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Morch 1998

Counter IntelRgence ..................................... 13

By Haskell Moore
Dozens of radio hobbyists ca n' t wait to get their hands on
a freque ncy counter, only to return it in disappointment a week
or two later. "Why, I was standing right under the tower, and
the danged thing wouldn ' t even register a frequency!" More
than likely there's nothing wrong ; the user j ust needs a few
ope rating tips 10 fully apprecia te this unique 1001.

1998 International CES

18

By John Catalano
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a dog eat dog business. Where else
would the revol utio nary application of today becom e a "has-been"-past its
revenue producing life cycle- in eighteen month s or less? John Catalano sorts
through the competitive hype to find what ad vances in technology have enough
substance to be of interes t to hig h-tech hobbyists.

CoverStDlY

Safe SHOALS

Worle/-Class DXing

21

By Hans Johnson

By Robert Wyman
It doesn 't requ ire a thousand-doll ar recei ver nor a threeacre antenna farm to achieve impressive results in logg ing
broadcast stations from all over the world. What it does
requ ire is an organized and well- informed effort; here are
so me tools and tech niques guaranteed to add succes s as well
as enjoyment to your radio hobby.

Yo u won't dash your boat

against these SHOALS! On the

contrary. this acronym stands for

an on-going, high-tech mapping

project that is improving the safety
of coastal areas nationwide. The
project is a joint venture of public
and private sector organizations.
and its end users are equally diverse.

What makes this project so fascinating is the technology that has

revolutionizedtraditional mapping
techniques. In yearsgone by. a heIicopterrunningamethodicalsearch
patterncould beassumed to be hunting for something ... or someone.
Not so tod ay. Watch far thi s unique
teamhovering averawaterway near
you!

Cover photo: NOAA's modified Bell 212 helicopter, photographed by Robert Wyman.

JI SillJJ1/l:' ilJt t l:'T)' J)/SC"JT~l:'T ................... ~~

By Werner Heim
Because most NiCd rechargeable batteries do not recharge properly unless
they have first bee n disch arged to their design voltage, this handy little circuit
could lengthen the life of your renewable cells.

Reviews:
Parnass says the MS200 from RELM is "Imostthe best mobil e scanner of the
current crop (sec p.86 ). On the other hand , Magne wouldn 't wish the International
R- IIO mini-shortwave on his worst enem y (see
p.88). Cata lano finishes his review of the leom
PCR 1000 (p.90); it's a bargain, provided yo u supply
appropriate ante nnas. A loggi ng and control program, Ergo 3.0, was found quite useful for shortwave
broad cast and utility listene rs (see p.85).

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Ver mont docs not want to he a n "antenna pincushion." To speed the ro ll-out of
dig ital te levi sion. the FCC seeks to preempt
to wer co nstruc tio n. As a result of a joint peti tion by Na tio na l Associ ation of Broadcasters
(NA B) and the Assoc iat ion for Maximu m Service Tel ev is ion. on Augu st 19. 1997. the FC C
issued a rulernukingf Ma ss Medi a Doc ket. No.
9?- I X2) th at wo uld preempt loca l zo ning author ity over broadca st (hut no t amateur rad io)
to we rs.
Formal comments closed on October 30.
replies o n December I . Th e NPRM limi ts
State and loca l zo ning offic ials fro m having
aut hori ty ov er the siting and co nstructio n of
broadcast towers as the shift to d igital te levision (DT V) oc curs. The FCC said tha t local
zo ning and land use o rd inances cou ld prese nt
an ob stac le to the rapid imp lementat ion of
di gital tel evision serv ice .
The pe titioners wanted the preemption to
incl ude all typ es of broadcast antennas and
rower s - not j ust tho se nece ssitated by the
sw itch to DTV . (Some A i\1!FM station ante nnas nrc co -loc ated on T V to wers.)
The FCC noted tha t historicall y the y ha ve
tried not to becom e unnecessarily in volved in
local zo ning d isputes regardi ng tow er placeme nt. " Ne vertheless. we have ado pted ru les
pre em pting 10c;.11 zo ning or din ances where the
record establ ished that such ord ina nces were
inhibitingthe imp lementation ofCon gressional
or FCC objectives. incl udi ng with reg ard to
locating satellite 'd ish' antennas and amateur
rad io tow er s ( Fede ral Preemption ofState and
Local Reg ulat ions Pertaining to Amateur R<Id io Fac ilities, I'RB - I 50 Fed . Reg. 3R8 13 Sep tember 25. 1985)"
At the sa me lim e, the PCC said it ...was
se nsitive to the rights of states and localities to
protect the leg itimate interes ts of their citizen s
and we do not seek to un necessarily infringe
these righ ts."
Se na to r Patri ck Le ah y ( D- Ve rm o nt)
stro ng ly objected 10 the pro posed FCC ru les
wh ich wo uld permit the placem ent of co mmercial tele co mmunicati on s. radio o r tele visio n towers near hom es. resident ial co mm un ities and in sce nic area s.
"T he bill also proh ihits (Owns and c ities
from havin g stricter health and surety standa rds regard ing enviro nmental e ffec ts of radio
freq ue ncy e miss ions:' he sa id .
Senator Leahy has 11m\" introd uced Senate
Bill 1350 that repeals ' he 1996 Tel ecom bill
authority given to the FCC to preempt State
and loc al regulati ons o n the placement of new

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te lecom mun ication s to wer s.

" I don ' t want Ve rmo nt turn ed into a g iam
pin cushion wi th 200 foot lo wer s indisc rim inatel y sprouting up on every mountain and in
e very vall ey . rui ning the vie w tha t most of us
have spe nt a lifetime enjoying:'

Are you a wa re that you ca n file cum men ts on all FC C proceed in gs by e-ma il?
Instruction s o n ho w to do it arc located o n the
FCC ' s webs ite at: http://www .fcc.gov/e fi1 eJ
email.h trn l Basicall y you j ust ca ll up a blank
form and til l in the blank s. You e- mail the fonn
to the FCC at [email protected] a l"ters;'lving it as an
ASC II file. The FCC' s compu,c rwilJacknowledge receipt.
4

Both citizen s hand a nd ham r ad io ('0111

munirati ons su ffer fr om a lack of F C C enforc ement of th e radio rules. Actu ally there
4

is little the FCC ca n do since . in a cost cutting

move . the Gove rnme nt dra st ica lly cut back o n
their loca l prese nce . A ll complai nts arc 1100\!
ha ndled by the FCC thro ugh a ce ntrali zed toll
free numbcr und ulmost a llof Ft'C' s loc al field
office s have been closed or co nso lida ted.
T wo d ifferent appro ache s are nO\l.. bein g
suggested to deal with the enforcement proble m. U.S. Se nator Russe ll Fe ingo ld (Dcwisco usin) wants to g ive states and mun icipalities
aut hor ity 10 enforc e the FCC s C 13 reg ulatio ns.
Fei ngold ' s bill. de signatcd Se lla te Bil/608.
began as a n ord ina nce passed by the Beloit..
Wi scon sin . Ci ty Cou ncil. Th at statute allo ws
loc al auth orities to en force FC C reg ulatio ns.
Th e bill is aimed at reduci ng rad io frequency
interference stemm ing from the lise of un authori zcd cqui prncn t o r frequen cie s betwecn Ja
and 35 megahert z by C Bers.
If ap pro ved by Con gre ss. Fein gold ' s bill
wo uld am end the Communic ation s Act to a llo w state or loca l gov ernme nts to enforce
regu lations that proh ibit the usc ()fCB equipment not authori zed by the FCC ...such as
high-powe r linear amplifiers. As it now stands.
no license is required to o pe rate on the 11meter Citi ze ns Band. hut the FCC does hav e
stric t requ irements o n the type of equipment
that C tle rs can lega lly use.
Fein gol d's bill wou ld preservc the fed eral
preempt ion of all othe r teleco mm unicati ons
matters. It also e xcludes FCC -licen sed scrvices. including Am ateur Radi o. from stare or
local o versight . 5.608 is currentl y unde r co nside ration by the Sen ate Commerce.. Scienc e
and Transportatio n C o mm ittec.
A similar bi ll is mo ving thro ugh the Ho use

of Repres entatives. Rep . Vern Eh lers (R

M ich igan . and who hold s a Ph .D in nuclear
phy sics) introdu ced H.R. 2612 which is no w
being co nsidered by the House S ubcom mittee
o n T elecornmunications.
At the req ues t of the Am erican Radio Re lay Leag ue . the bill ca lls upon the FC C to
pro vide "technica l guida nce" to states and
loca l govern me nts in detecting and determining violat ions. T hose a ffected by a state or
local enforcement deci sio n wou ld be able to
appea l to the FCC within 30 days.
Neither bill would precl ude the FCC from
enforc ing its own regul ations as thcy apply to
C R. Fei ngol d ca lls his bill ..... acommon-sense
so lutio n to a very frustrating and rea l problem
whic h ca nno t be add ressed unde r exist ing
law: '

The American Radio Relay League is

suggesting a differe nt "self enfo rce me nt '"
approach to th e lack of FCC radio enforcement. Th e ARR L wants the FCC to ..... create
a streamlined. privati zed en fo rcement proces s" to handle and prosecute the most serious
Am ateur Service interference vio lations.
Th e League has petiti oned the C om missiun to am end its rules to permit members of
the volunteer Amateur Au xili ary to bring evi dcncc of maliciou s interference vio latio ns di rectl y befo re the FCC's lega l department. The
Am ateur Au xiliary is a vo lun teer group authoriled by the FCC to monitor the ham bands.
C urre ntly, al l enforcem ent cases arc administrativcly handled internally by FCC lawyers
- a time co nsum ing and costly ope ratio n.
T he FCC's C hief Admi nistrative Law Judge
wou ld be authorized to de term ine if a vali d
case ex ists. and if so. to issue sho w-ca use
o rders, and to des ignate co mplaints for hearing.
The Lea gu e recommended that the FCC
capitalize on the vo lunteer resources avai lable
throu gh the Am ateur Aux iliary to reliev e the
e vidence -gathe ring bur den in such cases. If
the ru les c hanges are app roved. the League
said it wo uld assist the Auxiliary in preparing
and subm itti ng co mplaints and in pre sen ting
ca ses at adm inist rativ e hearings.
"The incr eased use of vo luntee r resources
wo uld see m 10 be ent irely ap prop riat e in the
Amateur Se rv ice. which in volves avocatio na l
use of radio only:' the ARRL co ncl uded.
"M ali ciou s interfe rence problems. if left unchecked, tend to spread and increase in inte nsity.'

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SOS for Morse Code

O n Janu ary I. 199 8. many coastal statio ns
wor ld wide aba nd oned 89 years of mo ni tori ng

for Morse code d istress signals on 500 kHz

(sec Utility World). But no one expected it to
be marked by an 50S on December 3 1st.
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as an ex e rci se ." S ubsequent communicat ion
with the shi p wa s co nducted via satell ite .

\ Ve don 't know the o utcorne o f thi s dr amatic sto ry. As nig ht fell and an R AF Nimrod
ci rcled the ship, the near est shi p wa s still 500
mi le s awa y and the Oak was far o ut of th e
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the mas ter and cre w of 26 prepared to aba ndo n the Oak. he sent this last o ptim istic message : " Happy Ne w Year. Best regards. Maste r."

WILS Six, FCC One

Zebulo n Lee . the 86- ycar o ld o wner of
WZLS-FM in Ashe ville . No rth Ca ro lina. ha s
been fighting for the rig ht to opera te o n 96.5
M Hz since 1987. He was orig ina lly g ranted
an interim permit. which was then contes ted
by fiv e non- local app licants. His pe rm it wa s
c ha llenge d h ut uph eld five tim es. In 1993 he
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ruliog. say ing tha t a 199 3 federal co urt dec i-

sio n had ov ert urne d the FCC' s poli cy of e ncourugi ng non -ab sentee owners . O ppone nt
WZR Q -96.5 was on the a ir by Ju oe 19 97.
WZ LS . feel ing it ha d the valid lice nse.
also cont inue d to transm it until threaten ed
w ith" $20.00 0 fine by thc FCC.
Th is pa st December, in a n unu su a llyqu ick
decision . a U.S . appe als co urt re turned the
frequ ency to WZLS. telling the co mm issio n
that it "abused its di scr etion and ac ted arb itrarily a nd capri ciously.'
The FCC is co nside ring reva mping its
lice nsing rul es.

Driving Distraction No. 1

There are ce rta in so unds that seem to cau se
an a lmost involu ntary response : the sound of
yo ur baby cry ing in the night. the so und of
change fa llin g o n the floor ... I can 't sto p
my sel f from looking at the phon e e ven tho ugh
my hea d tell s me that rin g I just heard wa s o n
the TV sho w.
S uc h re flex reactio ns mu st be the inccn-

BULLETIN BOARD
March 1: Ze phyrhills. FL
Phinney Fest held by Zephyrhills ARC at
the Zep hyrhills Lions Dub. 5827 Dean Dairy
Road, 8a.m. to 2p.m. Admission $4. Talk-in
147.135, Drawings, prizes. food, fleamarket.
Write Zaarc . P.O. Box 1534. Zephyrhills. FL
33539. call Ernie KD4V RV 8 13-783-8389 or
emai l emamaeeahitts.net

[email protected]

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March 11: Stamford.

The Stamford Amateur Radio Association
Novice/Tec h course starts Wednesday. March
l lth, 199 8 for ten sess ions 7-9 p.m. each
Wednesday. Pre-registration required; contact
Jim Murdock 203-322-4707 . Richard Finn
203-323-Q982or Andrew Laska203-53 1-9493
or via internet ka ls [email protected]. No charge except materials.
March 21-22 : Bethpage, NY
The Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio
Club (LIMARC) Weekend Ham Radio Course
al Briarcl iffe College. 1055 Stewart Ave .
Bethpage. NY 11714. Obtain your entry level
Technicianclass license in one weekendcourse.
Cost $35 includ es workbook, lunch and reIreshme nts. Preregistration required. Contact
LIMARC Weeke nd Class. P.O. Bo x 392.
Levittow n. New York 11756 or e-m'ail George
Tranos, N2GA at N2GA @aol.com.

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Ma rch 14: Denver . CO

The Denver Radio League announces its
FIrst Annuai C-Rock 'Fest atthe DouglasCounty
Fairground s, Castle Rock. CO, 8a.m. to l p.m.
Talk-in 146.88. Adm : $4. Swap table s. VE
testing. prizes, special event station. Co ntact AI
Coo ley. 6 199 South Broadway. Littleton . Colo303-777 -24 28 .
rad o
80 12 1.

March 19 98

March 14.21,28. Apr 4: SI. Louls Co . MO

Annual SI. Louis County Skywam Weather
Obse rvation Training Seminars at various locations. Level I in am . Level 2 in p.m. For
locations call 314-889-2857 for taped message.
Outs ide area attenders welcome; no advance
registration required. Certification provided for
RACES and SKYWARN at no cost. Need not
be a ham to participate.
March 22: Madison. OH
Lake County ARA (LCARA) 20th annual
harnfesr at Madison High School on North
Ridge Road. Ba.m. to 2p.m. Admission $5. New
and used equ ipment. prizes, forums, test bench,
license exam s, Contact Len Sechrist WS80,
8550 Nowlen St. Mentor. OH 44060. 440-25 50 112.
March 22: Yonkers, NY
.
Westchester Emergency Communications
Assoc (W ECA) ann ual electronics and hamfest

at Yonkers Raceway, 8a.m. to 2p.rn. Talk-in

147.060 (+6. PL 114.8). Admission $6. New
and used equipme nt, prizes, license exams.
forum s, radio clinic. Call 9 14-7416606 orvisit
www.wec.org.

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March 29: Sout hington,

Southio g ton . AR A (S A RA) a nn ua l
fleamarketatSouthington High School onPleasant S~ 9a. m. to I p.m. Talk- in 147.345. 224.80.
444 .25, 145.49 PI.n7Hz. Adm ission $4. Vendo rs. priz es. license exams. Conta ct Chet
KA IILH 860-628-9346 or SARA. PO Box
873. Southingto n.
064 89.

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Club News:
Assoc of North American Radio Clubs
(AN ARC) chairman Mark Meece e-mail address is mmeeceerstscom.nes
Boston Area DXers covers 0-30 MHz. See
web site at www.grove.neV-badxl or contact
Paul Grave line. 9 Stirling St., Andover. MA
01810- 1408.
Capitol Hill Monitors has a web site:
www.gruve.nets-chm
Southern California Monitoring Association meets o nce a month. 2nd Wednesdays
7p.m. at Aca pulco Restauran t. 3360 Ocean
Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA , For more info
contact SCM A. PO Box 303 1. Cul ver City. CA
9023 Ior w6tn v.sp.trw. comlscm alscma.htm

COMMUNICATIONS
"Man. that crazy DJ will do
anything /0 wake you up in the
morning. lie alm ost had me
with that train whistle!"

----:::a Radio Clubs Decline

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tive behind a bill introduced by Rep. Vento of
Minnesota. H.R. 369 would require the FCC
to prohib it radio stations from using sound
effects similar to those used as a warning by
public safety or other traffic, such as horns.
sirens. or train whistles. Th e Bill says " motor
vehicle operators. when distracted . ca n pose
a safety risk to others on the roa ds."

Driving Distraction No. 2

Th ere ' s a new program in driver ' s ed these
days that many gro wn-ups need to take. It' s
ca lled "Sa fetalk." Participants in the exe rcise

may be asked to dial a cellular phone number

while dri ving thro ugh an obstacle course.
Most students find (to their surprise) they
can't do it.

Although the New England Journal of

Medicine found that a cell phone user is four
times more likely to get into a crash as a
typical driver (equivalent to driving dru nk).
responders to a Glamour magazine survey
remarked, " How are cell phones any more
hazard ous than C Bs in the trucks or screaming kids in yo ur backseat?"

FCC Seal 01 Approval

The around fifty percento fcellphoneowners who purchased the phone to use j ust for
emergencies got some good news from the
FCC. In a recent Recons ideration O rder the

The Assoc iat ion of No rth

American Radio Clubs (ANARC)

reported a 12 perce nt drop in membership within its 17 member cl ubs
ove r the past year. Every club acro ss the
radio spect rum lost membership .
Th e ca uses for the drop are no do ubt
varied. from econ omics to the Internet.
Or both : With out paying d ues one ca n participate in hobby news gro ups such as those
hosted by the Grove internet server and achieve
much more immediate co mmunication. It begs
the questio n, will the cl ubs be able to meet the
challenge of evolving alon g wi th the rad io

hobby they have helped to define'! We' re

betting many of them will.

Radio Waves: Kill ya or Cure ya?

An experimental medical device called
the Prostatron uses microwaves at 1296 MH z
in its treatment of pros tate cancer. This fre-

quency is in the 1240- I300 MHz band used

by air traffic co ntro l and. on a secondary
basis, by amateur radio op erators. T he unit
has rece ived approval by the Food and Drug
Administration. but its req uest for a waiver

from the FCC has so far not been granted.

The ARRL has objected to granting of the
waive r on the grou nds of the po tential for
interfe rence as well as the fact that there is a
band already set as ide for medical devices.

Meanwhile, the ARRL argues that the device

is already bei ng used for treatment witho ut
the waiver being granted .The FCC has opened
a new publi c com ment peri od on the matter.
On a higher plane (in phy sical location,
not in frequ ency). residents in a number of
New York boroughs outside Manhatt an are
unhappy abo ut a dea l to outfit as many as
9,000 lamposts with ce llular antenna s. Three
telecom mu nications companies are inte res ted

Prohibited from using the 1296 MHz

microwave f requency fo r prostate cancer
treatment, medical researchers
experiment with A~I/FM radio implants.
in leasin g the posts (for a monthly rental fee

of about $ 100 per post) to improve the problem of dropped calls and to pave the way for
digital wireless networks. However, resident s
are concerned abo ut the potential health risk.
"The company claims they ' re safe when
prop erly install ed." sa id James Crisa fulli. of
Co mmunity Board 7 in Nort heastern Queens.
" but not a single ci ty agency is goi ng to be
checking the installation of these things or is

capable or qualified to do that"

We welcome news clippings from yo ur world
to ed itor Rachel Baughn at MT
headquarters. or email to mtedito r te gro ve.net
Thanks 10 Ihis m on th 's rep orting team :
Anon ymous. NY ; Dav id Alpert. NJ ; Shawn
Axelrod. Can: Ernie Blair, AL; Glenn Blum. TX;
John Brugliera , VT; David Chapchuk. PA: Leslie
Edwards. PA; P. Good win, MA; Wm. Hcarty, OH;

or radio. Se nd

Maryanne Kehoe. GA; Kevin Klein, WI: Jim

MacDonald. NH: Bob Mills. OH; D. Parsons, AZ:

Doug Robertson, CA; Richard Schultz, KY; Richard Sklar, \VA; Larry Van Hom, NC: Dispa tch
Bulletin ; lV5YI Repo rt

FCC upheld the requirement that 9 11 service

must be made availa ble to users of'telepbones
that have not bee n ac tivated by any carrier.
Th e com mission said many wireless 9 11
ca lls are made by Good Sa maritans, and that
"m aking it easy for these messages to be
deli vered to public safety organiza tions thus
bene fits the pu blic at large... It requires wireless carriers to transmit "all 9 1I wireless ca lls
without regard to validation procedures intended to ident ify and intercept call s fro m
non-subscribe rs."
Ju st be sure to pull over to the side of the
road before making that em ergency call.

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Safe SHOA
Mapping

project
enhances
coastal
safety

,vOrIA 's Bell 2/2 helicopter is modified

accommodate the pod containing
LIIJ.4.R and video equipment (shown
under the fuselage) .

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Traveling 700 feet over the boy at fifty knots, the bright blue and white Bell
212 helicopter gets the attention of nearby beochgoers and marino workers. It
follows aseorch.pottern course that lead some tobelieve the police are looking
for something ... or someone ... in the busy waterway. The helicopter remains
offshore for over an hour, methodically covering everything from the coastline
to the deepest part ofthe channel. Unseen or ignored in the marina parking lot,
a technician in an unmarked van also watches the helicopter ... knowing that
police aircra ft are nowhere in the area.
Several miles away at alocol generalaviation airport, atractor-trailer rig
sits next to ahangar supplying "shore power" for air conditioning, computers
and telephone systems. Technicians inside the trailer await the arrival ofdata
tapes from the flight so their work con finally begin.
Back at the marina, the aircraft begins a final run for the day. The techni
cion in the vanbegins to wrap up cobles and organize paperwork, awaiting word
to cease transmitting differential GPS' data to the helicopter. When advised, the
technician will stow the portable antennas and radios used toreceive the satellite
differential signal for rebroadcost to the helicopter, while ahandheld radio
remains available for air-ground communicotions.

eIcOJl1~

to S H O A LS, th e lat -

es t high -tech e ffo rt in coas tal

ma nagem e nt.
As \\ ith many modem projects. tec hnological adv ances equate to po litically-corr ect
names and complex abb revia tio ns. and this
projec t certainly has its share:
SHOALS is the Scanning Hydrographic
O pe ratio nal Airborn e LIDA R Sur vey . and

An illustration ofthe laser

rangefinding system ill action.
Inset sho ws a contour map of a
Lake 1V0rlh, Fla. , tidal inlet.

it' s com ing to a seasho re, bay or lake ncar yo u

soon. III 1997. it completed surveys of 75

locations aro und the Great Lakes. North Atlantic stales , a nd Florida.
LIDAR is Light Detection and Ranging. a
sys te m of laser rang cfinding tuned for wate r
surface and subsurface obse rvations .
In addition. A LBTCX. the Air borne L1DAR Bathymetry Technica l Cen ter of Expcrlise (in Mo b ile , A laha ma) , serves as the clearing house for SHOA LS project managem ent
and data a naly sis.
Background
S HOA LS was conce ived in 1985 as a
mechani sm to s up po r t th e fede ra l
govc m rncms wa te rway s urvey program .
Th ese hydro graph ic surveys . co nducted by
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, encompass 25.000 miles of fed era lly-mai ntained
navigati ona l channels with an annual cost of
over S40 millio n doll ars.
Utili zing the Army Engineers' flee t of 50
sma ll vessels and an array a l'contrac tor sh ips.
the survey assign me nts support mari time co nstruction proj ects. nautical c harting. flood
control. environmen tal monitoring, and storm
dam age assess me nt. in extreme ly shallow
water. or channel s littered wi th sub merged
debri s from storms. surveys arc often incorn ple te or da ngerous.
By 19XX. a joint li.S .lCa nadian develo pment program began to design, construct a nd
fi eld test an airborne L1DAR system to suppleme nt surface-based data co llection efforts.
LIDAR is a spino fffrom military anti-sub marine warfare programs o f the 1960 s. in wh ich
lasers were tested in a submarine detection
role. Throughout the I970"s. L1DAR auracted
the interest of uni ve rsity resea rchers. Navy
and NAS A scientists. as we ll as private and
governme nt ocea nog raphic age ncie s wo rldwide. Seco nd-gene ration LlD AR sy ste ms,
with optica l and electron ic enha nce ments,
fueled co ntinued research in the 1980 s.
A field-ready system was comple ted in
Nove mber of 1993 a nd validation tests. flown
over the New Pass federal navigational proj ect
in Sa rasota . Florida . were co mp leted in Junu -

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ary and Febru ary of 1994. SHOAL S eq uipmen t was ac ce pted in the spring of 1994 and
over 125 depl oyments occurred in the subsequent 24 months . Duri ng this two-year mission ca lendar, over 2.250 square ki lomete rs
were surveyed. ge nerati ng ove r 275 million
measurem ents .

Management
Th e S HOA LS program is now in its fourth
fiscal yea r o f ope rational de ployme nts. A
mode lfor joint public-private enterprises, manageme nt is handled by the Army Engi neers'
Waterways Expe riment Station (Vic ksburg,
MS) which also coordina tes gove rnment sur-

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vey clients. O peration . maintenance and coordination of priva te survey clien ts is the responsibility o f Joh n E. Chance and Associ ates , Inc. (Lafayette , LA ), a con tracto r specia lizi ng in ad vanced surveying applications.
Har dware deve lopment is credi ted to
O ptec h, Inc. (Toronto, Ca nada ) and so ftware
co mes from the Na tional Ocea nog raphic and
Atmo spheric Adm inistra tion (N OA A) I N a~
tional Ocean Service. Heli copt ers and pilots
are supplied by NOAA's Aircraft Operati on
Ce nter at MacD ili AFB . Flo rida ,
Th e airborne syste m. in addition to providing a survey mechanism for shallow or da ngerous waters . is also over te n times faste r
than shipboard echo sounders. Du ring a two-

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The truck trailer hous es a

supercomputing workstation /0
begin processing the raw data.
Army Engineers Eddie Wiggil/s
and J .D. Balch pro cess Ihe day 's
accumulated information at til e
mobile data center.

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Immediately below: Craig Branson

is the HDAR Specialist f rom John
E. Chance & Assoc. His operatin g
position is at th e impressive
equipment rack in the rear of the
helicopt er (pictur ed at bottom}.

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year statistical period. for exam ple . 180 mi llion mea sur ements were logged - a volume
that would take 24 years with
older aco ustic sounde rs. In one
hour, SHOA LS can map appro ximately eight square kilom ete rs
or a I On-meter wide channe l up
to 80 kil omet ers lo ng . with
115.000 measurem ents per kilometer!

Flight Operations
Typical dep loy men ts inclu de
one helicopter (of two available) .
the mobil e offic e and other crew/
support vehicles. SHOA LS manage rs, techn ical staff. two da ta
processing engineers. one or two
airborn e system ope rators. two
pilots. and a mechan ic comprise
the personnel roster.
Initial site planning and equ ipment setup is
co mpleted in less than a day . making for a
highly mobil e system: for larger coas tal survey areas, a central airport is chosen as a base
of operat ions and ni ghts arc made over sc veral day s. Flight time includes 2-3 Illghts per
day of about two ho urs eac h. with about 600 800 hours per year. Pre-flight work invo lves a
review of the survey area and establishment o f
" ni ght lines" used for precise nav igation.
NO AA' s Bell 2 12 heli copters an: modi fied with extended landing struts and an equipment pod co ntaining L1DAR and video hardware. Green and Infrared lasers arc used.
direct ed by a gyro sta hilized (optica l) scanner
linked to an inertial refere nce system that
compe nsates for aircraft mo tions.
Usin g mathematically-coordin ated hardware and software. variab les such as aircraft
speed and attitude. aircraft GPS coord inates
(differential GP S l. flight line position. laser
power. water surface wav e heights. water
den sity. clarity and subsurface attributes are
recorded .
Laser pulses or "so undings" (a term or iginating wit h the older aco ustic mea surement
system) are made lip to 200 times per second.
resulting in acc urate depth measurement s over
a unifor m four square meter gr id. Published
vertica l accuracy is plus or minus fifteen centimeters. ' v ith hori zontal accuracy at plus or
minus three meters. Data poi nts and supplemental information are record ed on duul Smm
tape driv es with a rate of 300kb per seco nd.
Within the trailer. a Sun -4/S PARC 10
Supe rcomputing Wor kstatio n with 160Mb of
memory. 10Gb of di sk space and an Exa byte
8500 tape dri ve an: used for post-flight data

U.S. ARMY CORPS

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A model ofpu blic-private

cooperation, the project is also an
alphabet soup ofacronyms!

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environmental studi es and eme rgency planning. In each cascocusto mers are shown that
SHOA LS is cos t-e ffective in te rms of speed
a nd acc uracy at a level aga inst whic h a shorebased survcy pa rty or vesse l-ba sed acoustic
syste m j ust can no t co mpete.
A lso im portan t is the priva te-sector co nncction in SHOA LS. Com mercial LIDAR
applica tio ns and private research are fully
end or sed . with the expectation tha t addi tional
work in this sci e nce w ill result in equipme nt
improvem ent s and cost red uctio ns.

Future Endeavors

Clickab le map OI l th e S II OA LS website gives specific inf ormation about projects

underway or already completed. Th e dark ened states or region s are the acti ve sites.
processing . Add itional co mputers are used
for geographic data man ipulations (co ntouring . mapping , etc. ), mission planning a nd
adm inistrat ion . Each hour of data collec tion
requi res a n hour of da ta processing. keep ing
SHOA LS staff bu sy on the ground as we ll as
in the a ir. The "final product" o f survcy data bases and two - and three-dim e nsiona l plo ts
a rc written to C D ROM .

SHOALS Radio Frequencies

Primary air-ground:
164.075 MHz
Secondary air-ground: 164.025 MHz
(Local tower/approach
Air traffic control:
treqs.)
(Cellulartelephones)
Mobileofficecoord.:
Information Source
JeffUllycrop. Director US Army Engineer
Waterways Experiment Station
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Marketing

Additional Information and Graphics

Plans for the ex per ience d S HO A LS team

include the de velopment of a Rem otely Piloted Vehicle (RP V) for militar y applications.
Harbor survey ing. am phibio us assault missions. and covert operat ions will bene fit grea tly
from nea r rea l-time. accurate mapp ing ofhostile coast lines.
"Se nsor fusion" is al so on the horizon,
using computer -enhanced com bina tio ns of
optica l and e lec tronic ima ging to produce
e ven more descripti ve maps and charts .
So . the ne xt tim e you look at a coastal map.
he ar abo ut nav iga tional cha nne l ma intena nce
on mari ne-band freque nc ies, or watch Eme rge ncy Man agem ent wor kers utte r a disaster,
rem ember thi s unique team project. Yo u can
thank SHOALS for providing a high-tech nology . user -frie nd ly. cost-effecti ve da ta source
that has improved the safe ty of our coastal
waterways.

may beviewed at
Although heli copters. mobile work stations
I Differential GPS is adata srrea m of'correc ted
and a highly special ized team arc ex pe nsi ve.
http://Shoals.sam.usace.army.mll
G lobal Positionin g System (GPS ) sate llite
S HOALS ha s re volu tioni zed co asta l survey inform ation . used to prov ide e xtremely acc uing hy provid ing a prod uct neverbcfore ava ilrate locati on coord inates.
able. at any co st. T his gov em mc nt-o wne d. co ntractoropera ted program se rves as
a technology demonstrator
for potcntialcusto mers w hile
fu lfill ing operat io na l re quirements o f e xistin g e lients.
T hi s "c lie nt b as ed"
met hod of marketing has
bee n par t of the SHOA LS
po licy since its incep tion .
Arm y Engi neer projects give
lifc t" SHOALS. butequallydemandi ng Na vy and Nationa l Ocean Service work
broaden the sys terns ex posure. Sture a nd loca lgovcmm eri ts arc also courted as
en d- us ers. es pec ia lly fo r
Photograph and S H OA LS contour map of New Pass Channel between Longboat and Lido Keys in
coas tal zon e managemen t,

Florida. (Courtesy S HOA LS)

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Moech 1998

Getting t~ Most
Out ofYour
Frequerzey Counter
By Haskell Moore, KB5WIX

ne of the favori te too ls of the

trade for any serious scanning
ent hus ias t is the freq ue ncy
coun ter. It can be the key to unlock ing so me o f
the most interesting and exc iting scanning
action us it unfo lds. However. for those who
don ' t under stand the fundamentals of ho w a
co unte r wo rks. it ca n be an end less source of

disappointment and frustration. In this article.

we' ll attempt 10 shed some light on the cap :'lbilities and lim itat ion s of frequ ency counters.
A nd for those of yo u who ' ve been using yo ur
cou nter for awh ile. we' ll incl ude some tips to
hopefull y increase yo ur success.
First. let' s start with a sho rt discuss ion o f
freq ue ncy co unter fundame ntals. Briefl y
stated, a freq uency counter is an electro nic
dev ice used to measure the frequency of a
nearb y tran smitter, The cou nter will on ly acquire an accur ate reading when the signal
fro m source is relatively close by (referred 10
as " nea r field") and is approx imately fifteen to
twent y decibels stro nger than the ambie nt
signal level for a period long enough to acqui re a reliab le readi ng.
Som e co unters tod ay em ploy nne or more
filter circuits to red uce false readin gs. Th e
most elementary of these fil ters simply ensures that a consistent signal is present for a

rour fr equency c(~ llI r ter must he a dud. J OlI think. You 're standing right under the
tower. hut it still call 't pick up the frequ ency! What gives?
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sustained du ration (approxi ma tely six milliseco nds) before indicating a readi ng. More
sophisticated filters , such as those found on
the Op toe lectro nics Scout , * use a microproce ssor whic h will almost eliminate false readings .
Another desirab le feature to look for in a
counter is an electronic memory to store the
frequenc y readings it has obtained. Typically
from one to three frequencies may be stored,
then reviewed at a later time and en tered into
a sca nner. Other counte rs, such 3S the Scout,
can store up 10 four hundred frequencies, as
we ll as the number of times a signal W3 S
recei ved at each frequency. The Scout also
offers an ICOM CI-V interface. which enables it to automatically tune a C I-V con trolled scanner (such as the AOR 8000) to 'h e
same freq uency that the Scou t intercepts.

Understand ing the Principle

To better under stand how a freque ncy
co unter works, we' Il try a simple analogy .
Let' s say that you' re in a gymnasium with
only one other perso n who is at the far op posite end o f the gym from you. As this person
begins to spea k softly, you can hear the sound
of their voice, but cannot discern what' s bein g
said.
Now let' s assume that the person spea king
represe nts the signal source (transmitter) and
you represent the freq uency co unter. Ju st as
you are unable to hear what is being spoke n,
the co unter is unable to acquire the freque ncy
of a signal that is too far away . In o ur gym nasium scenario, you would have to move close
to the other perso n. or the other person would
have to speak louder for you to understand
what was being said.
Correspondingly. with a frequen cy count er
attempting to receive a weak signal. the signal
source would either have to incre ase its power
or, more likely, you would have to move
clo ser to the signa l before you could obtain a
readi ng.

Understanding the Problems

To und erstan d another di lemma when using a freq uency counter, let's again use our
gy m ana logy . However, this time you' re surrou nded by a circle of peop le, all at an equa l
di stance, and all talking at the same time at
approximately the same volume. All you can
make ou t is aj umble of voices, a low roar, but
no single voice is discernib le.
Th is is ana logous to what happen s when
you try to usc a frequency co unter in an
environment where you' re surrounded by a
number of strong signals. This co ndition,

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These two antenn a covers hide antennas fo r 460 Mliz communications and an 800
MH z mobile data terminal. But they didn 't f ool tile fre quen cy counter.
he ca n' t seem to get a single good reading.
On a typical day . there' s a pretty high
probab ility that many o f the transmitt er s are
acti ve simultaneously.This is partic ularly true
if one or more of those antennas are attached
to a page r transmitter or cell phone transceiver, both of which transmit almost ceaselessly. All of these simu ltaneo us signals ereute RF chaos that simply overloads the
co unter and render s it useless. The
counter can' t clearly d iscern o ne signa l
from the other. and therefore ca nnot
provide an accurate readin g from any
single transmitter.
Again , for you to obtai n an accurate
reading. one single transmi tter must be
substantially stronger than the others .
Unfortunately , since the anten nas are
all so close together, moving closer to
the tower usually won ', help . To further
complicate matters, the base of an antenna tower is usuall y where the weak est emi ssion of the signal is found .
Th is is the prim ary reason it is so
diffi cult to obta in a good reading from a
weak sign al source in an urban environment saturated with high levels of radio
frequency (RF) ene rgy . One o nly has tu
loo k at the tops of the many buildings in
the area to understand why . Withi n one
thousand fcct of my o ffice in downtown
Houston, Texas. are at least three hundred antennas, some transmitting at more
than four hundred watts! Co nsequently,
Some scanners can be automatically tuned by a frequencycounter has very little chance
of locking o nto any single signal long
a sophisticated frequen cy counter.

known as a high ambient noise floor. occ urs

whe n mu ltiple transmitt ers in the sa me vicinity arc all emitting signals at roughly the same
level.
A typical exa mple of what C~\I1 occ ur is
when an inexp erienced co unter user positio ns
himse lf at the base of :'1 radio tower with
fifteen or twenty antennas clearly in view. yet

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Antenna configurations/or variou s applications, left to right : 440

MHz ham; collapsible; Camel "Miracle Baby " great for 800 MHz;
440/1 meter ham; cellular (800 MH z) and trunk; MA X antenna
800 MHz.
All antenna lower with multiple antennas and
multiple users will probablyjust confuse a
frequency count er and frustrate the user.

Be prepared ...

To screen out signals )'011 don't want, custom-fit a jilter and the antenna to your desired target. Pictured below left is a
filler coupl ed with a greal800 MHz antenna. This collapsible antenna (middle) all an Opto MI counter can be
customized 10 the desired f requency rouge. (Right) DOli 'I be afraid 10 experiment!

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If yo u don't wan t to carry aro und several

anten nas wi th you , it m igh t be w ise to inv es t
in a co llap sible a nten na with a BNC connector ( the co nnector ty pe fo und o n most
counters). T o calc ulate how fa r to ex te nd the
antenna. d ivide 2808 by the target transmitter "s
frequ e ncy an d the resu lt is the approximate
best antenna leng th in inch e s. For e xample if
yo u we re tryin g to ca pture a business radio in
the 460 MH z range . 2ROR /460 wo uld yie ld
6. 1, or approximately six inche s. Now , wi th
your antenna adj usted to that le ngth , yo u
stand ;'1 m uch better cha nce of success !
Another tr ick of the trade is to e mp loy a
filte r. whic h is inse rted bet ween the counter
a nd the an te nna. to help isolate the targ et
freque ncy . A fi lte r ba sica lly atte nuates unwa nted sig nals whi le all owing those in the
target ra nge to pass th ro ugh to the co unter .
Subsequently. the counter then doc s no t hav e
tocontcnd wit h as many con flic ting sig na ls as
it attem pts to lock o nto the target.
T here arc three types of filte rs co m mo nly
Th e fre quency counter snagged this
used : low pass, high P ;'ISS and no tc h, T he
Yagi used by th e flood control district
c harac te ristic s of the fill er (w hic h freq uentransmitting at 169 J\ II /;;.
cie s it w ill pa ss and which it will at tenu ate o r
red uce) arc sho wn 0 11 the filte r' s spc ci fi caenoug h to acq uire a read ing unle ss the signa l is
lions. For e xa mple. a 50 MHz lo w pa ss fil ter
e ithe r very strong or very close,
would on ly pass freq uenc ies fro m 50 MHz
downwa rd. and wou ld gre at ly atte nuat e any Counter Solutions
thing abo ve that range. An saoMHz hig h pass
T he re arc. ho we ve r. a fe w trick s vo u ca n use filter wi ll atte nua te e ve ry thi ng bel o w, while
to ra ise the od ds a bi t in yo ur f<lV~lr. First . it passi ng those freq ue ncies above 800 M Hz.
A notc h filter is de signed to a tte nua te a
he lps co nside rably if yo u kno w a hit abo ut the
sig na l you ' re tryi ng to measu re .
A s a rul e of thumb. the lon ger the an tenna.
the lower the frequen t')' of the rran sm iu er. For
cxample.aquarte r-wavc a nte nna fora citize n' s
ban d radio. whic h o perates at about 27 MHz.
is approximately 102 inc hes in leng th. A q uarter-wave a nten na for a two -m eter a nd se ve ntv ce ntime ter ham radio is ap pro ximately nin etee n inc hes and six inch e s, respect ivel y. A
q ua rte r-wa ve ce ll phon e ant en na is a scant
three inc hes in lengt h.
So how docs kno win g the approx imate
freq ue ncy o f the target help"! Wel l. if yo u ca n
get yo ur co unter an te nna as cl ose to reso nant
a s possible with th e target transmincr ' s <Intcn na, or a t lea st wi thin the sa me hand . the
efficien cy of yo ur co un ter wi ll go up substa ntia lly. Th is m ay m ean carr yi ng se ve ral diffe rent antennas in you r equ ipment bag . Then . for
example. when you se e the loc al volu nteer fire
departmen t using radios wit h inordi natclv lon g
a ntennas. yo ur be st bel is to usc the h;nges~
ant e nna ava ila ble, Converse ly. wh en try ing to
capture a signa l up in the sao MHz ra nge. a
sma ll stun o f an antenna w ill actually I,vc rk 1111 800 lU ll:. an tenna used 011 th e
llarris County trunked system
bet te r than a lo ng on e.

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Knowing the ge neral ran ge a/ the target

frequency call help; the antenna all this
handh eld tells us it's a lo w baud
ce rtain frequency range. suc h as the FyI broadcas t band fro m 88 MHz to I m~ Ml-l z. but will
a llow everything to pass ab ove an d bc low that
range. The co mbination o f the rig ht a nte nna
and a goo d fi ller can do wo nders to increase
the ra ngc a nd effic iency o f your co unter.
O ne co mmo n m istake yo u sho uld a void is
the use of a broad ba nd preamplifie r be tween
the coun ter and ant enna. It see ms to mak e
sense that ify ou amplify the incom ing sig na l.
yo u sho uld be able to increase the ranee of the
counter. H O W C \ Cf. not on ly are you ;mplifying the sig nal of the inte nded targe t. but you
a mp lify a ll the co mpeting sig na ls a nd intro d uce RF noise to the co unte r. ;'IS wel l. ...
Besides, most mode rn co unte rs already ha ve
a prea mplifie r as pan of their c ircuitry,
Fina lly. do n' t be a fra id 10 ex perime nt w ith
d ifferent ant ennas and filters. W ith a bi t of
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Fre q uen cy co unters co ntinue 10 be an exce llent too l for the ir origina l in ten ded pu rpose
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o utput freq ue ncy of a tran sm itter. B ~t thev
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The Dog Eat Dog World

of the 1998

(Consumer Electronics Show)

By John Catalano

he consume r electronics business is

one of the most insanely exciting businesses in the world. Even the best prod-

uct s arc conside red " o ld" and past their re venue producing life cycle in e ightee n month s
or less! You can imagine what that mean s to

the pace of work at consumer electronic companies.

Once a year these "insa ne asy lums " called

vie we r a " higher defin ition " picture with more

det ail.
Th omson (RCA ). Pa uusoni c. Hitach i. Ze nith. Pioneer. Sharp. Jv 'C. Sony and Mitsubi sh i
a ll ex hibited HDT V at CES 199H. The improved ima ge qu alit y was immedia tely appare nt. wi th (he HDT V imag es loo king more like
a crisp 35nlm projected slidc tha n a TV screen.

co nsume r e lec tro nics compani es gathe r to

show the world, and each other. the results of

their past twelve month s' creative efforts.
Welcome to the International Consumer Electro nic s Show - or as it's know n in the trade.
simply CES. Let' s take a tour around the 199H
CE S, whic h wa s held in Las Vcgas, Nevada ,
Janu ary 8th- 11th .

"0" Slars of CES 1998

CES pro mo ters proclaimed (he main them e
for (his year ' s show to be the long-awaited
HDT V. High Defin ition Televi sion .This product. whic h (he po litician s of 1991 prom ised
wo uld be the salvatio n of the then fa iling
wo rld economy. has finally arri ved .
HDTV initiall y promised to brin g a high e r
resolu tion picture to our TV screens... A TV
pictu re is a collectio n of dots. or pixe ls. whi ch
our bruins integrate into a wh ole ima ge. Reta rive to c urrent T V standards . HDTY ima ges
have smaller pixel s. Th erefore . more pixe ls
ca n be cramme d into an im age giv ing the
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Selectccb 's Allcontro ller lets you

remote control you r compu ter.

If you hav e S5000 burnin g a hole in your

pocket then yo u are rea dy for HDTV. now !

But a few of the man ufacturers whom 1spoke
with do not feel that HDTV will have consume r acce ptance until the reta il price can be
brought " much lower ," O nly when they can
" provide the righ t produ c t at thc right price"
wi ll they fully launch HDT V intn the mainstrea m cons umer market. Until then it will be
a fla g-ship. high- end. low sales prod uct.
Howe ver. HDTV wilt become a standard if
thc US government has its way . A usually
reli able source indicates the re newa l of US
TV licen ses go "q uicker and easier" if they
include plans and dates for broad cast ofHDTV.
Currently, Harr is Co rp is bu sy installin g
HDT V tran smission gear in the fie ld . Pub lic
Se rvice Broad ca sting (PBS ) and the C BS netwo rk were providin g HDTV pro grammi ng
from the ir ex per ime nta l stations.
T here wa s a little "slight-of-hand" a lso
help ing the HDTV image: Most of the HDTV
demonstration s uti lized the new ly deve lope d.
large area (3 feet by 2 feet and bigger ) flat
sc reen displ ays (FP D). which were first show n
at Fall 97 CO M DEX last Novembe r. Th ese
S 15.000 FPDs beaut ies ma ke e ve n our c urre nt
TV images look sharpe r. Th e marri ag e of
HDT V and FPD makes for e xci ting viewing.
Ad d to thi s a Dolby Digit a l Su rround sound
syste m and it bec ome s an im pressive ex perience .

ab le for over eig ht years. but has not

been w idely accepted. The large
phy sica l size and deli cate na ture of
the LP record-sized disc wa s a negative fac tor to many con sumers. Reme mbe r. we we re still in the proc ess
The ad vantag e of digital video disks is
of replacin g our LP record s with
immediately obvious; but will the public buy it ?
sma ller Com pact Discs .
As 11 result of impro ved optica l coding
Quadraphonic 1998 Style
methods and e lectro nics. To shiba, Philips,
Back in the se ve nties au dio manufacture rs
Pioneer. T hom so n. Panasonic and J VC all
attempted to co nvince the consume r that they
intro d uced DV D players at the 1998 C ES.
should re place their twe nty-year o ld, two chanDV D furt her inte nsifies the ho me theate r exncl stereo sys tems with ne w four c hanne l
pe rience . On e co mpany de mo nstrated a side Qu adraphonic sys tems. T he idea was that 4by-side compari so n o f a mo vie on video tape
Channel wo uld give the audio phile liste ning
and the same mo vie on DVD. The greatly
to records. eig ht tracks a nd compac tca sse ttes.
im pro ved qual ity o f the video was imm edi new " aud ible spac ial d imensional informaate ly obvious. The fullness of the so und was
tion ."
also qu ick ly evid ent.
Thi s wa s to allo w the listener to experience
the subtle aco ustics of the record ing venue.
It's Now or Never
"Ju st Like Bein g The re," read one 4-Chan ncl
co mpa ny ' s ad ca mpaign . JVC, GE . RCA and
DV D players wcre introduced in late 1997
H.H. SCOtl. to na me a few . led the failed with less tha n the expected reception from the
c harg e. The co nce pt died a painful a nd co stly
pub lic. Consum crconfusion between the lookdeath a few yea rs later.
alike $99 audio C D pla ye rs and $500 DVD
Since the n, a nc w use for sound sys te ms
machi nes didn 't he lp sales . T hc small num ber
has emerge d for which spaci a l inform ation of avail able DVD programmi ng added to
adds sig nificantly to the ente rtainment : hom e
DV D' s sales pro blems.
theater. Watchin g the ope ning sequence o ft he
Th is year, a ll DVD ma nufac tu rer s are planmo vie Independence Day and havi ng the huge
ning heavy ad cam paigns to educate the co na lien mother ship rum bling fro m beh ind you. sumer as to the be nefits of DVD. M any ne w
over your head, a nd the n acce lera ting away in DVD titles a rc bei ng introd uced week ly and
now availab le. e ven in di scount clubs suc h as
fro nt of yo u. is a tota l experience .
Do lby Su rround AC-3 provides fiv e to- Sa m's and Cos tco.
tally independe nt chan ne ls of audio: le ft. cenW ill DVD bec ome a success? DVD sales
te r, right . rear left and rear right. And for the did hit their predi cted mark at Chris tmas and
real audio c razies it also giv es yo u a ch ann el
have sta rted the new year with a spike, higher
ju st dedicated to low frequency effect s! T he
tha n ex pec ted. A lot of companies are belli ng
mo vie title BI O\r1I A way co mes to mind .
o n DV D ' s success in 1998.
Now, thi s syste m is not ne w. First pate nted in 1992, it beg an to be ava ila ble to
the co nsume r in mid- 1995 among the highcost, $800 and up audio equipment, At
the 1998 CES. Pion eer introduced Dolby
Digita l among the ir mid priccd audio
produc ts . Econ om ica lly respon sib le
hom e the ater is now a step closer for
consu mer s.

HD TV was given a helping hand by the

new flat screen displays, which enhance
any image.
Please Reboot Your Car Stereo
In the e arly eighties the j oke in the industry
was that someone had de velo ped a ca n op en er
whic h used a microprocessor . Compa nies realized that the microprocessor had capture d
the imagin ation of the co nsumer a nd could be
used to " hook" sa les.
We ll. wel come toCES 1998 and W ind ows
CE! It see ms like deja-m all over again.
Microsoft. not content with ha ving a firm hold
on the computer indu st ry. has qui e tly and
diligently been digging into ot her co ns umer
area s. Windows CE (co ns umer electronic s),
is an operating syste m which can be co nfigured to run PD As (person al data assistant s),
DVDs. TV . aud io eq uipmen t ... and eve n ca r
radios (reme mber the ca n o pene r") !

9981nternat
10nal

1998 The Year of DVD

T he Dig ita l Vid eo Disc (DVD ) is
at a "m ake or break" stag e in its
devel opment. Thi s video medi a
com bines the phy sica l size o f the
success ful audio Com pact Disc a nd
the high q uality video/audio per fonnance o f the not-so-successful
Laser Disc.
T he Laser Disc med ium has bee n ava il-

Blame It on EI Nino

Philip s' Ni no (anothe r e ffec t of El

N ino? ) is a palm-sized pe rsonal co mputer (PC ) that uses a versio n of W in de w s C E c alle d G ryph on. Nino is
po ck e t- s i zed . h a s a p e n -d r i ve n
tou ch scree n, an infrared data port. a
bui lt-in 28 .8 kbps mod em , uses a 32 -bit
RISC processo r. an d is ava ilable in 4 and
8 Mb vers ions for $339 and $4 49 . This
will compete directly w ith a Pilot PDA .
Casio and LG Electronics (form erly
GoldStar) annou nced that they will introduce a palm PC March/ April 98. Casio' s
Cassiopeia E- I0 will he a 4 MB palm PC and
cost $399. Watch this produ ct area carefully.
If the laptop/desktop big boys feel the co mpetition this co uld ex plode , w ith the consume r be ing the winner.

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 Sublime to Ridiculous
C lar ion' s A uto PC is, um... . a un iqu e
product. HO\\' ab out throw ing a ll sorts o f
thin gs into a car rad io and calling it ... an Au to
PC ? How about a lack of orig inal ideas?
Th e Auto PC fits into a sta nda rd DIN
dashboard slot. It is Wi ndows C E controlled
and incl udes CD player. AM fFM radio. ad dress boo k organizer. navigational system. an
infrar ed da ta por t. a nti a full LC D screen as
used on digita l c ame ras. The radio pull s out of
the dashboard and tilts up to re veal its screen.
A t a recent nati onal la w enforceme nt COIltere nce. data was prese nte d which showe d
that the number o f accidents du e to "ce llphon c
pre occ upatio n" wa s rising to the le vel of alco ho l related acc ide nts .Thi s produ ct could ma ke
dru nk dr iving nu mb er two !
On e red ee ming value of the Au to PC is its
use of voice inp ut co mma nds. It respond s to
200 vo ice requests to adjust the radi o, CD and
navigational system . T his is an excellent use
of\Vind ows CE, Its text-to-speech feat ure can
also re ad you the displayed text informati on .
But how many of us use our keyb oard
w ithout looking at our displays often? T he
heads-up-disp lay (HU D), used by tig hter pilot s, had bet ter be qui ckly de ve loped for c ivilian auto mobiles, before the hum an race becomes ex tinct due to high-tech road accide nts.

A Quick Walk Around

CES is co mp rised of at least three se pa rate
conve ntion cente rs : Las Veg as Conventio n
Center and the Hilton and Sa nds Hot els co nven tio n ce nters . It' s a lot to cov er . T he following are a sampling o f un ique pro duct s show n
at the 1998 CES .
IBM introduced a 16 gigabi t hard dri ve
which uses Giant Magne tores istive (G MR)
he ads. It can hold ove r seve n hours o f full
mot ion video or ton s of printed pag es . Beta

Th e Casio palm PC is on e of se veral

competitors which may brin g th e pric e
do wn,

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unit s are now out in the field with produ ctio n

unit s to " follow soon. "
T homson showed a handhel d scanner ,
mode l RCA RP6198 di rected to race car enthusia sts. T he user program s the car' s numbe r
into the mem ory and the sca nne r co nve rts it to
a Frequency.
Also from Th omson is an inter estin g mix
of equipme nt and funct ions in its nig ht table
clo ck radio with a built-in car bo n mon oxide
(COJ detcclOr. T he idea is that CO kill s du ring
slee ping hours. usu ally fro m fau lty heatin g
system s, Look for mode l GE7-4882 if you
ha ve a need for such a " unique" produ ct.
U niden demonstra ted a voice co m mand
cord less phone , EXV98 Voice DiaL It holds
up to thirt y names and numbers that ca n be
ver ba lly stored and then dialed by sa ying the
name, At $ 199 it see ms light of value.
Sciko' s handheld Quic ktio nary co nverts
the wr itten work of one lan guage to that of
another. Th e dif feren ce is that thc Q uicktionary
"pe n" uses an opt ica l sensor to read the word
to be tran slated . T he tra ns lated word is then
displaye d on its LCD, It is plan ned for market
introdu ction in late 1998 w ith a price aro und
5250. Spanish. French and English tra ns lation
capability will be first.
Con trolling a screen wit h " the wave of
yo ur hand " desc ribes Se lec tcc hs ne w
Allco ntro ller wireless remo te contro l product. Using paten ted infrared two -w ay tech nology , the comp uter user j ust holds the w ireless Allco ntroller and poin ts it di rectly at the
screen position whe re they wan t the cursor.
The "c ursor follows eve ry mov eme nt of your
han d." Pretty uniqu e stuff! It works ou t to 20+
feet. It a lso ca n be switched by the user to ac t
as a wire less trac kball with a 40+ foo t ra nge .
In most ca ses no so ftware insta llation is requi red . All this, a nd a desk mou se whic h
dou bles as the IR base, goes for $ 109.
New a nd old medi a ca pabi litie s are co mbined in Pio nee r's DV-L 909 com bi- player. It
can play DVDs, Laser Discs, audio CD s and
video CDs. Th e gra phical user interface (GU n
really made using it simple anti easy. Watch
for it this mo nth at aro und $999.
Te xas Instrument s show ed a video projec tor which was a co llabor ation w ith NEC. The
image could be blow n-up 10 movie thea te r
(c ine ma ) size wi th high brightness and very
high qualit y. At $45 ,000 it ma y revoluti on ize
the movie theat er bu sin ess.
Th er e wa s not muc h really ne w from the
radio companies . Th e exce ptio n was ICO M,
which was show ing off the ir PC wide ban d
radio, the PC-ICR 1000. T he rumor there was
that ICO M wa s ope ning the software to thi rd

Th e l com PC1CRIOOO was one of the

few 1Iew radios 0 11 display.
part ies, so wa tc h for new software add-ons
an d ope ration syste ms to co me fro m the usu al
co mm unica tio ns software peopl e.
Un ide n wa s ag ai n show ing off th ei r
tru nk ing ca pab le scanner. Lots of stands , incl udi ng Motorola and Maxon, were showing
Fa mily Radi o Se rv ice wa lkie-talkie produ cts
- ci tizens band (CB ) far the nineties. Maxon ' s
booth see med slanted to wa rds CB w ith all
ve rsions bein g sho wn.
T he CB/NOAA weathe r-capable radio is
back makin g the ro unds. In fact , one co mpa ny
wa s making a big splas h conce rning their
wea ther alert rad io tha t beeps whe n bad
weath er is approaching. I bought a very similar radio in 1974 from K-Mart. T went y-three
ye ars later it' s ne ws again.

My Feet are Killing Me

I apo log ize to all the other pro ducts that we
didn' t talk about, but I think we covered the
highli ght s. You can check out some (tho ugh
not yet all) of these produ ct s on the manufactur ers' web sites,
T he atte nda nce for CES was abo ut 35
perc e nt less tha n for CO M DEX (Computer
Di stributors' Ex position; see last month ' s MT
rep ort ) which took place the previou s month
at the same ve nue. The twice yearly CES of
the e ighties has bee n trimmed down to an
annua levent; now it's COMDEX that is go ing
stro ng twice a year. Th e 1998 Con sume r Elec tro nics Show left no doubt in anyo ne' s mi nd
that co nsumer e lectro nics is bein g dri ven by
ad van ces in co mp ute r tech nology . Th e tail
may fina lly ha ve begu n to wag the dog.

Be Well-Informed and Organized on the Hunt

isteners tend to overemphasize the

im portan ce of rece ivers and
antennas in great DXillg the art of receiving distant statio ns.
Othe r c ritica l c lem ent s suc h as Lime .
information. and orga nizatio n recei ve
scant attention. A IlC: W receiver hits
the market and ca ptures the bobby' s
attention for months: The folding ofa
short wa ve bull eti n is barel y men tinn ed . Yet th e pub licati on lik ely
played a greater role in what DXers
heard than d id the recei ver.
Th e most success ful DXcrs explo it

these cleme nts in addition 10 paying

d ose attention to their recei ver a nd antenna.Thi s article. while pro vid ing some

By Hans Johnson
general informationon receivers and antennas. will focus o n these elem ent " of time .
inform ation. and organ izatio n.

Receivers
America ns love techn ological solutions to " prob lems" and this hobb y is no
differe nt. Often the first question aske d

The clandestine La Voz de la

Federacion Mundial de Ex-Presos
Politico de Cubanos Dill)' issued
eight verification (QSL) cards. Only
two listeners outside of Florida were
able 10 ,-eriJythe station befor e it
was shut down by the FCC.
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MONITORING TIMES

21

in an interview with a wellnot listen during the week. Break

known DXer is. "What kind of
those big sessio ns do wn into
rece iverts) are you using'?" The
daily 20 minute to I hour blocks
interviewer assumes that the seand the odds of hearing unusual
cret to success lies in technology
stations jump dramatically . Un- a supcriorrcceiver. Yet a study
usual propagation conditions do
of contributors ' pages to sho rtnot escape the DXer who is liswave magazine s reveals that virtening everyday. nor does he
tually a ll of the well-known
miss the station that was only on
DXcrs only have one receiver.
the air for a few days.
Quite a few of them use rather
Bear in mind that pubmodest receiv ers. such as the
lished logs describe what was
So ny 20 1O. Great DXing cannot
heard. but they do not reflect
O HDA CORTA
be achieved solely by purchashow many times the DXer tried
AM :
ing an expensive receiver.
for the station before hearing it.
790 K H Z
Having said that. what constiNor are there any logs of statutes an adequate receiver'! Actions that a DXer has attempted
curatc dial readout. whether digito hear for years . but failed to do
FM ESTEREO PAVUNIA 88.1 MHZ
tal or analog . Single sideband
so. Great catches can be luck.
capa bility. and both wide and
but theydemonstrate persistence
narrowfilt ers. A notch filter. passmuch more often.
band tuning. and an automatic gain
\Vhen to listen depend s on
control are also nice. Many new and
what the objec tive is. DXers scanold receivers. both tabletop and porning the bands can listen at any time, but
table models. fit this bill . OXers lacking
some times are more producti ve than othmost of these elements in their current reers . In most areas of the world. the DXer
ceiver should consider purchasing a different
tuning the Trop ical Bands will want darkne ss
receiver. Receivers arc best purchased through
or near dark ness at his location. The DXer
trying for a particu lar region of the world
major domestic suppliers who offer demonstration and used equipment at reasonable
studies loggings sections to see when that
prices . $600 is all it takes. from a receiver
region is heard by other DXers in his part of
standpoint. to be on equal footing with any
the world and then listens at these times .
Th e Argentine station Radio Malargue
OXer.
The same method is used for hearing a
will sent a pennant along with a QSL
particular station. If the station has not been
card for a correct reception report,
Ant ennas
heard for a while. a OXer should try for it
when other stations from the same region are
Antennas are also an overrated element.
Apartment dwellers who cannot have out- being heard.
Some listeners assume that they cannot hear
side ante nnas can tack a wire aro und the walls
cena instations because of theirantenna setup. of their radio room. A temporary outside
Information
Or they jump to (his conclusion after reading antenna. which can betaken in and ourquickly,
abo ut acertain DX ers elaboruteantenna setup should also be considered . Most DXing ocSuccessful DXers spend time obtaining
and surmise that they won' t be able to hear the curs at night. so the chances of the antenna information in order to focus and improve
same suuions. Yet they conve niently ignore
being discovered are minimal! Stri ng the best their listening sessions. The well-informed
the other side or the ledger: that is. good
antenna possible, but do not allow the antenna DXer now knows when and where to tune.
listeners with simple antennas. What is true
Even if on ly weak signals arc detected. this
to determ ine what stations to go after.
for receivers also app lies to antennas. as many
listener
knows they are of interest and will
With an adequate receiver and the best
well-known DXcrs use simple. inexpensive antenna possible. the DXcr should now focus make the best logging possible. The unpreantenn as.
attention on the critic al areas mentioned ear- pared DXcr will be very lucky to "discover"
If possible, antennas should be strung out- lier. T hc first of these is Time.
this signa l while j ust tuning around through
side and as high as possib le. Insulated wire
the bands. Logging it. particularly if it is a
will work as well as bare and lasts a 10 1 longer. Time
weak signal. is much more difficult as the
Stan off with a simple piece of wire strung in
listener has a lot less information to work
Time is when a listener tunes thc dials and with. The know ledgeab le OXer will know of
the yard. If this is not satisfactory . be willing
huw often. The best catche s are not audible tests and special broadca sts that the ill-into experiment and try differeru types of antennas. T he North American Short w ave Asso- every day: they may only be heard twice a fonn ed one will miss.
month or once a season. Alternatively, a staciation (NAS\VA) Journal ' offer s reprints of
Tuning and station informa tion is availseveral differe nt antenna articles. Antenna tion may only be on the air for a short time due able via printed materials. over the Internet.
and on OX shows. However it is delivered. the
experime nts will be much cheap er by build- to political or financial circumstances.
SOIllC DXers lend to have one or two big infonnation can be broken down into two
ing the antennas rather than buying them
listening sess ions on the weekend s. but then broad categories. Listening guides are annua l
ready-made.

22

MONITORING TIMES

March 1998

publ ications that either cover the entire spec trum ur narrow the focus base d on criteria
such as region. freq uency. or station network ,
O ther media pu blicize le ggings in addit ion to
provid ing information on new stations or
cha nges with existin g ones.
An informed Dx cr' s med ia list incl udes
the following resources (sec side bar for detail s).
DXers should get both the World Radio Tv
Ha n d b o o k ( WR T H ) an d Passport 10
wortdbun d Radio (P WBR) annually.
Th ere arc several exce llent so ft-copy publicati ons for the DXcr with Internet acce ss:
DX Willdow. Broadcastin g DX (BCDXJ. Electronic DX Press (EDXPJ. and Cmnbre DK.
Th ose without Internet access should take
out a subscription to the North American
Shortwave Association 's Journal and the
Danish Shortwave Ctub International's
(DS WClJ SllOrn"a"e News. Stud y the logg ings
in both and the section entitled . Listener's
Notebook (NASW Ai. World N,...s. and DX
Ne...s and Tips (DSWCI) .

DXers without a com pute r and unable to

afford the abo ve-mentioned SUbscriptions
sho uld focus on sho rtwave shows. Monitoring Times publi shes schedules for these programs every three month s in its Shortwave
Guid e sec tion. The programs pro vidin g the
most pertinent information are: lVorld of Radio, DXing witlt Cusnbre. Media Network;DX
Purtyiin e and Communications World.

Organization

Christia n Voice of Zambia sent

this rare min i-poster to some of the fi rst
listeners to verify the station,

Resources for the Informed DXer

Both the World Radio Tv Han dbo ok and thePa"'port to World BandRadio are ava ilable
from Gro ve Enterpri ses. Se e their adv erti sing insert in this magazine for more information.
Listeners who cannot afford these books can write the Cumb re DX book proje ct at : P.O.
Box 392. Od enton. MD 2111 3. USA. lf available, an older copy of one of these boo ks will
be sent to yo u.
Soft-cop y DX publications are generally free to those contributing to them . Here are the
co ntact name s and addresses:

OX Wi ndow
BCDX
EDXP
CumbreDX

Finn Krone
<[email protected]>
Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]>
Bob Padula
<[email protected]>
Ulis Fleming
<[email protected]>

Q uer ies on subscription rates for the NASW A Journ al may be sent to: NAS WA , 45
Wild flower Road . Levittown . PA 19057. USA .
Q uerie s for Shortwave Ne ws may be sent to: DSWCI. Ta vleager 3 1. DK -2670 Greve.
De nmark. Or try the e-mai l address listed above for DX Window.
Sch edule tim es for Glenn Hauser' s lVorld of Radio can probably be found by lookin g
at Glenn' s co lum n on page 34. or via Internet at www.grove.netl-gha user/
Th e latest schedule of DXing with Cumbre, which is broadcast via WHRI and KWHR
is avail abl e via: WHRI. P.O. Box 12. Sooth Bend. IN 46624. USA : Internet h tlp:1I
www.grove.net/-cumbrel or <ul is @ix.netcom .com>
Radio Neth erl ands' M edia Network: can be reac hed at: P.O . Box 222. 1200 JG
Hilversum, The Netherl ands. Internet http:ttwww. r nw.Dlor <[email protected] l>
HCJB in Ecuador produces the DX Partyline: Casilla 17- 17-691 , Q uito. Ecu ador.
Internet h tlp:llwww.h ej b.org or <kmacharg @mhs.hcj b.com.ec>
Kim Elliott at the Voice o f America hosts Communicati ons World: Voice of America.
Wa shington. D.C. 2054 7, USA. Internet htlp:llwww.voa .gov or <[email protected]>

Succe ssful DXers must do more than j ust

monitor the abo ve media. They must organize
the gathered data in order to take adv antage of
it. Use the PIVBR and IVRTH as baselines and
then pencil new inform ation into the appropriate sections of these boo ks. Th e books
rem ai n up to date and new info rmation is
organized and eas ily found .
Cop ies of Intern et pub lica tions are be st
kept as so ft copies with eac h publi cati on being placed intua differeru file. Th e files qui ckly
become important references in themselves.
as any data can quickly he located using the
"search" tool.
Interesting schedules and Icngthy station
information from printed mate rials ca n be
clipped or photocop ied and then placed into a
WRTH or I' IVBR.
lrnportant audio clips from OX shows.
such as inter val signals or nation al anthems.
should be record ed .
Additional processin g occ urs with items o f
grea t interest . Th ese tips are made into a "hit
list." Th e hit list. organized by time. also has
field s for the co untry , station. and frequenc y.
The list is placed near the radio and serv es as
an instan t and constant reminder of targets
that a partic ular DXer is es pecia lly interested
in.

Conclusions
A receiver and antenna are necessary for
DX ing. but so is inform ation . Without such
infurm atiou . every DXcr wo uld be attempting
to slowly create a rad io database from scratch!
A more expensi ve recei ver or ante nna may
imp rove reception. but followin g the above
idea s imp roves liste ning dramatica lly and is
virtual ly free. Use the recomm end ed resourc es
to obtain the latest infonnation. Org anize that
informatio n to kee p reference books current
and ro crea rc a hit list .
Arm ed with your hit list. liste n daily, even
if it is only for 20 minutes. Be persistent and
nev er give up o n a station. Th e greatest joy
and greatest rewards await those who put in
their best. well-inform ed and org anized effort.

Ma rch 1998

MONITORING TIMES

23

MT

PROJ ECT

ASimple
Battery
DIScharger

PARTS LIST
RL :
relay, 5 vo lt de , SPDT (RS 275 -243)
LED: light emitting di ode, 12 volts (RS
276 -209 )
switch, momentary, pu sh button,
S:
SPST, normally open (RS 275- 1517)
po tentiome ter, 100 ohms, linear
R:
taper, not a trimmer
2
alligator clips or o ther means of
co nnecting to the battery

+
n Novem ber 199 3. the " Experi menters
, Wor kshop " colu mn in Monito ring Times
outlined pla ns for a very fine battery
charger. Here is a simple co m panio n device : a batter y discharger,
W hy wou ld anyone wa nt such a gadg et?
Most NiCd rec harge able batterie s d o not
recharge prop erl y unl ess they have first
been discharged to the ir design vo ltage.
T he co mmo n "s ix pack" of cells is full y
c harged at 8.64 volt s and fully di scharged at
6.0 volts. However. many pieces of electronic eq uipm ent.especial!y hand-h eld scanners, sto p worki ng when the battery vo ltage
d rop s ( 0 a figure co nside ra bly abov e 6 va lls.
To ass ure a proper charg e. the batte ry should
then be di sch arged to 6.0 vo lts befo re being
recharged .
Whi le it is possible to discharge the
batt ery by simply putt ing a resistor of appropriate va lue and wattage across the bat tery term inal s. such un cont roll ed d isch arging may drop the batte ry we ll below six
vo lts. possibly sho rte ning its useful life.
Th e simple device described here auto matica lly xto ps the dischar gin g at bou t six vo lts.
T he circ uit is sho wn in figure I. Point-topoin t wiring is suitable and the e ntire de vice
ca n be insta lled in a very sma ll project box
s uch as RS 270 -230 . Th e part s needed ar e
show n in the chart at top of the pag e .

24

MONITORING TIMES

March 1998

By Werner Heim

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sw itch depressed . Some ind ivid ual adju stment from this valu e may be necessary as
the co il resistanc e and drop- out volt age of
rel ays can vary from unit to unit.
To usc , connect the battery, observing
po larity. (I f polarity is reversed. no damage
is done. bu t the LED will no t light.) T hen

depress the swi tch momentaril y. The LED

should light up. When the LED goe s o ut. the
batt ery is at its proper disch arged vo ltage .
Let it stand for an hour o r so. then me asu re
its no-load vo ltage. If it is too low. increase
the resistance bet ween the external leads a
little : if too high. reduce this resista nce.
On ce the resistance has been prope rly
set. it sho uld need no further attenti on.
That ' s all ther e is to it!

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hese are exc iting time s in scanning. Som e grea t new products
have deb uted in the past yca r - most notabl y the Tru nktru ckc rs.
REL M' s CTCSS/ DCS-ea pahle scanners, and the PCR IOOO
from ICO M. In thin king about these and oth er radi os. howe ver. one
has to won der abo ut the ir va riou s feat ure s and how m an y of them arc

actually used.
In so me wa ys the bells and whistles arc ak in to the op tio nal
accesso ry list on a ca r, except that unfort unatel y. yo u don't have a
similar choke of features from which to pick and ch ouse. Whi le yo u
ca n o pt to purch ase a to ne board for the Unidc n Bearc at BC-7 60 Of
BC-9000. you ca n't . for example. elec t to save ten dollars by doing
aw ay with the Send key on the BC9000 when yo u ca ll yo ur order in
to a dealer.
So ofte n whe n co nsumers purch ase prod uct s, whether il be a cnr.
1.I VCR. o r most anything else, we have the choice of spe nding more
dollars to e ithe r upgrade a parti cul ar mo del w ith more accesso ries or
to step up in model cla ss to a more expensive. and more feature-laden.
edition. Ho w many of us have laid out more cash for the T V with
picture-in-picture, on ly to ne ver usc it? Ho w many of us ha ve laid o ut
extra do ugh to purc hase the sca nner with 500 c hanne ls. o nly 10 usc
300 o r so"!
Here ' s a "q uick-and -dirty" list of oft en little-used sca nner feutures. Your co m ments and add itio ns to th e list would be ap prec iated .

Over 300 or 400 channels

Ho w man y of us rea lly sc an more than this number ofc hunnc ls OI l
o ne tim e on any scanne r? It ' s like try ing to search the 22 5 ~ 40 0 MH/.
m ilitary airc raft ba nd by se tting the lim its at e ithe r en d of this
spec trum. It' s too muc h to se arc h at on e time, and yo u'H mi ss 10 0
m uch.
J ust like you 're co unse led to na rro w yo ur sea rc h range s. yo u
sho uld lim it the number o f c han ne ls yo u scan so yo u don 't miss
co nversations o n chan nel three. for ex ample. whe n yo ur scanner is
scan ni ng by c ha nnel 4 37 (a ltho ugh a fa st scan rate helps ).
While it may ma ke se nse to have a scan ner with sen ds of cha nne ls
if you loc k ce rtai n ban ks o ut each time you sC'IIl. the be st way to SC' Ul
in this man ne r no wadays is to usc a computer -progra mmab le (ami
co ntro llable ) scanne r into whic h yo u can downl oad yo urc ha nne l sets.

Data Key

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The Send Key

Th is is o ne of my fav ori te al l-tim e usele ss key s. Ho w ma ny of us
SEND the programm ing o f o ne channe l in to ano the r cha nnel? Don 't
we a ll j ust reprogram the rad io?

Turbo Scan or Search

Wh y wo uld n' t you wa nt tu scan or se a rch as fast as pos siblc? T his
feature is. we belie ve. mo re to sho w tha t the scanner c an be sped up
unli ke no o the r sc anner....and that yo u have the optio n to speed up at
yo ur o w n choos ing . T his foll o ws along nicely w ith o ur car a na logy .
However. in a car the re ' s usua lly an understandable trade -off - yo u
usuall y trad e gas- mileag e fo r spe ed . for exam ple.
BUI. with a sc anne r the re ' s no trad e-off. Yo u ga in not hing by
going slower: If yo u ca n searc h fa ster. the n go ahead and searc h faster.

Lockout Review
This isn' t a bad or usel ess fea ture : it' s j ust o ne that we lind we
hardl y eve r usc. Locko ut review allo ws yo u to ste p through the
c hannel s in the radio wh ich are lock ed o ut so yo u c an mak e the choice
of whethe r or no! yo u wish to unloc k them . It' s not so mething th is
au thor do es too ofte n. hUI we ' ll ta ke it.

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w hen we first saw this key on so me Unide n (and later. o n Unidc nbui lt Rad io Shack mod e ls). ma ny wo ndered . " wow. can I trac k a trun k
with th is o r pe rhap s foll ow M DT co m munica tio ns?" (No w that would
have bee n interes ring. )
A las, thc datu key a llows the sc a nne r to skip ce rtain paging
tran smi ssio ns (the bee ps a nd boo ps we co uld all cure le ss about).
Rea lly. ho w man y of us liste n to those pa ging freq ue ncie s to begin
wit h? (I' m not talkin g abo ut decoding them ...which is a se rio us no-

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no.) If yo u' re actua lly turned on by those pag er bee ps and boops.
plea se pu t this magazine dow n and immediate ly sec k assistan ce .
No o ne wo uld progra m 454.025 into their radio a nd no one wou ld
se arc h the 454~4 5 5 MHz band or any other pag ing po rtion of the
spec tru m, an yway. Sure. if yo u' re receiv ing intermod from th ose
grossly ove r-po wered pagin g tran smi tters. I suppose the data key
might hel p. And. if the manufacturer wants to thro w in th at or any
othe r flu ff-feature o n a rad io. we ' ll take it eve n if we ne ver use it. (I
ne ver adj ust the tilt stee ring on my car. but I did n' t choose nul to buy
the car beca use this featu re was incl uded .) Just, plea se. don' t try to
charge us e xtra for it!
O n the Tru nkTrack er s. the data key also now do ub les as a key to
e nter into th e fl eet -map progra mmi ng proce ss as we ll as to check
which ba nk you' re trunk ing. At lea st we ' rc ge tting o ur mo ney ' s wo rth
no w.

March 1998

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kHz ha nd sco pe -

Who uses it'! Signal nav iga tio n? Remote

contro l from yo ur couch"!

No tice to sca nner man ufacture rs: if yo u wa nt to give us these
fearurcs. fhats great ! We may use them o nce o r tw ice and perhaps a
ha ndful o f c ustomers will usc them da ily. But give us creSS/ DCS
ca pab ility a nd trun ktr acki ng first! Or, now that we've got Mo toro la
trunkt rucking. ho w abo ut address ing the o the r trunk ing protocol s?
W e co uld go O il and o n.

If we've du mped o n a nyone of yo ur favo rite sca nner fea tures.

please let us know. Pe rhap s we've underestimated its value. Ce rtainly. we applau d the manufactu rers ' e fforts to pro vide us with
something more tha n Scan . Manu al. Locko ut, and De lay _._it' s ju st
that sometimes they give us featu res that we' d trade back in for cash
if we co uld. (I' d like to hear from yo u at Scanniastcr taao l.conu

to 456.00 0 MH z -

the ' normal' pre ss/medi a ch a nnels - as the

people at the ba rrica de ta lked back to the sate llite truc ks parked
further down the road from the ga the ring a rea on sim plex freqs.
" And ycs, there wa s an IFB (interrupta ble fold back j or two w ithin
the 16 1.xxx MH z ba nd. But nor nearl y as activ e as one would expect.
Th e on ly 'exc iting ' thing I pick ed up w ith the O pto Scout we re two
wireless microph on e freqs on the video ca meras , one at 185.xxx M Hz
an d the othe r at 209 .xxx MH z.
"Cell pho nes were probably e ve n used as live audi o feeds back to
the con tro l roo ms. (O ne can o nly guess. as it wo uld be illega l to listen
to these c om ms. especi a lly one tha t I assume would go fro m
Hyannisport back to the contro l room ofC NN in Atl a nta ")
" Eve n the local police departm en t was contro lling their part o f the
ordeal by sending info back and forth over MD Ts (Mo bile Data
Termi nal) from the co m mand post to the station. Al so. the re were a
coup le of distinc tive beep beeps from those Ne xte l radio s/phones!
pagers.
" Is this the futu re ofsca nning'?Eve rything is becom ing impossib le
to listen to on your everyday over-the- counter scanner!"
Ce rta inl y Jeffh as so me va lid po ints. Te n or twenty yea rs ago at a n
eve nt suc h as this, the airwaves wo uld have been rife w ith VH F and
UHF analog comm unica tio ns to which he co uld have listened . Yet
tec hno logy, which has bro ught us cell phones, di gital pes and
NE XT EL services. mobile dat u te rm ina ls (MOTs) . and the like. has
also brou ght us an inc rea sing nu mber of rc pcaterize d system s, so that
we're ahle to monitor both sides of m nny conve rsatio ns.
T his yea r. technol ogy brought us the T runktracker. and. for the
first time since the daw n of trun ki ng (Motorola trun king, at least ).

Scanner Fears
On the lme m cr' s SCAN-L list ser ver. Je ff Kettell recently posed
the foll owing thought-provoking and somewha t tro ubling qu estion:
"M aybe it' s ju st me or may be it' s the fact that I am not living ncar
Metropolitan Boston any longe r. But this weekend the co unt ry has
hea rd about the wa ke of Michael Ke nned y. SO il of late US Attorney
Ge neral Rob ert F. Ken ned y fro m Hya nnisport. M assachusetts. As ca n
be ex pected. med ia from a ll over New England and from the nat ional
net wor ks as we ll as the tab loi ds were a ll in Hya nnisport to cover the
story. As I live on ly two miles from the Ke nned y Co mpou nd. you
would think that I stumbled onto a gold mine.
"We ll. it was not anyth ing like I would/ sho uld have expected. T he
sca nne rs were qu ict .i.a sca ry quiet ...hopcfu lly not a sign o f the time s
ahead. As me nti oned . it co uld possibly be that since thi s is a good one
hour south of Bosto n. the c ity news c rews could not use thei r radios
to talk with the co ntro l ruoms in Bosto n. Eve ryone was using
ce llphones - everyone - police o ffice rs. still phot ographe rs. video
photographe rs. news a nchor persons. e ve n the ge ne ral public that
gathe red ou tside of the med ia bar ricad es. T here was ve ry little
co m m unica tio n heard between 450 .000 to45 1.000 M Hz and 455 .00 0

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we 're able to follow these rath er soa UHF TV beam a ntenna and a lo wphis ticate d commu nications systems.
band ground plan e, Gary, but ple ase
Matter o f fact. in the past the sheer
correct us if we ' re wro ng .
num be r o f the se co mm unica tions
Gary woul d like bette r perforwould have been far fewer. Tru nking,
man ce on VHF as he likes DXi ng
with its hundreds or thousands of
high -ba nd police signa ls. He ask s
talk grou ps per sys tem. allows for
wha t our ex perie nce has been with
man y more two-wa y users and radio
suc h equipme nt. He writes furthe r.
paths.
" I need a good 10-13dB gain VHF
Fifteen years ago. when the town
155 MH z beam . I had the idea to bu y
of Barn stabl e (where these report ers
a Cushcraft A 148- 105 ten-element.
2-me ter. I J .2d B gai n beam for
gat he red for the Kenned y wake) opt
c rated on a simp lex VHF high-band
$64 .~5 . but I' ve bee n to ld by man y
system. yo u ge nerally could on ly hear
people that it won ' t work. Th ey say
cru ise rs when they we re w ithin a few
the gain falls off stee ply above and
below the 146-1 48 (ham 2-me ter )
miles of your location . Now tha t the)'
ran ge . See ms like the mo re ele ments
op erate UIl '1Il SOD MH z repea ter sys tem, you can hear all the patro l car s
and the more gain the more naITOW
the band width: '
a nd port a ble s.
Th is editor has not had a good
Yes. there may be so me MDT
e xperi en ce with the one VHF-beam
activi ty. but it's a trade-o ff. And .
that was tried .T he professional beam
s pea ki ng o f thos e M DT s. in the
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was tuned to 155 MHz and supplied
Kennedy situa tio n ~ f DT equipme nt
with a 155 MH zpreamp onthctower.
may ha ve frequent ly bee n used . but
one must rem em ber that the wake was
but the e ffect was marginal at best.
Wh ile we have fou nd UHF and 800
,I co ntained e vent that the polic e had
,
MH z bea ms to be outsta nding , VHF
plan ned to cover for two or three
has been sore ly lacking. If any of our
days. During an emergency o f some
read ers has any wo rds of wisdo m for
sort. there would be no time for preparation and voice tra ffic wo uld ha ve Gary Hickerson 's 30-/00t antenna array.
Gary , please write.
most assured ly bee n more pre valen t.
\Ve sho uldn't be surprised to hear about the lack of act ivi ty on the
Consumer Electronics Show 1998
-t50 and -t55 ~fH z media freq uencies . In the Boston area. these
\Ve start ed the co lumn loo king back at the new equipme nt introchannel s are very active. despite the fact that all reporte rs and
duced in 1997 . But wha t wa s showcased as com ing up in 1998 at this .
phutographers a lso ha ve ce ll phones and rec ogni ze that the co mpetiyear' s Co nsumer Elect roni cs Sho w (C ES) in La s Vegas?
tion is liste ning to the regu lar two-way. Th e netwo rk affi liate 45 0/45 5
On the scanner side of the Unide n boot h. the BC-895X LT wa s
Ml-lz repeaters of Boston/ Needh am. wh ich are located so me 70-odd
prom ine ntl y (and dese rved ly) disp lay ed as the latest and greates t. No
mi les from Ca pe Cod. are probab ly j ust too far from the Cape to hit
new mobil e scanner was introd uce d. but Uniden did announce that a
with a five- walt por table . Those more expert can correct me if I'm
new mobile T runkTru ck er. to be nam ed the BC-780 (not the 765 or
\ \T< lI1g . bu t the e lec tronic ne ws gathering (ENG ) co mmu nicat ions
795 as sugg es ted on the Internet) is unde r devel opment.
from the Ca pe to the assignme nt desks in Boston were probab ly
Th e Florida-based RELM company was displaying their new MS coordinate d eith er thro ugh ce ll phones or. more likel y. throu gh the
180 and MS-200 mo bile scanne rs. lr' s good to see the former Regen cy
satellite uplin k.
scanne r co mpany back in the bu siness. as competition breeds better
At one time this edi tor woul d have agreed wi th Jeff. Consideri ng
pricing and technology for all co ncerne d.
the Trunkt ruc ker and other new scanner techn ol ogies. thou gh - as
\Vhile we checked ourconven tion guide for AOR.Alinco. Yupiteru.
we ll as the rece ntly establis hed manda te as to the need for sca nners
and GR E (Rad io Shack is not a manu facturer and ne ver has had a
{and eve ntua lly dig ita l sca nne rs ) for the pub lic safety com munity
booth). the unly othe r sc anne r ma ker with a publ ic prese nce at the
fol low ing the H.R. 2369 circ us - we think the future is muc h brighter
show was ICOM . T his high -en d dev e lop er wa s to uting their exci ting
than we migh t have otherw ise bel ieve d.
PCR 1noo, the bla ck-box receive r you con nect and co ntrol thro ugh
your PC' s se rial por t. (Sec John Cata la no ' s two-p art rev ie w in the
Beaming in th e Signals
Fe bruary and March iss ues.)
Th ere was une very surprising ne w en tra nt into the sca nne r
Gar y Hic ke rson of Fort Smi th, Arkansa s. was kind e nough to se nd
marketplace this past yea r: RCA. T he GR E-man ufactured RP619 8
us a pictu re of his imp ressive an tenna se t- up . Ga ry writes. " I was
scanner was displayed in the " CES Innovation s Design & Engi nee rread ing yo ur art icle in the Dece mber Monitoring Times. I have a few
ing" pavil ion. Besides the fact that this scanner is speci fically dequ esti ons. M y presen t sca nner eq uipme nt co nsis ts of the following:
s igned fo r the auto mot ive racing enthusia st. this sca nner is also
Bearcat ~(X)()X LT . ~5 () X L T (the Sca nner Worl d version o f the 760).
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The HF Communications Spectrum

Hugh Stegman, NV6H
[email protected]

A Sea Change in the Maritime Mobile Service

couple of events at the end of

1997 have foc used qui te a bit of
atte ntion o n the Mari time Mobile
Radi o Serv ice. whi ch is used world wid e
by ships at sea and by the shore stations
that co mmunica te wi th them.

First of all, several European

ally any vessels over 300 gross ton s or

whic h ca rried mor e tha n 12 passe nger s.
Tr eaties, whic h togeth er made up the
SOlAS (Safely Of l ife Al Sea) convention. req uired compulsory ship s to carry
three rad io officers with a specified level
of equipment a nd proficiency. They also

CO UIl-

established a 6OO-meter CW calling and

tries took th e end of 1997 as an o pportuni ty 10 dro p their CW (Morse code)

distress frequency, which led to our c urrent 500 kHz allocation.

watch011500 kHz,joining the U.S. Coast

Guard among agencies no longer using

Finally. the SOlAS convention

th is very romantic , but ve ry s low, mode .

As always. this was a sad occasion.

marked by shaky fists on the key. and

requ ired a co ntinuous globa l watc h on

The Titanic disaster led to the establishment ofa

standardized Cw distress fr equency.

tears in the eye s of even the cru stiest old

salts.
A typ ica l fare well message cam e from
La nd ' s End Rad io in Eng land . It co nclu de d.

... . . NO W T HE TI M E H A S COME .
OURS IS NOT TO REASON W HY .
T HE SATEL LITES ARE C ALLI NG.
OUR MORSE TRA NSM ITTERS DIE .
MAR CO NI IF YO U CAN HEAR US
W E SAL UT E YO U DE GlD 3 111 2/9 7
AR DE GlD ." (As copied and posted tothe
Internet by Day Watson of the UK.)
To understand wh y these signo ffs are
always so emot ional. we have to loo k at the
second event. Th is is the wor ldwide popul arity of Hollywood's latest megabuck disaster
ya rn. Titanic. Obv iously , this doom ed vessel
a nd its e ntire ly pre ve ntab le loss have lost
non e of the ir mythic pow er in eighty years.
Therefore, it is not surprising that a gen uine
sen se of mourn ing, ration al or not , ine vitabl y
atte nds the dism antling of the communication syste m that they c reated .

Titanic and th e SOLAS Convention

Don 't make the mistake of thinking in too
mod em terms where Titanic is co ncerned.
Fo r example, she ac tually ca rried more lifeboat s than required by British law, thou gh
still nowhere ncar enou gh for everyone o n
boa rd. In 1912, there were no weat her picture s, no G lob al Positi onin g Sys tem (G PS),
no ice patrol, no navigation aids, no warning
broadcasts. Ship s dep ended on good na vigation , and upon each other .
Wi reless in 1912 wasn 't ne w.butit wasn' t
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co mpulsory either. Titanic's two " Marconi

Op e rators," Jack Phillips and Haro ld Bride,
weren 't ship's officers . T hey we re contract
e mploye es fro m Marcon i Wi reless. Titani c 's
radio room, like the kitchen or the band, wa s
there to make mo ney for the ship. \Vhile it is
not true that Phillips and Brid e igno red ice
observations from other ships, their firs t job
was indeed to mov e " wish yo u were here"
traffi c fro m payin g passen gers, handled at a
huge pro fit to Wh ite Star Lines .
Nor was Titanic the first ship to use 50 S.
T his distress prosign. sent as one lon g characte r, had bee n in wid e use since a 1908 rad io
treaty . but Marcon i stations. especi ally on
Briti sh ships, we re reluctant to dro p the old
COD (Hello all stations. distress) that they
had inve nted, Phillip s, who wa s at the key,
tried SOS on Bride 's advice after se veral
CQDs had gone out. Bride. in fact. survived
the sinking. Thou gh suffering fro m frostbi te,
he insis ted on relieving Carpathia's own.
fat igued radiomen .
All this gave Marc oni Wireless its fine st
hour. For da ys. crowds grew outside the
shore stations, as ope rators tried to co py any
word o n surv ivors.Theirheroic performance
crea ted the romantic image of the skilled.
dedi cated radio se rvice, its high ly train ed
members tapp ing calmly on keys whi le everyone else lost their head s. saving live s as

pan of a day' s shift.

After the Titani c disaster. the wor ld got
serious abo ut maritime wirel ess. Ac ts of the
U.S. Co ngress, and then of wor ld bodi es.
created a class o f "compulsory" ships, usu-

this frequency -

by all stations. both

ship and shore. To make sure that weak

distress calls wou ld be heard, a 3-minute
silent period was pro vided at t 5 a nd 45 after
the hour. It was marked on cl ocks in radi o
room s wor ldw ide . Later, a parti ally automated sys te m rang bells if a distresse d vessel
transmitted lon g dashes , but this d id not
replace the radio watch. Th e sys tem. once in
place wor ld wide. provided reliab le com municati on for ove r 60 years.
Non-co mpulso ry ships, with voic e radios. were handled by the addition of a watch
on 2 182 kH z. and coastal information bu lle-

tins on 2760 kll z, both AM or USB. Th is

ga ve them a sure wa y of contactin g co mpulsory ships. and their communication network . Safety was again served .

GMDSS Steps In
Thi s syste m worked very we ll, prett y
mu ch guara nteeing tha t a d istress ca ll would
be heard and handl ed in a timely manne r.
Howe ver, it was extreme ly labor-inten sive.
It wa s ex pensive, and it lagged behind changing economic reali ties of modem seaman-

ship. Reluctantly, in 1988. the Internat ional

Mari time O rganization amended the SO LAS
to requ ire a completel y new setup. fro m DC
todaylight , which aut omated the radio watch .

This is the famous GMDSS . or Global Maritime Distre ss and Safety Sy stem, which continues to change every aspect of sea faring
radi o, worldwide. It' s a complete ly new approach to ship distress radio. ce ntraliz ing
and networking it to Resc ue Coordi natio n
Ce nters (Ree) , and c utting man-hours by
seve ral magnitudes.

Si nce Titanic's loss is what created much

of our distru st in technology , the image of a
few boxes with lights replaci ng the skilled,
fear less ship's "sparks" didn't exac tly give
anyo ne a "warm fuzzy." Perhap s we gave
Morse code, or voic e for that matter, the
heave-he a little too fast. Perhaps we d idn' t.
But it's done. and so hea ve we must.

Digitill Selective calling on MFIH F

On Febru ary I, 1999. co mpulsory ships
will need full G M DSS ca pability, and the y
will not need any other eq uipme nt or personnel. though they ca n choose to retain these.
At this point, all ma ndatory radi o watches
will cease, on all frequ encie s, every where,
e xcept for some coastal w aters with differen t
laws. As we ' ve noted, 500 kHz is alread y
prett y much gone. though we still hea r Morse
from a few C W coas tal stat ions such as KFS ,
Globe Wirele ss, on nearb y cha nnels. The
watch on 2 182 kH z will undou btedly stop
soon after this da re. Th e continuous guard of
VHF channel 16. now done by prac tica lly
anyt hing tha t floats, will last some years
longer, but not forever.
T his po ses a maj or problem for a ll no ncompulsory vessels, from pleasure boat s to
wor king tugs. As of next year, they wo n't be
guaranteed a mea ns of co ntacting cornpulsory ships for sa fe ty purposes . Nor doc s the
current equipment guarantee that their distress ca lls wi ll be heard. Even if they are ,
radio direction findin g serv ices will no longer
be mand atory , perhaps mak ing it harder to
locate vessels. At least so me of G M DSS has
to be implemented worldwide on ju st a bout
a nything that float s ... and q uic kly, if we do
not want to place lives in da nger.
For this reason , ma ritime HF (high frequency. 3000 kHz to 30 M Hz) and MF (medi um frequency . 300 to 3000 kHz) are quickly
movin g to Digital Selecti ve Calling (DSC)
for all traffic. DSC resem bles the SELCAL
(Se lective Ca lling) that has lon g bee n in use
by maritim e RTTY (Rad io Telet ype ) a nd
vo ice aero mobi le stations. Howe ver, it includes mo re information .
You 've probably heard DSC alre ady if
you listen to much mari time HF. It so unds
like a computer data bur st. You 're go ing to
hear a lot more of these . Most new radi os will
have this ca pability, and e ven some ham
transcei vers arc impleme nting an amateur
version of the standard .
DSC divides the wor ld ' s ocean s into fou r
type s of areas. A re a A I is the coa sta l zo ne,
typically out to 20 nautic al miles, within
range of V HF stat ions with DSC alerting
services.
Area A2 is the covera ge area served by

MF coastal stations, the tradit iona l 500 kHz

band , bu r with some new systems. One of
them is NAVTEX (N avigational Tel ex). an
auto mated S ITO R-B service for bulletins
and wa rnings on 5 18 kHz . NAVTEX is being impleme nted by co ast guards worldwid e; it is relayed over simple and reliab le
teleprinters, withj ust a few bells and whistles
so that messages won ' t print out more than
once . It continues the historic use o f medium
wave , with its reliab le groundwave pro paga tion . Listeners in coasta l areas are encourage d to try copyi ng NAVTEX with hobb y
eq uipme nt. It' s easy a nd fun, and schedules
are widely a vailab le in rad io doc uments or
on the Intern et.
Area A3 is that major porti on of the
plan et , such as the high seas, covered by the
three geos tationary birds of the INM A RS AT
(Internation al Maritime Satellite) sys te m.
DSC wi ll be a vailable on ship op link s. along
wit h so me other features. such as autom ated
posit ion tracki ng usi ng G PS, the G lobal Positio ning System . Safety Ner, a message system resembling NA VT EX, is also available.
INM A RSAT stations use a slightly ex tende d
version of the DS C standard . Another e xtend ed DSC lD will be used by EP IRB s
(Eme rge ncy Posit ion Indicating Radi o Beacon s).
Finally, Area A4 is that portion of the
polar latitudes, typ ica lly abov e 70 degrees
nort h a nd south, whe re INMA RS AT cannot
be guaranteed. Prim ar y commu nication here
will still he good old HF radio. with DSC
capabi lity.
M F/ HF, while still arou nd, is getting a bit
of a new look.The rad io watch, automated or
otherwise, will shift 10 rhe new DSC calling
frequen cies. Th e U.S. Coast Guard is c urrently taking DSC ca lls on 2 187.5. 42 07.5.
63 12.8414 .5. 12577 . a nd 16804 .5 kHz all
FSK (freq uency-s hift keyin g). Such a ca ll
incl udes a frequency for re ply, all owin g co ntact to beestabl ishe d anyw here the vessel has
capability . M F/HF DSC calls will have dis- "
tress and test modes, plus an all-ship calling
mode.
Th e U.S . Coast Guard, along with other
age ncies worldwide, h,IS been publicizing
2 187.5 as the ne w safety and di stress frequency for al l DSC -equ ippcd vessels. Act ivity on this o ne is pickin g up. All-ship calls
can be heard fro m coast stations with bulletins. Tests a re also heard, plus "n uisa nce"
ca lls from new users who try to use the
chann el for cas ua l RTIY calls.

transmit on water will need a MaritimeMobile

Serv ice Identity (M MSI), Thi s is defi ned in
lTV regu lations as, .....a series of nine digit"
which arc tran smitted over the radi o path in
order to uniquely identify ship stations, ship
ea rth stations. coast stations, coast earth stations and gmup ca lls."
Think of an MMS I us a SELCAL on
stero ids. Ultima tely. they will replace traditional SE LCALs for ship RTIY, but they will
also heused forallother DSC calls.The MMSI
is obtained from the relevant lice nsing age ncy
in the country of registry . For example , in the
United States. FCC will issue civilian MMS ls,
and NT IA (Nationa lTelecommunications and
Infonnation Admini stration >will handle federal/military ones. Existing licensees must file
for amendme nts to receive their MMSIs.
For ships, the first three numbers of the
MMS I are speci fic to the co untry of registry,
like a callsign prefix.
These digits comprise the MID (Maritime
Identifi cation Digits). and they will be of the
most interest to casual monitors . The United
States is using 366, with federal and military
stations having a 9 in the next place (3669).
Lists of these IDs should ultimately be as
widely ava ilable as callsigns and RTIY
SE LCAL s are now .
When used by other classes of stations or
traffic, the MID move s arou nd a bit. Leading
zeroes are prepended for generalca lls (a "CQ" ).
A generalcall ro a group of ships has one zero
befo re the M ID. and for coas t stations we add
two. For exa mple, the U.S. Coast Guard ' s
Commun ication Area Master Station, Atlantic (C AMS LANT) wou ld be ca lled wi th
00366999 5. The USCG group ship call is
03 6699999 , and the group coas t station call is
003669999.
A little unders tanding will get us throu gh
this awkward transition time. There' s no reason that maritim e mobile radio ' s digital future
should not beeven better than its manual past.

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Utility Leggings
Hugh Stegman
Ab brevia ti ons used in this co lum n

ANDVT Advanced
Narrowband Digital
VoiceTerminal
CW
Continuous Wave
(Morse code)
EAM
Emergency Action
Message
Faxes
THEOUICKBROWN
FOX... test
Global High FreGHFS
quency System
JANA
Jamahiriyah News
Ag ency
2390.0

3068.0
4745.0
5861.5
6697.0
6712.0
6715.0
6739.0

6757.0
6795.0

7695.0

7710.0
8492.0

8494.8
8495. 1
8532.0
8541.0
8633.0
8968.0

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MAP
mlv
PAP
RAF
RY
SITaR

Unid

Maghreb Arabe
Presse
Motor Vessel
Polska Agencja
Prasowa
Royal Air Force
RYRYRY teleprinter
test tape
Simplex teleprinting
over radio, modes A
& B.
Unidentified

PE BN -m/v Fenja working unid vesse l at 0010. P3ZL5m!v Batavier

working m/v Heerenpleinat 0024. PKFB-m/v Klippergracht calling ml
v Amyat 0034. PFYNm!v Ambassador cal li ng m/V Marietje Andrea al
0034. PHJU-m/v Jens working rn/v Heerenptein al 0035. PEDX-mfv
Francisca-Swo rking mlv Regulus at 0043. PGML-m/v Olivier ca lling
Rangerat 0048. PDXP-m/v Eemsdiep worki ng rn/v Mercatoral 0107.
PFWG-m/v Mariniercall ing m/v Visserbank at2337. PGPl-mlv Osiris
wo rking rn/v Lsdon at 2351. (Ary Boend er Netherlands)
Acid Test working Nightwatch 01 (unh eard) at 041 2. Set Z165 as
primary. ZI 00 seco ndary. (Jeff Haverlah-Houston, TX )
WA R46 working Nightwalch 01at0059,0209,0640 and 0706. WAR
46 working Nightwatch 01 at 2336. (Haverlah-TX)
Lynx (no othercall given) idling SITOR-A andCW at 0003. (Jack Dix.
Yonkers. NY)
6PG -British Royal Air Force wo rking MUL (T. Vlismas -Crymych, UK)
Acid Test calling Main sail, no resp on se. (Haverlah-TX)
Tampa Tim working Nightwatch 01, entering net at 1606, and making
ANOVT sec ure voice check at 1615. (Haverlah-TX)
Ollult GHFS with 6 char EAM 5227L6 for Head Dress at 0738. Then
began 110 char EAM , but co ul d not finish. noting "disregard." then
broadcasti ng Foxtrot prefaced with "Fairly." (Haverlah-TX )
Acid Test working Niqhtwatch 01 , wentt oZI OOat 0411.Again at0522,
going to Z175. (Haverlah-TX)
UnidSpanishnumbe rs female with 5-di gil codegroupsinAM at 0623.
(Jones-SO ) It's our best guess that these come from near Havana. hugh
GWO l -unid country radio checks with 03GM, 2AAI , 8MWI, NGAI,
PMEG, KKMK for over 1 hour in CW at 1043. Othe r stations weak .
(Boender - Netherlands)
MKK-RAF Lond on. with RY and foxes in 8audol (50 baud) at 1118.
(Boender - Netherlands)
P-Russian Navy marker fro m Kaliningrad in CW at 0859. (Boender Nethe rlands) These are single-letter channel markers fo r Russian
Navy data or telemetry channels. They tend to clusterclose together in
tree. -hugh
S- marker in CW at 1213. (Oix-NY)
F- channel markerin CW at 1211 . (Dix-NY)
LZW 42-Varna Radi o, Bulgaria, traffic list in CW at 0908. (Boender Netherl ands)
UIW-Kaliningrad Radi o, Russia , withCyrillictrafficin50baud at0903.
(Boend er - Netherlands)
Unid Spanishnu mbers female with "Atencion" preamble, then 5-digit
code groups in AM at 0407. (Burgess-MA)
Lajes AB , Alaska, with a s-cna racter EAM at 1458. Lajes with a 6character EAM for Hightide at 1939. Both EAMs began with "Echo
Yankee." (Viismas-UK )
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March 1998

9016.0

9041. 3
9018.0
10101.0
10204.0

10214.8
10363.8
10551.2
111 75.0

11244.0
11494.0
12070.0
121 86.0
12811.3
13585.9
14727.0
14912.0
15448.0

16795.5
16807.5

1700S.0
17037.0
18320.7
18648.5
19225.5

Nightwatch 01 working WAR 46 with radio check, then went to Z135.

Rhetoric calling Nlqntwatch 01, no joyat0041. Jonathan passing EAM
10 Nightwatch 01 at 1546. Also working WAR 46 a11558. Tampa Tim
wi th aSY to Z160 at 1606, again with AN OVT secure voice check at
1716. Followed by data tones at 1725, and Nightwatch simul EAM on
ZI 90andZ175. Nightwatch 01 workingLegbrace, setting Z150primary
and Z175 seco ndary, at 0412. Moved to Z205 at 0422. Salesman (?)
worki ng Nightwatch 01. Nightwatch working WAR 46with radio check
at 2316. (Haverlah-TX)
5YE -Nairobi Meteorol ogical withaero nauticaltraffic inRTIY(100/856)
at 2329. (Bob Hall-Cape Town . RSA)
Gaser 95 working Gaser 94, strongat 0314. (Haverlah-TX)
00K2/00H7-Hamburg Meteorological with 10 and RYs in RTTY (501
474) at 2338. Simulcasting on 4583 and 7646 kHz. (Hall-RSA )
Nightwalch 01 working Tampa Tim (unheard) with two lone data.
Nightwatch 01 with 26 cha r EAM sirnul on 9016at 1949, thencalling
Tampa Tim at 202t, then another 26 char EAM , same strnul. at 2039.
(Haverlah-TX)
HZN48-Jeddah Meteorological with aeronautical traffic in Rny (100/
826) at 2355. (Hall -RSA)
Unid RTTY (50/833) repeating number "225" at 0005. (Hall-RSA)
GFL23-Bracknell Meteorological, UK. with weather synopsis in Rny
(75/366) at 0015. (Ha ll, RSA)
RU840 phone patchthru MacOili GHFS regardingcargo offload at2251 .
Shark89workingLobo with cargo list at 2227.ThenAirVac 634 phone
patch toAndy requesting diverttoTravisforrepairand fuel.(Jones-SO)
Air Evac 634? Nice catch -hugh.
OffutGHFS with 6/20/26 char EAM s at 1533. (Haverlah-TX)
Jail Door worki ng Nightwatch 01, requesting asv Z175, but sent to
Z21 1 instead, at 1938. (Haverlah-TX)
Jail Door working Nightwatch 01 at 1939.lell net at 19S6. (Have rlahTX )
JANA, Tripoli, Libya. with news in English. Baudot (50/408) at 141 8.
(Olx-NY)
HZY-Tannura hRadio, SaudiArab ia, traffi clist and marker a11406. (DixNY)
CNM 85X11-MAP , Rabat. Morocco, with news in French , Baud ot at
1524. (Oix-NY)
Unid5-digit weather codegroups in 8audot(75/500) at1518. (Oix-NY)
OFZG-MFA, Belgrade, Serbia with Baudot RY (75/418) at 1431. (DixNY)
Bangerwo rking statlon soundinglike Extract in so me so rt of exercise.
Extract advised that twoBlackhawk neios wereshot down . Ba nger told
Charcoal and Abatement th at multipl e UH-60s were destroyed , crews
killed , at 1744. Banger working Buffalo, who said that ta rgets we re
disapproved due toweat her.Bangerbe ing toldbyAcumen that Webfoot
01 was shot down, traffic was challeng edand authenticated,a1 1752.
Banger promised to cut down multiple challenges , saying, "I won't
spoof you.' (Haverlah-TX)
RTMA-Potigorsk, Russia , with traffi cfor Sevaslopol, Ru ssia , in RnV
(50/170)at 1255. (Hall-RSA)
GKE6-Portishead Radio , UK,with wa rning bu lletin thattheBritishCoast
Guard wasdropping itsmaritime watchon500kHz CWoTransmission
in SITO R-8 at 1301. (Hall-RSA)
ZRH- Silvermine , Africa, with a NAWS (Notice to Allied War Ships)
marker in RTTY (75/170) every two minutesat 0848. (Hall-RSA)
vm-consnma Radio , Roman ia, with hand sent CW marker at 1410.
(Oix- NY)
RFFI C-Marine Sirpa Paris with sports news in Fren ch toAIG21 35 and
RFTJO(Librevi lle. Africa)in ARO RTTY (1 92/400) at 1122. (Hall-RSA)
SOT 2658-PAP Warsaw news in Polish, SITOR-8 (100/170) at 141 8.
(Dix-NY)
OMK-Bonn, Germany, inARQ RTTY (228. 7/170) , idlingand undecoded
transmission at 1202. (Hall-RSA)

Baudot and Beyond

Bob Evans
"",[email protected]

SITOR-A, the Maritime Mode

he Simplex Telex Over

Ra d io (S ITOR ) cod e
(a.k.a. S PECTOR and
AMTOR ) is a 7-hil synchronous erro r co rrecti on code
bused on the CCI R 4 76 sta ndard . II is used extensive ly
fo r maritim e a nd e mba ssy
com munica tions. SITOR signa b a rc a lways se nt at I00

~.

baud. generally using 170 Hz

11;

I -.

~fi.

S ITO R ~l ode A is used

for ind ivid ual co nuu unic u,
lio ns be tween two statio ns. A
du plex circ uit is normally in-

"_
_..

l'.. ~
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volved. with the transmitting

statio n on o ne freq ue ncy and
the receiv ing statio n o n the:
o the r. As the tran smission
Sn 'OR-"l is used /or skip-to-shore communications , and it 's a ll
progresses. the rece iving sta- Place to start if you're 1lew to the digital modes.
lion ucknovv ledges error-free recept ion or reyou r scr een . And fina lly. a lthou gh much
mar itime traffi c has gone to satellite. the re
quests retra nsm ission o f the last part of the
message. II is this proc ed ure that normally
still a rc thousands of vessels out the re that
ma kes thi s mod e e rror-free between two staco ntinue to use this mode - and will for a
tions.
long tim e to com e.
SITO R Mode B is a broadcast-on ly mode
from one statio n to several othe r stations.
How it Works
Error co rrec ting is done at the transm ittin g
The sta tion originating the transmi ssion is
statio n a nd there is no fccdb a... k from the
know
n as the Information Se nd ing Station
rece iving stations. In this month ' s co lumn we
(ISS ). T he rece iving sta tion is know n as thc
will focus on S ITOR Mode A tu.k.u, ARQ
Infor mation Recei ving Station (IRS ). Dur ing
a nd TOR ). It is used almost e xclu sive ly for
an
ISS transm ission c haracters a re se nt in
ship-to-shore com m unications. a ltho ug h a
block
s of th rees. Watch yo ur screen the next
number of embass ies use it as wel l.
time 10 ob serve this char ac teris tic.
Unlike other modes. S ITOR-A is a relaAfter the tran smiss ion of ea ch block the
tiv ely ea sy catc h, Th e reason s for Ihis are
IRS
sends a co ntro l charac te r to ack now ledge
seve ral. It is an easy mod e to recognize - the
recep
tion or request re transmissio n. If you
char ac teris tic "c hirp-ch irp -chi rp" of a tra nssometimes see ch aracters being repeated on
mitting signa l is unm istakable. It is a n easy
your monitor. there is not hing wro ng with
mode to tu nc on your decod er since the baud
decoder: the IRS has requ ested retransyour
rate and sh ift rem ai n co nstan t. For ma ritime
mission
. a nd wha te ve r is se nt and how man y
usage, the signals arc co ncentrated in specific
times it is retried is wh at yo u' ll sec.
frequency range s in specia lly al loca ted maIt is possible 10 ident ify the IRS se nd ing
rine ba nds.
contro
l c haracters by its unique one "c hirp"
M aritime tra ffic is almos t neve re ncry pted,
sounds. but . as the re is no printab le message
so that message co nte nt is always in-theconte nt, there ' s not much poi nt moni tori ng
cle ar . In ad dition . e ve n thou gh yo ur mon ito rthese signa ls. On some freq uencies yo u might
ing post is not in <I po sition to req uest rep eti he ar wh at so unds like two SITOR -A bro adtio n of ag arbled s ignal. it is a mode that see ms
casts. In ac tua l fac t, wh at yo u are monitori ng
the least pro ne to produce ga rbled (e xt on

&

is the ISS a nd IRS on the

sa me frequ e ncy. Using soph isticated lim ing protocol.
bot h sta tions can share a simplex freq uency. Duri ng id le
pe riods . yo u will hearthe high
and low tun es and your mark
and space ind icators will al
tem atel y flash.
Durin g a transmission either station ma y se nd contro l
codes whi ch cha nge the ISSI
IRS arran gcm en t - mak ing
the rccci ving statio nthe sending stat ion. a nd vice- ve rsa.

Decoding SITOR-A

~~.

Almost .11 1 decod ers inclu de the S ITO R-A mode,

fro m the most rudimen tary
to the most sophisticated . It
remains one of the easiest modes to decode
because of its standa rd bau d/shift rate. Be
a wa re, howe ver, that statio ns may be id le
(with no traffi c be ing se nt) for long pe riods of
time. Many de coders support an id le ind ica tor
to alert you to thi s con d ition.
J

exc ellent

SITOR-A Frequencies
T he maritim e bands ure di vided into freque ncy bands for fixed coas ta l stations and
mobile ba nds for ships. A good place to eas ily
loca te SITOR-A transmissions are in the
coa stal station bands. T une be tween the follow ing frequ en cies: 6) 14 .0 kHz to 63)0.0
kHz, 84 15.0 kH z to 8437 .0 kll z and 12579.0
to 12658.0 kHz. There ma y be sev era l stations
from d ifferent co un tries o n the same Irequcn cy, so yo u ma y sec several langu ages.
Frequency spac ing is ge nera lly .5 kHz a part.
The Egyptian Embassy in \Vashington
put s out a stro ng SITOR-A signal in Nort h
Ameri ca . Look for them in the loc al eve ning
EST be tween 14,500 a nd 14,950 kHz. Th ey
ofte n send 5-leue r code gro ups. but usuall y
identi fy a t the completi on of eac h grou p.
Good luck and good hu nting un til ne xt
month, whe n we w ill look at the S ITO R-B
mode.

Ma'Ch 1998

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33

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Why Women Don't Like DXing

There arc notable exceptions, as my women friends in the hobby
are quick to point out, bur a report on ABC' s 20-20 seems to
provide <In answer to the mystery of why the great majori ty of
people involved in DXing are male. In a story about why many
wo men complain that men don 't pay atte ntion to what they are
say i ng, it was also shown th at mal e and fem ale brai ns are wi red
differentl y ; some thi ng to do w i th the am oun t of connection between l eft-brai n and ri ght-b rai n.
M en have no tro ubl e ignori ng extraneou s co nversations i n a
room fu ll of peop le. and fo cu si ng on w hat they wa nt to hear .
W omen. on the other hand. because of thei r brai n-wi ri ng , canno t
tune out the in terference. T his could result from the li festy le ofthe
earlie st hum ans: men- hunte rs needed to conc entra te on the sound

ABKHAZIA Abkhaz R carries RadiostantsiyaYunost from Moscow when not airing their
ownprograms. 9494.8 is5 kWatSukhumi carrying the 1350kHzprogram feed (Kai
ludwig,Germany, CumbreOX) 9494.76at 0534-0650inJanincluding Mayak06000630 (David Clark, Ont.,DSWC I OX Windo'0
ALBANIA R. Tirana's Albanian serviceon 7270at 23000400/0500 includes an amazing
variety of music, fromCajun -sounding to Mideastern to Albanian rap (Fred Waterer,
OX Ontario)
ANGOLA VORGANhas anewaddress: Dem ocracy in Angola, lnc.. 1629 KSI NW, Suite
503,Washinglon. DC20006.But theUS government orderedUNlTAottices10close,
so try reporting via Action for Southern Africa, 28 Penton St.. l ondon Nl gSA, UK
(Nick Graceand Dan Henderson. DC. Cumbre OX)R. Galo Negro heard on6225 ex6220at 2045-21 04' . heavily jammed (Mahendra Vag hjee. Mauritius. Cumbre-OX)
ARGENTINA OeColeccionprogram from R. ProvinciadeBuenos Airesheardon 15820USBSun 2335 withEnglish10 oHering OSl cards(BobHill.MA. DSWC I OXWindovl)
AUSTRALIA RA revised skeo toward NAm includes: 2100-0600 17795. 2130-0100

13755. 22000900 15510. 01000800 15240. 06000830 11880, 08001400 9580,

1200-1800 6020. 1200'21309770, 1400-21305995.1700-21301 1880 (Nigel

of a part ic ular ani ma l bei ng pu rsued; women-ho me makers needed

to be con scious of all potent ially threatenin g sounds.

Although Deborah Roberts didn 't bring up DXing, the application seems obvious to u s. W om en have a m uch lower tol erance, i t
seem s, to d iggi ng d ifficul t-to-hear signal s out of the noi se. Indeed ,
one co ntri butor to Review of Interna tion al Broadca sting observed
that hi s w ife w ho lik ed ol dti me radi o shows woul d nevertheless
wa nt to quit listeni ng whenever an otherwise good AM si gnal
wo uld start to fad e.

But there' s still hope for women and DX ing. Even peop le who
have lost si gni ficant port ions of thei r bra i n are abl e to regai n some
f unc tions w hich wo ul d otherwise have been l ost. A mazing things
can be acco mpli shed with suffi cient mo tivation.

program lor HK immigrants donebya groupcalled "Apple Badin" (Hans Johnson,

Cumbre OX)
CHINA New t -meu address 01 CAl: [email protected] (Man Francis, Electronic
OX Press)
BeijingBroadcasts forNationalMinoritiesareinUighur, Kazakh . Korean ,Mongo-

lian: and in Tibetan: 00000026 11630, 11375, B566: 05300556 15670, 11630,
11375: 1030-1056 11 630, 11375, B566: 13001326 11630, 8566, 5995 (BBC
Monitoring)
COLOMBIA R.Majagual, HJQX,4290.3= 3 x1430 fromSincelejoinmorningnewsal l1 00
(Henrik Klemetz. Colombia, NUviaRadioNuevoMundo) Not to beconfused withthe
Mexican. q.v.. which does not comeon unlil 1155 and is exactly 4290.0(gh)
CONGO R. Congo Liberte. Brazzaville, was renamed R. liberte in mlc-Dec (BBC
Mon itoring)
COSTA RICA RFPl's newtime for our Continent of Mediais Fri 1930, Sat 0330. 1030;
pendingstart of PacificaNewsweekdays at 2300. oldtimealsocontinues.Wed 2300.

Thu0700(gh)
CYPRUS TURKISH BayrakTVhasbeen addedtotworadiochannelsonInternet,including
news in Eng lish-- http://brt.emu.edu.tr(Bayrak TVvia BBCM)
CZECH REPUBLIC While 7345remainsontheschedule for most broadcasts, R. Prague
in English at 0330is on 7350 to NAm . 11 600 to SW Asia (via Gigi l ytle)
ECUADOR Don Moore is now doinga latin America OX report on the lirst Sat of each
monthon OX Partyline(HCJB)
[non] New HCJB relay via UKOGBANI at 1800-1900 in Russian, Ukrainian and
anotherlanguage,IDsas Golas 5 Gory(V. of theMountain),an10 never heardonSW
from Ecuador (Nikolay Pasnkevicn. Russia, DSWCI OX Windon1
ERITREA [non] V. ofDemocratic Eritrea, ' 1500-1 530' dailyon9230.respondstoaddress
given in Feb. Erttrean Newsletter included article on it, El F-RCRadio Station, http:/
Ill ome,erols.com/meskerem/ (Nick Grace. DC. Cumbre OX)
ESTONIA R. Tallinn. English service on 5925, M-F 1615-1630 in winter, 1515-1530
summer; Monday 2000-2030 winter, 19001930 summer (Ilona Hausmann. Eesti
Radio via Kai l udwig)
ETHIOPIA [non] V. of Ororno liberation is on everyday butalternates sites. allat 17001800: MfW/FlSa 9980 via Kiev; TU/ThlSu 11605 viaGermany (Panlview, Bulgaria)
Sked remainsconfusing.assomedays onneitherfrequencyother daysonthewrong
one (Ha nsJohnso n, comore OX)
FRANCE [non) RFI and CRI renewed transmitter exchange agreement for threeyears;
allows RFI8hpd on SW, MWto Vietnam and Indiavia xran, Kunminq. Hainan(AFP
via BBCM)
GABON Africa NO.1 has revamped website, including news.
E-mail. joboffers: http://www.atrlcal .com(BBCM)
GEORGIA V. of Hope, Hereford, UK transmits from here at

Holmes, RA)
Another frequency for Australian Defence Forces Radio is 15707-USBat 04300630 (Hans Johnson , Cumbre OX) Heard 0500-0522' (Ben Hester, NC, ibid.)
AZERBAIJAN Naghorn y Karabakh Region, 9677.08. strong06000628 but audio FMing ,
localnewsinAzeri,driftto9677.097. seemsatleast 50kW (VladimirTltarev.Ukraine,
NU viaBC-OX) Reply bymail receivedafter fourmonths. from"V. ofJusticefrom the
Republicof MountainousKarabaqh.~ Wed andFri06000630, TueandFri 1500-1530
(Harald Kuhl. Germany, DSWCI OX Window)
BELARUS Radiostanzya Belarus, in German Sunday at 0630-0700 on 7210 uses 15
transmitters 01 5 kW each, likely former jammers, combined to a single 75 kW;
likewisethehome service on6115 (Kai l udwig. Germany)
BELGIUM OnJan1,BRTN became var -vua mseRadioenIejevisie. alimitedcompany,
no longer a federal authority. As a part of it. RVl's E-mail address changes to
rvrevn.t e IRVI via BBCM)
BOUGAINVILLE R.FreeBouqainvilte was still activeinJan, despitethetruce, 0900-1100
on 3865. Broadcasts still depend on the crushing of coconuts for oil 10 keep the
generator going , pe r Vikki John of the Bouqatnville Freedo m Movement (Hans
Johnson, Cumbre OX)
BURMA [non I DemocraticV.of Burm aprogramsareproduced JUSI acrosstheThaiborder
at DawnGwin Campbyaha lf doze nyoung broadcasters. one-timestudent activists.
ina steamyjunglehut then sent by foot, vehicleand plane to Norway for broadcast
backonSWon theOVB (APviaMikeCooper) ' 1245-1 345' on 15330viaGermany,
including music requests. New website has detailed program sked and two-week
archive of everyshow inRA: http://WwW.communique.no/dvb/(Nick Grace, Cumbre
OX)Althoughwell-heard in Kansas, theOVBvia
Norway at 1430 on 11 850 could net be heard
All rimes UTe; A llf requencies kHz.; be/ore hr::;; sign
when lv isrtedvietnam.notfarfromBurma (Wendel
Craighead)
on, after hr = sign off; II = parallel programming;
CANAOA Rei Mailbagreturnedto MarkMontgomery,
+ :: continuing but not monitored; 2 x f req = 2nd
whoinvited Sheldon Harvey, CIDX,10provideOX
harmonic: J. 97=May. Sepl; Z-97=..f)ummer season; Wsegments; timesincludeSun 2131 on9805; Mon
97=Winter season; {non1= Broadcast /0 or fo r the listed
0230 on 6155. 9755 (gh)
country, but 1I0t necessarily originating there.
CFVP, 6030, continues to relay AM 1060 with
bigband music. andat0400-0600dailyaChinese

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Morch 1998

1400 1530 En

glisMl indi loAs on

9310: 17002100
EnglishlRussianto
Eu on 6290

(BBCM)
GERMANY OW faces budget reductionsandmust
followarigidausteritycourse.further reducing
personnel; programbudget remainsthesame,
and transmission costs will increase (Dieter

Weirich, Director, via BBCM)

GUAM Both KSDA and KTWRweredamaged bytherecord-strength December typhoon.
They were put off theair lor a while andmade repairs asquickly aspossible (gh)
HONDURASThisiswhereJeffBakersays hewill bebroadcastingfrom; AmeriNet raising
5150,000 for this, solikely small transmitters,andwas todrop his show onWWCA
in Jan (Hans Johnson , CumbreOX) WWCA show continued, UT Tueffhu/Sat 0000
on 5070, as heinvitedsupporters to fly in to San Pedro Sula, and then claimed on
WWCR to beoriginatingfrom his"mountaintopinthemiddleof Honduras," pending
the imminent colla pse 01 the USA. Meanwhile we've received copy of a bounced
53800 Baker check 10 WRMI, following other unpleasant experiences with him by
WWCR. WINB and WGTG (gh)
After distorting for a whilearound 3308, R. l uz y Vida was back on3249.6with
three IDs in a rowat 1209, birthday greetings (gh, OK)
INDIA AIR Itanagar, 4990 heard again after a long time, in Hindi at 1459 and 0040
(Mahendra Vaghjee, Mauritius) Back after several months off, 0025-0125+ and
+1200-1630 -, for the predominantly tribal state 01 Arunachal Pradesh in the
northeast; nearly 50 distinct tribal languages and dialects are spoken (Sarath
Weerakoon, Sri lan ka, UADXvia Be-OX)see alsoSIKKIM
INDONESIA VOl settled momentarily on 11785 for Englishat0100-0200; also look out
for the Kang Guru program in English Mon 1000-1030on RRI R. Naslonat Dua
channels including 9680, 11750, 11 885, sponsored by the Indonesian Australian
language Foundation, address Kotapos 3095, Denpasar (Matt Francis, Australia,
ElectronicOXPress) English at 0800 also on 11785, 2000on 151 50 (RobertJones,
EDX!')
INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [nonI WLJO-TV, en. 35 in lim a, Ohio, planned to start
carrying theWorld Radio Network onits secondaryaudio program (SAP) channel.
That would include World 01Radioandall theinternational broadcasters onits 24hour service(gh)
IRAN Monitoringof VO IRI proves bigchaos: alternativefrequencies changingfromone
daytothenext. such as7135nt 45. 961519620. 973019735. 974019745.974519750:
twoprog rams. languagesandtransmittersonone Irequency, suchas13605at l 100
ArabicplusEnglish, 1200Englishplus Italian; 7145 2130BosnianplusFarsi:English
at l 100on 11875 starts with end ol llalian programal l 056--bul thereis no Italian
at 1000-11 00 (Panlview, Bulgaria)
IRAQ (non) V. 01 Rebellious Iraq, supporting an Iranian-sponsored Shi'i group, and
believed to transmit from Iran: 1300-1530 in Arabic daily on 6020v (BBC M)
IRELAND (non] West Coast Aad ioIrelandbegan thenewyear byannouncingthatitsNAm
service might cease attheend01Jan unlessfinancialbackingcouldbeobtainedfrom
the state. listeners could help by writing to Ms Sile Oe Valera, Minister lor
Co mmunications,Dublinor [email protected](Fi nbarr O'Driscoll,Eire, R. /.B.)
OrDept. ofTransportation, EnergyandCommunications, 25ClareSt., Dublin2 (Joe
Kenneth Wood. SC)
ISRAEL Beshet Bel 1600-0700 to EuJNAm onnew 7497.5ex-7495 (Pan/view, Bulgaria)
"ALr V. of Med iterranean, 9660 at 1130-1300 in English, French, German, was thought
to beusual Russiarelay, butHFCCregistrations show Rome(Kai l udwig, Ge rmany)
Two of Hal'ssix 100 kW SW transmittersarenotaccounted for at 0900-1300 in its
own schedule, so one of them is available for Matta relays on 9660 (Bob Padula,
Electronic OX Press)
By imposing a S1 5Kannual licensefee, it really seems the PTI is trying to shut
down our non-prom,non-commercial radiostation. IIwillbemoredifficult tosurvive
1998 than 1997. If you can offer support, financial or otherwise, please E-mail
[email protected](AlfredoCotroneo. NEXUS/IBA. IRRSSW)Daily0600-0B30 & 17002100 39B5. 2100-2200English3955: Sat &Sunalso0300-0600 7120:Fri. Sat & Sun
also OB30-1600 7120. 1600-1 700 39B5 (BBCM) see alsoSWITZER LAND .
JAPAN [nonI While A. Japan via Canada has reduced Englishin evening, the morning
relayon6120nowcarriesbothhoursat 1100-1300, if receptionholdsup, yawn (gh,
R.I.B.)
JORDAN R. Jordan started a new feature in Jan, Jordan Ancient Cultures, Sun 1430,
repeated Man 1530on11690(Edwin Southwell, Review 01 International Broadcasting) And Friends Abroadmailbag wasThu 1230-1255, to repeat Sat 1530 (gh)
KAZAKHSTAN [non) R. Almaty had English 1019-1 039 Wed on 9620, 11 840 via Kiev,
Ukraine (Erik Kale. Denmark, BC-OX)
KIHIBA n R. Kiribali, 9809.95, telltalePTP transmitter opencarrier already onat 0434 ,
0459 withtone, fanfare, 10, lengthylocal news to 0519, then distinctively domestic
islandervocals.Goodsteadysignal; some audioinl SB but mostlyUSB(DavidClark,
Ont.. DSWCI OX Windo v~
KOREA SOUTH Han HeeJoo's newtemporary co-host on RKI's Multiwave Feedbackis
MarlaEchevarria (gh)
KURDISTAN V. of IraqiKurdistan . newaddress: KDP, 20251St NW 11008, Washington,
DC 20006, replacing a P OBox in VA. All mail is forwarded to their facilities in
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq; activedailyon41 60or4130at -0400.Foraninvestigative report
ontheKurdishsituation see h"p :J/WWW .q s l.n e tIYbOrm l/k urd s .h l~ N ic k Grace, OC,
Cumbre OX)
LAOS la o National R& TV, 6130. hadEnglishlessonlromCanadaat 1258-1 31 3.A1ways
strong, some days onalmost 24hours(Wendel Craighead, Vietnam)
LEBANON V. 01Hope, 9960,has notcarried Dr.GeneScott forthreeyears.Sked is220021 30 mostly in Arabic, except EngliSh 1600-2100 (Gary HUll, manager via Hans
Johnson, Cumbre OX)
LtBERIA Governmentclosed down Star Radio in early Jan for not being registered, and
distributing news via Internet; probably a political moveordered by Pres. Charles
Taylor (BBC Newsdesk via Tony Jones, NUvia BC-OX) Actually, Star Radio not
recognized by government, but R. Monrovia fined for allowing Star to use its
frequencies(StarRadiomanager,R. NetherlandsMediaNetwork)Was fundedby US

AID as a neutral voice for political grou ps: ongoing government crackdown on
liberian media (Reuters via AndySennitt,OSWCI OX Windol't? Had been heard on
5880 at2033-2104 - HansJOhnson, Fl, CumbreOX)ThenPres. Taylor closed down
astation heowns. KissFM, for "inefficiency," AFPreported (BBCM )
MAl.TA (non) V. of Mediterraneanrelays via Russia: GPR-1 Moscow 2000-2200 7440:
GPR-B Khabarovsk0200-0530 Sun 17570. 0200-0500 Sun 15550 (Nikolai Rudnev.
Russia, BC-OX) E-mail: [email protected] (Dennis Allen, Australian OX
News) see also ITALY
MtXICO R. Mexico Internacional E-mail is [email protected] and website
includesprogramschedule,infoonstaff:http://WwW.telecommex .com/imer/rmi.hlml
(XERMX)
A 1-kWMWstation in Saltillo,Coahuilabecomes a SW broadcaster thanks to its
third harmonic on4290, heardM-Fmornings with theMonitor news magazinefrom
RadioRed network in Mexico City, 1200-1 330+. l ocal IDs occur at odd times, such
as1221 and 131 3 fromXESHT, A. Joya, 1430. 1urge DXers notto try to aSl MW
harmonics or contact the station as this could be extremely counterproductive,
resultingin elim ination of the harmonic (gh, OK)
XERF. 1570, Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, heard on a weak harmonic 3140at 1214.
...mentions IMER in IDs, so seems to have been privatized, slogan la SuperMachecal?)Nortena,but stillcarriesAntenaAadio newslromIMER at 1300l/ XERMX
5985.9 705and a satethte-delay behi nd (gh, OK)
NEW ZEALAND RNZI has abudget 01only NZS1.2 million, but theTreasurywantsto axe
the service. It hasa considerable impact in the Pacific despite its sale transmitter
compared to the many used by A. Australia and BBC. An unreleased ucvem mem
studyin1996 obtainedbyl abour Pacific IslandsAffairsspokesman TaitePh illipField
said RNZI wasnot important (Christchurch Press viaMarkNicholls, NZ; RA viaDave
Alpert) l eitersof support lor RNZI shouldgoto Hon. Jenny Shipley, PrimeMinister,
P.O. Box 55. Wellington. Or lax64-4-473-7045 (RNZI Mailbox)
RNZIfromJan greatly reduced usage of 151 15, replacedwith 17675 after 2200
or so, until0458(viaAdrian Sainsbury. RNZI)
NIGERIA [non) V. of FreeNigeria. Sat 1900-2000, kept announcingamove to 11645,but
stayed on 11715 (Mark Fine, VA, swftalk)
NORWAY At least for Jan theexperimental18950 NRKlDenmarkbroadcast added11 00
to 1000 for SAm but on different azimuths (Olav Mo Grimdalen , NRK,
rec.radio.shortwavewhere hepostsmonthly updates, and via Gigi l ytle)
PAPUA NEWGUINEA For afew days in late Dec, NBC Port Moresby experimented with
11 880 and 3925 instead 019675 and 4890 (Chris Hambly, Australia: Bob Padula,
EDX!')
PERU A. EI Sol dePucara, reactivated on 5560.6 at 11 24-1 151, huaynos, freq uent IDs
(Don Moore. IA)
R. Soledad, Parcoy, on new 4549.5v at 1130, interfe ring with Bolivia's Adif.
tropico: plays Andean mainstream huaynos only, adstring every hall hour, weak
signal butgood audio.
R. Nueva SensaciOn is new station on 4386.5v from Chiclayo at 11 15 (Henrik
Klemetz. Ol.8) 4390.7 with two booming canned IDsat 1132 (Hans Johnson, Fl ,
CumtJre OX)
R. Uno, ' ta diferente" is new namefor R. GotasdeOro, 4572vsinceNov, at1100
(Henrik Klemetz,Colombia, DatelineBogota)
R.Uucanonnew3270.48al l 038-1 104with10 1055(DaveValko,PA,CumbreOX)
Had been on5629.9 (Don Moore, Ecuador)
A. la Vozdela Huanrua isnewon7003.39at 0007-0219- to returnat 1100; ham
CW DRM (Ho racio Nigro, Uruguay, hc-dx)
PHILIPPINES Newsked lorDXOialonFEBC:Wed 142011995, Sat 011 515450. Sat 0935
11 635 (Peter Mcintyre , FEBC. EOX!')
POLAND Most PR outlets have rumbles on them as gh noted on 9525 at 1300. I've
complained to the station and they try to fix, but are unable to remove the rumble
permanently. Also. mod ulation depth is low, agg ravated by absence of any audio
compression. Badcondition ofWarsaw'sover 35year-oldTestaSW rigsforcedthem
totestrelays..a Germany(Kai l udwig, Germany, Reviewal InternationalBroadcasting)PR added 9525to 1/6095, 7285 at 2030English,may hel pinNAm(Ben McNenly,
Ont., Cumbre OX) Not a trace 01it here (gh, OK)
PORTUGAL RDP to Easl Timor onnew 17710ex-17595. M-F1200-1400, SaVSun08001000 (Panlview,Bulgaria)
ROMANIA Despite AN-Bonairealso on9590 in English until 0525, RRI has French to
Canadafrom 0500interfering (GeorgeThurman, TX, gh)

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

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Programming , op inion, equ ipment, satellite monitoring.
Samples 82.50 each (outside North Am erica US S3 or 6 IRes)
10 issue subscriptions826 in USA. or both for 849
Glenn Hauser, Box 1684-MT, Enid, OK 73702
M arch 1998

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the Global Forum (continued)
I

RUSSIA VQR began 1998 byreducingits WorldServicein Englishfrom24to 16 bpd . the

Cuts being 1000-1400 and 2200-0200. the latter during prime NAm lime (Ivan
ensnn. Ont.: Roger Tidy and EdwinSouthwell, UK) We had abouttwoweeks ofgood
reception on71 25 after thebuzz wasfixed. beforethecutback (gh)Albanian, Spanish,
Chinese. Polish, Portuguese. Serbo-Croatian. French havealso beenreduced (VOR
OX programvia Klaus Lieberwirth . Be-DX)
GPRl Moscow/Riazan on 15455 around 08001200 in Russian produces two
verystrong symmetrical spurs daily on 15312.11and 15597.89 (Wolfgang Buschel.
Germany. Be-OX) The R. Rossii service (Kai ludwig, ibid.)
SANMARINO (non?) R. San
Marino International
\i;l RSMI~
was accused 01being a
hoax, actually trom
Ma inz, Germa ny.Inaddition to its address in
Italy, it did publicize in
Play-DXan address in
Mainz, but thisistotally
mcorclusive,asareclaimstobroadcast fromamobiletransmitterwithinSanMarino.
That's the trouble with pirates. Before the mid-January broadcast. its website
disappeared. Its before-Xmas broadcasts were widely heard (gh)
SARAWAK Many of the listed transmitters of R. Malaysia here are not active; actual
monitoring in the local evening confirms after 0930or 1000; 4895 Kuching Iban
se rvice. 5005/6050 Sibu man. 5030 Kuching Bidayun. 6060 Miri lban relaying
Kuching7270. 7160KuchingChinesefEnglish (Bob Padula, Electronic DXPress)
SIERRALEONE FM 98.1has been interferedwith by theArmedForcesRulingCouncil, so
it added another freq uency, 99.9, and plans more FM relays and a SW transmitter
(SierraLeone website via BBCM ) My guess is SWwould comefrom Guinea. Much
more about this at http://WwW .slerra-leone .org/radio1 228.html and ending in /
radi0981 .hlml (Nick Grace. DC, Cumbre OX)
SIKKIM AIRGanqtok. 3390. afterHindi had English 10 at 1430 givingfrequency as 1404
kHz, and western music program (Ma hendra Vaghjee , MauritiuS)
SLOVAKIA (non] AWR has greatly reduced, but not eliminatedusage of Himavska Sobota
transmitters. and increased use of Germanyand added sate llitevia WRN . Wavescan
is onWRN1 Sundaysat 1530:andviaAWR-Forli,Italy, 7230at0930and1230 (Ad rian
Peterson. AWR)
SOLOMON ISLANDS Just before Xmas , SISC hadan additional frequency, 4960, heard
better than 115020. not to be coniusedwith Vanuatu (Rich Hankison, Maul, Cumbre

Radio San Marino

International

OX!
SOMALIA Holy Koran Radio heard on same frequency as V. of Hope. Lebanon, 6549.5,
at 1655,17271756 ,goodsignal but weak modulation(MahendraVaghjee,Mauritius)
R. Hargeisa, 6866-USB. heardinDecduringperiodof superbEAf reception,1851 1927" (Bob Hill. MA. DSWCI OX Windo l~
SUDAN(non} V. of Sudan has some English segments between 0445and0500; address
is PO Box 4961. Asmara. Eritrea. This and a phone conversation with the only
announcer confirmthelocation(NiCk Grace. Cumbre OX)NoIrequency. presumably
7999 (gh) VOS. tentatively !romSaudi Arabia, 17050n12008.0 (Wolfgang Bilschet.
Germany. BC-OX!
SWITZERlAND SRI's main directional siteatSchwarzenburg will beclosed attheend of
MarCil duetoenvironmental concerns, aswill theomniat Lenkat theend 01OCtober.
butscnens will remain in operation. Because SRIwill no longer be able to fulfill its
timeswap witnCRI, relays viaChinawill end in Oct andshift toSingapore. Transmissions Irom Switzerland ending asa result of closing Schwarzenburg and Lenk will
shift to Germany (Bob Zanotti, SRI, Review of International Broadcasting)
[non] The Two Bobs didaone-hour reunion special lor Xmason IRRS.lt aly. You
may findit in thelist01current NEXUSRealAudioofferingsat: hllp://www.nexus.orgl
IRN/ra-audiofNe xus-IBAlHE LlO_THERE!(Bob Zanotti. SRI . Reviewof International
Broadcasting)
TAIWAN Contrarytopreviousreports, V.of Free China changed nam eJan. 1to R. Taipei
Internationa l. at least in theEnglish version (CharlieCrawford, KY; Sonny Ast nmorf
Japan , hard-core-dx) As part 01thereorganizationof SW broad castinghere,there are
now three main networks: RTI in non-Chinese languages, external service; Chinese
Dialects Network, for the Mainland. including services previously carried by CBS
Network-a and VOFC: and V. 01Asia (Bob Padula. EOXPj Actually five, including
Variety Network and News Networks in Mandarin (VOA Communications World)
Mainland authorities promised notto interfere with the reorganizedTaipei InternationalVoice (Chung Yang Jih Pao, Taiwan via BBeM) Previously subject to intense
jammingasCBS services to the Mainland (gh)
TAJIKISTAN Relay facilitiesherehavemajor technical problems. suchas mixing Vatican
and R. Free Asia. R. Nederland stopped using it in Decand moved5905 at 0030 to
UZbekistan (Andy Sennitt. oSWCI OXWindow)
TA NZANIA DuringRamadan (Jan),R.TanzaniaZanzibar. 11 734.1. stayed onanhourlater
until 2100 (Randy Stewart. MO; Mickey Delmage. Manitoba: gh)
TURKEY New hostof VOT Letterbox is ReshidaMorali (Gigi Lytle, lX)
TURKMENISTAN Turkmen Radio 1, presumed, 5015 from 2300 past0200 around the
solstce with beautiful stringed instrumentals (Hans Johnson, FL, Cumbre OX)
U K 0 G BaN I Frank Muir, longtimepanelist on SBC's My Music and My Word died in
January (Larry Nebron. CAl BBCWS is now available 24h on Internet: http://
www .audionet.comlbbc/ (via Dave Alpert. NY; WilliamMederos)
USA AllanWeiner got anFCC constructionpermit for his SW station in Mainejust belore

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Xmas (Anita L. McCormick. Kiwi Radio WeekM seeleadstorylastmonth(gh)Brother

Stair has beenoffered all the airtime hewants. as much as 75%. in the wake of the
Fury fiasco. If any is left, stationmay be called ' The Planet" and includeOX shows.
Targetis earty 1999 (George Thurman. lX)
WHRA in Mainesubmitted thissked until March 29,pendingFCCapproval: 030005007465 ME. 0500-0800 9400 AI. 1800-2000 17655 AI. 2000-2200 15460 AI.
2200-2400 13760 Al (Joe Brashier, WHRvia OoXA via IvanGrishin)
The FCCURL in Janissue. p. 40 should have started hUp:/Jwww,fcc.gov/(Mark
Rodocker)
WRND. 15420. heard onaThuat2100 with Gilligan's Invitation to theBlues, from
Houma; and at 2200 the syndicated Blues Story. Niceto see someoriginal program ming on SW (Alan Johnson, NV, Reviewof InternationalBroadcasting)
WH RI replaced 5760 with 5770 at 0400-1000exc MonIrom0200(Bob German,
GJA. BC-OX! Lookout. R. Miskul! (gh)
WGTG has received aletterIromtheFCCexoneratingit fromall claims01harmful
interferencemadeby neigh bors. Thetrouble was really small-town politics tryingto
ruin our new business. Time on new second transmitteris now available;however,
WGTG is for sale at S300K, includingtwo transm itters, liveantennas. Or a second
station may bebuill with differentcalls, secular identity (Dave Frantz. WGTG. World
of Radio) The1998 WR THlinaily gotWSHBin theright stateon itsUSAmap, but now
WGTG almost coincides with GreenVille, NC, instead of theGAITNborder (gh) Most
WGTG programming is fromthe Fundamental Broadcasting Network, originating at
WOTJ (Winning Others To Jesus). 90.7, Newport, fJC which provides a program
guide. and audio athnp:/twww.clis.com/lbn(viaFrantz)
WORLO OF RADIO on WWCR in March resumes15685Thuat2130; other times
asof mid-January: Sat 0600 321 0 and 5070; Sat 1230 5070; Sun 0730 5070; Tue
1330 15685.WhenoSTresumesfirst SundayinApril,UTlimesshift one hourearlier.
Check our websitelor latest info; http://WWW . grove. ne V~ghauser
VOA's Border Crossings show. M-F 2010-2100, previously on a restricted few
trequences.added15410Moroccoand 15580Greenvillelorbettercoverage01NAm.
Eu . Af (Kim Elliott. VOA and viaEdwin Southwell) Thehuge jazz collection of thelate
WillisConover, plusatonofpersonal memorabilia.hasbeendonatedtotheUniversity
01North Texas libra ry. Denton (Ft Wonh Star-Telegram viaMike Cooper)
On a whim, I chec ked25950 for the Portland,OR, pseudo-SW broadcast station
at 2125 and there it was on AM with lair signal, rock music, 10 as "94-7 NRK" but
fading out quickly. 25950 formerly carried KGON and KFXX, but now it's the third
station unde r common ownership. KNRK. actually licensed to Camas, WA (gh, OK)
KNRK-FM , 25950 AM ,alsohere lorextended daytime periods 1930-0215,fair at best
around 2300 (BryanClark, NZ, Cumbre OX)
MWharmonics: 2340 = 2 x 1170 from WOAT.Amory, MS at 1205-1219, oldies.
distorted lD (Don Moore. JA)
2800 = 2 x 1400 from KWLA, Many, LA, pronounced "manny," with many area
references. ads and news at 1230, simulcasting KWLV107.1 (gh, OK)
(non)Thonot specified assuch by SBeM. wesuspect oneWYFR transmission is
still a UKOGBAN I relay.Arabic at 1800-1900 on 95BO (gh)
(and non) RFAwill increasestaff from 126to 224by mid-year. Mandarin lrom 5
to 12 hpd, Tibetanfrom2 to 4, addUighur. Cantonese(AFPandAPvia The Australian
via Matt Francis. EDXp) As 01late Nov. thesewere the transmitter sitesfor R. Free
Asia; all broadcasts are 60 minutes except Chinese 1500-1630, 1630-1700;
Kame. ARMEN IA: 1130Lao 17535. 1230Khmer 1151 O. 1300Tibetan9400. 1400
Vietnamese9400. 1500Burmese9400, 1530Korean 7475.2200Korean7495.2200
Lao 7550. 2230 Khmer 11 51 0. 2300 Tibetan 7550. 0030 Burmese 7455.
Dushanbe. TAJ IKISTAN: 1130Lao 15660. 1230Khmer7520.1300Tibetan 7530.
1400 Vietnamese 6240, 1500 Burmese 6240, 1500Chinese 7530, 1630 Chinese
7530. 1700 Chmese 7530. 2100 Chinese7530. 2200Korean 7530. 2200 Lao 6240.
2230 Khmer 7520. 2300Chinese 7530. 2300 Tibetan 7415. 2330 Vietnamese 7520.
0030 Bu rmese7530.
Almaty. KAZAKHSTAN: I 130Lao7540. 1230 Khmer7540. 1500 Burmese 7540.
2200 Lao 5B65. 2230 Khmer7540. 0030Burmese 7515.
KWHR. HAWAII: 1230 Khmer9930 IM-Fonly -JimMoats]. 1400-1 500 Vietnamese 9930.
Holzkirchen, GERMANY: 1300 Tibetan 15385, 2300 Tibetan 9875.
KHBI. SAlPAN: 1400 Vietnamese 9455. 1500Chinese '1 945 and 9445. 1630
Chinese 11945 and 9455, 1700 Chinese 11945. 9455, 2100 Chinese 9795, 9775.
2200 Korean 9455. 2200 Lao 9570. 2300Chinese 13800, 2330 Vietnamese 13710,
0030 Burmese 13710.
KHBN. PALAU 1500 Chinese9910. 1530 Korean 9955. 1630 Chinese991 0. 2100
Chinese9910, 2200Lao 9910, 2300Chinese 9910, 2330 Vietnamese 9980.
Delano. CALIFORNIA: 1500 Ch inese 9805, 1630 Chinese 9805, 1700 Chinese
9805. 2100Chinese 11 980. 2200Korean 11 980. 2300 Chinese 11 870.
UlanBator. MONGOLIA: 1530 Korean5855, 2200Korean 7460, 2330 Vietnamese
11580. 0030 Burmese 11 5BO.
KNLS, ALASKA: 2100 Chinese 9650, 2200 Korean 9650, 2300 Chinese 9650
(Shigenori Aoki, AsianBroadcastingInstitute, viaJim Moats) RFA subsequently tried
to suppressthis inlo (gh)
VENEZUELA Ecos delTorbes missing from 4980. found on 4963, distortedFM at 1045
news, 10 (HansJohnson,FL, Cumbre OX)
VIETNAM CaoBang,6540.75vwithdriftingand howling, overmodulateduntil 1403 (Karl
van Hcoy. Michiel Schaay, Holland. DSWCI OX Window)
Until theNext. Best of OX and 13 de Glenn!

0007 UTC o n 7003.39

PERU: Radio lV dela Guarinja. Spanish . Station 10to "satudos a amigo de
Carmen de la Frontera: station 10and greetings to listeners in Huancabamba .
1Candor Pasa on guitar to co rrespondence informa tion. Nation al anthem
at 02 16. 02 19' . (Horacia A. Nigro, Monte vid eo. Urugu ay; Hard Core DX!
Cumbre DX)
0027 UTC o n 4945
PERU: Radio An dina. lively Spanish spo rts co mmenta ry to station breaks.
Peru's Sud am er ic a audible on 5522 , 0049-00 56 with 10 , time checks and
Peruvian music. (Mark Veldhuis, Borne, Netherlands/Hard Core OX)
0030 UTe o n 11660
MADAGASCAR: Radio Netherlands relay. English service to South Asia ,
monitored to 0 125. 119860 . (lee Silvio Mentor , OH)
0030 UTC on 5885
GERMANY: Rad io Vilnius. Signal drifting to 5885. 115905 . English to North
Ame rica 10 0059 , severe util ity OR M to 5905 . (Silvi, OH; Albert J. Arnold,
Ches terfield, VA)
0035 UTe on 5880
LITHUANIA: Radio Viln ius. English service. not ed /I 5905 . Co-channel
RTTY interference and ORM from 5875 in Spanish . (Mark J. Fine, Remington,
VA; Arnold, VAl
0053 UTe on 6050
CHINA: Xizang PBS . Chine se news and 10 as Xizang , did not hea r
Zhongyang. best in lSB1/4750. (Zacharias liangas , Tnessatlonlki. Greece)
0104 UTC on 4879.2
BANGLAD ESH: Bangia Betar. Presumed news in Bengali, frequent me ntions of Bangladesh. 10 at 0106. monito red in LSB to avoid num ber station
interference on 4880.(Veldhu is, Nl O)
01 10 UTe on 4940
SRI LANKA: SlBC. Station address, advertise ments, frequency quot e to
10. Station noted on 9730 at 0117-0131. Golden Oldie music show to
program Back to the Bible. (Veldh uis. NLD)
0112 UTe on 4870
ECUADOR: Radio Diffusora Cultural. Classroom seg ment amid utility
interference; only moderate OTN noted during local thunderstorms. {Nigro,
(URG)
0300 UTC o n 3396
ZIMBABWE; ZBC. Drum interval sig nal to choral national anthem and 10 1
frequency quote. Religious programming in regional language. Easy listening music program to Radio Four identification . (R.C. Hewitt, Quartzite, AI)
0307 UTC o n 4935
KENYA : KBC. Station 10 including mentions of Nairo bi to national news
topics . Weather foreca st to native music . Co mme rcials to "Thi s is KBC: It's
6 :30 .~ (Hewitt. AZ: John O. Mac Donald. Poulsbo, WA/Hard Core OX)
0340 UTC on 6940
ETHIOP IA:Radio Fana. Presumed this statio n with males indigenous language and African program formal. (Silvi, OH) Rad io Eth iop ia noted on
9704 .2, 1557- 1601 with text. frequencyllD forma t and signal chimes .
(vet dhuts . NLO)
0359 UTe on 4775
SWAZ ILAND: TWA. Music box interval signal to statio n 10 . German religious text. (Hewitt. AZ) Religious text on 9500 at 1757-1826; 3240 at 18291833. (v eldhuis . NlD)
0650 UTe on 6900
TUR KEY: Turkish State Meteo. Typical Tur kish voca ls and text. Turkey' s
Polls Radyosu noted on 7370 at 0655 with similar format. (Cleme nte. Italy)
110 5 UTe on 5953. 8
COS TA RICA: Radio Casino. Fair to poor signal quality for Spanish vocals
and regional news items. (Brian Bagwell. St Lou is. MO)
1115 UTC on 5005.59
PERU: Radio Ja en. Peruvian flute music amid distorte d signa l. Excellent
catch, not usually noted du ring random stati on checks . (Nigro. URG)
1130 UTe on 4890
PAPUA NEW GUINEA NBC. Regional news item to pop music tune. Brief
radio play with signa l fades by 1145. (Giampiero Bernrdini, Chieli, Italyl
Gatflashl)
1200 UTe on 7285
SOUTH KOREA : KBSJRadio Korea Inl'l . English broadcas t including AWR
Special, good signal faded by 1230, plus interference from amateur radio
band. (Silvi, OH)
1236 UTe o n 980 5 LS B
THAILAND: Radio Thailand. Newscast with regional and inte rnational
headlines. (Wilden, IN) Noted 1448- 1510 on 4830. (Walter Mala, To rino,
ltaly/Gatfl ash!)
1300 UTC on 15220
ANTIGUA: BBC relay. News Hour program with a feature on Amnes ty
International. BBC Cyprus relay noted on 15565 at 1400. (Wilden, IN)

1338 UTC o n 9500

AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. Chinese/English lesson program. (Wilden.
IN). Vl8A (Alice Springs) on 2310 kHz with time checks, ABC newstune
followed by newscast. (Veldh uis, Nl O) Radio Au str ali a in English from
1300-1445+ on 11660 1/6080 , 6020 kHz . (Silvi, OH)
1418 UTe on 7165
NEPAL: Radio Nepal. English news and sports update. followed by
Nepalese text to station 10 . (Veldh uis, NLD) Sta tion noted on 5005.33 at
1542. (McDonald, WA ; Bernardini, Italy)
1445 UTe on 4855 LSB
BELA RUS; Unid. Relaying Radio Mayak. Music program from Broadway
musicals. Report by Irene Lubkacova to tango music at 1458. Station 10
as, "Moskovskaya Vremya ...program Mayak ." (Klaus Elsebusch. Denmark/Hard Core OX).
1505 UTC on 4940
RUSSIA: Voice of Russia. English newscast to station 10. Sports briefs to
main points round up and Sunday Panorama program. (Else busch, DNK)
You Write to Us on 5940 at 2 150. (Bob Fraser, Coha sset, MA; Arnold, VA)
1603 UTC on 7120
RWAND A: Deut sche Welle relay. Male speaker with news in English.
SINPO=33443. (Veldhu is. NL D)
1615 UTC on 17840
SCENS ION ISLAN DS: BBC World Service. Seeing Stars on the ancients'
views of the heavens. (Fraser, MA) VOA relay noted on 17755, 20052059 . (Arnold. VA)
1635 UTe on 11700
GABON: Radio France Int'l relay. Tribute to the late French violinist Stefan
Gafeni. (Fraser , MA)
1700 UTe on 15420
USA: W RNO. Rush U mb augh's show to newscast. VOA-Green ville
noted on 945 5 from 000 5-0130. KVOH heard on 9975. 0400 -0420 .
(Arnold, VA)
1715 UTe on 9560
ETHIOPI A; Radio Ethiop ia. French service including 10 , talk and regional
music. (Frank Hinton , Charl eston. SC)
1845 UTC on 4975
UGAN DA: Radio Uganda. Afro pops to class ical music. Speech text in
regional language. (Liangas , GAC ) Station note d on 04 10-04 17. (HeWitt,
AZ; Bernardini. Italy)
1859 UTC on 9780 .30
YEMEN: Rep. of Yemen Radio. Regular programming in Eng lish, with
national anthem. into Arabic programming at 1900 . Fair signal for audio
level, ORM from carri er on 9780. (Fine. VA; Sarchev, UZB )
1945 UTe on 1171 5
NIGERI A: Voice of Nig eria. English 10 at 1950. with Indiana USA address
for QSLs. Station wa s reportedly to change to 11645 as mentioned in this
broa dca st, but found on this frequency inste ad. (Fair, VA) Station noted
1542-1554 on 7255 (Veldh uis, NLD)
2000 UTe on 7580
EURO PIRATE: Radio San Marino Int'I. Station sign-on with multili ngual
IDs, 11 114 10 USB fair quality. (Tom Ban ks. Dallas, TX)
2003 UTe on 4885
BRAZIL; Radio Clube do Para. Early reception of Portu guese broadcast.
10 noted as , "Radio Otube." Brazil's Rad io Cancao Nova noted on 9674,
2033-2100 with 10lfrequency quote and address. (vero burs. NLO) Cultura
do Para 5045 at 0130. (Sa rychev, UZB)
2020 UTC on 11655
NETHERLANDS: Radio Netherlands. Media Netwo rk report s on the
problems of South Pacific island broadcasters. (Fraser. MA)
2100 UTe on 5020
NIGER: La Voix Du Sahel. French serv ice including highlife music and
regional news items. (Sarychev, UZB)
2109 UTe on 4850
CAM EROON : RTV Yao unde . English news at tune-in to wr ap up at 2112.
Afro mus ic program for French service . (Ross, CAN)
2245 UTe on 7530
BULGA RIA: Radio Bulgaria. Economy feature program on exhib ition of
Bulgarian co nsume r good s. (Frase r, MA)
2320 UTe on 4925
INDON ESIA: RRI-Jamb i. Indonesia. Pop music program to Ouran. Very
good signal co nsidering its 7.5 kW power. Signal faded down after 00 1O.
(Liangas. GRG) RRI-Sorong on 4875 at 1350. (Sarychev, UZ B)

Thanks 10 our contributors - Have ),ou sent in YOUR logs ?

Send to Gayle Van Horn, do Monitoring Times (or e-mail gayle @gro\e.llef)
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Out of this World CSL

A favori te activity of many amate ur
radio operat ors is to make contact with
U.S. hams onboard the Mir space station.
and you can eve n get an out-of-this-wor ld
QSL for your col lection.
C urrently. the Mir amateur op era tio ns ean be heard o n 145.800M Hz(FM).
If you want to try your hand at direct
communications with Mir, try se nding
your signal up to the station on 437.850
MHz. Mircom mun icati ons can be ea sily
heard on scanners - e ven ha ndhel d portable scanners .
Th e graph ic above sho ws the curre nt Mir QSL card that is
availab le to amateurs who have succes sfully made the two-wa y
rad io contact with Mil'. e ither by FM voic e or by packet radio .
T he QSL is avai lable to stations in Nort h America throu gh Dr.
Dav id Lar sen . N6CO/ K6MIR, or throu gh Se rgej Sam buro v,
RV3DR , for stations in the re main ing paris of the wo rld.
Send your QSL ca rds and rec eption reports to one of the
followin g Mir QSL Man agers:
Dr . David Larsen, N6CO/K6M IR , P.O. Bo x 1501, Pine

Grove, Califo rnia 95665 USA . Dave offe rs confirmation for stations located in
the USA ,Ca nada, A ustra lia, NewZealand
and South A merica. Please include a
bu siness-sized SASE or IRCs with your
QSL or reception report .
Sergej Samburov , RV3DR , P.O. Bo x
73. Kalin igrud -Hl C ity. Mo scow Area .
141 070, Russia. Sergcj offe rs confirmution for stations located in Russia only,
Plea se inclu de a sel f-addres sed stamped
e nvelope with yo ur QSL or recept ion report.
So , the ne xt time you feel like some out of thi s wo rld
comm unicatio ns, try your hand at mon itoring and QSLing the
Russian Mir space station .
Information and graph ic forthis co lumn are courtesy of Joh n
A, Mag liacane, K02BO. John is the a mateur satellite columnis t
for Satellite Times magazin e and the ed itor o f Spo ceteews. a
wee kly pub licat ion distributed on the internet for sate llite enthusiasts,
MIR

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BENIN
Radi o Diffusion du Benin, 4870 kHz. Partial dat a Q SL car d un sign ed. Recei ved
in six mon th s after o ne follow up for a Fren ch repo rt. SAE ( not used for reply )
and m int sta mps. Station ad dress: La v cix de la Re volut ion . Boite Post al 366,
Cotonou, Ben in. (T om Bank s, Dallas. T X )
CUllA
Radi o Havana Cuba , 13719 kHI.. Ca rd noted as QSL Card # I fro m the Cuba DX
Club and nice letter with New Year wishes from Lou rdes Lopez, plus pock et
ca lendar . contest entry info shee t, and postcard o f CtlJrle de l Morro. Received in
three years for an Engli sh rep ort and one U.S. dollar. Statio n add ress: Apan ado
6240, La Habana, C uba. (T on y Beube nek. Ea st Hampton. N Y)

WSTRTV 64 Ci ncinnati. OH . Full da til prepa red QS L curd and personalletter from
Greg Bu zzell-Chief En gmee r. Souven ir station "good ie" bo x included the: following; two W STR cups, two statio n rulers , and three station T vshins. Best QSL
packa ge ev er rece ive d...it cost them $7.0(} ju st to ship to me. Receiv ed in one
month for a T V reception report and mint stamps ( returned). Station address: 5 177
Fishw ick Dr., C incinnati. OH 452 16. (R oss, CAN )

JOKDAN
Rudie Jordan. 11690 kHz. T wo full data QSL cards signed by Jawad ZadaDirector . Rece ived for a tape d "period" repo rt of two days recepti on an d I WO
IRC s. Station address: P.O . Bo x 909. Amman, Jord an . (Randy Stewart. Spring field . M O)

FMfrV
WROX-FM 96 . 1 Full da ta ve rific atio n letter sig ned by Da ve Mor gan -New s
Director ; my prep ared QSL. curd was returned. Recei ved for illl English FM
repo rt and SA SE. Statio n address: 500 Dom inion To wer, 999 Water side Dr..
Norfolk. VA 23 5 10. (Hank Holbroo k. Dun kirk, MO l
WKRY-FM 93. 6 Fu ll data verification letter signed by Sherry Russo-Gen eral
Mana ger . Recei ved in 13 mon ths for an Engli s h FM report and SASE. Station
address: 382 0 North Roo se vel t Blvd., Key Wes t, R _.B Om (Ho lbroo k, M D l
KLQP -FM 92. 1 Full data vc nfi catic n letter signed by Maynard R. Meyer Gener al Manager/Chi ef Eng inee r. Recei ved in ten day s for an English PM repo rt
and SASE, Station address : Box 70, Madison. M N 5625 6. (H olb rook. M D)
WBUF-LP T V Buffalo, NY ell. 39. Full dal il prepared Q SL car d and personal
letter from Caro line K. Powle y-O wner . Received in 3 weeks fo r a T V recep tion
repo rt and m int stamps. Stillion addres s: 9 276 Dutch Hill Rd., West Valle y, N Y
14 17 1. WNGS and WBUF-I.P simulcast and are owned by the same person .
(Robert S. Ross, Lond on, O ntario . Ca nilda/amfinll'cU')

ME I>IUI\.'1 WAVE
KGXL-AM 1650 Cos ta Mesa. CA. Fu ll data band written ver ification letter.
signed byTom Wb ite-Di rector ofEngineerin g pl us busin ess ca rd. Recei ved in 13
days fo r an English AM report. Station address: 1500 Co tner Avc., l..os Angeles.
C A 9{X)25. (Patric k M , Grift1th . Fed cr aillcigh rs, CO )
PAKISTAN
Radi o Pak istan . 50 55 kHz. Parti al data card of
Rak apo shi . signed by
Anw er lnuyet Kha n-En gineerin g Ma na ger, plus persona l no te from the ve ri
signe r. I was qui te surp rised to recei ve this verification on thi s freq ue ncy , and for
thi s se rvice . I have sent num erou s repo rts for their Engl ish tran smi ssion o n 11570
to no av ail. Recei ved in 30 days after uue follo w up for an English report and
SA SE . Station address:P.O. Bo x 139 3, Islamabad 44000, Paki stan. (Ste ve Martin. CNClImb rl' OX)

,"'ollllC

USA
Rehoboth Bay Marina . 156 .8 MH z. Full da ta prep ared QSL car d signed by Ca pt.
Larr y Karipinski-Harbor Mas ter, plus pho to o f the mar ina . Rece ived for an
Engl ish report and mint stamps . Station address: 1117 Highway O ne , De wey
Bea ch . DE 199 7 1. (Holbroo k, MO l

Cttl-Tv 55 Fort Erie, O ntario, C h. 55, Full dat a prepar ed Q SL ca rd sig ned only
as Asst . Direc tor o f En ginee ring , plus station licen se and cov erage rIIitp.
Recei ved in three wee ks for a T V recep tion report and mint stamps. Statio n
address: cJo G lobal Co mmun icat ions, KI Bar be r G reene Rd., Don Mills, O ntar io
M3C 2A2 Canada . (Ross , CAN )

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KDT 386 Delaware Dept. of Tr ansport ation , 1390 kl- lz. Fu ll data veritlc auon
tett er signed by Carl Shulak-High way Engineer /Planning Technician . Recei ved
for an English report and mi nt stamps. St atio n add ress: clo Bureau of Truffic. 250
Be ar Christiana Rd.. Bear , DE 1970 1. (Holbrook. MD)

SHO.nlU~U~ GUn)~

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Language

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Universal Time (UTe) at the top of each page. The rule Is: convert

station name. Irregular broadcasts are indicated 'enr and programming

which includes languages besides English are coded "vi" (various languages).

yo ur local time to 24-hou r forma t; add (during St and ard Tim e) 5,6,7,
o r 8 hou rs for Eastern , Cent ral , Mou ntain or Paci fic Tim es, respec-

4:

1:

Convert you r ti me to

UTe.

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tively.
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which might air at 0030 UTe Sunday will be heard on Saturday evening in
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summaryof the program's content.The letter stands for a day ofthe week,
as indicated below, and the four digits represe nt a time in UTe.
S: Sunday
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H: Thursday A: saturday
M: Monday W: Wednesday F: Friday
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r m i.h tm I) with a nice program
grid.
R USSIA. The Voice of
Russia revamped its progr am
lineu p on Jan 1st when it cu t
back its English bro adcasts
fro m 24 to 16 hours a day.
Desp ite volt's changes, the
station beca me increa singly
diffic ult to hear, resulting in a
ca ll for reception reports du ring
Janu ary.
USA (VOA ). In an unu sual
depart ure from es tab lished
custom. VOA's Africa Service
is now transmitting news
followed by Border Crossings
at 2000 da ily 0 11 freq uencies
154 I0 and 15580 whi le all
othe r frequ encie s carry the
second repeat of Afri ca World
Tonight . (Tha nks to Bill
\Vhitacre of VOA whose adv ice
is to "sit back and enjoy the
music." )
TAL K TO AMER ICA.
Now in its 40th month on the
a ir, the Voice of Amer ica 's

superb cal l-i n program co ntinues to be a favorite to listeners

around the wor ld. It is now
heard on loc al AM . FM . and
cabl e sys tem s in 26 countries in
additi on 10 all VOA sho rtwave
freque ncies at 1700 UTe. If
yo u misse d a broadcast, don't
despair. You ca n hear the
previous broadca st via the
Internet (www.voa.gow
programslaudio/realaudi o/ ).
Unfortunately. VOA does not
archive and index earlier
broadcasts of these excellent
programs.
WEB CA STING NEWS.
T he pop ular search engine
" Yahoo !" teamed up with
AudioNet to become a premier
d istribut or for AudioNet's
broa dcasts. Reaf Nerworks
ann ounced the launch of
Rea lPla net
(www.realplanet.com). a guide
to international RealAudio and
RealVid eo programmi ng o n the
Web. Major web casti ng
prov iders have joi ned forces to
protest proposed reg ulation s
which wo uld require payment
of royalty fees for tran smi ssion

o f co pyright audio over the

internet.
OLD TIM E RADIO
RE VI SITED . Some mont hs
ago we me ntio ned that CBS
was provid ing the o ld Mystery
Theater program on its website

(www.cbsrad io.com!mystery/
default.htrnl). Bookmark the se
other sites for additio nal
listening trips to yesteryear:
(www.scili.comip u lp/setJ
se t_c1as sics.h tm l)
(otr.u wsp. ed ulHea rN ow.h tm )

(www.mead.netJairti me/
onair.html). (Thanks to Ed
Sherwood! )
WAVEG UIDE UPDATE.
If you' re not one o f the over
145 WaveGuide subscribe rs,
send E-ma il to
frimmeltestonext.net to get on
the electronic mailing list for a
file of sho rtwav e broa dcasts
audible in North Ameri ca. You
ca n import it to yo ur da taba se
or word processing program or,
if yo u're a Mac user, impo rt it
to WaveMa ster, a free program
available at

(www.crosslink.net/cmflne/ ).

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Sundays
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0030
0038
0053

Herald BroadcasMg (KHBJI2IWSHB 12): Bible lesson.

lesson-sermons Iromthe King JamesVersiOn of me Bible
and Mary Baker Edlly'S lextbOOk.
l~etlM!rtands. RadiO: Insight RobGreen looksat whatmade
the news in the past seven days.
HeraldBroac:lcashng(KHBJ I 2JWSHB ,12): The Christian
Science sentinel. Discussions onhowtile Bible addresses
tiletrenes olltlOuOht 01 today.
tlethertands, Radio: News. Bultebn 01work! newsat the
start 01all proorams.
tlelhenanOS. Radio: Newsline. Correspondent reports.
interviews, andcommentaries on current events
t~etherla ncls. Radio: Weekend. MaggieAyre p ns colleagues
IromBBC World Service, Radio FranceInternational and
Deutsche Wellelor a weekly lookatissuesand themes
important throughoutEurope.

Mondays
0000
0030
0035
0053

Herald Broadcasling (KHBI 11102M'SHB 11): Sunday

Servicefrom tne Molher Church. See S 2300.
uemenancs. Radio: News, See S 0030.
tletherlands, Radio: Sincerely Yours, See S 11 38.
tletherlands, Radio: Sounds Interesting. See S 1153.

0040
0053

see

tletherlands, Radio: Newsline.

S 0038.
Nethertands, Radio: State of the Arts. seeT 1153.

~U~~oadcastino (KHBI I2 I: Bible l esson. see S OO.

0025 Netherlands. Radio: Press Review. See M 1225.
Herald BrOidcasting(KHBI I2) : The Christian Science
sentll'lel.
S0028.
0030 Netllertarlds. Radio: News.
S 0030.
0038 Netllerlands. Radio: Newsljne.
S0038.
0054 Radio NetherlaJlds: Documentary, Belgjum (26th). See F
2354.
0054 RadioNelherlands: Documentary. The DUictl Seaborne
Empire (19th). See H 1454.
0054 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The Dutch Seaborne
Empire (Balavia: Queen 01tile High Seas) (5th). SeeW
1154.
0054 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The Dutch seaecme
Empire (The Beginning 01the End) (12th). See ,\ 0154.
0028

see

Fridavs

0000

0025
0028
0030
0038
0053

Herald Broadcasting (KHBI 12): Bible l esson. see S OO.

tleltlerlands, Radio: Press Review, SeeM 1225.
Herald Broallcaslrng (KHBI'2): The Christlan Science
senhnel. See S0028.
tletherlands. Radio: News, See S0030.
Nethertamts. Radio: Newsline. SeeS 0038.
tlethertands. Radio: Research f~e . See M 1153

Wednesdays

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HeraldBroaocasting (KHBI I2 ): Bible l esson, seeS oo.

Herald Broadcasting(WSHB 11&2): The Chrstian Science
Sentinel. SeeS 0028.
Netherlands. Radio: Press Review. Set M 1225
Herald Broadcasting(KHBI '2) : The Chrislian Science
Senlinel. seeS0028,
Herald Broadcasting(WSHB 11&2): Bible l esson. See S

0030

Netherlands, Radio: News. seeS0030.

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0025
0028

0030

0030
0038
0053

Herald Broadcasting (WSH812): TheChristian SCience

Sentinel. SeeS 0028.
Nelherlands. Radio: Press Review.
M 1225.
Herald BroadcaSting (KHBII2lWSHB 11): TheChriSban
Science sennner. see S0028.
Herald Broadcasting(WSHB #2): Bible Lesson. SeeS oo.
Nertref1ands. Radio: News.
S 0030.
Netherlands. Radio: Newslbe. See S 0038.
Neltlerlands, Radio: Media Network.
H 1153.

saturdays
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see

see

Herald'Broadcasting(KHSI 121: Bible Lesson. See S oo.

Herald Broadcasting (WSH812): The Chrislian Science
sentiflel. seeS 0028.
0025 Netherlands, Radio: Press Review. See M 1225.
0028 Herald Broadcasting(KHBIIl): The Christian Science Sentinel.
SeeS 0028.
0028 Herald Broadcashng (WSHB12): Bible l esson.
S oo .
0030 Netherlands, Radio: News. seeS 0030.
0038 Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
0053 Netherlands, Radio: A Good uta. See M 1253.
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Tuesdays

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CostaRica.RF Peace Inti
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USA. WRNO NewOrleans LA
USA. WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USA. WSHB Cypress CrkSC
USA. WWCR NashvilleTN
USA. VIYFR OkeechObee Fl
uznecstan. R Tashkent
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SELECTED PROGRAMS. . .
Sundays
0100 Herald Broadcasling (WSHBI I ): Bible l esson. See S 0000.
0128 Herald Broadcaslillg (WSHB II) : TheChrlslianseence
Semmel, See S 0028.
0130 Greece, Voice 01: News. Worldnewsin English.
0130 nemenanos. Radio: News see S0030
0138 nemenanos. Radio: Newsline. See S0038.
0140 VaticanState. Vatican Radio: liturgical Re tlection
mscusscn 01a topic non church liturgy.
0152 Vatican State. Vatican Radio: News. Abulletin 01
international news.
0153 t~etlle r1ands, RadiO: RoughlySpeaking. Anupbeat
magazine prooram 10( European youth.

Mondays

Herald Broadcasting (WSHB 11&2): Sunday servce from

the Mother Church. SeeS 2300.
0125 Netherlands, RadIO: Program Inlo. Summary 01upcomiJ'l(l
program SChedules.
0130 Greece. VOice 01: News. seeS0130.
0130 Netherlands, Radio: News. see S 0030.
0136 Nethenancs. Radio: Wide Angle. See S 1238.
0140 Vatican Stale,Vatican Radio: Focus ontheChurch. News
about thechurch in the regionand aroundtheworld.
0145 UK. BBCLondon (AE): Images 01Britain (2nd.91h.16th).
Larry Hams talksto jocmalists Irommanyparts01 the
worldwhoare based in the UK to lind OUI what theyare
writing allout.
0150 vatcan Stale. Vatican RadIO: TheBackgrounder. Weekly
inlerview program
0152 vatcan State, VatICan RadIO: News. see S0152.
0154 Netherlancls. Radio: Siren Song. See S 1254
0100

Tuesdays
0100 Herald BroadcasbJ'l(l (WSHB 11): The ChrlsMnSCience
Sentinel. seeS0028
0125 Netherlands, Radio: Programmto.See M 0125.
0130 Greece, Voice 01: News, See S0130

0130
0130
0138
0140
0145

0152
0153

HeraklBroadcasbng(WSHB II ): Bblel esson. See S 0000.

Netherlands, Radio: NI!W5. See S 0030.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S0038.
Vatican State, Vatican RadiO: Focus ontheChurch. See M
0140.
UK. BBClondon (AE): Just a Taste(3rd,101h,17th). Katharine
Hodgson, host 01the World Service's cookery program,
preparesa dillerenl disheach week(recipes avauableupon
request).
Vatican State. vancan Radio: News Set! S0152.
Netllertands, Radio: A Good liIe . seeM 1253.

Wednesdays
0100 Herald Broadcasting (WSHB#1): Bible lesson. See S 0000.
0125 'l ethertancls, Radl(l: ProgramInfo. See M 0125.
0128 HeraldBroadcasting(WSH811): TheChfistian Science
sentinel. SeeS 0028
0130 Greece, Voiceof: News. See S0130.
0130 Netherlands. Radio: News. seeS Cl-J30.
0138 Nethertands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
0152 Vatican State. Valican Radio: News. SeeS 0152.
0154 Netherlands, Radio: Music 52-15. See T 1253.

Thursdays
0100

Herald Broadcasting(WSHB 11): The CllristianScience

Sentinel. See S 0028.
0125 Netherlan ds, Radio: Program Info. seeM 0125,
0130 Greece. Voice 01: News. See S0130.
0130 Herak!Broadcasting(WSHB11): Biblel esson. see S 0000.
0130 Netherlands, Radio: News. See S 0030.
0138 Netherlands.Radio: Newsline. seeS 0038.
0140 Vatican State, Vatican Radio: News 01the Church. News 01the
catho~c Chu:'Ch in the Vatican andaround the world.
0145 vaticanState, Vatican Radio: t.'tailbox. tenetsfromas eres
are read on-me-an anal requencychangesareannounced
when planned.
0152 Vatican State, Vatican Radio: News. See S 0152,
0153 Netherlands, Radio: Sounds Interesting. seeS 1153.

Fridays
0100 Herald Broadcasbng (WSHB 11): Bible l esson. See S

0000.
0125 Netherlands, Radio: Program Info.See M 0125.
0128 Herald Broadcasting (WSHB #1): The Christian SCience
sennnet See S0028.
0130 Greece, Voice 01: News. See S0130.
0130 Netherlands, Radio: News. See S 0030,
0138 Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
0152 Vatican State, Va tican Radio: News. See S 0152.
0153 Netherlands. Radio: Research File. See M 1153.

Saturdays
0100 Herald BroadcaSting(WSHB #1 ): The ChristianScience
$entinel. see S 0028.
0125 'letherlands, Radio: Program Inlo. See M 0125.
0130 Greece. Voice 01: News.
S0130.
0130 Herald Broadcasting(VISHB 11): Bible l esson. seeS

see

0000.
Netherlands, Radio: News. SeeS 0030.
UK, BBCl ondon(AE): Counterpoint. Britain'smusic-buffs
compele once again in this general knowledgemusic quiz.
0138 Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S0038.
01 40 Vatican Stale. Vatican Radio: Newsfrom tileAfrican
Church. Activities 01thecatholic Church in Alrica.
0152 Vatican State, Va tican Radio: News. SeeS 0152.
0154 Raclio Netherlands: Documentary. Belgium (28th). See F
0130
0130

""

0154
0154

0154

Ra:tio NetherLands: OoctImenury. The OlJ!Ch seatcme

Empire(21sl). See H 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Ooc1Jmentary. TheOutch Seaborne
Empire(Batavia: Oueen ol lheHigh seaS)(7th). See W
1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The Outchseaecme
Empire (The ~inning of theEnd) (14Ih). Panthree of
thefour-pan series.

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Australia. Vl 8TTent Crll.
Bangladesh. BangiaBetar
Canada CBCN Quebec Svc
Canada Cf RXToronto
Canada CFVP Calgal)'
Canada CHNX Halilax
Canada CKZN St John'S
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada R Canada Inti

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Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio CJno
Germany. Deutschew eue

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Honduras. LV EvangeliCa
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Kenya. Kenya arcaoc Corp
MalaYSI3. RadiO
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fl~thertands . RadiO
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Norway. RadiOt40rway mu
PapuaNewGuinea. NBC
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Romania, R Romania Inti

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Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Singapore. SBC Radio One
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SELEaED

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UK, ESC Asian Service

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USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
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USA. WHRI NobleSVIlle IN
USA. WlNB Red lion PA
USA. WJCRUpton KY
USA. WRMUR Miami InU
USA.. WRNDNew Orleans LA
USA.. WSHBCypress Crk SC
USA.. WSHBCypressCrkSC
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USA. WYFR ekeecnctee Fl
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Wednesdays

Russia. Voice 01: News, Every hour on t~ hour.

Russia.. voce ct Musi: arwl MusICians. Woodlamous
performers andcomposers play lor you.
rjeltlerlands. RadIO: News, See S 0030
rlelherlands. Radio: Ne.....sline. See S0038
UK. BBCl ondon(AS): Justa t aste (l Sl8th .15UII. SeeT
0145.
tletherlJnds. Ra dio: Weekend, See S0053

Russia. VOiCe of: News. See S0200.

Russia. voce ot Commonwealth UPdate. SeeT 0211 .
Netherlands. Radio: Program Inlo. SeeM 0125.
Netherlands, Radio: fl ews. See S0030.
Russia., Voice01: NeVISin Briel. SeeS0330
Russia. Voice01: Yourslor theAsking. seeT0532.
Netherlands. aaco: Newsline. seeS0038,
Netherlands. Radio: Stateot tne Arts. SeeT 1153.

0200
0200
0211
Q225
Q230
Q230
0230
0232
0238
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Herald Broadcasting (WSHB #2): The crmsuanScience

Sentinel.SeeS 0028.
Russia. Voice01: News, See S0200.
Russia. Voice 01: Commonwealth Update,SeeT 021 1.
NetherlaOl1s. Radio: Program lnto. See M 0125.
Herald Broadcasting (WSHB 12): B'ble l esson. See S OO .
Nelherlands. Radio: News, See S0030
Russia. Voice01: News in Briel.SeeS 0330.
Russia. VOice01: TheJazz Show. SeeM 0532.
Nelherlands. Radio: Newsline, See S0038.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. BelgIum(26th). Seef

2354

Q200
0211

RusSIa. VOice 01:News. seeS 0200.

R us~ , Voice01: Commonwealth UPdale Comments onthe
utest developments 10 tileCIS. in-depth analysIS of cunent
events. andmajOr issuesof heme cc ices.
0225 Netherlands. RJdlo: Program lnio. See M 0125
0230 Netherlands, Radio: News. See S0030
0230 Russia. Voice01: Nem in Bllel, SeeS 0330
0230 UK, BBCLondon (M) : Just a Taste (3rd.1Drh.17th). See T
0145.
0232 Russia. vo ce 01: Folk 80x. See tot 1532.
0238 Netherlands, Radio: Newsline SeeS 0038
0253 Netherlands, Radio: Research f ile. SeeM 1153.

MONITORING TIMES

0200
0211
0225
0230
0230
0232
0238
0253

Thursdays

Herald arcaocasnrc(WSHB 11): Sunday Servicefromthe

Mother cnorcn. SeeS 2300.
Herald Brcaccastmq (WSHB 12): SundayService fromthe
Mother Church. SeeS 2300.
Russia. Voice 01: News. SeeS 0200.
Russia, Voice 01: Music and Musicians. seeS0211.
Netbenands, Radio: Program Inlo, See M 0125
Netherlands, Radio: News. See S0030.
Netherlands. Radio: Sincerely Yours, SeeS 1138
Netherlarwls. Radio: Sounds Intereslil'l9. SeeS 1153.

Tuesdays

42

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0200

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Taiwan. Taipei RadioInll

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021 1

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0200 UTe

Me,ch 1998

0254
Q254

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Empire (1911'1 ). seeH 1454
RadiO Net~r1ands: Documentary. The DutchSeaborne
Empire (Batavia: Oueenof the HiOh seas: (511'1). seeW

11 54
0254

Radio Nelherlands: Documentary. TheDulcll Seaborne

Empire (The Beoinning 01theEndI I 12lh). SeeA 0154.

Fridays
0200
0211
0225
0230

Russia. voce oj; tlews. See S0200.

Russia. voee 01: ccmmcnweannUpdate. See T 021 1.
Netherlands. Radio: Program into. See M 0125
Netherlands. Radio: News. See S0030

Q230
0232
0238
0253

RUSS!3. Voice of: Newsin Briel. SeeS0330.

Russ:a. Voictof: MusicalYour Request SeeT 1 ~ .
Netherlands. RadIO: Newsline. See S0038.
Netherlallds. Radio: MediaNetwork. See H 1153.

Saturdays
0200
0211
0225
0230
0230
0232
0238
0253

Russ'a, Voice01:News. SeeS0200.

Russia, Voice01: Commonwealth UPdate, seeT 0211.
Netherlands. Radio: Insight See S0025.
Netherlands. Radio: News. See S0030,
Russia. Voice01: Newsin Briel. SeeS 0330.
Russia. Voiceof: TheJazz Show. See M 0532.
Netherlands. Radio:Newsline. See S0038.
Netherlands, Radio: A Good Lil e. See M 1253.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
GEORGIA: GEORGIAN RADIO
Programme Georgia monitored in English,
but erratic:
06 30-0700
0830-0900
(l'i30-1000
1630-1 71
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1830- 1900
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USA, KVOH los Angeles CA
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USA, Voice 01 America

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USA. WGTG McCaysvilleGA
USA, WHRI NoblesvilleIN
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WHRI NoblesvilleIN
USA, WINBRed lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRNONewOrleans LA
USA. WSHB CyplessClkSC
USA. WWCR NashvilleTN
USA WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. VaticanR
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SELEaED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0300 Chma, China Radio InU: News. A tenmlnute summary of
wol1d news.
0300 Herald Broadcasting(WSHB I Tt: BibleLesson. See S OO.
0311 China, ChinaRadio InU: News a outChina. Ten minutes01
home news.
0311 Russia, Voice 01: Moscow Mailbag . JoeAdamov answers
15-20listener questions every week.
0320 China. Chma Radio InU: Chinese Folktales. Thetraditions.
moral values, etiquetteand customs ol lhisanctent country
andslorle,s about real andl~enda lY I!~u res 01China.
0325 China, China Radio IoU: The ooklng S ow. Chinese recipes
and cookinglipsdirectfrom BeiJl n~
0328 Herald Broadcasting (WSHB 11): T e Christian Science
sentinel. See5 0028.
0330 China, ChinaRadio InU: ChinaScrapbook. Snippets 01 facts
about China's past andpresent.
0330 Russia. Voice 01:Newsin Brief. Ninety secondsnews
summary every hour on the hall-hour.
0332 RUSSia, Voice01:YourTopTune. Win a prize by guessirlll
Wh,ich song 01 the mree is the most~ular.
0335 China. China RadiO InU: MusIC Irom China. Chinesa music
lromtraditional to popto annual musicfestivals.
0347 Russia. Voice01: YouWrite to Moscow. A program based on
jsteners' letters. wtlat theythink about theprograms. their
oprnlOltS onevents, and inlo onecntests. OXing. stamp
collecting. cooking, ee.

Monda~

China, ChinaRadiO IrlU: News. See5 0300.

0300 Herald BroadcastingrnHB I t ): Sunday Service Iromthe
Mother Chutth. See 2300.
0311 Russia, Voiceof: MOSC1Iw Mailbag. SeeS 0311.
0313 China, China Radio InU: Sports Beat. See 5 1213.
0320 China, ChinaRadio Inti: ChinaSnapshots. SeeS 1220.
0325 China. ChinaRadio Inti: Report onDevelOping Couolries.
SeeS 1225.
0300

0332 Russia. Voice 01:Timelines. EstelleWinters hostsavariety

0300

0335

0311
0320

0345

programwith anupbeat nair and an insight Into Moscow Iile.

China, ChinaRadio InU: Song01 tile Week. See S 1235.
China. ChinaRadio Inti: Voices lrom Othel Lands. seeS
1245.

Tuesda~

0300

China. ChinaRadio Inll: News. SeeS 0300.

0300 Herald Broadcasting (WSHBl l j: The Christian Science

Sentinel. See S0028
Russia, Voice 01: MoscowMailbag. See S0311.
China, China Radio Inti: Current M airs. See M 1220.
China. China Radio IntI: Press Clippings. SeeM 1225.
0330 China. ChinaRadio lnll: China'sOpen Windows. See M
1230.
0330 Helald Broadcasting(WSHB 11): BibleLesson. See5 OO.
0332 Russia, Voice01:K31eidoscope. SeeS 1532.
0334 China. ChinaRadio InU: ChanOZhou Reports, See M 1234
0345 China. Cllina RadiO InU: Idioms and Their stones. seeM
1245
0311
0320
0325

Wednesda~

0300 China. ChinaRadio Inll: News. SeeS0300.

0300 Herald Broadcastirlll (WSHB I1 ): Bibte Lesson. SeeSOCOO.
0311 Russia. Voice 01: Moscow Mailba9, See50311.
03'" China, ChinaRadio tnU: Current Allairs. See M 1220.
0328 Herald Broadcasting (WSHBIt): TheChristian SCience
sentinel. See5 0028.
0332 Russia. voce 01:Your Top Tune. See5 0332.
0334 China, ChinaRadiO Jntl: Press Clippings. seeM 1225
0339 China. ChinaRadio lnll: OrientArena. See T1239
0345 China. China Radio Inti: Voices fromOther Lands. SeeS
1245.
0337 Russia, Voice01: You Writeto Moscow. See5 0347.

!~U~~n~~na Radio InU: News. See S 0300.

0330
0332

0334
0338
0345

Herald Broadcasting(WSHB 11): TheChristian Sdence

Sentinel. SeeS0028.
Russia.Voice 01:MosrowMailbag. See S031 1.
China, China Radio Inti: Current AlfailS. See M 1220.
Herald Broadcasting (WSHB 11): Bible Lesson. See S OO.
Russia, Voice01: Audio Book Club. See M 0432.
China, ChinaRadio Inll: Press Clippings. See t,1 1225
China. ChinaRadio Inll: Profile. SeeW123B.
China.China Radio JnU: Learn to Speak Chinese. See W 1245.

Frida~

0300

ina, China Radiolntl:News. See S 0300.

Herald Broadcasting (WSHB11): Bible Lesson. See S OO.
China, ChinaRadiO Inti: News aboutChina. seeS0311.
Russia. Voiceot:Moscow Mailbag. See 5 0311.
China, China Radio Inll: News Analysis. See H1215.
China, China Radio IoU: CurrenlAffairs. See M 1220.
Herald Broadcasting (WSHB 11): TheChristianSCience
Sentinel. see5 0028.
0332 Russia. Voice 01:Russianby Radio. seeW 1432.
0334 China.China Radio InU: Press C1ippirllls. See M 1225.
0338 China. ChinaRadio InU: Focus. See H 1238.
ll344 China. China Radio InU: CulturalSpectrum. SeeH 1244.

0300
0311
0311
0315
0320
0328

saturdays
0300 crllna, China RadiO InU: News. See S0300.
0300 Herald Broadcasting(WSHB II ): TheChriStialJScience
Sentinel. See5 0028.
0311 Russia. Voice 01: Moscow Mailbag. See S0311 .
03'" China,ChinaRadio InU: current Affairs. See M 1220.
0330 Herald Broadcasting(WSHB 11): Bible l esson. seeS OO.
0332 Russia.Voice01: Audio Book Club. see M 0432.
0333 China, ChinaRadio InU: Press Clippings. SeeM 1225.
0337 China.ChinaRadio InU: ute in China. seeF 1237.
034' China,ChinaRadio Jntl: Global Review. Seef 1244.

March 1998

MONITORING TIMES

43

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0400-<l500
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0400-0500

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AUSlralia,DelenseForces R
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Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada.CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU vancouver
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CostaRica,RF PeaceInti
Cuba. RadiOxavana
Ecuador, HCJB
Germany. neurscne Welle

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Sundays

Tuesdays

0411

041 1
0420
0425
0430
0430
0432

Russia. Voice ot News and Views. Russian viewsonnews

developments.
0420 China. China Radio Inti Chinese Folktales. SeeS0320.
0425 China. ChinaRadio Inti.The Cooking Show. see S0325.
0430 China. China Radio Inll: China SCrapbook. See S0330.
0430 Netherlands. Radio:News. See S0030.
0432 Russia. Voice01: A Chnslian Message IromMoscow. The
history 01 theRussian Orthodox Church and reatec topics
aredescribed togetherwith ecclesiastical background
mUSIC.
."
0435 China.China Radio Inti: MusicIrom China. See S0335
0438 Netherlands, Radio:Newsline. see S 0038.
0454 Netherlands, Radio: Weekend. seeS0053.

Mondays
0400
0411
0413
0420
0425
0430
0432
0435
0436
0445
. 0455

44

Herald Broadcasting (WSHB 121: SundayService lromIhe

MotherChurch. See S2300.
RusSia. Voiceot SCienceand Engineering in the
Commonwealth. SeeS 0611 .
Cnin.a. cbna Radio InU: SportsBeat seeS 1213.
C, ina.ChinaRadio Inti: ChinaSnapshots. SeeS 1220.
Cnina. ChinaRadio Inti: Report on Developing Countries.
Se!S 1225.
N ~thertands. Radio: News. See S0030.
Russia. Voice of: AudIO Book Club. Thebest cl Russian
classic aAd contemporary merarure.
China.China Radio Inll: Song01 theWe!k. See S1235.
Netherlands. Radio: Sincerely Yours. See S 1138.
China. ChinaRadio Inti:Voices Irom cmerL11ds. SeeS
1245.
Netherlands. Radio: Sounds rnrereenrc. See S1153.

MONITORING TIMES

Ma rch 1998

0434
0438
0445
0453

Russia, Voice ct News and Views. see S 04t 1.

China, ChinaRa'.1io Inti: Current Affairs. See M 1220.
China, ChinaRa'.1io Inti: Press Clippings. See M 1225.
China. ChinaRadio Inll: China'sOpen Windows. See M 1230.
Netherlands. Radio: News, See S0030.
Russia, Voice 01: AlternativePrograms. An interview or anyof
themusic or leature programs 01Voice 01 Russia.
China. China Radio Inll: Changzhou Reports. See M 1234.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsnne. See S 0038.
China, China Radio Inll: Idioms amITheir stores. See M 1245.
Netherlands. Radio: Research File. See M 1153.

Wednesdays
0400
0411
0420
0428
0430
0434
0438
0439
0445
0453

HeraldBroadcasting (WSHB 12): Biblel esson. seeS OO.

RuSSia. VOiCe 01: News andViews. see S0411.
China.China Radio Int!: Current Affairs. See M 1220.
Herald Broadcasting (WSHB 12): rte ChliStian Scerce
Sentinel.SeeS 0028.
Nethertands. Radio: News. See S0030.
China.ChinaRadio Inll: Press Clippinos. seeM 1225.
Ne~rIands , Radio: Nev.rstine. See S0038.
China. ChinaRadio Inll: Orienl Arena. See T 1239.
China, ChInaRadio hut Voices lrom O1her Ltnds.
S 1245.
Nellleriands. Radio: Mirror Images. Weekly magazine 01
music. the arts. culture. and European lestivaJs. produced ar.d
presented by David Swalling.

see

Thursdays
0411
0420
0430

Russia. voce 01: News and Views. See S041 1.

China. ChinaRadio Inll: Current AHair5. See M 1220.
Netherlands, Radio: News. See S0030.

0434
0438
0438
0445
0454
0454
0454
0454

China. ChinaRadio lnll: Press C!ippinos.See M 1225.

China. ChinaRadio Inti: Profile.See W 1238.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
China. ChinaRadio lnll: learnto Speak Chlnne. See W 1245.
RadioNetherlands: Documentary. Belgium(26th). see F 2354.
RadioNetherlands: Documentary, TheDUlch Seaborne Empire
(19th). See H 1454.
RadioNetherlands: Oocurnenlary. TheDulch SeaborneEmpire
(Bata'ria:: uueen 01 tileHighSeas) (5Ih). S~ W 1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. TheDulch SeaborneEmpire
(The 8eginning 01theEnd) (12Ih).
A 01 54.

see

Fridays
0411
0411
0420
0430
0434
0438
0438
0444
0453

China. China Radio lnll: News aboutChina. seeS0311.

Russia. Voicect NewsandViews. See S0411.
China, ChinaRadioInll: CurrentAflall1. See M 1220.
Nethertands. Radio: News. see S 0030.
China. China Radio lnll: Press Clippings. See M 1225.
China. ChinaRadio Inll: Foals. See H1238.
Netherlands.Radio: Newstine. See S0038.
China. ChinaRadio Inll:Cur:urat Spectrum. SeeH 1244.
Netherlands. Radio: Media. Network. See H 1153.

Saturdays
0411
O42tl
0430
0433
0437
0438
0444
0453

RUSSia. VoiCe 01: News and VJews. seeS0411.

China. ChinaRadio Inll: Currenl Affairs. seeM 1220.
NeUler1ands. Radio: News. See S0030.
China, ChinaRadio Inll: Press Clippings. see M 1225.
China, ChinaRadio Inti: lifein China. seeF 1231,
NeUlef1ands. Radio: Newsline. See S0038.
China. China Radio Inll:Global Review. see F1244.
Netherlands. Radio: AGood Ule. See M 1253.

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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays

0511

0500 China. ChinaRadiO InU: News. Set! S 0300

0511 China. ChinaRadio Inti: Newsabout China. See S0311 ,
0511 Russia, Voiceof: Program Preview. A review of prccrams to
beleatcred in the comingweek.
0520 China, China Radio InU: Chinese Folktales Set! S 0320.
0525 China, China Radio InU: The CookingShow. See S0325,
0530 China, China Radio Inti: China Scrapbook.See S0330,
0532 Russia, Voice01: Moscow Yesterday and Today. Sit back and
enjoy agreat programabout Russian history with
macnnrcent soundeffects.
0535 China, China Radio Inti: Music IromChina, See S0335.

Mondays
0500

CIWna. China Radio InU: News. See S0300.

Herald Broadcasting (WSHB 12): Sunday servce from the
MolherChurdl. SeeS2300,
051 1 China. China Radio Inti: News abOut China. SeeS 0311 .
051 1 Russia. Voice 01: Program Preview. ~S 05 1 1 .
0513 China. ChinaRadio Inti: Sports Beat.
S 121 3.
0520 China. China Radio Inti: ChinaSnapshots. SeeS 1220.
0525 China. ChinaRadiOIntl: ReportonOM:l opinoCountries. See
S 1225.
0532 Russia. Voiceot The JazzShow. Thework! 01 Russian jaZZ .
0535 China. ChinaRadiO Intl: Sono01the Week.. SeeS 1235.
0545 China. ChinaRadio Inti: Voices Irom Other Lands. See S
1245.

0520
0525
0530
0532
0534
0545

Wednesdays

0500 China, ChinaRadio Inti: NeM . see S 0300.

0500 Herald 8roadcasting (WSHB11&2): Bible Lesson. SeeS

0500

see

Tuesdays
0500 China, ChinaRadio Inti: News. See S 0300.
0511 China, ChinaRadio Inti: Nem about Cllina. seeS0311.

Russia, Voice01: Science and Engineering in the

CommonweaJth. See S0611.
China. Chna. Radio Inti: current Affairs. See M 1220.
China, China RadioInti: Press Clippings. See1.1 1225.
China. China Radio Inti: China's Open Windows, see M
1230.
Russia,Voice 01: Yours lor the Asking. A 3().minutemusical
request program.
China, China Radio Inti: Changzhou Reports. seeM 1234.
China, China Radio Inll: Idioms and Their Slories. See M
1245,

oo.

0511
OS11
0520
0528
0532
0534
0539
0545

China, ChinaRadio InU: Newsabout China. See S 0311.

Russia. Voice 01: Science andEngineering in the
Commonwealltl. See S 0611 .
China, ChinaRadio InU: CurrentAtlairs.
1.1 1220.
Herald Broadcasting (WSHB11&2): ThI Christian Science
Sentinel.
S 0028.
Russia. Voice of: MusiC at Your Request. See T 1532.
China. China Radio InU: Press Oippings. See M 1225.
China, ChmaRadio InU: Orien1 Arena. See T 1239.
China. Chtna Radio InU: Voicts IromOther Lands. see S
1245.

see

see

Thursdays
0500
0511

China, China Radio Inti: Nem . See S0300.

China. ChinaRadio Inti: News about China. seeS0311.

051 1

Russia. Voice 01: Science andEnginet!ring in the

Commonwealth.
0611.
China, China Radio Inti: Current A"alrs. see M 1220.
Russia, Voice 01: Folk Box. See M 1532.
China. ChinaRadio Inti: Press Clippings. See M 1225,
China, ChinaRadiOInU:Profile. See W 1238.
China, ChIna RJi1io Inti: Learn to Sp6Jk Chinese. See W 1245

sees

0520
0532
0534
0538
0545

Fridays
0500 China, China Radio Inti: News. See S 0300.
0511 China, Cllina Radio Inti: News about China.See S031 1.
0511 Russia, Voice 01; Scienceand Engineering Inthe
Commonwealth. seeS 0611.
0515 China. ChinaRadio Inti: News Analysis. See H 1215.
M 1220.
0520 China, ChinaRadio IoU: Current Affairs.
0532 Russia, Voice 01: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See 5 0532.
0534 China. ChinaRadio InU: Press Clippings. See M1225.
0538 China. ChinaRadio Inti: Focus. SeeH 1238.
os.u China. ChinaRadio Inti: Cultural Spectl\Im. see H 1244-

see

Saturdays

0500 China. Cllina Radio Inti: News. seeS 0300.

Dina. ChinaRadio Inti: News aboutChina. SeeS0311.
Russia,Voice 01: Science andEngineeringin the
Commonwealth. See S0611 .
0520 China, ChinaRadio IoU: Current Affairs. See M1220.

0511
0511

0532
0S33
0537
0544

Russia. VOice ot TImelines. see'" 0332.

China. ChinaRadio InU: Press Clippings.
M 1225.
China. ChinaRadio lnU: We in China. SeeF 1237.
China. ChinaRadio Inti: Global Review. See F 1244.

March 1998

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COSI,) Rica,RF Peace Inll
Ecuador, HCJB
EqtGuinea, R East Al rita
ElltGUinea,Radio Africa
Finland, Yl EiR Finland
Germany. Deutsche Welle

Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp

Guam, TWRlKTWR
Guam, TWFVKTWR
Guyana, GBCNoiceof

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Monaco, Trans WOfld Radio
Monaco, Trans Worlel Radio
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Nemerlands . Radio
New Zealan,j, R NZ lntl
Papua NewGuinea,NBC
aussa.vcce 01Russia WS

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USA, KHBI N Mariana Is
USA, KlBN Salllk CityUT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
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USA, WJCR Uplon KY
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Croatia, CroatianRadio
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
UK. BBCAsian Servce

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Italy, AWR Europe
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SELEaED PROGRAMS . . . . . . ..
Sundays
1100

1125

HelaldBroadcasting (KHBII2IWSHB11): Bible l esson. see

50000.

Japan. NHKlRadio: Prolile.Anm-cecm inlefViewwith a

Japanese or foreign personal~
1128 Herale! Broadcasting (KHBI '
SHB 11 ): The Christian
Science Sentinel. See S0028.
1130 Netherlands, Radio: News. S~ S 0030.
1138 Netherlands, Radio: S:ncarelyYOUIS, The Sunday
replacemen! lor Ha p~ Stalion~ lI\atlets thelistener
commentaboutthe R 'sprooramming
1153 Netherlands, Radio: SoundsInterestillll. RobertCtlesal takes
listener feedback andincorporatestheirideas intothe snow

MondaYos
1100 Hera d Broadcasting t

HBI12): Sunday Servicelromthe

Mother Church. See 2300.
Japan, NHKlRadio: 44 Minutes. The weekday magazine
program 01tenure reports andlhepopular vocal music of
Japan.
1130 Netherlands, Radio: News. See S0030.
1130 Vatican State, Vatican Radio: News. Fifteen minutes01
international news,
1133 Japan, NHKlRadio: Close Up. Featuring aJapanese person of
note.
1138 Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. SeeS 0038.
1146 Japan, NHKlRadio: News Commentary. Aneditorialopinion
onthecurrent news.
1151 Japan, NHKlRadio: TumblingDice. Focus ona topic 01
interest in Japan.
1153 Nelllerlands, Radio: ResearchRle. A program 01 sctenceand
technology.
1115

Tuesda~ s
1100
1115
1128
1130
1130

11 33

Herad Broadcasting ~KHBI 11&~: Bible Lesson. See S0000.

Japan, NHKlAadlo:4 Mlnu!es. ee M 1115.
Herald BroadcaSting (KHBl / l &2): The Chris!ian Science
Sentinel. See S0028.
Netherlands, Radio: News. seeS0030.
Vatican Stale. Vatican Radio: News, Fifteen minutes 01
international news.
Japan, NHK/Radio: Close Up. SeeM 1133.

1138
1146
1151

11 53

Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S0038.

Japan, NHKtRae!io: News Commenl'uy. seeM 1146.
Japan. NHK/Radio:TumbltnpDice. See M 1151Netherlands. Radio:State 0 the Arts. Simone Weimans and
Maggie Ayrepresent thisnewartsandculture show.

Wednesdays
1100 Herald Broadcasting (KHBI1 2): The Christian Science
Sentinel.See S 0028.

11 00 HeraldBroadcastin~SHB 12): 8ible lesson. SeeS 0000.

1115
1128
1128

1130

1130
1130

1133
1138

1146
1151
1154
1154

11 54
1154

Japan, NHK/Aadio: Minutes. See M 1115.

Herald Broadcasting ~Bl l2l : Biblelesson. SeeS0000.
Herald Broadcasting SHB 12): The Ctlristian seeee
Sentinel.SeeS 0028.
Netherlands, Radio: News. See S0030.
UK, BBC london (AF): Counterpoint. See A0130.
Vatican State, Vatican Radio: News. Fifteen minutes of
international news.
Japan. NHKlRadio: Close Up. SeeM 1133.
Netherlands. RadiO: Newsline.See S0038.
Japan, NHKfRadio: NewsCommentary. see M 1146.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Tumbling Dice. See M 1151 .
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Belgium(25th). See F
2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The DUlch Seaborne
Empire (181h( See H 1454,
Radio Nether ands: Documenta!y, The Dutch seaborne
Empire (Batavia: Queen 01 the HighSeas) (4th).Parttwo 01
thefour-part series.
Radio Netnertands: Documentary. The Dutch Seaborne
Empire(The Beginning ottne End) (11th). See A 0154.

Thursda~

Herat roaocastnc (KHBI 11): The ChristianScience

Sentinel. See S0028.
1100 Herald Broadcastin~KHBI I2 ): Bible Lesson. SeeS 0000.
1115 Japan, NHKJRadio: Minutes. See M 1115.
1128 HeraldBlOadcasting l KHBI' 1 BibleLesson. See S 0000.
112B Herald Broadcastmg KHBI I2 : The ChristianSCience
Sentinel. See S 0028,
1130 Netherlands, Radio: News, See S0030.
1130 Vatican State, Vatican Radio: News. Fifteen minutes 01
1100

international news.

1133 Japan, NHKlRadio: CloseUp. See M 1133.

1138
1145

Nelherlands, Radio: Newsline. seeS0038.

UK. BBC l ondon (AF): Images 01 Britain (5th,l2th,19th). See
M0145,
1146 Japan, NHKlRae!io: News Commentary. See M 1146.
1151 Japan, NHKlRadio: TumblinH Dice. See M 1151.
1153 Netherlands, Radio: Media etwork.Jonathan Marksane!
Diana Janssen look attheworl1l of broadcasting. t ee-rated.

Fridal.s
1100
erald Broadcasting (KHBII2): TheChristian Science
1100
1100
1115
1116
1128
1128
1130
1130

11 33

1138
1146
1151

11 53

sennnetSee S0028.
HeraldBroadcasting (WSHB 11&2): Bible Lesson. SeeS
0000.
Japan, NHKlRadio: News. See S 1100.
Japan, NHKlRadio: 44 Minutes. See M 1115.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Guest Comet. seeM 1116.
Herald Broadcasting ~BII2): Bible Lesson. See S0000.
Heratd Broadcasting SHB /l&2): TheChristian SCience
senunet SeeS 0028.
Neltlerlands. Radio: News. See S0030.
Vatican State, Vatican Radio: News. Fifteen minutes of
international news.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Close Up. See M 1133.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S 0038.
Japan. NHKlRadio: News Commentary, SeeM 1146.
Japan. NHKlRadio: TumblingDice. See M 1151.
Netherlands. Radio: A Goodute. See M 1253.

Saturdar;:
1100 Hera! Broadcasting (KHBl /l&2IWSHB11&2): The Christian
1110
1128
1130
1137
1153

SCience Sentinel. See S0028.

Japan, NHK/Radio: Weekend Break. A magazine program
leaturin~ stones fromaround J~.
Herald roadcasting (KHBII1& SHB11&2): Bible lesson.
SeeS 0000.
Netherlands, Radio: News, seeS 0030.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. seeS0038.
Ne!herlands, Radio: Weekend. seeS 0053.

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Malaysia, Badm
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UK,BBCWorld Service

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USA, KHBI NMariana Is
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USA.WRNO New Or1eans LA
USA.WSHBCypress CrkSC
USA.WSHBCypress CrkSC
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1230,1300a
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1240,1250
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Sundays
1200
1213

China, CninaRadiO InU: News. See S 0300.

China. Chma RadiO Inll : SportsBeat. News Irom the world01

1220

'O''''
Clllna.ChIna RadiO InU: ChinaSnapshots. A tour around

1225
1230
1235
1238
1245
1254

citiesand town 10 China With locuson local flavor and

customs.
ChIna, ChinaRadio InU: Reporton Oevelopir-.g Countries. A
report on prOlects in theThird Wood
Netherlands, Radio: News See S 0030_
cnna. China RadIO Inti: Song 01 theWeek. A seectc n 01the
new pop music in China
NEtherlatKIs, Radio: WIdlIAngle The weekend editionot
NewshneprodlKedby theCUffent attairs team
China. ChinaRadIO Inti: voces 110m Other Laeds. A cultural
PfOlllamabout the world and us people.
Netherlands. Radio: SirenSong. Dteera Sujan presents an
in-depth current attalrsslory that WID captureandhotd your
attentlQrl

Mondays
1200
121t
1220
1225
1225
1230
1230
1234
1238
1245

so

China. cnoa RadiOInti: News See S0300.

China. ChinaRadiOInU: Newsabout China. set S OJl l .
China. ChinaRadio InU: Currenl Attairs Anin-depth loolc at
events andh.appenlr-.gs in Chllla
China, Chma Radio Inll: Press Clippings. Several items trom
theChinese press
tkt/lellanlls, RaClio: Press ReVIew, Robareen sommarces
uems 10 me Dutcn medIa.
China, ChinaRadio Inll: China's Open Windows. Focus on a
particul;)I area 01investment in China.
Netherlan ds, Radio: News, SeeS0030
China, China RadiOInti: ChangzhouReports. Alook at this
industnal City in East China's JlangsuProvinceandthe
people wholiveand work there
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. seeS0038.
China,China Radio ron:Idioms and TheirStories. A regular
reanselor students studying Chinese

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Netherlands, Radie)" A GOOd ute. GinQef da Silvahostsa

prOllranJ aboutdeveloPment in bothrichand poor countries.

Tuesdays
1200
1220
1225
1230
1234
1238
1239
1245
1253

CIUna, ChinaRadIOInti: News. see S OJoo.

China, ChinaRadio InU: Current All3lrs. see M 122Q.
Nelherlands, RadiO: PressReview. see M 1225.
Netherlands. Radio: News. Sea S0030.
China. China RadIOInti: Press Clippings.
M 1225.
Netherlands. Radio: NewsJine. see S0038.
China, ChinaRadio Inti: Orient Alena. Focus on sporting
events andCflInese sportspersonalilles.
ChIna, ChinaRadIOInti: VOiCeS Irom Other Lands
S
1245
Nelherland$. Radio: Music 52-15. Marth.a Hawley tests this
plogram01 inlernationa! music.

see

see

Wednesdays
1200
1220
1225
1230
1234
1238
1238
1245
1253

China.ChinaRNIO Inti: News. seeS0300_

China,China RadiO Inti: Curre", Atlats. See M 1220.
Netherlands. Radio: Press Review. See fA 1225
Netherlands, Radio: News. seeS0030.
China, ChinaRadio Inti: PressClippir-.gs. See M 1225
China,ChinaRadiO lnl1: Prolile. TheactiVIties01 an
inleresting individualareexamin!d.
Nethertands, Radio: NewsJlne. seeS0038
China,ChinaRadio Inti: Learn to Spealt Chinese, Chinese
Ianouage lessons.lor EngliSh speakers.
Nelherlands, ga dio; SoundsInleresbng. See S 1153.

Thursdar.;
1200
1215

1220
1225
1230
1230

ChlOa, ChinaRadio Inti: News, seeS0300.

China,ChinaRadio Inlt: NewsAnalysis. Background on
currentnews events.
China, ChinaRadio Inti: Current Affairs. seeM 1220.
Netherlands, Radio: Press Review. seeM 1225,
Netherlands, Radio: News. seeS0030.
UK, BBCl ondon (AS): Counterpoint. See A 0130.

1234
1238
1238
1244
1253

China.ChinaRadIO Inti: Press Clippings. See M 1225.

China.. ChinaRadiOInd: focus. Looking .11 an issue 01
significance 10 China's deveIoPrntnL
Netherlands. Radio: NewsJlne.
S 0038
China,China RadiOInti: Cultural Spectrum. The richcuhural
heritage01 Chinain aterature.music and art
Netherlands, Radio: ResearchFile. See M 1153

see

Fridavs

1200 duna. China Radio Ind: News. See 5 0300.

1220 China,China Radio Ind: curremAtlaiiS. see M 1220
1225 Netherlands. Radio: PressReview. See fA 1225.
1230 Herald Broadcasting (KHBlll ): BibleLesson. See S 0000.
1230 Netherlands, Radio: News, See S0030.
1233 China.China Radio Ind: Press Clippings. See M 1225.
1237 CIUna.ChinaRadio Inti: life III China. Focus onanaspecl ot
~living

1238 Nethertands. RadiO: NewsUne. seeS 0038

1244 China. ChinaRadiO Inti: Global RevIeW. News about
dMIoping nations.
1254 RadiO Netherlands: Documentary Belgium (27th). See F

2354
1254
1254
1254

Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The DutchSeaborne

Empire(20th). See H 1454
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. TheDutchSeaborne
Empire(Balavia.: Queen 01IIWI High Seas) (6th). seeW 1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. TheDutch seaborne
Empire (The Beginning 01theEnd) (13th). SeeA 0154

Saturdays
1200
1220
1225
1225
1230
1230
1235
1238
1254

China, ChinaRadio InU: News. see S0300.

China.ChinaRadio Inll: Chinese Folktales. seeS 0320.
China.ChinaRadio InU: The CookingSIlow.See S0325.
Netherlands. Radio: Insight See S0025
China, ChinaRadio Inll: ChinaSCrapboOk. See S0330.
Netherlands, Radio: News. SeeS 0030.
China, ChIna Radio Inti: Music Irom China. See S0335.
Nelherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S0038.
Netherlands. RadiO: Roughly Speaking. See S 0153.

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SVlllw llnd. Swiss R Inll
SWllzerland. SWISS R Inll
UK. BBCAfl ican Service

SELECTED PROGRAM5-

1330
1335
1337
1345
1355

11775am
58l0 pa
9500pa
231Odo
2485do
2325do
13680na
1544503

1353

5995pa

9580pa

60"".
60"'"
97703s

1300-1400
130(H400

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1300-1359
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6OJOdo

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6105pa
9590eu
9985.15
4890110
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11815eu
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6165eu
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619O.l1

17810a1
2166Oa1

1783Oa1

17885.11

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5991,

6195as

9740as

11750as

UK. BEC WOlld Service

6195am
11760me
15565eu

941Qeu

15575.15

9515n3
15220am
17640eu

9760as

11705as

,,-.

7435am
11970na

15685;1m
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7185eu
13730na
9535;1s

9640na

11855na

15400na
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11620as
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13710Js
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17825eu

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1531Das

9625do

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21465am
1511 5am

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11660as

214S5am

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13190am

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USA, KHat N Mariana Is
USA, KNlSAnchor Point AK
USA, Kl BN Sal! Lk City ur
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voiceof America

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USA, WG TG McCaYSVille GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR UptonKY
USA, WRMlIR Maami mtr
USA. WRNO NewOlleans LA
USA, WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USA. WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USA, WWCR NastlvlUe TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Zambia. ChristianVoice
Zambia, RZambialZNBC 1
CIOJtaa. crcanan RadiO
Auslraa. RAustria Inll
Canada. A Canada Inti
China. HeilonOIIJI'll PBS
Finland. YlEIR Finland
Guam, AWR!KSDA
India. Aillfldia Radio
Netherlands, Badm
Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia
Sweden, Radio
Turkey, Voice 01
UAE. Radio Dubar

1330-1400
1330,1355

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veuam. Voice ot

1335,1345
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vencanState, varcanR
SouthKorea, KBS1

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21605eu
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593Sam

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

Chl/IJ, Chma Radio Inti News SH S 0300

China, ChinaRadio InU: Newsabout Chma See S0311.
ChlAa, China RadIOInti: secrts Beat. See S 1213.
Cllina, cnoa RadiOInti: ChinaSnapshots. see S 1220.
China, China naco IlItI: ReportonOevelopinocounnes.see
S 1225
Nethertands. RadiO News Sec S0030
China. China RadiOlntl;Song orme Week SH S 1235
Nelheriands. RadiO Sincerely Yours, SeeS 1138.
China. China RadiOron Voices from Other la nds. See S
1245
Netnettands. RadiO Sounds InteresllnQ seeS 1153

Mondays
1300
1311
1320
1325
1330
1330
Ill-I
1338
1345

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

Sundays
1300
1311
1313
1320
1325

1300 UTe

China. ChinaRadio Ir,II' News see S 0300

China, ChinaRadio Inll tlews aDOlIl ChIna See S031 1
Chl/IJ, ChinaRadiOInn CUllent Atlails Set M 1220
ChIna. ChinaR3dio Inll: Press CIIPlJlngs. SH M 1225.
ChIna. ChinaRadIO Inll: CtlJfl1'SOpen \\'lOdows SeeM 1230
Netherlands, RadIO flews See S 0030
ChiN.. ChiN.R3dlO Inll: Cnangl houRellOltS see M 1234
Netherlanoo, RadiO NewsJlIle, see S0038
Chlfl1. ChIna RadiOIntI: IdIOms andTheir SIOI ~S SH M
1245
Nelherldnds. R.1dlo Besearcn f~e , seeM 1153

1330
1334
1338
1339
1345
1354

see

Nethellands. RadiO: News,

S 0030.
China, ChinaRadio Inti: Press Cllpoil1QS SeeM 1225
Netherlands, R.1dlo: Newslioe. see S 0038
Cllina, China Radiolod: OrienlAlena. See T1239.
China, ChinaRadio Inll: Voices lromOther l ands. SeeS
1245
Netherlands, Radio: Stateor theArts. See T 1153

Chifl1. ChinaRadIO tnu. tunent Atlaill . See M 1220.

NetIlelb nds. Radio: News_See S 0030.
CIIina, ChinaRadio lnll: Press Cllppinos.
M 1225
China, ChinaRadio InU: Focus. see H 1238.
Netherlands. Radio: Newsline, See S 0038
China, ChinaRadio Inll: CulluralSpectrum. See H 1244
Netllerlands, Radio: Media Network. Set H 1153.

see

Wednesdays

Fridays

1300
1311
1320
1330
1334
1338
1338
1345

1300
131 1
1320
1330
1333
1337
1338
1344
1355

1354
1354
1354
1354

cema. China Radio Ion: News, See S 0300

China, China RadioInll: News about China. SeeS 031 1.
China, ChinaRadiO loll: Current Mairs. See M 1220.
Netherlands. Radio: News. See S 0030
China, China Radio InU: Press Clippings see M 1225
Chlfl1. Chma Radio Ind: Prolde. seeW 1238
NeUlCrtands,Radio: Newsline. See S 0038
ChlOa. ChlllJ Radio Ind: l earn 10 Speak Chinese. see VI
1245.
RadIO Nethertands: Documentary Belgium (25Ihl. SH f
2354
RadIO NelherlafldS: Documentary, The Outch seaeome
Empire (18!11). SeeH 1454
Radio Nelhertands: Oocumerttary TheDUlCh seetcme
Empire tBataVIJ: Queen 01 the High Seas) (4Ih) See W 1154
RadiONetherlafldS: Documentary TheDutchSeaborne
Empl/ e (The Begmningol ille End) (11th). See A 0154

Tuesdays

Thursdays

1300
131\
1370

1300
1311
1315

t mna. ChlOa RadiOInti: news seeS0300

Chma. ChinaRadIO Inti: Newsabout Cllina. See S0311
ChUla, Cllina RadiOlotI: Curren! Affairs See M 1220

1320
1330
1334
1338
1338
1344
1352

China, Coma Radio Inll: News See S0300

Cllina, Chma RadiO Inll: News about China. See S0311.
China, Ch"13 RadiO Inl!: News Analysis, See H 1215

China, China Radio InU: News, see S 0300

China, onna Radio Inll: flewsabout coma. See S 0311 .
China, cmna Radio Inti: CUHenl Atlairs See M 1220
Netherlands, Radio: News. SeeS0030.
Chma, Chinagaeo InU: Press CllppinQS. See M 1225
ChJna, ChinaRadio In1l: ure in China. See F1237.
Netherlands, Radio: Newslinc,
S0038
Chma, ChInaRadiO Inll: Global Review,
F 1244
Netherlands, Radio: A Good
M 1253

see

ute .see

see

Saturdays
1300
1311
1320
1325
1330
1330
1335
1338
1355

ChiAa. ChinaRadIOInd: News. see S0300.

Ctina. China Radio InU: News about China Set S 0311.
Ctlina, ChinaRadio Inll: cnmese Folktales SeeS 0320
Ctlina, China Radio Inll: The CooltingShow. SeeS0325
CIliAa. ChinaRadio Ind: Chi/IJSCrapbook. See S 0330
Nethellands. RadiO: News See S0030.
China. ChinaRadiO InU: MUSIC IromChina. See S 0335
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline, seeS0038
Netherlands. Radio: Weekend. See S0053

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Turkmenistan, Iurkrren R

Australia. Vl8K Katherine

Australia. Vl 8T Tent Cr1l;
Canada.
NOuebecSvc
Canada, CFRX Toronto

2485<10

1400-1500

UK. BBCAfrican Service

5015eu
6190<11

2325<10
9625<10
607Odo

Canada. CFVPCalgary

603Odo

UK, BBC Asian servce

UK. 3BCWorld Service

17830af
21660af
59903s
9410eu

1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1430 smtwnt
1400-1500

Canada. CHNXHalifax
Canada, CKZN51John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RCanada Inti
China. China Radio Inti

1400-1500
1400-1430
1400-1500
1400-1500as
1400-1457

costa Rica,RF Peace Inti

Czech Rep. Radio Pra\lue
Ecuador. HCJB
EQt Guinea, R Easl Alrica
France. Radio France Inll

T400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500 lastvt
1400-1500
1400-1 500
1400-1500
1400-1 500
14()().1500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1 500cccsnat
1400-1430s
14001500as
1400-1500'11
1400-1500
14001500

Georgia. Voice01Hope
India. All India Radio
ltaly. IRRS
Japan. RJapaniNHKWorld
Jordan. RadiO
liberia. Radio ventas
Malaysia. RadIO
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.RTM KolaKinabaiu
Netherlands. Radio
tlew Zealand. R NZInti
Norway, Radio Norway Inll
Palau. KH8NNoiceof Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
PhilipplOes. FEBC/R Inti
aussn.vctce ot RussiaWS

14oo1455 as
14001500
1400-1500

SAlrica, Channel Atrica

Singapore. sac Radio One
Sri l anka. Sri lanka BC

61 30<10
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6160do
9640na
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9700va
73B5am
13580na
12005am
15186al
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17560me
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
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12030as

116203s

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Mondays
1400
1411
1420
1425
1425
1430

China, ChinaRadio Inti: News. seeS0300,

Russia. Voice01: Newsand Views (Mon-Sat). SeeS0411.
China. China Radio Inti: Current Atfa i~ , See M 1220.
China, China Radio Inti: Press Clippings. See M 1225.
Nelherlands, Radio: PressReview. seefA 1225_
China. ChinaRadio Inti: China'sOpen Windows. see M
1230.
1432 RlISSia, Voice ot Audio Book Club. See M 0432.
1434 China. China Radio Inti: Changztlou RepOr1S. See M 1234.
1438 Nethertands, Radio: Ne'Hsliroe. see S 0038.
1445 D1ina. ChinaRadiO Inti: tdiOmS and Their Stories. See M
1245.
1445 UK, B8C l ondon (AS): Imagesof Britain (2nd,9th,16U1).
see M0145.
1454 Nethertalllls. RacliQ: AGood We. See M 1253.

Tuesdays

57

China. ChinaRadio Inti: News. see S 0300.

China. ChinaRadiOInti: currentAllairs. SeeM1220.
Netherlands, Radio: Press Review. See M 1225.
Russia, Voice of: Kaleldostope. See S 1532.

MONITORING TIMES

7390as
116953s
17675al

9535as

154os",

15585as

9450as

9470me

17870a1

15425as

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA KHBI N Mariana Is
USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA.KTBN Salllk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Voiceof America

1400-1 500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1 500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14()().1500
1400-1405
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1400-1500vi
141 51420
14301500
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1430-1500 vI
14301500
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14301500
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USA. WGTGMccaySVille GA
USA. WHRI Noblesvine IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMIIR Miami lntl
USA.WRNONew Orleans LA
USA. MY CR Nashville TN
USA.WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. RZambiatZNBC 1
Nepal. Radio
Canada. RCanada Inti
Canada. RCanadaInti
China. China Radio Inll
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Portugal. R Portugal lnU
Sweden. Radio
USA, WRMI/RMiami Inti
Zambia. R Zambia!ZNBC 2
Myanmar, Voice of
Vatican State, Vatican R

17640eu
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7510am
7560pa
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1400 ChUla. ChinaRadio Inti: News.

S 0300.
1411 Russia. Voireof: Sunday Panorama. Amagaziroe prOllrarTl
locusing on life and times in Russia.
1413 China,ChinaRadio InU: SPOrts Seal see S 1213.
1420 China. ChinaRadioInU: ChinaSnapshots. see S 1220.
1425 China.China Radio InU: ReportonDeveloping Countries,
see S 1225.
1430 Netherlands,Radio: News(daily). see S 0030.
1432 Russia. Voice 01: Your Top Tune. see S 03321435 China, ChinaRadio IntI: Song of tile Week. See S1235.
1439 14elflerlands. Radio: Wide Angle. see S 1238.
1445 China. China Radio Inti:Voices Irom utner Lands. See S
1245.
1447 Russia, Voice01: You Write10 Moscow. See S0347.
1454 tletherlands, Radio: Siren Song. See S1254.

1400
1420
1425
1432

137DOas

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14001500
14001500
14001500
14001500

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1434
1438
1439
1445
1454

China.ChinaRadio Inti: Press Clippings. See M 1225.

Netherlan ds, Radio: NewsUne. see S0038.
China.ChinaRadio Inti: Orient Arena. See T 1239
China,ChinaRadio Inti; Voices fromDlher tanos. See S 1245.
Netherlands, Radio: Music52-15. see T 1253.

Wednesdays
1400
1420
1425
1432
1434
1438
1438
1445
1454

China, China Radio Inti; News. See S 0300.

China, China Radio Inti: Current Aftai". See M 1220.
Netherlands, RadiO; Press Review, see M 1225.
Russia,Voice 01:Russian by Radio. Acourse in the Russian
language.
China, ChinaRadio Inll: Press Clip pin~s . See M 1225.
China,ChinaRadioInti:Profile. See W 1238.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. SeeS 0036.
China, ChinaRadio Inti: l earnto Speak Chinese. See W 1245.
Netherlands, Radio: Sounds Interesting. SeeS 1153.

Thursdays
1400
1415
1420
1425
1432
1434
1438
1438
1444
1453

China, ChinaRadio Inti:News. See S0300.

China. China Radio Inti: News Anatysis. See H 1215.
China. ChinaRa'Jio Inti: cerrent Affairs. See M 1220.
Nelherlands, Radio: Press Review. See fA 1225.
Russia. Voice of:KaleidoscoPe. See S1532.
China.ChinaRadio Inti: Press Clippings. See M 1225.
China,China Radio Inti: Focus. SeeH 1238.
Netherlands, Radio: News)ine. See S 0038.
China.ChinaRadio Inti: Cullural Spectrum. see H 1244_
Netherlands, Radio: Research file. see fA 1153.

Fridays
1400
1420
1425
1433
1437
1436
1444
1446

China,ChinaRadio Inti; News_See S 0300.

China, ChinaRadio Inti: CurrentAffairs. See fA 1220.
Netherlands. Radio: Press Review. seefA 1225.
China,ChinaRadio Inti: Press Clippings, See M 1225.
China. ChinaRadio Inti: Lifein China. see F1237.
Netherlands, Radio: aewsune. See S0038.
China, China Radio InU: Global Review, see f 1244.
Russia, Voice 01: Russian by Radio. SeeW1432.

1454
1454
1454
1454

RadiO Neltlerlands: Documentary. Belgium (27th). See F2354

Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The Dutch Seaborne Empire
(20th). Partlour of the tour-part seres.
Radio 'l etherlands: Documentary. TheDutch Seaborne Empire
(BatJvia: Queen 01the Hioh Seas) (6th). See W 1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. TheDutch SeaborneEmpire
(TheE!eoinningof tre End) (13th). see A0154.

Saturdays
1400
1420
1425
1425
1430
1432
1435
1438
1454

China. ChinaRadio Inti; News. see S0300.

China. ChinaRadio Inti: Chinese Follctales. see S0320.
China. ChinaRadio Intl: TheCooking Show. SeeS0325.
Netherlands, Radio: Insight. SeeS 0025.
China. ChinaRadio Inll: China Scrapbook. see S0330.
Russia, Voice of: AChrislian Message tromMoscow, See S
0432.
China. ChinaRadio Inti: Music from China, see S0335.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsnne. SeeS 0038.
Netherlands, Radio: Roughly Speaking. seeS0153.

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1500-1600 ~
1500-1600 vi

Australia, Vl SAAliceSpo
Australia. Vl.8K Kalheone
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Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kl.IChing
Malay5ia.RTM KQtaKinabalu
Mexico, R~dio Mexico jntl
MongQlia. VoiceQI
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Russia,Voice01RussiaWS

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15001600

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1500-1600

UK, BBCWorld Service

15001600
15001600
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USA, KAU Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Salt l k City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Vnice01America

1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
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USA,WGTGMcCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA,WJCRUpton ICY
USA,WRND New Orleans LA
USA,WWCR Nashville TN
USA,WYFROkeeChobee Fl
Vatican Stale. VaticanR
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Cyprus, BRT International
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UK, BBCAsian Service

Bangladesh. Bangia Betar
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15001600

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Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN 51 John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, R Canada tnu
China, China Radio Inll
Costa Rica,RF Peace Inti
Ecuador, HCJB
Eql Guinea, R East Alrica
Georgia, Voice 01 Hope
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SELEaED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500
1500
1511
1511
1513
1520
1525
1532
1535
1545

1532

China, China Radio Inti: News. See S 0300.

RlI$Sia,Voice 01: News. SeeS 02OO.
China.China Radio Inti: News about China.. SeeS 0311.
Russia.,
of: MoscowMailbag.
031 1.
China, ChinaRadio Inti: Sports Beat. See5 1213.
China.China Radio Inti: China Snapshots.
S 1220.
China, ChinaRadio Intt; Report on OeveIClPingCountries.
See 5 1225.
Russia, voce ct Kale:dQSCOpe. Avariety ortQpiCS ranging
Irom science and ecology10culturalmatters.
China, CllinaRadio Inti: 5Qng of theWeek. See S 1235.
China. China AadiQInti: voces lromOther Lands. See S
1245.

veee

sees

see

Mondays
1500
1500
1511
1511
1520
1525
1530

China,ChinaRadlQ Inti: News. See S 0300.

Russia,VQlceQI: News. see5 0200.
China,ChinaRadlQIntl: News about China. See S 0311.
Russia, Voice QI: Moscow Mailbag. See50311.
China. ChinaRadio In1I: Current AMain. SeeM 1220.
China, ChinaRadio Inti: Press Clippings. See M 1225.
China. China Radio In1I: China" Open Windows. SeeM

1532

Russia., Voice ot Folk Box. One01 thetoPlenentertainment

programs (Passport lQWOfkI Band Radio).
China.China Radio Inti: Changzhou Reports. seeM 1234.
China., China. Radio Inti: IdiomsandTheirstores. See M
1245.

'230.
1534
1545

Tuesdays
1500
1500
1511
1511
1520

China. ChinaRadio Inti: News. See5 0300.

Russia, Voice 01:News. see S 0200.
China. ChinaRadio lnU: Newsabout China. See S0311.
Russia, Voice QI: MostowMailbag. See SOJ11 .
China. CllinaRadio Inti: Current Allain . See M 1220.

1534
1539
1545

Russia,Vllice 01:MusiC at Your Request. carl Watts

presentsmUSic as requested tryIistenen .
China. CllinaRadio Inti: PressClippings. see M 1225.
China., ChinaRadio Inti: Orient Atena. See T 1239.
China.ChinaRadio Inti: voces ftor:I Other la nds. See5
1245.

Wednesdays
1500
1500
1511
1511
1520
1532
1534
1538
1545

China. ChinaRadio Inti: News. See S 0300.

Russia, Voiceof: News. See 5 0200.
China, ChinaRadio Inti: News about China. SeeS 031 1.
Russia, Voice QI: MClSCOWMailbag. See S0311.
China, China Radio Inti: Current Allain . seeM 122(1.
Russia, VQice01: The JazzShow. See M 0532.
China. China Radio Inti: Press Clippings. See M 1225.
China. China Radio Inti: Profile. See W 1238.
China, China Radio Inll : l earn to Speak Chinese. SeeW
1245.

151 1
1520
1532
1533
1537
1544

Russia. Vllice of: MoscowMaUbag. See S OJll.

China., China RacliQ Inti: Current Atfairt. See M1220.
Russia,Vlliceot. Music aI Your Request See T1532.
China. China Radio Inti: Press Clippings. SeeM 1225.
China. ChinaRadio Inti: life in China.. See F1237.
China. ChinaRadioInlf: Global Review. Seef 1244.

Saturdays
1500
1500
1511
1511
1520
1525
1530
1532
1535

China. ChinaRa<fiO InU: News. See5 0300.

Russia., VQice of:News. SeeS0200.
Cllina. China Radio Inti: NewsabovlChina.. SeeS0311.
Russia, VQIce 01:MQSCOw Ma~bag . SeeS031l.
China. ChinaRadio InU: Chinese Folktales. See S0320.
China, ChinaRadlQ lnll: TheCooldng Show. See S 0325.
China, ChinaRadio Inll; China SCrapbook. SeeS 0330.
Russia, VQiceQI:
See M 0332.
China. China Radio InU: Music IromChina. See 5 OJ35.

rsneunes.

Thursdays
1500
1500
1511
1511
1515
1520
1532
1534
1538
1544

China, ChinaRadio Inti; News. seeS 0300.

Russia. VoiCe of; News. See S0200.
China. ChIna Radio Inti; NewsaboutChina. See5 031 1.
Russia, Voice of: MllSCOW Ma ilba ~ see S0311.
China.China Radio InU: News Ana~iS. See H 1215.
China, ChinaRaclio Inti: CunentAffain. SeeM 1220.
Russia, Voice of: YounlQr theAsking. See T0532.
China. China Radio Inti: PressClippings. See M 1225.
China., ChinaRadiQInU: Focus. See H 1238.
China.CtltnaRadiOInti: CutturalSpectrum. seeH 1244.

Fridays
1500
1500
1511

China, China Radio Inll: News. See S0300.

Russia. Voicect News. See S0200.
China. China RadiQInlf: News abort China. See S 0311.

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SELEaED PROGRAMS
Sundays
f 600
1600
1611
1611
1613
1620
1625

1632
1635
1645

cnea. ChinaRadiO lnt t News. seeS0300.

RUSSia. Voice ct News. See S0200.

China. ChinaRadio Inti: News about China. See S0311.
RUSSia. Voice 01: Program Preview. See S 051 1.
China.Chma Radio Inti: Sports Beat. See S 1213
cnoa.China Radio Inti: China SnapshOts.See S 1220.
China, China Radi o Inll: Report on Oevelapir,gCountries.See
S 1225
Russia, Voice of: MoscowYesterdayand Today. See S 0532.
China. ChinaRadio Inti: S Ofl(~ 01theWeek. See S 1235.
China. ChinaRadio lntt VOices trom Other Lands. See S 1245.

Mondays
1600
1600
161 1
1611

cbna. ChinaRadio Inll: News. SeeS 0300.

Russia. Voice01:News, See S0200.
Chrna. ChinaRadio Inll: fleo.vsabout China. SeeS0311.
Russia.VOice of: Focus onAsiaand thePacific. News and
comments on events in theregion.
1620 China. China Radio InU: Current Anairs See JA 1220
1625 China. China RadIOInll: Press Clippings. See M 1225.
1630 China. ChinaRadio Inll: China's Open 'IIuuJows. See M 1230.
1632 Russia. VOice01: This is gussa SeeS 0632.
16J.l China. ChinaRa1io InU: CtlanozhouRepons.seeM 1234.
1645 cnoa. China Radio InUl dloms and Theu Stories. SeeM 1245.

Tuesdays
1600
1600
1611
1611
1620
1632
1634
1639

S4

China. China Radio InU, news. SeeS0300.

RUSSia, Voice 01: r.ews. seeS 0200.
China. China RadiO lnll rlews about China, seeS0311.
Russia. VOIceof: Focus on Asiaandthe Pac t c. See M 1611.
China. China RadiO Inll: CUfrent Alfalrs. Set! M 1220
Russia,Voiceot: Moscow Yeslerday and Today. See S0532.
China. China RadiO Inti: Press Clippings. SeeM 1225.
China. China aaoo Inti: Orient Arena. SeeT 1239

MONITORING TIMES

March 1998

1645

ChI/la, China RadiO Inll: Voices fromOther Lands. See S 1245.

Wednesdays

1600
1600
1611
1611
1620
1632
1634
1638
1645

cnna. Chrna Radio Inti: News. SeeS0300.

Russia, Voice ct. News. SeeS 0200.
China, ChinaRa dio Inti: News aboUl China. See S0311.
RUSSia. Voice01: Focus onAsiaand the Pacific. See M 1611.
China, ChinaRadioInti: Current Aflairs. Sec M 1220.
ausse.Voiceof: This is Russia.Sec S 0632.
China, ChinaRadio Inll: Press Clippings. See M 1225.
China. ChinaRadio In\l: Profile. See W 1238
China. ChinaRadio Inll: Learnto Speak Chinese. See W 1245.

Thursdays
1600
1600
\611
1611
1615
1620
1632
1634
1638
1644

China, ChtnJ Radio Inll: News. SeeS 0300.

Russia. Voiceof: News. SeeS 0200,
Chtna, ChinaRadio InU: News aboutChina. See S031 1.
Russia. Voice 01: Focus on Asiaandee Pacillc. See M 1611 .
ChIna. China Radio Inti: N~ Analysis. See H 1215.
China. ChinaRadio Inti: CurrentAnalrs See M 1220.
Russia. Voice 01: Moscow Yesterda'f and Today. See S0532.
China. ChinaRadio Inti: Pre5S Clippings. SeeM 1225.
China.. ChinaRadio Inll: Focus. SeeH 1238
ChIna. China Radio Inti: Cuttural Spectrum. seeH 1244

Fridavs
1600
1600
1611
1611
1620
1632
\633
\637
1644

China. China Radio Inti: News. SeeS0300.

Russia. Voice01: News. See SOlDO.
China. ChinaRadio Inll: Neo.vsabout China, See S0311 .
Russia. Voice01: Focus on Asiaandthe Pacilic. SeeM 1611.
China, ChinaRadio Inti: cerrem Affairs, See M 1220.
Russia. Voice01:Your TopTune, SeeS0332.
China, China Radio tnlt: Press Clippings. See M 1225.
China.China Radio In\l: Ute in China. See F 1237.
China, China Radio Inti: Global Review. SeeF1244.

1647

Russia.Voice01: You Wri:e to MOSCOW'. Sees 0347.

Saturdays
1600
1600

China, China Radio Inll: News. See S0300.

HeraldBroadcasting(WSHB 12): TheChristian seence
Sentinel. see S0028
1600 Russia, Voice 01:News. See5 0200.
1611 China. China Radio Inll: Newsabout China.SeeS 0311.
1611 RussIa,Voice of: Newmarket This program tells whereand
how to invest in Russia, howto sell yourproduct, or starta
business, and newsaboutRussia's involvement ln
international business.
1620 China. ChinaRadio Inti: Chinesef olktales. See S0320.
1625 China. China Radio Inll: The Cooking Show. See S0325.
1630 China, China Radio Inti: China SCraplloo~ . See S0330.
1630 Herald Broadcasting(WSH8121: Bible Lesson. See S0000.
1632 RlISSia.. Voice01: Moscow Yestelday itId Today. seeS0532.
1635 ChlM, ChinaRadio lnll: MuSic fromChina.seeS0335.

HAUSERS HIGHLIGHTS

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9985 kHz
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China. China gadroInti

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Egypt, Radio Cairo
EQI Guinea, Radio Alrica
France. Radio France inn
Georgia, Voice 01Hope
Germany,Overcomer Mmistr
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Liberia, RadiO ventas
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~jorw ay, Radio NorwayInti
Palau, KH8NNoice 01Hope
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Vatican Slate, vatcan R
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Syria,Rallio Damascus
Namibia, NBC
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Egypt. Radio Cairo
Finlal1d. YlEIR Finlal1d
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Poland, Polish RWarsaw
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2000-2030
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2000-2025
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2000-2100vi
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AnguIlla,Caribbean Beacon
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Costa Rica,RF Peace Inti
Cub.1. RadiOHavana
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Eoypi. Radio Cairo
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uberta. Radio ventas
lib eria.lCN/R liberia tnt
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Namibia, NBC
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2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2229

2200-2300

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61203s

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2200-2300

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Sweden, Radio
Turkey. Voice 01
UK. BBC Calling Falklands
UK.BBC Worldservice
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2300-0000
230{1-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
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Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
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2300-2330
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2300-2330
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Cuba. Radio Havana
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Guam. AWR/KSOA
Guatemala,Allv WorldR
India, All India Rarnc
Lebanon, Voice 01 Hope
Liberra,LCN/Rliberia tnt
Malaysia, Radio
Moldova. R Moldova Inll
NewZealand, R NZ Inll
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
North Korea, R Pyongyang

2300-0000vi
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UK, BBC Asian Service

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21465am

2300-0000
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5020do

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2300-0000
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2300-2359 sm

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2310-2315
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2330-0000 vi
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2330-0000
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7195eu

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11830na

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2335-2345
2345 -OO

13815am
15590am
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7215as
15185as
17820as
5825eu
9400am
5745am
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9955am
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7510eu
13770am
50703m
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6040am
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USA, KTBNSalllk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice 01America

mtwhf

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USA, WGTG McCaysvilleGA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Redlion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMIIR Miami Inti
USA,WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USA,WSHBCypress Crk SC
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
Vatican State.VaticanR
Kyrgstan, Kyrgyz Radio
Canada, R Canada lntl
Gtlana, Ghana arcade Corp
Guam, AWR/l<SDA
Netherlands, Radio
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
2300

HeraldBroadcasting(WSHB11&2):Sunday ServiceIrom
theMother Church. From the FirstChurch 01Christ.
Scientist, in Boston. MA, USA
2300 USA. VOA Washington DC(as): VOA News. Ten minutes 01
worldwidenews on ine hour
2300 Vatican State. Vatican Radio: Saints Alive. Ashort
biography 01 the hIe 01a saint
2310 USA, VOA WaShington DC{as): VOA Today. uc-tc-urernmute newssummaries,hOurlybusiness and sports
updates, interviewsonworld news events, plusfeatures on
topics from movies to medicine.
2330 Netherlands, Radro: News, See S0030
2335 Greece. Voice 01: News, See S0130.
2339 aernenancs. gaoo: WideAngle. See S 1238
2354 Netherlands, Radio: SifenSong. See S 1254.

Mondays
2300

Herald Broadcasting (WSHB 12): BibleLesson, SeeS

oo.

2300 USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See AsJOceJ

Pac 2300
2300 Vatican State, Vatican Radio: Ask theAbbot. The abbot
answers cuesncns about the Catholrt tann
2310 USA, VOA Washington DC(as): VOAWorldwide, A daily
morning program that provides in-depth analysis 01global
issues and events through dailyroundtablediscussions.
2328 Herald Broadcasting (WSHB 12 ): The Christian Science
Sentinel.SeeS 0028
2330 Netherlands, Radio: News. See S0030.
2335 Greece, Voice 01: News. See S0130.
2338 Netherlands. Radio: Newsline. See S0038.
2353 Netherlands. RadiO: A Good Lrte See M 1253

USA, VOA WashingtOll DC (as): VDA News See AsJOcei

Pee 2300
2300 Vatican State, Vatican Radio: What Can I Do?, A practical
gUide IOf tnepracticing catholic
23tO USA, VOA Washington DC(as): VOA Worldwide SeeAs!
Ocelf'ac 2310
2300

MONITORING TIMES

2300
2300

Herald Broadcasting lWSHB 11): Bible Lesson. See S0000.

USA, VOA WasllingtonDC(as): VOA News.
AslOce/Pac
2300.
2300 vancan State. Vatican Radio: Would YouBelieve It? Some
backgroundabout the precepts01 theCatholic Church.
2310 USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Worldwide. See AslOceJ
Pac 2310.
2328 HeraldBroadcashflg (WSHB 11): The Cllristian Science
Sennnet. See S0028.
2330 Netherlands, Radio: News. See S 0030.
2335 Greece, Voiceof:News. See S0130.
2338 Netherlands, Radio: NeWSline. See S 0038.
2353 Netherlands, Radio: Sounds lntefesting. See S 1153.

see

Thursdays
2300
2300
2310
2330
2335
2338
2353

February ' 998

2338
2354

2354

Wednesdays

USA, VOAWashington DC (as): VOA News. See AslOCe!Pac

2300.
Vatican State,Vatican Radio: Ask theAbbot SeeM 2300.
USA, VOAWashington DC(as): VOA Worldwide. SeeAsIOceJ
Pac 2310.
Netherlands, Radio: News, SeeS 0030.
Greece. Voice01:News, SeeS0130.
Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. See S0038.
Nelherlands, Radio: Research File,See M 1153.

2354

2354

Netherlands, Radio: Newsline.See S 0038.

Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Belgium(27th),
Jonatllan Grouben examineslhe history 01 this mreeheaded society
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The Dutch Seaborne
Empire (20th). see H 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The Dutch Seaborne
Empire(Batavia: Queen 01theHighsees) (6th). seeW
1154.
Radio Netllerlands: Documentary, The DutCh seaborne
Empire(The Beginning 01 theEnd) (13th). seeA0154.

saturdays
USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as):VOA News. SeeAsI
DcelPac 2300.
VaticanState, VaticanRadio: On-the-Air. See S0608.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VQA Sunday.
Interviews and tenuresabout science. sports,
agricUltule, andbusiness, plusthelatest Amencan
music.
2330 Netherlands, Radio: News.See S 0030.
2335 Greece, Voiceof: News. See S0130.
2339 Netherlands, Radio: Newsline. see S0038.
2354 Netherlands, Radio: R ~hly Speaking. seeS0153,
2300

2300
2310

PROPAGATION FORECASTING

Fridays
2300

USA, VOA Washington DC(as): VOA News. SeeAsIOcelPac

2301
2310

Vatican State, Vatican Radio: Whatcan I Do? See T2300

USA, VOAWashingtonDC (as): VOA Worldwide. See AsIOcei
Pac 2310
Netllerlands. Radio: News, see S0030.
UK. BBCLondon(AF): Justa Taste (6th,13th,20tll). See T
0145
Greece. Voice 01: News. See S0130.

2300

Tuesdays

58

2330 Netherlands, Radio: News. See S0030.

2335 Greece,Voice 01: News. SeeS 0130.
2338 Netherlands, Radio: Newsune. See S0038.
2353 NetherlandS, Radio: Music 52-15. See T 1253.

2330
2330
2335

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NVIS Propagation in North America (Conclusion)

OPTIMUM WORKING FREQUENCIES (MHz)

By Jacq ues d 'Avignon

monltor'!>ra c. ca
If you Jived anywh ere al ong the rai lway in
iso lated areas of Canada. cha nces arc. if you
tuned your rad io to the broadc ast band, there
was a high quality signal of the netwo rk pro
grams available so long as there was powe r
ava ilable at the railway station! The propagation mode in these cases was , and still is,
vertical inc idence skywave. T he frequ encies

in the broadcast band are below the frequencies that will penetrate the ionosphere. (See
MTJuly and August 1997 for an explanatio n of
the NVIS propagation mode used in tro pical

broadcasting .)
In 1941, the first low power broadcast freque ncy relays were installed in the interior
valleys of British Columbia that could not be
properly served by regu lar CBe broadcas t
transm itters. By I980 thcrc we re ovc r45 0 such
low-power transmitters across Ca nada!
The cal lsigns of these repeaters were often
the same as the originating statio n plus a numcrical suffix . such as CB F-4. Th is additional
callsign wou ld be announced during the regular originating station break . It made for some
inte resting station breaks when the originating
station was being repeated by as many as 10
low power repeaters scattered over large areas ;
the station break wouldcontain alltheca llsigns.
You never knew exactly which repeater you
were listening to without looking at the Ire qucncy 0 11 your dial and check ing <I frequency
list.
Even if these transmitters were very low
power in co mparison with the regular broadcast transmitters, the signal was reaching far
places. It W<l S not unusual to hear a northern
Ontario transm itter at you r Toronto location.
or a far eastern Quebec relay in Montreal. The
low power repeate r transmitters were conservatively filted at 20 or40W. but could produce
more if you pushed thc final 6L6' s to the limit
of their capability. (For those "youngsters"
who do not know what a 6L6 is. it is a vacuum
tube often used in the final stage of an RF
am plifier and. in some cases. still today. in the
final amplification stage of high-priced audio
amplifie rs.)
In the fall of 1952 . the 50 kW transmitter of
the French network station in Montreal. CBF
690 kHz. was destroye d by fire. Radio Canada
engi neers installed one of the spare low power
repeaters in the main control roo m of the

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network in downtown Montreal. fed a vertical
wire 10 stories high installed in the courtyard
behind thc building. and were able to cove r the
metropolitan area of the city for two days! Thc
signal was not strong. but service was maintained .
A few AM low.power repeate rs are still
operational in Canada. but many have been
replaced by strategica lly located high.power
FM repeaters. With the present trend for the
Canadian broadcast stations to migrat e to the
FM band. it is only a matter of time for most of

these repeaters to cease operations and to be

replaced by high powe r FM repcaters. But
there will always be some areas where these
AM repeaters will be needed . With the meta llic
telegraph lines along the milways being abandoned. it is quite poss ible that some repeaters
<lrc now being fcd the network audio by satellite ! But :"JV IS lives on. cven in Non h America !
Only a few month s arc left for !loud OX;
enjoy them and stan plan ning for next OX
season. Remembe r. the solar activity is increas
ing. thus making OX better each year.

pROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT
The Environment

ack in Novem ber. this co lum n high light ed science and techno logy progra ms prod uce d by intern at ion al
broadcasters. At that time, we co nfined ourse lves to programs wh ich treat the subje ct in
its widest sense and promised we wo uld
revis it the topic to discuss more specialized
programs later. Well , it is no w later!
The state of the global env iro nment is of
wides pread co nce rn and several statio ns devote entire programs to it. Others that should.
don ' t. But more on that later.

Rad io Aust ra lia offe rs the program

Eanhbeat, which prov ides a week ly examination of environmental issues in the Sout h
Pacific region. It airs Sundays and Mon days
at 2130 and Fridays at 0130 and 1030 .
Last year. the BB C World Service decided to take a new tack on the subje ct by
int rodu cing One Planet. which foc uses on
the relationshi p betwee n de velopment and
the e nviron ment at a "grassroots" leveL The
prog ram goe s on the Ame ricas/Eu rope stream
Tuesdays at 1830 and Wednesday s at 0330
and 1030. To Africa, One Plan et is broadc ast
at Wedn esd ays at 09 15 and 1930 ; while listene rs to the Asia strea m can hear the se ries at
023 0. 073 0. 1030 and 2 130eac h Wed nesda y.
Deutsche W elle's longstanding "flags hip"
ecology program is Ma n and Env ironment,
whic h is heard aro und the clock and aro und
the wo rld each Tuesday at 0 130.0230.0330.
0530.0930. 20 30 . 2130 and 2330.
H CJB inclu des ecologica l and env ironme ntal reports in its \Ved nesday (Thur sda y
UTC to North America) Studio 9 program.
Th e focus is on Latin America and the releases are at 07 09 .0909 and 1909 Wedn esdays; 0 109 and 04 09 Th urs day s.
Even during its most desperate hou rs, R adio Canada Intern ational retained Earth
Watch in its wee kly schedule. Earth Watch
places the stres s on po ten tial solutions to
env iro nmental issues and is bro adcast Saturdays at 120 5 and 2130* and on Su ndays at
0230*.
Radio F r a nce International e fea tures
rath er brief reports on environme nta l ma tte rs
in its Planet Earth segment which airs during
the seco nd half-h our of its 1200 .1400 and
1600 trans missions on Thursd ays and betwe en 1700 and 1730 on Fri day s.
A nyone wit h even a passin g familiarity

wit h Radi o for Peac e International wou ld

not be surprised to learn that the e nviro nment
is a prime topic for this station's progra mmin g. Every Livin g Thing is a week ly halfhour that goe s out Sundays at 1830 , Mo ndays
at 023 0 and 09 30 . Wed nesday s at 1900. and
Th ursdays at 0300 and 1000 . A dai ly five
min ute report, Earthwatch, ca n be heard at
0755 and 2355. Earthwatch is also broadcast
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays at 1840
and Tuesda ys. Th ursdays and Sat urda ys at
0240 and 0940. A wee kly quarter-hour Tropical Conserva tion Ne wsbureau Report is devoted to reg ularly as ses sing the status of
global rainfore sts. It air s on RFPI Monday s at
1845. Tue sda ys at 02 45 and 0945.Thursday s
at 2 100 and Fridays at 0500.
Apart from Radi o Austra lia, another Asian
view of the env ironment can be accessed
throu gh Rad yo Pilipina '5 week ly program.
Sav e the Ear th, which ai rs at 0250 eac h
Mo nda y. In North America , this program is
likel y to be accessib le on ly to We st Coa st
listeners- and then perhaps on ly to those
wit h a better than averag e radio and antenna
syste m.
The env ironment in Sca ndina via and en vironmenta l issu es from a Nordic pers pective are on offe r eac h month via Radio
Swede n's Greenscan program. It is presented on the second Th ursday of the mon th
at 1245 . 1345 . 1445. 184 5*. 204 5 * and 2245 *;
and on the seco nd Friday at 0 145. 02 45 and
0345 .
Green Society is Ra d io Vlaand eren
Inte r na tionaal's weekly brief on the state of
the en vironment and e nviro nmental issues. It
is broadcast Tue sday s at 1748* and 1848*
and Wed nesday s at 0848 * and 131 8*.
Giv en the env ironme ntal sca rs left by the
Persia n Gu lf War in and arou nd the Arabian
Pen insula, it is not surprising that many of
R ad io Kuwait ' s prog ram s discu ss the aftermath of the war in terms of the damage to and
attempts to repair the co untry ' s ec o-sys tems .
Radio Kuwait ' s Eng lish Serv ice airs between
1800 and 2 100 dail y. Rad io J o r da n also has
a weekly program on the envi ronment called
Eco- Watch whic h airs Wednesdays at 1230 .

programming of eastern Euro pea n, Ukr ainian and Russian broadcasters wou ld reflect
some measure of co ncern about their ecologi cal systems. The eve nts at C hernobyl have
continuing and lasting co nseq uences. Russ ia
and Eastern Eu rope co nta in some of the most
pollu ted and environmentally poiso ned place s
on the planet Yet , apart from a few occasional reports, these stations (st ill govern ment co ntro lled for the most part ) have do ne
little to chronicle either the ci rcumstances of
the despoi ling o f the ir lands or the efforts that
are and still need to be made to reclaim them .
Eve n more diffic ult to ex plain is the lack
o f this type of a program in the Voice of
America' s schedule. G ive n the leadersh ip
position of the Un ited States in this spher e, a
regu lar program dev ote d to discussing and
describi ng e nvironmental pro blems and solution s for an intern ation al audience wo uld
appear to be a natural for the VOA. The VOA
would likel y respo nd that it highli ght s env ironm enta l matters in its ex isting program s as
warranted. The tru th of that notwithstand ing,
a ded icated prog ram wou ld more clear ly demon strate the importance A mericans place on
the environ ment and more effectively serve
as a catalyst for ope n disc ussion of these
topic s in the media of other lands. Isn 't that
the core reason for having a Voice ofAmerica?
Since that column in November, there
hav e bee n some rather dramat ic changes to
that listing of general science and techn ology
programs. Deu tsche Welle dropped its series
of qu arte r-hou r scie nce prog rams that ro tated
thro ughout eac h mo nth and opted for a new
weekly half-hou r magazi ne-style program
entitled Sci Tec h. It airs Sa turdays at 1115,
161 5 and 191 5 and Sundays at 03 15. A nd.
when the Voice of Russia red uced its Eng lish
langu age ser vice to eigh tee n hou rs a day, it
rctimed the broadcasts of its Science and
Engin eering prog ram. It no w ca n now be
heard Mu nday s at 0411 ". Tuesdays throu gh
Satu rda ys at 05 11- , Mondays and Sat urdays
at 07 11*. Wed nesdays and Fridays at 08 11*.
Th ursdays at 09 11", Tu esda ys at 0932 * and
Mo ndays through Saturdays at 2 111*.
Unt il Apri l, good listenin g !

Emissions an d Omissions

(Days and times are in UTe; * denotes one

hour earlie r UTC during daylight saving
tim e.}

In this regard, one wo uld think that the

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BEGINNER.S CORNER
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO MONITORING

SKIPAREY, N2EI
[email protected]

OSling 'T he Blanks"

nce you' vc been in the radio moni-

tor ing ho bby for a short whi le. yo u

arc li ke ly to ru n ucross u situatio n
that Old Uncle Skip likes 10 re fe r 10 as 'T he
Blanks." A llow me to ex pla in.
Mostmonitoring logs -c- commcrc iul. co mpuler or ho me bre w - a llow you some place
or other 10 check off when a QSL card (verificati on ) or ot her fo rm of co nfi rmation co me s
back 10 yo u. As lime passes and as yo ur

logbook grow s. you will disco ver "The

Bla nks" - that ins idi o us ha nd ful of si gna ls
that e lude con fi rmatio n.

It doesn't mailer if your particular radio

moni tor ing poi son is sho rtwave, am ate ur,
med iu m W' I\ "C. or e ven sc anning. If yo u ' re
into confir mation-, any unconfi rmed station
represen ts a un iqu e c ha lle nge . Even the greate st D Xcrs to eve r turn o n a rad io hav e 10
ad mi t to a few "blanks" iu thc irlog boo k. T his
mon th' s co lum n will tak e a loo k at a few lips
and trick s that ca n go a long way toward
ge tting those blanks fil led in in yo ur own
log book.
If radio mo nitoring was .IS big a hob by a s
sta mp co llec ting. it would mak e the wh o le
confirmatio n thin g so mu ch easier. First off.
e very statio n yo u con tac ted wou ld kno w e xac tly what yo u were look ing for. Abo. e\'e ry
postal autho rity wo uld trea t bot h your request
and your re turn ing QSL with the utmost respe ct and ca re. But. as yo u ha ve pro bably
fig ured out ra ther q uic kly. suc h is not the ca sc o
Fir stly. it is ha rd fur beginners in th is
hobby to beli eve th ai the vari ou s rad io station s we try to con firm o ften do n't have the
fogg iest idea about o ur ho bby or our desire for
con firmation . Sta tio ns are in the business of
prod uci ng programming for thei r identified
aud ie nce s. Th ey are not in the sig na l confi rmario n busin ess. We hobbyists barely represe nt the smalles t fraction of a perc e ntage
point of an y broadc ast sta tio n's a udie nce .
O rigin ato rs of other co nfin nable radio signa ls. such as ut ilit y stations o r the busi ness
a nd public safety statio ns hear d o n a scanner.
a rc e ve n more co nfused abo ut o ur hobby .
So me folks ca n e ven ge t do wn right surly
wh en they find o ut that so meo ne othe r than
those fur whom their signa l was intend ed W .I S

listening.
A nd the n the re is the pos ta l syste m. bot h
do mestic a nd wo rld wide . Her e in the United

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Sla te s we ta ke for grunted upostal system tha i

usually gets the jobdonc. Th e mai l gels throu gh
in rain and sno w a nd slee t and dark o f night.
Would that th is we re the ca se in all th ose othe r
co un trie s we rad io hobb yists ha ve to dea l
with. There are so me co untr ies in which ge tting .1 le tter del ive red face s wo rse odds than
you cou ld find a t the casino gaming table s.
Now. these problem s m ight mak e lesser
peo ple take up kni ttin g. BUI re me mbe r. radio
monitors arc kno wn for the ir pat ien ce a nd
te nacity. T he lon ge st it has taken Old Uncle
Skip to fill in o ne parti cul ar blank in his log
book was six years! I a lso know of fol ks who
have wai ted lo nger th an that . O ver time the
blank s become true c halle nges . and the e ven rual success in chec ki ng off o ne more can be
a great re wa rd.

Getting tha t add ress

Ma ny of the bigger shortwa ve broadcast
out lets arc well aware of the QS L process and
regu larl y respo nd to confirmation. It' s when
you start to log tho se more reg io nal ou tlets
that things ge t tricky . If yo u a rc a sho rtwa ve
broadca st mon itor . two re source s yo u ne ed to
get arc the U'orld Radio n ' Handb ook and
Passpo rt to Wor ld Band Radio. Both o f the se
hooks can be found fro m man y of the supplie rs he re in the page s o f MT.
Bot h boo ks give e xce lle nt information
" bout accura te mail ing addre sses and ev en
infor malio n o n to wh om o ne sho uld send yo ur
reception report. Sometimes the problem is as
sim ple as d irec ting the le tter 10 the right perso n.
or .111 the vario us aspec ts of the rad io
hobby. noth ing can beat be longin g 10 a ho bbyspeci fic club that incl udes me mber's rece nt
Q'St. succcsscs. Th ese w ill usua lly inc lude th e
add ress . na me. a nd th e met hod of ve rification
that wor ked . In man y cases they will a lso
incl ude the time the mail ro ute took. 10 give
yo u an idea of ho w lo ng to wait be fore se nding ou t that seco nd lette r.
MT s "'Q SL Corner" colum n is an e xa mple
of wh at yo u will find in more hobby-specific
bull etins. For the sho rtwave hob by a g rea t
QS L co lum n ca n be found in nit, Journa l o f
the No rth American Shortwa ve Associat ion
( NAS WA ). Th e info rmat io n in Sam Barto' s
" QSL Report" column ha s probabl y acco unted
for more than half th e curds in my sho rtwa ve

bro ad ca st co llect ion . Sam' s bee n at this gig

for twenty years now and nobod y doe s it
bctte r.
You can ge l a loo k at Sa m' s wor k by
requesting a sam ple issue of the NAS W A
Journal. Si m ply send $2.00 to th e North
Amcrica n Shortwave Associa tion, 45 Wild-

flower Road, Levittown. PA. 19057. Medium

wa ve fan s will find a sim ilar occasio nal co lum n in the Nati o nal Radio Club ' s DX News
cull ed the "Confi rmed DXer," most recently

managed by Ken MacHarg (PO Box 5711,

T o pe ka. KS 666 05; se nd fir st class stam p for
sa mple).
A ltho ug h MT s " Oute r Limits" coverage
ha s been curtailed. pirate radi o fa ns ca n still

get a monthly doseofQSLdata along with the

latest maildrop information - lota lly important 10 success ful pirat e QSLi ng - in Joh n
Arthur's "Veried Respo nse" co lum n in th e
page s o f The A *C *E Nevvslene r (PO Box

12112 Norfolk. VA 2354 1; write for sample

inform atio n).

What to say a nd how to say it

It certainly wo uld help if e veryo ne in the
wo rld spo ke the same lan g uage but we all
kno w that th is is no t the case . You may not
ha ve a ny way of as suring th at the person on
th e other end know s Engli sh . One way to he lp
with this pro blem is to take ad va ntage o f the
mulli-Iingual c o n fi rm a tio n form s made
uvailible by so me clubs a nd so me co m merc ial
ve ndors . T he se sheets arc usuall y set up as a
fill-in-the-blank affair listing se veral m ajor
wo rld langu age s such as Span ish, Fre nc h and
Ge rma n. in ad dition to Eng lish. Yo u m ay not
kno w the loca l ton gue. but a fonn incl uding
the major lang uage s shou ld ge t to someone
who spea ks at le ast on e of the m.
Anot her big part of the picture in filli ng in
the blanks is so me good old-fa sh io ned " publie relati ons." In se nding o ut yo ur confirmatio n request. tak e a good chunk of time and
space 10 let the reade r know abo ut the ho bby .
Aga in, c hec k with yo ur affiliat ed clubs a nd
sec if they have any bro chures or other hando uts that yo u can include in yo ur mai ling to
furth e r e luc idate yo ur goa ls.
II ofte n helps to tell the reader a littl e bit
about yo urse lf to make the who le process
mo re per so nal. Do n't ge t too specific. T here

is a famo us story in OXing ci rcles abou t a

hobbyist who found himse lf listed as a spo n
so r for a person trying to immi grate to the
United States becau se things got a bit too
friendl y. Thi s is also a goo d example of why
it' s recomended you do all your radio business thro ugh a Pos t Office Bo x as protection
from much of the world ' s weirdness.
Also. in the case of broadca st stations,
never forget the station' s true intentions. AI
ways give detailed comments about the progra mming yo u heard and what you enjoyed .
The bro adcaster want s to hear from listen ers
who have an apprec iation for their hard work ,
not j ust for the strength and qu ality of their
signal.
In the case of QSL ing no nbroadca st station s, be sure to ind icate that your intenti ons
are hon orab le and that yo u have no de sire to
divul ge the co ntents of the signal that you
heard . Ind icate clearly that yo u are simply
seeking co nfirma tio n of your radio mo nitoring efforts.
Also in the case of nonbroadcasters, it is
oft en help ful to inclu de a preprepared verifi ca tion ca rd (PPV) - also ca llcd a prepared
form card (PFC) . Simply lake a standard
postcard (with appropriate ret urn postage attached ) and fill ou t the card with all the
pertinent data need ed to establish confirmation for your particular as pect of the hobby.
Thi s would usuall y include such thing s as
station narne or culisign. time, date, frequ ency,
mod e (AM, FM US B, etc.) and whatever else
floats your boat. Make a clear place on the
ca rd for so me station representative to sign
off on the card.
In your confirmation lett er where yo u take
the time to tell them why you are seeking
confi rmation , politely ask them to check the
data on the ca rd and to send it back to yo u
signed if the data is found to be co rrec t.
Somethi ng even experie nced folk s forget
to do is to request that the card be sen t back
informi ng the hobbyist if the da ta is not correct. We all mak e mistakes, and one way to
get a " blank" out of yo ur logboo k is to know
once and for all that it wasn 't a good logging
in the first place. You run across this a lot
when sending out QSL s after a major amateur
radio con test such as the ARRL Swee pstakes
or the CQ World wid e OX Competition . In the
fast and furious pace that occ urs durin g a
co ntes t, a few slips in the loggi ng on either
side of the QSO are bound to happen. Knowing that that rare one wasn't a good co ntact is
disappoi nting. but it beats wo ndering what
happ ened .

Going postal
Postage is anot her big issue when trying to

fill in the blanks. Th e tradition al thought has

always bee n that yo u stuffed an Intern ation al
Reply Coupon (lRC) in the envelope go ing
overseas and that was the end o f it.
Well, ten years or so ago that may have
been the case . In the pas t few yea rs wo rldwide
postal rates have fluctuated a gre at deal. A
prime example is the new united Germany. If
yo u expect a return from there to come by
anything but a turtl e with a bad limp , you need
10 incl ude tw o IRC s 10 get the job done.
To avoid any question in this area , man y
savvy folk s have shifted to the use of mint
stamps from the country in question. Sev eral
resources for these stamps can be found, but l
have alw ays had consis tent qu ality serv ice
from two longtime DX su ppliers: Wi lliam J.
Plum , 12 Olen Road. Flemington, NJ 08822,
and DX Stamp Service, 7661Roder Parkway,
Ontario. NY 1451 9. The few extra steps involved in supplying mint stamps ca n go a long
way in solving "the blanks."
So me folk s in the hob by debate the value
of sending along a "greenstamp" (a U.S. Dollar bill) with a confirmation request. Som e
amateur radio OX operations more or less
expect this as a way of offsettin g costs. Old
Uncle Skip totally di sagrees wit h this practice . First off, many co untries take a di m view
of U.S. mone y coming in the mail. Secondly.
sending money through the mail only increases the chan ces ofyour mail getting ripped
off so mewhere along the route. further reducing yo ur chance of a return QSL.
It may be a vestige of "the sixties" runn ing
around in my brain, but I feel that money
chan ging hand s is not in the spirit of the
hobby. Yes , there are a couple of notab le
"blanks" in my logbook beca use I don 't subscribe to the greenstamp theory. but as far as
I'm concern ed they can slay blank. I'll work
my way toward my awards by communica ting to real amateurs and not "professional"
amateurs. Let your con science be your guide.
Th ere are a few tips for domest ic postal

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ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

[email protected]

CORRECTION:

In my Ja nua ry column, Ierroneo usly listed

the maximu m pe rmissi ble po wer in the Fa m-

ily Radio Service tFRS) as 100 rnilliwatts:

tha t should ha ve been 500 milliwau s ( 1/2
watt ). A pai r of good FRS tra nscei ve rs is
capable of line-o r-sight co mmunica tions o f
up to a mile or IWo. Distance is substantially
red uced by trees. buildings, and hilly terrain.

Can a nuclear testexplosion be

heard on shortwave or VHF? (Steve,
KBBUUS)

The exp losion docs, howeve r, send out a

high vo ltage elec tromag netic pu lse (EM P) of
extreme ly low frequency (more like DC )
which induces dama ging curre nts in co nduc tor s for many miles aro und. Th is is the reason
that " hardening" (shielding) of electronics is
necessary in a nucl ear co nflict enviro nment.
but it' s a very simple tactic o f making sure
that everything is in a metal enclos ure. and
there arc no very lo ng, unshielded cables
interconnectin g,

Q,

A. Probably not over great distances. Decades ago. prior to the nuclear test ban. mo nitoring VLF frequencies for a rise in hackgro und noise \\'i.I S one me thod of detecting a
possible nuclear deton ation . Rut there arc
many causes for such increases. so it was not
a foolproof indic ator. Th e re is loc al ion ization aro und the deto nation area which is bound
to affec t loc al radio propag at ion .

unauthorized co pying.
If it we re " uncons titutional ." then we 'd all
have so mething to say about co mmercials!

What constitutes a good, medium wave, AM receiver? Do es this

also translate to good shortwave
reception? (Tom Katzele, St. Croix
Falls, WI)
Q.

A. In the Ll.Scmedium wave broad casters <I re

Is there any way to eliminate the
annoying icon which appears at the
lower righthand edge of a TV
picture? Hopefully, it annoys my
constilufional rights some way!
(Glenn Bowman, Saline, MI)
Q.

A. Unfortunately , although the icon doesn't

oblite rate the picture, it cannot be rem oved : it
is inse rted by master control at the time of the
bro adcast. and is inte nded to di scouraged

se parated every 10 kH z (9 kHz in Europe ), so

ba ndwidth filters don 't have to be so sharply
se lective as on shortwave where broad casting
stations are separated by only 5 kHz. All
ge neral coverage , communica tions recei vers
have selectable filter s whic h incl ude approximately 4 and 6 kll z, ade quate for both bands.
Portables. however, fail in many as pects,
inclu ding dynamic ra nge (the abili ty to withstand strong signal presence while atte mpting
to listen to wea k signals), adj acent channel
rejection (selec tivity), and eve n sensitivity

"Bob's Tip of Changing the Factory Presets on the

the Month Sangean ATS 909/Radio Shack DX-398

wners o f the Sangean ATS 909

an d the pri vate-labeled Rad io
Shack version, the DX-39 8. are
told on p. 20 of their users manua l under
"Tuning Preprogramm cd Shortwav e Sta tion s"; " You cannot cha nge the [2 12] prese t sho rtw ave statio ns stored in your
receiver ' s memo ry."
Not tr u e. says M T re ad er Bruce
Hessenthaler, a Co mmerce , Michi gan ,
communication s engin eer. Bruce' s simple
procedur e is as follows.
1. In the SW mode, go to the de sired
"p age nu mber" where you plan to re-

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place a fac tory preprogrammed freq uency

with a new one;
2. Tune in yo ur new frequ ency on the disp lay;

5. Con tinue to hold down the "M " key as in

ste p 3 ror abo ut two more seconds, and the
new freq ue ncy will overwrite the old one,
indi cated by the disap pearance of the
"ME MOF ULL" message.

3. Pre ss "M " (memory) and , while PAGE is

flashin g, press any memory loc ation 1-9
where you wan t to repl ace the freq uency:

4. If the location was previou sly empty, the

new freq uency is stored normally, j ust as
the man ual states , but if it' s fuJI, the prompt
"MEMOFU LL" will appear; in which case,
proceed to step 5:

According to Bruce, the new frequencie s

are as inde lible as the original factory presets.
and even replaci ng ba tteri es won ' t erase
them-until yo u re pea t the steps abov e. Wh at
a handy way to c ustom-program your shortwave portable's mem ory pages for DXing
choice s! Thanks for the nifty hint, Bruce.

when confined to using their internal ferriteloo p a ntenn as.

On e of the co mmon co mplaints med ium
wave listeners lodge aga ins t man y communicatio ns receivers is that they auto ma tically
switch in anattenuator to reduce signalstrength
while tuning med ium wave. Wh ile this does
limit sen sitivity . with a reasonable outside
ante nna tha t is of no co nsequ ence. A notcworthy exception is the very afforda ble Drake
SW8. an outsta nding medium wave (and shortwave ) rece ive r.
D ur ing th e vac u um lub e e ra . ma ny
Harnmarlund and Hallicrafter s rece ive rs were
popular for medium wave DXin g. but there
seems to be a lack o f favorites a mong the
current solid state genre.
Finally. aud io quali ty may be an issue. but
exte rnal spea ker sys tems like the popu lar
Grov e SP200 Sound Enh ance r ca n correct
many ills o f the rece iver ' s internal spea ker
system .

Q. What determines the voltage of

a cell or battery? (Mark Burns, Terre

Haute, IN)
A. Se veral things. includin g the co mpos ition

T he sta nda rd zinc-ca rbon. dis po sa ble

(flas hlig ht) cell. when fresh. regi sters a term inal volt age slig htly abov e 1.5 : as it di sch arge s
under norm al load . it gradu ally drop s o ver
time . Highly active electrod es ma y produce
higher voltages; lith ium. for exa mple. produce s :,1 vo lts.
La rge flashli ght cells produce mo re c urrent (ampe rage) than small ce lls bec ause the ir
c hemically active surface area is grea ter. But
the vo ltage remains the same becau se that is
determ ined by the chem ical used for the electrolyte und the subSHl IlCCS used for the el ectrodes. and those remain the same.
Strictly speaking. the ter m "battery' refers
to "s tac king" (combining) (\1."0 or mo re cells:
thus. there is no such thing as a type AA.
AAA. C. or D flash light " battery" since each
of these electrochemi ca l devices is act uall y
one cell. Six- and twel ve-volt lantern batteries. on the oth er hand . rea lly are. And ninevolt batte ries are aptly name d as well, since
they contain six tee nsy AAAA ce lls spotwelded toge ther in se ries .
Car batteries, act ually a series circ uit o f six
two-vult cells. have so much "pow er" (am perage ) because they have a much larger
elec trode surface for the c hemica l action to
take place than . say. a fl ashlight cell.

and concentration of the electro lyte (chcmiCHI). composition of the elec trode s (positive

anod e and negative cathod e). te mpe rature.

time (cells gradually self-discharge through

internal res istance path s). and decomposition
(the material s continue to interact unti l they
neu tralize ea ch othe r).

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BELOW SOO KHZ

DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin Care , W B2QMY

[email protected]

Pirate Beacons!

n thi s col umn we norm all y lim it o ur di scu ssion s to signa ls below the AM broadcast hand . Fro m time to time how e ver. an
item co me s alo ng that . while not stric tly
longwuvc, is likely to be o f interest to LF
enthusia sts and otherutility mon itors. Hifersshan for "High Freq uency Expe rime ntal Radi o St ati on sv-c-fall into th is ca tego ry.
\Vhat arc Hirers. you ask ? In a nutshell .
these are low power ( 1/2 wall or less) transmi tters ru n by ex pe rime ntally-minded people
for the purpose of anten na and propagation
stud ies. T ransm itters a rc typi cal ly placed o utdoors in sma ll wea therproof enclos ures and
arc battery powered . Some sites also incl ude
solar cells for bat tery recha rging. T he package s arc discreetly placed so as not to attract
atte ntion from curious on looker s.
Despite their low power. Hifers can be
heard hundreds of miles away under the right
co nditions. You may want to give these stations a try as ;.1I1 alternative to the tradi tional
beaco n chasing game . Your cha nces of hearing one arc especia lly good if yo u live in the
cent ral or western U.S.A.

Some Background

Althou gh unlicensed (and therefore illegal), Hifcroperators arc quick to point out that
harmful interference is unlikelyduetothe low
power being used and the careful choice of
unoccupied frequencies.
A web site for Hifer activities can be found
at: http://hom e l. gte.nel/in td ecJhifer .ht m.lt
includes photos and detailed descriptions of
several Hifer stations now on the air. The

Centraltliastem Cit area:

Ern.
I..OLEorm..at
Farthest Heard
4095.9
4096.1
6699.8
6283.0

27dashes/min
90dashes/min. ta
40 dashes/min. P:l
RR-<lash
500 miles

Sail Francisco Bay, CA area:

Ern.
lUlEmmal
Farthest Heard
7650.1

Arizona:
fill.
5621.4
4095.5
6851.3

130dashes/min. CA

l.IlLllimal

ZA
P:l
50 dashes
CA, OR. WA
50dashes/min. MO

Maryland:
EJumaI
fill.

L -6549
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ta
March 1998

following text appea rs at the beginning of the

web site:
'T he 100"" cr frequ ency (below 10MHz) HF
amateur radio ban ds have become overcrow ded and nearly impossible to ex periment
with very -low power (less than I walt output)
radio propagation beacon s and com munications. Certainly. there is some 'QRP' (belo w
5 watt ) two-way co mmunications going on.
bur this is infrequent and not vcry con siste nt.
And. there are not a ny low -powe red, 24 hour/
7 <.1:'1 )' a week transmissions occurring to study
ionospheric propagati on and/or to expe riment
with very weak-sig nal DXing techniques and
ex perimental tran smitter/ante nna designs.
T hus. Hifer operat ions are happening in increasing numbe rs on es sentially empty HF
freque ncies. All Hifer Beacons are no more
than SOO mW output power- most are 100 200 m\V output. All arc operating unofficially:'
Where to Hear Them

T he tables below list the stations believed

to be active at this writing. Most operate 24
hours a day. Accord ing to the gro up's web
page, Hifcr reception reports may be sent to:
P.O. Box 928. Lone Pine. CA 93545-0928.
73 kHz Resources

In the United Kingdom . a sliver of spectrum centered on 73 kHz has been allocated
for ex perimental lise. Some impre ssive distances have been covered using a variety of
transmission modes and receiving tech niques.
For those interested in
learnin g more about this
band , there is now a web
Power!Antenn.a
site devoted [0 the topic .
400mW, inverted vee
200 mW, dipole
You'll find it at: htt p://
200mW, 15 ft. vertical
wwu.qs l.nel/k7onlqrp/
SOO mW, 50 ft. wire
exp erim.ht rn. Th anks to
Brian Short. K70N. for
power!Aotenoa
providing this informa150 mW, wireant.
tio n.
Ano the r useful reso urce for 73 kHz operaPower!Anleona
tion (or any longwave
180 mW, 90 ft. wire
200 mW, inverted vee
work ) is the LF Expert200 mW, 15 ft vertical
m('tlIer s Source Book
published by the Radio
powBr/Aoleona
Soc iety of Great Britain.
No other details avai lable--l C hapters arc included on

an tennas and propagati on. transmitte rs, receivers. and test eq uipment. Th e cover price
of the book is 7.50 plus 1.25 UK post and
packing . It may be ordered from: RSGB.
Cranborne Road. Potters Bar. Herts EN6 3JE.
England.
Loggi ng s

Ther e' s still time for some great winter DX

on lon gwa vc. Thi s month' s loggings are all
from outside North America and should provide some challenging. yet realistic targe ts for
U.S. and Canadian listeners . Feel free to send
me your best logs for use in a future issue of
Monitoring Times. They Illay be sent via email (sec mas thead ) or by regular mail to P.O.
Box 98. Brasstow n. NC 28902 .

OX BEACON TARGETS
fill.

lJ!

210
212

CLO

232
232
244

GT

268

UBY

Cali, Colu mbia

Cienluegos, Cuba
Grand Turk, TurkIslands
Manzanillo, Cuba
Baranquilla. Cuba
Bayamo. Cuba
Easter Island
Merida , Mexico
Managua, Nicaragua
Maiquetia. Venezuela
Ambalema, Columbia
Pointe APitre. Guadeloupe
Stella Maris,Bahamas
St. David's Head, Bermuda
Cozumel, Mexico
Sansalvador, EIsalvador
Higurote, Venezuela
HaoAtoll, Fr. Polynesia
PortofSpain, Trinidad
Belize City. Belize
Camaguey. Cuba
Swan Island, Honduras

UCF
UMl

BA

280

IPA

280

MID

290

YNP

292

Mia

300
300

A8l

320

l lS
BSD
Cl M

323
330

PPR

331

LAN

353
367

HaT
HA

382

pas

392

BlE

402

C
SWA

407

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AMERICAN BANDSCAN
THE WORLD OF DOMESTIC BROADCASTING

Dov Smith, W9WI

72777.3143@campu serve .ca m

Digital Broadcasting in Canada

hose of you who' ve been readin g this

column for a few years kno w digital
radio is on the way. Experime ntal digital stations are known to be on the air in the
U.K. and Canada, and spectrum has been
allocate d in man y other co untries aro und the
world. Now, the first applic ations for regul ar,
co mmercial digit al service in North America
have been filed in Canada.

These sys tems woul d maint ain the relative

coverage of stations. O ne finn has received a
perm it to use TV channel 6 in Washin gton ,
D.C. , for digitalex perimen ts, unde r the rather
exot ic ca ll of WZ3XZZ . Mexico is also consideri ng digital. Canad ian docum ents indicate Mex ico has also adop ted the Eurek a- 147
system for digital radi o, so Ca nadian digital
radios will work south of the border as well.

~ Chum CBC 'ii ! radiQ)N E

Expanded-band news

the OldIes SIaI1on!

j .. ..

.. j

680News
*'
CBC 1,!'radi~
ALL NEWS RADIO
CSC

Rad io-canada
i" . .. ,,,

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qlDT
Here are just afew ofth e Toron/ o-area
stations that will be carried Oil th e new
digital "multiplex" Oil lire eN Tower.
Four L-band microwave frequencies will
be used for digital broadcasts from the eN
Towerin downt own Toront o. Each frequency
(except the CBe' s) will carry five different
stereo programs simultaneo usly. 1456 .304
MHz will be used by C HUM - I050. CFfR680, C HU M-FM 104. 5 , C HF I-98. 1, an d
CFNY- 102. 1. 1458.048 goes to CFRB- 1010,
CJC L-5 90, CKFM- 99.9, CJEZ-97 .3 , and
CJ RT-91. 1. 1461. 536 MH z is the C Be's frequ ency, used by CBL-740, CJBC-860, CBLFM 94 . 1, and CJ BC-FM 90 .3. The fou rth
freque ncy is 1465.0 24, which is to be used by
CHIN -1540, CHOG-640, CHIN-FM 100.7,
ClS S-92.5 , and ClLQ-l 07.1. All four transmitters will operate at an effective radiated
power of 5.084kW.
Cana dia n digital broadcas ting uses the
Eureka -147 syste m. This system has also been
ado pted by many other co untries - in fac t,
the U.S. appe ars to be the on ly major ind ustrialized country that' s flat using Eureka. Politica l considerations (incl uding the fact that all
statio ns in a city rece ive equal coverage under
Eureka) are respon sib le.
Here in the U.S., experiments continue
using in-band on -channe l dig ital systems.

Anot her expanded-band stat ion has appeare d on the air. KGXL is the ca ll bein g used
by the stat ion on 1650 kHz in Co sta Mesa,
Ca lifo rnia. Repo rts are that this station' s co verage is much poo rer than that of other expanded-band stations; indeed, I have yet to
log KGXL here.
WTDY- 1480 Ma d iso n, Wisco nsin, has
repo rtedly received its expa nded -ba nd tran smiller ( 1670 kHz) and will pro bably be op erating on that freque ncy by the time yo u read
this. DXers have heard other un iden tified
tests in the ex panded band . By summer, most
expanded freq uencies will probably have at
least one operating station.
Mo st expa nded-band stations are in the
U.S., but there are a fe w in othe r co untries as
well. A handful of Australian sta tions have
been reported - mostly with ethnic programming in var ious Euro pean and Asian language s. One more wide ly-reported station is
Radio Esmer alda, a religiou s station in Buenos
Aires, Argen tina. Thi s station rebroadcasts
"Ca rdinal FM ," 100 .3 MHz, and has been
heard on simp le antennas in several part s of
North America.
In ea rly Dece mber , DXers in the Great

EXPANDEDBAND CALLSIGNS
New callsigns arenow beingassigned to expandedband stations:

New caunnm

Old caUnreg

Lillli.on

Atmore, Alabama
Roseville, Ca.
Miami Springs,
Fla.
KBGG-1700
KKSO-1390
Des Moines, Iowa
WEZI-1700
WSVA-550
Harrisonburg. Va.
KKWY-1630
KJJL-1530
Fox Fann, Wy.
'The old WCMQ on121 0 kHz has changed callsto
WN MA and will reportedly becamean all-sports
station in English.
WPHG-1620
KSXX-1690
WCMQ-1700

WGYJ-1590
KRCX-111 0
WCMQ-1210'

Lake s area began noticing what they thou ght

was a Canadian station on 161 0 kHz, rebroadcasting Wea theradio Canad a's 162.4 MH z
stat ion in Sarn ia, O ntario. But... while there is
to be a hearing in early 1998 on an application
for an ethnic station on 1650 kHz in Toron to.
there are not ye t any authori zed ex pande dban d stations in Ca nada. Toronto DXcr Bill
Hepburn finally track ed this station down it was located in Port Huron , Mic higa n! While
not tota lly unheard-o f', these cro ss- borde r rclay arrangements urc rather rare.
Two of the most wide ly-hear d expandedband stations have been the DFW Airport
uperat ions on 1640 and 1680 . Now , Allen
Renner near Phil adelph ia has logged two new,
similar stations. J FK Intern ati on al Airport in
New York City operat es a station on 1700
kHz with infonnatio n on highway co nstruction in the gre ate r NYC area . Ano ther station.
on 1630, carries airport gatc and parking
information. Allen received a ver ifica tion for
the 1700 kHz (so lar-powe red !) station from
Marianne Pellegrino, JFK Intern at ional Ai rport, South Service Road , Bu ilding # 14, Jamaica, NY 11 430. Incidentall y, Allen is one
o f ma ny DXers to repo rt ne w station WCM Q1700 Mia mi .

Bils and Pieces

In a verification letter for C BM-940, sent
to Pau l Ormandy in New Zealand, Quality
Control Eng inee r J imm y Siamo utas quote d
target dates for several CBC stat ions moving
from AM to FM . The two Mo ntrea l stations
(CBM-940 and CBF-690 ) were to move to
FM by Christma s 1997; CBJ-1580Chicoutim i,
CB V-980 Quebec City.and CB L-740 Toronto
are all to move in 1998 . A rem inder : Cana dia n
AM stations that move to FM usuall y simulcas t on bot h bands for six month s before
shutting down the AM transm itte r.
Sometimes, I fear I' m writing "The E xponded-Band Times"! While most of the interesting news has bee n in the wor ld betw een
1600 and 1700 kl-lz. there has bee n plenty of
DX in the more trad itional part of the AM
ban d. I'm sure manyofyou have been hea ring
some good DX in thc regular bands, too . Let
us know what' s go ing on . Write: Box 98,
Br a s sto w n NC 28902-0098 , or to
72777.3 143 @comp uscrvc.com .

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George Ze er
George.leller@acclink. com

Three Sources for Fresh Pirate Loggings

orne reshuftling at Monitoring Times

nece ssitated a c hange in the amo unt of
space availab le for the doze ns of pi rate
loggings bag ged by our readers. We will al\','ays cover the 1110st significant develo pm en ts
in un licen sed broadcast ing, but profiles o n
eve ry curre ntly act ive statio n don 't fit on a
page. G iven the ne w fo rm at. all of us need a
comprehensiv e source of inform atio n on rcce ntly heard pirates. Fortunat ely. three great
one s are available.
Th e most thorou gh co llect ion of No rth
A merica n pirate station loggings is in The
A CE, pub lished mont hly by the Associ ation o f
Clandesti ne radi o Enthu sia sts. Club Presid ent
Pat Murph y of V irginia has e nergi zed this
publication with improve d co ntent and fea tur es. Th e heart of The ACE rem a ins Joe
Filipkow ski ' s "Di al.ogs" column. which lists
frequenc ies, dates. times . programm ing deta ils. and mai ldro p co ntact addre sses for virtually all North Ame rica n pira tes heard o n sho rtwave. The ACE abo offers John T. Arthur ' s
sem i-annua l The Directory, a co mprehe ns ive
list of pirates that use mai ldrop addr esses for
correspondence.
AC E mem bershi p fees are 52 1to the United
Slates , 5 26 to Ca nada and Me xico, and $4 0
e lse whe re in the \...'o rld. all in US funds. Sa mple
co pies are still $2.00. Se nd yo ur inq uiries to
AC E. PO Box 112 12. No rfo lk. VA 2354 1.
If vo u can' t wait until a ne w mo nth rolls
aro und fo r pira te news. check o ut Free Radio
Weekly. Ed ited by veteran pirate DXer s C hris
Lo bdell and Niel Wolfi sh. FRW summarizes
log gings subm itted by its member s ,Vi' l)' wed.
Distributi on is rapid via the inte rne t Best of
a ll. the service is free to DXer s who subm it
le ggings ! No n-co ntributo rs can get o n the
FRW e-ma il list for a no m inal 55.00 US an nual
fee. For FRll'information. use [email protected]
or nie [email protected] for an e-mail inquiry.
Vetera n pirate au tho r And rew Yoder' s biwee kly Pira te Pages co mbines logs from the
Free Radio Wi'ekly with other infor ma tio n
so urces. Thi s o ne is co nve nie ntly d istributed
via the internet, but And re w still ma intain s
snail mail di stributio n for a fee if yo u lack
co mputer access. or if yo ur inte rnet co nnec tion fails like mi ne d id for a week whe n Illy
co mputer act ed up. Infor matio n on " PiPo" is
av ailab le from A ndrew at ayodcr wcv n.u et o r
via PO Box 109. Blue Ridge Summit. PA
1721 4.

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Ma,ch 1998

ne l still suppo rts ov er 95% o f No rth American

pirate activity, A note worth y Lrend in early
199R has bee n the return of biza rre early
1980 ' s statio ns such as The C r oo ked Man
and the old Radio Mosco w parody, Voice of

Communism.

Two pirates join forc es.

Weiner Gets Construc tion Permit

Allan Weiner. fa mo us fo r his links to pirat e
radio broadcasti ng for decades. has received
an r:CC construc tio n permit for a licensed
sho rtwave broadca ste r in Ma ine. Allan plans a
50,000 walt station, wi th transmi tte r and antenn as to he located o n a farm in Mo nticell o.
Unlike his previo us unlic ensed ope ratio ns suc h
as KP F-94 1, F a lli ng Sta r Ra d io, anJ the
Radio Ne w Yo rk Inte rnational broadcasts
from the ship Sarah anc ho red off Long Island ,
the ne w ope ratio n will he on a licen sed basis,
As pro gress is madc o n co nstruc tio n and testing, wc ' Il keep yo u info rmed.

Radio San Marino

During the winter mo nths. Euro pirutc logs
in North Amer ica arc thrilling Illan y of us.
C hris Lo bdell und Ross Co meau bot h heard
the unusual Radio San M a r tno fro m a co untry that is qu ite rare on the sho rtwave ba nds. II
irregu larl y uses 758 0 kHz inlower s ide ha nd in
the 2000-23 00 UTe time frame . T hey acce pt
e-ma il reports via their radios.mmari no @
hotmail.com add ress. If yo u're sca nning for
Eu ro pean pirates, receptio n is bes t in easte rn
No rth Ame rica. es pec ially nca r the coast. Loca l sunse t and sunrise o n Satu rdays and SUIlda ys ge nerate the most activity. w ith 62006400 and 3800- 400 0 kHz suppo rting the g rea tes t vo lume of tran sm issio ns. Good luck !

North American Pirates

Mo nitor ing Tim es readers heard o ve r three
doze n North Am er ica n pirates this mont h,
incl udin g Stev e Mann ' s Radio Ecl ipse. T he
statio n has been airing j oi nt openuion s w ith
the Voice of the Lo ng RUIl, as we sec in their
new co mbinatio n Q SL abov e. Despite unno unccd plans by licensed Georgia broad cas ter \ VG TG to test o n 6l)5) kl-lz. this chan-

It pays to chec k out the local mediu m wav e

( 1600- 17 10k Hz) and FM bro adcasting ba nds.
Ge rald Gibbs hea rs West Pa lm Beach . Flo rida ,
pira tes on 9 15. 93.3. 96 . 1. and 103.9 MHz.
whi le Jef f Rya n an d T o m Mo rganclli rep ort
Ph iladelphia area sig nals from \ VNQH o n
YR.), \VXFG on 105.7. and a nothe r music
statio n o n 94.9 MHz.

We Thank Our Readers!

T he success of thc MT Outer Limit s column always rel ics un co ntributions from o ur
read e rs. We had anot he r bum per c ro p this
mo nth: tha nks! Reader input re mai ns welco me via PO Box 98. Brassto wn. NC 289 02 .
o r via the e- ma il add ress ato p the co lum n.
Here ' s th is mo nth ' s honor roll of DXers who
se nt in va lua ble mater ial :
Joe l A lire -Ke rbe r. Bu ffal o. NY : Joh n
A ren dt: O sw e go. IL ; S haw n Axe lro d ,
W innipe g. Manitoba : Kenn eth Born dale. New
York , NY: Ranie r Brandt . Hoefer. Ger many ;
Dean Burge ss. Man chester . MA : Chip Cc re lli.
Westfie ld , NJ: Jerry Co ats wo n h, Merl in ,
Ontar io: Ross Co meau. Andover , MA : J im
Cook. Ve ntura. C A; Joe Filipkowski. Providence. RI; Jim Franke. Bartlett , ll. : Ge rald
G ihhs, We st Palm Beach, FL : Will iam Hassig,
Mt. Prospect. IL ; Joh n Jen kins. Charles ton,
W V: Alan John so n. Las Veg as. NV: Rich and
T ak a J urrcn s. Katy. T X ; Ge ra ld Kerc he r,
Quake r Hill. CT; David Krau se. Eastlake.
OH ; Harald Kuhl. Germa ny; T im Lemmo n.
Mari etta. GA : Robert Le wis. Greenville. NC;
C hris Lo bdell. Sto neham, MA; Gigi Lyt le.
Lu bbock . T X; G reg Maj ewski. Oak da le. CT;
Bill McC lintock . Minneap olis. :Y1N: Anita
M e Co r mac k. Hu ntin gt o n . W V ; T om
Mor gane lli, Bethl eh em. PA; Pat Murp hy.
No rfo lk, VA; Gary Nea l. Sugar Land , TX ;
Mich ael Prindle , New Suffolk, N'r .J esse Rose.
Hampton . VA; Rob ert Ross. London. Ontar io ;
Rand y Ruge r. No rth Hollywood. C A; Jeff
Ryan . Ya rd ley, PA ; Brett Saylor, Wh iteh a ll.
PA ; Rich ard Sklar, Seattle. WA; Lee Si lvi.
Men tor , 011; Rober tT homas. Brid ge port , CT;
Ba rry W illiam s, Enterprise. A L; Nie l Wo lfish. Toronto. O ntar io.

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ON THE HAM BANDS

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N31K

Sobering Numbers

ave yo u tuned the SO meter C \V

ha nd latcly? If you are an old
timer I am sur e you arc wondering w here all the signa ls have go ne. When
I started in this hob by ove r ~() yea rs ago.

pa rtie s to a loca l Elme r or cl ub (l

prefer o ne-oil-one sessions).
T he first ste p is 10 o ut line <I series
o f art icles that can be used, and get
thcm into the han ds of amateurs w ho
it was almo st imposs ible to li nd a clear
ha ve access to the med ia . A nex t ste p
frequ ency on SO. Today most o f 80 CW
wo u ld be to form a gro u p rcussist o ne
is wide ope n, T rue. there arc still traffic en' keys suc h as this (llIe are still being manufactured, bUI an other in the e ffo rt .
net s active da ily. bu t the rag c he wing and th ey may beco me collectibles i ll a f ew yea rs.
If you are in tercsted in he lping to
ca sua l CW co ntac ts arc decl ining.
form such a group. ple ase write me wit h yo ur
rea so n to tum to hum rad io. a~ the y have th e
80 meters is not alone; mos t of the oth er
id ea s a nd th ou ghts. M y add re ss is 6 347
ability to contact c itize ns in mo st coun tries of Chapmans Road . Alle nto wn , PA 18 106.
CW bands are d rying up. Th e leve l of CW
ac tivity is declining as the C \V operators of the world an d e nj oy hou rs o f Q RN- and
yeste rday pass on. That is not to say C\V QR M-free comm unication.
. 6 Meter AM
One othe r explan ati on for the decli ne in
activity is dead - th ere is still ac tiv it), and
The January issu e o f CQ VI/ F carried an
will be for years to com e, Howeve r. fewer new ham s is lack of knowledge about ham
int
er
estin g id ea ab out o perating 6 met er AM
rad io . For ex am ple. I wor k wit h a g ro up o f
new ham s arc being attracted 10 th is mod e .
(amplitude modu latio n ). Th e autho r. Da ve
technicall
y
know
led
gea
b
le
people.
In
d
iscu
sT he rea son s arc obv iou s: first . the number s
Bo ot h KC6\VFS . explains how he got into six
sio ns w ith the m I fo und not on e w ho k new
o f new hams are lo wer eac h yea r. Se co nd ly,
me te r AM an d tel ls ho w you can joi n the fun
w
hat
am
at
eur
radio
wa
s.
Mo
s
t
thought
it
wa
s
the M orse test has been reduce d to a rece iveby pur chasin g on e of the o lde r six me ter rig s
C B rad io , othe rs tho ug ht it wa s a hu nch or
o n ly test w h ich ca n frequently be passed by
at
yo ur lo cal ha m fest. (They se ll for twe nty
peop le w ho liked to listen to sho rt wave
g uess ing ; there is no requ ire ment to learn ho w
bucks and up. )
broadcasts.
When
I
exp
la
ined
the
co
nce
pt
o
f
to se nd. As the o ne-m inute solid co py requ ireDa ve s uggests getting 0 11 50.4 M Hz (thc
ham radio to the m most showed co nsiderable
ment is no longer part of the exam. the noA M calling freq}and ca lling CQ at least once
interest
a
nd
two
even
as
ked
ho
w
to
ge
t
into
it.
code license is m uch more attractive 10 the
a d ay. Duvc ha s created a World Wide We b
average ne w ham. La stl y. the ab ility to talk to
page fortho se inte res ted in le am ing more : the
The Media
fri ends all over the world via int ern e I makes
address is < h U p :llw w ", . ~e oci t i es . co mIH o l
ha m radio and the req uir ed test a lot le ss
Ha ve yo u e ver see n a new spa pe r or
Ipm odJ586lJ/50 am.html> .
inte resting to wo uld-be hams.
nonhobby m agazin e wi th an article ex plai nCondi tio ns o n all of the bands hav e bee n
ing bas ic ha m radio'! Ne ithe r ha ve 1. (Art ng reat during the wi nter DX season. with lot s

Is the Problem Serious?

Loss of'Cw acuvi ty in itse lfi s not a se rio us

lo ss to the am at e ur community. If 75 or e ve n
100 percent o f th e prese nt C W band s we re
tu rne d o ver to voice or digital modes o nly,
fe w o f us wo uld s uffe r gr eat har m . H o we ver.
the de cl ining n umber s o f a mate urs is a thre at
that canno t he ig nor ed !
As in thc dectine of'Cw . the reaso ns fo r the
decline ill thc num ber of new ha ms arc ma ny
and varie d - he nce, there is no simp le unswe r.
The no-code ham ge nerally like s being
able to keep in tou ch with local frie nds a nd
o nly occasionally m ak e s contact with ham s
some distance i.l\vay. He has little int erest in
contes ting. C \V . or experimenting. and ma ny
no -code h.11l1S view the ham rig as a mobil e
tel ephon e to keep in tou ch w ith fa mil y a nd
fri ends. If allowed 0 11 HF freq uen cie s. no
dou bt h is pr esen ce would swell the band s and
pe rhaps b reathe a new life into our ho bby.
P ro sp ect ive ham s wi th co mputers sec lilli e

70

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Me'ch 1998

ally. I har e: plus a couple of newspapers

H 'hose [ (' c/1I101ogy ( '(11lU I/ li Sfrcoucn ttyaddress
W I/ all ' " '' radio topics - ed. ) The few articles I
se c do no th ing to explain w hat amateur rad io

is nor w hat ha m s d o ; mo st arc simply art icle s

about fie ld day or ho w Joe Jo nes ta lked to the
s pace sh uttle or the like . No ex planatio ns: just
statements of fact.
It wo u ld be int e res tin g to sec w ha t would
ha ppe n if ne wspap er s and magazin es starte d
talking ab out ham radi o in a way that \vas eas y
for the a\' erage read er to und erstan d . An a rticle that te lls w hat ham rad io is. w ho ham s
arc and w hat they do. and explains ho w yo u
can ge t into hum radi o m ig ht he just the
medicine we need .
T he id eal wo uld he not ju st o ne articl e. bu t
a wee k ly se ries e xpl aining in simple te rms the
various asp ects of o ur ho bby. Such a se ries
sho uld usc plain lan g ua ge and s tre ss the fact
that on e need no t spend kil obuck s for a usab le
statio n. Each art icle s ho uld inludc the nam e
o f a co ntac t perso n w ho ca n ro ute intere sted

o f DX be ing wo rked o n I() a nd a few decent

o pen ings to the northwest o n six met e rs . \ Ve
sho uld sec so me s uper VHF openings w ithi n
the ne xt few months, so he ready for them .
One s ugges tio n is to keep a scanner o pe ra ting
on the V HF ca lling frcq s. 1also sc an 29 .5 and
29 .6 Ml-iz. o n ten mete r FM . since act iv ity
he ard o n ten meters mea ns six may ope n
shor tly the rea fter .
That' s a ll for Ma rch . see ya in April. 7 3 Ike
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Helping Traffic to Flow - with GMRS

c ars . Whe n they spo t an incid ent. accident. or

no tewo rthy situatio n 0 11 the high way. they
usc G M RS to re port it to a base station. which
in tu rn relays the inf or mat io n to the prope r
j ur isd iction. Becau se the team members are
trai ned o bse rvers who are a lrea dy we ll versed
in the inform at io n need ed by the autho rities.
the re port ing and relaying of info rm atio n is
swift and efficie nt.
In addition. the team wi th

n So uthe rn Ca lifo rn ia . there is a

group of ded icated volu ntee rs who
arc hel ping tra ffic to flow more

smoo thly with the hel p o f GMRS.

Wluu' s GMRS? It' s one o f radio ' s
great sec rets: the Genera l Mob ile Rad io Service . Orig ina lly known <ISC lass
A of the Citizens Radio Service. G M RS
is a pcrsonal la nd mo bi le radio se rvice
available to individuals for sho rt-d istance two-way communicat ions to faci litate the activities o f licen sees and

their immediate family members.

G MRS al lo w s communica tion s
with up 10 50 wa tts oftransmi tter po wer
through re peater s on the fo llowi ng repeater pairs:

Chan

467.550
467.575
467.600
467.625
467.650
467.675
467.700
467.725

2
3
4

5
6
7
8

which Lccf'is afflliatcd. C k b 'S'F.

Jay Eckst ein, assignm ent editor fo r
KABC-TV, is CREST team unit 7 and
parl of his impressive GMRS assistance.
At rit:ht is Chuck LeB run, CREST unit
30. ....ith a typical GMR S radio.

!!I!lJu!l

462.550
462.575
462.600
462.625
462.650
462.675
462.700
462.725

In additi o n. G~tRS als o allo ws si m plex

co m munic ations with up to 5 wa tts po wer o n
the foll owi ng freque ncies. whi ch arc the same
as Famil y Radio Service Channel s 17 :

Chan

MJ!l

t
2
3
4
5
6
7

462.5625
462.5875
462.6125
462.6375
462.6625
462.6875
462.7125

O pera ting in FM mod e w ith the o ptio n o f

usin g repeater s. G M RS can d e liver c rys ta l
clea r co m municatio ns o ve r ranges up to 50
miles. Because of its frequency allocation .
G ~'IRS co m munica tions do not "s ki p" a s 27

M Hz CB doe s.
Unlike C B. G MRS do es req uire a licen se
issu ed by the FCC. hU I . unlike amate ur radio.
the re is no te st to pa ss. All yo u howe todo is fill
o ut the lice nsing form correct ly. fork o ver 570
(fo r yo ur whole family for five years). a nd a
lice nse wi ll be issu ed .
Accordi ng to the Per so nal Radio Steering
Group (the na tio na l advocacy o rganizat io n
fo r G MRS licensees ). there an: more tha n
3,400 G M RS repeaters in the United States.

rep rese nting an in vestmen t in

com m unic ations in fra structure
of more tha n 59 m illi on . In

1997. PR SG rep orted thut

G M RS is "one of th e fastest growing. private w ire less rad io se rvice s. with more tha n 16.000 lice nsees ."

In the late 1970s "nd earl y 1980s. Rudie

Em e rg e ncy Associated C ommunicat ions

Team s (REACT) in Southern Ca lifornia began IOsecthepotemial ofG MRS for-performing their mi ssion to p ro vide co mm unicatio ns
ass is ta nce to the ge ne ra l p ub lic. T he Rep ea ter
Use rs Group was formed to coord inute CTCSS
to ne s use d o n the vario us re pea te rs ow ned by
each grou p a nd to decide on a sing le ca lling
for m at to be used by all team s usin g all
repe aters.
At pres e nt. the Repeater Use r G ro up (RUG )
co ns ist s o f 25 rep eale rs u perat ing 0 11 the
462.675 and 46 2.575 freq uen cie s tha i arc
ava ila ble for use by REACT members fro m
San Franc isco in the no rth. Sa n Diego in the
south. and Nevada a nd Arizona 10 the east.
Acc ording to Bo b Leef o ne of the gui d ing
lights in thi s effo rt. "As mo re REACTcrs
curried thei r G\IRS rad io while traveling the
free wa ys. reports started increasin g to base
stat ion monitors ab out acciden ts a nd inc idents o n the roadways. Thi s happe ned at the
sa me tim e th at simi lar CB reports in o ur area
were de c rea sing ."
T here are mo re tha n 20 team s within range
of the Gr..1RS repe ater syste m. and d o zens o f
ind ividu als trave l wit h G M RS rad ios in their

has see n to it th at G MRS radios

ha ve been insta lled at Metro T ra tfie in Los An geles. AirTra fflc ,
KF I (a number o ne rated AM
radio statio n ). a nd Roadd irector.
Met ro Traffic and Air Traffi c
togethe r sup ply free way tra ffic
upd ates to so me 60 AM and FM
stations that arc tun ed in by co mmu ter s.
Whe n condi tion s wa rra nt it.
team mem bers trav e lin g th e fre ewa ys use a spec ial DTMF to ne to
ale rt the traffic infonnat ion m onitors. T hey
ca n then rebroadcast the inform ation and provid e valuable "early warni ng " informatio n to
ten s of thou sands o f people wh o a re commuting . Th at helps co m muters to avo id trouble
spo ts a nd to keep traffic fl owing smoo thly.
Lee r says. " Because G~1RS ru les are no t
the sumc as tho se govern ing ha ms. RE ACT
me mb er s C;,1I1 handle "b us iness comrnunicarions' with rad io statio ns a nd at the same time
rcap the rewards o f good ex posure and PR
th rou gh ha vi ng a ment io n o f 'and REACT
rep ort s tha t . . .' wh ich is heard by thousand s
of people .' Rad io statio n KFI in particular
g ives on- ai r ackn owledg ment to R EACT .
Wh ether or not they rece ive pub lic ac kuowlcdgmc nts of the ir efforts. the teams in
so uthe rn Ca liforn ia arc clea rly demonstrat ing
that GMRS cun he a powe rful too l fur he lp ing
the motoring pu blic .
An yone wh o wa nts mor e information on
GMR S. licen sing. rad ios. R EACT. o r RUG
may write : C RE ST. PO Box 395 . Coro na . CA
9 171X or visit their website at:
www.c rest. react @j un o.com.
For informatio n abo ut G ~ IRS or the Per so nal Radio S teering Group . w rite PRSG . PO
Bo x 285 1. Ann Arbor. MI ..l.S I06 or vis it their
web site at www.provid e.netz-pr sg.

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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

Clem Small. KR6A

Is Your Antenna Resonant?

hould yo u even care '!

Almost every antenna is co mposed
of one or more reson ant ci rcuits. These
ci rc uits arc intended to give greates t sign a l
outp ut at a particul ar freq ue ncy" - the Irequcncy for wh ich the a nte nna is designed .
Although there arc some no nresonant anten na
designs (s uch as the Bev erage . the randomlen gth and the active ante nnas). they arc relatively few. Th is month let' s d iscuss anten na
resonance for receiving antennas.
Most of the antennas with which we deal
a rc de signed to be reson ant at the ir frequen cy
or hand of operation. Note that the last sentence above says "d esig ned" to be resonant In
point of fact many monitori ng ante nnas and
ha m ante nna s based on resonant -anten na de signs arc not act ua lly resonant at the desired
opera ting frequ ency .T his is because. a lthough
ant e nnas a re designed to work in an e nviro nmcnt re latively free from cond itions which
can affec t the ir reso nant frequ en cy a nd per fon unnce . prac tica l enviro nme nts se ldo m e xhi bit these co ndi tions .
T he factors wh ich can inter act with a n
ante nna a nd affec t its resonance or performance include inad equate he ight above the

gro und. near by trees and vege tation, bui ldings or towers clo se to the anten na. and so

forth.
Of course it is po ssible to mea sure an
ante nna' s resonant freq uency once it is installed. At that tim e you ca n tune it to the
desired oper ating freque ncy if necessary. This
raises two ques tions : how do we go about
tuning an ante nna if we decid e to do it, and
wi ll such tuning give us better rece ption ?

Yes, resonance makes a difference

If an antenna is de signed and adjusted to be
reso nant at a certain frequ en cy , then it will
respond max ima lly to signals of that freque nc y. The ante nna w ill de liver greate r signal output for a give n signal fie ld-stren gth at
the antenna.
If the ante nna is a beam an ten na, but not
reso nant at its design freq uen cy, the n the
bea m' s funct ioning will suffer. Suc h para meters as ga in, rudiu tion-rece ption pattern s, and
fro nt-to-back ratio will deteri orate progressive ly as the anten na's reso na nce mov es far the r fro m the ante nna ' s design freq ue ncy .
Wire anten nas longer tha n a half wavelen gt h will not have their proper rad iation and

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Two resonant
antenn a
design s: a
halfwave dipo le
(A), a nd a

quarterwa ve

reception patt erning if ope rate d fa r from resona nce.

When received-noise is relatively high

Some hams a nd monitoring ent husia sts
fin d it desir ab le to have a separate ante nna
tuned to reso na nce for eac h band which they
utilize. But oft en there is no val ue. as far <IS
recept ion is concerned. in mak ing a n HF or
lower-freq uen cy a nte nna reson an t at its opera ting freq uency or band.
M aking an HF or lower frequen cy antenna
resonant at the frequency ofdesired operati on .
or at the center of the de sired ba nd. w ill
usu ally give a greater received-signal output
a t that freq uen cy or ba nd . But receiv ed -noise
leve ls arc usua lly significa nt on the HF and
lowe r frequen cie s. Beca use of th is relativel yhigh noise le ve l on these frequ e ncies. the
qualit y o f rece ption is usuall y determined hy
the signa l-to-no ise ratio (SIN). T hus. because
ma king an ante nna resona nt doesn ' t affect the
SIN , the increase in signa l streng th which it
provides mak es little difference in qu a lity of
rece ption. T ha t is. the rece ived -noise leve l is
increased as the received- signa l level is increased a nd the SIN is relatively unchanged .

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It is inte rest ing to note also that, on any

freq uency or band, shor tened antennas, loop
anten nas and high -Q ante nnas may ha ve an
unusually low signal output whe n tuned offresonance. Therefore, they do not fit the gen .
eralization that tuning an antenn a to reso nance is not use ful for improvi ng reception on
the HF a nd lower band s. Suc h antennas used
on any band may not perform we ll if they arc
not resonant at the frequ e ncy of operation .
When received-neise is relatively lo w
There are loca tions where receiv ed -no ise
is relatively low. Sometime s this incl ude s
upper port ions of the HF band; almost always
it includes the VHF band and high er frequencie s. For low received-noise loca tions, the
increase in signal strength due to mak ing the
antenna reso nant ca n significantly improve
qua lity of receptio n for moderate-strength or
wea k sig nals.
Tuning an antenna to resonance
The Swk-mcasur ing devices** mentioned
last mont h can be used to measure an ante nna's
resonant frequ e ncy (s). Basically, the point (s )
of low est SWR in di ca te the a n tenna ' s
reso nance(s). Muh iband ante nnas ha ve a reso nant po int for eac h band. Hroa dba nde d a nte nnas ma y have multi ple resonant points space d
clo sely together.
To bring capacitor-tunable or high -Q co illoaded ante nnas to resonance yo u should follow the directions give n with the ante nna.
Decreasing ca paci ty of the tuning capacitoror
redu cing the ind uctan ce of the tun ing coi l wi ll
raise an ante nna ' s resona nt freq uency . Increasing the capacitan ce or indu ctan ce lower s
the freq ue ncy. A co il's inductance ca n he
reduced by spreading its turns apart , or reducing the num ber of turns used . The induct ance
ca n be increased by pushing the turns closer
toget her , or adding turns.
In general, wi re ante nna s with no tuni ng
circuits ca n be brou gh t to resonance by lengthe ning an a nten na which reso nates abo ve the
de sired operating frequ ency. or shorte ning an
a nten na whic h resonates be low the desire d
frequency.
What about t ransmi tting antennas?
Obvi ous ly the SIN is not a consideration
for transmitting ant e nnas: Ou r main conce rns
for these anten nas are such things as radia tion
a nd reception patte rn ing, antenna efficiency,
transmi ssion-li ne loss, and power-handling
capability. Perh ap s we can discuss tran sm itting a ntennas another time. For the pre sent.
suffice it to say that, for various reasons, it is
usua lly des irab le that tra nsmitting ant e nnas

be reson ant. Nevert he less, they ca n be used at

frequencies at which they are not reson ant,
but so me for m of "a nte nn a tuner" or matchin g
circuit is thcn necessary.
And yet ...
In this practi cal wor ld whe re most of us
live, we may not have the time a nd/o r money
it takes 10 make sure that our antennas are
resonant. But, before we de spa ir of e ver having a wor thw hile ante nna, it is im port ant to
realize mo st antennas func tion rea sonably
we ll, resonant or not.
Also keep in mind that ju st abo ut any
antenna can function to som e degree and gi ve
wo rthw hile service if treat ed properl y. To
illu strate this point, the formid able Kurt N.
Sturba and Lil Padd le frequ ent ly report using
such remarkable an te nna s as a metal lawn
c hair or met al groce ry cart as an HF anten na
for bot h transmitting and receiv ing. And ,
using such ante nnas, they repeated ly COl11 mu
nicate wit h far awa y places with strange sounding name s.
T rue, the re are better ant enn as than lawn
c hairs and groce ry carts. and they we ll know
that. But the point is that you ca n do a lot of
mon itoring or communica ting and ha ve a 10
of fun with much less than an op timum antenna.
So , whet her your ante nna is resonant or
not , happy monito ring!
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RADIO RIDDLES

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I asked "So we can some times ge t away
with ignoring S \VR values on some receiving
anten na sys te ms. But how about resonance?
Can we ignore that? Sho uld our anten nas be
resonant at the des ired operating frequ ency?"
Obvious ly we just answered that question
above.

This Mont h:
T uned circuits in trap ante nnas do not
necessaril y give ma ximum output at signal
freque ncy. What do they do '?
You ' ll find an ans wer for this mon th ' s
riddle, and much mor e, in next mo nth' s issue
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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
Bill Cheek

TWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIFY!

email: [email protected]

WiNRADiO Secrets Unveiled

ake cheer - spri ng is j ust aro und the

For those \"'it!1 cabin. fever .
here IS a ray of sunshine to disperse
those cold winter shado ws. A sharp software
en gineer . whom I' ll call t'Dr. Di Ment o:' ju st
pe netrate d so me of WiNRAD iO's file mysteri es a nd unleashed a formida ble pow er to an
already powe rful radio. First. let' s peer into
the background.

need to reinstall . yo u can de lete the current

system . ill; a nd ren ame the last numbered
backup to svstem.ini to resto re pree xisting
conditio ns. Don 't tam pe r with these two file s
unless there is a reaso n.
WiNRADi O. under Wind ows 95 and W indows NT . instal ls two shortc uts (* .lnk), one in
the Start Up menu and one on the Deskto p.
D uri ng i nsta lla tio n. a s etup app le r.
wrconfl g.cpl . is insta lled in the Co ntrol Pan e l
Behind the Scenes
by whic h you ca n se lec t the I/O port . usuall y
180h . T his a nd four other Wi NRADiO sys\ViNRADiO installs a minimal. but wellfiles arc located in the \WIN DOWS\
tem
orga nize d set of files. most of which offer
SY STEivl directory and should ne ver be tamlittl e or 110 clu e 10 their purpo se and use. Most
pered with or moved. Yo u wi ll, howe ver .
likely. the fac tory doesn ' t intend for operator s
want to know the locatio n of Wi NRADiO ' s
10 " usc" <lily o f these files e xcept for the Help
initialization tile. winradio.lni, and refer to it
and the cxccutub lcs . Th ank s. how ev er . to
upon
occasion. You ca n display. study . and
" Dr. Di Me nto." we now G ill use some of
edit it with the standard W indow sllotepad. ex e.
those files to great adv a ntage. But before we
\ViN RA DiO ca n be unin stall ed from the
cx pos e these secrets, let' s ident ify the locaCON
T RO L PANE L > Add/Re mo ve Protion s a nd purposes of the Wi NRADiO til es .
grams applc t. You should not ex ec ute the
Th e WiNR AD iO ti les arc listed in Tab le I
umd.H'.('X(' uni nstal ler d irec tly. A readme.tx t
by na me. location . a nd pu rpose. Let ' s start a t
til e in the \WINRA DIO directory offers the
the bott om of Tab le I a nd work up. T he
latest information at the time your WiNR ADi O
Windows svstem.ini til e is changed at the tim e
wa s pack aged . A standa rd HELP file is inof installati on of WiNR A DiO . An unalt ered
cluded as winru dio.hlp, Yo u can do uble-cl ick
backup copy is crea ted as syste m.DOn whe re
it or acce ss it fro m the \ViNR A DiO men u ba r
" n" is a numher . If you a lready have svstem .int
unde
r the Help ite m.
bac kups nu mber ed '* .00 I. *.002. and *.003.
winrudio.exe
is the mai n executable. You
then \ViNRADiO creates *.OO-J . If any thing
c an run it with a double-click : or from the
ever goes wrong with the instal latio n or if you
RUN co mma nd lin e; or from a
command line; or from
DOS
TABLE 1: WINRADIO FILES & LOCATIONS
the shortc uts. The four secret
LOCATION or DIRECTORY FtLENAME
PURPOSE
\ W1 tfU,010
W1n r~lO .,.,.".
lites in T<lble I are discussed
.A-r.:-.D!'V tilt
\ Wl tfl,l,010
autosteo .wrf
A:o:oS f l:lfill
ahe ad .
corn~r!

\ W, tlU O,O
\ H, rJUOi O
\ HltflA010
\ H,IiRA010
\H l1~A 0 1 0

\ W,INAQ 1O
\ HINJOI6
\ HII{)C HS\SYSTEH
\ Wl t()IJl6\SYSTEH
\ wINJOI6\SYSTEH
\ wl t{)OI6\SYSTEtt
\ HIr{)Q WS\SYSTEtt
\ HINOO WS\St /lrt Henu\Prog ralls
\ WINDO HS\DesktOfl

exc 1ude .wrf

f r....;M.wrf
wl nrad lo. e>e
wlnrad1o.h1 p
re~ . t xt
urwl se.e~

E:.a:lus=f'i1,
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wr<lD 1.d ll
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U-R ~ ~sl'mlil,
ra(jioa pi .dll
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wrcoof lQ.cp 1
<PllTol Pil'!,1k ri,1
wmr/ldlO 2 .12 .1nk J)ar! M.ln u Sh<:rI~ul
wlnrad 102 .12 .1n1<.
IA sktCl' :JICr!aJl
systecl.1n1
\WINDOHS
WR,dib thisflJt
\ HINOOI4$
systelll .0Q2
8a:Au"SYSTEM. INI
Alwar-> retern (ul1a!l.:rtIa"j the bsl \wl) files ~ve , these are Uindows flies, If anything
ever Roes ~tIt:. then delete system 1m and felllU'lle systl"JllOJZ to syst em. inj All
other above flies canlshouldbe deleltd Lf Wil'ffiADiO ever re eds b be re ll"lS~ le d

74

MONITORING TIMES

Morch 1998

WiN RADiO 's Weaknesses

W iNR ADi O . for a 5500
wide spectrum receiver. doe sn ' t
ha ve showstopper wea knesses
in view o f its strengths . One
la me as pect. ho we ver, is the
manual labor to bu ild up a functiona l set of opera ting freq uen cie s. searc h ba nd s. and scan or
sea rch step incr em ent s.
By
tha t.
I
rncun
WiNRADiO offe rs no way 10
automate the imp ortation or usc
of ex terna l freque ncy datab ases

and lists. Even if you ha ve the PerCon ,

Scann erB ase. or Grove FCC databases on
disk or CD -ROM. you still had to man uall y
ente r data into Wi:"J RAD iO . But no more !

The Hot Files

WiNR ADi O ' s da ta is co ntai ned in the top
fo ur fi le s show n in Tab le I . Th e fi rst .
winradio .wrm, is the mem ory file . a propri etary format file thai ca nnot be readil y edited
or accesse d except by the Wi N RADiO builtin user ed itor . A memory file ca n hold up to
100 0 en trie s. but that me ans a lot of key.
strokes . T he n. co nside ring ther e is no limit to
the num ber of me mory files. the work can be
a burd en !
Anothe r import ant ti le is awostep.u-rf that
holds defi nitions and setups of all the specia lized bands and sub-bands in \ViNRADiO' s
500 kH z-1300 MH z range. Since these ranges
differ from one regio n to the next, there' s no
way for WiNR ADiO to "k now" wha t' s right
for you. \Vhen properly co nfigured. auto-step ping automatically sets the frequency step inc rem ent accord ing to the band for the displayed
frequency, For example. the 540 - 1700 kHz
AM broadcast band in No rth and Sou th Ameri can has 10 kHz ste ps or increme nts. Elsewh ere
around the wor ld. it' s 9 kHz.
\Vhen tuning this band. there is no sense in
tuni ng any incremen t but 9 or 10 kHz. On the
other hand. you'd probably want to tunc in 2.5
kH z steps imm ed iately below and above this
ba nd. The step increments differ wide ly. depending on the band. Th ere are <It least 250
bands or sub-bands in the 500 kHz - 1300 M Hz
spectrum and eac h has differe nt parameters of
s te p inc rement , mode , a nd ba ndw id t h.
\ViNRADiO ' s Auto-Steppe r a llows a precise
and specific setup for each of these band s. but
just like the memory file. the autostep.wtj' file
has to be man ually co nfigured from the keyboard.
A n in terestin g file is exctude.wrf. You can
specify the lowe r and uppe r limits o f a Irequenc)' m nge to ignore while scanning or
searc hing.This excl usio n information is stored
in exc lude. WI! Exclus ions arc usually mi nima l and not a problem to sc t up by conve ntional manua l meth od s.

La st. b u t n ot le ast . the re is

freqscan. wrf, a file that holds inform ation abo ut the scanning ranges that
you 've set up. Set up labo r isn 't a problem for only a few scanning ranges, bu t
if yo ur interes ts arc wide and varied.
you could co nceivably have hu ndreds
ofsca nning ranges, and the setups could
be sheer d rudgery.

The Senet
T hanks to "D r. Di Me nto." we ca n
now create these W iNRADiO files with
automation. and av oid much of the
manu al drudgery of keyboarding . We
ca n now eas ily and painlessly extract info rmation from Wi NRAD iO ' s *.wnn and *.\'.'If
files as we ll as crea te or recreate them. " Dr. Di
Mento" eve n hammered out a mean s to append (add) information 10 these files by automat ion .
We can now use freque ncy data extracted
fro m the PerC on. Scan nerBase. or Grove FCC
Databases and zap it into \ViNRADiO in the
twinkling of an eye . "D r. Di Mento ' s" process
uses the little know n Perl translator and a set
of Perl scripts to co nve rt simple commadel imi ted ASCII or d Base *.dbf file s into ju st
the righ t format for WiNR ADi O.

You ca n download " Dr. Di Mento ' s" Perl

scripts and a Perl tran slato r from my FTP site
as follow s:
Pe rl tra ns lat or: ftp ://204.210. 10 .5 2/p ub/
win radio/perI95nt.zip
WiNR ADiO scripts: ftp :I/204 .2 10 . 10.521pub/
winrad io/wrcn vprl.zip
I will also send these files. upon requ est,
by e-m ail file attac hme nt (about 325-k Bl . or
mailed on a 3.5" floppy disk for $4 . ppd . Jf you
already have a Perl.exe tran slator. it should
work fine. Th e WiNR ADi O scripts alone are
about 25-kB.

Conclusion
What Is PERL?
Per l is a Practical Extraction and Reporting Language. but forget about that. " Dr. Di
Me nto ' s" few simple doc s will guide you to
success. I guess you should also know tha t
Perl is freely available unde r the terms of
either an Artistic License:
(h tt p ://www.a ct i.es ta te .co m/co r p or a t e/

"Dr. Di Mento ' s" Perl scripts make it easy

to crea te a co mplete operating package for
your WiNRADi O in no time. When yo ur
intere sts or need s cha nge. you can revise the
operating files ju st as quickly. Th e sweet spot
is that you don ' t have to know a thing about
Perl and Perl scripts. WiNRADiO j ust took a
quant um leap.

art lsrlcHcense.ht m)
or the GNU Genera l Poblic Licen se: (h tt p://
www.a ctivestate.comlco rpora telg nu .h tm ).
This is a long-winded way o f saying that Perl
is free to the user. " Dr. Di Mento ' s" Perl
scripts are also free . All yo u need is a
Wi NRADiO.

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WiNRADiO Communications now offers the hot new Digital Su ite. an add -on
ensemble o f power modu les for their reg ular
software pack age. Th e Digital Suite con sists
of a handfu l o f applets to enhance and ass ist in
the acq uisition and decod ing of digital sig-

The Perf Scripts

A Perl script is ju st a set of instructi ons that
are ca rried out by the Perl executable. neither
of wh ich is of the least interest to us. \Ve need
only launch a DOS window under Windows
and type in a brief com mand- line instruct ion
similar to the follow ing:
Pert.exe writewrm.p l -o outfite. wrmfrecfile .txt
Th is com mand crea tes a new Wi NRADiO
memory file , outfile. wnu . from an input text
lile.frecIfi/e.txt .
You ' ll need "Dr. Di Ment o' s" Perl scripts
and a Perl transla tor (the Perl executable). But
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For more info rma tion on the Digital Su ite.
see: h t t p :// ww w. win r ad io. com/h o m e/
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W iNRADiO Co mmu nications has also
released v2.20 of thei r regular software package. freely availabl e as H'r/ OOO-220. ~ip for
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I' m happy to free ly provide e-m ail support
for "Dr. Di Mento 's " WiNRADiO automation as we ll as for all my articles and projects.
Make questions pertinent and focu sed and I' ll
respond in short orde r.
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Computers in the Radio Shacl<

o mpute rs have becom e a way

NEC V20 ce ntral pro cessing unit

at I() M Hz) but it
the last te n yea rs. W hi le I use
ate ba tte ries like mad ! Even so . I
a 486DX 66 for most of my co mputused it fo r sev e ra l ye ars to wri te
ing needs, my " radio shac k" still has
colum ns . do sa tellite tracking , loga co up le of o utd ated wor k horses
gi ng and pack et radi o.
Th an ks to Ca m H art for d ,
tha t I acq uir ed for pe nnies o n the
do llar.
N6GA. and his man y trips to the
My main station computer is an
Livermore (C A) sw ap meets. I have
agei ng 486DX66 clo ne tha t I bu ilt
two little T oshi ba laptop s: a I 100
up from part s. I picked lip a new
und a 1000. Bot h of th ese mach ine s
mi nito we r box an d po wer supply for
co st about US$40 eac h and feature
ab out US$20 at the York (PA)
Iiquid cry stal di splay (LCD) scree ns
ha m fest last Au g ust My next door
and ex trem e ly lo w po wer consum pne ighbo r. Dave Ca rey. N3PBV . had
tion. I can get abou t six ho urs use
a bunch of co m putc rvs tuff" left over
on ei ther mach ine with a full c ha rge
My new 486 computer. Leaning against the mini-tower case is the
afte r cle aning o ut his offi ce and se nt
o n the intern al batt eries.
motherboard. To the right are all th e circuit cards to make things
it my directicn. In the box o f'cust-off work. Will /hey allfit?
If th ere is a do wnsid e to using
computer boar ds was a 486 DX66
the se olde r. less sophisticated mamoth erboard with 16 mb (megabytes) of ranFinall y. Da ve had <Ill old va riable-graph chine s. it is their slow proce ssor speed. lack o f
dom access me mory (RA M) o n boar d. Thi s
ic s-array (VGA) monitor sitting aro und, so I
co lor display and - in the ca se o ft he T os hibas
ended up with a co lor mo nitor for my "new"
beca me the heart of my new co mp ute r.
- no hard disk dri ve. A lso . yo u w ill be
One of m y coworkers hall purchased se vco mp ute r. I had a 10l-kcy keyboard laying
work ing wit h DOS (disk operating sys tems )
e ra l small ( 170 mb) hard disk d rives and
aro und from an old PC AT c1onc . Abou t the
a nd not Window s. Ho we ver . one learns to
wa nted to se ll offtwoofthe m for US$45 each.
onl y thi ng lackin g is a 33.6/56 kilo byte (kb)
co pe.
Th is was an excelle nt buy . as I had been
modem . I a m loo king di ligentl y an d will add
One additi onal pro ble m that ca n he e nloo king fo r so me thing like this to re place the
a modem whe n I cah fi nd o ne fo r a rea sonable
countered is the lad of RA M a vailable to run
2 12mb d rive in my ot he r co mp uter. Dave had
price. Anyt hing slow e r tha n 33.6 kb is not
big program s. T he Ta ndy 1500 HD a nd bo th
thou ghtfu lly inclu ded a hard disk dri ve (HDD )
worth putt ing into a co mputer that yo u arc
th e Tu shiba s on ly ha ve 640 K o f RAM ava ilcontro ller ca rd in his box of go odie s. so it was
planning to usc for Internet co nnect ion.
able: therefore . you need to insure tha t any
a sim ple proce ss of hoo king everyt hi ng to It took me a whi le to ga ther a ll the bits a nd
programs yo u arc plann ing to run will lit on
ge the r and ge tt ing it to play.
piece s to build up my new shack co mputer,
the machine.
Floppy dr ives <I re dirt che ap. I picke d a
bu t it was we ll worth the wait . In addition . I
My T osh iba I IO() ha s d ua I 3.5-inch 72 0 K
ne w Tc uc 3.5 -i nc h (1.44 mh) flo ppy d rive up
W ;'IS forced to le arn a lot ab ou t compu ters just
flo ppy d rives and no hard d rive. You m ust use
for US$ 19 andhad ano ther5.25-i nch ( 1.2 mb)
to ma ke everyt hing play together. T her e arc
a "system" disk (o ne with DOS syste m file s
several good books 0 11 the mark et ab out upflopp y laying aro und the shack. Th ese arc
embe dde d o n it) to initialize the mac hine . Th e
driven by the HDD controller car d. so the re
grading and repa iring PCs. but these a re all in
ac tual so ftware is loaded in o n the " B" d ri ve.
was no th ing else 10 buy. J ust plug them in an d
the US$50 plus price ra nge. Instead. I opt ed
or if yo u ar c cre ative . you ca n tai lor the DOS
ident ify thc m in the set up ro utine.
for a series of re pri nt articles fro m one of the
system files to o nly incl ude the bare esse ntials
co mputer magazines (USS5.95) that ve ry
fo r com puter op erati o n a nd include the ac tua l
plainly explained ex ac tly ho w various parts
Modernizing
softwarc o n the sys te m di ske tte.
of the co mpute r work and how 10upg rade and
T he 1100 has a ll R S ~ 2 3 2 se rial co m muniMany prog ra ms are now be ing issued on
insta ll ne w HDDs. flo ppies, mem or y, C D ~
catio ns port . so it is a natu ra l 10 hoo k up to a
C D-HOM. By ca re fu l sho pping around at
ROM /so und ca rds . etc . The ent ire proj ect
packet T e rmina l Node Contro ller(TNC). Th e
com pute r fair s. ha m radio fleama rkets, and
was a very good learn ing ex erc ise.
low power requ ire ment s of the 1100 mak e it
loca l computer re tail ou tlet s. it is ent irely
especial ly useful for po rtab le packet du ring
pos sible to find a 2x. 4x or 8x C D-ROM d rive
e merge ncies . Field Day o r emergency d rills.
I love laptop computers.
for under US$ 30. T ypi cally, the se arc d riven
The T osh iba 1000 is a rece nt addition to
by the so und card. While So undnlastcr t
My fir st laptop wa s a T and y mo dc l Inz.on
the shack. Aft er re building the batt ery pack
car ds arc expe nsive. clo ne s of these cards are
whic h I wrote m any a co lum n for MT a nd
thi s little gem co ntinu es to run like a top. T his
wortdradio magazines. Next ca me a T and y
aroun d US$25 or less. Hen ce. for around
mac hine is no w w ith my dau gh ter, W end y.
US$50 yo u ca n equip you r co mputer with
1500 HD . Th is I bo ug ht o n "s ale" an d quick ly
KB4UNT. se rving as a pack et termina l at her
C D-RO M capab ilities.
fo und that it wa s not o nly o bsole te (it used an
statio n.

of life in the radio room over

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IC PU I run ning

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Selected Softwa re

Today there seems to

be an ab und a nce of so ft-

wareon the market for the

radio afici onado . It was
not always so . Than k fully.

many of the drea ry tasks.

such as logging shortwave

(SW) progra ms or am ateu r radi o con tact s. can
be accomplished via some

rather sophisticated softwar e that not only keep

tra ck of your co untries
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Yes, it allfits! Mot herboard is ill tire back and tire various
circuit boards are horizontally mou nted. Tire 70 mh hard drive
is shown ill tire right center of th e picture.

various shortwav e/ham

awards.
O ne progr am that I found ve ry intere sti ng
is ca lled Voya geur by O rchid City Soft ware.'
T his pro gram features a utilit y loggi ng ro utine that faci litates logging S\V transmi ssions and ge nera ting reception reports for
submiss ion to the shortwa ve stat ion . In add ition . the re arc se ve ral lar ge databases that
yield helpful infor mati on on internat io na l
SW bro adc aste rs, thei r addresses, liste ner
DX pro grams (sorted by da y. freque ncy and
sta tion). e tc. Vo yage ur is a ve ry nice piece of
rad io software that w ill run in DO S or W indows 3. \ or 95.
Another program that I use co ntinually is
LOG - EQ F, wr itt e n by T om Da nd re a .
N3E Q F.2 Thi s is a nic e share ware ha m rad io
database logging/awar ds trac ki ng progra m
that is ine xpe nsive (a bout USS40) a nd ve ry
easy to learn . It track s Wor ked All Sta tes
(WA S), Worked All Conti ne nts (WAC). DX
Ce ntury Club (DXCC ). can generate QSL
(verification ca rd}labe ls. inte rfa ces w ith ot her
maj or ham database program s. offe rs a Morse
code (CW) keyer, and will con trol many of
the ne wer rigs that offe r PC co ntro l.
W hile ther e a rc an overa bundance of
prop agat ion pro grams on the mark et. I have
used \V6EL' s M iniProp Plus} for a num be r
of ye ars wi th great succes s. Mini Prop Plus
will run on older . IB M PC-XT /AT compute rs and all the newe r proc essors. She ldo n
Sha llo n, W6EL. has done an outsta nd ing j ob
o f prov id ing a ve ry func tion a l piece of pro paga tio n software that is quick a nd eas y to usc .
T he pack et radi o so ftware I use. " PA KET'
by To ny Lonsdale, VK1DH U,' sits on the
sys tem boot di sk. PA KET is a very sma ll.
easy-to- use pro gram that offers a host of
fea tures. I like PA KET bec ause it runs o n my
Toshiba lap top s w itho ut havin g to de le te any
pro gram files or att empt to " shri nk " the size
of the ori gina l program . On the other hand. it
ca n a lso run on my 4 86 DX66 or a Pen tium

machine.
T he A meric a n Radi o Re la y Leagu e'
(A RRL) has a n outsta ndi ng sel ection of so ftwa re inc luded in so me of their pu blications.
In addition . the ARR L o ffers back issues
(c urre ntly from 1950 to present ) o f the ir
ma gaz ine QST on C D- RO M. T his is a tre mend ous w.IY to co llect hack issues o f QST
witho ut incur ring the problem of storage.
ARR L softwa re pac kages also includ e No vice, T echnic ia n. Gen eral. Advanced a nd Extra C las s study guide s w ith tests. hack issues
of QEX an d No tional Contest Journal. the
rep ea te r atla s/tri p pla nne r a nd the Radio
A fllll t l' ur 's Ham/hook. a ll on CD- RO M.
Sate llite tracking soft ware is availab le from
adv ertisers in Sate llite Tim es or AM SA T. II
An y orbit trac ki ng software purchased from
AMSAT wi ll aid the amateur sa te ll ite pro gram. I ha ve use d lnsuurack and Orbits-H.
both a vai lable fro m A MS AT . Dependi ng
upon the le ve l o f sophisticmio n desi red . ei the r prog m m w ill fill the hill for track ing
satell ites orbiting the earth . In addi tion .
l nstarrac k also offe r!'. su n a nd moon tracking.
so me thing tha t Earth-Moon-Ea rth (EME)
co mm unications ent hus ias ts need.
In keep ing w ith our K.I.S. principles. if
you desi re to add a com pute r or two to yo ur
shack . sho p around . Check ou t the flea mar ke ts. hamfcsts. co mp uter show s an d co rnputer ret ai le rs who often dump older equip me nt tha t they rep lace for c lients. You sho uld
be able to co me up with the computer sys te m
you need at a frac tion o r the o rigina l cos t.
Look arou nd ...und re mem be r. Keep It Simple.
Unti l nex t time. 73 Rich .

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FEDERAL FILE
A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

John Fulford, WA4VPY

emoil: JOHNF0413 @001.com

Nextel Forces the Digital Switch

n recen t co lumns \\'C hav e been d iscu ssing

the lack of activity o n the fede ra l ha nds.
co upled wi th the increa si ng v isib ility o f
federa l pe rsonn el using rad ios resembling
ccl lphone s supplied by Ncx tc l. I ha ve recei ved
correspo ndence from more than o ne mon itor
that they have been on the sce ne of e vents
which have invo lved federa l perso nnel anti
have obse rved N O communications on the fede ral go vern me nt rad ios. What they have o bse rved is the feds using Motoro la rad ios which
loo k like Jatc mod el ce llpho nes but which arc
used in two-way fashio n.
The other day I was in the ele vator of the
building whe re I work on a large univers ity
ca mpus here in Sou th Florida . I had occ as ion to
be sharing the ele vator with two peopl e from
o ur schoo l maintenance departm ent . Both of
them we re carry ing the se rad ios.
Not one to miss a cha nc e to ex ami ne new
ma rvels o f co mmun ica tion s eq uipment, I asked
them ifth cy wo uld come over to the e lectro nics
lab where I reside dur ing worki ng hours and let
me see one o f the rad ios. I w id them our
depart ment was interested in getti ng a rad io
syste m. (What I d idn' t tell him was that we
already use a simple x channe l in the 154 .M Hz
band ...Oh we lL .)
Exami nat ion of the radios. which had the
Motorola logo on o ne and the Ncxtel logo on
the other. revealed several irncresti ng fea ture s.
The rad ios have a liquid display o n them with
several di splays highli gh ted . Th e highligh ted
information sho wed what am ou nt to fleets and
subflc ets. Th is pai ring is reminisce nt of the
Motoro la STX-82 1 and the Tr unkT racker.
I had the sup erv isor sho w me how they
wo rked . He wen I throu gh the same ne e I and
sub fleet proced ure as a normal trun ked rad io.
showing me how he co uld contac t d iffe rent
pe rsonnel ind ividually o r .IS a gro up call. He
also sho wed me the tele pho ne interconnect
fea ture.
I asked him if he knew the locat ion of the
base station. He said they had a small base unit
in the office o f the ma inte nance departm en t but
tha t the transm ittcrs were o n the large black
tower off in the d istance . Th is is the Nex tel
tower located along 1-95 in Delray Beach.
Florida. He furt her informed me that all of the
ma inte na nce perso nnel had go ne to a tra ining
class give n by the local two-way shop (also
Ncxtel ?) in the usc of the rad ios before thcy
were assigned out to the personnel.
Whi le he was showi ng me the fea tures and

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men t Ad minist ration ( DEA) ha s

demonstrat ing their usage. I had
been heard on the West Palm
the spectru m analyze r hooked up. I
Beach system. A little birdi e inset my sca n limits as be ing beforms me tha t a co uple of other
tween 850 and R70 MHz. When he
federa l age nc ies show up fro m
keyed up I found them . Guess what'!
time to time using their own
They we re d igit al. I had a feel ing
sub flccts.
that was co ming. I thanked him for
T he Offi ce of the S tate Athis time and he we nt o n his way.
tor ney he re in Pa lm Beac h
Ig ues s a ch angc in ou r monitorCoun ty works very hush-hush
ing habits is due. Ncx tcl has go ne
investiga tions wi th var io us loc a l
around the co untry and pu rchased
govern me nta l run s som e joi nt
all uvai lable trunking license s fro m
operatio ns wit h the feds . I had
Motoro la . Sy stems that were operoccasio n to exami ne one of the
ating. in the ana log mode will be
spec ial age nt' s vehicles the other
swi tching over to di gital. A ll new
day. You ca n guess what I fou nd :
subscribe rs on the Nex tel sys tem
J do,, ', usually recoma radio on the local shcriffs dem ust use d igital rad ios.
part mcn t, whic h they used for
T here will be a few privatel y m end equipm ent ...
yca rs hu t which have recently
ow ned systems that Nextel d id not
been not ice ably ab se nt. and an 800 MHz
purc hase and they will co ntinue us ing the old er
lrunking rad io on the Wcst Palm Beach system.
anal og form al. My trunked rad ios arc safe un til
T hose of yo u who do not have trun k track ing
my system own er se lls o ut. but the digital future
rad ios are missin g o ut on a new and e xciting
is co ming .
face t of federa l moni toring. T hose of yo u who
So there yOll have it. The fcds ha ve indeed
do have the radios will hav e to start exam ining
gone up to 800 M Hz trunking and the syste m is.
for the most pan . d igital. I imagine if one takes
the talk groups yo u arc rece iving.
Th e federal gove rnme nt talk gro ups will not
time to e xamine the fede ral da ta base of co nhaw as much ac tivity on the m as the local
tracts which have been put o ut by the go vernpol ice or fire depa rtm ent. T his is where goo d
ment. which is uvai lnble on the Internet. o ne
traffic ana lysis wi ll payoff. ( Did yo u think
will find the Ncxtcl co ntract. I have a feeling it
federa l mon itorin g was ju st turn ing o n a radio
is the same througho ut the cou ntry.
and listening" ) Keep track of unusu al talk
T his wo uld cert a inly make sense. as we
gro ups. Keep track of little used talk group s.
add ressed in a previ o us column. An age nt fro m
Mort: info rmation o n this procedu re will be
Sou th Flo rida mig ht he te mpo rarily assigned to
found posted on the Trunkcom newsgroup ava ilanother geographic urea. He would take his
able fro m the Grove intern et serve r.
Ncx tel un it with him and whe n he got off the
If yo u are not sure how to subsc ribe to
plane in his dest inat io n city. he wo uld have
Trunkcom or any of the o ther Grove rad io
immediate communication with his counterforums, chec k in with the G rove we bsite or
pan s.
se nd an e- rnail to maj ordomo @xrm'l'.llctwith
I wo uld not be surp rised to find o ut that all
the wor d help. The system wi ll auto matica lly
of the rad ios used nation wide ha ve the same
se nd yo u instructions o n how to joi n and use
type offleet/s ubfle ct info rma tion in them. Care this and o ther rad io foru ms.
ful analysis by the G rove T runkcom ucwsgroup
mem bers wil l perhaps shed light o n this theory .

A Nice Piece of Equipm ent

Sharing Info on Trunked Systems
Along with the above trunking situation, it
appears that the fcds are using subflccts on thei r
local governmen t systems. In the area where I
live. the C ity of Wc st Palm Beach pro vides the
major governme ntal trun king syste m to the
co unty. Analysis of traffi c o n this system has
reve ale d seve ral addi tionalloca l po lice departments using the system. as wel l as d ifferent
go vern me nt agencies. Th e local Drug Enfo rce-

If yo u have been follow ing my co lumn fora

peri od of time . you wi ll ha ve noticed that I
generall y do not promote any particular piece
of equipme nt. It is not my purpose in thi s
co lumn 10 tell you whic h piece of equipme nt to
usc . What wo rks for me might not work for you
and you might have eq uipment that I wou ld
neve r con sider using. It all depend s o n what the
ope rator is looking for in the eq uipme nt.
Every once in a while, though. so mething

comes along that I must ha ve. Ov er the past

year, however , I have acqu ired two such pieces
of equipme nt that I'm so enthusias tic about, I
am willi ng to prea ch about them to the uncon verte d. The first was the T ru nkTracker-for
o bv ious reason s. Th e second piece o f equipme nt was the Op toelectronic s Scout freq uen cy
counter. (See this month 'sfl'ature for more 0 11
howfrequency counters work-ed)
I not iced the Sc out be ing used at the last
co up le of Grove Exp os in Atlanta by so me o f
the attendee s. Everyo ne who wa s using one
had not hing but goo d things to say about it. I
kept putting o ff the pu rchase . but a few week s
ago I broke down an d purchased one fro m
G ro ve.
My scientific op in ion'! It is the neatest gad ge t I have o wned in a lon g time. Th e Scout
combines seve ral ad vances in communica tion
tec hnology into o ne package . lt is a handh eld
Fre qu ency co unter. a freq uency recorder, a nti
an infor mati on managemen t sys tem all ro lled
up into a little package that yo u can litera lly
slip into yu ur pock et and forge t.
Th e Scout stores up to 400 d iffe rent frequ enc ies with 255 hits on eac h freq uency. It
has a liquid crysta l dis play and is easy to read
and interpret. It w ill " Reac tion Tun c" severa l
late mode l rad ios. I will not go into how o r
\v-hic h radios it tunes. but all of the info rmation
is in the Optoelectron ics dis play ad in Monitorin g Times. You can also ca ll the nice folk s
there at ~mO- 327 -59 12 or chec k in with their
Weh site at www.optoclcctrunlcs.com. A cul!
to O pto will help yo u with any qu estions.

The Scout Sniffs Out a New One

When I recei ved my unit. I playe d around
with it for several days until I had mastered its
simple operation . I we nt to downtown West
Palm Beach and d id so me mon itoring. The
local Federal build ing in our city is almost
co mpletely vo id of offices and communicatio ns eq uipment. It seems the go vernme nt can
get bett er ren tal rates by go ing out to local
offi ce b uildings. T his is true in my fair city.
and it may be true in your c ity also. C heck your
local telephone directory and you will probably find a co llectio n of federa l agency offi ces
in one locati on .
In my c ity it is in a bank build ing located
along La ke Worth which prov ides a view o f
the Atlant ic Ocean. Practicall y all of the governme m offices which usc rad ios are locat ed in
this same build ing. Th e roo f o f the bu ilding has
severa l antennas incl uding the satellite dish
used by the Secret Serv ice . Th ere is also a
par king lot attac hed to the building . Thi s is the
same lot where the fcds park their vehiclesthey have a clos ed o ff area not ac cess ible to the
public .
O n this morn ing I con nec ted my Scout to a
magnetic antenna mounted o n the back deck of

my car and dro ve downtown. Parki ng on the top

deck of the lot, I left the uni t runn ing wh ile I
went o ff on my errands. A few hours later I
d rove hom e to examine what freq uencies I had
ca ptured. I had all of the local Secre t Service
frequ enc ies I norma lly hear pl us a couple of the
FB I repeaters on 167 M Hz . I also receiv ed
seve ral hits on a frequency I d id not recogn ize :
169.575 MH z.
T his was a frequency I had not noti ced
before . Listening on the freq uency
d id reveal traffic . althou gh it was of
the DVP/D ES transmissio n. I have
never heard the frequ enc y in
use in the clear mod e . If it ever
docs. I wi ll ho pef ully ca tch
the subaud ible tone .
A check of the data base
shows the frequency to be assigned to the Depart ment o f
the Interio r. I have a fee ling
this is no t the case here . (Edi ... but I 'm
Ion; note: 169.575 in Sou th
making an
Florid a is the input 10 tlu:
exception.
!6 4.525 F B! re pea ler ill
Andytown-Larry V/-I)

Fede ral agen cies are reallocating thei r frequencie s more anti mo re. For ex amp le, the
main Cu sto ms frequ ency for intercept opera tion s do wn my way is 164 .775 M Hz . T his
freq uency is allocated III the Inter ior/ Energy!
Nuc lea r Em ergency Sea rch Team (it varies
dependin g o n the so urce you are checking and
the age of the so urce ). He re, it is not being used
for anythi ng other than C ustoms traffic. Th is is
a freq uency yo u might want to keep in yo ur
scanner if yo u live in or visit Florida.
We are already see ing a shift of federal
freq uencies. Th e frequ encie s used by Border
Patro l/Immigr ation on 162/1 63 M Hz have becom e vo id of traffic. All of the channels are
being used in the simp lex mode in the Mi ami
area at the Kro me Detent ion Center. Th e Border Patro l ha s gone up to the 170 MH z ran ge
with [he new frequ e ncies previously report ed
as 170.225 and 170.725 M Hz . Thi s m ight be
true in yo ur area a lso.

An Internet Intercept
On e of my faithfu l co ntributors . Lokut us. of
So uth Florid a. was cruising the Intern et a few
da ys ago and checke d into the DEA web site.
After filtering throug h (he norma l DEA info. he
d isco vered the are a of (he site which listed the
co ntrac ts which had been aw arded by DEA.
O ne of these contracts was to a major nam e
antenna man ufacturer forvloo kalike ce ll phone
antennas.' Th ese are antennas whi ch look like
cell pho ne ante nnas hut arc e lectrically ma tc hed
for different freq uency range s.
In this case the antennas are cut for the 418
MH z ba nd but look like normal cellpho nc antennas. If yo u go back to the co lumn a few
months ago on the IRS C riminal Investigation
Divisi on. yo u wil l noticed I add resse d the same
situation.
It see ms a lo t of peop le are go ing to the
ce llphone ante nna cl ones. O ur local Sheri ff s
Department uses these antennas for their co mmunications in their unm arked vehicles, but
these are cut for the 155 MH z range. T hese
antennas come in two types. Th e first type is the
one that attaches to the g lass. T he seco nd type
is the one that atta ches to the rear deck .
Th e lesson to he learned is this: All is not as
it appears.

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MAKING SENSE OFCIVILIAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Jean Baker, KIN9DD

OSling a Moving Target

Clcome aboard! Tod<lY we' re goi ng

to ta lk about se nd ing recept ion rcpor ts to airborn e stations a nd look

at some airline addresses.

You'vcjust monitored a transmission from

an airli ner. and it's further away tha n an y you
ha ve monitored before. Now you wa nt to se nd
a reception re port to the pilot a nd, hopefully.
he ' ll sig n and send bac k your pre par ed vcrifi calion c ard (sec last month' s colum n).
The same guide lines go for send ing a recc ptiun re port to a pilot as it docs for a gro und
sta tio n: Ju st as we sa id last month. keep it
short and simple. Do not men tion the conte nts
of the tra nsmission direc tly. Make sure: yo u
wr ite dow n the time of the transmission(s ),
a nd of course . use UTC time and incl ude the
date, thc na me o f the a irline , and the grou nd
station it was wo rking .
Now here c omes the fun pa rt - wha t do
yo u lise for a n address for an airborne station'?
T he simples t thi ng to do wou ld be to se nd it to
the destina tion airport of the flight . if you
we re fort unate enough to ge t it. lfnot. se nd it
to the a irline ' s hom e office. Write attn: "Capta in,"llight #. the name of the a irline and the
ad dress .
It should rea d like this fictiona lized ad dress :
Att n: Ca ptain
Plight #
Fagi n Airlines
NihiNibi Airp011
NihiNibi Island
Hcr e again. re mem ber to incl ude return
postage or an Intern ational Re ply Coupo n
wit h your recep tion report. Now co me s a ve ry
imp ortant pa rt of the who le ga me - have lots
of pati enc e. You may luck out an d get a
veri ficat ion 0 11 yo ur firs t try. or it may tak e
man y tries before do . In eithe r case , have fun
British Airways
Speedbird lo ndon
Superintendent Message
Control andRadio Ope rations
Headquarters
P.O. Box 10
Hounslow
Middlesex TW6 2JA
Great Britain
Deutsche lufthansa (lH)
Abteilung Fernmeldedienst
06000 Ftankfurt 75Flughaten
Germany

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Where',Ii my luggage? 1'rIT' S editors wait at

th e Hartsfield baggage claim (Photo by
H arry Baughn )
in the atte mpt ~
Be low are so me airline add resses to ge t
yo u stall ed. If you wo uld like some more
add resses. please drop me a line. c/o thi s
col um n, with an SASE.

High-tech Solutions
Un ited Airlines has been testing a voice
recognition sys te m fort ak ing a irline reservat ions. Created using App lied La nguage
T ec hnologies' Speec h Wor ks 3.0 speech
recognition so ft ware, the autom ated voice
response sys tem w ill be tested by United ' s
80,000 employees to ma ke their own airline reservati on s.
T he intent is to improve curre nt auto mated sys tems in which ca llers key in
infor mation us ing (ouch tone telephone s,
by pro vid ing a machine that ca n give voic e
recogn itio n o f w ha t it wa s to ld.
SpeechWo rks 3.0 has a 50,00 0- word vocabulary and ca n understand se ntences suc h

DeltaAirlines, Inc.
Hartsfield Atlanta
International Airport
Atlanta, GA30320-6001
USAirways, Inc.
Executive Officer
Washingto n National Airport
Washington, DC 20001
Emirates Air
P.O. Box 686
Dubai, Emirates

March 1998

Japan Airlines
Headquarters Tokyo
182 Marunouchi z-cnome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100 Japan
Cathay Pacific Airways
Swire House
9 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Air France
1, SquareMaxHymans
F-75015 Paris
France

as " I want to fly fro m Bo sto n to Sa n

Fra nc isco ne xt T hursday in eco nomy
aro und fou r." Th e sys tem will the n be
able to co nfirm the reservat ion .
KLM Roya l Dutch Airlines and IBM are
j oining forces in an atte mp t to impro ve
a irline baggage han dling and secur ity
throu gh bett er data management. KLM ' s
Interac tive Baggage Reco nc iliat ion Sy stem (IBRIS)w ill be integrated w ith IBM ' s
Airport W ire less Infr astruct ure to provide insta nt dat a on baggage identific ation and locat ion in a wireless, portable
ope rat ion.
IBRIS uses PC-based ha nd-he ld ba r
code sca nne rs and operates in an IBM RS/
6000 e nv iro nmen t. KLM de ve loped
IBRIS with SHL System hou se in response
to the IC AO ' s mandates for baggage reconcil iat ion for sec urity purposes. IBM
will mar ket the sys tem in Euro pe, the
Mid dle Eas t and A frica. (It see ms to me
that our dom estic a irlin es could use S( )JllCthing like this !)
United Airlines plans to ex perime nt w ith
a " one bag" ca rry-o n luggage rule at Des
Moines. Iowa. Th e ca rrie r will limit leisure passe ngers on deep disco unt fares to
a single ca rry -on bag. T ra ve lers fly ing on
more expensi ve and business fares w ill be
allowed two.
T he test goal is to red uce the amou nt o f
carry-on luggage, which can slow boarding a nd some times prese nts safe ty probJcms. Th e rationale is that passe nger s
flyi ng on low-cost leisure fares likely
wo uld ha ve to check in some bags and
wo uld be in less of a hu rry to leave the
des tination a irport .
Unite d has five fl ight s fro m Des
Moines to C hicag o and five bet ween Des
Moines a nd Denver , each day. A ll use
narrow-bod y equi pment.

EgyptAir
6 Ad Iy Street
Cairo,Egypt
IcelandIFlugleidir
Reykjavik Airport
15-121 Reykjavik
Iceland
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Minneapolis\St. Paul
International Airport
51. Paul, MN 55111

Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand House
1Queenstreet
Auckland1 New Zealand
KoreanAir
KAL Building
41 -3 Seosom un-dong
Jung-gu
Seoul, Republic 01 Korea
Hawaiian Airlines
P.O. Box 30008
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Li sten ing Post softwa re is
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Paging Service far the

Internet

Sony 7600 Upgrade

There' s a breaking-news service tha t' s breaki ng into technology as we ll. AirMedi a Inc ga rners yo ur c usto mized headlin e
ne ws. spo rts info, stoc k quote s.
weather rep orts. as well as your
pe rsonal or o ffice e-m a il me ssages and fa xes. T hro ugh a wireless paging networ k, AirMedia
a lerts you when you ha ve em a il or
when news you ha ve req uested
appears on the intern et. On e cli ck
ca n then open yo ur browser or
yo ur e-ma il co nnec tio n to retrie ve
th e inform at ion -There ' s no
was ted log-i ns on ly to find the
informati on you see k has no t arri ved. You don' t even ha ve to be
on yo ur computer for Ai rMedia
to listen for and acc um ula te yo ur
message alerts .
"A ir Media ' s Mobile Intern et
A nten na make s great se nse for
the mobil e worker who wants to
be ke pt up- to-date on impo rta nt
informat ion wh ile tra velin g from
place to place ," said 1. Gerry
P urdy, President and CEO of
Mountain View. CA- based Mobile Insight s, Inc. "Th e continuous informatio n fee d com plemen ts in-offi ce Internet access by
usi ng narrowba nd pagi ng to deliver valua ble inform at ion fro m
th e In tern et o r a co rpo r a te
intranet."
AirM ed ia Li ve software com es
alon g with the pyramid-shaped
Internet Ant e nna (around $99) or
w ith the new Mob ile Inte rnet

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Ant enna (around $ 129) . Ac tual

co nnectio n cos ts$5 .95 pcr mon th,
or $9 .95 w ith pe rsonal e-mai l
not ificat ion adde d. Rates vary for
the mobile co nnectio n. which (like
other paging services) is not availa ble in a ll areas (It's not in
Brasstown. for e xample). C heck
avai lability by e ntering your zip
co de at the AirMedia web page.
Call 800-A IR-ME DIA or go to
www.airmedla .com for mo re
info .

The co m pact So ny 7600G

shortwave recei ver has been upgrade d to the 7600GS with the
welcome addi tion of So ny's AC
ad apt e r and the AN- LPI ac tive
s hortwave a nte nna . In Larry
Magne' s Janu ary MT column, he
pronou nced this active ant e nna
"better than an ythi ng e lse like it
we' ve tested to date."
Best of all, these inclusion s are
offer ed at no inc rea se in price!
T he 7600GS is still $249 .95 at
Grove and oth er shortwa ve dea lers. Grove is also now offe ring
Sony ' s active ante nna as a se para te purchase for 589 .95 for use
with other mid-priced receivers.
Ca ll 800-438-8 155 for more information.

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A vailab le as four printed vo lumes as well as a CD -RO M , the
E EM is rega rded by de sign eng i-

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More than 4000 pages of data ar e
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Help for DXers

Picking up o n our author ' s
advice in this mo nth' s " Informed
DXer ' artic le, here are some club
reso urces for the medium wave
hobbyist.
Th e National Rad io Cl ub Station Location Map Book 4th
edition is a broadcast band DXing
reference whic h shows the locatio n of a ll US and Canadian Stations (except T IS a nd Canadian
LPRT' s ) on indexed maps. The
230 -page. 4th ed ition edi ted by
Bill Ha le a lso incl udes the lat itude a nd longitude coordi na tes of
the station's transmitter location
and a sec tio n of in st ruc tio ns
authored by Dave Sundius enab ling users to calculate distance
and bea ring to any statio n. Prices
tothe USA and Cana da are; $ 12.00

to NR C/l RCA mem bersor $17.95

to non-me mbers. (W rite for ove rseas a irmai l rutes.) Send to Na tional Radi o Cl ub Pub lica tion s
Cen ter, P.O . Box IM . Mannsville.
NY 1366 1-0 J64 .
T he Intern ati onal Rad io Cl ub
of America Mexica n Log, 4t h
Ed itio n , lists all AM stations in
Mexico by frequency. incl uding
ca ll le tte rs. state, c ity, day /night
pow er. sloga ns. sc hedule in UTC .
format s, networks and notes . The
ca ll letter inde x gives ca ll. fre quen cy. c ity and state. The city
inde x (listed by state. then city)
includes frequency. cal l and dayl
nig ht pow er . Thi s is an indispensab le refere nce for anyone who
hears Mexican rad io stations.The
price for members is $6.50 in
No rth Ame rica, S7.50 So uth and
Cent ral Ame rica . Add $2 for nonmembers . Ord er fro m !RCA
Bookstore. 9705 M ary NW, Seuule. WA 98 117-2334 .

Business News:
Long-time radio retailer ElecIronic Equipment Bank (EEB )
has closed its retail store and
catalog di vision according to
c o mpa ny pres ide nt Dick
Robinson. Reduced sales in the
radio hobby marketcou pled with
internal problems which have
plagued the company apparent!y
contributed in large part to the
decision.
A new corporation. Electronic
Equipment Branch (EEB R) is
bound to cause confusion. Run
by the same personnel. it will
offer product s only to commercial and government sectors. not
10 the pub lic.
Sescom. Inc. has a number of
products of interest to ama teurs
and ex perimente rs. including
aluminum enclosures and audio
transformers . They now have a
web page and online catalog at
www.sesce m.com .
Books and equipment
for announcement or review
should besent to "What's New?"
clo Mon ltorlnoTimes ,
P.O. Box 9B, 7540 Hwy 64 Wesl,
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Press releases may befaxed to
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mteditor@grove .nel.

Ergo 3 Receiver Control Software

By Bob Parnass, AJ9S

ego is a shortwave receiver

control program developed
by Crea tive Express Corporation of Alberta , Ca nada. It runs
under Microsoft Windows 95 or
Win dow s NT, and requ ires a co mputer with an Inte l Pentium CPU
and a free serial port .

EJ one channel to the receiver . There' s

NRD535D

no way to read a disk file of 200

frequencies into Ergo and simply
write it to the NRD ' s memori es for
later use.

Summary
Ergo 3.0 pro vides a rich set of
features sure to delight shortw ave
broadcast listeners. Utility listeners
will find Ergo 3.0 usefu l, too. I'd
like to see a future version include a
way to bulk download frequencies
from a disk file to the NRD -535D' s
memories and an opt ion which exploits the co mputer sound card under program co ntro l.
For more informa tion, co ntact Creative
Express Co rporation, P. O. Box 373, 16
Midlake Blvd. SE , Ca lgary , Alberta T2X
2X7 . Canada or visit the Ergo web site at
h ttp://calgary.shaw_wave.caJ-jfallows/
Erg o_ l.h tm .
Ergo 3.0 sells for $ 139 US directl y from
Creative Express or from Universal Radio
(tel. 1-800-431-3939) .

I helped "beta test" several

prerelease versions before the CUfrent release, Ergo 3.0. release I. I
used a Jap an Rad io NRD -535D re-

ceiver with revision H finnware,

though Ergo is de signed to support
the vanilla NRD-5 35, R. L. Drake
R8A and R8B, the AOR AR7030,
and the Watkin s Joh nson HF- IOOO
receivers as well.

The computer controlcapabilityof these

receivers is different and is dete rrnined by
the receiver manufacturer, not by Ergo. For
example, Ergo 3.0 can control the sque lch
and volume when used with an AR70 30but
not with an NRD535D, because Japan Radio provided no way to co ntrol squelch,
volume, notch , nor tone via the co mputer
inter face .
Ergo does contro l the NRD -535D' scontrol frequency, mode. filter , AGC, passband, noise blanker, and BFO through the
receiver control window (fig. I). Frequency
adj ustment is provided throu gh adj ustable
step sizes and fine tuni ng. Hot keys are
prov ided for main pane l co ntrols, so you
can use either the mo use, the keyboard, or

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Ma,ch / 998

MONITORING TIMES

85

SCANNER EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Bob Pornoss, AJ95

RELM MS200 Mobile/Base Scanner

om ill "it' USA. If you like Bruce

Spri ngstcins song. yo uI l be inter-

FIGURE 1

ested 10 know you CUll o nce again buy

a scanne r ma de in the US A. Th e RELi\1j\'lS 200

base/mobi le mode l is as Ameri can as apple

pic. 1I1d fo llows RELM ' s Japanesemade IIS:!()() port ab le . revi ewed in April
19Y7 MT.
As we wrote then. REL M Communicarkms. formerly Regency Electronics. isn' t new to the radio business.
Rege ncy .111d Electra were the do minant

Computer Connection

Fxt monit or manufacture rs in the USA

during. the 1970s and 80s. Regency sold out

its SC.lIlIlCf line to Un idcn I I yea rs ago to
co ncentrat e 0 11 buil d ing two -way la nd mobile
radio s. bu t ree ntered the sc anne r mark e t last

year.

The Basics
Both the 1\15200 and I-I S20{) tunc the convcnrtonu l bands. including ::.;00 Mi ll. und civil
aviation. but the portable 1-15200 covers Citizens Ban d as well (see measu rem e nts ta ble ).
AM and Nl-M modes arc automat ica lly selected based o n frequency und cannot be overridden . The aircraft band is covered in 25 kl-lz
steps. versus 12.5 kHz steps found in other
scan ners. Th ere's a hidden 6.25 kl lz step size
in the lJo . 174 MHz range. To usc it in a
search. yo ur search limit must be a mu ltiple of
6.25 kll z. e.g. 150.0062 5 MH z.
The :!()Omem ory channels arc divided into

MEASUREMENTS
RELM MS200. sin 808A0002640
Freq uency coverage:
29 - S4 MHz (5 kHz steps)
118- 136MHz (25 kHz steps)
136 - 174 MHz (5 or 6.25kHzsteps)
406 520 MHz (12.5 kHz steps]
806- 824.0375 MHz (12.5 kHz steps)
848.975 - 869.0375MHz (12.5 kHz steps)
893.975 960 MHz (12.5 kHz steps)
Modulation acceptance: 14 kHz
Intermediate Frequencies:
280. 0 450 MHz
Imagerejection due to 1st IF:
61d8 @155 MHz
32 d8 @500MHz
37 d8 e 860MHz
Audio output power:
2.2 W into a ohms
@ 10% distortion
Practical scan speed:50 channels/sec.,
crcss on or off
Search speed: 100 steps/sec.

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MONITORING TIMES

March /998

delay/hold key togg les be twee n two settings :

restart delay or search hold . which halts the
search upo n finding a signal. In the latter case .
the channe l selector knob ca n be used as a
VFO tuning knob. altho ugh the MS2 00 contains no VFO. per se.

10 ban ks. Cha nnels can be locked out from the

sca n list or cleared. The first channel of eac h
bank is a priority chan nel which ca n be checked
every 2 seco nds. You can acces s a cha nnel
directly through the key pad or scro ll through
the cha nnel s by twi sting a top mo unted selector knob.
Th e MS20IJ and HS200 key sequences
fo llow in the tradit ion of o lder Regency
programm ablcs. fikc the M400 . You program
a memory channel by typing the freq uency
digits.then press Enter. then the channel number, followed agai n by Ente r. Yo u ca n stop
the re or lise the keypad or selec tor knob to
speci fy a CTCSS or De S code. Pressing Enter
stores the code in the current memory channel. Y ou can program a 7 character alphanumeric labe l for each memory cha nnel. too.
using the rotary knob to scro ll through a me nu
of characters. d igits. and symbols.
A 2 second rescan delay can be enabled or
disab led for all cha nnels at the same time. not
on a per-cha nnel basis .
RE LM clai ms a scan speed of "up to 100
cha nnels /second." hut we measure a rate of
abOUI 50 channe ls/seco nd with a mixture of
frequencies in diffe ren t bands. indepe nden t of
whet her the lo ne decoding squelch is selec ted .
Measuring the scan rate requires extra effort
because the wo rd SCAN appears on the display instead of'u seque nce of channel numbers
or " ro lling zeroe s."
T he MS200 suppor ts one search bank with
programma ble lim its. Up 10 10 0 frequencies
ca n be locked out du ring a sea rch, but reprogramming ei ther search limit erases Ihe skip
mem or ies. When placed in search mode. the

You can co nnect an MS200 to a person al

computer run ning Windows 3. 1 or Windows
95. but yo u must furnish yo ur ow n cable wit h
a DB9 P connector on o ne end and a DB9S on
the other. Th e scanner co mes with RELM ' s
MS PC Kit soft ware on a flopp y disk. Wc used
the version 1.0 1 softwa re to eas ily upload and
downloa d frequ enci es. label s. and tones. It
does not penn it real time control of scanning

functions.
Wh ile there are no impo rt or export cornmands, MSPCKi l stores data in simple ASC II
files. Each memo ry channel is represent ed by
a line of co mma delimited fields witho ut quotation mark s. Lines are termin ated by both a
re turn. a line feed . then a seco nd return character. We were ab le to crea te a Microsoft
Exce l 9 7 spreadsheet. sa ve it as a .cs v file.
rename it. the n read it in using MSPCKit. We
we re also able to read a .scn file into Excel 97 .
though the ex tra return characters ca used altcm utc empty ro ws.
The MSP CK il v l. 0 1 text is not sized properly when we execute it under Windows95.
using a screen size of 1024 by 768 pixels. 24
bit co lor. and large fonts . Co lumn head ing
labe ls are truncated. though under standable.

Physica'
The 1\l S2oo is labeled as a mobile sca nner
and is furnished with a fused mobil e powe r
cord and metal mounti ng bracket. A 12 VDC
po wer ja ck is loc ated on the rear of the case
and a "wall wart " power supply is supplied for
II ? VAC base usc.
The electro nics are hous ed in a thin. black
plastic case with a bottom moun ted spea ker. A
wobbly plastic tilt foot swings out from the
bottom but lacks any dete nt. so it collapses
ea sily whe n the scanner is pushed slightly
forw ard, Internal co nstruc tion is neat and
robust. Tw o main circuit boards are sandwiched together and co nnec t 10 a third board
behind the front panel via two co nnectors. as
shown in Figure 2.

less
sens itive

FIGURE 2

RELM bui lt the MS200 usin g a high qua lity BNe ant enna j ack . The inner co ntac t has
four fin gers which grip the mal e pin . T here arc
rea r mounted l /S" ex te rna l speaker and tap e
ou t jacks. bu t the a ud io level at the tap e j ack
varies with the sett ing of the vo lume co ntro l
(Figure 3) .

The old Regency 1'\'1-1.00 made a great mobi le sc a nner due to its br ight . vac u um fluorescent di splay and its wel l lit keypad. RELM
built the mod ern MS200 with a ba ck lit key board. too . Both key hoa rd and di sp lay arc

illuminated using green lamps. which remain

diml y lit while the radi o is on. Th e MS 200
liq uid c ryst al di splay co nta ins mo st of the
informat ion yo u would e xpec t in a sca nner.
but no Svrneter . Th e low con trast display
makes vie wing difficult. Th e [v15 200 powers
up doing the sa me task it was doing when last
powered off: scanning . search ing. or in ma nua l
mode .
T he user man ual d id not spe cify the IFs
(int ermed iate frequ enci es). so we ded uced the
IFs. sim ilar to the HS2 0 0. Th e first IF is
approximatel y 280 M l l z a nd th e last IF is 0,45
M Hz. Th e high firs t IF and se lec tive front end
do a g ood job of rej ect ing images.

FIGURE 3

RELM MS200 AM SENSITIVITY

12 d B SIN AD , 1 kHz TONE, 30% MODULA TION, Serial #808
AOOO2640

d ear o n 16 1.65 M Hz c vcn

1.0
t ho ugh it' s loca ted 37
0.9
miles awa y. W e cxpcricn cc d ce llular pho ne in0.6
terfe re nce on 857.4375
0.7
M Hz whi le us in g o ur
MS200 ind()()J'switha 12"
0.6
Au stin Condor ante nna .
~ 0.5
T h e audio o ut p ut
pow e r is go od, thou gh the
0.4
sma ll internal sp eaker
0.3
lacks the high freq ue ncy
pun ch we requ ire whi le
0.2
usin g o ur MS200 in a
0.1
noi sy mob i le env iron ment. Add ing an e xte rn a l
0.0
115
Motorol a speaker makes
transm issions eas icrto unmore

~ 10...

120

Summary

.+

.,

,
,
REL M MS200 VHF NFM SENSITIVITY
' 2 dB SINAD. 3 KHZ DEVIAt ION. 5 _ 1nua A0002UO

12 dB SINAD. 3 KHZ OEVlAnoN. S. n AI RO a AD002UO

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RELM MS200 UHF NFM SENSITIVITY

Slhve

Th e RELM MS200 has many asset s for

mo bile scan ning, such as a lighted ke ypad .
a lpha tags, an d CTCSS /DCS squ elch. Ou r
MS200 co uld have bee n the best mobi le SC:.In ner o f the cu rrent cro p ifit wcre n ' t so sens itive
10 int e rmod ulation interference an d had a
bri ghte r d isp lay.

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Too Sensitive?
We measured the se ns itiv ity o f o ur MS 200
and found it sens itive on all hands. es pec ia lly
Y HF-lowand VHF -high bands. Th is co mes at
the ex pe nse of o verl oad whe n we lise o ur
MS200 bot h mobi le and at ho me with an
Antenna Special ist s AY-80 I ant enna mounted
at about 17 feet high in a sub urban/rura l setting.
Pag ing inte rference pum mels our MS200
on the VHF-hig h band. c lob be ring publ ic
safety and busin ess frequenci e s a like. Th e
16 2.55 M Hz wea ther tra nsmitte r is loud and

You are Not Alone! Check out our Club Lists!

To find other radio hobbyists, consult http://www.grave.net!
mt clubs.html for a listing of radio clubs and nets worldwide , or send an
SASE for free list (NA only) to Club Circuit, PO Box 98, Brasstown, NC
28902. No local club? Join a managed email list (see p. 2) for your area of
interest.
For hamfests in your area, visit htt p://www.arrl.org/hamfests.html or
ca ll the ARRL at 860-594-0200.
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MAGNE TESTS
Lawrence Magne
Edi/ar-;n-Chief, Passport /0 World Bond Radio

SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

International R-ll 0

ust ho w fo \\' can yo u go'?

AJTread ers arc ~111 e lite gro up whe n it

Lousy sensitivity, dreadful audio

comes to shortwave liste ning good ies.

We scour the shelves for the best in equipmenlobuy s pe cial puhlicutiou s and s pend hours
at the d ial s. For us. it may no t he a ca se of
"o nly the best wi ll do ," but ut least it' s. "only
the best we can alfo rd will do."
Yet. few of us will risk bringin g a prized
rec ei ver along on vac ation to Me xico or Ja maica-c-or e ven the local swimming spo t.
A fter a ll. there arc just too man y mod er ately
pric ed port abl es that wi ll do the trick nice ly.
But wh at if you travel abroad o nly infrcqu ently, a nd want something rock -bott om
cheap 10 keep in touch wi th break ing ne ws or
spo rts scores. or 10 tunc in loca l stations that
might be DX wh ere you normally reside'?

On e sav ing grac e of low -cost analog portabl es is that they ten d to have better sens itivity to wea k sig nals tha n do their co mparably
priced digita l counterparts . But eve ry rule has
its except ions, and the R-I I 0 is clearly in this
c atego ry . Se nsitiv ity is not downright awful,
but comes close . Clipp ing on a hank of wire 10
the ante nna helps. asdoesjudiciou s placement
of the radi o. BUI the bott om line is that the first
requi site of an y radi o is to brin g in signals, and
her e the R-IIO is about as successful as Mr.
Bean transport ing a paint ing.
Sel ectivity. or adj ace nt-channel rejection.
is medi ocre, bu t typical of low-cost recei vers .
Ditt o ima ge rej ecti on , but because the radio is
so insen sitive you don 't ac tually hear man y
tellt ale so und s of image interference. Audio
quality is strictly Alexa nder Graham Bell. a nd
fatigues alm ost imm edi ately .

Cheapest of the cheap

Ove r thc years. we ' ve tested u number of
recei vers at Passport to World Band Radio
that fit this bill nicely, and you may have see n
our findings. But this month we have something of a near record-sell er: a pock et por tab le, see mingly perfec t for light wei ght travel ,
that costs...S25.
Yes. thats 525 in the United States. not
Sin gapor e or Ouagadougou . And this is the
everyday price. which includes shipment. taxes
and the works unless you live in New Jersey.
where the go vernor ge ts her cut. It is, quite
simply, the cheapest o f the chea p.

Strike ou t the band

Enter the Chinese-mad e Internatio nal R110, sized like a cig arette bo x and weighin g
only seven ounce s w ith batteri es. T his threeband mi dget cove rs the AM band from 5301600 kl-l z, FM in 1Il01l0 fro m X7.5- I OX M Hz
and shortwave 7500- 16000 kHz-ail give or
take . Howe ve r, on our unit the upper limit of
the AM band is barel y 1600 kl-iz, so the entire
expa nded band from 1610- 1700 kHz is omi tted.
Of co urse, also o mitted arc the cho ice 60 ,
~ 9 and ~ I meter nighttime sho rtwave bands ,
a mong others. Thi s alo ne ru les out the R-II O
for most who don ' t wo rk nighttim c shifts. but
than ks to the risin g sunspot cycle this shon coming will he less se rious as the coming
years un fold .

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International RJ 10

Features include safecracker tuning

Fea tures a re virtu all y nil. T here an on-o ff!
vo lu me thumbw heel. a lun ing thumbwhecl. a
sho rt telescop ic a nte nna which neither swi vels nor rotates, an "M WISWIF M " bandswit ch .
a one -LED signal-strength indicator o f marginal valu e , a head phone soc ket. a small frontfacin g speaker and a coa rse 1-I I4-in ch analog
dial with no bandsp reading . Power is supplied by two "AA" cel ls.
Forget knowing what frequen cy the rad io
is tuned to. Th e dial is so cramp ed that you 're
fortuna te to kno w what short wave band you' re
tun ing, much less the frequ ency . Readouts
ju st don ' t get any wo rse than this.
O perat ion is predictable, With on ly the
side of a small. knurled thumbw hcc l for luning. a nd a tuning dial which co vers ove r R
M Hz of the shortwa ve spectru m in just over
one inch , you need the stead y dig it o f a
hemorrho id surg eo n and the patience o f a
Jesuit priest to tune in stations.
As if this weren' t enough. the luning process qu ick ly wears down yo ur thumb, as
though you' ve drugged a carpenter ' s file across
it. A fter a couple o f hour s of band scannin g.
my thumb felt like it had been tromped 0 11 by
Arnold Sc hw arzenegge r's boo t. In a dark
mo men t, I wond ered what it wo uld be like to
file for disability from G rove Enterprises .

Gift for Saddam Hussein

Who would buy suc h a thi ng? God only
knows, but yo u can 't help but think back to
those cu stomer-sati sfaction surveys for cars
whic h ask. " Ycah. yo u bo ught this mod el. but
would yo u recom mend it to a friend " ?
So while so me folk s mi ght purchase the R110. few are likely to recommend this chien de
rrcepteu r to their friends. Unfortunately, to
the ex te nt that new comers to world ba nd radi o
purchase it, it' s not on ly the radio , but probab ly shortwave listening in general tha t gets
dis scd .
But if you absolut ely, positi vely can 't resist ha ving this tiny turk ey in your collection.
the Intern ation al brand is ava ilable worldw ide . One U.S. dealer is RG B Enterprises,
1'.0 . Box 5367. Old Bridge. NJ 08857 _ Enclose a chec k or money orde r for $25, because
at RGB they do n' t tak e Ameri can Ex pre ss ...or
an y other card s, for that matter.
Band-Aids for yo ur thumb arc ex tra.

Improvement to Lowe SRX100

and Target HF3 Selectivity
Reader Gr eg Maje wsk i informs us that he
has devi sed an interesting modi fication for thc
LO\\'c SRX- I00 , whi ch , as we report ed rece nrly. has ju st been discon tinu ed. His modi-

A ward Winning Antenna

ficati on a lso applies to the T arget HF3, which
is the sa me rece iver, but unlike the Lo we is
still in produ ct ion . Both are m anufactu red by
N ASA Marine in Eng land , (w hich by the way
is unrel ated to the NAS A space age ncy in this
co untry ).
In o ur Oc tob er re vie w, the criticism is
made tha t thi s rece iver does not allow fo r the
ba nd width to be selec table independent of
mode. Additio na lly, tha t so le A M- mode bandwidt h comes ac ross as being rath er wide beca use of its broad skirt se lec tiv ity. However,
th e rece ive r co ntains a narrower filter , or iginall y de si gn ed for use for rece ptio n of sing lesideband sig na ls. and it is this whic h a llows
for an improvement.
Greg ' s suggested modifi ca tion does not
al low bot h fi lter s 10 be se lec ted for Alvl-mode
reception. Ho wever, it do es the next-best th ing:
It subs titutes the narrower ti lte r for the wider
filter for AM -mode receptio n. G reg fee ls that
the mod ificati on also pro vide s the narrower
filter with superio r skirt se lec tivity by casc ading it with the no w-do rm ant " wide" filter.
Not having per form ed a nd tested this modi ficati o n ourselves. we ca n't vouch fo r the
result. But as a sim ple remo val of on e diod e ,
it appears to be re fres hingly stra ightfor ward
and essentially reversible. T his makes it m ight y
te mpti ng as a q uick fix. Her e are G reg' s
inst ruc tion s:

Questio ns? Gr eg may be reach ed at gregmaj ewsk i@postoflicc,wo rldnet.att.net, or

at 1176 Ro ute 163, Oakdale, CT 06370 .
Our tha nk s to Greg Maj ewsk i for shari ng
his find ings !

This eq uipment review is performed indepen denttv by Lawrence Magne and his colleag ues
in accordance with the policies lind procedures
oflnte rnational Broadcasting Services, Ltd. It is
comple tely independent ofthe policies and pro cedures of Grove Enterprises. Lnc.,its ad vertisers am! affilia ted organizations.

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I. Remove the four sc rew s o n the side s just

behind the fro nt pane l.

.2. Re mo ve the bo tto m cove r by first slid ing it

ba ck an inc h, then liftin g it off.
3. Rem ove the top cove r back about ha lf an
inc h, then up and ba ck unt il yo u can see the
speaker co nnec tio n at soc ket SK7. Lift the
spe aker plug direc tly up fro m the soc ke t,
then remov e the cover co mplete ly.
4. Loc ate di od e 0 2, as printed o n th e c irc uit
board , and wi th small wire c utte rs c ut the
end of the di od e thaI is cl ose r to the fro nt
panel. Bend the co nnec ted diode lead so
the diod e is up fro m the board and is no t
sho rt ing to any oth er co m ponents. A lso,
make sure that the connec ted piece of the
cut lead is not sho rte d to the c ircuit ho ard
grou nd which is arou nd it.
5. Re assem ble the co vers and e nj oy !
R AD IO DATABA SE I NT E R NA TIO NAL W HITE PAPER " repo rts co nlain virtua lly every thing fo und dur ing
ex hau stive tests of premiu m sho rtwave
receiv ers and o utdo or antennas. For a
comp lete list, please send a self-addresse d
stamped enve lope to RD I While Papers,
Box 300M, Pen n' s Park PA 18943 USA ;
or go to www .passpo rt.co m.
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COMPUTERS &RADIO
RADIO-RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

John Catalan o, PhD

[email protected]

Coast-To-Coast with the ICOM IC-PCR 1000

For a ll the field mo nitori ng I used the sma ll

telescop ing wh ip antenna prov ided with the
unit and an IBM 70 lC Th inkpad .
Please bea r in mind that any revie w is
sim ply one pe rson's opinion, e ve n if it is
back ed up with me asurements. I c ringe when
I read se lf-appointed "experts" pontifi cating
on this o r the othe r. (Yo u've heard the de finition of an ex pe rt, haven 't yo u? " Ex" is a hasbeen and a "s pe rt' is a drip und er pre ssure .) So
thi s is sim ply one person ' s opinions and observations.

My first co ncl usion was that

th e IC-PCR I 00 0 was bein g
swa mped by signa ls ge ne rated
from neighboring roo ms ' televi sions. So I sto pped the listening
sess ion. Wi th the help of a wakeup call from the front de sk I was
back at it at 4:00 a.m. On ly the
die hard ins omniacs and crazy
SWLers would be up at this time .
Surpri singly . the HF results
were not much better. The V HF
airport freq uencies came in qui te
good , as did a few police an d fire
in the VHF ra nge. But the airport
wa s a lmost visible out my hote l
w indow . It was was almost impo ssi ble to use the search feature
in the VHF band du e to the number of strong dead -air sig nals e nco untered.
In the 162 MH z band I was able to hear the
loc al NOAA station which wa s less tha n 6
miles away . In freq uencies abo ve 220 M Hz it
see med that these interferi ng signals decreased
greatly in strength and number. In fac t, in the
search mode the IC- Pe R I000 found the milita ry a irpo rt infonnation station (AT IS) in the
200 -300 MHz band . After abo ut three hours
of mo nitoring I headed to my business appointment, disappointed with my mo nito ring
effort s and tired .

Hitting the Trail

A Paltern Develops In Vegas

T he fi rst stop was a hotel in we stern Yermo nt, almost within sight of an airport. T o
stan , I tuned to the 6 MH z utility ban d where
I was mel with a cacophony of buzzes and
whistles. Using the IC-PC R 1000 ' s spec tru m
scope I could see that they oc c urred at regul ar
inter val s throughout the lower pan o f the HF
spectru m ! Re positi onin g the ante nna did not
brin g any better result s. " No t a good stan ," I
though t to myself.
Tun ing around HF brough t the same results to grea ter and lesser degrees. The time
a nno unce me nts by WWV were now he re to
be heard on any frequency . The ham ba nd s
could not be liste ned to witho ut heavy inte rfere nce . On ly high po wer stations such as
BS C and Radi o Ne the rlands were listen able.

Th at e ve ning I we nt th rou gh the who le

procedure aga in, with the same resu lts. "So
much for Vennont mon itoring!" I thou ght as
I boarded a plane for La s Vegas, It was about
I:30 a.m . whe n I e ntered my room in Las
Vegas and went straig ht to the IC-PCR 1000
(yo u can tell I have no usc for gambling).
"Now we 'll see what this bab y ca n do: ' I
thought to my jet-lagged self.
To my great disappointment, the Vermon t
resu lts repe ated themselv es: almost usele ss
on HF ex ce pt for the pow erh ouse sta tio ns,
okay on low VHF, and be tter results at 200
MHz and above. Althoug h VHF was usable,
the number of stations d id not come close to
the number hear d on my handheld scan ne r
using a sho rt rubber du ck antenna .

opefully. in yo ur part of the wor ld.

yo u are enjoy ing the re fre shing
we ather tha t comes with equinox
seas ons by taking monit oring J ay trips. But.
will you be enjoyin g the mo nitori ng if you
bring alon g an ICOM IC-PCR 1000. " blackbox" PC receiver that we looked at last time'!
We ll. I've trudged throu gh the last few week s
with thc IC-Pe R lOoo and an IBM ThinkPad
at my side to bring you this co lumn . The pair
a nd I have travelled coa st-to-coast with lots of
sto ps: So what is my opinion ? Okay, yo u
asked for it.

An ICPCRI 000 Refresher

Last time we looked at this very uniqu e.
wide ba nd (0.0 I to 1300 MHz) receiver from
te OM. which is totall y co nt ro lled by a co mputer via a serial port cable. With the exceptio n of an onlo ff switc h. allcontro ls are via the
computer sc ree n.
As we sa id last time. this is a surprising ly
co mpac t unit measuri ng a pprox ima te ly 8 inch
x 5 inch x 1.2 inch thick . A se rial ca ble, two
104M floppy disks, a po wer c ube, wh ip a ntenn a, and a thin 12-page ins truc tion pamphlet complete thecuntents ofth e IC-PeR I000
pack age. Check last mon th's "Co mputers &
Radi o" colu mn for full co mputer requiremen ts, insta llation and so ftware control options.
Th e fact that it is totally self-co ntained and
not a plu g-in ex pansio n card allows it to be
used with a lapt op/not ebook co m puter , thu s
giv ing the use r more port able freedo m. However, keep in mind that the IC-PC R I000 still
req uires power from ei ther its plug-i n supply,
or 13.7 volts prov ided by a nothe r source.
Th erefore. it is no tu s portable as the notebook
com puter itse lf with its interna l power supply.
As we discu ssed last time. the software
allows the IC-PCR WOO to be co ntro lled in
three different ways. With my ICO M R-7 1
history. I felt most comfortable with the "comm unicatio ns rece ive r" scree n. and used it for
my treks . I did co nsider using the "rack
mou nted " co mpone nt scree n, but found that
a ll four compone nts wo uld not fit on my
noteboo k com puter screen at the sa me time,
requ irin g lots of draggin g and minimi zing to
rea ch a ll functions.

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 Another Town: Another Try

O ve r the nex t few weeks I repeated the

monitoring procedure in San Francisco. New

York City suburbs . a nd Boston . Th e results.
although with some slightly bett er HF reception. were the same . At each oft hese location s

I removed the antenna to make sure the interferin g "signals" were not internally gen erated
by the IC-PCRI OOO' s di gital circuitry. The

recurring. interferin g signals disappeared

when the antenna wa s rem o ved . indic at ing
thauhey were not interna ldi gital circ uit noise.
Aft er my hect ic trav el sc hedule I retreated
to the "qui et" mountains of New Hampshire
a nd tried the sam e monitoring procedures
wit h the IC-PC R I000. Th e HF spec trum sti ll
had pock ets of inte rferin g signals. Howe ver.
there were so me freque ncies tha t we re inter terence-free and allowed normal SWUng.
These find ing s confirmed my suspicions . But
now the VHF and above was dead ! No NOAA
wea the r. loc al police or airc raft. On ly high
powe red paging signa ls were vis ible on the
spectrum scope. \Vhat was going on?!

processor-co ntrolled security sys tems a nd

co mpute r systems eve ryw here. a sho rt ind oor
ante nna is inviting strong dig italsignal pickup.

Do J Uk e It?
The HF Fix
Limiting the strength of inp ut signa ls may
ha ve been ICO M' s rea son for a short ind oor
an ten na. but what' s contro lling th is radio? ....
You go t it. a co mpute r.
Switching betwee n an outdoo r coaxially fed tun ed d ipo le a nd the supplied whip mad e
a differe nce . Th e co mp uter -gene rated noise
was way, way down . Welc ome back . sho rtwave! I liste ned to ham s on 3.89 MH z sideband . RTTY signals around 6.95 M Hz came
thro ugh pe rfec tly. The IC- PC R I000 became
a trul y listen ab le HF rece ive r.
Som e pockets of interfe ring "signal-nests"
still ex isted , mak ing listening diffi cult on that
band. The twe nty meter ha m ba nd is one
ex am ple. But. in ge nera l, attached to a tu ned
coaxially fed a nte nna, the IC-PC R 1000 is a
pleasu re to use ...on HF. But the signals abo ve
108 MH z were now he re to be found using the
HF tuned dipole.

You Can Have Too Much

Perh ap s the IC-PCRlooo is ju st too hot
(sen sitiv e ) for its own goo d in the HF spectrum .Th e fam ou s uno ubiquitous Radi o Shac k
Pro-200 X line of scanners were wise ly designed by Tandy to beon the low side of signal
inp ut sens itivity.
Wh y would a company de sig n a radio wit h
less sensltivuyj w elt. the answer runscounter
to our " more-is-better" society. In a radio
rece iver. the introd uct ion of strong input signal s ca n caus e internally ge ne ra ted secondary
sig nals. A major ca use o f these unwan ted
sig nals is the result of multiple mi xi ng product s. The strong input sig nal can no t be easil y
"ha ndled" by the mixer/co nverter and filter
c ircuitry .
Th e result is "gh ost" signa ls. usu ally with
ve ry low , or no mod ulation . I f these are strong
e nough they ca n ca use addi tional spuriou s
signals. Th en the rece iver is totally usele ss .
Sound famili ar?
High end mi litary rad ios are care fully designed to elimina te the se spurious signa ls. It
is these ci rcu its and the associ ated filter ci rcu its which defin e high -qua lity radios.
Ta ndy knew that their scanners wou ld
mostly be used in the high signal environme nts ofc ities. T hey adju sted their sens itivity
down acc ordi ngly to minim ize wha t a re ca lled
spurio us and intennods. The ic-rcn I000
see ms 10 have proble ms in a high HF s igna l
e nviro nment. Th is co uld be the reason that a
sho rt whip ante nna was pro vided with the
rad io . But with T V local osc illators . micro-

as sharp as those in my ICOM R-7 1. T his is

not so much a gripe as an ohser vati on .

VHF, Where Are You?

Rem ember that this last monitoring was
taking place in the sparse ly populated moun tain s. Her e VHF signa ls are ne ithe r strong nor
plentiful. However, my PRO-2006. using its
radio-m ounted whi p. was pull ing in one 162
MHz NOAA station. The IC- PCR 100 0. with
its whip, heard not hing . T he empirical co ncl usion was that the se nsitivity of the ICPCR I000 was very high in the HF range and
low in the VHFIU HF range; at Icast lowe r
than m y PRO -2006.
Attachin g my discone to the IC-PC R l ooo
brou ght fou r 162 M Hz NOAA stations roaring in. Two meters was alive and commercia l
a ircraft was heard . Life was good again.

My Gripes

r still find the scanning method ology and

frequen cy storage and retrieval a wkward a nd
hard to usc.
The VHF sensitivity co uld use a boost.
The spe ctrum scope is a great feat ure .
Howe ve r it is limited to +/- 200 kHz. whic h
mak es it of limited use above HF.
T he need 10 stop the scope function when
monitoring sing le side band (SSB ) is very
inco nven ient.
Two anten na inp uts should be provided :
one for HF a nd the othe r for higher frequ en cies.
Last on my " wish it were bcttc r'T ist are ICPCR 1000 ' s filters , Alth ough ther e are a good
number of them (four). they don 't appea rto be

Yes. but it' s no R-71. Howev er. the: need

for outdoor antennas for serious monit or ing
doe s nu t make the IC-PCRI OOO the freel y
roaming receiver I thou ght it wo uld be. How eve r. if the user docs nut expe ct 10 0 much . (he:
IC-PCR 1000 dues a very good j ob for S500.
For thc price you ge t a wide band sca nne r. a
medium quality shortwave recei ver, total corn purer control. and sim ple/e asy externa l installat ion on any 4 R6Wentium co mputer. Thats a
lot.
Finally, with the e xce ptions previ ou sly
noted. the softw are is visually pleasing. vc ry
useful a nd ea sy to usc.
Th e ICO M IC-P CR I000 is avai lable from
Grove and othe r ICO M di stribu tors listed on
ICO M ' s webs ite ut:
http://www.i coll ull11 crica.com/.

Face-Off
How docs it stac k up ag ains t its com petilion , Win Rad io' s W R IOOOiPC card receiver?
Good question . and one I ha ve been work ing
on for a while. But that ' s for ne xt tim e.

DaviS InStruments has a complete line or weather stations

afforoable enough lor home and hobby use. Coonect the
station to packet radio usmg snareware program avaitable on
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NEWS AND VIEWS FROM OUR READERS

Hi, Telhs!
Our cover story and John Catalano ' s repo rts on the computer show (COM DEX; see
Feb issue) a nd the consumer electronics show
(CES ) have thrown a momentary spotlight on
technology and how we do thi ngs today .
Certainly co mputers have had a phe nom-

coal impact on the way we listen to radios.The

scan ner and sho rtwa ve listener has never had
such an array of choices in software co ntrol.
aut o log ging. audio recordi ng and playback.
and importing and export ing of da ta.
Th en there are the developments in "so ftware" radios Ih.H operate out of your com puter. such as the WiNRA DiOand PCR 1000 .
And finally . the re are the e- ma il hobby-related ne ws groups whe re inform ation is disse minated and exchanged in a matter o fh ours.
We appl aud all these devel opme nts, but
they do im pac t the role of the print med ia (as
cl ubs devoted to the hob by know all too wel l).
Puhlications have not been replaced, but they
now must ad dre ss bo th those who are " COIll put eri zed" and those who are not. And meanw hile (as yo u arc tired of hearing), costs keep
goi ng up, a nd second-class posta ge has rise n
ye t aga in.
Moni toring Times has chose n to offset the
cos ts by cutting its page co unt slig htly. We
know that fai thf ul foll owers of the co lumns
that have had to sacri fice will find these cu ts
upsetting, The solution is sim ple. though not
necessari ly ea sy: hel p us restore su bscripti on s
and adverti sing to pre vio us lev els, and we ' ll
he de ligh ted to restore the page s!
How can you do tha t? Pro selytize abou t
radi o to the ki nd of folk s who are inte rested in
worl d eve nts or in loca l community politics:
e ven call in prospecti ve names and address es
to rece ive a sample iss ue,
Ifyour loc al ncw ssta nd doesn' t curry Montloring Times, ask them why . Te ll them to ca ll
800-4 38-8 155 and ask Cor Kelly or Ju dy. We
will be happy to sell MT to them directly or to
provide the names of our distributors .
[f you have a favorite rad io product. te ll the
company how deli ghted you are with their
merc ha ndise and they nee d to ad verti se in
Monitoring Times to make it av ailable to oth er
hobb yists.
And lastly. keep on doi ng the wo nderful
work you have been by se nding in new sclips.
feedback, e mai l and information toMT headquarters and the writing staff. You are our best
resour ce, and e ve n though all the ma teria l that

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comes in may not mak e it into print, your new s

keeps us abreast of the big pict ure and ne ve r
goe s to waste .
Now off my soapbox and on to your letters!

Construdion Column
" In the Dec iss ue yo u indicate an arnbivalence of co ntinuing recently dec ea sed Doug
DeM aw ' s co lum n. I am alarmed about thi s
and con sider it an important feature of MT,
o ne I alw ays read and look forwa rd to read ing .
I urge you to find his replacemen t for us
tec hnica lly minded readers.
"My curren t intere sts are on the technica l
aspec ts of e lec tro nic comm un ication s, that
c urre ntly being in the MW area . Howe ver ,
DeMaws recent VHF artic le on 6 me ters has
me wa nting to bui ld the convenor it describes
using a n Ie. I am e nco uraged by the up swin g
in sunspo ts an d VH F activ ity .
" Over the yea rs (in QST also ) DeM aw had
a gifted way of describin g elect roni cs. That is
go ne from us now; hopefully his trad ition wi ll
co ntinue in MT,"
- Peter Rarick, Sycamore. Illinois
Doug DcMaw was the best and is irreplaceabl e. Howe ver, to part ially ti ll the vo id.
Rich Arland 's " KIS Radio" co lum n will be
incr easing from qu arterl y to bi-m onthly. alternati ng with "PCS Fro ntline." 1 e nco urag e
all would-be e xperimen ters , or those wit h
co mmon eq uip me nt pro ble ms, to contact Rich
a nd give him your feedback a nd suggestions
of topics that you wo uld fin d hel pful, Send
m a il to MT he ad qu a rt e rs o r e m a il
k7sz@j ullo.com - ed

Nigerian Update
Hans Joh nson has a few updates to his
February arti cle on Nigerian c1andestine s,
which arri ved afte r the issue went to press.
Voic e ofFre e Nig eria isnow on I 1645kH z
at 1900-2000 UTC Sat. Thei r new web address is < h tt p :// ww w.F r ee N i2e r ia ,o r g>
Email address is [email protected]
Rad io Nadeco is also on 15685 204 5-2100
Mon -Fr i in add ition to the 0600 broadcast.

At Least Mention Tesla

" I was reading the Nov ' Beginners Co rne r'
and saw that myth # 1 was ' Marco ni inve nted
radio.' I thought that maybe Nikola Tesla

Com iled b Rachel Bou hn, Editor

wou ld fin ally ge t some ofthe cred it he rightly

de served . However, he was not eve n men tion ed in the whole article ! T he fac t is that on
June 2 1. 1943. the U.S. Su pre me Court reve rsed a n initial ruling to ru le that Te sla had
ant icip ated all other conte nders with his fundamental radi o patent s. Unfortunately. mo st
publicatio ns still cit e Marc oni as the main
inv ent or of radio.
'" thi nk the reason that Tcsla is not giv en
very much cre d it is that he never publicly
demonstr ated his patent s. Howe ver. Marconi
did - usin g man y o f Tcslu ' s pate nts (and
so me of his own, too )."

- Aaroll Mitchel !

Bethany Towers Dismantled

"M y trips to East La nsing from Le xington
involves 1-75 and take me pas t the T ylers ville
Road ex it. Of co urse, I ha ve to give a gand er
at Powc l Crosley 's sho rt w a ve a nte nnae
(W LW-O) . and med ium wave (W LW) one
down the road . So. I wa s shocked to see no le ft
towe r, the cente r one on its side . and the rig ht
on e (nea res t T ylersville Road ) still sta nding.
Th e rhombi cs nearest' -75 were go ne bu t one
could sti ll sec the ones on the cast side of the
lot. (Please keep in mind, I was trying to pay
attentio n to my dri ving on 24 Dec so I couldn' t
observe more closely tha n I did .)
" T his pro mpts me to ask: Bet we e n
Sc henectady and Alban y a lung 1-90 is the hill
where General Electric bui lt the tra nsmitters
Cor WGY , WG FM. W RGB (1939 air date,
ve ry early for te levi sio n). and WG EA . Is
\VG EA stil l standing? It was in 1972 \.... hen I
drove past it last."
- Timothy Kurylo,
Kentu cky Division of Water
According to a report in the Cleveland
Pla in Dealer . the two towers at Bethany we re
toppl ed Dec 2; the third is 10 be demolished
late r. Th e statio n was closed in 1994 when the
VOA station co nso lida ted its broad casting
e fforts. Last October the General Services
Ad min istration recomm ended the site be used
for a puhlic go lf cou rse, recr eation area, a nd
lea rning ce nter. leaving a port ion to be so ld for
ligh t indu str y.
W he n Cro sley Broadcasting Corp. of Ci nc inna ti origina lly built the Bethany relay station in 1944 it had 24 shortwa ve anten nas and
six transmitt ers. Co lum nist Doug Smith ob served thai " Before WW 2, there was no VOA,

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but several priv ate broadcaster s had sho rtwave operatio ns. ... It loo ks like Bethany wa s
the on ly one to survive the government tak eove r of U.S . S\ V broadcasting duri ng the
wa r." - ed.

m aeazinc.co mm unica tio ns relat ed or no t. Thi s

sh o~ l d be required readin g by every citize n
wh o reads a new spaper. o r watches te levi sion.
or ev en listen s to a rad io. Bravo ! Thank you .'

Ham Club Dullsville

To Jacques d 'Avignan: ..( wou ld like to

compli me nt you for yo ur tine mo nthly arti cle
[" Pro pagutio n Conditions" ! in M onitor ing
Times. Having been a ham radio operator for
o ver 30 yea rs l' ve seen a co uple of so lar cy cles
come und go a nd have a rea l a pprec iatio n fo r
acc urate prop agation predi ction . "

We applaud Scott Sm ith . who as progra m

cha irman of his ham radio c lub, asked wha t
activ itie s he co uld try "to add some life to o ur
dull meet ings?" Bob Grove se nt thi s rep ly.
wo rth sharing.
" It is difficult to stimu late peop le who j ust
do n't wan t to be stimu lated . Bu t he re are a few
ideas:
Contact th c schools to see if they wo uld
enjoy a demo nstration on ham radio. then
fo llow up with offers to do classes to help
kid s get the ir ham ticket s.
Offer yo ur loc al community co llege to do
ham radio classes for lice nse preparation.
Contact yo ur local public sa fety organizations (police. sheriff. resc ue. etc .) and offer
to provi de a n eme rgency comm uni cat ion s
team.
Put on ham radio demo nst ration s at fairs.
ma lls. church events. and oth er publi c
places, giving o ut literature fro m the ARRL
o n ham radio and in vitin g intere sted spectato rs to co me to meetings .
Part ici pate in and pub licize fie ld day .
Se t up fox hu nts (hidd en tran smi tter s ).
Arrange speake rs fro m area tech nical bus inesse s and inst itutions on interesting subjects.
Start an interfere nce committee to he lp
resolve e lectri cal noise problems for mem bers and area resi den ts.
Contact the ARRL membership committee for sugges tions as wcl l.
Arra nge j oint meet ings or eve nts wit h area
sca nner cl ubs. CB cl ubs o r RE ACT teams.
or SW L organizations ; thc libraries o r loca l Radio Shac k stores may help locate
these.
" I hop e the se hel p. Go od luck !" - Bob
\V8JHD

Compliments
\Vc a lway s enjoy getting co m plime nts fro m
o ur readers . This month I thought I would
sha re j ust a few of th em wi th the re st of you !
" I wis h to complime nt you and Monitorin g
Times for the art icle en titled ' Real \Vorld
Radi o' by Robert Felt o n. Jan 98 issue .
"This is o ne of th e best an d most relevan t
no ntechnologieal art icles I ha ve read in any

- Terry Lones. Plankinton, SD

- From (/ W('.w Coast ham

To Jock Elliott: " Read yo ur g reat FRS
article in Monitoring Times. Keep up the
gre at wor k !
" Inste ad of the ' Next CB .' I could see FRS
as a great in trod uctio n for sco uts and students
to ham radio UHF operations! Ham radio doc s
have its nearby 446 M Hz 70cm allocation s and stude nts who work 500m\V Fl\'l DXac ros s
to wn might ju st be e nco urage d to take the
simple Te ch nician te st. and work so me 446
MHl FM DX!"
- Bob Homuth, Pluseniz; AZ
To Skip Are)': I re ally e nj oy yo ur co lumn

I'Bcginnct' s Come r"] in Monitori ng Times.

In vour Ju ne 1997 co lu mn . yo u talked about
buildi ng ~I rece iver and transmitter from the
1974 ARRL ' Ho w to Become a n A mate ur
Radio Ope rator." My first homcbrew project
was a ' Germy receiver from the 1968 version
of this book . I firs t attempted to build it in
1973. but d ue to a lack of inspiration and no
E imer s for a 3000 mi le radius. it didn't ge t
fin ished .
" I found acopyofthe 1968 edition in Great
Bend. Kansas. in 1995. I fin ally built the
receiver in the spring of 1996 and never had a
bet ter feel ing o f accompl ishmen t.

- Rick Larkin KAOOXN

Alpha Delta

89

An~que Radio Classi~ed

31

Arcran Zeit

65

Arlan~c Ham Radio

69

Aus~n

Antenna

Bandercam

29

Barry Electronics

79

Kevin Carey

66

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Communications Electronics............ 25
t.

Computer Aided Technologies

Why wait for the ARRL? How abo ut it.

read ers '! Let 's giv e o ur techni ca lly- incli ned
friend s like Peter Barick a nd Ric k Larki n
so me construction project s usi ng today ' s
modern co mponents.
AfT read ers like to he ar what o the r readers
ha ve to s..IY. Se nd in yollr say to Rachel Baughn.
Ed itor. P.O . Box 98, Brasstow n. NC 2890 2 or
emai l ul/( [email protected]"

82, 83

Davis Instruments

91

Delta Research

29

OX Ccmputinq

53

Future Scanning Systems

79 ~

Glenn Hauser

35

Grove Enterprises

15,27,59, 69,94

plus special 16-page Buyer's Guicle

Cover III

ICOM

: 59

Jacques d'Avignon
KIWA Electronics

)1,

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65,
59

Klingenfvss
Len tini Communications

LP Communiecfiora

73

Monitoring Times

94

Motron Electronics

63
Cover II, IV

OptaElectronics
Pa loma r Engineering

75

PW Publishing

59

Radiomap

8~

R.C. Distribu~ng

65

Relm Communications
Skip repli ed,"I keep getting after my friend s
at ARR L HQ to co me up w ith a modem
equivalent co mp lete w ith projec t c ircui ts.
T he re are plenty of great ide as for this so I
don ' t in tend to let the m off the hoo k."

29

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R.D.!. White Papers

89

Satellite Times

94 "

Scanner Moster

69

Sherwood Engineering

63

Skyvision

77

Stridsberg Engineering

73

Universal Radio

77

Viking lntemclicnc l

WiNRADIO

81

WSYI

70

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By Bob Grove.
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Internuts
A recent e xample of Intern et irrespon sibili ty leads to th is
mo nth' s topic. There is present ly a widely- circ ulated-s-and

totally erroneous-c-e-mail spam concerning a Federal Communications Commission (FCC ) proposal to allow telephone companies to ass ess Intern et se rvice prov iders (ISPs )

permanent access charges.

The fact of the maner is that, while the FCC did request
public co mme nt on such a proposal more than a year ago. the
Commission den ied the tcl cos' pro posal and is not reco nside ring . The proposal and its defeat were wide ly pub licized
last year. but seems to have been forgotten by the excitable
Intern et deni zens.Th e c urrent hoax is compounded by the
fact that the reply dat e o n the bog us release has been cha nged
from the legitim ate or igina l (Fe bruary 1997) to a fi ctitious

one (February 1998).

Until rece ntly. a similar hoax was resurr ect ed e very few
years by fund amental ist groups ass e rting tha t the lat e
Mad eline Murray O 'Ha re, noted athei st. was trying to tak e
reli giou s broadca sters off the air. No such petit ion was ever
requ ested by 0 ' Hare ; she mer ely suggested a morat orium on
the concerted takeover o f the 88. 1-9 1.9 MH z FM spec tru m
by we ll-hee led reli giou s bro adcasters and sharing the spectrum with lesser-funded ed ucati onal institut ions as origi-

nally intended by the FCC.

So how do such "urban myths" and out right fab ricatio ns
ge t started ? O fte n it is merel y a misun de rstand ing, passed on
from inflam ed report e r to gu llible recipien t. Remember
when yo u played telephone? How close was the final message to the or iginal after it got whispered a ha lf dozen times
along the line?
But there are ot her. mor e insidi ous. forces at wo rk here as
well. Not all of us are motivated by truth . integ rity. and fai r
play. Because o f so me of life' s c ruelties, or e ven genetic
predi spo sition . there is a significant number of indi vidu als
who feci the need to abuse. confound. co ntrol. or misinform.
Th ey do it 10 thei r familes. to their ass ociates a nd. if they
hap pen to ha ve a com pute r. to the Intern et.

To Regulate and How?

Considerable controve rsy revolves around Internet regu latio n. Th e iss ues arc various: Th e tele pho ne co mpanies
wan t to doubl e-charge for the line toll s plus the tim e; the
rig hteo us right wa nts to tell us wh at we ca n a nd ca nnot say

or show; law e nforce me nt wa nts access 10 all encryption ;

profit eers wa nt to spam everyone w ith pro mo tional advert ising: the list goes on a nd on.
Ce rtai nly. the Net is a surging beh emoth , virt ually uncon trolled . and som e wo uld say uncont roll able. Th is im medi ately arou ses suspicion and fea r in the minds of some. and
sugg es ts a path of unl imi ted opport unity for others. It is a
deli ca te ba lancin g ac t a mon g free ex press ion. marketin g.
and e xploitation. Abu ses are common .
Few of us would qu estion that. whil e the vast majorit y o f
the Web goe s fro m harmless to en orm ou sly useful, there arc
sites on the Web that are patently vulgar and offensive to the
vas t m aj orit y of vis ito rs. So me of it is p ruri e n l
(vsex plol tation"). others racia lly or ethnica lly outrageou s.
Sho uld they be ba nned , or is it their inalien able , Co nsritution ally guara nteed right of self expressio n'!
Not all of us rea c t identically tothe sume stimuli: what one
person find s offensive, a nothe r might find ironically hu morous. and yet another stimulating or satis fying; yet on e more
cou ld be driven to a mi-soc ia l behavio r. It is ea sy to say .
" Don' t look at it: ' hut that simplistic answe r hasn 't wor ked
for the print med ia or TV programs. Ju st who shou ldn' t look
at it'! Minors? Baptists? Sadis ts? Sex o ffenders? Women ?
Everyone?
A ll forms of publ ic communications are regulated (0
so me degree. Whil e I personally object 10 outside intru sion
into and regulation o f my lifc- and YOllfs- 1am pragmatic.
I kno w that as soon as two people start ta lking, they discover
that their philosophies o n life and perspe cti ves on relat ionships are n' t ident ical. Not by a long sho t. And the mo re
people you talk wi th. the more varied the att itudes you will
find .
But who is goi ng to make the deci sion as to what is right
a nd wha t is wron g, what is allowable a nd what is not ? You'!
Me ?The Rig hteou s Right? T he Libert ine Left ? \Vhe rc is the
midd le grou nd? With such a com plex issue. can there even
he a midd le ground?
Wouldn 't it be a wo nderful world if e veryone had sel f
contro l, if the Go lden Rule we re invoked in e very tra nsactio n'! But the facts of history tell us differently. Th is is bo th
an exciting and frightening time in tel ecommunicati on s. Th e
info rma tio n supe rhighway is pav ed w ith acce lerating opportunity. but watch out for those spe ed bumps!

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