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CONTENTS
By Hans Johnson
The largest private shortwave station in the
United States. WYFR , is ce lebrating its 25th year
of broadcasting, but the station's prior history goes
back several incarnations-as experimental station WIX AL; World Radio University for the
Listener (WRUL), which was taken over by the ..
US government durin g WWII ; and as commercial
station WNYW.
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By Dan Veeneman
Cryptograph y is the science of secure communications in the
presence of adversaries, and it can be as simple or as complicated
as you want to make it. The author walks you through a simple, but
very effective example. Encryption is also a very hot issue for
Cover Story
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By Jesse Finkelstein
"Project Greek Island" is a relic of the Co ld
War - a giant com plex hidden underneath the
five-star Greenbri er Resort and intended to house
the entire U.S. Co ngress in the event of a nuclear
war. Legislation is pending to tum it into a casino.
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Kerschner is smitten with the Kenwood VC-Hl
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FreeTalk FRS radios great for beginners (p.7 1).
Donnell gives the Radio Max scanner control
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Catalano does the hardware conn ections to test the new,
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COMMUNICATIONS
What Privacy?
We've received numero us cl ipp ings from
ne wspapers and magazines th at refute the notion that our lives ar e priva te. O ur e-m ail. com pu ters. pho nes. ba throoms. dressi ng rooms, and
even the com pany wat er cooler may he bu gged .
videotaped, viewe d or tap e recor ded . Computer
files and e- mail you tho ught you de leted ca n be
recreated. A nd we all know about the vulner ab ility o f cor d less and ce llular phon es.
As surve illance equipme nt ge ts sma ller and
more affordable (an d our soc iety gets more
litigiou s" ) mor e and more or d ina ry peopl e are
spy ing o n ea c h ot her. We have met Big Brother
... and he is us!
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Odobe, 1998
October 4: Queens, NY
Hall of Science ARC hamfesr at the NY Hall
of Sc ience parki ng lot. Fl ushing Meadow
Corolla Park. 47- 0 1 11Ith St. Talk-ill444.200
PL 136 .5. Ad miss ion by don ati on , 9 am. Info
(eve nings) Stephe n G reenba um WB 2KDG
(7 18) 898-5599, IVB2KDG @bigfoot.com
CLUB NEWS:
New Club - Inland NorthWes t Ra di o Activity Networ k is a mo nitori ng gro up w ith an
interest in most communicat ions systems in
the W A. ID, O R area. The re is no cost; all yo u
need is an E-ma il box and to be a resident of
one of the three states listed . Send you r e nquiry to i.n.w.r.a.n tirj uno.com
wanted (0 expose sec urity flaws 10 force co mpanies to bett er protec t data and privacy. Page Ne t
said new secu rity measures wo uld be in place by
the end o f th is year.
Sec urit y against hackers was of ver y high
co ncern during the President ' s recen t testimo ny
to the G ra nd Ju ry. according to a CNN story.
Even though no part of the s ignal was tra nsmitted by wirele ss means. the pict ure bei ng show n
the jury co uld he vulnerable unless shielded.
Rad iation fro m a T V or monitor scree n is vulncra blc to the "Tempest re ceiv er." which ca ll he
bought or buil t using information off the Internet.
T hen there arc the hackers that boasted to a
Se nate committee tha t they could cripp le the
Internet in a half-ho ur. In the o pinion o f Se nator
Jo hn G lenn. " ' n some ways it' s a w ho le new
way of ma king warfare. I don 't thi nk tha t ove rs tates it o ne hit."
COMMUNICATIONS
Hacking with the NSA
Tracking Tripp
Monicu Lewinskys friend, Lind a T ri pp. was
Neighborhood Tormenter
Sentenced
In Virginia Beach. Virg inia. John A. Halstead.
Jr. was co nvic ted of 21 offenses and sent ence d
to 40 mont hs in jai l for invadi ng the private
phones and lives of his neigh bo rs.
Usi ng a sc anne r, Halstead intercep ted ce llular and co rd less phon e calls, deciphered thei r
touch ton e sec urity co des. and map ped out the
neigh bo rhood. For two years he co ntro lled the
te lephones and answer ing machines and d isrup ted the lives of the ne ighborhood with
harrassing. sometimes po rnographic , and so metimes threaten ing messages and co nstant ly ringing pho nes. He gai ned such expe rtise that , had
he no t bra gged about his ex p lo its. he migh t
never have be en caug ht. acc ording to the pro sec utor.
It was a s ituatio n th at had no sen tenc ing
guidel ines, said Ci rcu it J udge Frederick Lo we.
A psychologi st testified that Halstead (w ho in
the fina l mont hs before he was ca ught rarely left
his bedr oom ) suffered fro m a sc hizo id-type
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MONITORING TIMES
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Am aleur radio
operators practice
packet comms
dur ing Fie ld Day
ill Carey, NC.
(Pho to by Harry
Ba ug hn)
Digita l Selective Calling (DSC) is a variation of the S ITOR-B mode, bu t it uses a spec ial
set of 127 sy mbols in addition to a IO-bit error
co rrection code. DSC signals are short, usually
lasting about 6-7 seconds. Thi s system is used
to establi sh initial contact betwee n sh ips and
shore stations. The se DSC tran smi ssio n arc
part of a bigger system known as the g lobal
mar iti me d istre ss and safety sys tem (G M DSS).
For more information on GMDSS . sec the story
Safetya t Sell Goes Hi-Tech by Jo n Van All en in
the Au gust 1995 issue of Monitoring Times.
The fo llo win g f re q ue nc ie s utilize the
G MDSS/DSC mode:
Coastllnter s hip : 2 177 kHz
Distr ess and Safety: 2 187.5 . 4207.5 .
63 12.84 14.5. 12577 and 16804 .5 kHz
S h ip St ation s ' 2 189 .5 . 4208 -4209.
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CoaSial Stat ions: 42 19.5-422 0.5 . 633 16 332, 8436.5 -8437 .5 , 12657- 1265 8.
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letters "A" and "B " wo uld be sent simultaneously for I second. follo wed . afte r a pa use of
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An Uneasy Beginning
Freed ut last from go ve rnment service,
WR UL attem pted to become a Irue co mme rcia l stution. !n an attem pt to increase listeners.
WRUL mad e a rrangements with R. L. Dra ke
to have a simple-to-operate sho rtwa ve receiver bui lt. IVRUL became IVNYIV. Radi o
New York Wor ldwide, in 1966 as part of the
promotio n of its commercia l image.
The station fai led to draw listeners and
ult im ate ly so ld the sta tio n to WYFR in 1 9 7 3 :~
One of the thin gs that killed WNYW was
fire. Not one fire. but several fires due to
se ve ral causes. There was plenty of wood
around. both in the build ing and outside. The
open-w ire transmission line s arced because of
a marg inal design - and also from vanda lism
by loc als who were upse t about interfe rence
on their T V sets and threw bits of metal into
the lines 10 ca use a rci ng.
T he worst fire in 1967 dest royed all four of
th e s ta rio n '.s trans mitt ers a nd ca use d
$ 1.000 ,000 do llars in dam age. A nother large
lire in 1972 was the final nair in WNYW ' s
coffi n. They so ld the station to WY FR the
fo llowin g year,
For almos t a yea r prior to the purch ase.
WYFR had bee n buyi ng 16 tran sm itter hours
a da y on W RUL. T heil on Oc tober 20, 1973,
WYFR took ove r the station. havin g co mpleted seve ral years of negotiation s fo r its
purc hase. Th e site had four tra nsmitters, two
50 kIV and two 100 kIV co upled 10 nine
rhombic anten nas. Transmi ssion s co uld be
bea med to Europe, a nd by re versing the a nte nnas. 10 Lat in Ame rica . WY FR started with
broadcasts in English and Sp an ish.
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Cryptography
The Secret Language 01 Spies
By Dan Veeneman
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T he only prova bly secure cry ptographic
system was created by Gilbert Vem am in
19 17, who originally developed it to protect
electronically transmitted messages. His invention automatically enciphered individual
characters as they were entered into a teletypewriter as well as automatically deciphering them at the receiving end. This kind of
chara cter-by-character encryption is called a
stream cipher, and Vemarn' s particu lar
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method is unbreakable if used correc tly. His
invention is now referred to as the one-time
pad cryptosystem, and has been exte nded 10
both manual and co mputerized operations.
TIle key in a one-time pad system is a series
of random numbers. Vernam' s invention used
long strips of paper tape, but in the manual
version of the system numbers are printed on
small pads of paper that are easily concealed.
Each sheet of pape r in Ihe pad is used only
once , then discarded and permanentl y destroye d. (It has been repo rted that the Central
Intelligence Agency has a special type of
paper that turns into chewing gum when it
contacts salivu.) There are two cop ies of the
one time pad: the perso n wishing to se nd a
message and the intended recipient both have
identical pads.
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With all that in mind. let' s take a look at a
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Bob
Alice
Do these numb ers seem random and unpred ictable: 2 12. 198. 216. 32. 175. IOO? If
you think so. you don't com mute on Inter state
95 north of Washington. D.C. These are the
Maryland route numbe rs. in order. o f the ex its
off nortbbound 1-95 after leaving the D.C.
beltway. They may look random . but they are
very predictab le once you know the pattern.
It' s surp rising ly difficu lt to ge nerate rea lly
unpredictable numbers . For those of you who
may be planning to use the random number
function availab le in most programming languages for cryptography , please think again.
Ju st like the Maryland route num bers. the
output from these functions loo k random but
are predictable and repeatable.In fact.a couple
of years agoa serious weakness in Nctscapc ' s
web brow ser was revea led after researchers
discovered the random number generator used
in the brow se r was very weak . Th is weakn ess
wo uld have allowed eave sdroppers to easily
decode protected web connections, including
the details of any financial transactions.
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custom microchips that co uld break a DES encrypted message in reasonable time without having to coord inate with anyo ne. They
also showed that the go vernment had been
playing fast and loose with the truth in their
testimony of how difficult it is to break DES
messages.
Publi c Key System s
So far we'v e been talking about confidentiality , that is, keepin g the co ntents of the
message secret. Cryptograp hy can also help
us with authentication; that is, pro ving thai a
message rca lly came from a part icular perso n.
To foil Louis, Alice can take some additional steps that will prove to Bob she is really
the author of the message he receives . Before
sending the message, Alice generales what's
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Now u cs
Be Toldand Toured
A Look Inside the Secret
Congressional Cold War
Hideout
By Jesse A. Finkelstein
The five-star Greenbrier Resort proved
different sort.
hite S ulphu r Spring s. West Virg inia. has long been the home of
the 6500 ac re Greenbrier Reso rt. a
li ve star resort known for its golf courses.
te nnis courts. exe rc ise faciliti es and fine food.
How ever . until only a fe w years ago. on ly a
small number o f security-cl eared indi vid ua ls
were aware that the hotel also served as a
support facil ity for a giant sec re t underground
com plex intended to house the entire U. S.
Con gre ss in the e vent of nuc lear. biological or
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chemi cal war. Follo win g the 1995 decommi ssioning of the facility. code nam ed " Proj ect
Greek Isla nd : " it is now possi ble to to ur this
imp ortant piece of co lt! war histor y an rJ understa nd the critical comm unic ations functi on
that it \'\ '; \S inte nded to pro vide .
Projec t G ree k Isla nd beg un as the idea of
Pre- ern Eisenh ower. a frequent visitor to the
G reenb rie r. Th e ICJ5 X federa l budge t co nrained a $ 15 millio n e ntry for "Proje c t Greek
Island " without further ide ntifi cation. Con-
Entry from the hotel to the "Exhibition Hall." Note tile mu lti-layered cons truction
of th e doorway, which allowed the fa cility to be secured by a massive multi-toil steel
door.
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pressur e to close it. Pot entially cur io us on '{tl'r <'luxuriJ'~ls ~~ bedroom the
lookers wer e d issuaded from inv e stigation by
Speaker
oftile llouse
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large sig ns warn ing tha t hig h vo ltage eq uip ment and wiri ng e nda ngered those who m ig ht
see k closer inspecti on .
Before deco mmi ssion ing Projec t Gr eek
Island, 33 tra iler tru ckload s of ma ter ials we re
tak en o ut o f the she lte r. Th e reds re mo ved no t
onl y all c las sified, but nea rly a ll usabl e el ec tro nic s. T hu s, a vis itor to the large co mm unica tio ns ce nter see s row s o f em pty racks. whic h
at o ne time ho used the most so phisticated
sate llite and ground-ba sed co m munica tion s
systems the n ava ilable.
T he sys tems in place d uring op erat ion a ling a winter sce ne. Another board is sto wed
lo wed for co ntac t with the Pre sident , oth er
away for usc in spring or summe r, and fo ur
go ve rn me nta l offices (to the ex te nt that they
sur vived) ,1I1d with the " Loo king Gl as s" pa- s imila r ho a rds co nt ain se as ona l ima ges of the
W hite Hou se . T he se bo ard s fo rm ed backtro l ofth e U. S. A ir Fo rce . which kept a flying
co m ma nd po st in the a ir 24 ho urs a da y d urin g g ro unds fo r videotapi ng stateme nts by co nthe co ld wa r. Apparently. a variet y of ante n- g ressio nal leaders. a llow ing the implicit inferen ce that Wash ing to n wa s still intact (rena s co uld he rai sed above g ro und or lo wered
by rem ote co ntro l to faci litate tran sm issi on ga rd less o f whatever de vastatio n and destrucand recep tio n in a num ber of modes. Unfo rt u- tion ma y ha ve occ urred) .
nat el y, the o nly vi sib le vestige of the co m m unica tio n
ce nter is an an tiquated te le pho ne o pe rator station. co mplete wi th patch cor ds.
O ne oft he most interesting
facets of co mm unicat ions at
Proj ect Gre ek Isl and is still
intact: the briefing roo m. T he
br iefin g ro o m contai ns a pod ium and scats fo r approx imate ly 30 peop le . O ne wa ll
feat u re s c loc ks d ispla yin g
GMT. as we ll as local time in
M osco w , T ok yo . Londo n,
Baghda d an d severa l o ther
c itie s.
S uspende d fro m thc ce ilThe House Chamber
ing is a ro ug hly 15 foot sq uare
pho to of the capita ldome, with
a tree d ispl ayin g fa ll fo liage in the fo reg ro und.
Th e co mmunicatio n roo m appare ntly d id
The re ve rse side is an ide ntical phot o, sho w- not ha ve a ny dir ect te levisi on broadcast capabiht y, and it was intended that any sta teme nts
The cafe teria
wou ld he tap ed for later d istr ibu tio n.
T he she lter di d 1/01 incl ud e spacio us living
quart ers. req uiri ng mem bers of co ng ress to
share hu nk bed faci litie s in 1R d or m itories.
Th e Sp eak er of the Hou se and the Senate
Maj o rity Lead er. ho we ver , we re given mor e
lu xuri ou s private bed ro om s with se para te sitting area s.
Po wer for the fac ility was provi ded by
three d iesel engines, eac h run in ro tatio n and
capable o f produ ci ng 7500 kW . Eac h gene ra-
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they would prefer you to buy two scanners! Thi s isn't the case,
though . They simply never thought of it before.)
offi cer can write up his repor t or an inciden t on the MDT and not
have to co me in to the statio n to do the work . A fire office r might
rece ive informa tion on the location ofall the hydrants surrounding
a fire scene. In the future (and in some cases even today), MDTs
will tra nsmit mug shots, fingerprints, and more.
So, what' s the total impact on scanning? Well. taken together,
yo u could we ll make the argu ment that MDTs have bee n a boon
to our hobby. Gett ing all this boring, non-emergency radio traffic
off the primary voice-channel air has made scanning more pleasant, for one. If we do n' t have to listen to license plate checks we're
less likely to get tired and bored of the radio. Seco ndly, if public
safety adm inistrator s know that they have a secure method to
transm it sensitive informatio n, then they may be less likely to seek
alternative mod es of voice com municat ions, such as digital or
encryption , to protec t this data .
Should we worry that all data , incl udin g emerge ncy broadca sts, may be sent via MDT one day? Just thi nk of the one-man
patro l car in the midst of a chase trying to inform othe r officers of
his location. Drinking and driving certai nly do n't mi x. Typin g and
drivi ng mix even less so!
(* Floating aro und the Intern et ther e are prog rams to deco de
transm issions from older MDT systems. Th is is not a big secret,
but it is illegal. as we under stand it, to lise this software, Newer
MDT systems incorporate encryption or other meth ods to deter
inte rception and decod ing of the data stream.)
II' Don't you ju st love sca nning a tru nked syste m (Motorola
ana log )? Ma ny peopl e have report ed that they prefer using their
Unide n Trun kTracker to scan and search a trunkcd system more
than a conve ntio nal two-way system ofa comparable-sized agency .
Why is that')
The TrunkTrackeroffers ne w challenges in scanning. Trunked
systems are so flexible that new "talkgroups" o f users con sta ntly
pop up and it beco mes necessary to try to dete rmine who is using
the new gro up. In a conventiona l syste m, if a new "channe l"
becomes active it means a new freque ncy must have bee n licen sed.
and therefore it' s very easy to find and identify (no t to mentio n that
new freque ncie s aren't licensed every day of the week for a
particu lar age ncy ). Perhaps it' s just the idea that we finally have
a method to monitor many of these systems that has us so giddy
about trunki ng.
T hese sca nners have to go one step further in the future,
thoug h. (There arc actua lly many steps we wou ld like to see taken ,
but some features are mo re desired than others). With the hundred s. if not tho usa nds. of active IDs on a trunking system. the user
needs a way to ide ntify talkgro ups and subfleets beyond the
nume ric, or in the case of some of the software avai lable, hexideci mal codes. We desperate ly need the ab ility to "alpha-tag" the
lOs. Even the high -end hobbyist will tire of trying to remem ber
that 32032 is the Springfie ld PD East Side Patrol channe l.
II' Wouldn't it be great if you co uld opera te a G PS unit on a
plane? I' ve often thought about tak ing a Delorme GPS on a flight
and sticking it in the window, attac hing that to my lap top and
II' Why haven ' t the mainstream scanner manu fact urers (G RE
and Uniden) given us CTCSS and DCS operation in a scanner?
(CT CSS is Co nti nuous tone-coded sque lch system, also known as
PL or Privat e Line and DCS. Digital Coded Squelch or DPL.
Digital Private Line. ) RE LM has incorp orated this feature in a
mobile and portable model to great success.
RElM was wise not to introd uce j ust another "me-tau" prod uct, as RCA did in the ir early onits, CTCSS/DCS was the defining
fea ture for RELM along wit h alphanu meric s on their MS-200
mobile. The question for the larger scanner makers probab ly
co mes dow n to market interest vs. price ,
How many more customers would buy their prod ucts and
spend extra mo ney for them if they had CTCSS/DCS, feat ures
which cut down on interference and hel p you hear onl y thos e
communications you wish to hear'? The newbies to the scanning
Note to U,S, con sumers only: It is unlawful to import, man ufa cture, o r market
cellolcr-ccpcble or cellula r restorab le scanners into the u.s.
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don 't know they need it. Experie nced ho bb yists, as well as publi c
safety and news media professionals, demand it. We think it's
worth the added cost in any thing exce pt a lo w-end introductory
mod el.
And now for the rea lly rando m: Don 't yo u j ust love to
monitor the tire towers during the summer months? Unfortunately, many fire towers have closed d ue to budget constraints and
other factors, but those that arc left are still great to tune in. They
reportsmoke and then have to dete rm ine the exact position of the
fire. Local departments, along with state or county fire agencies.
arc called in to fight the blaze so activity springs up on numerous
frequencies.
Has anyo ne had much luck und erstanding and follo win g
the communications of casino security departments? The numerous times this editorhas monitored in Las Vegas the conversations
were very quick and muted while obscure casino lingo ami code
words made deciphering the activity quite diffi cult. Perhaps
V Just what is the a llure of monitoring drive-through restaurantcommunications? "Two big Mac s and a side of fries please."
Snore. Yet, we know a number of peop le who do listen.
There ca n be only o ne an swer. If yo u look at the FCC database
today there are seemingly more frequencies for the driver to talk
with the order taker and the order taker to talk back to the driver
than there are police and fire licenses! Dairy Queen. McDonalds,
Dunkin' Donuts, Hardces, and on, and on. and on. Some individual fas t-food j oint s have dozens of licen ses (does each headset
in the store have a different freq uency ").
Hobb yists who listen to this dri vel must be undertaki ng the
FCC, in an effort to streamline licensing and make more frequencies available to everyone , has created new license classifications.
"'PW"indicates public safety/public service. similarinmany ways
to the old PL (or local government) code. Police departments
which, for ex ample, had licensed 155.490 under " PP," now are
more complex, but not impossible. You can, of course, read the
name or dba name of each IG licensee and quickly determine the
usage . For the most part, IG licenses at 45 1 MHz are utilities (as
they had been when they were identified as IW), IG licen ses at
150,845 and arc still tow ing, etc,
by a two-way company which is leveraging its multiple community repeater licenses by trunking them - and thus permitting
greater loading of their channels. Here, a single company is
trunking its own channels. At first we wondered why a cab outfit
wo uld do this. If a ca ll goes o ut for an available cab to go to a
customer's location, they would want all their taxis (Q hear the
broadcast. There is no need for multiple "talkgroups" in such a
business.
Then we recalled that many cab outfits have expanded to
provide wheelcha ir va n services, courierservices, andthe like. lt' s
conceivable that the unique taxi MDT units might also share time
on the system. It's feasible that a busy company, such as one ncar
the large city of New Orl eans, mig ht have di fferent talkgrou ps
which cover the city, others the suburbs, etc. It would be interest-
ing to hear this outfit. We would guess that they're using a version
of LT R (logic trunking radio) of so me sort , New Orleans has never
beena hotbed of scanning, but if a reader o ut there is in the are a and
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October /9 98
I England
T wo large statio ns are run by the Secre t
Intelli gence Se rvice, better kno wn by its
othe r name of M I6 (Military Intel ligen ce ,
Gro up 6). Th ey are na med "T he Lincoln shir e
Poach er" and "C herry Ripe." fro m the tradi tiona l British folk the mes ru n at th e beg inning of every broad cast.
T he Poacher , w ith its hap py o ld o utlaw
tu ne. is tho ught to transm it from Cy prus, to
MI6 age nts in Iraq and /o r Iran . Due to re lentle ss j amm ing. it use s a be wi ldering nu mber
of para llel channe ls and hourl y sched ules on
wee kdays . Go od places to lurk arc 14487,
15682, and 16084 kHz, hourl y from 1000 to
1800 UTC , plus 5746, 6959, 7337, 925 1, and
11545, from 1600 hourl y to 2200 .
For a real te st of yo ur DX ear. try the
Poa c her' s favo rite hid ing spot. It' s the internation al m aritim e c hannel 124 8 o n 12603
kHz. Amid w ithering blasts of
the " le ga l" statio ns ' S ITOR
(RTI Y tele printing o ver rad io ).
o ur US B Poac her c hatte rs awa y.
Try each ho ur fro m 1400 to 1900
UTe. When yo ur brain give s
o ut, they' ll be par all e l o n at least
one of 7337, 11545, o r 13375.
C herry Rip e uses a differ ent
so ng, this o ne ab o ut a fa ir
maid en, but w ith a similar fo rmal. A n Asian or Pacifi c site is
suspe cted. Times arc curre ntly
0000, 0 I00, 1000, 1200, 1300 ,
2200, and 2300. Freq uencies will
I USA
"Cynthia," a play on the lett ers "C IA,"
ma int ai ns what most listene rs ca ll "T he
Co unting Sta tio ns." For wha tever reason,
broadca sts begi n w ith a repeated co unt fro m
one to zero . Th e y're usua lly fe male voices,
in Sp anis h. Eng lish. an d o nly rare ly in other
languages. T he on e in Ge rma n has apparently retired.
T he C o unter ha s e xpanded to a large week ly
cycle of so man y times a nd
freq uencies that the schedule wo uld fill this column .
For ye ars . thou gh . there ' s
bee n Spa nish at 01 00 UTC
from vario us locatio ns in the
so uthe as te rn U.S . One o f
the se is probab ly the Nat io na l Com m u n ic a t io n
Syste m ' s Warrenton Tra ining Ce nter. a possib le spook
han gout ncar Warre nto n a nd
nearby Rem ingto n. Virgini a.
An adj acent base. the closed
Vint Hill Farm , was used by KK N 50, a C W
statio n also suspec ted o r passing spoo k traffic at tim e s.
C urre ntly , the Co unte r is o n 15478 and
16050 kH z, We dnesday and Frida y. AtOOOO,
464 0 and 504 6 kHz arc a good bet for Engli sh. Jo hn Mak y re ports Englis h o n 10223
a nd 139 06 kHz se vera l wee kday s at 1200
UTC , and 75 47 and 105 29k Hz at1 300 UT C.
Nearly all Counter tran sm issio ns use R3E
e mission. T his is upper side ba nd with a rcd uced carrier, whic h so unds good in AM
mod e and e ve n bett er in US B.
In the U.S.. it' s po pular
to sus pec t th e C IA fo rj ust ab o ut
any thing stra nge o n the a ir.
W he n C ynthia 's recei vin g statio n in Liber ia was do wn, o ne of
the Vo ice of A merica's last HF
feed ers sent cl assical m usic. ev ery aft ern oon . witho ut any an ..~- - ::.;~~:.~ n o u ncc m e n ts , \V hen t he
Liberian rece ivers ca me ba ck
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41 68.0
4278.5
4460.0
4724.0
5038.0
5091.0
5178.0
5180.0
5245.0
5347.5
5365.0
5428.0
5680.0
5800.0
5914.7
6396.8
6458.5
6695.0
6739.0
6753.0
6797.0
6797.0
6900.0
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ABJ -Ilalian Navy, Augusta. also AnY on 4169. at 2259. (Ary Boende rNetherlands)
AFN-American Forces Network , continuous reb roadcast of US military
radio program ming, simulcast on 12689.5, at 1348. (Larry Va n Horn-NC)
NAR, theU.S. Navy commstation in Key West, FL. is repeating thesatellite
downlink audio, in USB, on frequenciesallocatedfor shipCWandRTTY,
without theknowledge(or authorization!) of AFRTS, possiblyto tiff a hole
insatellitecoverage. AFNhasbeen offHFsincethe 19805. Real nicetohear
them back. Hugh
FTJ 2-Mossad , Israel, AM numbers at 2000. (Boender-Nelherland s)
Andrews-US Air Force GHFS. Andrews AFB, MD, with 128-character EAM
at 0550. (Jell Haverlah-TX)
FOY-French Air Force, Orleans, with RnY lest tape at 2205. (BoenderNetherlands)
JSR 2-Mossad, Israel, numbers in AM a1 2100. (Boender-Netherlands)
Unid-Backwards Music Station, strange lones at 2156. (Bnender-Netherlands) Possibly a jammer aimedat cnene on 5180. Hugh
Unid-Cherta numbers station at 2100. [Boender-Nettenands)
MAC01-Royal Air Force Cadets, England, big net at 1004. MAV92-Royal
Tournament, lond on, working several other stations at 1946. (BoenderNetherlands)
At -DutcnArmy.tacticaltraffic,also usingAnY on 5349,at2134.(SoenderNetherlands)
Unid-The Russian Man, numbers in AM at 2100. (Boende r-Netherlands)
Unid-CW numbers station, ended ~ O O O , ~ began 1900. (Boender-Netherlands)
Kinloss Rescue-weather traffic with Alpine 24, at 0640. (Boender-Netnerlands)
Juncture-USAir Force, raised Nightwatch01. theairbornecommand post,
at 0112. ~Haverla h -TX)
KAWN-U Air Force AWS. Saddlebunch Key. marine weather in Rny at
0550. (Bob Hall-RSA)
KAWN-USAir ForceAWS. Saddlebunch Key. aero weather in RnY at0559.
kHall-RSA)
FN-American Forces Network. different programthan4278.5and12689.5,
at 0600. (Hugh Stegman-CAl
U n id - ~Th e Whale Station" with creepy whale-like tones. at 1934. UnidBackwards Music Station. weird tones. also on 6753. at 2255. tgcenderNetherlands)
Offutt, US Air Force GHFS. Offutt AFB , NE, sent out seven EAMs in a half
hour, startinq at 0431. (Haverlah-TX)
Unid-Backwards Music Station. weird tones. also on 6695. at 2256
(BoenderNelherlandS!
UnidCuban"Atencicn" number station, AM. tape stops deadat 0550. One
minute later, the Cuban-style cut numbe r sequence. ~ G AG G A ? A A U A ~
(81881 ?1641) is sent once in audio-tone Morse. One minute alter this,
station drops carrier, at 0552. (Stegman-CAl
unro-cunancut numbers station, s-retter groupsin CWat0800. (BoenderNetherlands)
Lincolnshire Poacher, British numbers at 2000. (soenue r-aethenancs)
MO NITORIN G TIMES
October 1998
11 341.9
11401.7
11437.9
12141.0
12211.7
12689 5
13242.0
134400
13538.0
13551.5
14432.0
14487.0
16027.6
161 06.9
16335 0
16357.0
16453.5
16904 6
16947.5
17038.5
17055.0
171 39.0
17416.8
174230
17428.5
17430 5
18064.0
20925.0
To monitor d igital transmission s you require a decoder. Decoders arc avai lable as
independ ent outboa rd units or as an integral
part of your personal co mputer syste m. In
either ca se, they take the aud io signal from
yo ur receiver and co nve rt it to intell igible
fonn to be displayed on a video mon itor or the
decoder ' s ow n "m a rqui s-l ike" display. Many
of tod ay ' s decoders arc also capable of trans-
Kuntronic s units - More sop histicated mo nitoring required mor e ex pe nsive equipme nt,
oft en in the form of surp lus co mme rcial hardwa re. Then in the 70's, Infotech introduced
its high end/high pr iced line o f decoders. The
Wa vecoru was introduced in Europe,hut neve r
ga ined muc h popu lari ty in North Ame rica .
And so RTIY monitori ng continued to be
a practi ce requiring add itio nal peri phe ral
equ ipment a nd muc h experime ntation until
the 80's.
Per haps the mo st significa nt factor in the
rise o f popul arity o f dig ital communications
for the hobb yist wa s the introdu ct ion of the
per sonal computer. A relatively simp le interface, coup led with intelligent software, now
pro vides not only a mean s of decodin g but
also of ana lyzing digital transm issions. As
ne w d igita l communication pro tocols are introd uced, pro gressive so ftwa re engi neers ca n
imple ment new code routines to process the m.
In next mont h' s column we' ll take detailed look at the decoders c urrently availab le
for monitors today - both o utboard, selfco ntained units as we ll as the popul ar co mpu ter interfaces. So as they say in the bro adcasting business - stay tuned !
Vessels/S hips
Global Maritime a nd Distress System
AMVERPosition Reports
Telex Traffic ta Shore Stations
Soviet Fishing Fleet
PoinH o-Point
Military
World Air Forces, Navies and Armies
Coded cnd'ln-ihe-Clecr" Message Traffi c
Military Flight Plans and Routings
FAA Chartsa nd Mops (Weather and Tactica l)
Naval High Seas Weather Broadcasts
tv\ARS (Milita ryAffi liate Radio System)TrofFic
Coost Guard (American and Ca nadian)
Coast Guard Communication Statiom/CG Cutter
Traffic
FAX Weather Cha rts and Maps
Ice Berg Alerts (North Atlantic)
HYDROlANT/ HYDROPAC Broadcasts
NAVTEX and NAVAREA Broadcasts
Varioos Maritime Service Broadca sts
Satellite PhotoRebroadcosts
Press Agencies
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33
Shortwave Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser, P.O.Box /6B4-MT, Enid, OK73702
f-moil:<gholl5elhoimoil.rom>; fox: (SBO) 233-2i4B, ArT:Houser
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October 199B
I.II
1650-1751
1752 -1951
17521958
1952045 8
19590458
0459-0705
0706-10 15
1015 1650
1206 1650
ME
6145
11675
17675
11905
9700
6100
RNZI has new address: [email protected] and website cha nged to http://
www.rnzi.com (Adrian Sainsbury. Freq uen cy Manager, Rad io New Zealand
International)
NICARAGUA Updateon R. Miskut. 5770. Ope rations nowfeaturethenewtransmitler with full authorized power [previously given as 500 watts] to new dipole
antenna. Futureplans include the possibility ofadditional power.Newtowers are
currently under construction for new SW and FM antennas. The FM sister
operation, R. Bilwi on 104 MHz, is conti nuingand will have a powe r increase
during next year. Advert ising income or NGO sources of support for this
indigenous and unique broadcasting facility are essential if operations are to
continue. SW broadcasts currently run from 1200 to 0430UT (JohnFreeman.
Tech Systems)
PARAGUAY R. Nacional. 9737.6 in the clear with Singapore 9740 auroraled out.
Friday at 1044 tune in to mailbag, all in Spanish with letters from NY, NY; Italy;
David Martin in Australia: Argentina. many reporting"perfect" reception. Well.
it wou ldbe more"perfect" nowifthe modulati onwe ren't lowanddistorted. 1053
JD as"Onda Tricolor deRadio Nacional delParaguay" (gh)
NIGERIA [non] V. of Free Nigeria, not heard since ea rly July Sat at t 900 oneither
11645 or 12015 (Ernie Benr. Ont.. World 01Radiol
Voice of Free Nigeria - Mukhtar Dan'lyan. Pres of the Free Nigeria
DX Listening Digest
More broadcasting informati on by country compi led
by Glenn Hauser
October 1998
35
. ..
the Global Forum (continued)
~
Movement, told Cumbre OX: "We ended our radio broadcasts a few weeks ago
after Abiola's death. Since Abacha's [former leader] died last June, Abu-Bakr
[present Nigerianlead er]has convinced most NigeriansIhatthings are goingto
be OK. Since Abiola's death, many who were elected with him are no longer
demanding totake office. People aresaying, Abacha's gone, Abiola's gone, the
problem (of tensionin Nigeria] is over.
"The Free Nigeria Movement will be holding a referend um in the coming
weekstodecidewhat our futuremessage, if any,will be. The oldmessage[end
of military rule] is simply no longer effective." Whenasked, he said that they did
not go off for financial reasons. Dan'lyan added that they were well heard in
Nigeria alth ough there had been a few attempts to jam them. They never did
receive any listen ers letters direct from Nigeria; all of these were confiscated
(they tried somethem selvesas atest),but theyd idreceivelettersfromNigerians
whowereabl etohavethem mailed from abroad. He didnotholdupmuchhope
of the stationreturningtotheair, butwouldn't say that itwouldneverreturn(via
Han s Johnson, Cumbre OXCopyright Aug 9)
ViaWGTG, 9400, Radio SNBShasstarted latethelasttwoSaturdays, 1936
or so. Usually a sh ortcommentaryonthe political situation by Maureen Gold,
followed upby theexact samethreesongs.Same problem as RadioNew Nigeria
had, not really ab le to prod uce sufficient prog ramming with eno ugh variety.
Some breaks in transm issions. still so unds likea telephone feed. Program cut
off in progress bathweeks at2000 (Hans Johnson, Cumbre OX)
ROMANIA ROMPRES, press radlotefetype onF1 B,50baud as monitoredinJuly: MF0900-0945 English, 0945-1030 French to Eu on YOJ27-9797; M-Sa 104011 30EnglIShtoAs onYOM21 -1211 0;M-F 1530-1615 & Sat 1530-1 600French;
Sat 1600-1630 & M-F 1615-1700 English all to Eu on YOG59-6972 (BBC
Monito ring)
SAINT HELENA Radio SI. Helena Oay, the updated dates and times for Radio SI.
Helena are Sat 24th Oct 199B, 11 092.5 usb mode, 1900-2300 (Art Preis via
Juergen Kubiak, BC-OX)
TAHITI Relieved to note RFO back on 15170, good strength and audio, popvocal
arou nd 0250 (Randy Stewart, MO, Review of International Broadcasting) But
still callously blocked by WYFR atter 0350 (gh)
rAJIKISrAN R. Dushanbe, 7245, 1636-1 759', Dari at the beginning, then Arabic
at 1700 and Persian at 1715,1 645-1659 English with opening 10 as "This is
Dushanbe - the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan," schedule and news with
major reports aboutDemocratic People's Party of Tajikistan and UN development program for Tajiki stan (Mikhail Timofeyev, Russia, DSWCI OX Window)
ExternalEnglish schedu led 0345-0400 on 11 620, 9905, 7245; 1645-1 700
7245 (BBCM )
Greetings fromRadio Tajikistan English Service. Dear friend. Hello. We all
arevery glad tohaveyourletter. We are verysorrytosendyouletterindue time.
We have send QSL card toyou. We hope you willreceive it soon. Anyway now
areveryseriousabout our listeners. Gouldyouinformus aboutyoumare. If it's
possiblethen sendsome OXclubse-mailaddresses. We wanttoco-operatewith
thempleasesendyour ownphotography. Takeasnap ofyour QSL collections.
We areeager to collect ourlisteners' pictures for our OSL collections. Our new
address: EnglishService, International Service, Radio Tajikistan, Post Box-108,
Dushanbe 734025, Tajikistan. With bestwishes. (Nasrullo Ramazonov. Parvez
Satter, [email protected] viaZacharias Lianqas. Greece, hard-core-dx)
TIBET [non] Clandestine from Lithuania: 9710, Radio Free Tibet of the Overseas
Chinese. I askedmywife.whoisfluent inChi nese,tolistentoarecording of this.
Exact announcementis Ziyou Xizang Huayi Diantai mea ning "Radio Free Tibet
of the Overseas Chinese. " The whole program at 1301-1 332 was in Standard
Chinese rathe r than in any kind of Tibetan dialect. Announced sc hedule:
Mondays and Wednesdays at1900 Lhasa time, 2100 Beijinglime, 1300 UT. No
addresswas given . They also announced something for Tuesdays and Th ursdays; somay be inStandard Chinese on MonlWed, Tibetan on TuefThu? Or are
thetransmissionsonTuefThu repeats of theones onMonlWed?Thisone needs
more research (Harald Kuhl . Germany, Cumbre OX)
TURKEY VOT made one frequency change Aug 1 for Englishto Asia at 12301330:
17B30 ex-15290 (TRT viaLarry Russe ll)
UK 0 GBAN I BBC is planning tocutbackon high brow rad ioprogrammes aimed
at themiddleclassesand channel themoneyintopop shows- moreresources
for Rad io One, less for speech-based Radio Fo ur and classical Radi o Th ree.
More money is alsoplanned for RadioFivelive, the sport and news service. A
BBG insider says"Thebig set programmeslikethe Promsan dtheReith Lectures
will survive, butthe intelligent, complex features, documentaries and dramas
willgo.lt isbei ng done by stealth." (Sunday Times viaTim ArnoldviaRick Lewis)
Referstodomestic services,butwe're apprehen sive about impact onthe Wo rld
Service (gh)
UKRAINE Following your reports on RUI I checked outthe 2100 transmission on
July 25. 1heard them on6020 71BO 72407380 7410 and13590. They had the
DXprogramme at 2145. At the end, the presenter announced that 12040 and
9550 had been off theair since lateJune. They were broadcastfromMykolayiv
toNAm. Transmissionsonthese frequencies hadceased duetothe failureof the
National Rad ioCompanytopay rental fees. Presenteralsosaid 7150and 12050
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www.me.es
0416 UTe on 4914 .6
PERU : Radio Cora. Spa nish. Musical program , co mments from annou nc er on English mu sici an . Comme rc ia ls to 10 as , yo soy
Cora...amigos de Cora bten ventd os a esta cite can musica Arg entina ."
(Nico las Eram o, Buen os Aire s, Argentinal TFW)
07 00 UTe o n 595 0
T AIWAN : (non) Radio Taipei Inll via Okeechobee, FI. News to 07 14 ,
feature s and elementary Chinese prog ram . (Chris, Stroup, Norm an,
OK) Websi te: <htt p :// ww w .c bs .org .t w/en g/ e-e ng lis h.h t m>
M
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October 1998
MONITORING TIMES
37
Outer Limits
W hat a bou t snacks? Surel y you don't DX witho ut the m. Plent y of co ffee (o r cola ) ... and I'm not
talkin g decaf! If yo u reall y wa nt to ge t serious put
in a s lee ping ha g for quick na ps during an "a llnigh t session."
Did yo u rem emb er Radi o Austra lia <h tt p rwww/a hc. n et.a u/
> is bein g ver ified by the Australian Radi o D X Clu b Inc." (A RDXC)
A ll recep tio n re po rts sho uld he se nt to: c1o John Westland -Man ager.
G PO Box 42XG. Melb ourn e V IC 300 1 Austra lia.
So there yo u hav e it...a quick run throu gh to prep are yo u fur the
OX season plus so me QSLi ng tips. Here ' s ho ping your OX is
aweso me th is year...on e yo u ca n' t bcat.i. no wuy '
I.IUYA
Rad io Jam ah iriya, 1541 5 kHz. Full daI:. African Service color rainbo w QSL ca rd
unsig ned. Received in 77 day s for a taped repo rt and one U.S. dollar. QSL
address: European Brunch O ffice. P.O. Box 17. Ha rnrurn. Malta . (Randy
Stewart , Springfield, MO )
~IEIH UM
C ANADA
CBN-Newf\lu ntllandCKZN 6 160k Hz. Tbree Ox l.carcs unslgncd . Received for
English report s fro m a year ago and from 1996. Stati on address: Transmission &
Distribution Dcpt.. P.O . Box 120 1O-Station A, 5 t John' s NF Canada A I B 3T8.
(Sflvi, 01 1) Full dat a map card signed by S. W illiam s in 1'176 da ys for an Engli sh
repo rt. (C ha rlie W ashb urn . Nort h Perry, ME)
CIII J.E
Radio Voz Cristiuua. 2 1550 kHz Local QSL ca rd unsign ed. Receive d in 20 day .s
for an Eng lish report and mint s tamp s. QS L addre ss: P.O. Box 2889, Mia mi, FL
33 144. (Frank Hillton, Charles ton, sq.
I'M
WUCX-90. 1 MHz FM. Per sonal handw ritte n letter from Howard Sharpe r-P rod .
Manager. plus business ca rd. program info bookle t, 1m2 90 new slet ter, cover age
map and station so uvenirs. Recei ved for an En gli sh FM report. Station addre ss:
Delta Public Radio, Universit y Center, Bay City. M I 48710. (Israel D. Moore ,
Livingston, AL)
WRCT-RlU M Hz FM. Fu JIdata prepured Q 'Sl. uard signed by Nei l A. Don nell yGen. Man ager. Recei ved in 2 months for an Engli sh FM report and m int stamps.
Station address: 5000 Forbes Ave. . Pittsbu rgh. PA 15213. (Ro be rt Ross. London.
Out. Cana dalAmFmTI'iJx)
\VAVI<:
Adela ide 5FAN-89 1 kl-lz ,\ MlN ar.Lcoo rte SPA- I lll l kHz AM . Fu ll da ta cards
for each station. signed by Sue Town send-At). Station sou venirs enclosed.
Recei ved in 23 day s for a taped report. Station address: GPO 99 94 . Ade laide SA
Aus tralia 500 t. (Patri ck Martin, Seaside. OR )
C KT B-A M 6 10 kHz. Part ial da le verification on station letterhead sig ned by
Jamie O' Brien und Tim Den is-Oil Air Personalities duo , plus co veragc map.
Received in t 7 days for an AM report . Station addr ess: I SI. Paul Stree t-S uite
6 10. SI. Carhcrincs. ON Can ada L2R 7L2. (H arold Frod ge. Midland. M I)
W ILM-AM 1450 kHz. Full data Special DX 7"t'.~1 QSL 0 11 stati on letter head
signed by Allan Louden-Program Manager, plu s station stick ers. Received in
e ight day s foruu AM repo rt. Stat ion address: 12 15 French Street , P.O. Box II}(JO,
W ilmingto n. DE 19899- t990. (Frodgc, MI)
PIRATES
Anteater Radio. 6955 kHz USB . Fu ll data semi-truck and ani ca rd sig ned by Peter
Wo rth. Letter, truckers' sa fety pamp hle t and large rubber ant enclosed . Received
in 38 da ys for a pirate report and three mi nt stamps. QSL maildrop: P.O. Box I,
Be lfast. N Y 147 1t . (Bill Wi lkins , Spri ng lidd.MO )
Radi o Ec lipse. 6955 kil l. USB. Full dat a Season Finale card sig ned by Steve
Mann. Received in 231 days for a pirate report and three mini stam ps. QSL
maildrop : P.O. Box 2H413, Pro vidence, RI 0290 H. (Wilkins, M O)
LAOS
National Radio , bt 30 kHz. Part ial data verificatio n leiter signed by Miss
v ichitsavanh C bamhcry -Announccr tfinglish Section). Received in I66days for
.11\ Eng lis h report. tape recordin g, Maine postcard, used sta mps and two U.S.
do llars. Station add ress: P.O . Box 3 10, Vie ntiane, Lao Democratic Rep.
(wushbum, ME )
LIO
LEBANON
Voice of Hope . 11530 kllz. Verificat ion via emai l fro m Gary Hull-Station
Manager, within hours of sending report via emai l. Ema il rep ly indic ated they arc
cons idering a new 11 r.,'IHz frequen cy due to Radi o Free As ia interference. (Sitvi.
0 . ' ) Station we bsite: <h lt p:!lwww.h ighlld .en tu re.of1vuh _m idd .h tml>
38
MONITORING TIMES
October 1998
Free Hope Experien ce, 695 5 kHz USB . Full data UFO card sig ned by Maj .
Spoo k. Recei ved in 25 days for a pirate report and three mint stamps. QSL
muild rop: P.O. Box 109 , Blue Ridge Su mmit. PA 172 14 . (Anonymous, PAl
ST.IIEtENA
Radi o 51. Helena. 11092 USB kHz. Full data map/log o card signed by Derek
Richards -Manager . Rece ived in 269 da ys for an English report .1IId three IRCs.
Station addre ss: Th e Ca stle, Jamesto wn. SI. Hele na. South Atlan tic Ocean.
(W ashburn. ME; Wilkins, MO)
2:
stati on name. Irregul ar bro adcasts are indicated 'tent" and program ming
w hich incl udes lang uages besi des English are co ded "vl" (vario us tan-
guages).
4: Choo se the most promising frequ encies for the time,
location and conditions.
Not all stations can be heard and none all the time on all frequencies. To help you find the most promising frequency, we've included information on the target area of each broadcast. Frequencies beamed toward
your area will generally be easier to hear than those beamed elsewhere,
even though the latter will often still be audible. Every freque ncy is followed by one of these target codes:
am: The Americas
na: North America
ca: Central America
sa: South America
au: Europe
af: Africa
me: Middle East
as:
au:
pa:
va:
do:
om:
Asia
Australia
Pacific
various
domestic broadcast
omnidirectional
3:
HOT NEWS . .
SI NGAPOR E. JuS!
rece ived at press time is a new
program lineup fo r Radio
Singapore International. New
features include Indonesia
Today. Currencies. Currency
Crisis for Beginne rs. Limeliglu. Eco-Destinations, /11
Trans it, and Lo ve Songs .
Broadcast times remain 11001400 UTC; frequency 60 15
kHz remains the same but
6 155 kHz is changed to 6 150
kH/..
NORT H CA RO LI NA.
Eric Rudolph, Atlanta bomb ing suspect and one of the
FBI's 10 most wanted
fugitives. was holed up in the
Nantahala National Forest
practically in M onitoring
Times ' backyard as of midAugust. Rudolph is thought to
be carryi ng a shortwave radio,
and speculation is that it might
be a BayGell wind-up radio.
WOR LD RADIO
N ET W O R K (WRN).
Baltimore's WJH U (88. 1 FM)
Consult the propagation charts. To further help you find the right
frequency, we've included charts at the back of this section which take
into account conditions affecting the audibility of shortwave broadcasts.
Simply pick out the region in which you live and find the chart for the
region in which the station you want to hear is located.The chart indicates
the optimum frequencies for a given time in UTC.
MONITORING TIMES
39
SELECTED PROGRAMS. . . . . . . .
Sundays
0000
0004
0005
0010
0025
0030
0030
0033
0038
0050
0054
oo
Mondays
0000
0000
0000
0003
0005
0005
0009
0011
0012
0015
0018
0036
0040
0049
0055
Tuesdays
0000
0000
0000
0003
0006
0009
0010
0012
0030
0030
0033
0038
0045
40
MONITORING TIMES
Ocfober /998
0045
0050
~~d~~a~a~la~io:
RANews.
Ecuador, HU BQuito (am) Insight for Living.
0000
oo
0000
0000
0015
0020
0030
0030
0030
0034
0039
0039
0040
0050
Thursdays
oo
0000
0000
oo
0003
0012
0015
0025
0030
0030
0030
0030
0030
0038
0050
0005
0008
0012
0016
0025
0030
0030
0038
0050
0054
Saturdays
0000
0000
oo
0000
0003
0026
0030
0030
0032
0035
0038
0047
0050
0050
0057
P ETERBOROUGH,
Fridays
0000
000('
oo
0000
0003
2 4 8 T OWERHIL L R OAD
ON K9H 7Nl
C ANADA
D ISTRIBUTOR
ASA PS
P ROFlAGA n ON S OFTWA RE
FREQUENCIES.
. . . .
01(XH)200
0100-0200
Anguil!a.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio
DIOD-02DOvl
0100-0200vi
0100-0200
0100-0200
Australia. VL8KKatherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Canada, esc N Quebec svc
Canada. CFAX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hallfu
Canada. CKZN $1John's
Canada. CKZU VaJlCOUVf:r
Canada. RCanada Inll
0100-0200
0100-0200
Ol(XHI200
01lXHJ200
0100-0129
0100-0000
0100-0105
0100-0200
0100-0127
0100-0200
01000150
01oo02DQ
0100-0115
0100-0130
010002GQ
0100-0125
0100-0200
0100-0110
0100-0200
Germany.Overcomer Minislr
anana. Ghana arcaoc Corp
Hungary, Radio Budapest
Indonesia.Voice 01
Iran. VDIRI
Ireland. urnChristian BC
Jtaly. RAl lnll
Japan, RJapanfNHKWorld
OHJo-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0200vi
01000125
01000200
0100-02COvl
0100-02GO
0100-0200
.
6090am
9660pa
17715pa
5025do
4910<10
9625do
607Odo
. .. . . . . . .
120803s
177503S
15240pa
17795pa
1541 53S
0100-0200
SingapOfe,RCorpSinoa~o re
21740pa
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0200
UK.BBCWorldService
0100-0200
0100-mOO
0100-0200
USA. KAUDallasIX
USA. KJES MesquiteNM
USA. KlBN salt LkCityUl
USA. KWHRNaalehu HI
USJ.. Voice01 America
603"'.
613Odo
616Odo
616Odo
5"""m
9535am
136703m
6975am
t!S05Q,m
"'''m
6000"
6200na
974503
61)40na
11810am
3975eu
3366<l.
9580na
95253s
","",
9755am
1171 5am
0100-<200
0100-0200
98_
13605na
7345na
12015na
6085na
21455am
6145na
9500as
491Sdo
11685na
11765as
9022eu
15510as
9685eu
9675na
11860as
17810as
11800na
1187DaI
17835sa
0100-0200 twnta
6150af
1559Das
21670pa
5100do
985Sam
7295do
3270a1
6020na
11655as
17675pa
328931
6165na
12090as
9845na
155703s
21610pa
9855as
9675do
154503s
7105na
71800a
12050na
. .. . . . . .
15520na
615Odo
59300a
15425na
0100-0200
010002001whla
01000200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200twhlas
0100-o20O irreg
0100-0200
010lJ-Q200
0100-0130
0100-0127
0125-0200
0129-01 59
0129-0159sm
01300200
01300150
0130-0200 mlvl
0130-0200
0140-0200
7300al
1190435
9885na
9905<>
5965as
61953S
94103$
11955 3S
15280as
5975am
1531(I<ls
15360as
6t75na
95""'m
I_sa
991 5sa
5810am
7555am
751Dam
175103s
711535
11725as
178203s
5995am
9775am
5825eu
5085am
5745am
11950am
7490na
944053
6055am
973035
5970sa
9640"
6200do
601"'"
. . . . . . . ..
9605as
7200as
96350,
11820as
152503s
11705as
177403s
6130am
13740am
13615na
7405am
9445am
7435am
15165as
13845am
9530..
97153s
7315am
1359503
9955<3
1355n>
1535.1m
11905na
3215am
6065na
7190as
594Dam
9655as
5"""m
9535am
6246na
7450na
3300do
9435as
59BOas
5070am
9505n;o
9375as
72SOam
11655as
9755am
11715am
7160na
9375na
1l98Sau
7335as
12090as
1367Qam
9420na
11645na
9650as
SELECTED PROGRAMS.
0100
0100
0105
0105
0106
0106
0109
0114
0115
0115
0123
0130
0133
0152
Mondays
OHIO
01110
OHIO
0100
0105
0106
0107
0111
0115
0130
0130
0136
0138
0150
0154
Tuesdays
0100
OHIO
0105
0109
0110
0111
0111
011 1
0132
0133
0133
0135
0138
0140
0146
~:d~.~~~'M",ic.
Croatia, CroatianRadio: News.
0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0106
0110
0110
0130
0130
0130
0135
0138
0140
Thursdays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0106
0110
0115
0117
0130
0130
0138
0145
0152
Fridays
0100
0100
0106
0110
0115
0130
0130
0130
0130
0140
~~U~~~R
Okeectlobee Fl: Patternsin Music,
Spain. R EtIerior deEspana: TheNewsfromSpain.
0100
0100
01ClO
0100
0102
0105
0105
0106
0110
0130
0130
0130
0136
0150
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41
FREQUENCIES .
0200-OJOO
0200-0300 twnta
0200-0300
AngUilla.carlbbean Beaton
Argenlma RAE
Australia, RadIo
'''''''m
11710am
9660,_
nssoas
15415as
15510pa
. . .
. ...
1208O<1s
I1715pa
15240pa
177SOas
02000300
Singapore.RCOIp Singapore
0200-0300
02000:nO
02lXHl3ao
2112Spa
0200-0300 vi
02{)(H)JOO vi
020G-0300 rnwtas
02()().{)300
5025do
0200-0300 vi
.l91Odo
721Qeu
0200-0300
0200-0300
Bulgaria.RadIO
948503
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
O2OO-<l3OO
9625do
607Odo
603Odo
613Odo
6160<10
6160<10
9535am
0200-0300
02oo-<l300
Q2()().{)229
0200.(1300 twhta
0200-<l3OO
0200-0205
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-023::1
0200025::1
Canada , CHNXHalilax
cenaaa.CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
cenaca. RCanada Inll
ColOmbia. Adll Nacional
cesu Rica.RFPeace Inll
Croatia.CroallanRadIO
Cuba. RajlO Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt RadiOCairo
Finland. VlE/R Finland
Germany, Deutsche Welle
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0Joo aslvl
02oo-0Joo
0200-0215I hlaNI
02000300
02000250
02000300 vi
0200-0225
02000300
02000230 m
02000300 vt
02000300
Germany.Overcomer Ministr
Ireland, Unt ChriSMnBC
llaly.IRRS
Kenya. KenyaBroadc Corp
Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz Radro
Malaysia. Radio
Myanmar. RadiO
Namibia, NBC
Netherlands, Radio
NewZealand. R NZ Inll
Norway, Radio Norway Inll
Papua NewGuinea, NBC
Romanu. R Rcmarna Inll
02000300
aussu.vcce01 RussiaWS
1167Deu
11720na
9755am
ranzana. Radio
UK. SBC AIOc.1n Service
UK, SBC Asian Service
11 715.1m
13670am
15050am
9820na
1201 5na
11900am
9615as
12045<1s
,,00.,
13605na
21455am
,."",
119-l5as
4935do
3289af
11655as
12090as
11990na
9570na
15380as
7180na
615Odo
1275am
11725am
11810am
15575am
9730as
15425as
71JOas
9680",
11740am
595003
11825pa
5ll5Odo
6135al
1534535
960'"
11955as
15280as
15310as
5975am
6175113
6195eu
15360as
0200-0300
S970sa
9-'lOeu
0200-0300
02000230
0200-0000
0200-OC{l()
0200-0300
5810am
7555am
7510am
17510as
7115as
11820as
0200-<l3OO
0200-0300 rwnta
02000300
0200-<l3OO
0200-0300
02()().{)300
020lH)300
02000300s
0200-0300h
02000300 Irreg
02QO.0300
02000300
021 5-0225
0225-0300
0229-0259sm
0230-0300
0230-0257
0230-0300
0230-0245
0230-0300vi
02300300
0230-0300
02300300
0250-D300st
0250-0300
582"'"
5085am
~955va
6975am
9925na
6<JOlJm
9745na
9475na
9780eu
7285as
11965as
3975eu
620Odo
712(}va
4885do
4050do
7295do
7185do
3270011
9855as
17675pa
11 600as
9675do
6155na
11940as
7105n3
15520na
9690as
11740as
12050na
15425na
5745am
11950am
7490001
99''''
7355na
585003
7535am
11905na
3215am
6065fla
5005do
9855as
9535am
9655na
94BOme
9840na
7485as
I 1885as
7135am
9895am
5940am
7450na
7305ca
"""m
7200as
152503s
9915sa
117053s
17740as
11725as
178203s
5070am
9505na
7165do
1I655as
9755am
9870sa
11600as
11910na
13510as
15120as
9495am
59J5am
743Sam
117150101
13730$01
1367Dam
9375na
9605am
9420na
7315am
1359503
15485015
15270as
11645na
SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
0200
0200
0200
0210
0230
0250
Mondays
0200
0200
0205
0206
0206
021 1
0215
0215
0215
0230
0230
0230
0230
0232
0236
0244
0250
Tuesdays
0200 Canada. RCI Montreal.CBC RadiONews
0200 Bulgana, Radio: News.
0200 USA, WEWN BirminghamAl: Catholic World Today.
0206 Germany. DeutscheWelle: Newslink.
0211 Canada, RCI Monlreal: Spectrum
0211 Russia, Voice01: Moscow Mailbag
0215 Taiwan. Radio Taipei Inll: People.
0230 Germany, DeutscheWelle: Manami Environment
0230 Taiwan, Radio Taipel lnU: Trends.
42
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~d~~~~ontreal: cec
Radio News
0200 Australia, Rallto: RA News.
0200 Cuba,Raij iQ Havana Cuba: InlernationalNews_
0200 USA, KAU Dallas TX: World UniverstIY Network.
0206 Germany. Deutscne Welle: NewsUl1k.
0211 Canada.. RCIMontreal: Spectrum.
0214 Cuba, Radio HavanaCuba: Stories Making rlews in Cuba.
0215 Bulgaria. Radio: Events and Deveh)pmenl.
0220 Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight ontheAmericas.
0223 Cuba. Radio HavanaCuba: Feature Report
0230 Germany. OelllscheWeUe: Insight
0230 Ecuador, HCJB Quito(am): Unshadded.
0235 Cuba. RadiOHavanaCuba: Be My Guest.
0242 Cuba, Radio HavanaCuba: Featuregepert.
0250 Vatican State. VatiCan RadiO: The Rome Report
Thursdays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0200
0206
0211
0222
0230
0230
0235
0239
0245
0250
0254
Fridays
0200
0224
0230
0230
0230
0250
Saturdays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0200
0200
0205
0205
0211
0215
0215
0217
0223
0230
0230
0236
0238
0250
fREQUENCIES.
DJOlHl4oo
D3OlHl4oo
0300-0400vi
OJOO-!J.400vl
AnQUIliaCanbbean Beacon
Australia. RadIO
0300 ~~OO
0300.()400vl
03000400
0300-0400
03000400
03000400
6160do
0300-0400
03000400
03000400
03000305
03000400
03000327
0300-0400
03000330
03oo(!350
6160do
9690na
6975am
9925na
6000na
7345na
9745am
9475am
0300,0330
0300,0400
03000400
03oo-o~oo
0300-O-:oovt
0300-0030
03000400
Ianzana . RadIO
Thailand, aaoc
Turkey. Voice 01
12080as
17715pa
15240p.1
15415,as
1775Oa5
21725pa
.
WO(HJ315 mtwhl
6<J9(Mm
9660pa
1551(}p;J
5025(10
491Odo
Germ.1ny,Overcomer Millistf
OJOO-<4llll
03OO{: 4oo
Guatemala.TGNA'R Cullura'
0300-0400meq
Iraq, RadiO Iraq Inli
0300-<>100
Ireland.Unl ChristianBe
03000400 .IsM
Ita~;, HRS
Japan, RJapaniNHKWorld
D3OlHl4oo
0300-0400
Kenya Kenya Broadc Corp
0300-0400 vt
Lesome. RadiO tesoirc
roOO-Moo
Malaysia. Radio
0300-0330 mtwhfa Me~lCo . RadIO Me~ lCo Inti
0300-0325
Moldola, R Moldova Inti
Namibia, NBC
ro OO04oovt
0300-0325
Netherlands, RadiO
0300-0400
rl ew Zealand, R Nllnll
0300-0400 vi
PapuaNew Guinea, NBC
03000330vi
Philippines. R Prlpmas
03000400
aussa.voice 01RussiaWS
.. . ..
1479035
. .
03fAH)400
Uganda. RadiO
UK, BBC Alncansev ce
0300-0400
0300-0330
6085'"
9640",
3975eu
3300do
11785eu
6200do
7120va
17685pa
4885do
4800do
7295do
5985na
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0300
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0300
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0414
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0400
0400
0400
0400
0405
0406
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0630 UK, BBC london (as pacIsouth as): Meridian. One 01 tile
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0700-0800 vi
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1200
1200
1200
1204
1205
1208
1219
1230
1230
1230
t 233
1238
Mondays
1200
1200
1200
1200
1205
1213
1225
1230
1230
1232
1243
1245
1250
1252
Tuesdays
1200
1200
1200
1213
1215
1220
1226
1230
50
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1230
1230
1232
1237
1244
1246
1251
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1200 France, Radio France lnn.News.
1200
1211
1213
1226
1230
1232
1234
1239
1239
1244
1247
1250
1250
Thursdays
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1213
1215
1226
1230
1230
1233
1239
1246
1247
1250
Fridavs
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1205
1211
1215
1215
1230
1230
1234
1243
Saturdays
fREQUENCIES
1300-1400
1300-1 330
13001400
1300-1400 vi
13001400vl
130().1400 vi
13001320
13001400 vi
13001400
1300UOO
1300-1 400
13001400
13001 400
13001400 smtwhl
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1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1 330
1300-1400
1300-1 330
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
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13001400
13001400
1300-1400
13001400
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1300 1400vl
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13oo1330 s
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1300-1400
1300-1400
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9395eu
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11 910na
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15685am
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11795as
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15325eu
11620as
15585as
15240am
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13710as
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12020as
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15540au
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Sundays
Tuesdays
1300
1300
1300
1300
1305
1305
1305
1312
1318
1330
1330
1330
Mondays
1300
1300
1300
1306
1308
1310
1311
1315
131 5
1330
1330
1332
1338
1339
1340
1340
1353
Wednesdays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1310
1312
1315
1315
1330
1330
1338
1340
1346
Thursdays
13!X1
1300
1305
1305
1306
1310
1315
1315
1325
Fridays
1300 Romania. RadIORomania InU: RadIO Newsreel.
1300 Australia. RadIO: RANews.
1306 Canada.. RCI Montreal: ThISMorning
131 0 Brazil, Radiollras: araanan Reporter.
1315 Romania, RadiORomania InU:A Time lortne Fulure
131 5 Austra!ia. Radio: ThePlanet (Part1).
1325 Roma~ ia, Radio Romania Ind: The Sky1ark.
1325 RUSSia. VOiCe 01: NewsandViews.
1330 Singapore. R Sil1Q3-POre InU; News.
1335 Romania. RadiORomania InU: list eners' t enertcx
1335 Singapore, R Singapore Inll: EZ Beat
1338 Netherlands, Radio: Newsline.
1352 Romania. RadiORomanial nU; Thelis teners Club.
Saturdays
1300
1300
1300
1304
1305
1305
1315
1320
1325
1330
1332
1337
1340
1348
1355
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MONITORING TIMES
51
FREQUENCIES
AngUiIIa.caribbean Beacon
Au$1.ahoi. Radio
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14{)O-15oo
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1400-1500 vi
14001500 vi
14()().1500 vl
1400-1500
Canada. CfRXIoromo
Canada. CFVP Calgary
cae
1400,1500
140().1500
14001500
14001500
14001500 s
14001500
1400 t 5oo
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14oo 15OOas
14()(). 1500
1400-1500
14(1).1430s
14()().15OQ
14(1).1 500
1400-1500
1400,1430
14()().1500
14()().lSOO
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1SOO vi
1400-1500irrCfJ
1400 1430
14()(H 500vl
1400-1500
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15115am
21455am
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15&4Ona
11730as
6200do
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99B5as
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Sri l anka. Sri LankaBe
Switzerland. Swiss R InU
1400-1500
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Thallancl. Radio
UK, BBCAfrican Service
14001500
14001500
UK, BBCWorldService
1400 1500
14001500
14(XHSOO
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1400,1500
14001430
13650am
7405na
11825as
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13710as
11880al
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1400-1405
1400-1500
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USA. WGTGMcCaysvil!eGA
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12160am
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1190535
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1405
1405
1405
1415
141 5
1419
1430
1433
1439
1445
1454
Israel, KoIIsrael: N~ .
France. Radio France InU: News.
Australia, Radio: RA News.
Canada. RCI Montreal: CBe Radio News.
EoJalIor, HCJBOuilO (am): TheUrban Allemative.
Jordan, RadiO: l ist! ners' ChOICe.
Australia, Radio: Other Worllls (Part 1).
Canada, NQuebec Svc:Sunday Morning (2ndhour).
Switzerland. SwissRadIO InU: Newsoet.
Thailand. Radio: Travel Thailand,
Switzerland. Swiss RadiO Inti: Sounds Good (315).
France. Radio
lnU: Asia File.
Switzerland, SwissRadio Inti: Renl!elVO!IS with
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France, Radio FranceInti: Club 9516.
Netherlands, RadiO: Wide Angle.
Philippines, FEBC: Sound Words,
Netherlands, Radio: Siren Song.
sranee
Mondays
1400
1400
1400
1405
1405
1415
1420
1425
1430
1432
1434
1438
1445
1445
1450
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1400
1400
1400
1405
1405
1415
1426
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MONITORING TIMES
1430
1437
1438
1446
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Vatican Radio: Wha: Can I Oo?
1400 France, Radio France Inti: News.
1400
1400
1400
1405
1415
1426
1430
1432
1434
1438
1439
1452
1454
1438
1454
13845am
11970na
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6165do
4828do
5005do
9500as
9385as
972l1ls
5986do
6265do
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11660as
12085as
Saturdays
1400
1400
1400
1400
1405
1405
141[)
1420
1423
1430
1431
1438
1440
1454
1455
Thursdays
1400
1400
1400
1400
1405
1405
1425
1433
1438
1439
1447
1450
1453
Fridays
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1405
1405
141 3
1415
1426
1434
Israel.KoIlsrael; News.
Mexico. RMexico Inl1: Antenna RadiO SUmmary.
Thailand, Radio: Bangkok Vibrations.
France,RadIO FranceInti: News.
Australia, Radio: Radio National News.
Australia. Radio; The Planet\part 2).
Switzerland, Swiss Radio Int: Newsnet
Israel, Kollsrael:Current Cullural Events In Israel.
Thailand. Radio: TravelThailand
France. RadiOFrance InU: Review 01theFrench Newspapefs,
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Sundays
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15001600
15OCH600
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AUSlralta. Radio
150[H600 ....
150IH 600 'i1
11775am
cae
15001600
150().l600
15001600
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Canada, CKlNSIJonns
150CH600
1500-1600
1500-1559 s
15001600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15OO160I)as
15001600
15001600
15001600
1500-1 600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600
15001510
15001600
15001600 ineg
15OlJ 1530 smtwla
1500 1600
150016OQ vt
1500-1525
15001600occsnat
15001600
1500,1557
15oo1530s
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15001600
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950035
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1500-1545sm
1500-1600
2325do
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616Odo
6160<10
11855am
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1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
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21455am
1500-1600
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1500-1600
1500-1600
1500 1600
1500 1600
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15001600
1500-1600as
1500-1600
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1530 1600
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USA.WGTG Mccaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCAUpton KY
USA. WRMIIR Miami Inti
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA.WYFROkeechobee FL
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13800va
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15425as
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7125.3s
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9475am
11830na
11550as
13765va
6065al
6t65do
4828(10
11980as
7215as
11734eu
11605eu
12160am
17750na
13845am
15685arn
15500va
6265do
5012do
11775as
12084eu
15650na
13605me
17515na
SELEaED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500
1500
1503
1505
1520
1525
1530
1535
1545
1545
1550
Mondays
1500
1500
1500
1505
1520
1525
1530
1530
1530
1534
1545
Tuesdays
1500
1500
1500
1511
1515
1520
1525
1530
1530
1534
1539
1545
1545
1545
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1500
1500
1500
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1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
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1511
151 5
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1533
1535
1537
1544
1550
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1500
1500
1500
1500
1505
1506
152Q
153D
1530
1530
1530
1535
1545
1549
1550
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MONITORING TIMES
S3
FREQUENCIES.
.. .
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700111
1600-1700vi
1600-1700 vi
16001700 vi
16001700
16001700
16001700
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2310<:10
16001606
15160me
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16001700
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1600-1700
1600-1700
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16001700
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1600-1 700
1600-1630
1600-1630
1600-1700
1600-1630
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700 vi
16001650 0ccsnal
16001700
16001630 s
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freq uency ( L F ) rad io tra nsmitte r was insta lled
in Luxembou rg; the programs tran sm itte d by
th is installation began to he heard in a nothe r part
of Eu rope m ixed with a pro gr am tran sm itted by
anot her sitc .1t wa s postu lated in 1934 by Bai le y
a nd Marti n (2) that the tran sm issio ns fro m the
Luxe mbourg tra nsm itter we re actu ally modu lati ng the ion osphe re and interac ting with the
ot he r tra nsmissi ons in Eu rope.
II shou ld be noted that in Europe a nd in No rt h
Africa. L F tran sm itter s o pe ra ting in IT U (Int e rnatio nal T elecommun icat ion Union) Reg io n I
utilize very high po wer. It is no t unusual to sec
so me of the LF stations list their powe r as 1000
or 2000 k Wand eve n high er.
(I am assum ing that th is is the powe r a t the
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a rc loo king at tra ns mitter s cons uming between
4000 and XOOO kW of power. T hai is the equ ivalent o f8 0.000 regul ar hom e ligh tbulbs o r 40. 000
PC' s operati ng a t the sam e tim e. I a m glad I do
not have to pay the electricity billl j
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descr ibed bv Fred erick Terman in the 1943
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MH1140, 1240, 1940, 2140; MF1640; H 0240,
0840; F1115, 1215, 1615, 1915, 2115; A0215, 0815
S 0745, 1345, 1745,2145,2345; M0245, 0445, 0645
S 0632, 1532; M0632; W 0532,1332; F0232, 1932; A
2032
HOnO , 1650 , 1850 ; F0120
MF2047; TA0047,0147,0547
A0214, 0644
Middle East.
A small. hut g rowi ng minor ity of paren ts arc
op ting for hom e sc hooli ng for their child re n in
lieu of classroom ed uca tion. Hom e Education
Ne twork: is a magazi ne- style pro gramming pro filing the home sc hooling mo ve ment and offer ing advice and assistance to those pursu ing it. It
ai rs o n World Har vest Rad io (W HRI a nd
KWHR ) and Wo rld Wi de C hristian Rad io
(W WC R) as fo llows:
A0 100 on KWHR on 17510 kHz. to
As ia a nd the Pacific
A 1405' o n WHRI on 151 05 kHz. to
the Ame rica s
M0700' on WWCR on 32 10 kHz.
to the Americas and Europe
Language Lessons
Tab le I is a listi ng of various foreign lang ungc co urses o n offer fro m shortwave broadcas te rs. When yo u tune in. listen for how 10
o btain book s and othe r mate rials to ass ist you in
your stud ies. Until Nove m ber, goo d liste ning !
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BEGINNER.S CORNER
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO MONITORING
SKIPAREY, N2EI
tjarey@home .com
62
October 1998
d ard AI\'I b r oadca st hand . A rccent developm ent in the med iumfreq uency hand is the Federal Com At least a portion of the 10\ v frcmunication s Commission' s (FC C)
qucncy band is easily reached by the
ex pansio n o f the AM broad cast
hobbyist. T his is because many mod band all the way out to 1710k Hz.
ern hobb y-leve l. communications rc- O rson ' Veils.
Se ve ral stations have already bethe Fa ther or
cc ivcrs begin their frequ ency covergun broadc astin g in this new band
agc at ISOkl-lz. Th e lower end of the Spnoky I{ad io
seg men t.
LF hands can he a bit "spooky" as it
Other than the fact that these new stations
is po pulated by a host of militar y opera tion s.
arc on the CUlling edge, bow can you expect to
Above 100 k l-lz you w il l rind military stalind anything spooky in the middle o f the
tions. incl uding systems that send weather
mos t com mon for m of radio broadca sting
c harts by way o f fax. very similar 10 the fax
know in the United States? Wel l, from 16 10
mach ines you might have in your offi ce on ly
thro ugh 17 10 kHz you may still hea r a few
uti li/.ing rad io signals instead o f signals that
pirate broa dca ste rs . These arc folks that
come over the tele phone .
choose to broa dcast with out the be nefi t o f
As we round the corner into the ISO kHz
applying for FCC licensing. Information about
range wher e hobby recei vers begin to cam
these types of broadcasters is often found in
their keep. we ru n into a lady named GWEN.
Geor ge Ze ller' s "Outer Limit s" column.
From ISOthrough 17S kll z the Ground Wo n '
From 17 1n kHz through I ROO kHz is a
Emergcl1cy Network: (G WEN ) is a nationseg ment of freq uencies that we re at on e time
wide sys tem estab lished by the United States
fairly well populated by cord less tele phones.
Air Force to provide fo r a "s urviv able" COI11The se freque ncies have fallen ou t of lise somemunicut ions system. GW EN is there to keep
what. and current go vernm e nt regu latio ns
things runni ng if "The Big O ne" ever drops.
make mon itor ing o f cord less-telephone freSpoo ky indeed. Again, as with so lllany miliquen cies illegal an ywa y-c-attmcting spoo ks
tary op erations. you can listen but you won' t
for an ent irely diffe rent reason.
hear very muc h. Th e signals an: en crypted.
From 2000 kHz through 30()() kHz yo u
will primaril y find maritime com m u nlca Mediu m Frequency (MFJ: 3003000
lions. Not too spooky. but you can always
kHz
keep one ca r on 2 182 kl-l z. Th is frequ ency is
universally recogn ized for emergency disI\ o\\" we are gelling closer to rad io as you
tress calling and safety communicat ions.
probabl y env isioned il before your eyes were
From 2300 kHz throu gh 2495 kHz is also
ope ncd 10 the full extent of the radio wor ld .
recognized ~I S the first of the intern ational
Still. there arc a few mutters to get exc ited
b ro adcastin g hands know n as thc 120 Meter
abo ut before we ru n up again st (he standard
Band. also kno wn as the tropical bands. In the
Al\1 broadca st ba nd. From 4 15 thro ugh S I5
part of the world we live in, we are used to the
kHz yo u will find ma ritim e co mmunications
standard AM and FM radio band s as the
frequencies. Th is chunk of the ha nd is curprimary sources of radio . But. in lllany other
ren tly in a state of flux. as almos t all corn mupan s of the world, especially those grouped
nica tions done here we re previously GIITied
toward the equatorial regions of ou r planet,
out by International Morse Cod e, includ ing
the tropical band s arc used lordomesti c broadthe mariti me distress frequency on SOO kll z.
The trend is to mo ve away from Mor se code
cas ting. Some o f the most challenging and
rewardin g long-di stance listen ing (DX ing )
as a primary mean s of ma ritime communications. so you can look for change s in this area . can be done on the tropic al ba nds.
The possibi lity of mon itoring distress traffic
Because o f thc volatile natu re of some o f
fro m ships that haven't upgrade d doc s carry a
the parts orthe world in the so-ca lled tropical
ce rtain amou nt or ad venture .
regions. the opportunity to listen in on any
number of "c landes tine snu ions" also hegin s
FrnmS30 kli z through 161 0 kl lz we find
familiar ground . This is the good old stunin this broadcast band. Th ese arc stations that
of the ban ds. Among th e many pagi ng tran smitt er s ill thi s seg men t. these Frequencies ar e
popular wit h surveill ance a nd cave ... droppin g
eq uipme nt user s. s uc h as law enforceme nt
agencie s and private in ve sti g ators. \ 1o n.'go od
spoo ky stuff.
From XX to lOX MHz we ret urn to a more
fa m iliar wo rld . the st a ndard F:\'. broad cast
ha n d , or so yo u ma y think . Many FM station s
al so b road cast su bsidia ry ca rrier a uth n r'iza tion (SCA) sig na ls un dcmc.uh the pro g ra mm ing you no rmall y hear. Y ou co uld have
listen ed to radi o all yo ur life and never have
known these sig na ls wer e there . T h is SCA
m usic . prog ram m ing and data. by law. ca n
on ly be mon itor ed by peop le w ho have the
tra ns m itting s tatio n' s perm ission to do so.
Ho w e ver. eq uipment to rece ive these sig na ls
is w ith in the bud get and ex pe rtise o f even
begi nni ng radi o mon itor s. It' s spooky on ly in
so far as ii' s not for common convum puun.
Monitorin g 1J6- 13X 1\1Hz allo ws yo u 10
becom e a "S pooky S pace Cadet." These frequ e ncie s arc used hy mallYweathe r smcllircs.
Ho bby ists who becom e inter ested ill satellite
trunxmiss i(in cnn purch ase dcrnodul ator cqu ipmcn t that a llow s the sig na ls recei ved to be
tran sl ated into we ath er fac si mile / \ VE F A X )
picture s. Yo u can "xpy" onthe earth ' s weath er
from satellite and ha ve a s pook y o ld tunc .
From 14:\- 150.:\ 1\11 1/. w ill brin g in a fc\\
more g ov ernment/ mil itary sig nal s that ha ve
s poo ky potential. The frequenc ies fro m 225
thro ugh J OO kll z a nd beyond 10 400 1\'1111
round out the V HF han d and mo ve into UI IF
\.. -it h more mi litar y avi.uion frequenci es.
A:
...,...
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'
1>0
[fJ:
800-543-3025 tiSky li i si m i
www.skyvision,CDm
listen 10.
Very High Frequency (VHF/: 30300
MHz
From 30 10 50 MHz you w ill find many
d ifferent sig na ls from the gove rn me nt and
b us iness wo rlds. Th e tenden cy in recen t years
ha s been forope ration s to move up high e r into
the upper end of till' VHF and on into the LJ IIF
regi on s. S till, no freq uen cy goe s unu sed in a
world that runs o n rad io . I hav e o ften heard
allegedl y " unused " V HF cha n nels used for
unde rco ver wo rk suc h as inters ta te d rug int er d icti on. Spoo ky sluf f 10 be sure .
From 72 to 76lvt HI. is an in terest ing corner
Tra:e w Trunk
ker Scanne rs
October 1998
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63
ASK BOB
telephone and calculator keypads.Jim Thornton wrote in with a plausible explanation, noting
that the di fference was deliberate.
Accordi ng to Jim. AT&T Bell Lab s designers feared that a profici ent ca lculator user would
enter sequences too fast for the 1950s-era mechanical switching netw or ks to handle, so the
de libera te s low-down woul d prevent misdi alings, l im co ntinues:
"By reversi ng the seq uence. sufficient time was provided between the dialed numbers for
the equipment to detect and convert the multi-frequency tones into standard equipment
co ntro l sign als. Before the pushbutton teleph ones we re introdu ced . numero us tests were
conducted with expe rienced ten-key operators using the reve rsed keypads to ensure that the
chan ce of rnisdialed num bers wou ld be minim ized :'
Makes good se nse. Thanks. Jim .
regular
- - -',
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MONITORING TIMES
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the second
floor. What can I do for a ground
system?
A. An old ham Irick to gel an RF ground for
HF (shon wa vc freque ncies. I . X ~ 30MH z ) from
a di sta ntlocation is to usc a len gth of 50 oh m
co ax ia l ca ble. Co nnect a ca pacit or (approximatel y (U) I microfarad. 600 volt or more )
across the coax -c-one <It eac h end . T his co ax
grou nd lead should he co nnec ted 10 an eight -
co uple of month s back " we suggested a meth od of build ing an optical interface coupled to an amplifier to hear the signals from an infrared
remote co ntrol. Greg Fei s of Potomac"Maryland, suggests a much eas ier way: "Just hold
the remote next to any cheap old AM radio
tuned off-frequency, and you will hear the
pulses as you push each button." I tried it on
an AMIFM portable here at the office; it
work s!
October 1998
MONITORING TIMES
65
BELOW
SOO KHZ
DXING THE BASEMENT BAND
Better Beginnings
Getting on t he Band
Mos t rece ivers of recent manufacture incl ude lougwavc coverage down to at least J 50
kH z. Ther e arc many o lde r rigs. however . that
provide only lim ited coverage . oromit the ba nd
en tirel y. Th is incl udes ha m tra nsce ivers fro m
the I970s. Except for longwave coverage. most
of thes e older un its are we ll suited for DX
reception.
To add LF ca pabili ty. or to exte nd the range
o f a rad io with limi ted co verage, yo u' ll nee d a
converter. T hese out board un its con nec t to
yo ur recei ver ' s external ante nna j ack . and requ ire no equipment mod ification s at all. Th e
on ly cri tica l poi nt to insta lling a co nverter is to
use s hielded ca ble betwee n it and the co mpanion recei ver. Thi s preve nts bleed through of
unwant ed (no n-LF) sig nals.
FIGURE I.
Tuning In
Determining the LF freq uency you' re tun ed
to mi ght see m like a co mplicated p rocess w hen
usin g a converte r. It is actually very simp le.
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MONITORING TIMES
October 1998
flu.
194
19S
206
209
216
220
224
227
230
233
236
245
246
260
266
266
2S1
302
305
332
344
346
350
362
365
413
423
429
432
51S
524
TUK
OIW
GLS
AEC
CLB
RBJ
SOL
GDX
SH
LG
GN I
VZE
Ofl
AP
fA
VR
SGK
PU
RO
HK
AVN
YXL
RG
LYL
CZM
YHO
CKP
IKY
IZN
GCT
UOC
LmlIun
Nantucket, MA
Dixon, NC
Galveston, TX
Warm Springs, NV
Wilmington. NC
Tucson, AZ
Scottsdale, AZ
Upperville, VA
Shreveport, LA .
Long Beach. CA
Grand Isle,LA .
Gore Bay, ONT
Defiance. OH
Denver, CO
Fresno, CA
Vancouver, BC
Knoxville, TN
Pueblo, CO
Roswell, NM
Hickory Hills. IL
Avon, NY
Siouxl ookout, ONT
Oklahoma City,OK '
lima, OH r- ;'
Cozumel, MEX
Dryden. ONT :
Cherokee. IA
Springfield. KY
lincolnton, NC
Guthrie Center. IA
IowaCity. IA
AMERICAN BANDSCAN
Dou Smith, W9WI
[email protected]
Eml
1620
1620
1640
1640
C!lY
1660
1670
KXOl
WNMl
1670 WTDV
1690 WMDM
1690 KAYK
1700 KTBK
1700 WCMQ
Programming
religious
religious
religious
black oldies
religious
traffic reports
Portuguese
ethnic
tesling only
sports
news/talk
talk
children's
testing only
Cuban ethnic
rim
,670
TODAY'S T A L I<:
,I
org .uk/Licensccsl ind ex.ht m l. The latter address lists only private stations; the SB C' s
hornepage is at www.b bc.co.uk though I've
not been able to find a transmi tter list on that
site !
Another Internet site read ers might want to
visit is the " AM Stereo Page" at wwwj.ns.
sy m patico.callett uc elho me .htm . 1t' 1I take
awhile to load. but any thing you ever wanted to
know abo ut this see mingly lost techn ology can
be found here.
Patrick Griffi th reports on ne ws in the Den ver area. Major co nstruction on the KOA- 850
transmitter site mig ht have meant Colorado
DXe rs might have found some silent time in
KOA' s schedule. Unfort unately, it will probably have already hap pened by the time yo u
read this. Still, you should always check! You
ne ver know when your powerful locals ma y
tem porarily disa ppear ... (Yet anot her good reason to jo in a DX club and the amj mtvdx @qth,net
mailing Ii sl. )
His seco nd item involves the 1190 kHz
station at Boulde r. T his was the AM side of
KBCO -97.3 for many years ; it also operated
for awhile us ' KHOW2:' ca rryi ng some progra ms provided by the 630 kHz station in
De nver. 11 90 has bee n off the air for awhile a nd
was donat ed 10 the Univers ity of Colorado
ea rly this year . Un iversit y offic ials told Patrick
they expe ct the station bac k on the air sometime this mo nth. It will replace an ex isting
station (presumably run by students") whic h
operates on "carrier-c urrent" (closed-circ uit)
AM and cable FM.
Th e days an: gelling shorter , and the DX is
ge tting better. What are you hearing? Write me
at Box 98. Brasstown NC 28902 -009 8. or by
ema il atw9wi @bel/.mll1h.net.
Pocket Loop
N
NEW!
Octob.r 1998
MONITORING TIMES
67
OUTER LIMITS
George Zeller
George.lelfer@acclink. com
J. Spa rx. probably the most aclive sho rtwav e pirate statio n in
recent years. has announced his
reti rement as a broad caster. His station,
\ VR E C , has been heard on a worldw ide
basis with its entertai ning format of rock
music. co medy, and no velt y parod ies o f
rock songs. In addi tion . P. J. act ively
re layed num erou s European pirates that
oth erw ise were extremely tough OX
catches on our side of the Atlantic.
In a re lease 10 Monitorin g Times, P. WRE e
J. indicated that he enjoyed his six year
stint on the pirate band s. He indicates that he
has accomplish ed what he set out (0 do . so he is
ret iring while on top of his game. P_J. tha nks
listeners for their support , and promises (hat
outstanding recep tion report s will be verified
via the Be lfast ma ildrop . Multiple pirates that
used WREC as their relay tran smitter will now
be looki ng for a new home .
Millennium Radio
T he name of Cumbre DX ma ven Hans
Johnson is well know n in DX ci rcles. His
interesting articles have appeared in Monitoring Times on se veraloccasions. Hans an nounces
tha t M ille nnium Rad io, a new intern et radio
s ta t ion , ca n be t une d i n at http ://
www.gelat.cum/ra dio / on the web. T he station plans a var iety of progra mming format s,
includi ng re lays of histori c pirate broadcasts
that you may have missed. Hans can bereached
at 73042.36442@com puser ve.com if you'd
like additio nal information on this new se rvice.
Pirate CD
Vetera n pirate DXer Kirk Trumr nel, who
with John Cru zan has don e a fantastic job
maintaining the outstand ing Fret' Radio Network internet web site, has prepared a lengthy
CD containing aud ioclips from dozens ofN orth
American pirates . Additio nal information on
this CD, which costs $20 US, is availab le from
Kirk at ki rk @m ail. frn,net via e-mail.
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October 1998
Thanks!
Your inpu t is a lways welcom e via PO Box
98, Brasstown, NC 28902 . or via the e-mail
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69
he April issue of QSTmagazine carried a full page adv ert isement from
Kenwood fo r the ir YC- H I portable
slow scan T Y (SSTY ) unit. A fter reading
the ad and looking at the pho tos. I thought
perhap s this wa s so meo ne ' s idea of an Apri l
foo l joke . But I figured so meo ne like
Ken wood wou ld not do that and began a
search for more infor matio n o n the unit.
Du ring my annual visit to the Roc hes ter,
New York . ha mfe st I lo o ked up the
Ke nwood fo lks to see what they cou ld te ll
me . Gues s what: they we re showing the
YC-H I! No larger than man y VHF hand
held transceivers, this fanta stic piece of
equipment floo red me.
The Old Days
MONITORING TIMES
October /998
SSTV
Th e YC- H I is go ing to make
the field of Slow Scan TY a lot
eas ier to get in to for eve ryone. I
expect to see SSTV activ ity expanding from the pre sent hand ful of frequencies on HF to incl ude all band s. No reaso n why
novi ce and tec h ope rator s
should n' t have a ba ll with thi s
unit on VHF/ UHF. too.Th is unit
will add a new d imension to the
hobhy for all hams.
Can yo u imag ine co nnec ting the YC-H I to yo ur ha ndheld and sending photos of interestin g subjects while on yo ur
da ily wa lk. j og o r bicyc le ride ? Or Lake a
shot of the ne w baby, pu ppy. toy or whatever to show to friend s across tow n o r the
worl d . Pub lic se rvice events will bene fit
fro m SSTY. too . (O ne picture is wo rth a
thou sand wo rds .)
In case yo u we re won de ring. I love the
YC-H I and hop e all of you w ill. too. Soon
we ca n add a who le new mean ing to the
phrase. " BC NU: ' Gr eat job. Ke nwood.
Conditions
. AND MOREl
Jock Ellioff, KB2GOM
[email protected]
I{
approachable .
T he FrccTa lk mak es casy for the first time
user to get started wi th FRS . Avai lab le in
blac k an d yel lo w co lors. it clear ly ca me from
the S;'I Il1C de sign philosophy as the lco m IC 40 0 XA. wi th th e sa me fo ld-down and antenna
a nd same unusual thumbwh ccl arrangeme nt
for att aching the be lt cli p o n the back . The re
are just fo ur bu tto ns on the f . ICC of the unit
(Po we r, Up. Do wn. and Mod e) , plus a speake r/
mic rophon e a nd a back lit LCD , O n to p of the
radio is a volu me co nt ro l and rub be r flap that
can he lifted to re vea l plug-ins for a speake r/
mic and o ther accessories.
On the left side ofth e Frec'Tulk is the pushto-talk swi tch a nd be low it, a wedge- shape
rubber protrusion thai helps 10 locate yo ur
Hoger o r thumb o ver th e pu sh-to-talk button .
On the back . there is a rem o vable be lt dip and
a hatch for in sta lling thr ee AA ba tteries. for
whic h Ken wood claims 38 ho urs of o perating
time . Th at' s e ig ht hou rs longe r than the lco m
FRS radio. whic h also uses th ree 1\A ba tte ries. We ' II get to the reaso n w hy in just a bit.
Fo r basic opera tio ns, the Frce 'Talk is e xtrem el y eas y to operate. Pre ss the Power hutton , a nd the rad io turn s o n with the volume SCi
whe re you left it. To se lect from any of the l-l
FRS c hannel s. pre ss the Up or Down butto ns.
To block unwanted rransruission s fro m
other FRS users. yo u and the members of yo ur
group can select a CT CSS (Co ntin uo us T unc
Coded Squelch Sy stem ) ton e from the 3S
progr a mmed into the Frcc'Tulk . T o ac tivate a
CTCSS ton e, tap the Mode button o nce an d
then usc the Up and Down butt on s 10 se lect
the lon e o f choice . O IH.-c yo u hav e selected a
CTeSS to ne fur usc, it is ap plied to all cha nne ls 0 11 the r..ulio. Unlike so me co mpeting
un its, yo u ca nno t se lec t a to ne fur o ne c hanne l. hut non e fo r ano the r or d iff er ent to nes for
d iffere nt cha nne ls. O nce a ton e ha s been se lected , thc di spla y shows bot h the cha nnel and
the to ne n umbe r.
Th e Kenwood also offers a featu re I' ve 110 1
Channel
1
J62.5625
J 62 .5875
J62.6 125
J 62 .6375
J 62 .6625
J62.6875
J 62 .7125
J67.5625
J 67.5875
J67.6125
J67.6 375
J 67.6625
J67.68 75
J 67.71 25
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MONITORING TIMES
71
ANTENNA TOPICS
Cfem Small, KR6A
iddcn in a deserted farm house located deep in e ne my ter ritory. headphones clamped tigh t 10 your ea rs,
you arc risk ing your life or eve n worse. using
yo ur tiny shortwave stat io n to send bac k vital
information abo ut ene my tro o p mo vement s.
As you lap ou t yo ur message in Mo rse code
there is a loud ba nging at yo ur door. Your
he a rt S LO p S - the n rac e s w ild ly. Q uick ly yo u
stuff yo ur min iature statio n in to its se cre t
hidi ng place, Ami no on e w ill guess that that
o ld telep hon e line whi ch runs only betwee n
the house a nd barn was j ust now se rving as
yo ur unte r ma.T ry ing to lo ok like some d ow n-
FIGURE I
So me types of wire anten nas w ill li t full sized into the attic of <I home. the cra wl space
abo ve the ce iling of a room. or eve n in an
unused chimney. Some times they must be
bent a bit to fit. but they still work. Ha lfwa ve
dipoles shorte ned by as muc h as half their
le ngth still work surprising ly we ll. So me
people have had success putting wire antennas under rugs, arou nd the baseb oard of a
roo m. or under the eves of the ir roof. Unused
ch im neys ca n house base-fed ve rtical antonnas, a ltho ugh putt ing radi als out for them ca n
towers,
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A center-fed dipole antenna utili zing th e metal bodies of two parked auto mobiles as its eleme nts. Good two-way commu nication was reported
usi ng th is antenna.
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Transmitting, too!
Non -obv io us ant e nnas which arc insu lated
from everythi ng b ut yo ur an te nna lead -in wire
sho uld be OK fo r tran sm itt ing as we ll as for
rece iving . Yo u need to use co m mo n sense.
ho we ve r (i.e .. no o ne should he silting in the
la wn cha ir whe n it's bein g used to tra nsm it.
forge t using the human bo dy asa tr..msmitting
antenna . ctcl ). Don 't use an appliance 's power
cord as a fecd line when tra nsm itti ng . As a
mancr of sa fe ty ther e sho uld he no on e nca r an
antenna when it' s transmitt ing . Very lo w
po wer sh ould be used fo r in-h ou se ant ennas
unless the an tenna is wel l a way fro m a ny o the r
objects. Never use a tran smitting ante nna near
a fue l storage tank.
For rrunsmiuing you ' re a lm ost sure 10 need
an antenna tuner to g et an y worth while rad iation from the anten na. No n-o bv io us ant enn as
And so ... ..
In case yo u thi nk that the antennas desc ribed here a rc sugges ted o nly in jest. let me
say tha t I ha ve rece ived repo rts from read ers
and friend s \V I1O have e njoyed themse lves
with o ne or more of th ese a nte nnas. Th e
infa mou s Kurt N. Sturba frequently wr ites
abo ut his exp lo its using o nly a lawn c hair. or
some suc h un usua l ite m . as an an te nna . He
makes l1l ..lI1YDX co ntacts with suc h .1 setup.
Perhaps the most impre ssive small- ante nna
stunt th at" s co me to my attention is that of a
read er who rep orted that he had made a contact sev eral states a way usi ng onl y a struigfucn ed pap erclip :'IS an an te nna on the H l-meter
a mateur band !
It is usu a lly true that puttin g a hal f wa velength recei v in g antenna o utside. in the clear.
and as high as prac tical gives better reception
than is ob tain ed fro m the ante nnas weve
d iscu ssed her e . But not everyone has the
s pace , time, fin ance s or d esire to put up a
mo re ideal antenn a. Th e antennas described
here have bro ugh t muny liste ners a lot of
pleas ure ove r the yea rs. T hey are no t di fficult
to try, a nd yo u ca n have yourse lf so me fu n in
the process.
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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
TWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIFY!
Bill Cheek
email: [email protected]
Judy' s question sparked me to some researc h that suggests a periodic, full discharge
of NiCd and NiMH ce lls can correct for the
effects of past abuses of overc harge and und ercharge. but only under the right conditions.
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tion (n.c.)
As soon as the cell discharges to 1.0-V to
match the refe rence voltage, the output of the
LM- 339 shifts to high (5 V ). Thi s turns on the
switching transistor and, in turn. energizes the
relay. the contacts (If which shift to the normally open (n.o.) position. Thi s stops furthe r
discharge of the cel l. The 4. 7 ~k n resistor
continues to discharge the cel l, but at 200-mA
or less. this is insignificant so long as the cell is
remov ed within a few days.
If for any reason the cell's voltage should
climb back ove r 1.0 V, the LM-336 will trigge r
the switching transistor to switch the relay back
to the n.c. position. T he ce ll then discharges at
the much higher rate until it drop s to 1.0 V
aga in. Operat ion is automatic all the way, and
hands-off is the keyword here. But there are
cavea ts.
You can use this circuit to d iso pe n ci rc uit termin al volt age drops
charge more than one ce ll at a time ,
off rapi dly. to we ll under m y con se rvative spec of 1.2\'. A s the ter but it will lake lo nger unle ss yo u
redu ce the value of the disc ha rge
min a l voltage drops. curre nt drain
resistor. Use the sa me form ulas
fal
ls proportionally.
In 3Out 3 Out4 Gnd In 4+ In 4T his dr op-offi s not linear ; mo re
abo ve . exce pt take the add itional
cel ls into account. For instance , tw o
like logari thmi c . mean ing the ter mi na l vol tage d rops q uickly at firs t
600 mNh ce lls co nnec ted in parallel as in Figure I arc co nside red as
under di sch arge. and then tend s to
stab ilize at a less rapid rate . Yo u
one 1200 -mA/h ce ll tha t ca n be d is+
can experimen t w ith th is by usin g
charged at 400-mA. The resistor
4
lower va lues for the d ischarge re~
shou ld be about 1.2/0 .4 o r J o hms .
si s tor wi t h vo lt m e te rs a n d
Likewi se. a o-ccll pack in para llel is
co ns idered as one 3600- mAIh ce ll:
mill iam me ters con nec ted to show
1.2/3 .600 . or 0 ,33 o hms . You ca n
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inclu de an SASE w ith any postal
series-co nnect ed pack tha t runs the
Ground these pins if not used for other p rojects,
req ues ts.
radi o. Rech argeabl e cells co nnec ted
in series typ ica lly do not d ischar ge
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the same level, an d as you see, tha t can be don e
6.0v . The resistor sho uld be ca lculated fo r 1.2
o nly with the ce lls co nne cted in pa rallel. or
x 6:;:: 7 .2v. So . for a 600 ~m A/h pack. the resistor
wou ld be : 7_210.200 :;:: 36 oh ms. T he disc har ge
d isc harged ind ividuall y. one at a time .
Note to U.S. co nsumers only: II is unlawfu l to import ,
manufactu re, or ma rket cellolcr -copcble or cellclcr resistor for a six-cell. IOOO-mAIh pack wo u ld
If yo u insist on try ing the auto matic disre storable scc rmers into the u.s.
be 7.2/1.000:;:: 7.2 o hms (7 ohms wo uld be
charger with a se ries pack. you will have to use
a h igher suppl y vo ltage . eq ual to o r a few volt s
fin e.)
abo ve the maximum termi nal voltage of the
Unuse d pin s o fl he L M~33 9 Qu ad Co mparetor must be grounded . See Figures I and 3. Yo u
pack . For example . a six-cel l NiCd pack C'1Il
might dev ise tem porary grounds so that othe r
me asure as high as 8.7v . so the reg ulated po wer
supply s hould be 9v or higher. A four-cel l pac k
sec tions ca n be used for futu re proj ect s as
Sca nners. Modifications and more ...
ca n measure as high as 6v . Th e LM- 339 ch ip
needed .
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MONITORING TIME5
7S
GSM C ryptogra p hy
Mo bil.
Equip ment
in 1996.
One o f three di gital technologies competing for cus tome rs in the United Stat es is the
secre t I 28-bit key Ki throu gh the A3 a lgorithm to produce a 32-bit "signed response"
(S RES ). T his num be r is tra nsfe rred out of the
SIM into the pho ne, whe re it is then transmit ted to the netw ork. Th is is the phone' s response to the net work ' s challenge .
Me anwhile the network has performed
the same set of operations. Using the sa me
value of RAND and a n ident ical co py of Ki,
the networ k has co m puted its own va lue for
ity.
Authentication
One of the prim ary security functio ns of
the SIM is to authenticate the subscribe r to the
network. A GSM net work ve rifies the identit y
of a subsc riber th rough a challenge-respo nse
proce ss. When a mobi le subsc ribe r requests
se rvice. the net work se nds a mat hem at ica l
challenge to the phone, which it m ust answe r
co rrec tly before bein g gra nted access.
T he cha llen ge se nt by the ne twork to the
phone cons ists of a 128-bit num be r ca lled
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SRES.
Th e net work co m pares the S RES received
from the pho ne to its ow n S RES: If the two
va lues are the same, it assume s the phon e is
legitimate and a llow s se rvice to proceed . If
the two va lues are not the sa me, the network
assu mes the S IM do es not have the prop er
sec ret key Ki and the refo re de nies se rvice to
the phone.
Since the RAND va lue c hanges with e ve ry access atte mpt, an eavesdro pper recording the S RES response will not be ab le to
success fully reuse it later. E ven if by c hance
a partic ular RAND c ha llenge hap pened to be
re used, a GSM networ k has thc flexibili ty to
au then ticate the pho ne as ofte n as it wishes,
per hap s seve ra l times throu ghou t the du ration of a ca ll. A legi tim ate pho ne ca n eas ily
retu rn the cor rect answe r each lime, wherea s
a cloned phone using a sing le successful
Confidentiality
T he S IM a lso pro vides informatio n needed
to e ncrypt the rad io co nnection bet ween the
phone a nd the base station. In orde r to unde rstand how the e ncryption works, a little back-
ground is necessary.
GS M uses a techn ique ca lled time divisio n
to share the radi o channel w ith up to se ve n
othe r use rs. Eac h user takes turn s using the
com mon radi o c ha nnel, se nding and receiving information on ly during one of the e ight
available time slots. Each time slot is very
sho rt. last ing only abo ut 4.6 mil liseconds, and
is identified by a fram e numbe r, A GS M
conve rsatio n uses two fram es, one go ing from
the base station [ 0 the pho ne (ca lled the f orward d irection) an d another going fro m the
phone back to the base station (call ed the
reverse d irecti on ). Eac h of these fra me s contains 114 bits of user information. wh ich is
a lmost a lwa ys di gi tized and co m pre sse d
speech.
So, e ver y 4 .6 miIIiseco nds the phone rece ives 114 hits of inform ation from the base
statio n and tran smit s an other 114 bits to the
base station. It is these 228 bit s that require
enc ryp tion to pro tect them fro m eavesdroppers.
Using the RA ND cha llenge and the sec ret
key Ki . the SIM runs the A8 algorithm to
produc e a 64 -bit lon g c ipher key called Kc.
Kc is tra nsferred out of the SIM and into the
phone, whe re it is used by a thir d algor ith m
called A S .
AS uses Kc an d the c urre nt frame nu mber
to produce <I key strea m of 22& bit s, hal f of
which decode the incoming forw ard cha nnel
and the other half encode the outgo ing reve rse
chan nel. AS resides in hardware in the phone.
not in the S IM, a nd must operate qui ckl y and
con tinuou sly to gene rat e a fresh set of228 bits
eve ry 4 .6 milliseconds. Also, becau se GS M
handsets are designed to opera te in differ ent
network s, the A S algo rithm must be co m mon
to a ll G SM networks.
T here are presen tly at least two different
im plementations of AS. T he first. ca lled AS I
I, pro vides the stronges t level of enc ryption
across the air link . Although purport ed ly using 64 bit keys, in actual practi ce the keys are
no mo re tha n 54 bits long . T he second, AS /2,
uses a 16-bit key and is designed for ex port to
non-W estern countries.
Since e nc ryption requ ires ad ditiona l hardware in ea ch base sta tion , ra ising the cost and
co mplexity of the network, a third optio n is to
em ploy what's euphe mistica lly called A5/0
- that is, no en cryption at all.
Weaknesses
GSM sec urity is base d 0 11 keep ing Ki a
secre t. If Ki cou ld some how be ex trac ted
fro m a SIM, the hold e r would be abl e to create
a duplicate S IM . As demo nstrated in April of
this year, there is a weak ne ss in most GS M
Wireless Surveillance
Thin gs are still bo iling o n the legislat ive
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October 1998
MONITORING TIMES
77
t see ms that the Federal Bur eau of Investigation (FHO is conce rned with the unauthorized ea vesdropping of its co mmunicatio ns. I do not kn ow how it is in yo ur are a,
but here in South F lorida. the re arc NO clear
vo ice tra nsmi ssion s on an y of the FBI frequencies.
Acc ording to a n articl e in th e Augu st 1998
issue of Popular Mechanics, the FBI is going
to a new typ e of mobil e/portable radi o. It is a
Motorola Ast ro Se neca d igital radi o and the
Bureau will hegin replaci ng 12.000 of thei r
c ur re nt rad ios wi th these new units in the next
two years.
T he radios are j ointly buill by Moto ro la
and Harri s Corp. Motorola wil l pro vide the
radi o and Harris will pro vide {he Se neca processor with "Ty pe 1 enc ryption." This will
a llow tran sm ission of co m municatio ns up to
the le ve l of To p Sec ret.
In add ition to pro viding sec ure vo ice commun icatio ns. the rad ios wi ll pro vide the FBI
ag en ts w ith the ability to exc hange computer
file s and di gital fi ngerp rints with o ther fe deral and state agencies. as we ll as nation al
pol ice in othe r co unt ries.
Th e rad ios will not come che ap to the
tax paye rs. T he fir st 500 of the units will cos t
the tax payers over S8000 apiece. T he o nly
sav ing g race abou t thi s is that the o ld radios
(t he ones they are using now) will show up at
go vernm ent auctions a nd hamfests. O n the
o ther hand , on e has 10 be careful abo ut j um ping to co ncl usions based o n the in form ati on
yo u may find left in thos e rad ios. as you will
see in the foll o wing story .
Departmen t of Justice
I wa nt to than k my a no nymous fr iend
"A bc" who co nstantly keeps pro viding me
with ne w fede ral freq ue ncy inform at ion . T he
latest info co mes fro m two rad ios he bo ugh t at
th e Da yton Ham fe st. The se ra d ios were
Motorol a MX-300S units. One had DE S encry pt io n ca pability sti ll in it a nd had a
subaudi hle to ne o f 167.9 Hz. Th is o bviousl y
is FBI. Th e frequ encies we re neat ly tape d to
the bac k.
Transmit
01
1672125
78
167.21 25
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02
03
04
05
06
07
08
167.2375
167.2625
167.5625
167.6375
167.5375
167.61 25
167.6125
167.2375
167.2625
167.5625
163.9325
163.4625
167.6125
162.7375
Transmit
167.2875
167.3125
167.4125
167.41 25
167.4375
163.4375
167.4375
167.4375
Bfcm
lone 8
!l!1
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
167.2875
167.3125
163.9125
163.8375
163.9625
162.6375
163.8875
163.9125
lone C
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01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
Transmit
167.5875
167.5875
167.5875
1675875
167.5875
167.4875
167.4875
167.4875
Transmit
167.3375
167.3625
167.4625
167.5125
167.5000
167.5000
167.6875
167.2250
163.9125
163.8875
163.9625
162.7375
162.6375
162.6375
163.9125
163.8375
lone 0
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01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
167.3375
167.3625
162.7625
163.9875
167.5000
163.9625
167.6875
167.2250
FBI Miscellany
While on the topic of the FB I. Da lla Stein
wrote into the Fedcom list with a q uest ion
abo ut a frequ ency that ha s been monitor ed in
the New York C ity (N YC) area. Th e frequ e ncy is 172.475 M Hz. Th e frequ ency is
used by uni ts wit h a Co bra ca lls ig n and it
see ms they are ru nning so me type o f surve illa nce. mostly using encr ypted co m ms .
Rick ey Ste in. the Scan -L Int ernati o nal
Ed itor , came bac k with the repl y that the se
EmiMl1z
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01
02
03
04
05
06
1645 50
164.550
166.4625
167.5625
167.5375
167.5375
Jill
Repeater out
Simplex
common
FB Inationwi de
Special ops simp lex
Special ops repeater
out
07
163.1000
08
155.475
04
05
06
07
08
09
09
10
11
12
13
14
120.375
15
120.775
16
132.950
17
139.700
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01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
418.625
418.900
418.750
418.675
418 825
418.950
418 975
Repeater out
Repeater out
Simplex
Simplex
Repeater out
Repeater out
Repeater out
11
12
419 300
419.375
4192 50
418.050
(Ihis is fBI)
Interagency
coordination
(this is f BI)
(this is f BI)
414.550Repealer outICA)
41 4.500Repeater out (CAl
414.025Simplex (FBI/INS)
414.050Simplex (NY)
414.150Simplex (NY)
412.000Repeater out (CA)
414.350Repeater out (CA)
414.450Repealer out (CAlMA)
414.475Repealer out (CAl fUMA)
41 2.1 25Joint task force repeater out (CA)
282425
260 800
303.825
Blue 1
Blue 2
Blue2
Blue3
Blue 3
Blue 4
Blue 5
Blue 6
Blue 7
Blue 9
Blue 10
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Air Surveillance FM
Mode
Air
Air
Air Tactical 1
Air Tactical 2
F SS t!ATAlOG
DEA SHORTWAVE
COUNTERNARCOTICS
FREQUENCIES
336.600
353.900
254.200
243.600
381.800
283.400
361.800
281.400
355.900
350.450
418.500
5277
5841
7300
9497
7657
11076
14686
14690
18t l t
18666
CPannel ID
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Della
Foxtrot
Echo
Papa
Golf
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A reader sent me so nic e-m ai l ask ing abo ut
the frequencies used by the T en nessee Va lley
Au thori ty. In the past the TV A has used bo th
lo w ha nd a nd UIIF freq uen cie s. It see ms they
ha ve done away with the ir 38 M Hz freq ue ncy
a nd have mov ed up to the V HF ba nd.
In so utheas t T enne ssee. the TVA peo ple
ha ve been seen curryi ng Mo to rol a Saber po rtabl es. Th e low hand traffic h;;IS been mo ved
10a repeater with its o utput o n 172.6 25 MHz
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clco mc aboard . eve ryo ne. As avi ation band mo ni tors. we qu ite ofte n
hear the word rada r (" rad io de tect ing and ra ng ing" ) used in ma ny of th e tran smission s be twee n pilo ts a nd air traffic co ntro llers at both termin al and c nro ute air traffic
co ntro l faci lities. Today we wi ll begin a lo ok
at the vario us co mpo nent s whic h make up
toduys modern radar system. alo ng with its
The rada rscope used by air traffic CO Il tro lle rs di sp lays ret urns fro m bot h the pr imary rada r sy stem and the ATCRBS. Th ese
returns. ca lled targets, are what the co ntro lle r use s to co ntro l and se pa rate traffi c , If an
a ircra ft has the nece ssary airborne eq uipmenlothe ATC R BS data is di spl ayed on the
radarscope in al pha/ nu meric blocks that show
the lli gh t numbe r. alti tude . gro und speed ,
climb o r desce nt. elllergen l.:Y, hand -off , loss
of radar co ntac t, and o the r inform ati on pe rtinc nt to the ai rcraft .
Radar uti lized by a ir traffic cont ro l facili ties is d ivided into two broad general ca tego ries: A ir po r t Surveillance Ra da r (AS R)
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scanning receiver. No wonder it has receivedthe coveted Most Innovative Receiver Award
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coaxed hom e sick so ldiers to
listen.
T he 35 0 pa ge Hi tler 's
Ain t(lI'cs. co au tho red by Horst Herum eicr
and Ra iner Lou and published
by Ya le Univers ity Pre ss. is an
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Hitler's Airwaves
Jose ph Go ebbe ls, prc pugunda
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firm be liever in the powe r of radio
- or what he terme d " mind-bo mbing." T he first targe t was the Ger man peo ple themse lves, bomb arded
wi th the message of anti-communism a nd anti -sem itism.
Th en anno un cers lik e "Axi s
Sa lly " wo rked to un dermi ne the
mo rale of th e A llied fo rces. C landestin e statio ns di rect ed agai nst listeners o n the ho me fro nt migh t re broadc ast act ua l BBC prog ra ms
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Jane's Military
Communications
communi cation s systems CUT rently being manufactured or under de velopment. Descriptio ns
much mure.
Sixteen main sec tions cover
topics suc h as tactical comm uni cations. naval and air force sys tem s. sa te llite sys te ms. e ncryptio n and sec urity. s urvei Hance and
signalanalysis. direction-finding.
a nd jam ming sys tems. A glossary
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Passport to Web
Radio
grewe. lle l.
Trunked Radio
Systems (California)
Thi s handy guide to sca nne rs
in California lists 800 M Hz public safe ty trunking sys tems for
cou nty. stale. fed era l. and indu stria l users thro ugho ut the sta te,
ide ntifying frequencie s and talk
groups, as we ll as system manufac turers .
Trunked Radio Systems hy
Robert Kelty is avai lable fo r $ 1R
post paid fro m Mo bile Radio Resources. 1224 Ma drona Ave nue.
San Jose. CA 95 125-35 47 .
Witb 1.550 AM . FM .
a nd shortwa ve stations now using
the Internet to sim ultaneous ly rclay their rad io bro ad cas ts via the
We ll. it is no won de r that thi s
second ed ition of the Passport 10
Weh Radio directory sta nds out as
the single so urce for these aud io
broadcasts.
America's Garage
Sale
Occasiona lly " f ed File" edilor Jo hn Fulford mentions hobbyists picki ng upe x-governrnent radios at hamfests or government
au ctions. But where docs old military equipment go? Often it goes
to auctio n. too. via the Defense
Reutilization and Marketing Service (D RMS) based in Battle
Creek . Michi gan. To find out
what' s availab le in your area. go
th eir
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at
to
www.d r ms .d la. m iJ.
No te.
though: you won 't find items for
sa le that are inappropriate for ci-
Eac h year.
the A me ric a n
R'l dio Rela y
L e a g u e
(A RR L ) publish e s <I n upda te d pocket
book of VHFI
UHF a ma te ur
repeaters acro ss
North a nd South America as well
as other countries worldwid e.
Call signs. input/outpu t pairs .
spo nso ring organizations, and
tec hnica l not es are incl uded.
An e xc ellent li sting o f
bandplans is inc luded for 2H-2lJ.7.
50 -54 _ 144- 148_ 222-225. 420450. 902-928 . 1240 - 1300. a nd
BOO-BI O/B90-2450 MH z.Text
notes inform reade rs of repeater
protocol. c rcss (suba udible)
ton es, and nam es a nd ad dresses
of re peate r coord ina tors .
T o orde r the ARNL Repeater
Directo ry (1998 - 1999 Ed itio n)
ca ll Grovc Enterprises at 800-438 ~
8 155 and ask
BOK-I m. on ly
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85
SCANNER EQUIPMENT
Bob Pomoss, AJ95
lind it difficu lt 10
rotary thum bw hcel sw itc h and a fou r-key cl uster locat ed o n the side of the case (rig . 2 ). T he
14 0 page ope rating man ual is very thoro ugh .
except for the speci fic atio ns sec tio n. whic h
doe s not describe the intermed iate freq uen cy
( I F) arrange ment or dynam ic ra nge .
O ur A R8200 , SIN 55 0004. is an carly e valuation unit and is supplied wit h only a man ual.
steel belt cl ip. p lug -in A ivt antenna. and wa ll
wa rt pow er s upply. Prod uction un its 111.IY be
furn ished w ith those plu s four NiCd AA butteries. fused c igaret te lighter power- cord. an d han d
carry ing strap.
T his sca nne r has lo ts o f mem ory: 1.000
co nven tio nal channels. 10 tem porary chan nels .
and a sing le pr ior ity c hannel. The 1.000 co nve ntio nal channel s arc ini tiall y d ivided into 20
banks of 50 channels eac h. but here ' s where it
Electra BC100
Unlden B C200XLT
Radio Sback PRO-67
RELM HS200
Radio Sb ack PRO 91
Unlden BC230XL T
Unlden BC3000XLT
Rad io Sh ac k PRO-26
Un ld en BC235XLT
Rad io Sbac k PRO-62
Radio Sback PRO-43
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Th e IF (in termediate freq ue nc y ) sc he me is
nut spec ifi ed in the manual and we d idn 't dedu ce it usi ng lest eq uip ment. If yo u wa nt to
co nnec t yo ur A R8200 10 a per son al comp ute r
se ria l port . you must first pur chase a CC8200
cab le an d ob tain the necessary so ftwa re . COIl trust thi s to the SON Y SC J PC sc a nne r whic h is
s upp lied with both ca ble and software (sec
A ug ust M 7) . Do cumentation desc rib ing the
co mputer inte rfa ce commands are not furn ished
with either scanner.
AOR will he o ffe ring seve ral optio na l cards
wh ich p lug into a s lot on the bottom of the
AR R200, th ou gh we wer e g iven none 10 test.
T oo bad th ere is room for only one card at a
ti me. Among the cards listed in th e operat ing
ma nual a rc:
Extreme Scanning
Our AR R200 is insen s itive on shortw av e. It
pe rform s well on V HF a nd UH F. hut so do
many less expens ive mod el s. T he diff erence is
in fle xibilit y . o pe rati o nal compl e xity . and rich -
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SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW
la wrence Magne
EditarinChieF, Passport ta WorldBand Radio
UPDATE:
Version 3 of Japan Radio NRD-545
A ltho ugh Jupa n Radi o orig inal ly info rmed
us that they were don e wit h making im provemerits to the new NRD-545 DS P rece iver.
withi n wee ks J RC in Tokyo air shipped us a
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SHARC DSP. The rub is that in a DSP rece iver the microprocessor has to serve many
functions. each of whic h robs it of performa nce for the rem aining operations. Whether
the ' 545 ' s is already stretched to the limit
rema ins to be seen.
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89
John Cotolono,
no
Lcata [email protected]
What's a WR 1500e7
Although we co vered PC based rad ios a few
yea rs ago, it' s wo rth repeati ng so me basics 10
refresh o ur mem ory and for newcomer s to the
colum n.
PC based rece iver s have no phys ica l contro ls. Instead. these receiv ers connect to serial
po rts of a PC and are contro lled via software
displayed on the computer's scree n. So what
about the WR 1500e? T he"c" indica tes Ihat this
radio is ho used in a bo x external to the co mpurer. The size of th is very stur dy , attrac tive,
grey meta l box is 4.8 x 8.5 x 1.8 inches - abou t
the size of two thick paperbac k boo ks, laid end
to end.
Thi s diffe rs from Wi nRad io pro ducts ending in an "i." mea ning the rad io is on a PC
ex pansion ca rd moun ted on the motherb oard
inside the desktop co mputer's case. Th e strong
point of the "e " produ cts is their po rtability.
Sinc e the y connect to external port s they ca n be
used with des ktop s and mobile laptops.
We were among the first to look at the
W RIOOOi two year s ago . We ll, since then . the
1500 seri es has added a wider freq uency range
(up to 1500 MHz), sma ller tun ing steps, increased sensitivity and better selectivity tha n its
olde r 1000 brot her. The recep tion mod ulation
mod es, AM , FM narrow, FM wide and CW.
now include separate sideband cho ices of USB
(uppe rs ide band j and LSB (lower- sideband). In
CW, USB and LS B, the use r can choose 10 tune
the radio in I Hz steps (thaI' s not a typo grap hical erro r).
An IF shift co ntrol allo ws the user to mo ve
the cent e r freque ncy of the intermedi ate freque ncy (IF) tu ned ci rcu it by +/- 2 kH z. Th is is
a very useful featu re which worked quite well
when using the 1500e in crowded band co nd itions .
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Ocrobe' 1998
FIGURE 1
ISooe ca se. Th is incl udes power. se rial port .
PCM C IA, speaker outp ut and d iscriminato r
outp ut used for data co nver ters. T he other end
of the case ha s an On-O ff sw itch and a pmvero n LED . T he W R 15UOe gets po we r from a
small boxed 12 volt power supply.
Si nce the cable go ing from the box to the
wall o utlet (ma ins) is a wo rld-standard rem o vab le cable: no out let type will be a problem . T he
powe r supply c ircuit automaticall y adap ts to
the correct vo ltage . T he WR 1500e ca n be connccted to any com puter ' s serial (com ) port via
the incl uded 9 pin DIN cable .
O n ne wer laptop co mputers uno thcr co nncctio n method is the PCMC IA card. T hese ultrath in, 1 x 2 inch me tal encased card s slide into
slots on laptop s .1I1d are usu ally used to inc rease
memo ry or add ex ternal devi ces such as C D
ROM s. Using the PC MCl A requi res an optio nal acce sso ry. WR- PCA. whic h come s from
Wi nRadio with the card adapter and cab le.
Th is method is very co nve nien t for laptops
witho ut an easily acc essible seria l port . My
IBM Thin kpad 70 l C fits that description per fec tly. To make co nnect ion to the IBM ' s the
serial po rt requ ires attach ment to a doc king
station. Usi ng the PCr\"l C IA o ptio n eliminates
rhis curnbcrsorne necessity. Although a speaker
output is provi ded . an internal speaker. wh ich
fires upward, is mounted on the top of the case .
A partially shielde d 20 1'0 01 wi re ant enn a is
supplied with the ISUOc, but is dism issed as an
"indoor test antenna " by the Wi nRadio manual.
the low er rig ht of the on-sc reen recci ver . Instullat ion of the pro vide d. single disk software,
version 2.5 1 wa s quick am] easy. Con necti ng
the WR 1500e to the seria l port, I loaded the
software on my IBM wi thout a proble m. T he
now fam iliar ima ge of the W inRad io receiver
appeared. See Figu re l.
The setup as ked whic h computer seria l port
the I500e was connected to . If you guess wron g
- no probl em. The progr am ju st info rms you it
cannot find the radio and to try aga in. T he se tup
cou ld not be eas ier. If you have an older version
of the W inRadio program, it dete cts that and
appea rs to eve n save yo ur old freq ue ncy files .
Very slick.
We also tried the o ptional PC MC IA inte rface. Due to my older versio n of W indows 95 it
would not allow a connec tio n, ind icati ng that
W indo ws 95 could not "fi nd" a req uired "J nf"
file. T he so lution was to man ually dir ect W indow s 95 to a subd irecto ry in Wi ndows where
Win Radio ' s installation program depos ited the
required winrad.inf file . After this procedure
the PC MC IA interfa ce work ed grea t.
Th e latest version of W inRad io softw are is
so user friend ly yo u can be u p and moni toring
with in minutes. A 27 page co mpre he nsive
manua l is nicely suppleme nted by o n-line detailed instruction s of most functions. A detailed
instruct ion sc reen is ju st a mou se cl ick awa y at
any lime .
So how does uuser contro l WR 1500e ? Po inting 10 the desired function on the scree n - for
e xamp le. the vo lume control on the right side
- and cli ck ing the left mou se butto n give s you
contro l of that function . II' s a ve ry simple
graphica l user interface (GU I). All major func-
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spectrum scope as see n in Figure 2. Now you
can " sec" active frequ encie s in a use r-defined
range o ffreq uencie s. In thi s case we arc loo kin g
at the Ff\'1broadcast band. Th e tal l peaks arc F!\1
stations.
Since our first re vie w of
WinR ;Jdio product s VisiTune
ha s been add ed. Th is lets yo u
tu nc to any frequ enc y jus t hy
placi ng the screen cursor o n that
frequ ency o f the s pectru m scope
cha rt. For exam ple. in Figure 2.
yo u can sec from the number in
the top left co rner that we arc
scanning between 8X and 108
MH z. We have placed the cursor
at l OS M H/. and cl icked the left
mouse button. Th is imm ediatel y
tun es the rece iver 10 105 MHz
anti displays the "cu rso r" frcq ucncy in the top left of the
screen.
The so ftware can magni fy
and display a se lected pan ofthe
spectrum. as sho wn in Figure 3.
All arc very . very useful for signulhunting expe ditions.Th e scan
rate is user set. having a ma ximum rare ofSOsteps per sec ond.
Next time we ' ll o perate the
WR 1500 . Mean while . for any
bu dding software deve lopers
amo ng
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Winkadins co ntrol modu les in a num ber o f
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