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Inside this Issue

Radio at the Winter Olympics

This month athletes from all over th e world will be gathering at Canada's wild west city of Calgaty, Alberta.
Everyone wants a frequency, and it's up to Telecommunications Manager Brian Page to sort out this electronic
nightmare - by Jock Elliott.

Muzzled Media

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All th e news that's fit to print, isn 't. And Dan Rather doesn't tell it all, either. But shortwave does. A look at
the international muzzled news media. From the book of the same name by Gerry L. Dexter.

Interview: The Station That Took on a Dictator

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Masked men attacked its transmitter site. The government had its wiring cut. But Radio Solei! refused to give
in. In a Monitoring Tim es exclusive, Jeff White talks with director Hugo Treist about th e station that refused to
die.

Tracking White Death

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High in th e North Atlantic the men of the International Ice Patrol work to keep the sea lanes open. Fly with
th ese brave men as th ey track the treacherous icebergs that threaten international shipping - by Helvin Smith

The Kingdom of a Million Elephants

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It's a land caught between Asian conflicts - a land so ancient that it's played home to conquerors for
thousands ofyears. Once known as the Kingdom of Elephants, L aos now p rovides the DXer with the ultimate
challenge - by Kim Praeger.

TOOI.S FOR LISTENING

DEPARTMENTS
From the Publisher
Mailbag
Radio Roundup: Broadcasting
Radio Roundup: Communications
Plane Talk - Jean Baker
Scanning - Bob Kay
Utility Intrigue - Don Schimmel
Federal File - Dave Jones
Signals From Space - L. Van Horn
FAX Facts - Gregory Mengell
On the Ham Bands - Ike Kerschner
Domestic Broadcasting . Paul Swearingen
Outer Limits - John Santosuosso
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Pet Peeves
(or, A Curmudgeon Looks at Communications)
We all have our petty grievances, some legitimate and some not, and I'd
like to share a few of mine. Perhaps the easiest way to proceed wou ld be to
ent itle this treatise, "Oxymorons in Radio"--those carefully-chosen phrases which
are self-co ntradictory by their very nature.

MAILBAG

"High Performance Scanner

It is understandable that manufacturers contrive new superficial features to
lure unwary and impressionable buyers to their lairs; It is unforgiveable that
these same manufacturers do not improve the technical quality of their
receivers.

While Japanese and Taiwanese marketeers arc busily conjuring cosmetics, they
continue to copy one another's ancient and inherently defective circuit design;
thus, present-day scanners generally:
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arc less sensitive than commercial and amateur radio receivers;

have poor dynamic range which generates interference-causing intermod
signals; this overload causes desensitization and loss of weak signals in the
presence of strong signals;
have cheap filters with unreasonable shape factors, allowing adjacentchannel interference to come through loud and clear;
cover limited frequency ranges, ignoring swaths of spectrum with interesting
act ivity;
have fixed modes, preventing the user from choosing another mode which
might be in use;
ignore new modes in use such as sideband which is unreceivable on
conventional sca nn ers;
have no S meter in spite of years of requests from consumers;
look like their cabinets were made in a toy factory.

User-Friendly Computer
If some computers and their software are friendly, I'd hate to meet a
belligerent one! When I switch on a user-friendly radio, each knob tells me
exactly what to expect when I turn it; each button alerts me to its function if I
elect to push it.

When I turn on my computer, however, it first greets me with, "286 BIOS

Y2.86 C:\". That's friendly? To a computer programmer, perhaps; to me it says,
"I speak a foreign language. It wasn't meant for you to understand and you
never will."
Naturally, a computer is arguably more complex--more 'powerful'--than my
receiver; it has e normous numbers of capabilities that I will never use, but had
to pay for. The manuals (thrce--count 'em--three) are not only considerably
larger than the receiver's user manual, but considerably more intimidating as
well.
Some of my best friends are computer programmers {this stat ement is
inten tionally prejudicial). They admit that some twenty or thirty years ago, in a
myriad basements around the country, a bevy of technical tinke rers began
inventing their own langu ages to talk to their digital pets. When they merged
their ideas, they merged their Tower of Babel as well. And now a confusion or
tongues harangues our computerized civilization.
Perhaps some miracle will someday distill all of this gibberish int o a
meaningful language. In the meantime, computers will remain hosti le to the
majority of users.

Bob Grove

Cellular Quandary
I enjoy the radio listening hobby
within the bounds of the law, but I am now
confused about what we can monitor under
the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
of 1986 (ECPA). My confusion stems from
an apparent contradiction published in
Monitoring Times.
In "Privacy Act Signed Into Law,"
December 1986 MT, we were told that we
can listen to "Any marine or aircraft
communications
including
radiotelephones."
However, in "Mobile Telephone
Frequencies," December 1987 MT, we were
t old it was unlawful to monitor the VHF
High Band Maritime Mobile Telephone
channels or the UHF Aeronautical Mobile
Telephone channels. Please clarify this
aspect of ECPA.
I've also been led to believe that it's
legal to listen to phone patches on the 800
MHz trunked SMR repeaters, and
Airfone '" (airplane radiotelephone) conversations between 899 and 901 MHz. Is
this true?
Sadly, we may have to wait until a
hobbyist is arrested and prosecuted before
someone makes a clear interpretation of
ECPA.
(I still enjoy reading MT, and give gift
subscriptions to spread the enjoyment to
friends.)
Bob Pamass AJ9S
Oswego, Illinois

/According to MT's Washington con-espondent, Bob Horvitz, when tire ECPA was
originally drafted it protected radiotelephone
conversations from aircraft and vessels, but
tire protection was dropped for the final
draft; thus, it is apparently legal to listen to
any radio communications from an aircraft
or vessel, including telephone conversations.
Still prohibited from monitoring,
however, are radiotelephone conversations
in tire land mobile sen1ices, and this includes
th ose on tnmked repeaters in the 800 MHz
SMR service.]

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Radio at the

by Jock Elliott

ocated on the banks of two glacier-fed

rivers, Calgary is a place that somehow
manages to straddle past a nd present with
amazing aplomb. Founded by a group of
R oya l Mounted Police in 1875, it retained
its "Wild West" atmosphere for almost a
hundred years until, say loca l cattle
ranchers, "the oilmen took over."
The influx of oil money in the 1970s transla ted int o a skyline filled with towering
glass bui ldings and , ult imately, to the
extravaga nce known as the XV Olympic
Winter Games. Still, some things don' t
cha nge.
Cattl e ranchers st ill get together mornings
at th e city stockyards and businessme n in
cowboy hats a nd boots haggle over the
lat est petrol prices. This place, they are
fo nd of saying, was home to what was probably the last contingent o f cowboys on the
continent.

Febr11a1y 1988

This is the place where Oly mpi c medalist

"J ungle" Jim Hunter used to hone his ski
skills, hanging on to the back of his father's
tractor as it raced arou nd the fields.
Another time, local legen d has it, Hunter
strapped himself on the back of his dad's
sp eeding pickup truck, so he'd get to see
what it would be like traveling 70 miles per
hour on skis. Hunter re mains , for many, th e
quint esse ntial Ca lgarian.

A How<Jf Sort of Friendliness

sports, ranging from bobsleigh to disabled

skiing, in dozens of sep a rate events. In a
large part, none of these would be possible
without sophisticated radio systems.
According to Brian Page, Man ager of T elecommunications Operations for the Winter
Olympics, "Radios are as essenti al as cold
weather to the su ccessfu l running of the XV
Winter O lympics. Th e ga mes will feature
virtually everything in the radio spectrum
from DC to light."

Thi s month, between the 13th and 28th

when a mateur athletes from 59 cou nt rie~
meet in Calgary, Albert a, they' ll have a
cha nce to sample the city's old-new
paradox. It 's a "Howdy" sort of friendliness in a city so modern and a nractive that
Ca nadian Prime Min ister Pierre Trudea u
o nce re ma rked that it "looks as though it 's
just been u npacked."

Three Radio Systems

Support the Games

Th e XV Winter Games will fe ature 15

The paging system will be based largely on

Motorola PMR 2000 alphanume ric pagers

A t the heart of the radio communications

complex supporting the Wint er O lympics
wi ll be three basic systems: a radio paging
system , a portable radio syste m for use at
the individua l venues, and a mobile radio
system.

MON ITORING TIMES

The games will feature

everything in the spectrum
from DC to light!
capable of sto ring 16 messages of up to 80
characte rs. Cove rage of th e pagers will be
provided by a digital simulcasting system
using eight 100-watt V H F transm itters
linked together by an RF delay that will
equalize them within 5 microseconds.
There will be four repeaters in Calgary and
four to cover the out-of-t own venues,
extendi ng along the Trans Canadian
H ighway to Canmore, Nakiska and Banff.
T ogether, these repeaters will cover a 1,600
square mile area with 99 percent reliabilit y
and 4,5000 square miles with 95 percent
reliabi lity.
Over 1,200 key Olympic officials will be
outfitted with page rs, as well as nearly 1,300
representatives of ven dors, suppliers, and
contractors. The pagers can be accessed
through ordinary touch-tone phones or
through Winter
Olympics' computer
system, Info 88.
Why all the fu ss about pagers?
Page says "The pagers wi ll fu nction as a
people-finder system for decisio n-makers,
repair personnel a nd so forth . By using
pagers, we can deliver a short message to
critical personnel even if they are too busy
to respond immediately. This helps us to
avoid 'telephone tag.' It's a one-way radi o
system, and it's essential to the games."

Portable Radio Systems

The portable radio syste m will be used to
provide communications at some 40 to 50
locat ions where the competitions are being
held. The numb e r of radios in use at a ny
given venue will vary from two to three
hundred.
Nearly 1,500 Motorola HT-90, HTH-40,
and MX300S radios will be in use at the
games, operating in the 403-430 MHz or
494-512 MHz region . Repeaters will be
used to boost the range and coverage.
For the portable radio system, Page and
seven ot her people on the communications
staff have taken advantage of the relatively

long distance between Ca lgary and the outof-town venues by reusing many frequencies. Most venues will then be ab le to
operate autonomo us ly. A cent ral co ntrol
consol e will mon itor portable radio communicati ons and provid e assistance whe re
needed.

To provide l he desired coverage and

commu nicat io ns needed for athlete t ransportation, ge neral opera! ions, telephone
access, and the host broadcaster, the
mob ile radi o system will incorporate a large
number of repeaters. Nine will cover
Calgary p rope r, wi t h seven repeaters each
at Canmore and Nnk iska.

Mobile Radio Systems

T he mobile radio systems, operating in the
403-430 MH7. range, is divided into three
zo nes of coverage: Calgary and west, the
Nakiska area, and the Canmore area.
Under this dispa tcher-based arrangemen t,
653 mobile radio users will reuse frequen ci es between zones.

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T he mobile portable radio systems will be

tied together by a central console, which is
linked to the mobile radio repea ters and to
local consoles providing assistance to the
portab le radios at Ca nmorc, Nakiska, and
Canada O lympic Park. All consoles will
also have the capability to access the paging
system.

Februaiy 1988

Maintenance for all of these radios will be

p erfo rm ed by Motoro la and the Alberta
Governm ent Telep ho ne co mpany. Their
shops will be on sta nd-by Lo provide overnight service for the le ngth of the Games.
Reflecting o n the support needed to bring
such massive radio systems together, Page
says, "The Motorola sponsorship, expertise,
and support have been absolutely exemplary."

Radios Support the Flame

In additio n to t he page r and mobile radios
systems, Page and his crew a rc providing 30
mobile radios for a 6,200 mile torch relay
run. By "uniquely Canadian methods," the
to rch wi ll be carried fro m St. John's,
Newfoundland, to th e Yukon Territory, to
the Pacific Coast and fi nally to Calgary.
This should be one of t he most interesting
pa rt s of the G ames.

But th at is hardly the end of the story

rega rding radios at the Winter Olympics. It
has fa llen to D oug W ard, Supervisor of
Radio T elecommunications, t o coo rdinate
usage of a ll other radios at the games.
"T o start," Ward says, "ABC has requested
48 frequencies in the 495 to 512 MHz
range. And most of the teams are radio
equipped as well. In fact, Japan and
Finland have even requested fi ve or six
frequencies in the 27 MHz range."
In the 130-174 MHz band, the teams,
broadcasters, press, sponsors, and suppliers, have requested some 300 frequencies in all.

The Press Wants Radios, Too

A la rge co nti ngent of European broadcasters, including Britain, Sweden, Norway,
Swi tzerland, and Germany, have asked fo r
scores o f frequencies fo r radio microphones requiring 100, 200, 400, 500, 700 a nd
even 900 MHz allocat io ns. "They subm it
requests for 20 frequencies at a time," says
Ward. "I think their st rategy is to ask for
many so th at they get at least some." A
number o f organizatio ns have even asked
for licenses fo r repeaters!
When requests for frequencies do come in,
Wa rd plugs them into a fre quency coordination database and aut omatically checks
for dup licates. "In t hat way, we can make
su re the N orwegian press doesn't interfere
with the Japa nese bobsleigh team."
If he doesn't see any connict, Ward then
subm its a request fo r a lice nse to the Canadian Department of Communications,
which then checks for co nnict s with any of
the eight to nine thousand frequencies
already in use within a 100 mile radius of
Calgary.
If the fr equency request clea rs that hurdle,

a license will be issued in the name of the

Winter O lymp ics Organizing Committee.
On March l, when the ga mes are finished,

Februa1y 1988

MONITORING TIMES

As you watch the skiers, skaters,

shooters and bobsledders this month,
remember that it is all made possible
by radio.

iN

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all of these licenses will become null and
void.
As t his issue Monitonng Times goes to
press, Ward has a lready processed more
than 500 frequency allocations. Some, in
the 7, 13, and 23 gigahertz ranges, will
provide support for electronic news
gathering crews as well as feedback and
steering and cont ro l functions for remote
satellite dishes.
Ward's job is scarcely done with the assignment of frequencies. As each radio user
comes into the Olympic complex, Ward and

members of the Department of Communica-tions must inspect the equipment to

assure that it operates on the frequency
requested. T his means checking out some
2,500 radios! Once the Games are
underway, Ward must continually spotcheck to make su re users stay on those
frequencies.

A Cooperative Venture
For Ward, the most remarkable part of the
experience has been the whole-hea rt ed
cooperation and support of the Department
of Communications. "They have been

MONITOR ING TI M ES

involved from the beginni ng with plann ing,

and they have been as helpful and supportive as if they worked for the organ izing
Committee itself. T he D OC people have
been super -- totally first class."
So as you watch the skiers, skaters, shooters
and bobsledders this month, remember that
it is all made possible by radio. If you're
fo rtunate enough to be going to the Games,
be sure to bring alo ng a scanner. It should
be mighty good listening. Maybe you 'll
come home with a Gold Medal in
monitoring!
I

February 1988

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Media
Based on the book by Gerry L. Dexter

the int e rests o f t he widest number of

people. fn th a t way, commercials included
in th e "package" are given the w idest exposure .

et's pre te nd that you ' re a news junkie

and it's that it's Sun day afternoo n.
You've watched Meet the Press, Face the
Nmion and all of th e other news shows.
Lying beside your cha ir, com p letely spent,
is a ll eigh t pounds of the New York Times.

News is in the
Eye of the Beholder

During the week, you faithfully watched

your favori te evening news o n network T V,
read th e daily paper and even squeezed in
one or two of th e weekly news magazines.
A t the office, your radio is set to the loca l
all-news st ati on. OK. You've done your
homework. You can rest assured that you
arc "up'" on a ll th at's happening in th e
world. \Veil , here's another news nash:
You've just scra tched the surface!

News, you sec, is a relative thing. Like

b eauty, it s value is generally held in the
eye oft he beholder. Whil e a bond issue for
a new sewer may be the big story of the day
in Ke okuk, Iowa, it' s of littl e concern to
people in Pitt sburgh, where their big s tory
is how th ey're going to get to work now
tha t a secti o n of the freeway is closed . And,
of co urse, that freeway is of litt le co nce rn
in Wash ington, D. C ...

All th e news th a t's fit to pr int , isn't. And

Dan Rathe r doesn't te ll it a ll , e ither. The
fa ct is, no o ne source o f any kind,
anywhere, can provide a ll of t he news.
The re arc billio ns of pe o ple doing bill io ns
of differe nt things -- a ll of wh ich a rc scatte red across th e globe in so m e two
hundred d iffere nt cou nt ri es. No one ca n
come close to covering everyt hing that 's
happened during a day in the li fe of planet
E a rth , no matter wh at th e advert isements
te ll you.

Not even the most e nthu siasti c news junkie

has th e tim e t o go to the extremes necessary to t ry and ke ep up with what 's goi ng
o n in every city in America ! And if !hat's
th e case on a national level, where is t he
news-hungry individual t o turn when he
wants to learn about what's go ing on in
every cou1111y in the world?

Domestic radio and television mu st pander

to commercia l appeal in thei r news outpu t.
That is nor to say. of course, that news is
chosen with the sponsor in mind. Instead,
it's a case of att ractively packaging and
presenting the news so th a1 ii appea ls t o

Febru a1y 1988

Pushing the Point

If th e di a l poin ter o n your ordinary AM
radio could be moved beyond its " 16" li mit ,
you wo ul d soon enter a rea lm of stati o ns
very different fr o m the ones you 'vc grown
up with. It's a world of sta tions th at come,
not from a rou nd th e block, th e city over
the hill, or eve n t he next state. T hese are
intemmion al sta tions and these broad-

casters a rc locate d in different coun tries!

These int erna ti o na l stations broadcast on
sho rtwave frequenci es. And sho rtwave
frequenci es b ehave quite a bit diffc ren1Jy
th a n do those on the AM and FM
b roadcast band s. Encircling the globe, th ey
can reach ou t beyond geographi c and
national boundaries t o be heard by people
a ll over t he world.

New Horizons
A list ener in Los Angeles probably isn't
going to be able to tune in t he stat ion in
Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, and chances are
that Keokuk won't hea r Los Angeles
stations. But a liste ner in either city wi ll
have no probl em tuning in broadcasts from
Beijing, Ankara, Man agua , Cologn e , Pari s,
Ca iro, Melbourne o r hundreds of o th er
places around 1he world.
T hese int ernational radio stations offer t he
s hortwave liste ner a t remendous opport u ni ty to learn about what 's going o n in t he
rest of the world. Their newscasts a re not
cent e red o n th e dai ly li fe, proble ms an d
politics of th e U ni ted States. These arc
focused o n th e news, events and lifesty les
of the cou ntry doing th e broadca st ing. An d
the range and scope of the news found on
shortwave can truly be min d-boggling!
When a maj o r event does take p lace, the
person equipped with a sho rtwave radio
has a not he r adva nta ge over oth e rs: mo re
detailed reporting direct from th e sou rce.

MONITOR I NG TIMES

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M-F Newslin e: Voice of America
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M-F As it Happens: Radio Canada International
Intemational Repon: Radio Australia
M-F Microphone on Europe: Deutsche Welle
M-F Newsfine: Voice of America
M-F Report to the Americas: Voice of America
M-A Dateline: Swiss Radio Internationa l
Intemational Report: Radio Australia
M-F Newsline: Voice of America
T-A Newsreel: Radio Moscow
Radio Newsreel: BBC
M-F As it Happe11s: Radio Canada International
M-A Newsli11e: Radio Netherland
M-F Microphone on Europe: Deutsche Welle
M-F Newsli11e: Voice of America
M-A Dateline: Swiss Radio International
Intemational Report: Radio Australia
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M-F Newsline: Voice of America
M-F Microplione on Europe: Deutsche Welle
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M-F Newsline: Voice of America
T-A Newsreel: Radio Moscow
M-A Newsline: R adio Netherlands
lntemational Repo11: Radio Australia
Newsdesk: BBC
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M-A Dateline: Swiss Radio International
M-A Newsline: Radio Netherlands
Twenty-Four Hours: BBC
M-A Dateline: Swiss Radio International
M-A News fine: Radio Netherlands
Intemational Report: Radio Australia
M-A Dateline: Swiss Radio International
M-A Newsline: Radi o Netherland
Panorama: Deutsche Welle
M-A Dateline: Swiss Radio International
Intemational Repo11: Radio Australia
T-A Newsreel: Radio Moscow

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M-A Newsfine: Radio Netherland
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M-A Dateline: Swiss Radio Internatio nal
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M-A Dateline: Swiss Radio International
M-A Newsline: Radio Netherland
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Intemational Repon: Radio Australia
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M-A Dateline: Swiss Radio International
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Intemational Reporl: Radio Australia
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M-F Newsline: Voice of America
M-F Newsreel: Radio Moscow

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Februa1y 1988

Comparing News Coverage

Top Five Headlines
Radio Moscow
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USSR Supreme Soviet debates ne\v Five-Year Plan.

Deputy Chairman of Socialist Democratic Party in West
Germany ~upports new Soviet Arms proposal.
Wasrungton Post says there are difference in US administration
as to whether Soviet proposals are worth persuing.
Luxembourg and Iceland condemn Reagan's abandonment of
the SALT TI Treaty.
US will carry out more nuclear tests in Nevada.

Radio Australia
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And in a world where domest ic news bureaus are facing budget
cuts and closing down offices overseas, this can be an unparalleled
source of inform ation. Indeed, many of the foreign sto ries that we
read or hea r abou t began their trip to the newsroo m teletype
through shortwave radio.
Israeli newsman M ichael Gurdus, for example, obtains all of his
news -- and he has had more than his share of "scoops" -- simply by
monitoring internatio nal broadcasts and other over-the-air
communications.

The Voice of Israel

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Gurdus has followed ai rplane hijackings and rescue attempts as

t hey were taking place. He's heard former Whit e House C hief of
Staff, General Alexander Haig, issuing instruction regarding the
Watergate tapes from on board Air Force One.
With int ernat io nal radio providing news from Albania to
Zim babwe, th ere is no need for the person with a seri ous news
int erest to be satisfied wit h the spoon-fed and sani tized prod uct
offered by the domestic media. International radio all ows one to
broaden the scope and content of the news one receives and, at the
same tim e, enjoy a deeper, richer, understanding of t he world and
its peoples.

5.

The Israeli A ttorney General will investigate the General

Secu rity Service affa ir.
The US Undersecretary of State Economic Affairs says there is
still da nger that Israel's economy could collapse.
US Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger says that the cost
of a plane ordered by Israel will be $7 million more per plane
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than expected.
Washington Times says that Israel has a stockpile of overJOO
nuclear warheads.

President Reagan will tell Congress that Saudi Arabia has met
t he conditions for the sale of AWACS planes.

Radio Austria International

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Muzzled Media The News Your Government Doesn't Want You to Hear is
availabl e !or $8.95 plus $1.95 from tmprlme. Box 241 R, Radnor. PA 19087.

South Africa says imposition of state of emergency prevented a

communist revolution in that country.

The US House of Representatives Will vote on economic sanctions against South Africa.
Sri Lankan cabinet approves a plan for ending the country's
ethnic conflict.
The Philippine government announces major tax reforms.
A caH for special international effort to help Indonesia with its
economic problems.

The prime minister says he will cooperate with President Kurt

Waldheim.
The secretary general of the People's Party rejects criticism of
Waldheim by the World Jewish Congress.
A sharp rise in the number of visitors to a former Nazi concentration camp.
An Austrian journalist receives a major award for outstanding
media work.
Trial of accused Achille Lauro hijackers gets under way.
All headlines taken from broadcasts on June 18, 1986.

Copyright 1986 Tlare Publications. Reprinted by permission.

10

February 1988

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INTERVIEW

A Monitoring Times Exclusive

The Station that Took On a Dictator-

AND WON!
S

hortwave broadcaster Jeff White has

lived and worked in the Caribbean for
many years. So when he was asked by the
Clzristia11 Scie11ce Mo11itor to cover the
elections in Haiti, he already had some
idea of what he was getting into. "I knew
things were hot there," says White, "but I
didn't know just lzow hot until I arrived in
Port-au-Prince."
On the ride from the airport to the hotel,
the 28 year old journalist passed burnedout buses, looted stores, and the body of a
you ng Haitian who had been shot in the
head by a gunman in a passing car. "When I
saw th at corpse and the crowd of people
around it -- that's when the reality of the
whole situation hit me."
"Later," continues White, "it hit even closer
to home. One night, I was talking with J.B.
Deiderich, a photographer for Time
magazine. He was speculating that the
To11to11 Macoutes [Duvalier's secret police]
might try to gain some international impact
by shooti ng a foreign journalist."
"A short time later, I saw him again. This
time he was on TV, covered in blood and
explaining how an unidentified gunman
had shot him." A Dominican cameraman
standing nearby died in the attack.

It was in this atmosp here of lawlessness

and violence that White drove to the
offices of Radio Soleil. During the
Duvalier years, the station gained a hardearned reputat ion for fearlessly standing
up to the government. By all accounts, the
station played a leadi ng role in the popular
revolution that unseated the dictatorship
and sent the "President-for-Life" packing
off to France.

such a small station gain such a big

reputation?

Tn'est: Before the departure of JeanClaude Duvalier, Radio Soleil was the only
radio station in Haiti that gave its listeners
concrete information on what was going on
in this country. When there were
brutalities, when there were executions,
when the freedom of the people was
vigorously disregarded, Radio Soleil
always talked about it. Other stations
might talk about these things, too, but only
after we had done so.
MT: Given the state of Haiti under
Duvalier, I have to wonder how you were
able to "get away" with such activities.
Tn'est: I think that the only reason we've
been able to continue broadcasting at all is
simply because this is the Church's radi o
station. And to attack the Church's radio
station would be like attacking the Church
itself. If we had been a privately owned
station, we would have disappeared long
ago. Radio Haiti-Inter, which was privately
owned, did practically the same work as we
did. But in 1982, the station was vandalized
and the staff exi led. [Radio Haiti-Inter did
eventually return to the air but not until
after Duvalier had left the country.]
MT: You, yourself, were ex iled, weren't
you?
Tn'est: Yes. We never knew exactly why,
though. One day there was a decree saying
that I had to leave the country. The decree
was based on Articles such-and-such -articles that talked about the mingling of
foreigners in internal Haitian affairs. And I
am originally from Belgium.
MT: When was Radio Soleil founded?

While at Radio Soleil, White met Father

Hugo Triest, the statio n's Belgian-born
director, who agreed to be interviewed for
Mo11i101i11g Times.

MT: Radio Soleil is a legend in Haiti. And

it's well-known internationally for its
reliable, objective news coverage. How did

12

Febnta1y 1988

Triest: The station was founded in 1978,

licensed in a general sense as an
educational facility. We like to say that
Radio Soleil is here for evangelization,
education, information and entertainment,
although the entertainment is somewhat
limited.

We broadcast 18 hours a day, from five in

the morning until eleven o'clock at night.
We're on AM only and have 10 kilowatts of
power. We are also relayed by two sister
stations, one in Cape Haiten and the other
in Les Cayes. Together, we cover about 70
percent of the nati onal territory.

MT: What's the size of the staff?

Triest: We have within the radio several of
what we call, "teams." There is the
Information Team, the Popular Educati on
Team, the Pastoral Team, and the
Entertainment Team. Because of what's
happening in the country today, ou r
greatest emphasis is on the Information
Team.
There are six full-time staff members on
the Information Team. We also have
sixteen correspondents in the provinces
that we hear from on an almost daily basis.
So we know pretty well whatever is going
on in the country.

MT: You mentioned the vandalism of

Radio Haiti-Inter. Has Radio Soleil ever
been the victim of this kind of attack?
Treist: Yes, it has. In Ju ly of 1984, for
example, three armed men wearing masks
attacked our transmitter site. They said
that they had come for our "secret
documents." We do have a file of valuable
information but no secret file. In the end,
they didn't do any damage but it was
frightening.
Later on, when I was in exile, the government closed the station because it was
broadcasting news about the events in
Go naive [an a rea of unrest in northwest
Haiti where government forces killed two
or three young students]. The government
didn't want us broadcasting that. They to ld
us to stop but Radio Soleil did not. We felt
we had an ob ligation to provide that
information . So they closed the station in a
very vanda list ic way, cutting electrical
wires and things like that.

MT: How long was the station off the ai r?

MONITORING TIMES

INTERVIEW

In July, three armed men wearing masks

attacked our transmitter site.
They said that they had come for our secret files. "

T1frst: We were o ff the air until the sixth of ~

J anuary, 1986. We were all owed back on (
th e ai r aga in o n J anu ary 31st. O n th at day,
all radio stations in the country were shut
down by decree for one week, until
D uvalier fina lly left Haiti.

MT: What role has you r stat ion played in

the process of dem ocratization in Haiti
during the past couple of years?
T1iest: I think that we can say that Radio
Sole il has had the p rivilege of being the
soundi ng board fo r whatever was going on
in Haiti. We were able t o increase the
people' s awareness, their co nsciousness, in
a very indirect but helpful way. It
encouraged t he people to organize
th emselves. In other words, whe n we
report on an organization in o ne area of
th e country, it's an encouragement for
ot hers to d o the same thing.

M T: Let's assume tha t elections do

eventually tak e place in Hail i and that
someone is legitimately elected president
of the country by the peop le. What d o you
see as the role fo r R adio Soleil then ?
T1iest: It's very interesting that you a sk me
that qu estion. When Duvalier le ft, a lot of
people asked, "W hat is R ad io Soleil going
lo do now?" It was as if we were
inst rumental in sending h im away.

It was never our inte ntion to send Duvalier

away. Bu t tru th, j ustice and the needs of
the oppressed fin ally made it impossib le
fo r him to stay. Bu t no matte r what government is here, no m atter to wh at degree that
governm ent is democratic, there are always
some abuses. There are always going to be
needs that a re overlooked. T here will
always be d istorti ons of t he truth.
I think t ha t the role of the Chu rch - and
thus Radio Soleil - will always be to
defend truth, t o defend j ustice, a nd to
spea k ou t for . the needy and oppressed.
Edltors note: Radio Solell ls one of twenty-four AM
stations In poverty-stricken Haiti. Operating on
11 70 kHz, It Is a strictly local o peration. Only one
station In Haiti has been o n sho rt wave In recent
years: 4VEH . Unfortunately, Its tiny 1.5 kllowatl
transm itter o n 4930 k Hz has not been heard for
some time now.

A m other awaits treatme/1/ for lrer child at a hospital clinic in Haiti, a disease-iidden land
wlrerr~ 250 of every 1,000 children die before reaching tire age of 5. B etter living conditions are
a key aspiration of Haitians (Photo by l ames P. Blair, copyiiglrt National Geographic Society)

MON ITO RING TIM ES

Febma1y 1988

13

Tracking White Death

by Helvin Smith

Flying With The

International Ice Patrol
Concern Spawns Action

~e ice season in the shipping lanes

Louth and east of Newfou ndl and generally gets under way this month. It runs
through July. This area sout h of the Arctic
Circle, which includes the Great Circle
shipping lanes between ports in Europe
and North America, is among the most
dangerous in the world. Icebergs, floating
ice, frequent storms and heavy sh ipping
traffic all contribute to the need for
co nstant vigilance.
Killer ice. It claimed the great Titanic back
in in 1912. Although it certainly wasn' t the
first ship to be lost to the 'bergs, the loss of
life -- some 1,500 people went to the
bottom with the White Star Liner -- did
manage to touch an international nerve.

14

February 1988

So great was the concern th at less than one

year after the disaste r, thirteen nations met
at the first Safety of Life at Sea
Convention (SOLAS) . Out of the
co nvention came a n accord setting up an
international derelict ice destruction and
observation service k nown as the International Ice Patrol (IIP).
T here was one problem with the SOLAS
Convention. The agreeme nt setting up the
service wasn't scheduled to take effect
unti l the first of July, 1915.
Fortunately, t he United States had already
developed some expertise and experience
in dealing with the white death. Hardly had
the Tita nic settled t o the ocean floor when

the first American ice pat rols were being

sen t o n their way. First t o part icipate were
Navy vessels and later the Revenue Cutter
Service, th e fore runn er of today's Coast
Guard.
Since the US was already invo lved in this
kind of work, it was asked to conti nu e in
the interim and, as seems to often be the
case, ended up in perm anent charge of the
operatio n.
Operational costs of the IIP, which range
fr om 1.9 to 2.6 million dollars a year
(depending on the length and severity of
the ice season), are shared by all the
signators to the SOLAS Convention.
In itially, patrols were conducted from two
su rface cutters, alternating along the
southe rn limits of th e ice. Oceanographic

MONITORING TIM ES

White death - Icebergs. Over the years, the /IP has tried blasting
them apart and melting them down using gunpowder, TNT,
mines, bombs, and gasoline. Today, the service merely tracks
their quarry. End result: Not a single reported loss of life or
property due to a collision with the sailor's ancient enemy.

observations were assigned to a third ship

in 193 1.

voice in ordinary single sideba nd, Morse

code, SITOR and facs imile.

After World War II, however, the main

method for ice reconnaissance became the
aircraft. Surface vessels were gradually
phased out, except during heavy ice years
or in periods of extended low visibility.

Blowing Up 'Bergs

Location Changes;
Job the Same
The headquarters of the IIP have also seen
a number of changes. Based at the Coast
Gua rd Air Station at Argentia, Newfou ndland, si nce 1946, it moved to Governor's
Island, New York in '63 and to its current
home at the Coast Guard Research and
Development Center in Groton, Connecticu t, ten years later.
The Ice Reconnaissance Detachment (then
made up of nine aircrews and three ice
observers flying H-130 aircra ft ) worked out
of Argentia until 1971, moved to the Ca nadian Forces base at Summerside, Prince
Edward Island (where it stayed until '73),
to St. Johns, Newfoundland, an d finall y, in
1983, to G ander, Newfoundla nd.
Flights arc made on the average of five
days every other week. Each lasts between
five and seven hours and covers an incredible 27 thousand square miles of ocean.
Information gathered from the flights is
fed into a computer along with supplemental information received from othe r
ai rcraft and ships (which are requested to
report sightings every six hours) along with
current a nd wind data.
The result is a n accurate predict ion of the
ice's drift. Every twelve hours, bulletins
containing this information are issued with
estimated locations of the larger 'bergs and
an estimated southern limit of all known
ice.
These ice situati on reports go ou t in a
variety of modes a nd from a number of
d ifferent radio stat ions. You can hear

Table I

Size Classifications

O ne difference between the IIP of

yesterday and the IIP of t oday is
philosophical. Over the years, the Coast
Guard tried all manner of ways to destroy
or speed up the melting of an iceberg.
G unfire didn't work. Neither did mines,
torpedoes, depth charges, thcrmite or
regular bombs.
Blowing up an average size 'berg was estimated to require about 1,900 to ns of TNT.
If you decided to dump gasoline on it and
set it afire in hopes of melting it down, it
would take 2.4 million gallons to do the
job. All are obviously impractical, to say
nothing of the expense involved.

&.Uml

Growlers

Less than 17'

~
Less tha11

50'
Small

17 to 50'

50 to 200'

Medium

51 to 150'

201 to 400'

Large

151 to 240'

401 to 670'

Very large

Over 240'

Over 670'

The whole business is made no easier by

the dangerous task of trying to approach
and land a n aircraft on a n iceberg. Each is
as different as days of the mon th.
Icebergs are classified by th e Ice Pat rol
acco rding to their size and shape above
water level. Size classifications a re listed
in T able I.
Tabular shapes are those with steep sides
and a flat top, very solid with a
length/ height ra tion of less tha n 5 to 1.
Non-tabula r shaped icebergs are all ot her
types -- usually domeshaped, sloping,
blocky or pinnacle shaped.
Today, no matter what the shape of its
qu arry, the II P does its job not by blowing
up 'bergs but by tracking th em. And since
the service has bee n in operation, there
hasn't been a single reported loss of life or
property du e to a collision with an iceberg
outside the specified limits of a ll known
ice in the vicinity of the G rand Banks.
Th at's a record of which the IIP has a
right to be proud.

MONITORIN G TIM ES

February 1988

15

1.nternationa1 tee Patiol

Radio Bulletin Schedule

Time UTC

Frequency kHz

NA VTEX Ice Broadcast,

Coast Guard Station NIK

Boston

0050, 1100, 1700, 2300

518

SITOR Ice Broadcast

from N IK

Boston

0018, 1218

53!0, 8502, 12750

CW Broadcast from NIK

Boston

0050, 1250

5320, 8505, 12750

Canadian C.oasr Guard

Radio Sta VON .

St.John's Nfld

0000, , 1400 .

478

Canadia n Forces Station

CFH,

Mill Grove

0130, 1330

438, 4255, 6430

8697, 12726,
16926.5, 22397.5

Driver, Virginia

0800-0900, 1500~ 1600,

1600-1700, 2100~2200

8090, 12135,
16180, 20225

GXH, Thurso, Scotland

0800-0900, 1500~1600 ,
1600-1700, 2100-2290

4001, 7504.5,
12691

NRK, Keflavik, Ice land

0800-0900, 1500~1600,
1600-1700, 2i00-2200
0800-0900, 1500-1600,
1600-1700, 2100-2200

5167

AOK, Rota, Spain

0800-0900, 1500"1600,
1600-1700, 2100-2200

5917.5, 7705

NGR, Nea Makri, G reece

0800-0900, 1500-1600,
1600-1700, 2100-2200

4623, 13372.5

US Coast Guard Station NIK, Boston

1600

8502, 12750 (

Canadian Forces Station, CFH,

Mill Grove

0000, 0200

122.5, 4271, 6330,

9890, 13510

GFE, Bracknell, United Kingdom

1413

2618.5, 4782, 9203,

14436, 18261.

LCMP Broadcast, Norfolk, Virginia:

..

NAR, Key West, Florida

5870, 26725

Radiofacsimile . Broadcasts:

+400 kHz)

Special Broadcasts:
Canadian Coast _Guard, VON, Si: J ohn's
As needed on sightings outside regular ice limits. Transmissions between regularly scheduled broadcasts.

2598 (phone) 478 (CW)

All transmissions are preceded by the International Safety Signal [TIT] on 500 kHz.
International Ice Patrol Vessel NIDK
When in vicinity of ice in periods of darkness or fog.
2670 transmission preceded by the International Safety Signal [SECURITE] on 2182 kHz.

Note: Frequencies given may not all be in use during a given transmission, depending 011 propagation to the coverage area, downtime,
etc.

16

February 1988

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All Over the Dial

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on the high frequencies, at least from the
standpoint of logging a ll the p ossibilities.
As expected, the main government station,
Lao National Radio (sometimes called
Radio Vientiane), is located in the capital
of the same name. It's no easy catch but
there are several regional or home service
stations spotted around the countryside

MONITORING TIMES

that are almost guaranteed to test the very

fibre of your DX character. Even when
active, these transmitters tend to vary in
frequency from as little as one to as many
as 30 kHz!
Some of the Laotian regionals have a
history as clandestine b roadcasters. The
original facilities were set up by the US
during the Vietnam war under such names
as United Lao Races, Voice of the
National Army and Voice of the Signal
Corps. T oday, these same transmitters,
now aging and obviously in great need of
repair, operate in the service of t he same
communist regime they had been founded
to help overthrow.
Generally, programming on Laotian radio
is split into three non-co nt inuous time
blocks: morning, afternoon and evening.
For the North American DXer, the
evening broadcasts (those around 1000
UTC or later) will offer the only real
chance for reception of these stations.

Lao National Radio

In Vientiane, Lao National Radio operates
on three frequencies. 6130 {at 25 kw) is
probably the most stable of any in the
country but also the one most subject to
in terference. It's almost always blocked by
QRM -- and that's assuming that it has
ever made it to the point of being QRMable.
The 10 kw outlet on 7112 (variable) has a
slight ly better chance of being heard
a lthough it may suffer interference from
the Chinese regiona l, Xiang People's
Broadcasting Station, on 7110. Newcomers
beware: these two stations are easily
confused!

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19

Laos is a beautiful country, but life there is not pretty. It is the

planet's tenth poorest nation -- even Haiti is better off.
For the DXer, the nation offers a challenging ta rget -and lots of them!
A recent addit ion to the Laot ian stable of
frequenc ies is 5160 which o pe rates on
lower sideband. It s purpose has not been
explain e d . It is known that a fore ign
service o perates here in Thai at 1130,
Vietnamese at 1200, Cambodian at 1230,
Fre nch at 1300 and English at 1330 UTC.
A new "Capita l R adio Service" is said to be
operati on a l now. It supposedly re lays the
home service for two and a half hours a day
o n 4440 kHz but it's been unco nfirm ed and
no sc hedu le for the servi ce has yet come
o ut of La os.
A year or so ago, L a o National Radi o
began being relayed to Europe via th e
fa cilities of Radio Moscow, This is aired, in
Fren c h. fo r one half hour beginn ing at
1100 on J 1870, 11 960, 15190, and 15420
kHz .

Kingdom of a
Million Regionals?

kilowat t o f power. If you do n' t find it on

4990, ch eck 5660, where it was earlier.

Jlu n Ph an Uad io: Thi s sta tion was o nce

use d for th e Pathet Lao Radio so it is likely
a Vietnamese-built or obta in ed transmitter
fo rmer ly used fo r clandestine broadcastin g. It has rece nt ly been heard on 4660
kHz, runn ing from 1100 to 1330 UTC (1430
on S undays).
Pahc: A lso kn own as Cha mpassak a nd
locat ed on t he ~kkon g River in the north
co untry, it has the worst case of drift ing of
any Laot ia n regio nal. It 's bee n reported
recently o n 6640, 6645, and 6650 kHz. In
the p ast, it has va rie d even more widely.
Sched u led from 1000 to 1400 UT C, it's
rarely logged in the US, despit e its opt imal
sche dul e and re latively c le a r fre qu e ncy.
Uc/0111 Sai: A lso known a s Oud um Zay, it
has recently bee n not ed on 4535 kHz
be tween 1200 a nd I 400 UTC.

Sa11a1111 aklu:1: This 3 kw trans m iu er on the

slightly variable frequency of 7384 kHz is
schedu led from 1200 to 1400 UTC in
La ot ian and t riba l languages . It 's,
arguably, the most easily logged of a ll th e
st a tions. Savannakhet ju st re turn ed to th e
a ir in 1987 after a six year absence from th e
sho rtwave bands.

Lua11g l 'mlwng: O nce the roya l a nd

religious capita l, this fac ility is located at
th e conve rgence of the Nam Kha n and
M e ko ng R ive rs. Luang Praba ng is Lao for
"G olden Oudda h" and got its name for t he
statu e brou ght back to the ancient
Kingdo m dur ing by a priest from Angkor
\ Vat in Ca mbodia. Lu ang Prabang is listed
for 7140 kHz but mo re rece ntly has been
repo rt ed o n 7 160 k Hz from 0930 to 1330
UT C.

Xicng Kh oung: l ocated in th e north central

part of th e country, this reg ional fac ility
has re ported ly been using 4990 (and yes, it,
too, varies). Aga in , like Laot ian Nat io na l
Ra dio , beware t he H unan Peo ple 's
Broa dcasting Station
o n t he same
fr eq ue ncy. Xi e ng Khoung is scheduled
from 1100 to 1230 UTC using just I

T he regional stati o ns do ai r a s ig nifica nt

a moun t of loi.:a lly produced programming
but or1 c n ca rry news and fea t ures relayed
from th e nationa l se rvice in Vientiane, as
well. Al l regio nal stations seem to relay the
news from Lao tia n Na tional Radi o at 1200.
This is often pre ce ded by a be ll int erva l
sig na l.

R egiona l broadca sters from the on ce g rand

"Ki ngdom of a Million E le ph<:nt s" include:

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Fcbrna1y 1988

Wh ile it is not at a ll unusual fo r the determined DXer to log two or three of these
stations, it is ext reme ly difficult to bag
t hem all. It's necessary to keep up with
current fre qu ency useage and check them
as often as possib le d uri ng t he mont hs
from mid-fall th rough m id-sp ring. F o rtunately, r ight now is amo ng the best times
to get sta rted!

If you can hear the m, ca n you QSL t hem?

Perhaps a b it surprisingly, the a nswer is
"yes." The regio nals are not known to
rep ly, b ut V ie ntiane h as been p retty good
about veri fy ing t hese as well as its own
tra nsmissions and even the relay via the
USSR . A follow-up or two is occasio na lly
necessary bu t the stat ion seems very
friendly to DXers. English reports are
acceptable an d may be sent to Lao
Nat ional Radio, P.O. Box 310, Vie ntiane,
People's Republ ic of Laos.

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Broadcasting

Radio Australia,

an old friend on the shortwave

bands and one that's long been a favorite for North
American shortwave listene rs. There's something about
Austra lia that seems to really fascinate Americans.
Fortunately, despite the fact that North America isn't even
on Radio Australia's formal "target" list, it is easily heard,
especially in the mornings an d late evenings. Here's their
official list of "suggested" frequencies for the Yanks.
0000-0200
0200-0400
0800-1130
1130-1400
1400-1500
2200-0000

15320, 15395, 17795

17795
6060, 9580
6060
9580
15320, 15395

A more complete listing for Radio Australia can be found

in the new, expanded frequency section of this month's
Monitoring Times.

Bad News
Acco rding to MTs own super monitor, Greg Jordan,
Radio Japan is announcing that the government there has
approved funds for the construction of Over-the-Horizon
Radar (OTH) beginning in just two months. OTH Radar,
of the Russian variety, is what's responsible for that
annoying, woodpecker-like tat-tat-tatting you hear on the
shortwave bands. So that's bad news.

4890, 6145 kHz

6145 kHz

Radiodiffusion Nationale du Burkina forwards this

undated, but presumably accurate, schedule (complete with
handwritten updates!):
0500-0900
0900-1700
1700-0000

4815 kHz
7230 kHz
4815 kHz

Radio Budapest, Hungary offers a wide variety of

programs during this somewhat unusual schedule:
0200-0230

(T-SJ

0330-0430
1030-1100
1150-1220

[M-F)

1530-1600

(M-A]

1700-1730
2100-2130

6025, 6110, 9520, 9585,

11910 (North America)
6025, 6110, 9520, 9585,
11910 (North America)
9835, 11910, 17710, 17780,
(Ocea ni a)
9585, 9835, 11910, 15160,
(Europe)
9585, 9835, 11910, 15160,
(Asia)
6110, 9595, 9835, 11910,
(Europe)
6110, 9520, 9585, 9835,
(E urope)

9835,
9835,
21525
15220
15220
15160
11910

Non-News

In addition, Radio Budapest has a DX program on the

fo llowing schedule:

The Voice of Revolutionary Ethiopia has officially

changed its name t o the Voice of Ethiopia.

0400-0415

[W,A]

Out of Ecuador

1515-1530

(H,F]

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an expedition where the main activity is DXing) to Ecuador
for just $1,199. The dates are March 27 through April 9.
So get packing. Time's a wastin'. Inquiries should be
made to HCJB, Box 691, Q uito, Ecuador.
Speaking of HCJB, they've restarted their English service
to J apan . It's on the air at 1200 UTC on 6075 kHz.
Frequencies for the evening English service to North
America now include 6230, 9720 and 11775 kHz.
Aboe Nawan Thaliep, chairman of the Radio Listeners
Club of Indonesia writes to say that his organizat ion, once
restricted to Indonesians, is now accepting members from
all over the world. The club, which was formed in 1972
and operates from Central Java, covers all aspects of
radio monitoring. You can get more information by
writing Box 15, Batang 51201, Indonesia. Be sure to
include a few IRCs are a dollar bill to help them out
with postage.

Skeds
Radio Bangladesh's home service is broadcast on the
following schedule:
0000-0330
0330-0630
0630-0900
1230-1250

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1250-1600
1600-1715

Februa1y 1988

4890 kHz
6195, 7080 kHz
6195 kHz
6145 kHz

6025, 6110, 9520, 9585, 9835,

11910 (North America)
6110, 9585, 9835, 11910, 15160
(Europe)

Bits 'n Pieces

KNLS has an English broadcast on 7355 kHz at 1730-2030
UTC. It's for the east coast of Asia. This is in additi on to
the transmission at 0800-1100 on 6150 kHz mentioned
some time ago.
Radio for Peace, the new American-owned, Costa Ricanbased shortwave stat ion is really getting under way with a
full head of steam. And what a head of steam it is.
Here's what Russ Lay of Lawrenceville, Georgia, says in
the ASWLC bulletin: "Programming is very strange. It's
left-l ea ning with more than a smattering of 'New Age'
philosophy. The day I tuned in, I had to struggle through
a one hour piece on the significance of Harmonic
Coonversion (sic) and how it affects sub-atomic particles,
world peace and the need for a world society." It is
unusual stuff. Try it o ut for yourself, evenings on 7375
kHz. Apparently, the daytime frequency of 21555 kHz has
been dropped.
The staff of the late, boat-based pirate, Radio NewYork
International is reportedly feuding. One group wants to
continue using the air time provided to them by WNYG
on Long Isl and, the rest plan to get that celebrated but
short-lived station back on the air. Place your bets on the
latter group.
The only words of Engl ish you'll ever hear spoken on
Radio Denmark are during the sign on announcement. Try

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RADIO ROUNDUP:

Broadcasting

for this rare bit of shortwave trivia at 1300 UTC on

15165 kHz.

Robert, was an amazingly small 121. And only two came

from US listeners -- one of them Singer!

Radio Nacional de Venezuela has been noted on 4520

kHz at 1830 UTC.

Mitch Sams of Witchita, Kansas, has heard the extremely

rare Liberian Rural Communications Network feeder on
3974.9 kHz upper side band. Mitch is at his radio for that
one before 0625 UTC.

The trek by stations into the new 22 meter band

continues. The latest station to stake out a spot on 13
MHz has been Swiss Radio International. They replaced
21695 kHz with 13685 from 1515 to 1700 UTC (which
includes English at 1530). Next to make the plunge:
WCSN, which will use 13760 from 1400 to 1600 UTC.
Hear radio history as a new shortwave band fills with
stations!
The Voice of the Turkish Communist Party is off the air
but its brother-in-arms is still audible. Radio Bizim broadcasts at 0800, 1100, 1200 and 1500 UTC on 7335 kHz,
supposedly from East Germany.
The Radio Beijing/Spanish Foreign Radio transmitter
swap has been consumated. SFR programming in Spanish
is now being heard on Chinese transmitters in Beijing and
Kunming. 7165 kHz goes out from 1000 to 1100 UTC to
Japan. 11870 kHz runs from 1100 to 1200 for the Philippines.

DXer's Digest
E.J. Berryman of Lincoln, Nebraska says that he's been
hearing the Voice of America in upper and lower
sideband for some time now. He advises checking 9350
kHz LSB at 1200, 1300, and 1400 UTC and 11090 USB at
1500, 1600, and 1700 UTC. Single sideband transmission
are usually used as "feeders." That is, a way of getting the
programs to a transmitter for rebroadcast. Catch these
while you can. Most VOA feeds are now accomplished via
satellite. Mr. Berryman uses a Japan Radio Corporation
NRD-515 and a Yaesu FRG-7700 receiver.

Want to get the latest shortwave news? There is,

according to Radio Netherlands, a new amateur radio net,
called the East Coast SWL Net, that has been set up for
just this purpose. Eavesdrop Sunday mornings at 1500
UTC on 7240 lower side band.
This net is having a convention Feb 12-14 at the Fiesta
Motor Lodge in Willow Grove, PA. Registration fee is
$15; hotel rooms (give the code SWL-net for discount)
$42 per night) . Contact Charles Hargrove 718-948-6781
7:00-11:30 pm EST for more. An SWL convention is a
rarity - let's give it our support!

Weird Stuff
What is the strangest broadcast you've ever heard on
shortwave? How about "W-I-N-N, Winnebago!" Interference from a Soviet domestic station made reception of
this unusual pirate on 7419.6 kHz a little tough. What
poked through were some truly odd commercials. There
was one for the "Home Murder Kit," a movie called, "Ben
Cartright Must Die" and an Alpo ad saying that actor
Lorne Greene's last request was that his body be made
into dog food. "W-I-N-N, Winnebago!" seems to be heard
mostly around 0100 UTC.
Take a moment to turn the page and sec what has been
on the air during the past thirty days. And now we give
you the host of the loggings section, America's shortwave
sweatheart, Gayle Van Horn.
-- Kannan Shanmugan

"What?" says one unidentified reader. ''The People's

Republic of China negotiating with WRNO for a relay?
You people ought to check your facts. That's not
possible." Wrong. And, as the old adage says, a picture is
worth a th ousand words. (See photo.)
Leslie Edwards of Doylstown, Pennsylvania, has been
chalking up new stations on her Sony '2010. Latest
editions to the Edwards logbook are Radio Tashkent and
Radio Vilnius. "Still no Malawi as yet," says the determined Leslie.
Ernie Behr, on RCI, says that Radio Nacional, Equatorial
Guinea, is using 4950 and 6249.5 kHz from transmitters in
Malabo. The transmissions from Bata, he points out, are
also very strong on 5004 kHz at 0600 UTC.
What? Another new Peruvian? That's what Don Moore
says. Look for Radio Nuevo Oriental ("Radio New West")
on 5271 kHz from 0304 to 0355 UTC in Spanish. Could
this be, as some people are asking, Radio San Juan in
Chota using a different name?
Robert Singer finally got his QSL card from Radio
Mexico International after 112 days. Along with the card
was a list of a ll other people who had received QSLs
from the station over the past yea r. The tot al, said
MONITOR ING TIMES

WRNO owner Joe Costello (center) meets with a delegation from

Radio Beijing. The negotiations, in which the Chinese sought to
buy ainime on 'The Rock of the World," repo11edly fizzled out.

Februa1y 1988

23

Broadcast Loggings
0012 UTC on 4915
Colombia: Radio Armonlas caqueta Spanish. Phone-In conversation
between listener and announcer. News covering Colombia and rapid-fire
string of commercials. Lively Spanish pop music.

0015 UTC on 15473.9

Antartlca: Radio Naclonal Arcangel San Gabriel. Spanish. Fair signal with
slight fading. Pop and easy listening music. Comments and ID between
selections. (Kevin Sanderson, Atlanta, GA) Welcome to MT - ed.

0025 UTC on 6090

Luxembourg: Radio Luxembourg. Rock music with DJ. Occasional
Interruptions between music. Signal covered by Deutsche Welle on 6085.
(Joe Stepansky, Downingtown. PA)

0025 UTC on 15140

Chile: Radio Sistema Naclonal. Spanish. National newscast of South America
(Tony Jones. Memphis, TN)

0030 UTC on 4810.3

Galapagos Islands: La Voz de Galapogos. Spanish. National program
announcements and tD as 'La Voz de Gatapogos with local lime check.
(Kevin Sanderson, Allanta. GA)

0030 UTC on 9630

Spain: Spanish Foreign Radio. Report on a 'wlndfarm of windmills for
making electricity. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA)

0035 UTC on 4975.7

Colombia: Ondas Orteguaza. Spanish two announcers trade news Items
about Bogota. Local time check and International newscast.

0045 UTC on 7165

USSR: Radio Kiev. Report on the youth theater In Kiev. (Bob Fraser,
Cohasset, MA)

0100 UTC on 9S7S

Italy: RAI. Newscast from male announcer that Included news on the National
Referendum Week. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset MA)

0130 UTC on 9555

Mexico: La Hora Exacta. Spanish. Female/male announcers trade Info and
time checks with tones every minute. IDs as "La Hora Exacta."

0130 UTC on 4800

Guatemala: Radio Buenos Nuevas. Spanish. Clear ID at 0130 with easy
listening music and and Spanish folk tunes. (Kevin Sanderson, Allanta, GA)

0134 UTC on 3375v

Angola: Radio Naclonal. Portuguese. Easy listening music and guitar
Instrumentals. us pops with "Naclonal" ID. Also heard at 0200 on 4953. which
was a surprise. (Bruce MacGlbbon, Gresham. OR)

OlSO UTC on 6549.7

Lebanon: Voice of Lebanon. Arabic. Lengthy Instrumental piano music up to
0210 UTC. Then male/female announcers with news Items, conversation,
and ID. Arabic music monitored up to 0240 tune/out.

0151 UTC on 5930

CzechOslavakla: Radio Prague. Commentary on the US Involvement In
Nicaragua with discussion of the on-going cooperation of Soviets and the
Czechs. (David Kammler, Ridgecrest. CA) Welcome to MT! ed

01S7 UTC on 607S

Honduras: La voz de Junco. Spanish. Male/female program announcements
with singing ad at 0158 and station ID. Co-channel ORM. (Bruce MacGlbbon,
Gresham, OR)

0200 UTC on 1171S

China: Radio BelJlng. Features Included a newscast. Report on care for the
elderty and a Chinese language lesson. (Steve Mayover, Philadelphia, PA)
Thanks, Sievel

0200 UTC on 9615

South Africa: Radio RSA. News and commentary with the magazine show,
South Africa Today. (Tony Jones, Memphis, TN, Bob Fraser. Cohasset, MA.
and David Kammler, Rldgrcrest, CA)

020S UTC on 947S

Egypt: Radio Cairo. Features Include, Egyptian Topics, folk music, Battle for
Peace on the 1973 war, and Quiz of the Month. Logged In Nussloch, West
Germany. (James Kline, Santa Monica, CA) Lucky you, James! - ed

0226 UTC on 4910.4

Honduras: La voz de Mmosqulla. English. Religious programming switching
to Spanish. (Sheryl Paskiewicz. Manllowac. WI)

0245 UTC on 4780

Colombia: La voz de Garabobo. Spanish. Rapid Spanish pops, ID and time
check during high level of lnlerference.

0235 UTC on 3339.4

Peru: Radio AJlura. Spanish. canned" station lD with male reading news
briefs amid high noise and Interference.

0258 UTC on 6160

Cana<la: CKZU, Vancouver. Discussion about airline safety for trans-AJlantic
travelers. (David Kammler, Rldgcrest, CA) Lest you be unimpressed. dear
readers, remember that this station has only 500 walls of power. -ed.
0302 UTC on 9S5S
Taiwan: Voice of Free China. Talk show with conversations aboul residents
returning to China to be with relatives. (Alan Hesse, Mather AFB CA) Firstlime contributor, welcome! ed.

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Feb111a1y 1988

0310 UTC on 6100

Nicaragua: voice of Nicaragua. Text on the Central American Peace Plan
process. usual anti-US propaganda. (David Kammler, Rldgcrest, CA)

0325 UTC on 4800

Lesotho: Radio Lesotho. A very weak signal. Religious programming wllh
text-like sermon and music.

0330 UTC on 7475

Tunisia: Radio Tunis. Arabic. Holy Koran recitations with ID and news.

0339 UTC on 509S

Colombia: Radio Sutatenza Spanish. Station announcements with address.
Relatively weak signal. (Tom Roach, San Jose, Ca)

0340 UTC on 7110

Ethiopia: Voice of Revolutionary Ethiopia. Amharic. Ending presumed news
cast with ID and African music. Signal faded out during music. Understano
this station has Just shortened lls name to simply, voice of Ethiopia."

03SO UTC on 5960

Japan: Radio Japan. Cultural program and Let's Talk Japanese feature. (Alan
Hesse, Mather AFB CA and Tony Jones, Memphis, TN)

0403 UTC on 4820

Botswana: Radio Botswana. Station frequency schedule plus religious
programs and music.

0448 UTC on 9455

USA: WMLK. ID by Dr. Jacob 0. Meyer, followed by program, "Open Door to
the Written Word." Program continued past 0500. Suprlsed to get all of this as
Bethel Is only 45 miles from where I live. (Richard Cuff, AJlenlown, PA)

0453 UTC on 9690

Argentina: RAE. Musical selections In Spanish with English IDs. (David
Kammler. Ridgecrest, CA)

04S9 UTC on SOlO

Cameron: Radio Garoua. French/ English. Repetitive native music. Lady with
ID at 0459 Into English newscast to 0513. Country and western music from
artist Juice Newton.

OS20 UTC on 4770

Nigeria: Radio Nlgerla-Kaduna International newscast with correspondents
phone In reports.

OS2S UTC on 7172

Angola: Emlsora do Loblto. Portuguese. African music wlih station reference
and tD from male announcer. African music to tune out.

OSSO UTC on 4870

Benin: Radio du Benin. French Lady with reports and 0600 ID DJ program of
Afro-pop music and occasional chat.

OSS7 UTC on 9619.8

Mozambique: Radio Mozambique. Portuguese. African music on flule s with
ID at 0600. News reports. very weak signal.

0600 UTC on 5286.2

Chad: Radio Mondou. French. Station ID at lhe top of the hOur and Into an
International newscast. Some signal fading. (Kevin Sanderson, Allanta. GA)

060S UTC on 491S

Ghana: Ghana Broaacasllng Corporation. Features on Ghanlan schools.
elections and the candl<lates. (David Kammler, Ridgecrest, CA)

061S UTC on 4815

Burkina Faso: Radio Burkina French-African pop music. Station ID and
mentions of the city of Oagadougou. Local news at 0625.

0645 UTC on 3300

Guatemala: Ra<llo Cultural. Spanish. "Radio Cultural' ID with musical
selections from xanadu" and "Saturday Night Fever" movies. (David
Kammler. Rlelgecrest, CA)

0701 UTC on 710S

Monaco: Trans World Radio. Religious programming and "Insight for Life'
feature. Logged from Nussloch, West Germany (James Kline, Santa Monica,
CA)

0745 UTC on 5020

Solomon Islands: Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation. Numerous
mentions of the Solomon Islands with news ancJ weather for
shipping/ navigation and high/low tlele schedule. (Davlel Kammler,
Ridgecrest. CA)

0758 UTC on 7170

New Caledonia: RFO. French. Station ID as "Nouvelle Caledonle" and
program of 50s music. (David Kammler, Ridgecrest, CA)

0804 UTC on 4940

Marshall Islands: wszo. Country and western music. Heard wsz. partial
ID. First time on this one for me! (David Kammler, Ridgecrest, CA) Congrats!

0821 UTC on 1Sl05

Indonesia: Voice of Indonesia. Old classics. Jakarta ID and "Your Choice
feature at 0830. (David Kammler, Ridgecrest, CA)

0853 UTC on 491S

Brazil: Ra<llo Naclonal-Macapa Portuguese. Braslllan pops with station IDs.
Crazy DJ yells and talks over the music.
Brazil : Raello Naclonal Rio. Portuguese. Male <llsc Jockey with program of
lively sambas. ID and news at 0900.

0859 UTC on 7180

Hong Kong : BBC. BBC theme music with time pips ancJ ID. International

MONITOR ING TIMES

Broadcast Loggings
ut other readers know whOJ jou'vi been enjoying.

Send youi

loggings to Gayle Van Ilom at J()() Lester Drive, Orange Parle, FL

newscast. Weak but audible enough for a report. (This new relay Is verifying with
full data cards from, BBC Hong Kong Relay, Flat B., 24 Beacon Hiii Road,
Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Mine took Just 17 daysl ed.)

0915 UTC on 4875

Brazil: Radio NaclonalBoa Vista. Portuguese. "Naclonal" 10 and promo.
Brazilian pop and samba music. Local greetings, time checKs and weather.

1000 UTC on 5964.7

Bolivia: Radio Naclonal de Huanunl. Spanish? Folk music with very weak
signal. Presumed ID at 1005. Logging submitted as tentative. (Kevin
Sanderson, Atlanta GA)

1002 UTC on 4795

Bolivia: Nueva America. Spanish. Local ads and 10 for statio n. Bolivian folk
music. Lots of Interference.

320'73. .

.
.

1440 UTC on 6190

West Germany: Radio Bremen. German. Announcer hosting a request
program of German rock and pop music. ID with traffic report for the
Autobahn. Logged while In Nussloch, West Germany. (James Kline, Santa
Monica. CA)

1456 UTC on 5005

Nepal: Radio Nepal. Indian type vocals, local ad at 1508 and more music.
Fadeout at 1530 No sign of Malaysia here today. (Bruce
MacGlbbons,Gresham, OR)

1600 UTC on 9735

Oman: Radio Oman. Arabic. Music and station ID with national newscast. _

1605 UTC on 4904v

1002 UTC on 4910.7

Peru: La Voz de la Selva Spanish. Peruvian huyanos with local talk and ID
Very weak signal but worth sticking to for report details!

1005 UTC on 4825

Peru: La Voz de ta Delva. Spanish. Peruvian folk music with drum and ID.
Into music ballads.

1010 UTC on 4825

Brazil: Radio Bare. Portuguese male announcer with newscast and talk about
the city of Manaus. Time check and promo for news. Local phone chat with
announcer.

1012 UTC on 5954.8

Colombia: La Voz de los Centauros. Spanish. Brassy Colombian music with
local time check.

1013 UTC on 6025

Dominican Republic: Radio Amanecer. Spanish. Station slgnon
announcements with choral version of the national anthem and ID. Religious
programs followed.

1024 UTC on 3279.8

Ecuador: La voz del Napo. Spanish. Religious music with time checkS and
chat about Ecuador.

1025 UTC on 4712.3

Bolivia: Radio Abaroa. Spanish? Male announcer and folk music. Tentative.
(Kevin Sanderson, Allanta, GA)
Australia: Radio Australia. NeoMelanestan. Pop/ rock hits from the movie
Flashdance, FleetwOOd Mac and an Instrumental version of "Hey Jude."
"Waltzing Matilda" Interval signal wllh ID for Papua New Guinea service.
(Steven Cline, lndtanapolls IN) Another newcomer to MT! ed

1031 UTC on 11945

USA: WCSN. Stock Report and Letterbox program at 1035. 11 945 kHz Is a
new frequency for WCSN, replacing 17640. (Bruce MacGtbbon, Gresham,
OR)

1037 UTC on 3250

Honduras: Radio Luz y Vida Spanish. Religious text with prayers. Trumpets
Introduced local news and talk.

1040 UTC on 4885

Colombia: Ondas del Meta. Spanish. Chat among listeners and announcer
via phone messages to loved ones In Medellin and Bogota. Local ads for
Vlllavtcenclo.

1145 UTC on 6792

Peru: Radio Sensaclon. Spanish. Peruvian vocals and laughing announcer.
(Bruce MacGibbon, Gresham OR)

1158 UTC on 3345

Papua New Guinea: Radio Northern. Pidgin. Male announcer talkS about the
city of Ponpondetta. 10 and easy listening music. News at 1200.

1210 UTC on 11640

Pakistan: Radio Pakistan. Hindu? Middle Eastern/Arablcsoundlng music.
lady announcer wllh presumed news. Several Radio Pakistan IDs at 1227
followed by a martial national anthem. Stgnoff at 1229. Station previously
lhought to be Radio Hargelsa. British somalia. Both stations are being logged
so be cautious.

1215 UTC on 5030

Malaysia: ATMSarawak. Malay? Musical selections of Instrumentals
presented by male and female announcers. Station ID at 1229 (Tom Roach,
San Jose, CA)

1231 UTC on 3375

India: All India AadloAlzawl (tentative) Language unknown. Possible news
covering Sri Lanka and Viet Nam with lady announcer. (Tom Roach, San
Jose, CA)

1324 UTC on 3375

India: All India RadloGauhatl. Hindu? Male announcer Interspersed with lady
singing lndlal music on sitar and drums. (Tom Roach, San Jose, CA)

1331 UTC on 21605

United Arab Emirates: U.AE. Radio. Arabic. International newscast and
Women and Islam followed In English Station ID as "the external service of
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Also heard at 1030 In English. Logged from
Nussloch, West Germany. (James Kline. Santa Monica, CA)

1415 UTC on 15084

Iran: Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran. Discussion covering the Islamic
religion and the Holy Koran. ID at 1425. Apparent technical problems and
abrupt sign-on and off. (Stephen Price, Conenaugh, PA)

MONITORING TIMES

Chad: Aadlodlf Natlonale N'd)amena. (tentative) French/ Vernaculars. Drum

music and male announcer. Severe Interference. (Bruce MacGlbbon,
Gresham, OR)

1635 UTC on 7412

India: All India AadloDelhl. Hindu? Indian music presented by male/fem ale
duo. Audible past 1700 with sitar music until 1730 fade out. (Bruce
MacGlbbon, Gresham, OR)

1638 UTC on 11980

USSR: Radio Station Peace and Progress. Commentary about the elimination
of nuclear weapons. Logged from Nussloch West Germany (James Kline
Santa Monica Ca)

1920 UTC on 9700

Greece: V.0.A Commentary on trying to establish a national government In
Italy. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA)

2000 UTC on 7465

Israel: Kol Israel. First day back on the air after a seven week strike! Program
Included war news frequency schedule and music for the Sabbath. (Steve
Mayover, Philadelphia, PA)

2015 UTC on 9575

Spanish Morocco: Radio Medlterranee. French/ Arabic Blues music form
artist Jimmy Reed and Muddy Waters with few announcements and only one
ID. Interference from from Radio France International.

2030 UTC on 12085

Syria: Radio Damascus. Female announcer with chat about Syria and Its
people. Station ID Included. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA)

2030 UTC on 9715

Madagascar: Radio Netherlands/ Tom Meyer's "Happy Station program.
(Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA)

2030 UTC on 6100

Kenya: Voice of Kenya. Unknown language. US pop music from male
announcer. Newscast and ID with national anthem at 2105 slgnoff. (Kevin
Sanderson, Atlanta, GA)

2048 UTC on 11920

Morocco: ATV Marocaine. Arabic. Lengthy Arabic music program. Fanfare
Introduces newscast. ID and continued Arabic programming to 0220 tune
out.

2100 UTC on 9780

Yemen Arab Republic: Radio San'a. Arabic. Holy Koran recitations, program
ID and closing national anthem. (Stephen Price, Conemaugh, PA)

2115 UTC on 7145

Algeria: Radio Algeria. Arabic. Lady announcer Introduces program features
with 10. "Happy Birthday played on Arabic Instruments.

2120 UTC on 4782.6

Mall: ATV Mallenne. French. Local African music and talk with station ID.
Heard also on parallel 4835. (Larry Van Hom, Orange Park, FL) ThankS to my
better half! ed

2254 UTC on 17815

Brazil: Radio Cultura. Portuguese. Brazilian pop music. Brazilian news at
2303 with ID and time check Into pops and sambas.

2259 UTC on 5035

Central African Republic: ATV Centrafrlcane. French. Monitored last few
minutes of slgnoff that Included ID as, tel Bangui" with station location and
national anthem. (Stephen Price, Conemaugh, PA)

2301 UTC on 4850

Cameroon: Radio NatlonaleYaounde. French. Station ID as, "lei Yaounde
Radio Cameroon National." Station frequency schedule and national anthem
at 0000 slgnoff. (Stephen Price, Conemaugh, PA)

2330 UTC on 4845

Mauritania: OAT de Natlonale de Maurltanle. Arabic Two male announcers
trade news Items and chat. Easy listening and Arabic music. Station ID with
closing schedule, national anthem and 0001 sign.off.

2330 UTC on 482 5

Guatemala: Radio Mam. Spanish. Station promotions with ID, schedule and
city location. Marvelous marimba music.

2345 UTC on 4900

Guinea: Radlodifuslon Natlonale. French.African rhythms with station news
and IDs. Sign off announcements and schedules with national anthem at
0000 (Larry Van Hom, Orange Park, FL)

February 1988

25

RADIO ROUNDUP:

Communications

After nearly two decades of domination in the ma rketplace Regency is quitting the scanner business. A traumatic shuffle of top-level personnel including
the resignation of president Joe Boone was fo llowed by
the announcement that the entire consumer electronics
division is up for sale.
One of Regency's top engi neers, noting that ma ny technical members of the old E lect ra team came to Regency
when t he Bearcat operation was sold to Uniden, was
quoted as saying, "Here we go again!"
According to an interview reported in the Indianapolis
Star, Regency has been trying to receover from a number
of ill-fated ventures including cable TV, satellite dishes,
stock market quote receivers, and the recent Informant
scanner.
In spite of the official announcement by Regency that the
division would be discarded, one spokesman assured MT
that scanner and marine products would be available for
some time to come and that several new models we re still
waiting to be introduced.
A sneak preview o f the new Regency R2060
scanner reveals that thi s entry level scanner is a
programmable base unit featuring 60 channel memory and
Turbosca n. Covering the sta nda rd VHF low, high and
UHF bands, the unit docs not cover aircraft or 800 MHz.
It is expected that this new scanner, due to its bei ng
representative of new Regency technology, will probably
replace the 1080/1090 series which will be phased out.

It will be interesting to note what effect the Regency

decision will have o n the proposed release of a pocket
programmable with 800 MHz coverage due late this year.
Regency has closed their Satellite Beach, Florida, facility
but still ma intains their Melbourne plant for manufacturing products of their land mobil e division. The
company plans to concentrate now on their IFR division
which makes commercial test equipment.

Uniden's decision to eliminate

cellular telephone frequencies from all
future scanners was both strategic and
moral. While Uniden is expanding int o mobile telephone
It appears that

equipment, Jim Haynes, Chief Engineer fo r the company,

says, "I agree totally with the spirit of ECPA '86 (the new
law which forbids listening in on mobile telephones) . I do
not think that it is proper to use any type of product to
eavesdrop on any com munication not intende d for them to
hear."
But Haynes did have one criticism of the law: "ECPA
went a little too far in that it can be used by the cellular
community to dupe the consumer into thinking no one

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Februa1y 1988

can hear them because it isn' t (receivable) on (some)

sca nners."

Anyone out there have a recent IRAC

microfiche? A recent discussion with a Department

of
Justice attorney who specializes in fo reign intelligence law
was most revea ling and provides some insight into the
1982 Presidential proclamation which classified as
"Confidential" lists of federa l radi o frequencies formerly
availab le from and sold by the government.
While Execu tive Order 12356 did not specifically mention
frequencies, it did address the "mosaic theory": If you put
together enough pieces of non-sensitive informat ion you
may eventu ally construct a picture of a sensitive area.
While small lists of unclassified frequenc ies may be
unrevealing by themselves, massive lists would ostensibly
show patterns--especially the holes--giving a foreign power
insight into classified uses and assignments.
Th e Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (lRAC)
of the Department of Commerce maintains the master
frequ ency files for all federal agencies. Uncl assified
frequency lists are no longer available to the public from
this agency; classified lists never we re.
In dividual inquiries regarding specific frequencies may be
made directly to the agencies in questi o n. In general,
however, requests for comprehensive frequency lists will
not be ho nored.
The J ustice Department official conceded that frequencies
or frequency lists collected by civilians through hobby
monitoring have no rest rictions regarding divulgence or
publication.
O n agai n, off again, I'm afraid we have to issue a
intended
as a monthly magazine published by the non-profit
Foundat ion for International Broadcasting, Incorporated.

caveat on the World Radio Report,

Originally begun over a year ago as a detailed program

supplement fo r sho rtwave broadcast listeners, management
of the short-l ived publication, like that of many radio
hobby clubs, shifted from person to person unt il it now
appea rs that no one is really in cha rge.
Most recent ly, Mike Mitchell vo lunteered to manage the
o rga niza tion (see editorial, October 1987 issue, page 3).
Replying by telephone, Mr. Mitchell said that in his
opin ion, "World Radio Repo11 died several months ago."
He went on to say that he would be se nding out lett e rs
within th e next week o r so to th ose from whom checks
had been received, either returning the checks or paying
back the money sent in good fai th out of his own pocket.

MONITORING TI MES

RADIO ROUNDUP:

Asked what happened to the money sent in for subscriptions, Mr. Mitchell replied that most of it had been used
to pay old bills, purchase stationery and cover general
expenses. He assured that no checks sent in to him after
July 24, 1987, had been cashed.

Communications

When the "Monkey" first started some three years ago, he

began by taunting Filipinos for the most part, but not
exclusively, until the airwaves seethed with colorful arguments in many languages. While the transmissions were
illegal, they weren't as inflammatory as they are now due
to the tensions in the Gulf. One recent episode is a case
in point.
During a particularly tense radio exchange between an
Iranian warship and a U .S. Navy vessel, as the Iranian
weapons radar locked in on the American target, the U.S.
radioman ordered the Iranian vessel to stand down.
Suddenly, the uninvited guest came up on frequency:
"I ranian warship , Iranian warship--you gonna get it now!"
(Thanks, R. Hillman of Orange, CA)
A new product from the Lo-Jack Corporation of
Braintree, Massachusetts, a car bug tattles on car
thieves. About the size of a chalkboard eraser and
installed inconspicuously to resemble a vehicular
component, the transmitter is wired to the automotive
electrical system for power.

You think you don't have room for a monitoring post?

Take a look at Buster Colcs's compact inst allation. A
resident of Charleston, West Virginia, Buster has found
that a card table can hold an entire

monitoring post if it is well planned.

Buster is an incurable utilities DXer; he enjoys monitoring
military bases, a ircraft a nd ships. His portable and mobile
equipment extend his listening ability while he is driving
and walking.
Scrunched together in his cozy corner arc Sony IC F2002
and ICF6500 receivers, Realistic PR02004, PR030 and
PR022 scanners, a Yacsu FRG9600 VHf/UHF receiver,
and several accessories including the Grove MiniTuner,
Grove Power Antenna III, Grove Hidden Antenna system,
MFJ-1020 active antenna , Metz whips, and an SST
preselector.
A s if international relations in the Persian Gulf weren't
b ad enough, the "Filipino monkey" is provoking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. "What is
your cargo?" demanded an Iranian gunboat as he radioed
to a fo reign vessel at the south end of the Gulf. 'I am
carrying machine guns and hand grenades to Iraq--and an
atom bomb' was the unexpected reply!
For some three years the u nknown provocateur has been
hassling shipping and military interests in th e a rea by
intruding into radio conversations with such antics.
Fortunately, veteran radio operators recognize the rogue
who calls himself the "Filipino Monkey." But critics claim
that his chiding could provoke hostilities fr om the Iranians
si nce his epithets toward them are unprintable.

MONITORING TIMES

When the owner reports his vehicle as missing, an

encoded signal is transmitted by the police which is
transponded by the mobile device, relaying its whereabouts
to tracking vehicles nearby who close in on th e
p erpetrator. In actual tests, average recovery time is 11
minutes.
The transmitters, manufactured by Mot oro la in Seguin,
Texas, cost $595; the mobile tracking compu tcrs, costing
about $1500 each, are made by Micrologic, Inc. of
Watertown, Massachusetts. (Clipping from Fred Chesson,
Waterbury, CT)

Looking for a commemorative certificate?

Whether you are a licensed ham or an SWL, you can
receive a special acknowledgement from special event
amateur radio station WA3EOP, 109 South Artizan St.,
Williamsport, MD 21795.
The rules are simple: contact or monitor the station
during the celebration of Maryland Odd Fellows Weck,
April 18-24, on SSB voice freq uencies 3870, 7240, 14265,
21375, and 28.375 kHz; or CW frequency 7120 kHz; or
even two-meter FM on 147.09 MHz.
Hams should send in their QSL cards and a selfaddressed, stamped envelope for their certificates following
a contact; SWLs need to send an accurate reception
report and an SASE.

Tire phone number published last 111011tlr

for tire west coast SWL Echo computer
bulletin board is i11c01rect; 1111fo111111ately,
110 co1Tectio11 is c111re11tly available.

Februa1y I 988

27

COMMUNICATIONS LOGGINGS

Riding the Rails

.
via Radio
For our railroad monitoring friends (Bob
Grove is one of the most enthusiastic) we
reprint the channel numbers assigned by the
Association of American Railroads to the
most commonly used U.S. and Canadian radio
frequencies.
02
03
04
05
05
07
08
09
10
11

12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49

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159.810
159.930
160.050
160.185
160.200
160.215
160.230
160.245
160.260
160.275
160.290
160.305
160.320
160.335
160.350
160.365
160.380
160.395
160.410
160.425
160.440
160.455
160.470
160.485
160.500
160.515
160.530
160.545
160.560
160.575
160.590
160.605
160.620
160.635
160.650
160.665
160.680
160.695
160.710
160.725
160.740
160.755
160.770
160.785
160.800
160.815
160.830
160.845

Februa1y 1988

50
51
52
53
54

55
56
57
48
49
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97

160.860
160.875
160.890
160.905
160.920
160.935
160.950
160.965
160.980
160.995
161.010
161.025
161.040
161.055
161.070
161.085
161.100
161.115
161.130
161.145
161.160
161.175
161.190
161.205
161.220
161.235
161.250
161.265
161.280
161.295
161.310
161.325
161.340
161.355
161.370
161.385
161.400
161.415
161.430
161.445
161.460
161.475
161.490
161.505
161.520
161.535
161.550
161.565

Springfield, Miss~ri
Railroa.d Scannmg
Contributed by Kent Hawkins
A sh Grove, MO
Burlington Northern RR
Diesel shop 50 watt units (not
160.230
used)
Rail panel plant; rails and ties
160.500
for emergency use
160.545
PBX input to 161.130 systemwide
160.620
Special agents ch.3; simplex
ch.4; rptr 161.505
160.710
Car shop rptr input 161.400
Storeroom
160.725
160.800
Switching
160.830
Switching
160.905
Hub center
Diesel shop
160.920
161.070
Diesel shop
161.100
Road ch.1 systemwide switching
161.130
PBX repeats 160.545 systemwide
161.160
Road ch.2
Switching
161.310
161.400
Car shop simplex; rptr 160.710
161.430
Maintenance of way
161.505
Special agents input to 160.62
rptr ch.4
.
.
1905.0, 1925.0, 1975.0 Pomt to pomt
microwave link

London, Ontario, Monitoring

Contlibllled by Tony Vance
C.N. Railroad
161.4150
Ch.I End to end
161.2050
Ch.2 Dispatchers K,KA
160.9350
Ch.3 Dispatchers D,DS
160.6650
Ch.4 London shops
160.3650
Ch.5 Yards
161.0250
Ch.8 Yardmaster London East
160.7850
Ch.20 Line-up dispatcher
160.9050
Ch.24 Signals Dept
160.9650
Ch.26 CN Police
160.9950
Ch.27 CN Police
160.4550
Ch.81 Maintenance of way
160.215
Ch.82 Maintenance of way
C.P. Railroad
161.4750
Ch.l
161.5050
Ch.2
160.840
Ch.3
161.1150
Ch.4
161.3250
Ch.5
161.1750
Ch.6
161.1450
Ch.7
161.2650
Ch.8

End to end
Maintenance of way
Yards
MBS dispatcher
Radio repairs (aux.)
Yards
(TH&B dispatcher)

Tony also conttibuted these other Jrequencies:

London Police
142.0350
Ch.1
142.3050
Ch.2
142.7750
Ch.3 (Ontario common)
142.8750
Ch.4 CPIC
142.9950
Ch.5
142.6950
Ch.6
139.5450
Ch.7 (handhelds)
London Fire
154.3700
154.0700
154.9500
154.6350

Department
Ch.1 Regional
Ch.2 Regional
Ch.3 City dispatch
Ch.4 City Work

Miscellaneous
150.1000
Ontario ambulance (common)
151.8200
Thames Valley Ambulance
155.2500
149.6050
London Arnb-Hosp Net
41.9600
London Ontario Provincial
Police dispatch
42.0200
" " " "cars-dispatch
42.0600
" " " " car-car & CPIC info
143.8650
Min of Transport &
Communications
166.9500
Min of Environment
411.6625
Min of Correctional Serv
Min of Health (helicopters)
413.6875
163.7400
London Transit Commission
(inspectors)
152.6800
London Public Utility
Commission
153.6800
169.3500
London City Works
156.0250
London Animal Control
162.6900
Union Gas
162.9450
" " Repairs
163.1100
163.5600
" " Customer Services
163.6800
" " repeater
169.8900
CFB London
172.2500
173.2500
152.9900
CKCO News
153.1100
CJBK News
153.3500
CKSL News
163.5900
CFPL News
143.4850
~~.ectrum Communications
143.5800
158.8650
164.7000
165.2250
Erik Walley Const (Spect)
173.5650
E . Blake Refriger (Spect)
463.2625
Erik Walley Const (Spect)
463.7375
Spectrum Communications
451.5125
QAP Towing
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MONITORING TIMES

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COMMUNICATIONS LOGGINGS

Monitoring
the Midwest

154.430
154.740
154.875
154.935

Shortwave aootleggers
Contributed by David Mo11ense11
Newaygo, Ml
Frequencies kHz
8125.0 LSB
8889.2 USB
4472.9 USB
6960.0 LSB
147.570

13560
25060

USB

14495 USB
221364 USB
6522
USB
154625

6910
14425
8195

USB
USB
USB

8970.2 USB
6595
USB
73040

Tuna fishermen
0312 UTC; fishermen
0055 UTC; bootleggers
All times: Truckers
Was once called National
Truckers Intercom Channel.
Heard two truckers getting told
to get off channel by a ham;
truckers did not give callslgns,
only names Milkman and Alvin.
Two Spanish speaking females
Two men In what sounded like a
ham round table heard 7:00 EDT
two Sais
Al #7 base
Fishermen, no boat names given
0140 UTC same as 221364
All times. Sounds like a backhoe
service. No callslgn. Lot of talk
about places In Montcalm Co.,
Michigan
Spanish speaking males
Sat 10:30 EDT. K7 wllh callup
Mike, Mike Johnny calling
Johnny 4 0250 UTC
0820 Fishermen
Fishermen
Man and woman talking.
Sounded like a cross belween
two meters and a mobile
telephone.

Youngstown, Ohio, Monitoring

Con tributed by Lany Wiland
Yo ungstown, OH
33.740
33.780
39. 10
39.58
39.64
44.820

45.10
47.34
154.04
154.07
t54.190
154.250
154.280
154.370

155.610
155.655
155.685
155.745
155.790
155.820
155.950
156.12

156.150
156.210
158.730
158.790
158.985

Trumbull Co. Fire F-2

Trumbull Co. Fire F-1 (main)
Youngstown/Mahoning Co. Dog
Pound
Trumbull Co. Road Dept/Engineer
Columbiana Co. Sheriff Dept
Ohio State Patrol mobile units (F1)

44.980
45.02

154.980
155.055
155.130
155.16
155.205
155.22
155.28
155.295
155.310
155.340
155.400
155.415
155.430
155.490
155.550
155.565
155.595

Ohio State Patrol bases (F-2)

Aircraft (radar) & lntersystem
(F-3)
lntersystem (F-4)
Ohio Dept of Transportation
(ODOT)
Hubbard Clly Fire Dept/ local govt
N.Jackson Twp Fire Dept
warren Clly Fire Depl
Fowler Twp/Vienna Twp Fire
Depls
Trumbull Co. high-band fire
lntersystem
Youngstown, OH, Fire Departmenl s
(cllywlde)

159.090
159.240
159.375
162.400
162.550

Howland Twp Fire Dept/Trumbull

Co high-band fire chan
New1on Falls, Brookfield, Hubbard
Police Depts
MahOnlng Co Sheriff Dept
Law Enforcement Exchange &
Release Network (LEERN - similar
to 155.370 "Intercity")
Niles, OH, fire depts & local govl
Canfield, OH. police. fire & gov1
Trumbull Co Sheriff dept
Various ambulance companies
In Mahoning/ Trumbull Co.
(shared)

Kent, OH, police dept

Ambulance-hosp (MED chan)
"Life Flight" hellcpler
Austintown, OH/Beaver Twp Police
Slark Co. Sheriff
Boardman, OH, police
Ashlabula Co Sheriff dept
Howland Twp Police
Warren Clly/Nlles/Glrard police
(shared)
Salem City Police
Portage Co. Twp. police depts
(various/shared)
Ohio State Patrol
turnpike/statewide East
Austintown Fire Dept
Ohio State Patrol
turnpike /statewide West
Lordstown's Marshall's Office
Boardman. OH, fire depl
New1on Twp road dept (also
Newton Falls police surveillance
freq In PM)
Youngstown Police F-4
Portage Co. Sheriff
Youngstown Police F-1
Youngstown Police F-2 & traffic
"Index channel
Berea, OH, turnpike maintenance
& statewide 'pike weather channel
Youngstown Police F-3
Mill Creek Park (Youngstown)
park police
Ohio Dept of Natural Resources
(statewide rptr)
Nal'I Weather Svc Akron/Canton
Airport
Cleveland & lakefronl areas

Railroads
160.230
160.320
160.545
160.800

Railroads (shared In Tri-Co area)

Railroads (snared ")
Lordstown auto plant RR loading
dock
Conrail (main road" channel &
Niies yard operations)

Utilities
37.46
37.52
37.82
155.025
158.190

Ohio Edison (eleclrlc) mobiles

Youngstown
Warren
Warren clly gov1
East Ohio Gas Co
(Trumbull/Mahoning Co)

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Amateur
145.390
146.910
146.970
146. 745

Portage Co ARC
Austintown repeater
Warren W8VTD repeater
Austintown repeater

Miscellaneous
35.02/154.60 McDonald's Drlve-thru
49.83-49.89 Wendy's Drive-thru headset
communicators
35.22
"Dlgllal paging service
158. 70
Youngstown "Answerphone &
paging

February 1988

29

PLANE TALK

Jean Baker, KIN9DD

213 W. Troy Ave. 4C
Indianapolis, IN 46228

VHF Aero:
Radio Excitement as Big as the Skies!
A world of exciting communications is available to those who monitor VHF Aero. The
band, which extends from 108.00 through
135.975 and is even found on the popular
Sony ICF-2010, is almost constantly alive with
transmissions. These range from routine
communications between the airlines and the
pilots who command their "heavy" jets to
tension-filled exchanges between air traffic
control and a plane in trouble. This month,
Plane Talk examines this fascinating band in
some detail.
The actua l communications portion of the
VHF Aero Band begins at 118.000 and runs
through 135.975. [ 108.000 LO 118.000 is allocated to various navigational aids.] As this is
the portion of the band that commands the
most attention, let's look at the various types
of transmissions which are found here.
Incidentally, you'll notice that in most cases -both spoken and written -- the last digits of a
frequen cy (and sometim es the last two digits)
are not utilized if one or both of them happen
to be zeros. For example, you may hear an Air
Traffic Controller tell a pilot to "contact
Cleveland Center on 'one two seven point
niner.'" That's really 127.900 but, as the last

The Ground Controller in an Air Traffic

Control Tower controls not only the airr:raft
taxing on 1Umvays and to and from the gates,
but also all of the auxillimy ground vehicles
m oving in and 0 11 the perimeters of the ailpon
(photo cowtesy Bill Wolf KA2EEV).
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FebruG1y 1988

two digits are zeros, they're dropped. If the

frequency is something like 124.650, then only
the last digit, the zero, is dropped.
Frequencies in the communications portion of
the VHF Aero Communications band a rc
spaced in increments of 25 kHz. Consequently, you'll find transmissions at 118.000,
then 118.025, 118.050, and so on.
118.0 - 121.4
Air Traffic Control Airport ATC T owers
and
A ir Traffic Control Centers
(ARTCCs).
121.5
brtemational HF Emergency. It can be
utilized for both voice and emergency
locator transmitter (ELT) purposes.
Commercial, military and most private
aircraft carry ELTs in case of accident.
Upon impact, the device is supposed to
begin emitting a downswept-typc of tone,
enabling rescuers to pinpoint the location
of the aircraft in distress. However, ELTs
have also been known to go off for no
reason whatsoever, leading to a great deal
of embarrassment. You might find it
interesting to note that the UHF
equivalent of the International Aviation
Emergency Frequency is 243.0, which is
simply a multiple of the original VHF
frequency of 121 .5.
121.6-121.95
Ground Control Runways, tax iways, traffic
to and from the airline gate and bay areas,
and so forth.
121.975-122.675
Flight Se1vice Stations (FSS) These stations
provide general aviation (private pilots)
with information on airport condit ions,
radio navigational and commu nicat ions
aids plus facilities for helping the pilots to
process flight plans, dispense weather
sequence information, and perform other
functions. They are located all across the
country and are operated by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA).
122.7-122.825
UNICOM Frequencies UNICOMS are
usually operated by private enterprise.
They are defined as aeronautical advisory
communications facilities and are usually
located at or nearby an airport. At quite a
few very smaU air fields, a UNICOM is the
only communications facility located on
site. In the absence of a control tower, the
UNICOM p rovides general information
on wind direction, runway conditions, and

field status. The may also offer some

information on local accomodations, fuel,
and repair services.
122.975-123.075
Helicopter UNICOM Utilized by UNICOM
stations and helicopters air-to-air.
123.1-123.125
Search and Rescue Used by the Coast
Guard, Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and others
involved in rescue activities.
123.125-123.425
Flight Test T hese frequencies are used by
manufacturers engaged in design, development, evaluation and testing of aircraft
components. They are also used for other
purposes, including MULTICOMS.
123.45
Air-to-Air This frequency is where pilots -including commercial airline pilots - carry
on conversations with other planes in the
air. Conversations on this frequency can be
very interesting!
123.5
Flight Schools Also utilized by glider pilots
and towing craft for coordination with
ground stations.
123.525-123.575
Flight Test
123 .6-123 .650
Anivals and Depanures When a Flight
Service Station is located at an air field
where an Air Traffic Control Tower is not
available, pilots of arriving and departing
craft will use this frequency for communication with FSS personnel.
123.675-128.8
Air Traffic Control
128.225-132.0
Aero11auticals Emvute ARINC, Eastern
F light Support, Airline Company communications.
132.025-135.975
Air Traffic Control
Whi le the frequencies you see listed above arc
generally used from coast to coast for the
purposes described, ot her frequencies in this
band are ut ilized for other aeronauticalrelatcd purposes which vary from location to
location. Thus, they are too numerous to
mention here.
There is also some discussion between the
FAA and Federal Communications Commission about the crowded conditions on the
band. As a result, there is some discussion
about allocating 136 - 138 MHz to aero. We
will, of cou rse, keep you informed. I

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Glossary

of Aviation Terminology

You will enjoy monitoring the Aeronautical Communications bands

even more when you understand what the pilots and controllers are
Knot
saying! Below is a list of commonly used words and phrases heard in
the transmissions which we monitor.
Mode
Affimwtive Yes
Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
AIUNC
Air Route Traffic Control Center
ARTCC
ATC
Air Traffic Control
ATC Clears Used to relay an ATC c learance when given by other than.an Air
Traffic Controller. You will hear en ARINC operator say this .when . Negative
he relays a c learance from ATC to a flight he 1.s wo~ktng . .
Nardo
Company Traffic Term used by ATC to adVls& converging trairic:that they both .
work for the same company.
Used by pilots (more so on the HF bands than on VHF) In the
same context as atflrmallve.
Emergency Locator Transm itter. This piece of equipment
produces a slgnals when acllvated (usually by a crash) which Is
transmitted on the International Distress Frequencies of 121.500
(VHF) and/or 243 (UHF).
Aircraft capable of takeoff weights of 300,000 pounds or more,
whetner or not they are operallng at this weight during a
particular phase of fllght. Some aircraft belonging to this class
Include Iha Boeing 747, C-10, Lockheed L-1011, Airbus, and
others.
Flight attitude of an alrcran which is based upon barometic
pressure and expressed In the form of a 3-dlglt number. For
Instance, fllgh t level 33.0 would Indicate that an aircraft Is flying at
33.000 (thirty-three thousand) feel.
Aeronautical Communlcallons are found on the High Frequency
bands (In most cases but not all) between 2 and 22 MHz Inclusive. Transmissions on these frequencies are In upper sideband
mode.
A predetermined maneuver which keeps aircraft within a specified
airspace while awaiting further clearance from ATC.
Designated airspace over an active MOA (military operations

Charlie-Charlie
ELT
Heavy

Flight Level
Iligh Freq.
Hold
Hot Area

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Roger
Special

Separation
Target
UHF

VHF

area) up to a predetermined flight level. wn1cn civilian alrcran

must not penetrate.
A unit of speed. One nautical mlle Is equal to 6,076.12 feet. A
statute mile Is equal to 5,280 feet. You will hear pilots express
their airspeed In knots.
Letter or number which Is assigned to a specific pulse spacing of
radio signals transmitting or received by ground lnterroga.tor or
alrbom transponder components of the Air Trame Control Radio
System (ATCRBS). CIVlllan aircraft use mode C while military
aircraft use mode A A transponder Is necessary for altitude
reporting figures on radar screen of Air Traffic Control facilities
and other related funcllons.
. No.
.. ..
Th.e lllerat translation Is no r adio. Controllers .will use this expresc
slon when they are referring to an aircraft whom they are trying to
contact and the pilot (for one reason or another) Isn't answering
them.
This word means I hear you (or) I heard you. Technlcany, ft is
supposed to mean t have received an of your last transmission.
A four-tone selectlve-catltng device used by aeronautical eriroute
ground stallons (such as ARING) to contact a fllght which tias a
SELCAL receiving unit on board. Aero Enroute Ground Station
personnel use SELCAL to contact a flight on both VHF arid: i-IF
frequencies. White prlmarlly used by civilian commercial aircraft,
many military and business aircraft now utilize them also::
The spacing of aircraft both horizontally and vertically to achieve
safe and orderly movement during flight, takeoffs, and landings.
Indicator shown o n an AJr Traffic Controller's radar scope
resulting from a primary radar return on a radar beacon reply.
Ultra-High Frequency. Used In this sense. II refers to the portion
of the spectrum used for Miiitary Avlallon Communications, from
225 to 400 MHZ.
.
These Initials stand for Very High Frequency. Aero band communications In the VHF range run from 108.000 to 135.975 MHz. II
you hear a pilot asking for a Vlcior frequency, ne Is a military pilot
requesting a frequency In the VHF band from ATC Instead of a
UHF counterpart.

February 1988

31

SCANNING

Bob Kay
104 Bonsal Avenue
Glenolden, PA 19036

SCAN OR BE SCANNED!
Computer hackers have made us increasingly aware of the vast amount of personal
information that can be illegally obtained
from a computer. However, the computer is
not the only piece of high-tech equipment
capable of exposing someone' s privacy. The
scanner has the unique abil ity to legally
reveal a very personalized portrait of our
daily activities.
Across the country, the need for business
communications continues to grow. In the
Los Angeles area alone, there arc approx imately 10,000 walkie talkies in use every
day. From small owner-operated establishments to major Hollywood motion picture
sets, communications arc playing a vital
ro le in our fast-paced society.
In the world of business, th e need for
dependable, yet moderately priced communications systems has even sparked the
growth of "rental radio." Besides being
cheaper than purchasing radios outright,
the rental agents arc offering a maint e nance free contract. Should the radio fail to
operate, it is simply returned fo r a fresh
unit. Renting equipment in this manner is
then high ly desirable to corporations
because it redu ces down tim e.
With such a huge volume of business radio
transmissions being sent into the a irwaves
on a daily basis, it becomes clearly evident
that these transmissions must contain a
great deal of personalized information
about the customer. After all, if it were not
for customers, a business wouldn't need a
communications system!
Nearly everyone has contributed to the
success of a business by buying its products
or paying fo r a service. Herc arc a few

examples of how easy it is to become an

unwilling victim of a business radio transmission.

Leaky Pipes Sink Ships

You've called a plumber to repair a leaky
pipe at your house. Like most of us, you're a
little short on cash and use your credit card
to cover the expense. The plumber takes
your card, walks out to the truck and keys
up his radio to contact the main office for
credit approval!. As a result, your name,
address, the amount of the purchase and
your credit card number are sent over the
ai r as a business radio transaction.
Ironically, the plumber believed that he was
providing you with a convenient service.
The owner of the plumbing business
explains it this way: "We got a lot of
complaints about ou r plumbers tracking
mud through a customer's house. So, if the
job is on the outside and we're doing a lot
of digging, we use the truck radio to relay
the credit card information to our office."

Monitoring Your Paperboy

As innocuous at it may seem, even the
delivery of the paper to your door may
produce radio transmissions filled with your
personal information. The business of
delivering papers has, it seems, discovered
comput ers and radio.
The larger newspapers are now advertising
a relatively new service called "Guaranteed
Delivery." If your paper is missing, wet, or
torn, a phone number is provided for the
customer to order a replacement.
Basically, the service works like this: After
receiving your complaint, the circulation
Delivering the morning
newspaper to your
door may have
i11volved some very
sophisticated computers
a11d radio equipment.

department will enter your name, address

and phone number into the computer. A
printout is produced, identifying the road
manager in charge of your district. A
dispatcher then transmits the information
from the printout to the road manager.
Traffic sent over the air thus contains your
name, address and phone number.
Maybe it doesn't bother you that anyone
with a radio can learn that you're angry
with your paperboy. Keep in mind,
however, that if you use that number to
stop delivery when you're going away on a
trip, the stop and start date for paper
delivery may also be transmitted over the
air.

Out-Patient Services
Private ambulance services are also
utilizing two-way radio to coordinate outpatient care. When these medical taxis are
dispatched to private homes, the patient's
name, address, phone number and reason
for transport is also broadcast. As well,
anyone listening to the radio will also know
when you've left your home.

Hacking Answering Machines

In a previous column titled Monitoring Ma
Bell,
the possibilities of strangers
monitoring cordless phones were discussed
in detail. What is generally not known is
that ansering machines can also be tapped.
While listening to the cordless phone
bands, one individual was heard repeatedly
dialing a number that was connected to an
answering machine. After several attempts
and indiscriminate key punching, the caller
gained access to the owner's messages.
Afterward, the "hacker" left his own
message on the machine for future callers
to hear!
It's also surpnsmg to know that phone
answering machines employing a remote
control may also allow others to gain access
to your messages -- especially if your
machine responds to a "single tone beeper."
These pocket size beepers are held against
the mouthpiece of the telephone and a set
of tones is p layed down the line. Many of
the tones they produce can be replicated by
simply whistling into the mouthpiece.
Other answering machines can be accessed
remotely by "tone dialing." With this

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method, you punch a code number on the key pad of the phone you
are calling on. These, likewise, can sometimes be activated by
whistling.
M achines that respond to a series of tones are more secure. They
usually require a three digit number to be punched in. H owever,
some answering machines may respond to any key punched, as long
as the key is in the same row as the code digit. This makes the code
number very easy to crack.

Bank at Home - N You Dare

Many large banks have begun to offer "bank at home" services. The
customer uses a ho me computer to access a personal checking or
savings account. The obvious concern here is the possibility of a
"hacker" gaining entry into you r account.
Yet, there is another little-known threat. Computers, being operated without shielded cables, are capable of being monitored at
great distances. A good technician with a sensitive receiver, could
sit outside the operator's home, record the signal, and feed it into
another computer -- reading whatever is on your computer screen.
Jn reality, such sophisticated equipment isn't really always needed.
Some computers make the job even easier. One operator, using a
Kaypro II, reports that whatever is on his computer screen can be
seen with readable resolution o n neighbor's TV screens!
The scenes described above are just a very small sampling of how
business communications can affect our lives in the most personal
way. Oil de livery, utility companies, pa ckage delivery, taxi cabs and
even emergency highway call boxes, are just a few of the many
examp les of customer-initiated business communications. Regardless of the business, these transmission have one thing in common:
they all fling private information about the customer indiscriminately through the air.

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T o hear business communications, simply search through any one
of the following frequency ranges: 33.00 to 46.00, 150.8 to 162.00,
461 t o 465.00, 502.00 to 512.00, 851 to 853.00, and 902.00 to 928.00
MHz.
How to approach and min1m1ze the electronic invasion of our
privacy is unclear. Perhaps the best advice came during an interview with a computer hacker. When asked fo r suggestions on how
to prevent others from gaining access to our p ersonal information,
he replied, "The best defense against electronic eavesdropping of
any sort is knowledge. Read and stay informed. The well-informed
consumer becomes a very difficult target to hit."
We cou ldn't agree more.

If we could actually see business radio commwrications traveling

tlrrouglr tire air, pictures like tlris would be obliterated by thousands of
stray signals.

MONITORING TIMES

Februa1y 1988

33

UTILITY INTRIGUE

Don Schimmel
516 Kingsley Road SW
Vie1111a, VA 22180

Letters, We Get Letters ...

Two Monitoring Times reade rs responded to
my request for information regarding the
World War II vintage fo reign language
military dictionaries. Unfortunately, neither
knew where they might be obtai ned. These
books arc approximately 5" x 7'', published in
the TM-30 series, and each has two sections,
English - Foreign Language, and Foreign
Language - English. If anyone does learn of a
source for these, please let me know.
One of those readers, Mike H ardester of
Pennsylvania, a lso mentioned in his letter that
some Federal Emergency Management
(FEMA) stat ions will issue a QSL. In 1985,
says Mike, he QSL'd WGY908 on 3380 kHz.
FEMA returned his PFC with the time,
frequency and power indicated and even
placed a FEMA logo sticker on the card -- all
in 7 days!
From Bit! Edwards aboard the Coastal
Manatee comes a logging of K.KN50 with a
QRA tape heard on 6924.5 kHz. During the
past few years, KKN50 has also been reported
on 4880, 7470, 10637, 11095, 11106, 12022.5,
1211.5, 14355, 14880, 15492, 16255, 16275,
17570, 18169, 18525, 18700, 18972, 19146,
20920, 21764 and 23995 kHz. The callsign is
assigned to the Department of State in
Washington, DC. The actual transmitters are
reportedly located at a US Army communications installation in the Remington, Virginia,
area.
Some people have indicated that you can
obtain a QSL from the State Department for
your loggings of Departme nt and US Embassy
transmissions by sending your reception
report with a prepared QSL card to the US
Department of State, Radio Station K.KN50,
Offices of Radio Communications, Washington, DC 20520.
According to a card from Izak Luch.insh.-y of
Maryland an article was publ ished in the 12
November 1987 Baltimore Eve11i11g Sun,
consideration is now b e ing given to the
closure of stat ion WMH. The Maryland Port

Administration had requested the action due

to the station losing money for several years.
Thus, WMH may join the ranks of other
"discontinu eds" activities so now is the time
to seek a QSL from that station if QSL
collecting is a part of your monitoring
pursuits.

More on SLB's

u & w

K. Russell, also of Maryland, has provided

additional details concerning the two SLB's
mentioned in a n earlier Utility Intrigue column
and presented in an article in the July MT
authored by Mr. Russell. He worked up a
graph of the "U" loggings showing intercept of
the signal on 230 days out of the first 300 days
of 1987. (See Figure 1) Thus, cont rary to the
remark that there was a "drought" of beacon
signals, the readers who reported no signals
may have simply been experiencing bad
reception conditions.
The graph shows the time/repetition rate for
the SLB with the plotte d points obtained by
measuring the time required for transmission
of a string of 10 repetitions and then repeat ing
this measurement 2-10 times. The results are
averaged to arrive at a representative figu re to
use in the graph. During August the transmission speed slowed down "indicative, according
to my reasoning, that the water level was on
the increase."
To avoid confusion in plotting graph points,
readings taken late in one UTC day and the n
again early in the next UTC day were not
considered as intercepts for two separate days.
Instead they were shown as same (Calendar)
day loggings.
M r. Russell stresses the point that he has
heard two "K" stat ions. One is a fast repetition
rate "K" scattered around th e spectrum but
last heard mostly on 7905.5 kHz. Another is a
rarely heard, extremely slow repetition rate
tra nsmission.

fo r ten "K" repetitions changed from 45.20

seconds to 33.91 seconds in a lil!le over an
hour. To properly plot this signal a graphical
presentation was based on hourly data and
tracked for one month with a 30 foot graph
resulting.
In regard to the two tones/three dashes heard
on 13638 kHz at the Utility l11t1igue site, Mr.
Russell indicated that these were part of the
"O" family. The faster signal (10 repetitions in
21 seconds) on 13638. On the lower frequency
the second "O" runs at about 31 seconds for
10 repetit ions and on the higher frequency at
about 26 seconds. In other words, there are
t hree different "O" signals bei ng sent a ll at the
same time.
As a particular point of significa nce, the "O"
signals changed schedule by one hour on 28
September 1987 when the USSR changed the
clock back from summer-time. It will be most
interesting to see what, if any, additional
theories are advanced in the fut ure regarding
the purpose of these SLB stations. Our thanks
to Mr. Russell for his detailed analysis.

Special Interest Items

13560.3 kHz

141400Z CW

I musl confess I could nol figure out wllat purpose

was served by lhese transmissions. Station A would
send a series of dits. Slatlon B would reply wilh one
or two characlers. Infrequently Slallon C would
come up and also send one or lwo characters. B &
C were very weak while A had a somewhat slronger
signal. I walched lhls exchange for close lo an hour
during which lime I swllched from one antenna lo
another bul was unable to Improve my recepllon of
this strange activily so I dropped II.

13959.5 kHz

141331Z

USB/CW

Here Is a new twist for calling a station. Alter tuning

up the transmitter, lhe operator comes on lhe air In
USB and whistled lhe Cavalry Bugle Call - the one
played at ball games. The lune Is played and then
the crowd yells "Charge!" Every few minutes tne
operator would wnlstle lhal lune conlinuing this
pracllce for aboul 40 minutes. He then shifted lo CW
and began sending V's followed by CLPS CLPS
CLPS DE CLP1 asv K. I wonder If lhls Is now an
authorized Cuban Foreign Minlslry commo procedure?

On one date it was noted that the time taken

Fig,

40

60

80

100

J :!O

140

160

180

200 .

240

DllY

34

260

or

YCllR

;!RO

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SEAr tlONE
(VHF Adlo1elephone)

(Mf/ltf Rdlolelephone)
CHAHNEl

A.

A.

A.

SHI~

FREQ. 1111

>JURS OAtlY
UlCAl STANOARQ TI ME

CHANNEL

RE MARKS

fRla.

1111

HOURS OAl lT
lOCAl STANDARD TIM!

AOELAJOE
RADIO VIA

419
817
1227

44 13 2
8768.5
13181.4

4118 8
8244 6
1W06

Booked cans
Booked calls
Booked cans

16
67
23
26

ContnJous salel'f & car.:t>Q

Scwlemenwy salery cnaM<t
ConMuous Seapl\One cnannel
Conlinuous Staonone cnar.net

2201 }
4428.7
VllF 67

{ 0033 0233 0433 0633

0833 1033 1233 1433
I63J 1113J 2033 2233

BRISBANE
RADIO VIS

415
404
811
1229

4400 8
4366.7
8749 9
13187.6

4106 4
072 3
8226
11416 8

On deman<J 0800 1000

Booxed calls
Booked calls
Booked calls

16
iii

23
26

Conll/1uous salely & calling

Suoo1emen1ar1 salery channel
Continuous Seaonone channel
ConMuous Seaohone channel

2'01 }
J428 7
VHF 67
41436&8291 1
41436 & 62216

{ 0033 0233 om c533

0833 1033 12J3 1433
1633 1833 2033 1233
1010} No11heas1 area
1910 hl<Jh seas weal/lei

Conl'1uous sa1er1 & callng

Supplemtnlasy saJery channel

221)1 }
442B 7

{ 0033 om 0433 C6J3

0833 1033 1133 l4lJ
1633 1833 2033 22lJ

BROOME
PAOIO V10

Nol availal:le

16
67

CARNAAVON
RAOIO VIC

No1 ava.taote

16
61

Salery & Clllhng

Suootcmenlary safely cnannet

On demand 0800 2000

Oooked calls
On demand as lor Ch. 4:5
Booxed calls
On demand as lor Ch 415
Booxed calls

16
67

Con1inuous salery & Cl~l/19

Suoo!tmenlary salecy cnann.i

Noc a,3,1ao1e

67

OARl'llN
FAOlO VIO

A.

STAT10N
FREQ. 1111

IRMFIC LIS TS . CCASIA L ~ HICH SEAS 'hEAIHU

REPOA IS & llAVIGAf lGN .vAllN l ~IGS
by Voice Brodc111

415
419
81 1
815
12'7
1229

4400 8
44 13.2
8749.9
8762.3
?3181 4
13187 6

4106 4
4118 8
8226
8238 4
12410 6
124 16 8

210 1 }
44281
VHF 61

Salety & Clll1n9

SuoOlementary sJle~1 cNnnel

41436& 82911
41436& 62216

no1
J4/8 I }

VHF 6/

HOBART
RADIO 'llH

404

MELBOURNE
AAOIO VIM

404
411
811
1226

4366 I
440/
B7499
13178 J

PERTH
RAOIO VIP

404
415
806
811
815
1226
1m
1604
2212

4366 7
4JOOB
8734.4
8749.9
8762.3
13178.3
13187.6
17242.2
22630.1

4366 7

On cemano 0730 1730 1.on Sat

On demano 0800100 Sunoay

16
67

Salely & calhng

Suootementary salery cnannel

4012 J
4112 6
8226
12407 5

On oemard OSOO 2000

Booked calls
Book:ed carts
Booked ca11s

'6
61
!3
26

Con11nuou!> Sdh~lv & car11nq

Suoo1emEnta1v safely cnanoel
Cor.hnuous Seaonor.e cnannel
Conll/1uous Seaonone cnann.i

2101 }
JJ28 I
'/Hf 67

4072 3
4106 4
8210 5
8226
8238.4
12407 5
12416 8
16469.3
22034.1

On oemano 0600 2359

8ooxed caas
On oemano 0600 2359
Booked calls
Booked calls
On demand 06002359
Booxed calls
Booked calls
Booked t.llls

16
67
23
16

Con11111ous safely & calling

Sut>0~tn1ary >lll'f cnar.n~
Con11111JOus Seaonone char.net
Conhnuous SeaOhcne ctiannel

2201
}
J4(8 7

1c1 a1a.1ao1t

'6
5/

SJ1ery l CJ!'<nq
Scoo;emen1ary s.a:e1y ciannr.1

16
67
23
26
27>
21>
02 .

CQl\llll\.()uS salely & calhng

Suooiemenlary salery cnannel
Continuous Seaonone channd
Coot1nuous Seaonone channd
Newcas11! SeaohOne channel
llowra Seaonone channel
Ha.,,..esoury Seaot.cne cllannel

1,;
61

Corn.nuous salety & c;iJnq

Suoo!emc:n1a1y sale1y cn~Mcl

072 3

ROCXHAllPION
:UOIO VIR

405
417
802
829
1203
1231
1602
1610
1622
2203
2223

4369 8
4407
8722
8805.7
13107
13193.8
17236
17260.8
17298
22602.2
22664.2

0:'1 aemano continuous

Beaked CallS
On demand conllnuous
lkoked calls
On oemant:I 19000100
Booked CJllS
On demand 0700 1900
Booked cJlls

4015 4
4112.6
8198.1
8281 8
12336 2
12423
16463.1
16487 9
16525 1
22006 2
22068 2

2201

4'281

'iHF 51

VHF 67

Jl436 & 82911

4143 6 & 6221.6

/101

" 18 I
'/Hf SI

' 366.7
4413.2
8768.5
878'
13107
13193.8

!!coxed ~ ..is
On demand 0600 2200
On demand 06002200
Booked caJIS
Booked cans OSCO 1800
On Ctmand 0800-1800

4012 3
'118 8
82'4 6
8260.1
12336 2
12423

AAOPHONE NOTES
Fo1 2f1Hl NOr k1f'l9 .._n"c Rlduhoncs a1e Jva11aorc. 2160 is

01Ne11 ~11 ~.r ue

For R~~cnonc cans oul~<l C 'On t!em.:ricr hmcs \f\Own .lrlQ\'t

Ot

' '0 1

16
57
23
26

Conl<11.ous salety & cal1:nQ

Su~ntary safety cnannet
Contl/1tOUS Seaonone cnanrd
Ccnlll\1.0us Se3llhone cllannel

SEAPttONE NOTES

1nriutStcy

111 l056 the MJtl1me CommurnCJllOMS Slat.in llJUenc1

nl131 contacl ShOJld

o1J3 OJJJ oojj a1JJ

{ 0933 1133 1333 l ) j)
m3 1933 1133 mi

0003 0203 Q.l03 c;;oJ

{ O!Q3 10CJ : 2~3 !-103
ll'm 1803 2003 2203
1010} Wes1ern aiea
1940 n.gn seas P.a1r.e1

VHF 67

4143 6 & 829 1 I

4143 6 & 6221 6

0118 0318 0518 07 18

{ 0918 1118 13181518
1718 1918 2118 2318
1110} SoulheaSl area
2010 n19n seaswealher

2201 }
'4(81

v;cJ .;3c3 GStiJ .i; JJ

{ 0903 1103 1303 1503

2201
4428.7 }

VHF 61

404

0818 1018 1218 1418

{ 1618 1703

9.ocke<J Ca!IS

t101 av~1.101e

' 19
817
822
1203
1231

0748 0948 1148 ljJ8

I 5J8 1748 19J8

!looked ca' s
Booked caus

fHlJASOAY IS.
RAOIO VII

TOWNSVn.LE
fUOIO VlT

{ 0718 0918 1118 1318

:518 1118 ~:s

{ 0103 0303 0503 0;03

0903 1103 130J 1503
17tl3 1903 2103 2303
u10} Nonhe<n area
2010 hl<Jh sea~ weather

1201 }
28 7
VHF 67

:5

ESPERANCE
RADIO VIE

SYONEY
'UOIO VIS

VllF 67

Rr..,1>:d , .111~

mJOe on 2182. 4125. 6215 5 1111 01 VHF Cn 16

OayluJlll llOur s ortr

Rcmoictv 1..1.11,11odeo ny

Sydney R.tl.i
C\uu~cn StJeJrJms rnav .1fw nc
llk!Qt.:O ..,A Jny C',i1:<ip."lone

1.. n.umcl

?201
4428.7 }
VHF 67
rn3.6 & 8291.1
rn3 8 & 6221.5

1703 1903 2103 l31l3

0003 0203 0403 06)3

{ Ol!Ol IOOJ 1203 140J
1003 1803 2003 22\JJ
11 '0 } NOrU\easl are.I
1540 nl<Jh seas eal/ler

TRAFFIC LISTS a WEATHER/NAVIGATION

Wor king hcQuenr.rcs tot clJ1/y voice llllJ.11.!C JSI ul
cn.ur.11 'N,l!Cf5 IOICCJSfS & IJCnCfJI w.vnioqs .ire

l201 ~HI l<28 /141)4 3 >111 tCh 424).

651( 616206 2 >HI (f.~ fiOJ ). Ill VllF 6/

rimes '\fllJ ~ n 11 Bol d f1ct include ll't".1lr:c1

ro1ecJs1s .1nd n.1~(J.1t.an wJ1111n9s
GJlc JnO ~crin ....;am10qs Jre OfOJClt:Jst IJ'l " "'t.iUI
Jt)Jn .1llc1 1rte led Silence Pc11UO. then uch
~.cn~ulcd or0Jdc.1s1hmc1111111 CJnccnt."d
ioiJJled

'

MONITORING TIMES

February 1988

35

THE FEDERAL FILE

Dave Jones
430 Gam or Drive
Suffield, OH 44260

Monitoring the IRS

They Want to Hear from You This April. ..
But You Can Hear Them First!
.

As cit izens of the United States of America, we

know that our government is a lways int erested in
us. For many, that's a comforti ng thought.
About this time of year, however, one particu lar
federal agency begins to turn up the heat on that
"interest." It becomes more intense, more
probing and personal. That agency is the
Inte rnal Revenue Service or IRS. F or m ost of us
that interest can be returned to a normal level by
the simple, patriotic act of paying our taxes.

Investigations...
The IRS is one of several agencies that come
under the umbrella of the United States Depart-

Table 1
IRS CID Allocations
165.950/167.000 c
167.000 c
165.950 c
166.4625 c
166.000/167.100
166.000
165.4625 /166.5875
418.225/414.700 c
418.225
418.175

The IRS CID is involved in cases pertai ni ng to violations of federa l

tax on illegally transported liqu or and tobacco. Fortunate ly for
m onitors, their frequency assignme nts a rc nationwide so they can
be heard no matter where you live in the United States.

...and Enforcement
Another USDT agency is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco a nd
Firea rms (ATF). Its concerns are the e nforceme nt of federa l laws
on, appropriately enough , alco hol, tobacco and firearms. It 's that
latter port ion of the job, however, th at takes ATF into the widest
array of investigat ions. Crimes like murder and narcotic trafficking
can all fall under the jurisdiction of thi s brave group of men and
women.
Other, more exotic events, can also bring the ATF into action. For
example, when an ill egal Youngstown, Ohio, fireworks factory
exploded a few years ago, ki llin g several workers, ATF was there.
As is so often the case with federal agencies, ATF worked and
communicated directly with t he local agencies involved in the accident.
A s a result, radio communications arc most often on frequ encies
common to police. (154.935 a nd 155.370 arc police intersyste ms in
Ohio where ATF has been mon it ored communi cating with local
and state units). ATF bases usually ID with the city name, as
Youngstown Base or C leveland Metro Base.
ATF Frequenci es

36

Februa1y 1988

CH 1 (VHF)
CH 2

CH 3

CH1
CH 2

(?)
CH 1 (UHF)
CH 2
CH3

L---------------------------------"""

ment of the Treasury (USDT). What most

people don't know is that the IRS operates its
own Criminal Investigative Division (CID) in additi on to the
federal income tax operat ions that are commonly known.

165.2875/166.5375 c
166.5375
165.2875 c
166.4625 c

CID Operations Repeater

CID Operations Direct
CJD Operr:ilions )Jirect
y~bT. CommoriFrequency
IRS Investigations R epeater
IRS Investigations: Direct
y .s.D.T. Com~o11 .frequency
c10 OPerations Repeater
CID Opertions Dll:ect
CID Operatio~s !~~ti~t

Operatio ns Repeater
Operations Tactical
Operations Direct
USDT common frequency

CH
CH
CH
CH

2
3
4

165.9125 c
165.4625/166.5875
165.350

Operations
USDT common frequency (?)
Local offices, simplex

CH 5

A third ATF agency, the on e with the most headline-grabbi ng

activities, is the Customs Service. Because of their work in drugrelated arrests, Customs can best be monitored in cities hosting
international a irports, US entry points in Canada and Mexico, and
port cities from which vessels arrive and depart to non-US destinations. Great Lake port cities like Buffalo and Cleveland are also
possible targets.
Customs Service
165.2375/166.4375 c
166.4375 c
166.4625 c
165.7375
165.4625/166.5875
162.825

Operations Repeater
Operations Direct
USDT Common Frequency
Operations Tactical
USDT Common Frequency (? )
Operations

CH
CH
CH
CH
CH

1
2
3
4

Additional frequencies to check for USDT operations are those

considered as itinerant frequencies. These are lower in p ower than
the ones norm ally use. Government files show 163.100, 418.050 and
418.575 all as rated under thirty watts. Two AM frequencies, 27.575
a nd 27.585, are listed as five watts. The book, Police Call, lists two
other frequencies, both unconfirmed, as 166.750 and 166.875.
The final USDT agency is the United States Secret Service. Its job,
as is widely known, is to protect the president and fo reign
dignitaries and to investigate counterfeiting. T heir communications are far more complex than other USDT agencies and thus will
be reviewed in a future Federal File column . Until then, keep an
ear on 165.375, th e primary na tionwide repeater.
I
c indicates that the frequency has been confim1ed by the author.

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happened to change our formerly protective attitude.
Presidential Executive Order 12356, issued in 1982, reclassified
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unclassified, as "Confidential" and, the refore, not releasable to
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first permanent, manned space station.
Scheduled to be placed into earth orbit in
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Ariane V-20 Launch Success

Edges Phase 3C
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Things are still up in the air for the European Space Agency's mission V-22. A delay
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Around the World
A jammed solar panel on the TV-Sat-1
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problem with the panel continues, the
antenna cannot be completely extended.
The result might well be, say the
spokesmen, that the bird will be completely
unuseable.
The Soviet Union launched another
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Satellite. he bird, to b e used for telephone,
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Communications has announced that
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FAX FACTS

Gregory Mengel/
2685 Ellenbrook Drive
R anch o Cordova, CA 95670

New Weather Receiving Equipment

We're only a month into 1988 and
al ready it's apparent that the coming year will
be a hot one in the satellite display field. Both
professional and amateur designers have
produced new computer-aided weather
display systems -- and at attractive prices.
We'll take a look at several of them.

WRMSE Converter
Ever since the arrival of the Germanmade Wraase scan converter, there has been a
need for some way to interface it with the
personal computer. The answer came from
John S. Castorina of Marta Systems. Marta
has manufactured a digital interface box for
Amiga computers (models 500, 1000 and
2000) and together they make a formidab le
remote sensing tool.
The system consists of the WRAASE

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satellite receiving package "Sl-..-y Scan C,"

which serves as the real time RF data source
fo r TIROS and GOES images. These images
are then fed via the digital "out" of the
WRAASE scan converter into the digital box
manufactured by Marta systems. This device
provides format instructions the Amiga
computer scan can understand. The image is
then stored onboard the Amiga's two
megabyte internal memory where it is
formatted and made ready for display on the
systems RGB monitor.
Once on the screen, the image may be
enlarged and enhanced. It can be taken apart
by sectors or through a special floating
window with which you can capture any area
of a picture and zoom it up to pixel resolution
if you so desire. The combination compares
favorably with units used for both Land Sat

and climate displays costing upwards of forty

thousand dollars or so. The looping capability
alone is surpassed by none in the consumer
market and few in the commercial realm.
This arrangement is made possible by
the use of John Castorina's remarkable new
program "Live From Space." I've taken the
liberty to lift a few lines from his own
program description in order to give the
reader an idea of how versatile it is:
Image Acquisition
When the system is started, it is brought
to a standby condition showing the title
screen. An image must be acquired or loaded
from disk before work may commence. The
acquisition sequence for direct weather satellite work may commence. The acquisition
sequence for direct weather satellite reception
depends on the particular input driver.
Depressing the menu selection button
on the mouse, the user moves the mouse to
the mode menu. The present mode, standby,
is indicated by a checkmark. Other selections
inclu de acquire-hold to receive only the next
picture, and free run to receive pictures as
they become available. As soon as the picture
is received, it will be displayed on screen in
the 16 default colors (a range of blues) in a
resolution of 640 dots wide by 640 dots high.
Loading a previously saved picture from
disk (or memory) requires selecting the load
option from the picture menu. A window
opens in the screen displaying the available
entries in a ram memory. Any entry may be
selected from memory (The ram disk). Note
that a typical picture is compressed into about
90K bytes and the 3.5 inch floppy disk holds
about 880K bytes.
Selecting capture from the transform
menu prepares the system for a number of
operations including scaling (up or down),
duplicating, clipping and filling areas.
Automatic scaling and combining is
obtained when quad image is selected from
transform menu. The screen-sized image is
automatically scaled and placed in the
selected quadrant; topright, bottomleft, or
bottomright. The original image stays on the
screen and combining takes place in one of
the backup pages.
The render option from the picture
menu allows the addition of text and weather
symbols to the picture. Text may be positioned anywhere on the screen with the
mouse. The user may select from one of
several standard fonts, or may use a custom
font.
The tools for rendering graphics
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"brushes" consisting of symbols used to depict

features both on the surface and at altitude.
Eighteen brush selections are available, representing various fronts, vorticity symbols and
surface weather conditions such as lightning,
freezing rain and snow.
Printing
The computer supports popular electrostatic, in-jct, thermal and dot-matrix color
printers available today. A printer allows the
user to obtain [permanent high quality color
output.
Storing Images
Save works in an identical manner as
load, allowing any disk or memory device to
be selected as the target.
A data storage standard exists for the
Amiga computer called "!FF' which is used to
maintain compatibility among programs from
different suppliers. !FF format is used fo r disk
storage which implies that the pictures may be
used in video, animation, painting, desktop
publishing and other programs available for
the machine.
Animation
Animation lets the user see the movement of weather patterns. The number of
images used in the animation loop is dependent upon the amount available memory in
the system. Each image requires 128K works
of storage. Dwell times may be specified from
each image, affecting overall loop speed.

Skyceiver
A recent newcomer to the United
States, the Swiss Firm Technavia, marketed by
Sinclair, has unveiled their new Sk')'ceiver
weather satellite receiving systems. No
stranger in the world market, this company
has for several years produced high resolution
GOES and Tiros RF downlinks, as well as
computer controlled video weather display
consoles.
These systems were designed with
government and scientific users in mind. This
system renders high resolution 512 x 512 pixel
images with 64 shades of grey. Image detailing
is accomplished by employing fou r different
color scale enhancements through internal
look up tables (false color enhancement is, of
cou rse, a great asset when looking for areas of
temperature change within a cloud mass or
changes of water temperatures where cold
and warm ocean currents come together).
Some fishing fleets use TIROS satellite
pictures in false color to find where the fish
are. Fish of different species congregate at

No stranger in the world market, Techn_avic(s Skyceiver receiving

system is geared to government and sc1enttf1c users.

separate temperatures in the ocean and the

IR image off the TIROS bird is interpreted
into temperature-fish calibrated false color. In
other words, red is fo r the temperature where
you would be likely to fi nd tuna, blue would
signify mackerel, and so forth.
Likewise, meteorology workers use false
to find the most intense areas of thunder
storms, areas subject to frost damage and high
cold tops which promise crop destroying hail
or heavy rains. A new use of the false color
from TIROS is the proposed use of its image
to find mineral signatures for exploration
mining.
Another feature to consider is its ability
to loop 16 to 30 images in memory to allow for
the study of storm system moveme nt. One
interesting option is the ability to receive
GOES and Tiros simultaneously on the same
screen. This is a complete system incorporating all that is needed for all types of weather
satellite reception. It includes antennae for
GOES and Tiros receivers, downconverters
and preamps. Completely automatic, once
installed one simply lets it run and it will
flawlessly for years to come.

Electro Services Interfaces

Loren Johnso n of Electro Services has
successfulJy marketed his software/hardware
interfaces for the IBM PC with very good
results for some time now. The system
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capable of 4.77 MHz, a memory of at least

640K and DOS of 2 or higher. The unit
displays its data in conjunction with a
Techmar graphics board and presupposes an
RGB monitor with long persistence phospor.
Its operations include:
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GOES Tap and Meteor Soviet Orbiters

Having seen this unit work at the Polar

Orbiters User Group meeting in Boulder,
Colorado, last July, I was greatly impressed
with its capabilities. Among its features are
the ability to store pictures in three ram
buffers which can be used to display looped
cloud formation. This device is capable of
satellite picture processing via 16 LUT using
stored enhancement curves by simple
keyboard commands.
Needless to say, an data can be
downloaded to disc and can, of course, call up
data fo r same. For those of you with an IBM,
this wou ld be a system to seriously consider.
The name of the system is the ESC102M.
If anyone has any questions regarding
the systems mentioned please call me at (916)
364-1572.
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ON THE HAM BANDS

Ike Kerschner
R.D. 1, Box 181-A
Kunkle town, PA 18058

Novice DXing
Ever since amateur radio was born the most frequ e nt question
asked a ham is "H ow far can you reach?" In the early days the
average radi o experim enter would be happy to re ply, "ten miles."
T oday all tha t has changed. Even the most most modest HF
amateur station is capable of communicating with s t ations on the
other side of th e earth. I ca n hear the gasps that last comment
produced from the newcom ers.

Working DX!
There are a few secrets to lea rn, but they're easily mastered. First
of all, let's set aside some popular misconceptions about DXing.
You don't have to spend a fo r tune for high p ower gear and super
antennas in order to work DX. You will, however, need a decent
antenna, a reliable rig, and m ost important of all, kn owledge.

The Antenna
I would be the last one to tell you not to install a good direction a l
high performance beam antenna if you can afford one. But a beam
is not necessary for DXing. Some of the world's best-known
DXers use simple wire antennas and very modest power. The
impo rtant thing to remember is t o be sure your antenna is perfectly
matched to the rig a nd erected as high and in the clear as possible.
The two most popu la r a ntennas on the ham bands are the s ingle
b and dipole a nd the vertical. These two si mple a nte nnas give a
good account o f themselves when it comes to working DX.
To be sure the beam antenna will squirt a lot more signal into the
area you want to work, keep in mind that yo ur dipole radiated
signal w ill get there too, and it ca n be heard! The secre t t o being
successful with a simp le antenna is to be persistent. Now then, let 's
say you have the roo m t o erect a bea m antenna but cash is a bit
scarce. What to do? Build a beam.
There are two directions you can go . You can build a fixed beam
aimed in one favored directio n (most wire b ea ms will transmit in
two directions). Or you can build a rotary beam such as t he
Cu bical Quad o r o ne of the s imple single band a nt ennas described
in one of the a nt e nna manua ls . Two excellent ma nuals for the
beg inner are W6SAI's Beam Antenna Handbook and his Quad
Antennas handbo ok. Both g ive instructions for building beam
antennas from su ch material as thin wall electricians conduit, wire,
bamboo, PVC a nd ot he r easy t o obtain items.

The Transmitter
Any HF transmitter will work DX. For the Novice o perator, I
suggest at least 50 watts of power a lthough less will certainly do the
j ob. Connect th e transmitter to the antenna through a length of
good (new) fe cd li ne of decent quality a nd you a rc ready to chase
DX.

The Receiver
"You can't work them if you can't h e ar the m ." True enoug h! B e
s ure your receiver is in good worki ng order. If the re is any doubt,
h ave it ch ecked by a competent technicia n. The three m ai n
features to look fo r in a good receiver are s tability, selectivity a nd
sensitivity.

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Miami, FL

Livonia ARC/ Nell Coffin

35681 Hees, Livonia, Ml 481 50
Feb 7
Lorain. OH
Northern OH AAS/ John Jones
4612 Tlmbervlew Or, Lorain, OH 44053
Feb 6-7 Miami, FL
So Fla Section/ Evelyn Gauzens W4WYR
2780 NW 3rd St., Miami, Fl 33125
Feb 14
Mansfield.OH
Intercity ARC/ Jack Weeks KSRT
Mansfield, OH 44907
Feb 2021 Sarasota, Fl
Sarasota ARA/ Allan Mallick W2TKU
1617 Buccaneer Terrace, Sarasota,FL33581
Feb2021 Harlingen. TX STARS/ David Woolweaver
221 O S 77 Sunshine St. Harlingen, TX 78550
Feb 26-28 Cincinnati.OH OH State Conv/ Stanley Cohen WOSOOQ
2301 Royal Oak Ct, Clncl , OH 45237
Feb 27
Medina. MN
Robbinsdale ARC/ Dennis Pollard
4016 Kentuckey Ave. Crystal, MN 55427
Akron, OH
Cuyahoga Falls ARC/ Biii Sovlnsky
Feb 28
2305 24th St, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
Feb 26
Vienna. VA
Vienna Wireless Soc/ Dave Rogers
PO Box 1835. Vienna, VA 22180
Mar 6
Winchester.IN Randolph ARA & Parker Cly 220 Club
Kedrlck Robbins
RR 1 Box 389, Parker City, IN 47368
Mar 6
Belle Vern.PA Two Rivers ARC/ Edward Reynolds
5901 Roslyn St, McKeesport, PA 15135
Mar 12
Cave City, KY Mammoth Cave ARC/ Joe Taylor N4NAS
Box 858, Glasgow, KY 42141
Mar 1213 Orlando, FL
Fla Stale Con/ Larry Giibreath
608 Colby Cl , Altamonte Sprg. FL 32701
Mar 13
lndlanpls, IN
Morgan Co RA/ Alleen Scales KC9YA
3142 Market Place, Bloomington. IN 47401
Mar 13
Valhalla, NY
Hudson Div Con/ Rici< Moseson NW2L
19 Linden Ave, Bloomrteld, NJ 07003
Mar 20
Sterling , IL
Sterling-Rock Falls/ Kenneth Welssenburger
1703 16th Ave, Sterling, IL 61081
Mar 20
Monaca, PA
Beaver Valley ARC/ Don Was hburn WB3HWO
207 Hall Rd, Aliquippa, PA 15001
Mar 20
Maumee, OH
Toledo Mobile RA/ Dennis Hilbert
4511 289th SI, Toledo, OH 43611
Mar 26
Ellzabth Tn,KY KY Slate Con/ Chuck Strain M4ZO
Lot 3 Triangle MH P, Radcliff, KY 40160
Mar 27
Madison, OH
Lake Co ARA/ Scott Harnham KOSO
7126 Andover Or, Mentor, OH 44060
Mar 27
Del. Val. RA/ Edward Vickner
Trenton. NJ
21 Running Brook Rd, Trenton, NJ 08638
Mar 27
Ubertyvlle, IL
Lvllle & Mundelein ARS/ Marc Abramson
131 2 Mill Creel< Or, Buffalo Grove. IL 60089
Mar 27
Livonia. Ml
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The unit shou ld not drift after a half hour

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Should it lack sensitivity on these bands
build or purchase a preamplifier to boost
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Knowledge
After assuring yourself that you r station is
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that you have had some experience working
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nitty gritty.
To be realistic in our expectations we must
know the characteristics of a given amateu r
band. The following information applies
only to the Novice class amateur.
DXing on the 80 meter Novice band is very
difficult for several reasons. First of all, the
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DOMESTIC BROADCASTING

Paul Swearingen
3132 SE Irving/ram

Topeka, KS 66605

Do it Yourself Radio
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that the
topic of crystal radio receivers in the
November issue of Mo11ito1i11g Times
generated more response than some of the
'hot' issues (such as the Fairness Doctrine,
decency in broadcasting, AM stereo, AM vs.
FM, or AM fidelity standards) I've
commented on in the past year or so.
Among others, Tracy B. Sands III, Anaheim,
California, an avid DX'er who has been
building his own receivers since the age of
seven, says, "I still think it is marvelous that
you can, with sound construction practices,
receive true DX on a crystal set - no batteries,
no plug-in-the-wall, etc." And Owen O'Neil,
of Hollis, New Hampshire, and Matt Biehl
(K.2MAC), Kenmore, New York, both asked
about books detailing more construction plans
for crystal sets.
I was afraid you'd ask! My dim memory tells
me that long ago I found in the public library
one or more references which included plans.
I can't recall exactly where I found them, but I
would suspect that an older electronic theory
book wou ld be a great place to look. Most
hobby magazines of the '20's would also be
possible sources.
After finally unpacking dozens of cartons of
books during the holiday recess, I found some
specific titles which might be of use. In How to
Repair Old-Time Radios, Clayton L. Hallmark
mentions that the crystal radio was invented in
1906 by H.H. Dunwoody and G.W. Packard.
Want to try building a crystal set using a
modern IC? In 50 JC Projects You Can Build,
author Ronald M. Benrey details a circuit
utilizing an RCA CA3020 IC and a pair of
IN60 diodes -- plus a pair of 1 1/2 volt
penlight cells, which might not appeal to
purists.
Finally, a pair of other books, written by R.H.
Warring, seem to be the best references in my
own electronic library. If you can follow a
circuit design, the half-dozen sets described in
21 Simple Tm11sistor Radios You Can Build
will supply you with hours of fun. For the
beginner, Modem C1ystal Radios is much
more detailed, with photos, drawings, and
excellent explanations of simple theory.
Radio Shack offers a kit for $4.95 (#28-219)
complete with earphones, if you don't have
much time for research, and I recall seeing
other kits advert ised from time to time in
various publications. Check with your local

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Februaiy 1988

electronics store for these and other

references and kits, or send a dollar to
Imprime -- Box 241-R, Radnor, PA 19087 and ask for a copy of their catalogue.

The Great Juggling Act

And now, on lo more controversial topics.
Have you been attempting to follow the FCC,
the now-dead Fairness Doctrine, and the
FCC's standards of decency? I'm trying to
make sense of all the behind-the-scenes
negotiating, because the final outcome could
unfavorably affect your DX'ing habits.
Although the lines between the groups are
qu ite vague, the war camps seem to be divided
into broadcasters, Congress, the FCC, and the
public. President Reagan is strongly influenced by the broadcasters, who do not want to
sec a new Fairness Doctrine written into
federal statutes and who have apparently
convinced him to veto any such bill passed by
Congress.
I'm oversimplifying when I state that the
broadcasters are motivated by potential loss
of profits if a new Fairness Doctrine becomes
law, as they also felt that the old Fairness
Doctrine went against the spirit of free speech
(as did the FCC). We also have to remember
that when a station no longer can turn a profit
or al least provide an acceptable write-off for
tax purposes, it goes off the air, or may fire
the on-air staff and plug into a satellite
program or simply simulcast with FM. The
end result is the loss of many opportunities to
ID a station, except at the top of the hour at
legal ID time.
Congress, of course, is responsive to the
public's demands and is trying lo revive the
Fairness Doctrine. And the FCC is allempting
to define through its act ions against stations
what is decent and what is indecent programming.
In November, the FCC said that "Material
that depict s or describes, in terms patently
offensive as measured by contemporary
community standards for the broadcast
medium, sexual or excretory activities or
organs" may be aired between the hours of
midnight and 6 AM, when children are not
likely to be part of the audience. But obscene
material (defined in 1973 by the Supreme
Court) as appealing to prurient interests,
depicting sexua l acts in a patently offensive
way and lacking artistic, literary, political, or
scientific value) cannot be aired at any time,

of course. In other words, Dr. Ruth's explicit

advice is not obscene, but some advice
cu rrently on CS channels is.
The Topeka Capital-Joumal in a recent
editorial would like to see racist p rogramming
added to prohibited material. It wondered
why those who had the need for such
programming couldn't just buy tapes and
Listen to them in the privacy of their own
homes. T o which I add the question of cable
TV's providing such services as the Playboy
channel, which is constantly under fire from
feminist groups.
Of course, the First Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States precludes
Congress drawing the line obscenity and free
speech too conservatively: "Congress shall
make no law ... abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press ... ," and if Congress
finally does pass a new Fairness Doctrine, or
if the FCC does establish guidelines fo r
decency in broadcast ing, you can bet that the
Supreme Court will end up with the final decision.
What this all means is that the proliferation of
talk shows should continue for some time, and
as I've noted before, AM DX'ers have found
adjacent channel DX much easier now that
high-volume music, which tends to platter
across adjacent channels, has shifted largely
to the FM band.
Furthermore, if more AM stations install
modulation leveling and control devices
as the AM Optimod, the ensuing suppression
of the audio spectrum above 10 kHz shou ld
further limit splatter which improving sound
quality as per NRSC bandwidth lim iting
recommendations. And that would be good
news for AM Dx'ers.

Reader Response
Let's go back to the mailbag for more
comments. Arnold Hart ley of New York,
whose letterhead indicated that he is involved
in broadcast management, writes: ".. .It ought
to be Job One for every AM operator these
days to maximize the quality of his sound.
Before giving AM stereo a second thought,
the AM mono sou nd has to be cleaned up so
that if becomes a reasonable facsimile of high
fidelity." But he notes that receiver
manufactu rers have to be prodded into
providing the public with the necessary
receivers, and then the public has to be
excited about the new quality of AM sound.

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"I have a fee ling that every AM operator in

the country would get behind the marketing
efforts of the manufacturers," Mr. Hartley
says. "But meantime - where are the
receivers? Where's the advertising?"
It's easier to get automobile receivers, now, as
several large retailers (including Montgomery
Ward and Radio Shack) carry one or more
sets capable of decoding AM stereo, albeit
only C-Quam, and mail order firms such as
J.C. Whitney and Crutchfield offer a limited
selection. But you'll need a fat wallet to be
able to carry home a component receiver for
your living room, especially one which
decodes both C-Quam and Kahn.
I'd like to go out on a limb and mention
several stations which my .ears teU me have
superior fidelity to others: KBOl-670, Boise;
KOfvlA-1520, Oklahoma City; KV00-1170,
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"Baldwin Vice. .. a "Draonet"
spool written by WORKSHOP director
Darrell Brogdon.

tall adds up to an evening o! live radio

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children under 12 are free but must obtain
a ticket. Recent performances have sold out
so please arrive early to get one o! the 150
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close to the actors on the !Joor in the very
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It 's a Jive radio theatre concert/ste reo
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So111e stations prefer to skate as close as possible to tire line dividing free speech fivm obscenity
i11 a11 effo11 to win 111ore listeners, but KANU and other non-co111mercial stations prefer to
pmmote tire creative aspects of radio. Gam'son Keillor, of "Prailie Home Companion" fam e, did
not beco111e popular through pmmoting poor taste, either!

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OUTER LIMITS

Dr. John Santosuosso

P.O. Box 1116
Highland City, FL 33846

Those Quixotic Cubans

Broadcasting activities to
and from Cuba remain
some of the most interesting these days. Even
when something does not
happen, it may be significant.
W inter of 1986 saw
several
high-powered
Cuban AM transmissions
commemorat ing the anniversary of the Cuban
revolution. 1987 did not.
Coul d this be a gesture by
Havana for better relations with the US? The
Caribbea n nat ion did
take a very co nciliatory
position during the prison
take-overs in Louisiana
and
Georgia
some
m onths back .

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Washington, D. C. 20547

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who became the symbol of Cuba's struggle for independence.
Marti's dedication to the universal causes of human rights, freedom
of expression and dignity of mankind made his rame synor.ymous
with liberty throughout Latin America.

On the other hand,

Cuban activity on 1040
kHz is actually increasing.
The
weekend
Radio
Moscow relay on that
Radio Marti, anti-Cuban arm of the VOA, is being rebroadcast - legally or illegally? - by
frequency has recently
two
Miami-based stations, WAQI and WQBA.
been monitored weeknights as well. In addition, the trans mission has
been extended with an hour of Moscow's government's anti-Cuban arm of th e Voice WOCM (1450 kHz) may have suffered a
North America n service from 2300 to 0000 of America. In some cases, the two stations si mil ar fate.
UTC. However, when the Nort h American may have been using tapes supplied by
service gives its fr equencies over shortwave, Radio Marti. This may be illegal. WQBA Mailbag
1040 kHz is not in cluded.
says that it also gets its Marti programming
by taking off the air and re-broadcasting it. From Maryland, Ken Cohen writes to say
It is most unlikely that the pu rpose of the
th at he heard a station operating in M orsc
That may not be breaking the law.
relay is to provide further access to Radio
code "with a chi rp and a hum" on 14001 .8. It
Moscow. Rather, it seems that the real What should not be overlooked in all of this identified itself as KKN39 and was calling
intention is to keep the frequency available is the very close relationship between the KU0029 . Ken wonders what it was and
for Cuban government broadcasts. And VOA's Radio M arti and such stations as what it was doing in the 20-meter ham
Was hington does not seem to object so long WAQI (Radio Mambi) a nd WQBA. All we band.
as th e Cubans do not use 1160 kHz.
will say at this point is that things appear to
Well, KKN39 is a U.S. State Department
be quite friendly.
Friendly relations are also going o n
st ation used to mak e contact with Ameri can
between Radio Marti and two Miami-b ased Not everyone involved is quite so cozy, embassies. But we could use some help
AM stations, WAQI and WQBA. Both have however. Last year, WAQI' s towers were from our readers as to who KU0029 is and
been rebroadcasting Radio Marti, the US dropped by saboteurs. I t appears that why the transmission was in the ham bands.

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That TV pirate with his imitation of Max

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station, is the sort of thing which gives
pirates a bad name. Responsible pirates try
hard not to cause interference.

John, who lives in a midwestern state,

offered a few comments on my section of
this column known as "Pager Intrigue."
John says that a group of fairly close knit
ham operators hang out on a local 70 CM
repeater and that most carry digital voice
pagers related to their jobs.
John says that when he can't raise the
person he wants on the repeater, he simply
brings up the auto patch and pages the
other ham with something like, "get on 8-70 and t alk to me."
In the case of the digital pager, John says
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opinion that the numbers go ing out on the
air are on the "up and up." Tell that to
Customs and the DEA, John!
I will say this however: while most transmissions are legitima te, some have t heir
sinister and sleazy aspects.

My sou rce also tells me that 3290 is now

almost as active during the evening hours as
3090 once was.
Live and computer-ge nerat ed five-digit
Spanish numbers a re reported on 3636 kHz
at variou s times after 0100 UTC. Wha t
about it, FCC? Don't the hams deserve an
explanation ?

The Return of Three Oh Nine Oh

German Numbers
They are back! Yep! Those good olc boys
and gals of 3090 kHz arc back after an
unexplained absence of many weeks.
Recently noted on some daylight hours and
most a fter sunset, until at least 0600 UTC,
they do not have a repeat frequency that
could be located at the time of this writing.
Maintain a close watch!

Another numbers monitor reporrs live and

non-computer-generated
five-digit
numbers in German on 6853 kHz at 0645
UTC. Frauline coughed and paused at
various times throughout the transmission.
Ma intain a close watch from 6000 through
6925 kHz.
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My numbers source also tells me that 3090

kHz is now -- or on some few occasions -in parallel with 3290 kHz. Very interesting!

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frequencyI

MT Monitoring T earn .
Joe Hanlon, PA

LEGEND:

The first four digils of an entry are the broadcast start time In UTC.
'fhe second four digits represent the end time.

In the space between the end time and the station name Is the broadcast
schedule.
S=Sunday,
M = Monday, T =Tuesday, W=Wednesday
A = Saturday.
H =Thursday, F= Friday,
If there is no entry,. the broadcasts are heard dally. If. for example, there Is an
entry of 'M,' the broadcast would be heard only on Mondays. An entry of 'M,W,f"
would mean Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only. "M-F" would mean
Mondays through Fridays. ' TEW Indicates a tentative schedule and ' TES' a test
transmission.

The last entry on a line Is the frequency. Codes here Include ' SSB' which
Indicates a Single Sideband transmission, and 'v' for a frequency that varies.

[ML] after a frequency Indicates a multilingual transmission containing

English-language programs.

v after a frequency Indicates thal it varies.

Notations of USB and LSB (upper and lower sideband transmissions) usually
refer only to the Individual frequency after which they appear.

BBC listings followed by an asterisk (*) are for English lessons and do not
contain regularly scheduled programming.
We suggest that you begin with the lower frequencies that a station Is
broadcasting on and work your way up the dial. Remember that there Is no
guarantee tnat a station will be audible on any given day. Reception conditions
can change rapidly, though, and If It Is not audible one night, It may well be on
another.

Greg Jordan, NC

0030-0100
0030-0100
00350040
0045-0100
0045-0100
0045-0100
0050-0100

0000 UTC

0000-0015
0000-0030

0000-0030
00000030
00000030
0000-0045
00000045
0000-0045
00000050
0000-0055
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100
00000100
00000100
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
00000100
00000100
00000100
00000100
00300045
0030-0055
0030-0100

0030-0100
0030-0100

[7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST]

Voice of Kampuc hea. Phnom-Penh
BBC, London. England

9693
5965
6175
9515
9915
Kol Israel. Jerusalem
7460
M Radio Norway lnt'I, Oslo
9605
S, M WINS, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
15145
Radio Berlin lnt'I, E. Germ any
6080
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
15150
WYFR, Oakland, California
5950
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
15140
Radio Beijing, PR China
9665
All India Radio, New Delhi
6055
11715
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
6130
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
CSU, Vancouver, British Colombia
6160
CFCF, Monrreal. Quebec
6005
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
CFRB, Toronto, Ontari o
6070
FEBC, Manila, Philippines
15445
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
3910
KSDA, Guam
15125
KUSW, Sall Lake City, Utah
11680
Radio Canada lnt'I, Montreal
5960
Radio Havana Cuba
6090
Radio Korea. Seoul. South Korea
15575
Radio Luxem bourg
6090
Radio for Peace, Costa Rica
7380
Radio Solla, Bulgaria
6070
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
9655
SBC Radio One, Singapore
50 10
Spanish Foreign Radio, Madrid
6125
TA Voice of Nicaragua, Managua
6015
BBC, London, England*
6195
15435
BRT, Brussels, Belgium
5910
BBC, London, England
5965
6175
9580
HCJB. Quito, Ecuador
9870
Radio Kiev. Ukraine. USSR
6020

Februa1y 1988

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5975 6005 6120
6195 7135 7325
9570 9580 9590
11945 11955 15435
9435 9855

9730
17705
9680
15160
9770 11715
7215 9535
11745 15110

9910

9755

[M L]
11720
11905
5052 11940
9630
7235

9570 11820

9925
5975 6005 6120
7135 7325 9515
9915 9590 11955
11 775 11 910 15155
6200 7165 11 790

0100 UTC

SLBC, Colombo, Sri Lanka

WINB, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
All India Radio, New Delhi
Radio Berlin lnt'I, E. Germany
Radio New Zealand, Welllnglon
WYFR. Oakland, Callfornla
Vatican Radio, Vatican City

11890
6005
15145
3925
6080
151 50
5950
6150

13645
9720
4860
9730
17705
9680
7315

9605 11 760

[8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST]

Vatican Radio, Vatican City
All India Radio. New Delhi

6150 7315
6055 7215
11715 11745
0100-0120
RAI, Rome. Italy
5990 9575
01000125
Kot Israel, Jerusalem
7462 9435
9870 11775
0100-0130
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
6080 9730
Radio Berlin lnt'I, E. Germany
0100-0130
0100-0130
9535 11845
Radio Canada tnl'I, Montreal
01000130 T-A Radio Canada lnl'I, Montreal
5960 9755
0100-0130
Radio Japan, Tokyo
15280 17810
01 00-0130
Laotian National Radio
7113v
0100-0145
WYFR, Oakland, California
5950 9555
01000150
Deutsche Welle, West Germany
6040 6085
9565 11795
0100-0200
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV
6030 15345
0100-0200
BBC, London, England
5975 6005
7325 9515
9975
CBC Northern Quebec Service
6195 9625
01000200
0100-0200
CBN, SI. John's, Newfoundland
6160
0100-0200
CBU. Vancouver, British Colombia
6160
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
0100-0200
6030
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
0100-0200
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
0100-0200
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
01000200
CFRB, Toronto, Ontario
6070
01000200
01000200
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
3910
FEBC, Manila, Philippines
15445
0100-0200
KUSW, Salt Lake City, Utah
11680
0100-0200
9495
0100-0200 T-A KVOH, Rancho Simi, Callfornla
0100-0200
Radio Australia, Melbourne
15320 15395
17750
01000200
Radio Baghdad, Iraq
6110
0100-0200
Radio Havana Cuba
6140
0100-0200
Radio Luxembourg
6090
Radio Moscow, USSR
01 00-0200
5915 5940
6140 7115
7310 12050
151 50 17705
01000200 A Radio New Zealand, Wellington
0100-0200
Radio for Peace, Costa Rica
7380 (M]
0100-0200
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
5930 6055
9630 9740
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
9655 11905
01000200
SBC Radio One, Singapore
5010 5052
01000200
01000200
6005 9720
SLBC, Colombo. Sri Lanka
0100-0200
Spanish Foreign Radio, Madrid
6125 9630
Voice of America, Washington
01000200
5995 6130
9650 9740
11580 11740
21540
Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta
0100-0200
9680 11790
0100-0200
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
7400
0100-0200
WINB, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
15145
0100-0200
WRNO. New Orl eans, Louisiana
7355
0100-0110
01000115

48

Bill Brinkley, CA

MONITORING TIMES

9605 11780
9535 991 0
151 10
9845
11910 151 55
11940
17835 17845
9680
6145

9545

6120
9590

61 75
9915

17715 17795

6000
7150

6045
72 15

7345
11990

9540

11940
15425
7205 94 55
9775 98 15
15205 17735

frequencyI
0130-0200

HCJB, Quito. Ecuador

0130-0140 TS Voice of Greece. Alhens

Radio Austria tnn. Vienna
0130-01 55
0130-0200 S, M Radio canada tnn. Montreal
Radio Verltas Asia, Ptilllpplnes
01300200
01450200
Radio Korea, Seoul. South Korea
WYFR, Oakland, California
0145-0200

I0200 UTC
0200-0210
02000210
0200-0225
0200-0225 TA

9720 9755
11910 151 55
7430 9395
9550
5960 9755
15305 15330
7275 15375
5950 9680

9870 11n5

0230-0245

Radio Pakistan, Islamabad

9420

0230-0300

BBC, London, England

0230-0300
0230-0300
0230-0300
0230-0300 TA

KUSW, Salt Lake City, Utah

Radio Bertin lnt'I, E. Germany
Radio Netherland, Hllversum
Radio Portugal, Lisbon

0230-0300
0230-0300
0230-0300 S, M
0240-0250

Radio Sweden lnt'I. Stockholm

Radio Tirana, Albania
WINS, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
All India Radio, New Deihl

0245-0300

Radio Bertin lnt'I. E. Germany

[9:00 PM EST/6:00 PM PST]

Radio France tnt'I, Paris
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
Kol Israel. Jerusalem
Radio Budapest, Hungary

3965 5950
6145
7462 9435
6025 6110
9635 11910
0200-0230
BBC, London, England
5975 6005
6175 7325
9915
Burma Bcastlng Service, Rangoon
0200-0230
7185
0200-0230
KUSW, Salt Lake City, Utah
11680
02000230 M Radio Austria lnt'I, Vienna
9550
0200-0230
Swiss Radio Inn. Berne
5965 6135
12035
0200-0230
La Voz de Mosqultla, Honduras
4910.4
02000230
WINB, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
15145
Deutsche Welle, West Germany
5995 6035
02000250
9690
0200-0250
Radio Baghad, Iraq
6110
Radio Bras, Brasilia. Brazil
11745
0200-0250
0200-0255
Radio Bucharest. Romania
5990 6155
11 610 11940
0200-0255
RAE. Buenos Aires. Argentina
9690 11710
02000300
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV
6030 15345
0200-0300
CBC Northern Quebec Service
6195 9625
0200-0300
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
0200-0300
CBU. Vancouver, British Colombia
6160
0200-0300
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
0200-0300
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
0200-0300
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
0200-0300
CKWX. Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
0200-0300
3910
0200-0300
HCJB. Quito, Ecuador
6230 9720
0200-0300 T-A KVOH, Rancho Simi, California
9495
0200-0300
KSDA. Guam
17665
0200-0300
Radio Australia, Melbourne
15320 17750
Radio Cslro, Egypt
9475 9675
0200-0300
0200-0300 TA Radio Canada lnt'I. Montreal
5960 9755
Radio Havana Cuba
6140
0200-0300
0200-0300
Radio Korea (South). Seoul
7275 15575
Radio Luxembourg
6090
0200-0300
0200-0300
Radio Moscow, USSR
5915 5940
6070 7115
7250 7310
12050 13665
0200-0300
Radio for Peace. Costa Rica
7380 [ML)
0200-0300 A Radio New Zealand, Wellington
15150 17705
0200-0300
Radio Polonia, Warsaw, Poland
6095 6135
9525 11615
02000300
Radio RSA. South Alrlca
9580 9615
0200-0300
Radio Thailand. Bangkok
9655 11 905
0200-0300
SBC Radio One. Singapore
5010 5052
0200-0300
SLBC, Colombo, Sri Lanka
6005 9720
Voice of America. Washington
5995 6130
0200-0300
9775 9615
0200-0300
Voice of Asia. Taiwan
7265
02000300
Voice of Free China, Taiwan
5950 5965
11740 11 745
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
02000300
6045
02000300
WHAi, Noblesville. Indiana
7400
0200-0300
WANO. New Orleans. Louisiana
7355
02000300
WYFR. Oakland, California
5950 9680
0215-0220
Radio Nepal, Kathmandu
3230 5005

6055

9790

9845
9520

9585

6050
9515

6120
9590

0300 UTC

9725

9885

7265

9615

0300-0307
0300-0310
0300-0315

7010 11570
17660
5975 6005
6175 7125
9660 9915
9755
6080 9730
6020 6165
6060 9635
9705 11840
9695 11950
7065 9760
15145
3905 4860
5960 5990
7195 7295
11830 11870
6125 6165

Radio Pakistan, Islamabad

CBC Northern Quebec Service
BBC, London, England

5090
6195
3955
6105
7125
7325

0300-0325

Radio Budapest. Hungary

0300-0325
0300-0330
0300-0330
0300-0330

Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio

9570

Netherland, Hllversum
Cairo, Egypt
Japan. Tokyo
KJev, Ukraine, USSR

0300-0330 S,M WINB, Red Lion, Pennsylvania

Radio Berlin tnt'I, E. Germany
0300-0345
0300-0345 A Radio New Zealand, Wellington
0300-0350
Deutsche Welle, West Germany
Radio Bel)lng, PR China
0300-0355
0300-0355

11775

17775

6000

6045
7150 7215
9560 11770

7145
151 20
11 730

7270

11940
15425
9650 9740
11 580 15205
7445 9755
11 660 15345

MONITORING TIMES

6050
7325
11 955

6120
9515

9590

9895
9705

9680
[USB)

4880
6110
9550
15305

4695
61 20
9610

[10:00 PM EST/7:00 PM PST]

9660
9510

15115 15580

Radio Polonia. Warsaw, Poland

0300-0400
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV
0300-0400
C BN, St. John's, Newfoundland
0300-0400
CBU. Vancouver. British Colombia
0300-0400
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
0300-0400
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
0300-0400
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia
0300-0400
0300-0400
CFRB. Toronto, Ontario
0300-0400
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
0300-0400
HCJ B, Quito. Ecuador
0300-0400
KUSW, Salt Lake City, utah
0300-0400 T-A KVOH, Rancho Simi. California
0300-0400
LB voz Evangellca, Honduras
Radio Australia, Melbourne
03000400
03000400
Radio Havana Cuba
Radio Japan, Tokyo
0300-0400
Radio Moscow, USSR
03000400

0300-0400

Radio Prague, CzechOslovakla

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

Radio RSA. South Alrtca

Radio Thailand, Bangkok
Radio Tirana. Albania
SBC Radio One, Singapore
SLBC. Colombo, Srt Lanka
Trans World Radio, Bonalre
Voice of America. Washington

15380
6025
11910
6020
9475
11870
6020
11860
15145
6080
15150
6010
9645
15455
6095
9525
6030
6160
6160
6005
6030
6130

5930 7095
9625
5975 6005 6050
6120 6175 6195
7160 7165 7210
9410 9515 9600
9915 11740 11955
6110

9520

9585

6165 9590 9895

9675
17625 21610
6200 7165 11790
13645
9560
17705
6045 9545 9700
9770 11715 11960
6135 7145
11815 15120
11730

7270

6080
6070
3910
6230
9755
9495
4820
15160
6115
5960
5915
6045
7310
5930
9630
4990
9655
7065
5010
6005
9535
6035
9550

9720 11775

15320 17795
6140
117810 17845
5940 6000 6045
6070 711 5 7150
6055 7345 9540
9740 11990
7295 9560 11900
11905
9755
5052 11940
9720 15425
7200
9575

February 1988

7280 9525
9740 11835

49

frequency I
0300-0400

Voice of Free China, Taiwan

0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0310-0330

Voice of Kenya, Nairobi

Voice of Nicaragua, Managua
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
WANO, New Orleans, Louisiana
WYFR, Oakland, California
Red Cross Bcastlng, Swllzerland

0310-0330
0313-0400

Vatican Radio, Vatican City

Radio France lnl'I. Paris

0315-0330

BBC, London, England

0330-0340

Radio France lnl'I, Paris

0300-0355
0330-0400

Radio Finland, Helslnkl

BBC, London, England

0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400
0335-0340

Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

Radio Sweden lnl'I, Stockholm
United Arab Emirates Radio
All India Radio, New Deihl

0340-0350 T-S Voice of Greece, Alhens

0345-0400
Radio New Zealand, Welllnglon
Radio Yerevan. Armenia, USSR
0350-0400
0350-0400
RAI, Rome. llaly

0400 UTC

0400-0405
0400-0410
0400-0410
0400-0415 W,A

5950 5985
11745 15345
6045
6100
7400
7355
5950 9680
6135 9725
(2-2-88 and
6150
6055 7135
11995
3955 5975
6120 6155
7125 7160
7325 9410
9660 9915
3965 6055
7175 9550
11995
9635 11945
3955 5975
6195 6120
9570 11955
9684
11705
11940 15435
3905 4860
11870 11890
7430 9395
15150 17705
11 790 11890
9710 11905

9555

9885 12035
2-5-88 only]
7175

9800

6005 6105
6175 6195
7185 7210
9515 9600
11955 15380
6175 7135
9790 9800

6105
7185

6175
9410

17890
9610 11830
15305
9420

Radio Uganda, Kampala

Radio Thailand, Bangkok
RAI, Rome, Italy
Radio Budapest, Hungary

Febmary 1988

5026
11905
11905 15330
6110 9520
11910
6165
9850

9585

9630
7295 9580 11 900
9720 15425

9725
6035
15180
17760
11 980
11710
11730

9885 12035
6115

0400-0500

Radio Sofia, Bulgaria

0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500

SBC Radio One, Singapore

Spanish Foreign Radio, Madrid
United Nations Radio (?)
Voice of America, Washington

0400-0500
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
0400-0500
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
0400-0500 M-A WMLK, Bethel, Pennsylvania
0400-0500
WANO, New Orleans, Louisiana
0400-0500
WYFR, Oakland, California
0425-0440
RAI, Rome, Italy
0430-0455
Radio Austria lnl'I, Vienna
0430-0500
Deutsche Welte, West Germany
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500 S, M
0430-0500
0430-0500
0440-0450

Radio
Radio
Trans
Trans
Voice
Radio

0445-0500
04500500

Radio Berlin lnl'I, E. Germany

Radio Havana Cuba

0500 UTC

Berlin lnl'I. E. Germany

Tirana, Albania
World Radio, Bonalre
World Radio, Swaziland
of Nigeria, Lagos
France lnl'I. Paris

6140

4800
3345
6065
9765
0500-0515
Kol Israel, Jerusalem
7355
9460
0500-0515
Radio Berlin lnt'I, E. Germany
6080
0500-0515 ?
Radio Garoua, Cameroon
5010
0500-0515
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
11 725
0500-0530
Deutsche Welle, west Germany
5960
0500-0530
Radio Berlin lnl'I, E. Germany
5965
0500-0530 M Radio Norway lnl'I. Oslo
6015
0500-0530 S, M Trans World Radio, Bonalre
9535
0500-0530
Trans World Radio, Swaziland
3205
0500-0600
CBC Northern Quebec Service
6160
0500-0600
CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
6160
0500-0600
CFCF, Montreal. Quebec
6005
0500-0600
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
0500-0600
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
6130
0500-0600
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
0500-0600
CFRB, Toronto, Ontario
6070
0500-0600
(US) Far Eas1 Network, Tokyo
3910
0500-0600
FEBC. Manila, Philippines
11850
0500-0600
HCJB, Qullo, Ecuador
6230
0500-0600
KUSW, Salt Lake Clly, Utah
11680
0500-0600
Radio Cameroon, Yaounde
4850
0500-0600
Radio Havana Cuba
5965
0500-0600
Radio Japan, Tokyo
5990
0500-0600
Radio Kuwait
15345
0500-0600
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
15150
0500-0600
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
9655
Radio Zambia, Lusaka
0500-0600
11880
0500-0600
SBC Radio One. Singapore
5010
0500-0600
Spanish Foreign Radio, Madrid
6125
0500-0600 s Swaziland Commercial Radio
6155
0500-0600
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
6045
0500-0600
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
7255
0500-0600 MA WMLK, Bethel, Pennsylvania
9455
0500-0600
WYFR, Oakland, California
5950
0510-0520
Radio Botswana, GabOrone
3356
0530-0545
BBC, London, England
3990
9750
0530-0555
Radio Buchare st, Romania
9640
15380

9720 11775

15320 17715 17795

5940 6000 7150
12050
17705

7115 7215 7280

11735
5010 5052 11940
6125
4820
5995 6035 7280
9575 11835
6045
7400
9455
6185
5950 7355 9680
6165 7275
6000 6075 11805
6065 7150 7225
9765
6080 9560
9480 11835
9535
3205 7205
7255
4890 5990 6055
7135 7175 7280
9790 9800 11700
5965 9620 11920
5965 6035 6090

9595

9525

9565

6175
9550

6115

[12:00 PM EST/9:00 PM PST}

0500-0510
Radio Lesotho, Maseru
0500-0510 M-A Radio Zambia. Lusaka
0500-0515
Deutsche Welle, West Germany

13645
15330

[11 :00 PM EST/8:00 PM PST]

4976
9655
9710
6025
9835
0400-0420 T-S Radio Zambia, Lusaka
3345
0400-0425
Radio Netherland. Hllversum
7210
0400-0430
La Voz Evangellca, Honduras
4820
0400-0430 M Radio Norway lnl'I. Oslo
9530
0400-0430
Radio RSA. South Africa
4990
0400-0430
SLBC, Colombo, Sri Lanka
6005
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
4980
0400-0430
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
9684
0400-0430
6135
0400-0430
Swiss Radio lnl'I, Berne
0400-0430
Trans World Radio, Bonalre
9535
0400-0450
Radio Havana Cuba
5965
0400-0450
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
15160
0400-0450
Voice of Turkey, Ankara
9445
0400-0455
Radio Beijing, PR China
9645
0400-0455
RAE. Buenos Aires. Argentina
9690
0400-0500
6030
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV
CBC Northern Quebec Service
0400-0500
6195
0400-0500
CBN, St John's, Newfoundland
6160
0400-0500
CBU, Vancou ver. Brlllsh Colombia
6160
0400-0500
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
0400-0500
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
0400-0500
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
0400-0500
CKWX, Vancouver, Brlllsh Colombia 6080
0400-0500
CFRB. Toronto. Ontario
6070
0400-0500
HCJB, Qullo, Ecuador
6230
0400-0500
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
3910
0400-0500
FEBC. Manila. Philippines
11850
0400-0500
KUSW, Sall Lake Clly, Utah
9755
0400-0500
Radio Australia, MelbOurne
15160
Radio Moscow, USSR
0400-0500
4890
7165
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
0400-0500
15150

50

7445

MONITORING TIMES

6165
7150

7225

9565

7410 9365 9435

11655 11700 17615
9560
15190
6120 6130
9620 11920
9620
5055

9635

7210

9870 11775

6035 6090
15235 17810

6115

17705
11905
5052 11 940
9705
15120 15185

4820
6050

7255
6140

7210

11840 11940 15340

17720

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Radio Finland, Helsinki
Radio Netherland, Hllversum
Trans World Radio, Swaziland
UAE RAdlo, United Arab Emirates
Voice of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

0530-0555
05300600
05300600
05300600
05550600

I0600 UTC

[1 :00 AM EST/ 10:00 PM PST]

Radio Ghana, Accra

06000615
0600-0615 MA Radio Zambia, Lusaka
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
0600-0620
Radio Netherlands, Hllversum
0600-0625
0600-0630
Laotian National Radio
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
0600-0630
Trans World Radio, Swaziland
06000630
0600-0630
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
0600-0645
HCJB, Qullo, Ecuador
06000645 s Radio Cameroon, Yaounde
Radio Pyongyang, North KJrea
06000650
CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
0600-0700
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
06000700
CFCN, Calgary, Alber1a
0600-0700
0600-0700
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
CKWX,
Vancouver, British Colombia
06000700
CFRB, Toronto, Ontario
06000700
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
0600-0700
06000700 F FEBA. Mahe, Seychelles
0600-0700
King of Hope, South Lebanon
06000700
KUSW, Salt Lake Clly, Utah
0600-0700
Radio Havana Cuba
06000700
Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea
06000700
Radio Kuwall
06000700 A.S Radio Thailand. Bangkok
06000700 s Radio Zambia. Lusaka
06000700
SBC Radio One. Singapore
Voice of Asia. Taiwan
0600-0700
Voice of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
0600-0700
0600-0700
Voice of Nlgarla. Lagos
0600-0700 MA WMLK. Bethel. Pennsyvtanla
0600-0700
WYFR, Oakland. California

0615-0630 M-F Radio Canada lnl'I, Montreal

06150630
Radio Korea. Seoul. South Korea
0615-0630 MA Vatican Radio, Vatican City
0615-0700
Deutsche Welte, West Germany
Radio Austria lnl'I, Vienna
0630-0655
06300655
Radio Netherland, Hilversum
06300700
Radio Polonia, Warsaw, Poland
06300700
Radio RSA. South Africa
06300700
Radio Tirana, Albania
06300700
Swiss Radio lnt'I, Berne
06300700
Trans World Radio, Swaziland
0630-0700 A.S Voice of Kenya. Nairobi
0645-0700
BBC, London, England*
0645-0700
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
06450700
Radio Berlin lnt'I, E. Germany
0645-0700
Radio Bucharest, Romania
0645-0700 MF Radio Canada lnl'I, Montreat
Radio Ghana, Accra
Radio Chile, Santiago (?)

0645-0700
0650-0656

~0700

UTC

0 7000730
0 7000730
0700-0745
0700-0745
0700-0750
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07000800
07000800
07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07000800

6120 9605 11 755

6165 9715
5055 7210
15435 17775 21700
6175 9750 15295

3366 4915
6165 7235
6185 9645
6165 9715
7113
15150 17705
5055 6070
6045
6205 6230
4850
9530 15160
6160
6005
6030
6130
6080
6070
3910
17855
6215
6135
9505
6060 7275
15345
9655 11905
11880
5010 5052
7285
6175 9750
15185
9455
5950 6065
9852.5
6050 6140
9760 11840
13670
15190 17730
9610 9700
6000 6155
9895 11930
6135 7270
7295 15125
7205 9500
12030 15430
5055 6070
7270
6150 7260
6130 9745
15240 17880
11940 15250
17805 21665
6050 6140
9760 11840
6130
7205

7210
9870 11775
15180

11940
15295
7355
7155
15235

9740

11765 15185
15410
15120
17780 17825
17570
7210

9725

11945
11925
21465 21540
15335 17790
7155
15235

9740

[2:00 AM EST/11 :00 PM PST]

b;z99

0700-0710
07000710
0700-0715
0 700-0730

52

Radio Bucharest, Romania

11940 15250 15335 17790

17805 21665
Radio Sierra Leone. Freetown
5980
Radio Ghana (HS), Freetown
3366 4915
Burma Bcastlng Service, Rangoon 9730

Febr11a1y 1988

0700-0800
07000800
07000800
0700-0800
07000800
07000800
0700-0800
07000800
07000800
07000800
0700-0800
07000800
07000800
07150730
07150800
0720-0730
0725-0800
0730-0800
0730-0800
0730-0800
0730-0735

9570

A,S
A,S

MA
S
MA

0730-0745
0730-0755
0730-0800
0730-0800
07300800
07300800
0740-0757
07450800

0800 UTC

15240 17880 21465 21540

Radio Berlin Int'!, E. Germany
Radio Zambia, Lusaka
11880
Radio Berlin lnl't, E. Germany
5965 11 810
WYFR, Oakland, California
6065 7355 9852.5
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
13750 15340
7180
BBC, London, England
CBU, Vancouver, Brlllsh Colombia
6130
6005
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
CFCN, Calgary, Alber1a
6030
C HNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
6130
CKWX, Vancouver. British Colombia 6080
6070
CFRB. Toronto, Ontario
11830
ELWA. Monrovia. Liberia
(US) Far East Network. Tokyo
3910
HCJB. Quito. Ecuador
6130 6205 9745 9860
11835 11925
6215
King of Hope. South Lebanon
6135
KUSW, Salt Lake City, Utah
Radio Ghana, Accra
6130
9505
Radio Havana Cuba
Radio Japan, Tokyo
5990 15195 15235 17810
21695
Radio Kuwait
15345
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
9655 11905
Trans World Radio. Swaziland
6070 9725
Voice of Free China, Taiwan
5985
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7270
Voice of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 6175 9750 15295
15120 15185
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
WYFR. Oakland, California
11580
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
11725 15190
FEBA. Mahe, Seychelles
15325 17785
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
6248 9645 11 740
Trans World Radio. Monte Carlo 7105
ABC, Alice Springs. Australia
2310 [ML]
ABC, Katherine, Australia
2485
ABC. Tennant Creek, Australia
2325 [ML]
Alt India Radio, New Deihl
5990 6010 6020 7110
7205 9610 9675 11850
11935 15235 15250 17705
BBC, London. England*
3975 6010 7230 9915
Radio Roland. Helsinki
6120 9560 11 755
Radio Netherland, Hllversum
9630 9715
11685 17840 21705
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
9700 11720
Swiss Radio lnl'I, Berne
3985 6165 9535
Red Cross Broadcasting Service
9560 9885 17830 21695
(2-1 , 24, and 2-9-88 only)
6055 7345 9505
Radio Prague. Czechoslovakia

[3:00 AM EST/12:00 PM PST]

0800-0815 MA Radio Zambia, Lusaka

6165 7235
0800-0825 MF BRT. Brussels. Belgium
5910 17600
08000825
Radio Netherland, Hllversum
9630 9715
08000825
Voice of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur 6175 9750 15295
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
08000830
9860 11835
0800-0830
Radio Bangladesh, Dhaka
12030 15525
0800-0830
9500 11835
Radio nrana Albania
0800-0835 s FEBA. Mahe, Seychelles
15325, 17785
0800-0835
Trans Wortd Radio. Swaziland
6070 9725
0800-0850
9530 11830 15160 15180
Radio Pyongyang, Nor1h Korea
0800-0900
2310 [ML]
ABC. Alice Springs. Australia
08000900
ABC, Katherine, Australia
2485
2325 [ML]
08000900
ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
0800-0900
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
08000900
CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
6160
08000900
CFCF, Montreal. Quebec
6005
08000900
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
08000900
6130
0800-0900
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
0800-0900
6070
CFRB. Toronto. Ontario
08000900
(US) Far East Network. Tokyo
3910

MONITOR ING TIMES

frequencyI
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 A.S
08000900
0800-0900
0805-0900
0815-0830
0815-0830
0815-0845 MF

HCJ B, Quito, Ecuador

6130 9745 11925
King of Hope, South Lebanon
6215
6150
KNLS, Anchor Point, Alaska
6135
KUSW, Salt LaKe City, Utah
SBC Radio One, Singapore
5010 5052 11 940
Trans World Radio, Monte Carte
7105
Voice of Indonesia, Jal<arta
11790 15105
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7270
Voice of Nlgerta, Lagos
7255 15185
WYFR. Oal<land, California
11580
KTWR, Agana. Guam
11805
Radio Austria ln1'1. Vienna
6155 11 915 15410 15415
Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea 9570
Voice cl America, Washington DC 7175 9575 9750 11710
11915 15600 17715 21500
(Ml]
0815-0900 A.S Radio Berlin lnt'I, E. Germany
6040 7185 9730 21465
21540
0830-0840
All India Radio, New Oelhl
5960 5990 6010 6020
6050 6065 61 00 6140
7110 7140 7160 7250
7280 7295 9610 11850
15235 15250 17705
Radio Austrta lnt'I, Vienna
6155 11915 15410 15415
08300855
9630
0830-0855 MA Radio Netherland. Hllversum
0830-0900
Bhul an Bcastlng Service, Thlmpu 6035
08300900
FEBC, Manila, Phlllpplnes
11 850 15350
0830-0900
Radio Beijing, China
9700 11 755 15440
0830-0900
Radio Netherland, Hllversum
21486
0830-0900
Radio Prague, CzechoslovaKla
11685 17840 21705
0830-0900
Swiss Radio lnt'I, Berne
9560 9885 17830 21695
0830-0900
Voice of Nigeria. Lagos
15120
0840-0850 MA Voice of Greece, Alhens
9855 15630
0845-0900
Radio Prague, CzechoslovaKla
6055 7345 9505
0850-0900
All India Radio, New Delhi
5960 5990 6010 6020
6050 6065 6100 6140
7110 7140 7150 7160
7250 7280 7295 9610
11850 15235 15250 17705

0900 UTC
0900.0905
0900-0910

[ 4:00 AM EST/1:00 AM PST)

Africa No. 1, Gabon
All Ind ia Radio, New Oelhl

7200 15200
5960 5990
6050 6065
7110 7140
7250 7280
11850 15235
0900-0910
Voice of Lebanon, Beirut
6548
0900-0930
FEBC, Manila, Philippines
11 850 15350
0900-0930
KTWR. Agana. Guam
11805
0900-0930
Radio Belling, China
9700 11755
Radio Netherland, Hllversum
0900-0930
21485
09000930 A.S Radio Prague, Czechoslavl<la
11685 17840
0900.0950
Deutsche Well, West Germany
6160 17780
ABC, Alice Sprtngs, Australia
0900-1000
2310 [Ml ]
0900-1000
ABC, Kathertne, Australia
2485
ABC, Tennant Creel<, Australia
0900-1000
2325 [Ml]
0900-1000
Adventist World Radio, Portugal
9670
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
0900-1000
6005
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
0900-1000
6030
0900-1000
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
6130
0900-1000
CKWX. Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
CFRB, Toronto, Ontarto
0900-1000
6070
0900-1000
(US) Far East NetworK, ToKyo
3910
King of Hope, South Lebanon
621 5
0900-1000
0900-1000
KNLS. Anchor Point, Alaska
6150
61 35
09001000
KUSW, Salt LaKe City, Utah
0900-1000
Radio Afghanistan, Kabul
4450 6085
0900-1000
Radio Japan, ToKyo
11840 15235
Radio Prague, CzechOsloval<la
0900-1000
6055 7345
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
09001000
7165
0900-1000
SBC Radio One, Singapore
5010 5052
0900-1000
Trans World Radio, Monte Carlo 7105
0900-1000
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7270
Voice of Nigeri a, Lagos
0900-1000
7255 15120
09150950 MA Radio Ulan Bator, Mongolia
9615 12015

6010 6020
6100 6140
7150 7160
7295 9610
15250 17705

15440
21705
21650 21680

15435 17720
17810
9505 [Ml)
11 940

15185

QSL's from the VOA, Radio RSA South Africa, and

Radio Korea Thanks to Hugh M. Hawf<.lns of San
Antonio, Texas

MONITORING TIMES

February 1988

53

frequency I
0930-0935

AJI India Radio, New Deihl

0930-0940 M-F Radio Canada lnt'I. Montreal

0930-0945
BBC, London, England*
0930-0955
Radio Finland, Helslnkl
0930-1000
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
0930-1000
KTWR, Agana, Guam
0930-1000
Radio Beijing, China
0930-1000
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
0930-1000
Radio Sweden lnt'I, Stockholm
0945-1000
BBC, London. Englana
0945-1000
Radio Bertin lnt'I, E. Germany
0945-1000 MA Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia

1000 UTC

5960
6050
7110
7280
15235
5960
9725
6120
6160
11 805
9700
9540
9630
5995
21540
6055

5990 6010 6020

6065 6100 6140
7140 7160 7250
7295 9610 11850
15250 17705
9755
11955
15245 17860
11755 15440
11780
15390
7180 9725 11955
7345

9505

. [5:00 AM EST/2:00 AM PST]

1000-1025 M-F BAT. Brussels. Belgium

5510 17595
1000-1030
7225 9735 17765 21600
Deutsche Welle, West Germany
1000-1030
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
6130 9745 11 925
1000-1030
KUSW. Salt Lake City, Utah
6135
1000-1030
4450 6085 15435 17720
Radio Afghanistan. Kabul
1000-1030
Radio Beijing, China
9700 11755 15440
Radio Berlin lnt'I, E. Germany
1000-1030
21540
10001030 s Radio Norway lnt'I, Oslo
9590 15180 15235 17780
1000-1030
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
7165
1000-1030
Swiss Radio lnt'I. Berne
9560 9885 17830 21695
1000-1030
Voice of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa
9560
1000-1030
Voice of Vietnam. Hanoi
9840 12020
1000-1055 A Trans World Radio, Monte Carlo 7105
1000-1 100
ABC, Alice Springs, Australia
2310 [ML)
1000-1100
ABC, Katherine, AUstralia
2485
1000-1100
ABC. Tennant Creek, AUslralla
2325 [ML)
1000-1100
AJI India Radio, New Delhi
11860 11 920 151 30 15335
17387 117875
1000-11 00
6160
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
10001100
6005
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
1000-1100
C FCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
1000-1 100
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
1000-1100
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
1000-1100
CFRB, Toronto, Ontario
6070
1000-1100
(US) Far East Network. Tokyo
3910
1000-1 100
KNLS, Anchor Point, Alaska
6150
1000-1 100
KTWR, Agana. Guam
11805
1000-1100
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
9540 11 780
1000-1100 s Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
6055 7345 9505 [ML)
1000-1 100
SBC Radio One, Singapore
5010 5052 11 940
1000-1100
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7270
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
1000-1100
7255 15120
1005-1010
Radio Pakistan, Islamabad
15606 17660
1030-1 040
Voice of Asia, Taiwan
5980
1030-1055
Radio Budapest, Hungary
9835 11 910 17710 17780
21525
1030-1100
HCJB, Qulio, Ecuador
6130 11 925
1030-1100
KUSW, Salt Lake City, Utah
15225
1030-1100
Radio Netherlands, Hliversum
6020 9650
1030-1100 A.S Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
7165
1030-1100
SLBC, Colombo, Srt Lanka
11835 15120 17850 [ML)
1030-1100
UAE Radio, United Arab Emirates 15435 17865 21605
10401050 M-A Voice of Greece, Athens
11645 15630
10401057
Rea Cross Broadcasting Service
9885 11935 15570 17830
(2-1, 2-4, 2-2988 only)
1045-1055 M-A Radio Bucharest, Romania
9690 11 940 15405
1045-1100 M-A Radio Prague. Czechoslovakia
6055 7345 9505
1055-1100 S Trans World Radio, Monte Carlo 7105

1100 UTC
11 00-1105
1100-1115
11 00-1120
1100-11 25
11 00-1130
11 00-1130
1100-1130 TES
11 00-1130
11 00-1130
1100-1130
1100-11 30
1100-1130
1100-1130
1100-1130
1100-1150
1100-11 55
1100-1 200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
11 001200
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1 200
1100-1 200
1100-1200 A.S
11 00-1200 s
11 00-1200
11 00-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
111 0-1120 M-F
1115-1125

1115-1130
1115-1130
11151145
1115-1200
11151200
11 30-1200
11 30-1200
11 30 -1200
11 30-1200
11 30-1200
1130-1200
1135-1140
1140-1145 MA
1145-1200
1145-1200
11 50-1 200 MF

1200 UTC

54

February 1988

[6:00 AM EST/ 3:00 AM PST]

Radio Pakistan, Islamabad
Radio New Zealand. Wellington
Radio Pakistan. Islamabad
Radio Netherland, Hllversum
HCJB, Quito. Ecuador
Kol Israel. Jerusalem

60 90 7290
9540 11780
15606 17760
6020 9650
6130 11925
9385 11700 15485 15640
15650 17635 17685 21625
Radio Caroline. Offshore, Europe 5955
Radio Japan. Tokyo
5990 6120 7210 17810
Radio Mozambique, Maputo
9525 11818 11835
Radio Sweden lnt'I, Stockholm
6065 9630 21690
Red Cross Broadcasting Service
7210 (2-28-88 only)
11835 15120 17850 [ML)
SLBC, Colombo, Srt Lanka
Swiss Radio lnt'I, Berne
9885 11935 15570 17830
Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi
7430 9732
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
6576 9600 11735
Radio Beijing, China
9665
ABC, Alice Springs, Australia
2310 [ML]
ABC. Katherine, Australia
2485
ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
2325 [ML)
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV 6030 6125 15430
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
CFCN, Calgary. Alberta
6030
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
CFRB, Toronto. Ontario
6070
(US) Far East Network. Tokyo
3910
Radio Australia. Melbourne
5995 6060 6080 7215
9580 9710
Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea 15575
Radio Moscow. USSR
6000 11670 11900 13790
15225 15475
Radio RSA. South Africa
9750 15390 21590
Radio Tanzania. Dar es Salaam
7165
Radio Zambia, Lusaka
11 880 [IRA]
Voice of America, Washington
5975 6160 9590
Voice of Asia, Taiwan
5980 7445
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7270
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
7255 15120
WHAi, Noblesville. Indiana
5995
WYFR, Oakland, California
5950
Radio Botswana. Gaborone
4820 5955 7255
Radio France lnt'I, Paris
6175 9790 9805 11 670
11700 1 1845 15155 15195
15300 15315 15435 17620
17850 21620
Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea 7275 11740
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
11840 21485
Radio Nepal, Kathmandu
5005
Trans Worta Radio, Bonalre
11815
Voice of Islamic Republic Iran
11790
Deutsche Welle, West Germany
15410 17765 17800 21600
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
11740
Radio Japan, Tokyo
5990 6120 7210
Radio Nethertand, Hliversum
5995 9715 15560 17575
17605 21480
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
9655 11905
Radio Tirana, Albania
9480 11855
AJI India Radio, New Deihl
6065 7110 9610 9675
11850 15320
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
6248 9645 11740
BBC. London. Englana
5995 7180
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
6055 7345 9505
Radio Budapest. Hungary
9585 9835 11 910 15160
15220

[7:00 AM EST/ 4:00 AM PST]

MONITORING T IMES

frequency I
I

1200 UTC

[7:00 AM EST/4:00 AM PST)

1200-1215
12001215
12001215
12001220
12001220 MF

BBC, London. England*

3915 6065
15190 17865
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
Voice of Kampuchea, Phnom-Penh 9693 11938
Radio Bucharest. Romania
17720 21665
Radio Budapest. Hungary
9585 9835
15220
11945 15400
1200-1225 MF Radio Flnland. Helslnkl
Radio Polonla, Warsaw. Poland
6095 7285
1200-1225
HCJB. Quito, Ecuador
6075
1200-1230
6155 9685
12001230 s Radio Auslrta Int'!. Vienna
Radio Nelherland, Hllversum
5995 9715
12001230
17605 21480
15310
12001230 s Radio Norway lnl'i, Oslo
6095
1200-1230
Radio Somalia, Mogadishu
5945 7275
1200-1230
Radio Tashken1. Uzbek. USSR
11785
9655 11905
Radio Thailand. Bangkok
12001230
11880 (IRR]
1200-1230 s Radio Zambia. Lusaka
1200-1235 MA Radio Ulan Bator, Mongolia
9615 12015
1200-1250
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
9600 9555
1200-1255
Radio Belling, China
7335 9530
9770 11600
ABC, Alice Springs, Australia
2310 (ML]
1200-1300
ABC, Katherine. Australia
2485
1200-1300
2325 (ML]
ABC. Tennant Creek, Australia
1200 1300
17890
1200-1300 s Adventist World Radio, Africa
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV 6030 6125
12001300
12001300
CBN. St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
12001300
6005
CFCF. Montreal. Quebec
6030
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
12001300
12001300
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
6130
1200-1300
CKWX, Vancouver. British Colombia 6080
12001300
CFRB. Toronto. Ontario
6070
1200-1300
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
3910
1200-1300
11740 15115
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
12001300
KUSW, Salt Lake City, Utah
15225
12001300
Radio Australia, MelbOurne
5995 6060
7215 9580
1200-1300
6000 11670
Radio Moscow, USSR
15140 15150
15460 15475
15585 15595
12001 300
Radio RSA. South Alrtca
21590
7165
1200-1300 A.S Radio Tanzania. Dar es Salaam
5010 5052
SBC Radio One, Singapore
1200-1300
11815
Trans World Radio. Bonalre
1200-1300
Trans World Radio, Sri Lanka
11920
12001300
Voice of America, Washington
11715
1200 1300
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7270
12001300
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
7255 15120
12001300
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
5995 11715
1200 1300
WYFR,
Oakland,
California
5950 6185
1200-1300
Radio Berlin lnt'I, E. Germany
15445 17880
12151300
Radio Cairo, Egyp1
17675
12151300
All India Radio, New Delhi
3905 4800
12301235
9565 9615
15120
Radio Korea. Seoul. Soulh Korea 7275 11740
1230 1245
Radio Auslrla lnl'i, Vienna
1230-1255
6155 9685
BBC, London. England
6125 7255
1230-1300
9660 11780
15390 15435
Radio Bangladesh, Dhaka
11750 15525
12301300
9565 15430
Radio Sweden lnl'i, Stockholm
1230-1300
1245-1255
Radio France lnt'I. Paris
9805 11670
15195 15300
21620 21645
1245-1300
Radio Berlin int'I, E. Germany
9665 11705
15240

11300 UTC

7275

11910 15160

11915 15320
15560 17575

9540

9600

11735
9635 9665
11715 11755

KOH8US, of Euclid, Ohio.

Radio Bucharest. Romania

Radio Berlin lnl'I. E. Germany

1300-1330

Radio Cairo, Egypt

'

15430

1300-1330
1300-1330
1300-1330

17890
6080 7205
9710 9770
11900 13790
15225 15420
15490 15540
17655
11940

21465 21 540
4920 7280
11620 11735
11915 15320
6195 9635
12040 15270
17695
11845 15155
15315 15365
11 785 15170

[8:00 AM EST/ 5:00 AM PST)

13001325
1300-1330

A sllgh//y different view of Radio Korea In a QSL from Donald Michael Choleva

9690 11 940 16405 17720

9665 11705 11 785 15170
15240
17675

MON ITOR ING TIMES

Radio Finland, Helslnkl

Radio Ghana. Accra
Radio Norway lnl'i, Oslo

11945 15400
4915 7295
s
6035 9590 15195 15310
25730
Swiss Radio lnl'i, Berne
1300-1330
6165 9535 12030
1300-1330
Trans World Radio, Sri Lanka
11920
1300-1330
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7270
1300-1332 A.S Trans World Radio. Bonaire
11 815
1300-1350
Radio Pyongyang. North Korea
9325 9345
1300-1355
Radio Belling, China
7335 9530 11600 11755
1300-1400
ABC, Alice Springs, Aus1ralia
2310 [ ML]
13001400
ABC, Kalherine. Australia
2485
13001400
2325 [ML]
ABC. Tennan1 Creek, Auslralia
13001400
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV
6125 15330 15430
13001400
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
1300-1400
CBU. Vancouver. British Colombia
6160
13001400
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
6005
1300-1400
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
1300-1400
CHNS. Halifax, Nova Scotia
6130
1300-1400
CKWX. Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
1300-1400
6070
CFRB, Toronto. Ontario
13001400 s ELWA. Monrovia. Liberia
11830
3910
13001400
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
11850
13001400
FEBC, Manila, Philippines
11740 15115 17890
13001400
HCJB, Quito. Ecuador
1300-1400
KUSW. Salt Lake Cily, Ulah
15225
13001400
5995 6060 6080 7205
Radio Australia. Melbourne
9580
13001400 MF Radio Canada lnl'I. Montreal
9625 11855 17820
1300 1400
Radio Jordan. Amman
9560
1300-1400
Radio Moscow, USSR
9820 11670 11900 13790
15225 15440 15475 15585
15595 17655 17820
Radio RSA. South Africa
13001400
9750 15125 17810 21590
7165
1300-1400 A.S Radio Tanzania. Dar es Salaam
SBC Radio One, Singapore
13001400
5010 5052 11 940
13001400
Voice of Nigeria. Lagos
7255 15120
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
1300-1400
9455 11790
WYFR. Oakland, California
1300-1400
5950 6175 15170 13695
WYFR. Oakland, California
1302-1400
15055
Radio France lnt'I, Paris
6175 9790 9805 11670
1305-1315
11845 15155 15195 15300
15315 15365 17620 17720
17850 21645
13 10-1327
Red Cross Broadcasling Service
11695 11955 15135 15570
17830 21695
(2 1, 24. 22988 only)

Februa1y 1988

55

frequencyI
1315-1325
Voice of Lebanon, Beirut
1330-1355 MA BRT, Brussels, Belgium
1330-1400
All India Radio, New Delhl
1330-1400 M-A Bhutan Bcasllng Service, Thlmpu
Laotian National Radio
1330-1400
1330-1400
Radio Berlin lnl'I. E. Germany
1330-1400
Radio Tashkent, Uzbek, USSR
1330-1400

Swiss Radio lnl'I. Berne

1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1332-1400
1345-1400

UAE Radio, United Arab Emirates

Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
Voice of Turkey, Ankara
Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi
Trans World Radio, Bonalre
Radio Korea, Seoul, south Korea

1400-1405 A Trans World Radio, Bonalre

Radio Berlin lnl'I, E. Germany
1400-1415
Radio Austria lnt'I, Vienna
1400-1425
Radio Rnland, Helslnkl
1400-1425
1400-1427
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
ABC, Allee Springs, Australia
1400-1430
ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
1400-1430
1400-1430 s Radio Norway lnl'I. Oslo
1400-1430
Radio Peace and Progress. USSR
Radio Polonia. Warsaw, Poland
1400-1430
Radio Sweden lnt'I, Slockholm
1400-1430
Radio Tirana. Albania
1400-1430
Voice of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
1400-1430
Voice of Republic of Iran
1400-1430
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
1400-1450
Radio Beijing, China
1400-1455
ABC, Katherine, Australia
1400-1500
Advenlist Wortd Radio, Italy
14001500
All India Radio, New Delhi
14001500
1400-1500
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV
1400-1500
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
1400-1500 M-A CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
1400-1500
1400-1500
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
1400-1500
CHNS, HalUax, Nova Scotia
1400-1500
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia
1400-1500
CFRB, Toronto, Ontario
1400-1500
ELWA, Monrovia, Liberia
1400-1500
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
FEBC, Manlia, Phlllpplnes
1400-1500
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
1400-1500
1400-1500
KUSW, Sall Lake City, Utah
1400-1500
Radio Australia, Melbourne
1400-1500
s Radio Canada lnl'I, Montreal

1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500

Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio

Japan, Tokyo
Jordan, Amman
Korea, Seoul, SOuth Korea
Moscow, USSR

Radio RSA, South Alrtca

1400-1500
1400-1500 A,S Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
1400-1500
SBC Radio One, Singapore
1400-1500
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
1400-1500
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
1400-1500
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
1400-1500
WYFR, Oakland, California
1415-1420
1425-1500
1425-1500
1430-1500
1430-1500
1430-1500
1430-1500
1430-1500
1430-1500
1430-1500

s
s

F
F

Radio Nepal, Kalhmandu

Radio Austria lnt'I, Vienna
Radio Rnland, Helslnkl
ABC, Allee Springs, Australia
ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
Burma Broadcasting Service
King of Hope, southern Lebanon
KTWR. Agana, Guam
Radio Netherland, Hllversum
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia

1445-1500 M-A Radio Ulan Bator. Mongolia

56

February 1988

6548
15590
9545
6035
7113
17880
5945
11785
11695
17830
15435
6100
15255
9840
11815
6135

445-1500

17600
11810 15335
21465 21540
7275 9540

1500 UTC

6248 7250 9645 11740

11 960 15090 17870

{15:00 AM EST/7:00 AM PST]

9600

11955 15135 15570

21695
17865 21605
12020
7275 11740 15575

11815
17880 21465
9665
11945 15400
15120
2310 (ML]
2325 [ML)
9530 15305
7440 9790
6095 7285
9695 15345
9500 11985
9550 11 710
15085
6576 11735
11600 15165
2485
7275
9545 11810
6125 15330
6160
6160
6005
6030
6130
6080
6070
11830
3910
9670 11850
11740 15115
15225
5995 9580
9625 11720
17820
5990 7210
9560
9570 9750
11670 11840
15475 15540
17820
21590
7165
5010 5052
6100
7255
9455 11790
5950 6175
15055 15170
3230 5005
9665
11945 15400
2310 [ML)
2325 [ML}
5985
6280
9780
5955 11735
17575
9605 11685
15155 17705
9575 15305

Vatican Radio, Vatican City

21540

15305 15310
11835 15470

15335
15430

1500-1502
1500-1505
1500-1510
1500-1515
1500-1520
1500-1525

WYFR, Oakland, California

Africa No. 1, Gabon
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
FEBA, Mahe, Seychelles
Radio Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Radio Bucharest. Romania

15055
7200 15200
11960 15090 17870
15325
9575 15305
9510 9690 11775
15250 15335
Radio Netherland, Hllversum
1500-1525
5955 11735 13770
17575
1500-1530 A,S Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
7165
1500-1530
Radio Veritas Asia, Philippines
9770 1521 5
1500-1545
WYFR, Oakland, California
5950 6175 13695
15375 17612
1500-1550
7225 9735 17765
Deutsche Welle. West Germany
1500-1550
KTWR, Agana. Guam
9780
1500-1550
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
7290 9325 9640
1500-1555
11600 151 65
Radio Beijing, China
1500-1600 F ABC, Allee Springs, Australia
2310 [ML}
1530-1600 F ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
2325 [MLJ
1500-1600
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV
9700 1 5330 15430
1500-1600
AWR, Alajueta, Costa Rica
15460
1500-1600
Burma Broadcasting Service
5985
1500-1600
CBC Northern Quebec Service
9625 11720
1500-1600
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
1500-1600
CBU, Vancouver. British Colombia
6160
1500-1600
6005
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
1500-1600
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
6030
1500-1600
6130
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
15001600
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
1500-1600
CFRB, Toronto, Ontario
6070
1500-1600 s ELWA, Monrovia. Liberia
11830
1500-1600
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
3910
1500-1600
FEBC, Manlla, Phlllpplnes
9670
1500-1600
HCJB, Quito. Ecuador
11740 151 15 17890
6280
15001600
King of Hope, Southern Lebanon
1500-1600
KSDA, Agat, Guam
11980
1500-1600
KUSW, Salt Lake City, Utah
15225
KYOI, Salpan
11900
1500-1600
Radio Australia, Melbourne
9580
15001600
1500-1600
Radio Canada lnt'I, Montreal
9625 11720 11955
17820
1500-1600
5990 7210 11815
Radio Japan. Tokyo
15001600
Radio Jordan. Amman
9560
1500-1600
Radio Moscow. USSR
11670 11840 11900
15475 15585
Radio RSA, SOulh Africa
15001600
15125 17810 21590
15001600
SBC Radio One, Singapore
5010 5052 11940
15001600
Voice of America, Washington
15205
1500-1600
Voice of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
7165 9560
1500-1600
11790 151 50
Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta
1500-1600
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
6100
1500-1600
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
7255 11770
1500-1600
WHRI, Noblesvllle, Indiana
15105 21640
1500-1600
WRNO, New Orleans. Louisiana
11965
1500-1600
WYFR, Oakland, California
13695 151 70 15375
Radio Finland, Helsinki
1505-1530
11850 151 85
FEBA, Mahe, Seychelles
1515-1600
11865 15325
1515-1525 T,F Radio Budapest, Hungary
61 10 9585 9835
15160
15151600
15240 17880
Radio Berlin lnt'I, E. Germany
1530-1545
All India Radio, New Deihl
3905 3925 4860
7160 7412 9545
1530-1555
Radio Austria lnt'I, Vienna
6155 9610 1191 5
1530-1555 MA Radio Budapest, Hungary
9585 9835 11910
15220
1530-1600
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
6055 7345 9605
11685 11990 15110
17705 21505
15301600
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
7245 9560 11735
15301600
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
9684
1530-1600
Radio nrana, Albania
9480 11835
Radio Yugoslavia, Belgrade
15301600
7240 15240 15415
1530-1600
Swiss Radio lnl'I. Berne
9885 15430 17830
1530-1600
Voice of Asia, Taiwan
5980 7445
1530-1600
Voice of Nigeria. Lagos
15120

17890
11955 15440
9695 11815
15575
13790 15225
15595 17655

11940

151 70 13695
15375

13770 15560
13715 15110
21505

11 940
15560

15170
21600
9977

15440
21700
13790

MONITORING TIMES

17612
11910
6160
9950
15160
11665
13715
1531 0

13685

frequency I
9855
11785
9555
15325
7275
11810
9780

1540-1550 MA Voice of Greece, Alhens

1545-1600
Radio Berlin lnl'I. E. Germany
1545-1600
Radio Canada ln'I, Monlreal
Radio Korea. Seoul, Soulh Korea
15451600
1545-1600
Vallcan Radio, Vallcan Clly
15501600 HS KTWR, Agana. Guam

11600 UTC

11645
15170
11915
17820
9870
15120

15630
15255
11935 15315
17730

(1 1 :00 AM EST/ 8:00 AM PST]

9780
11865 15325
4800
5010 5052
6055 7345
11685 11990
151 10 17705
16001630
ELWA. Monrovia, Liberia
11830
1600-1630
11785 15170
Radio Berlin lnl'I, E. Germany
16001630 s Radio Norway lnl'I, Oslo
5990 9660
16001630
Radio Paklslan. Islamabad
7365 9465
11625 151 25
6135 9540
Radio Polonia, Warsaw. Poland
1600-1630
15245
1600-1630 MF Radio Porlugal. Llsl:>On
1600-1630
7245 9560
Radio Sofia. Bulgarla
1600-1630
Radio Sweden lnl'I, Slockholm
6065 11855
16001630
SLBC, Coloml:>O, Srl Lanka
6075 9720
1600-1630
Trans World Radio, Swaziland
5055 9525
16001 630
5980 7445
Voice of Asia. Taiwan
1600-1630
9840 12020
Voice of Vlelnam , Hanoi
1600-1645
Radio Naclonal Angola, Luanda
7245 9535
1600-1645
UAE Radio, Unllect Arab Emlrales 11730 15320
16001655
Radio Beijing. China
7295 9570
1600-1700 F ABC, Alice Sprlngs, AUslralla
2310 (ML)
1600-1700 F ABC, Tennanl Creek, Auslralla
2325 (ML)
1600-1700
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV 15330 15430
1600-1700
AWA, AJajuela, Cosla Rica
15460
16001700
CBC Norlhern Quebec Service
9625 11 720
16001700
6160
CBN, SI. John's, Newfoundland
1600-1700
CBU, Vancouver, Brlllsh Colombia
6160
1600-1700
6005
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
1600-1700
CFCN, Calgary, Alberla
6030
16001700
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scolla
6130
1600-1700
CKWX, Vancouver. Brlllsh Colombia 6080
1600-1700
CFRB. Toronlo, Onlarlo
6070
1600-1 700
(US) Far Easl Nelwork. Tokyo
3910
16001700
HCJB, Qullo, Ecuador
11740 151 15
1600-1700
KUSW, Sall Lake Clly, Ulah
15225
1600-1700
15130
Radio Beijing. China
1600-1700
Radio Canada lnl'I. MonlreaJ
9625 11720
17820
16001700
Radio France lnl'I, Paris
6175 9860
11995 15315
1600-1700
9560
Radio Jordan, Amman
1600-1700
5975 9870
Radio Korea, Seoul, Soulh Korea
1600-1605 HA KTWR, Agana. Guam
FEBA, Mahe, Seychelles
16001610
1600-161 0
Radio Lesolho, Maseru
SBC Radio One, Singapore
16001610
1600-1625
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia

11 940
9605 11665
15110 13715
21505
15255
11 850 15310
9785 11615

11735 15310

11955
17865
11715 15130

16001700
1600-1700

Radio Malawi, Blantyre

Radio Moscow. USSR

16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700

Radio
Radio
Radio
Voice

1600-1700
1600-1700
16001700
1600 1700
16001700

Voice of Kenya, Nairobi

Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
WHAi, Noblesville, Indiana
WRNO, New Orleans, Louisiana
WYFR, Oakland, Callfornla

1602-1700
WINB, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
16101615 MA Vallcan Radio, Vallcan Clly
16101620 MF Radio Botswana. Gal:>Orone
1610-1625 M-F FEBA, Agana, Guam
1610-1650
Oeulsche Welle. Wesl Germany
16151700
Radio Berlin lnl'I, E. Germany
Trans World Radio, Swaziland
16301645
16301655 MA BAT, Brussels, Belgium
16301700 MA ELWA. Monrovia, Liberia
Radio Nelherland. Hilversum
16301700
16301700
Radio Peace and Progress. USSR
1630-1700
16301700
16301700
16301700
16451700
1645-1700
16451700

Radio Polonia, Warsaw. Poland

SLBC, Coloml:>O, Sr1 Lanka
Swaziland Commercial Radio
Voice of Africa, Egypt
BBC, London, England
Radio Bujumbura. Burundi
Trans World Radio, Swaziland

1700 UTC
17001705
17001725

17890

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Tanzania. Oar es Salaam
Zambia, Lusaka
of America. Washlnglon

1700-1725
1700-1730
17001730
17001730
17001750
17001755
1700-1800
1700-1800

5995
7150

9565 11670

9720
15410 15445 15580
17785 17800 17870
151 20
21640
13695 15170 15440
17612 17750 17845
7250
4820

9645 11740

9745 11785 15105

7295 9730
7285 9525
17595
15570
9470 9490
9860 11980
9525 11840

7180

9515

9605

9525

(12:00 PM EST/9:00 AM PST]

Radio Uganda, Kampala
Radio Budapesl, Hungary

3380
7115
11 840
9705
9684
9580
15205
15600
6100
7255
15105
15420
11580
15566
15295
6248
3356
15325
9585
15510
6115
5055
15510
11 830
6020
7260
9760
7125
6075
6155
15255
6195
3300
7285

Radio Nelherland. Hllversum

Radio Japan. Tokyo
Radio Norway lnl'I. Oslo
Red Cross Broadcasling Service
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
Radio Beijing, China
ABC, Alice Springs. Australla
ABC, Tennant Creek, AUslralla

4976 5026
6110 9585 9835 11910
15160
6020 15570
5990 11815
9655 11850
7210 (2-1 & 22988 only)
7290 9325 9640 9977
7295 9570
2310 (ML]
2325 (ML)

11955 15440
11700 11705

NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMMISSION

PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Lorengau

K11111eng

wcwak

Jlabaut

Mount Hagen
kundiawa
Mend1

Madang

K>mbe

Gorolla

Kle11

e LH
t<erema
Daru

R'opondotta

Pott MoreSby

A!otau

MONITOR ING TIMES

OSLs to be proud of -- Radio New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea caught by
Bob Doyle of Shelton, Conneel/cut.

February 1988

57

frequencyI
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900 A.S
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900 M-F
1800-1900

CFCF, Montreal, Quebec

CFCN, Calgary. Alberta
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia
CFRB, Toronto. Ontario
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
KCBI, Dallas. Texas
KNLS, Anchor Point, Alaska
Radio Jamahiriya, Libya
Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Radio Kuwait, Kuwait
Radio Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Radio Moscow. USSR

1800-1900
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
Radio Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1800-1900
1800-1900
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Radio Zambia, Lusaka
1800-1900
1800-1900 A.S Swaziland Commercial Radio
Voice of America. Washington
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900 S-F
1800-1900
1800-1 900

Voice of Kenya, Nairobi

Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
WINB, Red Lion. Pennsylvania
WMLK. Bethel. Pennsylvania
WANO, New Orleans, Louisiana
WYFR. Oakland, California

1805-1830 A.S
1815-1825
1815-1900
1815-1900
1830-1855
1830-1855
1800-1855

Radio Austria tnt'I, Vienna

Voice of Lebanon, Beirut
Radio Bangladesh, Dhaka
Radio Berlin lnl'I. E. Germany
Radio Austria tnt'I, Vienna
BRT, Brussels, Belgium
Radio Polonia. Warsaw, Poland

1800-1830 s Radio Bamako, Mall

1830-1900
KUSW, Salt Lake City, Utah
1830-1900 A.S Radio Canada lnl'I, Montreal
1830-1900
Radio Havana Cuba
1830-1900 MWFRadlo Mozambique, Maputo
1830-1900
Radio Netherland. Hltversum
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
1830-1900
Radio Sweden tnt'I, Stockholm
1830-1900
1830-1900
Radio Tirana, Albania
1830-1900
Radio Yugoslavia, Belgrade
Spanish Foreign Radio, Madrid
1830-1900
1830-1900
Swiss Radio lnl'I, Berne
1840-1850 M-A Voice of Greece. Athens
Radio Senegal, Dakar
1840-1900
Alt tndta Radio, New Delhi
1845-1900
BBC, London. England
1845-1900
Radio Ghana, Accra
1845-1900
Alrtca No. 1 , Gabon
1855-1900

11900 UTC

6005
6030
6130
6080
6070
3910
11735
7355
15450
15575
11 665
9553
7115
11840
11780
9705
9684
9580
6155
9700
15445
17800
6100
11770
13760
15295
9455
15420
11380
15566
5945
6548
6240
9665
5945
5910
5995
9525
4835
17715
15260
9670
3265
6020
7245
11845
7120
5980
7275
9885
11645
4950
7412
6070
6130
4830

[ML)
7150

7195

9565

15150
9720

9760 11760 15410

15580 15600 17785
17870 21485
15120
15105

11580 13695 15170

17612 17845
6155 11825 12015
7505
151 45 15255
6155 11825 12015
9860
6135 7125 7285
11840
5995
17820
4855 9618
15180 17605 21685
9560 11 735 15310
9480
6100 7240 11735
9765 11840 15375
11955
12045 15630
11620
15475

[2:00 PM EST/11 :00 AM PST]

1900-1915
Radio Bangladesh, Dhaka
6240 7505
1900-1915
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
9684
1900-1925
Radio Netherland, Hltversum
6020 15180 17605 21685
1900-1930 F ABC, Alice Springs, Australia
2310 [ML)
1900-1930 F ABC. Tennant Creek, Australia
2325 [ ML)
1900-1930
Radio Afghanistan, Kabul
4760 6020 9635
1900-1930
Radio Canada tnl'I, Montreat
15260 17820
1900-1930
Radio Japan, Tokyo
9505
1900-1930
6010 6090 6165 7170
Radio Kiev. Ukraine, USSR
1900-1930 s Radio Norway tnl'I, Oslo
9590
11870 15250
1900-1930 M-F Radio Portugal, Lisbon
1900-1930
7245 9560 11735 15310
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
7275 9765 11840 15375
1900-1930
Spanish Foreign Radio, Madrid
Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi
1900-1930
9840 12020
6860 9470
Radio Beijing, China
1900-1955
Alt India Radio, New Deihl
1900-2000
7412 11620 11 935 15360
1900-2000
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV 15330 15430
1900-2000
CBC Nor1hern Quebec Service
9625 11720
6160
1900-2000
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
6160
1900-2000
CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
6005
1900-2000
CFCF. Montreal, Quebec
6030
1900-2000
CFCN, Calgary, Alber1a

58

FebruG1y 1988

900-2000
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
6130
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
1900-2000
CFRB. Toronto, Ontario
1900-2000
6070
3910
1900-2000
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
1900-2000
11790 15270
1900-2000 A.S KCBI, Dallas, Texas
11735
KNLS, Anchor Point, Alaska
7355
1900-2000
1900-2000
KUSW, Salt Lake City, Utah
17715
1900-2000
9509 9685
Radio Algiers, Algeria
Radio Ghana. Accra
1900-2000
6130
1900-2000
Radio Havana Cuba
9670
Radio Kuwait, Kuwait
11665
1900-2000
1900-2000 M-F Radio Malabo, Equatortal Guinea
9553 (M L)
1900-2000
7115 7150
Radio Moscow. USSR
9865 11 840
1900-2000
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
11780 15150
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
1900-2000
5930 7345
1900-2000
Radio Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
9705 9720
1900-2000
Radio Zambia, Lusaka
9580
1900-2000 A.S Swaziland Commercial Radio
6155
1900-2000
3205
Trans World Radio Swaziland
1900-2000
Voice of America. Washington
9700 9760
15445 15580
17800 17870
1900-2000
Voice of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa
9595
1900-2000
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
6100
1900-2000
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
7255 11770
1900-2000
WINB, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
15295
1900-2000 S-F WMLK, Bethel, Pennsylvania
9455
1900-2000
WYFR, Oakland. California
11830 11580
17612
1910-1920
Radio Botswana, Gaborone
3356 4820
1915-2000
Radio Bertin lnl'I, E. Germany
6080 6115
1920-1930 M-A Voice of Greece, Athens
7430 9425
1930-2000
ABC. Katherine, Australia
2485
1930-1955
Radio Finland, Helsinki
6120 9530
1930-2000
Radio Beijing, China
6955 7480
1930-2000
Radio Bucharest, Romania
5990 6105
1930-2000 M-F Radio Canada lnl'I. Montreat
5995 7235
17875
1930-2000
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
6070 7155
1930-2000
Voice of Republic of Iran
9022 9770
1935-1955
RAI, Rome, Italy
7275 7290
1940-2000 MA Radio Ulan Bator, Mongolia
9575 11790
1945-2000
All India Radio, New Deihl
9755 11860
1945-2000
Radio Berlin lnl'I, E. Germany
9665 11920

2000 UTC

15215 17745

7195

9565

11760 15410
15600 17785
21485

13695 15170

11645
11755
9440
7145 7195
11945 15325
9700
9575
15255

[3:00 PM EST/12:00 PM PST]

2000-2005
Radio Zam bia, Lusaka
2000-2005 M-A Vatican Radio, Vatican City
2000-2010
2000-2010
2000-2015
2000-2015
2000-2015
2000-2015
2000-2025
2000-2025
2000-2030
2000-2030

17790

Radio Zambia, Lusaka

Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
Radio New Zealand, Wellington
Radio Togo, Lome
Radio Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Trans World Radio, Swaziland
Radio Beijing, China
Radio Bucharest, Romania
KNLS, Anchor Point. Alaska
Kol Israel. Jerusalem

2000-2030
20002030
2000-2030
2000-2030
20002030
2000-2030
2000-2030
2000-2045

Radio Bertin Int'!, E. Germany

Radio Ghana. Nairobi
Radio Polonia, Warsaw, Poland
Radio Yugoslavia, Belgrade
Swaziland Commercial Radio
Voice of Nigeria. Lagos
Voice of Republic of Iran
All India Radio, New Delhl

20002045

WYFR, Oakland, California

Radio Pyongyang, North Korea

2000-2050
2000-2100 MA ABC, Alice Springs, Australia
2000-2100
ABC, Katherine, Australia
2000-2100 MA ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
2000-2100
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
2000-2100
CBU, Vancouver. British Colombia

MONITORING TIMES

3345
6190
9645
3345
6100
11 780
3220
9575
3205
6955
5990
7355
7355
9815
9665
3366
7125
5980
6155
7255
9022
7412
11860
9455
17612
6576
2310
2485
2325
6160
6160

6165
6248 7250
11700 15120
6165

9625

15150
5047
11790
7480
6105

9440
7145

7195

7460 9010 9435

9855 11 655 11700
11 920 15255
4915
7145 9525
7240 9620
9770
9755

9910 11 620

11830 13695 15566

17845
9345 9640 9977
(M L)
[ML)

frequencyI
2000-2100
CFCF, Montreal. Quebec
2000-2100
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
2000-2100
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
2000-2100
CKWX, Vancouver. British Colombia
2000-2100
CFRB. Toronto. Ontario
2000-2100
(US) Far East Network. Tokyo
Radio Kuwait, Kuwait
2000-2100
King of Hope, Southern Lebanon
2000-2100
KUSW, Salt Lake City, Utah
2000-2100
2000-2100 M-F Radio Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Radio Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2000-2100
2000-21 00
Radio Zambia, Lusaka
2000-21 00
Voice of Nigeria. Lagos
WINB, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
2003-21 00
Radio Damascus, Syria
2005-21 00
2010-2100 A,S Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
2015-2100
ELWA, Monrovia, Liberia
2015-2100
Radio Cairo. Egypt
2025-2045
RAI. Rome, Italy
2030-2055
Radio Polonia, Warsaw. Poland
2030-2100
Radio Beijing, China
2030-2100
Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea
2030-2100
Radio Netherland, Hllversum
2030-2100 M-F Radio Portugal. Lisbon
2030-2100
Radio Tirana. Albania
2030-2100
Voice of Africa. Cairo, Egypt
2030-2100
Voice of Vietnam. Hanoi
2030-2100
Spanish Foreign Radio. Madrid
2040-2100
Radio Havana Cuba
2045-2100
All India Radio. New Delhi
2045-2100
2045-2100
2045-2100
2045-2100

IBRA Radio, Malta

Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
WYFR, Oakland, California

2050-2100

Vatican Radio, Vatican City

i 2100

UTC

2100-2105
2100-2105
2100-2110
2100-2110 A,S
2100-2115
2100-2125
2100-2125

6005
6030
6130
6080
6070
3910
11665
6280
17715
9553
9705
9580
11 770
15185
9950
6100
11830
9670
7235
6095
6955
11 790
6480
9540
7155
9480
15375
9840
7275
15230
74 12
11715
5980
5975
9625
11 830
17845
6190

9720

11625

9575
7285
7480

9710
9440

9745

7550 15575
9715 9895 11740
9740
11835
12020
9765
15300
9550

9910 11 620

611 0
11700 11 760 15120
13695 15566 17612
7250

9645

This Isn't a broadcasting station - it's subscriber Henry Moreno's QSL card - from
Guipuzcoa, Spain/
2100-2200
(US) Far East Network. Tokyo
King of Hope, Southern Lebanon
2100-2200
2100-2200
KSDA, Agal. Guam
2100-2200
KUSW, Sall Lake City, Utah
2100-2200 M-A KVOH. Rancho Simi. California
2100-2200
Radio Baghdad. Iraq
2100-2200 A,S Radio Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
2100-2200
Radio Moscow. USSR
2100-2200
21002200 A.S
2100-2200
2100-2200

Radio
Radio
Voice
Voice

RSA. South Africa

Zambia. Lusaka
of Africa, Cairo. Egypt
of America. Washington

[ 4:00 PM EST/1 :00 PM PST]

Radio Damascus, Syria
Radio Zambia, Lusaka
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
Voice or Kenya, Nairobi
IBRA Radio, Malta
Radio Austria Int'!, Vienna
Radio Beijing, China

9950
3345
6190
6100
5980
5945
6955
11 790
5990
2100-2125
Radio Bucharest. Romania
2100-2125
Radio Budapest, Hungary
6110
11910
2100-2125
9540
Radio Netherland, Hilversum
2100-2130
Radio Canada lnl'I. Montreal
5995
2100-2130
Radio Japan, Tokyo
5965
2100-2130
Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea
6480
2100-2130
Radio Sweden lnl'I, Stockholm
6065
2100-2130
Spanish Foreign Radio, Madrid
7275
2100-2130
Swiss Radio lnl'I. Berne
9885
2100-2135
11830
ELWA, Monrovia, Liberia
2100-2140
15230
Radio Havana Cuba
2100-2145
9670
Radio Cairo. Egypt
2100-2145
9852
WYFR. Oakland, California
17612
2100-2150
Deutsche Welle. West Germany
7130
2100-2150
Voice of Turkey, Ankara
7215
2100-2155
Radio Beijing, China
6860
2100-2200 M-A ABC, Alice Springs, Australia
2310
2100-2200
ABC, Katherine, Australia
2485
2325
2100-2200 M-A ABC. Tennant Creek, Australia
2100-2200
All India Radio, New Deihl
9550
(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV 15330
2100-2200
CBC Northern Quebec Service
9625
2100-2200
CBN, SI. John's, Newfoundland
2100-2200
6160
CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
2100-2200
6160
2100-2200
CFCF. Montreal. Quebec
6005
2100-2200
CFCN. Calgary, Alberta
6030
2100-2200
CHNS, Halifax. Nova Scotia
6130
2100-2200
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
2100-2200
CFRB, Toronto, Ontari o
6070

11 625
6165
7250

9645

6110
6155
7480

7205
9440

9655
9745

6105
7220

7145
9585

7195
9835

9715 9895 11 740

7130 11 945 15325
7140 7280 17835
7550 15575
9700
9765
12035 15570

2100-2200
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
2100-2200
WHRI, Noblesville, Indiana
2100-2200
WINB. Red Lion. Pennsylvania
2100-2200
WRNO, New Orleans. Louisiana
Radio Damascus, Syria
2110-2200
2125-2155 s Radio Austria lnt'I, Vienna
2125-2200 A,S Radio Canada lnl'I. Montreal
2130-2145
BBC, London, England*
2130-2200
BBC, London, England*
2130-2200
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador
Radio Canada lnl'I. Montreal
2130-2200
Radio Sofi a, Bulgaria
2130-2200
2135-2150 S-F ELWA. Monrovia, Liberia
Radio Berlin lnl"I. E. Germany
2145-2200
2145-2200
WYFR, Oakland, California
2150-2200 M-F ELWA. Monrovia, Liberia

2200 UTC

3910
6280
11965
17715
17775
9875
9552.5
5905 5915
7150 7195
7295 9580
9580
15375
6040 6045
15410 15445
17785
15120
9770 17830
15185
15420
9950 11625
5945 6155
5995 7130
5965 7160
6030 7230
11 790 15270
5995 11880
15325 17820
6070 711 5
11830
5965 6125
11 830 13695
11830

5945
11840
11900

5915

9700 11760
15580 17800

7205 9655
11 945 15325
9635
17790
11945 15150
7155
17612 17845

[5:00 PM EST/2 :00 PM PST]

15300 15340
11905 13695 15170
17845
9765
9470
(ML)
(ML]
9910 11715
15345 15430
11 720

MON ITORING TIMES

2200-2205
2200-22 10
2200-2210
2200-2215
2200-2215
2200-2215
2200-2215
2200-2225
2200-2225
2200-2225
2200-2225
2200-2230
2200-2230
2200-2230
2200-2230
2200-2230
2200-2230
2200-2230
2200-2245

MF ELWA. Monrovia, Liberia

Radio Damascus. Syria
Radio Sierra Leone, Freetown
MA ABC, Alice Springs, Australia
M-A ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia
BBC, London, England*
M-F Voice of America, Washington
BRT, Brussels, Belgium
Radio Finland, Helsinki
RAI, Rome, Italy
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
ABC, Katherine, Australia
All India Radio, New Delhi
CBC Northern Quebec Service
s KGEI, San Francisco, California
Radio Berlin lnl"I. E. Germany
s Radio Norway lnl'I, Oslo
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
WINB, Red Lion, Pennsylvania

3993
9950
5980
23 10
2325
5965
9640
5910
6120
5990
6015
2485
9550
9625
15280
15965
9625
6055
15185

11830
11625
[ML)
[ML)
7160
11740 15160 17730
9670
9710 11800
9615 11830
9910 11715
11 720
6125
9605

Februaty 1988

59

frequency I
2200-2245

WYFR, Oakland, California

Radio Baghdad. Iraq

2200-2250
RAE, Buenos Aires, Argnetlna
2200-2255
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
2200-2300
CBU, Vancouver, British Colombia
22002300
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
2200-2300
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
2200-2300
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2200-2300
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia
2200-2300
2200-2300
CFRB, Toronto, Ontario
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
2200-2300
King
of Hope, Southern Lebanon
22002300
2200-2300 MA KVOH, Rancho Simi, California
Radio Australia, Melbourne
2200-2300
22002300 MF Radio Canada lnl'I, Montreal
Radio Havana Cuba
2200-2300

5950 11830 13695 17612

17845
9875
6060 9690 11710
6160
6160
6005
6030
6130

6080
6070
3910
6260
17775
15320
9760 11945
6165

22002300

Radio Moscow, USSR

22002300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2215-2230
2215-2230
2230-2300 A.S
2230-2300

SBC Radio One, Singapore

Voice of Free China, Taiwan
WHRI, Noblesville. Indiana
WANO, New Orleans. Louisiana
BBC, London, England*
Radio Yugoslavia, Belgrade
CBC Northern Quebec Service
Kol Israel, Jerusalem

2230-2300
2230-2300
22302300
2230-2300
2230-2300
2230-2300
22302300
22302300
22302300
22452300

Radio Beijing, China

Radio Jamahiriya, Libya
Radio Medlterran. Malta
Radio Polonia, Warsaw, Poland
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
Radio Tirana, Albania
Radio Vilnius, Lithuania, USSR
Swiss Radio lnt'I, Berne
Voice of Vietnam. Hanoi
All India Radio, New Delhi

22452300
2245-2300
2245-2300
22462300

Radio Ghana. Accra

Radio New Zealand, Wellington
WYFR, Oakland, California
WINS, Red Lion. Pennsylvania

2300 UTC
2300-2330
2300-2330
2300-2330
23002330
2300-2330

Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio
Radio

2300-2345

Radio Berlin lnt'I, E. Germany

23002345
2300-2350
2300-2350
23000000

WINS, Red Lion, Pennsylvania

Radio Pyongyang, North Korea
Voice of Turkey, Ankara
All India Radio, New Deihl

2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
230().0000
2300-0000
230().0000
230().0000

(US) Armed Forces Radio and TV

CBC Northern Quebec Service
CBN, St. John's, Newfoundland
CSU, Vancouver, British Colombia
CFCF, Montreal, Quebec
CFCN, Calgary, Alberta
CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
CKWX, Vancouver, British Colombia 6080
CFRB, Toronto, Ontario
6070
(US) Far East Network, Tokyo
3910

23000000

Canada lnt'I, Montreal

Medlterran, Malla
Sofia. Bulgaria
Sweden lnt'I, Stockholm
VIinius, Lithuania. USSR

Radio Moscow, USSR

Radio New Zealand, Wellington

23000000
2300-0000
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
2300-0000
WHAi, Noblesville, Indiana
2300-0000
WANO. New Orleans, Louisiana
WYFR. Oakland, Galllornla
2300-0000
23152330
BBC, London, England*
23202325 M-A Radio Prague. Czechoslovakia
23300000
Radio Tirana, Albania
23300000
Voice or Vietnam. Hanoi
23352345 MA Voice of Greece, AJhens
23450000
BBC, London, England*
2345-0000
Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea
23480000
WINS, Red Lion. Pennsylvania

February 1988

5945
7195
13665
5052
9955
17830

6045 6200
7310 9710
15455
11940
11 805 15370

15390
7240 9620
11720
7462 9010
9645 11655
6165
11815
6135
11720
9460

7125

12020
7215 9535
11745
4915
17705
17612

9435

7270

9910

[6:00 PM EST/3:00 PM PST)

2300-0000 MA KVOH. Rancho Simi, California

2300-0000
Radio Australia. Melbourne
Radio Jamahiriya, Libya
2300-0000
2300-0000
Radio Japan. Tokyo

60

5915
7115
12050
5010
7355
9770
13760
11620
5960
9625
7355
9615
3965
7245
6110
5995
6070
7215
6100
6190
9640
6055
11715
3366
15150
5950
15145

MONITORING TIMES

9755
6110
6070
6045
6200
13645
5965
7295
15145
11735
7135
6055
11715
6030
9625
6160
6160
6005
6030
6130

11 730
11720
9695 11705
7165 11 790 11690
15160
6070 6125 6165
13650
7160
7215
11745
15345
11720

17775
15320
11615
7260 11800
15300
5915 5940
7215 7310
13665
15150 17705
9655 11905
9770 11770
13760
9660 9660
11620 15390
6055 9630
6200 7065
9640 12020
9395 11645
3915 6080
7275 9640
15145

9445 17760
9535 9910

15195 15260
6045 7115
12050 15425

15170 17612
9762
7160 9580
15375 15575

PROGRAM NOTES

VOA
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AMERICAS
SUNDAY

MONDAY-FRIDAY

SATURDAY

(0000-0100) 11695; (0000-0200) 6130, 9455, 11740; (0000-0300) 5995, 9650, 9775, 98 15, 11 580, 15205.
0000 News
0010 Encounter
0030 Studio One

0100 News
011 0 New Horizons
0130 Spotlight
0200 News
0210 Critic's Choice
0230 Issues in the Ne ws
0300 News
0310 The Conce rt Hall
0355 News Summary

American Viewpoints A provocative magazine or newspape r a rticle

is discussed pro and con by expe rts.
Concert Hall Music a nd interviews
with America's great artists and conductors.
Communications World A look at
the people, technologies, economics, and politics involved in mo dern
telecommunications .
Country Music, U.S .A. Currently
popular tunes with a gene rous
sprinkling of old favorites. On Friday broadcasts of Music, U.S.A .
Critic's Choice News fro m the
world of the arts.
Encounter A discussion program
presenting opinions on the issues
facing America and the world.
Focus The major fig ures and issues
that sha pe con tempo rary life are examined, featurin g interview s fro m
authorities on opposing sides .
Issues in the News Members of the
Washington press corps discuss current topics.
Magazine Show Features about cul-

0000 News
0010 Newsline
0030 Special English News & Features
0100 News
0110 Report to the Americas
0200 News
0210 Focus
0230 Magazine Show
0300 News
0310 Music, U.S.A. Oazz)
0355 News Summary

ture, science, sports, med icine, a nd

the arts in America.
Music, U.S.A. (Standard s) Classics
of America n popula r music. On
Sunday a nd Monday broadcasts of
Music, U.S.A .
Music, U.S.A. (Jazz) Willis Conover
looks at jazz o f yesterday and tod ay,
in the U.S. and abroad .
Ne w Horizons The world of science,
medicine, a nd technology.
News Reports Ten minutes of
worldwide and special regional
news o n the hour.
Newsline News, correspondent reports, interviews, and opinion.
Now Music, U.S.A. Rock and soul
music from old fa vorites to the latest
hits with profiles on the stars. On
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday broadcasts of Music, U.S. A.
Press Conference, U.S.A. American and international corresponde nts ask questions of newsmakers
in VOA's studios .
Special English Feature prog rams
include This Is America. Space and

MON ITO RING TIMES

0000 News
0010 Closeup
0030 Special English News & Features
0100 News
0110 Communications World
0130 Weekend Magazine
0200 News
0210 American Viewpoints
0230 Press Con ference, U.S.A.
0300 News
0310 Music, U.S. A. Oazz)
0355 News Summary

Man, The Makinx of a Natiim. American Stories, Amaia111 Mosaic, a nd

Words and Their Sturit's.
Studio One Dramatized , semi-dramatized, and na rrative d ocu mentaries. Subjects range from personality profiles to reviews of h isto ric
events .
VOA Morning. Sports, science,
business, music, a nd fcaturl'S abo ut
America.
Weekend Magazine A look at the
people and place s of the United
States, featuring music, conversations with correspondents, and
talks about the arts.
World Report News, interviews, correspondent reports, and opinion.
Morning Newsline Ne ws, correspondent reports, and opinions.

REGIONAL PROGRAMS
Africa in Print Reviews of books,
periodicals, a nd discussion of issues
of interest to Africa .

African Panorama News, correspondent rl'ports, and backgrounders.

Asia Re port Nl'ws, correspondent
repo rts, interviews, and opinion .
Daybreak Africa Correspondent reports, news featu res, and backg ruundl'rs.
Caribbean Report Ne ws, correspondent reports, and o pinion.
Music T ime in Africa Music of Afri ca from both traditio nal and modern
artists.
Nightline Africa News, correspondent reports, backgrounders, and features on world and Africa n issues.
Report to the Am ericas New s, corresponde nt reports, interviews, and
opinio n.
Spotlight In-de pth examination of
issues of interest in the Americas .
VOA-Europe Popular music, news,
a nd features broadcast to Weste rn
Europe.
Voices of Africa Actua l voices and
views of African opinion-makers
from throug hout the continent.

February 1988

61

PROGRAM NOTES
AFRICA
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY-FRIDAY
East, Central, Southcm (0300-0430) 11835; (0300-0500) 9550; (0300-0600) 6035, 7280, 9575; (0500-0600) 9540; Central (0300-0430)
3390; Southern (0300-0430) 621; West (0600-0700) 3990, 6035, 6080, 6125, 7280, 9530, 9540, 9550, 11915.

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VOA Morning
News
VOA Morning

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Daybreak Africa
News
Morning Newsline
VOA Morning
News
Morning Newsli ne
VOA Morning
News
Daybreak Africa

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VOA Morning
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VOA Morning

West (1600-2200) 15410, 15580, 17785, 17800; (1900-2200) 9620; East (1600-1900) 9575, 11920; East/Central (1600-2100) 17870; (16002200) 15445; West Central (1600-2200) 7195; (1800-2200) 21485; West!So11them (1900-2200) 6045; Southern (1600-1830) 15600; (17302200) 621.
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Nightli ne Africa
News
Voices of Africa
Music Time in Africa
News
Encounter
Specia l English Ne ws & Features
News
Africa in Print
Music Time in Africa
News
N ightline Africa
News
New Horizons
Studio One

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Nightline Africa
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Music, U.S.A.
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Focus
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Sound of Sou l
News
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World Report

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Nightline Africa
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Sound of Soul
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Special English News & Features
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Voices of Africa
Press Confere nce, U.S.A.
News
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News
Communications World
Weekend Magazine

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MONDAY-FRIDAY

SUNDAY

SATURDAY

<0000-0200> 930, 1530, 6130, 9455.

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Encou nter
Studio One
News
New Horizons
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News
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News
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Music, U.S.A.

(1000-1200) 1580, 5975, 61 60, 9700.

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News
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Spotlig ht

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PROGRAM NOTES
EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA
SUNDAY

MONDAY-FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Europe (0300-0700) 6040, 7200; (0400-0430 and 0500-0700) 792*; (0400-0700) 5995, 7170; (0430-0500) 1197; (0430-0500 and 06300700) 3980; (0500-0545 a nd 0615-0700) 60(10; (0600-0700) 7325. North Africa (0500-0700) 7 t 70; (0600-0700) 6095, 11805.
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VOA Morning
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VO A Morn ing
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VOA tvl o rnin g

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VOA Morning
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Newsline
VOA Morning
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VOA Mo rning

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News
VOA Morning

Europe (1700-1730) 11 97, 3980; (1 700-1800and 1930-2000) 792; (1700-2200) 6040, 9760, l 1760; (1930-2000) 792*; North Africa (17002100) 11760; (1830-2200) 9760.
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C ritic's Choice
Iss ues in the News
News
Encou 11 ter
Spcci.il English News & r:c<1 turcs
News
Sund.i y Re port
Music, U.S. A. (Standards)
News
The Concert H<tll
Editorial
News
New I Iorizons
Studi o One

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World Report

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Weekend Magazine
News
Closeup
Special English News & Features
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Press Conference, U.S.A.
News
Music, U.S.A. Oazz)
Editorial
News
Communications World
Weekend Magazine

(partial listing)

SUNDAY

MONDAY-FRIDAY

SATURDAY

(0300-0330 and 0600-0700) 1260*; (0300-0600) 7200, 9740; (0500-0600) 9670, 11925, 15205; (0600-0700) 5965, 7325, 15195.
0300
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63

Tracsvan Stymies Enemy Comms

"In practice, it is extremely
difficult to get all the NATO
nations to participate in a single
project."

cations Simulator Vans (TRACSVANs),

the prime contracting of wh ich was granted
to Sperry Corporation. Each TRACSVAN
comp rises a simulator van, a mobilizer (set
of wheels) and a diesel generator.

Th is quote from Robert Komer, Under

Secretary for Defense Policy during the
Carter administration, keynotes the
initiative which created a Multi-Service
E lect ronics Warfare Support Grou p
(NEWSG) to expand the capability of t he
NATO allia nce.

Major subsystems of the creation include a

radar simulator, radar jammer, radio
direction finder /tracker, communications
and electronic countermeasures (ECM),
a nd a comp uter controlled monitoring
system.
Normal communications a re conducted via
redundant pairs of transceivers for HF,
VHF and UHF; a surveillance receiver
allows continuous coverage of the 10 kHz500 Mhz spect ru m. J amming is accomodated by various modes: AM and FM
noise, five a udio tones with squarewave or
sawtooth modu lation, or random Morse
code. (Counesy Signal and Newsb1frfs
magazines.)

The Fleet Electronic Wa rfare Support

Group (FEWSG), first visua lized in 1968,
now maintains an impressive array of
electronic warfare hardware, including
high power jamming transmitters, aircraft
pods, wide-coverage receivers, and highlyflex ible simulators.
The British specified the developme nt of
three Transportable Radar and Communi-

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MON ITOR ING TIMES

L.

Mobile Data Terminals

"ZAP .... Z-A-A-A -P". The raucus sound is
fam iliar to scanner listeners in larger cities
nationwide. It is the exchange of data
between fixed and mob ile terminals of
publi c serv ice agencies. But can they be
monitored on standard equi pment '>
This is a question that we have asked our
readers for years; as yet, no one has
reported bei ng successfu l. Perhaps the
reason is that the protocol is non-standard,
a p rop ri etary system developed by a
specific manufacturer and never intended
to be compatible with existing modes.
Shown here is an example of just such a
device, the KDT 480 mobile data terminal
from Motorola. The brilliant, 20-squareinch CRT display is capable of showing 12
Jin es, 40 characters each, plus two
addit io na l lines of stat us inform ati on, in
bright su nlight.

m aps and diagrams. Up to 3000 characters

of a message may be stored in RAM.

Portables, Too
M otoro la also markets the KDT-800
portable data terminal which transmits and
receives 4800 bps data in th e 800 MHz
band. Its 1/0 port is capable of 300 to 9600
bps; it fea tures 32k R OM (expandable to
160k bytes) and 24k RAM (expandab le t o
80k bytes).

And Even a Vehicle Location

System

Keeping a vigilant watch on a large fleet of

police veh icles is a complex task fo r a
dispatcher. The Motorola Automatic
Vehicle Loca tion system (A YL) makes the
job a little easier.
Usi ng the Coast Guard's 100 kHz
LORAN-C (Long Range Aid to Navigat ion) as a stable marker beacon, fix
accu racies within 1/8 mile a re possible
95% of the time. Sequential, routine
polling of vehicles may be increased to
once every two minutes when necessary to
keep tabs on hot spots.
An officer in an emergency situation can
press a button and the fi ve closest cars will
be alerted immediately for backup, even if
their vehicles and radios are turned off. If
an officer leaves his vehicle for a longer
period t han expected, t he dispatcher is
signa lled by an audib le a larm and
highlighted display on t he terminal.

Th e terminal supports the full 96 character

ASCII character set plus 32 additi onal
characters to allow graphic displays such as

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Februa1y 1988

65

MAGNE TESTS ...

Lawrence Magne
Edi1or-i11-Chief
Passport to World Band Radio

Generic Engineering
The Sangean A TS-803 and
Radio Shack DX-440
Most of the time, a given model of a radio is
unique. You don't see it except un der the
label of the man ufactu rer, and th at's that.
But the re a re except ions, like the M arc II
we reporte d on in the D ecember issue of
Mo11i1ori11g Times.

knows how to make radios doesn't

necessarily mean that they know how to sell
the m to thew public. Tea m up a
manufactu rer with a firm that has bette r
market ing and d istribut ion channels, and a
marriage of convenience can result.

Manufacturers such as these somet imes sell

mo re world band radios under ot her firms'
names than under their own. The reason fo r
thi s is simple. Just because a manufactu rer

T he Ta iwanese fi rm of Sangean is fa miliar

to many shortwave listeners as th e producer
of a small line of world band portables.
What's interesting is that it also manufac-

tu res fo r other firms. Not just o ne other

fi rm, mind you, bu t any numbe r of fi rms
ranging fr om Sears to Eme rson to Radio
Shack.
To add to the confusion, these manufacturers sometimes a lter models for their
clients. For example, the Tandy / Radio
Shack D X-360 is nothing more than a
woefully st ripped-down version of the
manufacturer's set, the Silver XF1900. So
these radios ar e not necessarily peas in a
pod with different labels stuck on them.
Some are worse t han the manufacturer's
o rigina l radio. Some are better.
The original version AT S-803, for example,
which is a midsize portable and Sangean's
top-of-the-line, -- was rather unselective.
What th is means is t hat interference from
adjacent stat ions had a greater-thandesirab le tendency to disrupt recept ion of
the stat ion you we re trying to hear.

Improvements From EEB

Elect ronic Equipment Bank, which used to
distribute the '803, poked about the set's
innards and discovered something interesting. Hidden inside was a second a nd much
more selective bandwi dth filter. T hat filter
was well suited to recept ion of world band
b roadcasts, b ut fo r some unaccountable
reason, Sangean had rigged it up so that it
on ly switched in when the scanner was in
use.

The evolution of a receiver - Sometimes cooperation between

manufacturer and dealer results in a better rec eiver; sometimes
worse. In the case of the Sangean A TS-803 it has resulted in a much
improved radio!

66

Februa1y 1988

So EEB's techni cians ca me up with a switch

to allow the listener to choose between the
usua l wide fil ter and the a lmost-secret
narrow filter. But prying open cabinets and
working with delicate ci rcuitry for large
numbers of sets became a growing headache. So EEB asked Sangean if they could

MON ITORI NG TIMES

Bob Grove 's

custom-produce the '803 for them with the

switchable bandwidth filteri ng already
included. Sangean agreed and another new
version of the ATS-803 -- called the "EEB
2020," was born.

Enhanced Performance
The '2020 is pretty straightforward to
operate, given that it has keypad tuning, a
conventional tuning knob, plus programmable channel memories for favorite
stations.
It 's obviously a real improvement over the
origina l '803. With the '2020, if the station
you're listening to is out in the clea r, you
can open up the bandwidth for maximum
fidelity -- the same result that you'd get with
the original '803. With the '2020, however ,
if there is interference from nearby channels, you can switch in the narrow fi lt er to
clean things up.
Improved bandwidth filtering doesn't make
the Sangean into a communications
receiver. But considering that the '2020
sold in the US for $179.95, it was a pretty
darned good buy for the newcomer or for a
second set to take on trips or out in the
backyard. The only other world band
radio in the same cost/performance league
would have been Magnavox's D2935
portable ... had they ever put it on sale in
North America as th ey promised.

More Upgraded Versions

EEB's pioneering efforts are beginning to
be show up elsewhere now. Last August,
Radi o Shack introduced its model DX-440
portable, which is essentially the '2020 with
a number of additional circuit changes
mandated by Radio Shack. Radio Shack's
DX-440 sells for $199.95.
In the meantime, the original Sangean
ATS-803 itself was superseded in December
by an improved version selling for Sl0-15 or
so more. This version is all but identical to
the DX-440 and very similar to the EEB2020.

Hand-Held Scanner Reception

Today's hand-held programmable
scanners are highly sensitive and
sophisticate d receivers (th e Bearcat
BC-100XL and the Regency HX-1000/
1200 arc among a growing number
of qualit y units). but their range is
oft e n scverly limited by the short
"rubber du c ky" antennas with
which the y arc supplied.

T/ P:

To increase the ran ge of

your hand-held scanner, install an
e xtendable full-length ant e nna
with a stand a rd BNC base. This
simpl e op e ration will no ticeably
increase your receiving distan ce.

EQUIP-tips
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pe rfo rm ance of your liste ning equipment
The Grove ANT-8 is a fully adjustab le whip antenna, offering a
sta nda rd BNC base to fit most
pro gra mma bles. Length is extend able from 7 to 46 inc hes. Replace
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The Demise of EEB-2020

If all of this has you a little confused, rel ax.
Things are beginning to settle down.
With all these improved versions of the '803
available, the need for a distinct EEB 2020
diminished. So EEB sold the last of its
'2020's back in December. Replacing the
'2020 will be -- you guessed it -- the same,
improved version of the '803 that most of
the ot her dealers carry -- at about $10 more
than the '2020.

And so ends the tale of a heads-up dealer,

who, rather than the manufacturer, brought
about important engineering improvements
in a world band radio. And we're all the
beneficiaries of EEB's efforts. Now, at last,
there's a world-class world band receiver
available for unde r $200.
1

You can hear Larry Magnes equipment

reviews the first Saturday night each month over
Radio Canada lnternatlonal 's 'SWL Digest' at 8:10
PM Eastern Time on 5960 and 9755 KHz. Larry's
' What's New In Equipment is also featured over
"SWL Digest' various other Saturdays throughout
the month. Additionally. Passport's Don Jensen
and Tony Jones can be heard the third Saturday
night each month .
In the US. ROI While Papers are carried by
various dealers, includtng Electronic Equipment
Bank, lmprime and Universal Shortwave. A free
catalogue of the latest editions of all available ROI
While Papers. which cover -- warts and all -- the
most
advanced
communications
receivers,
portables and antennas. may be obtained by
sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to
Publications information, Radio Database lnterna
Ilona!, Box 300, Penn's ParK PA 18943 USA.

Support Your MT Advertisers

THEY DESERVE IT!
Did you know that without the aid of adver~ising cop~ your
subscription costs would be a lot higher? ~hmk about 1t next
time you need to order that book or receiver or accessory.
Their advertisement is a vote of confidence that MT readers
are active radio monitors ...

Your order from them is your

vote of thanks!

MONITORING TIMES

February 1988

67

BEHIND THE DIALS

U niden BClOOXLT
Handheld Scanner
With the announceme nt by Regency that it is dropping out of the
consume r electronics ma rket, Uniden will undoubte dly increase its
domination of the scanner marketplace. At this writing, Uniden is
considering buying Regency's consumer divisio n. A decision is due
shortly.

Featu res include 15-channels-per-second scan speed, 25freque ncies-per-second search speed, well-lighted LCD disp lay,
a utomatic weather channel sea rch,
up/down search step, and individual
channel lockout and delay.
A priority command selects the fi rst
chan ne l of each bank, allowing up to
ten priority channels depending upon
the number of banks activated.

R ecent delays by U niden to introduce such new products as the

BC200XLT plus their announ cement
that they would be disabling cellular
recept ion in all future products have
alarmed many Uniden customers.

Selectivity is stated as -55 dB @ + / 25 kHz, but no -6 dB fig ure is given

to reveal shape fac tor of the filter(s).
Audio output power of 480 mW
prov ides ample volume for most
applications, al though the gain
control will be turned nearly full on
fo r some noisy environments; still,
integrity of the sound rema ins high.

The newest product to reach the user

is the BClOOXLT, a 100-memorychannel ha nd-held which will probably replace the venerable BClOOXL.
Bea rcat's BC-100 was the first handheld programmable scanner ever
produced and its generations have
set the standard fo r most of this
decade .

Sensit ivity of ou r evaluation un it was

on par with its predecessor, the BClOOXL. Uniden's published sensitivity figu res are 0.4 u V fo r the 29-54
and 136-174 MHz ra nges; 0.8 uV for
118-136 MHz (AM); and 0.5 uV for
406-512 MHz. T hese figures seem
credible and respectable judging
from our listening test.

Appearances
Uniden has finally abandoned the
substantial aluminum enclosure provided with previous models of the
100 series, substituting inst ead a
well-made plastic case resembling
that of the competitive Regency
HX1500.

The battery is a detachable module

which holds its charge for at least 8
hours of average, low-volume liste ning. It may be cha rged from t he AC
adaptor (provided) or from any
source of 12 VDC, and the radio may
be operated from those sources as
well while charging.

The new scanner measures 2-3/4"W x

7-1/2"H x 1-1/ 4"D and weighs just
over one p ound, including carrying
case.

An AC wall adaptor, flex whip,

earp hone, rechargeable battery pack,
and heavy-duty leatherette ho lste r
are provided a long with an
instruction sheet. Warranty is one
year.

Specifications
The BC-lOOXLT is a depa rture from
the earlier BC-100 series, looking
more like a ta ll BC-70XLT ; fo rtuna tely, there the resemblance e nds.
100 memory chan nels, available
sequentially or in ten ba nks of ten
cha nnels each, cover the frequ encies 29-54, 118-136, 136-174, and
406-512 M Hz.

68

February 1988

The average selling price of the

BClOOXLT is $219.95 from MT
adverti sers, but could increase if there is furt her devalu atio n of
the America n dollar in the J apanese market.
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exceptional e nough to deserve mention.
Int ende d as a special limited edit ion
tra nsceiver for 1988 to ce lebrate the 30th
a nniversary of citizens band radio, the
model 77-250G has 24K gold plated knobs;
special gold lettering and accents are found
o n bot h the radio and the microphone. The
black, high-tech face features high intensity
amber readout s.

The Ameco PT-2 preamplifier has long been the industry standard;
now Ameco introduces the PT-3.

Am eco PT-3
Preamplifier

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The name Ameco has been respected

among members of the amateur radio
frat ernity for decades. Recently, the Ameco
code tapes were mentioned in the pages of
MT. For many years,
their PT-2
preamplifier was a sta ndard in the industry.
Now, t he PT-3 has been introduced.

While we rarely ventu re into CB products,

this release from Midland Intern ational

Not all of the glamour is glit z, however; the

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a
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a dual conversion receiver with both crystal
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A seven-stage, multico lored mete r registers
signal st re ngt h, RF power, modulat ion
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and a sli de-in/slide-out mount allows 30
degree horizontal a nd vertical movement.
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T he Ameco PT-3 is continuously tunable

from 1.8-54 MHz; it has a bu ilt-in
transceive ca pability all owing it to bypass
itself during tran sm ission s of up t o 350
watts of power. Offering up to 26 dB of ga in
with a du al-gate, low-noise FET amplifie r,
the PT-3 requi res 12 VDC power.
Hou sed in an attra ctive metal cabinet , the
PT-3 has a ga in co ntrol , transceive delay
control, bandswitch, tuning dial, p reamp
bypass switch, power switch, and transmit/
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MONITORING TIMES

WHAT'S NEW?

lJBlt\RY SHEI.F
..,.,,

New Compact Radios

from Motorola
The Motorola Commun ications Sector
(1301 E. Algonquin Rd., Schaumburg, IL - -- - -- - -- -- - - - 60196) has announce d a new line of
MaxTrac profess ional mobile radios. 1988 Hamtronics Catalog
Avai lable in 136-162, 146-174, 449-470, and - - - - - -- -- - - -- - 800 MHz versions, the mobiles arc offered
with 2, 6, or 16 chan nel capacity (20 for the ($1 U.S. first class , $2 overseas: from Hamtronlcs,
Inc., 65-F Moul Rd., Hiiton, NY 14468-9535)
800 MHz version).

....

Whether you arc a licensed ham or an

active listencr--or both--thcrc is bound to
be something of inte rest in the new
Hamtronics catalog. Specialized for years in
kits and factory wired receivers and
converters, Hamtronics' new 36 p age
catalog now has an FM receiver for 902-928
MHz, a 137 MHz weather satellite receiver,
9600 baud packet linking system, and m any
other products as well.

Aero/Marine
Beacon Guide Updater
by Ken Stryker (14 pages, 8-1 /2' x 11 . $4 from the
author at 2856-G West Touhy Ave., Chicago, IL
60645)

For those low frequency addicts who enjoy

logging stations below the 550 kHz band,
Ken Stryker's beacon guide has provided an
excellent source of station ident ificat ions
for years. His new updater a llows owne rs of
the full guide to bring their listing up to
date.
For those wh o don't have t he fu ll volume, a
special combinat ion price of $12.50 b ri ngs
both the full listing and the new updater.

Government Radio Systems

-- California Fifth edition
by Robert Kelly (360 pages, 8-1 /2" x 11 perfect
bound, drilled for l ooseleaf binder. $12 postpaid
from Mobile Radio Resources, 266 1 Carol Drive,
San JHose, CA 95125)

Now in its fifth edition, Kel ly's directory

remains a leading referen ce fo r city, county,
state, and federa l governmen t agencies
throughout California. Beca use many
federal agencies share nationwide allocations, many listings have wide-area
applicability.
Listings include police and fire, interagency
common, m edcomm, state execut ive branch
(At torney General, corrections, conservation and agricul ture, educat ion, etc.), and
federal executive agencies (Agriculture,
Commerce, J ustice, Trcasu ry, Interior,
T ransportatio n, Labor, State, Energy) and
many mo re.
Kelly's publication is the o nly one which
includes exhaust ive system details such as
channelizat ion
plans,
input/output
repeater pairing, tone squelch frequencies,
and unit designators where available.
Frequency ranges are 30-50 MHz low band,
72-76 MHz midband, 151-174 MHz high
band, 406-512 MHz UHF, and 806-960
MHz microwave mobile. Even if you're not
a Californian, this work is an excellent
reference for st udying bandplanning.
I

New from Motorola_ upper left,

Motorola's Max Trac 100 and 300
mobile radios; left, MaxTrac BOO
MHz series trunked mobile
radios.
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71

GETTING STARTED

Kenneth Vito Zichi

3018 Moyer Road
Williamston, MI 48895-9566

So You Want to QSL?

"You write to mdio stations, and they send
you back a 'post card' proving that you heard
them?" These arc words (usually spoken in a
bafned tone of voice) that challenge a radio
hobbyist's sk ills at explaining foreign
concepts!
Alth ough th e idea of QSLs strikes most
non-hobbyists as unusua l, the cards arc a
modern relic of a tradition that elates back
to the beginnings of radio broadcasting and
a mateur operating. Th is month 's column
looks at both the QSL's history and how
you can improve your luck if collecting such
items tickles your fancy.

If you arc relatively new to radio as a

hobby, you may not be familiar with reception reports and QSL cards. So perhaps a
bit of introduction is in order. A QSL is a
card sent by a radio statio n verifying that a
listener heard a specific transmission.
Shortwave, AM, FM and many Amat cur
and utility stat ions will all verify reports
that provide information proving a listener
heard the transmission (generally consistin g
of a recitation of program details, the tim e,
da te and frequency of the station). Many
hobbyists seek to collect as many of these
c<irds as possib le in th e same way other
people collect stamps or coins. The difference is that money a lone is not enough to
amass an impressive collection of QSLs.
Skill plays a part as well.

History
[n the early days, radio amateurs were
primarily interested in increasing their
contact range as much as p ossible - di sta nce
was everyt bing. Without some tangible
evidence, however, proof of contact was
impossible. Someone, whose name is
unrecorded , hit upon the idea of
exchanging a card o r letter verifying the
contact.
These so called QSL cards a rc still actively
excha nged by amateurs, and li steners also
may obtain Ham QSLs by requesting them
from the operator di rectly or through one
of the Ham QSL bureaus. OSL, by the way,
is the Q code abbrev iation meaning "I am
ack nowledging receip t (of a message), and
thu s was app lie d t o an acknowledgement of
reception card as wel l.

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Febma1y 1988

In the 20's and 30's when broadcasting was

just becoming popular, listeners a lso
wanted to be able to prove to disbel ieving
neighbors and friends that they had hea rd
station XYZ. Early in the 1920's, so mething
known as the "verifi ed recept ion sta mp " was
deve loped, primarily by the Ekko company,
as a way of collecting proof of reception for
broadcast stat ions.
Sta ti ons throughout Nort h America, and to
a lesser extent, othe r areas of the world,
wou Id provide listeners with a stamp to
paste into their collection books upon
receipt of proof of reception. (Basically, the
listeners had to send in a recept ion report
on a special form a long with a dim e for
return postage a nd handling.) Many
stations, in addition, or as an alte rn at ive to
t he stamps, produced verificat ion cards,
similar to ama teurs' QSL cards. These
would then be provided to the listener
writing a report.
All of this begs the question, why woul d a
station care to send out a QSL stamp o r
card anyhow? Simply put, from the stat io n's
perspective, it was a bonu s to be able to
show advertise rs they really did have
listcnersl In the days before rat ings, direct
mail was the only easy way to do this.
Station engineers a lso appreciated the
information on how the signal was "getting
o ut " in o rder to judge how they were doing
th ei r job.
As you can sec, despite the fact th at so few
casua l listeners have heard of them, QSLs
in one form or another actually p re-date
broadcasting. Ear ly broadcast stations
sta rt ed to use QSLs early on as a public
re lat ions measure to attract listene rs, and
con tinue to clo so today, albeit fo r different
reasons.

QSUng Today
QSLing today is a bit differen t than it was
in l he J 920's, but many of the basics remai n
the same. Most standard broadcast stat io ns
arc not overly concerned with attracting a
large audience from o utside their primary
ta rget area, do not care to learn how reception quality in distan t a reas is, and t hus do
nut promot e QS Ling. Ratings arc a more
rel iab le way to determine liste ne r sha res,
and arc universa lly used to set advertising
rates.

Prima ri ly as a tradi tion, and also as a public

relations measure, however, m ost local
b roadcasters continue to provide a verification cards to listeners who write wit h a
receptio n report and a request.
A lt hough there is a dedicate d co re of
hobbyists prim arily interest ed in Medium
Wave (what most people refer to as "AM")
Broadcast DX and who regul arly at tempt to
QSL those stations, most activity in t his
a rea is by listeners monito ring the sho rtwave bands.
T he reason QSLs remain a major part of
sho rtwave monitoring is, fi rst of all, that
broadcast stations do not have the luxury of
ratings to determ ine listener share.
Further, they are concerned wit h reaching
distant au diences, and signal quality repo rts
are more valuable in those ci rcu mstances
than when a station is on ly interested in a
loca l a udience. For the same reasons M W
broadcast stations star ted QSLing in the
1920's, shortwave broadcast
stat ions
co nt inu e it today.
Statio ns ( both MW a nd SW) continue to
QSL as a public relations measure, and a
polite request along with a useful reception
report is the best way to get a verifica tion.

Hints and Kinks

As a m inimum, a recept ion r eport should
contain t he time, date and fr equen cy of
sta tion (i n units t he stat io n staff will u ndersta nd). Some indication of p rogra m details
and a description of the equipment used is
also desirable. Let's look a t each of these
items in more detai l.
The freq uency of a station shou ld be listed
in e it her kiloh ertz o r megahertz and sho uld
be as accurate as possible. If the stat ion is
announcing one fr equency an d you n ote
they are o n another, you should point o ut
the discrepancy, and list both frequencies.
T he t im e and date should be in units t he
sta ti o n p ersonne l will unde rstand .
Generally it is OK t o use a 24 ho ur clock
rathe r than AM or PM , but if the sta tio n is
not aimed at listeners ou tside the national
bo rders of the country it is best to state the
time of receptio n in t he local ti me of the
stat ion, and not UTC o r GMT. Rem ember the date changes a t m id night in t he t ime

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in any other time zone! Thus all domestic
broadcasters, whether on SW or MW,
should receive reports that list the time in
the local time of the station.
The description of equipment should be
something more than just model numbers.
It is more helpful to the station if a report
indicates that your receiving equipment is a
digital read-out portable or a 10 tube
communications receiver, or whatever.
Lastly, programme details should be
comprehensive enough to prove you heard
the station, but need not be a word-forword transcription of the broadcast. Song
titles, the subject of news items and
products advertised are all good things to
note. If you can keep a running tabulation
of the time when various announcements
were aired (accurate to one half minute is
fine) it will help the station is verifying the
report.
As indicated above, the primary tools in
successfu l QSLing are accurate reception
report s, and a polite request. Depending on
the type of station, however, there are other
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For stations
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If the report is to a large governmental

station like Radio Netherlands or Radio
Moscow, a report in English (or the
la ngu age of the broadcast) and a request
for the verification card is perfect ly
adequate. Other types of stations will
require additional consideration.

smaller broadcasters and

such interest can spell
between a report that is
circular file, and one that

utility stations,
the difference
placed in the
is answered.

tain a stock of their own cards, so this

unnecessary with those types of reports, but
obviously, a ut ility station is primarily interested in point-to-point t ransmissions and
do not generally stock cards.

Smaller stations, such as Radio New Creativity plays a big role here. Additional
Zealand or commercial or religious stations information such as something about the For more details where to send reports for
such as WABC, or HCJB, require postage economy and history of your area, or specific stations, a reference such as the
with the reception report as a matter of including a small souvenir like cancelled latest edition of the World Radio TV
courtesy. Again, a report in English or the postage stamps of interest to a foreign Handbook (about $19.95 and a "must have"
language of the broadcast is usually accept- collector, are just two ideas on how to make book for anyone interested in SW
able for such stations, a lthough with a report more interesting.
broadcast listening) is usefu I.
domestic stations (both MW and SW) you
should report only in the language of the Another technique that is especially helpful For a very detailed look at how to verify
broadcast or the primary language of the in verifying utility stations is including a difficult stations, and a more comprehen"prepared form card" with a report. A PFC sive treatment of the techniques of
country of the station.
is essentially a fill-in-the-blank QSL card successfu l reporting than I have had room
Information in addition to the basics listed that the reporter makes and includes with for here, check out Gerry Dexter's work,
above is acceptable, and at times, desirable. his report. The station personnel can then Secrets of Successful QSLing" ($9.95). Both
Such information makes a report much complete and sign the card, and return it to are available from Imprime.
more interesting to the person answering the listener.
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Most broadcast a nd amateur stations main-

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February 1988

73

HELPFUL HINTS

Radio Shack Batteries

and the BClOOXL
If you have attempted to replace the AA nicad cells in your
Bearcat BCIOOXL with Radio Shack units, you may notice that the
bottom cover ("battery door") for the battery compartment bulges
due to the extra length on the new cells. If you are a stalwart do-ityourselfer, Ron Smith of Birmingham, Alabama, has a cure.

The procedure is simple, but requires a little care: Using a sharp

blade, pry out the old metal strip on the battery cover, cutting
away any excess plastic to leave a clean surface; replace it with a
thin, Oat strip of brass shim stock of the same dimensions. It may
be held permanently in place by instant-setting glue.
If you goof up the project, you can obtain a new battery door from
Uniden: Order #GHZ 316568Z and enclose $5 which includes
shipping from Uniden/Bearcat Parts Dept., 6345 Castleway Court,
Indianapolis, IN 46250.

Fig. 1
Pry loose tab
with X-acto
or s imilar

Fig. 2
Remove any excess plastic._ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _"'to get a smooth surface.
Then instant-glue a lhill
metal strip in as shown.

John Wilson, W4UFF, of Prince George, Virginia, was faced with

just that problem recently and came up with an answer using a
convenient universal mounting bracket for autosound applications.
The procedure requires drilling holes into the scanner cabinet and
may void your warranty. In any case, proceed very carefully to
avoid damaging internal components.
1. Measure l" back from the top-edge interface with the front

bezel (see illustration); then measure 1/2" down from this point
and mark it. Repeat for the other side.
2. Slowly and carefully drill a 1/8" hole through each of your two
marks, penetrating both the cabinet a nd the chassis. Repeat using
a 1/4" drill bit. Remove the cabinet and brush out any metal turnings.
3. File or ream the hole slightly so that a 7 /16" long, threaded,
steel bolt will seat in the hole and then, using a socket wrench, use
the bolt to tap a thread in the new hole. Needless to say, a tap and
die set would help here!
4. With the cabinet still off the sca nner, enlarge the two cabinet
holes but not the chassis holes) slightly with the next size drill bit.
You may wish to make the cabinet holes 1/2" diameter to
accommodate two half-inch washers as shims between the
mounting bracket and the radio.
5. Reassemble the cabinet on the radio and mount the scanner in
place with a universal U-bracket assembly. Fiber washers may be
used as shims for tightening to prevent scratching the cabinet.

Fig. 3
Cut off pins with
X-acto and proceed
as before.

A Mobile Mounting Bracket

for the PR02004
Sure, it's a big scanner; but if you want 300 memory channels and
wide frequency coverage, it's a good choice. But what if you want
to use the Realistic PR02004 in the car? How do you mount it
under the dash ?

74

Februa1y 1988

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Button the Beep

on the Regency HX1200
One of the blights inflicted upon scanner owners is the obnoxious
"beep" which accompanies each key depression. on some. models.
Often, the annoying noise can be heard for considerable distances,
a distinct disadvantage when the listener wants to remain inconspicuous in a crowd.

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David Cook of Oklahoma City has discovered a simple way to

disable the tone on his Regency HX1200; he suspects that a similar
fix could be applied to the previous HXlOOO and even the present
HXlSOO.

BOTH RECEIVERS: Sensi tivity on AM of 2.5 uV at 8 kHz BW 10dBS/N. Third

order Intercept point in excess of + 35 dBm. Both units feature die-cast ~hassis and superb shielding. Until you see a truly professional unit, you wont ap
pre'ciate the quality. Designed for years of continuous use. Made for a NATO
military. A us Government export license Is requ ired for foreign orders.

1. Remove the battery door, battery and rubber dust plug from the
charger jack.

Send$ 3 oo for descriptive brochures;$ 20.00 for a copy of the operalions man~
al , or$ S5.00 for a repro service manual. Credited against purchase. Each unit
tested prior to shipment.

2. Remove the four black screws from the back of the case, the two
silver screws in the bottom of the battery compartment and the
two silver screws below the top of the scanner Gust above the brass
hex spacers).
3. Grasp the front of the case near the speaker and pull it carefully
away from the chassis; set it aside.
4. Locate the white connector at the top of the audio board just
behind the speaker location and find the 220,000 ohm resistor at
the right edge of the connector. Cut one lead midway along its
length, leaving enough wire to resolder at a later time to restore
the tone if desired.
S. Reassemble the scanner case and test it before installing all the
screws.

New Cards for the

Old Opti-scan
Remember the Opti-Scan? This early scanner was a forerunner of
the present generation of programmable, synthesized scanners. An
optically-encoded card was placed in a slot, telling the synthesizer
what frequency combinations were sought by the user. Unfortunately, while there may still be a few Opti-Scans around there
probably aren't any cards.
Alan Aaronson of Yonkers, New York, shares a suggestion with
Opti-Scan owners who need additional frequency cards. Usi~~ an
ordinary photocopy machine, make several copies of an ongmal
card face. Glue these copies to thin cardboard for rigidity, resembling an original Opti-Scan program card.

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P.O. Box 461
Waketleld, Rhoda Island
02880

WE SPECIALIZE IN MIL-SPEC
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PHONE: (401) 783-7106

A conventional hole punch or ticket punch can be used to make

any hole pattern in the new cards as necessary, just as peeling tape
off the windows in the original cards would have done. The holes
may be any shape, just large enough to let the light through.
Nice idea, Alan, and thanks for sharing it with Mo11itori11g Times
readers!

A Junkbox 800 MHz Converter

for Scanners
Mike Miskell, VE3HRT, of Ontario writes to remind us that the
October, 1987, issue of 73 magazine (p.40-41) carries an interesting article on utilizing a surplus UHF-TV tuner for monitoring
the 800 MHz band on a conventional scanner.
The technique is quite simple, although a regulated power supply
must be constructed for frequency control of the varactor tuning
in the UHF module. Output of the UHF tuner is in the 44 MHz
range, so virtually any scanner may be used for the mainframe.
If your local library doesn't have a subscription to 73, nor do you
know any local hams whom you could ask for a loaner of that issue,
try sending $3 to 73 magazine, c/o Becky Niemela, 70 Route 202
North, Peterborough, NH 03458-1194, and request a reprint of the
I
article.

February 1988

75

ANTENNA TOPICS

W. Clem Small, KR6A, GET

Rt. 1, Box 64A
Weybridge, VT 05753

The Spice of Life

How many times have you been listening to
a really interesting program on shortwave
only to have the signal fade away to
nothing? Fading can be a problem not only
on shortwave but also on the VHF and
UHF bands. Armed with a little knowledge
and a bit of specialized equipmen t, much
of the effects of fading can be eliminated
and perfect copy restored. Let's take a
look at some ways of successfully attack ing
the fading problem.

ANT I

ANT 2

AUDIO
AMP

The Diverse Nature

of Radio Waves
Shortwave signals generally reach our
receiving antennas via reflections from the
ionosphere. Much of the time the ionosphere is fairly stable : not shifting in
concentration, height, or textu re too
rapidly. Thus, once a signal is tuned in, it
can usually be listened to for a reasonable
length of time -- say fifteen minutes to an
hour or longer. Then conditions in the
ionosphere shift and th e signal 's path
changes so greatly that it misses our
antenna and its sound begins to fade away.
Interestingly enough , if we have a second
antenna erected only a few wavelengths
away from the first o ne, the signa l which
just faded out on our first an tenn a may
now be booming in at very readable levels
at the site of th e second antenna!
Techniques of using more than one
antenna and selecting the one with the
strongest signal is one way of fighting
fading. These techniques a re the basis of
what is known as "diversity reception."
And, although this discussion has emphasized fading in the HF, or shortwave bands,
the diversity approaches discussed below
are also usefu l in overcoming the effects of
fading on other bands, including the VHF
and UHF bands.

Dual Diversity
One approach to diversity reception is to
keep your hand on th e antenna switch and
simply switch antennas when the signal

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SPKA

FIG I. A DIVERSITY RECEIVING SYSTEM.

from one fades out. This isn't too easy and
you may end up spending most of your time
switching instead of listening. Another
approach to the problem is to simply have
two receivers, each connected to a separate
antenna. Tune them to the same frequency
and both play simultaneously.
Much more convenient and effective is an
approach which utilizes a diversity circuit
that "listens" to both of the receivers electronically. This circuit, by monitoring the
automatic volume control (AVC) line,
continually compares the two signals. In
this way, it selects the audio from the
stronger of the two signals. (See Fig 1.)

Diverse Types of Diversity

Actually, there are several approaches to
diversity reception. The approach discussed thus far is based on sufficiently
separating the antennas in order to give
you two chances of catching the signal as it
varies imposition from time to time. It's
called "space diversity".
Depending on who you talk to, you'll hear
that you should separate your antennas
from 1/2 up to 10 wavelengths. I tend to
doubt that the 1/2 wavelength is sufficient
separation to maintain good diversity
reception. A better minimum separation
might be th ree wavelengths.

For most of us, erecting two antennas

separated by three wavelengths distance
would require more real estate than we
have at our disposal. At least on the shortwave bands this would be true. But don't
give up yet, there is an approach to
diversity reception which takes up less
space, called "polarization diversity."
With polarization diversity, we capitalize
on the fact that a signal may fade due to a
shift in its polarization, even if it is still
present in good strength at the antenna
site. Antennas respond best to signals
which are polarized in the same manner as
the antenna itself. Thus, if a vertical
antenna is receiving a moderate-strength
vertically polarized signal, you will have
good reception. If that signal shifts to a
horizontal polarization, however, reception m ay degrade so that the signal is
unreadable.
Shifts in the ionosphere can cause such
changes in polarization. When it happens,
the signal will fade. If you have two
antennas at your site -- one horizontally
polarized and one vertically polarized -then dual-diversity can be used to good
effect.

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If fading is your problem, then

diversity reception just may
provide the solution.

Frequency Diversity
Many shortwave broadcasting stations
transmit their programming sim ultaneously on more than one frequency. This
allows us to use yet another approach to
diversity reception. Here, you'll also need
two receivers but this tim e only one
antenna. And that one antenna can be
coupled to both receivers.
Tune both receivers to the same station
but each to a different frequency. As the
signal on one frequency fades, it is quite
likely that the signal on the second
frequency will be at useable strength. This
approach is commonly called "frequency
diversity".

Time Changes Everything

The re is one more approach which should
be mentioned in a di scussion of diversity.
This is known as "time diversity." It's quite
useful in increasing the reliability of
information-interchange by radio transmission under difficult conditions.
In time diversity, information is repeated
by the transmitter in order to give th e
receiving system more than one chance to
reproduce it. Ham operators use time
diversity routinely when they have trouble
copying a signal: they just ask the other
operator to "say words twice."
In shortwave broadcasting, transmitting
the same program at various times of the
day can be thought of as a means of
facilitating time diversity reception. For a
more sophisticated example, those readers
familiar with the AMTOR or SITOR
versions of radioteletype will recognize the
FEC, or "forward error correcting" mode
in those systems as a nother application of
time diversity reception.

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RADIO RIDDLES
Last Month: We asked if you knew
what a "hypodermic antenna" is and urged
you to look over the column for clues as to
its ide ntity. Did you find it? If not, look
back to figure lF in last month's column
and noti ce the "sleeve antenna." This
antenn a, with its long slim, needle-like
quarterwave top element extending from
the tub e-shap ed quarterwave element
below, has the appearance of a giant
hypodermic needle and syringe. Thus it is
sometimes
called
the
"hypodermi c
antenna." Ouch!
This Month: Some antenn as have a
kind of "built-in" automatic diversity effect.
What sorts of antennas might have this
effect, and why? Tune-in next month for
the answer to that one.

So, if fading is a significant problem in

your communications, you might consider

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Federal Highway
Broadcasting System
In 1965 the FHWA began deployment of an HF
radio system Interlinking regional and field offices
nationwide. The purpose of the network Is to
coordlnale mass relocation In limes of nallonal
emergency, ellher natural disaster or armed
aggression.
The synthesized transceivers, built by Sunalr,
are capable of 100 or 1000 walls of power and are
used with dipole antennas. Oovetron RTTY terminals
are also used. Using upper sideband voice as the
dominant mode, 11 O and 300 baud ASCII (650 Hz
shift) Is also used for dala transfer.
Practice drills are held quarterty (March, June,
Seplember, and December), usually on Wednesday
and Thursday of lhe week during normal business
hours, and may Involve participation from olher
agencies as well such as lhe Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and the Office of Emergency
Transportation (OET).
A bureau of the Department of Transportation,
FHWA frequency assignments are distributed lo ten
regions and administered by the United States Coast
Guard, also a DOT agency.
All FHWA members share call signs with a
WWJ prefix such as WWJ45 Chicago, llllnols; WWJ65
Raleigh, NC; and WWJ62 Lincoln, NE. Frequencies of
9197 and 10691 kHz are two of perhaps dozens of
channels assigned for communications.
Information
on this new network Is
understandably skelchy; we would appreciate
addlllonal details on frequencies, call signs and
locations from our readers.

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77

TECHNICAL TOPICS

Terry Staudt, LPE, WOWUZ

716 N. Roosevelt
L oveland, CO 80537

EH?
Like millions o f people around the world,
I'm hard of heari ng. There's a whole bunch
of easy things you can do to hol d off the
purchase of a hearing aid fo r as long as
possible. T he most obvious is headsets.
Less obviou s but ju st about as simple, is a
lit tle bit of electronic 'surgery' on a table
radio.
I'll tell you everything there is to do and
the whole thing will cost you next to
nothing. The truth is, the electronics
industry has a treasure trove of 'built in'
solutions. They were never intended fo r
this purpose, but they work just fine.
As I've pointed out on a few occasions, the
"tone" control on a radio is a treble cutter
that gives the illusion of bass, no more, n o
less. If you snip a wire from either of the
outer lugs, the treble or high frequency
component is increased by 10 dB or better.
(See Fig. 1.) This is an improvement of
some 8 to 10 times and obviously, the bass
doesn't suffer. That's determined strictly
by the size and weight of the speaker.

Replace the Speaker!

This is also a clue if you have a radio you
really love but the bass isn't much. Remove
the speaker and take it to Radio Shack for
correct sizing and get one with the biggest
magn e t that will fit in the m ounti ng area.
You'll be thrilled with the result.

Figure 2

. /\Nv----rr
R De-emphasis

AF out

AF out
~OR->

NAB Standard 75 tJ.S

I FR is 220K, C is 340 pF
IFR is 100 K, C is 750 pf
great replacement for a person with
hearing difficulty. They'll bless you for
doing it! And Lordy, we're talking a 20
minute job here, not re pairing a nuclear
submarine.
Another slick little thing you can acquire at
Radio Shack (Hey, I don't own any T a ndy
stock, but they have so me good stuff) is the
#40-1380 piezo tweeter. This can be
hooked across any speaker in the world
with nothing more than a piece of 2
condu ctor wire. There are no external
circuits whatsoever.
I personally use four of these -- two in my
car and two on my ste reo. At $12.95, they
can make a bat cry. No kidding ! They also
come in a neat black a nd silver case that
looks good anywhere.

Salt vs Paper
While you don't want a "whizzer" co ne for
sh ortwave, a speaker with this feature is a

A p iezo unit , like radio crystal in effect,

works on the vibration
of Rochelle salts and
isn't paper dependent
(although it is mount ed
within a paper diaphragm). It's free to do
its own thing without
the restraint of slow
paper motion a nd that is
to reproduce high a udio
frequencies at a faithful
level without distortion.
This doesn't cover all

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Figure 1
"Ton e Control"

OR

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47K, C=1600 pf
22K, C = 3400 pf

the speaker options.

thinking about it.

It just gets you

FM radio speaker options: FM radio uses a

system known as pre-emphasis and deemphasis. This is necessary because the
energy of a vio lin or flute can't compare
with a bass drum. Consequently the station
"jacks up" the highs, which could otherwise
be mixed with noise.
If you think the a rrangement is reversed at
the receiver, you've got it. A typical deemphasis circuit is shown in Fig. 2. What is
necessary is to first have a Sams Photofact
or owners copy of the schematic. A Sams
can be obtained a t any radio/fV parts
house. Then go fo r the throat and cut a
capacitor.

Big deal? Wait until you hea r it - it'll

shatter glass. Visitors in my home listening
to my Pioneer SX-550 often say "how can
you stand it?" To me it sounds p erfectly
normal. Ah, the crosses we bear. I have a
40 dB roll-off at 4 kHz. 75 at 10 kHz.
No record, b ut not a bad average in
hearing loss.

Same for TV
Don't get me wrong. I've adjusted the situation to where it's no problem! This is the
whole point. You can do something about
it. And yes, since TV sound is FM, they do
the same sneaky thing and the solution is
exactly the same. Look for the audio

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detect or on the schematic and compare it with Fig 2. It's
essentia lly the same.
F or heavens sake, before you do any of these 'fixes', unplu g the
unit and study it over a cup of coffee. Nothing stronger until after
you' re finished! T hen you can enjoy it without havi ng to see if
you're in the next day's obi tuaries.
How about a G raphi c Equalizer? Wo nderful. I don't use a Ra dio
Shack unit, but a Lassen Peak Ge-206PK t hat I got from MCM in
Ohio. The slide 'pots' are slowly going, but I manage. Too much
O riental stir-fry cooking. The thing of it is, these can not be
connected in series with a sp eaker! You must have a tape in/ out
capability or equivalent. T hen the "T ape Monitor" switch takes
control.
Every manual sta tes that these need to be initia lly set at "O". This
gives yo u a range of + /- 12 dB. Not a whole lot if you have a
hea ring problem or a room full of overstuffed fu rniture.

A Big, Fat 24 dB
If you start with all the co ntrols fully down, however, you have a
big, fa t 24 dB to p lay wit h. Nea rly half a million to one. F igure 3
shows a typica l setting for enhancing audio percept ion. If you get
one with a screen and a pink noise generator, it may be set fo r the
room and tilted toward t he high end. Otherwise, a test record,
such as the Soundcraftsman ITR-3292 o r similar can get you there.
You can always just play wit h it un ti l it sounds right.

I really hope this inexpe nsive, simple inst ruct ion manu al can help
you or a loved one. The experts in the field don't see m t o know
o ne whit about it, except to sell hearing aids.

Get a one year subscription (or extension)

to ML.by talking to your book and electronic
stores, PX, etc.

Tell them about the fun of monitoring and

how M.L helps the listener. Ask them to get
in touch with MT to receive 5 free samples.
If the dealer decides to sell MT in their store
(minimum of 10 per month for 1 year) you
get a 1 year subscription for each new
dealer!

Be sure to have the store

give us your name and
address when they write.
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P.O. Box 98
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704-837-9200

I still somet imes slur my speech -- i.e., I !if in Lu fla n -- b ut that ear
piece is still a long way off.
E nj oy.

Any quest ions will get my attenti on with an S.A.S.E.

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EXPERIMENTERS WORKSHOP

Build a Crystal Filter

Better Selectivity for Vintage Receivers
by Ike Kerschner
Despite the availabi lity of new, hi-t ech
receivers, lots of people still enjoy the more
vi ntage models. There are, however, some
drawbacks to using a tube-type radio. The
most frequent complaint is lack of selectivity.
A simple crystal filter can do a lot to
improve the selectivity problem of a
receiver that does not incorporate a selectivity filter of some type in its design. The
circuit can be added to any set with a 455
kHz i.f.. The entire project can be installed
installed inside the set -- there's no need for
clumsy, external boxes.
In all, there are only five components to
this filter. They are Cl and C2, which are 47
pf ceramic or mica capacitors, C3, which is
a 10 pf midget variable capacitor, Rl, a
470K (470,000 ohm) 1/2 watt resistor and
Xl, a 455 KHz crysta l. All of these should
be available from just about any place that
handles electronic components. By the way,
most crystals require a socket of some kind,
so be sure to purchase one that will fit. A
455 kHz crystal can be obtained through
surplus distributors or from Jan Crystals,
2341 Crystal Drive, Fort Meyers, Florida
33906-6017. Tell them that Mo11itori11g
Times sent you.

that's how it improves the selectivity of your

receiver.

Installation
Start installation by locating the first i.f.
transformer of your set, breaking the lead
going to the input of the amplifier (tube or
transistor). Solder one side of Cl and one
side of the crystal to the lead from the
transformer. Now solder the junction of the
other side of the crystal and C3 and Rl to
the input of the i.f. amplifier.
Break the wire that connects the other side
of the first i.f. transformer and the A VC
circuit. Solder the junction of C2 and C3 to
the transformer lead. Solder the free end of
Rl to the A VC side of the broken lead.
Now ground the free ends of Cl and C2.
That's all there is to it!

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Adjust the IF transformers for maximum

output.
Now adjust C3 for maximum selectivity and
touch up the transformers again . The filter
will reduce the overall gain of the receiver
somewhat, but it should not be serious
unless the gain of the receiver was already
poor to begin with. To be sure, the resulting
improvement in selectivity should more
than warrant this small effort!
If you want to be able to remove the circuit
from operation, just bend the corner of one
of capacitor C3's rotor plates so it shorts
when fully closed.
I

Xl

Cl

Capacitors Cl, C2, C# and the capacitance

of the crystal holder form a capacitance
bridge. C3 is adjusted to equal the capacitance of the crystal holder so that the
bridge is balanced and the circuit has no
output.

The crystal exhibits a very high Q,

consequently the passband of the filter will
be only a few hundred Hertz wide. And

Set C3 about 75% open, now tune in a

steady signal. (A broadcast station is fine
for this.) Keep the input level low Uust
audible) with the receiver's RF gain
control.

1.F. XFMR.

How it Works

If a frequency equal to the series resonant

frequency is applied to the input of the
bridge, the re will be an output. Signals of
its frequency will be passed on to the i.f.
amplifier easily.

Adjusting the Filter

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Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

Q. Can you list suppliers of

military radios and batteries?
(David Mathis, Pinckneyville,
IL)

A. By milit ary, I assume you mean

surplus. T ry Fair R adio Sales, PO Box
1105, Lim a, OH 45802; Slep E lectroni cs,
PO Box 100, Otto, NC 28763 ; and
Davilyn Corporation, 13406 Saticoy St.,
North Hollywood, CA 91605-3475.
Others advertise in ha m magazines like
CQ, 73, /lam Radio, and QST.

Q. Where can I obtain

modulator which will increase

the modulation on my CB 200
watt linear amplifier by 200%
or more? (R.E., Sutter, CA)

Any modulat ion above 100%

severely diston s the a udio out put of an
AM transmitter, producing "splatter"
interference to ot her users on adjacent
frequ encies and is prohibited by law, as
is your 200 watt amplifier.

Q. What is the "educational

band" (2.5-2.69 GHz) and how
can I receive it? (Dan Birkner,
Spokane, WA)

A. Intended for instructional TV (ITV),

this band is provided by th e FCC for
schools to interlink special programs of
educational value for classes to watch
or p articipate in via television circuits,
many with two-way capability. A specia l
converter and antenna would necessary
to receive the programming, equipment
similar to that sold for multipoint
distributio n systems (MDS), a subscriber
TV system fo und in ma ny cities.

Q. After watching the movie,

"Top Gun ", I began to wonder
what frequency ranges are
used by military aircraft during
their maneuvers? (S. E. Zyla,
Omaha, NE)

A. The vast majority of air-to-air and

air-to-ground co mmu nications among
combat aircraft are conduct ed in the
225-400 MHz range, AM mode, 100
kHz chann el spacing. Addit iona lly, a

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small amount of VHF AM act ivity is

heard in the 138-144 MHz range as
well as some wideband FM in the 30-50
MHz lowband spectrum . Rarely, even
some HF (3-30 Mhz) USB t ransmissions
may be heard.

Q. Why does my Realistic

PR0-2004 seem low in sensitivity when compared to other
scanners? (Jeff Krauss, Rockville, MD)

A. An extraordi nary sca nner with 300

memory channels a nd wide frequency
coverage, the PR02004, built for R ad io
Shack by G RE of Tokyo, has notably
poor sensit ivity. It performs extremely
well in high signal level areas like
major cit ies, virt ually immune to
intermod and images, but when used in
rural areas, a preamplifier and outside
ante nn a are recomm ended.
Interestingly enough, the PR0-2004's
major competitor, R egency's TS-2
TurboScan, has just the opposite
prob le m: Alth ough extremely sensitive,
the TS-2 suffers fr om stro ng signal
overl oad in met ropo lita n areas,
revealing num erous intermod and image
p roducts o n channels where no signal
should be heard .

Q. What is "slope tuning?"

(Dan Birkner, Spokane, WA)

Slope tuning, so metim es called

"delta demodulat ion ," is a method of
receiving FM signals on an AM
receiver. The proced ure is quite simple:
detun e slightly up or down from the
exact center of the carrier fre quency
until the a udio becomes intelligible.

Basically, what you are doing is finding

a porti on of the FM signa l "envelope"
which th e AM detector recognizes as
amplitude, rather th an frequ e ncy, modulation.

QU6tions sent to MT are answered in this

column as space pennits. If you prefer an
answer by rr:turn mail, you must include a
self-addressed, stamped envelope.

almost eliminated, I still occasionally hear the AM broadcasters on shortwave. How

come? (K. David Kammler,
Ridgecrest, CA)

While the Panasonic was quite

sensitive, it overloads easily (poor
dynamic range) , causing spurious signal
products to be generated wh ich cou ld
be hea rd at several points on the
tuning dia l. The !COM is vastly
improved and , if you still hear them,
there could be several explanat ions.

If you hear the phantom signals on

whole-number multiples of their actual
frequen cies (for example, you might
hear a 1400 kH z b roadcaster weakly on
2800 and/or 4200 kHz), then it is probably a harmonic actually radiated by the
transmitt er; they are allowed a min or
amou nt of har mon ic radiat ion.
If you hear a comp osite of two statio ns
mixing their mu sic and/or vo ices on the
phantom fr equ e ncy, you are hearing
intermod (interm odu lation) , an overload
condition which produces bogus product
frequ encies blending th e progra mming
of each original sta ti o n.

The simplest way to elimina te these

aggravat ing interfere nce problems is to
use a passive preselect or (Il.Ql a preampli fier) between the antenna and the
receiver. The Grove TUN-3 MiniTuncr
has an excellent track record for this
application; oth er frequency-selec tive
tuners may be available from MT
advertisers.

Q. Where can I get equipment

to add to my scanner so that
paging tones will activate the
squelch circuit? (Dan Birkner,
Spokane, WA)

A
Q. I had a 150 foot wire
antenna connected to my
Panasonic RF3100 shortwave
portable and was plagued by
AM broadcast band interference throughout the radio 's
range. I replaced the radio
with an !COM R71A and,
although the problem was

At the present time, only the

Uniden BC600XLT (and future
BC950XLT) arc equipped fo r tone
squelch option, and that is only of the
subaudible (CTCSS), not two-tone,
variety . While many companies
manufactu re tone decoders, they are all
s ubcircuits which require installati on
into the radio, rather 1h an si mple
converters which ca n be added on.
Are readers interested in add-on tone

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decoders for scan ne rs? If so, which

type? Let us kn ow--pcrhaps it would be
a good future product!

zation (SCA) equipment and

FM stations who use it? (Dan
Birkner, Spokane, WA)

Q. How can I decide which

filter options to order with my
shortwave receiver? (Adele
Amsden, Brunswick, OH)

A The best directory of stations is the

FM Atlas and Station Direct01y by
Bruce Elving ($8.95, FM Atlas, Adolph,
MN 55701-0024). Dr. Elving a lso has a
catalog of SCA equipment which you
may wish to request . Be sure to
include an SASE.

A. First, consider which modes are

most important to you. Are you an
international broa dcastin g DXer?
Conside r a 4-6 kHz narrow AM filter
(no n arrower than 3.8 kHz minimum).
ls SSB utility hunting you r preference?
2.0-2.4 kHz narrow SSB filters are a
good choice (no narrower than 1.8
kHz). C W listeners will find a 300-500
Hz filter Jess fatiguing th an a 100-200
kHz filter which "rings". Finally, most
RTIY requirements are easily satisfied
by a 1 kHz filter.
Check to see what the characterist ics
are for the filter(s) which come with
your radio; make sure that each filter is
specified by ~ figures, usually the -6
and -60 dB attenuation points. Ideally,
their ratio should be as close to 1 as
p ossib le. 2:1 is common (and usually
quite acceptable); 3:1 is o fte n stock in
less discriminat ing receivers.

Q. Are there any S meters

available for scanners?
(Michael Hase/, Mechanicsville,
MD)

No. Th e scan ner market is tightly

comp et itive and the addition of an
analog S met er would add at least $10
to the resa le price. Most sca nn ers,
however, have circu it ry already in place
which could easily support such a
readout device.
The trick is to find the correct line: the
automatic ga in co ntrol (AGC) circuitry
which exhib its a m inor vo lt age change
proportional to signa l strengt h. This is
norma lly part of the intermediate
frequ ency ( IF) amplifier/detector chip.
Dep ending up on the level of that
voltage and the degree o f voltage swing,
a simple 0-1 milliammeter may be
placed in series with a metering line
made avai lable for that purpose, or else
the output drives a balanced bridge
circu it with the meter in one leg.

Q. With the value of the yen

increasing and the dollar
decreasing, how long will it
take before we see this
reflected in the price of
radios? (Iden Rogers, Riverside, CA)

Probably by the time you read this.

We have been t old by at least one
leading J apanese manufacturer to
expect substantial increases in cost.
Hopefully, the p endulum will swi ng to
the advantage of American manufacturers, encouraging them to become
once again competitive with import
produ cts.

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NO DESTITUTION,
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WILL THERE
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Q. What is "narrowband technology" (ACSB)? (Dan Birkner,

Spokane, WA)

FOR THE

AMERICAN

Norma l two-way voice communications in the VHF and UHF land

m obile seivices occupies approximately
10-15 kilohertz of spectrum; single
sideba nd, in contrast, occupies o nly
about 3 kilohertz. This m ay be further
reduced by compressing the audio
range by special processors, then
expanding the audio range by a
suitably equipped receiver.

Amplitude co mpandered sideb and

(ACSB), then, is a technique of
compressing the voice signa ls into the
smallest bandwidth possible, commensurate wit h acceptable intelligibility, and
transmitting it in SSB mode.

Q. Are there any out-of-band

modifications for the Fox
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Incensed Against Censorship
[December's editona1 regardi11g "Cellular
Censors/rip" raised a fluny of respo11se -- 1ve
hope it stirs y ou up, too! J
Thank you fo r the editorial a bout the
possible coming cellular censorship . I will
again write to my congressman and my two
state senators. Keep bringing our attention
to these important items. We, the radio
listening minority of this country, need
people like you to wake us up now and then .
Michael Wallace
Lake/read, Calif omia

continu e to roll ove r Qill rights. And that's

why the tim e has come for all MT readers
and other monitoring enthusiasts to start
lobbying th e people we really have some
con trol over: the sca nner makers. We have
some effect o n congress but we have a I!ll!.h
i;:rca1 er e ffect on th e people who make and
sel l the produ cts the CTIA wants removed
from store shelves. They must be forced to
take a stand!!
Th e proposa l is this: If manufacturer
X wants to roll over fo r the CTIA , scanner
and other radio owners from all over shou ld
let that co mpa ny know we won't buy their
products. And retailers like Grove Enterprises, Scanner World , etc., could stop
selling t hem, o r at least downplay the
company's products in ads and magazines.
MT should also publish an ECPA watclrlist ... with each scanner manufacturer's stand
011 th e ECI'A and what, if anything, that
company is do ing to get 1id of this a11tilibe11y, anti-competition, anti-A111 erica11 law.
Americans spend millions of dollars on
scanners e ach year and the competition is
grow ing ... if we start voting wit h our
pocke tbooks and wallets, we might get a
little furt her.
Th e ECPA certai nly is Il.Ql in our best
interests. But is that enough for the
manufa cturers? Sadly, the answer is NO! So
we must make them understand that what' s
bad for us is bad for them. And maybe then
the electronic trade associations they
belo ng to wi ll take up the fight...and
count e r the CTIA . Grove Enterprises a nd
the hig hly respected Moni101ing Times can
certai nly play a key role in leading this
charge. I HOPE YOU WILL.
Lan)' BanMenfrk, New York

I am in co mplete agreement with your

December editorial on "Cellular Censorship." This and the ECPA, not to mention
th e proposed loosening of sta nda rds in Par1
15 of the FCC rules, arc nothing short of
frightenin g. What is equally scary is that we
seem to powerless to do anything to stop
these things. The TYR O people arc well
organ ized and, I suspect, have the bucks to
wage a winning campaign. While ANARC
did an admirable job in testifying against
ECPA we arc just too litt le, too weak to
make very much of a dent.
We need bigger guns and mo re m o ney
to wage campa igns against 1his kind of
nonsense but I don't see it ha ppening. From
bits and pieces I've heard over the years a ll
of the variou s contingen ts t hat would have
to be part of such a super orga nizat io n can'1
agree on very much and of1cn don't even
like each other very mu ch. I suspect the
individual liste ner feels hi s lett e r just isn't
Just a brief comment o n your "From
going to mak e any differe nce and t hus the Publisher" item in th e December issue
doesn' t both er to write to his co ngressman. of Mo11ito1i11g Times.
Congress is oft en such a joke, I rea lly can't
Near the closing line of the a rticle you
blame peopl e.
stat e, "Did you write? Apparently not..."
ECPA and other such things also have Until that point I was with you, but there I
the potential to be a de1ri ment to had to stop.
pocketbooks of !hose who should be
H aving wri tt en members of Congress
formin g a super organization and figh1ing (bot h stat e and federal level) llli!.11X times
for 1hemselves and o n behalf o f shortwave over !ll1!.m'. years, I have come to realize one
and scanner monitors. Perha ps a future A/7 thing: if there isn't a BIG union or
editorial
might call for ideas and UNIFIED coalit io n (i.e., vested interest
suggestions?
gro up - usually with a registered lobbyist )
Gerry Dexter behind a cause, there have been rare
Lake Ge11c va, WI instances when the "cause" was (verbally)
suppo rt e d upfro nt by the member of
Co
ngress involved.
"From the Publisher," .\/"/' December
As a bri e f example, even with the
1987, is righ t on th e money. But withou1 a
large
size of the military, we exe rt litt le
better lobbying ba se. the CTIA will

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influential power as demonstrated by our

in a bility to obtain wages equ ivalent to like
job descriptions in the civilian sector. Additionally, by law, we arc prohibited from
belonging to a union and not that Jong ago,
we finally were able to get "lobbyists" in
Congress. So, what does all of this have to
do with o ur hobby?
Until such time that Congress understands our hobby, the number of hobbyists
involved (i.e., do we have member size t hat
ca n effect a change at th e polls when [s]he
comes up for reelection), and a reliable
source of information when needed, I seriously doubt our letters will have much
impact.
As an example, lett ers I write which
deal with topics associated with the
Nat ional Rifle Association of which I am a
Life Member elicit a more positive/supportive attitude (whether real o r not) and as
best I can recall, there is always a reply. Not
so with letters o n ot her subjects.
Yes, l wrote letters regarding the
ECPA. Being military, I wrote the Senators
a nd my Representative from Ca li fornia
(where I am a resident); also, the sa me for
the Senators and Representative of this
area of Pennsylvania. The result s? Both
R epresentatives respo nded . Senators? Only
A la n Cranston responded, and hi s response
as best I can recall was vague; didn't
support either side .. r think that's called
"dipl omacy"?
With most vested interest groups,
th ere is subs1a01ial financial support. What
type of fin a ncial support docs our hobby
have? If we don' t have the SS, th en we had
best have effect ive coordin ation in our
letter writing campaigns.
Mike Hardester
N. Versailles, Pennsylvania

We ll, first came t he EC PA , w hich

to ok away our freedom to monitor any a nd
all radio t ransmissions beamed around,
above, through, o r nearby us that the CTIA
saw "unfit" for the average hobby monitor
to hear o r listen to. Of course, with that
came all the "bull" about how there would
be no restrictions on monitoring "ot her"
types of radio signals except those specifically stated in the "act" itself..and, of
cou rse, very few people worried about this
law's enforceability due to its vague and
poorly-stated contents. All of us who own
sca nn e rs and monitoring equ ipment felt
stunned, but not totally "defeated " at th at
point in time.
Now a long comes the cellular industry
with a ll their megabucks ... st ill gloat ing over

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victory number 1, and wanting to totally

outlaw anything that even receives cellular
allocations within the frequency spectrum
(namely those in the 800 MHz range). With
the pressure they applied to ramroad the
ECPA into law, the next step of getting the
FCC to refuse to certify any receiving
equipment or scanners capable of cellular
reception is a very real, dangerous
possibility.
If this comes to pass, then the local
police departments, fire departments,
wrecker companies, plumbers, and pizza
delivery companies who use two-way radio
could possibly declare th eir frequencies
"private," and soon anyone who even owned
a scanner would share the "criminal status"
of those who own cellular-coverage
scanners, etc. Also, this would have the
convenient (to those entities) side-effect of
making scanners a thing of the past (by law,
this time)!
Yes, this is a bit dramatic, but we also
didn't believe "they" (spelled "monopolistic
big-bucks industry) would get the ECPA to
pass, either.
I, for one, am going to write,
complain, and send letters to anyone and
everyone I can think of to prevent this type
of ri diculous and antiquated thought from
becoming law. I strongly suggest that if you
value your hobby, you do so also! In the
meantime I am going to purchase and
"stockpile" several more 800 MHz-capable
scanners "just in case."
...The long-term effects may also be
disastrous. One-by-one, other users of the
radio spectrum could have their frequencies
declared "private," and soon scanner might
be limited to reception of the various
National Weather Service frequencies .. . if
scanners even exist then! Yes, maybe this is
speculative and a bit "far-fe tched," but
that's what we all thought about the ECPA
before it became law.
On tire ~day, God created th ey
cellular teleph on e monopoly, who raised
their mighty !rand and smote those who
ownetlr scanners and receivers...
... But remember David and Goliath.
We fill have to be "Davids" and bring down
the giant! Please write, phone, a nything ...
but be heard by those who represent us.
This time, the threat is very real!.
Lany Wiland
Youngstown, Ohio

Floating Lockour
I have been reading with some humor
the furor over a "floating lockout" loss on

the Realistic Pro-2004. Jn actuality I'm sure

any Pro-2004 will produce this phenomenon. What is actually happening is that you
cannot lockout all 30 frequencies in a
particular band. T here is really no need to,
since if you want to lockout all 30 frequencies all you need do is lockout the band you
wish to with the "band switch." The floating
effect comes from locking out 29 memories
then arriving at the 30th which will apparently fail to lockout. Whichever the 30th
memory you try to lockout it just will not.
But if you remove the lockout from any
other memory in the same band the
previous "floating lockout" will work.
On the Kenwood R-2000 art icle: I
owned two R-2000's for 2-3 years; I have
since sold them and graduated to NRD525's. However, whi le I used these radios, I
noticed that as they aged the frequency
readout changed. When the radios were
purchased the readout was 300 to 400 hertz
low. After nine months of very heavy usage
the readout was nearly perfect.
My t heory is that Kenwood inte ntionally sets these radios low at the factory
knowing that they will eventually "break in"
and the readout will be correct. If you
therefore change the readout as it describes
in the article you will be constantly doing
the procedure in order to keep up with the
changing compo nents in the radio.
I guess that's OK if you wish to do it;
but I think the factory's approach is better - that is, of course, if my theory is correct?
What abou t an article on the new U.S .
Government co mputerized scanning HF
transceivers? They apparently transmit a
computerized sound to test propagation
and then automatically choose the best
frequency fo r a conversation at the time?
R. Kemp
L.H.P., Florida

I'd also like to learn more about

receivers in no n-technical terms. I'm
thinking I should upgrade my receiver and I
read all your advertisements but my
comprehension of the technical terms is
very limited and I'm in a quandary as to
which way to go.
I haven't written a letter like this
before but your excellent publication has
been, in a sense, my sole companion as an
SW listener. Hence, I am constrained to
express to you my appreciation.
Whitman Daniels
New Smyrna Beach, FL

You have a wonderful publication

that seems to be very receptive to the
participation a nd/or ideas of the subscribers. It is very informative, open and
very friendly like a very large DX club
bulle tin. I think that this openness and
sensitivity is a good characteristic and it is
good fo r bringing in fresh and different
aspects and ideas from both professional
writers and anyone interested in radio as a
hobby and /or profession.
Mark S. Fasel/a
Mamaroneck, NY

Shrouded Opinions
We !rave continued to receive a number
of good letters expressing opinions on the
Shroud of Turin anicle (Dec. 87). It is clear
that the consensus of opinion is that MI.
should confin e its scope to radio-related
subjects.
We wish to thank all who responded,
and assure you th at, should we hear of the
results of the carbon dating, we will publish
the end of the story!

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One of the most common--and

nquestioned--terms is "squelch". We all
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The question that no one seems to
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