announced that ii will build
a sate ll ite-based mobile phone system for
Asian use rs. The system wi ll include two

satellites along wi th lau nch and mission support. ground facil ities and training. The first
satell ite will handle 16.000 simultaneous duplex (two-way) circ uits for users in China,
Singapore. Japan. Korea. Southeast Asia, India, Indonesia. Pakistan and the Phi lippines.
The other satelli te wi ll be used as a spare.
The new system will support handhcld
telephones. fi xed la nd-based phones, and
mobile phones fo r land. sea. and air.
Hughes is to provide live gateway stati ons
in China. Singapore. and Thailand. The company will also provide a ~ate II ite control faci 1it y and a network control center. Addit ional
gateways arc to be added as service expands
in the region.

I Wireless power transmission?!

There arc rumbli ngs deep in the bowels of
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fu lly implemented. the facility wi ll beam
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radio frequency power into the sky to manipulate the ionosphere for purposes of scientific
research and (some say) exploitation. DOD
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According to controversial reports. this
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of watts with precise accuracy to distant targets like radio signals could have lucrati ve
commercial purposes such as send ing electrical power without wires from generators to
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John Cata ano, P D
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RADIO-RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Computer Predictions and Bucl<master CD-ROMS

s promised. thi s month we will look

at two CD-ROMs from Buckmaster:
HAM CA LL and Electronic Software
Compendium (ESC). But first let's do some
computer industry inte lligence snooping.

I What's happening out there?

The scmjconductor manufacturers, who
make the chips whic h go into our PCs, have
reported a downturn in business three months
running. The almighty " Book to Bill'' ratio
which every semiconductor executi ve lives
by, indicates how many new orders were
received for every order shi pped. A ratio of
I .0 shows a constant market need. Less than
1.0 indicates new business is in a decli ne.
The Book to Bill has fallen below 1.0 for
the last three months to the lowest it has been
in many years. This has a lot of industry
people worried and has been ex plained as the
result of poorer-than-expec ted Christmas PC
sales, which has continued through the beginning of 1996. The RF wireless market is
beginning to grow at a high rate. It is expected
(i.e., hoped) to fill the gap left by lower-thanpredicted PC chip sales.
The production capacity fo r DRAMs (PC
memory chips) is now estimated at four times
the current market need. This means memory
prices should continue to dri ft down for a
while longer.
Look out be low' CD-ROM dri ve prices
are falling fast. 4X internal dri ves arc now at
the $70 mark ! Another curious price drop is
that of blank 1.4 Meg, 3- 1/2 inch floppies.
First the major manufacturers brought tht:
price of fo rmatted blanks dow n to th at of
unformatted-a drop of 30%. Now most of
the manufactu rers arc offering heavy rebates,
up to 50%. on these prices.
Modem pri ce~ arc playing musical chai rs.
With 14.4 modcms being phased out by manufact urers, they can be had for around $40. 28.8
modems wi ll become the standard by the end
of 1996.
CRYSTAL BALLING

Looking forward. I belie ve that by the end

of 1996 new CD-ROM dri ves with speeds
approaching hard drives wil l become available. Also. I predict a new high density (maybe
as high as 20 Meg) flo ppy drive and floppy
will become the standard.

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Watch for 28.8 modems to really drop in
price by the end of 1996 to give-away levels
as they become as common as 1/0 conlroller
cards. modem speeds keep increasing, and
new modes of te lecommunicati ons start hitting the market. If they can se ll a complete
electronic telephone for under $ 15 what do
you think mass production will do to the cost
of a 28.8 modem?
Not happy with just "Intel Inside," watch
fo r Intel to start producing more than just
chips. Inte l .. On the O ut ~ id e" may be their
new slogan fo r complete computer systems.

I HAMCAll
Buckmaster produces two radio-related
CD-ROM s: HA MCALL and The Electronics
Software Compendi um. Both can be used in a
DOS , Windows, or even MAC environment.
Ru nni ng an y program on l-I AMCALL is very
simple via the MENU program.
Although primarily a program lo locate
and cross-refercnc.:c ham radio operator information, HAMCALL does more and has some
uni que features. Using the program !CALL. a
ham operator"s name. address, birth date,
lic.:e nse class. and date of issue can be di splayed by entering his or her call sign. (I' d li ke
to direct you to a picture of this screen but
none of the screen capture programs I have
would do the job.) Compared to similar programs I ha ve used. there is more information

displayed in !CALL. such as the previously

held license call and date, the telephone number area code, the operator's ti me zone and
county (for contest informat ion). Even more
useful , in my opi nion, is the exact longitude
and lat itude of the station, with claimed accuracies '"to within a few hu ndred feet." Pretty
nifty.
A nice feat ure is the opportunity to view a
photo of the operator. I fou nd a very small
number of pictures (in the hundreds) currently avai lable. since this requires hams to
sent their pictures to Buckmaster. However. if
the FCC (or whatever they are called in the
future) someday requires a photo, as most
drivi ng licenses do. Buckmaster will be ready.
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
How long does it take to retrieve information using the !CALL program? Good question. Keep in mjnd that over 1.250.000 call
signs. inc luding all the US hams and an "extensive'" number of intern at ional hams in over
120 countries are on the CD. Would you
believe that I measured the average search
time to be approximately three seconds using
a 486 DX2 33 Mhz and a 2X CD-ROM drive?
Nobody can complain about that!
Although the CD-ROM is a read-only device (for now-but that' s for a future prediction colu mn ). you can modify its data.
Buckmaster has provided for user modifica-

tion of information by writing new info to a

file on the hard dri ve and polling this new info
during a search. For a relatively small number
of modifica tions I think this is a great idea.
But as the number of modifications grow. so
wi ll the fast. three second access time.
MORE IS BffiER

In addi tion to ICALL the re is a program

called HAM from which you can search, by
word. on any of the listed parameters, not just
the call sign. See Figure I. This takes a bit
more rime and requires a bit more database
skill. But it is very useful in larger searches.
such as setting out to fi nd all the hams in your
town.
Also included on HAMCALL are over
160 rad io related programs and over I 000
text files dealing with everything from all
facets of the ARRL (Amateur Radio Relay
League) and its magazine QST to equipment
modifications. Any ham, or radio e nthusiast.
will be interested in many of these files and
programs.
OVEMLL IMPRESSION OF HAMCALL

Very comprehensive for hams. Very easy

to use. Almost a must for the serious ham.
But. at $50 (plus $5 shipping) a little expensive for the radio monitors among us.

I Electronic Software Compendium

(ESCJ

Over 25,000 files are contai ned on this

CD, whi ch is also menu dri ven. About 1900
arc compressed ZIP program files. Most, if
not all of the ARR L and ham files from
HAMCALL are on ESC. All files on ESC are
easily downloaded to hard disk via a mai n
menu screen. Unfortunately. there is no capability to view text files within ZIP files without first unzipping and downloading. However. a tex t file reader is provided for non-ZTP
text ril es.
Where do we start to summarize over 1900
programs?! The topics covered incl ude: equipment modifications, frequency lists, antenna
construction, computer-radio cont rol programs. utility stati ons info. digital modes
decoding programs (WEFAX, RTTY. slow
scan TY, e tc). propagation programs. distance-direction. scanner/swl/ham databases,
logging programs, astronomy. circuit simulators, grcy line/sunrise/sunset. freq ue ncy
chart s, circuit design, cad, printed circuit board
layouts, satellite tracki ng. electronic formulas. ac/dc circuit tutorials, computer graphic
app lications. Morse code trainers. ham exams word processors, spreadsheets, programming. and lots of ARRL/FCC info' Most
progra ms are less than three years old; many

arc less than two years old. A large number

also reside on various other radio CD-ROMs.

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I Is it all there?
I found at least one Z IP program.
Bear I 0 I .zip. that would not download to my
hard drive using ESC' s main menu. No error
message was displayed. It just sat there when
I hit the enter key to start the download.
Nothing.
Upon furt her investigation I fou nd that the
program did exist on the CD. Using the DOS
copy command I was able to transfer the
Bear I 0 I .zip file to my hard drive and manually unzip it without a problem. The result is
a full y working program which translates
desired frequencies into programming front
panel switch settings for a circa 1976 scanner.
(Ycp, it wasn' t wo long ago [ 1976] that
this was considered a state of the art, high
tech scanner. Having purchased it recently at
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The collection is impressive. with something for everyone who is interested in the
radio hobby. Quite frankly. at S25 (pl us $5
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by Larry Miller

PRODUCTS AND BOOKS OF INTEREST TO THE RADIO HOBBYIST

Guest reviewers: Bob Grove, Haskell Moore

New Receivers
Announced

The Ultimate
Interceptor

The Dayton Ha mvention was

an eye opener for many shortwave Iistcners. Drake announced
their impending SW I receiver
ru1d ICOM introduced their luxurious R8500.

It appears to be the mother of

all scanning accessories." Optoelectronics has begun running ads
for their Xplorer. According to
the ads. the Xplorer is a near-field
communications receiverthat can
"hear it, see it, decode it, map it
and record it." lt sweeps 30 MHz
to 2 GHz in less than a second.
The two-line c haracte r LCD displays frequency and either A ll
Mode Decod ing (CTCSS. DCS.
DTMF), LTR-Trunking, Relative
S ign Strength. Latitude and Longitude. or FM Dev iation. It even
has an NMEA-0 183 GPS interface to tag and map the transmitter you discover. Over 500 frequenc ies can
be me m orized including time, date
a nd la ti t ude
a nd longitude
information.
You' ll no
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more
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Opto Xplorer
i n co rning
wee k s. For
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preprogrammed with 32 memorized frequencies for the popular
boomers like the BBC, Radio
Moscow, VOA, and so on.
A bri ght L E D shows the selected frequency. and the radio
may be operated fro m AC or DC
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!COM 's exciting, new R8500
which tunes from I00 kHz continuously through 2000 MH z
(less cellul ar). Using technology developed for their previous R9000, R7 I A, R7000, and
R7 100, it is a serious, all-mode
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Whi le neither company had
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$300. and the !COM R8500 for
about $2000.
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Nightlogger 11
The Nightl ogger has its roots a
decade or more ago in the old
SCAN club, the precursor to
today ' s Na tional Scannin g.
SCAN founder and pres ident. the
late Bob Hansen, was looking for
a device that would allow scanner liste ners to keep tabs on things
even w hen they were asleep or
away from the radio.
Dav e Wyatt of Be nj amin
Michael Indu stries came up with

the so lution and called it The

Night logger.
The Nightlogger was, simply,
a tape recorder activator. You
plugged it into your scanner and
your tape recorder. Whenever
there was audio present on the
scanner. the Nightlogger turned
on the tape recorder. When the
audio stopped. the Nightlogger
turned off the tape recorder. In the
morning or w hen you came back .
you rewound the tape and li stened to a seam less recording of
everything that went on during
your absence.
r 111 not sure what happened to
the N ightlogger but it seemed to
disappear. In its place, another
fi rm offered the HTS -2, an amplifi ed speaker that. kind of as an
afte rthought, also contained a tape
trigger device.
Recently, we received a press
release from Benjamin Michae l
Industries anno unc ing the arrival
of Nightlogger II. The thing that
N ight logger ll hasoverthe HTS 2
or 3 is that it is a dedicated tape
unit. It isn' t something else w ith
the tape trigger thrown in. It s
well thought out and designed
specifica lly for scanner liste ners
(and, I guess, shortwave listeners, too).
Like the original, N ightlogger
II w ill tum your tape recorder on
whe n audio is present on the scanner and off whe n the audio goes
off.
N ig htlogge r II prov id es a
speaker so that the user can hear
what is happening on the channe l
whe n you are recording. A volume control is also incl uded for
silent recording if desi red. You
can cont rol how quickly the
Nightlogger responds to audio and
you can bypass the uni t without
having to di sco nnect it.
You get everything you need

here - all cables and a wall

charger-type power supply.
After compl aining mightily
about the shortcoming of the HTS2 and 3 for auto tape recording,
it 's nice to see a well -thought out
device like the Nightlogger II.
N ightlogger II is $69.95 and can
be ordered from Grove Enterprises
at 800-438-8 155.

Genesys G 1
It s really a ham ante nna but Bob Grove
was so impressed with
its construction and
performa nce in the
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This is an exuemely
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He re are the stats
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MHz range and 6 dB gain from
406 to 470 MHz.
Of course, you can a lso transmit on it as we ll with up to I 20
watts of power at 50 ohms. It uses
an S0-239 (U HF) fe male connector.
The price for the Genesys G- 1
is $89.95 plus $8.00 UPS. To
order, call Grove at 800-438-8155.

AM Ear
If you're looking for an AM
radio with good sensiti vity and
small size, you might want to try
the new AM Sounds ..ear radio. "
According to a press re lease from
the manufacturer, A meri can
Technology Corporation. the AM

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93

Sou nds ear radio is so small that it

literally fits in your ear. There arc no
earphones, nor wires. and no bulky
receiver uni t to hang from your belt.
According to ATC president Robert
Putnam. ''While fitti ng comfortably
in the ear one can listen to a favorite
talk or sports program. leaving the
othcrearopcn to conversation. room
sounds. traffi c. etc."
OK. So you want to know the
obvious. How does this sucker stack
up as a DX machine? Well. Putnam
says that it has I00 microvolt sensiti vit y ... Tran slated in commo n
terms." he says, ''this means our radio picks up stations that other pocket
and portables might miss altogether.''
So there you have it. No more
missing an opportunity fo r rare recepti on because of the fact that
DXing is considered sociall y unacceptable at church. school, or work.
Now you can AM DX anywhere,
anyti me. Just dig your finger into
your ear and spin that dial.
AM Sounds is availab le fo r
$29.95. You can order by calli ng the
company at 800-41 -RADIO. Tell
them that Monitoring Times sent you.

Cross-Needle Watt
Meter

MONITORING TIMES

Ham Logging
Software
M*LOG is a general pu rpose
radio log-keeping system fo r
DOS-based PCs. Standard features of M*LOG are automatic
country look-up, unlimi ted QSO
data including six individual
fields. QSL data can be printed
directly on cards or labels or
saved in a file in WordPerfect
Merge or delimited ASC II text
format.
The new version. 3.2. adds
the abi lity to report in callsign
suffi x order and more.
M *LOG is com peti tively
priced at $34.95 plus $5.00 shippi ng. The upgrade version of 3.2
is $ 18.00 postpaid fo r registered
users of previous versions.
For more information or to
order, call Milestone Technologies at 303-752-3382 or write
3140 S. Peori a St.. Unit K- 156,
Aurora, CO 800 14-3 155.

Pirate Radio
Directory

The new MFJ Cross-Need lcSWR

Wallmeter covers 1.8 to 60 MHz,
144 MHz, and the 440 MHz Bands
on HF, VHF. and UH F.
You can read fo rward and reflected power and SWR simultaneously al a single glance wit h the
MFJ-864. It feat ures separate HF
and VHF/U HF directional couples.
each with its own set of S0-239
coaxial connectors.
You also get two power ranges 30/300 walls fo rward and 6/60 watts
reflected. Each power range for each
band is individually calibrated and
Schottky diodes arc used fo r max imum accuracy. A single knob and
lighted meter makes the whole thing
easy to use.
You can get your MFJ-864 at
your favorite ham store or direct

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from the manufacturer al 800647-1800. Or write to MFJ at

P.O. Box 494, Mississippi State,
MS 39762.

The Voice of the Dalcks proposes to destroy the human race.

The Crooked Man is thought by
many to be the most biz<m e radio broadcaster ever. And KDED
broadcast conte nt is de voted
sole ly to the Grateful Dead.
These are j ust three of the
125-odd (and we do mean odd)
pirate rad io stati ons that are featured in the new, 1996 edition of
the Pirate Radio Directory.
This popular annual publication covers all known shortwave
pirate acti vity for the previous
year. listin g
program formats. di sc
jockeys. freq u e nc i cs,
ti mes. vcrif i ca ti on
proccdures, and

July 1996

more. Written by Andrew Yoder.

it's an extensive look at the pirate radio scene and how to hear
them.
An appendix lists all stations
and the times and freque ncies of
the ir broadcasts over the past
year. It 's always a good read.
although reading this year's edition took some extra effort the pages were out of order. (But
that len t an authentic pirate"
flavor lo the book.)
You can get your copy of
Pirate Radio Directory from
Ti are for$ I2.95 plus $3.00 shipping. Call them at414-248-4845
or write Box 493. Lake Geneva,
WI 53 147 . Tell Gerry we said.
"hi!"

Clandestine List
Clandestine stations are the
political side of the unauthorized radio spectrum. And it's
an area of radio that changes
very quickly.
Finn Krone has updated the
Da ni sh S hortwave Clubs
Internationals Clandestine Statiom list and is offering copies
for sale.
It contains the latest available data on all acti ve clandestine stations broadcasting on
shortwave. including transmission schedule, political organization, language, addresses and
verificati on policy.
The stations are listed in frequency order as well as in time
and country order. There's also
a fair amount of background information.
The list isn't big- it's just
28 pages - but it gets the job
done in admirable fashion.
You can get a copy by sending I0 IRCs (you buy them at
the post offi ce) to Danish Shortwave Clubs International. c/o
Bent Nielsen. Egekrogcn 14,
DK-3500 Yaerlocsc. Denmark.

Crystal Sets
One of the most sought-after
prizes in the radio Ilea market is
the crystal radio, a nostalgic vestige of a simpler time when a
Jong wi re and a chunk of galena

had the magical quality of

bri nging human vo ices
from great
dis tances .
The allu re is
still t here.
and it can sti II
be
done;
Philip N. Anderson tells us how
to do it.
This series of book lets on
"Crystal Sets (we are reviewing
number 5) is a compilation of
newsletters and correspondence
of The Xtal Set Society. Each of
these booklets concentrates on
various subjects; this latest, in its
88 pages. addresses impedance
measurements in choosi ng crystal material. bui lding a loop antenna into a headset the old way.
detecting whistlers, ground-powered crystal sets. and even a delightful anecdote about how a
dog improved a ground (use your
imagi nation).
All of these series arc enjoyable and easy to read, and the
price is right at $9.95 plus $2.50
book rate shipping. Send to The
Xtal Set Society, PO Box 3026,
St. Loui s. M063 130: ph. 3 14725- 1172.
-BG

Building Your Own

Box
Working on a project and looking to finish it off with a special
cabinet? SESCOM. Inc. has released the ir 1996 Constructor's
Hardware catalog.
The catalog is filled with new
and innovative electronics packaging sol utions and hard-to-find
items.
You' 11 lind an expanded sheet
meta l line that's gone from three
basic aluminum boxes to nine
pretty sharp-looking sty les. These
Box- It enclosures feature flat pane ls for easy punch ing and are
assembled with extruding rails
that extend to the end of the boxes.
They' re a light gauge 0.040
inches. perfect for those small,
inexpensive projects.
(Continued 011 p. 96)

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there
arc
Har dware
larg<.:r sizes.
all of whid1
you can ch<.:ck
out a' soon a
the catalog arrives in your
mai lbox. It's
free or charge
and al I you have to do to get yours
iscall 8<Xl-55 l-2749. fVk ntiunMT
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Scanner!
Whe n I get in the car. I tend tu
bring a lot of scan ning stuff with
11w. T wo handhclds ( I just don' t
sec che purpose of a d<.:dicated
mobi le). freq uency cou nter. e xtra
battery packs. variou s ante nna".
u"uall y a frequency li ~ t. a pad and
pen for wriiing down new di"co veri es, and a one pound hag of
Sk ittles candy. All of thi s goes on
the seat alongside of me and all of
it usually cnd-. up on the lloor a ~
-.oon a~ I turn out of the driveway.
I was mcnt ioning my di lcmma
to fellow columnist and frequcnc y
frcak Larry Van Horn whcn hc
directcd mc to the company catalog. "Page :12... he said. "is what
you need ." A couple of da ys later
a brown Grove box arrived on the
doorstep. ln-.idc was the Dcluxe
Mobi le Organ izer for handhcld
radios.
The Deluxe Mob ile Organi1.cr
for Handhcld Radios features two
fu ll y-adj u'>tablc. lock ing holders
for your scanners, plus a handy
organi zer for pen and pad. plus
space for spare change and my
Skittles.
The wh o le
thi ng sits on my
scat beside me.
look ing quite
ha nds nmc 1n
c harcoa l grcy.
Co nsidcring
the slammi ng my
"canner-. takc
cvcry time they hit the !lour when
I turn the corner. the $ l-L95 is a
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Pocket Connecticut
The Official Cm111ec1icu 1 Public
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is now out in a
rcvised pocket
size. Ke ith
Victor and cocd i to r John
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packed 3.922 frequencies. 35
pages of detailed system in fo rmation. the new 800 MHz statewide mu tual aid channel plan. PL
tones and call signs imo a handy
4" x 7" fo rmat.
Not hi ng is left ou t - lire, police. (local and state). sheriff. local governme nt. highway ma intenance. civil defe nse. aeronauti cal and even fores try. In all, it' s
128 pages o r hot numbers. all
packed into a "slip it in your
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Order your copy of the Official Co1111ec1icu1 P11hlic Safetv
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CB A11dio is a
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For more than a decade. Keith
Mel to n's ads. look ing for spy
me morabili a. have peppe red
hobby rad io and other special interest publ ications. I tried more
than once to get him to write for
MT. but to no avail ; I didn' t even
get a repl y to my pho ne calls. Bu t
the wa it was worth it: 7he Ultimate Spy Book is second to none.
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stuff!
From Mata Hari to Philip Agee.
from the Civil War to the Cold
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how they did it, and what they
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get here at "What's New: one of
the more unusual is the onccevcry-few-years appearance of
the sample T\I Guide Specialists
catalog.
This is an 82 page book let
which lists all 2. 240 week ly issues of T\I Guide ever published.
All are for sale. ranging in price
fro m $750 (issue# I in 1953 fcat u res " Luc y s $50.000,000
Baby") to a $35 "Car 55 Where
Are You?" Each listing tells you
what the cover story was as well
as some of the other stories critical issues like. "How Dutch
TV Smears America.. and ''The
Proper Way to Watch TV."There
arc lots of cover pictures, too,
featu ring long gone. long dead.
TV stars and shows. The whole
thi ng is really weird.
You can get a copy of the catalog for $4.95 from Jeff Kadet,
Box 20. Macomb, IL 61455.
Books and eq11ipme111
for an1101111ceme111 or review
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Optoelectronics 05535
By Haskell Moore

n April of 1994, Optoelectronics introduced

the O S456 computer interface for the Radio
S hack PR0-2006 scanner. Scanner enthusiasts g reeted the OS456 as one of the most innovati ve developments the hobby had seen in years.
Final Iy, o ne o f the very best scanners ever made
could be controlled via computer.
However, just a few months later, Optoelectronics and scanning hobbyists alike received a very rude surprise
when they found out that Radio Shack had d ecided to discontinue the
PR0-2006! Fortunately, Radio Shack replaced it with 1,000 channel
PR0-2035 , w hich was later upgrad ed and renamed the PR0-2042.
The PR0-2042 boasted many advanced featu res such as automatic search and store, rotary tuning, 50 channel per second scan rate
and an improved display. S ince the OS456 had met with s uch s uccess,
Optoe lectronics q uickl y decided to d evelop an interface for the PR02035/2042, dubbed the OS535. The OS5 35 is the functional equivalent of the OS456, along with a few interesti ng enhancements, which
we' ll cover later.
Having installed both the OS456 and the OS535. l mu st admit that
the '535 is a bit more challeng ing. However, the instructions supplied
with the OS535 are extremely detailed and every major step is
covered in one of the fifteen supplied illustrations.
Two things immediate ly caused me concern as I read the installatio n instructions: removing the PC board from the scanner and
nibbling a slot in the rear pane l for the connectors. Despite the
ominous sound o f each o f these operations, they turned out to be a lot
less daunting than I had imagined. First, the PC board is simply he ld
in place by a handful of screws and is connected to the other
components of the scanner with plug-in connectors. O nl y two leads
from the power transformer had to be unsoldered.
If anything, cutting a slot in the back of the scanne r was the most
challeng ing part of the installation. However. a nibbling tool described in the instructio ns (avail able at Radio Shack fo r about $ l 1)
made the operation relatively simple.
Optoelectronics went to great lengths to describe this process in
d etail, and even supplies a sel f-adhesive template to ens ure co1Tect
alig nment. Despite my initial concerns, in o nly twenty minutes the
process was complete and 1 had a perfectly neat ho le that made fo r a
very professional looking installatio n.
I learned from my installation o f the OS456 that the connectors can
be a bit difficult to disconnect and reconnect. But again, the in stallation manual provides very detailed instructio ns on the best way to
work the connectors loose. When putting the connectors back together, I found that a small jeweler's screwdriver works great for
seating each of the pins in the connector.
The on ly other challe nge was threading a very fi ne wire though a
hole in the PC board and soldering it in place. For those w ho are
already hunkered over the ir radio and are at step 8 .2 of the instructions. try this: enlarge the ho le slightly with a needle, then thread the
bare portion o f the wire th rough and solder it to the resistor on same
etching o n the other side of the board.
Exactly two hours and thirty five minutes after I began, I d id one
last qui ck check of everyth ing, then cautio us ly turned on the scanner.

The fi rst good sign was that the scanner sti ll

functioned normally on its own. Since I had the
Scanstar for Windows software on my computer for my OS456, 1only had to config ure the
program to access the OS535. In less than five
minutes after completing the installation, 1 was
able to begin usi ng the PR0-2035 with the new
OS535 installed.
The Scanstar for Windows soft ware allows one computer to
control mult iple computer-controlled scan ners, so I fired up the
PR0-2006 and used it side by side with the PR0-2035. They
functioned almost identicall y, with the PR02035/2042 showing a
slig ht ed ge in performance.
The OS535 comes with a "checkout utility" program to verify
proper operation of the produc t. In addition, there are several
d ifferent d emo versions of software included in the package.

I Teasers
No w for some really intriguing tidbits! First, there is a jack on the
rear connector panel (where the serial connector plugs in) for an
NMEA interface-the same type used on Global Positio ning System (GPS) receivers to interface with a computer. As of this writing ,
the NMEA interface is not yet operational. However, Optoelectronics has promised an upgrad e wh ich will be available in the future.
The logical conclusion is that this connector will be used to link
a OPS, scanner. and laptop computer together in a comprehensive
mobile scanning package. Then conceivably, when the scanner hits
a new frequency in the search mode, the GPS wou ld provide the
position information and the software could then determine the
c losest transmitter for the given frequency.
Even more interesting is a socket o n the OS535 labeled " Data
Demodulator Daughter Board." Could this be a socket for a future
trunking enhancement? Optoelectronics isn't talking, b ut there ' s a
lot of specul at ion that it was provided as an avenue fo r a third-party
vendor to provid e trunking capability for the OS535. After all, if a
totally separate vendor provided a trunking chip, neither compan y
would have, in the strictest interpretatio n o f the law, built a trunked
receiver.
And speak ing of things controversial. the OS535 board also has
the ability to allow reception of the cellular telepho ne bands. T his
featu re, w hich is acti vated by entering a password via certain
software packages. is inte nded for official use only." I noticed that
the Scanstar for Windows package that l use has a place to enter the
code, but since I'm not an "offi c ial" user. I was unable to test. this
fea ture.
If you are interested in state-of-the-art computer scanning, and
are willing to spend an evening to achieve it, you should strong ly
consider the OS535 interface. Both the PR0-2035 and PR0-2042
are great receivers, and the OS535 serves to enhance the fun ctionality of either considerably.

Optoelectronics can be reached at (800) 327-5912. The 05535 is

also available from Grove Enterprises at (800) 438-8155 for
$299.95.

July 1996

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MAGNE TESTS
SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

Lawrence Magne
Editor-in -Chief, Passport lo World Band Radio

Sonys Value Offering: the ICF-SW40

hi nk of Japanese e lectroni cs. and

you can' t help but thi nk of Sony.
But times change, and we now
fi nd Sony products being made out side
Japan- TVs in the United States. for
exa mple, or boom boxes in China. Yet,
unti l recently all Sony's world band
rad i o~ have been manufactured in Japan.
But thi s is beginning to evolve: The
new Sony ICF-S W40 portable we've
tested this month is made in Tai wan. A
Sony spokesman tells me it's manufactured there by one of the several companies formally associated with Sonynot one of the established OEM firms
like Sangean. which is the world' s largest OEM man ufacturcrof shortwave portables.
Why? After all, Sangcan makes a number
of worthy rad ios for Radio Shack. Siemens,
and others-as we ll as under its own name.
But Sony prefers to stick to the Japanese
tradition of using companies withi n its corporate fam ily ... a group over which it has tight
control. Afte r al l. when a company contracts
an OEM manu facturer. its product usually
winds up being the same as products offered
by other manu facturers--cxcept for the nameplate and perhaps a couple of features.
Of course. there arc advantages to this,
such as economics of scale. But there are also
disadvantages.
For example. there arc cases where large
companies have done the research and development for a prod uct. the n assigned production to an indepe ndent manufacturer in a lowcost country. The manufacturer has the n taken
the design to make replicas of that same radio
fo r other client firms. So the company that
performed all the R&D winds up giving away
its product identity and intellectual property
to the offshore manufactu rer- and. in turn. to
competitors using that manufacturer.

I Digital wolf in analog clothing

But there 's more that's unusual about the
SW40 than its country of manufact ure and
relationship to the manufacturer. It's also a
digitally synthesized radio with digital frequem:y readout that's made to look like an
analog radio. Ycs, an a110/og rad io. ri ght down
to a fake moving "needle" !
The idea. says Sony. is to make it comfort-

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July 1996

for the past fo ur years. now .

For the time being, most people probably won't notice. After all , there are
only two stations actuall y on the air
between 16 10- 1700 kHz. This will be
changing fast as the FCC authori zes
more stations and the band fi ll s up like
a subway at rush hour. But this brief
hiatus gives Sony a window of opportunity to increase AM-band frequency
coverage in futu re production. should
they care to do so.

I Mixed bag of features

able for traditional ists accustomed to slidcru lc-type dials. Whether this "make the automobile look li ke a carri age without a horse"
approach is going to be a grabber in Cyberyear
1996. who knows? But with or without this
feat ure. for many the SW40 is an excelle nt
offering for the price. as we'll sec. It lists for
$ 149.95, but the street price is more like a
tempting $129.95.

I Covers many bands, but AM

incomplete
The SW40 is a compact portable that covers longwave, AM, FM . and shortwave conti nuously from 3850-26 100 kHz. FM is in
stereo with headphones. but mono through
the speaker. and it covers both the Japanese
and traditional FM bands- a plus for travelers to Japan.
Longwavc may see m li ke an odd offeri ng.
After all, there isn' t a single longwave broadcasting station in the e nt ire Western Hemi sphere. Butit canbe usefu l ifyoure headed to
Europe, North Africa. or Ru ssia, where
long wave excels because of its greater daytime reach than AM or FM.
But there's a catch with. of all things. AMband coverage. It goes no higher than 1620
kHz. so it misses some of the exte nded AM
band. which now goes to 1700 kHz in Nort h
America. I ta lked about this with a surprised
Sony of America reprc~e nt ativc while he was
on business in Japan. and at lirst blush it
appears that this was an oversig ht. given that
all ot her new models of Sony rad ios sold in
North America have covered up to 1700 kHz

The SW40 may look like an analog

radio, but for the most part it tunes li ke
it' s digital. Yes. there's the trad itional tu ning
knob. but that' s true on many worthy digital
models. as we ll. For one thing. it has 20
prese ts. or memories. which you select by
pushi ng a button. then spinning the tuning
knob. For another. you can carousel upwards
from one short wave band to another simp ly by
pressing the sw .. button. These tuning features arc intui tive and simple to use, too, even
though the tun ing knob isn' t very smooth.
But there's no free lunch. You can' t have
an analog radio with a keypad, and sure enough
the SW40 maintains the analog illusion hy
having no keypad of any sort. For those of us
who cat and breathe radio, this is clearl y a
drawback. No horseless carriages. thank you!
Another sore point for radio aficionados is
that there's no sing le-sideband, much less
synchronous selectable sideband. But the tu ning knob has manual ly selectable tuning rates.
which is handy for bandscanning. Shortwave.
for example. tunes in either 1 or 5 kHz increments.
There s a 24- hour clock. too. as well as two
"on" timers which automatically switch off
after 60 minutes. making it something like a
clock radio that can work twice each day. But
when the timer switches on, the rad io plays
onl y the last-selected frequency. and it doesn' t
appear to be ab le to switc h on any but a voiceacti vatcd tape recorder. The re's also a sleep
timer that shuts off the radio after 15, 30, or 60
minutes.
For travele rs. there' s a powe r lock to keep
the radio fro m switching on acci dentall y. And
there s a light for the LCD so you can see what

you' re doing w he n it 's dark, as well as a lowbatte ry indicator.

I Generally worthy performance,

double conversion
The SW40 is just about the cheapest radio
available with double conversion. This means
that it 's Jess inc lined to produce image, or
"ghost," s igna ls than other radios in its price
class. Thi s is one area where it is c learly ahead
of the comparably priced Grundig Yacht Boy
305. w hic h has only sing le conversion.
So ny does thi s affordably by making the
FM stage's 10.7 MHz IF do double-duty as
the first IF for shortwave. and even longwave
and AM ; the usual 450 kHz serves as the
second IF. It 's a c ute cost-cutting trick that
Sony pioneered twenty years ago on its longsince-discontinu ed ICF-5900W shortwave
portabl e, and it work s we ll.
Of course. for shortwave this means you
don' t have to put up with signals repeating at
lowe r strength 900 kHz be low the actua l freque ncy-a real plu s. But even on AM , sing leconversion radios, especially with 450 kHz
Ifs, some times produce unwanted whi st les
and other interfe rence on the low end of the
American AM ba nd. which has I 0 kHz c hannel spac ing . Double conversion cu res this.
The SW40 's dynamic range is good, too,
and its audio qua lity and sensitivity are okay.
As to selectivity, the single bandwidth was
obvious ly c hosen to gi ve good fide lity to
reasonabl y powerful, clean s igna ls. For these
types of stati ons. it works we ll , but it's reall y
too wide for listen ing under highly congested
or DX conditions.

I Quality radio sans complexity

Whi ch brings us lo what Sony has appare ntly tried to do with the SW40. Without a
keypad or SSB, and with a re asonable but
somewhat wide bandwidth, thi s is clearly not
a radio for e nthusiasts . But it fills the bill
nice ly fo r travelers and program liste ners at
home who want some thing handy and uncomplicated to operate, yet whi ch also has good
reception quality for listening to the maj or
stations and even a share of lesser broadcasters.
For many shortwave li steners, this is a
winning fo rmula, and why the SW40 is so
appealing. It focuses on the things of interest
to the vast majority of li steners in the real
world , not enthu siasts . For the rest of us who
have a pass ion fo r shortwave-and that' s
most MT readers- there's no end of other
mode ls from which to choose, like the Sony
JCF-20 I0. or one of the portatop or tabletop
mode ls.

But as e nthusiasts, we' re ofte n the people

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SCANNER EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Bob Parnass, AJ95

Max Discone and Uniden Beartracl<er

s the glass half full or half e mpt y'l Some

say a discone antenna provides uniform.
predictabl e gain and a good impedance
matd1 over a wide frequency range. Others
say the di scone provides uniformly lackluster
gain over a wide frequency range, is above
DC ground. and poses some unique construction problems. Both views have merit, and
whether you are impressed wit h a di scone
depends on your expectations.
The new MAX System wide band di scone
resembles a miniature version of the larger
disconc anten na sold in your neighborhood
Radi o Shack store. The MAX discone is only
5- 1/2" tall because it is designed to cover a
higher frequency range. 800 - 3.000 MHz.
It is constructed of
several metal rods.
threaded at one end.
and capped with plastic at the other end. The
rod s arc screwed into a
turned, alum inum hub.
The center support appears to be constructed
of smal Idiameter hard1i ne and te rmin ated
with a B C connector.
The MAX Discone
will mount atop a portable scanner or frequency counter, but its
porc upin e- li ke co nstructi on makes direct
mountin g on other
eq uipment daunting. A
feedlinc and remote mounting is required to
use the MAX Diseone with spectrum analyzers. bench freq uency counters. or base scanners.
The instructions state waterproof sealing
is required at the BNC connector for outdoor
use. Supporting the discone outdoors by the
BNC connector alone seems unwise. due to
stres~ caused by wind. Our MAX di~cone was
furni shed sans mounting hardware and affixing it to a ,crtical pole wou ld req uire a small
hose clamp and shim.
We listened to the same weak signals on a
Un iden/Bcarcat BC3000XLT por1able scanner using three antennas: the MAX Discone.
the stock Uniden rubberi zed antenna. and an
ICOM FA- 1443B dual band rubberized an100

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tcnna. In the 850 - 950 MHz

range, signals were no stron\
ger using the MAX Discone
than the stock Unidcn antenna, and the ICOM FA14438 outperfo rmed both
antennas. As expected. the
MAX Discone was a weak
perfo rmer in the VHF-high
band. we ll below its cutoff
frequency.
The MAX Di scone carri es
a suggested retail price of
$49.95 and is sold through
dealers and directl y from MAX System. Inc ..
4 Gcrring Rd .. Gloucester. MA 0 1930. telephone (508 )281 -8892.
Searching by Service and Geography

It wa~ 1979 whe n William Baker of the

Masco Corporation applied for a patent covering a Service Search feat ure. Baker in,ented
a better way to scan signals in police, fire. or
other services than merely searching between
two frcquen<.:y limits. Allocati ons for a given
service arc ofte n interm ixed with frequencies
of other services. Further, Baker pointed out
that services. e.g. aircraft and fire, may use
cliffercnl emission modes and require acti vating different detector circ uits wit h the same
recc1ver.

US patent 4.270,2 17 was assigned two

years later to Masco. which owned Electra,
maker of the Bearcat scanner line. Electra
embodied Baker's Service Search concepts in
their BC220 and BC300 models. Competitor
Regency offered Service Search in their K500
model, too.
The next advance beyond scanning signals
by service was scan ning by geographic location and is described in US patem 4.888.8 15.
granted December 19. 1989. to inventors
William Ahlemeyer. Ben McCormick II. and
Stephen Crum. It s no surpri se this patent is
assigned to Unidcn America Corporation. In
part, the background section of the pate nt
says:
''. .. In some applications it would be desirable to scan more ... channels, and to periodically change the frequencies in the scanning
sequence. without the time-consuming and
inconvenient task of reprogramming memory.
For example. commercial truckers commonly
have reason to monitor police-band radio activity in the various geographical regions,
e.g., states, in whic h they operate. Many states
have more than sixteen channels allocated by
the FCC for police use. and the freq uency
allocations vary from state to state. As a result
of these and other fac tors. conventi onal scanning radio receivers cannot satisfactorily provide regional scanning .....
The patent summarizes the in vention. which
is a "scanning radio receiver capable of operating without reprogra mming in a plurality of
geographical regions. The receiver includes a
freq uency synt hesizer coupled to a memory in
which di gital codes wi th the publ ic-serviceband freque ncy allocations for each of a plurality of geographi cal regions are stored.
Switch means are provided for selecting a
geographical region, and in response to such
selection a control circuit sequentiall y reads
the digital codes fo r the public-service-band
frequency allocations for the selected geographical region and loads the frequency synthesizer with each digital code read from
memory .....
That pretty well describes the Informant
LNF-50, sold under the Regency label. It was
preprogrammed by state as well as service.
Uniden, the Japanese company which bought
both the Bcarcat and Regency scanner lines,
replaced the Informant wi thBearTrackerscanners.

I Uniden/Bearcat BCT-10 BearTracker

That brings us to the new BearTracker
BCT-10. a special purpose scanner wh ich
looks more like a radar detector. It is desi g ned
for mobile use and furnished with a spring c lip
for mouming on a sun visor and a bracket with
suction cups fo r mounting on the inside of a
windshield.
Fre qu e ncy coverage is limite d to
preprogrammed NOAA weathe r. police, and
"hig hway patrol" frequencies in the 37.02 46.02, 138.345 - 172.0, and 423.0 508.4875 MHz ranges. Up to 50
channe ls may be locked o ut from
the scan. A ltho ugh the BCT-10 is
technically a scanner radio. it afford s no way for owners to program their favorite frequen cies like
the larger BCT-7. There is no frequency d isplay , so you cannot tell to what frequ ency the
BCT-10 is tuned.
Yo u can scroll throug h the two- leller state
abbreviatio ns, e.g., JL, JN, etc., and select the
state you wi sh to scan, or you can scan frequencies for all states. You can choose to scan
hig hway patrol frequencies, hi g hway patrol
plus local po lice. or weather c hanne ls. There
arc s ide mo unted control s for vo lume and
sq ue lch, and a way to choose local or distance
sensitiv ity settings, too. Pressing a Hold button temporari ly stops the scann ing, and a
second key press causes scanning to resume.
Every two seconds, the BCT- 10 sa mpl es
the mobilcexte nder (in-car repeate r) freq uenc ies for yo ur state. If the BC T- 10 hears a
sig nal on the mobile exte nder freque ncy. a
beep sounds. a brig ht red LED lig hts. and the
relative s ig nal strength is sho wn briefly o n the
di splay. A mute button permits the alarm beep
to be softened or d isabled .
Our BCT-10. sa les sam ple #8 , measures a
12 dB S INAD sensiti vity of0.75 uV o n VHFlow, 0.7 9 uV o n VHF-hig h, and 0 .5 uV o n
UHF. The modulation acceptance is a reasonable 14 kH z. Our BCT- !Oproducesa tinny 0. 6
watts of aud io o utput at I 0 % di stortio n when
po wered by a 13 voe lab s upply. It draws
about 220 mA w ith the sque lch o pen.
T he BCT-10 spe nt more ti me in use on the
road thano n our te stbench. We kept it mounted
o n the sun visor, but it inte rfered wi th viso r
o perati o n. The speaker is mo unted o n the case
botto m but most of the controls are mo unted
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see the pu shbutto ns.
The BCT- 10 has a BNC style an tenna
connector and is supplied w ith bo th a ru bbe r
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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

Clem Small, KR6A, CET

A Legendary Reputation Well Deserved

ne hundred years ago, in his pionccri ng work that first demonstrated

the ex istence of radio waves. Hertz
used several types of antennas whi ch are still
in use today . One of those antennas was o ur
o ld frie nd. the half-wavele ngth dipole antenna: the most popular antenna ever utili zed
in radi o communi cations. A fair-sized book
could be written about just the variants of the
dipole antenna, and it would be worth reading, too 1 Let' s take a look at some of the
dipoles in commo n use.

and you have o ur old friend the inverted-V

antenna w ith it s no n-d irecti o nal reception
pattern.
It might seem like a foo lish act to plant one
underground (or under water), but that would
give you a quiet (low-noise). very- low-gain
antenna which is relati vely resistant to lightning-induced damage. By the way, it is also
res istant to derogatory comme nts about its
vis ual appearance- because it has none'
If your real estate is n' t large e nough to put
up a full-length halfwavc dipole you can bend
its ele ments into a "Z"' shape o r other des ign
to make the antenna fit you r lot. and still have
a decent antenna. Yo u can also shorten the
dipole by adding load ing coils, or make it
multiband by using traps. And you can j ust
plain shorten a dipole antenna from a halfwave length clown to perhaps even a fourth
wavelength be fore you do real damage to its
ability to give you decent service.
And let 's no t overlook the use of half
wavelength dipoles as e leme nts used to make
up more complex antennas. In beams such as
the Yagi- Uda and LP-array, each dri ven e lement , reflector, and director is esse ntiall y a
variant of the half-wavelength dipole antenna.

Dipoles, dipoles, dipoles!

The most well-known d ipo le configuratio n is that work ho rse of the radio communicat io ns fi eld- the half-wavelength dipole.
On HF you can mount one horizontall y at a
quarter wave length above ground to c reate an
exce llent antenna for close-in communication s (fi g. 1A). If you rai se the same an tenna
to a half wave length above ground. it will
su pport relatively low-angle DX work. Mount
it at a slant to the ground. a nd you can ca ll it
a "dipole sloper." an antenna with some worthwhile forward gain off its lower encl. Mount
the cen ter of a dipo le high and the e nds lo w.

Even the e le ments of the cubical-qu ad beam

ante nna were derived by "openi ng-up" a ha lfwavelength. fo lded dipole. Half-wavelength
di pole elements are also used extens ively to
attain increased gain and flatte ned vertical
patte rn ing in collinear ante nnas.
It is well known that the null (direction of
min imal response) off each e nd of a dipole
ante nna w ill reject inte rfering signals to some
degree: just point ei ther end of the antenna
d irectly at the interference. On the other ha nd,
whe n the dipole is mounted relatively near the
ground. as it usually is, the nulls become less
deep. Thus . in mos t installations, this antenna
can be used for "all-around" receptio n. although w ith the shallow nulls it retains it is not
full y non-d irectional.
If we take the dipole antenna up to VHF. its
small size o n that band makes it easier to
construct and use than o n HF. G ive your
dipole a number of elements of the appropriate resona nt lengths for the scanni ng bands,
and it makes a g reat "cluster-dipole" scanning
ante nna. In earlier days a horizontal. V HF,
half-wavelength dipole was often bent into a
c ircle to make the non-directional " ha lo'' ante nna. Designed for mobi le work, the hal o can

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be elevated w ith a vert ical mast. it gives

ho rizontal po lari zat io n. and yet it has low
e no ug h w ind resistance to re main o n the mast
at hi gh speeds.
Move o n up to microwave frequencies
w ith the half-wavele ng th dipo le desig n. and
its dime nsio ns become sma ll indeed. Its minute
size o n these frequenc ies a llows the construction of very hi g h-gain beams with their many
dipo le e leme nts. And. because of their small
size o n microwave freque ncies. you can stack
these beams into mag nificent room- sized arrays fo r eve n hig he r gain and sharper directivity. Put a half- wave length dipo le at the focal
po int of a parabo lic refl ecto r. a nd reap the
extre me ly high gain and c igar-shaped d irecti vity pattern of that po pular d ish antenna .
As you can sec, the halfwave d ipo le is a
tremendous ly versatile sk ywire . and ii's hard
to beat a half wavelength dipo le for econo my
of cost and of insta llation e ffo rt.

I Let's Make Some Dipoles

The Basic Ha lf Waveleng th Di pole:
I . As show n in fi g. I A this ante nna consists
of a half wavelength of w ire separated at the
center into two quarte r wavelength sectio ns .
Just abo ut any wire that is strong enoug h will
wo rk. but regular a ntenna w ire may last lo nger
o n lo ng span s. Determ ine the le ng th o f wire
needed fro m the equ atio n below. Add about
eig ht inches to th is leng th to allow ext ra wire
for wrapping th roug h the insulators.
DIPOLE LENGTH (FEET) = 468/ FREQ (MHz)
or

DIPOLE LENGTH (METERS) = 143/ FREQ (MHz)

Fo r example . a I 0 MH z hal f wave le ng th

dipo le would be 468/10 = 46.8, o r abo ut 46
feet and 9.6 inches lo ng. Add 8 inc hes to thi s
for a to ta l of 46 ft and 17 .6 in, o r 4 7 ft 5.6 in
tota l length .
2. Fit the insul ato rs o nto the wires. Then
sc rape any insulatio n from the wires at places
where they will wrap together after going
throug h the insulato rs.
3. Wrap the wire ends to ho ld the wire o n
the insulato rs. Solde r the wires whe re they
wrap each o ther. A lso solder the feed line
conductors as shown wi th the center conductor to one wire a nd the o ute r s hield conductor
to the othe r wire.
4. T ie the ante nna as hig h and in the clear
as practica l.
5. If you li ve in lig htni ng co untry be sure to
use protectio n against li ghtning- induced damage. Al a mi nimum never use the ante nna in
weathe r like ly to produce li ghtning; di sconnect and g ro und the ante nna whe n it is not in
use.

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To make a half waveleng th underg round

dipo lt: (fi g. I B) use the equations be low.
LENGTH (FEET) = 312/FREO (MHz)
or

LENGTH {METERS) = 95/FREQ (MHz)

I. Use o nly wi re with insulatio n that will

resist the intru sio n of water.
2. No in sulato rs are needed, just scrape the
wire ends and solde r them into the dipo le
config urati o n as sho wn in fig. I B. Seal wire
ends and all connectio ns we ll with coax -type
sealant. a nd then w ith plastic tape.
3. Bury the antenna no more than a few
inches below the surface of the earth : the
closer to the surface the better it wi ll receive.
4. T hi s ante nna w ill be satis facto ry o nly
with ve ry strong signals. It is relati vely immune to muc h radio no ise, and that he lps, but
it sho ul d be used o nly where having it underg round is worth the loss o f considerable received-signa l strength .

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asked "What was the message that w as received o n that occasio n. and why di d reception of that message ultimate ly affect the
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simply several repetitions of the letter " S" in
Mo rse code. but the impac t o f that s imple
message was to prove that transatl a ntic radio
was a possihility. That impac t sent a treme ndous shock wave through the ranks of the
transatl antic cable-te legra ph folks. As history
has shown, they were rig ht to be concerned;
rad io soon began taking most of the ir g lory
and profits.

I This Month:
S hould you agree with me ifl were to claim
that every an tenna is both a receiv ing ante nna
and a transmitting antenna, o r, worse yet. that
every exposed conducto r is bo th a receiving
antenna a nd a trans mitting antenna?
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LETTERS
April, " Magic Wa nd Antenna," by
J acques d 'Avignon, p.1 5: "Just to let you
know. ! assembled your antenna this evening
and tried it against my 45 foot longwire antenna in my attic. I have a 13 yearo!d portable
4 band General Electric Shortwave Radio.
The indoor reception on the stake an tenna
wasstrongcrthan my longwirc. The longwirc
would bounce bet ween 4 and I0 on my signal
strength meter and the stake would bounce
between Sand 10.
.. As soon as the weather clears up. ! will
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inch Dobsonian telescope and look at the
stars. It wi ll help pass the time whi le ! set up
my te lescope and wait for the darkness. !"II let
you know how it works. Thanks for the great
art icle in Mo11iwri11g Times! ..
- Jack Fox
May issue, "Uniden: Poor Service," lett er to editor by Larry Wiland, p.104: " !
own two Uniden scanners. and in the past two
months ! have placed three orders th rough
their 800 nu mber. I also experienced long
hold times (8- 1() minutes in my case). However. I received my orders within fi ve days.
intact.
" Like Mr. Wi land ! ordered a CTCSS tone
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Un idens service and I saved 20% off prices
on optional equipment over ot her mai l order
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" Please pub Iish this letter so that other
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- Tom Siemers. D11b11q11e. lmrn

May issue, "Letters" re audio-only VCR,

p.4: .. Peter Olsen s letter about audio recording on a VCR is an issue we hear about often
on our Tech Support Lines. Generall y, VCR s
req uire a video signal to be present at the input
in order fo r audio to be recorded. The video
signal is used to create the control track that
the VCR uses as a sync reference. This method
is si milar in purpose to the holes that run
along the edge of 8 mm movie film.
..Some VCR's that offer ' HD' or "Hi-Fi '
audio do oiler the abil ity to record audio
without video. This actuall y allows you to get
up to six hours of very hi gh quality audi o on

104

MONITORING TIMES

July 1996

(Co11tin11ed from Page 4)

a standard VHS tape. Thc~c VCR s have their

own sync generators that mimic the video
signal normall y required.
..The point to my message is that the majority of VCR 's wi ll not allow audio to be
recorded un less a valid video signal is also
applied to the VC R. Consult the owners
manu al to sec if it offers 'audi o only' recording."
- Bob Ko~larek. WA 2SQQ.
Tech S11ppor1. Panasonic

Selected Shorts
.. ! recently discovered something I always
suspected. but ha ve 11e1er seen in print.! have
read dozens of articles and books on cordless
phones. Unti l today I a~s u med all of the 900
MHz cordless phones employed spread spectrum technology or digital encryption. Boy,
was ! mistaken!
..The very lirst co rd l es~ phone I ever purchased was a 900 MHz phone that advertised
it was spread-spect rum. ! tried to receive it on
my !COM R-9000. I couldn ' t even receive
static.
.. A few years later ! needed a new phone.
! sett led on a General Electric 900 MHz
phone. It didn 1advertise encryption or sprcadspectrum. but. as ! mentioned, ! have yet to
read one article th at states specificall y that
some 900 MHz phones arc prone to interception. It took all or about one minute in the
search mode to fi nd my phone! ! fou nd it loud
and clear.
1 ask that you please alert your readers.
r m no expert by far. but I consider myself
well-informed. ! '111 sure there must be other
readers out there who might thin k all 900
MHz are secure. Please let the m know they' re
not. ..
- Rob Mar1e11s KB2VXN,
Ci1111a111i11so11. New Jersey
.. Along with a ll the other inlluences that
are tending to ruin our enjoyment of shortwave listening and amateur radio (sunspot
cycles. sate ll ites. internet. etc.) we now have
the radio freq uency spectrum crowded with
evangelists and rel igious choirs. and ! suspect
! am not alone in being very 1urned-ofr by
them.
.. ! got into a poli te di scussion with one of
them on 20 meters one day and was bombarded with Bibles and lcallets for months
afterwards. There is. of course. nothing we
can do about them. but if ... people would stop
sending them money they would stop broadcasti ng soon enough!"
- Dick 0 "Neill. Na11les. Florida

.. It stri ke~ me a~ phoney for a certain subset

of a special-interest hobby group to continuall y try to inllucncc the Canad ian govern ment.
Why not just let RC! die. instead of periodicall y resuscitating it forthe next crisis? Canada
obviously has very little to ga in by subsidizing
these broadcasts. and wit h its resources already over-allocated. should just let this overseas charity go."
- H11e Miller. Sa/1 Lake City. U1ah

! was wondering if anyone remembers the

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in the 1970s? I had a few. but unfortunate ly
~o ld them. not knowing that they would be rare
and hard to find . If anyone has any ! would li ke
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CARS is the acronym for Ai rcraft

Communications Addressing and Reporting Syste m. Decod in g VHF
ACARS dig ital traffic from high-flying aircraft is fast becoming a popular pastime among
digital mode mo nitors. When your editor first
ventured in the ACARS rea lm. three years
ago. onl y the two decoders were avai lable.
Today, there are about s ix manufacturers to
choose from. Lowe Electronics, one of the
first pioneers in this area. currently markets
the ir Lowe Airmaster versio n 2. Connected to
a PC COMM port the unit is not much bigger
than the business end of an RS-232 interface
con nector. A lead from the un it connects to
the audio out of your scanner or VHF receiver.
The Airmaster has several advantages over
other decoders: it is more sensiti ve to receiving traffi c. it is small and requi res no power
(very handy for in-the-fie ld operations with a
laptop or notebook). and you have the opti on
of not displayi ng messages wi th parity errors
(in other words, it won 't print garbage).
Its mai n drawback. however. was the s ize
of the log files it generated. Cons ider the
fo ll owing two messages and notice how the
Airmaste r formats each message as a separate
inform ation package.
[1 5/04/ 1996
20:04]
ACARS mode: 2 A ircraft reg: .C-FCAJ
Message label: 80 Block id: 3 Msg. no: 0422
Flight id: CP0054
Message content:
1101 OFF RP 0054/ 15 CYYZ/LFPG .C-FCAJ
/OUT 2345/0FF 0004/FOB 0852/ETA 0654
[ 15/04/1996
20:05]
ACARS mode: 2 Aircraft reg: .C-FCAJ
Message label: Hl Block id: 4 Msg. no: DOOl
Fl ight id: CP0054
Message content:#DFBTKO YYZFPG0054
00041504P121P0085P0148825531456004
L 10730991P075 1022797P0743417854
R 1073099 1P0741023809P0743417664
LP01 23160P082015500160280240 101
R P0123162P0830158707807504301 1

A day's monitoring can easily produce

several thousand messages. and if you wished
to assemble a ll the messages from a particular
fl ight, you had a real work-out ahead of you in
your favorite word processor.
Necess ity being the mother of invention.
an e nterprising Dutch aviation enthusiast and
ACARS aficionado, Bart "Beaver" Hoekstra.

106

MONITORING TIMES

July 1996

on first heard flight numbers.

Finally. it takes a look at the message
sequence number. If the message sequence
number is the same as in the last message for
this flig ht. the message will be ignored. Ifit' s
a different message numher. the message
content will be copied to the *.DBT fi le,
which can later be viewed . The DBT file will
contain onl y unique messages per fl ight- id.
Once the summary file has been created
from the Airmaster log. you may sort it by
c
Dateffime. Aircraft Registration. or Carrier
Code. Press ing the Return key will display a
f summary of all traffic for the flig ht. You
~ have the opti on to generate the summary file
in DBF or ASC II format for later import into

a: other databases or spreadsheets.

rose to the challenge. With the vers ion 2

release of his shareware program (DACARS ).
the Lowe Airmastcr now becomes the decoder of choice.

I How It Works
The chosen * .LOG fi le is read record after
record . When a new record is read the program docs the fo llow ing:
It checks th e fl ight numher and registrati on for in valid charac t er~ . Non-vali dated
flight and registrati o ns arc ignored.
It checks if the reg istration and fli ght number were noted previous ly in other log file~.
If so the program skip~ to the nex t record .
When a reg istration already n.:cordecl is logged
aga in with another flight nu mber, it wi ll be
treated as a new flight. and Yice versa.
When a new flight that has not been logged
before shows up, a new record is created in the
*.DBFfi le with the re levant in fo forth is !l ight
The program checks the all heard database. If the registration and company have
been logged before. the last noted elate wi ll be
updated.
If the registration and company are not in
the 'all heard' fill:. the program wi ll add a new
reco rd to this file . and the first and last-noted
dat es wi ll be the sa me. An asterisk( *) wi ll
also be placed after the registration in the
*.DBF fil e. so the aircraft logged for the first
time can be easily spotted when viewing a log
file .
DACARS next repeats the above procedure with the flig ht number. The All Fli ghts'
database is updat ed and asterisks are placed

Registration: CFCAJ
Flight number: CP0054
Dote: 04/ 15/ 1996
[20:04]
11 0 1 OFFRP0054/ 15CYYZ/LFPG .CFCAJ
/OUT 2345/0FF 0004/FOB 0852/ETA 0654
[20:05]
#DFBTKO YYZFPG0054
0004 15 ... (same message) . .. l
" summary created by DACARS V2.0 '

FIRST DATE

LAST DATE FLIGHT-ID COUNTER

12/ 04/ 1996 20/ 05/ 96

CP0054

23

Th is summary can be printed or saved as

a text file. Wi th ve rs ion 2 of this program.
you have even more options. Wouldn't it be
nice to know who is the airline carrier, what
type of aircraft is in use, and what are the
po ints oforigin and dest ination fo rthc fl ight?
Thanks to another Dutch ACARS enthus iast. Hans W il dschut. Bart has included the
following three databases :
Airl ine Carrier informati on on 634 companies
Aircraft registration information on 8.355
ai re ra ft
Flight Rout ing information for 2,293 international fligh t numbers.
Each of these dat abases is full y editab le
and the user may add his ow n entries. So, in
addition to d isplaying all the message text
information. pressing the F4 key results in
the followi ng add itiona l information:

Registration :
Flight number:
Date:
Operator:
Country:
Home base:
IATA:
ACARS:
ICAO:
Callsign:

C-FCAJ
CP0054
04/15/1996
Canadian - canadien
Canada
Calgary
CP
CP
CDN
Canadian

Route: CYYZ Toronto - LFPG Paris CDG

Aircraft type:
B-767
Construction nr.: 24086
Owner:
CDN
'" summery created by DACARS V2.0 "'
System requirements:
IBM compatible PC
MS-DOS 2.1 or higher
about 200 kb free disk space
about 400 kb free memory
Lowe Airmaster 2.0 or 3.0

And now fort he best news of all: DA CARS

is available for a shareware fee of $ 15.00
U.S.! You can visit Bart at his WWW site at
http://www.epsilon.nl/-bart/index.html
There's a free demo version on the Web
site that you can download. Onci.: Bart has
confirmed your order, he wi ll download a zip
fik to your e-mail address. He may also be
contacted at the following:
e-mail: bart.hoekstra@hcc-lwd.idn.nl
Fido netmail: bart hoekstra, 2:500/ 41
Bart Hoekstra
Populierstraat l 6-c
8924 HP Leeuworden
The Netherlands

While you' re on the Web. why not also

visit with Hans at the following URL? http:/
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I Where Have All the Russians Gone?

Since the demise of the fo rmer Soviet

Union. Soviet Maritime transmissions have
been greatly reduced in number. Mortlot. the
old Soviet fishing fleet. has been split up
among the various republi cs, and many of the
old vesse ls have been sold off or reflagged.
Despite thi s. there is still plenty of RTTY
and SITOR-A (TOR) traffic to intercept. General ly speaki ng, fishing vesse ls continue to
utili ze RTTY (normally 50 Baud/170 Shift),
whil e motor vesse ls (cargo, carriers, tankers,
etc.) prefer SITOR-A. Occasionally you will
come across a vesse l transrni1ting in SITOR8 (FEC) as well.
As a general rule (but there are exceptions). RTTY transmissions tend to be found
at the upper e nd of each band range. The
fol lowing frequency ranges arc currently the
most acti ve for ship-to-shore traffic.

TO
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FROM
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I Mariupol Radio

Mariupol Radio (USU). located in the

Ukraine. can be found most days before noon
Eastern Standard Time on 12615.0 kH z. In
addition to providing both SITOR-A and B
broadcasts to vessels of the fo rme r Soviet
block. they also have an automated vessel
message service. Traffic often consists of a
strange com bi nation of Cyri 11 ic messages and
English prompts and instructions. Obviously
the automated traffic software they purchased
was programmed in English! Consider the
following examples.
(NOTE: Thistransmission wasoriginally decoded
in Cyrillic. The Russian text has been transliterated
imo the Latin alphabet. hence the unusual special
characters and squiggles. Since most of us don't
understand Cyrillic anyway. your editor didn"t bother
to correct the text.)

B) ETA LEGHORN 26. l 0.1995:

CNTRS TO MARIUPOL:
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Most Uti lity monitors are fami liar with the

USCG's Systems Coordination Net (SCN) HF
voice frequencies. These USB voice channel
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and administrative matters, inter-cutter/shore
stati on traffic, and hi gh seas weather broadcasts. Coast Guard cutters often receive voice
instructions to tune to specific RTTY frequency
wind ows for trans mi ss ions to or from
COMMSTAs.
Fi ve of the most acti ve SCN channel pairs
are shown below. The first frequency in the
pair is used by the shore station. You will find
voice high-seas wea1her broadcasts at specified times. The second frequency is used by the
vessel. Much of the RTTY traffic is cryptic in
nature. but you will often see plain text transmissions as we ll.
COMMSTA
4426.0
6501.0
8764.0
13089.0
173 14.0

July 1996

CUlTER
4134.0
6200.0
8240.0
12242.0
16432.0
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ASK BOB

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

bob@grove.net
Ask the Readers
From ti me to time, questions come in which
we ca nnot answer. Such a question was recently submillcd by reader Keith White who
wants to know if there is any way of automatically editing out com mercials on broadcasts.
We arc fami liar with ""c ue pulses" which
arc sen t by computerized satell ite links to
enable un attended stations to transmit recorded
local spots at appropriate times. and techniques which recognize the longer blanking
interval when a station "dips to black'' just
before a commercial block. then does the
same as it returns to the program.
How about it. broadcasters? What is the
sec ret to automatically detecting the im minent arrival of FM. AM. TY. and satellite
commercials. the n coming back up in time for
the program to resume?
And here are a couple from me:
Back in November. I asked our technically
incli ned readers- and received no replicswhether the RF transistor in a receiver wou ld
be just as likely lo burn out from strong-signal
overload whether the rad io was turned on or
off. Morc spccifcally. the sa me ovcrvoltage
appears across the semiconductor junction: is
the device more likely to burn out when it is
fo rward biased'!
Finally. what is the code list for infrared

remote control units for all the different fu nctions on consumer audio and TV appliances?
Since there arc universal remotes, there must
be a uni versal code: anyone know what it is?
(Bob Grove, Brasstown. NC)

Q . How do railroad trains communicate with their bases over the

endless expanses of the desert?
There aren't any towers nearby.
{Hue Miller, Salt Lake City, UT)

A. I am told that it is done just like any other

backbone system: repeaters on di stant mountain peaks hear the transmissions and rebroadcast them fro m point to point.

Q. I've seen the same model CB

antenna advertised as having 9. 9
dB gain in one catalog, and 3.3 dB
in another. What's the real
lowdown? {Mike Elcsisin, Lake

Berryessa, CA)

A. Nothing

has bee n abuscd and misrepresented in the annals of tcchnology like an-

Bob's Tips of the 1l1011tlz

What are Those
Triangular
Towers?
My old friend Gene Hughes. publisher
of Police Call, provided some excellent
insight into the topic of cell ular telephone
towers which we mentioned in the May
column. In light usage areas, the triangular
tower top supports two, omnidirectional,
diversity-receiving antennas and one omnidirecti onal transmitting antenna; additionally. there is a fourth, inconspicuous,
locator receiving antenna.
A fully-configured tower may support
four high-gain directional antennas on each
point of the triangle, pointed to favor specific directions, like along a freeway. Some
towers may offer two stacked piers of
antennas.

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July 1996

In areas of environmental awareness,

towers may be disguised to blend with the
landscape, or even placed on existing buildings; there are nearly 400 cell sites in Los
Angeles, most of them "invi sible."
Thanks, Gene ..

tenna gai n figures. The CB market, being

especially vulnerable to nonsense spec ificati ons, has bee n vicitimized the most. One
amatcur magazi ne no longer accepts antenna
ads with ga in figures.
A decibel (d B) is a compariti ve term indicati ng an increase or decrease over a reference. If the reference isn't given (as it wasn' t
in the ads you quoted), it's much like saying,
""My engine is 20 horsepower stronger." Than
what? Rcal antennas are advert ised as hav ing
gains measured in dBd or dB i (decibels stronger than a half-wave dipole or a theoretical.
but noncx is tent. isotropic antenna).
A 9.9 dBd gain antenna for CB would be
around 20 feet long and have six or eight
clements. If it' s on ly 3.3 dBd. it could do that
with only two clements and be onl y 3-4 feet
long. My guess is that both claims are bogus.

Q.

Can I receive police calls on a TV

set that has fine tuning? (Martin

Theil, Holiday, FL)

A. Only on an older TV set with channels

th rough 83. The upper UHF-TV channels (7083. rcpercsenting 806-890 MHz) are shared
between two-way users (incl ud ing pu blic

safety, business and cellular) and origina l TV

broadcasters ''grandfathered .. into co ntinued
operation after their part of the spectrum was
given to the land mobil e services.

Q. There was a theory many years

ago that an extremely sensitive

receiver could hear or see events
which occured thousands or even
millions of years ago. Is this possible? {Robert E. Brock, Phoenix,
AZ)

A. No. Receivers detect e lectromagneti c radiation which radiates into space at a ve loci ty
of 186.000 miles per second . Ifwe foc us such
a receiver on any spot on the earth. we can
monitor only what e lectrom agneti c signal
emanated a split second earli er: any rad iati on
thousands or millions of years ago has long
since changed to heat and di ss ipated. or has
been lost in the no ise of space. To furth er
compound the problem, there were no tran smitters back then sending e lectromagnetic
sounds or images to be detected by such a
receiver.

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LOSING
OMMENTS

By Bob Grove,
Publisher

Radio Listeners:
Are We Really a Threat?

received an ea rnest letter from a reader who was d isturbed by a feature in the May issue in whi ch
the a utho r described how he followed the Secre t Service around listeni ng to their communi cations. The reader apparent ly fe lt that this was tantamount to spying on an agency encharged with
protecting the President.
But under closer examination, what harm was done? Do we really think that afte r nearly a half
century since its formation, no one notices the Secret Se rvice agents surround ing a Pres idential
event? The Secret Service knows that scanne r fans listen in: that's why they scramble sensitive
communications. The agents are out in the open, so visibili ty isn't a problem. and there's an
excellent chance that the reporte r himself was unde r observation by the Secret Serv ice~
Radio hobby ists frequentl y overinflate their importance, and so do some ri ghteously indignant
radio users who had been bli ssfully ignorant of their vulnerabi lity to casual eavesdropping. Both
assume tha t the passive act of monitoring radio communications is a threat to someone.
It is onl y when informatio n is acted upon that it takes o n significance. Many law e nforcement
agencies are beholden to scanner listeners who volunteer information after they hear descriptions
of events or suspects on a police dispatch c ha nnel; criminals are often apprehended as a direct result.
S imilarly, when information, regardless of how it was obtained, is used in a pate nt ly illegal manne r,
it causes harm . lt doesn't matter whethe r you hear it th rough a wal l, an open window, or a radio
speake r-the morali ty is the same. The only difference is that the radio inte rl oper may be more
insidious s ince radio signals tra vel a greater di stance and he may be able to operate in the protection
of his home or car.
Licensed amateur radio operators have take n the lead in wooing public opin ion in favo r of the ir
hobby. They o fte n provide relief and morale messages as well as emergency com munications in
times of natural disasters. Shortwave listeners and scanner hobbyists, on the othe r hand, traditional ly have not, relegating their interests to self-service, recreat io n, or amusement, much as a couch
potato does w ith TV.
But technicall y-m inded, public-s pirited radio hobbyi sts can do a great deal to legitim ize the ir
hobby in the public eye; for one thing, they can help resolve interference proble ms. intentional and
incide ntal. Simple radio direc tio n finding (RDF) antennas can be used to track dow n repeater
j a mme rs as we! I as find noisy e lectrical devices whic h confo und recepti on.
C Bers have REACT; hams have ARES and RACES-all SWLs and scannists have are radios.
But what if we banded togeth er, forming a cadre of trained, civic minded volunteers who could assist
law enforce me nt agencies track down di srupti ve frequency abusers, ass ist other licensees in
resolving interference problems. he lp homeowners and utilities companies c leanse the airwaves o f
electical noise. and so on? Wou ld this be a turning po int in the hobby? Would a nyone be interested
in pursuing it?
For decades, the hobby has been looking for a reason to ex ist, other than for its own sake. Perhaps
that ' s all it is- a hobby. What do you think?

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