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The VOA at50

By Jeff Chanowitz
Fifty years ago a broadcast was made to Germany. It opened
with the words, "Here speaks a voice from America." The name
stuck, and the Voice of America began its distinguished career.
Although many feel the VOA's job is over with the ending of
the Cold War, the agency's charter indicates its purpose is not
primarily anti-communist , but to provide listeners with enough
objective information to make their own judgments. The target
areas may shift, but as long as there are populations who are
denied access to information, especially about the U.S., the VOA
will remain relevant.

Planning a Scanning Vacation

By Jack Sullivan
Take an inviting beach and a military radio buff, and you have a combination guaranteed to please
the whole fami ly, because that's where the largest number of military bases are located. This kind of
vacation takes some advance planning, however, and seasoned traveler Sullivan will show you the
ropes.

The 1924 Radio Election

By Don Moore
Before 1920, radio had not been considered a serious
vehicle for mass communication. Nonetheless, hopes were high
for the part radio might play in the 1924 election. The response
of the nation and th e technological teats pulled off by the
broadcasters far exceeded anyone's expectations and changed
the nature of both radio and politics forever .

COVER:
A fireworks display at Epcott (photo by Harry Baughn) is the
background for the new Grove SW-100 receiver (production
model may differ slightly in appearance).

Monitoring the Madness

By Torno, Amaniera and Dokey

As the nation sat riveted to the television set whi le Los Angeles
exploded in violent reaction to the jury's verdict in the Rodney King
case, California hobbyists were tuning in their radios. Here are the
accounts of three monitors who followed the dramatic events. each
tailoring their listening strategy to their particular equipment and
location.

Introducing the Grove SW100

By Bob Grove
It's been a long time coming , but a new receiver representing a
monitor's approach to receiver design is almost here. American
manufacturer Bob Grove traces the development of the SW-100 and
the specifications the receiver is designed to meet.

And much more...

Most utility listeners know by now that, contrary to expectations, the end of
the Cold War has not resulted in much, if any, decrease in the "spy" numbers
transmissions. "Outer Limits" reports receiving reader loggings of number
stations, and so does "Utility World," which examines some of the current th inking
and theories regarding their source and intent.
Another area where theory abounds concerns antennas. But as "On the Ham
Bands" points out , theory and reality don't always coincide. "Antenna Topics," by
the way, has construction details for a nifty wire beam that provides hig h gain and
portability fo r that summer DXpedition.
Chances are if you popped into a hamfest or flea market this summer, you
picked up a real "barg ain." Now you realize you are no technician and what could
you have been thinking when you dickered on a radio that doesn't even work ?!
Well, don 't despair. "DeMaw's Workbench" will help you examine critical but
easily repaired or replaced elements of your prize that may restore it to working
order witho ut major surgery.
Most of all , enjoy your summer; for some "easy listening" check out "The
Beginner's Corne r" for some entertaining but not t oo strenuous targets. As long
as you keep Monitoring Times close by your radio, we guarantee you' ll never be
bored!

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LETTERS
July Fireworks
It' s July, and do we
have a hol issue for you!
As you can tell by our
cover, publis her Bob
Grove is proud lo announce his long-anticipated receiver, designed for radio monitors by
a monitor. Fireworks also commemorate the
VOA 's celebration of fifty years of broadcasting.
Fireworks of another kind exploded in
Los Angeles this past May after the Rodney
King trial. Inslinclively, many hobbyists
headed directly for their radios. Three of our
readers volunteered their accounts of the experience. Their monitoring strategics are an
excellent model for anyone in the vicinity of
a large-scale crisis.

Getting Registered
When did radio first begin to be taken
seriously as a vehicle for influencing public
opinion and for mass communication? As
you'll see in "The 1924 Radio Election," a
case could be argued il began wilh the presidential primaries.
We are indebted lo the Commillce to
Preserve Radio Verifications for lending us
the originals of the precious cards and reply
lcuers used to illustrate the article. They are
dated even funher back, lo I 923. I wonder
where these QSLs would have been today if
il weren 'l for this dedicated five-person task
force?
A commiuee of the Association of North
American Radio Clubs, the CPRV, preserves
the collections of hobbyists who arc no longer
active or are deceased. QSL cards represent a
slice of radio history worth preserving; a fact
many hobbyists or their survivors often fail to
appreciate.
Have you ever thought what may be the
fate of your hard-won collection? You can
register il with the commiuce now, while you
are still an active collector. The commiuee
provides stickers lo apply to your QSL albums
slalion stating thal is il your wish that your
collection be donated lo the CPRV.
When received, the cards and name of the
original owner are catalogued into a computeri zed index. The actu al collections arc
currently archived at the Boston headquarters
of the Christian Science Monitor.
For more information on the Registered
Collections programcontactJohn C . Herkimer,
Registered Collections Coordinator, CPRV,
P.O. Box 54, Caledonia, NY 14423; or for
more information on the work of CPRV contact CPRV chairman Jerry Berg, 38 Eastern
Avenue, Lexington, MA 02 173.

In a different vein, we were happy lo learn

that a registration service available lo shortwave listeners many years ago is still in effect;
Hank Bennett (P.O. Box 3333, Cherry Hill, NJ
08034) is still running a program in which you,
a dedicated shonwave listener, can receive
"call leuers" as a registered listening post. In
response to those who have contacted MT
wondering if the program is still active, Hank
says "We are DEFINlTELY in business."
Hank adds that personal concerns over the
past year have kept him away from home a
great deal, but current inquiries should receive
a prompt reply. Unfortunately, Hank did nol
provide any additional or current information
on the registration program.

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maps centered on the listener's location. Harold
Bower of Sunbury, PA, and Clem Small of
Vermont both responded that the American
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CT 06111; 203-666-1541) has carried maps
centered on different cities.
The bcsl map, however, was sent in by
Jacques d' Avignon of Canada. The map center
is Brasstown, NC, "since everyone knows the
world revolves around Brasslown!" It was a
delightful surprise to discover this map was
produced using DXAID--one of the propagation programs rev iewed this month.
So there you arc, Todd. Get a copy of
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want. If anyone tries Todd' s theory of mapping
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LETTERS
Data Reading
The meter man may be on the way out. He's
not "far out," but he's at least as far away as the
street.
John Kaestner, Thiensville, WS, received
notice that the Wisconsin Gas Company was
converting to an automatic meter reader. "This
morning the gas meter man arrived and began to
make the change. It is a simple task and took
about ten minutes. I was informed that what
formerly took this me ter man 5-1/2 hours to do
would now take only ten minutes by simply
driving past the houses and recording the figures.
As he installs each meter he programs them as
to name, address, etc.
"A lead and wire seal is no longer used as a
tamper preventer, since if the unit is removed or
tilted it signals the reader of the problem. The
reader then manually inspects it for damage or
Vandalism is suspected in the collapse of this 100-ft cellular teletampering.
phone tower in Itasca, NY. Jack Svetlik of Parkridge sent these
"The person I spoke with didn' t know anyshots of workers repairing the damage to transmitters after the
thing about operating frequencies except he
though t they were AM. There is a small battery,
tower was re -erected.
a bit larger than an AA, that activates the alerting
mechanism and then transmits the codes. It is
Herc is some more "amplification" from Data Base
supposed lo last about I 2 years. I'm not sure
Paul on the May article on the Bay Arca Rapid
what the effective range is but I doubt it is more
Transit system:
A year ago Charles Bo ll and (P.O. Box 18402, than a couple of hundred feet."
"The supposition that the Embarcadero sta- West Palm Beach, FL 33416-8402) offered a
tion was an 'afterthought' is correct; that station database program to shortwave enthusiasts. He
didn ' t open until three years after the San Fran- reports good response from MT readers, so he is Save Those Batteries
cisco (M) line was put in service.
now offering you thi s update:
For those of us who find our memories aren't
"The area covered by the Kline is theONL Y
"I have recently updated the same database
area in the BART system wi th more than two [processed in Q&A version 3.0 by Symantec what they used to be, here ' s a tip from Semon
revenue tracks. Whether this is why it has a Corporation] and included a fiel d which speci- Hachikian of Upper Darby, PA. He has a trick
to keep himself from running down the batteries
different designation I don' t know.
fics on which continent the station is located.
"The special trains from the Oakland Coli- Now information on a radio station can be pulled on his Sony ICF-2010 unintentionally.
"Instead of turning on the front panel ON/
seum arc usually referred to as 'event trains.' by its schedule, frequency, namt:, country, lanOFF switch, I just use the "sleep" pu.~h bunon.
They arc operated as callsign 95 x to an area guage or cont inent.
outside of the Fruitvale station known as the
"For instance;:, if a user were interested in This way ifl forget to tum off the radio, the radio
'pocket i:rack.' When the event is over, the train having a list of all the shortwave broadcast will tum itself off no later than one hour. I use
the green switch on the side to tum off the rad io
will be put into service.
stations located in the Middle East that are
(this
rad io can be turned off many different
"The origin of the term ' consist' (all the cars transmiuing at a particular time in a particular
in a tra i11) as a noun (accent on the lirst syllable) language, he could easily request this informa- ways)."
Semon hopes this tip might be useful for
is this, as far as I can determine, from the regular tion from my database file. When printed in
owners
of other models, who might not have
railroads, where a 'consist' is the locomotive condensed font , tht: database totals 85 pages of
thought of this use for the "sleep" switch.
power on a train. The railroads probably cor- information."
Semon also suggested it would be helpful if
rupted the verb consist (accent on the second
Charles is offering his database al cost. Inthe month and year were in larger Jencrs on the
syllable)."
dicate which sii.e diskelle you need, and enclose
Responding lo another May fca rurc, the SS for 5-1/4 inch diskcncs or S6 for 3-1/2 inch cover of MT. Now that's an idea WE hadn't
"Survey of9.7 - I0.00 MHz," Gigi Lytle of Lub- diskcuc.;s to cover postage, packaging and dis- thought of. We said, "Sure, why not?" Is it big
bock, Texas, identifies one of the stations that kclles. l f you need the database exported in enough now?
came in so weakly at Charles Sorrel l's location. ASCll for use in a different database program,
She says, "9750 is Radio Portugal. I first that is also available on request.
Skeptical About Mobile SW?
heard them on December 30, 199 1, at 0240 UTC
We know the kind of hard work and dedicawith ID and giving the following fn;qucncics: tion rc.;quircd to produce such a massive work.
The prospects have always been dismal--0r
Eastern North America 9505, 11800, l I 740; Thanks , Charles, for making it available lo a
very
expensive-for acheiving decent shortwave
Western North America 9705, 21515. I kept most appreciative audience.;.
reception in an American car. Until the Philips
waiting for them to announce 9750--the fre777 shortwave receiver came along, that is.
quency I was on, but they did not! The broadcast
was parallel to 9705."

Continued on page 97

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The Rising Price of
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And you think that making ends meet is tough where
you live? Consider the staff of
Ukrainian Radio. In one recent
program, we overheard a staff member
bemoan the shortages that the station faces .
"Today, one desk has to be shared by two
reporters and one microphone has to be shared
among 15 to 20 persons," said the reporter.
"The real knock-out blow," he continued,
"came from the Ministry of Finance. Here,
for example, the cost of renting transmitter
time has increased dramatically. In 1991 we
paid 157 million rubles. fn the first quarter of
1992 this sum increased to R2,914,000,000."

Radios for Cambodia

What if they were having a war in your
country and you couldn't hear the play-by-play
on the radio? That's exactly what was going on
in Cambodia. So UN Transitional Authority
(UNTAC) troops set up a radio station to "broadcast to the public about UNTAC work aimed at
leading Cambodia out of fighting [and] towards
an election ... "
It all sounded very good until someone
realized that the Cambodians didn't have many
radios . Enter the Japanese who plan to provide
250,000 radio sets so that poor Cambodians can
follow along. The Japanese government will
appeal to its people to forward their "excess"
radio sets to Cambodia.

ARAL vs. Gays

C-SPAN 11?
A radio service now testing in the United
Kingdom is carrying English language programming from some international
broadcasters-and U.S. National Public
Radio. The World Radio Network (WRN) is
on the 7 .56 MHz audio subcarrier of the Sky
Sports TY transponder ( 11509 MHz vertical
polarization) on the Astra- I B satellite at 19.2
degrees East.
Currently, the service is operational
between 0400 and 2300 UTC. Some of the
broadcasters "on the bird" include regulars
such as Radio Canada International, BBC
World Service, Radio Moscow World Service and Voice of America. WRN, says the
BBC Monitoring Service, intends to charge
broadcasters for airtime , but this may be
offset by corporate underwriting.

Brain Magnets
Microscopic magnets have been found in
the hwnan brain that might help explain possible links between cancer and electromagnetic
fields, according to a report by the Associated
Press.
"They are little biological bar magnets"
made of crystals of the iron mineral magnetite, said geobiologist Joseph L. Kirschvink
of the California InstitutcofTechnology. The
crystals arc strongly magnetic, unlike other
iron compounds in the body. They come in
two sizes, about one-millionth and I 0-millionths of an inch.
The discovery may be significant since
many physicists have been skeptical about
EMF-cancer links. Said Kirschvink, "they
thought there were no plausible mechanisms
by which electromagnetic fields could affect
biological tissue."

July 1992

$8,000 a day. You conducted this little charade for five days . That would mean that your
fine would ring in at $40,000.
Suppose also that when you made your
distress calls, you dared the Commission to
find you, all the time sending hundreds of
Coast Guard personnel racing through stormravaged waters (flagrant/deplorable), the FCC
would be able to assess you an additional
$36,000, bringing your grand total for five
days of "fun" to $76,000.
The FCC has also set $25 ,000 as the fine
for any hoax by a broadcaster that could harm
the public-anything that would involve police or rescue forces being called, for example.
Just a few of the "pranks" that have led
to the ruling include these false reports by
stations across the country: a nuclear attack,
a station being held hostage, a nearby volcanic eruption, a dangerous build-up of gasses
at a local landfill, and the shooting of a
popular talk-show host.

The American Radio Relay (ARRL) League

has been accused of anti-homosexual discrimination. According to a press release, the Lambda
Amateur Radio Club (LARC), an organization Direct Order: Shoot Them
for gay and lesbian ham radio operators and
Police are still trying to find out who
supporters, filed suit under a recently enacted
nearly created a catastrophe in New York's
Connecticut gay rights law.
LARC charges that the ARRL has repeat- Lower Manhattan. During one of the many
edly rejected advertisements submitted by LARC "aftershock" di sturbances following the
for inclusion in the ARRL's publication, QST. Rodney King verdict, residents had gathered
Lambda states that their ad has been rejected on to throw rocks and garbage at police. Sudthe grounds that it represents "a special interest denly, what sounded like a police dispatcher
group despite the fact that QST continues to ordered police to open fire.
"Shoot them, " said the man, "This is a
publish the ads of ham radio operator clubs with
memberships ranging from Jehovah's witnesses direct order. Shoot them."
The police on the scene did not follow the
to followers of Ayn Rand."
order and within minutes, the director of
communications for the police department
FCC Fines Are Whoppers
had ordered dispatchers to stop the transmissions. Officials do not believe that it came
The FCC has dramatically increased their
from an officer because orders to shoot are
fines. How tough arc the fines? If you arc in
never broadcast in those terms.
violation of the rules governing distress/safety
frequencies (making a phoney mayday call, for
example), you'll have to cough up $8,000- for The Secret Side
each day that the incident occurred.
of the VOA
Maybe you 're a CB er who decided to tweak
up his transmitter a few extra watts to get over
Former VOA editor Nodar Djindjihashvili
the interference. The fine is $5,000 a day. What's feels betrayed by an American institution for
even more surprising is that the FCC is appar- which he once felt gratitude and respect. As
ently granted the authority to increase these a Soviet emigrant, Djin was recruited in 1984
fines. If, for example, the FCC determines that to work for the Georgian service. "I was
you have the ability to pay the fines and thus a proud to be a part of a radio station that
"relative disincentive," it can increase the fine preached the sanctity of hwnan rights and the
by 50 to 90 percent, just to give it a little more importance of social justice," he wrote in
clout. If the Commission feels that the miscon- 1988.
duct was "egregious (Oagrant/deplorablc)," it
However, according to an article in The
can also increase the fine by 50 to 90 percent. New Republic, Djin (as he now calls himself)
Say that for some reason- temporary insan- learned of a secret broadcast which bore all
ity is always popular-you decided to issue a the signs of a covert intelligence signal.Djin
series of false distress calls from your mythical had always believed VOA involvement in
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A few months later, Djin, one of VO A's most
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fired on dubious grounds.
Now, seven years later, Djin's case has
recently been heard by the chief judge of the
U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Djin,
who now works in London for the BBC's
Russian service, is suing for reinstatement
with back pay.
Joe O'Connell, a VOA spokesman, was
quoted as saying, "As far as any suggestion
of broadcasting covert messages, we don't do
it, we wouldn 't do it, we are respectful of the
law." However, even Charles Wick, director
of the US Information Agency at the time of
this incident, acknowledged that the VOA
was used for such messages during his tenure,
according to the report.
Is the VOA independent and truthful, or
does the Voice of America speak out of two
sides of its mouth?

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VOICE
YEARS

AMERICA

B ROADCASTIN G

THE WORLD

The VOA at SO
A Year of Celebration and Change
By Jeff Chanowitz

Despi te airing US government editorials, the

service continues to abide by its 1976 charter
which mandates "accurate, objective and comprehensive" news coverage. Yet, the dissolution
of the Sov iet Union and the ending of the Cold
W ar has resulted in the Voice of America's future
role being questioned by some government officials in Washington, DC.
Chase Untermeyer, the current director of
the VOA, refuted this perception stating, "The
VOA was never intended to be an anti-communist tool and symbol of capitalism against the
Soviet Union." He added, ''The VOA started out
to tell the truth, which was not being done out of
Berlin and Tokyo at that time. It was not anticommunist, but presented enough material for
listeners to make a judgment."

February 24, with past and present

directors of the VOA in anendance
and red, white, and blue banners covering its
headquaners, Dante Fascell, Lhe chairman of the
House Foreign Affairs Comminee, addressed an
audience of VOA employees and journalists. In
his address, Fascell stated, "The last fifty years
have been good. You (VOA employees) have
done an excellent job and the country is proud of
you...but we have got to look to the future with
even greater optimism and with greater challenges." Yet, as the Voice of America's 50th
anniversary marks a year of celebration, changing world events have also made 1992 a year of
uncertainty.
From its headquarters located a few blocks
from the U.S. Capitol building in Washington,
DC, the VOA has broadcast the news and views
of America to the world since 1942. As early as
1941, the United States' shortwave broadcasting
resources consisted of just over a dozen lowpowered, commercially owned and operated
transmitters. T hen , shortly after the attack on
Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt established the
Foreign Information Agency. On February 24th,
the first broadcast was beamed to Europe via the
BBC on medium and longwave transmitters.
The announcer, William Harlan Hale, opened
the German language broadcast with the words,
" Here speaks a voice from America." The name
took hold and the FIA became known as the Voice
of America.
8

July 1992

Despite a troubled period duri ng the

McCarthy era of the early 1950s, the VOA has The Changing Face of the VOA
continued to expand its world coverage and news
In response to the developments in the former
reputation with a primary focus on delivering its
Soviet
Union, President Bush established a Task
message through the Iron Curtain. In the 60s and
70s, the VOA expanded its programming to Force on US Govcrrunent International Broadcasting. Its purpose was to evaluate the US
include the Third World.
Today, the VOA has emerged as a major government's current role in international broadinternational service with broadcasts in 44 differ- casting and make recommendations for the future
ent languages and a worldwide network of 26 direction of such organizations as the VOA. In
news bureaus. In addition, with transmitters and December, the task force concluded its report
relay stations located in Botswana, Costa Rica, recommending that the VOA become a more
Germany, Greece, Morocco, the Philippines, Sri "global" service. In addition, the task force sugLanka, Thailand and the United States, VOA has gested that there should be a reexamination of the
established a global audience that is estimated to languages that the VOA broadcasts.
number in the hundreds of millions.
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Chase Untermeyer, current

director of the VOA.
Untenneyer disagreed with some of the task
force's findings stating, "If we are not global, it
is because we don't by law, broadcast to the US
and don't aim at Australia and New Zealand."
Yet, he does admit that the VOA will place
increased emphasis on programming for the Third
World in the future. Also, because of the changing world situation, which makes predicting future
programming needs almost impossible,
Untermeyer also disagreed with the report's
other recommendation commenting, "Unless
ordered to, I will not reassess the languages we
broadcast."
For Frank Shkreli, Deputy Chief of VOA's
Eurasian division, the changes in the former
Soviet Union have made a direct impact. Shkreli
commented, "The structure of the programming
has changed in the sense that shows are faster
moving and our programs are livelier." He added,
"Because all of our directors have been to the
region to which they broadcast, we now have a
better sense of what the audience wants."
Today, many local, independent stations have
gone on the air in Russia and in the former Soviet
Republics. This has caused increased competition for listeners. Not wanting to lose their
audience, the VOA is responding by providing
innovative programming such as "Radio Bridges,"
which arc panel discussions on topics by two
groups of people in two different countries linked
via satellite or by phone lines, and informative
"How-To" programs that present information on
topics ranging from starting a business to opening a stock market.
Shkreli stated, "For the pasl fifty years,
people were told what to do by the center in the
Soviet Union. Today, people need information
about capilalism .. .In that area, we have an important role."
In addition LO programming changes, the
VOA has recently placed a correspondent in
Russia and is also airing programming and news
on 18 radio stations throughout the Eurasian
region including the following shortwave broadcasters: Radio EKHO (Moscow, Russia), All
Russian State Radio, Gostelradio (Tibilisi, Georgia), Radio Baltica (St. Petersburg, Russia) and
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The exterior of the VOA building is decorated for the

50th anniversary celebration.
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July 1992

Yet, the true impact of fifty years of VOA

programming is exemplified by those who listen.
One long-time listener is Vaslev Havel, the
famous playwright/dissident and current president of the Czech and Slovak republic. On his
first visit to the United States, Havel requested
to sec the VOA's studios asking, "to say hello to
those guys and ladies who I have been listening
to for so many years. " Polish President, Lech
Walesa, was also a listener and described foreign
broadcasts to Poland as the " sun in the midst of
darkness."
Today, VOA ' s impact is felt in countries like
Albania. While on a visit to the long-isolated
Balkan nation , Frank Shkreli commented, "It was
unbelievable! Everybody you talk to was a VOA
listener." He added, "These people were very
knowledgeable about world events thanks to the
VOA."
Loyal listeners can thank the under-rated and
hard working employees of the VOA for the
hundreds of hours offair, accurate and interesting
news programs broadcast each week. With past
professions ranging from taxi driver to university
professor, VOA employees are as diverse as the
programming and languages they broadcast.
10

July 1992

To qualify for a foreign broadcaster position

at the VOA, a person must possess native Oucncy
in a fore ign language, proficiency in English and
a background that includes public speaking or
broadcasting. Y cl, despite difficulties which
include adjusting to life in Washington, DC, and
obtaining visas for fam ily members, VOA broadcasters have established a track record of
excellence. The professionalism of VOA 's
employees is exemplified by Zamira lslami, who

United States. In 1992, Therecka was hired as an

announcer. He is very happy at his new job
because he also used to " listen to the VOA 's
wonderful voice of freedom in Albania."
Such brave and determined people arc not
uncommon at the VOA. Without doubt, it has
been the dedication of correspondents, broadcasters and support staff who have made the
VOA 's SOth anniversary 1ruly special.

Budget Constraints
With continued US budget deficits, the VOA
has fel t the sting of cutbacks. In the past, financ ial
constraints have caused the VOA to close news
bureaus in Mexico City, Boston and Houston.
Also, budget shortfalls have temporarily caused
the VOA to stop responding to the million pieces
works in the Albanian service. During the reign
of mail it receives each year. Even VOA 's extenof the brutal commun ist dictatorship in Albania,
sive coverage of the Persian Gulf War required
she risked reprisals against family members in
the passing of a special supplementary budget by
order to broadcast the truth.
the US Congress. Despite feeling the pinch of
Another Alb anian broadcaster is lnia
cuts , Untermeyer remains optimistic commentTherccka. He spent the last 25 years in a labor
ing, " In an era when many agencies of the US
camp serving a sentence on trumped-up charges
government are retrenching, we arc actually
of crimes against the state. In 1989, Therccka
expanding."
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Ye t, the VOA budget is extremely vulnerable. The station receives no direct funding but
must rely on the United States Information Agency
to allocate fu nds for its budget. Unterrneycr
admitted that this puts the VOA in a precarious
position finan cially, simi lar to "living on the
edge of two knives." For the future, it's hoped that
the budget process can be reformed and that VOA' s
funding will be allocated directly from Congress.

VOA at 50
As part of the 50th Anniversary celebration,
the VOA is holding a listener's contest that will
award over 10,000 prizes, including T -shirts ,
short wave radios and eight trips for two to Washing ton, DC, and Disney World. SWLs and hams
can also receive a special 50th anniversary QSL
and certificate by listening to the VOA 's amateur
club stations, which include K3EKA VOA in
Washington, DC, DX2VOA in the Philippines
and V31VOA in Belize. If you can visit Washington, DC, the VOA will have a special exhibit
of photographs and memorabilia highlighting the
VOA's 50 years of broadcasting to the world.
If you can't travel to the Nation's capitol,
many relay stations around the world will host a
variety of events to celebrate the anniversary. In
addition, the VOA has commissioned a telev ision
documentary, called "Some of Our Yesterdays,"
which recounts the story of the VOA in the words
of famous people such as Mikhail Gorbachev,
President Bush and John Houseman, who was the
VOA 's first director.
For details about the 50th Anniversary celebrations, listen lo the VOA or write to: VOA
50th Anniversary Office, Room 154 l , 320 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20547.
For those who wonder about VOA's commitment to shortwave broadcasting, Unterrncyer
removed all doubts, stating strongly, "While it' s
clear that in the early 2 1st century there will be
other forms of broadcasting, there also will be a
place for shortwave .. .if only because it's the only
way to reach many countries that are denied
access to inform ation." Shkreli also added what
shortwave listeners have known for a long time,
"We will never get rid of shortwave. It has made
us what we arc today!"
As the world enjoys a period in which
national borders have opened up and information
is flowing more free ly than at any time in history,
many critics discount the need for services like
the VOA. Untermcyer responds to these nay
sayers, "There are sti ll places that are denied
access to free information, such as China and
Cuba ... and many counlries, such as the Soviet
Union, may backslide from democracy."
In the event that new dictatorships emerge,
listeners can be assured that the VOA will continue to provide tru thfu l and uncensored
information about the United States and the world
as it has done during the last fifty years.

July 1992

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day.

VOA 's broadcasting studios.

VOA 's Albanian service with lnia Thercka, center, and Zamira Isla mi,
right.
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The long , lazy days of summer are

here at last. If you are like me and enjoy
interesting monitoring, vacations are an
ideal way to tune in on some really
exciting action: military communications
of the VHF/UHF ground, ship and aircraft
variety. So let's go visit the top areas
where great summer get-aways come
complete with all the super radio action
you can handle!

Planning the Scanning Vacation

Vacations for many people are escapes lo
warm, sunny beaches. If you, too, enjoy the
seashore, you 're in luck, because that's where the
grealesl nwnbcr of military bases are localed,
featuring intensive air, sea and ground activity.
Herc are a few of my fav orites:

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Here you will find great Atlantic beaches,
lots of hotels and houses lo rent and easy access
from most of the m ajor population centers in the
Northeast and Middle Atlantic states. Clustered
here is also a nwnber of busy military air and
naval bases: Norfolk Naval Air Station, Oceana
Naval Air Station, Fentress Navy Auxiliary Landing Field, FACSFAC VACAPES (Fleet Arca
Control and Surveillance Facility) callsign GI ANT KILLER, Langley Air Force Base (home of
the famous l sl Tactical Fighter Wing and their
F-15 Eagles), NASA's Langley Tesl Center and
nearby Patuxent River Naval Air Station, the
Naval Air Test Center and NASA Wallops Flight
Facility.
Norfolk Naval Station is a major naval base.
The Southeast Air Defense Region has a remote
communications outle t here also (callsign
OAKGROVE). Action is dawn lo dusk seven
days a week, with less activity al night and on
weekends. Look for plenty of fighter intercept
exercises, AWACS operations, aircraft carrier
landing practice and much more.

July 1992

The author indulging himself in his favorite vacation activity.

Fort Wallon Beach, Florida

our Pacific Flccl and busy Miramar Naval Air

Station is home to the Navy's Fighter Weapons
School, known as TOP GUN, as well as aircraft
carrier F-14 equipped fighter wings. Here is also
FACSFAC SAN DIEGO (callsign BEAVER)
and Coast Guard Air Station San Diego, located
at Lindbergh International Airport.
Offshore activity is nonstop, with much of
the communications being centered around San
Clemente Island Naval Auxiliary Landing Field
offshore in Warning Area 291. You can expect
air-to-air combat drills, AW ACS operations and
much more. San Diego is also one of the world' s
largest naval bases.

This beautiful Gulf resort community is right

in the center of the Free World's largest air base,
Eglin Air Force Base, home of the Air Force
Development Test Center and T AC's 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing. With lens of thousands of
square miles of test ranges in northwestern Florida
and out over the Gulf of Mexico, operations al
Eglin go on non-stop from sunup to sundown,
mainly during the week.
Air-to-air and other missile "shots" are frequent, as are many different types of weapons
systems tests such as electronics countermeasures (ECM) and "smart" weapon drops. And to
add variety, there is nearby Tyndall AFB, with Other locations
intensive air defense exercises in the Air Combat
Space docs not allow an exhaustive listing of
Maneuvering Range (ACMR) over their Gulf the most exciting vacation spots for monitoring
ranges; Hurlburt Field, home of the new Air military communications, but a few of them arc
Force Special Operations Command, and Vandenberg Air Force Base and the Western
Pensacola Naval Air Station, with heavy naval air Space and Missile Center in Lompoc, California;
training and the home base of the Blue Angels. Point Mugu Naval Air Station and the Pacific
Missile Test Center in Oxnard, Californi a; Jacksonville, Florida (with Jacksonville Naval Air
San Diego, California
San Diego combines an ideal locale and Station and Air National Guard interceptors at
climate with some of the most exciting military Jacksonville International Airpon as well as Cecil
radio activity to be found. North Island Naval Air Field Naval Air Station and nearby Maypon
Station in Coronado is home to key elements of Naval Air Station and FACSFAC JACKSONVILLE).
MONITORJNG TIMES

EXPAND SW MONITORING
AircrafVMHz
126.2
Military control towers to civilian aircraft
134.1
Military approach radar to civilian aircraft
236.6
Air Force control towers
243.0
"Guard," or military emergency. Frequently used for brief tactical messages.
255.4
Flight Service Stations (FAA to military)
340.2/360.2 Navy and Marine Corps control towers nationwide.
364.2
Air Intercept Control Common, or AICC. Air defense fighter interceptor dispatch.
372.2
Military aircraft dispatchers
381.3
Tactical Air Command command posts (RAYMOND##)
381.8/381.9 Coast Guard air activity Ground:
140.075/140.65/140.775
Naval Investigative Service undercover operations (FM)
140.1/140.15/140.25/ 140.3/141 .2
Navy airbase ground operations (fire/crash) (FM)
138.075/138.175 Air Force Office of Special Investigations (FM)
280.15
Air Force Security Police duress alarm
Ships/MHz
277.8
250.7/274.8
243.0
156.8

Fleet Warning Common (AM) (ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore calling)

Observed comm nets in Norfolk, VA area (AM)
Military emergency channel
VHF Calling/emergency (FM)

Install the antenna at the highest point available

to you without compromising safety. Getting
electrocuted or falling off a hotel balcony arc not
fun ways Lo spend a vacation, but they arc very
quick ways to end one!

emergencies or data links that you may want to listen

to and study at your leisure later on. (I usually
generate five to six 90-minutc tapes on a 7 day
vacation trip, along with 15-20 pages of notes.)

Frequency Directories and Maps

Receivers
I have traveled with a Radio Shack 2004, a
Regency MX-5000, an !COM R-7000 and a
Fairmalc HP- JOOE handhcld. Any scanner or
receiver will do as long as it covers the 225-400
MHz UHF military comm band. One technique
that I have used in very busy areas is LO have two
receivers and two antennas. One is used for
searching while the other is used Lo Lape things
that I find. T recommend Radio Shack's voice
actuated casscue recorder for this application.
Pack good quality blank 90-minutc tapes.
A handhcld scanner is a nice companion on
a vacation trip. You never know exactly where
you arc going to wind up when exploring away
from your monitoring base, so it's always a good
idea to pack one of the few handhclds that includes the military aero band, such as the AOR
AR-1000, Fairmate HP-lOOE or HP-200. Another good idea is lo equip yourself with a set of
fresh alkaline AA batteries for those times when
you arc going Lo be away from the banery charger
for an extended period , such as a day at an air
show. Handhclds eat up NiCad ballerics at a
fearsome rate, so be prepared! A handheld scanner with dead banerics is equal to having no
scanner al all !
The basic field scanning technique that I use
is to program the memory channels of my scanner
with all the known channels for the area that I'm
visiting. The search limits are then set at 225 and
400 MHz. I scan the memory channels frequently
for activity. When none is heard for a period of
time, I switch Lo search mode (primarily AM).
Using two receivers allows you to accomplish
both functions s imultaneously.
During the evenings and on weekends, when
tactical communications drop off, I switch Lo the
137-144 and 148-151 MHz bands. There is usually a lot of FM ground communications around
military bases, including undercover investigations and some prclly sophisticated comm systems.
Other bands in which Lo look for signals in
military operating areas arc thc406-420 and 162174 MHz ranges.
Another useful monitoring technique is 10
monitor the departure control frequencies. Tactical missions arc handed over from here to range
control or FACSFAC channels that you can then
switch to. This way, you can follow an entire
mission (usually around an hour in duration) and
not miss anything.
Taping interesting intercepts is a fun way of
preserving the great stuff that you will be li stening to. In many cases you will run into strange or
unexpected communications, such as in-flight
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June 1992

Having good frequency direc tories available

during your vacation trip is essential. To begin
with , you will need to know the frequencies used
locally for air traffic control and for tactical
military purposes in order 10 program them into
yourrcccivcrmcmorics. You will also need good
directories in order to look up new frequencies as
you come across them so that you can determine
who is using those channels and for what purpose
(air refuelin g, range control, etc.). I use and can
recommend the following:

/FR Supplement (IJepartmtmt of Defense/

Defense Mapping Agency)
I use this handy little encyclopedia of aeronautical information a lot to check for the periodic
changes that have to be m ade in my computeri zed
frequency database. IL is also a very handy reference Lo have next Lo your scanner at any time,
especially when traveling. The current price is
around S3.50, which is a real bargain. Call them
at 800-826-0342 to request their Public Sale
Catalog.
Top Secret Registry of U.S. Government
Radio FrequencU!s (CRB Research)
A good basic guide to the fu ll range of air and
ground communications frequencies that you can
expect to hear from any base. Available from
Grove Enterprises.
Directory ofNorth American Military A viation Communications (VHF IV HF) (Hunterdon
Aero Publishers)
Military aircraft frequencies cross-indexed
by both frequency and by location. The four
regional editions arc available from Grove Enterprises.
M ililary Radio Systems-California (Mobile
Radio Resources)
A good sctoflistings for California and some
Arizona and Nevada military bases. I would
recommend it if you plan to vacation in California. (Contac t Bob Ke lly at Mobile Radio
Rcsourccs ,2661 Carol Drive, San Jose, CA 95125,
408-269-581 4 . The price is $40 postpaid.)
Maps that I have found useful include the
local aeronautical sectional chart and area road
maps. Sectional charts arc available al most
airport Fixed Base Operators (FBOS) or through
map stores. TI1ey provide an excellent reference
to airport radio frequencies and the names of
important military training areas. Local street
maps arc usually readily available and show
access roads to museums, bases, vantage points, etc.

MONITORING TIMES

Cameras
If you own a camera, make sure you bring
it along. A great deal of addi tional fun is catching
memorable moments or locations on film for
later viewing. A flash is handy, especially if
visiting a museum or taking a picture inside the
cockpit of an aircraft parked at an airshow. (The
frequency preset cards found in almost every
military aircraft arc a gold mine of information
on radio channel usage).

Are We Having Fun Yet?

So you've picked your spot, gollen your
place, loaded your car and off you go. If you 're
going alone, have fun! If you 're going with your
wife, another couple or other friends, plan to be
flexible. Remember, not everyone will understand why you want to stay inside and listen to
your radio while everyone else goes to the beach
or elsewhere.
Plan to divide your time between your personal interests and group activities on an equitable
basis. This may mean a compromise, such as
scanning one day and another day shopping or
sightseeing. Late afternoon, evening and the
weekend usually can be counted on for breaks in
the action, so you can plan your schedule accordingly. Set out with a clear understanding as Lo
what everyone expects and you will surely have
a good time.
Sidetrips are a good way to combine group
activities with your technical interests. Most
bases have guided tours, especially during the
summer. Many bases have associated museums
where historic aircraft and other gadgets can be
viewed. And driving around the perimeters of
many bases can provide some great vantage
points for parking, monitoring and photographing the activity. Check with the Public Affairs
people for tour schedules and other information.
Don ' t hesitate Lo ask about schedules of upcoming events , such as airshows, major training
exercises, and so forth. It never hurts to ask, and
you may be surprised with what you find out.

Have A Great Time!

I have done a number of these types of
vacations and find them Lo be excellent opportunities Lo relax and LO enjoy yourself, while at the
same time immersing yourself in quantities of
exciting and unusual communications. Trips are
also a great way to learn about miljtary operations, equipment and communications systems.
With the lilllcextra effort that it takes to plan and
execute a good scanning vacation you can expect
to receive a much greater reward for your time
and money. Have fun this summer !

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July 1992

The I9Z4 Radio Election

- - -[ K D K A]- - 1923 illustrations are courtesy of the Committee to
Preserve Radio Verifications. Jerry Berg . Chairman.
38 Eastern Avenue, Lexington, MA 02173.

By Don Moore

the 1800s presidential elections were

simple. Sometime during the summer, party hacks quietly gathered together and
nominated a candidate. The campaign began in
earnest on Labor Day. Local committees put up
posters and passed out flyers. The party faithful
paraded around town singing hastily composed
ballads praising theirstandard-bearerordemeaning the opposing leader. The only way most
people could see or hear the candidates was by
special trains which would travel the countryside
stopping in every little hamlet long enough for a
short speech.
In short, elections were colorful, personal
and fun. Then along came this guy named Marconi,
and politics hasn't been the same since.

First Broadcasts
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radio didn't mix.
Then, in 1920, the nation's first radio station,
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returns.
The station was ready just hours before the
broadcast. KDKA came on the air at 8:00 pm on
election nigh l. Election returns were phoned in to
the studio from the Pi11sburgh Post as they came
off the wire services. Estim ates are that only
about 2,000 heard the broadcast, but they included some very influential people.
KDKA wasn' t the only station broadcasting
election returns that night. Earlier that day, the
Detroit News had published a notice that the
newspaper's amateur station, 8MK, (later WWJ)
would broadcast returns. As in Pittsburgh, listeners were few. The paper also announced the
results to the public via a megaphone from their
front steps. The megaphone probably reached
more listeners than the station; but that was soon
to change.

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high-power RCA transmitter and was heard on

every continent. After Harding ' s sudden death in
1923, President Calvin Coolidge continued to
speak on the radio.
Not all politicians were receptive, however.
When a microphone was placed in front of former
Secretary of State Elihu Root, he exclaimed,
"Take that away. I can talk to a Democrat, but I
cannot speak into a dead thing" (Clark).
As the 1924 presidential elections approached,
everyone began to think of radio. Politicians
talked so much about using it that stations were
afraid they would be deluged with requests for
speech time. Political committees were set up to
manage requests for air time and to see that the
best speakers were given preference. In March,
Owen Young, chairman of the Board of Directors
for General Electric and RCA proclaimed "No
citizen of this great country need say that he has
not heard the pronouncements of the presidential
candidates of the two great parties" (Barnard).
New Republic magazine predicted that the
Radio Develops
upcoming campaign would be mainly fought by
radio. Nacion agreed, editorializing that 1924
KDKA launched a revolution in communicawould be looked back on as "the radio year," but
tions and soon dozens of broadcasting stations
thought that by 1928 the broadcasting fad would
were licensed around the country. Thousands and
be over.
then millions of Americans purchased receiving
sets. Stations began to broadcast speeches by
local politicians at election time as part of their Convention Time
civic responsibility. Even President Harding began
The three-day Republican convention in
mak ing occasional radio speeches. A November
5, 1921, speech by Harding inaugurated a new Cleveland started the campaign off on June 10.

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To broadcast the convention, AT&Tused special

wires to put together a loose network of sixteen
stations in twelve cities, headed by its WEAF in
New York and WCAP in Washington. Never
before had such a linkup been attempted, and it
was a major test of both engineering and programming skill.
With colorful ace announcer Graham
McN amee presiding, AT&T offered an attractive
but expensive package to radio stations around
the country. The biggest expense was rental of
AT&T lines, which the receiving stations had to
pay for. Although AT&T offered line rental at
cost as a public service, it was still too expensive
for many stations, especially more distant ones.
However, Westinghouse's KFKX in Hastings,
Nebraska, picked up the broadcasts and relayed
them via shortwave to the West Coast for
rebroadcast by KOO in Oakland.
No one was quite sure exactly how much
programming the stations would receive from the
conventions. Station schedules had to be flexible,
so most booked soloists and readings so they
could easily switch back and forth to Cleveland.
Hopes, however, were high for the broadcast, as
in this AT&T publicity statement. ..
"This will be the first occasion that a program will be supplied continuously to twelve
cities, enabling stations at these points to
broadcast such features of the Convention as
they desire to make available to their respective radio audiences ... An announcer will be
in constant attendance with concise and vivid
descriptions of the events taking place in the
Convention Hall and explanations of the significance of what is going on. The announcer
will introduce the various speakers so that the
entire maller will be an interes ting broadcasting program" (Archer).
The convention took place in a 16,000 seat
auditorium with a stage in the center, a pipe organ
to the right, and a band to the left. WEAF erected
a glass booth on the stage with a table, chair,
paper, telephone, headphones and signal light
board. Two microphones were placed in the
booth (one a spare), and one each by the organ,
band and speaker. Politicians, however, were
not used to speaking into a stationary radio mike;
they normally paced back and forth across the
stage. To keep the speakers from wandering, a
railing was erected around the microphone.
McNamec controlled his own mike; the others
were switched in from a control room behind the
platform. An assistant was always stationed near
the speaker' s spot to pass along to MeNamee

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observations that hccouldn 'tsec. Others throughout the hall also telephoned in reports.
AT&T & WEAFweren'talonein broadcasting the convention. Rival New York City station
wrz sent their star announcer, Major J. Andrew
White. He was also carr ied on WGY of
Schenectady. At the time, AT&T felt it had
exclusive domain over broadcasting based on
certain patents it owned , and AT&T had let it be
known that no one else should assist in network
broadcasting not involving AT&T lines. AT&T,
of course, wasn't about to rent lines to WJZ in
competition with their WEAF network. WJZ and
WGY arranged a special line through Western
Union, without telling Western Union its true
use.
There was no contest at the convention-it
was Coolidge all the way, which made coverage
easy and allowed the broadcasters to focus on perfecting their
work.
Still, the convention broadcasts became a national drama
as some stations not carrying
the convention shut down to
avoid interfering with nearby
stations broadcasting i L Around
the country, school s closed so
that students could listen, radio
demonstration rooms in department stores were packed with people, and sales
of radio sets hit record levels. For the first time,
the American people were able to look in on a
national political convention.

The Democrats Meet

lost his radio audience for most of his speech.

Finally, after some lengthy platform fights,
the first ballot was taken. As expected, California's
William McAdoo came in first, followed by New
York' s Al Smith. Various others were far behind,
including little known John Davis with 31 votes.
No one was close to winning and there was little
chance for a compromise.
Days passed and ballot after ballot was taken.
With each ballot the state of Alabama was called
on to vote first. This drew national attention back
to the political drama in New York as Alabama's
spokesman, ex-governor Jim Brandon, drawled
out," Alabama casts 24 votes for Underwood" (an
Alabaman senator) each time. By the fifteenth
ballot the spectators in the galleries picked up the
cry. Soon, the delegates joined and each ballot
began with the convention hall chanting in unison," Alabama casts 24 votes
for Underwood."
Across the country, million s of people
gathered around radios
joined in, too. As it was repeated over and over,
"Alabama casts 24 votes for
Underwood" became a national joke and a symbol of
a political party too divided
to choose a candidate.
The balloting did come to an end with an
unusual ticket of Wall Street lawyer John Davis
and Nebraska Populist Charles Bryan ...on the
103rd ballot after fifteen days. By this time, the
Democratic party had made itself look like a
vaudeville sideshow.
Still, the nation had listened attentively. At
Sing-Sing prison in upstate New York, loudspeakers were set up allowing the prisoners to
listen in as a special treat on July 4. In New York
City, one cab driver got extra business by putting
a radio and two headsets in his car.
When the conventions finished, station managers saw their public service obligation over,
too. If they were going to continue carrying
political speeches, someone had to pay for the
time-logically the political parties.
The parties agreed, setting up 1924 as a true
"radio election." This was easy when a speech
was carried over one local station; however,
because no set networks existed at the time,
complex negotiations had to be completed before
broadcasts could link multiple stations. Landline
rental to link stations also added to the cost. An
hour on one station might cost $500, but an hour
over six or seven s tations could easily cost $5000
or more.

A few days later, on June 24, the 1446

delegates of the Democratic convention met in
Madison Square Garden in New York City. Not
only was this larger than the Republican conven tion, it promised to be a real battle as there was
no clear front runner. In fact, the convention was
to be the longest in the nation's history. Again,
AT&T's WEAF and Graham McNamee were
there, this time with 17 other stations in their
network, as were WJZ/WGY and Major White,
for a total of twenty stations. The broadcasters set
up their microphones and glass booths on the
stage as they had for the Republican convention.
The main part of the convention, starting
with Senator Pat Harrison's keynote speech, was
postponed lo 7 :30 pm because of better nighttime
radio reception. More speeches followed, but the
convention's most memorable radio speech was
given by a young New Yorker, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, who nominated New York Governor
Al Smith. Roosevelt was praised for having a
great radio voice. The worst performance was A Slow Start
given by 64-year-old William Jennings Bryan. A
renowned orator of the old tradition, Bryan was
During the Democratic Convention, the camused lo wandering around the stage. He wouldn't paign gained a Third Party candidate, as Progressive
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July 1992

The real campaign wasn't kicked off until

Labor Day, when all the candidates spoke on the
radio. The most notable Labor Day speech was
Lafollette's, which was the fir st political speech
given in a radio studio without a Jive audience.
John Davis started his campaign with a traditional railroad journey from September 6-17
through western and midwestcrn cities. Radio,
however, was planned for; his car was wired with
microphones, loudspeakers, and jacks to make it
easy fo r local stations to plug in and carry his
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Schenectady
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worried about the cost of buying radio time. He
soon changed his mind as his speeches carried by
radio brought in enough extra contributions to WGZ of New York City and WGY
more than cover the cost. In October, Lafollette of Schenectady fought AT& T's
launched a railroad campaign tour of the Mid- attempted monopoly on convenwest, and, like Davis, he spoke at radio stations
tion coverage.
along the way.
Coolidge, on the other hand, stayed at home several major speakers on WJZ and six other
in Washington, just giving occasional speeches stations. The following night they put together a
via radio. Even so, Coolidge was on the air more "Midnight Theatrical Revue" ofpolitical speeches
than either Davis or Lafollette. Radio seemed to and entertainment with stars including Al Jolson
be a perfect medium for Coolidge, who was and Elsie Ferguson. Running from 11 :30 p.m. to
generally acknowledged as a good radio speaker, 2:00 a.m., this was also carried on WJZ and
even by Democrats. His shrill Vermont twang, several other stations. Finally, on the Saturday night
often an irritation when listening to him in per- before the election, WEAF and sixteen other broadson, disappeared over the air. Dav is' clear sonorous casters carried a huge rally of speeches and music
voice seemed muffled on the radio.
from New York's Metropolitan Opera House.
The Davis campaign wound down on
Shortwave Used
November 1 with big speeches from Carnegie
Hall by Davis and New York Governor Al Smith
Through mid- I 924, shortwave was still seen carried by WJZ; WCAE, Pittsburgh; WMC,
as an inconsistent novelty even by engineers, and Memphis; WRC, Washington; Wf AS, Elgin, IL;
few believed it could ever be used reliably for and WHAS, Louisville. Davis's final speech at
daytime long-distance broadcasting. Despite that, 9: 15 p.m. on election eve originated from WEAF
Westinghouse continued to experim ent with SW andwascarriedbyWCAP, WGY, KDKA, KFK.X,
and by O ctober was ready to demonstrate its KSD, WMC, and WGN, and on shortwave from
progress. On October 11, the H.J. Heinz Com- Hastings to the west coast.
pany of Pittsburgh celebrated its 55th anniversary.
Coolidge' s final speech was on a record 26
Ten thousand employees sat down in 65 banquet stations, coast-to-coast. IL was estimated that his
halls across the US and Great Britain. President audience was the largest in history to listen to one
Coolidge was the featured speaker-from Wash- man speak. To ensure there would be no interrupington, D.C.
tions on the west coast due to l ine damage, AT&T
The President's speech was carried by land line stationed several hundred servicemen along their
to KDKA, then broadcast over shortwave. Other lines through the Rockies. Coolidge's speech was
Westinghouse stations in Chicago, H astings, and non-partisan; he simply urged citizens to vote,
Springfield, MA, relayed it off the air over their then finished, "To my father, who is listening in my
transmitters. This was the first time such a broad- old home in Vermont, and to my other invisible
cast had been attempted, and millions in the audience, I say 'good night'." Many listeners
Americas and Europe are believed to have heard it. remembered the personal warmth of his ending.
As the campaign began drawing to a close,
Americans went to the polls the next day, and
the Republicans took the radio game very seri- the following evening almost every station in the
ously. For the final two weeks before the election, country carried election returns in some form,
they bought all the time on two stations, W AHG, with an estimated twenty million people tuning
Richmond Hill, Long Island, and WHBF, Provi- in. Music and variety programs usually filled in
dence, Rl. With programming originating from the gaps between reports. WLW in Cincinnati
Republican offices in Manhattan, Republican interspersed the returns with a comedy program.
politicians spoke morning, noon and night from WEAF headed a 26 station hookup with the
October 21 to election day.
"National Radio Exposition Frolic," mixing elecFor a grand finale, the Republicans set up tion returns in a variety program hosted by Eddie
three big radio rallies. The first brought together Cantor with Will Rogers.

July 1992

MONITORING TIMES

WJZ and WG Yonce again hooked up, this time

with WRC, foiling AT& T by surreptitiously using
the landlines of the Postal Telegraph Company. The
results were also heard throughout the nation and
overseas via KDKA 's shortwave transmitter.
It was quickly obvious that Coolidge, as
expected, had won in a landslide. Most stations
signed off by 1:00 a.m., although a few, such as
KDKA, stayed on as late as 4:00 a.m. The United
States' first "radio election" was over.

The Significance of 1924

When the 1924 campaign began, no one
knew what radio would be worth as a weapon in
the campaign war chest. For millions to hear the
voices of the candidates was unique-it couldn't
be duplicated in silent movies or newspapers.
Many in both parties questioned how they could
know if there was an audience listening and iftheir
message was reaching them. By the end of the
campaign, these questions and more were answered.
It was clear that radio had improved politics and
furthermore, politics had improved radio.
The election of 1924 was never really a
contest. The country was prosperous and there
was little doubt that Coolidge would win. Even
though millions of Americans tuned in speeches
and other election broadcasting, it is unlikely that
radio changed many votes. The medium was still
too unrefined for that. Coolidge's warm greeting
to his father during his final speech probably won
more votes than any political pronouncements by
any of the candidates.
Gleason Archer wrote that "The effect of the
election on radio was more important than the effect
of radio on the election results!" Radio was, however, credited with focusing people on the election
and bringing out a huge number of voters.
In a sense, radio "grew up" with the 1924
presidential election. At the beginning of 1924,
AT&T thought it was technically impossible to
interconnect stations coast-to-coast with long
distance telephone Jines. By the end of the year,
it was a common occurrence. This, combined
with increased revenue from the political broadcasts, encouraged AT&T to continue development
of its networking between WEAF and other stations in the Northeast and Midwest, the forerunner
of the NBC network.
Westinghouse used the election to explore
the uses of shortwave, both in the Heinz broadcast and in using its shortwave station KFK.X in
Hastings, Nebraska, to relay programs to the Pacific
Coast. Obviously, these advancements would have
come in time, but the 1924 campaign gave broadcasting the impetus to try them out sooner.
In the short run, money was most important.
For their presidential campaigns, the Democratic
party spent $40,000 on radio and the Republicans
$50,000. This doesn't include LaFollette's independent candidacy nor many state and local races
across the country. The amounts may seem tiny

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on radio and that a new breed of political orator
was being born. As Saturday Evening Post noted,
the old style of "a good personality, a musical
voice, a power of dramatic gesture have served
to cover up baldness of thought and limping
phraseology" (Archer).
While politicians might gel by with "baldness of thought" with live audiences due to the
excitement of the event, their charm didn 'L work
on the radio where the listener was focused only
on the speaker's message. Candidates had Lo
speak clearly, inLelligemly, and sensibly.
Furthermore, excited "fire and brimstone"
type speeches were often unintelligible on the
radio; a warmer personal style came across much
beucr. Several observers noted that young Franklin
Roosevell, who although nol a candidate had
made several speeches for the Democrats, had a
perfect radio personality. When he spoke, listeners fell as if Roosevelt had dropped in al their
parlor for an informal chat.
Ins Lead of speaking mainly to the party faithful , candidates now had to tailor their speeches
more for the undecided, and even the opposition.
The audience for pol iLical speeches had changed.
Because radio audiences did not feel as if they had
to show signs of support for the speaker, the
audience became nol only bigger, but more heterogeneous. Undecided and opposing voters, who
might not be comfortable auending a rally, could
easily tune in at home. Sometimes it was even
enjoyable to listen to the opposing side, at least
in the eyes of The New Republic. "At the radio
one can make faces at the speaker, call him bad
names, or. .. indulge in vehement refutation to
one's heart's content, all without discommoding
the rest of the audience in the least or feeling the
slightest embarrassment" (Electioneering ... ).
Politicians now knew that voters simply had
to tum on the radio to listen to a speech. While
a voter might be too shy to walk out in the middle
of a long, boring speech, there was nothing to
prevent him from reaching over and turning off
the radio. Long speeches wouldn't do, except for
special occasions. Strong, brief speeches with the
main point up front became the rule.

Westinghouse' station
KFKX in Hastings,
Nebraska , proved the
value of shortwave
broadcasting by its
successful relays from
KDKA in Pittsburgh to
WGO in San Francisco,

Finally, with so many listeners focusing so

intently on a speaker's message, truthfulness
became very important. Fredrick Hi cks, a
regional director for the Republican National
Commiuee, acknowledged that when candidates
thought about how they were addressing hundreds of thousands of listeners, they became
"conscious of the importance of delivering messages free from boastful predictions and demagogic
uucrances ... radio would skewer the insincere"
(Clark). LaFolleue agreed that candidates were no
longer willing to twist facts which they knew would
be quickly received by millions via radio.
Not everyone agreed that radio was a positive
force in elections. Some felt that radio did not
adequately portray the excitement of a campaign,
although for many it was as close as they would
ever get. The El Paso Times wrote that people
were really more interested in the shape of a
candidatc'sears and how his nose wrinkled when
he laughed at his own jokes, which wasn't conveyed by radio. Others agreed that the lack of
facial expressions was a drawback for radio
broadcasting.
The New York Times thought that future
candidates might be chosen as to whether they
were "radiogenic ... or even photogenic." Losing
candidate John Davis agreed, "Ultimately a candidate may be c hosen for two things - firs t, that
he films well, and second, thathe has a good radio
voice." Perhaps The New Republic was the most
farsighted when it wrote, "Ultimately a form of
hokum will be dev ised that can be counted on to
captivate the radio listener" (Electioneering ...).
Radio may not have been so much a participant
as a spectator in the 1924 election, but it did become
an important political weapon and set the stage for
an even greater role in the elections to come.

Biblwgraphy

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Ard't9l. Gleasoo L "Conventions. Carrpaigns, and Kilocydes in 1924:The

F~st Political BroadcaslS". Journal of Broadcasting. Sp-mg, 1960.
Ban.Td, Elllice Fulor. 'Radio Politics"'. The f\llw Rep.itllc. Mardi 19, 1924.
Bancuw, Erik. A Tower n Babel. New Yoo: Oxfold lhversity Press, 1966.
Bom, Thomas W. "Broadcasting National 8eCllon Retl.Xns: 1916-1948".
Joomal of Broadcasting. Summer 1968.
Chesler, Edward A. Radio, Television a'ld Americari Politics. New Yori(:
Sllood & Wa-d. 1969.
Oark, David G. "Rad101n PresidenoaJ Carrpaigns: The Ea-ly Years (1924
1932)". Journal of Broadcast'ng. Spring 1962.
Electionoering On lhe Nr. The Now Re~ ic. Seplomber 3, 1924.
Politics By Radio. Nation. Janua-y 2, 1924.
Ronne, Art "Firs1Convention b'f Radio". Jwnal of Broadcasting. Summer, 1964.
Weeks. lewis E. "Tho Radio Election of 1924- Jol.fnal ol Broadcasting
Surrrne<. 1964.
Wolfe, Joseph G. "Some Reactions to 1ho Advent of Carrpaiging by
Radio". Joumal of Broadcasting. Summer, 1969.

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THE
A Radio Diary
By Randy Torno, N6FBL
Wednesday, April 29 -

2:00 PM

As I was driving from my office in Beverly

Hills, the broadcast station in the car had a
newsflash that the verdicts in the Rodney King
case would be announced in one hour. It kind of
caught me by surprise--as itdid most Angelenos.
I don 't want to sound ignorant of it-who hadn't
seen the grainy video of King being savagely
beaten? But the pressures of my job at a major
TV production company had pushed this affair to
the back burner.
The music continued for a few minutes as I
fought my way through cross town traffic and
then it was news time. The lead story was about
Chief Gates of the LAPD, who had set aside a
special fund of S1,000,000 in case of"problems"
stemming from the verdicts. "Problems?" I
thought. Whal kind of " problems" could he be
thinking of?

6:45 PM
After an uneventful drive home, I was sitting
down at the ham radio when my wife called in
from the kitchen. " Hey, take a look at this," she
said. There on the small black and white TV was
a hcl icoptcr shot of a gang of black men beating
the crap out of a white driver. This was in a very
rough, gang and drug infested area of L.A., and
I thought that it was probably some kind of gang
violence.
After about ten minutes of watching this
shot, 1 began to wonder where the LAPD was.

7:10 PM
The local stations had their traffic copters
heading towards the scene when the first fires
broke out. A few blocks away from the intersection a liquor store was starting to burn. This thing

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IVlADNESS
Safely ensconced in my suburban house about
25 miles from the trouble area, I still felt uneasy
about the apparent lack of police control. Frantically searching through Gene Hughes' Police
Call Radio Guide, I began to enter frequencies
into the Bearcat 210 scanner.
Fire dispatch frequencies seemed about normal. I started in on law enforcement agencies. I
struck paydirt with the SWAT team repeater
frequency of 506.8375 MHz where I was later to
hear the most exciting scanner listening of my
life. This rurned out to be one of several tactical
repeater frequencies.
I tuned the Sony 2010 to the LAPD helicopter frequencies of 122.75 and 123.0S MHz. I
didn 't hear anything there, so I set it to scan those
frequencies and went back to the Bearcat.

was out of control. A major confrontation at

LAPD headquarters was threatening to turn ugly.
LAPD dispatch on 506.7375 MHz ordered all
cars back to HQ to help defend the building. The
mobs had taken control of the streets, that much
was obvious, and the lack of police response to
the downtown violence gave the events a dangerous angle.
Fires began to bum unattended as there were
just not enough firefighters to go around. The fire
dispatch frequency of 154.43 MHz was now
constantly alive. The dispatchers were issuing
serious life or death warnings to all fire trucks not
to go into the stricken area without police escort.
This touched off a great deal of radio communications between LA Fire and LAPD.
Unfortunately, 1 could not pick up any
handheld radios, but it seemed that a lot of the
police repeaters were being used as tactical channels. 506.7375, 506.5875 and 507.0875 MHz
were especially active.

8:00 PM

9:00 PM

was escalating very quickly, I thought, and I

headed into the ham shack to fire up the scanner.

7:20 PM

"Shots fired! ... We've been hit!" was coming

from a fire truck on its way to one of the 40 or
SO fires burning. The dispatcher called them off
the response and ordered them out of the danger
area. I later learned that the driver of this truck
was in critical condition with a bullet in the face.
Suddenly, the helicopter frequencies became
active as the TV was announcing a major demonstration outside the Pacoima police station,
where the four officers who beat King were
stationed. This is about ten miles from my house,
and I began to feel scared. I quickly punched up
the Pacoirna dispatch frequency as squad cars
were being called in from the field to protect the
station house from the mob.
The profusion of LAPD, news and Sheriffs
office helicopters in lhe area kept the chopper
control frequencies of 122.75 and 123.025 MHz
buzzing. Interestingly, the news helicopters had
the right of way and the police copters were
8 :40 PM
ordered to orbit around the outside of the event.
8 y now, violence was breaking out in several
It is truly a miracle that there were no mid-air
areas at once and it was clear that the situation
collisions.
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In what seemed like just a few minutes,

rioting and looting and burning had broken out
all over the downtown area. The scanner began
to buzz with calls for fire crews requesting assistance. The California Highw ay Patrol dispatchers on 42.46 MH z began to issue general warnings to all CHP to be very careful if passing this
area on the freeway. There had already been
reports of things being thrown at patrol cars, shots
frred, etc. The LAPD dispatchers were trying to
remain calm, but the edge in their voices was
something I had never heard before.
The continuous helicopter coverage--your
choice of seven camera angles just by flipping the
TV dial-showed a city at war. The aerial shots
of fires burning, as the sun began to set, looked
almost too perfect, and unbelievable, like an
expensive special effects movie.

9:30 PM
The Pacoima demonstration was brought
under control, so I turned my attention back to the
downtown area. Fire dispatch for South-Central
had changed frequencies while I was awaypresumably Lo a local tactical frequency, since I
did not hear any further fire calls on the main
LAFD frequency. The LAPD and Sheriff's
Department frequencies were alive with constant
radio chatter.
The CHP ordered their cars to stay off the
freeway altogether in the affected area. I believe
this was the firs t time in the history of the CHP
that they had done this. The local two meter ham
repeater was alive with people passing information to hams that were out in their cars.
About this time, the Lakers basketball playoff game finished, and 60,000 fans began the
drive home right through the danger area. A panic
stricken fire dispatcher was trying to get police
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"Officcrdown ...nccdhclp... NOW!"This was

on the SWAT team tactical repeater frequency of
506.8375. I locked the scanner on this frequency
and waited for developments. 111is turned out to
be one of the most dramatic stories of the riots.
Four LAPD were pinned down in a fire-fight
with an unknown number of gang members in
Nickerson Gardens, one of the roughest of the
gang infested housing projects. Using good mili tary tactics, the gang had seized the high ground,
the roof of the building, and had the officers
SUITOunded and trapped in a courtyard. One cop
had been hit, and the gunfire was very audible as
they kept in constant contact with HQ.
One additional black and white approached
the scene, was fired on and had to retreat. Cut off
from their cars and equipment, the officers were
certainly in the most threatening situation of their
lives. An armored car was dispatched with six
SW AT members aboard, and I literally rode with
them as they approached the scene.
Communication was continuous between the
trapped officers, the armored car and SWAT HQ.
After being turned back a couple of times, the
rescuers were finally able to approach the building behind a volley of automatic gunfire. After
about 45 minutes, they reported that they had all
four officers alive and aboard the armored canier
and were heading in. Only then did TV coverage
start to report this story.

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around the AM radio band. Almost every local

station was giving non-stop riot coverage and life
or death warnings to the populace of LA to stay
off the streets. The ironic exceptions were the
automated stations playing easy listening rock &
roll in the middle of this chaos.

1:15 AM
The scanner was alive with fire, CHP, LAPD
Red Cross-almost wherever I tuned there were
fascinating radio communications taking place.
I was in total sensory overload. I had witnessed
alarming and amazing things this night-images
I knew I would remember for the rest of my life,
but I finally had to get some sleep.

as they were discussing the whereabouts of the

missing firetruck and crew from the previous
night. This crew was eventually located, unharmed, later in the day.

7:00 AM
The local hospital net was on full alert and
the daily 7 AM check-in was quite detailed as
area hospitals prepared to receive patients from
the riots . Fire dispatch was once again active on
42.46 MHz. The strain on the dispatchers and the
crews was obvious. Quite a bit of time was spent
trying to deploy the fire crews that were arriving
from around the state.

8:00 AM
5:45 AM

After a few hours of restless sleep, I had to

sec and hear what was going on. The rising sun
revealed a horrific sight as the live helicopter
coverage continued. A high aerial shot on channel seven showed a Los Angeles on fire. Perhaps
a couple of hundred fires burned simultaneously,
most of them unattended. The body count was
beginning to rise after a night of total, uncontrolled violence.
Thursday, April 30 - 12:15 AM
The scanner was alive. The CHP were bringThe SWAT frequency was alive with calls as ing in reinforcements from as far away as
desperate officers found themselves in trouble. Sacramento. Convoys of CHP were discussing
None of the broadcast coverage showed police of their deployment with the CHP dispatcher. The
any kind at the looting scenes. The helicopter
SWAT f rcquency once again caught my attention
frequencies had quieted down, so I took a listen
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Thinking that the trouble was still concentrated in the downtown area, I followed my usual
pattern and headed onto the freeway for the drive
to Beverly Hills to work. As I crested the Hollywood Hills that separated me from the Los Angeles
basin, a thick grey pall of smoke blanketed the
horizon. The smoke mixed with the usual morning fog and smog seemed to suck all the color out
of the day.
The ham repeaters were alive with people
checking on their friends and stories related by
those closer to the action. One particularly scary
story involved a guy and his girlfriend who had
been at the Laker game and ran into a gang of
rioters blocking the street and stopping whatever
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cars came by. He had accelerated into the opposing traffic lanes and just eluded them. Watching
in his rearview mirror, he saw the ear behind him
get stopped and the driver dragged out.

11 :45 AM

The SW AT team frequency was alive with

cal ls. The Red Cross frequency of 47.50 MHz
was active, trying to coordinate the opening of
emergency shelters. As the sun set, the TV coverage showed hundreds of fires burning, looking
exactly like scenes of bombed out Baghdad.

The broadcast stations were having a tough

time keeping up with the breaking stories. A 7:50 PM
mini-mall was on fire in Culver City, the home
Suddenly, the riots took a new turn. A souof the Sony studios. TIUs was Jess than ten venir store in the center of Hollywood had been
minutes drive from the office that I had just left looted and was starting to burn. I had passed
on an errand. TI1c fog had lifted by now, and through that very intersection just three hours
looking south as I drove, I could clearly see fires earlier on my way home. The store burned furiburning in the distance. The smell of smoke ously throughout the rest of the night. Fire trucks
increased as I neared Hollywood.
did not respond for hours. The famed lingerie
store, Frederick's of Hollywood, was cleaned
out, and the store next to it was set ablaze.
3:15 PM
The afternoon passed in a blur. I was attempting to get Lhe work finished as soon as possible 9:30 PM
and thinking about going home early. Around
The curfew seemed to be having little effect
noon, the mayor announced a city wide curfew on the spread of the violence. TI1c Guard was
starting at sundown. The Nat ion al Guard was also nowhere in sight. TV coverage showed shots of
being called in to patrol the streets of L.A. When the LAPD, looking on helplessly, as a store was
a fire began burning several blocks from the ransacked behind them by hundreds of looters.
office, I made a decision to head for home. The Feeling that the police were not protecting them,
owners of the business ran down the halls shout- some Koreans formed armed squads and took up
ing that they were shutting down and everyone positions on the rooftops. This became a major
should leave immediately.
topic of discussion on the LAPD tac frequency.
More and more CHP were being used to
escort firefighters into the worst areas. News
5:30 PM
The drive out of Hollywood was very tense. reports told of a few gang members who had been
The broadcast stations issued continuous warn- caught setting some fires. They said that tliey
ings about the imposition of the curfew and the were part of an organized gang effort whose goal
Rapid Transit System shutdown at 6:00. Traffic was to set 10 fires per hour.
was unbelievable, seemingly total gridlock. The
traffic rules didn't maller anymore, as there were 10:00 PM
no police around LO enforce t11em.
I needed a break, so I tuned the Sony to the
shortwave broadcast stations to see if they were
covering this story. BBC world news was talking
7:15 PM
The scanner, the Sony 2010, the AM radio about nothing else. Quickly tuning around, I
and three TV sets were all buzzing. LAPD tac realized that this situation was making news
channels were going constantly, trying to coor- around the world. All the English language newsdinate deployment o f the hundreds of Jaw casts were concentrating on the riots and the
enforcement troops that had arrived from around violence that was simultaneously breaking out in
the state. The curfew formally took effect at 7: 19. several American cities.
TV interviews of curfew breakers showed that
they didn ' t really believe that it could be 10:15 PM
enforced.
The violence was now affecting an area of
more than a hundred square miles. Checking on
24

July 1992

MONITORING TIMES

tlie local LAPD dispatch, I found that they were

deploying some personnel to protect the large
shopping malls, an obvious targcL
The fire frequencies were remarkably quiet.
On later analysis, I reali zed that there was no
point in dispatching a fire crew to a new outbreak
when all available personnel were already in
action. As soon as a crew was finished with one
fire, they were immediately sent to another. I
heard an LAPD officer ask the dispatcher where
the Guard was- they needed some reinforcements. The dispatcher in obvious frustration gave
a Jess than professional response.

Friday, May 1 - 6:00 AM

Despite the curfew, the looting and burning
had continued throughout the night. The big
news, as the sun rose, was that the National Guard
was finally being sent out into the streets. As they
began to appear on street comers, in full Desert
Storm combat gear, and armored personnel carriers, I felt for the first time that perhaps the riots
could now be brought under control.
I started looking.for tac frequencies that tlie
Guard might be using, but since my scanner
doesn 't cover the Federal bands, I didn't hear any .
Checking around on the forty meter ham band,
I heard many stations trying to contact LA At no
time was the phone service interrupted, so there
was little use in trying to pass health and welfare
messages via amateur radio.

7:15 AM
The CHP was announcing that it was closing
the free way that passed through Soutli-Central.
Apparently they had trouble keeping tliese on and
off-ramps closed, as tliere were several calls
throughout the morning instructing cruisers to
take traffic cones to one or another of these
ramps.
The dusk-to -dawn curfew was being
extended indefmitely. The sale of ammunition
was illegal, and you could not pump gasoline into
any container other than your car. Helicopter
coverage showed an area of perhaps 20 square
blocks where virtually no buildings were left
intact.

8:00 AM
In the couple of hours since dawn, the situation
seemed to calm down. The rioting and crowds
pretty well stopped once the military showed up,
and though new fires were still breaking out,
there was now personnel to fight them. Since 1
didn't feel that I was near the danger zone, I
decided to head into work. The freeway was
nearly deserted and I reached my office in 25
minutes irtsteadofthe usual hour. Driving through
empty city streets I felt as if I had stepped into
a science fiction movie.

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AFGHANISTAN (non) Radio Message of Freedom, controlled

by the Islamic Panyof Afghanistan, scheduled at0145-0315, 1400-1500,
but also heard at 0930 on 7091.5-variable; gave address as Pakistan,
Peshawar, Univers ity Town CPO Box 857. Voice of Afghanistan, 14 I 51515 on 7125; 0130-0245 and 1315-1415 on 6146; address is GPO Box
1207, Peshawar, Pakistan (BBC Monitoring)
ALASKA KNLS in English at 1300-1400 on 9660 was blocked
by FEBC and Brisbane; finally moved May 9 to 11580, barely audible
but in the clear (gh, NM and John Norfolk, OK)
ALBANIA Radio Tirana is suffering shonagcs of electricity and
even paper. The German organization, AGDX, has printed QSL cards and
sent them Lo the station (Wolfgang Bueschel, Weltweit Hoeren) RT has
two SW sites, with 25, 50, 100 kW transmiltcrs, directional and omni
serials, the station announced (BBCM)
ANGOLA Huila was again active on4820.0 from 1500 past 2000;
regulars were Luanda around4950.4 and Bengucla on 504 J .3 and 6153.8
with local program starting at 2 133, as of late May (V ashek Korzinck,
South Africa, via Dario Monferini , World of Radio)
ARGENTINA Radio Nacional shifted its unexplained I I-meter
outlet Lo 26299, well heard at2330; Radio El Mundo, Buenos Aires, also
appeared on 26099 at 2200 (Alan Robcns, PQ. W.O.R.)
ARMENIA DST of UTC+5 went into effect May 3 to save
electricity, so domestic schedule becomes: First program, mostly in
Armenian. from 0200 on 6065 and irregular 48 I 0, 4040; 0553 and 7175
via Moscow; from 1259 on 7175 and 4040 irregular; 1559 change to
17705 via Moscow, also announced on 15100, and 4040-irregular until
closing at 1900 (BBCM) External service at 0230, not 0330 on 15580,
with Engli sh around 0250 (Eric Swedberg, OR, via Bruce MacGibbon,
Radio Japan Media Roundup)
BELARUS Radio Mahilcu (ex-Mogilcv) on 5430 opening with
local ID at 0330 (Finn Krone, Denmark, Play-DX)
BENIN ORTS heard around 1800 on 5024.5, probably really 5025
as had to tune lower Lo avoid Uganda 5027 (Nobuaki Takahashi , Japan,
RJMR) Unconfirmed; normally on 4870.
BOLIVIA Two stations relaying Radio Fides news al l I 00 arc
Radio Maria Auxiliadora on 4975 and Radio Santa Cruz on 6135 (Emilio
Pedro Povrzenic, Argentina)
BOTSWANA With four Lransmiucrs now in use, VOA relay
schedule becomes more complex; only two antenna headings are 10
degrees cast and west of due north: 7265 and 7280 at 0300-0500; 9885
at 0300-0430, 0500-0700; 11940 at 0300-0430; 15370 at 2200-2300;
15375 at 0430-0700; 15445 at 1800-1900; 15495 at 1600-1800, 19002200; 15600 at 0500-0700, 1630-2300; 17650 at 0430-0700, 1600-2200;
17705 at 1630- 1830; 17870 at 1830-2300. Languages arc English,
Portuguese, French, Swahili, Hausa and Amharic (W.O.R.)
BRAZIL Normally inaudible North American service in English
of RadioBras al 1200 on 11745 was confirm able May I 0-1 1 thanks to
solar storm, usually blocked by T aiwan (Bill McCl intock, Minneapolis)
During the Earth Summ it, we found a surprise (beucr) frequency for this
until 1320, 15445 (gh, NM) Radio Novas de Paz, Curitiba, at 0400-0500
on new 6100 ex -6080 (Vashek Korzinek, RSA, via Monferini)
BULGARIA Radio Sofia's summer schedule in English: l 1001230on 11 630; 1730-1900on 17825, 17780, 15330, 11 765, 11720,9700;
1945-2030on 17825, 17780, 11765; 2145 -2315 on 15330, I 1720, 11660;
0000-0045 same; 0300-0430 on 15160, I 1720, 9850 (B BCM and John
Norfolk) DX programs seems to appear Fridays about 30 m inutes and
45 minute segments (Norfolk)
28

July 1992

MONITORING TIMES

CANADA Scheduling of some CBC programs via RCI: Air Farce,

Sundays 1900, 2130, 2200. Quirks and Quarks, Saturday 2 100, UTC
Sunday 0000, 1800, 2300. Coast co Coast, Saturdays 2300. Centerpoint,
Sunday 1400 and 2100. RCI's magazine of CBC items, Spectrum, is on
weekdays at 1800, 1930, 2130--times approximate, most actually
following news (v ia Bill Westenhaver, DX Listening Digest)
CIQX, 6005, Montreal, simulcasting CIQC, 600 has contemporary
format including overnight Star Country Network as early as 2200, as
late as 1100; local country shows hosted by Ted Silver weekends, Jim
Connell and Dennis Bell weekdays; Elvis Hour Saturdays at 1600;
Gardening Show Saturdays al 1200-1300; Montreal's Talking, weekdays
1300-1500; Pulse News, simulcast of CFCF-TV, weekdays 2200-2300
(v ia Bill Westenhaver, ibid.)
CHINA Radio Beijing published summer schedule effective May
11, still showing Mali on 9770 and 11715 al 0000 and 0300, which were
confirmed; direct on 9665 al 1200, but really on unannounced 15210. At
1300 and 1400 back to usual summer channel of 11855. (W. 0 .R.) AL 2225
in English on 21630 and 21600 (William Kitching, England, WDXC
Contact) Never used this band before; site? Third harmonics?
Fuzhou PBS, Fujian, 2340 kHz, audible between 1145 and 1315, best
duri~ the 1200 hour (Warren Chamberlin, CA)
COLOMBIA DST normally not observed in tropics, but adopted
here May 3 perhaps LO save e lectricity; helps us to hear more stations
in the mornings with earlier sign-ons, such as 0800 instead of 0900 for
La Voz dcl Cinaruco, 4865; La Voz del Rio Arauca, 4895; La Voz de
los Centauros, 5955 (Emilio Pedro Povrzcnic, Argentina, W.O.R .) Blame
El Ninyocurrcnt and climatic changes (Henrik Klcmetz, Play-DX) Radio
Buenaventura, 4833.01, occasionally active from 0916 past 1000 with
full ID. Radio Ondas del Orteguaza presumed on 4978.93 from 1037,
fade before I JOO ID (Chuck Bolland, FL)
Radio CARACOL back on 5075 instead of 6075 at 2358, also on
6150. Radio San Jeronimo again with non-stop ranchera music on
5873.60 al 0015 past 0200 with BBC gone from 5875. San Jeronimo not
found on maps (Juan Carlos Codina, Peru, via Monfcrini)
COMOROS Even if"heard" in Germany ,SW here is sti ll inactive
(Korzinek, RSA via Monfcrini)
COSTA RICA Earthquakes and then repeated floods washing
out bridges have slowed activation of Cahuita site by AWR; also
expensive tubes and transformers burnt out. Maybe God is trying to tell
us something (Costa Rica Today on A WR) 5030 was on by late May,
0000 in English (Don Thornton, NJ, W.O.R.) One Saturday after 0430
on 7375 during Mailbag, we heard RFPI interfered by a ham on exactly
same frequency, K5QWD, listed as Marshall, Texas, cal ling CQ. Perhaps
an innocent mistake, but what was his transmiLtcr doing on 7375, which
has been subjected to lots of unidentified jamming? (W.O.R.)
CROATIA (non?) Zagreb on new 5085 at 1830 and 0445, probably
all-night. Sounds like Deutsche Welle; can anyone confirm European
relays outside Croatia? (Dario Monferini, Italy)
CUBA An old 30-kW Siemens, no longer needed for telephony,
is being refurbished for worldwide SSB by RHC; will start testing
weekends (Amie Coro, RHC DXers Unlimited)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Radio Czechoslovakia tries some new
frequencies this summer, for us: 0000 on 7345, 9580, 11990; 0100 on
5930, 7345, 9580; 0300on 7345, 98 10, J !990; 0400onsameplus 13715,
15355 (via Bi ll Westenhaver and Bob Thomas)
CHILE Radio Esperanza, 6088.55, heard at 2349 past 2400; and
Radio Santa Maria, 6029.7 atOOl 8, ID on the half hour. blocked by carrier
at 0043 (Hans Johnson, MD, W.O.R.)

ShortW'ave Broadcasting
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Radio Santiago on 9877 .5 at 03160356 including English ID at 0345; carrier stayed on past 0400 and drifted
down to 9877.l (Bill Flynn, OR) Varied 9877.6 to 9877.8, opening at
2333, covered by Austria 2358-0256, audible again until 0356 (Brian
Alexander, PA)
ECUADOR Correctnameofthe0nyastationon4212.1 is Radio
Susudcl, not Tucuben; 500-watt transmitter on nominal 4220 was unlicensed and ordered off the air, but may come back on a new legal channel
(fakayuki Inoue, Relampago DX via Radio Nuevo Mundo) Printed
schedule shows HCJB would move its 24-hour SSB to 17895, but still
heard on 21455 (Andy Sennitt, Holland, Radio Netherlands Media
Network)
Centinela de! Sur, 4890, still uses 4870v many evenings, perhaps to
avoid Peru's loud Radio Chota (Richard Mc Vicar, Quito)
EQUATOR/AL GUINEA Radio Africa, 7190.33, English
religion on a Saturday 2215 to 2301, closing at 2255 with California
address, T-shirt offer for $20; very strong (Alexander, PA)
FRANCE In English to us at 1230, RFI replaced21635 with 15365,
still on 21645 (Bill Westenhaver, PQ, DX listening Digest) RFO news
review for Antarctica is still on schedule, Mondays 0805-0835 on I 1660
direct from France (BBCM)
GEORGIA Radio Georgia confirmed in English at 2030-2100 on
11760.3 (BBCM)
GREECE VOG in English al 1530 on 23290, double 11645
(Wolfgang Schweikert, Germany, DSWCI SW News)
GUAM DX Asiawaves on AWR yields reliable reception in North
America, UTC Sundays at 2315-2330on 15610(Bob Padula,ADXN)Not
a trace of it here when we checked (gh, NM)
HA WAI/ LeSea, operator of WHRl Indiana, plans to put on 100
kW station at south tip of Big Island by end of anniversary year 1993 at
the latest; 100 kW Harris, TCI curtain at 270 degrees, slewable +/-15 or
30 covering Sydney to Tokyo; call KWHR (RNMN)
HUNGARY Relays of RFI in French are now: 0500-0600 on
11850, 0500-0800 on 15530, 0600-0800 on 17690, 1600-1800 on 15460
(via Wolfgang Bueschel, WWH Weltschau)
IND/A AIR's latest schedule, May, still shows no North American
service, so here are all the others in English now consolidated into less
confusing time blocks: 1000-11OOon21735, 17895, 17387, 15050; 13301500on 15120, 11760, 9665; 1745-1945 on 15080, 11935, 11860, 11620,
9950,7412;2045-2230onl5265,11715,11620,9950,9910,7412;22450045 on 17830, 15145, 15110, I 1785, 11745, 9910 (via Kevin Klein, WI)
/RAN VOIRI announced English schedule is 1030-1130 on 11930,
11910, 11790, 11715, 9525; 1830-1930 on 15260, 9022; 2330-2430 on
15315, 15260, 9022 (BBCM)
IRAQ RII rapidly expanded and retimed its external services,
including some English. 0600-0800 on 13680, also announcing 7240,
15385, 15400, to Arab world; English news at 1226on 11960; 1300-1600
all-English on 15400, 11250, target unknown; 1800-2300 on 15210 LO
Europe with English at 1801 -1929, 2144-2157; 2300-0200 on 15150 to
Venezuela, 17740 to Brazil and Argentina, English around 0042-0056;
0100-0400 to "Chicago" on 15340, English at 0243-0256-such times
vary widely (Combined reports from Bill Westenhaver, BBCM, Brian
Alexander, Daryl Rocker, Bill McClintock, Leigh Morris inADXN) Also
on 15050 dual 17740 at 0010, horrible modulation; and domestic service
in Kurdish on 6560.2 instead of 6540.2 opening at 0127 with clucking
chicken (Hans Johnson, MD, W.O.R.)
(non) Voice of Rebellious Iraq, pro-Iranian Shiite, 0330-0600, 11301400, 1630-1900 on 8000 or 8010 instead of 6330, mainly Arabic, but
Kurdish once al 1830-1900 (BBCM)
JAPAN Radio Japan's 2nd-quarter schedule deleted Media Roundup
from the Sackville relay, forcing eastern North American listeners lo

search for it elsewhere-Sundays 0330on 17810, 15230; 0930 and 2130

to Asia; 1530 on 11 865 only direct lo western North America; 2330
including Gabon relay on 11735. Could be back via RCI after July 1 (via
Bill Westenhaver, DXW) see also UKOGBANI.
KOREA SOUTH Radio Korea has started simulcasting KBS
Radio One domestic on shortwave, 2200-0400 on 9525, preceded by RK
IS at 2155; IDs as HLKA on the hour (Radio Japan MR )
KURDISTAN (non?) Iraqi Kurdistan Radio, socialist, changed
name 10 Kurdistan Radio, the voice of unification, on 4130 from 1600
in Kurdish, 1720 in Arabic, repeated at 0300 (BBCM) Voice oflranian
Kurdistan, 4065 at 0230, jammed after 0239; also 1630 in Persian, 1700
Kurdish, 1800 Persian (Tetsuya Kondo, Greece, Radio Japan Media
Roundup)
MOZAMBIQUE Maputo reactivated 11817.5 for English at
1100, but bad modulation; in Portuguese at same time on 9618.3 (Vashek
Korzinek, RSA, via Monfcrini) Voice of Renamo, clandestine, announced it would also broadcast to resistance forces at 1045-1 145 on
9860, but not confirmed (BBCM)
NAMIBIA NBC heard after 0600 on 6060 and 6175 in parallel
(Koninek, RSA via Monferini)
NETHERLANDS RN from Flcvo to South Asia at 1330-1625
shifted 17605 to 17650 (RNMN)
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES RN mixing product, the
difference between 11835 and 6165, audible 0100-0125 on 5670 until
11835 closed (Brian Alexander, PA)

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Lytle, Lubbick TX)
PALAU By late May, High Adventure's Voice of Hope for Asia
had increased power on 9830, easily heard in Chinese around 1330 past
1500, though blocked by English numbers after 1354 Monday on 9831.
Calls KHBN never heard, and may not apply; correct address announced
is Box 66, Koror, Palau, 96940 (gh, NM) Also active on 11980, but not
stro~ at 2200 (Craig Seager, ADXN)
PERU Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba, 5068. 70, relaying long
newscast from Radio Programs de! Peru-RPP at 0000, some local ads
(Juan Carlos Codina, Lima via Dario Monferini) Radio Santa Monica,
Santiago de Chuco, opening at 1030, rarely heard in morning, on 6670v
(Emilio Pedro Povrzenic, Argentina) Radio Frecuencia San Ignacio,
5700, frequency IDs around 0230, huaynos (Hans Johnson, MD)
POLAND Polskic Radio Warszawa shifted one hour earlier for
DST, making English even Jess likely to reach North America: 55

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MONITORING TIMES

May 1992

Short~ave

Broadcasting

minutes at 1200 on 11815, 9525, 7145, 6135; 1500 on 11 840, 9525, 7285;
1700 on 9525, 7270; 1930 on 9525, 7270, 7145, 6135, 6095.
PORTUGAL Lisbon fi nally out of band on 17495 to Timor at
0700 weekends, parallel 21700 and 21655 (Bob Padula, ADXN) Includes
mass on Sunday at0900 also on 9615, 9740, l 1800(Nocl Green, DSWCI
SW News) AWR DX news via Italy listed here last month changed times
on Sundays: 0615 on 7205,0945 on 7230(Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany,
WWH Weltschau)
ROMANIA RRI recommends feature programs on 1900, 2100 and
next UTC day 0200one-hour broadcasts: Monday ,History, Tourist News,
Romanian Hits, Radio Amateurs; Tuesday, Youth Club; Wednesday,
Friendship and Cooperation, R omanian Musicians; Thursday, Leuerbox
and FolkM usic; Friday, Cultural Survey; Saturday, RomanianLiterature,
DX Mailbag; Sunday, Lellerbox. interviews, Romanian by Radio, Philatelic Agenda (for1nightly). On the 0400-0430 broadcast, North American
days: Monday, H istory; Tuesday, Youth Club; Wednesday, Economic
Agenda; Thursday, Current Affairs; Friday, Romanian by Radio; Saturday,
Philatelic A~enda or RR/ Encyclopedia; Sunday, Essay. Radio Pictures.
RUSSIA Adventist World Radio added another relay here, 1620
in English, 1730 in Scandinavian languages on I 5 125 (Marcel Rommerts,
RNMN) Same at 0430-0500 (Austrian SW Panorama)
Radio Ala address is P.0. Box 159, Moscow J25047; is 24 hours, freeform with guitar music of the bards, news and IDs at variable times
(Vladimir Titarcv, Ukraine, WDXC ConJact) AL0000 on 15255, 11925,
7370, 7315, 6015, 5040, 3995; 0200 replace 7315 with 11685; 0500 on
12030, 11965, 11925, 11685, 7400, 3995; 1400 change to 7400, 7380,
7370,6025,6015,5040, 3995; 1600 to 7370,6015,5040,3995;20002400 add 7315, 6025 (BBCM)
Radio Aleph (see last month) is prepared by Jewish Children's
Association, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, not Saturday (BBCM)
Radio Beryozovo has local program Sunday at 0415-0500 on 5070
(Alcxey Osipov, Play-DX)
Chuvash Radio, Cheboksary, 9875 has local program at 0315 -0400
and 0415 -0430 Monday-Saturday, 0430-0500 and 0515-0600 SWlday
(Osipov, Play-DX)
Deutsche We\le's summer scheduleof"Soviet" relays: Irkutsk 11001150on15350.Novosibirsk0100-0150on 15535, 1000-1400on 15560,
1200-1320 on 15350, 1600-1650 on 9875, 2200-2400 on 11 795, 22302320 on 12045. Zhigulyovsk 0200-0250 on 15560, 0300-0350 on 15560,
0800-0850 on 17675, 1000-1050 on 17735, 1400-1800 on 13690 (via
Kevin Slater, OR, W.O.R .)
Evenk Radio, Tura,opcrates at 0030-0145 on4040 (Alcxey Osipov ,P/ayDX)
Karinska Radio, 21800 at 1140 with pops, 1200 ID (Geoff F.
Williams, UK, WDXC Con1act)
Murmansk Radio, 5930, 6050, 15350, local program includes weekdays 1500-1530 (Osipov)
Adygey Radio, Maykop, Fridays 1730-1800 on 7305, and alternates
7130, 5905; Kabardino-Balkar Radio, Nalchik s ame on SWldays, in local
languages (BBCM)
Radiostantsiya Parnyat, 1330- 1500 on 12030 Yekaterinburg, 15001800 on 11 665, 2200-2330 on 6145 (NDXC via ADXN)
Tatar Radio, Kazan, Radio 1 and local program uses 6120; also via
Samara61 15daytimeand I 1905cvcnings; via Perm' 3 kW7185 daytime,
15200 evenings; Moscow 11945 daytime, 178 10 evenings. Perm' Radio
itself, 3 kW, carries Kazan on 7 185 at 0200-1745, 15200 at 1800-2100;
Perm' and Kudymkar programs on 6165 at 0100-1340, 11770 at 14002000 (Osipov, Play-DX)
Radio Society, Tatarstan, on 9635 at 0600 (Anatoly S. Klepov,
Moscow, WDXC ConJact)
Radio Vedo monitored Monday-Friday 1400-1800 on 9655, 11760,

May 1992

MONITORING TIMES

13710, including some English; rest of schedule unconfirmed (Y. Kato,

Radio Japan Media Roundup)
RadiostanL~ iya Yakutsk seems new, 0600- l 400on 5925, 6120 (NDXC
Newsletter via ADXN)
SAUDI ARABIA (non) Holy Medina Radio, anti-Saudi believed
from Iraq, heard on 9630 at 1935 past 2030; later on 11860, same channel
as Voice of the Kinfolk, at 1600-2000 and 0500-0900; frequency varies
(BBCM)
SPAIN REE's Sephardic, or Ladino broadcasts arc Thursday
1805- 1835 on 11890, UTC Friday 0232-0252 on 9620, 0415-0435 on
9690 (REE) Spanish program from Tenerife, Canary Islands, is daily at
2200-2300 on 6125 (BBCM)
SRI LANKA Voice of the Tiger, Tamil clandestine fro m Jaffna,
resumed SW after two years on FM only, testing 7030 SSB at 0200,
especially weekends (Victor Goonetilleke, RNMN)
SWITZERLAND Red Cross Review, no longer on schedule
distinct from SRI, has been found within SRI programming, second half
of English half-hours the last Thursday of the month in April, following
UTC Friday to North America such as 0215 and 0415 on 6135, 9885,
12035. Other months it could be on the first Thursday (Mike Schulsinger,
OH) Confirmed Thursday May 28 at 1320 on 7480 via China (gh, NM)
TAIWAN VOFC announces a US address: P.O. Box 192793, San
Francisco, CA 94119-2793.
THAILAND Radio Thailand's best frequency, 9655, was blocked
by Radio Australia which moved there from 9475 at 0900-1430; announced and listed 11905 not heard in almost a year, heavy jamming
(Victor Goonetillekc, Sri Lanka, RNMN) From China versus Taiwan.
UKOGBANI Radio Japan's relay via BBC Skelton officially
starts July 1, but was tested the first half of June on 9670, 9695, 9770
between 0400 and 0900; 6025, 6 11 0 and 6160 between 1930 and 2430
(RJ Media Roundup)
USA World of Radio, with your columnist, is scheduled on
WWCR: Friday 21 15 on 15690, UTC Sunday 0305 on 7435, 1000 on
15690, Monday 2045 on 15690; on WRNO, UTC SundayOOOOon 7355,
2030 on 15420; on RFPI, Costa Rica, Sunday 2300, Monday 0700,
Tuesday and Saturday 1900, Wednesday and Sunday 0300, Friday 2000,
Saturday 0400, on 7375, 13630, 15030, 2 1465; also on WNQM, 1300,
Nashville, UTC Saturdays 0500.
KJES, the inactive SW station near V ado, NM, is making linle progress;
engineers arc awaited Lo fix antenna and transmitter; no staff has been hired,
but eventual programming should be ecumenical, not just Catholic.
White noise has hit WHRI on 9495 between 0100 and 0500 during
Cuban American National Foundation programming only, so Cuba has
started SW jamming (George Jacobs, RNMN) Sounds about the same
as a bad feed line (gh) I've yet to hear any SW jamming by C uba against
this, Radio Marti, or any other exile program; would waste electricity, and
skywave jamming would be difficult within the island (Tim Hendel, Miami)
Radio Miami International is installing the Clarin transm itter; will
test first on 9955 sometime during third quarter. Meanwhile, heavy
schedule of exile programs continues every night, mainly on WRNO
7355 between 2300 and 0300, with a break for Miami en Vivo, mailbag,
music and DX Tuesday-Saturday at 0045-0100 (via Jeff White, RMI)
VOA 's 47th language, Kurdish, is at 0300-0315, jammed on 5965,
7105, 9540, 11 830 (Bill Whitacre, VOA, RNMN)
VIETNAM Radio-TV Kon Tum is new on 5061at1045-1l OOand
from 11 30 but China 5060 blocks then. Radio Yan Bai on new 6370ex6461, 1130-121 5 (Tsao Ugusa, Radio Japan MR )
YEMEN Aden on 7189.93 from 0300-0335; same date San'a on
9799.74 from 0301 Lo 0335, separately in Arabic (Brian Alexander, PA)
"YUGOSLAVIA" Radio Yugoslavia carries UN Peacekeeping
program in English at 1850 o n 15140, 6100 (Austrian SW Panorama)

Broadcast Loggings

1400 UTC on 9600

MEXICO: Radio Universidad. Spanish. Station IDs and info at the hour. EasyThanks to our contributors - Have you sent in YOUR logs?
lislening music to national news. Musical bridge lo news on South America.
Slight fades at 1410 UTC. Tentative logging on Mexico's La Voz America
Send to Gayle Van Hom, clo Monitoring Times.
Latina al 1410 UTC on 15160 kHz. Morning news on Mexico, and time check
English broadcast unless otherwise noted.
to music bridge. Fair signal quality. (Schatt, OH)
1700 UTC on 4904.5
0018 UTC on 9710
CHAD : Radiodiflusion Nationale. French/ Arabic. African music and news in
LITHUANIA: Radio Vilnius. Report from Latvia and Estonia on the cost of
Arabic. French service at 1900 UTC. (Marshall, Greece) French also heard
living lor farmers. (Robert Tucker. Savannah. GA) Audible on 17605 kHz al
on 4904.5 kHz at 0530-0544 UTC. (Gasque. SC)
0000 UTC. (Michael Miller. Issaquah, WA)
1727 UTC on 4765
0027 UTC on 9930
CONGO: ATV Congolaise. French. Native African music tunes. Station
BELGIUM : BAT. Station interval signal and station ID at 0030 UTC . Newscast
identification, and national newscast in French. (Marshall, Greece)
to "Brussels Calling" and "Belgium Today" programs. (Tucker, GA) (Sam
1801 UTC on 6280.2
Wright. Biloxi. MS)
LEBANON: King of Hope. Station identification into "Lighthouse" evangelical
0040 UTC on 1171 5
program. (Marshall. Greece)
MALI: Radio Beijing Relay. "Learn Chinese" program on family life. Parallel
heard on 9770 kHz . (Bob Fraser . Cohasset. MA) Mali's ATV Malienne in 1839 UTC on 15030
COST A RICA : Radio for Peace lnl'I. Interesting discussion on Cuba's
Bamako. heard on 4835 kHz at 1850 UTC. French and English programming.
continuing struggles, and an increase in their black market. (Frank Hilllon.
(Allen D. Marshall, Greece)
Charleston, SC) Monttored on 7375 kHz at 0400 UTC. (Anderson, CA) (Tucker,
0055 UTC on 4905
GA) Costa Rica's Radio Reloj heard on 6005.5 at 1304 UTC. (Wright, MS)
BRAZIL: Radio Relogio Federal. Portuguese. Announcer chat 10 station ID.
Time pips at 0059. music bridge, and canned ID at 0100 UTC. Classical 1900 UTC on 15225.4
QATAR: Qatar Broadcasting Service. Arabic. Station ID at the hour and
instrumentals and cuttural programming. Brazil's Radio Alvorada heard on
Arabic music. Programming audible lo 0345 UTC sign-oll. Holy Koran
4965 kHz al 0227 UTC in Portuguese. Soccer commentary and occasional
recllalions, continuing Arabic music, newscast. and announcer talk. (Stephen
IDs or promotionals heard. (Brian Schall , Berea. OH)
Price, Conemaugh, PA)
0100 UTC on 17690
UKRAINE: Radio Ukraine. News and program fealureson "Ukrainian Orthodox 1912 UTC on 15204.5
ALGERIA: ATV Algerienne. Arabic. World newscast, and text features.
Church," and "Ukrainian Composers." (Betsy Robinson . Clinton, TN) Radio
Announcer talk and Arabic music. Fair signal monitored 10 1930 UTC. Arabic
Moscow's Ukraine relay heard on 15510 kHz at 1905 UTC. (Tucker. GA)
programming heard on 9535 kHz at 2053 UTC. Station ID into world news
Radio Kiyev heard on 5960 kHz al 2200. (Gasque. SC) (Miller. WA)
at 2100 UTC. (ED)
0120 UTC on 4830
VENEZUELA: Radio Tachira. Spanish . Easy-listening Spanish vocals lo 1936 UTC on 15345
MOROCCO: ATV Marocaine. Arabic. Very good signal for recttations.
0125 UTC. "Tachira" ID with music intros . Spanish ballads. and time checks .
prayers, and Arabic music to 2000 UTC. Station ID at the hour into world
Ecos del Torbes heard on 4980 kHz at 0235 UTC. (John Goudreau. Monroe. LA)
news. National new.s to 2019 UTC. Parallel frequency 15330.6 considerably
0133 UTC on 4845
weaker. Programming monitored to 2025 UTC. Subsequent monitoring the
MAURITANIA: ORTM . Arabic. Lengthy script read. Music bridges separate
next day on this frequency at 1535 UTC. with Arabic talk and music, possible
program portions. Arabic music. news. and prayers. Extended programming
station ID al 1600 UTC. (ED)
monitored to 0250 UTC. (ED)
2012 UTC on 15185
01 55 UTC on 4885
INDIA: All India Radio. French. Indian music to sign-off ID at 2029 UTC.
COLOMBIA: Ondas del Meta. Spanish . Collee ads and upcoming news
Unidentified language heard on 15020 kHz at 1405 UTC. (Tucker, GA) Pop
1ntroduc11ons . Stat10n ID at 0 159, followedbynewscasl, andconlinuedcommercials.
music and IDs at 2015 UTC on 11620 kHz. (Fraser, MA)
Colombia's La Voz del Rio Arauca heard on 4895 kHz at 0205 UTC. News. ID/
2100 UTC on 15350
frequency quote. lime check and musical jingles 10 tune-out. (Goudreau. LA)
LUXEMBOURG: Radio Luxembourg. Pop music, station promotionals,
0300 UTC on 9690
commercials. and DJ chatter. (Tucker. GA) "Music Jam show at 0200-0400
CHINA: Radio Beijing . World and national news. Program on China's small
UTC on 15350 kHz. (Robinson. TN) (Bowman . VA) (Wright, MS) (Hillton. SC)
villages . (Norman Anderson , Santa Ana. CA) Parallel programming heard on
2108 UTC on 15495
9770 kHz al this hour. (Miller, WA) (Schatt, OH) (Goudreau, LA)
BOTSWAN.A: Voice ol _America Relay. International news. 'World Report"
0330 UTC o n 7970
program wrth news topics and interviews. Station identiflCalions at regular
UKRAINE: Radio Kangola Volmonevia. Russian pop/rock music and English/
intervals. Additional African service from VOA heard on 15410 kHz at 2042.
Russian talk, possibly a domestic service. Radio Ukraine heard on this
(Hiltton. SC)
frequency al 0030 UTC next evening. This frequency is a former Radio
2222 UTC 7125
Moscow relay transmitter. (David A. Gasque, Orangeburg, SC)
GUINEA: ATV Guineenne. French. Clear station identification, and frequency
0338 UTC on 15565
quotes. Native indigenous music and features . National anthem and signCLANDESTINE : Iran's Flag ol Freedom Radio. Farsi . Extended text read
off at 2300 UTC. (Price. PA) Station monitored on this frequency at 0630-0700
about Iran by male announcer. No parallel frequencies audible. (Schatt . OH)
UTC. French programming with ID heard as vous ecoutez la Guineenne
0400 UTC on 11835
emallant de Conarky." Time checks included twice and world news topics.
NETHERLANDS: Radio Netherlands. International news to station ID.
Here's hoping they'll QSL! (Wright, MS)
Shortwave inlormation and "Propagation Report." (Anderson . CA) "Happy
2225 UTC o n 9900
Station" heard on 13700 kHz al 2030 UTC. (Fraser, MA) (Miller, WA)
EGYPT:_ Radio Cairo. Cultural report on Cairo . Easy-listening instrumentals
0442 UTC on 15230
with minimal interference. Announcer ID and chat to Arabic music, heard to
SOUTH AFRICA: RSA. News feature on South Alrica'sagricullure. Music tunes,
2245 UTC. Additional monttoring on 9475 kHz at 0206-0330 sign-off_ (Miller, WA)
national news summary, and station sign-off signal at 0455 UTC. (Tucker. GA)
(Glenn R. Bcmman.Alexandria, VA) Heard on 11950kHzat 2100 UTC. (Fraser.MA) 2240 UTC on 4860
RUSS IA: Radio Moscow. Service via Kharkov. Radio Moscow advertisements
0500 UTC on 11 588
prowam and talk on their transcriplion service to station ID. (Price. PA)
ISRAEL: Kol Israel. National news of Israel. (Tucker. GA) "Calling All
Add1t1onal Radio Moscow programming heard on; 17670 kHz at 1330 UTC/
Listeners" program heard on 11585 kHz at 2015 UTC. Discussion on using
9685 kHz al 2010 UTC/ 12070 kHz al 2130 UTC. (Fraser. MA) (Wright. MS)
cancelled postage stamps for hospitalized children's crafts. (Fraser. MA)
2310 UTC on 11930
0559 UTC on 14917.7
NORWAY: Radio Norway lnt'I. News coverage on oil field developments in
KIRIBATI: Radio Kiribati. English/Kiribalese. Station sign-on melody of piano
Namibia. (Fraser. MA) (Miller. WA)
music. BBC news relay and regional news topics in Kiribatese. Fair signal with
occasional fading. Island style vocals and pop tunes. (Earl Bailey, Oakland, CA) 2330 UTC on 15425
SRI LANKA: SLBC. External Service monitored from 2330-2359 UTC. Near
1220 UTC on 6070
perlecl copy audible with minor inter1erences. Programming included Tamil
CANADA : CFRB/CFRX. Weather. financial news. and commercial for
an_d Sinhala music. national news. and music lo sign-off. (Robert E. Thomas ,
Financial Post. Toronto Blue Jays baseball scores and newscast at 1230
Bridgeport. CT) (George R. Kosch. Marblehead. OH) (Rose Carmine. Sidney,
UTC into commentary. (Tucker. GA) BBC World Service Relay heard on
OH) (Wright . MS)
11775 kHz at 1515 UTC. (Fraser. MA)
2357 UTC on 11970
1320 UTC on 15155
9uBA: Radio Havana ._ News on Cuban polilburo, followed by news. and
PHILIPPINES : Voice of America Relay. "Critics Choice" leaturing a radio tour
Spoll1ght on the Americas ." (Tucker. GA) Audible on this frequency 0000of the While House. (Fraser, MA)
0500 UTC. (Thomas . CT) Bio-tech report heard on 9620 kHz al 2218 UTC.
1344 UTC on 11810
Cuban vocals. interval signal, ID, and report on Cubas health care field.
JORDAN: Radio Jordan. Arabic. Instrumental Arabic music 10 DJ lormal.
(Carmine. O H)
Announcer chat. and pop style music . (Wright . OH)

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Utility World
Larry Van Horn
c/o MT, P. 0. Box 98
Brasstown, NC 28902

Numbered Encounters
It is a seven day a week, 24 hour a day operation. Year in, year out,
they have been heard all over the shortwave spcclrum.
The operation appears lo be well planned and well financed. There
appears lO be a dedicated purpose lo lhese transmissions; no one has ever
gone pub] ic about them. This would seem to indicate an iron-clad security
net surrounding the stations that conduct Lhese broadcasLS.
Federal and international radio rcgulaling bodies have no informalion on Lhcse mysterious stations. No call signs, frequencies, or station
identificalion data is officially known. In other words, on paper these
stations do not ex ist. A secret operalion, definitely. ls this a Government
run operation? Yes, al least in some cases.
I am talking about number stations that we all encounter throughout
the shortwave speclrum. No stations in the shortwave spectrum have had
more written about them than the number stations. They continue to be
an interesting fact of life in th e shortwave spectrum.
For the newcomer, number stations can be found ouLSide the inlernalional shortwave broadcast bands Lransmining in AM an endless stream
of numhers in a variety of languages. Spanish, English and German
language number stations appear to be the most common. Listeners have
also reported nun1bers broadcast in different Slavic languages , Italian,
Korean, Rll'isian, Chinese, Yiddish, and some unknown languages. Nor
is AM the only mode used to broadcast these cryplic number messagesCW or Morse code has its share of the numhers stations as well.
After the fall of the eastern bloc, many predicted the demise of the
German language number broadcaslS. Guess what, sports fans. These
stations continue just as strong as ever. I still get my daily dose of German
numbers here in the States and several overseas monitors report the
broadcasts as well.
In these pages over the years, varioll'i writers have provided pieces
to this fasc inating puzzle. The 4-digit numbers showed up in Remington/
Warrenton, YA. Running from the same site are the KKN50 CW QRA
markers. Four digit number broadcasts have shown up in Florida. Yct the
U.S. Government has been of little help in solving the number station
mystery. A secretive bunch, aren't they?
Many government agencies have been queried over the years. Some
pretend ignorance when they should at least know that these number
stations exist. Others stale that these stalions are not within their jurisdiction. Still, others just pass the buck on to another agency with no further
comment.
Within the same agency different folks have given different answers
to hasically the same question regarding the five digit number stations
even tllough five digit numbers have been traced to Cuba (Havana
specifically). From that I draw the conclusion that there is probably an
agency-wide directive in some classified vault not lo disclose valid
information on ;my number-type station operation.
We even had the confessions of a spy right here in the pages of
Monitoring Ti mes admining th at he used spy number broadcasts in the
field. Disinform ation?
Yet given all this, "are we any closer to understanding the number
stations?" Before the fall of the Eastern BJoe countries, I thought so. Now
I wonder.
Several years ago information was released that at least some of Lile
German numbers were originating from Nauen, East Germ any. Given the
current state of affairs , I believe that linle Lid bit of information is partially
Lrue. Some of L11e broadcasts probably originated there. Others, I am not
so sure about. Propagation versus signal intercept would indicate other

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11.1.3

locations for some broadcasts.

Wouldn't it be interesting lO learn that the former West German
government was running some of these stations all these years? But, who
arc they talking to now Lllal East Germany is no more? Maybe in reality
it is the U.S. government lhat is running some of these stations from
German soil or other localions. Interesting Lllought, to say the least.
I realize number stations are probably all part of the diplomatic/
intelligence game. For this I respect the con fiden tiality of these stalions
communications. Even if I could ever break a code (fat chance with the
current state of my knowledge) I wouldn 't release that information. I just
wouldn't want a couple of guys in blue suits driving me off in a white
GSA car.
For years I have felt that more than one intelligence agency has used
nwn bers to gel the word out. It is the old fight fi re with fire syndrome.
If it works for the Israeli Mossad and the CIA then why shouldn't it work
for the Germans and Cubans. It really is a great way to keep your folks
informed without drawing attention lO yourself. Shortwave radios are
very common oulSide the US. These broadcaslS are all high power and
AM, so a simple readily-available radio is all that is needed to complete
the communicalion circui t.
If other countries have borrowed our idea and applied it to their
agency, do you think they are going to leak that the US government has
number stations? Sorta makes their number stations ll5eless at that point.
In this way the gam e can go on, secure in the knowledge that Lile people
affected by the operations will never learn the details of the operations.
That is the way it is supposed to work on paper.
Do we have a genuine mystery? Yep, I would say so. And even if
we solved the mystery today, there will always be someone out tliere
saying "that has to be government disin formation." Maybe they just want
the mystery to continue for whatever reason or it doesn't fit their beliefs.
So let's gear up for another 30 years of numbers and remember that
opinions arc like elbows; 'most everyone has at least two.
To the number station monitoring community: I don't mind printing
number logs here in the Utility World column, but I will ask you to please
include the day of the week and time in UTC in your Jogging. Also, be
sure to include the type of number station you are hearing (i.e.- Spanish
fem ale 4 or 5 digit, English female 4 digit, etc).

Speaking of Numbers
Regular reporters Tom Mazanec in Maple Heights, Ohio; Russ Hill
in Michigan; and Bill Fernandez in MassachusetlS have sent in nice lists
of number stations they have recently monitored. Some of the stations
listed below, according to Tom Mazanec, have been regularly heard at
his location over the last year or so. Frequency kHz, (time UTC).
Spanis h Female 5-digit N umber Stations
5417 (0300) 6798 (0500) 6828 (0218) 6855 (0240) 7846 (0700)
7888 (0600/0800) 5762 (0617) 8088 (0700) 8 188 (0800) 9251 (2230)
Spanish Female 4-d igit ~ u mbe r Stations
I 0600 (2225) 6802 (0000) 6804 (0200) 6934 (0400) I 060 I (2200/2300)
7425 (0300/0400) 6840 (0230-0240)
CW Five Letter Gr oups station
8091 (0400)
Englio;h female numbers (Lincolnshire Poacher jingle)
7887 (0600)
Ge rman female numbers (Swedish Rhapsody jingle)
6507 (0500)

Stockholm arc addressed to embassies by name and usually signed

Germa n fe male 3/2-digit ~um ber Stations
"Cabinet - UD Stockholm." Signals to Stockholm are addressed to SAM
10744 (2220)
or STOA, fo llowed by a named person. No call signs have been seen thus far.
English fe ma le 3/2-digit N um ber Stations
l11c most active frequencies arc 20607, 20699.9, 20987. 1, 23078 .9,
9091 (2100) 6935 (0000) 4642 (0000) 11190 (2 100)
23593 and 23547.7. Speeds arc all at 100 baud and the shifts are at 370/
English ma le S digit X2 Number Sta tion
22222 (1600/Sat UTC) repeated 18882 one hour later. The same noted 425 (not the 170 preset in the M7000). These Swedish embassy frequen cies arc most active between 1000 and 1600 UTC with nothing being
again on Sunday. 10480 (2025)
heard outside these times. One note of interest: the SWED-ARQ mode
appears to be called UDTEX by the Swedes them selves.
Water Dri pper is a chirpsounder ...N-0-T !
Robert got a recent phone call from the folks at Capetown Marine
Okay, folks, I take back what I said in May. After checking with the Radio. Seems they had 16420 kHz assigned to them during last year's
main companies that manufacture chirpsounders for the m ilitary, the marine band realignment but something was there causing bad QRM.
They asked Robert to help and he said "it would be a pleasure."
Water Dri ppcr is definitely not a chirpsounder.
He dashed into the shack and fired up his !COM receivers and the
Several of the companies actually let me hear what a chirpsoundcr
sounds like over the air via telephone and none of them sound like our M7000 and gained immediate reception of a fami liar slow speed data
mode, ARQ-E3. "All the LED 's lit up like a Christmas !Tee on 16421.5
lovely liulc water dripper. The mystery continues.
And no, I won't try another guess until I have a chance to access some with the RTIY buuon pressed on the ICOM which equates to 16420 kHz
more of my contacts. Oh well, sounded good al the time. So much for USB. The station was sending ARQ-E3 with a speed of 48 baud and a
shift of 413 Hz. French ' en clair' followed by crypto came up on the
trying Lo use some basic research methods.
screen and then some very strong signals from call signs RFFBDHI to
RFTJF (from the War Office, Paris to the French military station at Port
"KVA" Aircraft ID'ed
Bouct, Ivory Coast)."
In thcApri lcolwnn on page 35 on 11300 I ran a log from Dan Fellows
Robert has since monitored more ll'affic between Paris and French
on a KY A 102 (707 aircraft) from London Lo Nairobi working Khartoum. Force stations in Africa and regular "Controle de Yoie" at H+28 from
Dan asked what airline is associated with the KY A call. Ken Holliday RFTJ Dakar, Senegal. Re-tuning to 16420 kHz USB brings in all sorts
over England way says that KYA is Yana Air Cargo in Kenya. Thartks of ll'affic from ships calling Roma Radio and Monaco Radio, and other
stations. But the 'FROG' War Office has got them all beat for signal
for clearing that up, Ken.
sll'ength!
Finally, Robert passes on the following frequencies for Capetown
Southbound II
Radio (ZSC) effective July 1, 1991.
Several of my readers like Bernard H. Shunk (WI80) have asked
about the Southbound II on 12353.0 kHz. Well, Bernard, no big mystery Radio Telex Frequencies - SITOR-A mode SELCAL 4331.
here. The motor vessel Southbound ll, callsign YA4219, is operatorcd Channel No.
~ ~
~
Hours of Service
by Herb. Herb sends out weather information to marine interest and ships
ZSC60 2850
2502
1600-0600 UTC
4176
24 hours
in the Eastern Caribbean for the Caribbean and Atlantic waters everyday 4008
ZSC61 4214
8025
ZSC62 8428.5 8388.5 24 hours
from 2300 to 0000 UTC.
Herb docs this as a hobby from his location in the Bahamas and really 12044
ZSC63 12601
12498.5 24 hours
ZSC64 16816
16692.5 0600- 1800 UTC
enjoys prov iding the service. The Southbound II should be an interesting 16019
source of information as the hurricane season gets in fu ll swing next 22064
ZSC65 22408
22316
0600-1800 UTC
month. Keep your eye on 12353.0.
Navigation warnings: 0615 0900 1700 UTC
Weather forecasts: 0930 1730 UTC
South African DX Club News
Traffic List SITOR-8: Even hours+ 15 minutes
Robert Hall in Capetown reports excellent reception throughout the
day of the FAX broadcast from the US Navy station al Diego Garcia on Radio telephone Frequencies - USB mode
20300.2 and 20910.0 kHz. The station uses 120 rpm and an IOC of 576 International Call & Answer (24 hours) Working Frequencies
(pretty much a US Navy standard). This station ll'ansmits charts using Chan Nos.
Chan Nos
Ship
Shin
the schedule listed for Apra Harbor in the current edition of the Klingenfuss DSC 2
4125
4125
Guide 10 U1ili1y S1a1iorL1".
42 1
405
4417
4125
4369
4077
Robert also notes that the 20300.2 frequency is used to transmit 821
8779
805
8731
8255
8207
RTIY at 850 shift/75 baud. The charts Robert sees from this station cover 1221
12290
13137
1209
13101
12254
1621
17302
the Middle East and Indian Ocean areas with some satellite imagery.
16420
1608
17263
16381
22756
The Russians have a station in the Antarctic-SAAM Molodezhnaya. 2221
22060
2204
22705
22009
They have been noted transmitting two charts every day at 1200 and 1225
UTC on 18488.4. Both of these charts give the moni tor a bird's eye view Wireless Telegraphy Service - CW mode
of weather over the Antarctic. Robert notes nothing else has been heard ZSC20 changed to 22659 kHz - other frequencies remain unchanged.
on any listed SAAM Molodczhnaya frequency at any other times.
Roben has also noted recently a lot of activity on Swedish embassy
I would like to thartk Robert Hall for this information and look
frequencies. These stations use the SWED-ARQ mode of operation and he forward to future information along this line from him and you as well.
has logged many ll'ansmissions between SAM and SIDA Stockholm (Min- Schedules, station information and pictures, reception techniques, FAX
istry of Foreign Affairs) and various Swedish embassies in Africa including charts and imagery are always welcome here at the Utility World. Now
Kinshasa, Nairobi, Dar-cs-Salaam, Harare, Addis Ababa and so on.
it' s time Lo see what you have been hearing this month and time for me
Swedish language ' en clair' is often used but there is also plenty of to get a hurricane. Later all ...
crypto and 5 lcucr groups. Each embassy seems to have its own assigned
frequency which is used for signals in both directions. Signals from

zsc

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July 1992

Utility Loggings

6513.0

Abbreviations used in this column

Aero
Aeronautical
CANFORCE Canadian Forces
ch
channel
COMCEN Communications Center
CO
General call for any
station
CW
Morse code mode of
operation
DE
Morse code abbreviation
meaning 'from
HF
High Frequency
ID
Identification
MET AR Aviation Weather Report
Meteo
Meteorology
MFA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MTI
Magyan Tavisata lroda
(Hungarian Press)

PTT
ORA
ORM

Point to Point
The name of my station is
Interference
asx
f am listening lo .. .caflsign/
frequency
RAF
Royal Air Force
RTTY
Radioteletype
SITOR-A Simplex teleprinting
mode. mode A
TANJUG Telegrafska Agencija Nova
Jugoslavija (Yugoslav Press)
Unid
Unidentified
USB
Upper Side Band
(voice mode)
USCG United States Coast Guard
Xinhua New Chinese NeYIS ~ncy

6697.0
6753.0
7038.8
7522.0
7668.5
7846.0
7865.0
8273.0
8441 .4
8445.0
8446.0
8450.0

8469.0

All frequencies in kilohertz (kHz), all times in UTC. All voice

transmissions in English unless otherwise noted.

8470.0

2598.0

8473.0
8483.5

2754.1
3186.0
3517.0
3659.0
4010.0
4043.0
4215.0
4215.5
4216.5
4245.0
4271 .0
4305.0
4305.5
4360.0
4417.0
4426.0

4497 .0
4560.0
4602.1
5305.8
5306.0
5340.0
5690.0
5732.0
5760.0
6386.5
6470.0
6501 .0

6507.0

VON-St. John's, Newfoundland, Canadian Coast Guard with marine

weather and ice report in USB at 0130. VCP-St. Lawrence, Quebec
also heard at 0045 in USB. (Jack Galvin-Arlington , MD)
CKN-CANFORCE , Vancouver. BC, Canada, with V CW marker at
1010 with fair levels. (Mike Hardester-Jacksonville, NC)
KWS78-Department of State Radio , Athens, Greece, with a ORA CW
marker at 2348. (Jack Dix-Yonkers, NY)
GNl1-Niton Radio. Isle of Wight, England. with SITOR-A idler signal
at 2332. (Dix-NY)
P8K-Unid station with coded messages and V CW marker at 2020
parallel to 3159.0 (Ary Boender-Netherlands)
DFD21-German 312-digit number station heard in AM al 2240. (Dix-NY)
'P'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 2251 . (Dix-NY)
VIS60-Sydney Radio, Australia, with CW ID and SITOR-A idler at
1303. (Gordon Trigg-Christchurch, NZ
VIP41-Perth Radio, Australia, with CW ID and SITOR-A idler at
1259.(Trigg-NZ)
VIS61-Sydney Radio, Australia, with CW ID and SITOR-A idler al
1305. (Trigg-NZ)
VIS53-Sydney Radio, Australia, with a V CW marker at 1044. (Dix-NY)
FUJ-Noumea French Naval Radio. New Caledonia, with V CW marker
at 1047. (Dix-NY)
'A'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 0043. (Dix-NY)
JNA-Tokyo Radio, Jaan, with a CW CO marker at 0925. (Dix-NY)
CIO-lsraeli Mossad number station heard in AM at 0046. (Dix-NY)
Chatham Island, New Zealand, with marine weather al USB al 0937.
(Trigg-NZ)
NMN-USCG Portsmouth, VA, with marine weather at 1002 in USB.
NMC-USCG San Francisco. CA. with marine weather al 1031 and
1630 in USB. (Trigg-NZ)
SOE349-Warsaw Meteo, Poland, with RTTY weather broadcast at
2145. (Boender-Netherlands)
VHF-Israeli Mossad number station heard in AM at 2302 . (Dix-NY)
IDR-Rome Naval Rado, haly, heard al Z330 with a V CW marker. (Dix-NY)
'P'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 2354. (Dix-NY)
'C'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 2236 and 2338 . (Dix-NY)
German female 5-digil number station in AM at 2310. (Havenburg-MD)
DHM95-Lahr Military (CANFORCE), Germany, wilh weather at 2320
in USB. (Dix-NY)
German female 5-digil number station in AM al 2317. (Havenburg-M D)
OVG-Fredrikshavn Naval Radio, Denmark, with V CW marker at 2344.
(Dix-NY)
ZSJ-COMCEN Cape (Silvermine) , South Africa, with a CO CW marker
at 0314. (Gordon Levine-Anaheim, CA)
SXA24-Spata Anikis Naval Radio, Greece. with a V CW marker at
0255. (Hardester-NC)
NRV-USCG Guam . with marine weather in USB at 0930. NMN-USCG
Portsmouth, VA, with marine weather broadcast in USB at 1001 .
(Trigg-NZ)
VIM-Melbourne Radio, Australia. standing by for ship traffic in USB at
0956. (Trigg-NZ)

July 1992

8485.0
8490.0
8494.8
8495.0
8516.0
8520.1
8541.0
8545.9
8548.0
8551 .6
8566.0
8568.5
8571 .0
8598.4
8602.0
8604 .5
8632.0
8643.0
8666.0
8686.0
8690.0

8700.0
8700.4
8728.0

8739.0

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VCS-Halifax, Nova Scotia. Canadian Coast Guard with marine weather

in USB al 0200. (Galvin-MD) Heard same at same lime wilh good
levels. (Hardester-NC)
MKL-RAF Pitreavie , Scotland, calling Z7L in CW al 2026 . (Dix-NY)
VXA-CANFORCE Edmonton , AB. Canada, with weather at 1120 in
USB. (Trigg-NZ)
'S'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard al 1150. (Dix-NY)
CW ~igit number station heard at 0800. (Tom Mazanec-Maple Hts, OH)
HBD54-Swiss Embassy, Rome, Italy, with SITOR-A 5 letter code
groups at 0832. (Mark Burkart-New Orleans. LA)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0613. (Mazanec-OH)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0507. (Mazanec-OH)
KXC713-Wood's Hole, MA. working WXAO-R.V. Oceanus in USB at
1430. (Galvin-MD)
9HD-Malta Radio. Malta. with a V CW marker at 0845. (Dix-NY)
PKN-Balikpapan Radio. Indonesia, sending a CW ca marker al 1114.
(Dix-NY)
UOK-Riga Radio, Russia, with a DE CW beacon at 2102. (Dix-NY)
SAA-Karlskrona Radio. Sweden. Heard calling SKFQ here in CW at
0914 . (Dix-NY) lnteresring Jack, I only show rhem listed around
2789.0. Must have moved up to 8 MHz for a new service-Larry.
D4A-Sao Vicente Radio. Cape Verde Islands, with CW CO marker and
traffic list al 1942. (Dix-NY)
XVG9-Haiphong Radio, Vietnam. with a CQ CW marker heard at
1130. (Dix-NY)
PKE-Amboina Radio. Indonesia. with a
CW marker al 0925. (Dix-NY)
DAN-Norddeich Radio, Germany, with CO CW marker al 0543.
(Stanley Klemanowicz-Torrance, CA)
4XO-Haifa Radio, Israel. with CO CW marker al 0148. (Klemanowicz-CA)
AQP-Karachi Naval Radio. Pakistan . wilh a V CW marker at 2134.
ORM from PPR. (Dix-NY)
'S'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 0957 and 1101. ORM from
SAG. (Dix-NY)
'C'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard al 1101 . ORM from SAG. Also
caught the 'F' beacon at 0958. (Dix-NY)
GKC4-Portishead Radio, England, with DE CW marker al 0621 .
(Klemanowicz-CA)
PPO-Olinda Radio, Brazil, with V CW marker al 0629. (Klemanowicz-CA)
URB2-Klaipeda Radio, Lithuania, with a CW
marker al 1001 . (Dix-NY)
GKA4-Portishead Radio, England, with DE CW marker at 0059.
(Klemanowicz-CA)
DZF-Manila (Bacoor) Radio, Philippines, with a ca CW marker at
1137. ORM from JFA. (Dix-NY)
CTP95-0eiras. Naval Radio , Portugal . with DE CW marker at 0611 .
(Klemanowicz-CA)
ZSJ4-COMCEN Cape (Silvermine), South Africa, with CO CW marker
at 0035. (Klemanowicz-CA)
XFM-Manzanillo Radio, Mexico, with ca CW marker al 0038.
(Klemanowicz-CA)
JNA-Tokyo Radio, Japan, with
CW marker at 0534. (Klemanowicz-CA)
ZL04-lrirangi Naval Radio. New Zealand, with CO CW marker at
0511 . (Klemanowicz-CA)
CWA-Cerrito/Ounta Carretas Radio, Uruguay, with CO CW marker al
0055 . (Klemanowicz-CA)
ZRH-Cape (Fisantekraal) Naval Radio. Soulh Africa, wilh V CW
Marker at 0454. (Klemanowicz-CA)
XSW-Kaoshiung Radio , Taiwan . with CO CW marker at 1623.
(Klemanowicz-CA)
UKA-Vladivostok Radio, Russia, with a CW
marker at 1100. (Dix-NY)
FUG-French Naval Radio. La Regine. lransmitting CW mesages at
21 10. (Boender-Netherlands)
HSA2-Bangkok Rado. Thailand. with a
CW marker at 1130. (Dix-NY)
3DP3-Suna Radio. Fiji, with a CO CW marker at 0941 . (Dix-NY) 6V A3Dakar Radio, Senegal sending a CO CW marker at 2118. (Marcelo
Toniolo Dos Anjos-Osasco, Brazil)
YUR3-Rijeka Radio, Yugoslavia , with V CW marker at 0312.
(Klemanowicz-CA)
HKB-Barranquilla Radio. Colombia, with CO CW marker at 0440.
(Klemanowicz-CA)
3AC8-Monaco Radio, Monaco, with wealher broadcast for the Mediterranean in English and French at 1718 using USB. (Allen D.
Marshall-Crete, Greece) Welcome to Ute World Allen, nice to have
a reporter from your neck of the woods-Larry.
5BA42-Cyprus Radio, Cyprus. announcing marilime frequencies in
English and Greek at 1812 in USB. Here are the announced frequencies : ch 807 - 8737/8213; ch 1208 13098112251 ; ch 160317248/
16366; ch 221 2 22729/22033. (Marshall, Greece)

8749.0
8761 .0
8764.0

9046.0
8782.0
9082.0
9092.0

9290.0
9337.0
9417.0
9967.5
10004.0
10285.2
11139.0
11 218 .0
11267.0
11300.0
11359.0
12282.0

12311 .0
12353.0

12704.5
12811.3

12840.0
12870.0
12958.0

12970.5
12975.0
12980.0
1301 1.0
13024.5
13042.5

13065.0
13065.5
13076.7
13083.0
13089.0

13098.0

13101 .0
WOO-Ocean Gate Radio , NJ. with a traffic list in USB at 0158.
(Levine-CA)
13146.0
OSU41-0stend Radio. Belgium , working with vessel "Papa
Bravo Yankee Alpha" al 1511 in USB. (MarshallGreece)
NMN-USCG Portsmouth. VA. with marine weather at 1000 and 2200 13161 .0
in USB. NMC-USCG San Francisco. CA. with marine weather at 1030
13282.0
and 1630 in USB. (Trigg, NZ)
DFZG-NFA Belgrade. Yugoslavia. with RTTY 75 baudTANJUG news
13420.0
plus other items at 0630. (Burkart-LA)
HEB18-Beme Radio. Switzerland, passing traffic to several vessels
13455.0
in English at 1723 in USB. (Marshall-Greece)
13520.0
AMP-Russian Naval Radio, Kalinigrad, calling UHEL sending
coded CW messages at 1924. (Boender-Netherlands)
Walking m an sounds at 0715. This has been a 7 day a week 3/2-digil 13530.0
English number station noted around 2100, but no messages have
13635.7
been heard at the 0715 broadcast. (Mazanec-OH)
RT078-Sverdlovsk Meteo, Russia. sending RTTY weather al 1840. 13635.9
(Boender-Netherlands)
13636.0
MKD-RAF Akrotiri. Cyprus, with RTTY RY test tape at 1855.
13636.1
(Boender-Neth)
BZP59-Xinhua Urumqi , China, with English news bulletins at 1845. 14487.0
(Boender-Netherlands)
'LYNX' unid station idling with a CW marker sending callsign. (Dix-NY) 15670.0
RID-Time Station Irkutsk. Russia, with time signals at 1119. (Dix-NY)
16015.0
'S'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 1005. (Dix-NY)
DFZG-MFA Belgrade, Yugoslavia. with RTTY 75 baud diplomatic and
16295.2
TAN.JUG news ttems in the dear at 0745. (Burkal1-LA)
ZSJ-Cape (Silvermine) Naval Radio, South Africa, with a CO CW
marker at 2024. (Dix-NY)
16300.0
Numerous letter-number-letter units (tactical calls) from the Navy in
16345.0
oomms in USB around 0220. (Neal Smith-Manchester, MO)
Seychelles Radio, Port Victoria. working Air France 465 in USB at
16591 .5
0318. (Marcelo Toniolo Dos Anjos-Brazil)
RFNV-Moscow Air, Russia. with CW METAR messages at 2013.
16597.8
(Boender-Neth)
3BY-Unknown station sending V CW marker at 1149. (Dix-NY) Great,
just what we need another mystery. Anybody give us a hand on this 16949.0
one? My guess is a new naval down in Mauritius based on time and 16980.0
traffic-Larry.
16982.5
ACF-Moscow, Russia, with ATTY RY/CO marker at 0903.
(Boender-Netherlands)
Southbound II moored in Bermuda, dispensing weather information
to various small boats in the Atlantic and Caribbean area in USB at
2300 to 0000. He is on 7 days a week. (Galvin-MD) Heard during the
same time in USB. Callsign is VA4219. (Doug Merkel-St. Louis, MO) 17015.6
PKD-Surabaya Radio, Indonesia, with a ca CW marker at 0027. (Dix-NY) 17015.7
HZY-Ras Tannurah Radio, Saudi Arabia, wilh CW Ca marker and
17015.8
mentioned traffic list would be sent next even hour on 12811 .3 and 17016.0
17018.0
16960.0 at 1159. (Dix-NY)
VTP6-Vishakhapatnam Naval Radio, India, with V CW marker heard
at 1200. (Dix-NY)
17061 .1
DZO-Manila (Bulacan) Radio, Philippines. with CO CW marker al
18363.5
1211. (Dix-NY)
Kilo 44 calling Kilo 15 (No Reply). Then Kilo 01 imforms Kilo 44 that 18462.0
someone will drive over to 15 to check status. Kilo 04 also heard all
19210.0
in USB, possible New York National Guard. (Dix-NY)
PKX-Jakarta Radio, Indonesia, wtth ca CW marker at 1250. (Dix-NY)
lax-Trieste Radio, Italy, with V CW marker al 0033. (Hardester-NC) 19516.7
PKX2-Jakarta Radio, Indonesia, with Ca CW marker at 1221. (Dix-NY)
AaP6-Karachi Naval Radio, Pakistan, with V CW marker heard at
19731.8
2 137. (Hardester-NC)
ASK-Karachi Radio, Pakistan, with a Ca CW marker at 1232. (Dix-NY)
20628.0
PJC-Curacao Radio, Netherland Antilles, with Ca CW marker
at 1255. (Dix-NY)
XVS9-Ho Chi Minh City Radio, Vietnam , sending a traffic list and CW 20834.5
marker at 0021 . (Marcelo Toniolo Dos Anjos-Brazil)
6Yl-Kingston Radio, Jamaica, heard with a CO CW marker at 1239.
(Dix-NY)
20991 .7
50W13-Lagos Radio, Nigeria, with a V CW marker at 1907. (Marcelo 20991.8
Toniolo Dos Anjos-Brazil)
22859.7
HZG-Damman Radio, Saudi Arabia, sending a CW marker and
message at 0348. (Marcelo Toniolo Dos Anjos-Brazil)
23355.5
KM I-Dixon Radio . San Francisco. CA, working the Sun Viking in USB
at 1805. (Levine-CA)
23561.0
NMN-USCG Portsmouth. VA. with marine weather in USB al 2200.
NMC-USCG San Francisco, CA, with marine weather at 1030, 1630, 24037.7
2230 in USB. NRV-USCG Guam . with marine weather at 2130 in USB.
(Trigg-NZ)
25227.0
WOM-Pennsuco Radio, FL. working the Betty Jo in USB at 0112.
(Levine-CA) 5BA54-Cyprus Radio, Cyprus, with ID in English and
Greek at 1437 in USB . (Marshall-Greece)

WOM-Pennsuoo Radio, FL, working various ships in USB at

0106. (Levine-CA)
3AC12-Monaco Radio, Monaoo, with ID in English and French
then traffic at 1439 in USB. (Marshall-Greece)
KM l-Dixon Radio, CA, working the Fair Princess in USB at 1725.
(Levine-CA)
ZKAK-Auckland Volmet, New Zealand, with aero weather and ID then
out at 1823 in USB. (Marshall-Greece)
CUA/CUL-Lisbon Radio, Portugal, here with a V CW marker at 1814.
(Dix-NY)
Spanish female 4-dgi number station n AM at 0136. (Smih-MO)
FSB72-lnterpol Paris , France, with SITOR-A coded messages at
1800. (Boender-Netherlands)
RVW53-Moscow Meleo, Russia, with RTTY weather broadcast at
1330. (Boender-Netherlands)
' D'-S ingle letter HF CW beaoon heard at 1753. (Dix-NY)
'S'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 2046. Also 'K' beacon
heard at 2332. (Dix-NY)
'C'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 1139. (Dix-NY)
' F'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 2331 . (Dix-NY)
English female 5-digit number station with Lincolnshire Poacher
tones at 1738 in AM . (Dix-NY)
HGM36-MTI news agency Budapest, Hungary, with RTTY news at
1620. (Boender-Netherlands)
OLG-PTT Prague, Czechoslovakia, with ATTY RY test tape at 1318.
(Boender-Netherlands)
DFZG-M FA Belgrade, Yugoslavia, with d iplomatic RTTY traffic using
50 baud at 0701. (Burkart-LA)
OMZ-M FA Prague, Czechoslovakia, with ATTY 100 baud RY test
tape plus traffic at 0920. (Burkart-LA)
CLP8-Cuban Embassy, Guinea, with RTTY 50 baud traffic in the clear
at 1937. (Burkart-LA)
6WW-French Naval Radio Dakar, Senegal, with V CW marker at 2045.
(Boender-Netherlands)
HBD20-MFA Berne, Switzerland, with SITOR-A 5 letter g roups at
1556. (Burkart-LA)
UPW2-liepaja Radio, Latvia, with a CW CO marker at 1301. (Dix-NY)
UNa-Novorossiysk Radio, Russia, calling 4LA7 then traffic list in CW
at 1812. (Dix-NY)
KOAT calling HKMR in CW with a traffic list at 0120 for NIL and asx
G1 ES G5. Also heard at 2333 with traffic list for MVMI MVMT and
same asx as O120. (Dix-MY) Now I am really starting to get interested
in these stations. Anybody have any ideas? My guess is Pacific/Asia!
Down under areas-Larry.
'D'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 1230. (Dix-NY)
'S'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 1749 and 1230. (Dix-NY)
'D'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard al 0921. (Dix-NY)
'C'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 1230. (Dix-N Y)
EBA-Spanish Naval Radio, Madrid, with naval area warnings in CW
al 1803, RTTY at 1815. (Boender-Netherlands)
'F'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard al 1738. (Dix-NY)
9PL-Kinshasa Air, Zaire, with RTTY RY lest tape at 2000.
(Boender-Neth)
PCW1-The Hague, Netherlands, with coded embassy traffic using
SITOR-A and CW ID at 1530. (Boender-Netherlands)
RCC79-Moscow, Russia, with news broadcast using ATTY at 1334.
(Boender-Neth)
IPG20-MFA Rome, Italy, with SITOR-A plain text traffic at 2310.
(Burkart-LA)
PCW1-The Hague. Netherlands, with coded SITOR-A messages to
Tel Aviv al 1535. (Boender-Netherlands) With 5 letter groups at 1810.
(Burkart-LA)
CLP9-Cuban Embassy, Yemen, with RTTY 50 baud 5 letter groi.4)5
and clear Spanish language traffic at 1445. (Burkart-LA)
CLP7-Cuban Embassy, Congo, with ATTY 50 baud plain text dipla..
matic traffic at 2050, 5 letter code groups at 2133 and CW at 2208.
(Burkart-LA)
' D'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 1144. (Dix-NY)
'P'-Single letter HF CW beacon heard at 1144. (Dix-NY)
7L 1-Czech Embassy in Havana, Cuba, with ATTY 100 baud diplomatic traffic at 15 10. (Burkhart-LA)
CLP18-Cuban Embassy, Tanzania, with RTTY 50 baud diplomatic
traffic in the clear at 1810. (Burkart-LA)
PCW1 -The Hague, Netherlands, with coded SITOR-A message traffic
at 1520. (Boender-Netherlands)
CLP45-Cuban Embassy, Angola, relaying ATTY 75 baud
messages from CLP18 to CLP1 in Cuba at 1839. (Burkart-LA)
HBD20-MFA Berne, Switzerland, with SITOR-A 5 letter
groups at 1630. (Burkart-LA)

MONlTORING TIMES

July 1992

The Scanning Report

Bob Kay
clo MT. P.O. Box 98
Brasstown, NC 28902

Shack Survival
During the summer thunderstorm season , voltage spikes are a real
threat to sensitive electronic equipment. In less than a millisecond,
everything from computers to digital clock radios can be damaged by
a sudden rise in your house current. An increase in house current that
lasts only a few milliseconds is called a "spike." If the increase lasts
for one tenth of a second or more, it' s called a " surge."
While the terminology m ay differ, the resulls from a surge or spike
are the same-your equipment is fried. Most people think that a voltage
spike will cause sparks and smoke to erupt from your scanner radio or
computer. In reality, that rarely happens. The micro-c hips in your
scanning equipment can be silently damaged w ithout any visible effects.
And your equipment doesn't have to be turned on to be damaged . If it' s
plugged in, a voltage spike or surge can jump across the sm all gap of
an off-on switch and cause major damage to the unit' s main components.
Another misconception is that voltage spikes and surges only occur
in the summer. Although lightning strikes arc of primary concern, they
arc not the only culprits. When a shopping m all or factory shuts down
for the evening, the sudden termination of such a large draw of
electricity could cause a voltage increase in your house current. Local
power companies arc responsible for voltage spikes that are the result
of faulty line equipment. But proving that a valuable piece of equipment
was damaged because of the utility company negligence is a difficult
task. If several neighborhood homes were affected , the chances of
collecting on your claim arc substantially increased.
Lightning-induced power surges that ruin your valuables may be
covered by homeowner insurance. However, protecting your equipment
from voltage spikes is easy and relatively inexpensive. There arc dozens
of surge and spike protectors on the market and most can be purchased
for under $20 .00.
Although spikes and surges are separated by two di stinct explanations, no such separation exists in the consumer market. A spike
protector performs no d ifferently than a surge protector. The less
expensive models contain voltage sensitive components that stop the
sudden surge of current. While these devices are the most reasonably
priced, they have only one life and must be discarded once they arc "tripped."
The Jess expensive models have another drawback; only the positive or " hot" wire is protected. If a short circuit should occur and voltage
be introduced along the negative wire, your equipment could be damaged.
The more expensive models contain dual protection and tripping
devices that resemble common circuit breakers. If a surge does occur,
the breaker can be simply reset and the unit placed back into service.
Regardless of the model chosen, look for the "U L" (underwriters
laboratories) seal. It' s an easy way of determ ining that the unit is well
constructed and electrically safe.
A large number of surge protectors also incorporate filtering
devices that will help to eliminate radio frequency interference (RF!),
and electro magnetic interference (EMI). Although there m ay be some
improvement in signa.J clarity, don ' t expect the filters to to tally elimi nate stray interference from nearby computers, fans, air conditioners,
and other household appliances .
In addition Lo placing surge protectors in your listening post,
cons ider installing one in every room that has a stereo, VCR, television
or computer. The number of outlets on any surge protector can be
increased with a multiple outlet strip. But be careful not to exceed the
surge protector's amperage rating. If you do, it may " trip" just as if there
had been a power surge.

July 1992

A lightning strike that occurs within close proximity of your outside

scanning antenna can also damage your equipment. The lightning can
"charge" the air around your antenna and induce a fatal spike of electricity
that enters the radio through the coax cable. Again, don't expect to see
smoke and flam es. It only takes a small amount of current to completely
ruin a sensitive receiver.
To protect your equipment from antenna induced voltage spikes,
m anufacturers have introduced a wide variety of lightning protectors.
Radio Shack sells several lightning protectors that range in price from
$3.00 dollars to $30.00 dollars. Grove Enterprises sells a top of the line
gas discharge lightning protector(Catalog #LAlF) for approximately $20.00.
Although gas discharge protectors are superior to other types of
lightning arresters, no product on the market can guarantee total protection. During an average thunderstorm, a lightning boll can deliver
between 25,000 and 45,000 amperes of current. The norm al home only
requires a 200 amp service to do everything from cooking in the
microwave, to washing and drying clothes. The only sure way to preserve
sensitive equipment is to disconnect the antenna, and unplug the power cord.
I'll be the first to admit that I don't remember Lo disconnect my
equipment after every monitoring session. On several occasions I've
found myself miles from home and nervously watching the advance of
a summer thunderstorm . When that happens to you, give your equipment
the best possible chance of survival. Install lightning and surge protectors
in your listening post and throughout your home. The life of your
equipment may depend upon them.

MONITORING TIMES

Treasure Hunt
Davis Instruments has donated their top of the line weather monitor
for our Treasure Hunt. The Weather Monitor TI features technology from
the next century. By merely pushing a touch-sensitive key pad, you can
instantly sec the inside/outside temperature, barometric pressure, wind
direction, wind speed, humidity, Lime and date. Touch another buuon and
instantly recall the high and low readings of any setting .
The Weather Monitor IT features an easy-to-read digital display that
measures 1-7 /8" x 4-3/8". The reversible mounting base will allow you
to use the unit on a desk, shelf or wall . It can also be set to automatically
display all the current readings-you can get a full weather report by
simply glancing at the display.
The illuminated control module is connected to a roof Lop anemometer, wind vane and outside temperature sensor. Installation of the
anemometer is easy-simply auach it to the mast of your roof-top
scanning antenna. The control cable installation can also be simplified
by routing it along the same path as your antenna coax cable. Total
installation time will probably take Jess than 30 minutes.
To win the Weather Monitor Il for your listerting post, here are the clues:

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True or False?
The U .S. Weather Bureau was established in what year?
What is a "Weathercock?"
Provide a one word definition for the term " Weatherglass."
Altostratus is a cloud form. True or False?

In addition to the Weather Monitor II, Davis Instruments has also

included their"WeathcrLink"-aconnection between the Weather Monitor
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System requirements for the WcatherLink arc 640K, MS-DOS 2.1
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Weather Monitor Il retails for 5295.00. The WeatherLink retails for
$150.00. Davis Instruments has a catalog that features a variety of
weather monitoring systems that can easily fit into your listening post
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Aloha. Welcome to Hawaii. Jim Helm lives in Honolulu, and here

are his favorite frequencies:
36.50
Mcdivac Helicopters
408.575 Arizona Memorial
36.90
453.225 Aloha Stadium
154.280 Fire Department
453.425 Zoo
155.520 Police
453.700 Medi com
156.475 Pearl Harbor Control
453.925 City/Co ambulance
168.525 Punch Bowl Nat. Cemtry 458.225 Aloha Stadium

!.LS. FQU.:Sl

Tim Chavez lives in Southern California and he has provided the

Wildland forest fire frequencies:
151.160 Tactical
151.310 Yell ow Air
151.190 San Diego
151.325 San Bernardino East
151 .340 So Region Admin Net
151.220 Crew Net
151.250 San Diego Tactical 15 1.355 Stale Net
151.265 CDF Net #2
15 1.385 Riverside County

Remember the crash of "U.S. Air" flight 405? J. Rella lives in

Queens, New York, and he has provided a list of frequencies that were
active during the emergency.
35.640 Booth Memorial Hosp
156.800 Harbor units, USCG
47.660 Bellevue Morgue units
158.340 Jamaica Hosp in Queens
154.430 New York City fire
158.460 Jamaica Hosp in Queens
156.600 Ship to shore
478.012 NY City EMS

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166.675
168.050
168.075
168.100
168.200
168.600

151.445 San Bernardino West

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168.625
168.700
169.200
171.475
171.575

Air Dispatch
Command #1
Okay, gang, it 's time to visit with our next guest. What? You don't
Air tactics #3
want to go? Well, I can appreciate your desire to remain in Hawaii, but
San Bernardino NF
we arc scheduled lo visit with other folks. How about a compromi se?
Angeles NF
If you promise to come along and vis it with our other guests, I promise
to bring you back to Hawaii. Let's go! We're already late.
As we arrive in Bakersfield, California, Harry Davis has invited us
John Bailey is a police radio dispatcher in Vernal, Utah . Here are
to monitor the following:
John's favorite frequencies:
151.100 Roads
453.225 Sheriff & Fire (Red)
151.130 State Roads-Uintah Co
155.415 Bureau of Indian Aff.
153.758 Parks
453.300 Fire (Blue)
154.085 Vernal City public works 155.640 Roosevelt City Police
153.950 Fire #2
453.375 Fire (Yellow)
154.770 Utah Highway Patrol
155.835 Duchesne Co EMS
154.070 Fire # 1
453.400 Sheriff (Brown)
155.055 Uintah County EMS
155.190 Police #2
453.450 Fire (Orange)
453.600 Sheriff (White)
155.310 Police #1
Gary Webster sent in his "Top Ten" frequencies for Conway, New
155.790 Police #3
453.700 Sheriff (Green)
Hampshire.
453.050 Sheriff (Purple)
151.340 Fish & Game
155.640 Conway Police Dept.
Railroad-Southern Pacific Rajlroad:Santc Fe
154.445
Conway Fire
155.760 No Conway Fire
160.890
160.010 161.370
154.860
Sheriff
155.910
State Police
160.950
160.260
155.340 Hospital/ambulance
161.250 Conway Scenic RR
161.400
160.335
155.475 Conway PD (car lo car) 493.950 Appalachian Mtn. Club
161.550
160.650

MONITORING TIMES

July 1992

Hopefull y , that was not a bad omen for the return trip to Hawaii!
This time, you can check-in and stay a while. Jim Helm has provided
a comprehensive list of hotel frequencies.
46 1.025, 46 1.600
Aston Hotels
Colony Surf Hotel
463.850
Hale KOA Hotel
461.100
Halekulani Hotel
462.900, 461.950, 463.475
Hawaii Prince Hotel
854.2875, 855.2875, 929.3375
Hawaii Monarch Hotel
461.400
Hawaiian Regent Hotel
462.825, 463.525
Hilton Hawaiian Village
461.150, 461.650, 462.800, 463.800, &
464.825, 464.425
Hyatt Regency Waikiki
462.775, 464.225
461.275
Ilikai Hotel
464.300
Ilima Hotel
Imperial Hawaii Resort
154.540
Marine Surf Waikiki
151.805
Miramar Hotel
464.925
New Otani Kamaina Hotel 157.740, 464.3375, 464.975
Pacific Beach Hotel
461.100
Park Shore Hotel
464.425
Quality Inn Hotel
464.775
Sat Grand Waikiki Hotel 466.725
Surfrider Hotel
463.625, 461.900, 466.900
Sheraton Princess Hotel
463.625, 462.850
W aikiki Banyan Hotel
464.575
Waikiki Beach Hotel
461.250
Waikiki Beach Comber
15 1.685
Waikiki Joy Hotel
466.950
Waikiki Pare Hotel
463.325
Waikiki Resort Hotel
461.825
Waikiki Sand Villa
463.3625
White Sands Resorts
463.475

house and fined $500.00 dollars after admitting to monitoring and

recording a cellular phone conversation.
As we all know, the monitoring of cellular phone calls was made
illegal by the Elecrronic Communications Privacy Act. The frequencies
to avoid are between 870.00 and 890.00 megahertz. If you should
accidentally stwnblc into this frequency range, don't make a tape
recording-it could become a very costly souvenir.

Seismic Scanning Sequel

In a previous column , I provided a list of frequencies for earthquake
transmitting stations located in North Carolina and California. Since that
time, your letters have made it clear that seismic scanning is possible
throughout most of the United States.
Seismic transmitters use low power and high gain Yagi antennas.
The frequencies utilized are between 216.00 and 217 .00 megahertz. If
you hear a continuous tone, it's a good chance that you 're monitoring
a seismic station. When the tone changes, that indicates a vibration or
movement in the Earth.

Photo Radar Busted

In Sacramento, California, the city council voted unanimously to

discontinue the use of photo radar. When pol ice began using the system
in October 1990, nearly 500 tickets were issued, netting the city about
$8,500 in traffic fines.
But civil liberties lawyers have fought the fines, referring to the
system as an inv asion of privacy. Lawyers compared photo radar to
George Orwcll ' s futuristic novel 1984 in which people live in a police
state watched over by "Big Brother."
Police were also forced to deal with irate car owners who were not
the driver pictured in the photo. When police asked vehicle owners to
identify the driver in the photograph, most people simply refused. In
addition to the legal problems, the photo radar system was plagued with
To invite the frequency exchange to your neighborhood, send a list mechanical problems that required regular repairs. (News clipping from
of your favori te frequencies to the Frequency Exchange, P.O. Box 98, the SacramenJo Bee.)
Brasstown, NC 28902.

Calling 911
Computer Corner
Planning a vacation? I've got an IBM compatible text program that
contains an eight-page frequency list for the following vacation areas:
Las Vegas Casinos/Hotels, Disney World, Disney Land, BaltimoreAquariwn,
Bush Gardens, Sea World, Virginia Beach, and Colonial Williamsburg.
The frequencies on the disk arc in ASCII mode. They can easily be
loaded into any IBM compatible text program for sorting, printing, etc.
The in format ion is contained on one 5-1/4 .. floppy disk. To order
the disk , send $5.00 dollars to P.O. Box 173, Prospect Park, PA 19076.
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You may be surprised to learn that only six percent of calls to a 911
Police emergency number arc actually classified as an emergency.
Dispatchers report that countless calls arc received from people who
misdial the "4 l 1" number for telephone information. Other folks call
91 l and request info on court cases, parking regulations and city
sponsored events.
During the holidays, people call 91 I to extend holiday greetings to
the pol ice department. Late night callers to 91 I often turn out to be lonely
folks who simply want to talk with someone. (News clipping submitted
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Just Say No
Flying With Cellular
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ruled that
cellular phones can be used in aircraft that are on the ground. However,
the use of cellular phones while airborne is prohibited.
The FCC was concerned that the extended range of airborne cellular
phones would cause interference to local cellular networks. Exactly how
the FCC will enforce the ruling is unclear, especially since the Commission has authorized the installation of cellular phones into private aircraft.

Cellular Criminals
A Norfolk, Virginia, resident was sentenced to 30 days in a halfway

July 1992

MONITORING TIMES

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transm it 50,000 watts or more.
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GEnie T.AREY 1

Laid Back Listening

Last issue was devoted to developments in enjoy the ongoing chaucr on the engine to engine
There is nothing quite like taking a vacation.
Even though I am widely known for being multi- portable equipment for vacation listening. This channels. You get a feel for what it's like to be
carccrcd, at least a few times a year I try to take month's episode is going to cover some of the in the parade instead of just watching it.
my nose off all of my grindstones in favor of rest, neat new things to listen to whilst going portable.
relaxation and rejuvenation. Somebody once Of course, if you are a stay-at-home type you can Be a Sport
told me that the French take bet ween four and six just stretch the headphone cord out to a shady
weeks of vacation every year. Now that they spot in the back yard and have the same fun as
While football fans will probably disagree,
have Disney World maybe I should translate my the rest of us. There will be stuff for both summertime seems lo bring a lot of people
resume into French and take off forGallic shores. shortwave and scanner folks in here so stick outside Lo allcnd all kinds of sporting events.
around, Compadre.
Almost any sport from linle league through
Before you pack your bags, could
professional may be served by radio support. In
some cases radio has even revolutionized the
you write a radio article, Uncle Skip? New Wave Scanning
sport itself.
you
If
you
arc
like
many
scanner
users,
Back when Uncle Skip was a pup, you could
Don'tgetbummcdout,Boss! I am a tried and
true American and loyal MT columnist. But the probably have your memories packed with a allend an auto racing event and see guys holding
fact is that our world of advanced "labor sav ing" fairly familiar group of frequencies. I've said it up big blackboards to tell the driver important
devices and the need to earn money to acquire once and I'll say it again: Old Uncle Skip information about what was going on around
them have left us with blessed linlc free time to recommends that you keep al lcasl ten percent him. (fhat was well before the days when women
enjoy it all. Even the radio listening hobby can of your available memory clear for chasing down entered into motorsports.) Modem auto racing
get awfully stressful if one gets bound up in unusual stuff when it presents itself. Summertime benefits from two way radio communication
increasing station totals, QSL chasing and other acti vities arc fill ed with scanning opportunities between the driver and his or her crew. The pit
you may not have considered. Just tracking a few crew can give the driver information and strategy
"competitive" aspects of monitoring.
Old Uncle Skip holds with the notion that of these resources will put that ten percent to while the driver can advise the team of the
condition of the car and the track.
vacation from work should also be a time of good use.
One
of
the
greatest
ways
lo
find
new
things
This communication can be picked right out
vacation from the enjoyable, yet tedious, aspects
of the li stening hobby . It's okay to play radio to listen to is to think back lo what was fun in of the sky by anyone with a scanner. Now you
during vacation. I just tend to Jean really hard on the summer when you were young. For example, can find out what the race leader really thinks
the word "play." So this must be where we jump every summer the circus comes lo town! Like about the driver who just passed and took the
most modem businesses, circuses and carnivals lead.
in the hammock and rock to the beat of...
have come to rely on radio as a tool to gel the
While few other sports have taken direct
job done. Ringling Brothers' Barnum and Bailey radio communication with the athletes to the
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO
Circus tours throughout the summer as two degree th al motorsports have, you will find radio
different units in order to cover all the d ates being used for a myriad of reasons at most
across the US of A. This show's common sporting events. Also, any sporting event is a
frequency is 151.625 MHz.
gathering of people that requires traffic and
Other circuses and carnivals also benefit crowd control. Stadium support personnel and
Old Uncle Skip has always maintained that
radio monitoring people have more fun than from radio. A liule frequency hunting will tum security can also be fun Lo monitor with one ear
everyone else. During the summer months, many up some very different cntertainmcnl. Hearing while enjoying the game with the other. If the
interesting and exciting events go on all around the" carnies" talking about the female customers event is covered by local or national TV and
this great country of ours. While we will no may lead you lo lock up your daughters whenever radio, try to listen in on the feed frequencies for
doubt spend some time enjoying these events the carnival is in town . Don't forget that circus even more fun.
with "regular" folks, we can tap into a whole and carnival activities usually signal increased
different level of fun by monitoring some of the police, fire and EMS activity due lo traffic and High Flying Summer Listening
behind-the -scenes activities associated with all crowd control issues.
this summer fun.
Many summer events arc blessed with the
~ I Love a Parade
presence of one of the world famous Goodyear
Blimps. This is another source of fun summer
And you should, loo, if you arc a radio listening: 132.000, 151.625, 465.912, 465.937
monitor. Listening in on the process of"forrning and 465.962 MHz are all places Lo l1U1c when the
up" a parade is great fun. There is always the blimp is in town.
band that arrives late, the cub scouts who arc in
Every summer signals a series of airshows
the wrong line, and the antique car that breaks held across the country. Precision flying teams
down half way through the march. Parade such as the Blue Angels and the U.S.A.F.
Marshals arc usually local public officials Thunderbirds bring excitement wherever they
utilizing township frequencies that you already go on tour. If the B Jue Angels arc nearby, monitor
have tracked down so listening in is a breeze. In 121.900, 142.000, 142.025, 143.000, 143.600,
most parts of the country, the units bringing up 241.400, 250.800, 251.600, 275.350, 360.400,
Finding radio fun on vacation can the rear are regional fire departments. I always 384.400, 391.900, 395 .900 MH z . If the

.. ::suMMER. USTENJNG . .:

Short on:w(>rk :'."':iona-o;.Fon:

happen almost anywhere you look.

MONlTORI NG TIMES

RF SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION
Thunderbirds come to town check out 120.450,
140.400, 141.850, 236.550, 236.600, 241,400,
250.850, 273.500, 283.500, 294.700, 322.300,
322.600, 382.900, 394.000, 4 13.025 MHz.
Airshows can also include an exhibition by
the United States Army Golden Knights. This
parachute team can be heard by monitoring
32.30, 42.35 and 123.400 MHz.
Regardless of the airshow you are attending,
I 23.400 and I 23.450 arc common frequencies
used for control at most airshows. These
frequencies arc usually buzzing because of the
many planes and scheduled fl ybys that must
occurwith somescmblanccofordcranddccorum.

Fun Raisers
The summer brings out all manner of walking,
running and bicycling events that cover extended
distances. No matter if it is the local church's
live mile walkathon or a professionally organized
I 50 mile bike ride, you can find radio in use for
control, organization and safety. In many cases
the radio support for such events is provided by
local amatcnr radio clubs. Monitoring the area's
2 meter repeater frequencies should point you in
the right direction for this sort of listening fun.

Special Events Stations

Speaking of amateur radio, it is high time I
talked about some light listening for people with
shortwave receivers. A great place to have fun
listening throughout the summer is the lower 25
kHz of the General class phone subbands: 38503875 kHz. LSB, 7225 -7250 k Hz LSB,
14225- 14250 kHz USB , 21300-21325 kHz USB
and the Novice{fcchnician class phone subband
28300-28500 kHz USB.
While ham bands can be fun to tune anytime,
on the weekends these frequencies will put you
in touch with "Special Events" stations that
operate to commemorate all manner of events,
past and presen t. Hams will get together and
transmit from historic locations, state and county
fairs, places with unusual names, and on local or
national holidays just for the fun of talking to
other hams. All of these stations arc likely to
welcome SWL verification queries and most
offer special certificates in commemoration of
the events.
If you are already a ham, why not get together
with some friends and put on your own special event
station? Don't forget to let MT know in advance so
we can add your event to our monthly calendar.

Good-Bye Columbus
Don ' t forge t that this summer is the
commemoration of the 500th year since the
voyage of Columbus. The Grand Rcgaua Colon

and the I 992 Caravel Tour arc going on as you

read this article. Mon itoring the maritime
frequencies will put you in touch with this
quincen tenary event. (Sec the March issue of MT
for more details.)

Hamcations
For some fo lks, doing something special
with the amateur radio hobby is their vacation.
This is the time of year to keep your cars open
for DXpcditions to all parts of the globe. You
see, some parts of the world do not have regular
amateur radio operation. Dedicated hams will
get together and travel to these locations to
provide the rest of the amateur radio community
with these rare contacts. Many of these places
have no other form of radio service either so
SWL monitoring can be a blast, too.
To get a handle on this aspect of the hobby
keep your eyes peeled for DX tips that appear in
the On The Ham Bands column. If you also have
a scanner, monitoring the local 2 meter repeaters
will turn up hams talking about rare DX activity.

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Monitoring Lite
Okay, we have discussed a whole list of
unusual listening opportunities guaranteed to
jog your log book. But even these activities,
while fun, can be too much work for a dedicated
vacation loafer. Does this mean you should
abandon the radio monitoring hobby totally for
the duration of your vacation? Perish the thought
old son! Allow Old Uncle Skip to put forth what
some would see as a preposterous notion ... What
is wrong with just turning on the receiver and
listening at random?
No log books, no tape recorders, no refcrcncc
materials, no cares, no worries! Pure listening
pleasure freed of the ties that bind. Your vacation
can be a great time to retrogress to those first
days when you started to play radio. We all really
enjoyed that time when we didn't really know
what we were doing . Remember how much fun
you had before you got organized? Not only
might you rediscover the hidden joys oflistening,
you might take the opportunity to show a new
person how much fun monitoring can be.
Spin the dial, listen to some music, tune in
to a foreign language just to hear lhc rhythm of
the speech patterns. Li sten to the programming
content instead of worrying about loggi ng and
QSLing. Fall asleep to a fadi ng broadcast from
who knows (or cares) where.
Vacations are meant to be breaks from our
labors. That includes our labors of love such as
radio monitoring. Have fun folks. Don't forget
the sunscreen!

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federal file

Steve Douglass

Fedexpedition Continues
In last month' s Federal File, we Look you
chasing active military frequencies in the outback
of New Mexico. You say, you arc a long way
from this sunny western state, and your antenna
isn't quite tall enough to pull in the listed New
Mexico frequencies? Who knows, maybe you
will take a trip to New Mexico and the listings
will come in handy. Besides, the same techniques involved in our scanner expedition can be
applied when planning your scanning expedition.

MHz (USB). Try listening in on the weekday

afternoons as aircraft coordinate their time on
the range with "Raymond 14" (Cannon AFB
Command Post).
Unfortunately, the bombers always switched
to a local UHF tactical frequency when on the
range, and I hadn't been able to find that channel.
I planned to remedy that situation with the PR02004 set to search, the DX -440 set to 9.014 MHz
and with a little help from an Optoelectronics
frequency counter I had borrowed from a friend.
With Cannon being a Tactical Air Command
Base, I also programmed the scanner with all
Have Scanner Will Travel
known TAC frequencies. I installed it all in the
car
and hit the road.
If you remember in last month's report,
before we went on our scanning expedition we
obtained maps of the area we were visiting. The Bombers and Gunslingers
maps used were aviation maps and USGS topographic maps. These maps can be a big advantage
Although not marked on regular road maps,
when planning your monitoring expedition.
I knew the general area in which the range was
One of the areas that I had wanted to visit located. The aviation maps showed the range
for quite some time was a little-known military situated between the New Mexico towns of Ft.
operations area located just west of Cannon Sumner and Melrose, on U.S. Highway 60on the
AFB, near Clovis, New Mexico. F-111 Aard- western side of the state.
Ft. Sumner is famous for being the burial
varks from Cannon, B-1B bombers from Dyess
AFB, Texas, and other Air Force attack aircraft place of the infamous western gunslinger, Wilfrom across the U.S. use the nearby Melrose liam Bonne, alias Billy the Kid. If you arc ever
bombing range for perfecting their bombing in the area, make sure you stop in at the Billy the
techniques.
Kid Museum. Be forewarned that your kids will
With thc hclp of themaps, I wanted to locate be disappointed Lo sec that Billy the Kid doesn 'l
the range and possibly observe some of the look at all like Emilio Esteves in the movie
bombers at work. I had also brought with me my Young Guns, and in actuality, is rather
trusty Pro-2004 and a Realistic DX-440. Al - uncharismatic and homely.
though I only live about 130 miles from the
While I was viewing a collection of antique
range, I had on ly been able to monitor bombers pistols at the museum, the glass case began
coordinating their exercises at Melrose on short- vibrating. Somewhere overhead, jets streaked by
wave. Bombers check in with Melrose Range rattling the museum, probably on their way to the
Control before starting their attack runs on 9.014 Melrose Range. I was struck by the fact that just

Composite photo of F-111 from Canon AFB

buzzing author at Melrose Range.
42

July 1992

MONlTORING TIMES

E-F-111 Raven

USAF

miles away high-tech supersonic bombers were

expending more gun powder than Billy Kid
could have used in ten lifetimes. Do you think
that in one hundred years people will tour a
museum and view F-1 11 s as antique weapons?
Maybe by then bombers will be as obsolete as
the old rusty deer riOes and six guns on display
in the museum .

Scanning on the Range

With the help of the topography map, I was
able Lo locate a dirt road that ran along the
western border of the range. Even with the map,
the road was hard to locate. I passed it twice
before I finally saw it. The dirt road went over
a set of railroad tracks and across some gently
rolling green farm land. It didn't look like the
place to put a bombing range. We followed the
bumpy road for about three miles and were about
Lo give up when the car was rocked by the roar
of jet aircraft as they passed by what seemed like
inches above us. Shaken, yet excited, I peered
out the window to see two F-111 D Aardvarks
break sharply to the left, their racks laden with
bombs. I looked at my wife and said mattcr-offactly, "Honey, I think we found the range."
Not only did we find the range, we were
practically a target. The F-11 ls dropped their
bombs only about a half a
mile from where we parked.
We had gr eat scats and
watched the mini-explosions
erupt on the range just to our
left. The Aardvarks came in
low and slow and pounded the
range with everything they
had, and even after they had
spent their bombs they continued to attack the range with
simulated target runs.
Although the PR0-2004
was searching through the
UHF frequencies as fast as it
could, I was havi ng no
success in find ing the Melrose
frequencies. I stepped out of
the car with the Optoelectronics counter in hand and
ex tended the telescopic whip
antenna.

MELROSE BOMBING RANGE

Ft Sumner

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Clovl

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Dirt
road

Cannon AFB
Observation
T o we r

The counter flashed numbers randomly as it

sniffed the air fornearby radio transmissions. No
luck; the bombers were just too far away to
activate the counter.
I wished they would fly closer to our position and maybe the counter could lock on their
signals. As if they had heard my wish, one of the
F-111 s banked to the right and came toward us.
The streaking bomber passed directly overhead
by about 100 feet. Glancing at the counter, I
noticed it had locked upon the frequency 376.100
MHz. I pressed the hold button and locked it into
the counter's memory.
I quickly entered the frequency in the PR02004. Bingo! Soon, the car was filled with the
chatter of the F-11 ls coordinating their attack.
My wife and I sat back and watched and listened
as we had a ringside seat, complete with audio
track to our free airs how.
The F-111s continued their attacks for 20
minutes. From time to time, I would step outs ide
and take some pictures of the Aardvarks strutting
their stuff. My wife yelled, "I think they see us!"
I ducked back into the car. "Duke Six One, do
you sec that car on the road?" one of the F-111 s
radioed. "He's taking pictures of us," the other
transmitted. "Let's really give him something to
take pictures of."
I looked down the road and could sec one of
the F-111s lined up on it and heading right
toward us. I grabbed my camera and stepped
outside. I wanted to get a shot of this. The F-111
buzzed us f1ying only about fifty feet above the
car. The Aardvark 's pilot kicked it into afterburner
and peeled off into the sky. The deep rumbling
of the engines vibrated deep into my chest.
Despite the noise and the excitement of
having a bomber bearing down on me, I still had
the presence of mind to click the camera. I held
down the shutter and let the motor drive click off
the rest of the roll. No sooner had one of the
bombers buzzed us than the other did the same
from the opposite direction. Both F-111 s
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sounded like flight test communications. This is

not irregular considering Edwards is well known
for being the world ' s premier flight test facility.
What is strange is that the transmissions took
place in the early hours of the morning. The
instructions were to an aircraft flying at extreme
altitude, above 60,000 feet.
The communications were similar to those
used to guide down space shuttles with detailed
instructions on altitude, miles above glidescope,
etc. One monitor reported the instructions came
from "Joshua Control" (Edwards AFB) and were
to an aircraft with the callsign "Gas Pipe." The
instructions continued until the aircraft landed.
Many monitors heard the same type of
communications on twodiffercntoccasions. This
possibly indicates that some kind of cr aft
reentering the atmosphere has landed at Edwards.
The only type of aircraft capable of that type
of performance is a hypersonic one. If it's not the
space shuttle, it could possibly be the much
rumored "Aurora Project" hypersonic aircraft
being test f1ownoverCalifornia by theAir Force.
(Incidentally, inside sources say that the name
"Aurora Project" has been changed by the Air
Force due to the many security leaks.)
As many MT subscribers arc already aware,
it has been widely known that the Air Force is
testing a hypersonic aircraft and is very close to
fielding them as operational reconnaissance
aircraft. Leaks indicate that it may be soon based
at Beale AFB, California. Monitors in the Beale
area have reported radio traffic involving groups
MAILBAG
of F-117 As and an unknown diamond shaped
aircraft on refueling missions. They also report
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hearing thecallsign "Gas Pipe" from an unknown
aircraft operating in the Sacramento area.
Several California monitors write in with
Whatever is behind these strange sightings
some interesting intercepts that may be those
and communications, rest assured thatMoniloring
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transmissions on 119.250 MHz, (which is listed
as an Edwards AFB frequency) involving what
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high seas

James R. Hay

Another One Bites the Dust!

On March 28, 1992, the Canadian Coast
Guard Radio Station at Victoria, British Columbia was closed. Closing the station does not
represent, in this case, any sinister indication of
the demise of radio as we know it, but rather an
attempt to consolidate operations and improve
service. One of the problems with a station manned
by one operator per shift is that there is no one
on duty if the operatorneeds to use the washroom
or is called away from his operating console for
any reason.
The transmitters and receivers of Victoria
Coast Guard Radio (V AK) are now remotely
controlled from Vancouver Coast Guard Radio
(V AI). While the 2 MHz frequencies have not yet
come back into service from Vancouver, this
should be the case by the time you read this
column.
To bring things up to date, below is a listing
of the frequencies for VancouverCG Radio(V AK)
including the Victoria peripheral sites.

Mfu
0.430
0.440
0.484
0.500
0.500
2.054
2.054
2.1 82
2.182
2.458
4.2143
4.235
4.384
4.384
6.3185
6.513
8.4285
8.737
13.095
16.822
17.263
22.3685
22.39 15
22.753
156.800
156.800
156.800
166.800
156.800
156.800
157.100
44

CW
CW

cw
CW

cw
SSB
SSB
SSB
SSB
SSB

RTIY
CW

RTIY
SSB

RTIY
SSB
SSB

RTIY
SSB
CW

RTIY
SSB
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM

Sheringham Point, BC
Vancouver, BC
Sheringham Point, BC
Vancouver, BC
Sheringham Point, BC
Vancouver, BC
Sheringham Point, BC
Vancouver, BC
Sheringham Point, BC
Sheringham Point, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, B C
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Bowen Island, BC
Mount Parks, BC
Watts Point, BC
Sooke, BC
Mount Halmoken, BC
Vancouver, BC

July 1992

The radio room of Carnival's Festivale ship, cal/sign C6KP, sails in

the Caribbean. Are they also adding a cellular option? Passenger
Paul Mundt of Lombard, IL, says, "This ship also had fax and
satellite capabilities and will soon have 'car phone' type hookup
available from all the ship ports of call, I was told."
157. 100
157.100
157. 100
157. 100
161 .650
161.825
161 .825
161.900
161.900
161.900
161.900
162.475
162.475

FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM

Bowen Island, BC
Mount Parke, BC
Sooke, BC
Mount Halmoken, BC
Mount Parke, BC
Bowen Island, BC
Mount Halmoken, BC
Vancouver, BC
Mount Parke, BC
Watts Point, BC
Sooke, BC
Bowen Island, BC
Mount Halmoken, BC

No system is perfect. ..
A while back, the mail brought several clippings sent in by Hugh Miller of Woodinville,
WA, describing the sinking and subsequent rescue of the crew of a crab boat off the West Coast.
The FN Caroline was leaving the mouth of the
Columbia River when it was struck by an unex pected wave. Before there was time to do anything
more than don lifejackets, the 43 foot boat rolled
onto her side and sank .
MONlTORlNG TIMES

There was no time for a distress call on the

radio. The only indication of the incident was the
signal from the Caroline's Emergency Position
Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) which sends
out a signal on 405 MHz for Search and Rescue
Satellites (SARSAT). Usually two signals arc
sent by the EPIRB. One is used for the location
of the beacon, and the second sends identi fying
information. In the case of the Caroline, only the
fi rst signal was received and retransmitted by a
malfunction ing satellite to a ground station. The
identifying information was lost.
The position which was relayed to the Search
and Rescue center in Seaulc showed that the
beacon was inland in Oregon. Since 98% of first
repons arc false alarms , the land based position
was filed with the false alarms and a confirming
second signal was awaited.
The second signal was relayed properly by
a different satellite an hour later. Al that time a
search was begun and over the next hour the three
crewmen of the Caroline were rescued.
According to the articles I received, one of
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This incident certainly demonstrates that no system is perfect, but it
also shows that things can happen on the water so quickly that the distress
call never gets made on the radio. Don't be surprised when you are
monitoring maritime frequencies to hear a search starting up when you
never heard a call for help. In the case of the Caroline, the call went via
SARSAT and was unfortunately delayed by an hour due to a malfunctioning satellite during what, for that crew, may have been critical time.

Help is just a phone call away?

In Canada, the two cellular telephone companies, Bell Cellular and
Cante!, have been offering a service which connects cellular telephone
users with a Coast Guard Radio Station. The primary use of the service
is for motorists who report incidents which they sec from their cars. While
some boaters report their problems via the cellular telephone, the Canadian
Coast Guard still encourages the use of the VHF-FM radio as the primary
means of distress communications.
According to the Commandant's Bulletin of August 1991, the Fifth
District of the United States Coast Guard is also looking into cellular
telephone. Bell Atlantic
Mobile Systems has
been offering a cellular

... the United States Coast

telephone number during the summer which

boaters in distress can
Guard is also looking into
use to report their difficulties.
It appears that in the
Ce/Ju/ar telephone.
U.S., some boaters prefer to use the phone than
the VHF radio for distress communications
and the service is being offered to test its usefulness.
As in Canada, the U.S. Coast Guard urges boaters to continue to use
VHF radio as the primary means of distress communications. The coverage
of the cellular system is not guaranteed over the waterways, whereas the
VHF system is designed for these areas. Also, being a point-to-point
system, t11c cellular telephone system does not offer the possibility of
mutual assistance. Even if you make your call to the Coast Guard via
cellular telephone they will have to relay a distress call on channel 16
(156.600 MHz).
In Canada, the number for the service is *16; in waters between Ocean
County, NJ , and Chincoteau, VA, and in Chesapeake Bay north of Tangier
Island, the number is *CG.
The cellular service is another reason why scanner enthusiasts may
notice fewer distress calls , but possibly more relays of distress calls after
no initial call was heard. Thanks are due to Vince Cerutti of Ann Arbor,
Ml, for sending in the Commandant' s Bulletin.
Your comments, questions and suggestions are always welcome. A
self-addressed envelope (not stamped, since I Jive in Canada) would help
speed a reply. Material which I think is of interest to other readers will be
included in future columns with appropriate credits. Please keep your
letters coming and good listening until next time.

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Kevin Carey, WB2QMY

Homing In
Let's face it, summertime is not the prime
for longwave DX. With brutal static
crashes and our numerous non-radio activities,
beacon DXing usually goes into low gear during
summer.
But don't pack your gear away just yet!
Summer is also a great lime to get Lo know your
locals a little better. If you live fairly close to
some beacon sites and enjoy a challenge, why
not take to the outdoors with a portable receiver
and find out exactly where they ' rclocated. Hunting for beacons is a fun way to develop direction
finding (OF) skills and it gives you a new appreciation for the signals you hear. Best of all, you
won't need anything fancy-jus t your portable
receiver, a map and a compass.
Direction finding usually conjures up images of elaborate loops and other specialized
tracking equipment. While it is true that costly
and more accurate systems do exist, virtually all
LW portables already contain the means for
basic OF work. If you 'vc ever turned the cabinet
of a portable set during L W reception, perhaps
you've noticed the peaks and nulls (dips) in
received signals. This directional characteristic
is due to the set's built-in ferrite rod antenna, and
it can be used to find the approximate location of
a transmitter.
Ferrite antennas ex hibit a null for stations
located off the ends of the rod and a peak for
stations off the broadside. The null should be
used for DF work because it gives a more sharply
defined bearin g. Ferri te rods are normally
installed along the lengthwise dimension of the
radio. To get a OF bearing, simply orient the set
for a null and look along the top of the radio
cabinet (much like looking down the barrel of a
shotgun).

kHz beacon, tune to 688 kHz. To hear the third

harmonic of a 200 kHz beacon, tune to 600 kHz.
Pictures of beacons are always welcome at
MT. Send me aphotoofyour catch, and you may
see it here in "Below 500 kHz"!

sea~on

Updates

Figure 1: OF plots are a convenient way to start your search.

Periodically, the Coast Guard evaluates the

system of aids tonavigalion to determine whether
the conditions for which the aids were estabBefore you go chasing a beacon, you'll want lished have changed. This month brings news of
to be sure that it is indeed a local. If a beacon's significant changes in the Fifth Coast Guard
signal is very s trong and its strength does not District.
change from day to night, you can be pretty sure
In the continuing trend toward moving sethe site is within convenient driving distance. To quenced beacons onto frequencies of their own,
start your search, take two bearings at points the following changes have been reported:
separated by a few miles and plot them on a map
Ereqiformar Change
as shown in Figure 1. The point at which the lines .(dQ .E!llSILlst!.U ~
Oregon Inlet, NC
Newbeaoon, continuous
intersect is the best place to begin looking for the 01 314
VS 321
Diamond Shoals, NC Beacon disoontinued
beacon. You may have to repeat the plotting Hi 309
Haneras Inlet, NC Changed to 306 kHz,
process several limes as you get closer and closer
continuous
Ft. Macon. NC
Changed to 294 kHz.
to the target.
CL 298
continuous
The final and most exciting step is to visuOA 298
Oak Island, NC
Changed to 303 kHz,
ally pinpoint the beacon shelter. This may take a
continuous
bit of patience as beacons can be found almost FP 290
Frying Pan Shoals. NC Beacon discontinued
anywhere including in open fields, near runways oc 293
Ocean Cny. MD
Oii air
Cape Henlopen. DE Changed to continuous
and even in highly residential areas. By all HL 298
means, obey all trespassing rules and be careful
Equipment has been installed on the Cape
not to get stuck in off-road areas. You may want
Hen !open, DE, beacon (H L, 298 kHz) to transmit
to conduct your final search on foot.
If you arc lucky enough to be able lo drive correction signals for the Differenlial Global
within 200 or so feet of the beacon, you may be Positioning System (DGPS)-a precise but st.ill
able to hear the second or third harmonic of the experimental location system. This does not
transmitter on your AM car radio. The harmonic affect the usability of the beacon fornavigation,
will bedoublc ortriplc the beacon frequency. For but you may notice a slight warbling of the
example, to hear the second harmonic of a 344 Morse ID tone. Perhaps this DG PS support function may keep some beacons on the air even if
their use for navigation declines.

End Notes
It's hard to believe, but this month marks a
full year for me as Editor of "Below 500 kHz."
I've enjoyed hearing from so many of you with
your loggings, suggestions and support. Not
only have I made some good friends, but it has
helped me keep the column geared toward your
interests.
If you haven 't yet introduced yourself, why
not write today in care of this column. I'd like to
know how rou discovered the longwaves, what
equipment you use and what signals you're
hearing. I can also be reached via CompuServe
(address: 71064, 1507)orlhrough theMTBBS at
1-704-837-7081, although I only check for
E-mail twice a month (due to telephone costs).
That wraps it up for July. Enjoy the nice
weather, and I'll see you in a month!

July 1992

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~~elcome To Radioland !
Hidden in a Dallas, Texas, office building is
the largest and most influential radio production
company in the world . Every second of every
day, millions of listeners nationwide tWle in to
the soWlds of Satellite Music Network. Over ten
percent of all the programming heard on American radio originates from their studios!
Im agine eight major radio stations all operating in the same place simultaneously. (Another
two formats are produced in Phoenix, Arizona.)
"DJs are on the air 24 hours a day," explains
Marianne Bellinger, Public Relations Director
for SMN. "We have really crazy, silly people
running aroWld here constantly, and rock stars
com ing in and out. It's Radioland!"
The secret of their success is providing a
very professional and sophisticated SOWld to
local stations regardless of their size or locale.
Radio stations need only a satellite dish and
receiver, and a computer that records and plays
local advertising and annoWlcements. SMN does
the rest!
Ten Wlique musical formats are beamed
continually, via the Spacenet 3 satellite, to over
1,000 stations all over the country. "We provide
all the elements a station might need," Marianne
explains. "Station operators could literally walk
away for as much as a week depending on how
automated they arc. We also give them sales
support materials, promotional ideas, and television spots that they can customize with their
call letters and frequency . We give them everything they need lo be successful in their local
market."
Every SMN format tries to carve out a
special niche. Stations can no longer afford to try
to please everyone with broad-based formats.
Using an extremely advanced marketing system
called Prizm, SMN can develop demographic
studies of a metropoli s accurately detailing single
city blocks. Stations can find a segment that is
under-served by rad io, pick a formal that targets
that group, and follow them as they change.
Direct mailings and other promotional events
can be positioned precisely for optimum results.
Using SMN cost-effective formats and marketing techniques, it's difficult to fai l!
SMN's music choices are almost endless.
"If it's too loud, you' re too old!" claims Z-Rock,
SMN 'shard hitting rock format targeted at 18 to
34 year olds . Current mainstream rock hits show
up on The Fl eat. Classic Rock presents the best

July 1992

album cuts of the rock 'n ' roll era. If you enjoy
the softer side of contemporary music, you 'II
enjoy the soWlds of Starstation, or the oldies on
Pure Gold. The roots of rock 'n' roll keep
spinning on Kool Gold with the soWlds of the SOs
and 60s. Country Coas/ To Coast has corralled
America's hottest format, along with its riding
parmer Tradirional Country offcring a pure coun-

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Programming for Satellite Music
Network.
try sound without country-rock crossovers.
Stardust ranks high with audiences over 3S,
featuring nostalgic sounds of yesteryear. The
Touch is SMN's hottest moving format, scoring
huge ratings with a dynamic, upfront, urban
contemporary sound. With ten formats to offer,
SMN can program up to ten stations in one
market!
Local flavor is added to SMN's nationwide
broadcasts so discreetly you may never know the
program is originating across the country in a
distant studio. Each music format features su
pcrstar d isk jockeys who record loca l
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programs. Very specific moments in each broadcast hour are set aside for these "liners" to be
included in the nationwide show. The disk jockey
presses a button in the studio, and hWldreds of
these specialized drop-ins roll simultaneously;
each station with its own customized message.
SMN personalities often visit the cities they
serve for local promotions. Toll-free 800 num bers are available lo all SMN listeners to call-in
requests. "The listeners really have no idea.
When they call in our jocks will ask 'Where arc
you calling from? ' and the listeners always reply
'Don't you know?' The SOWld is very local!"
says Marianne.
Only one network differs from this marketing strategy: the heavy metal sounds of Z-Rock.
"Z-Rock is promoted as a world event. Everyone
knows Z-Rock World Headquarters is in Dallas,
and that's where Madd Maxx is." Madd Maxx
Hammer is synonymous with the Z-Rock format, and also serves as host of "The Z-Rock SO,"
America's only hard rock coWltdown show.
Satellite Music Network prov ides an invaluable service to their 15 mill ion weekly listeners,
and to the individual station owners, too. Vice
President of Programming, Robert Hall, explains that elements that make a radio station
local, like commWlity involvement, weather,
and publ ic serv ices, are accomplished just as
well, if not better, than when the stations had
their own disk jockeys playing records. The
monetary savings can be put back into a better
morning newsman or more street promotion.
Hall gives this example: "Let's say Jim
Zippo, the morning jock on Pure Gold, will do
the entertainment, and then they' ll flip over to
a really strong local morning news person. He
can also serve as an outreach person who visits
The Rotary Club, The Lions Club, and becomes
the center of focus for the radio station in its
commWlity service efforts."
Hall continues, "If a local market can only
support four or five good radio stations, why
should there be only four or five choices? Providers, like SMN, will be able to service more
radio stations that will give people a lot of choice
on the dial and make it economically feasible to
have that kind of choice."
Marianne Bellinger is developing new markets for SMN all over the world. "We're on the
air daily with a one hour show in The People's
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FM Select." Z-Rock is heard in Britain, with
Poland, Russia, and Bangkok, Thailand possibly
signing up soon.
Marianne also has Japan and Canada penciled in as the next frontier for SMN music
service expansion. "We get letters from China all
the time, and a lot of them arc in English."
Marianne receives many responses to SMN's
bilingual program called The American Music
Hour. "We received a three page letter from a
girl whose grandfather had been killed during the
Culrural Revolution. That's when she secretly
started listening Lo country music. In this one
letter was the whole history of China, over
hundreds and hundreds of years, and she related
it all back to our music programs and what
meaning this music had to her and her life. It is,
in some ways, what radio was forty years ago."

Bits 'N' Pieces

The freeze is over! The FCC is now accepting applications for new AM radio stations after
a long hiatus. The Commission needed a time out
to reassess their position concerning the allocation of frequencies on the band, and all the other
technical considerations necessary when a multitude of stations need to coexist. The most
important agenda has been solving the problem
of interference between stations. Very liule has
been spoken about the upcoming expansion of
the band to 1700 kilohertz.
Ownership rules have been completely
reworked allowing large corporations to gobble
up many more stations than in the past. Old
regulations demanded that only one AM and one
FM station could be owned per company in one
market. Using a complicated formula weighing
market size, numbers of station per area, and
audience share, you can now own as many as
three FMs and three AMs per market, up to 30
stations nationwide on each band!
Rules concerning limited marketing agreements also loosened. It is easier than ever for a
station to become a superstation by simulcasting
through surrounding outlets to expand their coverage areas and advertising strength using one
management team and one programming source.
Multiple station owners are thrilled about broadening their investments. Small stations feel the
new rules give an unfair advantage to parties that
now have nearly unlimited resources to force
them to sell or bend to fierce competition. The
implications of these rulings will shape the personality of American radio for years Lo come.

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A most unusual station is being offered this
month. The Board of Education of The City of
New York is selling their powerful 20,000 wall
radio station WNYE. One of the first FM stations
broadcasting in The Big Apple, WNYE has been
heard in New York City schools for decades
acting as a teaching aid and baby siller. In the
last few years, the station has lengthened its
broadcast day by adding programming originating at Medgar Evers College. Radio France
International also uses WNYE to relay their
programs from Paris via satellite to New Yorkers en francais.
Now the station will be sold to the highest
bidder "that provides a commitment to serving
the diverse cultural and educational needs of the
city. A minimum bid of three million dollars will
be required," according to an advertisement in
Broadcasting Magazine.

International Bandscan
If you have wondered what local radio sounds
like in Canada, but you arc too far away from
Canadian stations to hear them, especially in the
daytime, we may have a solution for you. Several Canadian stations operate shortwave relays
of their daily programs for people who live in
outlying areas far beyond their usual coverage
area. Here's a quick list of the stations and their

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Tell them you saw it

in Monitoring Times

shortwave parallels: CBN/CKZN St. Johns, NF

6160 kHz; CBU/CKZU Vancouver, BC 6160
kHz; CIQC/CFCX Montreal,PQ 6005 kHz;
CFCN/CFVP 6030 kHz; CFRB/CFRX
Toronto,ON 6070 kHz; CKWXJCKFX 6080 kHz;
and CHNS/CHNX 6130 kHz.
One station of note is CFRB' s relay station
CFRX. Through a wonderful agreement of convenience, all reception reports for CFRX arc
directed to the ODXA (P.O.Box 161, Station A,
Willowdale, ON M2N 5S8), now the official
issuer of QSL cards for the station. ODXA 's
address is announced twice an hour over CFRX,
and the staff of CFRB/CFRX are relieved of the
responsibility of processing the multitude of
QSL requests for the station.
This is an excellent idea that should be
copied by other clubs to promote goodwill between stations and DXers. Please send an IRC
and a self-addressed envelope with each request
for a CFRX QSL. Bravo, ODXA! and until next
month, happy trails!

July 1992

satellite tv

- adventures in the clarke belt

RV-TVRO:

Have Dish-Will Travel

One of the reasons you ' re reading MT is that
you take your monitoring hobby seriously. As a
scanner enthusiast or amateur radio operator,
you wouldn't think oflcaving your radios behind
while you went on vacation. So, too, for the
TYRO hobbyist.
Until recently, ta.king your satellite TV gear
on the road was science fiction. But a number of
things have changed over the last few years to
help make your nightly rendezvous with the
Clarke Belt a reality.

The Hardware Side

Two things had to happen regarding the
technology of satellite broadcasting to allow
reception on the road. First, better receiving
equipment needed to be available in the form of
smaller, more accurate parabolic reflectors and
cooler operating Low Noise (Amplifier)
Downconvertcrs. In addition, higher powered
satellites in both the C and Ku band frequencies
needed to be in place.
Earlier versions of TYRO gear which included bulky 10 foot dishes and less sophisticated
LNBs made transport impossible. And unless
smaller dishes were used deep inside the continental U.S. footprint, reception was, at best,
marginal. New higher powered satellites with
more than twice the output power make it pos sible to leave the big 10 foot clunkers behind.

The Software Side

One of the things we like to take for granted
in the realm of satellite dish installation is that,
aside from the movement necessary in tracking
the bell from West to East, the entire installation
stays put. Imagine uprooting your system and
carting it several hundred miles each day. The
first thing you' ll notice is that none of the
satellites arc where they are supposed to be.

That' s because the original dish alignment was

done on the basis of the dish's position on the
planet relative to the satellites. That all changes
the minute you move more than a few miles from
the original set up site.
Happily, the world of microprocessing has
saved the day and has made calculating the
whereabouts of the Clarke belt in relation to the
new position of the dish extremely easy. Most
systems currently available have the necessary
software which allows the user to simply enter
the geographic coordinate of the current location
of the system into a controller which automatically corrects the al ignment.

Putting It All Together

It was bowid to happen that enterprising
companies would see the obvious connection
between the size and cost of recreational vehicles (RVs) and a market for portable TYRO
systems. The result is quite a number of systems
available for portable use. They range from
complete systems which include controllers and
IRDs (Integrated Receiver Decoders) to dish and
controller only; you provide the electronics.

Considerations
If you are interested in TYRO for the road,
here arc a few considerations: There is no substitute for the preprogrammed dish controllers
and they aren't cheap.
Installing these systems on top of a travel
trailer or motor home may not be a job for the
weekend handyman. For safety's sake, leave the
job to the professionals. This way, if anything
goes wrong with the installation, someone else
will have to fi x it.
Remember that everything I've said about
home reception is even more critical on the road.
There's no subs titute for dish surface accuracy
and top-grade electronic components. In addition , these systems will have to endure the rigors
of the road. They'll get bowiced arowid in a way
your home system will never know.

Finding Out More

Roughing it in the 90s. Winegard's

Pinnacle RV Satellite System model RL8453 installed a top a recreational vehicle.

July 1992

Four systems are in wide distribution and are

worth looking into for further information. A &
E Systems, a division of the Dometic Corp.,
offers their six foot diameter "Travel-Sat" which
can be raised, lowered and rotated with the touch
of one button from inside the RV. One of their
distributors is Northwest Video and Satellite,
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MotoSat makes an easily operated system
with sophisticated software. Write for more information at 1805 East 3056 South, Wendell, ID
83355 or call toll free: 800-247-7486.
Polaris R.V . Satellite has recently entered
the RV-TYRO market with their 6 foot C/KU
mesh dish and their wiique "polar over azimuth
tracking mowit." The unit folds face down and
rises only 19 inches above the roof line when
stowed. It requires a roof space of72" x 84". For
more on Polaris, write Polaris R. V. S atellite, 249
Rogue River Highway, Grants Pass, OR 97527
or call 503-479-8359.
And, finally, Winegard has introduced their
Pinnacle RV Satellite System. The Pinnacle
system model RL-8453 is a 4.5 foot perforated
aluminum dish which retracts to 14.5 inches
above the roof line and has a total roof weight
of less than 90 pounds. But that's not all! This
system also includes a satellite receiver with
built-in VideoCipher II Plus descrambler, infrared remote control and even 35 feet of multi-use
cable. Set up of this system is aided by an
electronic compass and an internal database with
125 U.S. cities preprogrammed for automatic
alignment. For more information, write Winegard
at 3000 Kirkwood St., Burlington, IA 52601 or
call 319-754-0600.

New Releases
MLE, Inc. has just released the 6th edition
of the World of Satellite TV by Mark Long and
Jeffrey Keating. With over300pages in its larger
format, World ofSatellite TV covers many technical aspects of TYRO including installation,
system components and troubleshooting. Other
chapters include international satellite reception; DBS: Satellite TV of the Future; Satellite
Audio Services and much more. MLE, Inc. publishes many TYRO related titles including The
World Satellite Almanac (See MT March 1992)
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TVRO News
When and if PrimeStar ever gets off the
ground, subscribers to the medium powered
DBS service w ill have access to X*Press Information Services' X*Prcss X*Change and X*Press
Executive .
Showtime Networks will launch its new
movie service called Flix in August. The channel
will feature movies from the 60s to the 90s. Other
new network hopefuls include Turners' Cartoon
Network slated for October of this year, the
ceaselessly touted Sci-Fi Channel in Septem ber ,
and the never present Cowboy Channel for which
they' ve given up announc ing a launch date .
As this is being written, we are still weeks
away from loading Galaxy 5 with the replacement programming lineup for Galaxy 6. However,
tests on G 5 channel 10 show a very solid signal
with no interference from or to adj acent satellite
Te!star 303 which is only 2 degrees away. The
issue of the 3 vs. 2 degree spacing was dismissed
earlier this year by the FCC in favor of the 2
degree spacing.
In another FCC satellite-related move, the
Commiss ion found th at zoning regulations
restricting the installation of satellite dishes
violates its 1986 preemption of suc h restrictions.
Ye t it doesn ' t want to become a legal clearinghouse for such cases. Help for beleaguered dish
owners may be available from the American
Satelli te Television Alliance (AST A) . A recent
California case involving a dish owner and a socalled Community Association was tried and
found in favor of the dish owner. According to
an article on the case in The Transponder, a
TYRO trade journal, a Court of Appeal a ffirm ed
the trial court's decision and forced the Association to pay the court and auomey fees and
slapped them for S3000 for " ... fil ing a ' frivolous ' appeal."
For information on the AST A zoning package, write them al S uite 400, 16 Broadway,
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which studies issues of zoning and restrictive
covenants called the Zoning, Covenants , Conditions and Restric tions Committee (ZCC&R).
The SBCA also offers a zoning package. Information on this and other SBCA issues may be
had by writing them al 225 Reineke rs Lane#600,
Alexandria , VA 223 14 or call them at 703-5496990.
And, finall y, RAI/Europlus announced plans
for its North and South American service. Beginning this summer, Europlus will launch on the
new lntclsat-K sate llite al 21 .5 degrees west. All
Europlus programming will be encrypted via
D2Mac. Reception will be via 26" or 34" offset
fed dishes and some programming in the 16:9
aspec t ratio of 35mm film will be fed. This
Atlantic " bridge" hopes to figure prominently in
transmission of the Barcelona Olympic games.

Transponder Notes
M ainStreet TY (MSTV) is a Low Power TY
network on Spacenel 2 (69 degrees W .) channel
7. IL' s serious competition for Channel America.
Arab Network of America (ANA) fe atures
live Arabic language news and various movies
and telev ision programs of interest to America's
Arabic population. ANA is found on Satcom
F2R channel I .
Ne w England Newschannel (NEN) is a regional news network for New England. It's a
risky move al a time when the Monitor Channel
has to bow out. NEN is found on Satcom F4,
channel 3.
Foll owers of Independent Television Network (ITN) News have had LO really look to find
them since the ir former home, Westar 5, was
retired. Currently, the ITN News (1 :00 PM ET)
is found on Gal axy 6 channel 24.

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July 1992

on the ham bands

Ike Kerschner, N3/K

Antennas : Theory vs. Reality

Get a bunch of hams together and sooner or
later the subject of antennas will come up!
Everyone has a favorite antenna for some particular use. The problem is that two antenna
installations arc never identical in every way. So
it easy to see that not everyone will get identical
res ul L~ with a given antenna.
A while back we discussed simple antennas.
That particular column brought in quite a bit of
mail. The one thing that was evident from the
mail received here is that there is a lot of confus ion and concern about antennas! I would like
to take a little time to attempt to dispel some of
the confusion.
What is evident to me is that too many
amateurs arc overly concerned with matching
the an tenna to the " Nth" degree. As I mentioned
in my previous column; get a transmatch, learn
to use it and stop worrying about the 3 to I
mismatch you have with your particular antenna.
If the tr ansmitter sees a low SWR, the antenna
will work tine ! That's right, no matter what kind
of antenna it is, it will work okay. To be sure, a
low, short, indoor antenna will not work as well
as a high, large, outside antenna on the same
band; but it will work!

Try to understand this about antennas, most

antennas are r eciprocal; that is, they hear as well
as they transmit on a given sign al. The gain we
talk about on an antenna is gain at a given angle
of radiation. That is, if the best take-off angle
(vertical angle) for a given band is 15 degrees,
then only radiation at that angle is plolted. (u-uh ,
you say, just what arc you talking about?)
Okay, let's say that in order for your signal
to be its best at a point halfway around the earth,
your signal must leave your antenna at 15 degrees to the horizon. The antenna designer then
calculates the antenna to have an optimum launch
angle of 15 degrees, then plots the horizontal
pallem at this angle. In most cases the higher
angles wilJ folJow the paltern to a certain extent
but wi ll almost always be much broader. And in
cases of extremely high angles the antenna may
appear to be omnidirectional! Height above
ground and surrounding objects again affect the
true gain pauerns of the antenna.

I hope this explanation helps in understanding how gain is formed and what it is. To go
further would require a lengthy mathematics
discussion.

How Do We Get Antenna Gain?

Disclaimer
The above discussion has been extremely
simplified in an effort to enable the nontechnical
person to understand a little more about how
antennas work. There is much more to the story,
and should you be interested in learning antenna
theory in full detail, I suggest obtaining a copy
of the ARRL Anienna Handbook.

My four elemenJ ten meter beam is 60 feet

high, but does not seem to be directional. Often
I can workstations to the side or rear ofthe beam
with 59 signals and turning the anJenna does not
seem to make much difference.

To understand where antenna gain comes

from we must first of all have something to
measure the antenna against. Antenna designers
measure gain against a standard called an Isotropic Source, which has a uniform gain of 0 in all
directions. This is a theoretical source; it does
not exist except in mathematics. Imagine if you
can, that at a point somewhere in the universe a
power source radiates equally in all directions.
It should look like a ball and be perfect in shape;
now we have an Isotropic Source.
When we cause this perfect ball to vary its
shape we cannot change the power, all we can do
is cause it to go in a differen t direction (similar
to a balJoon full of water). So if we pinch the
sides of the source it would now appear to have
more power in two directions and less in two
directions, (perhaps corresponding to the theoretical shape of a dipole antenna). The directions
that have more power would be called a positive
gain direction and the sides showing the nu11
would be a negative gain. In any event the gains
still add up to O!
As you can imagine, it is possible to change
the shape of our source in many ways. And every
time the shape is changed the gain of the source
will vary in some direction, but the total gain will
still be 0.
Understand, the source does not increase in
power! But by manipulation we can cause the
power to be repositioned to favor a particular
requirement. Or to put it another way, we can
cause the power to go in some desired direction
and prod uce results that arc superior or stronger
in that desired direction.

MONITORING TIMES

Normal Antennas
Many readers expressed concern over a
normal antenna installation. By "normal," I mean
the antenna is 40 or more feet high, in the clear
and has an acceptable SWR. The concerns
expressed were:
I ha11e a dipole antenna on 80 or 40 meters
and I am working more stations off the end than
I am broadside.
If you read the normal literature on antennas, it wi ll ind icate that a dipole is directive
broadside to the plane of the wire. This is true
if the antenna is one wavelength or more above
ground and totally in the clear. However, when
talking about real-life, seldom is an antenna
more than 50 to 70 feet high. At these heights the
nice pauern the antenna book shows for the
dipole does not exist! A dipole this close to the
ground is for all practical purposes "omnidirectional." In some cases a nearby object can appear
to cause a null in one direction or another: but
clearly this cannot be helped and it is something
we must live with.

July 1992

In Real Life
Most honest antenna manu facturers or
designers will state the gain of a particular
antenna in dBd or decibels over a dipole. A
dipole has theoretically a gain of 1.2 over an
isotropic source. Please bear in mind there are
many factors that affect gain and antenna patterns and often we will not achieve the theoretical
gain or pattern, but we can come close.
You must accept that a given antenna will
often display characteristics that can be confusing but usually are explainable, and some of
those characteristics may be downright annoying at times! For the most part a properly erected
antenna will be worth the effort.

QSL Info For The Former USSR

(The following is an excerpt from RobGerardi's
column in the CIDX Messenger)
Herc are the new QSL Bureau addresses for
the Commonwealth of Independent States (The
former USS R):
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UA1C
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UA3C
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37 Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment ,

199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
9/10 Prospekt Bemaclskogo,
11731 1 Moscow, Russia.
P.O. Box 88 , Moscow, Russia
27 Industrial St., 252056 Kiev. Ukraine
48 Kazim ~sd St., 220034 Minsk. Byelorus
P.O. Box 165, 37000 Baku, Azerbaijan
12 Borchorm St, 380044 Tbilsi, Georgia
87 Prospekt Ordzhonikidze, 375007
Yerevan , Armenia
P.O. Box 555, 74 4020 Ashkhabad,
Turkmen
86A Khurshid Prospekl, 799917
Tashkent. Uzbek
10 Sport St .. 734026 Dushanbe, Tadzhik
105-A Rozybakiyev St., 380033
Alma-Ata, Kazakh
1 Botanicheskiy Pereulok, 720052
Frunze. Kirghiz
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Send your QSL requests to his manager: WB2YQH Robert Nadolny, 135 Wcthcrstone Dr.,
West Seneca, NY 14224. CANADA On the 23rd of July at 1630 UTC, Canada's only
museum devoted to amateur radio will offically open on the grounds of the Manitoba
Agricultural Museum in Austin. The Museum will be open from 10 AM to 6 PM CDT daily
'til I October. In conjunction with the opening of the museum, special events station
VE4MTR will be operated from the site starting at 1500 'ti! 2300 UTC daily 22 to 25 July
using as many different modes (SSB, CW, RTTY , packet, SSTV) on as many different
amateur bands as possible. Now, thanks to the Canadian International DX Club, SWL 's all
across North America will be able 10 keep up to date with the latest in DX tips about SWBC,
utility, MW and other stations, as well as receiver modifications and inventions, antenna
designs and other technical topics via the new CTDX SWL Discussion nets. At this time,
Net Controller VE3FN, Richard Phillips, will host a net Saturdays at 2300 UTC on 3760
kHz and another on Sundays at 1730 UTC on 14165 kHz. IND/A VU2JJQ (Joe George
Diana, Karungapalli, Kcrala 69061 8, India) has been on 14195 kHz daily at 1200 UTC.
/RELAND The worldwide Irish Net meets Sundays at 1700 UTC at 28730 kHz; if
propagation is not favorable on that frequency, try either 21310 kHz or 14270 kHz.
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC The First Annual Siberian Hamvention will take place 3 to
18 July on the Cruise Ship Anton Checkhov on the Yenisei River. Special Events stations
(QSL to MBT Krasnoyarsk Brach, P.O. Box 1, Krasnoyark 640029, Russia) UAOA/MM and
UBOB/MM will be operated from the ship during the convention. Look for one or both of
these stations in the PAA DX net (a net made up of amateurs from the Confederation of
Independent States) Sundays at 1500 UTC on 14315, 2 1315, and 28315 kHz. SINGAPORE
9VTYC has been on 2 1290kH z starting at 1600 UTC. 9Vl YC is James A Brooks, Box 1265,
Singapore 9117. SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS VP8CFM has been on 21090 kHz at
1800 UTC and 14090 kHz at 2 100 UTC operating RTTY. Look for him operating SSB on
21215 kHz at 1930 UTC. His QSLmanageris GM4KLO ,Michac1Mistofsky, 25 Broomcroft
Rd., Glasgow G77 SER, Scotland. SPAIN Several special event stations will be operating
from Barcelona and the other sites during the Summer Olympic Games. All stations will
be operating on 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160 meters SSB, CW, RTTY , SSTV and packet. The
stations and the locations they will be operating from arc: EH92A (Banyoles), EH92B
(Barcelona), H92C (Catelldefcls ), EH92D (Badalona), H92G (Granollers), EH92H
(L' Hospitalct de Lloragat), EH921 (Viladccang), EH92L (Sabadell), H92M (Mollet),
EH92N (Valencia), EH92R (Reus), EH92S (Sant Sad Urni D'Anoia), EH92 (Terrassa),
EH92U (Seu D'urgell), EH92V (Vic), EH92Z (Zaragoza). TANZANIA The Royal Omani
Amateur Radio society hopes to put stations 5HOROA (from Pemba Island) 16 to 31 July
and 5HORDA/A 2 1 to 27 July from Zanzibar Island all bands and modes. 5H3AS (whose
QSL manager is Jan Helge Jackobsen, Sandvikslicn 16, N -5035 Sandviken, Norway) is a
RTTY regular on 2 1084 kHz at 1400 UTC dai ly. THAILAND HS OZ AA has been on 2 1090
kHz RTTY between 1300 and 1500 UTC daily. QSL to his manager Michael J Castellano,
64 Great Hill Rd., Guilford , CT 06437. USA A special net for ham operators 80 years of
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at 1800 UTC and 2000 UTC on 14026 CW. For more information about how to join this
group either join them on the air or write NT3S, Jon Ness, 45 Marion Terrrace, Easton, MD
2160 I. If you are looking for any type of used amateur or SWL equipment, books, etc. you
might want to check "The Trader's Net" which meets on 7275 kHz Sundays at 1400 UTC.
Net conrrol stations arc N4BOR and WB4NHU, and amateurs from O H to FL, from TX to
SC join the net, announce what equipment they want to either buy, trade or sell, and (this
is important for SWL's) their phone numbers so that you can call and talk about price,
shipping, condition, etc. N9HGF starts "The Old Gear Net" on 7275 kHz immed iately after
the "Trader's Net." Operating on the same frequency, this net operates exactly the same but
concerns itself with much older equipment--a good place to obtain schematics for a 20 to
30 year old radio.
Have a happy Canada Day or Fourth of July and a good summer; or a mild winter
for those of you in the Southern Hemisphere. 73 de Rob

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Th.is list comes from N6VR via ARZ DX. If

you choose to use these bureaus, remember to
send only cards starting with the listed prefixes
to the proper one. These bureaus do not handle
all cards for their counrries! So don't send ES
prefix cards to the UR Bureau, Okay?

One last thing,

Many of you have been addressing mail to
me via my Call Book address. Since I have
moved three times in recent months, mail is
taking a long time to reach me and in some cases
is being lost. Please address all correspondence
tome c/oMonitoring Times, P.O. Box 98,Brasstown, NC 28902.
Want to see a pix of your shack in MT? Send
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That's all gang, see ya in August. 73 de Ike,
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July 1992

outer limits

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P.O. Box 98
Brasstown, NC 28902-0098

"Ex-Prisoner" Clandestine Fined

The Federal Communications Commission
has issued an $8,000 Notice of Apparen t Liabi lity to Robert Pisano of Tampa, Florida. Sources
in the FCC confirm that Pisano is the alleged
operator of anti-Castro clandestine station La
Voz de la Federacion M undial de Ex-Presos
Politicos C ubanos. The Monetary Forfeiture
notice was issued for a 7080.8 kHz broadcast of
this station from Tampa on November 18, 1991.
According to the FCC, Pisano used his own
name over the air during broadcasts, and claims
to have spent 18 years in a Cuban prison. The
FCC says that it "became aware of the operation
of an unlicensed s tation through a publication for
shortwave listeners."(!!!)
On the same day that the Commission voted
to levy the fine against Pisano, they also voted to
issue a Sl0,000 Notice of Apparent Liability to
Donald W. Bishop of Overland Park, Kansas. As
MT reported in November 1991, the FCC alleges
that Bishop was responsible for a widely heard
marathon mobile relay of several old Voice of
Laryngitis tapes last October. Genghis ~ ~xlcy,
longtime owner and operator of Laryng1us, has
denied any responsibility for this incident.
As rcportt:d in this column last mon th , ExPresos made numerous transmi ssions in the 4 1
meter pirate band after the November 18 bust,
but before the FCC issued the fine notice. In
contrast, DX-ers' loggings establish that the
Laryngitis rebroadcast incident took place d~
ing only one 24 hour period last fall. Despite
these facts, the FCC saw fit to give Pisano a
$2,000 relative discount in his fine. Hmmm.
T he Well svi ll e mai ldrop (sec address
below ) has announced that it will forward rec~p
tion reports to Ex -Prcsos if four 29cts mmt
stamps are enclosed. Prepared QSL cards should
be furni shed with your report.

Patri a Libre and Bougainville

Numerous DXcrs have noted the ELN's
anti-Colombian Radio Patria Libre on its new
19 meter frequency that we reported last month.
Mark Seiden of Miami, Florida , Mike Hardester
of Jacksonville, North Carolina, and many others have been hearing them nightly on 15045
kHz (+/-5 kHz) between about0030-01 IS UTC.
This one generally has put a strong signal
into eastern North America. PopComm colun1nist Harry Helms of San Diego, California writes
in to report weaker but clearly audible signals on
the west coast, leading Harry to suspect that the
station's transmillcr may still be within (or very
near) Colombia.
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.
This raises a curious point. Why is Patna
Libre using 19 meters? If its transmiucr is in or
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unfortunately noted the signal well underneath
powerful Arabic language SWBC interference.

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near northwestern South America, its signal

would certainly skip right over Colombia at this
tinle of day on JS MHz. It's a puzzle.
From the other side of the world, some North
American DXcrs now report logs (with difficulty) of Rad io Free Bougainville on 3880kHz
around local sunrise. Scott Edwards of Los
Alamitos, California, sends in a letter from Sam
Voron, themain figure behind this station. V~ron
says that the station has broken a. communications blockade against Bougamville by Papua
New Guinea. He also claims a schedule of 08001100 UTC.
Scott's reception report to Box 1203, Honaira,
Solomon Islands, generated an address for the
Bougainville Interim Government at Box 120,
Arawa, Republic of Bougainville. But, Scott
finds that reports to either address are simply
being forwarded to Sam Voron, Australia ~a
teur Radio Network, 2 Griffith Avenue, Rosev1llc,
NSW, Australia 2069. Scoll also notes (via a
Radio New Zealand International newscast) that
a Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
newscaster was fired for reporting items about
Bougainville without cditorialclearance. Thanks
for the great info, Scott!

Iran's Flag of Freedom

We have two Jogs of Iran 's Flag of Freedom this month. Dave Gasque of Orangeburg,
South Carolina, noted a brief English ID on 9250
kHz at their 0328 UTC sign-on. The subsequent
program is in Farsi. Mark Seiden pulled this ?nc
in on parallel frequencies of 11470 and 15:>65
kHz at 0405.
DXers have strongly presumed for years
that the United States CIA is associated with this
operation. Scott Edwards points out t~at th~
station offers a taped telephone message m Farsi
at (8 18) 792-4726. This dial-a-clandestine num ber is a local call in Los Angeles!
Seiden also tentatively heard La Voz del
Sahara Libre on 15215 kHz at 0140 with a
partial " La Voz" identification. "Play DX" #686
MONITORING TIMES

Bush's Secret NSD

In an interesting January 14, 1992, report,
the US General Accounting Office revealed that
President George Bush has issued a secret order
that impacts international broadcasting by the
United States. CitingaSeptembcr 9, J991,report
from the Congressional Research Service, the
GAO says that Bush and the National Security
Council issued National Security Directive num ber 51 in the fa ll of 1990. This still -classified
directive "established two study groups to determine international broadcasting policy and
consider the restructuring of U. S. government
broadcasting organizations."
Of course, MT has been unable to obtain a
copy of this secret National Security Directive.
But, it raises highly interesting questions. Docs
Bush secretly intend to restructure the VOA and
RFE/RL? Might covertly funded clandestine
broadcasting stations have been part of this
secret directive from the President? The GAO
report obviously raises more questions than it
answers. So far our government won't answer
them.

Arizonapirate and Europirate

Thanks go to Michael Lcnane of Mesa,
Arizona, for an interesting clipping about KAPW
from the March 19 Arizona Republic newspaper.
Bill Dougan operates th is low power FM pirate
on 88.9 MHz from his trailer in northern Phoenix. The KA PW schedule is nominallyOl 00-0500
UTC, daily except local Saturdays. It features an
eclectic programming mix of left and right wing
talk shows, taped books, documentaries, classical music, and Native American music.
Stephen Tsuya, engineer in charge of the
Douglas, Arizona, FCC office, allegedly has
threatened to fine KAPW unless it ceases transmissions. In response, Dougan vows legal action
and continued broadcasting activity.
Let me sneak in one of my own logs from
Europe, not Arizona. Under good cond itions I
have been hearing the new Irish pirate DLR-106
on 6220.8 kHz in the 0200-0600 UTC period.
This one usually relays a licensed Irish FM
station, but sometimes it inserts its own commentary. QSL 's are already forthcom ing for the
unlicensed shortwave relay via a sinlplc address
of DLR-106-FM, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin,
Ireland.

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What We Are Hearing

As you read in the" Ask Bob" column of the

May MT, many have speculated that the end of
the cold war and the startling political changes in
the former USSR and Eastern Europe could le ad
to the disappearance of Numbers Stations. But,
Simon Mason of England cited plenty of European numbers logs in the "Outer Limi ts" last
month. Robert Stone of Schodack Landing, New
York says that he regularly hears a Spanish
numbers station on 7422.5 kHz around 0400. I
also hear this one, as well as a diverse variety of
strange numbers broadcasts on 6840 kHz just
about daily. Wh at have YOU been hearing? Let
us know.

CSIC- 7415 kHz at 2030. Canadian Pirate Rambo with

a rock and com edy form at and a "Voice of !he Great
White North" slogan. Uses "Psycho Chicken" as an
interval signa l. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Peter
Stawicki . Norman, OK)
Hello Radio- 7413 kHz at 0300. Formerly an unpopular
pirate jam mer, !he station's anno uncer now just shouts
HELLOOOO RADJOOOO lrom time to lime. Addr :
None. (Alan Masyga, Winona, MN)
Jolly Roger International- 74 15 kHz al 0400. An
extremely well produced mix of rock and a musing
comedy ; not to be confused with a Europirate using the
same ID. Addr : None, but reads reports left on the
ANARC computer BBS at (913) 345-1978. (Norm
Alexander, Diamond Springs. CA)
KMCR, Magic Carpet Radio 7425 kHz at 0315. Has a
rock mus ic format with unusually hi-Ii AM modulation.
Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Alexander)
KXKVI 7415 kHz al 0430. A rock and new age music
station with highly professional "Interplanetary Radio"
jingles. Addr: None, but verifies log reports in club
bulletins. (Paul Friend, New York, NY)
Midnite Rad io- 7415 kHz at 0230. One of the few
pirates with a talk show format, most recently with
critic ism of organized religion . They announce a telephone number of (214) 888-1551. Kurt's first pirate'
(Kurt Meyer, Madison, WI and Bill Hennessey. Marble
Falls, TX)
Radio Anarchy- 7419 kHz at 0245. A different station
from the Voice of Anarchy discussed last month.
featuring punk rock from the west coast and a low
powe r transminer. They say that they are an "enemy of
the state." Addr: Blue Ridge Summit . (Skip Harwood.
Beale AFB, CA)
Radio Beaver- 7417 k Hz at 2315. Announcer Bucky
Beaver programs a mix of Canadian rock, Canadian
comedy, and pirate commentary. Addr: Merlin. (Darrell
Pierce. Campbellsville, KY)
Radio Clandestine- 7435 kHz at 2200. R. F. Burns,
North America's longest running pirate for over two
decades. has returned with his lightly produced mix of

Recent Pirate Activity

An absolute blizzard of North American
pirate activi ty continues on shortwave. We are
continuing an experiment that began in last
month 's M T. Readers have asked for a semi loggings summary of recently active pirates.
What do you think about this approach? Let me
kno w !

Maildrop addresses this month for correspondence and reception reports to pirate stations
include PO Box 452, Wellsville, New York
14895; PO Box 109, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania 17214; PO Box 405 54, Washington,
DC 20016; PO Box 17354, Atlanta, Georgia
30316; and PO Box 293, Merl in, Ontario NOP
1WO. Nonn Alexander says that he heard a
rumor on a recent DX program that the Wellsville
address has closed, but MT definitely confirms
that this rumor is false.

MONITORING TIMES

rock and com ed y. Addr: None . former addresses currently defunct. (Russ Hill, Warren, Ml)
Radio EXP- 7416 kHz at 0430. A rock station that is
Robert's first pirate! Addr: Wellsville. (Robert Stone,
Schodack Landing , NY)
RBCN- 7415 kHz at 0330. Radio Bob returns with
another hilarious mix of country music and regional
southern humor. Addr: Atlanta. (Elmer Cronkright,
Wyoming , Ml)
RFM- 15052 kHz at 2215. Uses a form at of jazz
instrumental music and low key comedy by announcer
H. V. Short. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit . (Randy Kaeding.
Stevensville, Ml)
Voice of the N ight- 7415 kHz at various times. Lad's
"baby pirate" format of rock and comedy is still frequently with us , but not daily as was observed during
late w inter and earl y spring. Addr: Wellsville. (Hardester
and many other DXers)
WARI- 7415 kHz at 01 00. EX-WGNK , Dr. Lobotomy
programs m ainly rock music . Addr : Wellsville.
(Hardester and direct from the station)
WBNY- 7416 kHz at 0000. Commander Bunny with a
hilarious clandestine parody from the People's Committee in Solidarit y with Rodent Freedom Fighters .
Their trad itional holiday show aired "before" Easter this
year. Addr : Washington. (Pat Murphy, Chesapeake,
VA. whose WBNY QSL is his 100th pirate verie.
Congralulations ')
WCYC- 7415 kHz at 0345. Neil Stanley and Mr. Lee , the
"World's Craziest Young Children ," feature rock and old
TV show them es. Addr: Merlin. (Seiden)
WEED 7415 kHz at 0500. A new station with rock
music and drug humor, supposedly from the southwestern USA. Addr: None, uselessly solicits reports via
radio DX programs. (Edward Rausch . C edar Grove,
NJ)
WORK- 7420 kHz at 0115. Station announcer Workingman hosts a clever labor-m anagement parody
station , with a ll sketches a nd music about work. Addr:
Wellsville. (J oseph Leach , Dayton, OH)
WSKY 7415 k Hz at 0400. A slick rock format with
mailbag segments from Mike Richards and Doug
Barley. Addr: Wellsville. (Robert Thomas. Bridgeport,
CT)

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Playing With The Piccolo

SHIP TELEX SERVICES
WLO RADIO

Universal Radio introduced the M8000 at

Dayton in April and already there has been
controversy over the legality of a mode that
allows the monitoring of digital pagers.
After consulting Bob Grove by " land line"
he assured me that it 's not illegal to monitor
digital pagers. Remember, however, that the
same FCC rules apply; that is, you cannot divulge the contents or substance of the messages
you receive. Nonetheless, I'm glad that Universal SW and In fotech arc keeping up the tradition
by providing us with state-of-the-art equipment.

MOBILE MARINE RADIO, INC

TELEX : 50 5444 (KEY CTRL G TO GET QPR)
HOURS OF SERVICE...... : HH 24 CONTINUOUS
FEC RADIO TFC LISTSIWX: HH PLUS 35 (ON TSS FREQUENCIES)
TSB FREQUENCIES:
1991 HURRICANE SEASON THAU 11130/91
4462.5 6344.0 8534.0 12992.0 16997.6 22688.0 KHZ
NONHURRICANE SEASON 12/ 1191 547 05131192
4343.0 6416.0 8514.0 12886.5 17022.5 22487.0 KHZ
WLO FULL INFO BROADCASTS FEC TSB FREQUENCIES DAILY
AT 0235 0835 2035 UTC AFTER FEC TRAFFIC LIST.
WLO FULL TIME NBDP ARO CENTER FREQUENCY LISTINGS
ITU SH IP
CHAN TRANSMIT RECEIVE REMARKS .... ... . ... .. .

The M8000 includes Piccolo!

Remember when my good friend Dr. Dave
Wilson copied Piccolo by hand deciphering
numbers that represented tones? I built a decoder
that interfaced Lo a PC and wrote soft ware that
converted the Piccolo tones into numbers. He
and I met at the Dayton Ham fest in April 1990
and I placed in his hands a box that contained the
decoder, a computer disk and some tools. A few
months later, he actually copied tex t in the clear
and logged about 30 frequencies. We were the
first hobbyists to copy Piccolo in the U.S.
Now, two years later, lnfotech, by using
some of this groundwork, has been able to include Piccolo in the M8000! But they aren 't the
first. About a year ago Hoka (a company in
Holl and) introduced the Code 3 decoding software. An ad for the Code 3 appears on page I OS
in the March issue of MT. It was the fi rst package
to include Piccolo as a $13S.00option. Coquelet,
another mode we discovered in the summer of
1990 , is also available for $13S.OO.
The basic Code 3 package includes Baudot,
ASCII, ARQ*, Twinplcx*,TOM, FEC*, SITOR,
a new mode called TORO 10 and 11, and FAX
for S78S. Hoka also sends upgrades whenever
new modes arc discovered.
I haven' t see one of the decoders myself, but
I did talk to a reader that owns one. At the time
he wasn ' t ablc to copy any piccolo and he wasn ' t
that impressed with the sign al performance of
other modes. That was about a year ago . By now
I 'm sure th at Hoka has the bugs worked out.
For more information on the Code 3 call the
U.S. distributor: Stone Mountain Engineering
Co., 404-897-S7S6, Box 1S73, Stone Mmmtain, GA.
For the M8000, see "What's New?" or call
Universal Radio at (800) 43 1-3939.

Crossed Signals
In the May issue, I gave an example of some
traffic that was copied on 13,366.S kHz SYD
from Nairobi Air Kenya. I s tated that some of the
messages contained the letters INTERPOL (they

were too garbled to print). I did not mean to

imply it was an INTERPOL example.
I did receive E-mail from Richard Crisp who
said that you can copy INTERPOL on I 8,7SS.8
kHz (JPA24) using sitor mode B. I haven' t had
much luck copying it here in the Mid-West. Can
you do better?
Also in the May issue I mentioned being
able to reduce the computer interference while
copying RTTY using a Sony 2010 with a laptop
computer and the Hamcom so ftware. I said that
I used a Radio Shack #273-104 toroid choke. Let
me amend that to #273- IOS.
The "dash 104" is okay for high frequencies
and may help you with scanner interference
problems, but the "dash IOS" is much longer and
has a higher material density which increases the
inductance. It works much better at lower frequencies. Its only problem is a small inside
diameter which makes it difficult to pass more
than one tum of computer cable through it.
Two contributors have sent in F AX photos:
propagation columnist Jacques d ' Avignon in
Canada, using 60 lpm (he didn't provide the
frequency) and Clifford A. Nadiger of Copperas
Cove, TX, who copied 13,508 kH z using 120
lpm, IOC S76, L-R POS. Speaking of FAX, I was
told that Hamcom will soon have the FAX mode
avail able.
Several readers have asked, " Why don' t
you print a frequ ency list in your column?" The
answer is simple; readers rarely send in their
loggings! Send 'em and I'll print 'cm . Meantime, if you want a frequency list, tune in to WLO
on 4.460. An example of what you can copy is
shown at right!
NNN

Several variations are included with this mode.

J uly 1992

MONlTORING TIMES

405 4174.5 4212.5 DELETE

406 4175 0 4213 0
410 4177.0 4215 0
411 - - - WAAC87 M'.JVEO TO ITU CH. 415.
415 4179.5 4217 0 NEW FULLTIME ARO . PLEASE ADO TO WLO.
417 4180.5 4218.0 NEW FULLTIME ARO - PLEASE ADD TO WLO.
606 6265.5 6317.0
610 6267.5 6319.0
611 - - - - WARC87 M'.JVEO TO ITU CH. 624.
615 6270.0 6321 0
619 6272.0 6323.0
624 6274.5 6325.5 NEW FULLTIME ARO PLEASE ADD TO WLO.
805 8378.S. 8418.5 DELETE. WLO MOVED TO ITU CH. 829.
806 8379.0 8419 0
810 8381.0 8421 0
811 8381 .5 8421.5 DELETE. WLO MOVED TO ITU CH. 832.
815 8383.5 8423.5
826 8389.0 8429 0
829 8390.5 8430 NEW FULLTIME ARO - PLEASE ADD TO WLO.
832 8392.0 8432.0 NEW FULLTIME ARO . PLEASE ADO TO WLO.
1205 12479.0 12581.5
1211 12482.0 12584.5
1215 12484.0 12586.5
1225 12489.0 12591 .5
1229 12491.0 12593.5
1234 12493.5 12596.0
1240 12496.5 12599.0
1250 12581.5 12684.0 DELETE. WLO MOVED TO ITU CH. 1261 .
1251 12502.0 12604.5
1254 12503.5 12606.0
1261 12507.0 12609.5 NEW FULLTIME ARO. PLEASE ADO TOWLO
1605 16685.5 16 09.0
1611 16688 5 16812.0
1615 16690 5 16814.0
1625 16695.5 16818.5
1629 16697.5 16820.5
1640 16703.0 16826.0
1644 16705.0 16828 NEW FULLTIME ARO BEAM TROP N
ATLANTIC
1650 16708.0 16831 .0
1654 16710 16833.0
1661 16713.5 6836.5 NEW FULLTIME ARO BEAM NORTH
ATLANTIC
2210 22289.0 22381 .0
2215 22291.5 2 83.5
2254 22311 .0 22403.0
2256 22312.0 22404.0
2260 22314.0 22406.0
2262 2231 5.0 22407.0
2272 22 20.0 22412.0 =
2284 22326.0 22418.0 =
2510 25177.5 26105.5 NEW FULLTIME ARO
=UNDER CONSTRUCTION
TIME SLOT BROADCASTS (TSB)
MORSE CODE 25 WPM
CW MOOE TOT UTC

NONPAIREO NBOP
PRODUCT FEC MOOE TOT UTC

0000 0600 1200 1800 OTC NATL HIGH SEAS 0035 635 1235 1835
- - - - N ATL TWDFEC ONLY
0100 0700 1300 1900 OTC N PAC HIGH SEAS 0135 0735 1335 1935
- - - NPAC TWO FECONLY
0200 0800 2000 OTC WLO FULL INFO 0235 0835 2035
1400 OTC APT GOM'CAR SEA 1435 0300 0900 1500 2100 OTC W CENT NATL 0335 0935 1535 2135
0400 1000 1600 2200 OTC GULF OF MEXICO 0435 1035 1635 2235
GULF LOOP FEC ONLY
0500 1100 1700 2300 OTC CARIBBEAN SEA 05351135 1735 2335

the qsl report

Gayle Van Horn

"Fasten your seal bells ... it's gonna bea bumpy

ride."
Sound familar? It will if you're a classic
movie fan like me. Th at phrase also reminds me
of QSLing-a bumpy ride and usually
unpredictable.
Gigi Lytle of Lubbock, Texas, understands
this aspect of QSLing. She writes in response Lo
a "Lcuer to the Editor" (May issue) "We all gel
'antsy' when we don't receive a QSL from a
particular station; and we all probably think
periodically ' Hurnmm,haven 'thad any response
from any stations I've written to in Riverland,
guess I won 't bother wasting my time or postage
writing any more letters or reports down that
way.' And then, a couple of days later in the mail
is a beautiful QSL from some remote area of the
world to whom you merely mailed a postcard,no
return postage, no IRC or anything, and you feel
really rotten."
"I fl am pleased by what I hear on a particular
station , I should write and let them knowconversely, if I think what I heard is really poor,
I should also write and let them know."
Just to keep the controversy going, let me
add that James Tobola of West, Texas, says he
hasn 'tQSLed a station in nine years; hejustlikes
to listen . He wonders, "How many SWLcrs
never QSL a station? Do they outnumber the
QSLers?"
Absolutely. For which the stations are
grateful. Dr. Paul Freed of Trans World Radio
said in a letter to our editor, "It is advantageous
for us that listeners to all of our language

broadcasts aren' t as enthusiastic DXers as our

English-speaking audience, or we'd be swamped
with requests!"

RUSSIA
Radio Moscow, 6000/5905/9600 kHz. Three full data
scenery cards for each frequency, with no veri signers.
Report forms included. Received in 65 days for English
reports and two IRCs, and a souvenir postcard. Station
address: Pyar.nitskaya Ulitsa25, Moscow.Russia. (Gene
Aker, Palm Springs, CA)

DJIBOUTI
FUV-Station Radionavale Francaise, 13042.5 kHz.
Full data lcner, verified by Le Maitrc Prinicipal
Dawidowicz-Adjoint Transmissions. Received in 18
days for a U1ility report and one !RC. Station address:
Marine en Mer Rouge Cl Golfc D' Aden, Chef du
Service T . V .L. Djibouti, La Station Radioelectrique
de la Marine a Djibouti . (Nag! Martin, Austrian DX
C lub)

SAIPAN
KFBS Far East Broadcasting Co., 12025 kHz. Full data
transmiuer site card, without veri signer. Station info
shcel included. Received via surface mail in 573 days
for an English repon in 1990. Station address: P.O.
Box 290, Saipan, MP 96950 USA. (Mike Hardester,
Jacksonville, NC)

JAPAN
Radio Japan, 5960 kHz. Full data scenery QSL card,
verified by K. Hishikawa. Program schedule and Radio
Japan newsleller included. Received in 55 days for an
English rcpon. Station address: Tokyo, 150-01 Japan.
(Michael J. Mc Ferrin, Smiths Creek, Ml)

SOUTH KOREA
Radio Korea, 9750 kHz. Full data color Korean Dancers
card, without a veri signet. Swion souvenir and program
schedule included. Received in 22 days for an English
repon. Station address: 18, Yoido-dong, Youngdungpoku, Seoul 150-790 Korea. (Robin Verbose, Spring
Lake Hts., NJ)

LEBANON
Wings of Hope, 11 530 kHz. Full data color world map
card, verified by Mark Christian. Received in 40 days
for an English report and l !RC. Station address: P.O.
Box 3379, Limassol, Cyprus. (QSL mailed from Israel)
(Nicholas P. Adams, 1'ewark, 1'1)

UNITED STATES
Virginia Beach Visitor Info Cenier, 1620 kHz-AM.
Full data QSL letter, verified by Buddy WheclerSupervisor. Received in 4 1 days for an English report.
Station address: City or Virginia Beach, Dept. of
Convention & Visitor Development, P.O. Box 200,
Virginia Beach , VA. 23458 (David A. Gasque,
Orangeburg, SC)

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Deutsche Welle-Antig ua Relay, 6040 kHz. No data
QSL map card, with preprinted signature of Peter
Senger. Received in 33 days for an English report.
Station address: North American Service, P.O. Box 10
04 44, W -5000 Cologne I, Germany. (Adams, NJ)

Honolulu Radio, 13282 kHz. Full data station leucr,

signed by Station Manager. Received in 34 days for an
English Utility report, and rewm postage. Station
address: Honolulu Flig ht Service Station, 4204
Diamond Head Rd., Honolulu, HI 96816. (Stanley
Klemanowicz, Torrance, CA)

PERU
Radio U nion, 6 115 kHz. Full data station logo/scenery
card, verified with illegible signature. Received in one
month for a Spanish rcpon, and souvenir post card.
Station address: c/o Miguel Palacios Rodriquez, Av.

Nocu ,....., la pl&bir de coaArmu

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Stanley Mayo of Winslow, ME,
sent in these two QSLs from
Radio Tahiti. Stanley apparently
has enjoyed the shortwave hobby
for many years; the QSLS are
twenty years apart!
Do you have special QSLs ,
pennants or logos from radio
stations? Send them to us and
we'll use them as space permits.
We'll copy them and return the
originals to you within the month.
Send them to :

Abancay 377-410 piso, Apartado 6205, Lima I , Peru.

(Tom Risha, Whiuier, CA)

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July 1992

How to Use the Shortwave Guide

1: Convert your time to UTC.
Eastern and Pacific Times arc already convened 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 Time, respectively.
Note that all dates, as well as times, are in UTC: for example, the
BBC's "Ken Bruce Show" (0030 UTC Sunday) will be heard on
Saturday evening (8:30 PM Eastem,5:30 PM Pacific) in North America,
not on Sunday.

2: Choose a program or station you want to hear.

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

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.
Of course, every station can't be heard all the time. To help you find
the right frequency, we've included information on the target area of each
broadcast. Frequencies beamed toward your area will generally be easier
to hear than those beamed elsewhere, even though the latter will often
still be audible. Every frequency is followed by one of these target codes:
am:
na:
ca:
sa:
eu:
af:
me:

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

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

Middle East
Asia
Australia
Pacific
various
domestic broadcast
omnidirectional

Consult the propagation charts. To help you further find the right
frequency, we've included propagation charts at the back 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.

The BBC's Harry Peart. Mike Costello, Linda

Spurr and David Coles are in Barcelona bringing
you the latest results and stories in special editions of Sports Roundup and Olympic Sportsworld
(see below)

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June 1992

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MT Mon itoring Team

P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902-0098

Greg Jordan

Jacques d'Avignon

Frequency Manager

Propagation Forecasts

Program Manager

North Carolina

Oniario, Canada

Kansas

Kannon Shanmugam

9 19-661-0095

John Carson
Dave Datko

B.W. Battin

California

New Mexico

Oklahoma

Jim Frimmel
Texas

news line

"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
IBOO PM EQT 5oo PM PDT}
BBC
CBC. Northern Quebec
Christian Science Monitor
Croatian Radio, Zagreb (M-A)
Radio Australia
Radio Beijing
Radio Havana Cuba [TS)
Radio Korea
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (M-F)
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Thailand
Radio Ukraine
SBC Radio 1 Singapore
Spanish Foreign Radio
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice ol America
W'NCR (Program Two) [T-A)
W'NCR [T-A)
0005
Radio Pyongyang
0010
Radio Beijing
0030
All India Radio
Christian Science Monitor (Asia) (M]
Christian Science Monitor [T-F]
HCJB
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Netherlands
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice ol America (Americas.
East Asia) (Special English) [T-S)
Voice ol America (East Asia)
(Special English) [M]
0045
Radio Korea (News Service)
0055
Radio Korea [T-AI
WRNO(W,A)
0100 UTC
19:00 PM EQT, 6:00 PM ppn
BBC
CBC. Northern Quebec [S M)
Chnst1an Science Monitor
Croatian Radio, Zagreb [SJ
Deutsche Welle
FEBC Radio lnt'I, Philippines
Radio Australia
Radio Belize

Radio Budapest
Radio Canada Int'! [S-M)
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Iraq lnt'I
Radio Japan
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Moscow
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Tashkent
Radio Thailand
Radiotelevisione ltaliana
SBC Radio 1 , Singapore
Spanish Foreign Radio
Voice of America
Voice ol Indonesia
W'NCR [T- A)
0115
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
0130
Christian Science Monillr (Asia) (M]
Chnst1an Science Monitor [T-F)
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Finland [T-A]
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Netherlands
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice ol Greece (M-A)
0155
Voice ol Indonesia
0200 UTC
110 00 PM EQT ZOO PM PDil
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [T-S ]
Chnsuan Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
Radio Australia
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (M-F]
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Thailand
RAE, Buenos Aires [T-A)
SBC Radio 1 Singapore
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
Voice of Free China
Voice of Myanmar
W'NCR [T-A)
021 5
Radio Cairo
Radio Nepal
0230
Christian Science Monitor

(Africa, Europe) [M)

Christian Science Monitor [T-F)
HCJB
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Pakistan (Special English)
Radio Portugal [T-AJ
Radio Tirana, Albania
SLBC . Sri Lanka
0245
Radio Korea (News Service)
0250
Radio Yerevan
0300 UTC
(] 1 -00 PM EDT BOO PM POT!
BBC
CBC. Northern Quebec
Christian Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F)
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Sofia
Radio Thailand
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
TWR. Bonaire
Voice of America
Voice of Free China
Voice of Turkey
WANO [F)
W'NCR [T-A)
0310
Radio Beijing
0315
Radio Cairo
Radio Havana Cuba' [T-S)
0330
BBC (Africa)
Christian Science Monitor
(Afri ca, Europe) [Ml
Christian Science Monitor [T-F)
Radio Austria ln!'I [T-A)
Radio Bahrain
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Netherlands
Radio Tirana. Albania

UAE Radio, Dubai

0340
Voice of Greece (M-A]
0350
Radiotelevisione ltaliana
0355
Radio Japan [M-F)
WYFR (Network) [T-AJ
0 400 UTC
(]2:00 AM EQT, 9:00 PM PDT!
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [T-S)
Christian Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
Kol Israel
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Prague Int'!
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio RSA
Radio Tanzania
Radio Thailand
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
Swiss Radio Int'!
Voice of America
0405
Radio Pyongyang
0410
Radio Beijing
0425
Radiotelevisione llaliana
0430
BBC (Africa)" [M-A)
Christian Science Monitor
(Africa, Europe, NE Asia) (M)
Christian Science Monitor [T-F]
Radio Bahrain
Radio Botswana
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Moscow (World Service)
0 450
Radio RSA
0500 LrTC
(1 :00 A M EQT 1OOO PM POD
BBC ("Newshour")
CBC, Northern Quebec
Christian Science Monitor

MONITORING TIMES

Croatian Radio, Zagreb

Deutsche Welle
HCJB
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Lesotho
Radio Moscow
Radio Thailand
SBC Radio 1 Singapore
Spanish Foreign Radio
Voice of America
WWCR
0510
Radio Beijing'
Radio Botswana
0515
Radio Canada lnt1 (M-F)
Radio Havana Cuba' [T-S)
0520
Radio Finland [T-A]
0530
Christian Science Monitor
(Africa, Europe, NE Asia) [M]
Christian Science Monitor [T-F]
Radio Austria Int'!
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Romania l nt'I
Radio Thailand
ATM, Malaysia
UAE Radio, DubaJ
Voice of Nigeri a
0550
Radio For Peace lnt'I [T-A)
0600 LrTC
12:00 AM EDT 11 00 PM POT>
BBC
Christian Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
GBC Radio, Accra'
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (M, F-A)
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
Swiss Radio l nt'I
Voice of America
WWCR [M-A)

July 1992

newsline
0605
0609

SBC Radio 1, Singapore

SLBS, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Voice of Indonesia

Radio Pyongyang
BBC'

0805

0610

Radio Pyongyang

Voice of Malaysia

0810

0615

Voice of Malaysia

Radio Korea (News Service)

0830

0630

Christian Science Monitor [M-FJ

Radio Austria l nt'I
Radio Finland [T-AJ
Radio Netherlands

BBC (Africa)'
BRT, Brussels
Christian Science Monitor [M-FJ
Radio Austria lnt'I [T-AJ
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Moscow (World Service)
RTV Congolaise. Brazzaville jM-F)
Voice of Nigeria

1030
Christian Science Monttor [M-FJ
MBC, Blantyre. Malawi [M-FJ
Radio Austria lnt'I [M-FJ
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
RTM, Malaysia
UAE Radio, Dubai
Voice of Nigeria

1040
Voice of Greece [M-AJ

1055
All India Radio

0840
Voice of Greece (M-AJ

1100 UTC
17:00 AM EDT 400 AM

0855
Radio Korea [M-FJ
Voice of Indonesia

ppn

Polish Radio. Warsaw

Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Bras, Brasilia [MA]
Radio Canada lnt'I [M-FJ
Radio Moscow
Radio Romania Int'!
Radio Tashkent
Radio Thailand
ATM, Malaysia
SBC Radio 1 . Singapore
SLBC , Sn Lanka
Voice of America
WWCR[M-F]

1328
Radio Cairo

1330

1209

All India Radio

Christian Science Monitor (M-FJ
FEBC Radio lnt'I, Philippines
Radio Austria lnt'I [M-FJ
Radio Canada lnt'I [M -FJ
Radio Finland [T-FJ
Radio Korea (News Service)
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Tashkent
RTM, Malaysia
UAE Radio. Dubai
Vaoo of Amenca (Special Engish)

BBC' [MAJ

1346

0903

BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [A-SJ
Christian Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
GBC Radio, Accra [A -Sf
MBC, Blantyre. Malawi (A-SJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Pakistan
Radio RSA
SBC Radio 1 , Singapore
Swiss Radio Int'!
TWA. Bonaire [M-FJ
Voice of America
WWCR [M-FJ

Croatian Radio, Zagreb

1105

1257

0910

HCJB [M-FJ

Radio Be11ing'

Radio Pakistan (Special English)

Radio Pyongyang

1258

BBC
CBC. Northern Quebec [A-SJ
Chnstian Science Monitor
GBC Radio, Accra
MBC. Blantyre, Malawi [M-FJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Bei11ng
Radio Belize [M-FJ
Radio France lnt'I
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
RTM. Malaysia
SBC Radio 1 , Singapore
Voice of America
WWCR[M-FJ

0703

0915

1110

Africa Number One, Libreville

1405

Croalian Radio, Zagreb

Radio Korea (News Service)

0705

0930
Christian Science Monitor (MFJ
Deutsche Welle (Africa)' [M-FJ
Radio Afghanistan
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands

1300 UTC
19:00 AM EDT 6:00 AM PDT>

1410

Radio Pyongyang

Radio Beijing'
Radio Belize [T-AJ
Radio Botswana [M-FJ

BBC ("Newshour")
BRT, Brussels [M-A ]
CBC. Northern Quebec
Christian Science Monitor
GBC Radio, Accra
Kol Israel
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize
Radio canada lnt'I [SJ
Radio Finland [AJ
Radio Jordan
Radio Moscow
Radio Romania Int'!
Radio Tanzania (A-SJ
SBC Radio 1 . Singapore
Swiss Radio Int'!
Voice of America

1415

1500 UTC
111 oo AM EDT 8 00 AM

0640
0900 UTC
(500 AM EDT 2-00 AM

Radio Prague lnt'I

0645
Radio Finland [T-A ]
Radio Romania Int'!

0655
Radio Korea [M-F]

0700 UTC
13-00 AM EDT 12-00 AM

ppn

BBC
Christian Science Monitor
GBC Radio, Accra
MBC , Blantyre, Malawi {M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt1 [M, W-HJ
SBC Radio 1 . Singapore
SLBS, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Voice of Free China
Voice of Myanmar

0715
Radio Havana Cuba' [T-SJ

0730
BBC (Africa)' [M-A J
Chr1st1an Science Monitor [M-FJ
HCJB
Radio Austria l nt'I
Radio Ghana
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Netherlands
Radio Prague lnt'I

0745
Radio For Peace ln!'I [T-A J

0755
Radio Japan [M-FJ

0800 UTC
(4:00 AM EDT 1 00 AM PDT)
BBC
Chnstian Science Monitor
GBC Radio 1 , Accra [SJ
GBC Radio 2 , Accra
MBC. Blantyre, Malawi [SJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Finland [T-AJ
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Pakistan

ppn

BBC
BRT, Brussels (M-AJ
Christian Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
GBC Radio 1, A ccra [M-FJ
GBC Radio 2, Accra
MBC, Blantyre, Malawi M AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I {MJ
SBC Radio 1 Singapore
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of Nigeria

July 1992

0940
0950

1115
Radio Korea (News Service)
Radio Nepal

1125

Radio T ikhiy Okean [SJ

1130

0955

BRT, Brussels [SJ

Christian Science Monitor [M-FJ
Deutsche Welle' [MFJ
Radio Austria Int'! [M-FJ
Radio Lesotho
Radio Moscow
Radio Yugoslavia
RTM, Malaysia'

Radio J apan [M-FJ

1000 UTC
(600 AM EDT 300 AM

eon

All Ind ia Radio

BBC
Christian Science Monitor
GBC Radio 2, Accra [A J
HCJB
Kol Israel
MBC . Blantyre, Malawi [SJ
Radio A ustralia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Be11ing
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [T-WJ
Radio RSA
Radio Tanzania
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
Voice of America

1010

All India Radio [Al

Radio Beijing

1350

1215

Radio For Peace lnt'I [T-AJ

HCJB [M-FJ
Radio Korea

1230
Chnsttan Science Monitor [M-F(
Radio Catro
Radio Finland [T-F]
Radio France lnt'I
Radio Moscow
SLBC, Sri Lanka
TWA, Bonaire
Voice of Turkey

1235
Voice of Greece

1245
SLBC, Sri Lanka
1255
WYFR (Network) [M-F]

1135
Radio Thailand

1150
Radio RSA

1303

1155

Croauan Radio, Zagreb

Radio Japan [M-FJ

Radio Korea [M-FJ

1305
Radio Pyongyang

1310
1200 UTC
(800 AM EDT, 5 00 AM

eon

BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [A-SJ
Christian Science M onitor
MBC , Blantyre. Malawi [M-F]

Radio Beijing'

MONITORING TIMES

1400 UTC
11000 AM EDT. 700 AM

eon

Radio Finland [T-A J

Radio Behze [MJ

Radio Botswana [A-SJ
Radio Finland [T-FJ

Radio T ogo

1210

Radio Beijing
Radio Korea [M-FJ

1320
SLBC, Sri Lanka

1325
HCJB [M-FJ

Radio Beijing
Radio Ganada lnt'I
Radio Nepal

1425
HCJB [M-FJ

1430
Christian Science Monitor (M-FJ
FEBC Radio lnt'I, Philippines
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Tirana, Albania

1445
BBC (East Asta) (~ English) jM-FJ
Voice o f Myanmar

1455
All India Radio
Radio Korea [M-FJ

eon

BBC
CBC. Northern Quebec [A-SJ
Christian Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
GBC Radio 2, Accra
Polish Radio, Warsaw
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize [M-AJ

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Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio Moscow
Radio Portugal [M-F )
Radio Romania Inn
Radio RSA
ATM, Malaysia
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
SLBC, Sri Lanka
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America

1505
Radio Pyongyang

1510
Radio Bei)lng'

1520
Radio Tallinn [M-F)

1530
Christian Science Monitor [M-F]
Deutsche Welle' [M-F]
FEBA, Seychelles
FEBC Radio lnt'I, Philippines
Radio Austna lnt'I [M-F]
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Voice of Greece [M-A)
Voice of N1gena

1700 UTC
(l OO PM EPT 1000 AM POI>
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec (A]
Chnsrian Science Monitor
GBC Radio 2, Accra
Kol Israel
Polish Radio, Warsaw
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize [M-F]
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [S-F)
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio RSA
SLBC, Sri Lanka
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
1705
Radio Pyongyang

1710
Radio Beijing

1715
Radio Korea (News Service)

1545

1725

Radio For Peace lnt'I [T-A)

Radio Korea (News Service)

Radio Surinam lnt'I [M-F]

WYFR (Network) [A]

1730
1600 UTC
(12:00 PM EPT 900 AM PPil
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [A)
Chnstian Saence Monuor
Deutsche Welle
GBC Radio 2, Accra
MSC, Blantyre. Malawi
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Canada lnt'I [M-F)
Radio France lnt'I
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Lesotho
Radio Moscow
Radio Pakistan
Radio RSA
Radio Tanzania
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
Voice of America
Yemen Radio

1609
BBC'

1610
Radio Be111ng'
Radio Botswana [M-F)

1615
Radio Pakistan (Special English)

1630
Christian Science Monitor [M-F)
Radio Canada lnt'I [M-F)
Radio Moscow
UAE Radio, Dubai
Voice of America (except Africa)
(Speaal English)
WYFR (Network) [A)

1635
WYFR (Network) [M-F]

1655
Radio Korea [M-F]

July 1992

Chnstian Science Monitor [M-F)

Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Sofi a

1740

1840
Voice of Greece

1845
Radio Cored' lvoire, Abidjan

1855
BBC (Africa)' [M-F]
Radio Finland
Radio Korea [M-F)
WYFR (Network) [MA]

Radio Pyongyang

2010

All India Radio

BBC
Chri stian Science Monitor (M-A)
Deutsche Welle
GBC Radio 2. Accra
HCJB
Kol Israel
KVOH
Radio Australia
Radio Beijing
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba (MA]
Radio Iraq lnt'I
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnl'I [S-F)
Radio Portugal (M-F]
Radio Tanzania
RAE, Buenos Aires [MF]
SLBS. Freetown, Sierra Leone
Spanish Foreign Radio
Voice of America

2025

1910
Radio Be1j1ng'
Radio Botswana

BBC (Africa)'

1920
Voice of Greece

1930

1800 UTC
(2:00 PM EDT, 11 :OO AM PDT)
All India Radio
BBC
BAT , Brussels
CBC, Northern Quebec (M H]
Chnstian Science Monitor
GBC Radio, Accra
KVOH
MBC. Blantyre, Malawi
Radio Afghanistan
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Belize [M-F)
Radio Bras. Brasilia [M-A]
Radio Canada lnt'I (MF)
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'l (S-F)
Radio Portugal [M-F)
Radio Tanzania
Voice of America

1830
Christian Science Monitor (MF]
Radio Austria lnl'I
Radio Belize
Radio Finland [M- F)
Radio Kuwait
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Yugoslavia
Voce of Amenca (Special English)

2005

1900 UTC
1300 PM EDT 1200 PM PPD

1750
Radio RSA

Radio Prague lnt'I

SLBS. Freetown, Sierra Leone
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
Voice of Indonesia
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Turkey
WWCR (Program Two) [M-F]

Christian Science Monitor [M-F)

Deutsche Welle' [M-FJ
Polish Radio, Warsaw
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Ghana
Radio Havana Cuba [MA)
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Romania lnt'I
Voice of Nigeria

1935
Radiotelevisione llallana

1945
Radio Korea (News Service)
Radio Sofia
Radio Togo

1955
BBC (Africa)' (MF)

Radio Beijing
Radio Havana Cuba' [M-A]
Radiotelevisione llaliana
WYFR (Network) [M-F]

2030
Christian Science Monitor [M-F]
Radio Havana Cuba [MA)
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
WYFR (Network) [A)

BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [S-F]
Christian Science Monitor
GBC Radio, Accra
KVOH
MBC, Blantyre, Malawi
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize (M-F]
Radio Budapest
Radio Havana Cuba [MA]
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [SF]

MONITORING T IMES

All India Radio

BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec (M-F)
Christian Science Monitor
GBC Radio 2, Accra
MBC, Blantyre, Malawi
Radio Australia
Radio Beijing
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba (M-A)
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Tirana, Albania
Radiotelevisione ltaliana
SBC Radio 1 Singapore
SLBS, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
Voice of Free China
Voice of Turkey

2045

2203

Radio Korea (News Service)

Croatian Radio. Zagreb

2055

2208

Voice of Indonesia

Voce of America (Gaibbean)' [M-F)

2209
2100 UTC
15:00 PM EPT 200 PM PPil
All India Radio
BBC ("Newshour')
BRT. Brus sels
CBC. Northern Quebec [S-F]
Chri stian Science Monitor [M-AJ
Deutsche Welle
GBC Radio 2, Accra
KVOH
MBC, Blantyre. Malawi
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Beijing
Radio Bel ize [M-F)
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Ukraine
Radio Yugoslavia
SLBS , Freetown. Sierra Leone
Spanish Foreign Radio
Voice of America
WWCR (Program Two) [MF)

2110
Radio Beijing'

2125
Radio Korea [M-F )

2130
2000 UTC
1400 PM EPT 1 OO PM PPil

2200 UTC
!600 PM EQT. 3:00 PM ppn

Chnstian Science Monitor [M-F]

Kol Israel
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Cairo
Radio Finland [M-F)
Radio Moscow
Radio Vilnius
WYFR (Network) [MF)

BBC'

2210
Radio Beijing

2225
Radio Havana Cuba' [MA)

2230
Christian Science Monitor [MF]
Radio Havana Cuba [M-A)
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnrl [AHI
of Amelica (Special EngishJ

vare

2245
GBC Radio, Accra
Voice of Greece

2300 UTC
!Z-00 PM EPT 400 PM PPil
All India Radio
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [A]
Chnsnan Science Monitor (M-A)
Radio Australia
Radio Belize [M-F]
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Japan
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [S-F)
Radio Vilnius
ATM, Maiaysia
SBC Radio 1 . Singapore
Voice of America

2305
Radio Pyongyang

2320
Radio Thailand

2330

Radio Sofia

BRT, Brussels
Christian Science Monitor [M-F]
Radio Moscow
Radio Nacional, Bogota [A)
RTM, Malaysia'

2150

2345

2145
Radio For Peace lnt'I [M-F)

Radio For Peace lnt'I [M-F)

2155

2355

WYFR (Network) [M-A)

Radio Japan [M-F]

WRNO [W,F]

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0000-0030
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00000045
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0000-0100
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0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-01oo vi
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100

Czechoslovakia
Australia

7345na
15170va
17880as
Canada, RCI Montreal
5960am
Croatian Radio via WHRI
7315na
Iran, Islamic Republic
9022am
9022am
Iran, Islamic Republic
15165am
Norway
Swiss Radio lnt'I
6135na
17730na
United Kingdom.BBC London5965as
6195as
9590na
11955as
15360pa
11660na
Bulgaria. Radio Sofia
North Korea
11335na
Australia, ABC Brisbane
4920do
Australia, ABC Perth
9610do
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
6070do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada. CHNX Hali1ax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
China, Radio Beijing
9770na
11760pa
Cook Islands
9725ca
Costa Rica. AWR
Costa Rica, RFPI
7375na
Cuba, RHC Havana
11970am
Guam, KSDA Guam
15610as
India, All India Radio
9910as
15135as
11945na
Iraq, Radio Iraq lnt'I
15350va
Luxembourg, RTL
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
7295do
New Zealand, RNZI
17770pa
Philippines, FEBC Manila 15450as

00000100

9540na
15320va

11990na
17630as

9755am
9495na
9720am
1526oam

13670am

9650na

9885na

12035na

5975na
7145as
9915na
12095na
17830as
11720na
13760na
9660do

6005al
7325na
11750sa
15070na

6175na
9580as
11945as
15260sa

17750as

15260am
15315am

15330na
15115na

0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
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0000-0100
0000-0100 sa
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0030-0100

11715na
11870ca
15030na

11715as
15145as
17740sa

0030-0100 mtwhl
0030-0100
0030-0100

21465na

11745as
17830as

t511oas

0030-0 tOO
0030-0 100

0030-0100
00400050 twh1as
00450100

Russia, Radio Moscow

11710na
12050na
15425na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC1
5010do
South Korea, Seoul
15575na
Spanish National Radio
9530na
Thailand
4830as
Ukraine, Kiev
7195eu
11 520eu
12060na
USA, CSMonitor Boston
7395na
USA, CSMonitor Boston
17865as
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 1559oam
USA, KVOH Los Angeles
17775am
USA, VOA Washington
6130am
115soam
USA, WHRI Noblesville
7315am
USA, WINB Red Lion, Penn 15145eu
USA, WJCR Upton Ken1ucky
USA, WRNO New Orleans 7355am
USA, WWCR Nashville
5920na
USA, WYFR O!leechobee, FL
Australia
15320va
17715pa
21740pa
Canada, RCI Montreal
5960am
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9745am
Netherlands
6020na
11835na
Sri Lanka B'casung Corp. 6005as
United Kingdom.BBC London5965as
7135as
9915na
15070na
Yugoslavia, Radio Federal 11870am
Venezuela, Radio Nac1onal 9540om
South Korea World News
7275as

11780na
15290na
15485na

11850na
15405na
17570na

5052do

11940do

9655as
7250eu
11790na
13645na
9850al

11905as
9640eu
12ooona
15355na
13760na

12040na
154 10na
21690na

10344eu
12040na
15570na
17555as

7405am
9455am
9775am
11695am 15120am 15205am
9495am
7490na
7435na
5985am
15365pa
17750as
21775as
9755am
151 55am
6165na
13700as
9720as
5975na
7325na
11750sa
15260sa

15420pa
17795pa

17630as
17880as

21455am
9860as
11 655as
15425as
6005sa
9580as
11955as
15360pa

6175na
9590na
12095na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

Wednesdays

0015 Radio Korea: News Commentary. Opinion on developments

in Korea and worldwide.
0020 Radio Korea: Sites And Sounds. A look at Korea's tourist
anrac1lons and Industry.
0030 BBC.The Ken Bruce Show Ken Bruce plays pop music. pas1
and present.
0030 Radio Australia: Book Reading. Serialized readings 1rom
popular books.
0035 Radio Korea : From Us To You. Listener leners, questions,
and commen1s, Interspersed wi1h Korean music.

0015 Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0015.

0020 Radio Korea : Seoul Calling. See M 1120.
0030 BBC: Omnibus. Topical features on almost any topic, from
Dracula to drugs.

Saturdays

Tuesdays

July 1992

Radro Korea: News Commentary. See S 0015.

Radio Korea Seoul Calling. See M 1120.
BBC: Comedy/Drama. See W 1530.
Radio Australia: Music/ln1ormation. See S 0330.
Radio Korea Pulse 01Korea. See W 1140.

Fridays

Mondays

Thursdays
0015
0020
0030
0030
0040

0015 Radio Korea News Commentary. See S 0015.

0020 Radio Korea Seoul Calling. See M 1120.
0030 BBC Music Feature. All this month, musicians like llzhak
Perlman talk about other musicians on "The Musician's
Musician."
0030 RadlO Australia. Musicnnlormation. See S 0330.
0040 Radio Korea Forward To Reuni1ication. See H 1140.

0015 Radio Korea: Echoes 01 Korean Music. See S 1115.

0030 BBC: In Praise 01 God. Christian religious services and
medi1a1ions.
0030 Radio Australia: Just Out. Rob Hoskin plays recent Australian music releases.
0035 Radro Korea: Shortwave Feedback. See S 1135.
0015 Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0015
0020 Radio Korea: Seoul Calling. See M 1120.
0030 BBC: Panel Game. "Back To Square One" is a quiz on
curious expressions in the English language (thru Aug. 1lst).
0030 Radio Australia: Music/Information. See S 0330.
0040 Radio Korea : Tales From Korea's Past. See M 1140.

0030 Radio Australia: Music/Information. See S 0330.

0040 Radio Korea: Korean Cultural Variety. See T 1140.

Mike Bullen is one of BBC's

presenters of Dateline East
Asia.
MONlTORING TIMES

0015 Radio Korea News Commentary. See S 0015.

0020 Radio Korea . Let's Sing Together. See F 1120.
0030 BBC From The Weeklies. A review o1 the British weekly
press.
0030 Radio Australia: Word 0 1Mouth. See M 1445.
0040 Radio Korea: Let's Learn Korean! See F 1140.
0045 BBC: Recording 01 The Week. See M 0615.

[9:00 PM EDT/6:00 PM PDT]

0100 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0100-0115
0100-0115 vi
0100-0120
0100-0125
01000127
0100-0130 1whfa
01000130
0100-0130 sm
0100-0130
0100-0130
01000150

0100-0159 sm
0100-0200

0100-0200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200 smtwh
0100-0200

India, All India Radio

9910as
15135as
Iraq, Radio Iraq lnt'I
11945na
Italy, RAI , Rome
9575am
Netherlands
6020na
11835na
Czechoslovakia
5930na
Canada, RCI Montreal
5960am
Laos, Na1ional Radio of
71 16as
Norway
9615am
Sweden
9685as
Uzbekh1stan, R. Tashken1 5930as
Germany, Deu1sche Welle 6040na
9700na
13770na
Canada, RCI Monireal
9535am
13720am
Aus!ralia
15240pa
17715pa
21740pa
Aus!ralia, ABC Brisbane
4920do
Ausiralla, ABC Penh
9610do
Canada, CFCX Mon1real
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toron10
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halllax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Cook Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica, RFPI
7375na
Cuba, RHC Havana
11970am
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9745am
Indonesia, Voice of
7125as
Japan NHK
5960na
17835as
Luxemoourg, RTL
15350va
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
7295do
Namibia BC Corp, Windhoek 3290af

11 ?15as
15145as
17740sa
11aooam
6165na
13700as
7345na
9755am

11730as
5995as
6085na
11a1ona
15105na
9755am
15320va
17750as
21775as
9660do

11745as
17830as

9860as

15110as

0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200

11655as
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200

9540na

7190as
6145na
11865na

7265as
9565na
13610na

11845am

1194oam

15365pa
17795pa

17630as
17880as

0100-0200
0100-0200 sa
01000200
0100-0200
01000200

15030am

21465am

15155am
9675as
11840me
17845as

21455am
1t752as
15195as

11785as
17810as

0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
01000200
0130-0150 m1wh1a
01300155
0130-0200
0130-0200
01300200
0145-0200

New Zealand, RNZI

Philippines, FEBC Manila
Russia, Radio Moscow

17770pa
15450as
11710na
12osona
15425na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC 1
5010do
Spanish Na1ional Radio
9530na
Sri Lanka B'cas1ing Corp.
6005as
Thailand
4830as
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London5965as
7135as
9915na 1
15260sa
USA, CSMoni1or Bos1on
7395na
USA, CSMonilor Bos1on
17865as
USA, KTBN Sall Lake C11y 7510na
USA, VOA Washing1on
5995am
9775am
USA, VOA Washington
7115as
15250as
USA, WHAi Noblesville
7315am
USA, WINB Red Lion, Penn. 15145na
USA, WJCR Up1on, Kentucky
USA, WANO New Orleans 7355na
USA, WWCR Nashville
5920na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL
Yugoslavia, Radio Federal 11870na
Greece, Voice of
9395na
Finland, YLE
11755na
Austria, ORF Vienna
9875na
Netherlands
9860as
UAE Radio, Dubai
11795na
Vatican Radio
9650as

11780na
15290na
15485na

11850na
15405na
17570na

5052do

11940do

9720as
9655as
5975na
7325na
1750sa
15280as
9850af

15425as
11905as
6005sa
9580as
11955as
15360pa
13760na

6130am
11580am
7205as
17735as

7405am
9455am
15120am 15205am
9740as
11705as
21550as

12040na
15410na
21690na

6175na
9590na
12095na
21715as
17555as

7490na
7435na
5985am
9420na
15185na
13730na
11655as
13695eu
t 1935as

9505am

15440am

11645na

13700as
15320eu

15435eu

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

Tuesdays

0101 BBC : Play 01 The Week. This month's selections . "Faith,

Hope, And Charity" (5th) ; "Faith Healer" (121h, starts at0030
UTC) ; "Happy Binhdays (191h) : supper Of Ashes" (26th).
0109 Deutsche Welle : Commen1ary. Opinion on current issues.
0115 Radiotelevisione ltaliana : Tunes For Whistling. Italian
popular and jazz music.
0117 Deutsche Welle Feature. Mailbag." "Nickelodeon (listener
requests for German music), or "Techrncal Tips For DX'ers."
0130 Radio Australia At Your Request. Dick Paterson plays
music reques1s
0134 Deutsche Welle: German By Radio. An advanced German
language course for English speakers.

0105 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.

0109 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
0115 Radiotelevisione ltallana: Light Music. Italian popular, jazz,
and easy listening music.
0130 BBC: Folk In Britain. Ian Anderson is the host, folk music is
lhe fare.
01 30 Radio Australia . Music/Information. See S 0330.
0134 Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. Cultural, science, and
economic developments between the US and Germany.
0145 BBC: Health Matters New medical developments and methods of keeping fit.

Mondays

0105 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.

0109 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
0115 Radiotelev1sione 11aliana: Window on the Bay. Selections of
Italian music.
0130 BBC: Talks. Leslie Goffe presents a new series ol "Your
Questions Of Faith" (through August 19th).
0130 Radio Australia . Music/lnformalion. See S 0330.
0134 Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. See T 0134.
0145 BBC : Coun1ry S1ylo. David Allan profiles the country music
scene on both sides of the pond.

0101 BBC: Fealure/Drama. Another series of "Opera Of The

Week" (6th/13th) is lollowed by 1he favorite writing 01celebnt1es on "Wllh Grea1 Pea sure (through September 7th)
0109 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
0115 Radiotelevis1one ltahana: No Palking. Italian popular music.
0116 Deutsche Welle Living m Germany. A weekly look at the
social scene in Germany.
0130 Radio Australia: Music/I nlormation. See S 0330.
0134 Deutsche Welle. Lairy's Random Selec11on. Larry Wayne
takes a look at Germany lrom the lighter side.
0145 BBC: Feature. Traditions and rituals lrom Britain feature on
"Rites 01 Man (through August 1Oth).

Wednesdays

Thursdays
0105 BBC : Outlook. See M 1405.
0109 Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.

MON1TORING TIMES

011 s
0130
0130
0134
0140
0145

Radiotelev1sione ltaliana: Light Music. See T 0115.

BBC: Waveguide. See W 0415.
Radio Australia: Music/I nformation. See S 0330.
Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. See T 0134.
BBC: Book Choice. See w0425.
BBC: The Farming World. Agricullural news and technologi
cal innovations for farmers.
0105 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.

Fridays
0109 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
0115 Radiotelevisione ltaliana: Light Music. See T 0115.
0130 BBC: Seven Seas. Malcolm Billings presents news about
ships and the sea.
0130 Radio Australia: Mus1cnnforma11on. See S 0330.
0134 Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. See T 0134.
0145 BBC: Global Concerns. An update on environmental issues.

Saturdays
0105 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
0109 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
0115 Radiotelev1s1one ttaliana : Contrast In Music. Selections ol
Italian music.
0130 BBC: Shon Story (except 4th: Seeing S1ars). See S 0430.
0130 Radio Australia : Mus1cnnform ation. See S 0330.
0134 Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. See S 1513.
0145 BBC : Jazz Now And Then. George Reid presents a weekly
mix ol new releases, old tracks, and interviews.

July 1992

0200 UTC

[10 :00 PM EDT/7 :00 PM PDT]

FREQUENCIES
0200-0225
0200-0230 mtwhfa
0200-0230 sm
0200-0230
0200-0230
02000230
0200-0230
0200-0230

0200-0230
02000250
0200-0259 lwhfa
02000300 lwhf
0200-0300

0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300 as
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300 smlwh
0200-0300
0200-0300

Nelherlands
9860as
Kenya, Voice of
493Sdo
Norway
11930na
Philippines. FEBC Manila 15450as
Sri Lanka B'casting Corp.
6005as
9695na
Sweden
6135am
Swiss Radio lnl1
United Kingdom.BBC London5975na
7135as
9670me
12095va
15380as
5995am
USA, VOA Washinglon
15120am
Germany. Deulsche Welle 7285as
11965as
Canada. RCI Montreal
6120sa
13720sa
Argentina.RAE Buenos Aires 1171 Cam
15240pa
Australia
17715pa
21740pa
4920do
Austral.a, ABC Bnsbane
Aus1ral1a. ABC Perth
6070do
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada. CFRX Toron10
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
6130do
Canada. CHNX Halitax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Cook Islands
11760pa
Cosla Rica, RFPI
7375na
Cuba, RHC Havana
11970na
Ecuador, HCJB Oui10
9745am
Egypt, Radio Cairo
9475na
Guam, KSDA Guam
13720as
6110na
Hungary, Radio Budapesl
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
7295do
Namibia BC Corp, Windhoek 3290af
New Zealand, RNZI
17770pa

11655as

0200-0300

13700as

0200-0300
9720as
15425as
11705na
9650am
9885am
6175na
6005sa
7325na
9580as
9915na
11750sa
15260sa 15280as
21715as
7405am
9775am
15205am
9615as
9690as
t5235as 15560as
9755sa
9535sa

15320va
t 7750pa
2t 775as
9660do
9610do

15365pa
17880as

15030na
13700na
15155am
9675na

21465na

9835na

11910na

12035am
6195eu
9590na
t 1955as
t5360pa
t1580am
11945as
11940sa

17630as
21525as

0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
02000300 sa
02000300
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300
02300245
0230-0300
0230-0300 s
0230-0300
0230-0300
0230-0300 IWhfa
0230-0300
0230-0300

21455am

0240-0300
0245-0300
0250-0300
0255-0300

Romania. A.Romania lnl'I

5990am
11830am
Russia, Radio Moscow
9470na
11850na
15405na
17570na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC1
5010do
Sou1h Africa, Radio RSA
7270af
Taiwan, V. of Free China, 5950na
11860as
Thailand
4830as
USA, CSMonitor Bos1on
9350af
USA, CSMoni1or Bos1on
17555as
USA, KTBN Sall Lake Cily 7510am
USA, KVOH Los Angeles
17775am
USA, VOA Washinglon
7205as
15205am
USA, WHRI Noblesville
7315na
USA, WINS Red Lion, Penn. 15t 45eu
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WRNO New Orleans 7355am
USA. WWCR Nashville
5920na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL
Pakistan
9515as
Albania, Radio Tirana
9580na
Kenya, Voice of
4935do
Netherlands
9860as
Phillipines, Manila
17760pa
Ponugal
9570am
Sri Lanka B'casling Corp. 9720as
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London5975na
7135me
11750sa
15280as
Zambia, Radio 2, Lusaka
6165do
Soulh Korea. Seoul
9640am
Va1ican Radio
7305na
Bonaire, TWR Bonaue
11930am

6155am 9510am
11940am
9530na
9685na
12040na 12050na
t5410na 15425na
17685na 17860na

9570am
11710na
15290na
17560na
21690na

5052do

11940do

9680na
15345as
9655as
9455na
17865as

9765pa

9740as
15250as

11705as
17735as

15120am
21550as

9505am
17640as

15440am
21730as

13700as
21580pa
9705am

11 840am

11740ca

11905as
13760sa

7490na
7435am
5985am
t5t 15as
11825na
11655as
17840pa
9600am
15425as
6005sa
7325na
11955me
15360pa
7235do
11805am
9605na

6175na
9670me
12095va
21715as

6195eu
9915na
15260sa

15575am
11620na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0209 Deutsche Welle. Commentary. See S 0109.
0213 Deu1sche Welle: Sports Report. The 1a1es1 news trom lhe
wortd ot sports.
0219 Deu1sche Welle Mailbag Asia Musical reques1s and answers 10 listener questions.
0230 BBC: Fea1ure. This month, hear a look al lhe sister-cily
movement in "Twin Tracks" (51h, 121h), "Nol Just A Game
investigates the nature of sports (191h, 26th).
0230 Radio Auslralia: Fine Music Australia. The best in Australian
classical music.

Mondays
0209 Deu1sche Welle: European Journal. A review of major events
in Europe, with in1erv1ews and analyses.
0230 BBC: Composer Of The Month. Profiles of famous composers This monlh "Les Six."
0230 Radio Australia: Mus1cnn1orma1ion. See S 0330.
0234 Deu1sche Welle: Science and Technology. New scienlific
and lechnological developments.

Tuesd ays
0209 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
0230 BBC: Quiz . See M 1215.
0230 Radio Aus tralia: Music/Information. See S 0330.

July 1992

0234 Deutsche Welle: Man and Environmen1. A program on all

topics re laling to the environment in industrial and developing countries.

developing na1ions.
0230 Radio Australia : Book Reading. See S 0030.
0234 Deulsche Welle: Insight. See T 1534.

Wednesdays

Thursdays

0209 Deu1sche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.

0230 BBC : Developmen1 '92. Aid and developmenl issues for

0209 Deulsche Welle . European Journal. See M 0209.

0230 BBC: Sports International. Live play-by-play, Interviews,
teatures. and discussions trom the spans world.
0230 Radio Australia : Music/Information. See S 0330.
0234 Deutsche Welle: Living 1n Germany. See M 0116.

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MON1TORING TIMES

Fridays
0209
0230
0230
0234

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.

BBC: Drama. See H 1130.
Radro Australia: Musitnnformation See S 0330.
Deutsche Welle: Spotlight on Sport. See w 1534.

Saturdays
0209 Deutsche Welle : Commentary. See S 0109.
0223 Deutsche Welle : Panorama . A review of the major news
events of the week.
0230 BBC People And Politics The background to the British
polillcal scene.
0230 Radio Australia: This Australia. See S 0430
0234 Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See F 1534.

0300 UTC

[11 :00 PM EDT/8:00 PM PDT]

FREQUENCIES
0300-03t 5
0300-0325
0300-0330
03000330
0300-0330
0300-0330
0300-0330

03000330
0300-0330
0300-0350

03000400

0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400
03000400
03000400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400
03000400
03000400
0300-0400
0300-0400

Valican Radio
Netherlands
Czechoslovakia
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Japan NHK

7305na
9860as
5930na
9475na
5960am
2t610am
Phillipines, Manila
17760pa
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London3255al
6005sa
6195eu
9600al
11 760me
United Kingdom.BBC London 11750sa
USA, VOA Washington
5965eu 1
17895me
Germany, Deutsche Welle 6085na
11810na
22890na
Aus1ralia
15240pa
177t5pa
2t525as
Australia, ABC Brisbane
4920do
Australia, ABC Perth
9610do
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Bonaire, TWA Bonaire
9535am
Bulgaria, Radio So1ia
9850al
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada. CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6t30do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6t60do
China, Radio Beijing
9690na
Cook Islands
t 1760pa
Costa Rica, RFPI
7375na
Costa Rica, TIFC
5055ca
Cuba, RHC Havana
6t80na
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9745am
Guatemala, Radio Cultural 3300do
Honduras, HRPC Luz y Vida 3250ca
Kenya, Voice of
4935do

9605na
11655as
7345na
9675na
15325am

03000400
0300-0400 smtwh
03000400
0300-0400

11620na
13700as
9540na
178t0am

17825am

17840pa 21580pa
5075
5975na
6005a1
6175na
6180eu
6190a1
7135me
7325na
9410eu
9670me
9915na
11730al
11955me 12095eu t5070a1
15260sa 15310as
1905me
15160me 17810eu
6145na
13610na

9640na
13770na

9700na
15205na

15320va
t 7750as
21740pa
9660do

15365pa
t 7795pa
21775as

17630as
17880as

11930am
1112oa1

11765af

9770na

1t7t5na

15030na

2t465na

11760am
t5155am

1t970am
2t4 55am

t5160na

t3700na

0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400
03000400
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400
03000400
03000400
0300-0400 sa
0300-0400
03000400

0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400 VI
03000400
03000400
0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400
03300400
0330-0400

0340-0350 mtwhfa
0340-0350 twhfas
0350-0400 varies

Luxembourg, RTL
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
New Zealand, RNZI
Russia, Radio Moscow

15350va
7295do
17770pa
9470na
11850na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC1
5010do
South Africa, Radio RSA
5960al
Sri Lanka B'cast ing Corp.
9720as
Taiwan, V. 01 Free China, 5950na
15345na
Tanzania
5985at
Thailand
4830as
Turkey. Voice o1
9445na
USA, CSMonilor Boston
9350al
USA, CSMoni1or Boston
17555as
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 7510am
USA, VOA Washington
5135al
9575al
t7715a1
USA, WHAi Noblesville
7315na
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WANO New Orleans 7395am
USA, WWCR Nashville
5920na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL
Albania, Radio Tirana
9580na
Austria, ORF Vienna
9870ca
Japan NHK
5960na
Netherlands
6165na
UAE Radio, Dubai
t 1945na
United Kingdom.BBC London3255a1
6180eu
9600a1
11955me
t5420a1
Greece, Voice of
9395na
Venezuela, Radio Nacional 9540om
Armenia, Yerevan
9530na

9685na
12050na

11675na
15405na

5052do
7270at
15425as
9680na

11940do

9765as

9685a1
9655as

11765a1
11905as

9455na
17865as

13760sa

6035a1
11835al
21sooar

7265a1
11940

11710na
15425na

11745as

7405a1
15115af

7490na
7435na
6065am
1t825na
13730am
t1870na
9590na
13675na
5975na
6190a1
9915na
12095eu
17885al
9420na
11770na

9505am

t7810na
t5400na
6005al
6195eu
11740al
15280as
21715as
11645na

15435na
6175va
9410eu
t1760me
153t0as

t 7605na

17690na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

Tuesdays

0309 BBC : Words01 Faith. Speakers from various faiths discuss

scripture and their belie1s.
0309 Deutsche Welle Commentary. See S0109.
03t 3 Radio Aus1ralia: Back Page. Brendon Teller looks at sports
in lhe Asian/Pacific region.
03t 5 BBC: Sports Roundup. News 1rom the world o1 sports.
03t7 Deutsche Welle: Feature. See S Ot17.
0330 BBC : From Our Own Correspondent. Reporters comment on
the background to the news.
0330 Radio Aus1ralia: Musicllnformation. Overnight music,
in1erspersed with news.
0334 Deutsche Welle: German By Radio. See S 0134
0350 BBC : Write On .. Listener leners, opinions. and questions

0309
0309
0313
03 t 5
0330

BBC : Words 01 Faith. See S 0309.

Deu1sche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 1313.
BBC Spons Roundup. See S 0315.
BBC John Peel Newly released albums and singles lrom
the contemporary music scene.
0330 Radio Australia: Music/lnforma11on. See S 0330.
0334 Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. See T Ot34.

Wednesdays

Mondays

0309
0309
0313
0315
0330

0309
0309
03t3
0315
0316
0330
0330
0334

0309
0309
0313
03t5

BBC: Words 01 Faith. See S 0309.

Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
Radio Aus tralia: Spans Repon. See S 1313.
BBC : Sports Roundup. See S 03 t 5.
Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. See M 01 t6.
BBC: Anything Goes. See S t430.
Radio Australia: Music/lnforma1ion. See S 0330.
Deutsche Welle: Larry's Random Selection. See M 0134 .

BBC Words Of Faith. See S 0309.

Deutsche Welle : European Journal. See M 0209.
Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S t3t3.
BBC Spons Roundup. See S 03t5.
BBC Pop Science. Vitamin K meets Kylie Minogue as Janice
Long moderates.
0330 Radio Auslralia. Music/l nlormation. See S 0330.
0334 Deu1sche Welle : Transatlantic Diary. See T 0134.

Thursdays
BBC : Words Of Faith. See S 0309.
Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
Radio Australia: Spons Report See S 1313.
BBC : Sports Roundup. See 0315.

MONITORING TIMES

0330 BBC : Assignment. A weekly examination of topical issues,

from Batman to the Amazon.
0330 Radio Australia: Musicnnformation. See S 0330.
0334 Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. See T 0134.

Fridays
0309
0309
0313
03t5
0330

BBC : Words 01 Faith. See S 0309.

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 1313.
BBC: Spans Roundup. See S 0315.
BBC: Focus On Faith. Comment and discussion on major
issues in various religions.
0330 Radio Australia: Music/I nformation. See S 0330.
0334 Deutsche Welle : Transatlantic Diary. See T 0134.

Saturdays
0309
0309
03t3
0315
0330

BBC: Words 01 Faith. See S 0309.

Deutsche Welle : European Journal. See M 0209.
Radio Aus1ralia: Music/I nformation. See S 0330.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
BBC: The Vintage Chart Show. Paul Burnett with past Top
20 pop music hits.
0330 Radio Australia: Women In Politics. Interviews with women
politicians.
0334 Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. See S 1513.

July 1992

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Bonaire. TWR Bonaire
Bulgaria. Radio Selia
Canada, RCI Montreal
Croatian Radio via WHRI
Cuba, RHC Havana
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Guatemala, Radio Cullural
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Romania. R.Romama lnt1

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Nonh Korea
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Aus1ralla, ABC Brisbane
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15350va
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7295do
Namibia BC Corp, Windhoek 3270af
New Zealand, RNZI
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Russia, Radio Moscow
9470na
11980na
15405na
Sierra Leone. SLBS
331 6do
501 0do
Singapore. SBC 1
South Africa, Radio RSA
5960af
South Africa.Radio Oranje 3215do
USA, CSMoni1or Boston
9445am
17780as
USA, CSMonitor Boston
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USA, KTBN sau Lake City 7510am
USA, KVOH Los Angeles
9785am
USA, VOA Washington
5995eu
7200eu
USA, WHRI Noblesville
731 5na
USA, WJCR Up1on, Kentucky
USA, WMLK Bethel, Penna. 9465eu
USA, WRNO New Orleans 7395am
USA, WWCR Nashville
5920na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL
Zambia. Radio 2. Lusaka
6165do
llaly, RAI, Rome
7275me
Cuba, RHC Havana
6180na
Nigeria
3326do
swaziland. TW A Swaziland 5055af
United Kingdom.BBC London3255af
6180eu
9410eu
15070va
15420al
USA, VOA Washington
5995me
7200me
Zambia.Radio Zambia lni'I 9505af
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SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0409 Deutsche Welle Commentary. See S0109.
0413 Deutsche Welle: Spons Repon. See S 0213.
0415 BBC Fealure. Take an alphabettcal odyssey on An A-Z Of
Rock 'N' Pop (5th); then join ' Stuart Colman's Record Hop'
(through September 271h)
0419 Deu1sche Welle: lnlernational Talking Point. A round-table
discussion on major trends and events.
0430 BBC: Short Story. This month: Sports is the theme lor
"Long-Distance Runner" (12th) ; 'Berlin Crawling (191h);
and woman Bathing (26th) (except 5th Seeing Stars. a
monthly look at astronomy).
0430 Radio Australia : This Austraha. Documentaries about the
land "down under "
0434 Deutsche Welle: People and Places Interviews, stories. and
music beamed to Africa.
0445 BBC : Talks A ramble through the Continent features on
Keep To The Path Through Europe (through August 91h).

Mondays
0409 Deulsche Welle : European Journal. See M 0209.
0415 BBC Fea1ure. Join Martin Redfern as ho takes a Journey
To The Center 01 The Universe (through September 28th).
0430 BBC . Ott The Shelf. This month's senalrzed readings are
Penelope Uvely's According To Mark" (2nd-171h) and Kun
Diemburger's "The Endless Knor (20th31st).

July 1992

0430 Radio Australia Mane rs Of Farth. Dallas Adair examines lhe

doctnnes and beliefs of Asian/Pacific faiths.
0434 Deutsche Welle: Africa in the German Press. A look at wha1
German papers and weeklies have to say about Africa.
0445 BBC: Andy Kershaw's World Of Music. Exotic music from
the world over

Tuesdays
0409
0415
0430
0430

Deutsche Welle European Journal. See M 0209

BBC: Heal1h Matters. See T 0145.
BBC: Off The Shelf. See M 0430.
Radio Austraha: World Of Country Music. A look at country
music from all around the world.
0434 Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. Reports and background to
the news from correspondents.
0445 BBC : Talks See M 23t5
0455 BBC: Talks. See M 2325

Wednesdays
0409 Deutsche Welle European Journal. See M 0209.
0415 BBC: Waveguide Tips on how to hear the BBC better.
0425 BBC. Book Choice. A short review of a recently released
book.
0430 BBC Off The Shelf See M 0430
0430 Radio Australia. Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.
0434 Deutsche Welle: Africa Report See T 0434.
0445 BBC Country Style. See W 0145.

MONITORING TIMES

Thursdays
0409
0415
0430
0430
0434
0445

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.

BBC: The Farming World. See H 0145.
BBC: Off The Shelf. See M 0430.
Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.
Deutsche Welle: Afnca Report. See T 0434.
BBC: From Ou r Own Correspondent. See S 0330.

Fridays
0409
0415
0430
0430
0434
0445

Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.

BBC. Feature See M 0145
BBC: Off The Shelf. See M 0430.
Rado Australia: Communicator. See S 1430.
Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0434.
BBC: Folk In Britain. See T 0130.

Saturdays
0409 Deulsche Welle: Commentary See S 0109
0415 BBC. Good Books (except 25th A Month In The Country)
See W 1445.
0423 Deu1sche Welle: Panorama. See A 0223.
0430 BBC Jazz Now And Then. See A 0145.
0430 Radio Austratia: Business Honzons. See T 1130.
0434 Deulsche Welle: Man and Environmenl. See T 0234.
0445 BBC Worldbrief. See F 23 15.

(1 :00 AM EDT/10:00 PM PDT]

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0500-0600
0500-0600 sa
0500-0600 varies
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 mtwhf
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600

Lesotho, Maseru
4800do
Malawi B'casting Corp.
3381do
Sri Lanka B'Casting Svc
9720am
Cameroon CATV Beau
3970do
Swaziland. TWA Swaziland 5965af
United Kingdom.BBC London3255af
6190af
9600af
15070as
15590va
5975na
Valican Radio
7250eu
Germany, Deutsche Welle 5960na
11705na
Australia
15240pa
17750as
21775as
Australia. ABC Brisbane
4920do
Australia, ABC Perth
9610do
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
6070do
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
China, Radio Beijing
11840am
Cook Islands
11 760pa
Costa Rica. RFPI
7375na
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
11925am
Eq.Guinea. A.East Alnca
9585al
Italy, IRAS Milan, Italy
7125eu
Japan NHK
11870na
17825na
Kenya, Voice of
4935do
Luxembourg. RTL
15350va
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
7295do
Namibia BC Corp, Windhoek 3270af
New Zealand, RNZI
17770pa
Nigeria
3326do
Russia, Radio Moscow
12050na
17605na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do

15425am
9655af
3955eu
6195eu
9640na
15310as
17885al
15280as
11625af
6130na
11925na
15365pa
17795pa

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6005al
6180as
7120eu
9410eu
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15400af
15420af
21470af
2171 5as
15575as
15090af
1773oaf
9515na
9670na
13610na 13790na
17630as 17715pa
21525as 21740as

9660do

15030na
21455am

15195na
17890na

0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600

0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 mtwhfa
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 s
0510-0515 w,vl
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05180559 mtwhf
0520-0530
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0530-0600
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4770do
13665na

4990do
15405na

7255al
15425na

0530-0600
0545-0600

Singapore, SBC 1
South Africa, Radio RSA
Spanish National Radio
Thailand
USA, CSMonitor Boston

5052do
9695al
9530na
4830as
9455na
17780as
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 7510am
USA, KVOH Los Angeles
9785am
USA, VOA Washington
5995eu
6873eu
9700eu
15205me
USA, WHAi Noblesville
7315na
USA, WINB Red Lion, Penn. 15145eu
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WMLK Bethel, Penna. 9465eu
USA. WWCR Nashville
5920na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee. FL5985am
Zambia, Radio 2, Lusaka
6165do
Zambia.Radio Zambia lnt1 9505af
Botswana, Gaborone
5955af
South Africa.Radio Oranje 9630do
Canada, RC! Montreal
6050eu
1t775me
Finland, YLE
6120va
Ghana, Radio 2. Accra
3366do
Ghana, Radio 1. Accra
4915do
Austria, ORF Vienna
6015na
Cameroon CATV Yaounde 4850do
Romania, A.Romania lnt 'I 15340af
17790al
Swaziland. TWA Swaziland 5965al
UAE Radio. Dubai
15435as
United Kingdom.BBC London3255al
6180as
9410eu
12095va
15400af
United Kingdom.BBC London 21470af
Cameroon CATV Beau
3970do

11940do

9655as
9840al
17555as

11905as
9870na

6040me
7170me
9715me

6060eu
6140me
7200me 9670me
11815me 11825me

13760na

7490na
7435na
9850eu
7235do
11aeoaf
7255af

11915eu

13695af

17895af

6150eu
17840me
9665va

7295eu

9750eu

11755va

15440va

6155eu

13730eu

21490me

1538Daf
21665af
1175oaf
17830as
3955eu
6190af
9600al
15070as
1542Daf
21715as

1772Daf

17745af

21700as
5975na
6195eu
9640na
15280as
15575af

6005af
7120eu
11 760me
15310as
21470af

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0509
0513
0517
0530

Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S Ot09.

Radio Australia: Back Page. Sees 03t3.
Deutsche Welle: Feature. See S 0117
Radio Australia: Interaction. Patti Orofino explores the
experiences of multicultural Australia.
0534 Deutsche Welle: German By Radio. See S 0134

Mondays
0509
0513
0516
0530
0534

Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.

Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia See S 1113
Deutsche Wene Living in Germany See IA 0116
Radio Australia: Musicnnformat1on. See S 0330.
Deutsche Welle: Larry's Random Selection See M 0134.

Tuesdays
0509
0513
0530
0534

Deutsche Welle: European Journal See M 0209.

Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.
Radio Australia: Points Of Law. See M 1530
Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. See T 0134.

0530 Radio Australia: Connections. See S 1530.

0534 Deutsche Welle: Transatlanlic Diary. See T 0134.

24-year old Thursdays

0509 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
Kang Jia n
0513 Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.
is one of
0530 Radio Australia: AgriNews. See T 1530.
0534 Deutsche Welle: Transatlantic Diary. See T 0134.
the
Fridays
youngest
0509 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
announcers 0513 Radio Australia: Music 01 Radio Australia. See S 1113.
0530 Radio Australia Lane's Company. See T 1430.
in the
Saturdays
0509 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.
English
0513 Radio Australia : Music 01 Radio Australia. See S 1113_
Department 0530 Radio Australia: Arts Roundabout. The arts in Australia, past
and present.
at Radio
0534 Deutsche Welle. Through German Eyes. See S 1513.
Beijing.

Wednesdays
0509 Deutsche Welle : European Journal. See M 0209.
0513 Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.

July 1992

[2:00 AM EDT/11 :00 PM PDT]

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3381do
Malawi B'casting Corp.
Cameroon CRTV Yaounde 4850do
4935do
Kenya. Voice of
7116as
Laos, National Radio of
Latvia, Radio Riga
5935eu
15430af
Swiss Radio lnt'I
United Kingdom.BBC London3955eu
9600al
7230eu
9410eu
15310as
12095eu
15070va
17790as
17830as
17885af
5975na
7150pa
9640va
21715as
Vatican Radio
6245eu
Zambia.Radio Zambia tnt'I 9505at
Lrthuania. RadioCentras
9710eu
Cameroon CRTV Douala
4795do
Germany, Deutsche Welle 11780al
15205af
15180as
Nonh Korea
Australia
15240pa
17750as
1779Spa
21525as
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
6070do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halitax
6130do
Canada. CKZU Vancouver 6t60do
Cook Islands
11760pa
7375na
Costa Rica. RFPI
West NA Cuba, RHC Havana 11760na
6055va
Czechoslovakia
Ecuador. HCJB Ourto
11925am
9585al
Eq.Guinea, R.East Atnca
49t5do
Ghana. Radio 1, Accra
Ghana, Radio 2. Accra
3366do
7125eu
Italy, IRRS Milan, Italy
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
15350va
Luxembourg. RTL
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
7295do
6175as
Malaysia, Voice of
9765eu
Malta, V. of the Medlt.
New Zealand, RNZI
17770pa
New Zealand, ZLXA
3935do
3326do
Nigeria
Russia, AWR Russia
11855as

17565af
21770af
6180eu
6190at
11760me 11940af
15400af
15420af
21470af
152SOas 15360pa
7250eu
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17875af
t5230as
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21740pa

13790al

15185af

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15575as

17895al

15030na

9750as

6195eu
11955as
15590va

1t990va

15295as

7255at

0600-0700
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0600-0700
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0600-0700
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0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700

0600-0700
0600-0700
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0600-0700
0600-0700
0603-0610 tent
0615-0630 s
0615-0630
0625-0700
0630-0635 mtwhf
0630-0655
0630-0700
0630-0700
0630-0700 sm1whf
0630-0700

0630-0700
0635-0700
0645-0700
0645-0700
0645-0700
0645-0700

Russia, Radio Moscow

7135va
7150am
9535va
9750va
11880va
11 950na
Sierra Leone. SLBS
Singapore. SBC1
Sout h Africa, Radio RSA
South Africa.Radio Oranje
South Korea. Seoul
Swaziland, TWR Swaziland
Thailand
USA, CSMonitor Bos1on

4740do
7160va
9765va
12035va
3316do
5010do
15220af
9630do
7275om
5965at
4830as
9455na
17780as
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 7510na
USA, KVOH Los Angeles
9785na
USA, VOA Washington
3980eu
6110eu
6140eu
6873eu
11815me
11825me
11915me
6035at
6125af
7405af
1771 5at
USA, WHRI Noblesville
7315eu
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WMLK Bethel, Penna. 9465eu
USA, WWCR Nashville
5920na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL5985am
t3695al
Zambia, Radio 2, Lusaka
6165do
Croatian Radio, Zagreb
7240eu
Cameroon CRTV Bertoua 4750do
South Korea World News
7550eu
Kenya, Voice of
4935do
Congo, RTV Congolaise
7105do
Belgium, BRT Brussels
5910au
Austria, ORF Vienna
60t5na
Monte Carlo, TWR
9480eu
New Zealand, ZLXA
3935do
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London5975na
7230eu
9410eu
9600af
1t955as
12095eu
15070va
15590va
17830as
17885af
71 50pa
15280as
15360pa
Vatican Radio
11625af
Monaco. TWR Monaco
9480eu
Finland, YLE
6120eu
Ghana B'cas1ing Corp.
6130af
Romania. R.Romania lnt'I
11a1oau
17805au
Romania, R.Romania tnt't
11a1oas
17805as

4975do
7310va
9855va
12055va

6175va
9450va
11730va

5052do

11940do

11810na
7200al
9655as
9840eu

15t 70na
11750af
11905as
9870am

5995eu
6040eu
7170me
7325me
15205me
9530af
9575at

7130va
9530va
11765va

17555as

6060me
11805me
15115af

7490na
7435na
7355eu

9680eu

7235do
9830eu

21480eu

11725na

15575me
9610do
1t695eu

6t80eu
9640pa
15310as
21470af
17790as
15090af

6t90af
11760me
15400af

9560at

11755eu

t 1940au
21665au
t 1940as
21665as

15335au

17720au

15335as

17720as

6t95eu
tt940af
15420af

21715as
17730af

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0609
0613
0615
0619
0630
0630
0634
0636
0649

Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.

Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S 0213.
BBC : Letter From America Alistair Cooke.
Deutsche Welle: International Talking Point. See S0419.
BBC: Jazz For The Asking. Digby Fairweather plays requests.
Radio Australia: Fine Music Australia. See S 0230.
Deutsche Welle: People and Places. See S 0434.
BRT. Brussels: P.O. Box 26. Listener letters and questions
BRT, Brussels: Musical Roundabout Music

Mondays
0609
0615
0630
0630
0634
0634
0637

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.

BBC: Recording 01 The Week. Newclassicatmusicreleases.
BBC: Feature. See S 1401 .
Radio Australia: This Australia. See S 0430.
BRT, Brussels: Press Review. Stones in the Belgian press.
Deutsche Welle: Africa in the German Press. See M 0434 .
BRT, Brussels: Radio World. Frans Vossen presents news
for short wave enthusiasts
0647 BRT, Brussels: Tourism In Flanders.

Tuesdays
0609 Deutsche Welle. European Journal. See M 0209.
0615 BBC : The World Today. See M 1645.
0630 BBC : Rock/Pop Music. Paul Jones returns to present jazz.

July 1992

0630
0634
0634
0637
0642
0647

gospel, and more on counterpoint" (through August 11th)

Radio Australia : Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.
BRT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.
Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0434.
BRT, Brussels: Belgium Today. See M 2337.
BRT. Brussels Focus On Europe. See M 2342.
BRT, Brussels: Sports. See M 23<7.

Wednesdays
0609
0615
0630
0630
0634
0634
0637
0642
0647

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.

BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
BBC : Meridian. Events in the world of the arts.
Radio Australia: Pacific Women.
BRT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634 .
Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0434 .
BRT. Brussels: Belgium Today. See M 2337.
BRT . Brussels: Around The Arts. See T 2342.
BRT, Brussels: P.O. Box 26. See S 0636.

Thursdays
0609
0615
0630
0630
0634
0634
0637

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.

BBC : The World Today. See M 1645.
BBC: Sports International. See H 0230
Radio Australia. At Your Request. See S 0130.
BRT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.
Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0434.
BRT. Brussels: Belgium Today. See M 2337.

MONITORING TIMES

0642 BRT, Brussels: Living In Belgium. See W 2342.

0647 BRT, Brussels: Green Society. See W 2347.

Fridays
0609
0615
0630
0630
0634
0634
0637
0642
0650

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0209.

BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.
BRT. Brussels: Pross Review. See M 0634.
Deutsche Welle: Africa Report See T 0434
BRT. Brussels: Belgium Today. See M 2337.
BRT, Brussels: Economics. See H 2342.
BRT, Brussels: NorthSouth. See H 2350.

Saturdays
0609
0615
0623
0630
0630
0633
0634
0635
0643
0650

Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.

BBC. The World Today. See M 1645.
Deutsche Welle: Panorama. See A 0223.
BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
Radio Australia: Just Out. See M 0030.
BRT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.
Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. See T 0234.
BAT. Brussels: Radio World. See M 0637.
BRT. Brussels: Tounsm In Flanders. See M 0647.
BRT, Brussels: Record OITho Week. Musical excerpts from
a selected Belgian record.
0653 BRT, Brussels: P.O. Box 26. See S 0636.

0700 UTC
07000710
07000710 w
07000715
07000730
07000730
07000730

07000750
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800 sa
07000800
07000800
07000800 f
07000800 varies
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800 tent
07000800
07000800 smtwha
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
0700-0800 smtwhf
07000800
0700-0800

07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
07000800
0700-0800
07000800 sa
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07000800
07000800
07000800 smtwhf
0700-0800
07000800
07000800
07030800 s
07050800 a
0730-0745 mtwhf
07300745 mtwhfa
07300800
07300800
0730-0800
07300800
07300800

3:00 AM EDT/12:00 AM PDT]

Cameroon CATV Bafoussam
Malawi B'casting Corp.
3381 do
Romania, A.Romania lnt'I
11810au
17805au
Australia
15170pa
17630as
21525as
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9585eu
United Kingdom.BBC London5975na
15280as
6180eu
7325af
11940af
15400af
17790as
North Korea
15350as
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Canada. CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6t60do
Cook Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica, RFPI
7375na
West NA Cuba, RHC Havana t 1760na
Eq.Guinea, A.East Africa
9585af
Ghana B'casting Corp.
6130af
Ghana , Radio 1, Accra
4915do
Ghana, Radio 2, Accra
3366do
Italy, IRAS Milan, Italy
7125eu
Japan NHK
15250me
21525as
Kenya, Voice of
4935do
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
Liberia, ELBC Monrovia
7275do
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
Malaysia. RTM Radio 4
7295do
Malaysia, Voice of
6175as
Monaco/Monte Carlo, TWR 9480eu
Monte Carto, TWR
9480eu
New Zealand, RNZI
17770pa
New Zealand, ZXLA
3935do
Nigeria
3326do
Russia, Radio Moscow
4740do
7130do
11705va
12010va
15295va
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC1
5010do
South Africa.Radio Oranje 9630do
Swaziland, TWR Swaziland 7200af
Taiwan, V. of Free China, 5950na
Thailand
4830as
USA, CSMonitor Boston
9445na
17780as
USA, KTBN Sal! Lake City 75t Ona
USA, KVOH Los Angeles
9785na
USA, WHRI Noblesville
7315eu
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WMLK Bethel, Penna. 9465eu
USA, WWCR Nashville
5920am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL9850af
Zambia, Radio 2, Lusaka
6165do
Croatian Radio, Zagreb
7240eu
Cameroon CATV Douala
4795do
Icelandic National Radio
9265om
Vatican Radio
6245do
Australia
11880pa
15365pa
t 7795pa
Czechoslovakia
17725pa
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9585eu
t5270eu
Netherlands
9630pa
United Kingdom.BBC London6180eu
9600af
11940af
15400af
t7830as
7150pa
15310as

4000do
5995do
11940au
21665au
15240pa
17715pa
21740pa
1t 730eu
7150pa
15360pa
6190af
941Oeu
12095eu
15420af
17885af
17765as

15335au

17720au

15320va
17750as
2t775as
15270eu
9640va
2t715as
6t95eu
9760eu
15070eu
15575as
2t 470af

15365pa
17795pa

15030na

21 465na

17765eu

17810as

9750as

t5295as

4990do
4950do
7160do
11765va
12055va
15345va

4975do
73t0am
11880va
13705va
15350va

21 455eu
1t955as
7230eu
1t760me
15310as
17640va
21660af

17860as

5960do
9855va
11975va
t5280na
t5375va

0800 UTC
08000803 daily
0800-0810
0800-0810 w
08000825
0800-0825
08000825
08000825
0800-0830
0800-0830
0800-0830
08000830

08000835
08000835
08000845
08000850
08000900
0800-0900
08000900
08000900 a
08000900
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900 sa
0800-0900
08000900 f
08000900 asmtwh
08000900
08000900 varies
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 smtwha
0800-0900
08000900 smtwhf
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900 tent

5052do 11940do
11750af
9655as
9840eu

1t 905as
9870am

t7555as

08000900
08000900
0800-0900

7490na
7435am
119t5af
7235do
9830eu

08000900
0800-0900
08000900 vi
0800-0900
08000900

13695eu

t5566na

21480eu

7250do
9645na
t5210na
15170va 15240pa 15320va
17630as 1771 5pa 17750as
21525as 21775as
21705as
9745au
11730eu t t925au
21455va
11895pa
6190af
7325eu
94t0eu
9760eu
11 760me 1t860af
12095va t5070eu 15105af
15420af
15590af 17640va
17885af 21470af 2t660af
9640va
11955as t5280as
15360pa 17790as 21715as

0800-0900
08000900
08000900 smtwhf
0800-0900
0800-0900
08030810 tent
08030900 s
08300845
08300900
08300900
08300900
08300900
08300900
08300900
0830-0900

08350850 mtwhf
08350850 smtwhf
08350850 mtwhf
08500900 s
08500900 s

[4:00 AM EDT/1 :00 AM PDT)

Croatian Radio, Zagreb
7240eu 9830eu
Cameroon CATV Bafoussam
4000do
Malawi B'casting Corp.
3381do
Finland, YLE
17800as 21550as
Malaysia, Voice of
6175as 9750as
Netherlands
9630pa 11895pa
Swaziland, TWR Swaziland 7200af
11750af
Australia
6080pa 15240pa
t7750as 21725as
Bangladesh, V. of Islam
15195as 17815as
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9585eu 9745au
21455va
United Kingdom.BBC London6180eu 6190af
9600af
9760eu
11760me 11860af
t5310as
15360pa
15400af 15420af
t7830as
17885af
21470af 21660af
7150pa
9640pa
9660eu 11950af
t5280as
17640va
2t 715as
Monaco, TWR Monaco
9480eu
Monte Carlo, TWR
9480eu
Pakistan
17902eu 21520eu
North Korea
15180as t5230as
Australia, ABC Brisbane
9660do
Australia, ABC Perth
15425va
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 601 Orne
Cameroon CATV Douala
4795do
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Cook Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica, RFPI
7375na 15030na
Eq.Guinea, A.East Africa
9585af
Ghana, Radio 1, Accra
4915do
Ghana, Radio 2, Accra
3366do
Guam, KTWR Guam
15200as
Indonesia, Voice of
7125as 9675as
Italy, IRAS Milan, Italy
7125eu
Kenya, Voice of
4935do
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
7295do
New Zealand, RNZI
9700pa
New Zealand, ZXLA
3935do
Nigeria
3326do 4990do
Nigeria, Voice of
7255af
Papua New Guinea
4890do
Russia, Radio Moscow
4740do 4940do
7t30do
7160do
73t0am 9535va
t 1920va
11975va
1201ova 12055va
t5345va
15350va
15420va 15435va
Sierra Leone, SLBS
331 Sdo 5980do
Singapore, SBC1
5010do 5052do
South Africa.Radio Oranje 9630do
South Korea, Seoul
7550eu t3670eu
USA, CSMonitor Boston
9445am t 1705eu
17555as
USA, KNLS Anchor Point
7365as
USA, KTBN Salt LaKe City 7510am
USA, VOA Washington
11735eu 15160eu
21570me
USA, WHRI Noblesville
7315eu 7355sa
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
7490na
USA, WMLK Bethel, Penna. 9465eu
USA, WWCR Nashville
692am
5920na
Zambia , Radio 2, Lusaka
6165do 7235do
Croatian Radio, Zagreb
7240eu 9830eu
Croatian Radio, Zagreb
7240eu 9830eu
Vatican Radio
6245eu 7250eu
Australia
6080pa 9 580pa
17630as 17750as
Austria, ORF Vienna
6155eu 13730eu
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9745au 11925au
Finland, YLE
15355as 17800as
Italy, AWR Italy
7230eu
Netherlands
9630pa 11895pa
United Kingdom.BBC London6180eu 6t90eu
9660eu
9760eu
11860af 11940af
15070va
15280as
15360pa 15400af
17640va
17830as
21660af 21715as
Monaco, TWR Monaco
9480eu
Monte Carto, TWR
9480eu
Swaziland, TWR Swaziland 7200af
1t750af
Monaco, TWR Monaco
9480eu
Monte Carlo, TWR
9480eu

21480eu

15295as
17630as

17715pa

t 1730eu

11925au

7325eu
12095eu
t 5590me

941 Oeu
15070eu
17790as

11955as

t 5105af

21465na

11752as

11785as

4975do
t 1705va
t3705va

5960do
11765va
15295va

t 1940do
13615as

15665pa

15195me 2t455me

21480eu
21480eu
9645eu
9710va
21725as
15450au
15270eu

7325eu
11955as
15420af
t 7885af

t5210eu
t5240pa
21775as
21490as
21455au

9410eu
12095eu
15590me

0900 UTC
0900-0903 s
0900-0905
0900-0905 f
0900-0910
0900-0912 f
0900-0915
0900-0915 s
0900-0915 s
0900-0925 mtwhf
0900-0925
0900-0930
0900-0930 asmtwf
0900-0930 mtwhf
0900-0930
0900-0930

0900-0950
0900-tOOO
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 s
0900-1000
0900-tOOO
0900-tOOO
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 sa
0900-1000
0900-1000 s
0900-1000 varies
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-tOOO
0900-tOOO
0900-1000
0900-f 000

09001000
0900-1000
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000
0900-1 000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 smtwhf
0900-1000
0900-1000
0905-1000
0905-1 ooo sa
0905-t 000 mtwhf
0905 t ooo sa
0910-0940 smwha
09t50930
0930-0940
0930-tOOO
0930-tOOO
0930-tOOO

[5 :00 AM EDT/2:00 AM PDT]

Croatian Radio, Zagreb
7240eu 9830eu
Ghana, Radio 1, Accra
4915do
Ghana, Radio 2. Accra
3366do
Malawi B'castlng Corp.
5995do
Guam, KTWR Guam
15200as
Lebanon, Radio Voice of
6550me
Monaco. TWA Monaco
9480eu
Monte Carlo, TWA
9480eu
Belgium, BAT Brussels
9905eu 13675eu
Netherlands
9630pa 11895pa
Costa Rica, RFPI
7375na
t5030na
Guam. KTWR Guam
t5200as
New Zealand, ZLXA
3935do
Swiss Radio lnt 'I
9560as
13685as
United Kingdom.BBC London1170as 5975eu
6190af
6195as
7325eu 94t0eu
9750eu
9760eu
11760me 11860af
15070va
15400af
17640va 21660af
151 90sa
15280as
15310as 15360as
f 5590me
17705eu
17790af 17830as
21660af
21 715as
Germany, Deutsche Welle 6160as 956Saf
17780as
17820as
21465as 21600af
Australia
6080pa 9580pa
t5170as 2t 725as
Australia, ABC Brisbane
9660pa
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Bhutan Broadcasting Svc
6035do
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
6030do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
China, Radio Beijing
8450au 11755au
Cook Islands
t 1760pa
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9745au
11925au
Eq.Guinea. A.East Africa
9565af
Guam, KTWR Guam
11805as
Italy, AWA via Portugal!
9670eu
Italy, IRAS Milan, Italy
7125eu
Japan NHK
t5270au 17690au
Japan NHK
11840as 2161 Oas
Kenya, Voice of
4935do
Lebanon. King of Hope
6280me
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
7295do
New Zealand, RNZI
9700pa
Nigeria
3326do 4990do
Nigeria, Voice of
7255af
Papua New Guinea
4690do
Philippines, FEBC Manila 9600as 11685as
Russia. Radio Moscow
4740do 4940do
7130am
7245va
9535va 9780va
11765va
11920va
11975va 12055va
t 5280va
15295va
15345va 15545na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC1
5010do 5052do
South Africa.Radio Oranje 9630do
Tanzania
5965af
9685af
USA, CSMonrtor Boston
9445am 11705eu
t 7555as
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 751 Oam
USA, VOA Washington
11 735eu 15160eu
21570eu
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
7490na
USA, WMLK Bethel, Penna 9465eu
USA, WWCR Nashville
5920am 7435am
Zambia, Radio 2, Lusaka
6165do 7235do
Cameroon CATV Yaounde 4650do
Ghana, Radio 1, Accra
4915do
Ghana, Radio 2 School prg 7295do
Ghana, Radio 2, Accra,
3366do
Mongolia , Ulaanbaatar
1t650pa 1201 spa
South Korea World News
9570am 13670eu
Togo, ATV Togo
7265do
Afghanistan, Kabul
9635as
Netherlands
9630pa 11895pa
. United Kingdom .BBC London5975eu 6045eu
6195as
941 Oeu
9660eu 9740as

July 1992

21480eu
0940-0950
0950-0953 a

1000 UTC

21465na

17670as
6045eu
9660eu
f 1940af

21770as
6160u
9740as
12095eu

15420af
1786Saf

15575me
21 470af

11915as
21650as
9710va

15410af
21660as
t3605as

15440au

17710au

2145Sau

497Sdo
9655va
13705va

6000am
t1705va
15175va

11940do
t 1765af
t3615pa

t5665pa

15195me 21455me

1000-1025
1000-1030 tent
1000-1030
1000-1030
1000-1030

1000-1030
1000-1 100
1000-1100
1000-1 tOO
1000-1100
1000-1100
t000-1 100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
t000-1 tOO
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100 sa
10001 tOO sa
1000 1100 mtwhf
1000-1100 sa
1000-1100
1000 t 100 varies
1000-1 100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-11 00 mtwh
1000-1100
1000-t 100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-t 100
1000 t100 vi
1000-t 100
1000-t100 sa
1000-t 100
1000-tlOO
1000-t100
1000-1100
tOOO-t 100
1000-1100
1030-t040 mtwhf
1030-t tOO
t030t t00
t030-1100
t 030-1 100
1030-tlOO sa
1030-1100
1030-t 100

6180eu
9750eu

6190af
9760eu

MONITORING TIMES

1030-1100
1040-1050
1055-1100

11750as
1t760me
15400af
t 5420af
15190sa
17640va
Greece, Voice of
Russia. Vladivostok
6035do
6175pa
7345pa
9530pa
t1615pa
t5535pa
17650pa

11940af
15575me
17705eu
17525eu
4050do
7175pa
9600pa
15595pa

1209Seu
15590me

15070va

15310as

4485do
7210pa
963Spa
17620pa

501 5do
7260pa
962Spa
17695pa

5905do
7270pa
9905pa
17625pa

[6:00 AM EDT/3:00 AM PDT]

Netherlands
9630pa
Afghanistan, Kabul
9635as
Israel. Kol Israel
17545eu
Tanzania
5965af
United Kingdom .BBC London5975eu
6195as
9410eu
9660eu
11750as
11 760me
11940af
t5310as
15400af
15420af
t 7790af
17885af
21470af
Vietnam, Voice of
9840as
Australia
6080pa
13605pa
Bahra in Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Cameroon CATV Yaounde 4650do
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada. CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada. CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
China, Radio Beijing
8450au
Cook Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica. AWA
9725ca
Costa Rica, RFPJ
7375na
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9745au
Eq.Guinea, A.East Africa
9565af
Ghana, Radio 1, Accra
4915do
Ghana, Radio 2 School Prg 7295do
Ghana. Radio 2, Accra
3366do
India , All India Radio
15050as
Italy, IRAS Milan, Italy
7125eu
Kenya, Voice of 4935do
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
Malaysia, ATM Kuchmg
7160do
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
7295do
New Zealand, RNZI
9700pa
Nigeria
4990do
Nigeria, Voice of
7255af
Philippines, FEBC Manila 9600as
Russia. Radio Moscow
9455na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC1
50t0do
South Africa, Radio RSA
11900af
South Africa.Radio Oranje 9630do
USA, CSMonitor Boston
9455am
USA, CSMonitor Boston
15665me
USA, VOA Washington
5965as
USA, WHAi Noblesville
7315na
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WWCR Nashville
5920am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee. FL
Zambia , Radio 2. Lusaka
6165do
Malawi B'casting Corp.
S99Sdo
Czechoslovakia
6055va
Iran, Islamic Republic
9525as
11930me
South Korea, Seoul
1171Sna
Sri Lanka B'castmg Corp. 1t635as
Tanzania
5985al
UAE Radio, Dubai
13675eu
United Kingdom.BBC London5975eu
6195as
941 Oeu
9660eu
t 1750as
11 760me
11940af
153t 0as
15400af
t5420af
17640va
17705eu
17790af
Zambia .Radio Zambia ln!'I 9505af
Greece. Voice of
15650as
Bona1re. TWR Bona1re
11615am

1t895pa

9685af
6045eu
9740as
12095eu
15575me
21660af
t2020as
9580pa
21725as

11 765af
6180eu
9750eu
15070va
17640eu
21715as
1so1oas
9710va

11 755au

15440au

15030na
11925au

21465na
21455au

17387as

17895as

21735as

11640na

15485na

6190af
9760eu
15190sa
17705eu

11680pa

17710au

7265do
11665as
9495na

5052do 1 1940do

9495na

13625as

11720au

15425au

17555as

7490na
15690na
5950am
7235do
7345va
11715af

9505va
11790as

15t 20as 17650as

9665af
11765af
15320eu 15435as
6045eu
6160eu
9740as
9750eu
12095eu 15070va
15575me
1786Saf 2t 470af
11asoaf
17895af
17525as
15345am

11990va
11910as

21605as
6190af
9760eu
151 90sa
21660af

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1100 UTC

(7:00 AM EDT/4:00 AM PDT]

FREQUENCIES

11001200
1100t200
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200

11 O<l-111 o mtwhl
1100-1110 sa
1100-1120
1100-1130
11001130
11001130 1rre9
1100-1130
1100-1130
1100-1130

1100-1130
11001150
11001150
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
11001200
11001200
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200 sa
1100-1200 varies
11001200

7295do
5995do
17902eu 21520eu
9745au 11925au
9525al
11515af
11930me
Mozanb1que
9525af
11818al
Sri Lanka B'cas11ng Corp.
11835as 15120as
Swiss Radio lnt'I
13635as 15505as
United Kingdom.BBC London5965na 6045eu
6195eu 9410eu
9740as 9750eu
11760me 11940af
15310as 15400af
15220na 17640va
17885af 21470af
Vietnam. Voice of
9840as 12020as
Germany, Deutsche Welle 15410af 17765al
21600af
6576na 9977na
North Korea
Australia
6020pa 6080pa
9710va 11880pa
8ahra1t1 Broadcas1ing Svc 6010me
Bonaire. TWA Bonaire
11815am 15345am
Bulgana. Radio Sofia
11630al
Canada, CFCX Monlreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada. CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Cook Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica, AWA
9725ca 11870ca
Costa Rica, RFPI
7375na 15030na
Czechoslovakia
6055va 7345va
Ghana Radio 1. Accra
4915do
Ghana. Radio 2. Accra
3366do
Italy, IRAS Milan. Italy
7125eu
JapanNHK
s12ona 11s1ssa

Ghana, Radio 2 School Prg

Malawi B'castmg Corp.
Pakistan
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Iran, Islamic Republic

21455au
11790as
11835af
17850as
17670as
6180eu
9515na
9760eu
12095eu
15420af
17705eu
21660af
15010as
1780Qaf
11335na
7240pa
13605pa

21465na
9505va

11910as

21770as
6190af
9660eu
11750as
15070va
15575me
17790af

17860af

9580pa
21725as

1100-1 200
11001200
1100-1200 vi
11001200
11001 200
1100-1200 sa
1100-1200
11001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
11151130
11151145
1120-1130
1125-1130 sa
11251 150 mtwhl
11301140
11301155s
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
11301200
11301200
11301200

11990va

11840na

11301200
11451200

Luxembourg, RTL
Malaysia, ATM Kuching
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
New Zealand, RNZI
Russia, Radio Moscow

15350va
4950do 7160do
7295do
9700as
9600na 11840na
17830na
Singapore. SBC 1
501 Odo 5052do
Sou1h Africa. Radio RSA
1190Qaf
South Africa.Radio Oranje 9630do
South Korea Wortd News
15575af
USA, CSMonitor Boston
9455am 9495na
USA, CSMonitor Boston
15665me
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 7510na
USA, VOA Washington
5985as 6110au
15155au 15425as
USA, WHAi Noblesville
731 5na 9465na
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
7490na
USA, WWCR Nashville
12160na 15690na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL
5950am
Sou1h Korea Wortd News
7275as 11740as
Nepal. Kathmandu
3230as 5005as
Vatican Radio
6245do 7250do
Botswana. Gaborone
5955af
7255af
Finland, YLE
15400na
Leso1ho, Masseru
4800do
Belgium. BAT Brussels
17555va 21s1ona
Austria, ORF Vienna
6155eu 11780as
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
11 925am 1511 5am
11aly, AWA Italy
7230eu
Sou1h Korea. Seoul
9650na
Thailand
4830as 9655as
United Kingdom.BBC London5965na 6045eu
6195eu 9410eu
9740as 9750eu
11760me 1194Qaf
15220na 15310as
17640va 17705eu
21470af
Yugoslavia, Radio Facisl
17710as 17740am
Burundi, ATV
6140af

12055na

15485na

11940do

13625as

17555as

9760as
21640as

11720au

7355am
7165as
9645do 1 521 Odo

13730va
1789Qam

15450as
21455am

11905as
6180eu
9515na
9760eu
12095eu
154203f
177903f

6190af
9660eu
11750as
15070va
15575me
17885af

21605pa

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1109 Deutsche Welle: Arts on the Air. Reports and interviews on
cultural events aM developments.
1113 Radio Australia : Music 01 Radio Australia. Selections by
Radio Australia announcers.
1115 Radio Korea: Echoes Of Korean Music.
1130 BBC The Ken Bruce Show. See S 0030.
1130 Radio Australia: One World Michael Wagner reports on
environmental issues of the Asian/Pacific region.
1134 Deu1sche Welle : German by Radio. See S 0134.
1135 Radio Korea : Shortwave Feedback. Listener letters. opin
ions, and suggestions.
1136 BAT. Brussels: P.O. Box 26 See S 0636.
1149 BAT, Brussels Musical Roundabout. See S 0649.

Mondays
1109 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. A current affairs pro
gram with worldwide reports and a German press review.
1113 Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Aus1ralia. See S 1113.
1115 Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0015.
1120 Radio Korea : Seoul Calling. Music, features. and short
interviews relating to Korea.
1130 BBC: Composer 01 The Month. See M 0230.
1134 Deu1sche Welle: Hello Africa. Musical requests and greet
ings to friends.
1140 Radio Korea : Tales From Korea's Past. The history of Korea.

1113
1115
1120
1130

Radio Aus1ralia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.

Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0015.
Radio Korea : Seoul Calling. See M 1120.
BBC: Megam1x. Music, sports. fashion, health, travel, news,
and opinion for young people.
1130 Radio Australia: Business Horizons. Business and trade in
the Asian/Pacilic region.
1134 Deutsche Welle: Hello Africa. See M 1134.
1140 Radio Korea: Korean Cultural Variely. A look at Korean
cultural and artislic traditions.

Wednesdays
1109
1113
1115
1120
1130
1130

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.

Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.
Radio Korea : News Commentary. See S 0015.
Radio Korea : Seoul Calling. See M 1120.
BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
Radio Australia: Science File. News about developments In
science, medicine. and technology m Oceania.
1134 Deu1sche Welle: Hello Africa. See M 1134.
1t40 Radio Korea Pulse Of Korea Reports on the development
of Korea

Thursdays

1109 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.

1109
1113
111 5
1120
1130

MON1TORING TIMES

Tuesdays
July 1992

Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.

Radio Australia: Music 01 Radio Australia. See S 1113.
Radio Korea News Commentary See S 0015.
Radio Korea Seoul Calling. See M 11 20.
BBC Drama. Two youths escape - or try to - on "The

Runaways" (2nd/9th): when a widow steps out into lhe "real

wortd," it's "Mrs. Donaldson at 60" (1hrough August 6th).
1130 Radio Australia: AgriNews. See T 1530.
1134 Deu1sche Welle: Hello Africa. See M 1134.
1140 Radio Korea : Forward To Reuniflcalion. The prospects for
reunion between North and South Korea.

Fridays
1109
1113
111 5
1120
1130
1130
1134
1140

Deulsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.

Radio Australia : Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.
Radio Korea: News Commentary. SeeS0015.
Radio Korea: Let's Sing Together. A sing-along program.
featuring the always-popular Song of the Month.
BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
Radio Australia : Connections. Sees 1530.
Deutsche Welle: Hello Africa. See M 1134.
Radio Korea: Let's Learn Korean! Korean language lessons
for native English speakers.

Saturdays
1109 Deutsche Welle: Africa This Week. A review of trends and
even1s on lhe African continent
1113 Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Auslralia. See S 11 13.
1115 Radio Korea: News Commemary. See S 0015.
1120 Radio Korea : Sites And Sounds. See S 0020.
1130 BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
1130 Radio Aus1ralia: Maners Of Faith. See M 0430.
1134 Deutsche Welle: Mailbag Africa. Listeners' questions. music
requesls, and lhe club corner.
1135 Radio Korea: From Us To You. See S 0035.

1200 UTC

[8:00 AM EDT/5:00 AM PDT]

FREQUENCIES
12001205
12001210 w
12001215
1200 1225 sa
12001230
12001230 smwha
12001230 as
12001230
12001230
12001230

12001230
12001230
12001230 s
12001255
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001 300
12001300
1200 1300 mtwhf
12001300
12001300
1200 t 300
12001300
12001300
12001300 mtwhf
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300sa
12001 300
12001300 varies

New Zealand, RNZI

9700as
Malawi B'casting Corp.
3361do
Cambooia, Voice of
9695as
Ghana, Radio 2, Accra
3366do
Bulgaria, Radio Sofia
11630af
Mongoha, Ulaanbaatar
11650as
Norway
17660as
Somalia, Radio Mogadishu , 6095af
Thailand
4830as
United Kingdom.BBC London6045eu
9410eu
9750eu
11940af
15310as
17705eu
21470af
6110as
USA, VOA Washington
,15425as
Uzbekhistan, R. Tashkent 5945as
Zambia.Radio Zambia lnt'I 9505af
Polish Radio Warsaw
6135eu
Australa
6020pa
9710pa
Australia, ABC Brisbane
4920au
Austraha, ABC Katherine
2485do
Austraha, ABC Penh
6140do
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Bonaire, TWA Bonaire
11a15am
Bra zil, Radiobras
11745am
Cameroon CATV Douala
4795do
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Canada, RGI Montreal
9635am
China, Radio Beijing
8425au
11660as
Cook Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica, AWA
9725ca
Costa Rica, RFPI
15030na
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
11925am
Eq.Guinea, A.East Africa
9585af
Ghana, Radio 1, Accra
4915do
Italy, IRAS Milan. Italy
7125eu

12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300

5995do
11938as

12015as
21705as
9655as 1
6160eu
9515na
9760eu
12095eu
15420af
17790af
21660af
9760au

1905as
6190af
9660eu
11750as
15070eu
15575me
17840af

6195eu
9740na
1t760me
5220na
17640va
17665af

11715as

15155au

9540as
11880af
7145eu
6080pa
21725as

15470as
17895af
9525eu
7240pa

17745as
t 1815eu
9580pa

9610do

12001300
12001300
1200 1300 vi
12001300 sa
12001300
12001300 as
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
12031210 as
12151230
1215-1300
1215-1300
1226-1300
1230 1255 mtwhf
12301300
1230-1300

4935do
15350va
7295do
4990do
7255af
4890do
9655na
12050na
17670na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC1
5010do
South Africa.Radio Oranje 9630do
Tanzania
5985af
USA. CSMoni1 or Boston
9425au
USA, CSMonitor Boston
15665eu
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 7510am
USA, WHAi Noblesville
7315am
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WWCR Nashville
12160na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee. FL
11830am
Croatian Radio, Zagreb
7240eu
Cyprus, Radio Bayrak
6150va
Egyp1, Radio Cairo
17595as
South Korea, Seoul
9750am
Ghana, Radio 2, Accra
7295do
Finland, YLE
15400na
Bangladesh
15200as
France , RF\ Paris
9805eu

Kenya, Voice of
Luxembourg, RTL
Malaysia. ATM Radio 4
Nigeria
Nigeria. Voice of
Papua New Guinea
Russia. Radio Moscow

15345am
12301300
12301300
1230-1 300
12301300

11855am 17820am
9665na
9715as
15450pa

11600pa
12301300

11870ca
21465na
15115am

17690am

2t 455om

12301300
12351245
12561300

Netherlands
9855eu
Sri Lanka B'casting Corp.
6075as
Sweden
15170as
United Kingdom.BBC London6045eu
9410eu
9750eu
12095eu
15310as
17705eu
21470af
USA, VOA Washington
6110as
15425as
Vietnam, Voice of
9840as
Greece, Voice of
15635na
Gabon, Africa Numero Un 9580af

7285do

9755na
12055na
17830na
5980do
5052do

11840na
15280na

9684af
9495am

11765af
13625as

13760na

7355am

9705am

9465am
7490na
15690na
5950am
17760am
9830eu

11985na
15485na

11940do

21480eu

17880na
15605as
11670eu
21645na

15647as
15195eu

9720as
17740as
6180eu
9515na
9760eu
12170as
15420af
17790af
21660af
9760au

6190af
6195ca
9660eu
9740na
11760me 11940af
15o7oeu 15220na
15575me 17640va
17840af 17885af

12020as
15650na
17630af

11715au

17750as
15425eu

15155as

15010as
17515na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1201 BBC: Play Of The Week. Sees 0101.
1227 Radio Australia: Tallslollo Results. And tonight's winning
numbers are ..
1230 Radio Australia: Souncabout. Young, contemporary music
from Australia and around the wor1d.
1230 Radio Korea: Echoes 01 Korean Music See S 1115
1250 Radio Korea: Shortwave Feedback. See S 1135

Mondays
1215 BBC: Quiz. Roben Robinson hosts the favorite general
knowledge game show "Brain Of Britain" (thru Oct. 4th).
t230 Radio Australia : Soundabout. See S 1230
1230 Radio Korea : News Commentary. See S 0015.
1235 Radio Korea: Seoul Calling. See M 1120.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
1255 Radio Korea: Tales From Korea's Past. See M 1140.

Tuesdays
1215 BBC: Multitrack t : Top 20. See M 2330.
1230 Radio Australia: Soundabout. See S 1230.

1230
t235
1245
1255

Radio Korea News Commentary See S 0015.

Radio Korea Seoul Calling. See Mt 120
BBC: Sports Roundup See S 0315.
Radio Korea : Korean Cultural Variety. See T 1140.

Wednesdays
121 5
1227
1230
1230
t235
1235
1245
1255

BBC: New Ideas. See M 1615.

Radio Australia: Tans\0110 Results. See S 1227.
Radio Auslraha: Soundabout. See S 1230
Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S OOt5.
BBC : Talks. See M 1635.
Radio Korea Seoul Calling. See M 1120.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 03 15.
Radio Korea: Pulse Of Korea. See W 1140

Thursdays
1215
1230
1230
1235
1245

BBC: Multilrack 2. See W 2330.

Radio Australia: Soundabout. See S 1230.
Radio Korea : News Commentary. See S0015.
Radio Korea : Seoul Calling. See M 1120.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.

MONITORlNG TIMES

1255 Radio Korea: Forward To Reunification. See H 1140.

Fridays
1215 BBC: Feature. Malcolm Billings travels to archeological digs
to examine the world's cultural "Heritage" (3rd/10th); Jim
Hiley examines "The Gay And Lesbian Workf' (lhru Aug. 21st).
1230 Radio Australia: This Australia. See S 0430.
1230 Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S0015.
1235 Radio Korea Lei's Sing Together. See F 1120.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
1255 Radio Korea : Lei's Learn Korean! See F 1140.

Saturdays
t 2t 5
1227
1230
1230
1235
1245
t250

BBC: Multitrack 3. See F 2330.

Radio Australia: Tansfono Resulls. See S 1227.
Radio Australia Women In Pomics. See A0330.
Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0015.
Radio Korea: Sites And Sounds. See S 0020.
BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
Radio Korea: From Us To You. See S 0035.

July 1992

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South Korea, Seoul

Brazil, Rad1obras
Belgium, BAT Brussels
Kenya, Voice o1
Netherlands
A1ghanistan, Kabul
Bonaire, TWA Bonaire
Cameroon CATV Douala
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Israel, Kol 1srael

9750na
11745am
17555va
4935do
9855eu
9635as
11815am
4795do
17595as
11587am
15650as
Norway
9590eu
Swiss Radio lnt'I
6165eu
12030eu
21770as
United Kingdom.BBC London5965am
6195ca
9740as
11760me
15070va
7180as
17790a1
21660al
USA, VOA Washington
6110as
15425au
Nonh Korea
9325eu
13650am
5995pa
Australia
2310do
Australia. ABC Alice Sprg
Aus1ralia, ABC Brisbane
4920do
Australia, ABC Katherine
2485do
9610do
Australia, ABC Penh
Australia, ABC Tennant Cr 2325do
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
6030do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6130do
Canada, CHNX Hah1ax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
11955am
Canada, RCI Montreal
China. Radio Beijing
9715as
Cook Islands
11760pa
15030na
Costa Rica. RFPI
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
11925am
9585al
Eq.Guinea, A.East Africa
Finland, YLE
15400na
4915do
Ghana, Radio 1. Accra
Ghana, Radio 2, Accra
7295do
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va

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1300-1400
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15640as

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6045eu
9410eu
9750eu
11820as
15310as
15220na
17840al

6180eu
9515na
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11940a1
15420a1
17640va
17885af

6190a1
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9345eu
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21465na
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1330-1400
1330-1400
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1330-1400
1330-1400
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Malaysia, ATM Radio 4

Nigeria
Nigeria, Voice o1
Papua New Guinea
Philippines, FEBC Manila
Romania, A.Romania lnt'I
Russia, AWA Russia
Russia, Radio Moscow

7295do
4990do
7255a1
4890do
11995as
11940eu
11855as
9655na
12050na
17830na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC1
5010do
South A1rica,Radio Oranje 9630do
Sri Lanka B'casting Corp.
6075as
Tanzania
5985a1
USA, CSMoni1or Boston
9425au
USA, CSMoni1or Boston
15665eu
USA, KNLS Anchor Point
7355as
USA, KTBN Sall Lake City 7510
USA, WHRI Noblesvil~e
9465
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WWCR Nashville
12160na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL
11830am
Lebanon, Radio Voice of
6549.5
Jordan
9560eu
Kenya, Voice of
4935do
South Korea World News
7275as
Canada, RCI Montreal
9535as
Austna, ORF Vienna
11780as
Cameroon CATV Douala
4795do
Finland, YLE
15400na
India. All India Radio
9665as
Indonesia.Radio Repubhk
3385do
Laos, National Radio o1
71 16as
Netherlands
17580pa
UAE Radio, Dubai
13675eu
United Kingdom.BBC London5975eu
6195ca
9740as
11820as
15220na
7180as
17840a1
USA, VOA Washington
6110as
Uzbekhistan, A.Tashkent
5945as
Vietnam, Voice ol
9840as
Vatican Radio
11640au

7285do

15365eu

17720eu

17850eu

9755na
12055na

11840na
15485na

11985na
17670na

5980do
5052do

11940do

9720as
9684a1
9495am

11765af
13625as

11790
7490na
15690
5960na
13695na

9705am
17760am

13760na

11550as

11740as
11795as
15450as
17880na
1t760as
6070do

15120as

17605pa
15320eu
6045eu
941 Oeu
9750eu
11940a1
15310as
17640va
17885a1
9760as
9540as
12020as
15090au

21665pa
15435as
6180eu
9515na
9760eu
12095eu
15420a1
17705eu
21470a1
15155au
15470as
15010as
17525au

21605as
6190a1
9660eu
11 750as
15070va
15575me
17790al
21660a1
15425au
17745as
21515au

SELECTED PROGRAMS
1330 Radio Aus1ralia: Music 01 Radio Aust ralia. See S 1113

Sundays
1313 Radio Australia : Spons Report Resulls and reports on
sporting events 1rom the world over.
1330 Radio Australia : Fine Music Australia. See S0230.

Mondays
1304
1307
1313
1317
1330

BAT , Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.

BAT, Brussels: Radio World See M 0637.
Radio Aus1ralia: Spons Report See S 1313.
BAT. Brussels: Tounsm In Flanders. See M 0647.
Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.

Tuesdays
1304
1307
1312
1313
1317

BAT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.

BRT, Brussels: Belgium Today. See M 2337.
BAT, Brussels. Focus On Europe. See M 2342.
Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 1313.
BAT, Brussels: Sports See M 2347.

J uly 1992

Wednesdays
1304
1307
1312
1313
1317
1330

BAT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.

BAT. Brussels: Belgium Today. See M 2337.
BAT, Brussels: Around The Arts. See T 2342.
Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 1313.
BAT, Brussels: P.O. Box 26. See S 0636.
Radio Auslralia: Jus1 Out See M 0030

Thursdays
1304
1307
1312
1313
1317
1330

BAT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.

BAT. Brussels: Belgium Today. See M 2337.
BAT, Brussels: Living In Belgium. See W 2342.
Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 1313.
BAT, Brussels: Green Society. See W 2347.
Radio Aus1ralia: Music Of Radio Aus1ralia. See S 1113.

MONITORING TIMES

Fridays
1304
1307
1312
1313
1320
1330

BRT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.

BAT, Brussels : Belgium Today. See M 2337.
BRT. Brussels: Economics. See H 2342.
Radio Australia: Spons Report. See S 1313.
BAT, Brussels: North-South. See H 2350.
Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.

Saturdays
1303
1305
1313
1313
1320
1323
1330

BAT, Bru ssels: Press Review. See M 0634.

BRT, Brussels: Radio World. See M 0637.
BRT, Brussels: Tourism In Flanders. See M 0647.
Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 131 3.
BAT, Brussels: Record Of The Week. See A 0650.
BRT, Brussels: P 0 . Box 26. See S 0636.
Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 11 13.

1400 UTC

[10:00 AM EDT/7:00 AM PDT]

FREQUENCIES

1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500

1400-1410
14001410
1400-1415
1400-1425
1400-1430
1400-1430
14001430
1400-1430

1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1 500
1400-1500
1400-1500 s
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500 varies
14001500
1400-1500
1400-1500 m1whl
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500

Malawi B'cas1mg Corp

3381do
Sudan, Radio Juba
9540do
Valican Radio
15090au
Netherlands
17580pa
Cameroon CATV Douala
4795do
Ecuador, HCJB Ouilo
11925am
Malaysia, ATM Kuching
4950do
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London6045eu
6195as
9740as
11820as
15310as
17790al
21660al
Auslralia
5995pa
9580pa
Australia. VLW6 Wanneroo. 6140do
Bahrain Broadcasling Svc 6010me
Cameroon CATV Yaounde 4850do
Canada, CFCX Momreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toromo
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Canada, RCt Mon1real
11955am
China, Radio Beijing
4200as
Cook Islands
11760pa
Cosla Rica. RFPt
1503oam
France, RFI Paris
11910as
Ghana, Radio 1, Accra
4915do
Ghana, Radio 2, Accra
7295do
India. All India Radio
9665as
llaly, IRAS Milan, llaly
7125eu
Japan NHK
9505am
Jordan
9560eu
Kenya, Voice ol
4935do
Lebanon, King ol Hope
6280me
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
Malaysia. ATM Radio 4
7295do
Malla, V. ol lhe Medi!.
11925eu
Nigeria
4990do

9550do
17525au
17605pa

21515au
21665pa

15115am

17890am

21455am

6180eu
6190al
7180as
941 Oeu
9750eu
9760eu
11940al
12095eu
15575me 17640va
17840
17880al

6195al
9660eu
11750as
15070eu
17705eu
2147Qal

6060pa
9770va

7240pa

6080pa
15170va

1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500 sa
1400-1500
1400-1500 sa
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500
14001500
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1405-1430
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11815as

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21465am
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17690as

11760as

1s120as

15165as

14151500
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1430-1 500 mtwhla
1430-1500
1430-1500
1430-1500
1430-1500
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11865va

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1445-1500 smwha

Nigeria, Voice ol
Philippines, FEBC Manila
Russia, Radio Moscow

7255al
11995as
9655na
11995na
17670na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore. SBC 1
5010do
Soulh Africa.Radio Oranje 9630do
Sou1h Korea. Seoul
9570as
Sri Lanka B'cas1ing Corp. 6075as
Tanzania
5985al
USA, CSMonitor Boston
9530as
17555am
USA, CSMonitor Boston
13710na
USA, KTBN 5all Lake City 7510na
USA, VOA Washing1on
6110as
USA, WHRI Noblesville
9465na
USA, WJCR Uplon, Ken1ucl<y
USA, WWCR Nashville
12160na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL
1776Qam
Finland, YLE
6120va
11 820va
Nepal, Kalhmandu
3230do
Canada, RCI Momreal
11935eu
17795eu
Bhu1an Broadcas1ing Svc
5023do
Albania, Radio Tirana
7155eu
Cameroon CATV Douala
4795do
Ecuador, HCJB Oui1 0
11925am
Myanmar, Voice ol, Burma 5990do
Nelherlands
9890as
Romania. A.Romania lnl'I
11775as
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London5975eu
6195as
9760eu
12095eu
17640va
7180as
Venezuela, Radio Nacional 9540om
Mongolia. u1aarbaa1ar
7260as

9675na
12050na
21690na
5980do
5052do

9720as
9684al
13625as

9755na
15435na

11840na
15485na

11940do

11765al
1376Qam

15665eu

9760as
15105na
7490na
1569Qam
9705am

15160au

15425au

11550as

1183Qam

6155eu
15440me
5005do
15305eu
17820eu

9730al
17880eu
7165do
15315eu
21545eu

11755eu

15325eu

9760eu
1789Qam

21455am

15150as
15335as
6045eu
9410eu
11750as
15070va
17705eu
2147Qal

17605as
17720as
6180eu
9740as
11820as
15310as
17790al
21660al

21665as
6190af
9750eu
11940af
15575me
17880al

13780as

7285do

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1401 BBC: Fea1ure. This mon1h, Christopher Cook considers
Michelangelo, Julius 11, and 1he rest ol "The llalian Rena is
sance."
1415 Radio Korea: Echoes OI Korean Music. See S 1115.
1430 BBC: Any1hmg Goes. Bob Holness presents a variety ol
music and other recordings.
1430 Radio Auslralia: Communicator. The latest developments in
the media and communications wortd.
1435 Radio Korea : Shortwave Feedback. See S 1135.

Mondays
1405 BBC: Outlook. Conversation, controversy, and color from
the UK and the wortd.
1415 Radio Korea News Commen1ary. See S 0015.
1420 Radio Korea : Seoul Calling. See M 1120.
1425 Radio Australia: Stock Exchange Report. Financial news
from Sydney and 01her exchanges.
1430 BBC: 011 The Shell. See M 0430.
1430 Radio Australia : Music Of Radio Australia See S 1113.
1440 Radio Korea: Tales From Korea's Pas1 See M 1140.
1445 BBC: Talks. See S 0445
1445 Radio Australia: Word 01 Mouth. Oral histories of Aus1ralians.

Tuesdays
1405 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.

1415
1420
1425
1430
1430

Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0015.

Radio Korea: Seoul Calling. See M 11 20.
Radio Aus1ralia : S1ock Exchange Report See M 1425.
BBC: 011 The Shell. See M 0430.
Radio Ausualia: Lane's Company. Terry Lane talks wilh
people from all walks of life.
1440 Radio Korea: Korean Cullural Variely. See T 1140.
1445 BBC: Feature. See M 0145.

Wednesdays
1405
1415
1420
1425
1430
1430

BBC: Oullook See M 1405.

Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0015.
Radio Korea: Seoul Calling. See M 1120.
Radio Auslralia: Stock Exchange Report. See M 1425.
BBC: Oii The Shelf. See M 0430.
Radio Australia: lnnova1ions. Oesley Blanch reports on
inventions and innova1ive practices.
1440 Radio Korea: Pulse QI Korea. See W 1140.
1445 BBC: Good Books. Recommenda1ions ol books to read
(except 29th: A Mon1h In The Coumry, Michael Hayes'
wanderings ol rural Bn1ain).

Thursdays
1405 BBC: Oullook. See M 1405.
1415 Radio Korea News Commen1ary. See S 0015.
1420 Radio Korea: Seoul Calling. See M 1120.

MONITORING TIMES

1425 Radio Australia: S1ock Exchange Report. See M 1425.

1430 BBC: Oii The Shell. See M 0430.
1430 Radio Australia: Monitor. A look at the impact ol science and
technology on society.
1440 Radio Korea: Forward To Reunification. See H 1140.
1445 BBC: Recording QI The Week. See M 0545.

Fridays
1405
1415
1420
1425
1430
1430
1440
1445

BBC: Oullook. See M 1405.

Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S0015.
Radio Korea: Lei's Sing Together. See F 1120.
Radio Australia : Stock Exchange Report. See M 1425.
BBC: Oii The SheH. See M 0430.
Radio Australia: Science File. See W 1130.
Radio Korea: Let's Learn Korean! See F 1140.
BBC: Global Concerns. See F 0145.

Saturdays
1401 BBC: Sportsworld. The latest soccer, cricke1, tennis, golf,
and more.
1415 Radio Korea : News Commentary. See S0015.
1420 Radio Korea: Siles And Sounds. See S 0020.
1430 Radio Australia: lnteraclion. See S 0530.
1435 Radio Korea : From Us To You . See S 0035.

July 1992

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[11 :00 AM EDT/8:00 AM PDT]

FREQUENCIES

15001600
1500 1600 mtwhf
15001600
1500t600
15001600
t 5001600
15001600
t 5001600
t500t600
15001600

1500t515 smwha
1500-1525
15001 525
1500-1530 mtwhf
t5001530
t500-1530
15001530
1500 1530 sa
15001530

15001550
1500-1550
1500-1555
1500-1555
1500-1600

1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600
15001600 s
15001600
15001600
15001600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600
15001600
15001600
1500-1600

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
Netherlands

7260as
9890pa
2t665pa
Netherlands
9890as
Ponugal
21515me
Romania, A.Romania lnt'I
11775as
15270va
Sweden
SWISS Raoio lnt'I
13635as
Tanzania
5985af
United Kingdom.BBC London3915as
6190af
9515na
11750as
15070va
7180as
17705eu
17880af
Germany, Deutsche Welle 9735af
17765al
Nonh Korea
9325eu
Polish Radio Warsaw
7285eu
Seychelles, FEBA
9810as
Australia
5995pa
9580pa
151?0as
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Bangladesh
4880do
Cameroon CATV Yaounde 4850do
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
6070do
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
11955am
Canada, ACI Montreal
China , Radio Beijing
7405na
Cook Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica, RFPI
15030am
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
11925am
Ethiopia, Voice ol
7t65af
4915do
Ghana, Radio 1, Accra
Ghana, Radio 2, Accra
7295do
Guam, KTWR Guam
11650as
Japan NHK
11865am

13780as
15150pa

t7580pa

t7605pa

15150as

t 7605as

21665as

15335as
17870na
15505as
9684af
5975eu
6195eu
9740na
11775na
15310as
15260na
17790af
21470af
11965al
21600af
9640af
9525eu
11685al
6060pa
9770pa
17565pa

17720as
21500na
t7670as
11765af
6045eu
6195as
9750eu
11940af
15400af
t5575me
17840af
21 490af
13610al
9977al
11840eu
15330as
6080pa
12000pa

21770as
6180eu
941 Oeu
9760eu
t2095eu
15420af
17640va
17860af
21660af
17735al
11705eu

7240pa
13755pa

15001600 twhla
15001600
15001600
1500 t 600 vi
15001600
15001600
1500 t600 sa
1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600
t5001600
15001600
15001600
t5001600
15221535
t 530 1540 mtwhla
15301 600
15301600

17820am
11815as

15165as

21465am
17890am

21455am

15301600
1530-1600
1530-t 600
1530-1600

1545t600
15451600

Jordan
9560eu
Kenya, Voice ol
4935do
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
7295do
Malta, V. of the Medit
11925eu
Myanmar, Voice ol, Burma 5990do
Nigeria
4990do
Nigeria, Voice of
7255af
Philippines, FEBC Manila 11995as
Russia. Radio Moscow
9655na
11995na
15405na
Seychelles, FEBA
9810as
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC1
5010do
South Alrica ,Radio Oranje 9630do
Sri La nka B'casting Corp.
6075as
USA, CSMonitor Boston
9530as
17555am
USA, CSMonitor Boston
13710na
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 7510na
USA, VOA Washington
6110as
15395as
USA, VOA Washington
9700eu
USA, WHRI Noblesville
15105na
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WWCR Nashville
15690am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL
21525eu
Taiwan. Voice of
9910as
Greece, Voice of
15630na
Austria, ORF Vienna
6155eu
Netherlands
9890as
21665as
Sudan Nat'I B'casting Cor 9540do
Switzerland, SRI
t5430va
Tanzania
5985af
United Kingdom.BBC London6190af
9410eu
11775na
153t0as
17840va
South Korea World News
7275va
Vatican Radio
15090au

7285do

9755na
12030na
15485na
15330as
5980do
5052do

11665na
t2050na
17670na

11840na
13645na

1t940do

9720as
13625as

13760pa

15665eu

7125as

9645as

9760as

15205me
21840sa
7490na
17535na
t 1830am

t 5215a'TI

17760am

15650na
11780as
15150as

17525na
13730eu
17580as

21490va
17605as

9550do

t 1635do

9684af
6195eu
9740na
t 2095eu
t5400af
17880af

1t 765af
6195as
9750eu
15070va
t7640va
2t 470af

7180as
11750as
15260as
17705eu
21660af

t7865au

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

Tuesdays

1509 Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society News and develop

ments concerning the world's major religions
1513 Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes German journalists
provide a perspective on world events.
t513 Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia See S 1t13.
1515 BBC Sunday Sponsworld. This month. hearthe Wimbledon
finals (5th) and special Olympics coverage (26th).
1530 Radio Australia: Connections. Trevor Robenson presents
education issues of the Asian/Pacific region.
t534 Deutsche Welle . Pop from Germany. A look at the German
pop music scene

1509 Deutsche Welk? . Newsline Cologne See Mt t09.

15 t 3 Radio Australia Music 01 Radio Australia. See S 11t3.
1515 BBC: A Jolly Good Show. Dave Lee Trav1s presents listener
rock music requests.
t530 Radio Australia AgriNews. News about agriculture ol the
As1an/Pacilic region. with Denis Gibbons
1534 Deutsche Welk?. Insight. An in-depth feature, giving the
background to polnical events and international developments.

Mondays
1509 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne See M 1109.
t510 MBC, Blantyre. Malawi Commentary Opinion on the latest
current events developments.
15t3 Radio Australia: Pac1!1c Sunrise Business and expon
development in the Pac1!1c basin.
1515 BBC: Feature/Drama. See M 0101.
1530 Radio Australia : Points Of Law. Geraldine Couns repons on
law and society in Oceania.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Monday Special An interview or repon on
an event or development with special relevance tor Africa.

July 1992

Wednesdays
1509
15t0
15t3
1515
1530

Deutsche Welk?: Newsline Cologne. See M t 109

MBC, Blantyre, Malawi Commentary. See M 1510.
Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.
BBC: Talks See M 0415.
BBC. Comedy/Drama. "Two Cheers For June is a satirical
look at the month just past (t st), A new comedy series on a
youngwnter? It's "The Nick RevellShow(thru August 12th)
1530 Radio Australia: Maners Of Faith. See M 0430.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. See M 0116.

Thursdays
1509 Deutsche Welk? Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
1513 Radio Australia : Music 0 1Raa10 Australia. See S 1113.

MONITORING TI MES

1515 BBC : Music. See S 2315.

1530 Radio Australia: Business Horizons. See T 11 30.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Spotlight on Spon Background stones and
coverage ol imponant sponing events.

Fridays
1509
1510
1513
151 5
1534

Deutsche Welte: Newshne Cologne. See M 1109.

MBC, Blantyre, Malawi: Commentary. See M 1510.
RadlO Australia: Music 01 Radio Australia. See S 1113.
BBC: Music Review. See H 2315.
Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. A look at the economic scene in Germany and around the world.

Saturdays
t509 Deutsche Welle : Africa Highlight. A weekly leature on an
imponant topic concerning Alrlca.
1513 Deutsche Welle: Development Forum. Repons and interviews on projects and progress in Afnca and Asia
1513 RadlO Australia: Music 0 1Radio Australia. See S 1113.
1515 BBC: Sponsworld. See A 1430.
1530 Radio Australia : One World. See S t 130.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology. See M 0234.

1600 UTC

[12:00 PM EDT/9:00 AM PDT]

FREQUENCIES

1600 1700 mtwhf

1600-1700
16001700
16001700
1600-1700

16001605
16001610
16001610
16001625
16001630
1600 1630 as
16001630
16001630

16001630
1600 1630
16001630
16001635
16001640 vi
16001640
1600-1645
16001650
16001700

1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
16001700
1600-1700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1700

5010do
4800do
338\do
9890as
21665as
Canada, RCI Montreal
11935eu
21545eu
Norway
15230af
Pakistan
11570me
17555af
United Kingdom.BBC London1540af
6195eu
9750eu
12095eu
17695eu
7180as
21660af
9700eu 1
USA. VOA Washing1on
Vietnam. Voice of
9840eu
Yemen
5970as
Guam. KTWR Guam
11650as
Sou1h Alnca.Radio Oranje 9630do
Va11can Radio
15090au
UAE Radio, Dubai
11795af
Germany, Deutsche Welle 6170as
15415as
Australia
5995pa
9860pa
15170as
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
6070do
Canada. CFRX Toron10
Canada. CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada. CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
China . Radio Beijing
4130do
15170af
Cook Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica. RFPI
15030na
France. RFI Paris
6175eu
17620af
Ghana Radio 1, Accra
4915do
7295do
Ghana. Radio 2, Accra
Guam. KSDA Guam
11980as
Singapore. SBC!
Leso1ho. Maseru
Malawi B'casung Corp
Nelherlands

5052do

11940do

15150as

17580as

17605as

15305eu

15325eu

17820ou

17720as
13665me
17725me
3915as
94 10eu
11750as
15070eu
17705eu
15260na
5205me
12020eu
7190as

17865au
13675eu
7225as
15595as
6060pa
11910pa
17565pa

15060me

15550af

5975as
9630af
11775na
15400af
17860af
15310as

6190af
9740me
11940af
17640va
17880af
21470af

16001700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
16001700 sa
1600-1700
16001700

15010eu

15320eu
9875as
17810as
6080pa
12ooopa

21605eu
15105as
21680as
9580pa
13755pa

8260af

11575af

15130af

21465na
11705af
17795af

12015af
17850af

15530me

16001700
16001700
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1610-1615 m1whf
1620 1658 mtwhf
16301657
1630-1700
1630-1700
1630-1700 mtwhl
16301700
1630-1700

1630-1700
1635-1700 s
1650 1700 smtwhf

Kenya, Voice of
Luxembourg, RTL
Nigeria
Nigeria . Voice of
Russia, Radio Moscow

4935do
15350va
4990do
7255af
9755na
11995na
15375na
17695na
Saudi Arabia BC Svc
9705eu
Sierra Leone. SLBS
3316do
Somali People, Voice of
6320do
Sou1h Africa. Radio RSA
9565af
Sou1h Korea, Seoul
5975om
Sn Lanka B'casling Corp. 6075as
Swaziland, TWA Swaziland 9600af
Tanzania
5985af
USA, CSMonllor Boslon
11580as
USA. CSMon11or Bos1on
13710na
USA, TBN Sall Lake C11y
15590am
USA VOA Washing1on
9575af
15495af
21625af
USA. WHAi Noblesville
13760am
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WWCR Nashville
15690am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee. FL
17760am
Zamb1a,Rad10 Zambia ln1'1 9505af
Botswana. Gaborone
5955af
Morocco. Rabat
17595as
Canada, RCI Montreal
7150as
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
15270me
Egyp1, Radio Cairo
15255af
Portugal
2151 Sme
Rwanda , ATV Rwand1ase
3330
Unl ed Kingdom.BBC London3915as
941Oeu
11775na
15260na
17640va
21470af
USA, VOA Washing1on
6180eu
15205me
Guam. KTWR Guam
11650as
New Zealand, RNZI
9670pa

9825na
12030na
15425na

11665na
12050na
15485na

11840na
13645na
17670na

9684af
13625as
17555am

11765af
1751 0na

21640af

1192Qaf
1558Qaf

11995af
1765Qaf

154\Qaf
1780Qaf

15105am
7490na
17535am
11830am
21525eu
1188Qaf
7255af

21840am

9720eu
5980do
11885af
9870af
9720as

9555as
17790me

15215am
21615af
17895af

15355am

21455me

6055
5975as
6190af
9630af
9740me
11940af
12095eu
15310as 15400af
17695eu 1786Qaf
2166Qaf
9700eu
9760me
15245me

6196eu
11750as
15070eu
15420af
1788Qaf
1111ome

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1609
1615
1615
1630
1634
1635
1645
1645

Deu1sche Welle Ms on 1he Air. See S 1109

BBC Fea1ure See S 0230
Radio Korea : Echoes Of Korean Music. See S 1115.
Radio Australia Music Of Radio Aus1ralia. See S 1113
Deutsche Welle Gorm an by Radio. See S 0134.
Radio Korea : ShMwave Feedback. See S 1135.
BBC Letter From America See S 0615
Radio Australia Spans Report. See S 1313

Mondays
1609 Deu1sc1e Welle Newsline Cologne. See M 1109
1615 BBC. New Ideas. Innova11ve developments in technology
and new produc1s
1615 Radio Korea News Commentary. See S 0015
1620 Radio Korea Seoul Calling See M 1120.
1630 RadlO Australia Music Of Radio Australia See S 1113.
1634 Deu1sc1e Welle As1a Pac ~1c Report Correspondents
reports in1erviews. and background news from the As1aPac1flc region
1635 BBC Talks. Some of the world's top alhletes feature on "The
Olympians" (6HV13th/20th); writers In A Nutshell" provides
Cliff Notes 10 the likes of Nadine Gordimer and E Forster
(through September 14th).
1640 Radio Korea Tales From Korea's Past. See M 11 40.
1645 BBC The World Today A look at a topical aspect of the
1nterna11onal scene.

1645 Radio Australia Spons Report. See S 1313

Tuesdays
1609
1615
1615
1620
1630
1634
16'0
16'5
1645

Deu1sche Welle: News11ne Cologne. See M 1109

BBC: Megam ix. See T 1130.
Radio Korea : News Commentary. See S 0015.
Radio Korea: Seou I Calling. See M 11 20.
Radio Aus1ralia : Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.
Deutsche Welle: As1aPacif1c Report. See M 1634
Radio Korea. Korean Cultural Variety. See T 1140
BBC: The World Today. See M 16'5
Radio Australia Spans Report. See S 1313

Wednesdays
1609
1615
1615
1620
1630
1634
1640
1645
1645

Deu1sche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.

BBC: Rock/Pop MUSIC. See T 0630.
Radio Korea. News Commentary See S 0015
Radio Korea Seoul Calling See M 1120
RadlO Australia Music Of Radio Australia See S 1113
Deutsche Welle As1aPac1hc Repon See M 1634
Radio Korea Pulse Of Korea See W 1140
BBC : The World Today. See M 1645.
Radio Australia : Spans Report. See S 1313.

Thursdays
1609 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109
1615 BBC. Ne1wor11 UK. Issues and events att(!Ct1ng people
across the UK.
1615 Radio Korea News Commentary See S 0015
1620 Radio Korea Seoul Calling See M 11 20.

MONITORING TIMES

1630
1634
1640
1645
1645

Radio Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.

Deutsche Welle: As1a-Pac1f1c Report. See M 1634.
Radio Korea: Forward To Reunification. See H 11 40.
BBC. The World Today. See M 1645.
Radio Aus1ralia: Spans Report. See S 1313.

Fridays
1609 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
1615 BBC Science In Action. The latest news abou1scientific
innovations.
1615 Radio Korea : News Commentary. See S0015.
1620 Radio Korea : Lei's Sing Toge1her. See F 1120.
1630 RadlO Australia: Music 01 Radio Australia. See S 1113.
1634 Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See M 1634.
1640 Radio Korea : Lei's Learn Korean! See F 11 40.
1645 BBC The World Today. See M 1645.
1645 Radio Australia Spans Report. Sees 1313.

Saturdays
1609
1615
1615
1620
1623
1630
1634
1635
1645

Deutsche Welle: lnterna11onal Talking Point See S 0419.

BBC : Sponsworld. See A 1430.
Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0015.
Radio Korea: Sites And Sounds. See S 0020.
Deutsche Welle: Development Forum. See A 1513.
RadlO Australia: Music Of Radio Australia. See S 1113.
Deutsche Welle: Religion and Soc1e1y. See S 1509.
Radio Korea: From Us To You. See S 0035.
Radio Aus1ralia: Spans Report. See S 1313.

July 1992

_1_1o_o_u_T_c_ _ _[;;;..1_:o_o_P_M_E_D_T_l1_o_:o_o_A_M_P_D_T~]

1730-1745
1730-1800

1700-1705
1700-1710
1700-1715
1700-1728
1700-1730
1700-1730 as
1700-1730
1700-1730
1700-1730
1700-1730

1700-1730

1700-1750
1700-1 755
1700-1800
1700-1800

1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1 800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800 sa
1700-1 800
1700-1800
1700-1800 varies
1700-1800
1700-1800 mtwhf
1700-1800
1700-1800 smtwhf
1700-1800
1700-1800
f 700-1800
1700-1800

1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800 sa
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1 800
1700-1800 smtwhf
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1706-1800
1715-1730
1715-1730
171 5-1730
1715-1745
17281800
1730-1745 a

Ghana. Radio 2, Accra

7295do
Cameroon CATV Bafoussam
Israel, Kol Israel
11587na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Canada. RCI Montreal
5995eu
17820eu
Norway
9655eu
Sri Lanka B"casting Corp. 6075as
Swaziland, TWR Swaziland 3200af
Swiss Radio lnt'I
1363Saf
United Kingdom.BBC London3255af
21660af
3915as
6190af
9740eu
15070eu
17640va
USA. VOA Washington
3980eu
9760me
15445af
1780Qaf
NMh Korea
9325eu
Polish Radio Warsaw
7270eu
Algeria, R. Algiers
17745na
Australia
5995pa
9860pa
15170as
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Canada. CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
China. Radio Beijing
4130af
1534Saf
Cool< Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica. RFPI
15030na
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
15270me
Egypt. Radio Cairo
15255af
Eq.Guinea . A.East Africa
7190af
Ghana . Radio 1, Accra
4915do
Guam. KSDA Guam
13720af
Italy, IR AS Milan, Italy
7125eu
Japan NHK
7140as
15345me
Kenya, Voice of
4935do
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
New Zealand. RNZI
9675pa
Nigeria
3326do
Nigeria. Voice of
7255af
Pakistan
11570eu
Russia, Radio Moscow
11840na
13645na
17670na
Saudi Arabia BC Svc
9705eu
South Africa. Radio RSA
9565af
Tanzania
5985af
USA, CSMonil or Boston
11580as
USA. CSMonitor Boston
13710na
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 15590am
USA. VOA Washinton
6110as
USA. WHAi Noblesville
13760am
USA WJCR Upton. Kentucky
USA. WMLK Bethel. Penna. 9465eu
USA. WWCR Nashville
15690
USA. WYFR Okeechobee, FL
Zambia.Radio Zambia lnt'I 9505af
Ghana. Radio 2, Accra
3366do
Cameroon CRTV Beau
3970do
South Korea Wortd News
7550as
Va1ican Radio
6245eu
United Kingdom.BBC London9560ca
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Cameroon CRTV Douala
4795do

July 1992

4000do
11675eu
5980do
7235eu
21545eu
9720as
9520af
15430af
7160me

15590af

15650va

13650eu

15325eu

17635af
15260na

21770al
21470af

5975as
6195eu
11750as
15310as
17695eu
6040me
11920at
15495af
2162Sal
9640af
9525eu

6005af
941 Oeu
11775na
15400af
17860af
9575af
15205me
15580af

6180eu
9630af
12095eu
15420al
17880af
9700eu
1541 Oaf
1765Daf

9977af

11705eu

6060pa
11910pa

6080pa
12000pa

9580pa
13755pa

1730-1 800 a
1730-1800
1730-1800
1730-1800
17301800

1730-1800

1745-1800 tent

8260af

9570af

21465na
17790me

21455me

9505am

1730-1800
1740-1800
1745-1800 mtwhfa
1745-1800

11815na

11 575af

11865na

1800 UTC
1800-1810
1800-1825
1800-1825
1800-1830
1800-1830
1800-1830
1800-1830
1800-1 830

1800-1830
1800-1840 w
1800-1845 mtwhfa
1800-1845
1800-1850 smtwhf
1800-1900
1800 -1900
1800-1900
1800-1900

4990do
15550eu
11995na 12030na
15375na 15425na
17695na 17710na
9720eu
11885af
9684af
11 765af
13625as 17510na
1755Sam
7125as
15105am
7490na
17535na
21500va
11 880af

9645as

12050na
15580na

21640af

15395as

17895af

15575as
7250eu
21660ca

MONITORING TIMES

1800-1 900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1 900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900 sa
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900 varies
1800-1900
1800-1900 mtwht
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1 900 irreg
1800-1900
1800-1900

Cyprus. Radio Bayrak

Bulgaria, Radio Sofia

61 50va
9700al
17780af
Latvia. Radio Riga
5935eu
Netherlands
6020af
Romania, A.Romania Int'!
15340al
Swaziland, TWA Swaziland 3200af
United Kingdom.BBC London3255af
6180eu
9630af
15070eu
15420af
17880af
USA. VOA Washing1on
6040eu
11920af
1549Sal
19261 al
Vatican Radio
11625at
Cameroon CATV Yaounde 4850do
4795do
Cameroon CRTV Douala
India. All India Radio
7412as
11935as
Madagascar.ATV Madagascar

11720af
17825at

11765af

15330af

9605af
1536Saf

21515af
17745af

21590af
1780Saf

3915as
6190af
9740me
15260na
17640va
21660af
9575af
15205eu
15580af
21625af
15090af

5975as
6195eu
11775na
15310as
17695eu

6005af
9410eu
12095eu
15400af
17860af

9700eu
15205me
17650af

9760eu
1541 Oaf
17800af

9950as
15080as
3232do

11620as

11860as

3286do

5005do

17730af

[2:00 PM EDT/11 :00 AM PDT]

Malawi B'cas1ing Corp.
3381 do
Belgium, BRT Brussels
9905eu
Netherlands
6020al
Canada , RCI Montreal
13670af
Congo. ATV Congolaise
3265af
Czechoslovakia
5930eu
Egypt, Radio Cairo
1525Sal
United Kingdom.BBC London3255af
6190af
9410eu
12095eu
17640eu
Vietnam, Voice of
9840eu
Cameroon CATV Bertoua
4750do
Cameroon CRTV Douala
4795do
Swaziland, TWR Swaziland 3200af
New Zealand, RNZI
9675pa
Australia
5995pa
9580pa
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Brazil. Rad1obras
15265eu
Bulgaria, Radio Sofia
9700af
17780al
Cameroon CATV Yaounde 4850do
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Cook Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica, RFPI
13630am
Eq. Gumea. A.East Africa
7190al
Ethiopia, Voice of
9662af
Ghana. Radio 1. Accra
4915do
Ghana. Radio 2, Accra
7295do
Guam. KSDA Guam
13720as
India . All India Radio
7412as
11935as
Italy. IRRS Milan. Italy
7125eu
Ivory Coast, Ab1d1an
11920al
Kenya, Voice of
4935do
Kuwait. Radio Kuwait
13620na
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
Mozambique
3265af
Nigeria
3326do
Russia , Radio Moscow
9765va
9860va
11685va
12030na

17750af
9605af
15260af
4765af
6055eu

21 51Saf
17820al

21590al

7345eu

9605eu

5975as
7160me
9740me
15310as
21660al
1501 Oeu

6180eu
7325af
11 750as
15400af

6060pa
9860pa

6080pa
11 910pa

9505pa
12ooopa

11720af
1782Saf

11765af

15330af

15030am

2146Sam

9950as
15080as

11620as

4855af
4990do
9780va
9875va
11 745va
t 2050na

9618al

3955eu
6195eu
9600al
15070eu
17880af
12020eu

9600af

9795va
9895va
11840am
15425na

11860as

9855va
11630va
11 995na
1551 Sna

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1800 UTC cont'd

- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - !
1800-1900
18001900
18001900
18001900
18001900
1800 1900 sa
f8001900
18001900

18001900
18001900
1800-1900
18001 900
18001 900
18001900
1800-1900
18151830
18151900
18301900
18301900
18301900 as
18301900
18301900
18301900
18301900
18301900

18301900
1830-1900
18331900
1840-1850 mlwhfa
18401850 mlwhfa
1845-1900
18451900
18451900 s
18451900
1850 1900 sm1whf

1900 UTC
19001915
19001920
19001925
1900 1930 mlwhf
1900 1930 as
19001930
19001930
1900-1930
19001930
1900-1930 s
19001930 as
19001930

19001930
1900-1945
19001950
19002000
1900-2000

19002000
19002000

17695na 17710na
9705eu 9720eu
3316do
15575eu
9684al
5985af
9425pa
17510na
17555am
15590
6040eu 9700eu
6040eu 9575al
11920af 15205me
15580af 17650af
21625af
USA, WHRI Noblesv11le
13760na 1 7830sa
USA, WINB Red Lion, Penn. 15295eu
USA, WJCR Uplon, Kemud<y
7490na
USA, WMLK Be1hel, Penna. 9465eu
USA, WWCR Nashville
15690na 17535na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL
21500va
Zamb1a,Rad10 Zambia lnl'I 9505af
118803f
Lebanon, Radio Voice of
6550me
Bangladesh
12030as 15255as
Afghanis1an, Kabul
9635am
Aus1na. ORF Vienna
5945eu 61 55eu
Canada RCI Mon1real
13670me 15260me
Finland, YLE
6120eu 9730al
Iran, Islamic Republic
9022af
15260eu
Nelherlands
6020af
9605af
Sri Lanka B'casling Corp. 9720eu 1 5120eu
United Kingdom.BBC London3255a1
3955eu
6190af
6195eu
9600af
11750as
15400al 1788oaf
Yugoslavia, for UN Forces 6100do 15140eu
Yugoslavia, Radio Federal 6100eu
15140af
Ivory Coasl, Abidjan
11920af
Greece, Voice of
1563031 17525al
Venezuela, Radio Nacional 9540om
Ghana B'casling Corp
6130af
Guinea. RTV Conarky
4900af
7125af
Mall, RTV Mah
4783do 4835do
Swaziland, TWR Swaziland 3200af
New Zealand, RNZI
15120pa

Saudi Arabia BC Svc

Sierra Leone. SLBS
Soulh Korea, Seoul
Tanzania
USA. CSMonuor Bos1on
USA, CSMonilor Bos1on
USA, KTBN Sall Lake Cily
USA, VOA Washinglon

21545af

9760me
9700eu
15410al
17800al

15205me
9760me
15445
19261as

17895af

1201ome
17820me
11755af

137303f

21515af

21590af

6005al
7325eu
12095eu
21660af

6180eu
941 0eu
15070eu

5995do

5985af
15265eu
6020af
13670me
5995eu
17875eu
Iran, Islamic Republic
9022af
Israel. Kol Israel
11587eu
17575eu
Ivory Coasl, Ab1d1an
11920af
Japan t-. HK
9505am
Lebanon, King of Hope
11530me
Norway
17860va
UOlled Kingdom.BBC London3255af
6190af
9410eu
12095eu
21660af
V1e1nam. Voice of
9840eu
Cameroon CRTV Yaounde 485000
Germany, Deu1sche Welle 11785al
15350af
Argen11na.RAE BuenosA1res 15345eu
Aus1ralia
5995pa
9505pa
11910pa
Bahra in Broadcas1ing Svc 6010me
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do

15440eu

7285do

9684af

11765af

9605af
15260me
7235eu
21675eu
15260eu
11605sa
17630a1

21515af
17820me
13650eu

21590af

11675eu

15640eu

9640am

9645au

21705va
3955eu
6195eu
9600af
15070eu

6005af
7160me
9630al
15400al

19002000
1900-2000
19002000
1900-2000
1900-2000 sa
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000 mlWhf
19002000
1900-2000
19002000 s
19002000 smiwhf
19002000
19002000
1900-2000
19002000
19002000

(3:00 PM EDT/12:00 PM PDT]

Tanzania
Brazil, Rad1obras
Ne1herlands
Canada RCI Mon1rea1
Canada, RCI Momreal

19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000 m1whl

11765af
17725eu

15325eu

19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
1900-2000 sa
19002000
19002000
19002000

19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19101915
19201930
19301940 irr
19302000
19302000
19302000 fa

11850af

6180eu
7325eu
11750pa
1788031

19302000
19302000
1930-2000
19302000

1202Ceu 1 501 Oeu

1181031
15390af

13780al
1781 Oaf

13790al

6060pa
9580pa
12000pa

6080pa
9860pa

7240pa
1112oas

-:.:.-: ::
;: :::::::~:::::\1=;.>
=;:;~:.: ::::;_::::,?:::
:::::t'.Jft:~:'.::::/\:f;.;.
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:<:>
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::::.:::::;:;::;:::-:.:;'.::: .

19351945
19351955
19402000 smwha
1945-2000
1945-2000
19502000
19502000

:::'.t\\ :: : : ::: : . . :::><

Canada, CFRX Toronl o

Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCl lor UN Forces

6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
5995eu
17875eu
China, Radio Beijing
9440af
Cook Islands
11760pa
Cosla Rica. RFPI
136303m
Ecuador. HCJB Quilo
15270eu
Eq.Guinea, R.Easl Africa
7190a1
Ghana B'casling Corp.
6130a1
Ghana, Radio 1, Accra
4915do
Ghana, Radio 2, Accra
7295do
India, All India Radio
7412va
11935va
Kenya, Voice of
4935do
Kuwa11, Radio Kuwail
13620na
Luxembourg. RTL
15350va
11920as
Morocco, Rabal
New Zealand. RNZI
151 20pa
Ngeria
3326do
Nigeria, Voice of
7255al
Romania, A.Romania lnl'I
7145eu
Russia, R Galaxy, Moscow 9880do
Russia, Radio Moscow
9860va
11685va
12060va
15375na
15500na
Saudi Arabia BC Svc
9705eu
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Spanish Na1ional Radio
6130as
Sri Lanka B'casling Corp.
9720eu
Swaziland, TWR Swaziland 3200af
USA, CSMonilor Boston
9425pa
USA, CSMonitor Boston
17555am
USA, KTBN Sall Lake City 15590am
USA, KVOH Los Angeles
17775sa
USA, VOA Washington
6040eu
9760eu
15180au
15495af
USA, WHRI Nobfesv11le
13760na
USA, WI NB Red Lion, Penn. 15295eu
USA, WJCR Uplon, Kenlucky
USA, WMLK Be1hel, Penna. 9465eu
USA, WWCR Nashville
15690am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee. F 15355eu
Zambia.Radio Zambia lnl'l 9505af
Bo1swana, Gaborone
3356af
Cameroon CRTV Beau
3970do
Burkina Faso
4815af
Canada, RCI Momreal
601Oeu
17875eu
Czechoslovakia
6055eu
Kazakhslan. R. Alma Ala
3955do
5970eu
11825eu
15285eu
17605eu
Ne1herlands
17605af
Polish Radio Warsaw
6095eu
9525eu
Saipan, KFBS Saipan
9460af
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London3255al
6190af
9410eu
12095eu
2166031
Togo, RTV Togolaise
5047af
llaly, RAI, Rome
7275eu
Mongolia, Ulaanbaa1ar
11 850eu
Bulgaria, Radio Sofia
11765as
Soulh Korea World News
6135as
Sudan Nal'I B'cas1ing Cor 9540do
Va1ican Radio
5885eu

MONITORJNG TIMES

July 1992

:;::. _.-:~>\:.:::;:;:;:p~=f;~\{:-:~\:~J{~~\::.

7235eu
21675eu
1151 Sal

13650eu

150303m
17790eu

21465am
21455eu

9950va
15080va

11620va

11860va

9690eu

9750eu

11940eu

9875va
118403m
12070na
15405na
15580na
9720eu

9895va
12050va
13645na
15415na
17605na

11630va
12055va
15180na
15425na
17695na

9675af
15120eu
3240af
17510na

9685eu

9875eu

17725eu

21545af

9525as
11710eu
15205eu
155803f
17830na

9575af
11870as
15410af
17800af

9700eu
11920af
15445af
19261af

15325eu

4990do

7490na
17535na
21615af
11880af

7230af
7230eu
21675eu
7345eu
5035do
7115eu
15215eu
15315eu
17730eu
215903f
6135eu

17895af

13650eu

15325eu

5260do
9505eu
15250eu
15360eu
17765eu

5960eu
9690eu
15270eu
15385eu
21 490eu

7145eu 7270eu

3955eu
6195eu
9600af
15070eu

6005af
7160me
9630af
15400al

9710eu
12015eu
17780as

11800eu

9550do
7250eu

11635do

6180eu
7325eu
11750pa
17880af

17825as

_2o_o_o_u_T_c_ _ _ _[_4_:0_0_P_M_E_D_T_l1_:_00_P_M_P_D_T--1] 2030. 2100 mh

2000201 o mtwhf
20002010 w
20002010 smwha
20002015 mlwhla
20002025
20002030
20002030 varies
20002030
20002030
20002030 mtwhf
20002030
20002030

20002030
20002050
20002100

20002100
2000-2100
20002100
20002 100
20002100
20002 100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100 sa
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100 smtwhf
20002100
20002100
20002100
2000-2100 tes
2000-2100
2000-2100 mtwhf
20002100
20002100
2000-2100
20002100
2000-2100
2000-2100

20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100 s
20052100
2010.2100 sa
20152030
2025-2045
2030-2035
20302100

4935do
3381do
11850eu
7450eu
6095eu
9525eu
Bulgana. Radio Sofia
11765as
Georgian Radio, Tbilisi
11760eu
Netherlands
17605af
Nigeria. Voice of
7255af
11740eu
Ponugal
9885eu
Swiss Radio lnt'I
15505me
United Kingdom.BBC London3255af
6180eu
7180pa
9630af
15260sa
21660af
Vatican Radio
9645af
Nonh Korea
6576eu
Australia
5995pa
9580pa
12ooopa
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 6010me
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
6070do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada. CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada , CKZU Vancouver 6160do
China. Radio Beijing
4130eu
11715af
Cook Islands
1t760pa
Costa Rica, RFPI
13630na
Cuba, RHC Havana
15330eu
Eq.Guinea, A.East Afnca
7190af
Ghana, Radio 1, Accra
4915do
Ghana, Radio 2, Accra
7295do
India. All India Radio
11935af
Indonesia, Voice of
7125as
Kuwail, Radio Kuwait
t3620na
Lebanon. King of Hope
6280me
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
New Zealand, RNZI
15120pa
Nigeria
3326do
Russia, R Galaxy, Moscow 9880do
Russia, Radio Moscow
11840na
15560na
Sa1pan. KFBS Sa1pan
9475af
Saudi Arabia BC Svc
9705eu
Senegal (multilingual)
7210do
Sierra Leone. SLBS
3316do
Swaziland. TWA Swaziland 3200af
USA, CSMonitor Boston
9455as
17555sa
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 15590am
USA, KVOH Los Angeles
17775sa
USA. VOA Washington
6040eu
15160eu
15494af
19261af
USA, WHRI Noblesville
1376Qaf
USA. WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WMLK Bethel, Penna 9465eu
USA, WWCR Nashville
15690na
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL7355eu
21 525eu
Zamb1a,Rad10 Zambia lnt'I 9505af
Syna Radio Damascus
12085na
Kenya Voice of
4935do
Benin. Voice ol the Rev
4870af
Italy, RAI, Rome
7235me
Latvia. 1st Programme
5935do
Egypt. Radio Ca110
15375af

Kenya, Voice of
Malawi B'casting Corp.
Mongolia, Ulaart>aatar
Greece. Voice of
Polish Radio Warsaw

July 1992

20302100
20302100
20302100
12015eu
9395eu
6135eu

7145eu

17780as

17825as

7270eu
20302100
20452100

Estonia, Tallinn
5925eu
Korea, Seoul
6480eu
Sweden
6065va
United Kingdom.BBC London3255af
6040
7180pa
12095eu
15400af
Vietnam, Voice of
9840eu
South Korea World News
5975as

9560eu
7550af
9655va
3955eu
6180eu
7325eu
15070eu
15495
12020eu

15575eu
17730as
5975ca
6190af
9410eu
15260sa
15580as
15010eu

6005af
6195eu
11750pa
15340pa

21590af

2100 UTC
9885me

12035me

13635me

3955eu
6190af
7325eu
11750pa
15340pa

5975eu
6195eu
941 Oeu
12095eu
15400af

6005af
7160me
9600as
15070eu
11aaoa1

11625af
9345eu
6060pa
9860pa

15090af
9640af
6080pa
11720as

9440af
1517Qaf

9920eu

15030na
17705eu

21465am
17815me

15080af
9675as

11 752as

9977af
7240pa
11910pa

11500eu

15405na
17695na

t t 785as

t5425na

9720eu

3240af
13625pa

9700eu
15205eu
15580af
21 485af
17830sa
7490na
17535na
15566eu
t1880af
15095na
5025af
9575me

15665eu

9760eu
15410af
17650af
21625af

15585eu

210021 45
21002150
21002200
21002200

4990do
13665na
15580na

21002105
21002106
21002110
21002110
21002115
2100-2125
21002129
21002130
21002130
21002130
2100-2130 smtwhf
2100.2130 as
2100-2130 mtwhf
21002130
21002130
21002130

17510am

11710eu
15445af
17800af

t775Qaf

17895af

11800me

21002200
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200 sa
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200
2100-2200

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

MON1TORJNG TIMES

[5:00 PM EDT/2:00 PM PDT]

Syria, Radio Damascus
12085na
Bahrain Broadcasting Svc 601 Ome
Malawi B'casting Corp.
338 1do
Vatican Radio
5885eu
Swaziland. TWR Swaziland 3240af
Belgium, BRT Brussels
591 Oeu
Canada. RGI Montreal
5995eu
China. Radio Beijing
3985eu
Czechoslovakia
5930eu
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
New Zealand, RNZI
15120pa
Norway
17735va
Ponugal
1525Daf
South Korea. Seoul
6480eu
Sweden
6065va
Unhed Kingdom.BBC London3255af
6180eu
9590na
15260sa
Yugoslavia, Radio Federal 6100eu
Germany, Deutsche Welle 9670eu
15350as
Angola, R. Nacional
3355af
Australia
5995pa
11880pa
Canada , CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Canada, RCI Montreal
15325eu
China . Radio Beijing
4130eu
15170eu
Cook Islands
1t 760pa
Costa Rica, RFPI
13630na
Egypt. Radio Cairo
15375af
Eq.Gumea, A.East Africa
7190af
Ghana, Radio 1, Accra
4915do
Ghana, Radio 2, Accra
7295do
Hungary, Radio Budapest
611 0eu
India. All India Radio
7412eu
11715eu
Japan NHK
11 815me
17890as
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
Nigeria
3326do
Romania, A.Romania lnt'I
5955eu
11940eu
Russia, R Galaxy, Moscow 9880do
Russia, Radio Moscow
9685na
12050na
15355na
15485na
17735na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
331 6do
Spanish National Radio
6130eu
Sn Lanka B casting Corp.
15120as
Ukraine, Kiev
5960eu
9635eu
USA, CSMonitor Boston
9455as
17555sa
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 15590
USA, KVOH Los Angeles
17775sa

15095na

7250eu
9905eu
7235eu
1171 5af
6055eu

13650eu
1517Qaf
7345eu

9605eu

21705va
7550af
9655va
3955eu
6195as
11 750pa
15340pa
11735na
9765eu
15360as
9535af
6060pa
13705pa

15575eu
17730as
5975ca
7325eu
12095eu
15400af
11870na
11 785eu

6005af
941 Oeu
15070na

13780as

6080pa
15365as

11 720pa

17875eu
8260eu

9920eu

11500eu

15030na

21465am

9835eu
11910eu
9910eu
9950eu
15265eu
11840eu 1 5430eu

11 620eu
17810as

4990do
7145eu

9690eu

9750eu

11 780na
12070na
15375na
15500na

11840na
t3645na
15405na
15560na

12040na
13665na
15425na
15580na

7250eu
9865eu
13625pa

7340eu
15570eu
15665eu

9600eu
17510na

:=:::::==

........,

: :i:J:!lfiiililii:li i l!l;i:~.;: .:.~.:.::. :. !:!li!i!: : :,:.:.:t: i.: .:::,:.!:1: :.: ; :: : : !: : :;:1;1: !;:~ !
. <:::::::.:::::::::;:;.;:.:.:;.:-:

2100 UTC cont'd

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

21002200

2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2103-211 Otent
2110-2200
2115-2130 s
2115-2130 mtwhf
2115-2200
2130-2145
21302155
2130-2200
2130-2200
2130-2200
2130-2200
21302200

21302200 smtwhf
21302200
2130-2200
2130-2200
21302200

2140-2150 mtwhfa
2145-2200
2145-2200

2200 UTC
2200-2210
2200-2210
2200-2215
2200-2215
2200-2218
2200-2225
2200-2230
22002230
2200-2230 2
2200-2230
2200-2230 a
2200-2230
2200-2230 s
2200-2230
2200-2245
2200-2245
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300 sa

USA, VOA Washington

6040eu
11870pa
15410af
17735pa
21485af
USA, WHRI Noblesville
13760am
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WMLK Bethel, Penna. 9465eu
USA, WWCR Nashville
15690am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee, FL7355eu
Zambia, Radio Zambia lnt'I 9505af
Croatian Radio, Zagreb
7240eu
Syria , Radio Damascus
12085na
Indonesia, R. Republik
6070do
United Kingdom.BBC Carib. 15390ca
Egypt, Radio Cairo
9900eu
Cameroon CRTV Beau
3970do
Finland, YLE
6120af
Austria, ORF Vienna
5945eu
Canada, RGI Montreal
11880af
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
15270eu
Israel. Kol Israel
11585eu
15640sa
Kazakhstan. R. Alma Ata
3955do
5970eu
11a25eu
15285eu
17605eu
Lebanon. King of Hope
6280me
Lnhuania, Radio Vilnius
9675eu
New Zealand, RNZI
17770pa
United Kingdom.BBC Falk.I 13660sa
United Kingdom.BBC London3255af
6180eu
9590na
15260sa
Venezuela, Radio Nacional 9540am
Bulgaria. Radio Sofia
11660na
Cameroon CATV Yaounde 4850do

_ _ __ _____j 22002300

9700eu
9760me
11960me 15185pa
15495af 15580af
17800af
17895me
21s2Saf
17830am
7490na
17535am
15566eu
11880af
9830eu
15095na

17750af
17895af
21480eu

11710me
15205me
17650af
19261af

21525eu

17715ca

11755as
6155eu
15150af
17790eu
11605eu
17575eu
5035do
7115eu
15215eu
15315eu
17730eu

15440eu
9870af
17820af
21455eu
15100na

15590eu

5260do
9505eu
15250eu
15360eu
17765eu

5960eu
9690eu
15270eu
15385eu
21490eu

5975ca
7325eu
12095eu
15400af

11720am

15330eu

2200-2300
2200-2300 smtwha
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300

2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300

2200-2300

9710eu

3955eu
6195as
11750pa
15340pa

2200-2300
2200-2300

6005af
9410eu
15070na

2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22302300 mtwhf
22302300
2230-2300
2240-2250 smtwhf
2245-2300
22452300

Ghana, Radio 1, Accra

Ghana. Radio 2. Accra
India. All India Radio

4915do
7295do
7412eu
11715eu
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
7295do
New Zealand, RNZI
17770pa
Nigeria
3326do
Russia. Radio Moscow
11710na
15410na
21690na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC1
5010do
Taiwan. V. of Free China. 17750eu
Turkey. Voice of
9445na
UAE Radio Abu Dhabi
9605na
United Kingdom.BBC London5975na
9570pa
11945as
15260sa
USA, CSMonitor Boston
9465na
17555am
USA, KTBN Salt Lake City 15590
USA, VOA Washington
7120as
15290au 15305au
17735au
USA, WHAi Noblesville
13760na
USA. WJCR Upton. Kentucky
USA, WANO New Orleans 15420na
USA, WWCR Nashville
121 SOna
USA, WYFR Okeechobee. FL
Congo, ATV Congolaise
4765do
Sweden
6065eu
USA, VOA Washington
9530eu
Greece. Voice of
11645au
USA, WINB Red Lion. Penn. 15145eu
Vatican Radio
9600au

9910eu
15265eu

4990do
12050na
15425na

9950eu

11620eu

15355na
15485na

15405na
17735na

5052do
21720eu

11940do

11965na
6195as
9590na
11955as
15340as
13625as

13605na
7325am
9915ca
12095na
15400af
15405as

9410eu
11750sa
15070na
17830as
15665eu

9770as
17820au
17830sa
7490na

11760as

15185au

15690na
17750eu

21525eu

11905me

11 960me

11830au

15090au

17885me

[6:00 PM EDT/3:00 PM Pon

Cameroon CRTV Bafoussam
Syria. Radio Damascus
12085na
Cameroon CRTV Yaounde 4850na
Zambia.Radio Zambia lnt'I 9505af
Congo. RTV Congolaise
4765do
11a1y, RAJ, Rome
9710as
Albania, Radio Tirana
9760eu
Canada. RGI Montreal
5960na
13670na
Russia China. Radio Beijing 9740eu
Czechoslovakia
5930eu
Indonesia.Radio Republik
3385do
Swiss Radio lnt'I
9810sa
USA, KGEI San Francisco 15280sa
USA. VOA Washing1on
9530eu
15445me
Egypt, Radio Cairo
9900eu
USA, WINS Red Lion. Penn. 15185
Australia
11720pa
15320pa
Bulgaria, Radio Sofia
11660am
Canada. CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada. CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Cook Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica, RFPI
13630ca
Cuba. RHC Havana
9620va
Eq.Guinea , R.East Africa
7190af

4000do
15095na
11880af
5985do
11800as
11825eu
9755na

17895af
15330as
11705as

11905na

6055eu
7345eu
9605eu
4805do
9885sa
12035sa 15570sa
17750
11905me 11960me 15225me
17885eu
15195
11880pa
15365as
11720am

13705as
17795pa
15330eu

15030ca
11705eu

21465am
11930va

15240pa

MONITORJNG TIMES

July 1992

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[7:00 PM EDT/4:00 PM PDT]

FREQUENCIES

23000000

23002305
23002305
23002315
23002330
23002330 varies
23002330
23002330 as
23002330

23002350
2300-2350
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
2300-0000
2300-0000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000 smtwha
23000000

Ghana, Radio 1, Accra

Ghana, Radio 2, Accra
Bulgaria, Radio Sofia
Canada, RCI Montreal
Croatian Radio via WHAi
Lrthuarna. Radio Vilnius

4915do
7295do
11660am
11940sa
7315na
9710na
15580na
Noiway
11795am
Umted Kingdom.BBC London5975na
9410eu
11750sa
15070na
No~h Korea
11700am
Turlley, Voice of
9445na
Australia
11720pa
t5365as
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada. CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Cook Islands
11760pa
Costa Rica, AW A
9725ca
Costa Rica, RFPI
13630na
Guam. KSDA Guam
15610as
India, All India Radio
9910as
15145as
Japan NHK
11 735eu
17840va
Luxembourg, RTL
15350va
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
7295do
New Zealand, RNZI
17770pa

11 720am
15235na
9495na
10344na

15330eu

11780na

13645na

6175na
9570pa
11945as
15260sa
13650am

6195as
9590na
11955as
15340pa

7145as
9915sa
12095na
15400af

11880pa
17795pa

15240pa

15320pa

11870ca
15030na

21465am

11 715as
17830as
11815am

11745as

151 tOas

15195as

17810pa

23000000
2300-0000
2300-0000
23000000
23000000
2300-0000
23000000
23000000

2300-0000
23000000
23000000
23000000
23000000
231 5-0000 vi
2330-0000 as
23300000
2330-0000 a
23300000
23300000 m
2330-0000

23300000
23302355
23352345 sm1Wht

Russia, Radio Moscow

11710na
15410na
17735na
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC1
5010do
South Africa, Radio Orion 4810at
Thailand
4830as
UAE Radio Abu Dhabi
9605na
USA. CSMonl1or Bos1on
9465na
17555af
USA. KTBN Salt Lake Ci1y 15590na
USA, VOA Washing1on
7120as
15290au
9530me
USA, WHAi Noblesville
9495na
USA, WINS Red Lion, Penn. 15145eu
USA, WJCR Upton, Kentucky
USA, WANO New Orleans 7355na
USA, WWCR Nashville
12160na

12050na
15425na
21690na

15355na
15485na

5052do

11 940do

9655as
11965na
13625as

11905as
13605na
15405af

15665eu

9770as
15305as
11 905me
13760sa

11760au
17735as
11960eu

15185au
17820as
17885me

Iraq, Radio Iraq ln1'1

11945na
Canada. RCI Mon1real
11940sa
Canada, RCI Montreal
5960am
Colombia, R.Naclonal
11822.5
Iran, Islamic Republic
9022am
Sri Lanka B'Cas1ing Svc
15425am
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London5975na
7325na
11750sa
15070na
Vietnam. Voice of
9840as
Belgium, BAT Brussels
9930na
Greece, Voice ol
7450eu

17740sa
15235sa
9755am
17865am
15260am

15405na
17570na

7490na
15690

6175na
9570pa
11945as
15260sa
12020as
1365Sna
9425sa

13670am
1531 Sam
6195as
9590na
11955as
17830as
15010as

7145as
9915sa
12095na

11645sa

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
2305 BBC : World Business Review. The previous week's news
and upcoming events.
2313 Radio Australia: Sports Report. see S 1313
2315 BBC: Music Program details not available at press lime.
2330 Radio Australia: Business Report. A look at the day's
business developments
2336 BAT, Brussels: P.O. Box 26. see S 0636.
2349 BAT, Brussels: Musical Roundabout See S 0649.

Mondays
2305 BBC: World Business Report. The latest news from the
marke1s worldwide.
23 13 Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 1313.
2315 BBC: Talks. Religious experiences recorded in poe1ry are
the tare tor "Hallowed Ground' (through August 10th).
2325 BBC: Talks. "The Man Behind The Worf!" looks at
historical figures like Boycott, Guilloun, and Mesmer
(through August 1Oth).
2330 BBC Multttrack 1: Top 20. Tim Smith oresents the smash
singles on the UK pop music charts
2330 Radio Australia: Business Report. See S 2330.
2334 BAT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.
2337 BAT. Brussels: Belgium Today. A review of current affairs
and events
2342 BAT, Brussels: Focus On Europe. Happenings. even1s.
and politics in Europe.
2347 BAT. Brussels: Sports. A roundup ol events m the sports
world

Tuesdays
2305 BBC World Business Report see M 2305.
2313 Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 1313.
23 15 BBC: Music. concert Hall" tea1ures classical music from
the world's great concert halls (71h/ 14th); From The
Proms" broadcasts highlights of the concert
series from London's Royal Albert Hall

July 1992

2330
2334
2337
2342

Radio Australia: Business Roport. See S 2330.

BAT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.
BAT, Brussels: Belgium Today. See M 2337.
BAT. Brussels: Around The Arts Developments in the
arts in Belgium.
2347 BAT. Brussels: P.O. Box 26. see S 0636.

Wednesdays
2305
2313
2315
2330
2330
2334
2337
2342
234 7

BBC: World Business Report. see M 2305.

Radio Australia : Sports Report. see S 1313.
BBC : From Our Own Correspondent. See S 0330.
BBC: Multitrack 2. Graham Bannerman presents new pop
records, interviews. news, and contests.
Radio Australia: Business Report see S 2330.
BAT, Brussels: Press Review See M 0634.
BAT. Brussels: Belgium Today. See M 2337.
BAT. Brussels: Living In Belgium Everyday ltte in the low
countries.
BAT. Brussels: Green Society. The environmental
concerns ol Belgians.

Thursdays

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Fridays
2305 BBC : World Business Report. see M 2305.
2313 Radio Australia: Musicilnlormation. see S 0330.
2315 BBC : Worldbriet. A roundup of the week's news headlines
and developments.
2330 BBC: Mulutrack 3. News and releases from the Br~ish
alternauve music scene.
2334 BAT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.
2337 BAT. Brussels: Belgium Today. See M 2337.
2342 BAT. Brussels Around The Arts. See T 2342.
2350 BAT, Brussels: P.O. Box 26. See S 0636.

Saturdays

2305 BBC: World Business Report See M 2305.

2313 Radio Australia: Sports Report. See S 1313.

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2315 BBC : Music Review. News and views from the world of
classical music.
2330 Radio Australia: Business Report. See S 2330.
2334 BAT, Brussels: Press Review. See M 0634.
2337 BAT, Brussels: Belgium Today. See M 2337.
2342 BAT, Brussels: Economics. A review ot economic
developmems.
2350 BAT, Brussels: North-South. Development in Africa and
other Third World regions.

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2305
2310
23 13
2315
2330
2333
2335
2340
2343
2350
2350
2353

BBC: Words 01 Faith. See S 0309.

BBC : Book Choice. See H 0140.
Radio Australia: Back Page. see S 0313.
BBC: A Jolly Good Show. See T 1515.
Radio Australia: Al Your Request See S 0130.
BAT, Brussels Press Review. See M 0634.
BAT, Brussels: Radio World. See M 0637.
Radio Nacional, Bogota: Fea1ure. Topical programming
on various issues.
BAT, Brussels: Tourism In Flanders. See M 0647.
BAT, Brussels: Record Of The Week. See A 0650.
Radio Nacional, Bogota : Colombia DX. News for
shortwave radio listeners.
BAT, Brussels: P.O. Box 26. See S 0636.

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How to use the propagation charts:

Propagation charts can be an invaluable aid to the DXer in determining which

frequencies are likely to be open at a given time. To use the propagation charts, choose those for your location. Then look for the one most closely
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July 1992

what's
new?
Larry Miller

All About
Ham Radio

ment (for a ham radio license) is

a good filter to eliminate the sort
of riff-raff that messed up CB
radio for everyone."
Clearly, Helms has not
broken through one of ham's
main walls-the attitude of
superiority that an FCC license
apparently bestows on its
recipients.
Still, All About Ham Radio is
a good, thorough book that
covers virtually every aspect of
ham radio that you can think of,
from digital modes to polarization. If you've been thinking
about studying for a ham exam,
this is the book for you.
All About Ham Radio is
available for $19.95 plus $3 .00
shipping. The address is
HighText Publications Inc., 7128,
Miramar Road, Suite 15, San
Diego, CA 92121. Please tell
them that Monitoring Times sent
you.

Basic Wire
Antenna

"All AbouJ I lam Radio is

written in a friendly, htunorous
style without the stiff formality ,
wordiness, and extensive math that
makes so many other books on
ham radio boring" - so says the
promo on the back cover of the
book.
In fact, the main difference
between Harry Helms' All About
Ham Radio and most other "Intro
to Ham Radio" books is that
Helms ' version is written in a
conversational style. The material
is sti ll the same- physics doesn' t
change and the math docsn ' t go
away.
Helms is, however, a master
of the conversational style and
that is probably the book's main
sellin g point. Still, Helms can be
incredibly condescending. For
example, regarding the publisher
of 73 magazine, Helms asks,
"What do I think of Wayne
Green?" (just can't wait to find
out! )
Harry also lets us in on "a
secret: the wriuen exam require-

July 1992

Getting the most out of a

shortwave radio is largely
dependent on the antenna that is
connected to it. Unfortunately,
high quality antennas usually
come with fairly hefty price tags.
Electron Processing claims to
have solved the price problem
with their new 60' long basic wire
antenna (BW-60). The antenna,
which the manufacturer says
"covers all SWL bands from 2
MHz to 30 MHz," costs only
$35.00 plus $5.00 shipping.
The antenna is comprised
primarily of two wire elements of
different lengths joined together
at the feed point in a compact
coupling box. The antenna can be
installed in numerous configurations requiring from one to three
supports. The BW-60 comes with
25 feet of coax feedline and can
be ordered by calling 616-228-

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7020 or writing P.O. Box 68-MT,
Cedar, Michigan 49621.

cations Laboratories has offered a

10% discount to some groups.
You may want to inquire if this
discount is also available LO
Monitoring Times subscribers.
For more information,
contact NCL at 503-923-2540 or
write to Bob Cosentino at 813
Southwest Highland, Suite C-310MT, Redmond, Oregon 97756.

Filtering Out
the Broadcast
Band
Cheap Packet
Thrills
Northwest Communications
Laboratories has introduced a line
of AM broadcast band rejection
filters for the shortwave listening
market. The products are
designed for the listener who is
experiencing receiver overload
from nearby AM transmitters.
Who needs one of these
filters? Just about anyone who
lives in an urban area with lots of
high-powered broadcasters.
Listeners in less congested areas
who happen to be unfortunate
enough to live in the proximity of
an AM radio station can also
suffer from the same problems.
TI1ere are two models: the
100, which allows clean reception
below the AM broadcast band
and the 200, which is used for
reception above the AM broadcast band. Both units provide
40dB of broadcast band attenuation.
Either version is available for
$49.95 with either UHF, RCA
phono or binding post connectors.
The filters are also available for
$55.95 with BNC connectors or
$59.95 for one with an "N"
connector. Northwest Communi-

MFJ is touting their new

model 1271 TNC as the "fastest,
easiest and least expensive way
yet to join the packet [radio]
action." If you have a Commodore 64/128 computer and an HF
handheld or HF SSB transceiver,
you 're in luck. It simply plugs
into tl1e computer's rear cassette
port. It works VHF packet al
1200 baud and HF packet at 300
baud.
The MFJ 1271 is a highperformance modem/TNC with
DCD circuit and adjustable
threshold control to reduce noise
susceptibility and increase your
QSO/connect success, especially
on the HF bands. A DCD LED is
included to indicate when you are
receiving signals properly.
Says MFJ, "You can't miss,
even if you are a packet newcomer!"
You can order the MFJ-1271
for just $49.95 by visiting your
local ham radio dealer or by
calling MFJ direct at 1-800-6471800. Please tell them that
Monitoring Times sent you.

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"Missionary, this is Black

Eagle; do you copy Spartan on this
net?" Calls like this may be heard
continuously throughout the HF and
VHF/UHF monitoring ranges. But
who are they?
After years of collecting and
verifying tactical callsigns, noted
MT colwnnist Gayle Van Hom has
finally published the most exhaustive list of tactical callsigns and
their identifications ever assembled
for shortwave and scanner listeners.
The massive directory's 250
pages list agencies and worldwide
locations with tactical identifiers
for U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army,
Customs, Secret Service, Marine
Corps and foreign military.
Internationally registered
callsigns and their users around the
globe are listed as well, with comprehensive entries from coastal
maritime stations, embassies, merchant marine, aviation, NASA, U.S.
and foreign military, Interpol,
MARS and many more.
A worldwide list of low frequency, non-directional beacons
(NDBs) with callsigns and locations is included as well.
For utilities buffs, this book is
a must! The /nJernational Cal/sign
Handbook is available for $24.95
plus shipping from Grove Enterprises and Grove dealers.

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Foreign QSL
Requests
KJCHP' s DX QSL Guide, a
book which is far from new but
which may be of interest to hams
and other QSL hunters, has been
reprinted by author Joseph
Mikuckis. This unusual guide
contains only twelve
sentences ...repcated in 54
languages!
The majority of sentences
describe the writer and his
equipment (" ... the sentences have
been rendered correct only under
the assumption that the correspondence takes place between
two males"). Many of the others
are courteous pleasantries. Only
two sentences actually request a
QSL of the addressee.
If you have exhausted the
!RC-SASE-money routes, then
writing your request in the
language of the station may
produce the kind of success the
author claims.
To obtain a copy of this
unique guide, send $9.95 to Joe
Mikuckis, K3CHP, 6913 Furman
Parkway, Dept. MT, Riverdale,
MD 20737.

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Scratched cabinet -- $69.95
Satellite lV Sourcebook: Mildly marred cover -$10.00
1992 Police Call Directory for Ml & OH: Sligh~y
torn cover -- $8.00
Hidden Signals on Satellite lV: Bent cover -$17 .00
Sencore ST66 Stereo lV Analyzer: Nearly new
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Radio
Adventure
on Tape

The National Radio Club has

released Volume 2 of their "After
replaced by this update from Uni- Dark" cassette series. Packed in
versal Radio. Adaptable to a wide an attractive plastic case are four
variety of digital modes heard on ninety-minute cassettes. The fare
shortwave, scanners and satellites, on each tape varies from an
the M8000 decodes standard RTTY, interview with John Vodenik of
packet, ASCII, FDM, FEC-TOR, the Voice of America's Bethany,
ARQ-TOR, Morse, WEFAX and Ohio, Relay Station to what is
even diplomatic Piccolo.
described as "a variety of what's
Because it has its own m icro- happening in radio, formats, 'rule
computer, no host computer is primer,' 'for begirtners,' and the
necessary; the M8000 connects be- 1991 station of the year, KKOB tween your receiver's audio output 770."
jack and a printer or VGA monitor.
Also included are airchecks,
Equipped with LED tuning in- English language broadcasts on
dicators, the M8000 operates from shortwave , improving FM
120/240 VAC, 50/60 Hz and carries reception and an aircheck from
a one-year warranty.
Laser 558. The whole package is
The M8000 Decoder is avail- 360 minutes of radio adventure
able for S 1299 from Universal and costs only $9.50 from the
The popular Infotech M7000 Radio, Grove Enterprises and many National Radio Club, NRC
Publications, P.O. Box 164-MT,
multimode demodulator has been other MT advertisers.
Mannsville, New York 13661 0164.
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July 1992

Universal
M8000

out of your monitoring and, while ,

the material is intended for
railfans, it is eminently useful for
scanner listeners with olhcr
interests as well.
The guide is only $6 postpaid
from Vincent Reh, 6417 Freeman
Rd., Dept. MT, Byron, NY
14422.

A111111aire de Friq11e11ces

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Quebec
Frequency
Directory
111c 3rd edition of Annuaire
de Frequences du Quebec is now
available. Unfortunately, we can't
tell you a lot about it because it's
written in French. We do know
lhis: the book covers scanner
freq uencies for the province of
Quebec. There are 6,700 frequencies listed (including federal
government) arranged byfrcqucncy and by-location.
Other items include lists of
I 0-codes and even instructions on
how to restore cellular phone
coverage to the Uniden
BC760XLT and BC950XLT (in
English). Edilor Gilles Thibodeau
has acquired a respected reputation among hobby ists so the
information is guaranteed LO be
first-rate. The price is S17 .95.
You can gel yours by writing
Radio Scanner Enr., C.P. 193MT, Lac-Megantic, Quebec G6B
2S6.

HF Aero
Directory
Bill Battles is well-known in
lhc monitoring community for his
extraordinary expertise and
leadership in the field of utility
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July 1992

moniloring. Now Baulcs has

entered lhe publishing field wilh
a book lilied, World Air Carrier
Radio Callsign Directory. IL's
sublilled, "A Guide Lo Monitoring
Worldwide HF [shortwave]
Aeradio with Radio Callsign
Listings from Air Force I Lo
Zhongyun Air."
Thal only touches the surface
of Mr. Baltlcs' excellent work.
Included arc sections on decoding
whal you hear, gelling QSLs,
major World Air Route Areas,
Long Distance Operational
Control Stations, plus interesting
tidbits like flight test frequencies,
offshore oil rig support and
rescue frequencies, speed,
temperarure and distance
formulas-even airline company
mailing addresses. In short, the
book has it all.
Highly recommended for all
shortwave aero monitors, the 96
page World Air Carrier Radio
Callsign Direcrory is available
for $22 postpaid from W.J.
Baules Enterprises, P.O. Box
133-MT, East Kingston, New
Hampshire, 03827-0133 .

A Railfan's
Guide
A Railfan's Guide 10
Scanners and Scanning by
Vincent Reh is not precisely a
frequency directory, but a survey
of radio communications as used
by the railways and how to
monilor them-<lispatch, alarms,
security, detectors, telemetry and
more.
Reh includes additional
chapters on hints Lo get the most

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Official
Scanner
GuideConnecticut
The 3rd edition of Bob
Coburn's Official ConnecticuJ
Scanner Guide is now available
and, as to be expected from
Coburn and associates, lhe book
is a whopper. Included in its
350+ pages are frequencies for
fire, local police, stale police,
sheriff, ambulance and local
government.
But lhat's not where the
action sLOps. Also included arc
aircraft frequencies, security
agencies, ski patrols, 800 MHz
business, notification systems,
hospitals, railroads, marine radio,
power companies- you name it.
It's in there . And it's hot.
You can get your copy of lhe
Official Connecticul Scanner
Guide from your favorite radio
bookseller or direct from the
publisher for $17.95 plus $3 .05
shipping. The address is P.O. Box
712-MT, Londonderry, New
Hampshire 03053.

Florida
Scanner
Guide
The Florida Communicarions
Guide by Bob Cheek (not Lo be
confused wilh Bill) is a detailed
guide to commWlications in the
SWlshine State. The book is
designed with lhe professional
public safety officer and the
serious scanner hobbyist in mind.
The guide is broken down
into the coWlty groupings

comprising the state's own

communications regions. Each
section contains actual documentation from the stale law enforcement and the statewide emergency medical service's radio
plans. These documents discuss
public safety radio systems of
every COWlly in Florida including
radio syslem types, repeaters,
cooperative dispatch center
locations, jurisdictions, etc.
Listings for practically all
public safety radio licenses are
included, as are business radio
licenses (excluding 800 MHz
trunked). Also included are PL
tones, a frequency sequence sort,
listings of emergency medical
service providers and hospitals,
JO-codes, unit designators and
more.
To get your copy, contact
your favori te radio bookseller or
write Scanner Master at 2 Indian
Ridge Road, Dept. MT, Natick,
Massachusetts 01760 for more
information.

SCPC Satellite
Audio
Receiver
Universal Electronics has
released the SCPC-100 satellite
audio receiver for reception of
the hundreds of SCPC channels
on satellite. The unit, says UE 's
Tom Harrington, "is ideal for the
home dish owner (TYRO) as lhis
unit is priced very low as
compared Lo the commercial
SCPC receivers. Retail price is
just $399.00."

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The SCPC-100 audio receiver is simple
lo hook up and Lakes only one connection to
the regular home satellite receiver-all of
which can be accomplished in about three
minutes. If you'd like more information on
the Universal Electronics SCPC-100 receiver,
contact Tom Harrington al Universal
Electronics, Inc., 4555 Groves Road, Suite
13C-MT, Columbus, Ohio 43232. Their
phone number is 614-866-4605. The unit is
also available from a number of satellite
dealers. A review will be appearing in the
August "Satellite TV" column.

CB Antenna
"Outstanding in performance" is how
Robert Provost describes his new CB antenna,
the CP 40. The CP 40, says Provost, improves skip and ground wave communications
better than any omni-directional or co-phased
set of antennas. The theory behind the CP 40
is circular polarization, an idea Provost said
he borrowed from FM and TV broadcasters
who were faced with the problem of getting
out to both car (vertically oriented) and home
(horizontally oriented) antennas.
The CP 40 can be assembled in 15
minutes and is made in the USA. It's tunable
from 26 to 30 MHz. The antenna is $99.50
plus $9.95 shipping from Robert R. Provost,
220-MT Riverside Avenue, #E-3, Burlington,
Vermont 05401.

It's Only a
Magazine
The ad copy from Broadcasting Magazine is enough lo choke a horse: "Being
Number One. Thal is the idea, isn't it? For
you to be first. The best. Tops. To outperform
the others. To win ..." Yeah, we get the idea.
We're not sure if subscribing Lo Broadcasting Magazine is going lo change your
life, but if you happen lo be interested in
keeping up with the world of professional
domestic broadcasting, a subscription to
Broadcasting may be in order.
In the past, the price made subscribing
unlikely for any except the most wealthy or
the most dedicated. Broadcasting is now
offering a full 52 issue (one year) subscription at what they call a "rock-bottom rate."
The price is $48.00 (still not cheap enough to
purchase on a lark but better than before) and
the address is P.O. Box 715, Brewster, New
York 10509-9874 or you can call 1-800-3234345. If you're unsatisfied, you can cancel
the subscription at any time for a refund on
any issues not yet mailed.

Deco Wireless
Microphone by Bill Grove
Intelligence and counter-intelligence has
always fascinated me, from the suave and
debonair approach of James Bond to the reallife intelligence gathering of the FBI and CIA.
There is a glamour and a fascination in knowing more than everyone else. The ready
availability of bugs, masquerading as wireless
mikes, baby monitors and intrusion detectors
makes many childhood dreams come true.
The Deco VA-75 is capable, according to
the manufacturer, of transmitting a signal up
to a mile away, yet the device itself is only a
little over an inch long and a quarter of an inch
thick.
The microphone is so sensitive that I could
hear a whisper at fifty feet clearly and succinctly on a standard FM radio tuned to its
frequency (it can be set anywhere from 80-130
MHz). A separate adjustment allows peaking
the output to match the antenna.
Years ago, bugs were small boxes that
were worn or placed as inconspicuously as
possible, but they had to be located near their
targets. Now, with the aid of new technology,
bugs simply have to be in the room.

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scanner equi2ment

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

What Do You Miss on an Entry-Level Scanner?

A Comparison of the Realistic PR0-59

All of us have wondered from time to time

just what we would compromise if we spent
much Jess money on a scanner. The Realistic
PR0-59 makes a good case for a low end scanner-if you are willing to make a few sacrifices.
in features.
The PR0-59 has excellent audio, both in
quality and loudness; sensitivity and selectivity
are as good as any other scanner on the market;
unwanted channels may be temporarily locked
out; a BNC connector is provided fo r external
antenna attachment; there is a 1/8" jack for an
external speaker; no scanner is easier lo program; weather channels are preprogrammed; it
runs off 12 VDC and an AC wall adaptor is
included.

So what could you be missing?

all of their 100-400 channels, some wishing for

more.
For another, frequency ranges arc only 137174 and 406-512 MHz; no 30-50 MHz low band,
11 8-137 MHz aircraft or 806-960 MHz coverage.
There is no search capability, an amenity on
most scanners which allows the user to automatically look for active, unknown frequencies on a
band.
All channels have rescan delay, certainly the
most desirable way to wait for replies on a
channel before the scan sequence resumes, but
there arc some instances where delay is undesirable and the PR0-59 won't let us switch the
function off.

For one thing, there arc only eight memory

channels; in a large city, many listeners util ize
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And finally, the display has only a onecharacter readout, the channel number; to read
the frequency on any memory channel, you must
press "REVIEW" and remember the digits as
they scroll by one-by-one.
But this critique should not be misconstrued
as scanner bashing; quite to the contrary. Within
its intentional limitations, we consider the
Realistic PR0-59, at $99.95 from Radio Shack
outlets , LO be an outstanding value for someone
on a low budget. If you are interested in listening
to your local public safety frequencies and you
wondered what the difference was between a
scanner at $300 and one at $100, now you know.

Next Month
Watch this column for a sneak preview of a
new hand-held scanner with extended frequency
coverage.

radio reBections

By Everett L Slosman
"""" epending on your c hoice of which person,
l./ event or scientific discovery deserves the
credit, broadcasting has already or will soon enter
its first hundred years. The "father of radio" title
can be claimed by a dozen people all with valid
credentials.
Almost I 00 experimenters, scientists and
dabblers pushed the limits during the period of
1800 to 1935, making broadcast communications
a major 20th century accomplishment. We salute
those who moved electricity from a laboratory
curiosity to the foundation for modem communications.
Th.is month we look at pioneer Karl Ferdinand
Braun, a German physicist whose contributions
include the crystal rectifier, magnetic antenna
coupler, and oscillograph, the forerunner of the
oscilloscope.
Born June 6, 1850, in Fulda, Hesse-Nassau,
he was 20 years old and working on a doctorate
from the University of Berlin when Otto von
Bismark defeated Napolean ill and formed the
German Empire under Deutscher Kaiser
Wilhelm I.

Scientific inquiry replaced philosophy and

theology at the universities of Berlin, Karlsruhe,
Leipzig, Marburg, Tubingen, and Wurzburg where
grueling courses produced a generation of noted
investigators.
Braun wrote his doctoral dissertation on
vibrations in elastic rods and strings under the
close scrutiny of Herman Ludwig Helmholtz,
then considered one of Germany's best physicists.
Once Braun had his Ph.D., his academic
career moved along a typical track; instructorshi ps at Wurzburg, Leipzig, and Marlburg
followed by an appointment as Professor of
Physics at the Technical University of Karlsruhe.
In 1880, he went to Strasbourg, then, five
years later, to Tubingen where he founded a
Physical Institute. Braun returned to Strasbourg
in 1895, where he stayed until 1916.
Intrigued with the electrical properties of
metal sulfides in mineral form, he expanded on
the work of Murtk Af. Roscnheld who noted back
in 1837 that certain crystals easily conducted
electrical current.

Braun's contributions aided in the development of the oscilloscope.

MONITORING TIMES

Some had excellent one way paths and acted

as rectifiers; converting alternating to direct
current. This discovery proved important to 1874
electrical research such as measuring substance
conductivity. However, it had little commercial
use for 25 more years until the galena crystal
replaced mechanical coherer detectors in radio
receivers.
Braun modified the cathode ray tube in 1897
so he could study high frequency alternating
currents. Using the voltage's electromagnetic
field, Braun shifted the electron beam along the
tube's face producing amplitude and frequency
traces.
A rotating mirror in Braun's tube resulted in
a usable graph, so this laboratory instrument was
called the oscillograph. It became the linear
ancestor of the modem oscilloscope and the tv
picture tube.
But, Braun's most applicable contribution
resulted in a practical modification to Marconi's
antenna system.
Puzzled by difficulties encountered while
trying to increase wireless transmissions beyond
a 15 kilometer distance, Braun discovered conventional scientific wisdom did not work. In
theory, lengthening the spark gap would increase
transmitter power. But, just the opposite happened.
The spark eventually grew so long , diminishing efficiencies actually produced a power
decrease. However, magnetically coupling the
transmitter to the antenna through a transformer
boosted power efficiencies. Magnetic couplers
received a patent in 1899 and they eventually led
to higher-powered stations.
Magnetic coupling ignited transm itter
experimentation and helped develop directional
antennae. Experiments resulted in today's commercial radio, radar, and television.
Research purist Karl Ferdinand Braun and
wireless promoter Guglielmo Marconi, in a rare
juxtaposition of academic excellence and business acumen, shared the 1909 Nobel Prize for
Physics.
Braun came to this country in 1916 to testify
in a series of patent infringement suits. Though
his only "suspicious activity" was courtroom
testimony, he was detained as anon-resident alien
after the United States entered World War I.
Braun died April 20, 1918, in Brooklyn, NY.

July 1992

magne tests

Lawrence Magne
Editor-in-Chief
Passport to World Band Radio

Grundig Aims for the Campers

DAK's Latest Portable Now Available
With all the brouhaha aboul short wave radio
during Lhe Gulf War, it was probably inevitable
thal there would be an influx of cheap oldtechnology radios.
Herc's another, this time from a firm that
should know better-Grundig. When Grundig
firs t opened up shop in California, its aim was
to be "the Mercedes-Benz of shonwavc radios."
A great idea, and their Satellit series has conformed to that noble objective. Their Yacht Boy
series, however, have been overpriced vis-a-vis
such competition as Sangean, and some of their
lower-priced models have been just plain dogs.

Light of Your Life

Take their latest, the Explorer which sells

in Lhc Heartland catalog for the modest price of
$54.50, including shipping. OAK has shown thal
for this price you can have an acceptable digital
model, butGrundig has taken the "Ginsu knives" to wail for an ID or familiar programming to
marketing approach and sells the Explorer II as decipher which station you've got.
a world band radio, cassette player, AM, FM ....l!fil!
flashl ight and siren. It sounds too good to be true,
Enough? No way. Once you've gone through
and it is.
this exercise, if you put the radio down and take
your hand off the case, the lack of hand capaciLet's slart with the good news. The flash- tance sometimes causes it to drifl Lo another
light lights, and the electronic siren puts out chann el. The station you struggled so hard to
enough volume to be of some use in woods or bring in vanishes, possibly to be replaced by
camping emergencies. FM performance isn ' t another!
shabby, either, and AM is okay. The cassette
player works reasonably well, although, oddly,
Sensitivity is mediocre, selectivity awful.
it has no reverse.
But there is one redeeming grace: audio quality.
It' s not half bad, and wi th a powerful station out
in
the clear, reception can be downright pleasant.
Short on Shortwave
Un fortunately, there arcn 't many such stations to
But as to the Big Ginsu Knife on shortwave, be found.
it's hard to imagine anything much worse. There
is no digital readout, and the analog readout Great Toy for Kids
indicates only meter bands- from 49 (6 MHz)
to 16 (18 MHz). There's no bandspread or verWithal, for kids playing out in the woods,
nier, either, and a given band with dozens of especially at night, the Explorer II could be a fun
stations has lo be tuned over a mere quarter-inch toy. Many of us graying grouches got our start
range. It takes a safecracker's touch jusl to tune in shonwavc being enticed by those squeaky
in a station, and as there's no readout you have signals heard on awful fam ily radios.

July 1992

MONITORING TIMES

So, is this for MT readers? Hardly. But for

youngsters who could use something different in
their next gi ft basket, the Explorer II might just
do the trick.
One footnote: We could find no indication
on the radio or accompanying material of where
this radio was manufactured. Best guess: Indonesia or Malaysia.

DAK's DMR-3000 Portable

Finally Out
As mentioned recently, we ordered the new
OAK DMR-3000 portable some time back. We
were told it was in stock and would be shipped
immediately, but after a couple of weeks received only a "back ordered" postcard.
The very day we completed this article, the
receiver arrived via UPS. We'll start running it
through the paces in short order and report on it
in a future issue.

Letters -

continued from page 4

Computer Control of Your Radio

Here' s what Tom Hart of Dedham, MA, has to

say about it.
"In a word: Great! My wife gave me a Model
777 (after some heavy duty hint-dropping).
Installation, apart from the usual soldering of
antenna leads and sheet metal work on the dashboard, went smoothly.
"Once installed, I was amazed at the quality
of the reception-the Philips is roughly comparable to my Sony 2001 as far as sensitivity is
concerned. I programmed a flock of my favorite
SW, AM and FM frequencies and find the scanner function great. I don't recommend using the
keypad for entry while actually driving-could
have a bad effect on your safe driving rating for
insurance purposes!
"The only thing that 1 do not like about the
Philips 777 is the meager and poorly written
owner 's manual. Once you get past that, it is
smooth sailing. I would not hesitate to recommend the Philips to anyone who would like to
commute to the sounds of Radio Australia on
9850,ortheBBCon 15220or Havanaon 17705,
or... "

"The Cultural Radio Link to

Europe"
"For all the talk of satellite radio and TV,
shortwave radio remains the most cost-effective
electronic mass medium that can span enormous
distances instantly and penetrate into every home
in Europe."
So says a fact sheet from NEXUS-International Broadcasting Association, the non-profit
ownerofthe Italian Radio Relay Service, IRRSShortwavc, whose president, Alfredo Cotroneo,
recently contacted Monitoring Times.
NEXUS-IBA has no political or religious
affiliation. It offers state-of-the-art transmission
equipment at cost to broadcasters desiring to
reach a European audience, and will consider
time and program exchange arrangements with
other shortwave, medium wave and FM stations.
The non-salaried staff even provides experienced counseling.
The operations of NEXUS-IBA arc entirely
supported by its members. Increased dependence on listeners' support, similar to Public

Radio in the US, may become essential for

l RRS-Shortwavc to continue and/or expand with
more programs and longer transmission schedules.
1993 will require some crucial decisions; at
that time IRRS -shortwave will have to be relocated. The current bargain rates and free
counseling to small broadcasters may not continue indefinitely, so contact them immediately:
NEXU S-lntemational Broadcasting Association,
P.O. Box 10980, 1-20110 Milano Ml, Italy; +392-337-29-7788, FAX +39-2-706-38151.
It will be interesting to see what kind of
support this effort at Public Radio for Europe
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Department with information heard on the cellular band? Then we wouldn't have to bite our
tongues and make believe we didn't hear what
we heard."
July is a month of patriotic demonstrations
and spechcs in the US and Canada. These days,
however, no country seems to be free of cultural
clashes. Understandably, no segment of society
wants their traditional way of life to be scorned
or absorbed into the lowest common denominator. But cultural anarchy is a step backward.
"Think globally; act locally," is the ideal; it
could also be the motto of the radio monitor.
What better way to bridge the cultural gap than
to encourage someone--especially a young person-to get involved in listening to radio? If the
individual expresses some interest in amateur
radio, the ARRL has an introductory packet
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call (sec page 3).
Summertime is a good time to lay aside
DXing and listen to programming for what it can
teach us about our neighboring cultures. Lay
back, take it easy, and may all your monitoring
times be good ones.
Rachel Baughn,
Editor

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July 1992

computers fl radio
CASH - Computer Aided
Shortwave Hunting

John Catalano

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Okay. Somehow you have squirreled away

some valuable time- time much coveted by the
wife, kids, girlfriend, parents and the boss. But
now it 's all yours to sit down and relax with your
shortwave listening hobby. So where do you start
for best success?! Do you decide by frequency?
Or maybe the target station's location? Local
time is surely important, but which mattcrsmostyour's or the target's?
Are alternative activities starting to look
attractive? Don't give up. Instead , use one of the
following programs to help decide which of your
desired targets you have the best chance of receiving during your precious alloued time.
A major factor impacting all of the questions
we asked above is the condition or state of the
medium in which radio waves travel. When I was
recently lecturing a very bright bunch of physics
students on the subject of wave mechanics, I
made the casual comment that all electromagnetic waves- from radio waves to light- follow
the same law s. Well, the students were shocked
to realize that their studies of light and how it
travelled were just as applicable to their favorite
rock station!
The analogy holds just as good for us radio
hobbyists in deciding what is the most likely
station(s) to monitor at a given time. The subject
of propagation is the interaction of the radio
waves with the heterogeneous (or "junked-up")
layer of the atmosphere we call the ionosphere.
Lots of complex physics, of which we will stay
happily ignorant, goes into a propagation prediction. All of the questions of frequency ,monitoring
station's local time, target station's local time
and time of year (surprised?) go into the answer pot.
What is all thi s for, you ask? Well, think of
the light analogy. The transm itting station "shines"
its broadcast in all direc tions. A bit of the " light"
travels along the ground a short distance. More
of it heads for the sky and that ionosphere layer.
This layer is not only miles thick, but is very
moody. Sometimes it acts like a high quality
mirror and reflects all of the signal (oops, "light")
back to the earth . However, sometimes it acts like
a piece of glass and lets most of the "light" right
through it. Of course, there arc all the possibili ties in between these extremes, plus, different
depths in the layer produce different effects.
Worse still is how this crazy layer will act
differently depending on what color light ("frequency") is "shined" upon it. As if that weren't
enough, the layer' s major influencing force is
another precocious and moody body, the Sun.
Right! Time to give up and listen to the local
FM station or just play "Wheel of Fortune" with
the receiver's dial.

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But with the computing power available to us on
our desk, customi zed propagation predictions
can give us a range of the best frequencies to use
for a target station during our valuable "stolen
time." It' s not foolproof, but it's areal good place
to start.
Ham Companion Version 2.02 (HC from
now on), comes on either three 3- 1/2 inch disks
or live 5-1/4 disks-not a small program. It
requires a PC with 640k ram and two floppy
drives of the same type, or a hard drive. I recommend a PC with al least a clock speed of 16 MHz
due to the large number of complex, time-consuming calculations which arc made for each new
prediction. Although HC will work with a CGA
monitor, much of the excellent screen detail is
lost if you don' t use an EGA or VGA monitor.
Installation is very straightforward with a
walk-through menu approach. However, before
HC will nm you must enter your location into the
program. This, like all commands, is performed
via a command menu which appears along the top
of each screen- no fumblin g for the manual to
remember commands. To realize al l the possibilities of HC , however, I recommend a few book
sessions. HC comes with a loose-leaf manual
which is well wrillcn and gives examples of
major screens and func tions.
Okay, your stolen Lime is I :08 P.M. local
time on 7/6/92 at your home in Mineola, New
York. The kids arc at the pool and your wife will
be at the mall (try not to think about il) for a few
hours. It' s YOU R TIME with the radios. Fire up
the radios and the computer. Run HC. Let 's sec,
are we in the mood for Japanese shortwave
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broadcast by WWV on 2500, 5000, 10000, 15000
and 20000 kHz every hour at eighteen minutes
after the hour. The last value entered will be
retained by HC and you can start without updating it. But be mindful of the old computer adage,
"Garbage in, garbage out" and the moodiness of
the ionosphere and the Sun.
The first screen shows your location and a
target location. We have three possible listening
scenarios in mind, so let's try each one. At the top
of the page the command for locations appears
with a highlighted " L". Pressing "L" drops down
a menu of preprogrammed locations which can
be added to by the user. To check on our Asian
target we press "6" (Middle East & Asia), and a
list of nations, cities and their descriptions
appear. Using the arrow keys, scroll down to
Japan and thccityofTokyo,number53, and enter
this number. A pop-up window asks what is this
location and gives us choices, one of which is our
choice: Target Location. After about ten seconds
(on a 25 MHz PC) the main menu re-appears with
the data.
So, you 're trying to hear a station 6,916miles
away! There's lots of other useful info on the
screen, but at the bollom, three columns of frequencies tell the story. At the moment, with the
given Solar Flux, the frequencies to Japan are
probably only good between 15.5 and 11 .4 MHz.
A quick check of Monitoring Times' Shortwave
Guide shows Radio Japan on five frequencies,
two of which lie in this region; 11 8 15 and 11865
kHz. By pressing "G" a graph shows us how the
most probable frequencies from Tokyo to Mineola
change during the day. A slightly different form
of this in formation can be printed out for use
later. So we could listen 10 Japan.

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What about the Gulf region utility listening?

A simi lar run-though for the target location of
Baghdad, Iraq, indicates a good place to start to
monitor would be around 20. l MHz, or anywhere
between 7 .3 and 24.3 MHz. For Bracknell Meleo,
which is near London, England, HC indicates that
a good place to start would be at 19.0 MHz.
Checking the ConfidenJial Frequency List, we
find our best bet would be on 18.261.0 MHz for
GFE24, Bracknell Meteo.
There you have it. In Jess than five minutes
we have gotten a start on where, out of the entire
shortwave spectrum, to start looking for our
desired intercepts. Many other features arc available in HC including an extensive map-drawing
option which allows you to zoom into the region
of interest.
Ham Companion is very useful for SWLers,
well presented, easy to use and is available from
Brinson Microwave Corporation, 507 Asheboro
Dr, Katy, TX 77450, Tel. 1-800-874-0771. At
$79.95 (plus $5.00 shipping & handling) I find
it rather pricey and at the top end for these types
of computer assisted shortwave hunting programs.

Another CASH program is DXAID version

3.0, which I received from its Canadian author,
Peter Oldfield. DXAID gives the listener much
of the same information, but offers it in a different presentation. Each piece of data is displayed
on a separate screen.
The ins1.ructions are on a readme file, so no
written instructions are included. The screens are
not as well thought out as HC's. The calculated
results are similar, although not the same. For
example, a difference of a few hundred kilometers was noted on the distance calculations between
DXAID and HC. The propagation forecas t calculations take about 90 seconds for each hour
forecasted, and once it starts calculating, you lose
conrrol of your PC until it is done. But, the
resulting display gives estimated signal srrength
at each usable frequency and a bar graph of
predicted conditions (Poor to Excellent).
The user is asked to input antenna and terrain
data which is used in the calculations. The map
section is adequate but is in much coarser detail
than HC without any zoom function or city
locations.
Modification of the above items in a future
version of DXATD would make it more user
friendly. But at the price of $25.00 US postpaid,

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And finally, to round out the CASH colurrm,
I'd like to remind you to review last month's
column where we looked at a shareware program
called MJNIPROP which is a very, very basic
version of the programs we looked at this month.
Propagation programs are just one type of
CASH program. As we have seen in previous
months, receiver control, logging and terminal
control programs are a few others.
Thanks to Jacques d' Avignon for passing
along my message of" ... always on the lookout
for radio related software" which resulted in this
month's DXAID discussions. Take Jacques' lead
and keep sending me new program details when
you fmd them. Better still, tell the software
manufacturers to send the Computers and Radios
column a copy of their work for review.
'Til next month, keep those cards coming in
for the Message Catcher contest. The questions
arc easy and you can find them in the May issue
of MT on page 99. CASH in on the fun and power
of combining two hobbies: Computers and
Radios!

July 1992

demaW''s W'orkbench

Doug Demaw, W1FB

How to Maintain Older Radios

If you have Lrouble resisting a bargain at
radio flea markets, chances arc that you have
purchased shortwave receivers and test equipment that was sorely in need of repair. Minor
maintenance can often change a non-working
piece of equipment into a unit that perform s like
new! This month , we will di scuss some simple
measures that you can apply toward bringing
older gear up to standard.

The Visual Check

First, remove the case or cabinet from the
equipment to be checked out. The second step is
to brush out any dust that m ay have accwnulated
on the circuit boards and chassis. Next, while
using a magnifying glass you can examine the
innards of the unit for darkened resistors (abnormally d ark ) , cr acked
resistors and poor solder
joints. A bad solder connection can often be
spotted by observing the
color and tex tu re of the
solder j oint. A poor connection (cold solder joint,
as they are called) will
often have a dull finish
and appear grainy. Good
solder j oints should be
smooth and have a bright
fini sh.
If you locate poor
solder joints, reheat them
until the solder Oo ws
smoothly while usin g a
30- or 40-watt pencil type
of iron. A soldering gun
(I 00 W) will do a better
j ob on old rube types of
radios. It is not uncommon to have a cold -solder
joint that appears intact, even though the components under it are not joined effectively.
The next part of the procedure is to look for
loose screws. This is especially important for PC
boards that are bolted to a mainframe. Loose
mounting bolts can impair the grounding of
these boards . Loose PC boards can cause interm ittcnt operation, self-oscillations or no operation
at all. It is a good idea to check the tension on
all screws as a matter of preventive maintenance,
even though the circuit seems to function okay.
Examine the internal wiring. Look for loose
or broken wires. If you suspect that a wire is
broken inside the in sulation, unsolder one end of
the lead and check it with an ohmmeter for
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place if the equipment is wired with singlcsLrand hookup wire. Vibration can cause breaks,
especially near the connection points for the
wires.
Examine also the sw itch wafers to make
certain they aren 't cracked or broken. Check to
learn whether or not the sw itch sections rotate
together (proper indexing) as the knob on the
panel is moved. If the sections fail to track
correctly , look for loose alien screws in the shaft
couplers.
Finally, examine the circuit-board foils with
your magnifying glass to ensure that none of the
conductors are cracked (open). If you find a open
conductor, merely bridge it with a short length
of wire and some solder. Make certain also that
there are no solder blobs that are short-circuiting
two unrelated PC-board conductors (traces).

Cleaning the Moving Parts

on the human liver. The

effects arc reported to
be cumulative, so avoid
using that chemical.
Denatured alcohol
may be used safely for cleaning controls and
switches, but its effects are not lasting. Alcohol
is okay for short-term emergency fi xes (I once
had to use rum to clean the band switch on my
HF-band transceiver during a DXpedition on
Barbados!).
Commercial contact cleaner is best for cleaning the be arings on vari able capacitors,
potentiometers and switches. TV tuner spray
may be used, but it does not cure the problem for
Jong. I recently learned about a remarkable cleaner
spray that not only restores contacts but removes
oxidation. It is sold under the name Crarnolin. A
6-ounce spray can costs approximately $9, but it is
well worth the price. It is
distributed by Caig Labs.,
P.O. BoxJ,Escondido,CA
92033-3679. The chemical
not only removes oxidation , but it cleans and
lubricates as well. I have
used Crarnolin extensively
in my radio and RV equipment, and the results are
long lasting.
Although radio tubes are
not moving parts, the pins
of tubes in older radios
become ox idized also. A
small squirt of spray cleaner
in each tube-socket pin is
useful toward preventing
Bob Grove
or curing noisy contacts.
Push the tube in and out of
the socket two or three times after spraying the
socket pins.

Switches, tuning capacitors and potentiometers (volume controls, etc.) develop poor Voltage Checking
electrical joints from air pollution (especially in
the homes of smokers). Oxidation occurs and
If your radio is inoperative, it is necessary
this leads to erratic operation of sw itches, espe- to learn whether or not the power supply is
cially. The carbon clements of volume controls providing operating voltage. Locate the power
wear l11in and become "scratchy" when they arc supply section and measure the de voltage at the
adjusted.
output of the rectifier tube or diodes. If all is as
TI1c foregoing components need preventive it should be, conduct voltage tests at each tube
maintenance on a regular schedule. It is wise to or transistor. Operating voltages for tubes in a
treat these parts at least once a year with a good receiver are typically 200-275 V de on the plates
grade of contact cleaner. Do not use the old- (anodes). Screen grids should have between I 00
fashioncd cleaner that was common in the 30s, and 175 V de on them. The cathode voltage is
40s and 50s. We used carbon tetrachloride wan- dependent upon how much current each tube
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developed cathode voltage. Typical voltages run between 1 and, say, 8

volts de.
If a voltage is missing, check the associated dropping resistors, IF
transformers and such for open conditions. Some resistors increase
markedly in value with age. Although they may not be open, they could
have excessively high resistance, and this can impair performance.
The operating voltages for transistors (l 2 volt power supply) arc
generally between 6 and 12 volts on the collectors for NPN devices. The
base will show 1 to 2.5 volts typically. The emitter will have a de voltage
similar to that of the base element.
If you have a unit that uses !Cs (integrated circuits), check the VCC
pin to ensure that operating voltage is reaching it. This may be a good time
to pull the IC from its socket (if a socket is used) and apply a small amount
of cleaning spray to the socket pins. !Cs do become intermittent at times
from oxidation of the pins.

Cleaning the Cabinet and Knobs

If your bargain radio was owned by a smoker, you will find a brown
film on the exterior of the equipment. I have had good results when
cleaning the cabinets of these radios with Famastik cleaner or a similar
detergent, such as Formula409. After you remove the dirt and film, wipe
the cabinet with clear, warm water, Dry it well, and apply a coating of
household wax, such as Pledge.
The knobs may be removed and soaked in warm soapy water for 30
minutes. Upon removing them from the cleaning agent, scrub them lightly
with an old toothbrush. This will remove residue from the grooves in the
knob. Rinse them in clear water and dry them before placing them on the
control shafts.
There will be times when a good scrubbing of the cabinet may remove
the white paint from one or more of the panel labels. I use Liquid Paper
to restore the labels. It can be bought in most office supply stores. Apply
it carefully wi th a fine-tip artist's brush.

Tuneup, if You Dare

I don't recommend that you twiddle the internal adjustments of your
radio unless you have a manual that shows what each trimmer does. It is
best to do yourtweaking in accordance with the manufacturer's alignment
procedures. If this data is not available, I suggest that you tune in a weak
station, tum up the audio gain and carefully adjust the slugs in the IF
transformers for peak signal strength.
Move the slugs slowly left and right to determine where the peak is.
If they do not move easily, leave them alone. The powdered-iron slugs
in some transformers break easily. You may find that bee's wax or similar
has been used to lock the slugs in place. If so, you may heat the tops of
the IF cans slightly (only until the wax softens) and proceed with the
adjustments.
The oscillator trimmer may be adjusted carefully for the purpose of
calibrating the analog dial of the receiver. There will be a trimmer for each
band the receiver covers. A 100 kHz crystal calibrator is a useful tool when
calibrating the dial. You may also use the various WWV frequencies for
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101

experimenter's lVorkshop

Bill Cheek

Switches and Switching Techniques-

Part 2
bilateral switches include the 4066 & 4016 and that the maximum current that can be passed
their faster counterparts, the 74HC4066 and the through any one switch section is 25-ma, but to
74HC4016, all of which are so much alike that be on the safe side, I' d use 20-ma as a max imum
they can be interchanged in most instances. The limit. The internal resistance of the switch section
74HC4066 has the best overall characteristics, added to any series resistance outside the circuit
but the differences arc not too important on the is what determines the actual current flow where
hobbyist's workbench, which means that, in current equals voltage divided by resistance.
most situations, you can use any of the bunch
Let's say that you want Lo use a 4066 Lo
(sec Table 1).
control a 12-v relay directly, the coil resistance
There arc a few precautions to be observed of which is 320-ohms. Using the above table, we
with these chips, the first being standard CMOS see where the 4066 is likely to have a switch
handling procedures. You must also be aware resistance of close to 80-ohms in a 12-v circuit,
so let's add 80 ohms Lo the relay's 320 ohms=
400 ohms total series resistance. Now divide 12v by 400 Lo equal .030 amps or 30 ma. Oops, we
, D CwrtoL
can't use just one section of the 4066 Lo directly
f TKl&&ER.
o.!Pvr foR
control TH AT particular relay, but we can
TRANStS 1"0/?. Sw ITCH
parallel two or even more switch sections to
upgrade the current carrying capability.
We can also add a switching transistor driven
+ DC
by the 4066 as shown in Figure 1 to do the job
RA
with room to spare! Of course, we could just use
a transistor switch from last month ' s article and
Vdd
dispense with the 4066 chip here. But there
might be situations where your switching needs
,..
have already called for a CMOS switch. So you
I
could just parallel two switch sections and control
tJ I
pins to safely handle the above relay switching
<11
requirement.
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Another important precaution with CMOS
(11
I
bilateral switches is that DC voltage anywhere
on the chip can be higher than the chip's supply
A
vollage. This is Lo say that if you use +5 volls at
CoITT.tOl
Pin 14 of the chip, then neither the control
fl
voltage for a switch section nor the voltage
IN /OUT
applied to either contact of a switch section can
GEN. PtJUOS~
2S-lf)//
exceed +5v by more than maybe 0.5 volt, max.
/}'/ ~ x.
The solution is to power the chip with the highest
DC voltage that is to be found in the circuit which
PARrs LIS r
will control the switch section or pass through
R-ll: /Dir. - /CtJK
the switch contacts.
R-B
=
:J..K
'171(
*'
PltRALLEL
B~C
NOTES
Suppose you want to trigger a 4066 switch
B~C IJ..//OlfT
if DEl'EA11JS ON' l!S lll!i 1>
FOR Sll-mA
with 0 and 8 volt levels: then you must power the
1. Ideally suited for a re lay coi I
Cu~REAIT 'P~lliN.
c.111u111 L1mir
chip at Pin 14 with 8 volLs, m in. While the control
or other load requiring 10-ma
H !&BF~ llllLVS f{)(
or less. The cho ice of 0- 1 can
LOwEI? CU~RfitVT NEEl>S.
or switching voltage of a CMOS bilateral switch
Nke a lot of difference here ,
2.21<. to '/.7/ot FoR.
cannot
be higher than the +DC Volls supply of
mosr NEE.OS.
but a 2N2222A can suit most needs up to JU-mo or so. In this circuit, tne
the chip, it can be less and still work fine. Sec
load to be s.itched is placed between tne - and + points as shown and must be
considered to be "ground sw1tcned'". The transistor is tne switch.
below.
Another precaution Lo be observed is the
i . If curr ent requirownent s are greater tnan 25-ma and less than 160-ma ,
standard CMOS procedure of tying any unused
then up to al l four switch contacts can be paralleled for the greater
current requirements at 25-ma, max. per sw1 ten. Tne respect IYe contro l
control pins Lo either ground or+ DC power (Pin
pins must De paralleled w1tn eacn otner, as we l l. Two are snown nere.
14 ). This keeps the control pins from picking up
noise that would inadvertantly trigger the unused
3. A "typical'" sw1tch1n9 arrangement using one section of the bilateral sw1t cn.
switches and thereby make the chip draw more
power than necessary. The theory here is a little
Figure 1: Typi ca l Applications for a Bilateral Switch
more involved than I' d like to get into at the
moment, so just Lake my word for it and connect

Continuing with the topic from last month,

we will wrap up switching techniques by looking
at a couple of advanced methods to handle your
more critical situ ation requirements. This month,
we will look closely at a CMOS Bilateral Switch,
which in function, is almost exactly like a 4 segment DIP switch, or beuer known as a 4PST
switch. (4-Polc, Single Throw) A brief study of
Figure 1 will tel 1you almost all you need Lo know
about this Lypc of Complim entary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor (CMOS) chip.
The most common of these quad CMOS

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any unused control pins to ground at Pin 7 or

+DC volts at Pin 14.

How the CMOS Bilateral

Switch Works
Never mind the complexity of the insides of
a CMOS bilateral swi tch, they arc easy to use and
g ive superior results consistent with the above
precautions. First the simple stuff: Pin 7 of the
above switch chips is always to be connected to
ground. It's thcvssor (-)powerpin. Pin 14 is the
vdd or +DC power pin, and must be suppl icd with
well-filtered DC within the ranges specified in
the above tables. Thccommon4066 chip typically
operates at 5v, 8v and sometimes l 2v; rarely
above or below this range.
Each of these four described switch chips are
"quads" with fourSPSTswitchcs in each package.
There is no polarity associated with the actual
switch pins; just like any SPST switch, you can
input a signal on one pin and take it out on the
other; which, doesn' t mauer. That 's how it gets
the name "bilateral," meaning both ways.
However, the control pin for each switch section
DOES MATIER, and is the secret and the
beauty to the magic of a CMOS bilateral switch.
The conLrol pin must have on it only one of
two possible s ig nals at any given moment: ei ther
0-volts low or +DC volts high. Nothing in
between, mind you! Rut this is logical enough
when you understand that a 0 -v signal on a
control pin turns OFF the associated sw itch, and
a +DC signal turns it ON. It's that simple. Bear
in mind what I said above, that the +DC signal on
a control pin must not be higher than the +DC
Volts supply al Pin 14, but it can be a lot less and
still acti vate the switch.
For example, say you arc powering the chip
with +8 volts. Most likely, any control voltage
above about 2 volts will activate the switch, so
that's nice. This does mean, however, that the
OFF condition will demand a control signal of
prelly close to 0 -volts.

Applications of CMOS Bilateral

Switches
I think CMOS bilateral switches were
developed largely with digital applications in
mind, but they lend themselves LO a wide variety
of analog switching needs, too. Generically
speak ing, these switches are eminently sui ted for
multiple switching actions with a single switched
input.
Imagine, if you will, turning several different
functions on and off with a single Oip of an
external switch. That will give you a general
idea. Another general application is for remote
switching needs. Say you need Lo control several
th ings at a distance from your favorite operating
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Table 1: CMOS Bilateral Switches

4016

74HQ~Ql

+3 to +18 vdc +2to+12 vdc

25 ma
25ma
500 mw
750mw

+3 to +18 vdc
25 ma
500mw

+2 to +12 vdc
25ma
750 mw

250ohms
120 ohms
80 ohms

85 ohms
63 ohms
63 ohms

300 ohms
260 ohms
260 ohms

320 ohms
170ohms
170 ohms

20 ns, typ
65 MHz

10 ns, typ
150MHz

15 ns, typ
40MHz

10 ns, typ
150 MHz

Characteristics

4066

DC Supply Voltage
Max current per switch
Power Dissipation per chip
ON Resistance, per switch
@5v
@10v
@15v
Propagation Delay
@5v
Bandwidth

74!::1C~066

wherever it is convenient, and run the conLrol

wires to the on -si tc4066 chip to switch whatever
meets your fancy.
This application brings tom ind how hobbyists
frequently try to use toggle switches for crystal
oscillator and IF Filter switching; definitely
NOT on the recommended list. Sec my column
in the April '92 issue of MT for one way to use a
bilateral switch for IF filters.
The CMOS bilateral switch has unlimited
uses in the hobby shack; the chips arc very
inexpensive and once you've experimented a
little with them , you'll wonder how you ever
managed to do without!
CMOS bilateral switches are routinely used
throughout today's shortwave and scanner
receivers for a diversity of requirements including
mode, selectivity, oscillation, and logic switching.
TI1e4066 is a fundamental componentoftoday's
emerging scanner-computer interfacc technology.

free and still be able to "swing" at least +/- 5 kHz

up to+/- 7 .5 kHz. Ideally, to meet the needs of a
majority of scanners, BFOs at 10.7 MHzand450
kHz arc needed.
By the way, 455 kHz BFOs will also be
useful for SW receivers that don't have SSB
capability. What else would suit your pleasure?

Sources
Suppliers of CMOS bilateral switches:
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701 Brooks Ave. South
P.O. Box 677
Thief River Falls , MN 56701-0677
800-344-4539
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800-582-4044

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experimenter's technology for potential treatment
in this column . One thing that seems to be in hot
demand, but for which I have not found a
successful solution, is an SSB adaptor or BFO
for scanners.
Rcforc you leap to the workbench, please
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103

antenna topics

W. Clem Small, KR6A, CET

A High Gain,
Highly Directional Antenna
for the Shortwave Bands
This month' s antenna is a beam with a high
degree of directionality. It is particularly effective at giving you the ability to concentrate on
signals from one direction while more-or-less
ignoring most other signals from other directions.
If you have never used such a beam, its
performance will likely give you a pleasant
surprise. A group of hams recently used this
beam in an amateur-radio special event and
received very good signal reports from country
after country in the direction of the beam's main
beam lobe, while experiencing almost no interference from stations in other areas.

ante!Ula, sketch out the antc!Ula on paper using better. A half wavelength is often higher than
the clement length and spacing measurements most of us can manage, so we mount the ante!Ula
you get from the formulas given below. Add in as high as we can.
any guy wires you will need.
NlFPR, WXIO, KAIUMB and I used this
Second, determine the correct direction to beam, cut for 21.3 MHz, for the special event
point the antenna in order to get it aimed at the station mentioned earlier. It was mounted only
DX area with which you want to communicate. 5-1/2 ft off the ground at the reflector end (about
Ordinary rectangular maps can badly mislead 1/8 wavelength high) and about 10 ft (not quite
you about the direction to far away places. A 1/4 wavelength high) at the end with the last
better way is to get a globe of the world and director. As you can see, this was far from ideal
stretch a string between your location and the height, but the beam worked quite well.
area with which you want to communicate. The
string will show you the angle or "great circle" Determining Element Lengths
direction to use for orienting your antc!Ula. There
are also several computer programs available DRIVEN ELEMENT (in feet) =
which give great circle bearings for ante!Ula
426/F; (in meters) F = 130/F
orientation.
For example, at JO MHz,
Once you have the proper direction to point
DE=426110 = 42.6ft; or 130110 = 13 m.
the antc!Ula, get a good handle on where north is. REFLECTOR, (in feet)=
If you use a magnetic com pass, be sure to find the
445/F; (in meters) F = 136/F.
local correction necessary for its use. A better DIRECTOR, (in feet) =
way is to go out at night and mark a north-south
411/F; (in meters) F = 125/F
line by sighting on the North Star. Whatever SPACING, (in feet)=
method you use, it is important to point the
295/F; (in meters ) F = 90/F.
antenna correctly.
It is best to creel the antenna a half waveLet's Build One
length or more above ground. The higher the

Let's Design One

First, if you have limited space, you must
decide whether the antenna will fi t your available area. The higher the frequency for which it
is designed, the smaller the antenna will be. The
21 MHz model I built is about 2 1 ft (6.4 m) wide
and 80 ft (24.4 m) in length. If you use a freestanding pole or tower at each comer, it would
take a rectangle about 21 ft x 80 ft Lo mount that
antenna. But if you use guy ropes to steady the
poles, the required space is somewhat more. To
determine the space you will need for your

Determine the element lengths and the spacing by using the formulas just given. Number 14 insulated house-wiring wire was used
for my antenna. Bare wire or wire of a larger
or smaller size is OK if it will take the stress
of installation and weather.

Cut the elements to length leaving perhaps 5

in. extra on each end (I 0 in. per wire). This
extra wire is for wrapping through the insulators at each end of the wire. For the driven
element leave about 20 in. extra wire to use
for attaching its end insulators and center
insulator.

Cut the driven clement at its center and

remove the insulation from the wires at this
cut for perh aps 6 in. This makes the wire
ready for attaching the fcedline later. Now
insert the ccntcr insulator and attach the wires
as shown in fig. I .

Put one in sulator on each end of each clemcn t as shown in fig. 1. As you put the
insulators on, make sure that each finished

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Lay out the clements on the ground in the

approximate position they will occupy in the
beam as shown in fig. I. Thread a small
strong rope through the ends of the insulators on each side of the antenna as shown in 7.
fig. I . Set the proper spacing between elements and fix them in place. One way to fix
them in place is to put a loop of the small
rope through the end-eye of the insulator,
then fold the loop back over the same end of
the insulator. Th is allows the fix to be moved 8.
easily later if necessary.
Although it is not a close match, either SO or
7S-ohm coax should work OK on this antenna. I used 7S ohm line and it worked fine
for both transmitting and receiving. At the
center connector, one side of the antenna is
connected to the coax center conductor and
o n e side to th e coax shield . Make these
connections good electrically, soldering them
if possible. Then seal the coax-cable end with
coax-type sealer to keep out the weather.

Tic the ends of the side ropes to the masts,

trees, or whatever you have chosen to use to
hold the antenna up. You m ay find at this
point that the side ropes each need a support
at about the middle of their length. Add guy
ropes as needed.
Don ' t forget that the minimum lightninginduced damage protection, especially in
lightning country, is toncveruse the antenna
during a storm, and disconnect and ground
the antenna when it is not in use.
Run the coax lead-in to your receiver or
transceiver and the antenna is ready to use.

RADIO RIDDLES

Last Month
In last month' s column I asked you: "Whal
is a "radioist?" Well, as judged from the fact that
you are reading Monitoring Times, the chances
arc very good that you are one! The July 1989
issue of /\nJenneX. an antenna journal which has

MONITORING TIMES

(603)335-6339

since ceased publication, reported "radioist" to

be a word used Lo describe those persons interested in such things as amateur radio, SWLing,
or CB. Maybe this term should also cover those
who Jove to tinker or experiment with radio
equipment or to monitor radio for the fun of it.
Are you "radio ist," or do you prefer a different title? Or maybe you can create a new term Lo
filJ this niche. Please drop me a line with your
suggestion or Lo vote fo r the Li tle of your choice.
I' ll tally the results of alJ the votes and suggestions and see what we can come up with.

This Month
Why is most coax ial cable which is commonly available for use in radio work either
about SO-ohms or about 7S-ohms in impedance?
Why not l 7S-ohms or 2000-ohms, 3-ohms or
some other value?
You'll find an answer to that, and much
more, in your next issue of Monitoring Times.
'Til then, Peace, DX, and 73.

July 1992

105

ask bob

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

Q . Are the new through-the-glass

Q. I would like to suspend two

mobile scanner antennas as good

as magnet-mount or trunk-lip
antennas? (several readers)

dipole antennas from the same

masts. How far should they be
separated? (Jeffrey Zaremba,
Averill Park, NY)

A. No, but they work acceptably well in metropolitan areas where signals are generally strong
anyway.
Q. The S-meter lamp on my !COM
R71 A has burned out. Can I
replace it myself? (B. W. Battin,
Belen, NM)

A. You sure can. Call ICOM' s service department at 206-454-8155 and order part number
933-02610. Good Luck!
Q. I understand that there is an

international agency that assigns

shortwave broadcast frequencies
every few months. How can I get
their list? (Dr. Bruce Tracy, Boulder
City, NV)

A. The International Frequency Registration

Board (IFRB) is an agency of the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) headquartered
in Geneva, Switzerland. They do, indeed, list
frequencies used by the international broadcasters (as well as government agencies).
IFRB lists arc available on a subscription
basis from the United Nations publications
office in New York City (212-963-1234); after
you dial in, you will need to press 2-4-1 -1-2 to
get through the electronic mail system to the
publications office.
Another excellent source of information is
the semi -monthly World Broadcasting Information issued by the BBC Monitoring Service at
Caversham Park, Reading, England RG4 81Z.
Finally, the Foreign Broadcast Information
Service (FB IS), a branch of the CIA, produces
regular mailings on the subject. Their publications arc available from the National Technical
Information Service (NTIS) by calling 703-4874780 (FAX 703-321-8547).

A. Consider two parallel wire antennas as a

two-element beam. To avoid significant interaction , they must be separa ted by at leas t a
half-wavelength if they are nearly the same
length. Thus, the longer the antennas, the greater
the separation.
Specifically, a half-wave antenna designed
for 40 meters (7 MHz range) would need to be
separated from the other wire by ad istance equal
to its length-about 20 meters (67 feet).
But since it is more likely that the antennas
are not frequency-related (why would you want
two parallel antennas on the same frequency?),
they can be spaced much closer. If there is no
harmonic relationship between their operating
frequencies, they can be separated by no more
than one or two feet with little noticeable pattern
distortion.
If two antennas arc to be mounted at right
angles to each other to favor different compass
directions, they may actually pass so close as to
nearly touch with no appreciable interaction,
even if they are of identical length and used on
the same frequency.
Q. What frequencies are likely to

A. It is common for hydrotclcmetry to use

freq uencies in the 406-420 MHz federal government band. Others may be heard around 17 1
MHz and even in the 216 MHz band.
You can be sure by simply approaching the
antenna with a handheld frequency counter like
the popular OptoEleetronic units advertised in
MT. The transmitters usually stay on continuously, sending their data streams every few
seconds.

A. Not yet. While such a design would be very

straightforward, it would be hard for the tiny
front panel to accommodate such a control.

A. If you don' t wanllo hearFM at all, FM band

reject filters arc available from a number of
sources including Radio Shack. There are also

July 1992

One resourceful MT reader has designed

a clever slip-on time conversion ring for the
popular Grove CLK-1 24-hour wall clock
sold each year in the Grove Christmas catalog.
Hugh Hawkins of Route 1, Box 425-A,
Port Gibson, M ississippi 39150, will make
one for MT readers for $7 .50 including shipping. Let him know if you want it in two 12hour splits or one 24-hour ring.
Home tinkerers may wish to build their
own following Hugh's directions.

1/16 inch brass rod, aluminum coated]

1-114 number discs, clear acrylic coated

Mounting tabs _ _ _ _ __ _ _ ___,

BFO modification for the !com R100 scanner? (George Churpek,

Ojai, CA)

106

Daylight
Savings/
Standard
Time
Conversion
Ring

be used in the 450 MHz range by

water stream gauge telemetry on
the Tuscarawas River in Ohio?
(Mark Cox, New Philadelphia, OH)

Q. How can I eliminate strongsignal overload from a local FM

broadcaster? They are about three
miles away and blitz my receiver.
(Carl Olivetti, Bridgeport, CA)

Q. Has anyone come up with a

companies that manufacture frequency-selective filters, but they are expensive, typically
S 150. One of these companies is the Microwave
Filter Corporation, 6347 Kinne St., East Syracuse, NY 13057, 315-437-3953.
An easier way would be to make your own
trap like the one shown in the "Hints" section of
the June issue of MT.

MON1TORING TIMES

The outer ring is 13-114 in diameter; the inside

ring is 12-314". Number disks are cut from white
poster board and numbers are black applied with
a lettering guide. Aher mounting on the frame with
epoxy cement, they are sprayed with clear polyurethane. The fi nished assembly mounts on the
raised rim around the face of the clock with two
small self-tapping screws. There are two sets of
mounting holes allowing the number ring to rotate
when changing from Daylight to Standard Time.

Madness -

Table 1: Active Riot Frequencies

Monitored by Dan Amaniera

Continued from page 24

12:30 PM
Pretty well all of Los Angeles was shut
down. Most businesses were either closed for the
day or planned to close early. Everyone that I
called was so spooked, all they wanted to discuss
were the riots. This event touched more people
than any quake, fire or flood that had occurred
since I had been living in LA.
Realizing that I was getting no work done
anyway, I headed home. As I drove the deserted
freeway, the news flash on the car radio was
Rodney King himself asking the people to put an
end Lo the violence. But it was too late. It was
already over.

Epilogue
The burning stopped. The rioting finished. IL
ended as quickly as it had begun. Fifty-eight
people died and 1600 were injured. Four thousand buildings burned. Ten thousand businesses
were ruined. Damages totalled 800 million dollars. Riot coverage continued for d ays, but I
couldn't watch it any more.
Throughout the following weekend, I made
several hundred contacts on the 15 and 20 meter
ham bands. I was moved to hear the concern in
the voices of those from around the country that
contacted me. The curfew was finally lifted on
Monday, following a more or less peaceful weekend. The scanner was still buzzing for days as the
cleanup began, and the city tried Lo get back to
normal. I had experienced these events at a
distance, but it was 'way too close to suit me.

excitement of being able to experience the situation first hand took over as I rushed home Lo my
equipment. I recognized that this was a once in
a lifetime opportunity to listen in to agencies and
c hannels rarely if ever heard during normal day
to day operations.
I cranked up the PR0-2006 and my laptop
controlled R-7000 as soon as I got home. In a
short period of time, I realized priorities had to
be set since the number of busy channels was
overwhelming. In search of the hottest action, I
set the PR0-2006 to the channel used by the
LAPD' s elite Metro Division while programming a new bank of anticipated active frequencies
on the laptop computer.
I already had a bank containing every Los
Angeles City Fire channel on my handheld PR034. The PR0-34 was more than adequate to
receive the Fire Department's 800 MHz transmissions. I was amazed by the high drama action
heard on these channels. Firemen braved rocks,
bottles and gunfire in an attempt to carry out their
duty. All available resources were committed Lo
riot-related fires as hundreds of buildings burned
to the ground. At this point I was listening to three
scanners!
Another notable channel was the Inter-Hospital HEAR frequency. Each hour, the Health
Department Emergency Operations center would
poll local hospitals to determine the number of
riot-related dead, critical and non-critical
patients. There seemed to be no end in sight as
the numbers increased hourly. Citizens were
be ing killed and maimed simply for being at the
wrong place at the wrong
time.
As it turned out, the
Metro Channel was the most
productive, but the violence
did not stop at the city limits. While listening to the
heavy duty action on Metro,
I was busy programming
every Mutual-Aid, Tactical and Emergency channel
I could think of. Los Angeles Sheriff channels were
also maxxed-out, so I limited my programming
to the channels supporting the emergency command posts which were being set up LO quell the
violence. I excluded Dispatch channels completely and began programming frequencies used
by State and Federal agencies.
The main concern of State and Federal agencies seemed to be protecting theirown agents and
property. All FBI, DEA, A TF and INS agents in
the city were recalled to their respective offices.
FEMA could be heard establishing contact with
key personnel on VHF. No activity was heard on
FEMA's HF primary circuits.
Throughout the riot, all published National
Guard frequencies remained quiet. I finally did
locate the National Guard on Army VHF Low

Computer-Aided
Crisis Scanning
By Dan Amaniera

Wednesday, April 29th

At 5:30 PM it seemed like an ordinary day
as I began my drive home from work to the San
Fernando Valley. Just one minute later I tuned
into my car radio and the world turned upside
down. I listened in disbelief as it was announced
that the police officers seen beating Rodney King
on the now famous video tape were completely
exonerated on all counts but one! The resulting
violence spread like the fires- the Los Angeles
riot was on!
My feelings were mixed with sadness, fear,
horror and some relief when I learned that the San
Fernando Valley and my home were not yet
affected by the rage of the riot. As a monitor, the

MONITORING TIMES

EreguencWMHz

LAPO
Metro Division
Tac 1
Tac 2
South Bureau Tac
Central Bureau Tac
Emergency Trigger

506.8375
154.830
154.770
507.0375
506.5875
507.0875

LASO
ATac 4 South
Mutual Aid East Central
C-Tac 2 Countywide
CTac 3 Countywide
Emergency Trigger
Special Unit

484.1375
483.7875
482.8375
483.0625
483.2875
483.5375

LAFD
Ch 9 Special Dispatch 8
Ch 11 Cmd & Public Info
Ch 2 Eire Ground
Ch 3 f ire Ground
Ch 5 Fire Ground

57.2375
860. 7625
859.9375
858.9375
856.9375

Mngton IC
Helicopter Recon

Various Agencies
Helicopter Unicom

123.025

Airto Air, varilus fire

&law enf & new.;

Inter Hospital HEAR

State Police
Highway Patrol 'Blue
fed Protection Svce
FEMA
State Dept Justice
LA County Parks
State Fire Mutual Aid

155.340
480.375
42.34
417.2
143.0
154.68
453.675
154.28

US Marshal
US Marshal
Bureau of Prisons
FBI 'old A3"

163.20
162.7125
170.925
163.8625

FBI
FBI

167.25
164.05

Command post
Air recon. logistics
Air recon, logiS1ics
Officers in trouble

State property
Info broadcas1s
federal buildings
Alert &caflups
Law enforcement
Respondng outsici!
acounty Slri)Q) teams
LA control
Riot teams floMl ii
from out astale

N!deralized National Guard and Marines

Tactical
30.3 NEM Gott India Romeo
Tactical
38.3 NEM Yankee 52
Tactical
40.99 WEM Papa 34 & 57
Tactical
36.55 NEM Possble USMC

Dan Amaniera

Tac channels, both WFM and NFM, talking

about posture, profile and troop deployments.
They appeared on different charmels every day
and there seemed to be no assigned charmels.
Data was h eard being transmitted on several UHF
circuits.
The bottom line is simple. There was more
action than a one-man listening post could keep
up with. Yet, by prioritizing and not trying to
"hear it all," I was able to eliminate routine traffic

Continued on page 111

July 1992

107

Club Circuit
Club Profiles
Association of DX Reporters (ADXR)

Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts (MARE)

Founded in 1982, the Association of DX

Reporters is primarily an exchange of
loggings and relevant inform ation among
members via the club publication, DX
Reporter. The club's goal is to continue
buil ding on iL5 strong non-broadcast base to
become ~ utility club.
A sample bulletin is available for $ 1 (5
IRC's foreign). Yearly membership dues in
the U.S. are $1 9. Write to ADXR, 7008
Plymouth Road, Baltimore, MD 21208.

MARE is an active club of radio enthusiasts

on all bands. Bi-monthly meetings, held at various locations around the state September through
May, usually feature a semi-formal presentation.
Tours and DXpeditions arc frequently scheduled
in addition to the meetings.
MAREpublishcsa bi-monthlybulletin,GreaJ
Lakes Monitor, containing a calender o f activities and meetings, club news, dealer and
equipment reviews, technical articles and regular
columns on the various bands. Annual member-

Club Name: All Ohio Scanner Club

Contact:
Dave Marshall
Club Address:50 Villa Road
Springfield, OH 45503 1036
Region:
Ohio and surrounding states
Interests:
VHF/UHF and some HF and amateur coverage
Publication: American Scannergram
Club Name: American SW Listener's Club
Contact:
Stewart MacKenzll, WDX6AA
Club Address:16182 Ballad t.;me
Hurtirgton Beach. CA 92649
Phone:
(714) 8461685
Region:
Western US, Pacrtic, Asia, & Middle East
Interests:
SWBC. utilrties, longwave
Publication: SWL
Club Name: Association of Clandesllne Enthusiasts (A.C.E.)
Conlact:
Kirk Baxter
Club Address:P.O. Box 11201
Shawnee Mission, KS 66207
RegionUS. Europe ard MKXlle East
Interests:
Pirate and clandestine
Publication: The A.C.E.
Club Name: Association of DX Reporters (ADXR)
Contact:
Reuben Oagold
Club Address:7008 Plymouth Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21208
Region:
International
Interests:
Utlrties, ham bard, OSUrg. MW, LW, ard SWBC
Publication: DX Reporter
Club Name: Association of Manitoba DX'ers (AMANDX)
Contact:
Shawn Axelrod
Club Address:30 Becontree Bay
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
R2N 2X9 Canada
Phone:
(204) 2538644
Region:
Manitoba
Interests:
LW, MW, SW, and VHFJ\JHF
Club Name: Bay Area Scanner Enthusiasts
Contact:
Herman Frisch
Club Address:4718 Meridian Ave. #265
San Jose. CA 95118
Region:
San Francisco Bay area
Interests:
30+ MHz
Publication: Listening Post
Club Name: Bearcal Radio Club
Contact:
Larry Miller
Club Address:Box 360
Wagontown, PA 19376
Phone:
18004231331
Region:
US and Canada
Interests:
Scanning only
Publication National Scanning Report
Club Name: Boston Area DXers
Contact:
Paul Graveline
Club Address:9 Stirling Street
Andover. MA 01810
Phone:
(508)4701971
Region:
50 mile radius Boston
Interests:
SWBC

108

J uly 1992

ship is $9.50 for the U.S . or Canada. Send $1

for a sample bulletin. Michigan Area Radio
En thusiasts, P.O. Box 311, Wixom, MI
48393-0311 .

Club Listings A - M
Don' t sec your club listed this month or
in last month's N - Z listing? Write or call
the Brasstown office to request a form for the
Club Circuit.

Club Name: Canadian lnt'I DX Club

Contact:
Sheldon Harvey. President
Club Address:79 Kipps St., Greenfield Pt<.,
Quebec , Ganada J4V 3B1
Phone:
(51 4)4621459
Regi:>n:
Canada nationv.ide.lment>ership open 10 al
Interests:
General coverage
Pubicati:>n: The Messenger

Club Name: Longwave Club of America

Contact:
Bill Oliver
Club Address:45 Wildflower Rd.
Levittown, PA 19057
Phone:
(215)945-0543
Region:
Worldwide
Interests:
Longwave only
Publication: The Lowdown

Club Name:
Contact:
Phone:
Region:
Interests:

Club Name: Metro Radio System

Contact:
Julian Olansky
Club Address: P.O. Box 26
NeWlon Highlands. MA 02161
Phone:
(617) 9693000
Region:
New England states
Interests:
Public Safety
Publication: M.R.S. Newsletter

Cincinnati Area Monitoring Exchange (MONIX)

John Vodenik
(513) 3985968
SE lndana, Kentudky, SW 000
SWBC, utilrty, milrtary, satellites, scanning, BCB

Club Name: Oecalco Mania

Contact:
Paul Richards
Club Address :P.O. Box 126
Lincroft, NJ 07738
Region:
(206) 356-3927 (Phil)
Interests: Collecting radio related items
Club Name: Drake SPR4 lnt' I Club
Contact:
Rick Sitz
Club Address:521 O 14th St. W. #1
Bradenton, FL 34207
Region:
Worldwide
Interests:
Drake SPR4 owners
Club Name: DX Audio Service (NRC)
Contact:
NRC Publications Center
Club Address:P.O. Box 164
Mannsville, NY 136610164
Region:
Worldwide
Interests:
AM/FM
Publication: DXAS Cassene 90min monthly
Audio magazine.
Club Name: DX Club of India
Contact:
Navin Patel
Club Address:809, M.G. Road, 1Dun Niwas
Mulu nd, Bombay400 080, India
Region:
India
Interests:
SW DXing
Club name: European DX Council
Contact:
Michael Murray
Club Address:P.O. Box 4, St. Ives
Huntingdon, Cambs PE17 4FE
England
Region:
Europe
Club Name: Ft. Wayne Radio Listeners Club
Contact:
Robert E. Hilton
Club Address:5809 Heatherview
Fort Wayne, IN 46818
Phone:
(219)4895821
Region:
Ft. Wayne area
Interests:
All aspects of radio
Club Name: lnt'I Radio Club of America (fRCA)
Contact:
Ralph Sanserino
Club Address:9705 Mary NW
Seattle, WA 98117
Region:
Worldwide
Interests:
BCBIAM DX
Publication: DX Monitor

MONITORING TIMES

Club Name: Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts

Contact:
Bob Waker
Club Address: P.O. Box 311
Wixom, Ml 48393
Region:
Michigan &surrounding
Interests:
All bands
Publication: Great Lakes Monrtor
Club Name: Monitor Comm. Group
Contact:
Louis Campagna. ~s Mgr.
Club Address:8001 Castor Avenue, #143
Philadelphia, PA 191522701
Region:
35 mile radius of Philadelphia
Interests:
Various types of comms.

New Additions
Club Name: NYC Radio Fre(ak)Qs
Contact:
Joe Alverson
Club Address:199 Barnard Ave.
Slaten Island, NY 10307
Phone:
7183175556
Region:
NY bores & LI
Interests:
VHF/UHF/HF utilities
Club name: Chicago Area DX Club
Contact:
Edward G Stroh
Club Address:53 Arrowhead Drive
Thornton, IL 60476
Region:
150 mile radius of Chicago
Interests:
DXing all bands
Publication: DX Chicago
Club Name: Bayonne Emergency Radio Network (BERN)
Contact:
Ray Baron
Club Address:P.O. Box 1203
Bayonne. NJ 07002
Phone:
201-6622222
Region:
NE Jersey
Interests:
Public safety

Let's Start a Club

Quad Crties Club: Would like 10 get in touch with other SWBC,
MW and SW utilrty DXers in the Quad Cities and other neart>y
areas. Hope to have occasional OX get-togethers or perhaps
start a local club. Contact Don Moore, 716 Ripley St.,
Davenport, IA 52803.

SPECIAL EVENT CALENDAR

Date

Location

July 10-11 Maplewood, MN

July 11

Oak Creek, WI

July 11-12 Indianapolis, IN

July 12

Pittsburgh, PA

July 12

Golden, CO

July 18

Eau Claire, WI

July 18-19 Atlanta, GA

July 19

Washington, MO

July 25

Brewster, NY

July 31Aug 2

Oshkosh, WI

Aug 1-2

Jacksonville, FL

Aug 8

Huntington, WV

Aug 9

Frankfort, KY

Aug 9

Mineral Wells, WV

Amateur Fair/Keith Mobarry

P.O. Box 26331 , St. Paul, MN 55126, (612) 653-9999.
Location: Aldrich Arena, 1850 White Bear Ave.
Friday: 6 PM to 10 PM and Saturday: 6 AM to 3 PM.
Admission: $6
South Milwaukee ARC Swapfest!Robert Kastelic, WB9TIK
P.O. Box 102, South Milwaukee, WI 53172-0102, (414) 764-3235 ext 58
Location: American Legion Post #434, 9327 S. Shepard Ave. 7 AM to 2 PM,
$4 admission, talk-in on 146.580 simplex.
ARAL Central Division Convention/Cornelius Head, WB9FOE
9046 Mercury Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46229.
North Hills ARC Hamfest/Don Jackson, N3LAZ
8 Dale Ave., Bradford Woods, PA 15015, (412) 935-3343.
Location: Norlhland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road. Free admission,
8 AM to 3 PM, talk-in on 147.09.
Denver Radio Club/CO Assoc. of DXers'
Location : Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 8 AM to 3 PM.
Eau Claire ARC Hamlest/l..Js Searing, N9EOR
1129 McKinley Rd., Eau Claire, WI 54 701 , (715) 834-1303.
Location: Chippewa Falls Fairgrounds.
Atlantic Radio ClubNern Fowler, W8BLA
Suite E-6, 4343 Shallowford, Marietta, GA 30062.
Zero Beaters ARC Hamfest/Craig Brune, NOMFD
P.O. Box 24, Dutzow, MO 63342, (314) 239-0060
Location: Hillerman Park, 6 AM to 3 PM, free admission. Talk-in on 147.240
& 444.900.

Aug 14-16 Park City, UT

Aug 15-16 Albuquerque, NM

Aug 15-16 Huntsville, AL

Aug 20-23 Los Angeles, CA
Aug 21-24 Tampere, Finland
Aug 23

Cincinnati, OH

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Club/Contact Person

PEARLfest '92/Len Sanchez, N2KPM

RD #11 , Union Rd., Lake Carmel, NY 10512, (914) 225-8229
Location: JFK Elementary School, Foggintown Road, $4 admission.
8 AM to 2 PM, talk-in on 145.130 MHz.
Experimental Aircraft Assoc Fly-In Convention/Fox Cities ARC
Wayne Pennings, WD9FLJ, 913 N. Mason St., Appleton, WI 54914
Location: Lone Rock Service Building at Pioneer Airport, EAA Museum,
daylight hours on 10,15,20, & 40 meter bands.
Jacksonville Amateur Radio & Computer Show/Greater Jacksonville ARC
P.O. Box 11882, Jacksonville, FL 32239.
Location: Prime Osborn Convention Center. Friday 1-8PM, Saturday 9AM5PM, Sunday 9AM-3PM. $5 admission.
Tri-State ARC Hamfest/Bill, KF8QK, 304-522-1933
Location: Huntington Civic Center, 8:00AM
Central Kentucky ARAL Hamfest/Bobby Rolph, KB40NR
2117 Winterberry Road, Lexington, KY 40504 (606) 278-7570 evenings.
Location: Western Hills HS, Exit 53 otf 1-61 . $6 admission.
Mid-Ohio Valley ARC Hamfest/Ron Ferrell, WD8RGZ, 614-423-5482
Location: 4-H Campgrounds, 2 miles off 1-77 on Rt 14, daylight to 3PM.
Talk-in on 146.745 and 443.05.
WIMU '92/CO Association of DXers'
Duke City Hamfest/Jay Miller, WA5WHN
PO Box 6552, Albuquerque. NM 87197.
Location: National Guard Armory, 600 Wyoming NE, starls 9AM, free
admission.
Alabama State Convention/Don Tunstill, WB4HOK
1215 Dale Dr., Huntsville, AL 35801
ARAL National Convention/Sandy Heyn, WA6WZN
962 Cheyenne St., Costa Mesa, CA 92626
European DX Council Conference
Details: Finnish DX Association, PO Box 454, SF-00101 Helsinki, Finland.
Great Cincinnati ARA/John Haungs, WA8STX
10615 Thornview Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45241

Advanced Electronics Applications

25
AIE Corporation
7,97
Antique Radio Classified
19
ARRL
47
Ashton ITC
3
Austin Antenna
105
Automotive Security & Accessories
41
Cellular Security Group
37
Chilton Pacific
3
Communications Electronics
13
Consumertronics
21
CQ Communications
99
Datametrics
75
Jacques d'Avignon
86
Delta Research
9
R.L. Drake Company
75
DX Radio Supply
17,43
Future Scanning Systems
53
Galaxy Electronics
47
Geo Monitor
19
GRE America
17
Grove Enterprises
11,56,57 ,65,68,85,91
Glenn Hauser
29
Hunterdon Aero Publishers
43
ICOM America
Cover IV
47
Institute of Amateur Radio
Intercepts Newsletter
43
J&J Enterprises
97
Japan Radio Company
63
KIWA
47
Klingenfuss
27
Lakeview
49
Lentini Communications
43
Li Electronic Industries
19
Metragen Ltd.
75
MilSpec Communications
45
Monitoring Times
5,27
Motron Electronics
51
National Scanning Report
3
OptoElectronics
Cover II, III
Palomar Engineering
21
QSL Prints
7
Radio Accessories
93
Radio Electronics
87
RDI White Papers
97
Satellite TV Sourcebook
51
Scanner World
39
51
Skyvision
Software Systems Consulting
7,101
Spec-Com
15
Spy Supply
23,55
Tiare Publications
53, 103
TRS Consultants
21
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154.160
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So Long, Heathkit ...
... The End of an Era

It was over half a century ago that Howard

My favorite Heathkit was a DX-100 transmitter.

Anthony, an investor, purchased for a few hundred

I still feel the reverence and awe I experienced as I

dollars the assets of a small company whose

carefully unwrapped the individually-packaged,

founder, Ed Heath, had been killed in one of his own

shiny, clean parts and glimpsed inside the tube

kit aircraft. Anthony began manufacturing two-way

boxes.

radios and even some aircraft pans for the military.

I still smell the rosin smoke curling up from the
After World War II, Anthony borrowed some
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tip of my soldering iron. I still see the tubes' warm

glow, reassuring me I had done the job right.

of surplus electronics- sig ht unseen. Ins ide one of

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tube circuits gave way to integrated and printed
circuits which required minimal assembly. Factory-

The budding entrepreneur collected and packaged all the parts necessary to build a complete

wired Japanese products became available at the

same--or even less--cost than the unassembled kits.

oscilloscope, including a diagram, and, in 1947,

offered the first Heathkit- a do-it-yourself oscilloscope for S39!

The Heath Company has announced that it has

discontinued its kits, concentrating instead on higher
profit consumer products, and closing an era.

The immediate s uccess of the venture inspired

....

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it accompanied.
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July 1992

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